An item reported that on 2 May Japanese forces bombed Tulagi (Florida Islands) six times. Off Santa Isabel Island north of Tulagi were three vessels sighted underway to Tulagi. Probably it were a merchant cruiser accompanied by 2 smaller vessel.s
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 145 dated 4 May 1942
An item reported that 9 Japanese ships were sighted near Tulagi (Florida Islands) in the initial stages of the US navy attacking the Japanese fleet in the Coral Sea.(1,2) Among the ships were 3 transports of which just 2 men were saved.
Notes
1. Tulagi part of the Solomon Islands, is a small island and a town which was then the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Invaded by Japanese forces on 3 May 1942 to establish a seaplane base.
The attack was on 4 May 1942 the day before the battle of the Coral Sea between 4-8 May executed by aircraft of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 160 dated 19 May 1942
