From: Seattle (Sato)
To: Tokyo
October 28, 1941
J-19 (Priority)
#150
In commemoration of Navy
Day, the 27th, fifteen Coast Guard vessels sailed through the harbor here in
single file. Their names were as follows: The Kane, Ciruma, [a]
the Brooks, the Fox (the above listed vessels have had their
four-inch guns replaced by five-inch guns; all of these were brand-new ones),
the Frigate Bird, the Crow, the Pintail, the Eagle 57,
Batukei, [a] the Butternut, the Amber, the YP 83, 87,
89, and 90.
ARMY 24997 Trans. 11/19/41 (2)
[a] Kana spelling.
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)