Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. This year marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack. - Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia (BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. This year marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack.