Heroic efforts of the crew of the battleship USS Tennessee saved the vessel from sinking and anti-aircraft gunners were credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft during the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941.
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Heroic efforts of the crew of the battleship USS Tennessee saved the vessel from sinking and anti-aircraft gunners were credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft during the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941.
The battleship USS Oklahoma disinterment and identification project at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has succeeded in accounting for all unaccounted-for personnel from the USS Oklahoma lost on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
That morning, a fleet of
Besides the eight battleships damaged or sunk at Pearl Harbor by a Japanese aerial attack on Dec. 7, 1941, there were other vessels damaged or sunk and dozens of aircraft on several airfields were destroyed.
The USS Utah, a former battleship converted to