War Damage Reports 12th Naval District
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"War Damage Reports" are as the name implies, the official naval report of damages sustained to the vessel. These reports have photographs that show the damage to the vessel and some temporary repairs. The photographs are reproduced on standard stock paper; the quality of the reproduction is not good by any stretch of the imagination. Where POSSIBLE the original photographs will be inserted as an appendix to the report. Within each report there are extended length "plates". These plates are a visual representation and location of the damag to the vessel, and form an integral part of the report that cannot be excluded from it. The plates are oversized, meaning, they exceed the scannable area of a NARA approved flatbed scanner, 12" X 17" or tabloid size, is the largest flatbed allowed at this time. The only means of scanning the plates is to have the scan done by NARA. The cost is $3.50 per foot of scan, this cost is subject to change by NARA at any time. The average length of a 'plate' is approximately three (3) feet.
Where you see 'War Damage Report No. xx' that is the offical naval report.
Where you see the names of two vessels in the VESSELS column the Navy has combined two reports into a single report.
Some of the offical Naval War Damage Reports concerning Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 are not numbered.
You may see that some vessels have more than one report, this can be the result of multiple copies of reports with different attachments, supplementary reports by different commands, or simply the vessel was damaged in two different actions.
If you have any INQUIRES
DO TO RISING COSTS PLEASE REQUEST AN ESTIMATE PRIOR TO PLACING AN ORDER
In the subject line of the email use War Damage Report For The Pacific AreaIn the body of the email use the Line Number followed by the Vessel Name and Hull number as an identifer.
Example - LINE NUMBER 1,
| Line Number | VESSEL NAME |
| 1 | USS ACHERNAR AKA53 War Damage Report Okinawa 2 April 1945 Typed by Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Thirty-eight (38) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 2 | USS ACHERNAR AKA53 Ships Damage Report 2 April 1945 Okinawa - Gunto Typed by Commanding Officer J. R. Lange itemized list of replacement and repair items. |
| 3 | USS ADAMS DM27 War Damage Report Okinawa 28 March & 1 April 1945 Typed by Mare Island Twenty-seven (27) Photographs |
| 4 | USS ADAMS DM27 Damage Photos Twenty-two (22) Photographs only |
| 5 | USS ADHARA AK71 Battle damage repairs 7 April 1943 Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Group Typed by Mare Island one (1) sketch |
| 6 | USS ADHARA AK71 War Damage Report 7 April 1943 Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Group typed by Mare Island with 27 Photographs and three (3) plates |
| 7 | USS ALCHIBA AKA6 War Damage Report No. 40 Solomon Islands 28 November 1942 7 December 1942 Three (3) plates |
| 8 | USS ALCHIBA AKA6 Structrual damage 28 Nov 1942 and 7 Dec 1942 Solomon Islands Typed by Commanding Officer N. R. Shaw No photographs no plates |
| 9 | USS ALCHIBA AKA6 War Damage Report Guadalcanal 28 Nov 1942 and 7 Dec 1942 typed by Mare Island with 72 Photographs and four (4) plates |
| 10 | USS ALHENA AKA 9 War Damage Report No. 27 San Cristobal Island, Solomon Island Group 29 September 1942 Two (2) plates |
| 11 | USS AMMEN DD527 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands 1 November 1944 typed by Mare Island Sixteen (16) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 12 | USS ASTORIA CA34 War Damage Report No. 29 Savo Island 9 August 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 13 | USS AULICK DD569 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands 29 November 1944 typed by Commanding Officer J. D. Andrew no Photographs |
| 14 | USS AULICK DD569 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands 29 November 1944 typed by Mare Island Thirty-four (34) photographs Two (2) plates |
| 15 | USS BAILEY DD492 Komandorskie Islands 26 March 1943 Repairs of damage to typed by Commanding Officer E. H. Mc Menemy USS BLACK HAWK AD9 No photographs no plates |
| 16 | USS BAILEY DD492 War Damage Report Komandorskie Islands 26 March 1943 Typed by Mare Island Forty one (41) photographs two (2) plates |
| 17 | USS BAILEY DD492 War Damage Report Peleliu Island 1 October 1944 typed by Mare Island Eight (8) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 18 | USS BENHAM DD796 War Damage Report 24 April 1944 Collision with USS UHLMANN DD687 typed by Pearl Harbor Forty-seven (47) Photographs |
| 19 | USS BIRMINGHAM CL62 War Damage Report Solomon Islands 8 November 1943 Typed by Pearl Harbor Ninty-three (93) Photographs |
| 20 | USS BIRMINGHAM CL62 Supplementary War Damage Report 8 November 1943 Typed by Mare Island Twenty seven (27) Photographs one (1) plate |
| 21 | USS BIRMINGHAM CL62 War Damage Report No. 48 Solomon Islands 8 November 1943 Two (2) plates |
| 22 | USS BIRMINGHAM CL62 SS MANUKAI collision 7 February 1944 |
| 23 | USS BIRMINGHAM CL62 War Damage Report 24 October 1944 typed by Mare Island Forty-eight (48) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 24 | USS BLESSMAN APD48 War Damage Report Iwo Jima 18 February 1945 Typed by Mare Island Fifty-nine (59) Photographs |
| 25 | USS TASKER H. BLISS AP42 War Damage Report No. 32 Fedala, French Morocco 11 to 15 November 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 26 | USS BOISE CL47 War Damage Report No. 24 Savo Island 11 & 12 October 1942 Two (2) plates |
| 27 | USS BOYD DD544 War Damage Report Nauru Island 8 December 1943 typed by Commanding Officer U. S. G. Sharp no Photographs |
| 28 | USS BOYD DD544 War Damage Report Nauru Island 8 December 1943 typed by Mare Island Eleven (11) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 29 | USS BRYANT DD665 War Damage Report Okinawa 16 April 1945 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard with Seventeen (17) Photographs Three (3) plates |
| 30 | USS CALDWELL DD605 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands 12 December 1944 typed by Mare Island no Photographs |
| 31 | USS CALIFORNIA BB44 War Damage Report No. 21 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 No Photographs Eight (8) plates |
| 32 | USS CANBERRA CA70 War Damage Reoprt No. 54 Formosa 13 October 1944 No Photographs One (1) plate |
| 33 | USS CAPELLA AK13 War Damage Report No. 27 Narragansett Bay, R.I 9 April 1942 No Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 34 | USS CARINA AK47 War Damage Report Nakasuka Wan, Berth 193, Okinawa by suicide boat 4 May 1945 Typed by Commanding Officer B. Koerner No photographs |
| 35 | USS CASE DD370 War Damage Report 29 November 1943 Storm Damage typed by Commanding Officer C. M. Howe no Photographs |
| 36 | USS CASSIN DD372 USS DOWNES DD375 War Damage Report No 13 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 |
| 37 | USS CASSIN DD372 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Typed by Pearl Harbor No Photographs |
| 38 | USS CASSIN DD372 USS DOWNES DD375 War Damage Report Disposition of Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Typed by Pearl Harbor Thirty-eight photographs One (1) plate |
| 39 | USS CELENO AK76 War Damage Report 16 June 1943 Guadalcanal Island typed by Mare Island Twenty-six (26) Photographs One (1) plate. |
| 40 | USS CHESTER CA27 War Damage report Marshall Islands 1 February 1942 One (1) plate |
| 41 | USS CHESTER CA27 War Damage Report No. 36 Solomon Islands 20 October 1942 Two (2) plates |
| 42 | USS CHICAGO CA29 Supplementary Damage Report 9 August 1942 typed by Commanding Officer H. D. Bode Nineteen (19) Photographs |
| 43 | USS CHICAGO CA29 War Damage Report 9 August 1942 typed by Mare Island Twenty-four (24) Photographs Three (3) plates |
| 44 | USS CHINCOTEAGUE AVP24 War Damage Report Saboe Bay, Pallu Passage 16 - 17 July 1943 typed by Commanding Officer I. R. Hobbs Seven (7) Small Photographs |
| 45 | USS CHINCOTEAGUE AVP24 War Damage Report additional information from commanding officer. |
| 46 | USS CHINCOTEAGUE AVP24 War Damage Report Saboe Bay, Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz 17 July 1943 Typed by Mare Island Forty-three (43) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 47 | USS CHINCOTEAGUE AVP 24 War Damage Report No. 47 Saboe Bay, Santa Cruz Islands 17 July 1943 Three (3) plates |
| 48 | USS CLAXTON DD571 War Damage Report Solomon Islands 4 February 1944 typed by Mare Island Twenty-two (22) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 49 | USS CLAXTON DD571 War Damage Report Solomon Islands 4 February 1944 typed by USS WHITNEY AD4 Eleven (11) Photographs |
| 50 | USS COMFORT AH6 Damage Report Typed by Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Navy Number (109) 926 S.N. Pyne No photogrphs |
| 51 | USS CONY DD508 War Damage Report Treasury Island 27 October 1943 typed by Commanding Officer H. D. Johnston no Photographs |
| 52 | USS CONY DD508 War Damage Report Treasury Island 27 October 1943 typed by Mare Island Thirty (30) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 53 | USS CURTISS War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 One (1) plate |
| 54 | USS CURTISS AV4 War Damage Report Kerama Retto, Ryukus Islands 21 June 1945 typed by Mare Island Forty-nine (49) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 55 | USS SOUTH DAKOTA BB57 War Damage Report No. 57 Guadacanal 14 & 15 November 1942 Two (2) Plates |
| 56 | USS DENVER CL58 War Damage Report 13 Novemebr 1943 Treasury Island Typed by Commanding Officer R.P. Briscoe |
| 57 | USS DENVER CL58 War Damage Report Treasury Island 2 & 13 November 1943 Typed by Mare Island Sixty-nine (69) Photographs Three (3) plates |
| 58 | USS DENVER CL58 War Damage Report No 52 13 Novemebr 1943 Treasury Island Three (3) plates |
| 59 | USS DOWNES DD375 War Damage Report Disposition of Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Typed by Pearl Harbor Thirty-eight photographs One (1) plate |
| 60 | USS DOWNES DD375 War Damage Report No 13 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 |
| 61 | USS ELECTRA AKA4 War Damage Report No. 32 Fedala, French Morocco 11 to 15 November 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 62 | USS ENTERPRISE CV6 War Damage Report Marshall Islands 1 February 1942 One (1) plate |
| 63 | USS ENTERPRISE CV6 War Damage Report No. 59 War History 7 December 1941 to 15 August 1945 Seven (7) plates one (1) map |
| 64 | USS ERIE War Damage Report No. 31 Willemstad, Curaco, N.W.I. 12 November to 5 December 1942 Three (3) plates |
| 65 | USS EVANS DD552 War Damage Report Okinawa 11 May 1945 typed by Mare Island Eighty-five (85) Photographs Two (2) plates |