Battlestations: Midway - Inaccuracies

Inaccuracies

There are several inaccuracies regarding the Pearl Harbor level. The design of the battleships are different than the real battleships. The Vestal is portrayed as a battleship, while in reality she was a repair ship. Before the attack begins in the game, there are at least four aircraft in the air. During the actual attack, no United States aircraft were airborne when the attack began. The USS Nautilus appears in the harbor, but she was not at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. The position of the capsized Oklahoma is moored inward when she was moored outward. The Phoenix is positioned facing Battleship Row sideways, when she was facing it vertically. In the game, the Phoenix is hit by a torpedo, but she was wasn't touched in the attack. And while US aircraft did get in the air during the attack, none of them found the Japanese fleet, as they do in the game.