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On Tues. 18 Nov 1941 Five large Japanese carrier submarines, each conta.....

1941-11-18

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Five large Japanese carrier submarines, each containing midget submarines, departed from Kure Naval Base, Japan for Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. Meanwhile, Joseph Rochefort's US Navy cryptanalytic team reported no Japanese carrier movement.

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