Battle ship Arizona at pearl Harbor, December 1941. The photo was taken shortly after the battleship was bombed and destroyed during the surprise attack by Japanese forces, December 7, 1941. The vessel at right is a rescue tug. Flag still flying the ship is resting on the bottom of the ocean with decks flooded. (AP Photo)
The day after Pearl Harbor was still a chaotic day for most in the Hawaiian Islands.
Rumors of an invading Japanese force were widespread and panic was probably just below the surface. The brilliant and gleaming fleet was awash in black residue and blood. Shipwrights and common sailors frantically were trying to rescue men that less than twenty four hours ago had represented one of the largest sea forces in this world. Now they were survivors and the fleet that brought such devastation was sailing nearly unmolested away.
But on the day after Pearl…
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theleansubmariner 
Were you on the Halabut with Jack Mcnish? Lou Simmons 😎
I was only on board from 1975 – 1976 so not sure if I knew him
Mac