Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
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Andrew C. Toppan wrote:

Because all the Navy fighters were aboard the carriers which were,
famously, absent. Launching things like seaplanes, which were present
at Pearl, would be useless and suicidal.

IMHO the single biggest mistake at Pearl was not having the PBYs out for
patrols in every direction at dawn every morning.


It was an error to be sure BUT they would not have detected
the Japanese fleet since it made a high speed run into
position for the attack during the night.

The major blunders were in not having ammunition distributed
to the army AA guns, the unreadiness of the USAAF fighters
and the lack of torpedo nets.

Keith


If I launched a attack this Morning in 2004 on Norfolk, VA how prepared
would they be? About the same..... Oceania NAS might scramble jets. Most
ships in port would not be ready to steam out. No torpedo nets, Live
ammo mostly in the magazines, lots of guys on shore. My subs could
launch cruise missles and sink most of the fleet today beter than a
flock of Vals & Kates.