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US Navy Attacked December 7, 1941 Battleship Row USS Nevada USS Vestal USS Arizona USS West Virginia USS Tennessee USS Oklahoma USS Maryland USS Neosho USS California USS Avocet YG-17 YSD-19 Carrier Row USS Detroit USS Raleigh USS Utah USS Tangier 1010 Dock USS Oglala USS Helena USS Cachalot USS Tern YR-22 YO-30 Navy Yard USS St. Louis USS Mugford USS San Francisco USS New Orleans USS Bagley USS Cummings USS Sacramento USS Ramapo USS Preble USS Pruitt USS Sicard USS Tracy USS Honoluu USS Swan USS Argonne Rigel Ontario Crebe Schley Sunnadin Osceola Nokomis Hoga PT-26 PT-27 PT-28 PT-29 PT-30 PT-42 YSD-27 YTT-3 YG-477 YO-43 YD-25 YG-15 YG-21 YS-86 YT-119 YT-130 YT-152 YW-19 YW-16 West Loch USS Helm USS Pyro East Loch USS Monaghan USS Farragut USS Dale USS Aylwin USS Worden USS Dewey USS Hull USS Selfridge USS Phelps USS Macdonough USS Tucker USS Ralph Talbot USS Patterson USS Allen USS Whitney USS Reid USS Conyngham USS Dobbin USS Phoenix USS Henley USS Case USS Solace USS Blue Southeast Loch USS Narwhal USS Dolphin USS Tautog USS Pelias USS Widgeon USS Thornton USS Hulbert USS Sumner USS Castor USS Manuwai YO-24 YO-23 YO-44 YR-20 PT-20 PT-21 PT-22 PT-23 PT-24 PT-25 Middle Loch USS Curtiss USS Gamble USS Trever USS Montgomery USS Ramsey USS Perry USS Zane USS Wasmuth USS Medusa USS Breese Dry Docks No. 1 and YFD - 2 USS Pennsylvania USS Cassin USS Downes YFS-2 USS Shaw USS Soyotomo Hospital Point USS Turkey USS Vireo USS Rail USS Bobolink |
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*** N E W S F L A S H *** |
Japanese Midget Found! |
Hawaii Star Bulletin Newspaper Article Hawaii Star Bulletin Newspaper Article Discovery Channel Report National Geographic Report HURL Report CNN Report |
It is believed that the craft was manned by Ens. Akira Hiroo (L) and PO1c Yoshio Katayama (R) |
At 0637 USS Ward's officer of the deck, Lt. (jg) William O. "Oscar" Goepner, summoned his skipper, Lt.William W. Outerbridge, who at 0640 ordered his destroyer to attack. At precisely 0645, December 7, 1941, the crew of Ward's gun mount No. 3 fired. The members of hte gun crew were Edward J. Bukrey, Joseph V. Fluegel, John A. Peick, Harold P. Flanagan, Russell H. Knapp, Ambrose A. Domagall, Raymond B. Nolde, Karl C. J. Lasch, and Clarence W. Fenton. The first shot missed, but the second scored a solid hit. Thus the first shot of the attck on Oahu came from an American destroyer, not a Japanese aircraft. A US plane, Catalina No. 14-P-1, piloted by William P. Tanner, participated in this action. Tanner, copilot Robert B Clark, and navigator Donald H. Butler had taken off from Kaneohe on a routine antisubmarine patrol. Sighting what they thought to be an American submarine in difficulties, Tanner obligingly dropped two float lights. When, to their surprise, Ward attacked the submarine, Tanner and his collegues joined in, dropping one of the PBY's depth charges. So both Patrol Wing Two and Ward claimed the sinking. Although the order in which the midget submarines met their deaths cannot be determined with certainty, the vessel's positions suggests that this first submarine might well have been the craft manned by Akira Hiroo and Yoshio Katayama. |
USS Ward's Gun Crew |
USS Ward's Track Chart (Click on chart for larger view) |
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Picture provided by Lester Ritchie - Survivor |
War Poster |
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Airmen at Hickam killed by Japanese strafing (National Archives Photo) |
Gordon Sterling, Jr. still missing after 60 years (Photo provided by David Aiken) |
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