Adding a bit more about USN capital ship assets on 12/7/41:
CV-2 Lexington was enroute to Midway , ferrying reinforcements;
CV-3 Saratoga was entering San Diego after drydocking in Bremerton;
CV-4 Ranger was in the Atlantic, where she would remain for most of WW2;
CV-5 Yorktown was in Norfolk;
CV-6 Enterprise was returning from delivering VMF-211 to Wake Island;
CV-7 Wasp was in Grassy Bay Bermuda;
CV-8 Hornet was newly in commission, training in Norfolk;
Battleships USS Arkansas, New York, and Texas, the USN's oldest BBs, were in the Atlantic, being deemed insufficiently protected and less capable of being upgraded than the Nevada and newer classes. These remained in the Atlantic for most of WW2, escorting convoys (protecting against surface raiders), helping guard against German surface ship sorties, and supporting invasions (North Africa - Southern France).
The three New Mexico class BBs, the first class with 50-caliber 14" guns (instead of 45-caliber), were in the Atlantic, because Tirpitz and other German battleships and Panzerschiffen.
Modern fast battle ships: both North Carolina class BBs were newly in commission and working up in the Atlantic; South Dakota class BBs South Dakota and Indiana were newly launched and were fitting out in preparation for commissioning, with two more well along in construction.
The PH attack was devastating in personnel losses and serious in ship losses, but the latter would largely be recup'ed within a year or so, by ships being shifted to the Pacific and new-builds. And the Essex and Independence class carriers and light carriers were coming.
BTW, the IJN also had the problem that half of its battleships could not keep pace with its carriers. The four Kongo class ships that could, were the IJNs oldest and lightly armored. Hiei may have been lost to a 8" shell due to its old design, and USS Washington chewed up Kirishima "easily" due to Kirishima's light armor. The Fuso class (2), Ise class (2), and Nagato class (2) were too slow; the new Yamato class (2) were fast enough, but were fuel hogs.
The possibly urban legend hindsight comment attributed to Yamamoto Isoroku that he could run rampant for 6 months but could not guarantee what would happen after that proved pretty accurate.
Dems' and DU-grade Progs' almost 7 1/2 year hate-fixation on Trump slowly cost the Dems their House majority. Looking forward to 2024: LIEden isn't looking too healthy, literally or metaphorically; Kammie is looking like ballot-box poison; I don't think Goobernor Noisome will play well in most states; apparently, more D Senate seats are up for grabs in 2024 than R Senate seats, which has not been the case for 2 or 4 election cycles.
