From: Honolulu (Okuda)
To: Tokyo (Gaimudaijin)
21 February, 1941
(J17 K6)
#029 (In 2 parts, complete)
1.
The capital ships and others departed from Pearl Harbor on the 13th and
returned on the 19th. (It is said that they will depart again on the coming
Wednesday and return on the following Wednesday).
Judging
from the statements by various sailors who were on these vessels, the training
was apparently held in the vicinities of Kauai, Lahaina and Hilo.
2.
The following vessels were seen in Pearl Harbor in the afternoon of the 20th.
Seven
battleships (three of the New Mexico class, two of the Pennsylvania class, one
each of the Oklahoma and California classes); four heavy cruisers, (two of the
New Orleans class and two of the Portland class); ten light cruisers, (four of
the Honolulu class; six of the Omaha class of which one is in drydock); thirty
destroyers; three destroyer tenders; aircraft carriers, Yorktown and
Enterprise; one troop transport; one submarine tender; (no submarines were
visible).
Besides
the above, three destroyers and one vessel of the Pensacola class were at
anchor outside of the harbor, while one destroyer was sailing in the general
direction of Lahaina.
Mailed
to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle.
JD-1: 1189 14967 21 February, 1941 Navy Trans. 2-28-41 (2)
(EXHIBITS
OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)