Pearl Harbor

the ships controls are generally located on the bridge of the ship, the name of the control panel? not to sure maybe its just called the control panel?

Historically, the river leading into Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was called the Wymumme (or Wy Momi) which translates to Pearl River.

Additionally, the Pearl Harbor watershed doesn't contain any real rivers. Rather, the freshwater supply for Pearl Harbor is derived from five perennial streams (Halawa, Kalauao, Waiawa, Waikele, and Waimalu) and three intermittent streams (Aiea, Honouliuli, and Waiau). (U.S. Department of Interior, 1969).

Japan gave the U.S - Yoshino Cherry trees more commonly known as "Cherry blossoms."

sinking of lusitania

(On 7 December) 1941.

He took over the Harper's Ferry Armory.

For about twenty years before Pearl Harbor there had been a split in the thinking at the top of the Navy. The Navy had always been controlled by the battleship admirals, the "big gun club". They were still in charge, but were being challenged by the newer ideas of the aircraft carrier admirals, who believed ship-borne naval aircraft would have a major role to play in any future war.

There had been no US aircraft carriers in Pearl Harbor at the time the Japanese attacked, which was extremely fortunate for the US, because the US had only three aircraft carriers for the Pacific at that time. What was damaged in Pearl Harbor were the big gun battleships so beloved by the traditional admirals. And, the damage had been inflicted by carrier aircraft. The day after Pearl Harbor two British big gun ships, a battleship and a battlecruiser, the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse, were sunk by Japanese aircraft operating from Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). These two ships were underway on the open seas, not sitting stationary in a harbor, and still, despite violent evasive maneuvers, could not avoid being sunk and could damage only a tiny number of the attacking aircraft. In short, the type of fleet which made the "big gun club" so proud was obsolete for most purposes and incapable of defending itself against air attack.

This realization had to be faced by the US Navy, which, fortunately already had numerous aircraft carriers being built and would soon lay down the keels for many more. The three carriers the US had in the Pacific would have to carry the load until new ships could begin joining the fleet. Battleships still had a role. The US Navy finished ten new "fast battleships" just before or during the war, and these were fast enough to keep up with the speedy aircraft carriers. The new "fast battleships" were covered with anti-aircraft guns. Their secondary armament was twenty five-inch naval cannons, in ten twin turrets, five on each side of the ship. These could fire a seventy pound shell up to eleven miles every two seconds. These shells had a top-secret US weapon in them - the proximity fuse. This was a tiny radar set in the nose of each shell, which would explode the shell when it came near an enemy aircraft. This meant you did not have to actually hit enemy aircraft, just come close, to destroy them. So, the fast battleships COULD protect themselves from air attack, and could also cover the aircraft carriers. So, that's how they spent the war, basically sailing along beside the ever-increasing number of US carriers to provide anti-aircraft protection. The big gun admirals found this deeply humiliating. Every once in a while they'd let the fast battleships bombard an enemy-held island before an invasion, just so they'd feel better, but mostly the pre-invasion bombardments were handled by the older, "slow" battleships (including eventually all but two of those sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor). Their guns were still fearsome, especially if you're a foot soldier and they're shooting them at you.

Naval thinking for generations had envisioned, in wars at sea, the eventual climactic battle between the opposing fleets of battleships. This was how they thought the war at sea would go. Since the US "battle line" was unavailable after Pearl Harbor, while being refloated and repaired, the US Navy had to come up with alternatives. Besides the aircraft carriers, the US Navy turned to submarines. Submarines were THE most successful part of the US Navy in WWII.

Submarine sailors made up 1% of the US Navy, and sank 55% of Japanese ships sunk. Nations invested years and millions into building highly complex capital ships, battleships and aircraft carriers, the pride of their fleet and the most complex machines built by man at that time. And along comes a relatively cheap submarine, with a crew of less than 100 men, and with a few inexpensive torpedoes sends your glorious big ships straight to the bottom.

The point of a ship is to sail on the sea. If you don't sail on the sea with a ship, you are wasting it, even if you are keeping it safe. The point is not to waste what you have - instead use it for its intended purpose. There is more danger in taking a ship out to sea but it is still worth it.

a 14 part message from the Japanese that was then deciphered but only the first 13 parts where decoded.

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Nominal British defenses extisted there. The real goal for even attacking Malaya was to get to Singapore. The british always though Singapore would be attackedd from the sea and they were prepared for such an attack. They thought to bring a subtantial army down through Malaya would be pretty much impossible. So the Japanese attacked from the morth where all the british fixed guns were pointing out to sea.

I believe the Casino internment camp was for political prisoners the Dutch evacuated from the East Indies when the Japanese were about to invade during WW2.

I think the Dutch military guarded the camp.

The Dutch government feared the prisoners might collaborate with the invaders and gain skills to be a major rebel threat should the Japanese be expelled.

Brian W Edginton.

over 1,000

During a sudden attack one must compose themselves and try to remain calm during the ordeal. It is once they are calm they can think of how to approach this sudden incident.

Memorials represent our history-- where we've been, what happened at a specific time, what is worthy of being remembered. Some memorials are inspiring, like the panoramic view of the faces on Mt. Rushmore; some are emotional, like the Vietnam War Memorial Wall. Not every memorial evokes the same reaction in each person who sees it, but in a culture that too often forgets, memorials are about keeping memory alive, and about knowing important aspects of who we are as a nation.

verb; to hit back, take revenge

Type your answer here... 6 or 7, depending if you count the USS California, which was moored on the same side of Ford Island, but was in a different location.

The 6 other ships that were moored together as "Battleship Row" were:

USS Nevada (beached to prevent sinking)

USS Arizona (destroyed)

USS Tennesse (damaged), USS West Virginia (sunk upright, later repaired)

USS Maryland (damaged), USS Oklahoma (sunk - capsized, later raised but sank while under tow)

Tennessee / West Virginia and Maryland / Oklahoma were moored in pairs, with the second-named ship in each pair outboard (away from the island) and therefore vulnerable to torpedo hits.

1909-1913

Animals are generally much smarter than people and can sense when something is wrong and usually get out of the way before the disaster happens. Some animals aren't fortunate enough and just like humans are killed or maimed. They have trauma just like humans and will die from that trauma.

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USS Arizona

20 miles.

"stevedore" or "long shoreman" were name for people who loaded ships. This is generally a civilian word. Since this was posted under WW2, the only answer that fits is "sailor".