| Time | Event | Source |
| 0637 | USS Ward (DD-139) spots submarine, captain called to the bridge | Ward Action Report |
| 0640 | USS Ward (DD-139) charges submarine | Ward Action Report |
| 0645 | USS Ward (DD-139) Opens fire on submarine, hitting it. | Ward Action Report |
| 0652 | USS Ward (DD-139) Radios first warning of midget submarine | Ken's Ward Paper |
| 0653 | USS Ward (DD-139) Radios Second warning of midget submarine | Bishop Point Radio Station Log |
| 0726 | USS Helm (DD388) underway from X-7 to deperming buoys | |
| 0753 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) ordered to assist Ward in Defensive Area | |
| 0755 | USS Henley (DD-391) mistakenly calls general quarters just before attack starts. | |
| 0755 | USS Henley (DD-391) accidentally calls general quarters instead of normal muster | Henley Action Report |
| 0757 | Aerial attack begins with first bomb dropped by dive bomber on Ford Island | |
| 0757 | USS Tucker (DD-374) opens fire with after machine gun | |
| 0758 | U.S.S. Aylwin DD355 opens fire | |
| 0758 | USS Hull gangway watch opens fire with .45 pistol | |
| 0758 | USS Selfridge (DD-357) opens fire with machine guns | |
| 0759 | USS Selfridge (DD-357) opens fire with 1.1" AA guns | |
| 0800 | U.S.S. Aylwin DD355 begins preparations to get underway | |
| 0800 | USS Helm (DD-388) under fire from passing Kate Torpedo bombers | |
| 0801 | USS Macdonough DD-351 opens fire with machine guns | |
| 0801 | USS Cassin (DD-372) & USS Downes (DD-375) open fire with machine guns | |
| 0801 | USS Macdonough (DD-351) opens fire with machine guns | Macdonough Action Report |
| 0802 | USS Dewey (DD-349) opens fire with four .50 cal | |
| 0802 | USS Phelps (DD-360) opens fire with forward 1.1" AA gun | |
| 0803 | USS Chew (DD-106) opens fire with 3"/23 | Chew Action Report |
| 0803 | USS Cummings opens fire with aft machine guns | |
| 0804 | USS Jarvis (DD-393) opens fire with Machine guns | |
| 0804 | USS Mugford (DD-389) opens fire with .50 machine guns | |
| 0805 | USS Blue (DD-387) opens fire with machine guns | |
| 0805 | USS Hull (DD-350) #4 machine gun opens fire | |
| 0805 | USS Jarvis (DD-393) opens fire with 5" gun | |
| 0805 | USS Helm (DD-388) opens fire from aft machine guns | |
| 0806 | USS Macdonough DD-351 opens fire with main battery on local control | |
| 0806 | USS Macdonough (DD-351) opens fire with 5" guns | Macdonough Action Report |
| 0807 | USS Blue (DD-387) opens fire with main battery | |
| 0807 | USS Helm (DD-388) opens fire from main battery | |
| 0807 | USS Hull (DD-350) #4 5"/38 opens fire | |
| 0807 | USS Mugford (DD-389) shoots down Kate after it had released a torpedo | |
| 0808 | USS Conyngham opens fire with #'s 4 & 5 5" guns | |
| 0808 | USS Cummings opens fire with main guns | |
| 0808 | Commander, DESFLOT 1 orders DESDIV 2 (AYLWIN, DALE, FARRAGUT,
MONAGHAN) to sortie & establish offshore patrol |
DESFLOT 1 report |
| 0809 | USS Hull (DD-350) remaining 5"/38 opens fire | |
| 0810 | USS Dale (DD-353) opens fire with aft machine guns, and shortly afterwards aft 5" | |
| 0810 | USS Dewey (DD-349) opens fire with four 5" guns despite being without power. | |
| 0810 | USS Helm (DD-388) shoots down japanese plane | |
| 0810 | USS Reid (DD-369) opens fire with aft machine guns | |
| 0811 | USS Chew (DD-106) opens fire with 2 .50 cal | Chew Action Report |
| 0812 | USS Farragut (DD-348) opens fire with 5" guns | |
| 0812 | USS Hull (DD-350 All machine guns and two rifles on bridge firing | |
| 0815 | USS Mugford (DD-389) shoots down Kate before it had released a torpedo (20 feet altitude) | |
| 0815 | USS Phelps (DD-360) opens fire with aft 1.1" AA gun | |
| 0817 | USS Helm (DD-388) clears channel and takes midget sub under fire | |
| 0818 | USS Conyngham (DD-371) opens fire with #'s 1 & 2 5" guns & .50 cal | |
| 0820 | USS Mugford (DD-389) opens fire with 5" guns | |
| 0820 | USS Reid (DD-369) opens fire with aft 5"/38 | |
| 0827 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) Reports being under way | |
| 0830 | USS Henley (DD-391) underway from X-11 | |
| 0830 | USS Reid (DD-369) opens fire with fore machine guns & 5"/38 | |
| 0830 | USS Whitney (AD-4) cuts steam to Conyngham, Reid, Tucker, Case and Selfridge | Whitney Action Report |
| 0837 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) sets for flank speed and sets course for "midget B" sub | |
| 0840 | USS Dale (DD-353) underway from X-14 as reported by Farragut | |
| 0843 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) rams "midget B" sub | |
| 0844 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) depth charges Midget B and rams dredge | |
| 0845 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) underway from X-14 | |
| 0845 | (approx) USS Downes (DD-375) opens fire with one 5" gun to test stability while firing in drydock | |
| 0847 | USS Blue (DD-387) underway from X-7 | Blue Action Report |
| 0852 | USS Farragut (DD-348) underway from X-14 | |
| 0854 | Second Wave Attack Begins | |
| 0856 | (approx) USS Downes (DD-375) hit by bomb in Drydock 1 | |
| 0900 | USS Patterson (DD-392) clears channel | |
| 0900 | USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) underway from X-11 | |
| 0901 | USS Case (DD-370) Opens fire with Machine Guns | Case Action Report |
| 0903 | USS Cummings opens fire with main guns on 2nd wave | |
| 0907 | USS Dale clears channel | Dale Action Report |
| 0908 | USS Monaghan (DD-354) clears channel | |
| 0910 | USS Blue (DD-387) exits PH Channel | |
| 0910 | Bombs fall near USS Cummings (DD-365), wounding three men | |
| 0915 | USS Downes fires cook off a torpedo in tube #3 | |
| 0915 | USS Helm (DD-388) under attack by Val, near misses that deluge front of ship and causes slight damage | |
| 0920 | USS Downes (DD-375) order given to abandon ship | |
| 0921 | USS Farragut (DD-348) slightly damaged by Val while in channel | |
| 0926 | USS Phelps (DD-360) underway from X-2 | |
| 0927 | USS Cassin (DD-327) & USS Downes (DD-375) damaged by second bomb that hit the drydock between them | |
| 0927 | USS Farragut (DD-348) clears channel | |
| 0928 | USS Mugford (DD-389) shoots down Val (??) | |
| 0930 | Lt Commander Walker rejoins USS Patterson (DD-392) by boat outside of harbor | Patterson Action Report |
| 0934 | USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) passes Buoy #1 | |
| 0940 | USS Bagley (DD-386) Underway from B-22 | |
| 0950 | USS Blue (DD-387) drops 8 depth charges on sonar contact | |
| 0950 | USS Phelps (DD-360) clears channel | |
| 1000 | USS Chew (DD-106) Sortied from X5 | |
| 1010 | USS Reid (DD-369) under way | Reid Action Report |
| 1013 | USS Schley DD-103 & USS Allen DD-66 Underway | Mugford Action Report (attache |
| 1018 | USS Jarvis (DD-393) Underway | |
| 1025 | USS Whitney (AD-4) cuts electricity to Conyngham, Tucker, and Case | |
| 1040 | USS Cummings (DD-365) underway | |
| 1040 | USS Worden (DD-352) leaves nest at X-2 | Worden Action Report |
| 1100 | USS Tucker (DD-374) Sorties | CINCPAC Report Phase V (A) |
| 1114 | USS Worden (DD-352) "sorties" according to DALE (cleared channel I think) | Dale Action Report |
| 1130 | USS Henley (DD-391) picks up captain and XO from Minesweeper Trevor | Henley Action Report |
| 1200 | USS Hull (DD-350) Sorties | CINCPAC Report Phase V (A) |
| 1214 | USS Mugford (DD-389) underway from Berth 6 | Mugford Action Report |
| 1235 | USS Mugford (DD-389) clears channel | Mugford Action Report (attache |
| 1505 | USS Dewey (DD-349) stands out | |
| 1615 | USS Case (DD-370) underway from X-8 | |
| 1655 | USS Case (DD-370) Underway from X-8 (Whitney) | Whitney Action Report |
| 1705 | USS Tucker (DD-374) underway from X-8 (Whitney) | Whitney Action Report |
| 1714 | USS Conyngham (DD-371) underway | Conyngham Action Report |
| 1720 | USS Conyngham (DD-371) underway from X-8 (Whitney) | Whitney Action Report |
| -705 | USS Ward (DD-139) drops depth charges on sonar contact | Ken's Ward Paper |