VOYAGE TO WAR.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- ISBY, DAVID C.
- Source
- Naval History. Aug2017, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p34-39. 6p.
- Subject
- *ATTACK on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), 1941
*DESTROYERS (Warships)
*WARSHIPS
UNITED States involvement in World War II
- Language
- ISSN
- 1042-1920
The article focuses on the battle of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mayo before the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii. It states that the destroyer was part of the screen for the battleship Texas, which were ordered to report Axis ship and aircraft sightings to Washington. It also says that the destroyer sailed from Placentia Bay along with Plunkett to evaluate fleet readiness for convoy escort duty.