Navy Department Communique No. 94

JULY 4, 1942

The Navy Department today issued the following communiqué based on reports received up to 2 P. M., July 4, 1942:

North Pacific Area.

1. Since the issuing of communiqué No. 90 on June 21, the situation in the Aleutian Islands has not changed materially. Long-range Army and Navy aircraft have engaged in reconnaissance and attack missions whenever weather permitted.
2. On June 21 Army planes dropped bombs on shore installations at Kiska but due to fog, results could not be observed.
3. On June 25 Navy reconnaissance aircraft over the Kiska area observed one large cruiser and three destroyers in the harbor of Kiska. The bow of the Japanese transport, which was sunk by Army aircraft on June 18, was clearly visible near the center of the harbor. During these operations a Navy patrol plane was attacked and damaged by enemy aircraft but returned safely to its base.
4. On June 26 two Army planes attacked shore installations at Kiska but again fog did not permit results to be observed.
5. On June 28 Army bombers again attacked Kiska, doing further damage to shore installations. From June 28 to July 2 the weather was such as to render flight operations inadvisable.
6. On July 2 a patrol plane observed three Japanese transports with escorting vessels off the island of Agattu, about 35 miles to the southeastward of Attu. Army bombers attacked this force that afternoon inflicting damage, the exact extent of which could not be observed. Our aircraft returned safely having suffered only minor damage from antiaircraft fire.
7. On July 3 Kiska was again bombed by Army aircraft but again observation of results was not possible.