- Author
- USSBS · Commander Otokichi Shibata and Lieutenant Commander Nishikawa, interviewed by Captain C. Shands
- Date
- 7 November 1945
- Passage
- NAV 66 / USSBS 295 · collision, withdrawal and cruiser outcomes
What has been checked
Relevant questions and answers read on 18 October 2026. Original interrogation pages not inspected. Cruiser-profile review, 18–19 October 2026: Shibata and Nishikawa passages reread through the transcription. An NDL/Commons scan catalogue was located, but no original page inspection is claimed.
How to read it
Postwar recollection, not a contemporary damage log. Exact bomb counts, aircraft-crash claims, casualty estimates and fine chronology are not adopted. Shibata was navigator of Suzuya, not aboard Mogami; Nishikawa was Mogami’s gunnery officer. The witnesses’ different positions and later recollection are retained. Original damage records remain outstanding.
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