Leaves berth virtually surrounded by stricken ships. The Neosho, navy oil tanker, cautiously backs away from her berth (right center) in a successful effort to escape the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. At left the battleship California lists after aerial blows. Other crippled warships and part of the hull of the capsized Oklahoma may be seen in the background. The Neosho was later sunk in the Coral Sea


Leaves berth virtually surrounded by stricken ships. The Neosho, navy oil tanker, cautiously backs away from her berth (right center) in a successful effort to escape the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. At left the battleship California lists after aerial blows. Other crippled warships and part of the hull of the capsized Oklahoma may be seen in the background. The Neosho was later sunk in the Coral Sea


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