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 FARENHOLT DD491 War Damage Report Kavieng, New Ireland, B.S.I. 25 February 1944 typed by Mare Island Seven (7) Photographs |
| 2 | USS D. H. FOX DD779 War Damage Report Okinawa, Nansei Shoto 17 May 1945 typed by San Francisco Naval Shipyard Twenty-one (21) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 3 | USS FULSSER DD368 Explosion and fire on board May 27, 1944 Typed by Commanding Officer T. R. Vogeley No photographs or plates |
| 4 | USS FULSSER DD368 Explosion and fire on board May 27, 1944 Typed by Bd. Of Inves. No photographs or plates |
| 5 | USS GANSEVOORT DD608 War Damage Report Mindoro, Philippine Islands 30 December 1944 typed by Mare Island Thirty-six (36) Photographs One (1) plate Two (2) sketches |
| 6 | USS ALBERT W. GRANT War Damage Report Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands 25 October 1944 typed by Commanding Officer T. A. Nisewaner no Photographs |
| 7 | USS ALBERT W. GRANT War Damage Report Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands 25 October 1944 typed by Mare Island no Photographs |
| 8 | USS GWIN DD433 Supplementary Damage Report Solomon Islands 15 November 1942 typed by Mare Island Twenty-four (24) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 9 | USS PAUL HAMILTON DD590 War Damage Report Okinawa June 1945 typed by Commanding Officer D. Carlson no Photographs |
| 10 | USS WAR HAWK AP168 War Damage Report Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands 10 January 1945 typed by Mare Island Fifty (50) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 11 | USS HAYNSWORTH DD700 War Damage Report Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 6 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Twenty-eight (28) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 12 | USS HAZELWOOD DD531 War Damage Report Okinawa 29 April 1945 typed by Temporary Commanding Officer P. L. Reed, JR. No Photographs or plates |
| 13 | USS HAZELWOOD DD531 War Damage Report Okinawa 29 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Fifty-three (53) Photographs Two (2) plates |
| 14 | USS HEERMAN DD532 War Damage Report Samar Island 25 October 1944 typed by Mare Island Twenty-nine (29) Photographs One (1) plate One (1) sketch |
| 15 | USS HELENA Preliminary Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Three (3) plates |
| 16 | USS HELENA Supplementary War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 Fifty-three (53) photos, Two (2) plates, One (1) sketch |
| 17 | USS HELENA CL50 War Damage Report No 43 Kula Gulf 6 July 1943 No Photographs three (3) plates |
| 18 | USS HELM DD388 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 One (1) plate |
| 19 | USS HENRICO APA45 War Damage Report Kerama Retto 2 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Forty-eight (48) Photographs |
| 20 | USS JOSEPH HEWES APA22 War Damage Report No. 32 Fedala, French Morocco 11 to 15 November 1942 Five (5) plates |
| 21 | USS HONOLULU CL48 War Damage Report Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 One (1) plate |
| 22 | USS HONOLULU CL48 War Damage Report 13 July 1943 Kolombangara Typed by Pearl Harbor Sixty nine (69) photographs no plates |
| 23 | USS HOPEWELL DD681 War Damage Report Manila Bay, Philippine Island 14 February 1945 typed by Mare Island Seventeen (17) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 24 | USS HORNET CV8 War Damage Report No. 30 Santa Cruz 26 October 1942 Four (4) plates |
| 25 | USS HOUSTON CL81 War Damage Report No. 53 Formosa 14 & 16 October 1944 Two (2) plates |
| 26 | USS HOWORTH DD592 War Damage Report Ie Shima, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 6 April 1945 typed by Commanding Officer W. L. Thompson no Photographs |
| 27 | USS HOWORTH DD592 War Damage Report Ie Shima, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 6 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Eighteen (18) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 28 | USS HUGHES DD410 War Damage Report Leyte, Philippine Islands 10 December 1944 typed by Naval Drydocks Hunters Point Forty (40) Photographs |
| 29 | USS HYMAN DD732 War Damage Report Okinawa 6 April 1945 typed by Commanding Officer R. N. Norgaard |
| 30 | USS HYMAN DD732 War Damage Report Okinawa 6 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Thirty-three (33) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 31 | USS INDEPENDENCE CVL22 War Damage Report No 52 Tarawa 20 November 1943 Three (3) plates |
| 32 | USS INDIANAPOLIS CA35 Storm Damage, Alaska 24 February 1943 |
| 33 | USS INDIANAPOLIS CA35 Storm Structural Damage, Alaska 24 February 1943 |
| 34 | USS INDIANAPOLIS CA35 Supplementary Damage Report Storm Damage 1943 Alaskan Area Typed by Mare Island |
| 35 | USS INDIANAPOLIS CA35 War Damage Report 31 March 1945 Okinawa Jima Typed by Mare Island Forty six (46) photographs two (2) plates |
| 36 | USS INTREPID CV11 War Damage Report Truk Island 17 Feburary 1944 typed by Hunters Point Sixteen (16) photographs |
| 37 | USS ISHERWOOD DD520 War Damage Report Ryukyu Island 22 April 1945 typed by Mare Island Twenty-eight (28) Photographs One (1) plate |
| 38 | USS BLOCK ISLAND War Damage Report No. 49 South Atlantic 29 May 1944 Two (2) plates |