| Show Knox Reveals SIX SI WARSHIPS LOST AT PEARL HARBOR t r u. u S. S Forces Not on Alert President Plans Probe j 1 Rest oJ of Pacific cefic Fret Fleet Safe B Battlewagon Arizona Three Destroyers One Mine Layer And Old Utah Sunk With Oklahoma Capsized t 2729 Navy Men I Killed Army Air Force Damages Hel Held High I c W WASHINGTON ASHIN TON Dec 15 AP Secretary AP-Secretary Secretary of the Navy Knox reported Monday that the battleship Arizona and five other warships were lost in the Sunday Japanese air raid on the on-the the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii He said 91 officers and 2638 enlisted men were known dead Known Japanese losses Knox said included three submarines and 41 aircraft After reporting to President elt Roosevelt on his return from a hurried fi e round trip to survey sur the effect of the raid at first hand the naval na secretary told a press conference conference con ference that aside from the Arizona ships destroyed iri hi- in included eluded the old ship Utah three destro destroyers the destroyers the ers the Cassin Downes and Shaw Shaw and and also the mine la layer er Oglala Damaged vessels included the old battleship Oklahoma wl which ch capsized but can eau be repaired The entire balance of the P Pacific fleet with its aircraft carriers its heavy cruisers its light cruisers its destroyers and submarines ines are uninjured and and are e all at sea seeking contact con con- contact I tact with the enemy Knox enemy Knox said Quickly he told a questioner that tha the fleet included battleships battleships bat as well Japanese Failed in Purpose The Japanese failed Knox said in their purpose to knock out the United States before the war began Knox said flatly that the United States services were not o on th the alert against the surprise air attack A formal investigation he said would be instituted by by- President Roosevelt immediately In the meantime he said there had been no changes in command Taking part in the Japanese attack Knox revealed were two two- man submarines Small mall Submarine Captured Of the three submersibles known to have been lost he said one was normal size one small and the third which h was captured was also a small one Aside from those killed 20 officers and men were listed as wounded i iThe The ratio of dead was heavy Knox explained because some ships J rolled over I r think the most effective fifth column work of the entire war was done in Hawaii with the possible exception of Norway Knox said Responding to reporters reporters' s' s questions Knox said to Planes Took Part PartHe He believed between and planes took part In the attack too too many to come from a single zingle aircraft carrier The attacks attacks' apparently were made only by single planes and apparently none none was as land As far as known none was flown lown by Germans and no new weapons of any kind made their appearance Knox declined t to say whether the navy ha had known of the existence existence ex ex- It of lne two man woman submarines escaped damage he said as did all oil storage and other important base bas facilities Th The a secretary said the Arizona ona went down fro Y a lucky luck hit w izona was built t in the New Y York rk na navy S 'S i d launched June 19 1915 a ton ship of the Pennsylvania oafs Its normal normal nor nor- mal complement was Wa 1358 officers and nd men It carried according t to Janes Jane's FI Fighting Ships 12 inch 11 guns 12 inch five guns and eight i inch five-inch antiaircraft weapons as well as three aircraft It cost coat Continued on P rage rae s Three Column Three U. 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S Lost Six Warships In Hawaii Says Knox Continued a from Page One The Oklahoma was another of the older battleships launched March 23 1914 at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding com corn pany It had displacement of 2900 29 00 tons and a normal complement complement- of 1301 It carried 10 inch 14 guns juns 12 inch 5 weapons weapon eight fi finch 5 inch antiaircraft guns and three aircraft It cost and was altered at a cost ost of to increase its armor 1933 Class Destroyers The Cassin Shaw and Downes were of the Mahan destroyer class in n the 1933 program The Cassin and Shaw were launched October 28 1935 at the Philadelphia navy yard They were of 1500 tons displacement displacement dis- dis placement and cost from to o each The Downes was launched at Norfolk navy yard April 22 1936 and was similar to the other two Knox said that no army or navy planes were in the air when the attack came although planes of the navys navy's customary dawn patrol already were over the horizon The navy had not be been n patrolling patrolling patrolling patrol patrol- ling at night Knox told a questioner questioner questioner ques ques- considering such patrol would be ineffective He said he believed patrol planes would have to be operating to entirely safeguard the islands from surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise attack Army Los Losses es Severe Army losses in aircraft were se severe severe severe se- se vere Knox said and some hangars also were destroyed But he added that replacements had already arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived or were on their way The Utah the target ship lost had not been used as a combatant ship for many years It was subjected subjected subjected sub sub- to a furious attack because Knox said the Japanese thought they were knocking out an aircraft carrier The Utah was launched December December December Decem Decem- ber 23 1909 at the New York Shipbuilding company yards and was a former battleship being used as a wireless-controlled wireless target target target tar tar- get ship It had tons dis dis- dis- dis placement Actually he said no aircraft carrier was in Pearl Harbor at atthe atthe atthe the time The Arizona he said was destroyed by the explosion first of its boiler and then of its forward magazine as a a. result of ofa ofa ofa a hit by a bomb which is believed to have literally passed down the smokestack Converted Merchantman l The mine layer Oglala was a converted merchantman formerly a passenger ship on the Fall River line which was converted into a amine amine amine mine layer in the World war The Oglala a ton mine minelayer minelayer minelayer layer was a a. former merchant ship under the name of S. S S. S Massachusetts and the Shawmut retaining the latter name for a time after being taken over by bythe bythe bythe the navy She carried one five- five inch gun and a complement of men Knox said some ships already had been repaired and were ready for sea Others he explained will take from a week to several months to repair The Oklahoma was placed in the category requiring several months Knox told a questioner that the Japanese planes which escaped flew in four directions to baffle pursuit De Denies les Warning Knox said he estimated that from three to four weeks at least would have been required to make preparations for the raid He told an inquirer a a. rumor that the navy had been forewarned was untrue Prior to Knox's press conference conference conference confer confer- ence the war department said enemy air operations continued over Luzon in the Philippines and ground operations were in progress in three sections of the island |
