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The U. S. Coast Guard & Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941

 

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Narratives & First-Person Accounts

• U. S. Coast Guard Units in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

• The Coast Guard's Role in Hawaii During the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

• Pearl Harbor Veteran: USCGC Taney: A history of the only warship that survived the attack and is still afloat today.

• RM1/c George C. Larsen's memoir of service.  RM1/c Larsen lived through the Japanese attack while serving at a radio monitoring station.  He had served on the Taney, and shortly after the attack was transferred to the Kukui, and while aboard he took part in the "liberation" of Niihau Island which had been "taken" by a downed Japanese pilot.  He then saw service aboard the Tiger. 

• Frank A. Erickson, USCG, the Taney's aviation officer, was the duty officer at Ford Island on the morning of 7 December 1941.  Here is what he remembers on that "Day of Infamy."

Pearl Harbor Combat Action Reports

• The commanding officer of the cutter Tiger's report.

• The commanding officer of the patrol boat CG-8's report.

• The commanding officer of the cutter USCGC Taney's report.

• The keeper of the Barbers Point Light Station's report.

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