U.S. NAVY AT WAR 
1941-1945
 
 
OFFICIAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
 
 
by 
 
FLEET ADMIRAL ERNEST J. KING, U.S. NAVY
Commander in Chief,
United States Fleet and
Chief of Naval Operations 
 
Washington,
United States Navy Department
1946 
 
 
Table of Contents
 
 
FIRST REPORT
Covering our Peacetime Navy and our Wartime Navy and including combat  
operations up to 1 March 1944. 
 
SECOND REPORT
Covering combat operations 1 March 1944 to 1 March 1945 
 
THIRD REPORT
Covering the period 1 March 1945 to 1 October 1945 
 
 
APPENDIX A
Status of major combatant ships of Japanese Navy at the conclusion 
of hostilities  
 
APPENDIX B 
Major combatant ships added to United States Fleet, 7 December 1941-
1 October 1945 
 
APPENDIX C 
Losses of United States naval vessels from all causes,  7 December 1941-
1 October 1945