War Damage Reports 14th 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 14th Naval DistrictIn the body of the email use the Line Number followed by the Vessel Name and Hull number as an identifer.
| Line Number | VESSEL NAME |
| 1 | USS PENNSYLVANIA BB38 Material Damage Report of War Damage Report Typed by Commanding Officer C.M. Cooke, Jr. W/ Five (5) diagrams |
| 2 | USS PENSACOLA CA24 Damage Caused by Torpedo and Resulting Fire November 30 1942 Savo Island Typed by Commanding Officer F. L. Lowe |
| 3 | USS RALEIGH CL7 Supplementary War Damage Report Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 Typed by Commandant Navy Yard, Mare Island |
| 4 | USS RALEIGH CL7 War Damage December 7, 1941 Report Typed by Commanding Officer R. B. Simons 12 Photographs three (3) sketches and one (1) drawing |
| 5 | USS SALINAS AO19 War Damage Report No. 18 October 30, 1941 North Atlantic Four (4) plates |
| 6 | USS SARATOGA CV3 War Damage Report January 11 1942 Typed By Commanding Officer A.H. Douglas No Photos or Plates |
| 7 | USS SARATOGA CV3 War Damage Report January 11 1942 Typed By Pearl Harbor |
| 8 | USS SARATOGA CV3 Final Report on War Damage W/Eight (8) Photographs |
| 9 | USS SARATOGA CV3 War Damage Report August 31 1942 East of the Soloman Islands Typed by Commanding Officer D. C. Ramsey W/Four (4) diagrams |
| 10 | USS SHAW DD373 War Damage Report December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Typed by Commanding Officer W. Glenn Jones No photographs no plates |
| 11 | USS ST. LOUIS CL49 Report of Battle Damage Typed by Commanding Officer R. H. Roberts Ten (10) Photos |
| 12 | USS TENNESSEE BB43 War Damage Report December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Typed by Commandant, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor No Photos or Plates |
| 13 | USS TENNESSEE BB43 War Damage Report Supplement to December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Typed by Planning Officer, Pearl Harbor No Photos or Plates |