Show I II I You Yon Cant Can't Keep a Good GoodShip Ship Down own I IThe The Japanese bombs on Pearl Harbor which ignited a avar war var I flame in America also disabled every United States battleship in the Hawaiian area and destroyed 80 naval aircraft of all all types The aircraft were vere all replaced within a few days Within a year most of the damaged vessels were vere repaired and back in inaction action Today almost two years from December 7 1941 the United States navy has come back to defeat the best that Japan Japan can throw against it According to authorities there is no navy in existence today that can match the combined size ex experience and air strength of Uncle Sams Sam's fleets This war has brought about new feats of naval salvage operations of which Pearl Harbor is an outstanding example The rapid work of naval salvage workers exceeded the most hopeful expectations expectations ex ex- r and the speed with which they repaired repaired repaired re re- br broken ken is of the of-the the paired ships symbolic navys navy's I spirit which is carrying it to the shores shores' of I Japan for a final accounting j j ry s 4 Y r rw w a i A Adia r dia Top left A diver at Pearl Harbor is w pictured just after ascending from the oily interior o of f the sunken battleship Arizona Right The barnacled deck of the Oklahoma breaks break water for the first time since the lap Jap sneak attack Y v Vr l l' l t rr r a aw m vuu a v E Ev v 6 A vif 3 ay Y Y a Damage and corrosion to the superstructure o of f the Oklahoma arc are quite pronounced in this picture Inset Some o of f the navy ship yard workers Corkers are women Dorothy Hawaiian is shown cutting steel to be shipped back to the mainland r F 1 w c f iff i f 2 i iz z W m. m mm Valuable parts of the year old Salvage work is in progress else- else Arizona are salvaged daily by where also A bridgehouse from a divers shown ascending from her sunken ship off of Staten Island is sunken hull hoisted to a barge Some of the vessels dam dani damaged vantage o of f these inherent aged at Pearl Harbor delays delas to install numer numerous required extensive ma machinery ous modernization lea chinery and intricate turcs tures and improve improve- electrical overhauling overhaul overhaul- ments Left The fn ing as well as re re- main deck of floating 11 and hull y the California g is i repairing Na Naval s' s x A Ir shown shogun rising val al re repair air z d r 1 from roni her f ff fal fallen ale yards tool len post f full Ii l l a ad- ad d 2 f yr 0 d n ya rr tion r 4 I The minelayer Oglala after being righted and repaired at Pearl Harbor Thus This was ivas one of the most severely damaged ships |