 At this time "Sōryū" embarked 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, 18 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers, and 18 Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers.From a position north of Oahu, "Sōryū" and the other five carriers launched two waves of aircraft on the morning of 8 December 1941 (Japan time).In the first wave, eight of "Sōryū"s B5Ns were supposed to attack the aircraft carriers that normally berthed on the northwest side of Ford Island, but none were in Pearl Harbor that day; six B5Ns attacked the ships that were present, torpedoing the target ship , causing her to capsize, and the elderly light cruiser , damaging her.