"Vanishing American Air Superiority"
Keith Willshaw wrote:
The 3 destroyers 'sunk' at Pearl Harbor were all in dry dock at the
time and were repaired and returned to service.
To be strictly accurate, the Cassin and Downes weren't exactly repaired.
Their machinery was salvaged and installed in completely new hulls and
upper works.
The Navy retained the former names and the ship numbers but they were
effectively new ships.
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