Alan Minyard wrote:
On 12 Nov 2003 00:16:58 GMT, (JDupre5762) wrote:

I have often wondered. Given a 24 hour advanced notice that an attack
was eminent in 72 hours or less, what would have been the outcome at
Pearl Harbor? Say on dec 6, Pearl was given intel that an attack would
come anytime in the next 72 hours.

It might well have been worse in some ways. I understand that part of the
Navy's planning was to move the fleet out of the harbor to a different
anchorage that was much deeper. So if some of the ships could have been
torpedoed or sunk by bombs there they might well have been unrecoverable.

John Dupre'

And what anchorage would that be?? The Hawaiian Island are rather remote.

On exercises, the Pacific Fleet frequently anchored off Lahaina (Maui)
rather than returning to Pearl Harbor. This is probably the "other
anchorage" that Dupre' is referencing. And the water is a lot deeper off
of Lahaina, for sure...

-Marc
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