YT-Y05 · Contemporary orders and reports · Japanese archival facsimile

Second Destroyer Squadron orders and battle records, part 3

Mission west of Okinawa, departure force and ordered fuel transfers.

Author
Imperial Japanese Navy / Second Destroyer Squadron
Date
February–April 1945; order dated 6 April
Passage
JACAR C08030103200; images 13, 49–52 and 74–78

What has been checked

Selected archive page images inspected; the 92-image file is retained for research. Images 75–76 rechecked on 21 October 2026 for the first/second organisations and 41dg grouping with Yamato in a surface engagement.

How to read it

Selected working readings, not full translation. Orders do not prove execution or delivery. Complete beaching instructions and final fuel inventory remain unverified.

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