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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-451185

Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii


Aerial view, looking north, with the Navy Yard in the foreground, 7 January 1941. Ford Island Naval Air Station is in the center-left, and Pearl City is in the extreme upper left.
There are about 27 PBY patrol planes at the seaplane base, at the lower left point of Ford Island.
Aircraft carrier moored on the far side of Ford Island is USS Lexington CV-2). Other identifiable ships include USS Wright (AV-1), USS Curtiss (AV-4), USS Oglala (CM-4) and USS Medusa (AR-1).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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5 October 2000