Most of the effort that went into recovery was done for national pride
to deny the Japanese as much of a victory as possible.


National pride was an important issue, but was the space needed to keep
the harbor open to refit and provision other ships? If battleship row
was unavailable, how many ships could Pearl Harbor support in a timely
fashion?

I doubt that they were worth the money.

They were used apparently a lot of money was spent on California, West
Virginia and Nevada. A lot was lost on the Oglala when she went down.

Bit of the Cassin and the Downes were put into new ships just to taunt
the Japanese.


my 0.02

MAH


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People are not apathetic in a bookie shop.

13th saying of Bernard