The light cruiser USS Phoenix (CL-46) cruises along the burning row of battleships at Pearl Harbor.  To the left is a smoky plume from the battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48), to the right of that battleship is the USS Arizona (BB-39) during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii; December 7, 1941. 
   The cruiser was anchored to southeast of Ford Island and escaped unscathed. Shortly after midday she was assigned to a search task force for enemy aircraft carriers, which was unsuccessful.

Passing the burning battleships

Sinking battleship USS California, (BB-44) off Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, after being hit by two torpedoes and two bombs.

 It was abandoned by the crew due to a burning oil patch around the ship. On the left, the destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) is seen burning in dry dock. Closer to the center, the masts of the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) are visible.

Torpedoed, sank and later raised...

The American battleships USS West Virginia (BB-48) and Tennessee (BB-43) are on fire in Pearl Harbor, following the Japanese attack; December 7, 1941.