Italian cruisers damaged in American air attack according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 15 August 1942

An item reported that 24 American bombers attacked at dusk on 11 August 4 Italian cruisers lying in the Navarino Bay with 42 half-ton bombs damaging 3 cruisers severely.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 248 dated 15 August 1942.