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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 84003

USS Nevada (BB-36)


Hole in the ship's port side caused by a Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo that hit her during the 7 December 1941 air raid. Photographed on 19 February 1942, in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard's Drydock Number Two. The view runs from about Frame 37 at left to about Frame 44 at right.
The battleship's side armor is visible inside the hole's upper section.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of The Honorable James V. Forrestal.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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24 November 2000