From everything that I've read, the saving grace for the Navy, the USA was that the carriers were on maneuvers that very Sunday morning 8 am, Dec. 7, 1941, were not docked as sitting ducks as was the mainstay of our fleet all lined-up in "Battleship Row" for the Japanese air force to destroy as well.
It was, as I've read, a stroke a luck for the US.
It was, as I've read, a stroke a luck for the US.Exactly, when Yamamoto found out the Carriers were not there, was when he exclaimed that they had awoken a sleeping giant, he knew Japan was doomed right then and there.