Photo #: 80-G-451125 (complete caption)
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
Aerial view of the Submarine Base, with part of the supply depot
beyond and the fuel farm at right, looking north on 13 October
1941.
Note the fuel tank across the road from the submarine base, painted
to resemble a building.
The building beside the submarine ascent tower (in left center,
shaped like an upsidedown "U") housed the U.S. Fleet
Headquarters at the time of the Japanese attack on 7 December
1941. Office of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the Fleet's Commander
in Chief, was in the upper left corner of the building's top
floor.
USS Wharton (AP-7) is in right foreground. Among the submarines
at the base are Tuna (SS-203), Gudgeon (SS-211),
Argonaut (SS-166), Narwhal (SS-167), Triton
(SS-201) and Dolphin (SS-169). USS Holland (AS-3)
and USS Niagara (PG-52) are alongside the wharf on the
base's north side.
In the distance (nearest group in upper left) are the battleship
Nevada (BB-36), at far left, USS Castor (AKS-1)
and the derelict old minelayer Baltimore. Cruisers in
top center are USS Minneapolis (CA-36), closest to camera,
and USS Pensacola (CA-24), wearing a Measure 5 painted
"bow wave".
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives.
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