Sunday, 7 December Heavy cruiser NORFOLK departed Denmark Strait patrol and arrived at Hvalfjord at 1550.

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Destroyer SOMALI departed Rosyth after boiler cleaning for Invergordon.

Destroyer SOMALI arrived at Invergordon at 1130/8th and embarked the Right Hon. Anthony Eden, the Russian Ambassador, and a party of ten other delegates. The destroyer departed at 1130 and arrived at Scapa Flow at 1600. The passengers were transferred to heavy cruiser KENT.

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Sloop PELICAN was damaged by German machine gun fire from aircraft off the east coast of Scotland.

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Convoy ON.44 departed Liverpool escorted by anti-submarine trawlers NORTHERN PRIDE and NORTHERN SPRAY. The convoy was joined on the 9th by destroyers NEWMARKET and WATCHMAN and corvettes ARABIS, DAHLIA, MONTBRETIA, and ROSE. Destroyer NEWMARKET and corvette MONTBRETIA were detached on the 10th. The rest of the escort was detached on the 12th when destroyer RESTIGOUCHE joined. Destroyer RESTIGOUCHE was detached on the 14th and the convoy dispersed on the 15th.

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Motor vessel SEVERN TRANSPORT (119grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine in 51-27N, 3-04. The crew of four landed at Barry.

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Steamer WELSH PRINCE (5148grt/总吨位) was sunk by a mine five cables 110°from 59 Buoy, Spurn Point. The entire crew were rescued.

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Canadian corvette WINDFLOWER (Lt J. Price RCNR), escorting convoy SC.58, was lost in a collision with Dutch steamer ZYPENBERG (4973grt/总吨位) in the fog off the Grand Banks. Price, Sub Lt J. P. C. Peck RCNVR, Sub Lt . E. Shields, Mate A. J. K. Collin RCNR, and nineteen ratings were lost on the corvette. Lt G. G. Fraser RCNVR, and forty three ratings were rescued by corvettes PICTOU and NASTURTIUM.

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Destroyers HARVESTER and HESPERUS attacked U.208 on the surface in 35-57N, 7-56. Destroyer HESPERUS reported sighting a man in the water afterwards. The entire crew of forty five were lost in the submarine.

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Sloop FLAMINGO, returning with sloop YARRA to Tobruk after the anti-submarine sweep, in 32-16N, 24-21E was damaged by German bombing. The sloop was taken in tow by sloop YARRA and supported by light cruiser HOBART, which had been involved in escorting supply ship BRECONSHIRE from Malta.

Sloop FLAMINGO arrived at Tobruk on the 8th and sloop YARRA departed for Alexandria. Destroyers AVONVALE and HEYTHROP departed Alexandria to meet the Australian sloop. The ships arrived at Alexandria on the 9th.

Sloop FLAMINGO departed Tobruk, in the tow of tug ST MONANCE and escorted by destroyer FARNDALE, on the 17th.

Sloop FLAMINGO was used, unrepaired, as an antiaircraft defense platform until 5 February 1943.

On that date, sloop FLAMINGO, towed by tug AKBAR, departed Suez for Aden. From Aden, the sloop was towed by Egyptian steamer STAR OF CAIRO (4579grt/总吨位) to Bombay arriving on 26 March 1943. The repairs were completed in February 1944.

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Armed boarding vessel CHANTALA (Lt Cdr C. E. I. Gibbs Rtd) was sunk on a mine as she was leaving Tobruk Harbour. One naval rating and two native crew were killed. A native trimmer died of wounds. Sixteen crew were wounded.

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British trawler MOY was slightly damaged by German bombing at Tobruk.

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Gunboat APHIS bombarded the Derna-Tobruk road late on the 7th.

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Submarine TALISMAN unsuccessfully attacked a destroyer in Kithera Channel.

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Submarine PROTEUS unsuccessfully attacked a steamer in Kithera Channel.

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Submarine TRUANT unsuccessfully attacked German steamer BELLONA off Suda Bay.

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Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbour.

US battleship OKLAHOMA (Captain H. D. Bode) was sunk with LCDR H. R. Alexander, ENS S. . Allen, of VO 1, Chief Warrant Officer J. A. Austin, Pay Clerk J. G. Connolly, Ensign M. E. Darby Jr, Ensign J. C. England, Ensign . M. Finnegan, Ensign F. C. Flaherty, 2nd LT H. H. Gaver, USMC, Ensign J. P. Hittorff Jr, Ensign R. H. Hunter, LT J. B. Jordan, Ensign L. B. Pride Jr, LT (jg) H. G. Roberts, A/Chaplain LT (jg) A. H. Schmitt,Ensign J. D. Sederstrom, Ensign C. M. Stern Jr, Ensign L. S. Stockdale, Ensign I. A. R. Thompson, Ensign . M. Thompson, Ensign E. P. Wyman, 382 enlisted men and thirteen Marine enlisted men killed; ENS J. T. McFall, ENS A. H. Mortensen, LT (jg) H. G. Roberts, CDR F. M. Rohow, and forty men wounded.

US battleship ARIZONA (Flagship Rear Admiral I. C. Kidd, Commander Battleship Division 1; Captain F. Van Valkenburgh) was sunk with officer Ensign L. D. Anderson and forty two enlisted men killed and officers LT (jg) D. H. Barnes, Ensign E. M. Bates Jr, Ensign R. S. Booth Jr, Ensign R. N. Brooks, A/Pay Clerk P. T. Carter, Ensign E. B. Cloues, Ensign D. L. Cole, LCDR T. E. Crowley, Ensign J. M. Emery, Ensign E. F. Evans, LCDR J. E. French, Ensign P. R. Gazecki, Ensign E. . Gosselin, Ensign . I. Halloran, Ensign J. . Haverfield, Ensign R. Hollis, LT C. T. Janz, CDR S. E. Johnson, MC, Ensign T. R. Jones, Rear Admiral I. C. Kidd,, Ensign R. N. King Jr, Captain T. L. Kirkpatrick (ChC), A/Pay Clerk J. E. Lake Jr, Ensign R. L. Leopold, Ensign F. S. Lomax, Warrant Officer A. C. Manlove, Ensign B. R. Marsh Jr, Ensign H. M. McClung, Ensign H. D. Merrill, Ensign T. L. Nowosacki, Ensign E. E. K. Olsen, Ensign . T. O'Neill Jr, LCDR P. J. Register, Ensign E. T. Sanders, Ensign . S. Savage Jr, LT (jg) A. J. Smith, Ensign O. S. Smith, Ensign A. C. Uhrenholdt, Captain F. Van Vankenburgh, Ensign C. Weeden, Ensign U. I. Whitehead Jr, Ensign L. A. Williams of VO 1, Warrant Mechanic N. M. Wilson, Ensign E. Winter, Ensign G. A. Wolf Jr, Ensign E. R. Young, 945 enlisted men, LT COL D. R. Fox, USMC, 2nd LT C. E. Simensen, USMC, and seventy one enlisted Marines were missing; ENS . J. Bush, ENS H. D. Davison, ENS J. P. Field Jr, ENS G. S. Flanagan Jr, Ensign D. Hein, ENS A. R. Schubert and thirty three enlisted men were wounded.

US battleship CALIFORNIA (Flagship Vice Admiral . S. Pye, Commander Battle Force; Captain J. . Bunkley) was sunk with Ensign R. K. Bowers of VO 2, Ensign G. H. Gilbert, LT (jg) R. C. Hohenstein, Ensign H. C. Jones, Ensign I. . Jeffery, Ensign J. L. Richey of VO 2, and eighty eight enlisted men and four Marine enlisted killed; ENS B. C. Hall, LCDR B. N. Hanlon, ENS P. S. Haring, LT JG R. C. Hohenstein, ENS E. H. Kiefer, ENS D. C. McCartin, nine one enlisted men wounded.

US battleship WEST VIRGINIA (Captain M. S. Bennion) was sunk with Bennion, Ensign T. A. McClelland, and one hundred and three enlisted men killed; ENS T. R. Bowler, ENS J. M. Brophy Jr, CDR R. H. Hillenkoetter, ENS R. S. Norton Jr, ENS R. V. Parlette Jr, LCDR F. C. White and seventy seven enlisted men wounded.

Battleships CALIFORNIA and WEST VIRGINIA were salved and returned to duty.

Target ship UTAH (CDR J. M. Steele) was sunk with LCDR R. P. Bielka, LT (jg) J. E. Black, LT (jg) H. A. Harveson, Ensign D. . Jackson, LCDR J. G. Little, II, LCDR C. O. Michael, and fifty two enlisted men lost and LCDR S. S. Isquith and eleven enlisted men wounded.

US battleship NEVADA (Captain F. . Scanland) was damaged with Ensign H. J. Christopher, Ensign F. C. Davis of VO 1, Ensign E. H. Dunlap Jr, and forty seven enlisted men and seven Marine enlisted killed and ENS E. H. Dunlap Jr, ENS A. J. Huttenberg, LT (jg) C. . Jenkins, ENS J. K. Taussig Jr, ENS T. H. Taylor, and one hundred and seven enlisted men wounded.

US battleship PENNSYLVANIA (Captain C. M. Cooke, Jr) was damaged with LCDR J. E. Craig, LT (jg) R. R. Rall and twenty one enlisted men and six Marine enlisted men killed and twenty nine enlisted men wounded.

US battleship TENNESSEE (Captain C. E. Reordan) was damaged with five enlisted men killed and ENS A. . Hudgell, LT (jg) J. C. Luce, and twenty two enlisted men wounded.

US battleship MARYLAND (Flagship Rear Admiral . S. Anderson, Commander Battleship Division 4; Captain D. C. Godwin) was damaged with Ensign H. D. Crow, LT (jg) J. B. Ginn of Cruiser Scouting Squadron 4, and two enlisted men crew killed and LCDR J. F. Luton and nineteen enlisted men wounded.

Also damaged were light cruisers RALEIGH (Captain R. B. Simons)- seven enlisted men wounded, HONOLULU (Flagship Rear Admiral H. F. Leary; Captain H. Dodd)- one enlisted man wounded, and HELENA (Captain R. H. English)- thirty three enlisted men and one enlisted Marine killed and CDR V. C. Barringer, ENS A. . Kerschner, ENS J. L. Raschbacher, ENS P. V. Thompson, LT JG R. J. Watson and fifty eight enlisted men wounded, destroyers CASSIN (Flagship CDR L. P. Lovette, Commander Destroyer Division 5; LCDR D. F. J. Shea) - six enlisted men wounded, DOWNES (LCDR . R. Thayer)- eighteen enlisted men killed and ENS R. L. Stewart and five enlisted men wounded, and SHAW (LCDR . G. Jones)- twenty four enlisted men killed and ENSW. F. Seedlock and twenty six enlisted men wounded, minelayer OGLALA (Flagship Rear Admiral . R. Furlong; CDR E. P. Speight)- five enlisted men wounded, and repair ships CURTISS (CDR S. P. Ginder)- twenty enlisted men killed and LT S. Butrick, ENS R. Carter, ENS R. G. Kelley, ENS G. K. Nicodemus Jr, LCDR . T. Rassieur, and fifty four enlisted men wounded,and VESTAL (CDR C. Young) - seven enlisted men killed and ENS J. A. Buchans Jr, LT F. E. Frates Jr, ENS R. L. Mohle, ENS R. R. Rodgers, LT (jg) J. H. Seaver, and seventy six enlisted men wounded.

Destroyer BLUE had one enlisted man wounded; destroyer CHEW had one enlisted man killed and one enlisted man missing; destroyer CRAVEN had one enlisted man wounded; destroyer CUMMINGS had three enlisted men wounded; destroyer DALE had one enlisted man wounded; ligth cruiser DETROIT had two enlisted men wounded; destroyer tender DOBBIN had four enlisted men killed and three enlisted men wounded; destroyer JARVIS had one enlisted man wounded; destroyer MCFARLAND had one enlisted man wounded; repair ship MEDUSA had LCDR G. R. Cooper and one enlisted man wounded; destroyer MONAGHAN had one enlisted man wounded; tanker NEOSHO had three enlisted men wounded;submarine tender PELIAS had two enlisted men wounded; destroyer minesweeper PERRY had one enlisted man wounded; destroyer minelayer PRUITT had one enlisted man killed; repair ship RIGEL had four enlisted men wounded; heavy cruiser SALt LAKE CITY had LT (jg) L. L. Letterman wounded; heavy cruiser SAN FRANCISCO had two enlisted men wounded; destroyer SCHLEY had one enlisted man wounded;destroyer minelayer SICARD had one enlisted man killed; hospital ship SOLACE had one enlisted man killed; auxiliary ship SUMNER had one enlisted man wounded, seaplane tender SWAN had one enlisted man wounded; seaplane tender TANGIER had five enlisted men wounded;destroyer minelayer TRACEY had three enlisted men killed; tug VIREO had one enlisted man wounded; destroyer depot ship WHITNEY had one enlisted man wounded; and destroyer WORDEN had one enlisted man wounded.

A total of 2403 men were killed and 1178 were wounded in Japanese attacks on ship and land targets. The Japanese lost five torpedo bombers, fifteen bombers, and nine fighter aircraft, five midget submarines, and fifty five men were killed.

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At sea in addition to the ENTERPRISE and LEXINGTON task groups, heavy cruiser INDIANAPOLIS, which departed Pearl Harbour with the LEXINGTON group on the 5th, with destroyer minesweepers SOUTHARD, LONG, DORSEY, ELIOT, and HOPKINS off Johnson Island.

Heavy cruiser MINNEAPOLIS with destroyer minesweepers CHANDLER, HOVEY, BOGGS, and LAMBERTON were twenty five miles south of Oahu.

After the Japanese attack, light cruisers DETROIT, ST LOUIS, and PHOENIX, destroyers BAGLEY, PATTERSON, SELFRIDGE, CASE, TUCKER, REID, JARVIS, CUMMINGS, PHELPS, WORDEN, DEWEY, MACDONOUGH, HENLEY, RALPH TALBOT, HELM, DALE, MONAGHAN, FARRAGUT, ALYWIN, and BLUE and destroyer minesweepers TRACEY, TREVOR, and PREBLE departed Pearl Harbour and joined the heavy cruiser MINNEAPOLIS for search operations.

Light cruiser DETROIT with destroyers WORDEN, PHELPS, and HELM investigated reported Japanese transports of the west coast of Oahu.

Later, heavy cruiser MINNEAPOLIS, light cruisers DETROIT, ST LOUIS, and PHOENIX, and seventeen destroyers searched for the Japanese ships.

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Japanese destroyers AKEBONO and USHIO bombarded Midway Island. One Navy enlisted man was killed, 2nd Lt G. H. Cannon, USMC, and two enlisted Marines were killed.

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Japanese submarine I.26 sank American steamer CYNTHIA OLSON (2140grt/总吨位) with gunfire one thousand miles northeast of Hawaii in 33-42N, 145-29. Thirty three crew and two soldiers were lost on the steamer.

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The Japanese Malay transport force divided into its respective units.

One transport proceeded to Prachuab.

Two transports proceeded to Jumbhorn.

One transport with light cruiser KASHII proceeded to Bandon.

Three transports with frigate SHIMUSHU proceeded to Nakhorn.

Seventeen transports, including RYUJO MARU and KASHII MARU, with the 20th and 12th Destroyer Division, four minesweepers, the submarine chaser division, and nine assault vessels proceeded to Singora and Patani.

Light cruiser SENDAI, the 19th Destroyer Division, minesweepers .2 and .3, submarine chasers, and three transports, including AWAJISTAN MARU and AYATOSAN MARU, proceeded to Kota Bharu.

Heavy cruiser CHOKAI and destroyer SAGIRI join Kurita's force south of Cape Camao.

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Japanese forces for the invasion of the Philippines set out.

Destroyer YAMAGUMO, torpedo boats CHIDORI, HATSUKARI, MANADZURU, and TOMODZURU, two minesweepers, two gunboats, two patrol boats, nine submarine chasers, and two transports departed Takao, Formosa.

Troops were landed on Bataan Island on the 8th.

Light cruiser NATORI, destroyers FUMITSUKI, SATSUKI, NAGATSUKI, MINATSUKI, HARUKAZE, and HATAKAZE, three minesweepers, nine submarine chasers, and six transports departed Mako, Pescadores.

On the 10th, troops were landed at Aparri.

Minesweeper M.19 was damaged by American bombing and run aground.

Light cruiser NAKA with destroyers MURASAME, YUDACHI, HARUSAME, and SAMIDARE of the 2nd Destroyer Division, ASAGUMO, MINEGUMO, and NATSUGUMO of the 4th Destroyer Division, six minesweepers, nine submarine chasers, and six transports departed the Pescadores.

On the 10th, an attempt to land troops at Padan in northwest Luzon was abandoned due to weather.

Minesweeper .10 was sunk by American bombing. Light cruiser NAKA received minor damage from strafing.

On the 11th, the troops were landed at Vingan. The cover for the Philippine operations was heavy cruisers ASHIGARA and MAYA, light cruiser KUMA, destroyers ASAKAZE and MATSUKAZE, and seaplane carriers SANUKI MARU and SANYO MARU.