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A Japanese photo of Battleship Row during the initial Pearl Harbor attack. Ships are (l-r) Nevada, repair ship Vestal, Arizona, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Maryland. |
7 December 1941 |
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Another Japanese photo of Battleship Row. Tennessee (inboard) and West Virginia are in the center of the image. |
7 December 1941 |
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Another Japanese photo of Battleship Row. Nevada at the right, is the only ship not totally covered by the dense smoke from the fatally injured Arizona moored ahead. The sterns of Tennessee and West Virginia are barely visible in a break in the smoke. |
7 December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee during the attack. |
7 December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee in the background after the attack, Arizona still burns in the foreground. |
December 1941 |
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West Virginia (sunk) and Tennessee after the attack. |
December 1941 |
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Tennessee and West Virginia (sunk) after the attack. |
December 1941 |
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Seen soon after Pearl Harbor repairs were completed, still looking similiar to her pre-war appearance. |
1942 |
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As above. Compare her superstructure outline here with that of her post-overhaul images further down. |
May 1942 |
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As above. Compare her narrow beam here with that of her post-overhaul images further down. |
June 1942 |
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At Puget Sound Navy Yard after the extensive overhaul that changed her appearance dramatically. |
8 May 1943 |
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Underway near Puget Sound Navy Yard after overhaul |
12 May 1943 |
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As above. Note the completely new superstructure and the increased beam with the 5in/38cal battery. |
12 May 1943 |
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As above. The dark line on the aft deck shows the old hull position. |
12 May 1943 |
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Near Kiska, Alaska. |
August 1943 |
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Anchored in Adak Harbor, Alaska. |
12 August 1943 |
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As above. |
12 August 1943 |
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Bombarding Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, now wearing measure 32/1D camouflage. |
February 1944 |
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Preparing for Saipan with Task Force 52 with her dazzle camouflage. The turrets visible in the foreground are from the light cruiser USS Honolulu (CL 48). |
12 June 1944 |
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At Puget Sound after a refit. |
January 1945 |
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A dramatic overhead view of Tennessee supporting waves of landing vehicles (LVT's) at Iwo Jima. |
19 February 1945 |
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Main battery shown bombarding Okinawa with a landing vehicle (LVT) in the foreground. |
March 1945 |
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As above. |
March 1945 |
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A 5in/38cal guns firing in support of the landings at Okinawa. Note several landing vehichles visible. |
1 April 1945 |
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Seen burning after being hit by a kamikaze, the destroyer USS Zellars (DD 777) in the background also burns as a kamikaze victim. |
12 April 1945 |
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