USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Location of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet?

(A) ** Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

(B) Norfolk, Virginia

(C) San Diego, California

(D) Seattle, Washington

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -USPACFLT Headquarters complex is located at 250 Makalapa Drive, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860, near the historical Arizona Memorial.

Concept note-2: -Fleet headquarters is at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, with large secondary facilities at Naval Air Station North Island, California.

Concept note-3: -Because American military leaders were not expecting an attack so close to home, the naval facilities at Pearl Harbor were relatively undefended. Almost the entire Pacific Fleet was moored around Ford Island in the harbor, and hundreds of airplanes were squeezed onto adjacent airfields.