1246 ---- CALIFORNIA sinking fast, stern underwater. Close all topside
hatches, as turrets will be fired. (Did not). Gun four port reported
Hoist #22, 5"/51, in B-510 was damaged. Power can be sent up, but
is slowed. Draft of ship, FWD: 34'9". Magazine temperature of
Turret I-84 .
1246 WP OFF. 14ND High altitude bombing attack coming in over Diamond
Head.
Unknown Cincpac To Rdo San Diego: Receive me on 26.1, transmit on 30.6
(cable to Navy radio San Diego) Via Globe.1247 CURTISS To CPW2: All of our transmitters are out.
1247 Combatships To COLORADO: If vessels are not longer in service will
furnish men and officers to ships in service to man complete anti-air-
craft batteries for continuous watch.1248
Combasefor To Cominron TWO: Designate two DMs sweep
approach to Pearl magnetic mines.1255
GAMBLE Proceeded on course 270T at 20 knots to join friendly forces
upon receipt of orders from Cincpac.
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1256 MTB SQUAD Out guarding 3445 voice sqdn. Comdrs. PT 20
PT 22, PT 23, PT 24 At dock guarding 3445 voice PT 21. On dock at crane
no power PT 26, PT 28. Aboard RAMAPO underway PT 27, PT 29, PT 30,
PT 42.
1258
Com 14 Four Japanese transports off Barbers Point.
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1300 KANURE Appears to be O.T.C. on 6581 BRG. 183.
1300 SISO On 7033 BRG 167l/2.
1300 KASO Seems to be Task Force Commander.
1300 KANURE is probably Commander in the Air.
1300 ST. LOUIS To Comdesbatfor: ST. LOUIS, BLUE, LAMSON, PHELPS
posit Lat 20.51 Long 158, course 275, speed 25K.
Unknown Cincpac To CTF 8: Your 2208 Only nine arrived.
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1300 RALEIGH Reports tugs SUNNADIN and AVOCET came alongside and
furnished light and power. One torpedo ran between bow of RALEIGH
and stern of DETROIT, and apparently sank in shoal water at Ford
Island without exploding. The following planes were destroyed, in which
it is considered the RALEIGH contributed:
1. Bomber flying over stern stbd to port crashed on deck or
CURTISS.
2. Plane new over bow from stbd to port and crashed near Pear
City.
3. Plane flying north on our stbd beam crashed in water between
DOBBIN and BALTIMORE.
4. Plane off our stern flying over Air Station was hit by 3" she
and blown to pieces in air.
5. Plane flying across our stern had tail blown off and fell Over
Pearl City.
1300 Comdesbatfor Own DD reports no enemy vessels off Barbers Point.
1300 CTF 1 At 1300 join DETROIT course 210 n speed 18 from point 51. (Action
to ST. LOUIS)
1300 RAMSAY Jap ship four miles from Barbers Point Two sampans fur-
ther out. Parachute troops landing on North Shore. (Reported by VJ
plane.
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1301 CPW 2 Search sector 220 to 230. Return (Action to 12-VP-23)
Unknown Comtrainron 8 ANTARES docked pier five afirm, Honolulu. Struck
by several machine gun bullets but no damage to material or personnel.
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1302
Cincpac To CTF 8: Radio bearings indicate AKAGI bearing 183
from Pearl another unit bearing 167.
1303
CPW 2 To comscoron 6: Reported Jap rendezvous 223 90 miles from
Ford Island. Search to 200 miles sector 235 to 215.
1305
NAS Kaneohe Captured enemy chart has marked positions bearing 223
distant 90 miles from Pearl Harbor.
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1309
Signal Tower DETROIT and PHOENIX are near Barbers Point. Signal
Tower sees no transports.
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1310
Combasefor To comtrainron 6; Com 14, Cominron 2: Sweep channel from
East Loch to entrance magnetic and Moored mines.
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1312 HULBERT Army reports that four enemy transports off Barbers Point.
1312 ST LOUIS Am proceeding with three destroyers to attack Barbers Point
Speed two five position lat. 21-57 long 150-03.
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1313
Combatships To NAS Pearl: for Capt. Bode CALIFORNIA urgently needs
AA ammunition.
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1317
Rdo Wailupe Signals intercepted and bearing true north believed to be
enemy carrier by character of transmission.
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1319 FRANK By phone: Enemy sampan about to land at Naval ammunition Depot.
--- FRANK Enemy landing party off shore Nanakul. Friendly planes firing
at them.
---- FRANK Op-1 Southeast enemy and friendly planes in dogfight.
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1322 ------ Enemy naval attack coming in towards Barbers Point. Present
position nine miles.
1322 Opnav To Mardet Tientsin. Com 15, Mardet AM Emb, Peiping Astnavatt
Shanghai, Rdo Wake, Navatt Chungking, Johnston Is, Rdo Guam,
Palmyra, Com 16, Rdo Tutuila, HOPKINS: This confirms air raid by
Japan on Oahu at 1800 today followed by declaration of war by Japan
against U.S. and Great Britain.
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1323
HELENA To Comcrubatfor: Due contamination feed water cannot main-
tain underway status longer than 8 hours. During this time speed
limited to 10 kts. Ready this condition on one hour notice F power for
fire control limited to two diesel generators. View condition and to
effect repairs recommend letting fires under all boilers die out.
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1324
CTF 8: UPSN Junction Task Force One and Eight. Propose send Crudiv
FIVE to Pearl for fuel.
1328
MINNEAPOLIS Your 072234 (CincPacs) complying. Ref. # 12-299 Use
plane to search sector 135 to 180 distance 154 miles from Pearl.
---- CINCPAC To CTF 8: DETROIT, PHOENIX, ST LOUIS, NEW ORLEANS fourteen
destroyers and four minelayers have sortied and are
proceeding to join you. Also MINNEAPOLIS and four minelayers or-
dered join from operating areas send ships to Pearl for fuel.
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1330
Reports 7632 kcs (M) following calls: SIME; SISC: DASCHO:
SUREMO, SAMORE, Sends following type of ... 095.45 086.42
1330
BOBOLINK's orders to sweep channel changed to sweep-
ing approaches to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Harbor. Arriving off
Pearl it appeared all ships there were engaged in sweeping.
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1331
CTF 1 To Cincpac: Task Force ONE: proceeding off Barbers Point Notify
Army.
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