Fletcher
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FROM: VADM NAGUMO, CHUICHI. KIDO BUTAI C-IN-C. ABOARD HIJMS AKAGI. TO: ADM. YAMAMOTO, ISOROKU. COMBINED FLEET HQ. KURE. SUBJECT: SURPRISE ATTACK OVER USN PACIFIC FLEET DATE: DEC 7TH 1941. "TORA, TORA, TORA" RECEIVED IN HIJMS AKAGI FROM 1st STRIKE WAVE, TOTAL SURPRISE CONFIRMED IN OUR ATTACK AGAINST ENEMY PACIFIC FLEET. AT FIRST HOUR THIS EARLY MORNING, 144 B5N2 WITH 126 D3A1 ESCORTED BY 68 A6M2 HAVE BEEN TAKE OFF FROM OUR CARRIERS. NO CAP OVER ENEMY SKIES. CLEAR SKY. ENEMY AIRCRATS DESTROYED AT GROUND: - 10 PBY5, 10 P-40B, 2 B-17E, 5 B-18A, 1 C-33, 6 SBD-1, 3 B-17D, 2 A-20A, 3 O-47A, 3 F4F-3, 3 P-36A, 1 R3D-2 - OUR PILOTS REPORTING 45 AIRBASE HITS, 10 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 173 RUNWAY HITS. AIRFIELD DESTROYED. DAMAGE AT ENEMY BATTLEWAGGONS: - BB CALIFORNIA, BOMB HITS 8, TORPEDO HITS 1, HEAVY FIRES, HEAVY DAMAGES. - BB WEST VIRGINIA, BOMB HITS 9, TORPEDO HITS 1, HEAVY FIRES. - BB TENNESSEE, BOMB HITS 5, TORPEDO HITS 4, HEAVY FIRES, HEAVY DAMAGES. - BB PENSYLVANIA, BOMB HITS 5, TORPEDO HITS 3, AND IS SUNK - BB ARIZONA, BOMB HITS 14, TORPEDO HITS 1, HEAVY FIRES, HEAVY DAMAGES. - BB NEVADA, BOMB HITS 8, TORPEDO HITS 2, HEAVY FIRES. - BB MARYLAND, BOMB HITS 8, TORPEDO HITS 1, HEAVY FIRES, HEAVY DAMAGES. - BB OKLAHOMA, BOMB HITS 6, TORPEDO HITS 3, HEAVY FIRES, HEAVY DAMAGES. OTHER HIGH VALUE TARGETS: 2 HEAVY CRUISERS AND 3 LIGHT CRUISER DAMAGED. SS CACHALOT SUNK SS NARWHAL, BOMB HIT 1. SS TAUTOG, BOMB HIT 1. RETURNING TO HOME BASE. END //
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