Case 3: Second Wave
Case 3 continues the story, focusing on the second wave of the Japanese attacks. Because the Japanese concentrated their attacks on the battleships and cruisers, they suffered the most. Most notably, it tells the story of the battleship USS Arizona which was struck by a bomb that exploded her main ammunition magazines killing almost the entire crew of more than 1,000 men. Case 3 also follows the fortunes of several smaller ships that were attacked during the second wave, including the destroyer tender USS Whitney , the destroyers USS Hull and USS Shaw , and the cruiser USS Phoenix . Especially horrifying are the photographs of the USS Shaw -- immobile in her dry-dock -- exploding in flames after a bomb struck her magazine.

Second Wave Items

Item No.	Title
3.01	Lt. Lloyd O. Johnson ( USS Whitney )
3.02	Biographical Sketch of Lt. Lloyd O. Johnson ( USS Whitney )
3.03	Historical Sketch of USS Whitney (AD-4)
3.04	[Destroyer tender USS Whitney leaving port] (AD-4)
3.05	Oscar David MacMillan Interview ( USS Hull )
3.06	[Sketches showing the path of Japanese attackers]
3.07	Oscar David MacMillan ( USS Hull )
3.08	Biographical Sketch of Oscar David MacMillan ( USS Hull )
3.09	Biographical Sketch of Francesco Costagliola ( USS Phoenix )
3.10	Francesco Costagliola ( USS Phoenix )
3.11	Frank Costagliola Interview ( USS Phoenix )
3.12	[To parents of James H. Brown]
3.13	[Claim form submitted by James H. Brown] ( USS Shaw )
3.14	James H. Brown ( USS Shaw )
3.15	Biographical Sketch of James H. Brown ( USS Shaw )
3.16	Biographical Sketch of Walter L. Seedlock ( USS Shaw )
3.17	Walter L. Seedlock ( USS Shaw )
3.18	[ USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack] (DD-373)
3.19	Historical Sketch of USS Shaw (DD-375)
3.20	Leon Grabowsky Interview ( USS Arizona )
3.21	[ USS Arizona burning] (BB-39)
3.22	Historical Sketch of USS Arizona (BB-39)
3.23	Leon Grabowsky ( USS Arizona )
3.24	Biographical Sketch of Leon Grabowsky ( USS Arizona )
3.25	[Painting of the destroyer USS Hull ] (DD-350)

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