An item referred to a broadcast of Tokyo radio in which the Japanese claimed that one of their cruiser squadron destroyed on 2 March an American cruiser.(1)
Note
1. The American heavy cruiser USS Houston was on 1 March destroyed in the Battle of Sunda Strait against a strong Japanese naval force including 5 carriers. Part of the Northampton-class heavy cruisers consisting of the Northampton, Chicago, Houston, Augusta, Louisville and Chester, preceded by the Pensacola-class and succeeded by the Portland-class. Building ordered on 18 December 1924, building awarded on 13 June 1927, laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 1 May 1928, launched by Miss Elizabeth Holcombe on 7 September 1929, reclassified from CL-30 into CA-30.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 92 dated 12 March 1942.
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