A small boat rescues sailors from the USS 'West Virginia' after she had suffered a hit in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Tennessee (BB-43) is inboard of the sunken battleship. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

PEARL HARBOR, UNITED STATES: This 07 December file image shows an aerial wiew of battleships of the US Pacific Fleet consumed by the flames in its home base at Pearl Harbor in Hawai after 360 Japanese warplanes made a massive surprise attack. 07 December, 2004 marks the 63rd anniversary of the attack which abrubtly launched America into the second world war. AFP PHOTO/FILES (Photo HO/AFP/Getty Images)

The USS Arizona burns during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy/Newsmakers)

Ford Island is seen in this aeriel view during the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. The photo was taken from a Japanese plane. (Photo by Getty Images)

The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. (Photo by Newsmakers/National Archive) (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

Women fire fighters directing a hose after the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

The American destroyer USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor), home of the American Pacific Fleet during World War II. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

7th December 1941: The USS Arizona sinking in a cloud of smoke after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, Hawaii. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

: 7th December 1941: The first draft of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's proposed message to the US Congress, with his handwritten corrections, urging a declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). US Library of Congress (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

7th December 1941: The USS California on fire in Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor) after the Japanese attack. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

7th December 1941: A picture taken from a Japanese bomber showing another Japanese plane and plumes of black smoke on the ground during the attack on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The American light cruiser USS Phoenix passing the burning USS West Virginia and USS Arizona, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7TH December 1941. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)