American aircraft bombing Japanese shipping in the Salamaua-Lae area according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 13 March 1942

An item reported that more as 100 American aircraft from aircraft carriers attacked on 10 March Japanese ships in the Salamaua-Lae area. Except for one Japanese aircraft there was just some resistance from anti aircraft guns. The results at Lae were that 3 transports (of which one of 15,000 tons) with a large number of troops embarked were sunk or beached, one cruiser hit by 6-50 pound bombs was set in fire, 1 cruiser hit by 1-1,000 pound bomb blew up and probably sunk, 1 destroyer hit by 1-500 bomb lost it stern, 1 destroyer hit by 1-500 pound bomb was set on fire and one minelayer set on fire while at Salamaua 2 around 10,000 ton transports were hit, one sunk and one set on fire with the loss of just one plane.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 93 dated 13 March 1942.