the Nevada, Arkansas, Indep.,
Pensacola & probably the Salt
Lake City are not worth
repairing & should be used as
targets or sunk -

Afterwards I was told that
the Arkansas & Nevada boiler
rooms were in much the same
shape as the Pensacola-
Mr. Newell says they might be
able to be fixed - certainly he
feels that he could design a
stack to prevent the down
blast from ruining the boilers -

After lunch, embarked on
a P.T. Flying Boat for Kwajalein
& the above is written on boat -
left @ 2 P.M. exactly & arrived
at 3:34 P.M. - went over with