- Author
- Hammann’s commanding officer · with appended statement by Lieutenant (junior grade) C. C. Hartigan Jr.
- Date
- 16 June 1942
- Passage
- Serial 2 · paragraphs 1, 3–9; appended Hartigan statement paragraphs 2–3
What has been checked
Relevant passages and the opening memory caveat read on 18 October 2026. Original page images not inspected. Supporting-ship update: captain’s paragraphs 1 and 3–9 and appended statement reread; official NHHC page was unavailable and no original scan retrieved.
How to read it
Records were lost; times and early casualty counts are provisional. The underwater explosion’s cause remains unresolved. No final death total is adopted from this report. The captain and Hartigan differ on the apparent torpedo-hit sequence; Nimitz also reports two hits on Hammann. No exact hit reconstruction or confirmed aircraft-kill total is inferred.
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