To mark the 80th anniversary since the attack on Pearl Harbor, this virtual program will examine the connections between the fleet in Hawaii in 1941 and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. We will look at the histories of the eight ships built at the Yard that were moored in Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning, including the battleships Arizona and Tennessee. We will also discuss the role the Yard played in salvaging the Pacific Fleet in the aftermath of the attack, as more than 1,000 skilled Brooklyn shipworkers volunteered to go to Hawaii to help rebuild.
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral History Collection
- Pearl Harbor National Memorial Oral History Collection (NPS)
- Pearl Harbor Salvage Report 1944 (NHHC)
- Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal (NHHC)
- Edward C. Raymer (2012) Descent Into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941 — A Navy Diver’s Memoir
