Struck Twice at Pearl Harbor
During the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Maryland managed to bring all her antiaircraft batteries into action shooting down one of the two attacking torpedo planes. Despite two bomb hits she continued to fire and, after the attack, sent firefighting parties to assist her sister ships. ... The Japanese announced that Maryland had been sunk, but on December 30, battered yet sturdy, she entered the repair yard at Puget Sound Navy Yard where she emerged February 26, 1942
