Navy logbook that recounted Pearl Harbor recovered after 84 years

Lost and Found: Navy Yard Logbook From the Pearl Harbor Attack

By miraculous coincidence, conservators at the U.S. National Archives have recovered the logbook for Pearl Harbor Naval Base for the period before and after the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. It is the only record of its kind from the "date which will live infamy," and it was nearly lost to a trash bin before finding its way into private hands, according to the previous owners.  The logbook covers the status of vessels in the yard during t…

Navy logbook that recounted Pearl Harbor recovered after 84 years

After more than 80 years, the logbook from Navy Yard Pearl Harbor has been recovered, the National Archives announced.