Photo #: NH 64478
USS Honolulu (CL-48)
Damage on the port side of the cruiser's hull, extending fore
and aft about 40 feet from about Frame 40. It was produced by
a Japanese 250 kilogram bomb that exploded about 20 feet away
during the 7 December 1941 air raid on Pearl Harbor. The blast
dished-in the hull five or six feet, resulting in heavy flooding
inside the ship.
Photographed in Drydock Number One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard,
13 December 1941. View looks forward, with the ship's armor belt
immediately above the damage area.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Historical Center.
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