Navy Department Communique No. 89

JUNE 15, 1942

The Navy Department today issued the following communiqué based on reports received up to 5 p. m., June 15, 1942:

North Pacific Area.

1. The Army and Navy are continuing air attacks against the Japanese forces which recently were reported to have landed on western; islands of the Aleutian group.
2. Foul weather and fog, characteristic of this locality at all seasons, are hampering our reconnaissance and attack operations, but reports to date indicate that at least three cruisers, one destroyer, one gunboat, and one transport have been damaged, some of them severely.