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DD350/A16 Serial 0390 |
U.S.S. Hull | |
December 9, 1941. |
From: | Commanding Officer. |
To: | Commander Destroyers Battle Force. |
Subject: | Air Raid on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Report on |
0757 - | General Quarters; prepared to get underway. |
0758 - | Gangway Watch opened fire with .45 cal. pistol on two (2) planes crossing bow within 50 yards. |
0805 - | #4 Machine gun opened fire. |
0807 - | #1 Gun, 5"/38 cal. opened fire. |
0809 - | #5 Gun, 5"/38 cal. opened fire, followed by guns #2, #3, and #4, shortly thereafter. |
0812 - | All Machine guns plus two (2) automatic rifles on the bridge and one on after deck house firing. |
0830 - | There was a lull. |
0830 - | Two Vee's high level bombers (10,000 ft.) directly over head seen intermittently through the clouds. Opened fire with all guns. Formations broke up and dropped their bombs in the cane field. |
0845 - |
Second attack of dive bombers. All attacks except one was broken up. One formation of three (3) continued on. Two of these wore shot down; one by USS Dobbin and one by the nest of ships. Two bombs landed astern of nest, close to side of Dobbin. |
Note: The following fact stood out very forcibly: Any vessel or any nest of vessels that could maintain a volume of fire suffered little or no damage. Time and again attacks (in the second raid) were directed at this nest of ships and were successfully driven off.
[signed]
R.F. STOUT.
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