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Description	English: Vertical aerial view of "Battleship Row" at Pearl Harbor, beside Ford Island, during the early part of the horizontal bombing attack on the ships moored there. Photographed from a Japanese aircraft. Ships seen are (from left to right): USS Nevada; USS Arizona with USS Vestal moored outboard; USS Tennessee with USS West Virginia moored outboard; USS Maryland with USS Oklahoma moored outboard; and USS Neosho, only partially visible at the extreme right. A bomb has just hit Arizona near the stern, but she has not yet received the bomb that detonated her forward magazines. West Virginia and Oklahoma are gushing oil from their many torpedo hits and are listing to port. Oklahoma´s port deck edge is already under water. Nevada has also been torpedoed. Japanese inscription in lower left states that the photograph has been officially released by the Navy Ministry.
Date	7 December 1941
Source	Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 50472; U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.488.029.033.
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:09, 6 February 2015	4,657 × 3,300 (6.93 MB)	Cobatfor	new NHHC photo
	14:03, 3 September 2011	1,909 × 1,358 (1.32 MB)	Cobatfor	NMNA file
	07:54, 6 September 2006	721 × 522 (50 KB)	Makthorpe	{{en\| Battleship row recon photo, Pearl Harbor attack. Captured photo with Japanese Caption: " "Alas, the spectacle of the American battleship Fleet in its dying gasp. The attack of our assault force was extremely accurate and achieved direct hits wi