LSM FLOTILLA NINE
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
LSMFlot9/A12/(wsc)
Serial: C010                                                                                                                                  21 April 1945

From:                                          C.T.G. 52.21 (Commander Dennis L. FRANCIS, USN,
                                                        Commander, LSM Flotilla NINE,
                                                            U.S.S. LC(FF) 525, Flagship)
T0:                                              Commander in Chief, United States Fleet.
VIA:                                           (1) C.T.C. 51.5
                                                   (2) C.T.F. 52
                                                   (3) Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.
Subject:                                     ACTION REPORT - IE SHIMA and Southeastern Okinawa,
                                                   2 April through 20 April 1945.
Reference:                               (a) U.S. Navy Regulations, 1920, Art. 712, 874 (5)
                                                  (b) CincPac Conf. ltr, A2-11/A12, serial 1CL-45, of 1 January 1945
Enclosures:                              (A) Subject Action Report.
                                                 (B) LSMFlotNINE secret ltr. LSMFlot9/S78-1/(ml)
                                                       ser. CC8, dated 19 April 1945 and attached
                                                       OpPlan for Ie Shima.
                                                 (C) Attack Plan for Southeastern OKINAWA (C.T.G.C 32.22 Oplan#2102-45)
                                                 (D) Diagram of Radar Stations
                                                 (E) Sheet showing Radar Picket Assignments
                                                 (F) New Attack Formations
            1.                                  Enclosure ( A) through (F) are forwarded herewith.
                                                                                                                  D. L. Francis
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    C.T.G. 51-21 (2 copies)
    C.T.G. 51.23 (3 copies;)

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