- Author
- Commanding Officer, USS Yorktown
- Date
- 18 June 1942
- Passage
- Paragraphs 1–2 · opening caveat, dawn search, strike and retained reserve; printed pp.3–4 and engineering chronology pp.21–22
What has been checked
Opening paragraphs reread on 18 October 2026. Original page images not inspected. Selected second-attack, abandonment and engineering passages reread for Hiryū Fights Back.
How to read it
The report explicitly warns that its times are approximate and reconstructed from officers’ memories. Negative search results do not establish the absence of enemy carriers. Clock readings are not silently combined with the island or Japanese reports. Torpedo-hit timing and abandonment list differ from M18, which draws on the same underlying submissions; they are not independent confirmation.
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