- Author
- F. E. Janney · commanding officer, USS Hackleback (SS-295)
- Date
- 26 April 1945 · covering letter
- Passage
- SS295/A16, serial 021; combined 95-page file, PDF pp.5 and 21–23 / covering letter and printed pp.16–18; Navy history at PDF p.3
What has been checked
Selected images visually checked on 21 October 2026: PDF pp.3, 5, 7 and 21–23. Complete public archive scan retained with SHA-256 47c58d73ddabb37aab3950a1e19a423d8db4c68d680ee9892b9d1eff67d6fc87. Contact entries read from images, not inferred from search snippets.
How to read it
Radar estimates and the commander’s interpretations, not a verified roster of Japanese ships. Times retained with the original I notation. The separate Navy history identifies the force as Yamato’s retrospectively; its sinking and casualty figures are not adopted. The patrol covering letter ends its period on 26 April, while that history gives arrival at Midway on 27 April; no reconciled end date is asserted. A report being rebroadcast is not proof of receipt or action by every command. No direct sighting of Yamato’s sinking or successful torpedo attack is claimed.
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