Given the speed of the Japanese task force if you start at Pearl Harbour you don't have a prayer of catching up with them before they begin their departure from the area. The Japanese launch point was 230 miles north of Oahu. The average ships speed in the task force was 30 knots, a mathematical impossibility to catch up with.
Most US subs in the area probably would have had more to fear from trigger-happy friendly forces that day even if they had been able to pursue the Japanese.
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