For the record - Dec. 13, 2009

Pearl Harbor: An article in the Dec. 6 Section A about veterans’ recollections of Dec. 7, 1941, said the light cruiser Detroit was dry-docked during the Pearl Harbor attack. It was in the harbor at the time of the attack and immediately afterward sailed out to sea to hunt for the retiring Japanese carrier force.

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