Aerial view straight down onto Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 18 Aug 1943.

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Caption     Aerial view straight down onto Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 18 Aug 1943. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Date 18 Aug 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-451200
 
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Photos on Same Day 18 Aug 1943
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Photo Size 2,104 x 1,907 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
13 Oct 2019 12:55:12 PM

Along the upper shore of Ford Island, left to right, are an unidentified Escort Carrier, Fleet Carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class), the overturned hull of the former Battleship USS Utah (sunk in the Pearl Harbor Attack of 7 Dec 1941), Light Carrier USS Belleau Wood, and an unidentified ship. Along the lower shore, left to right, are Light Carrier USS Independence, Fleet Carrier USS Essex, and the righted hull of the overturned Battleship USS Oklahoma at right (also sunk 7 Dec 1941). Across the channel from Essex at the Ten-Ten Dock is the Fleet Carrier USS Lexington (Essex-class).

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