Battleship

words “East Wind Rain” which meant the attack was going to happen. On December 7th 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor was started with two waves of a 350 plane fleet. These planes would be carrying modified battleship shells that can pierce a ships beck before exploding, which damaged nine battleships, causing some to even sink. The USS Arizona took the brunt of the attack due to a bomb detonating in the ships gunpowder magazine, causing Japanese planes to even rock in the air. The USS Arizona…

Mitchell’s actions regarding the Ostfriesland, forced the Navy to reconsider doctrine and change the central component of American naval power from the now defunct battleship to the newly conceived aircraft carrier. Mitchell’s actions during the first world war and his bombing of the Ostfriesland demonstrated the impact and possibility of strategic bombing(Pisano). For these reasons, the United States was positioned…

Japan Paper: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor From the Japanese Perspective World War II was the result of many countries attempting to obtain what did not belong to them. Germany, led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi political party, was attempting to forge a massive German empire out of the German homeland and surrounding territories. The Japanese were attempting to create a massive empire that fanned out in all directions from the mainland islands. With these attempts at gain, massive amounts of…

Technological advancements had major impact on the outcome of the first world war in Europe and world War II in the Pacific. Europe saw new technologies be introduced to the battlefield between 1914 and 1918 such as aircraft, land-used mainly weapons or battleships, while the US saw improvements in those technologies and some new advancements. The 20th century wars saw great inventions that shaped the outcome of the war, but are not the main factor that decided the fate of Europe despite their…

the universes through the liquid. My senses shift through the universes until I detected him. He piloted a Dynaject battleship against thousands of swarming, buzzing space creatures. A heartbeat before the space creatures disabled the battleship, I felt a tugging sensation at the back of my awareness. I responded to the summon and opened our connection. Seconds later, the battleship transformed. Most of space creatures exploded from the power of the transformation. The monstrous construction…

ordered to abandon the ship just as they were raising power for the pumps. Burning oil from Arizona and West Virginia drifted down on the USS California, and made the situation look worse than it was. Japanese pilots concentrated on their designated battleships, but they also did not ignore other targets. The USS Helena was hit by a torpedo, and the power from the blast traveled to the nearby USS Oglala which was a mine-layer. Two destroyers in dry dock were destroyed when bombs drilled into…

Sunday, December 7, 1941, at 7:55 A.M. the Pearl Harbor bombing started in Oahu, an island in Hawaii, also known as Pearl Harbor. The bombing started at 7:55 A.M. and ended at 9:45 A.M. Many of the men were still in their pajamas, some were still eating breakfast. The battle took place for two hours. The Japanese attacked in two waves that consisted of three hundred fifty-three planes. The waves were approximately forty - five minutes apart, that the Japanese launched. 7:55 A.M. the first wave…

Tanks early on in the war were poorly built and unfit for combat as it was constantly breaking down. On September 10th, when the first model tank was rested, its tracks fell apart, which occurred again on September 19th when official were viewing the machinery. Although, impressed with the tank consequently, they claimed that it wasn’t right for battle yet. The main error in the construction was the tracks, that were constantly being torn apart or breaking. Despite the critical errors, along…

largely empty. The only distinguishable feature was in the middle of the space, where a slender metallic skeleton lay hoisted on supports spanning the length of the dock. The stiff structure could easily be identified as the keel for an imperial battleship. The outer hull plating and decks appeared to have been melted and pried from their designated position, leaving only the curved underbelly, like a half eaten…

was able to put three ships out of action and kill 250 Union sailors while sustaining minor damage to her topside and two guns (Potter, 1981, pg. 128). The use of ironclad battleships rendered wooden fleets useless. Their heavy solid shot ammunition would ricochet harmlessly off of their casemates, allowing ironclad battleships on both sides to decimate each other 's wooden…