Pearl Harbor Yacht Club - 100 Years Ago!
Pearl Harbor Yacht Club has a rich history. Established in 1924, "It was the place to be, and the place be seen, whether one happened to own a yacht, or not"
The Club was located out of town at Pearl City Peninsula. A house donated by Alfred Afong provided a luxurious waterfront paradise on the Middle Loch of Pearl Harbor. It was the hub of many sailboat races and even more a center for social events and famous visitors to the islands. The club flourished until the events of December 7, 1941. All sailing stopped at that time and the War took center stage. The Club appeared again in the 1950's and 60's in the Ke'hi Lagoon area and enjoyed another beautiful location and great racing, but after the reef runway was built, it was displaced again. Next, the club came to Rainbow Bay Marina and enjoyed a club house and many memorable racing routes, including sailing around Ford Island. Today Pearl Harbor Yacht Club partners with the Navy's MWR program and is located at Rainbow Bay in East Loch.
At the entrance to Pearl Harbor Yacht Club
#ThrowbackThursday Remembers the first meeting of PHYC!
The first meeting of PHYC was held 100 years ago yesterday on March 6, 1924. At that and a following meeting held three days later, Herbert Dowsett was elected the club’s first Commodore.
Herbert Melville Dowsett was born in Honolulu April 14, 1890 - a 4th generation descendant of Captain Samuel Dowsett, a British Naval officer who settled in Honolulu in 1828. A life-long sailor, he was one of seven owners of small boats in 1915 that started racing in Honolulu Harbor and then moved to Pearl Harbor due to increased shipping traffic. That group stopped racing in 1917 due to wartime restrictions in Pearl Harbor, but later became of the nucleus of the ten founders of PHYC in 1924.
A highly skilled sailor of Star boats, he was one of six charter members of the Hawaiian Islands Star Fleet. Herbert was skipper of the first team to represent Hawaii at the International Star Race Championship in 1925 off Long Island, and again in 1926 at the same location. Sailing was definitely a family passion as he and wife, Laura, won the right to represent Hawaii in 1929 in New Orleans but could not attend due to family illness (Laura was subject of our 1/24/24 Throwback). Four years later, he saw his son, 15-year-old Herbert Jr “Puck”, represent Hawaii in 1933 off Long Beach, CA. In 1940, he saw his other son, Laurie, also represent Hawaii in Los Angeles.
Following WW2, Herbert was elected second-to-last Commodore of the “old” PHYC in 1947. He passed away on February 17, 1969.
SOURCES:
Honolulu Advertiser, 30 Jul 1925, Thu · Page 7
Pearl Harbor Yacht Club Yearbook, 1928
Honolulu Advertiser, 6 Aug 1933, Sun · Page 8
Honolulu Advertiser, 10 Aug 1940, Sat · Page 8
Honolulu Advertiser, 29 Jan 1947, Wed · Page 7
Honolulu Advertiser, 18 Feb 1969, Tue · Page 27
Dowsett and Dillingham to Compete in Star Boats (1925)
Herb Dowsett and son Puck leave for Interational Star races (1933)
Pearl Harbor Yacht Club's Laurie and Herb Dowsett leave to compete in 1940 Star Championship
#ThrowbackThursday Remembers the first Commodore of the “new” Pearl Harbor Yacht Club
#ThrowbackThursday remembers the first Commodore of the “new” Pearl Harbor Yacht Club, elected in June 1963 when the club re-established itself under our current burgee.
Captain Richard C. Latham, US Navy from Waterford, CT was a 1934 graduate of the US Naval Academy. A veteran sailor from Long Island Sound, he owned a 27-foot Thunderbird-class sloop and was a member of the New York Yacht Club, Hawaii Yacht Club and Pacific Yacht Clubs as well. During WW2, he was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as CO of USS Tinosa (SS-238) during her 11th War Patrol from May through July 1945, for actions in enemy waters off the eastern coast of Korea. His final tour was as CO of the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor from December 1960 to July 1964. After retiring he remained in Hawaii and was an Oceanographic Specialist on the faculty of UH. He passed away at home in Honolulu on July 20, 1984 at the age of 73.
SOURCES:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/19344 - Navy Cross for Richard Latham
Honolulu Advertiser, 05 Jan 1968, Fri · Page 11 “Navy, Isle Research Role Linked”
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 01 Jul 1964, Wed · Page 30 “Change of Command”
Honolulu Advertiser, 23 Feb 1964, Sun · Page 46 “PH Yacht Club Active Again at New Location”
Capt Latham and Chief Coley of new PHYC at Keehi (1964)
Captain Richard Latham and Yachting Trophy (1964)
Richard Clark Latham
Richard Clark Latham - CAPT USN
#ThrowbackThursday Remembers when PHYC Was Founded 100 Years ago!
#ThrowbackThursday commemorates the occasion, just under 100 years ago, when Pearl Harbor Yacht Club was founded. Yachting in Hawaii had fallen out of interest during and after the First World War, but the return of the TransPac race in 1923 – after an 11-year hiatus – rekindled interest. According to the Club’s 1928 Yearbook “The first meeting of the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club was held at the Pacific Club, March 6, 1924. A second meeting was held at the home of Mr. R. W. Atkinson at the (southeast end of the Pearl City) Peninsula on March 9, 1924. At these two meetings, the club was organized and plans were made for the securing of a club house and the proper hauling and the care of the boats.”
The attached collage depicts all 10 founders and the Pacific Club. Also pictured is the cover of the 1928 Yearbook.
Centennial celebrations on the weekend of March 2nd and 3rd will highlight the club’s storied past and plans to continue sailing into our second century!
SOURCES:
"Pearl Harbor Yacht Club", 1928 Yearbook, Committee: C.W. Dickey, Chairman; Clarence Dyer, James Pell. Available at UH Mānoa, Hamilton Library-Hawaiian & Pacific (Library Use Only); GV823 P4 P4
1928 Year Book
PHYC Centenary
#ThrowbackThursday Remembers When PHYC Went to War!
After December 7th, 1941 the Navy took over the club's property and turned it into the headquarters for a Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat Squadron. Sailboats tied up to the pier were soon replaced by PT boats nested several abreast, and naval officers lodged in rooms at the old clubhouse. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One (MTB Ron 1), which fought at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, moved in to the newly created “Sub-Section Base” on March 16th, 1942. In mid-1943, when they deployed to the South Pacific, MTB Ron 26 replaced them. Sailors and officers passed the time training and practicing, enjoying the weather and tolerating the monotony, but also wishing they were with the front line of the Pacific war that moved increasingly westward. MTB Ron 26 was decommissioned on December 3rd, 1945, and the deserted clubhouse demolished sometime in the early 1950s.
SOURCES:
“Waikiki Yacht Club: The First 60 Years.” Michael E. Simpson, 2004
“War Diary for Period 1 March to 31 March, 1942.” Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District, April 9, 1942.
“US PT Boats List: Squadron List.” http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/pt/squadron.htm , revised 11 Aug 1997.
“PT Activities, Pearl Harbor Area”, April 30, 1942, video retrieved from National Archives, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75605
“PT Boat Docked at Pearl City”, April, 1942. National Archives II, 80-G-20379
“Emergency Drill for PT Boat Crews”, April, 1942. National Archives II, 80-G-66239
“Movie Crew at Pearl City Yacht Club”, April, 1942. National Archives II, 80-G-11859
“Officers Dining at Pearl City Yacht Club”, April, 1942. National Archives II, 80-G-63489
“Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive: PT-259” http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05259.htm
Baker, Botts in World War II: A Collection of Narrative Accounts of Their Service Experiences Written by Men of the Law Firm of Baker, Botts, Andrews and Wharton, Houston, Texas, 1947. See pg 656 by LT A.B. White, USNR.
The General Said “Nuts”: Firsthand Accounts of Wartime Heroism, Horror, and Humor, by Bill Walraven, 2009. See pgs 169-170 and 186-188.
Emergency Drill for PT Boat Crews
Movie Crew at Pearl City Yacht Club
Officers Dining at Pearl City Yacht Club
PT Boats Docked at Pearl City
PT-259 from MTBRon 26
#ThrowbackThursday remembers PHYC’s (arguably) most famous member – Lt Col (later General) George S. Patton, Jr!
Lt Col (later General) George S. Patton, Jr. The multiple-Oscar-winning movie “Patton” (released 53 years ago this week) revived popular fame for the legendary soldier.
During two tours in Hawaii (1925-1928 and 1935-37), George and Beatrice Ayer Patton were members of PHYC, from our 1928 and 1937 rosters. Over 600 references to the couple appear in island news of the time, mostly for military, social, and polo events. George was an experienced yachtsman and avid horseman, as was Beatrice (who was probably the better sailor, and subject of a future post!)
For their second tour here, the family sailed their yacht Arcturus to Oahu in June 1935, where it stayed at PHYC. The following year they took a six-week cruise to Fanning Island and Palmyra Atoll, returning to Honolulu just a few hours before Hollywood director (and fellow PHYC member) John Ford arrived from California aboard his yacht Araner. In June 1937, the Pattons sailed Arcturus back to the mainland.
Though the original Patton family members have now all passed away, Arcturus is still afloat. Refurbished and available to charter, she now sails out of Marsden Cove in New Zealand.
SOURCES:
1928 Pearl Harbor Yacht Club Yearbook
1935, Jun 4 – Seafaring Army Officer Here on Yacht, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, pg 5
1936, Oct 6 – Two yachts expected today – Araner and Arcturus, Honolulu Advertiser, pg 13
1936, Oct 13 – Pattons Back from Voyage, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, pg 5
1937 Blue Book of Hawaii Nei – PHYC roster
1937, Jun 12 – Pattons Sail for Mainland, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, pg 4
www.classicboatcharter.com - Charter the classic yacht Arcturus
#ThrowbackThursday celebrates the history with our fellow yacht club here at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam – the Pacific Yacht Club!
#ThrowbackThursday celebrates the history with our fellow yacht club here at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam – the Pacific Yacht Club! Formed in 1957 – the same year the Pearl Harbor Sailing Club organized – the two clubs share 67 years of friendly rivalry and social interaction.
The Hawaii Star-Bulletin of October 19th, 1957 welcomed Sgt. Lew Foster to the island, noting his previous assignment in Japan, where he started the Kisarazu Corinthian Yacht Club, and his ongoing work to establish the Pacific Yacht Club at Ke'ehi Lagoon.
Then, on November 28th, the Honolulu Advertiser reported that Commodore Art Blank's new Pearl Harbor Sailing Club had found a permanent location right next to the Air Force, at Ke'ehi Lagoon's Navy Recreation Beach. Facilities there included “a clubhouse, excellent beach and volleyball courts (which) offer a variety that can keep the family busy while father is contesting Air Force superiority on the water.” Despite the dated language, it did not take long before Wahine sailors were also fully engaged in sailing and competing!
Just two months later, the legendary Duke Kahanamoku (at age 67!) showed members from both clubs the true art of sailing when he won the inaugural Pearl Harbor Sailing Club Challenge at Ke'ehi on February 2nd, 1958. Representing Waikiki Yacht Club, but also a life-member of the former Pearl Harbor Yacht Club, Duke notched three wins in Catamaran and dinghy classes to clinch the prize.
Initially separated by just a few hundred yards of beach, the new Reef Runway construction in 1973 brought major changes to the clubs. PYC's sailing area was reduced, while PHYC's clubhouse and beach were demolished and the club relocated 3 miles away to the new Rainbow Bay Marina, back in Pearl Harbor again.
Throughout the decades, and generations of military, retired and civilian families, both clubs have shared a common love of sailing, and the camaraderie built on a long-term respect for one another.
SOURCES
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 19 Oct 1957, pg 11
Honolulu Advertiser, 28 Nov 1957, pg 15
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 3 Feb 1958, pg 19
#ThrowbackThursday honors one of PHYC’s first Wahine sailors, Laura Nott Dowsett.
Born in 1891, her great-grandfather was Dr. Gerrit P Judd, a famous missionary who arrived in Hawaii in 1828. In 1912 she married Herbert Melville Dowsett. Queen Liliuokalani was a guest at the reception following their honeymoon. Herbert was elected first Commodore of PHYC in 1924, the year their fourth child was born. She crewed for him on Star boats, and they won the race to represent Hawaii at the 1929 International Star championship in New Orleans but couldn’t attend due to family illness. In 1931 she began skippering Star boats herself and, a few months later, was the first woman skipper to win a Star race. A 1936 article cites her as the first woman yachtist in the territory, and by 1938 women skippers and crew were abundant in PHYC’s season opening photo. Laura continued winning races into her late 40s and 50s, but WW2 interrupted her sailing and she turned to establishing occupational therapy departments in Army and Navy hospitals. Outside of sailing, she was the island’s first occupational therapist and, in 1929, first person to be director of occupational therapy in Hawaii. The Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii and Junior League of Honolulu have perpetual awards in her name. A Star sailing award cup existed in her name in the 1930s but is now lost. She passed away in 1981 at age 90.
SOURCES
Honolulu Advertiser, 21 Jul 1912, pg 6
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 21 Nov 1925, pg 28
Honolulu Advertiser, 23 Feb 1929, pg 10
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1 Jan 1930, pg 9
Honolulu Advertiser, 14 Mar 1931, pg 9
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 28 May 1931, pg 28
Honolulu Advertiser, 25 Oct 1936, pg 31
Honolulu Advertiser, 02 May 1937, pg 39
Honolulu Advertiser, 17 Sep 1939, pg 8
Honolulu Advertiser, 15 Sep 1941, pg 10
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 05 Nov 1943, pg 3
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 17 Feb 1969, pg 36
Honolulu Advertiser, 27 Mar 1981, pg 15
Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 19 Jun 1983, pg 12
Honolulu Advertiser, 18 Jun 1984, pg 10
#ThrowbackThursday commemorates the first of many famous visitors to PHYC: Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte, the first civilians to fly from the West Coast to Hawaii on July 14-15, 1927.
Though not fully successful (the plane crashed on Molokai), they were heralded as pioneers and enjoyed lunch and sailboat races while guests of PHYC on July 17. They were also greeted by (honorary PHYC member) Governor Wallace Farrington.
They flew just six weeks after Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic flight, which inspired a prize by James Dole (pineapple magnate and PHYC member) of $25,000 ($438K today) for an Oakland to Honolulu flight. Smith and Bronte’s flight, plus other crashes in the “Dole Air Race” illustrated the challenges of early flights to Hawaii. It would be another nine years before the first commercial airline service to Hawaii began in October 1936 aboard the famous Pan Am Clippers – seaplanes that docked right next to PHYC’s Pearl City clubhouse!
SOURCES
The Honolulu Advertiser, Monday, July 18, 1927, page 1
https://www.historynet.com/emory-bronte-and-ernie-smith-flew-from-california-to-hawaii-in-1927/
https://aviation.hawaii.gov/aviation-pioneers/emory-bronte/photos-of-bronte-smith-flight/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole_Air_Race
https://beatofhawaii.com/history-of-hawaii-travel-by-ship-and-plane/
This #ThrowbackThursday, PHYC remembers a group of hardy sailors: the Pearl Harbor Sailing Club! Active from 1957 until 1963 at the Navy Recreation Facility, Ke'ehi Lagoon, they became the “new” Pearl Harbor Yacht Club from June of 1963 onwards.
Their predecessor, the pre-war PHYC, lost their Pearl City clubhouse and Pearl Harbor racing area during WW2. From 1946-1949 those members tried resurrecting the club at various locations on Oahu, to no avail. But around 1952, recreational sailing in Pearl Harbor apparently resumed in limited form for servicemembers at NAS Ford Island. By mid-1957, these active-duty sailors also realized that sailing and inter-club competition were limited by restrictions inside Pearl Harbor and established the Pearl Harbor Sailing Club over at Keehi Lagoon. Commodore Art Blank and 150 members started with 6 boats and limited facilities and grew to a club with youth and adult sailing lessons, a small clubhouse, and entries in major regattas on-island. In 1960, the club fielded a winning team in the Maritime Day regatta’s “S” Class competition. By 1963 the group was ready for a name change from Pearl Harbor SAILING Club to Pearl Harbor YACHT Club.
Photos:
Sailing dinghies from Honolulu Advertiser, 21 May 1959
Winning Crew from All Hands magazine, August 1960
Sources:
“Comdr Hinckley of NAS Ford Island will compete in regatta” Honolulu Advertiser, Wed, 1 Oct 1952, pg 14.
“Anchors Aweigh – Pearl Harbor Sailing Club growing under Commodore Art Blank” Honolulu Advertiser, Thr, 28 Nov 1957, pg 15.
“Dinghies provide sailing joy at Pearl Harbor Sailing Club” Honolulu Advertiser, Thr, 21 May 1959, pg 13.
“Maritime Day race – Capt Cook wins S Class” Honolulu Advertiser, Mon, 23 May 1960, pg 12.
“Pearl Harbor Sailing Club” All Hands magazine, August 1960, pg 25.
#ThrowbackThursday celebrates the New Year – our 100th! – with a memory of PHYC’s youngest (Honorary) Commodore – Shirley Temple.
Born in 1928, the seven-year-old film star visited Hawaii for the first time in 1935, a few months after receiving a special Academy Award for her work as a juvenile performer. 16,000 people attended a performance at Iolani Palace. In the days before television, everyone went to the movie theaters, and everyone knew who Shirley Temple was.
On August 3rd, Shirley visited PHYC, arriving by Navy gig. She attended a picnic, met children of PHYC members, and watched races, narrated by PHYC life-member Duke Kahanamoku. Commodore Jack Balch also made her an Honorary Commodore!
Years later, in 1950, she met Charles Black at a party in Honolulu. Working for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company at the time, Charles was a combat vet of WW2 PT boats, a recreational yachtsman, Transpac sailor, and naval reserve intelligence officer. The couple were married later that year, and stayed together until he died in 2005.
After her film career, Shirley continued in public service, and was appointed US Ambassador to Ghana by President Ford, and then Ambassador to Czechoslovakia by President H.W. Bush. She was in Prague during the Velvet Revolution, and helped establish relations with the newly elected, democratic government of Václav Havel. She passed away in 2014.
Sources:
Shirley Temple: Wikipedia. Retrieved at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple
Charles Alden Black: “The Spy Who Loved Her”, Standford Magazine. Retrieved by web.archive.org at www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/novdec/classnotes/black.html
Shirley Temple in Hawaii, National World War II Museum website. Retrieved at www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/shirley-temple-hawaii
“Shirley Adds Commodore to List of Titles”, Honolulu Advertiser, August 4, 1935, pgs 1 and 4
“Shirley is Commodore of the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club”, Honolulu Advertiser, August 11, 1935, pg 25
#ThrowbackThursday prepares for 2024 – Pearl Harbor Yacht Club’s centennial – and looks back 120 years ago to New Year’s Day 1904.
Native Hawaiians knew well the waters of Wai Momi, and then kamaʻāina and malihini sailors discovered wonderful yachting in Pearl Harbor lochs by the late 1880s. Newspapers marveled at the perfect combination of calm waters and steady breezes. In March 1889 the Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club considered a clubhouse there, and informal yacht races began in 1891. Rowing clubs established boat houses on Pearl City Peninsula in 1895, and in 1902 the newly formed Hawaii Yacht Club established a temporary clubhouse at Pu’uloa, near present-day Iroquois Point. Late the following year, they built a larger headquarters on the Peninsula, pictured in the Honolulu Advertiser’s 1904 New Year’s Day edition.
By 1913, Hawaii YC found the clubhouse underused – perhaps because easiest access required a train from Honolulu – and moved downtown. The Honolulu Yacht Club then bought the house, but by 1917 it also found the location unsuitable and later sold the home.
After WW1, newspapers lamented the decline of yachting and yacht clubs, one blaming the introduction of the automobile and sailors “diverted into driving speed wagons.” But on March 6, 1924 a group of ten yachtsmen gathered at the Pacific Club for the first meeting of the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club. Three days later they met at member Robert W. Atkinson’s home on Pearl City peninsula – perhaps driving there – and the Pearl Harbor Yacht Club was on its way.
Sources:
"Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club", Honolulu Advertiser, 8 Mar 1889, Fri · page 3
"July 4th Race at Pearl Harbor", Honolulu Advertiser, 23 Jun 1891, Tue · page 3
"Regatta on Pearl Harbor", Honolulu Evening Bulletin, 25 Feb 1892, Thu · page 2
"A New Land Mark", Hawaiian Star, 20 Feb 1902, Thu · page 1
"Hawaii Yacht Club interest in Lipton Cup and leaving Pearl Harbor", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 30 Jan 1913, Thu · page 9
"Save the Boat-Clubs!", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2 Jun 1917, Sat · page 6
"Pearl Harbor Yacht Club - new addition to yachting in Hawaii", Honolulu Advertiser, 14 May 1924, Wed · page 9
Pearl Harbor Yacht Club Yearbook, 1928 Year-Book Committee, C.W. Dickey, Chairman - page 17
It’s the holiday season this #throwbackthursday as we remember past PHYC Commodore, Star class yachtsman, and composer R. Alex Anderson.
Perhaps most famous for his song “Mele Kalikimaka”, sung by friend Bing Crosby in 1950, he composed more than 125 other songs, including “Lovely Hula Hands.” Here's a seasonal one, and another nugget I recently made the connection to. Note that, in the 1938 photo at PHYC of him as Commodore, he's kneeling next to Duke Kahanamoku:
Born in Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawai'i in 1894, he graduated from Cornell University in 1916, and flew combat missions in Europe during WW I. Shot down in 1918 over Belgium and taken prisoner by the Germans, he escaped back to England via Holland. He returned to Hawaii in 1919 and began a career in business. An avid sailor, he represented Hawaii at the International Star Regatta in New Orleans in 1929, and again in 1930 in Maryland. Elected PHYC Commodore in 1938, he also served as Rear Commodore in 1937 and 1940. He passed away in 1995, one week short of his 101st birthday, and is buried in Oahu Cemetery.
Sources:
Robert Alexander Anderson - https://www.betathetadata.net/alum/AndersonRA.pdf
“1929 Star Series at New Orleans”, Honolulu Advertiser, 10 Oct 1929.
“Men of Hawaii: A biographical record of men of substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands.” Vol IV, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, LTD, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, 1930.
“Participated in Season’s Opening at Pearl Harbor Yacht Club”, Honolulu Advertiser, 1 Mar 1938.
“R. Alexander Anderson elected Rear Commodore for 1940”, Honolulu Advertiser, 19 Dec 1939.
“Famed isle songwriter Alexander Anderson dies”, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 31 May 1995.
Star Class – History – World Championships: https://starclass.org/history/world-championships
“Behind the Hawaiian Christmas Song ‘Mele Kalikimaka’”: https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-hawaiian-christmas-song-mele-kalikimaka/
Legendary Hollywood Director John Ford joined PHYC in August of 1935,
When he arrived on Oahu aboard his yacht Araner, flying the colors of Pearl Harbor Yacht Club. His name appears in PHYC’s membership rolls from 1935 to 1941, and the yacht flew PHYC’s burgee until it was donated to the Navy for use in coastal patrols off California during WW 2. Following the war, the vessel appeared in Ford’s 1963 film “Donovan’s Reef” with John Wayne and Lee Marvin, filmed on Kauai.
Sources:
Naval History and Heritage Command: John Ford’s IX-57 Araner I
John Griffin Hanna ARANER - Classic Sailboats
https://classicsailboats.org/john-griffin-hanna-araner/
Wartime designation: USS Araner (IX-57) Type: Auxiliary Ketch LOA: 106′ 5″ / 32.44m – LWL: – Beam: 25′ 2″ / 7.67...
Searching for John Ford, by Joseph McBride, pg 345
Throwback Thursday for December 7th
82 years ago today, this photo was taken by a Japanese plane during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The view looks southeast over Middle Loch, and the PHYC pier and clubhouse are just offscreen to the left on the near side of the Pearl City Peninsula. Explosions from torpedo strikes on the USS West Virginia and USS Oklahoma are visible. Saturday, the day before, PHYC life member Duke Kahanamoku sailed from the club to Waikiki, and planned to sail back on Sunday afternoon, but never did.
Sources:
Naval History and Heritage Command, Overall Views of the Pearl Harbor Attack, NH 50929 (image)
Nadine Alexander Kahanamoku interviews (page 6)
https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/30996f73-9676-447f-b74e-b83c6a65e88b
Throwback Thursday
Pearl Harbor Yacht club hosted many social events. Here are women getting the club house ready at the Pearl City Peninsula location for a Pirate's Ball Costume Party on February 14, 1941.
