All the aircraft carriers were east of the island....the obsolite battleships were tightly packed together...
Sorry, but he knew....
“Sorry, but he knew....”
Because a good conspiracy theory must never be denied
He may have known, or because of the Japs having changed plans for some ships under construction, and making carriers out of them, our military had to step up the carrier groups training.
As far as the battleships being tightly packed: they were at their usual moorings. Of course, an aerial attack was probably thought unlikely back when those moorings were built.