Photo #: NH 97397
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
USS Nevada (BB-36) headed down channel past the Navy Yard's
1010 Dock, under Japanese air attack during her sortie from "Battleship
Row". A camouflage Measure 5 false bow wave is faintly visible
painted on the battleship's forward hull.
Photographed from Ford Island. Small ship in the lower right
is USS Avocet (AVP-4).
Note fuel tank "farm" in the left center distance,
beyond the Submarine Base.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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