The Pearl Harbor Murders
“Between that range at the east and the Waianae range at the west lay both the capital city of Honolulu and the Naval base of Pearl Harbor.The base—though well located for a strategic deployment of the United States Navy—was a logistical nightmare, with the nearest resupply three thousand miles away on the American West Coast. Also, the one-channel entrance of the landlocked harbor could bottle up easily with the sinking of a single ship; and, even under ideal circumstances, getting the fleet ou...t of that channel and onto the open sea required three hours. When the fleet was in—as it was on this first weekend of December—the port was clogged with ships, supply dumps, repair installations and highly flammable fuel.Pearl Harbor might well have been designed for air attack. But a battle fleet in Hawaii was deemed necessary to deter Japan, and no alternative location could be found offering advantages and facilities to match Pearl's. Interceptor aircraft, AA guns and radar equipment would simply have to shore up the harbor's weaknesses.MoreLess
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