Ballot is 50 to 37 – 2-3
Vital Votes on Neutrality – 3
Nazis Feel Blows – 4-5
Nazis Find Task in Crimea Stiff – 5
The International Situation – 5
Marines in China May Be Recalled – 6
United States Military Leader Cheered in China (photo) – 6
U.S. Experts in Turkey to Service New Planes – 6
Loan to Moscow Painful to Tokyo – 7
Upshur to Command Marines in Pacific – 7
Senator Makes Fumble on Football in Debate – 7
The Aircraft Carrier: Floating Nest for United States Navy’s War Birds (photos) * – 8-9
31 Arrive on Ship in Costly Convoy – 10
Reception Guests Crowd Russian Embassy in Washington (photo) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11
* Here’s a challenge: Which aircraft carrier is pictured? Probably the last picture is the best for identifying the ship. I’ll take a stab and say Enterprise, because that is the only one I know for sure was in the Pacific (the only hint given in the captions.) I know Saratoga will be in the Pacific within two months. Other possibilities are Hornet and Yorktown, but I don’t know where they are at the moment. Do the Japanese?
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/nov41/f08nov41.htm
Royal Navy damages Italian convoy
Saturday, November 8, 1941 www.onwar.com
In the Mediterranean... The British naval Force K, out of Malta, comprised of two cruisers and two destroyers, attacks an Italian convoy for north Africa sinking 7 transports and 1 escort vessel.
Homer:
"Here’s a challenge: Which aircraft carrier is pictured? Probably the last picture is the best for identifying the ship.
I’ll take a stab and say Enterprise, because that is the only one I know for sure was in the Pacific (the only hint given in the captions.)
I know Saratoga will be in the Pacific within two months. Other possibilities are Hornet and Yorktown, but I don’t know where they are at the moment.
Do the Japanese?" You'd think by now we'd know these by heart, but I still have to look them up.
As of December 7, 1941 US aircraft carriers:
- Enterprise with Vice Admiral Halsey in command is on its way back from Wake Island, fully prepared for action.
- Lexington with Rear Admiral Newton in command is on its way to Midway, not expecting or prepared for anything.
- Saratoga is just pulling into San Diego harbor after overhaul in Bremerton, Washington.
- Yorktown, Ranger and Wasp are in the Atlantic fleet.
Yorktown will sail first for the Pacific, on December 16.
- Hornet commissioned in October is still on shake-down.
So when did Lexington first arrive in Hawaii?
No exact date, just "fall of 1941".
But the ships have very distinctive shapes:
USS Enterprise:
USS Lexington:
So I'm saying today's photos are of Lady Lex.
As for the Japanese... oh, yes, they kept very close tabs on all US ships in and out of Pearl Harbor.