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Chronology Of The Attack From The Deck Logs Of The Vessels Moored At Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 Compiled For The Pearl Harbor, Court Of Inquiry Hearings 0618 On the morning 7 Dec. Task Force 8 (ENTERPRISE, NORTHAMPTON, SALT LAKE CITY, CHESTER, (Crudiv 5), DUNLAP, ELIOT, FAN- NING, BENHAM, GRIDLEY, MAURY, BALCH, (Desron 6) were re- turning to Pearl Harbor after completing mission vicinity Wake Island. From position approximately 215 miles West of Pearl routing scouting flight launched. Flight had orders to search ahead sector through 045- 135 for distance 150 miles. Thence planes to proceed to Pearl. Three planes also launched to establish inner air patrol. 0630 ANTARES Arrived off Pearl Harbor, from Canton and Palmyra with 500 tons steel barge in tow. Sighted suspicious object 1500 yds. on stbd. quarter. Appeared to be small submarine but could not positively identify it. Accordingly notified inshore patrol ship, WARD to investi- gate it. 0633 ANTARES Observed Navy Patrol plane circle and drop 2 smoke pots near object. 0645 ANTARES Observed WARD commence firing for 2 minutes. Patrol plane appeared to drop bombs or depth charged object which disappeared. 0700 VP Squadron 24 Had four of the six PBY5 planes depart Pearl Harbor for scheduled training exercise in operating area C-5. One of the remain- ing two planes was out of commission for structural changes; the other in standby status for ready duty. 0700 Plane 14P-1 sank enemy sub. 1 mile off P. H. Entrance. FORCES UNDER COMMAND OF PATWING TWO (COMTASKFOR 9) disposed as follows: Patron 21 Midway: Patron 11, 12, 14, Kaneohoe; Patron 21, 22, 23, 24 Pearl Harbor. WRIGHT enroute from P. H. For Midway. Condition of readiness B-5. (50% aircraft on 4 hours notice). Specific duty assign- ments required 6 planes from Patron 14, 24, and 12 to be ready for flight on 30 minutes notice. Total number of planes ready for flight or in the air in 4 hours or less: 72. At time first bomb dropped 14 patrol aircraft were in the air (7 on search from Midway), 58 ready for flight in
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