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Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station

Type   14 Air Base, Navy Base, Shipyard
Historical Name of Location   Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Coordinates   21.349270000, -157.943970000

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ww2dbasePearl Harbor is a natural lagoon harbor on the south shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Hawaiians called the harbor mouth and surrounding lands Pu'uloa, meaning Long Hill, and the sprawling inner bays Wai Nomi, meaning Pearl Water.

ww2dbaseWhaling vessels from the United States began frequenting Honolulu Harbor in the early 1800s and a growing US Naval presence followed. In 1820, a newspaper based in Honolulu urged the establishment of a US Navy base in Hawaii to protect American whaling interests. In 1869, when Hawaii was still a sovereign nation, the US Congress appropriated $50,000 to deepen the channels leading into Pearl Harbor.

ww2dbaseAfter King Kalakaua ascended to the Hawaiian throne in March 1874, the United States was granted exclusive rights to enter Pearl Harbor and authority to establish "a coaling and repair station." Upon the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1887, the US Navy's presence and their development of the Pearl Harbor anchorage began increasing steadily. The official opening of the 85 acre Navy facility at Pearl Harbor was on November 17, 1899 with the name Naval Station, Honolulu. The name was changed to Naval Station, Hawaii in February 1900. The harbor was dredged deeper and the channel widened to accommodate larger ships. On May, 28 1903, the battleship USS Wisconsin became the first battleship to enter Pearl Harbor for coal and water.

ww2dbaseThe Naval Station continued expanding and in 1908 the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was established. Almost right away work began on a graving dock, Drydock #1, but in 1913 before it was completed it collapsed due to underground pressures. After a blessing from an Hawaiian Priestess to ward off more disaster, construction resumed and the dock opened in 1919.

ww2dbaseIn 1917, the 335 acre Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy use in the development of military aviation in the Pacific. The Army established Luke Field on the northwestern half of the island and the Navy operated Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor on the other half (later, Naval Air Station Ford Island).

ww2dbaseIn February 1933, the US Navy conducted Fleet Exercises in Hawaii that included a mock attack on Pearl Harbor. Within the exercise, the attack was "successful" and the harbor defenses were considered to be a "failure."

ww2dbaseIn response to Japan's spreading military influence in Asia, the United States continued to develop the facilities at Pearl Harbor throughout the 1930s. During that time, the Army's air program moved to the new Hickam Field and the Naval Air Station expanded to fill all of Ford Island, with a large seaplane base at one end of the island and a paved 4,500-foot runway down the center.

ww2dbaseIn 1939, the Pacific Fleet Headquarters was transferred from San Diego to Pearl Harbor leading to accelerations in the base’s development. Work was begun on a second large drydock capable of holding a battleship and a smaller third drydock. At the dawning of the 1940s, the Pearl Harbor Naval Base consisted of a Coaling Station, a Net Depot, a fully capable Naval Repair Shipyard, a Submarine Base, a Supply Depot, a Marine Barracks, a Naval Hospital, a 335 acre Air Station, expansive Fuel Storage Tanks, a Weapons and Ammunition Depot, and over 140 berthing locations capable of mooring more than 250 ships.

ww2dbaseOn Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, over 100 US Navy ships were present inside Pearl Harbor in various states of readiness plus a wide variety of yard craft. The Imperial Japanese Navy executed a well planed combined air and submarine attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as on other Army and Navy facilities around the island. US forces sustained very heavy losses in men, ships, and aircraft while the Japanese sustained comparatively light losses. The engagement, which did not even last two hours, was a decisive victory for the Japanese and an unequivocal defeat for the United States.

ww2dbaseLargely untouched in the attacks were the substantial shipyard facilities and fuel storage tanks. Three days after the attack, the seriously damaged Light Cruiser Helena was floated into Drydock #2, the first ship ever to enter this newly completed facility. The repair and salvage capabilities at Pearl Harbor proved to be indispensible over the next days and months. Of the eight battleships in the harbor during the attack, only three were floating at the end of the day. All but two of those that were sunk were refloated within five months and the capsized Oklahoma was righted and refloated 13 months after the attack. Only the Arizona was not salvaged and she remains on the floor of Pearl Harbor still. About the time the last of the ships damaged in the attack was repaired, ships with battle damage from Coral Sea started showing up and the repair functions continued. The Repair Basin and Drydocks were steadily active over the entire course of the war as ships passed to and from the combat zones.

ww2dbasePearl Harbor was also the Fleet Headquarters so the US Navy's command and intelligence functions were centered there. Nearly every operation in the Western Pacific involving US forces was launched, at least conceptually, from Pearl Harbor.

ww2dbasePearl Harbor acted as a vital forward link in the wartime supply chain as well. The westward flow included personnel from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard and materiel consisting of all manners of bombs, bullets, and beans. Pearl Harbor was just as vital in the eastward flow of wounded men and damaged ships. Pearl Harbor’s nickname "Crossroads of the Pacific" became a reality during that time.

ww2dbaseWartime needs called for more expansion to the base facilities. Construction began on a fourth large drydock at the location of the old Coaling Station and also on four new aircraft carrier piers along the edge of the Pearl City Peninsula. All of these went into service in 1944 and are in service still.

ww2dbasePearl Harbor's geography, with its collection of lochs and small bays, lent itself well to the various functions of the base being separated into different locations in and around the harbor. The hazardous operations were naturally situated in the most remote locations and so the Weapons and Ammunition Depot and all ammunition ships were concentrated in the West Loch, well away from the harbor's other functions.

ww2dbaseOn Sunday, May 21, 1944, a small flotilla of LST transport ships was in the West Loch being loaded with ammunition and supplies for the upcoming landings in the Mariana Islands. For reasons that are still in dispute, a mortar round aboard LST-353 exploded and caused a raging fire. The fire burned through the ammunition faster than men could fight it and it quickly spread to other ships, setting off additional explosions. Over a 24 hour period, six ships were damaged to the point that they sank and there were more than 550 casualties. The salvage operations afterward were substantial but because of the secrecy surrounding the pending Marianas operation, the entire salvage effort took place under extremely tight security; so tight that few records of the salvage were created and many questions about the event linger to this day.

ww2dbaseAfter World War II, Pearl Harbor remained a vital base for the US military performing the same functions as during the war. During the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, the ability of the United States to sustain military operations 7,000 miles across the Pacific was due in large measure to the facilities at Pearl Harbor.

ww2dbaseIn 1962, the confines of Ford Island brought the Navy to the same conclusions the Army reached in 1935 and the Naval Air Station was downgraded to an Auxiliary Landing Field. In 1999, it was closed altogether as an active airfield but the land remained part of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base.

ww2dbaseThe base at Pearl Harbor continues to be very active and very important today, although in 2010 there was a change in the facility’s command structure. The Pearl Harbor Naval Base and the adjoining Hickam Air Force Base were combined under a single command and is now called Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

ww2dbaseThe Pearl Harbor Naval Base itself is a National Historic Landmark and there are several locations within the base that are themselves National Landmarks, including the USS Arizona Memorial, the USS Utah Memorial, the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum, the USS Missouri Museum, and the Pacific Aviation Museum at Ford Island.

ww2dbaseSources:
Wikipedia
US Naval History and Heritage Command
US National Park Service
Abandoned and Little Known Airfields
I-16tou.com
Hawaiian Aviation Archive
Burl Burlingame , Advance Force Pearl Harbor

Last Major Update: Jan 2014



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Pearl Harbor Naval Station, looking northeast by east, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1918Pearl Harbor Naval Station, looking west, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1918Administration Building Vault, Building No. 1 at Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, 4 Sep 1918Aerial photo looking straight down on the seaplane hangars and ramps at Luke Field on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec 26, 1918.
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1873 United States Navy map of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before any harbor improvements had been made. Note that it is labeled Pearl Lochs and the opening is called the mouth of a river.1897 Map of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and surrounding lands.Plot of USS NevadaJapanese map showing their assessment of the damage done to the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 Dec 1941
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Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station Timeline

17 Nov 1899 Naval Station, Honolulu, the new US Navy facility in the Hawaiian Islands, was officially opened.
28 May 1903 USS Wisconsin became the first battleship to enter Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands for coal and water.
13 May 1908 The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, later renamed Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, was officially established in the US Territory of Hawaii as a coaling station for US Navy ships transiting the Pacific Ocean.
16 Jul 1923 USS R-1, along with the rest of the Submarine Division 9, was transferred to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Jul 1923 USS R-5 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Dec 1930 USS S-26 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
23 Feb 1931 USS S-28 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
14 Jun 1937 USS S-31 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
15 Oct 1938 USS S-26 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
5 Oct 1939 US Navy formed the Hawaiian Detachment and based it at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
5 Oct 1939 Joseph Rochefort arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii with the US Navy Scouting Force.
28 Oct 1939 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
22 Dec 1939 US Navy awarded a US$7,000,000 contract to build two new graving docks at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii; the future Dock No. 2 was to be large enough to hold a battleship, while Dock No. 3 was to be made for destroyers and submarines.
26 Apr 1940 Destroyer USS Cummings was based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii following Fleet Problem XXI held in Hawaiian waters.
7 May 1940 US President Roosevelt ordered the US Navy Pacific Fleet to remain in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii indefinitely as a deterrent to Japanese expansionism.
12 Oct 1940 US Navy awarded a contract for various construction projects immediately outside the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in the Hawaiian Islands.
11 Nov 1940 USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii following an overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
12 Dec 1940 USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2 Feb 1941 At Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Herbert Leary came aboard USS Honolulu as the new commander of Cruiser Division Nine relieving Admiral Husband Kimmel who, on the same morning, shifted to the USS Pennsylvania and assumed the duties of Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet.
3 Feb 1941 USS Arizona arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
31 Mar 1941 Husband Kimmel and Walter Short received a report noting the weakness of the base at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to surprise air attacks.
2 Apr 1941 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 Jun 1941 Joseph Rochefort reported to the main US Navy building at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii for his new duty heading up a cryptanalysis section.
11 Jun 1941 USS Arizona departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Long Beach, California, United States.
20 Jun 1941 USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after an overhaul at Mare Island, California.
8 Jul 1941 USS Arizona arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
31 Jul 1941 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Sep 1941 Joseph Rochefort warned US commanders at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii that the Japanese communication codes were being changed.
28 Sep 1941 Joseph Rochefort warned US commanders at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii that the recent Japanese Navy communications changes might mean the preparation of a large exercise or another major action.
28 Sep 1941 After a cruise through the central Pacific ending in Manila, Philippines, USS St. Louis entered the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for general upkeep.
4 Oct 1941 US Navy awarded a contract to build Dock No. 4 and a 20,000-kilowatt bomb-proof power plant at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii.
17 Oct 1941 Harold Stark informed Husband Kimmel that in his personal opinion that while he expected Japan to take action some time in the near future, an attack on Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii was not likely.
27 Oct 1941 USS Arizona entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii for overhaul, during which she would receive a mounting atop her foremast for future installation of a search radar.
29 Oct 1941 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1 Nov 1941 US Navy formed the Pacific Escort Force at Pearl Harbor to protect transports and certain merchant vessels carrying troops and valuable military cargoes between Hawaii and the Far East.
5 Nov 1941 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected improvements in security of Japanese naval communications and the recall of some of the merchant ships back to home waters.
6 Nov 1941 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii continued to encounter a great deal of dummy radio traffic being sent by the Japanese Navy.
21 Nov 1941 Joseph Rochefort's US Navy cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii detected the arrival of a Japanese submarine squadron in the Marshall Islands.
27 Nov 1941 Husband Kimmel met with Joseph Rochefort at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii in the late afternoon to discuss possible moves Japan might take should Japan and United States continued to head toward a military conflict. Rochefort believed that the main Japanese thrust would be toward the South Pacific, and the Hawaiian Islands did not seem to be in direct danger for now.
1 Dec 1941 US Marine Corps 2nd Defense Battalion and 4th Defense Battalion arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1 Dec 1941 Radio messages sent from Sasebo, Japan using outdated call signs tricked US Navy cryptanalysts in US Territory of Hawaii into believing that carrier Akagi was still in home waters. Later on the same day, the cryptanalysts realized that all Japanese warships' call signs had changed.
5 Dec 1941 USS Lexington departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Islands to ferry US Marine Corps SB2U Vindicator dive bombers to Midway Atoll.
5 Dec 1941 USS Arizona arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and was moored at Ford Island.
5 Dec 1941 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to join Task Force 12.
6 Dec 1941 Japanese spy Yoshikawa reported US ship locations in Pearl Harbor; the message was decrypted aboard Japanese carrier Akagi 36 minutes later.
6 Dec 1941 Battleships USS Oklahoma arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Islands.
6 Dec 1941 Battleships USS Nevada arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Islands.
7 Dec 1941 Two strike waves were launched against Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Akagi's torpedo planes were instrumental in sinking the battleships USS Oklahoma and West Virginia. Vice Admiral Nagumo ordered a withdrawal following recovery of the second attack wave.
7 Dec 1941 Operation Z: 360 Japanese carrier aircraft (104 bombers, 135 dive bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, and 81 fighters) attacked Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, sinking or damaging 8 battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 1 anti-aircraft training ship, 1 minelayer; destroying 188 aircraft; and killing 2,459 (57 of which were civilian) and wounding 1,282 (35 of which were civilian). The Japanese lost only 29 aircraft and 5 midget submarines; 55 were killed and 10 were wounded.
7 Dec 1941 During the raid on Pearl Harbor in the US Territory of Hawaii, USS Helena was damaged when an aerial torpedo passed underneath the ship and exploded against the hull of USS Oglala moored alongside.
7 Dec 1941 USS St. Louis was among the first capital ships to depart Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from the inner harbor following the Japanese aerial attack. Upon arrival at the harbor entrance, St. Louis reported immediately taking a Japanese midget submarine under fire with uncertain results.
7 Dec 1941 USS Honolulu was at the repair piers in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese attack began. One 500-pound bomb went through the concrete dock beside Honolulu and exploded under the water caving in a section of Honolulu’s hull.
8 Dec 1941 USS Helena entered Dry Dock #2 at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii to repair damage sustained in the Japanese attack the day before. Dry Dock #2 was still under construction but almost completed by the time of the Japanese attack and Helena was the first ship to enter it.
9 Dec 1941 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
10 Dec 1941 Joseph Rochefort and his team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii began working on decrypting the main Japanese Navy operational code.
10 Dec 1941 After three days of patrolling around the Hawaiian island of Oahu, USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
11 Dec 1941 Cruisers USS Phoenix and USS St. Louis departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California, United States.
13 Dec 1941 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
13 Dec 1941 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Dec 1941 USS Honolulu entered drydock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for repairs to damage sustained the Pearl Harbor Attack.
15 Dec 1941 USS Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
15 Dec 1941 Japanese reconnaissance flying boats bombed Wake Island. Meanwhile, US Navy Task Force 14 (USS Saratoga, USS Astoria, USS Tangier, with escorts; under Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher), carrying a US Marine Corps expeditionary force consisted of elements of the 4th Defense Battalion and Marine Fighter Squadron 211, departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to reinforce Wake.
16 Dec 1941 USN Task Force 14, centered around USS Saratoga, departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to relieve Wake Island.
16 Dec 1941 A Japanese floatplane flew near Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii in a reconnaissance mission.
20 Dec 1941 US Navy battleships Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee, damaged during the attack earlier in the month, departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for shipyards on the west coast of the United States.
25 Dec 1941 US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Dec 1941 USS Lexington arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Dec 1941 USS Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Dec 1941 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Dec 1941 American submarine Thresher departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands region.
31 Dec 1941 US Navy Task Force 11 with USS Saratoga departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for patrol.
31 Dec 1941 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort was interviewed by staff members of the Roberts Commission at Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii regarding the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack; he answered more than 100 questions.
4 Jan 1942 East of Lahaina Roads, Hawaii, Japanese submarine I-19 prepared to launch her E9W1 "Slim" floatplane for a night reconnaissance over Pearl Harbor. The submarine is spotted and an American patrol vessel. After the launch of the floatplane, I-19 spent the next hour successfully evading the patrol vessel. Nearly 3 hours later, the floatplane returned and reported 1 carrier (USS Saratoga), 9 cruisers, and 6 smaller warships in Pearl Harbor.
12 Jan 1942 USS Honolulu departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California.
13 Jan 1942 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
14 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected Japanese carrier activity in the central Pacific area, which might interfere with the planned US carrier strike in the Gilbert Island and the Marshall Islands.
16 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii concluded that the Japanese carrier presence in the central Pacific was based at Truk in the Caroline Islands, thus clearing the way for the planned US carrier strike in the Gilbert Island and the Marshall Islands.
17 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected Japanese carrier Shokaku at Truk, Caroline Islands.
17 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected Japanese carrier Zuikaku at Truk, Caroline Islands.
18 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii intercepted Japanese Navy radio messages that mentioned an invasion or occupation force against a target code named "R", which Rochefort guessed was Rabaul, New Britain. He would pass this information to Chester Nimitz via Edwin Layton.
19 Jan 1942 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
19 Jan 1942 USS Pensacola arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
21 Jan 1942 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her first war patrol.
24 Jan 1942 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
26 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii reported that there were no radio traffic regarding Japanese carriers in the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands area, thus concluding that the planned US carrier strike in the two island groups should be able to continue without unexpected threats.
1 Feb 1942 USS Grampus arrived at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 Feb 1942 USS Gar departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
5 Feb 1942 USS Enterprise and Task Force 8 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
6 Feb 1942 Task Force 17 under the command of Rear Admiral Jack Fletcher and consisting of USS Yorktown, USS Louisville, and USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
8 Feb 1942 USS Grampus departed Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
9 Feb 1942 Fitted with a false bow and a temporary bridge, destroyer USS Shaw departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for Mare Island, California.
15 Feb 1942 USS Yorktown departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Marcus Island. Before she departed, she took on cryptanalyst and linguist Forrest "Tex" Biard.
15 Feb 1942 USS Grayback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
16 Feb 1942 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Feb 1942 USS St. Louis departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California.
18 Feb 1942 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
19 Feb 1942 A Japanese floatplane flew near Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii in a reconnaissance mission.
24 Feb 1942 A Japanese E9W1 seaplane from submarine I-9 conducted a reconnaissance mission over Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. When the aircraft returned to the submarine, both wings were damaged during the recovery.
2 Mar 1942 Joseph Rochefort reported that intercepted Japanese Navy radio messages revealed a planned air attack on a location code named AK, which was soon interpreted as Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
4 Mar 1942 At 0000 hours, US radar operators detected two signals approaching Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii; they were two H8K flying boats from Wotje, Marshall Islands via French Frigate Shoals (where they took on fuel from submarines I-15 and I-19). At 0130 hours, five PBY Catalina aircraft were launched, armed with torpedoes, to search for the carriers that the Americans thought where the flying boats must have launched from; at the same time, five US Army fighters were launched to attack the flying boats. At 0210 hours and 0230 hours, the two flying boats dropped their payloads uncontested, although the first bombs fell harmlessly in the mountains 10 miles from Pearl Harbor and the second bombs landed in the water just outside of Pearl Harbor. The two aircraft flew back to Wotje unscathed.
6 Mar 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii began noticing a target location code named AF appearing in Japanese Navy radio messages, and that this target might be struck within a short time.
10 Mar 1942 At Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Joseph Rochefort concluded that the target AF which had appeared in Japanese radio messages in the past few days referred to either Johnston, Palmyra, or Midway, and he promptly sent out warnings to all three locations. Privately, he reported to his superiors that Midway was the likely target.
11 Mar 1942 USS Enterprise arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Mar 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese Navy message that mentioned a campaign against a location with code name RZP.
26 Mar 1942 USS Lexington arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and prepared for an overhaul in the drydock.
27 Mar 1942 USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
3 Apr 1942 USS Honolulu departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Diego, California.
4 Apr 1942 Gato-class submarine USS Silversides arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
8 Apr 1942 USS Enterprise and Task Force 16 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to make rendezvous with USS Hornet, which was en route to strike the Japanese home islands.
8 Apr 1942 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
8 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese Navy message that assigned fleet carrier Kaga to the campaign against a location with code name RZP.
13 Apr 1942 USS Lexington departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to rendezvous with USS Yorktown for a raid on Rabaul.
17 Apr 1942 Chester Nimitz accepted Joseph Rochefort's hypothesis that Port Moresby, Australian Papua was likely the target of the suspected Japanese Navy operation against the location code named RZP.
21 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese Navy radio message noting that Carrier Division 5 (Shokaku and Zuikaku) were being detached from the Mobile Force for operations with the 4th Fleet in the South Pacific.
22 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii detected a concentration of Japanese warships at Rabaul, New Britain, including five carriers; while they correctly determined that Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Shoho being at Rabaul, they had mistakenly placed two others (including Kaga) at this location.
24 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii had intercepted Japanese Navy radio messages mentioning the existence of task forces bearing names such as MO Covering Force, MO Attack Force, RZP Occupation Force, RXB Occupation Force, etc. Rochefort would quickly arrive at the hypothesis that these task forces were organized for an attack in the Port Moresby, Australian Papua region.
27 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii reported that the Japanese Navy had changed call signs of some major warships, possibly indicating that a major operation was about to take place.
27 Apr 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii decrypted a radio message from Nobutake Kondo to Tokyo, Japan requesting navigation charts of the Aleutian Islands area and latest intelligence at AOE and KCN (which was determined to be Dutch Harbor and Kodiak in the Aleutian Islands).
30 Apr 1942 At Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Joseph Rochefort sent Chester Nimitz a report regarding Rochefort's hypothesis that the Japanese might soon be striking at Port Moresby, Australian Papua. Since radio intercepts made mention of multiple targets, he concluded that Tulagi in the Solomon Islands was also a likely target.
1 May 1942 Chester Nimitz departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and later in the day arrived at Midway Atoll.
2 May 1942 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
2 May 1942 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message from Nobutake Kondo's chief of staff regarding the formation of task forces for an offensive operation.
3 May 1942 Chester Nimitz departed Midway Atoll and returned to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
4 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message from battleship Kirishima to Isoroku Yamamoto's headquarters noting that due to Kirishima's repair work the battleship would not be able to participate in the upcoming campaign.
6 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message from Kwajalein, Marshall Islands to Yokosuka, Japan noting the need for additional aircraft radio equipment for use with the AK campaign.
8 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii detected hints that Japanese Navy fleet carriers and battleships were being attached, suggesting a large operation was being planned.
9 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese Navy radio message ordering carrier Akagi to make rendezvous with another fleet at Sasebo, Japan on 20 May 1942.
11 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message from Nobutake Kondo noting that the occupation force for the upcoming campaign would proceed to Saipan, Mariana Islands to await the launch of the operation. Rochefort determined that this occupation force was likely to sail east rather than south, and Midway Atoll was a likely target.
12 May 1942 Chester Nimitz, based in Pearl Harbor in US Territory of Hawaii, received orders from Ernest King to withdraw William Halsey's carrier task force from areas near Japanese land-based aircraft, but Halsey was to remain in South Pacific region.
13 May 1942 Chester Nimitz, based in Pearl Harbor in US Territory of Hawaii, informed Ernest King that the next Japanese offensive would likely be aimed at Nauru and Ocean Islands, but it was also possible that the following offensive might be targeting the Hawaiian Islands or even the west coast of the United States, thus King should allow the two carriers currently in the South Pacific to move to the Central Pacific. In the evening, he secretly ordered William Halsey to conduct a show of force with his carrier force in the Tulagi, Solomon Islands area to deter the Japanese from moving against Nauru and Ocean Islands.
13 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message of Japanese warships requesting navigation charts of the Oahu, Hawaii area. Some time later, the team intercepted a message ordering aircraft transport ship Goshu Maru to embark the seaplane unit at Emidj island, Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands and sail to Saipan, Mariana Islands to join the AF campaign. Realizing that AF must already have a seaplane base or was a good location for a future seaplane base, Rochefort further confirmed that AF was Midway Atoll. Later in the evening, he sent this report to Chester Nimitz and the naval leadership in Washington DC, United States.
14 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort presented his Midway Atoll theory to Chester Nimitz's war plans officer Lynde McCormick. McCormick spent hours at Rochefort's office at the basement of the main navy building in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and was convinced that Rochefort's theory was likely correct. McCormick would return to Nimitz and would convince Nimitz to agree to this theory.
16 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese radio message containing Chuichi Nagumo's request for weather reports to be submitted to him at a location 50 miles northwest of AF starting from three hours prior to the pre-determined time of attack.
17 May 1942 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
18 May 1942 At Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Edwin Layton informed Joseph Rochefort that while Chester Nimitz would like to receive further evidence that Midway Atoll was indeed the next Japanese target. Meanwhile, Chester Nimitz ordered William Halsey to bring his carrier group back to the Hawaiian Islands as a precaution.
19 May 1942 US Navy intelligence officer Lieutenant Commander Jasper Holmes arrived at the idea that Midway Atoll could send out a fake message regarding the water distiller breaking down, thus the base desperately needed a supply of fresh water. Holmes' superior Joseph Rochefort gave him the permission to execute this idea in the hopes that the Japanese would pick up this message and provide Rochefort's team a clue on whether the Japanese Navy's reference of AF pointed at Midway Atoll. Rochefort's team also began to find the mention of a new code name, MI, in Japanese messages starting on this date; Rochefort quickly determined it to be the operational code name for the strike on Midway Atoll.
20 May 1942 The Japanese, having intercepted the fake message regarding Midway Atoll's water distiller breaking down, reported to the invasion fleet the news and advised the fleet to take on additional supplies of fresh water. This message was intercepted by the US Navy radio intelligence team at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, and it allowed the US to confirm that the target of the next Japanese offensive was indeed Midway Atoll. In response, US Navy and Marine Corps dispatched reinforcements to Midway Atoll and the Aleutian Islands in expectation of an assault. On the same day, US Navy intelligence also intercepted a Japanese message containing the order of battle for the Midway Atoll and Aleutian Islands assaults; this message would be decrypted over the next several days.
26 May 1942 USS Enterprise arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
26 May 1942 USS Hornet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 May 1942 USS Yorktown arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii at 1420 hours. 1,400 dock workers were assigned to attempt to repair her, damaged from Battle of the Coral Sea, in time for the impending Midway battle.
27 May 1942 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 May 1942 Jack Kleiss was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard USS Enterprise.
28 May 1942 USS Yorktown moved into Dry Dock No. 1 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii at 0645 hours.
28 May 1942 USS Hornet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Midway Atoll.
29 May 1942 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 May 1942 USS Yorktown was refloated and moved out of Dry Dock No. 1 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii. She received fuel and a new air complement from nearby Naval Air Station Kaneohe.
30 May 1942 USS Yorktown, having received rushed repairs from 1,400 dock workers, departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Midway Atoll.
30 May 1942 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Midway Atoll.
31 May 1942 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the anticipated Japanese attack on Midway Atoll.
31 May 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a radio message noting that carrier Zuikaku's air group was being transferred out of the carrier, which provided a strong hint that Zuikaku was not going to participate in the upcoming offensive. Later on the same day, Chester Nimitz informed his carrier task forces commanders that the Japanese attack would likely take place on 3 Jun 1942, and the Japanese would be operating four fleet carriers.
1 Jun 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii reported signs that their counterparts in Japan were monitoring carrier radio traffic in the Hawaiian Islands; Rochefort warned Nimitz of this fact, but the US carrier groups would not change their behavior.
9 Jun 1942 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Jun 1942 USS Enterprise arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Jun 1942 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
15 Jun 1942 Joseph Rochefort was made the temporary chief of the Intelligence Center of Pacific Ocean Areas, a new intelligence branch in the US Navy Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Jun 1942 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
23 Jun 1942 At Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Joseph Rochefort received a message from Admiral Ernest King to congratulate him on a job well done. There were no mention of any award of medals or other forms of recognition.
25 Jun 1942 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
25 Jun 1942 Joseph Rochefort officially assumed the role of the temporary chief of the Intelligence Center of Pacific Ocean Areas of the US Navy Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Jun 1942 USS Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after ferrying aircraft to Midway Atoll.
5 Jul 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii decrypted an intercepted Japanese Navy radio message noting that engineering units were en route to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands to construct an airfield.
14 Jul 1942 The Intelligence Center of Pacific Ocean Areas of the US Navy Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii officially began its operations; its first chief, in a temporary capacity, was Joseph Rochefort.
16 Jul 1942 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
17 Jul 1942 Submarine USS Growler completed her first war patrol and arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
19 Jul 1942 The US Navy opened the Intelligence Center/Pacific Ocean Area at Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii with 190 men in its staff to analyze captured documents, to interrogate prisoners of war, and to conduct other naval intelligence related activities.
28 Jul 1942 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
31 Jul 1942 Cruiser USS Raleigh and destroyer USS Shaw arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii escorting a convoy of 8 ships.
5 Aug 1942 Submarine USS Growler began her second war patrol, departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Formosa (Taiwan).
7 Aug 1942 Destroyers USS Shaw and Allen departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California escorting 5 ships.
17 Aug 1942 USS Hornet and Task Force 17 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the South Pacific.
23 Aug 1942 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
31 Aug 1942 Destroyers USS Shaw and Allen arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii escorting 5 ships.
3 Sep 1942 Roscoe Hillenkoetter was made the first permanent chief of the Intelligence Center of the Pacific Ocean Areas in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, replacing temporary chief Joseph Rochefort. The ICPOA was a part of the US Navy Pacific Fleet.
9 Sep 1942 Destroyer USS Shaw and cutter USCGC Taney departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for San Francisco, California escorting 13 ships.
15 Sep 1942 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
23 Sep 1942 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
27 Sep 1942 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Sep 1942 Submarine USS Growler arrived at Pearl Harbor and began a refit that replaced one propeller and added an Oerlikon 20mm cannon.
9 Oct 1942 USS Whale departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, starting her first war patrol.
10 Oct 1942 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Oct 1942 Pile driving for Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, began.
12 Oct 1942 Destroyer USS Shaw and cutter USCGC Taney arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii escorting 12 ships.
16 Oct 1942 US Navy radio intelligence officer Joseph Rochefort, serving in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, received a telegraph from his wife noting that Rochefort's father had passed away in California, United States.
16 Oct 1942 Carrier USS Enterprise, with destroyer USS Shaw among her escorts, departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for the Solomon Islands
22 Oct 1942 US Navy Pacific Fleet's chief communications officer John Redman ordered radio intelligence officer Joseph Rochefort to travel to Washington DC, United States for a temporary assignment. Rochefort would quickly note that it was likely to be the first step in his removal from his current command at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Oct 1942 Joseph Rochefort departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
26 Oct 1942 Submarine USS Growler departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for her third war patrol; this time in the shipping lanes between Truk and Rabaul.
27 Oct 1942 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
28 Oct 1942 From his headquarters in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Chester Nimitz sent Ernest King a message protesting Joseph Rochefort's removal.
2 Nov 1942 USS Wahoo completed her scheduled overhaul at Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. During the overhaul, a 4-inch (100-millimeter) gun and two 20-millimeter guns were installed. She immediately began a 3-day training period.
4 Nov 1942 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began cutting piles using an underwater circular saw.
9 Nov 1942 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began placing rocks, mostly 3-inch quarry waste, at the bottom of the dock.
10 Nov 1942 USS Whale began a period of repair at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
20 Nov 1942 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
26 Nov 1942 USS Skipjack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol.
29 Nov 1942 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
4 Dec 1942 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
7 Dec 1942 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began placing sand on top of the rock foundation.
12 Dec 1942 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Dec 1942 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol. The first phase of this war patrol would be to escort a carrier force rather than to hunt for enemy shipping.
16 Dec 1942 Cruiser USS Nashville and destroyer Ralph Talbot departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Nouméa, New Caledonia escorting United States Army Transport Frederick Funston.
19 Dec 1942 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began pouring concrete.
22 Dec 1942 Pile driving for Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii, completed; a total of 9,694 piles were driven since 12 Oct 1942, averaging 30 feet in length.
28 Dec 1942 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
31 Dec 1942 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
1 Jan 1943 A new marine railway for handling destroyers and submarines began construction at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 Jan 1943 USS Whale completed a period of repair at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
3 Jan 1943 USS Whale departed the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
10 Jan 1943 USS Runner arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Jan 1943 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
14 Jan 1943 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii completed cutting underwater piles.
18 Jan 1943 USS Runner departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
6 Feb 1943 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
10 Feb 1943 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
21 Feb 1943 US Marine Aircraft Group 21 was transferred to USS Nassau at Ford island (with 54 Wildcat fighters) for further transfer to the South Pacific.
24 Feb 1943 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Feb 1943 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
28 Feb 1943 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
2 Mar 1943 Battleship USS Mississippi, cruiser USS Minneapolis, and destroyers USS Shaw, Boggs, and McKean arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
6 Mar 1943 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
7 Mar 1943 USS Runner arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her first war patrol.
8 Mar 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw shifted from Berth B-17 to Drydock No. 1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
11 Mar 1943 USS S-31 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
18 Mar 1943 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
24 Mar 1943 USS Scorpion arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
24 Mar 1943 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
1 Apr 1943 USS Runner departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
2 Apr 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw exited Drydock No. 1 and shifted to Berth B-22 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
5 Apr 1943 USS Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
7 Apr 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw shifted from Berth B-22 to Drydock No. 3 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
11 Apr 1943 USS Snook departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
11 Apr 1943 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Apr 1943 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
14 Apr 1943 US Navy Fleet Radio Unit Pacific Fleet decoded a intercepted Japanese Navy message, which allowed the US to learn that Yamamoto was planning on an inspection of three front-line bases near Bougainville Island. The decrypted message was immediately forwarded to Admiral Chester Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Apr 1943 Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for the first time.
19 Apr 1943 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
2 May 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw exited Drydock No. 3 and shifted to Berth B-12 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
5 May 1943 USS Whale departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
8 May 1943 USS Scorpion arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her first war patrol.
10 May 1943 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol.
12 May 1943 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
15 May 1943 USS Hoe arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
20 May 1943 Workers at Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii completed concrete work.
25 May 1943 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
27 May 1943 USS Hoe departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
29 May 1943 USS Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
30 May 1943 USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
7 Jun 1943 USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
11 Jun 1943 The unwatering of the nearly-completed Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began.
21 Jun 1943 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Jun 1943 USS Mingo departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
25 Jun 1943 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
30 Jun 1943 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
11 Jul 1943 USS Hoe arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her first war patrol.
14 Jul 1943 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
18 Jul 1943 USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
19 Jul 1943 Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii was ready for emergency use.
20 Jul 1943 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol.
20 Jul 1943 The underground oil storage facility at Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii was completed.
26 Jul 1943 USS Scorpion arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
27 Jul 1943 USS Flying Fish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
27 Jul 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw shifted from Berth B-18 to Drydock No. 1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1 Aug 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw exited Drydock No. 1 and shifted to Berth B-15 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
3 Aug 1943 USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
4 Aug 1943 Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at the end of her second war patrol.
5 Aug 1943 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
10 Aug 1943 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.F14,C68,
16 Aug 1943 USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
18 Aug 1943 USS Snook departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
21 Aug 1943 USS Hoe departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
24 Aug 1943 USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
24 Aug 1943 Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander US Pacific Fleet, personally inspected the torpedo damage to USS Honolulu's bow in DryDock #1 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
28 Aug 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw shifted from Berth B-17 to Drydock No. 3 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
30 Aug 1943 USS Cabrilla arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
31 Aug 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw exited Drydock No. 3 and shifted to Berth B-18 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2 Sep 1943 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
7 Sep 1943 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
8 Sep 1943 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
11 Sep 1943 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Sep 1943 USS Cabrilla departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
12 Sep 1943 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
12 Sep 1943 USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Sep 1943 USS Gar arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth war patrol.
15 Sep 1943 A new marine railway for handling destroyers and submarines at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii was completed.
16 Sep 1943 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
26 Sep 1943 USS Cero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
26 Sep 1943 USS Grayback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol.
29 Sep 1943 USS Mingo departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
4 Oct 1943 USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol with Lieutenant Commander Glynn Donaho in command.
6 Oct 1943 The first docking at the newly completed Dry Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii took place.
6 Oct 1943 Destroyer USS Shaw departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii en route Fiji.
8 Oct 1943 USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
8 Oct 1943 USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
13 Oct 1943 USS Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
13 Oct 1943 USS Nashville entered the recently completed Drydock No. 4 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard where she remained for 3 days.
14 Oct 1943 USS Corvina arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
18 Oct 1943 USS Hoe arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
30 Oct 1943 USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol, this time as a member of a wolfpack.
4 Nov 1943 USS Corvina departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first and only war patrol.
7 Nov 1943 Submarine USS Growler arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after her seventh war patrol was cut short by worsening material problems.
15 Nov 1943 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
20 Nov 1943 USS Mingo arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
22 Nov 1943 Commander Hinton A. Owens relieved Commander Donald C. Varian as the commanding officer of USS Luce at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Nov 1943 USS Gar arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Nov 1943 USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
2 Dec 1943 USS Grayback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her ninth war patrol.
7 Dec 1943 USS Whale completed a scheduled overhaul at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
9 Dec 1943 USS Portland entered Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for drydocking and repairs to her rudder and propellers.
12 Dec 1943 USS Seahorse arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
14 Dec 1943 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol.
20 Dec 1943 USS Flier arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Dec 1943 USS Scorpion departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
4 Jan 1944 USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth war patrol.
6 Jan 1944 USS Snook departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
6 Jan 1944 USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
8 Jan 1944 USS Tang arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Jan 1944 USS Flier departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
12 Jan 1944 USS Alabama arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
19 Jan 1944 USS San Juan arrived off Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and rejoined USS Saratoga's task group.
22 Jan 1944 USS Tang departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol to the Caroline and Mariana Islands area.
22 Jan 1944 USS Enterprise departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
26 Jan 1944 USS Hoe departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
28 Jan 1944 USS Grayback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her tenth war patrol.
5 Feb 1944 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
6 Feb 1944 Destroyer USS Shaw stopped for one night at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii while on her way to the United States for repairs.
8 Feb 1944 USS Rock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
8 Feb 1944 Submarine USS Growler arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on her way further west.
11 Feb 1944 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
16 Feb 1944 USS Seahorse arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
27 Feb 1944 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
27 Feb 1944 USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
28 Feb 1944 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her ninth war patrol.
4 Mar 1944 Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Pearl Harbor, completing her fifth war patrol. For his performance on this patrol, Commander Weiss was awarded the Navy Cross.
6 Mar 1944 USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol.
7 Mar 1944 USS Skipjack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth war patrol.
10 Mar 1944 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her ninth war patrol.
16 Mar 1944 USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
16 Mar 1944 USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
18 Mar 1944 USS Golet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
23 Mar 1944 USS Gabilan arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Mar 1944 USS Parche departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
29 Mar 1944 Submarines USS Parche, Bang, and Tinosa departed Pearl Harbor as a three-submarine wolfpack. This would be the first war patrol for Parche and Bang and Tinosa’s sixth.
4 Apr 1944 USS Rock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
10 Apr 1944 USS Pompon arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
17 Apr 1944 USS Guitarro arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
18 Apr 1944 Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
21 Apr 1944 USS Gabilan departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol; her primary task was to conduct reconnaissance in the Mariana Islands area.
23 Apr 1944 USS Pintado arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1 May 1944 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
6 May 1944 USS Pompon departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
7 May 1944 USS Guitarro departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
10 May 1944 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth war patrol.
10 May 1944 Battleships USS Maryland, Colorado, Washington, and California escorted by destroyers USS Mugford, Bagley, Sterett, Wilson, Shaw, Helm, Ross, and Selfridge arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from San Francisco.
16 May 1944 USS Pintado departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
21 May 1944 An explosion on a LST moored in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii set off a chain reaction that caused massive damage to shipping and installations and heavy loss of life.
6 Jun 1944 USS Gabilan arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending first war patrol.
7 Jun 1944 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her tenth war patrol.
8 Jun 1944 USS Tang departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, starting her third war patrol in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.
14 Jun 1944 USS Ralph Talbot departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as part of a convoy screening unit that ultimately arrived at Saipan, Mariana Islands.
26 Jun 1944 USS Croaker arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Jun 1944 USS Gabilan departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
15 Jul 1944 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eleventh war patrol.
16 Jul 1944 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Jul 1944 Submarine USS Bowfin departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
17 Jul 1944 Submarine USS Growler arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for a refit after completing her ninth war patrol.
19 Jul 1944 USS Croaker departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
19 Jul 1944 USS Seahorse sank arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol.
25 Jul 1944 USS Segundo arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
28 Jul 1944 USS Hawkbill arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Jul 1944 USS Becuna arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Jul 1944 Submarine USS Tinosa ended her seventh war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
1 Aug 1944 USS Ranger arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for two months duty as a training carrier in and around Hawaii.
4 Aug 1944 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol with the wolfpack "Ed's Eradicators".
9 Aug 1944 USS Barbero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of for her first war patrol.
9 Aug 1944 Battleship USS New Mexico with cruisers USS San Francisco and USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
11 Aug 1944 Submarine USS Growler departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for her tenth war patrol.
12 Aug 1944 USS Whale completed refitting at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Aug 1944 USS Parche arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
21 Aug 1944 USS Segundo departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
23 Aug 1944 USS Baya departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. Initially ordered to patrol between the Philippine Islands and the Palau Islands, her patrol area was later shifted to the South China Sea.
23 Aug 1944 USS Becuna departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
23 Aug 1944 USS Hawkbill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
24 Aug 1944 USS Whale departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her ninth war patrol.
3 Sep 1944 USS Tang arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
3 Sep 1944 USS Pompon arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
9 Sep 1944 USS Rock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fourth war patrol.
11 Sep 1944 USS Blackfin arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Sep 1944 USS Trepang departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
14 Sep 1944 USS Pintado arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
17 Sep 1944 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
18 Sep 1944 USS Escolar departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first and only war patrol.
20 Sep 1944 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
24 Sep 1944 USS Ticonderoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
24 Sep 1944 USS Tang departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, starting her fifth war patrol in the Taiwan Strait.
8 Oct 1944 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her tenth war patrol.
9 Oct 1944 USS Pintado departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
9 Oct 1944 USS Dragonet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
15 Oct 1944 USS Kete arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
18 Oct 1944 USS Ticonderoga departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
18 Oct 1944 USS Ranger departed Pearl Harbor bound for San Diego, California for duty as a training carrier along the California coast, operating between San Diego and Alameda.
28 Oct 1944 USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
30 Oct 1944 Cruisers USS St. Louis and Pasadena departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.
31 Oct 1944 USS Kete departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
31 Oct 1944 USS Astoria arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1 Nov 1944 USS Dragonet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
10 Nov 1944 USS Croaker arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
13 Nov 1944 USS Caiman departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
14 Nov 1944 USS Spot arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Nov 1944 USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands after conducting 16 days of gunnery exercises in Hawaiian waters.
18 Nov 1944 USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
18 Nov 1944 USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
20 Nov 1944 USS Cod arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
29 Nov 1944 USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
4 Dec 1944 USS Spot departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
4 Dec 1944 Submarine USS Tinosa departed Pearl Harbor on her eighth war patrol.
5 Dec 1944 USS Wake Island arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and disembarked the aircraft she was ferrying.
8 Dec 1944 USS Ray arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
9 Dec 1944 USS Charr arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
10 Dec 1944 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her tenth war patrol.
13 Dec 1944 USS Croaker departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol in the Philippines Islands and South China Sea areas.
15 Dec 1944 USS Wake Island departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Dec 1944 USS Puffer departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
16 Dec 1944 USS Sennet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
19 Dec 1944 USS Maryland and USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
24 Dec 1944 USS Cero arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
27 Dec 1944 USS Gar arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifteenth and final war patrol.
30 Dec 1944 USS Charr departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
5 Jan 1945 USS Sennet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
8 Jan 1945 USS Brill arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
9 Jan 1945 USS Sennet received minor repairs at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
15 Jan 1945 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her tenth war patrol.
24 Jan 1945 USS Chub arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Jan 1945 USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Jan 1945 USS Hackleback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
28 Jan 1945 USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
30 Jan 1945 Submarine USS Tinosa arrived at Pearl Harbor at the end of her eighth war patrol. Although Tinosa encountered no enemy shipping and conducted no attacks during this patrol, it was still deemed a successful patrol based on Tinosa's valuable intelligence gathering of mined channels and harbor entrances in and around the Nansei Shoto Islands.
3 Feb 1945 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol.
4 Feb 1945 USS Springer departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Feb 1945 USS Chub departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
20 Feb 1945 USS Parche arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol.
1 Mar 1945 Submarine USS Tinosa departed Pearl Harbor bound for Saipan where she will begin her ninth war patrol.
1 Mar 1945 USS St. Louis arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
3 Mar 1945 USS Franklin departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
3 Mar 1945 USS Tirante departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
6 Mar 1945 USS Hackleback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
7 Mar 1945 USS Cod arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
19 Mar 1945 USS S-35 was decommissioned from service at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
19 Mar 1945 USS Parche departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol.
24 Mar 1945 USS Cod departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth war patrol.
25 Mar 1945 USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her twelfth and final war patrol.
26 Mar 1945 USS Segundo arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
31 Mar 1945 USS Cero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her seventh war patrol.
2 Apr 1945 USS Gar departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the Mariana Islands.
2 Apr 1945 USS Dragonet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
3 Apr 1945 USS Franklin arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
10 Apr 1945 USS Alabama arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
14 Apr 1945 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
19 Apr 1945 USS Dragonet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
29 Apr 1945 USS Sea Robin arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
1 May 1945 USS Ticonderoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 May 1945 Air Group 87 arrived aboard USS Ticonderoga at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
9 May 1945 USS Carbonero arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
9 May 1945 Destroyer USS Shaw stopped for one night at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii while on her way to the United States for repairs.
10 May 1945 Destroyer USS Shaw departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii en route San Francisco, California.
14 May 1945 USS Tunny departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her ninth war patrol.
16 May 1945 USS Sennet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
26 May 1945 USS Carbonero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. She would for the most part remain on lifeguard station off the island of Taiwan on the Chinese coast.
28 May 1945 USS Manta departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol.
28 May 1945 USS Gabilan arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol.
30 May 1945 Submarines USS Silversides, USS Quillback, and USS Redfin departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
1 Jun 1945 USS Sea Robin departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol.
1 Jun 1945 USS Pintado departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol on lifeguard station off Japan.
1 Jun 1945 USS Skipjack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
8 Jun 1945 USS Guitarro arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth and final war patrol.
20 Jun 1945 USS Gabilan departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth and final war patrol.
25 Jun 1945 USS Sea Cat arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol.
2 Jul 1945 USS Saint Paul departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
4 Jul 1945 Five of the eight surviving submarines of Operation Barney's Hydeman's Hellcats arrived safely at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: USS Flying Fish, Spadefish, Tinosa, Bowfin, and Skate. All nine submarine captains from Hydeman's Hellcats received the Navy Cross, or gold star in lieu thereof, for this patrol.
6 Jul 1945 USS Tunny arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her ninth and final war patrol.
9 Jul 1945 USS Macabi departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
12 Jul 1945 USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol.
14 Jul 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
15 Jul 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for Guam.
16 Jul 1945 USS Manta arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her first war patrol.
17 Jul 1945 USS Wake Island arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii with 300 sacks of mail and 30 defective aircraft from Guam, Mariana Islands.
18 Jul 1945 USS Wake Island departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after taking on 187 passengers.
24 Jul 1945 USS Gunnel arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
28 Jul 1945 USS Parche arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol.
29 Jul 1945 USS Spot arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
30 Jul 1945 USS Cero arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol.
4 Aug 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
5 Aug 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for Alameda, California.
6 Aug 1945 USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first fifth patrol.
7 Aug 1945 USS Rock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
8 Aug 1945 USS Manta departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her second war patrol.
17 Aug 1945 USS Gabilan arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth and final war patrol, during which she rescued 17 downed American aviators, 3 of whom were picked up inside of Tokyo Bay, Japan prior to the Japanese surrender.
22 Aug 1945 USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her twelfth war patrol.
24 Aug 1945 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
25 Aug 1945 USS Pintado arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth and final war patrol.
27 Aug 1945 USS Macabi arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Aug 1945 USS Spot departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for San Diego, California, United States.
29 Aug 1945 USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for New London, Connecticut, United States.
30 Aug 1945 USS Whale departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
7 Sep 1945 USS Haddock departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the east coast of the United States via the Panama Canal.
10 Sep 1945 USS Manta arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
16 Sep 1945 USS Menhaden arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
16 Sep 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
18 Sep 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for Alameda, California.
20 Sep 1945 USS Missouri arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
22 Sep 1945 USS Hawkbill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for San Francisco, California, United States.
17 Oct 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
19 Oct 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for Guam.
8 Nov 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
15 Nov 1945 Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Pearl Harbor bound for the Philippines.
2 Jan 1946 USS Manta departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for San Francisco, California, United States to prepare for inactivation.
2 Jan 1946 USS Menhaden departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
5 Feb 1946 USS Mero arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
22 Feb 1946 USS Mero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
1 May 1946 USS Brill began a period of repair at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii.
26 Jun 1946 USS Helm was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
7 Sep 1946 USS Parche arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii from Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands where she survived two atomic bomb explosions in Operation Crossroads tests and underwent a decontamination process.
12 Sep 1946 USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
7 Oct 1946 USS Parche departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, United States.
9 Nov 1946 USS Brill arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
4 Sep 1947 USS Brill departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
27 Mar 1948 USS Bugara arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
24 Aug 1948 USS Bugara arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
13 Aug 1949 USS Bugara departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
2 Jun 1951 USS AFDB-1 was recommissioned into service at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii under the command of Captain O. J. Stien.
7 Dec 1954 USS Bugara departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
22 Jun 1998 Battleship Missouri arrived at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States under tow.




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