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| Keywords: Aerial view of Pearl Harbor on 3 May 1940.jpg Vertical aerial photograph of Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA from 5 250 m 17 200 ft altitude looking directly down on East Loch and on the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island Taken on 3 May 1940 after the conclusion of Fleet Problem XXI and just prior to the 7 May receipt of word that the Fleet was to be retained in Hawaiian waters There are eight battleships and the carrier USS Yorktown CV-5 tied up along the island's southeastern side toward the top with two more battleships alongside 1010 dock at top right center Two light cruisers and two destroyers are among the ships moored along Ford Island's northwestern side Seventeen other cruisers and over thirty destroyers are also visible mainly in East Loch At the seaplane base at the southern top right tip of Ford Island are at least 38 Consolidated PBY patrol planes Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor-raid/pearl-harbor-in-1940-1941/80-G-411117 html 80-G-411117 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1940-05-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aerial photographs of Pearl Harbor 1940 in Hawaii Fleet Problem Ford Island | ||||
