OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Mar 02, 42

Coastwatcher Report: xAK Tokyo Maru reported in port at Shortlands
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Tulagi
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Cox's Bazar
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Buna
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Finschhafen
Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Rabaul is reported empty
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Woodlark Island
Task Force 201 correcting on/off map move
Task Force 201 arrives at Abadan
Task Force 48 arrives at Balboa  but can not dock
Task Force 125 arrives at Balboa
Task Force 142 correcting on/off map move
Task Force 142 arrives at Cape Town
Walrus II reports periscope wake at 94, 168 near Newcastle
Repairs completed on xAP Montoro at San Diego, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on xAP Empress ' Scotland at San Diego, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on xAK Zvir at San Diego, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on xAK Rona at San Diego, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on xAK Manukai at San Diego, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on BB Idaho at Noumea, ship returned to service
No additional repairs possible on AO TAN 3 using currently assigned resources at Noumea
No additional repairs possible on AO TAN 4 using currently assigned resources at Noumea
CS Convoy TF 201 begins loading Fuel at Abadan for delivery to Karachi
Coastwatcher Report: xAKL Penang Maru reported in port at Shortlands
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Buna
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Finschhafen
Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Rabaul is reported empty
Coastwatcher sighting: 1 Japanese ship at 109,131 near Shortlands , Speed unknown  
Task Force 258 arrives at Eastern USA
TF 178 snooped by Japanese Float Fighter at 115,160 near Noumea
TF 212 snooped by Japanese Torpedo Bomber at 115,160 near Noumea
Japanese Aircraft sighted over 17th Chinese Base Force
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Wuchow 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Imphal 
Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Changsha 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Wuchow 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Imphal 
TF 248 shadowed by E13A1 Jake at 115,160 near Noumea
TF 336 sighted by Japanese Float Plane at 115,160 near Noumea
PBY-5 Catalina sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 167,96 near Laysan Island, speed 19, Moving West
Japanese Fighter sighted over Changsha 
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Wuchow 
Japanese Fighter sighted over Imphal 
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over 44th Chinese Corps
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Wuchow 
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Imphal 
4 x Catalina I transporting supplies to 15th RAAF
10 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
9 x Hudson IIIa transporting supplies to Paoshan
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard CL Achilles
Repairs completed on xAK Silvermaple at Eastern USA, ship returned to service
No additional repairs possible on AO TAN 3 using currently assigned resources at Noumea
No additional repairs possible on AO TAN 4 using currently assigned resources at Noumea
TF 24 does not have enough fuel to complete mission
TF 116 does not have enough fuel to complete mission
CS Convoy TF 258 begins loading Supplies at Eastern USA for delivery to Cape Town
Shortlands expands port to size 2
Christmas Island expands airfield to size 3
Rabaul expands port to size 4
Voroshilov expands fortifications to size 5
San Luis Obispo expands airfield to size 5
DD Sims taken out of commission to begin refit at San Diego
xAK Baroda taken out of commission to begin refit at Aden
xAK Ho Kiang taken out of commission to begin refit at Aden
xAK Marion Moller taken out of commission to begin refit at Aden
xAK Fingal taken out of commission to begin refit at Aden
106th USN Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Luganville
102nd RAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Silchar
Repairs completed on xAKL Canopus at Pearl Harbor, ship returned to service
Dunnigan V. now available for reassignment
71st OG/17th OS arrives at San Diego
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion arrives at Eastern USA
