Should have made the third strike. Take out the oil and the dry docks. It would have pushed the fleet back to San Diego and Long Beach.
But missing the carriers made the Japs take their chips and leave the game.
It was a stupid move. The plan worked. They could have encountered acceptable losses in the third wave. It would have pushed the US back two years instead of six months.
CDR. Fuchida, argued with Nagumo over a third strike against the Navy Yard and the tank farms. Nagumo refused, saying that the mission had been accomplished. He also believed that American submaries were in the area and may strike the carriers.