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Summary War Damage Reports

There are two (2) different types of summary reports in the list below. The first is a booklet type report 6" X 8", and the standard type of damage report, approximately 8" X 13". The booklet type report shows a small starboard side outline of the vessel, indicating the direction of the incoming plane or gunfire and location of the resulant damage. The standard type report have photographs that show the damage to the vessel and some temporary repairs. The photographs are reproduced on standard stock paper; the quality of the reproduction is not good by any stretch of the imagination, within the standard report are extended length "plates". These plates are a visual representation and location of the damage to the vessel, and form an integral part of the report that cannot be excluded from it. The plates are oversized, meaning, they exceed the scannable area of a NARA approved flatbed scanner, 12" X 17" or tabloid size. The only means of scanning the plates is to have the scan done by NARA. The cost is $3.50 per foot of scan, this cost is subject to change by NARA at any time. The average length of a 'plate' is approximately three (3) feet.

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Summary War Damage Reports
Line Number VESSEL NAME
1Summary of War Damage to US Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts December 8, 1943 to December 7, 1944
Fifty-six (56) pages
2Summary of War Damage to US Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts December 8, 1944 to October 9, 1945
One Hundred-one (101) Pages
3Destroyer Report
War Damage Report No. 50
Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action
17 October 1941 to 7 December 1944 Ten (10) plates
4Destroyer Report
War Damage Report No. 51
Including Losses in Action
17 October 1941 to 15 August 1945 Thirteen (13) plates
One Hunderd-twenty four (124) pages
5Escort Carriers
War Damage Report No. 60
Including Losses in Action
7 December1941 to 15 August 1945
One Hundred-forty three (143) pages and Twelve (12) plates
6LST Report of Torpedo, Projectile, Bomb, and Fire Damage Including Losses in Action to December 7, 1943. War Damage Report No. 46
Ninty-two (92) pages
Nineteen (19) plates