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From a viewpoint along the eastern shore of Pearl Harbor, key features associated with the 1941 Japanese attack include the Naval Station Signal Tower, from which the U.S. Navy directed vessels in and out of the harbor and which remained in use; Floating Drydock No. 2, where harbor tug USS Sotoyomo and destroyer USS Shaw were under repair when Japanese dive bombers struck and sank the dock and both ships; Ford Island Seaplane Base, where Japanese dive bombers and fighters destroyed nearly 40 U.S. Navy aircraft on the ground, many of them PBY seaplanes used for long-range patrol and bombing; the Naval Air Station control tower, then nearing completion and already a prominent landmark; the site where battleship USS Arizona was hit by aerial bombs, blew up, and sank, killing 1,177 officers and men; the historic mooring quays off Ford Island, where U.S. battleships were prime targets, including USS Nevada at this location; and the point in the sky about ten miles from Pearl Harbor where, at approximately 7:53 a.m., Cmdr. Mitsuo Fuchida radioed Tora! Tora! Tora! to confirm maximum strategic surprise.
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