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 KADASHAN BAY CVE76 War Damage Report Philippine Islands 8 January 1945 Typed by Mare Island Twenty-two (22) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 2 | USS KEARNEY DD432 Preliminary Damage Report North Atlantic 17 October 1941 Three (3) plates |
| 3 | USS KEARNEY DD432 War Damage Report North Atlantic 17 October 1941 Three (3) plates |
| 4 | USS KIDD DD661 War Damage Report Okinawa 11 April 1945 typed by Naval Drydocks Hunters Point Fifteen (15) Photographs |
| 5 | USS KILLEN DD593 War damage report - Information concerning excerpts from. |
| 6 | USS KIMBERLY DD521 War Damage Report Kerama Retto 26 March 1945 typed by Commanding Officer J. D. Whitfield Fourteen (14) small photographs Two (2) sketches |
| 7 | USS KIMBERLY DD521 War Damage Report Kerama Retto 26 March 1945 typed by Mare Island Twenty-five (25) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 8 | USS LA VALLETTE DD448 War Damage Report Renell Island, South Pacific 30 January 1943 typed by Mare Island Fifty-nine (59) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 9 | USS LEXINGTON CV2 Preliminary Damage Report No. 16 Coral Sea 8 May 1942 No plates |
| 10 | USS LIDDLE APD60 War Damage Report Ormac Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands 7 December 1944 Typed by Mare Island |
| 11 | USS LIDDLE APD60 Twenty-three (23) Photographs only Two (2) plates |
| 12 | USS LISCOME BAY CVE56 War Damage Report No. 45 Gilbert Islands, Central Pacific 24 November 1943 Three (3) plates |
| 13 | USS LOUISVILLE CA28 War Damage Report 5 & 6 January 1945 Lingayen Gulf, Phillippine Islands Typed by Mare Island Twenty six (26) photographs one (1) plate |
| 14 | USS LST599 War Damage Report Kuba Jima, Kerama Retto 3 April 1945 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard Twenty-three (23) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 15 | USS LST695 War Damage Report Western Pacific Ocean 24 October 1944 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard Thirty-five (35) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 16 | USS MARBLEHEAD CL12 War Damage Report No. 34 Java Sea 4 February 1942 One (1) plate |
| 17 | USS MINNEAPOLIS CA36 War Damage Report Tassafaronga 30 November 1942 Typed by Pearl Harbor |
| 18 | USS MINNEAPOLIS CA36 War Damage Report 30 November 1942 Tassafaronga Typed by Pearl Harbor No photographs no plates |
| 19 | USS MINNEAPOLIS CA36 Supplementry Damage Report Tassafaronga Typed by Mare Island One (1) Photograph No Plates |
| 20 | USS MINNEAPOLIS CA36 War Damage Report No. 36 Tassafaronga 30 November 1942 Two (2) plates |
| 21 | USS MINNAPOLIS CA36 Forty-eight (48) Photographs |
| 22 | USS MONADNOCK CM9 damage report - Collision with USS MONA ISLAND ARG9 1 April 1945 Typed by Commanding Officer John E. Cole No photographs |
| 23 | USS MONTGOMERY DM17 Damage Report Negulu Atoll, Western Carolina Island 17 Ocetober 1944 typed by Commanding Officer D.T. Drain |
| 24 | USS MONTGOMERY DM17 War Damage Report Negulu Atoll, Western Carolina Island 17 October 1944 typed by Mare Island Forty (40) Photographs |
| 25 | USS MOTIVE AM102 Fire Damage 16 June 1943 No photographs |
| 26 | USS MUGFORD DD389 War Damage Report Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands 5 December 1944 typed by Mare Island Fifteen (15) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 27 | USS NECHES War Damage Report 23 January 1942 One (1) plate |
| 28 | USS NEVADA BB36 War Damage Report No. 17 Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Twelve (12) plates |
| 29 | USS NEWCOMB DD586 War Damage Report Ie Shima 6 April 1945 Thirty-three (33) Photographs only |
| 30 | USS NEW ORLEANS CA32 War Damage Report No. 38 Tassafaronga 30 November 1942 Two (2) plates |
| 31 | USS NORTHAMPTON CA26 War Damage Report No. 41 Tassafaronga 30 November 1942 One (1) plate |
| 32 | USS USS O'BRIEN DD415 War Damage Report Southwest Pacific 15 September 1942 typed by Commanding Officer T. Burrowes No Photographs |
| 33 | USS O'BRIEN DD415 War Damage Report No. 28 South Pacific 15 September to 19 October 19 1942 Three (3) plates |
| 34 | USS O'BRIEN DD725 War Damage Report Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 27 March 1945 typed by Commanding Officer W. W. Outerbridge Eleven (11) Photos |
| 35 | USS O'BRIEN DD725 War Damage Report Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 27 March 1945 typed by Mare Island Thirty-seen (37) Photographs |
| 36 | USS OGLALA War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 One (1) plate |
| 37 | USS OGLALA CM4 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 typed by Pearl Harbor Thirteen (13) photographs |
| 38 | USS OGLALA CM4 Salvage report July 1942 |