Japanese aircraft carrier sighted around 25 miles south of Kavieng, New Ireland according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 8 August 1942

An item reported that an Japanese aircraft carrier [Hyataka or Chonan Maru?] escorted by 3 destroyers was sighted around 25 miles south of Kavieng, New Ireland [Papua New Guinea].

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No.241 dated 8 August 1942.