10 May 1942
Fiji
I had wanted to bombard the landing area at Nadi, but the size of yesterday's airstrike made the airfield at Suva a priority. The Yamashiro and two heavy cruisers (Mutsu is down for repairs thanks to that torpedo hit) hit them overnight, destroying 5 P-40s and 2 SBDs. We added 3 P-40s later in the day with sweeps over Nadi.
CENTPAC
The I-9 was depth charged by a corvette near Christmas Island, sustaining serious damage and forced to return home for repairs.
Near Lahaina, Hawaii, the I-4 put 2 torpedoes into the USS Mississippi, good enough to sit her out of the war for a few months.
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