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 PATTERSON DD392 War Damage Report 29 September 1943 Solomon Islands Collision with USS MC CALLA Typed by USS DIXIE AD14 Eight (8) Photographs no plate |
| 2 | USS PENNSYLVANIA BB38 War Damage Report No. 14 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Three (3) plates |
| 3 | USS PENSACOLA CA24 War Damage Report No. 35 Lunga Point 30 November 1942 Six (6) plates |
| 4 | USS PENSACOLA CA24 War Damage Photographs 30 November 1942 Twenty three (23) photographs no plates |
| 5 | USS PENSACOLA CA24 War Damage Report Iwo Jima 17 February 1945 Typed by Mare Island Three (3) three Photographs |
| 6 | USS PORTLAND CA33 Supplementary War Damage Report November 13, 1942 Solomon Islands Typed by Mare Island Fifty Seven (57) Photographs |
| 7 | USS PORTLAND CA33 War Damage Report No. 35 Guadacanal 13 November 1942 Six (6) plates |
| 8 | USS PRINCETON CVL23 War Damage Report No. 62 Leyte Gulf 24 October 1944 One (1) plate |
| 9 | USS PURDY DD734 War Damage Report Northwest of Okinawa 12 April 1945 Typed by Mare Island Twenty-six (26) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 10 | USS QUINCY CA39 Storm Damage North Atlantic September 28/29 1941 Two (2) sketches |
| 11 | USS QUINCY CA39 War Damage Report No. 29 Savo Island 9 August 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 12 | USS RADFORD DD446 War Damage Report Mariveles Harbor, Philippine Islands 14 February 1945 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard Thirty-seven (37) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 13 | USS RALEIGH CL7 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Typed by Commanding Officer R. B. Simons Twelve (12) Photographs Three (3) sketches |
| 14 | USS RALEIGH CL7 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Seven (7) plates |
| 15 | USS RALEIGH CL7 Supplementry Damage Report (Machinery) Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 |
| 16 | USS RALEIGH CL7 Uncompleted Repairs Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 |
| 17 | USS RALEIGH CL7 Structural Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 |
| 18 | USS RALEIGH CL7 Storm Damage Northwest Pacific 21 November 1942 |
| 19 | USS ROSS DD563 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf 19 October 1944 typed by Mare Island Forty-two (42) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 20 | USS EDWARD RUTLEDGE APA24 War Damage Report No. 32 Fedala, French Morocco 11 to 15 November 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 21 | USS SALAMAUA CVE96 War Damage Report Philippine Seas 13 January 1945 Typed by Mare Island Eighteen (18) Photographs Three (3) plates |
| 22 | USS SALINAS AO19 War Damage Report No. 18 North Atlantic 30 October 1941 Four (4) plates |
| 23 | USS SALT LAKE CITY CA25 War Damage Report 26 March 1943 Bering Sea Typed by Mare Island no photographs no plates |
| 24 | USS SALT LAKE CITY CA25 War Damage Report No. 42 Bering Sea 26 March 1943 Three (3) plates |
| 25 | USS SALT LAKE CITY CA25 Damage Photos Forty-five (45) photographs |
| 26 | USS SANDOVAL APA194 War Damage Report Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa 28 May 1945 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard Forty-six (46) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 27 | USS SAN FRANISCO CA38 Preliminary Damage Report Guadalcanal November 13 1942 Typed by Mare Island |
| 28 | USS SAN FRANISCO CA38 Supplement to Damage Report Guadalcanal November 13 1942 Typed by Mare Island |
| 29 | USS SAN FRANISCO CA38 Foremast - Repairs to Guadalcanal November 13 1942 Typed by Mare Island Three (3) Photographs One (1) Drawing |
| 30 | USS SAN FRANISCO CA38 Supplement to -Foremast - Repairs to Guadalcanal November 13 1942 Typed by Mare Island |
| 31 | USS SAN FRANCISCO CA38 War Damage Report No. 26 Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 Three (3) plates |
| 32 | USS SAN JACINTO CVL30 StormDamage 18 December 1944 Typed by Commanding Officer Michael H. Kernodle Fifteen (15) Photographs |
| 33 | USS SAN JACINTO CVL30 Damage report Collision with USS MERRIMACK AO37 |
| 34 | USS SAN JACINTO CVL30 StormDamage 5 June 1945 Typed by Commanding Officer Michael H. Kernodle Five (5) Photographs |
| 35 | USS SANVANNAH CL42 War Damage Report No 44 Salerno, Italy 11 September 1943 One (1) plate |
| 36 | USS SARATOGA CV3 War Damage Report No. 19 Southwest of Hawaii 11 January 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 37 | USS HUGH L. SCOTT AP43 War Damage Report No. 32 Fedala, French Morocco 11 to 15 November 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 38 | USS NORMAN SCOTT DD690 War Damage Report Tinian Island, Marianas Islands 24 July 1944 typed by Mare Island Twenty-eight (28) Photographs |
| 39 | USS NORMAN SCOTT DD690 Notes made on Inspection of Battle Damage Tinian Island, Marianas Islands 24 July 1944 typed by USS PRAIRIE |
| 40 | USS SELFRIDGE DD357 Preliminary Damage Report Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands 6 October 1943 typed by Mare Island |
| 41 | USS SELFRIDGE DD357 Supplementary Damage Report Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands 6 October 1943 typed by Mare Island Twenty-nine (29) Photographs |
| 42 | USS SHAW DD373 Preliminary Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Two (2) plates |
| 43 | USS SHAW DD373 Supplementary Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 typed by Mare Island with Forty-four (44) Photographs One (1) Drawing |
| 44 | USS SMITH DD378 War Damage Report 2 January 1944 Saui Point, New Guinea Collision with USS HUTCHINS typed by Mare Island Seven (7) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 45 | USS SPENCE DD512 War Damage Report Cape Molke, Bouganville Island 2 November 1943 typed Naval Drydocks Hunters Point One (1) photograph |
| 46 | USS STAFFORD DE411 War Damage Report Luzon, Philippine Islands 5 January 1945 typed by Mare Island Fifteen (15) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 47 | USS STAFFORD DE411 Luzon, Philippine Islands 5 January 1945 Fourteen (14) Photographs Only (four (4) small) |
| 48 | USS STAFFORD DE411 Luzon, Philippine Islands 5 January 1945 Battle Damage Repairs Information Concerning |
| 49 | USS STANLY DD478 War Damage Report Okinawa 12 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Eighteen (18) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 50 | USS STERETT DD407 War Damage Report Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 typed by Commanding Officer J. G. Coward no Photographs |
| 51 | USS STERETT DD407 Supplementary War Damage Report Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 typed by Mare Island Seventeen (17) Photographs |
| 52 | USS STERETT DD407 War Damage Report No. 33 Guadacanal 13 November 1942 One (1) plate |
| 53 | USS ST LOUIS CL49 Repairs to War Damage by USS VESTAL AR4 13 July 1943 Kolombangara, Solomon Isalnds Twenty (20) photographs no plates |
| 54 | USS ST LOUIS CL49 War Damage Report 13 July 1943 Kula Gulf, Solomon Islands Typed by Mare Island Forty Two (42) Photographs two (2) plates |
| 55 | USS ALLEN M. SUMNER War Damage Report Luzon, Philippine Islands 6 January 1945 typed by Naval Drydocks Hunters Point Eighteen (18) Photographs |
| 56 | USS SUMTER APA52 Damage to ship Berth 11, Sansapor Area 26 December 1944 Typed by Commanding Officer J.T. O'Pry, JR. |
| 57 | USS RALPH TALBOT DD390 War Damage Report Solomon Islands 9 August 1942 typed by Commanding Officer J. W. Callahan |
| 58 | USS RALPH TALBOT DD390 Supplementary Damage Report Solomon Islands 9 August 1942 typed by Mare Island Twenty-nine (29) Photographs Four (4) data sheets for inclining experiment |
| 59 | USS RALPH TALBOT DD390 - Material replacements required in conjunction with repairs to battle damage - report on 9 August 1942 Twenty (20) Photographs |
| 60 | USS RALPH TALBOT DD390 Supplementary Damage Report Solomon Islands 9 August 1942 Six (6) plates |
| 61 | USS DAVID W. TAYLOR DD551 War Damage Report Chichi Jima 5 January 1945 typed by Naval Drydocks Hunters Point Six (6) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 62 | USS TERRY DD513 War Damage Report Iwo Jima 1 March 1945 typed by Mare Island Fifteen (15) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 63 | USS THATCHER DD514 War Damage Report Buckner Bay, Okinawa July 1945 typed by Commanding Officer C. R. Chandler |
| 64 | USS THATCHER DD514 War Damage Report Buckner Bay, Okinawa 19 July 1945 typed by Commanding Officer C. R. Chandler |
| 65 | USS TENNESSEE BB43 War Damage Report No. 22 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Two (2) plates |
| 66 | USS TERROR CM5 Damage Report Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands typed by commanding officer H. W. Blakeslee summary of damage |
| 67 | USS TERROR CM5 War Damage Report Kerama Retto, Berth K88, Okinawa 1 May 1945 Typed by Mare Island Forty-nine (49) Photographs Two )2) plates |