Barton (DD 722) - Naval Cruise Book

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Mwyf' V F i ffff ff' ? if if to i A V i 1 luillvllll si 3 a i ll 2 an ,llll The USS SHAW lDD-373l, in Mare Island for the Installation of a bow to replace the one destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, l94l. For tl-me journey from Pearl Harbor to California, the SHAW used an improvised bridge-the box- like structure near the stern of the vessel. .A

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Looking toward Pearl Harbor Navy Yard from Submarine base during Japanese attack, December 7, 1941. USS NORWHAL in foreground. The struggle for world peace was a failure. ln just ninety minutes the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was over. Inadequate Preparation now was the cry. Peace at any price was forgotten. Twenty-nine DES-PAC destroyers were at Pearl Harbor . . . 3 blasted out of action. A DES-PAC DD transmitted the first alarm, almost four hours prior to the sneak attack. War Again . . . Unbelievable . . sv ' 4

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Supplies piled high on beoch ot Gczudolconol lslcind while destroyers potrol off-shore. Gunnery operations oboord o destroyer in North un crew on the after deck fire Q gun Atlantic. G during night oction. Firing torpedo from USS DUNLAP lDD-3847 ot seo.