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See The Truth About The Pictures On This Page
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Originallys received from Charlotte & Lee Beyer to Sara Hemp:
These are photographs of Pearl Harbor that I received courtesy of Ted Johnson.
from Ted Johnson:
I received these from a friend who received these photos from an old shipmate on the USS QUAPAW ATF-11O.
Interesting as I've never seen them anywhere else. I think they're spectacular.
Note: the USS QUAPAW ATF-11O wasn't at Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
On Sunday, December
7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S.
Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a
Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the
entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and
one of the Battleships were not in port. The USS Enterprise was
returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft.
The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga
and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor.
Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. losses were:
In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor.
Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.
When it was over, the U.S. losses were:
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Pearl Harbor Pictures
Note: displayed in the order I received them. No other info available.
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From: <clearybernard@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Pearl Harbor Photos
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:39:08 -0600
By now you must have received several comments or explanations re: the photos of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Whoever posted them, in various numbers and formats, also included a tall tale of them being found "in an old Brownie camera, in a sailors footlocker, a sailor who serverd aboard the USS Quapaw (ATF110)"
Well, of course, sailors have seabags, not footlockers, the keel of the Quapaw was not laid until Dec. 1942, and they are all high quality (not Brownie camera quality) US Navy photos, taken all over the battle area. The aerial photos were taken by Japanese pilots as they attacked Pearl Harbor. The US DoD or War Department (in 1945-46) acquired those and other miltary photos after Japan's unconditional surrender.
I had seen most of the pictures in Life magazine in the 40s. All these pictures, now in US Archives, got wide display in 1991, on the 50th anniversary of the attack. Looking closely at the aerials you can see artwork has been done on the photos, for clarity and intelligence use.
I have a long experience with photography, particularly Navy Photography, from 1953 in Navy Photo School, through 1996 when I retired as a Navy Photo Lab (civil service) manager.
Bernard R. Cleary,
Chief Photographer's Mate
U.S.Navy-Retired
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In Anwer to the below email: The submitter, nor the people who gave them the info ever claimed that the USS Quapaw ATF 110 was at Pearl Harbo on December 7, 1942. The images came originally from "a friend who got them from his old shipmate on the USS Quapaw ATF 110" How the shipmate got the images is unknown as the link in this chain has been broken by death.
Subject:
I_have_a_commentSubject: Pearl Harbor Photos
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:39:08 -0600
By now you must have received several comments or explanations re: the photos of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Whoever posted them, in various numbers and formats, also included a tall tale of them being found "in an old Brownie camera, in a sailors footlocker, a sailor who serverd aboard the USS Quapaw (ATF110)"
Well, of course, sailors have seabags, not footlockers, the keel of the Quapaw was not laid until Dec. 1942, and they are all high quality (not Brownie camera quality) US Navy photos, taken all over the battle area. The aerial photos were taken by Japanese pilots as they attacked Pearl Harbor. The US DoD or War Department (in 1945-46) acquired those and other miltary photos after Japan's unconditional surrender.
I had seen most of the pictures in Life magazine in the 40s. All these pictures, now in US Archives, got wide display in 1991, on the 50th anniversary of the attack. Looking closely at the aerials you can see artwork has been done on the photos, for clarity and intelligence use.
I have a long experience with photography, particularly Navy Photography, from 1953 in Navy Photo School, through 1996 when I retired as a Navy Photo Lab (civil service) manager.
Bernard R. Cleary,
Chief Photographer's Mate
U.S.Navy-Retired
********************
In Anwer to the below email: The submitter, nor the people who gave them the info ever claimed that the USS Quapaw ATF 110 was at Pearl Harbo on December 7, 1942. The images came originally from "a friend who got them from his old shipmate on the USS Quapaw ATF 110" How the shipmate got the images is unknown as the link in this chain has been broken by death.
Subject:
From:
Patrick Little <email address withheld>Date:
Sun, 29 Oct 2006About the Pearl Harbor Pics and who took them .......... self explanatory when you see that the USS Quapaw ATF 110 wasn't built yet:
HISTORY OF THE
USS QUAPAW ATF-110
The USS QUAPAW ATF 110 ( Auxiliary Tug Fleet ) was built
by the United Engineering Company of Alameda, California, her keel being laid on
28 December 1942, launched on 15 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. N.Lehman, and
commissioned on 6 May, 1944, Lt. Comdr. N.H. Castle in
command.
On 15 May 1944 after shakedown cruises and training she steamed for San Francisco out of San Pedro and San Diego through 10 June. She departed San Francisco 21 June enroute the Admiralty Islands. After calling at Honolulu, where she delivered an army barge, a dump scow, and a derrick, she steamed 12 July via the Ellis Islands and Milne Bay, New Guiana, arriving Manus, Admiralty Islands 14 August.
Following several harbor tow assignments, she departed 17 August with a deck cargo of 7,500 bbls. of aviation gasoline and 49 motor torpedo boat engines, and with a gasoline barge in tow. These she delivered to Mics Woendi lagoon, whence she steamed to Maffin Bay where she received orders to stand by in preparation for the landings on Morotai Island.
With a convoy of liberty ships, minesweepers, and landing craft, together with screening destroyers, QUAPAW entered Morotai Harbor the morning of 16 September 1944. She remained through 1 October, primarily engaged in retracting LSTâs from the beach of Pitoe Bay.
From 20 October 1944 through 1 January 1945, QUAPAW was operating in San Pedro Bay in support of the Layte operation. Her assignments entailed salvage, firefighting, and towing operations.
Landings were made at Liagayen 9 January 1945 and QUAPAW was assigned patrol of both attack areas to render all necessary assistance. She retracted landing craft, made repairs and conducted towing operations until 21 February. She then steamed to Mindoro. She departed Mangarin Bay 26 February as a unit of Admiral W.M. Fechteler's TG 78.2 enroute Puarto Princesa, Palawan, for initial assaults against that island. Enroute QUAPAW took LCI-683 in tow when the latter was unable to maintain convoy speed. The landing forces went ashore 28 February and QUAPAW retracted landing craft from the beaches east of Puarto Princesa and in the vicinity of the city jetty. She returned to Mangarin Bay, 5 March.
From 8 through 25 March QUAPAW participated in salvage and demolition work, assisted in clearing harbor wreckage with intervening repair and towing missions at Zamboanga, Minddanac. Further salvage, tow, and repair missions proceeded overhaul at Hollandin, New Guinea, commencing 29 May. The tug departed 25 June for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, from where she steamed 6 July with one section of a battleship dry-dock in tow for Samar, P.I.. With the end of hostilities she continued towing services between various ports of the Philippines, with frequent service to Manus and back through 25 April 1945.
QUAPAW departed Subic Bay for the United States 16 June 1946 arriving San Francisco, CA 14 July. After overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyards, continued coastal and transpacific towing operations until 21 December 1947. The QUAPAW was placed in inactive status at San Francisco until 30 April 1948 when she was placed out of commission, in reserve.
QUAPAW was recommissioned 5 December 1950 at Alameda, Calf. Lt. Fleming M. Christinan in command. After refresher training out of San Diego through January 1951 , she steamed via Bremerton , Wash. with a barracks ship in tow for Pearl Harbor. Arriving 14 February 1951, she commenced operations under Commander Service Force, Pacific.
The QUAPAW provided service at Inchon, Korea 30 April through 17 July 1951, and at Wonsan 19 Huly through 3 August. Towing service at Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan were interrupted by patrol duty at Wonsan, Korea 26 October through 20 November, and by operation in the area of Cho Do and Taechong Do, Korea 17 January through 14 February 1953. QUAPAW also conducted patrols in Korean waters in March and April 1953.
The QUAPAW received four battle stars for World War II and five battle stars for the Korean conflict.
Since that time she has been home ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and has participated in annual WestPac deployments as well as a variety of assignments through the mid-Pacific area, as well as occasional duty as search and rescue vessel in Adak, Alaska.
NOTE: This info came be found at http://www.ussquapaw.com/history.cfm
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