Photo #: 80-G-189536
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
Aerial view of the Submarine Base, with part of the fuel farm
in the foreground, looking southwest on 13 October 1941.
Note the artfully camouflaged fuel tank in center, painted to
resemble a building. Also camouflaged as a building is the most
distant fuel tank in the upper left.
The building beside the submarine ascent tower (in right center,
shaped like a backwards "C") housed the U.S. Fleet
Headquarters at the time of the Japanese attack on 7 December
1941.
Alongside the wharf in right center are USS Niagara (PG-52)
with several PT boats alongside (nearest to camera), and USS
Holland (AS-3) with seven submarines alongside. About
six more submarines are at the piers at the head of the Submarine
Base peninsula. USS Wharton (AP-7) is the large ship at
left.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives.
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