This article by John D. Bennett, published in The Coast Defense Journal (February 2007, p. 31), documents a lesser-known aspect of Oahu’s post-Pearl Harbor defenses. Following the December 7, 1941 attack, 5-inch naval antiaircraft guns were removed from sunken or badly damaged warships and installed as shore batteries to bolster Pearl Harbor’s antiaircraft defenses during the early months of the war. Vintage photographs were provided by CDSG member Roger W. Davis. We gratefully acknowledge the author and the Coast Defense Study Group for making this work available.
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