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HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Con. Res. 27

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN
INVESTIGATION OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL
HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, AND
EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
RELATING THERETO

PART 33

PROCEEDINGS OF NAVY COURT OF INQUIRY
(Pages 926-985, Exhibit 4,
"Rainbow 5")

Printed for the use of the
Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1946


[i]                             SECRET

                            EXHIBIT No. 4

                                              NAVY DEPARTMENT,
                                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS,
                                         Washington, May 26, 1941.
Op-12B-5-McC
(SC)A16(R-5)
Serial 060512

From: The Chief of Naval Operations.
To: Distribution List for WPL-46.

Subject: Promulgation of Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5 (WPL-46).
Enclosures:
   (A) Pages for WPL 46, Registered No. 92, including List of Effective 
       Pages.
   (B) Receipt form in duplicate.

1. Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5 (WPL-46) is promulgated herewith.

2. Report receipt, and check of contents, on the form provided as 
enclosure (B).

3. The highest priority in the preparation of war plans is assigned to 
plans required by WPL-46.

4. It is desired that the preparation and distribution of these plans be 
accomplished with the least possible delay. To this end, all planning 
based upon the directives of WPL-13, WPL-14, WPL-42, and WPL-44 will be 
discontinued until plans based upon WPL 46 are completed.

5. Appendix II, Chapter IX, prescribing the composition of the Naval 
Transportation Service will be issued as a change to this plan. If this 
plan is executed prior to the issue of Chapter IX, specific directives 
will be issued to provide for the initial sea transportation 
requirements of the plan.



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6. The extreme importance of the security of this Navy Basic War Plan-
Rainbow No. 5 cannot be over-emphasized. In this respect, attention is 
invited to the instructions contained in "The System of War Planning," 
and in the "Registered Publication Manual".

7. Plans and estimates of requirements for the preparation for war 
service of vessels to be taken over from private sources, as indicated 
in the tables of Appendix II, will be classified as confidential. 
Attention is invited to paragraph 1105 of WPL-8.

[ii] 8. This plan shall not be carried in aircraft except by authority 
of the Chief of Naval Operations, and when not in use shall be kept in 
Class "A" stowage as prescribed in the Registered Publication Manual".

9. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MAKE EXTRACTS FROM OR COPY PORTIONS OF THIS 
PUBLICATION WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FROM THE CHIEF OF NAVAL  
OPERATIONS, EXCEPT IN SUBORDINATE PLANS BASED UPON THIS PUBLICATION.

                                                            H. R. STARK.
[iii]               Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5

                       LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES

                                                               Change
Subject Matter                              Page or Sheet No.  in Effect
Letter of Promulgation, CNO Secret Serial 
   060512, (SC)A16(R-5) of May 26, 1941. .. i, ii               Original
List of Effective Pages ................... iii                 Original
Table of Corrections ...................... iv                  Original
Distribution List ......................... v, vi               Original
Title Page ................................ 1                   Original
Table of Contents ......................... 2 to 4 inc.         Original
Introduction .............................. 5 to 8 inc.         Original
Part I .................................... 9, 10               Original
 Chart .................................... 11                  Original
Part I (Cont'd) ........................... 12                  Original
Part II ................................... 13, 14              Original
Part III .................................. 15 to 60 inc.       Original
Part IV ................................... 61 to 80 inc.       Original
Part V .................................... 81, 82              Original
Appendix I ................................ 1 to 51 inc.        Original
Appendix II
 Title Page ............................... 1                   Original
 Chapter I ................................ 2, 3                Original
 Chapter II ............................... 4, 5                Original
  Table ATF-1 ............................. 1 to 3 inc.         Original
 Chapter III .............................. 6                   Original
  Table PAF-1 ............................. 1 to 3 inc.         Original
  Table PAF-2 ............................. 1                   Original
 Chapter IV:
  Table SEP-1 ............................. 1                   Original
 Chapter V:
  Table ASF-1 ............................. 1, 2                Original
 Chapter VI ............................... 7                   Original
  Table NE-1 .............................. 1                   Original
  Table NE-2 .............................. 1                   Original
 Chapter VII:
  Table CNO-1 ............................. 1            _      Original
 Chapter VIII ............................. 8 to 10 inc.        Original
  Table NACF .............................. 1 to 5 inc.         Original
  Table SCF ............................... 1 to 4 inc.         Original
  Table CACF .............................. 1                   Original
  Table PACF .............................. 1                   Original
  Table PSCF .............................. 1 to 3 inc.         Original
  Table PNCF .............................. 1                   Original
  Table HCF ............................... 1                   Original
  Table PhCF .............................. 1                   Original
 Chapter IX ............................... 11                  Original

[iv]                     TABLE OF CORRECTIONS

R. P. M. or Change No.   Date of  Signature and rank of officer entering 
                         entry    change.
1                        26-7-44  Marion L. Monsen Ens. U. S. N. R.

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                                           NAVY DEPARTMENT
                                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS,
                                       Washington, June 3, 1941.
Op-12B-5-McC
(SC)A16(R-5)
Serial 064112

Secret

From: The Chief of Naval Operations.
To: The Distribution List for WPL-46.
Subject: Change No. 1, WPL-46.
   1. Make the following pen and ink corrections to WPL-46:
   (a) On Page 45 
       Paragraph 3511.a.2.(f), first line-Change 13,400 to 6,400.
       Paragraph 3511.a.2.(g), first line-Change 23,600 to 12,600.
       Paragraph 3511.a.2.(i), first line-Change 44,000 to 23,000.
   (b) On Page 80
       Paragraph 4601, first line,-after "will be" insert "prepared as".
   (c) On Page 30 of Appendix I
       Paragraph 51.a.(13), first line-Change 13,400 to 6,400.
       Paragraph 51.a.(14), first line Change 23,600 to 12,600.
   (d) On Page 31 of Appendix I
       Paragraph 51.a.(16), first line-Change 44,000 to 23,000.
   2. Insert this letter in the front of WPL-46.
   3. The urgency of delivery of this document is such that it will not   
reach the addressees in time by the next available officer courier. The 
originator therefore authorizes the transmission of this document by 
registered mail within the continental limits of the United States.

                                                R. E. INGERSOLL, Acting.

                            DISTRIBUTION LIST
[V]
Official to whom issued                                  Registered Nos.
Commander in Chief. U.S. Pacific Fleet                                 1
Commander, Battle Force                                                2
Commander, Battleships, Battle Force                                   3
Commander, Battleship Division One (issue withheld)                    4
Commander, Battleship Division Two (issue withheld)                    5
Commander, Battleship Division Three                                   6
Commander, Battleship Division Five                                    7
Commander, Cruisers, Battle Force                                      8
Commander, Cruiser Division Three, Battle Force                        9
Commander, Destroyers, Battle Force                                   10
Commander, Aircraft, Battle Force                                     11
Commander, Minecraft, Battle Force                                    12
Commander, Scouting Force                                             13
Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force                                   14
Commander, Aircraft, Scouting Force                                   15
Commander, Submarines, Scouting Force                                 16
Commander, Base Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet                            17
Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet                              18
Commander, Cruisers, Atlantic Fleet                                   19
Commander, Cruiser Division Two, Atlantic Fleet                       20
Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet                                 21
Commander, Aircraft, Atlantic Fleet                                   22
Commander, Submarines, Atlantic Fleet                                 23
Commander, Support Force, Atlantic Fleet                              24
Commander, Train, Atlantic Fleet                                      25
Commander in Chief, U. S. Asiatic Fleet                               26
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Division                             27
Commanding General, Second Marine Division                            28
Operations-Director, War Plans Division                       29, 30, 31
          -Director, Naval Intelligence Division                      32
          -Director, Naval Communications Division                    33
          -Director, Fleet Maintenance Division                       34
          -Director, Ship Movements Division                          35
          -Director, Naval Districts Division                         36
          -Director, Naval Transportation Service 
            (Issued to Director, Ship Movements Division)             37
Chief of Bureau of Navigation                                     38, 39
Chief of Bureau of Ordnance                                           40
Chief of Bureau of Ships                                              41
Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks                                    42
Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics                                        43
Chief of Bureau of Supplies and Accounts                          44, 45
Chief of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery                               46
[VI] Judge Advocate General, U. S. Navy                               47
Major General Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps                          48
Director, Shore Establishment Division 
 (Office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy)                          49



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                            DISTRIBUTION LIST-Continued
Official to whom issued                                  Registered nos.
War Plans Division General Staff, War Department                      50
President, Naval War College                                          51
Commandant, First Naval District                                  52, 53
Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Newfoundland                        54
Commandant, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.                              55
Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Newport, R. I                       56
Commandant, Third Naval District                                  57, 58
Commandant, Fourth Naval District                                 59, 60
Commandant, Fifth Naval District                                  61, 62
Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Bermuda                             63
Commandant, Sixth Naval District                                  64, 65
Commandant, Seventh Naval District                                    66
Commandant, Eighth Naval District                                 67, 68
Commandant, Ninth Naval District                                      69
Commandant, Tenth Naval District                                      70
Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo, Cuba                    71
Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Trinidad                            72
Commandant, Eleventh Naval District                               73, 74
Commandant, Twelfth Naval District                                75, 76
Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District                             77, 78
Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District                                 79
Commandant, Fifteenth Naval District                                  80
Commandant, Sixteenth Naval District                                  81
Commanding General, Department of Pacific, U. S. Marine Corps, 
  San Francisco, California                                           82
Commanding General, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.                    83
Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, San Diego, Calif.              84
Commandant, Naval Station, Tutuila, Samoa                             85
United States Military Mission in London                          86, 87
United States Naval Attache, Ottawa, Canada                           88
British Military Mission in Washington                                89
U. S. Naval Attache, Melbourne, Australia                             90
Registered Publication Section,-Working Copy                          91
Registered Publication Section,-Library Copy                          92
Registered Publication Section,-Reserve Copies 
      93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107

Op-12B-McC                                 NAVY DEPARTMENT,
(SC)A16(R-5)                    OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS,
Serial 071912                          Washington, July 1, 1941.

Secret

From: The Chief of Naval Operations.
To: The Distribution List for WPL-46.
Subject: The establishment of Naval Coastal Frontiers.

Reference:
   (a) GO No. 142.
   (b) GO No. 143.
   (c) WPL-46.

1. The Naval Coastal Frontiers prescribed in paragraphs 3122, 3232 and 
3312 of WPL-46 are hereby established.

2. The boundaries of the Naval Coastal Frontiers are as prescribed in 
Annex I, Appendix I, WPL-46.

3. The command relations prescribed in Part III, Chapter I, Section 3, 
and Part III, Chapter II, Section 4, of WPL-46, are hereby made 
effective and, in accordance with the provisions of these sections, the 
conflicting provisions of General Order No. 142 are suspended.

4. For the present, Naval Coastal Frontier Forces as prescribed in 
General Order No. 143 will not be formed. Vessels assigned to Naval 
Districts and Naval Stations will continue in these assignments, and, 
until further orders, new assignments of vessels will be made to Naval 
Districts or Naval Stations, rather than to Naval Coastal Frontier 
Forces, Naval Coastal Forces, or Naval Local Defense.

5. The Bureau of Navigation will issue orders assigning officers to 
additional duties as Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers as indicated:
   Commandant, 3rd Naval District-Commander, North Atlantic Naval 
     Coastal Frontier;
   Commandant, 6th Naval District-Commander, Southern Naval Coastal
     Frontier;
   Commandant, 10th Naval District-Commander, Caribbean Naval Coastal
     Frontier;
   Commandant, 15th Naval District-Commander, Panama Naval Coastal
     Frontier;



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   Commandant, 12th Naval District-Commander, Pacific Southern Naval
     Frontier;
   Commandant, 13th Naval District-Commander, Pacific Northern Naval
     Frontier;
   Commandant, 14th Naval District-Commander, Hawaiian Naval Coastal
     Frontier;
   Commandant, 16th Naval District-Commander, Philippine Naval Coastal
     Frontier;

6. The establishment of the Naval Coastal Frontiers, and the orders to 
the commanders thereof, is assigned a RESTRICTED classification. The 
limits of the Naval Coastal Frontiers remain in a SECRET classification.  
Correspondence relating to Naval Coastal Frontiers will be classified 
according to its nature.

7. Transmission of this document by registered mail within the 
continental limits of the United States is authorized.

                                                        /s/ H. R. STARK.
[1]                          W. P. L.-46

                    NAVY BASIC WAR PLAN-RAINBOW NO. 5, 
                           UNITED STATES NAVY

[2]                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

                          Subject                               Page [1]
Introduction:
Chapter I. Origin, Basis, and Scope of this Plan ...................   5
Chapter II. Execution of this Plan .................................   6
 Section I. Execution of the Entire Plan ...........................   6
 Section 2. Execution of a part of this Plan .......................   7
Chapter III. Agreements with Associated Powers other than the 
 British Commonwealth ..............................................   8
Part I. Task Organization, Information and Assumptions:
 Chapter I. Task Organization ......................................   9
 Chart Areas of Responsibility of the Associated Powers ............  11
 Chapter II. Information and Assumptions ...........................  12
Part II. Outline of Tasks: 
 Chapter I. Concept of the War .....................................  13
 Chapter II. The General Task ......................................  14
Part III. Assignment of Tasks: 
 Chapter I. Forces in the Western Atlantic Area ....................  15
  Section 1. The U. S. Atlantic Fleet ..............................  15
  Section 2. The Naval Coastal Frontier Forces .....................  21
  Section 3. Command Relations .....................................  25
 Chapter II. Forces in the Pacific Area ............................  27
  Section 1. The U. S. Pacific Fleet ...............................  27
  Section 2. The Southeast Pacific Force ...........................  31
  Section 3. The Naval Coastal Frontier Forces .....................  33
  Section 4. Command Relations .....................................  36
 Chapter III. Forces in the Far East Area ..........................  38
  Section 1. The U. S Asiatic Fleet and the Philippine Naval 
   Coastal Frontier ................................................  38
 Chapter IV. Forces in the United Kingdom and British Home 
  Waters Area ......................................................  42
  Section 1. The U. S. Naval Forces, North Europe ..................  42
 Chapter V. The Services ...........................................  44
  Section 1. The Naval Transportation Service ......................  44
  Section 2. The Naval Communication Service .......................  47
  Section 3. The Naval Intelligence Service ........................  48
 Chapter VI. The Shore Establishment ...............................  49
 Chapter VII. Instructions Jointly Applicable to Task Forces .......  50
  Section 1. Forming the Task Forces ...............................  50
  Section 2. Mobilization ..........................................  51
[3] Section 3. The Routing and Protection of Shipping ..............  53
  Section 4. Rules of Warfare ......................................  58
  Section 5. Intelligence Liaison between Commanders of 
   Associated Forces in the Field ..................................  60
Part IV. Logistics:
 Chapter I. The Shore Establishment ................................  61
 Chapter II. General Directives ....................................  62
  Section 1. Personnel .............................................  62
  Section 2. Material ..............................................  63
  Section 3. Transportation ........................................  64
  Section 4. Legal Services ........................................  66
  Section 5. Augmentation and Maintenance of the 
   Shore Establishment .............................................  67
  Section 6. Priorities ............................................  68
 Chapter III. The Operating Forces and Services ....................  69
  Section 1. Preparation for War Service ...........................  69
  Section 2. Maintenance ...........................................  73
  Section 3. Augmentation ..........................................  77
 Chapter IV. Advanced Bases ........................................  78
 Chapter V. Salvage ................................................  79
 Chapter VI. Plans to be prepared by the Shore Establishment .......  80
Part V. Special Provisions:
 Chapter I. Exertion of Financial and Economic Pressure ............  81
 Chapter II. Joint Plans Covering Intelligence Service, 
  Censorship and Publicity, and Mobilization of Resources ..........  82

[1] Pages referred to are represented by italic figures enclosed by 
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                                APPENDICES

                                  Subject                       Page [1]

Appendix I. The Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5 .. 1-36
 Annex I. Coastal Frontiers ...................................... 37-51
[4] Appendix II. The Composition of Forces
 Title Page ........................................................   1
 Chapter I. Introduction ...........................................   2
 Chapter II. The U. S. Atlantic Fleet ..............................   4
  Table ATF-1 .............................................. Sheets 1 to
 Chapter III. The U. S. Pacific Fleet ..............................   6
  Table PAF-1 ............................................ Sheets 1 to 3
  Table PAF-2 .................................................. Sheet 1
 Chapter IV. The Southeast Pacific Force
  Table SEP-1 .................................................. Sheet 1
 Chapter V. The U. S. Asiatic Fleet
  Table ASF-1 .............................................. Sheets 1, 2
 Chapter VI. U. S. Naval Forces, North Europe ......................   7
  Table NE-1 ................................................... Sheet 1
  Table NE-2 ................................................... Sheet 1
 Chapter VII. Vessels Operating under the Chief of Naval Operations
  Table CNO-1 .................................................. Sheet 1
 Chapter VIII. Naval Coastal Frontier Forces .......................   8
  Table NACF ............................................. Sheets 1 to 5
  Table SCF .............................................. Sheets 1 to 4
  Table CACF ................................................... Sheet 1
  Table PACF ................................................... Sheet 1
  Table PSCF ............................................. Sheets 1 to 3
  Table PNCF ................................................... Sheet 1
  Table HCF .................................................... Sheet 1
  Table PhCF ................................................... Sheet 1
 Chapter IX. Naval Transportation Service ..........................  11

[5]                          INTRODUCTION

          CHAPTER 1. ORIGIN, BASIS, AND SCOPE OF THIS PLAN

0101. This Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5 was prepared under the
direction of the Chief of Naval Operations.

0102. It is based upon the Report of the United States-British Staff 
Conversations (Short Title ABC-1), the Joint Canada-United States 
Defense Plan (Short Title ABC-22), and the Joint Army and Navy Basic War 
Plan-Rainbow No. 5.

0103. The United States-British Staff Conversations (ABC-1) and the 
Joint Canada-United States Defense Plan (ABC-22) will be given only a 
limited distribution to holders of this plan. These documents are 
referred to in this plan by their short titles. Their essential 
features, so far as concerns war operations, are incorporated in the 
Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5, which is included in 
this plan as Appendix I.

0104. This plan provides for the initial organization, composition of 
forces and tasks for the Naval Establishment in a Rainbow No. 5 War.

0105. After the execution of this plan has been directed, no attempt 
will be made to maintain the tables of Appendix II corrected up to date. 
Changes in the composition of forces will be made by direction of the 
Chief of Naval Operations and shown subsequently in the "Assignment of 
Units in the Organization of the Seagoing Forces of the U. S. Navy," and 
in the "Assignment of Units to Naval Districts and Naval Stations."

[6]               CHAPTER II. EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN

Section 1. EXECUTION OF THE ENTIRE PLAN

0211. a. Upon the receipt of the following ALNAV dispatch, the Naval
Establishment will proceed with the execution of this plan in its 
entirety, including acts of war: "EXECUTE NAVY BASIC WAR PLAN RAINBOW 
No. 5".

b. The date of the above dispatch will be M-day unless it has been 
otherwise designated.

[7] Section 2. EXECUTION OF A PART OF THIS PLAN

0221. A preliminary period of strained relations of uncertain duration 
is anticipated, during which time certain preliminary steps provided for 
in this plan may be directed by the Chief of Naval Operations.

0222. Mobilization may be directed prior to directing the execution of 
this plan or any part thereof. The order to mobilize does not authorize 
acts of war.

[1] Pages referred to are represented by italic figures enclosed by 
brackets and indicate pages of original exhibit.



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0223. This plan may be executed in part by a dispatch indicating the 
nations to be considered enemy, the tasks to be executed, or excepted, 
and the preliminary measures to be taken in preparation for the 
execution of the entire plan or additional tasks thereof.

[8]  CHAPTER III. AGREEMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED POWERS OTHER THAN THE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

0301. The substance of agreements reached with Associated Powers other 
than those with the British Commonwealth, including Canada, insofar as 
they relate to the operation of naval forces, will be made available to 
the holders of this plan as soon as made, by revision of this Chapter 
III of the Introduction.

0302. Brazil, for the purposes of defense of the Western Hemisphere, has 
agreed to permit United States naval forces to use the ports of RECIFE 
and BAHIA.

a. There is at present no time limit on the duration of stay in these 
ports.

b. They are available for refreshment and upkeep, and for the purchase 
and delivery of fuel, consumable supplies and fresh provisions within 
the limited capacities of the ports.

c A United States Naval Observer is stationed at each port 

d. On first entry, two days confidential advance notice of arrival 
should be given to the United States Naval Observer at the port via the 
United States Naval Attache, Rio de Janeiro. This notice should include 
information in regard to communicable diseases and last port visited. 
Pratique and customs clearance are not required. 

e. For repeated entry, incident to extended operations in the vicinity, 
local arrangements as to notice may be made with the Brazilian Captain 
of the Port, through the United States Naval Observer. 

[9]   PART I. TASK: ORGANIZATION. INFORMATION AND ASSUMPTIONS

                   CHAPTER I. TASK ORGANIZATION

1101. The task organization, by which this Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow 
No. 5 will be executed, under the direction of the Chief of Naval 
Operations, is prescribed below: 

a. THE OPERATING FORCES, under command of the Chief of Naval Operations. 
   1. THE UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET, under command of the Commander 
      in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET.
   2. THE UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, under command of the Commander in 
      Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET. 
   3. THE UNITED STATES SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE, under command of the 
      Commander, SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE.
   4. THE UNITED STATES ASIATIC FLEET, under command of the Commander in 
      Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET 
   5. THE UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE under command of the 
      Commander in Chief, U. S. NAVAL FORCES NORTH EUROPE. 
   6. THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES, under the command of the 
      Commanders NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIERS, consisting of:
        (a) THE NAVAL COASTAL FORCES;
        (b) THE NAVAL LOCAL DEFENSE FORCES.

b. THE SERVICES, under command of the Chief of Naval Operations. 
   1. THE NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. 
   2. THE NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE. 
   3. THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. 

c. THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT, under the direction of the appropriate 
Chiefs of Bureaus, and Heads of Offices of the Navy Department. 

[10]  1102. Major areas of command and instructions concerning 
responsibility for the strategic direction of military forces therein 
are set forth in Appendix I, "Section V". In paragraph 3222 of this plan 
is defined an additional sub-area, designated as the "SOUTHEAST PACIFIC 
SUB-AREA." In Annex I, of Appendix I, are the sub-areas which are 
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11403. Command over naval forces in the areas and sub-areas for which 
the United States has accepted responsibility for the strategic 
direction of operations will be exercised by the appropriate United 
States naval commanders listed in paragraph 1101 a. of this plan, 
subject to the special conditions set forth in Appendix I, "Section V." 

(At this point in Exhibit No. 4 there appears a map of the world showing 
"Areas of Responsibility of the Associated flowers." This map will be 
found reproduced as Item No. 1, EXHIBIT-ILLUSTRATIONS, Navy Court of 
Inquiry. These illustrations are bound together following the printed 
exhibits of the Naval Court of Inquiry.) 

[12]             CHAPTER II. INFORMATION AND ASSUMPTIONS

1201. Assumptions are as stated in Appendix I, "Section III." 

[13]

                     PART II. OUTLINE OF TASKS

                   CHAPTER I. CONCEPT OF THE WAR

2101. The Concept of the War is as stated in Appendix I, "Section IV."

[14]

                   CHAPTER II. THE GENERAL TASK

2201. The Joint Army and Navy General Task is set forth in paragraph 24 
of Appendix I 

2202. The Navy General Task is as follows: 

a. The Naval Establishment, in cooperation with the Army and the forces 
of the other Associated Powers, will: 
   1. Destroy Axis sea communications in the WESTERN ATLANTIC 
      AREA, in the PACIFIC AREA east of 180 , and through the MALAY 
      BARRIER in the FAR EAST AREA; 
   2. Raid Axis forces and sea communications in the PACIFIC and FAR 
      EAST AREAS, and in the EASTERN ATLANTIC and the WESTERN 
      MEDITERRANEAN; 
   3. Protect the sea communications of the Associated Powers in United 
      States Areas, and support the defense of sea communications in the 
      UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA, in the FAR EAST AREA, 
      and to the eastward of AUSTRALIA; 
   4. Prevent the extension in the Western Hemisphere of European or 
      Asiatic military power, and support the defense of the territory 
      of the Associated Powers in the FAR EAST AREA; and
   5. Prepare to capture the AZORES, CAPE VERDE, MARSHALL, and 
      CAROLINE ISLANDS. 
[15]                PART III. ASSIGNMENT OF TASKS

          CHAPTER I. FORCES IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA

Section 1. THE U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET

3111. The U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET (Chapter II, Appendix II) will initially 
be organized into task forces as follows: 

a. OCEAN ESCORT;
b. STRIKING FORCE;
c. SOUTHERN PATROL FORCE; 
d. SUBMARINE FORCE ONE;
e. SUBMARINE FORCE TWO;
f. SUBMARINE FORCE THREE;
g. NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE;
h. U. S. NAVAL OPERATING BASE, BERMUDA; 
i. ADDITIONAL TASK FORCES AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U. S. 
ATLANTIC FLEET. 

3112. The U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET is assigned the following tasks within 
the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA: 



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Section 1. THE U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET-Continued

a. TASK
   PROTECT THE SEA COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS BY ESCORTING, 
   COVERING, AND PATROLLING, AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND BY 
   DESTROYING ENEMY RAIDING FORCES (see Part III, Chapter V, Section 1); 

b. TASK 
   DESTROY AXIS SEA COMMUNICATIONS BY CAPTURING OR DESTROYING 
   VESSELS TRADING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE ENEMY 

[16]

c. TASK 
   PROTECT THE TERRITORY OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS AND PREVENT THE 
   EXTENSION OF ENEMY MILITARY POWER INTO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, BY 
   DESTROYING HOSTILE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES AND BY SUPPORTING LAND AND 
   AIR FORCES IN DENYING THE ENEMY THE USE OF LAND POSITIONS IN THAT 
   HEMISPHERE; 

d. TASK 
   IN COOPERATION WITH BRITISH FORCES AND THE U. S. ARMY, DEFEND BERMUDA 
   IN CATEGORY "C"; 

e. TASK 
   COVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE U. S. NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES;

f. TASK 
   PREPARE TO OCCUPY THE AZORES AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. 

3113. a. So far as practicable, the naval forces in the WESTERN ATLANTIC 
AREA will be covered and supported against attack by superior enemy 
surface forces, by the naval forces of the Associated Powers which are 
operating from bases in the UNITED KINGDOM and the EASTERN ATLANTIC. 

b. Forces operating normally in the UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME 
WATERS AREA, the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA, and the SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA, which 
move temporarily into the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA in pursuance of their 
assigned tasks, will remain under the strategic direction of the United 
Kingdom Chief of Naval Staff. They will be supported by the naval forces 
in the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA as necessary and practicable. 

3114. a. SUBMARINE FORCE TWO will operate under the strategic direction 
of the Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, until its arrival in 
the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA. 

[17] b. This force will be assigned the following task by the Commander 
in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET: 
   1. TASK 
      PROCEED FROM BASES IN THE UNITED STATES TO GIBRALTAR, WHEN SO 
      DIRECTED BY THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. 

c. After arrival of SUBMARINE FORCE TWO in the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA this 
force will execute the following task: 

   1. TASK 
      RAID ENEMY SHIPPING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNDER THE STRATEGIC 
      DIRECTION OF THE BRITISH COMMANDER IN CHIEF, MEDITERRANEAN, ACTING 
      THROUGH THE BRITISH (OR UNITED STATES) FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING 
      NORTH ATLANTIC. 

d. SUBMARINE FORCE TWO will remain a part of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET 
for administrative purposes. 

3115. a. THE NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE and SUBMARINE FORCE THREE will 
operate under the strategic direction of the Commander in Chief U. S. 
ATLANTIC FLEET, until their arrival in the UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH 
HOME WATERS AREA.



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b. These forces will each be assigned the following task by the 
Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET:
   1. TASK
      PROCEED FROM BASES IN THE UNITED STATES TO BASES IN THE UNITED 
      KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA, WHEN SO DIRECTED BY THE 
      CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.
[18] c. Upon arrival in UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA, the 
NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE and SUBMARINE FORCE THREE will be detached from 
the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET and be assigned to U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH 
EUROPE. Their tasks thereafter are to be found in Part III, Chapter IV. 
Section 1.

3116. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, will arrange for 
the logistic support for the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET (see Part IV, Chapter 
III, Section 2) operating in the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA from sources 
designated by the Shore Establishment in the continental United States 
and outlying possessions and bases in the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA, and 
from United States and foreign (outside the British Isles) commercial 
sources. For this purpose he will employ the transportation facilities 
of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, which will be supplemented, as required, by 
those of the Naval Transportation Service. 

b. Logistic support for SUBMARINE FORCE TWO, and other United States 
forces operating in the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA, will be arranged as 
indicated herein. Transportation will be provided by the Naval 
Transportation Service. 

   1. Fuel and subsistence stores from United States naval auxiliaries, 
      supplemented as may be practicable from British sources available 
      in the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA.
   2. Personnel, technical supplies, and ammunition from United States 
      sources. 
   3. Repair and upkeep facilities from tender and cargo vessels, and 
      temporary shore facilities erected by the United States, 
      supplemented by use of available British facilities. 
   4. Replacement of British fuel and subsistence stores from United 
      States sources.

[19] c. In emergency circumstances where the transportation facilities 
of the Naval Transportation Service are inadequate for the logistic 
support of SUBMARINE FORCE TWO, or of other U. S. Naval forces operating 
in the NORTH ATLANTIC AREA, the Senior U. S. Naval Officer of forces 
based in that area is authorized to charter, on a time charter basis, 
vessels immediately obtainable by him for the purpose of providing his 
forces with urgent logistic deficiencies. Vessels of United States 
registry will be employed, if available.

d. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, will establish in the 
office of the Chief of Naval Operations an officer of the staff of the 
Commander TRAIN, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, who will have liaison duties with 
respect to the quantities and the transportation of logistic 
requirements, including personnel, for the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET. 

e. Logistic support for the NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE and SUBMARINE FORCE 
THREE, after transfer to the U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, will be 
provided as directed in Part III, Chapter IV, Section 1. 

3117. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, will require the 
preparation of the following plans: 
   1. U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET OPERATING PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5 (Navy Plan O-3, 
      RAINBOW No. 5);
   2. NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE MOVEMENT PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5. (Navy Plan O-
      3-A, RAINBOW No. 5), covering the movement of this force and the 
      first movement of Army troops to ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and NORTH 
      IRELAND (See paragraph 3511 a. 2. (b));
   3. SUBMARINE FORCE THREE MOVEMENT PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5 (Navy Plan O-3-
      B, RAINBOW No. 5) covering the movement of this force to the 
      UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA;  



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   4. Such other subordinate task force operating [20] plans as the 
      Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, may direct, including 
      the movement plan for SUBMARINE FORCE TWO. No operating plan for 
      SUBMARINE FORCE TWO, for operations after arrival in the NORTH 
      ATLANTIC AREA, need be prepared. 

b. 1. Plans listed under a. 1, 2, 3, and 4, will be reviewed by the 
      Chief of Naval Operations. 
   2. Plans may be distributed before review and acceptance. 

[21] Section 2. THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES

3121. a. The organization of NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES is prescribed 
in General Order No. 143. 

b. The boundaries of Coastal Frontiers, Naval Coastal Frontiers, Coastal 
Zones Sectors, and Sub-sectors, are defined in Joint Action of the Army 
and the Navy 1935, as modified by Annex I of Appendix I. 

3122. The Naval Coastal Frontiers in the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA are: 

a. THE NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER; 
b. THE SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER;
c. THE CARIBBEAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER; 
d. THE PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER. 

   1. All tasks assigned to the PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER are 
      contained in this Section, including those for the PACIFIC SECTOR. 

3123. The NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES (Chapter VIII, Appendix II) in 
the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA are assigned the following tasks: 

a. TASK 
   DEFEND THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER IN CATEGORIES INDICATED BELOW:
   CATEGORY B-THE NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER.
             -THE SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER.
   CATEGORY D-THE CARIBBEAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER.
             -THE PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER.

[22]
b. TASK
   PROTECT AND ROUTE SHIPPING IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED 
   IN PART III, CHAPTER VII, SECTION 3;

c. TASK 
   SUPPORT THE U. S. ATLANTIC. FLEET; 

d. TASK 
   SUPPORT ARMY AND ASSOCIATED FORCES WITHIN THE COASTAL FRONTIER.

e. In addition, the NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES of the PANAMA NAVAL 
COASTAL FRONTIER are assigned the following task: 
   1. TASK 
      SUPPORT THE U. S. SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE. 

3124. a. The following plans will be prepared: 
   1. Local Joint Plans as prescribed in Appendix I, paragraph 48, of 
      this plan;
   2. By the Commanders, NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, and 
      SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER: 
      (a) Naval Coastal Frontier Operating Plans-RAINBOW No. 6, 
          including an annex covering the operating plans of the Naval 
          Coastal Force. (Naval Coastal Frontier Plans O-4, RAINBOW 
          No. 5); 
   3. By Commanders, CARIBBEAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER and PANAMA NAVAL 
      COASTAL FRONTIER, and by Commandants FIRST, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, 
      SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICTS:
[23]
      (a) Naval Local Defense Force Operating Plans-RAINBOW 
          No. 5 (Naval District Plans O-5, RAINBOW No. 5) 
      (b) Joint Embarkation Plans as required in Appendix I, 
          paragraph 48; 
   4. Additional subordinate task force operating plans as directed by 
      Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers, and Commandants of Naval 
      Districts 
b. 1. Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plans, and other plans prepared by 
      the Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers, will be reviewed by the 
      Chief of Naval Operations.



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   2. Operating Plans prepared by the Commandants of Naval Districts 
      will be reviewed by the respective Commanders, Naval Coastal 
      Frontiers. 
   3. Subordinate Task Force Operating Plans will be reviewed by the 
      respective Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers, or Commandants of 
      Naval Districts. 
   4. (a) Naval Coastal Frontier Force Operating Plans for the NORTH 
          ATLANTIC and SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIERS, and Naval Local 
          Defense Force Operating Plans for the CARIBBEAN and PANAMA 
          NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIERS will be forwarded to the Commander in 
          Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET for comment, prior to their review 
          by the Chief of Naval Operations, with a view to their 
          coordination with the Operating Plans of the U. S. ATLANTIC 
          FLEET. 
      (b) Such portions of Naval Local Defense Force Operation Plans and 
          Naval District Contributory Plans, as relate to the protection 
          of fleet anchorages and to services to the U. S.  [24]  
          ATLANTIC FLEET, will be referred to the Commander in Chief, U. 
          S. ATLANTIC FLEET for comment if he so requests. 
   5. Plans may be distributed before review and acceptance. 

[25] Section S. COMMAND RELATIONS

3131. In order to provide for unity of command of task groups of the U. 
S. ATLANTIC FLEET and the NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES, in the 
execution of tasks requiring mutual support, the following provisions 
shall apply: 
   a. On M-day, or sooner if directed by the Chief of Naval Operations, 
the Commander, NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, the SOUTHERN NAVAL 
COASTAL FRONTIER, the CARIBBEAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, and the 
Commander, PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER so far as regards operations in 
the ATLANTIC SECTOR, are assigned a dual status as follows: 
   1. As commanders of their respective Naval Coastal Frontier Forces 
      operating under the orders of the Chief of Naval Operations
   2. As officers of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, operating under the 
      orders of the Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, in command 
      of task groups of that fleet, when and as directed by the 
      Commander in Chief thereof.

b. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, may thereafter require 
the Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers to place under his command, 
temporarily and for particular purposes, task groups of their Naval 
Coastal Frontier Forces. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, 
will, when taking temporary command of such task forces, have due regard 
to the tasks assigned in this plan to the Commanders, Naval Coastal 
Frontiers. 
   1. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET will not require task 
      groups of the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces to leave the limits of 
      their respective Coastal Zones, except in emergency, or upon the 
      authority of the Chief of Naval Operations. 

[26] c. Conflicting provisions of General Order No. 142 are suspended 
while the provisions of this paragraph are in effect. 

3132. The NAVAL OPERATING BASE BERMUDA, by this plan is assigned as a 
unit of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, both for administrative and task 
purposes. 

3133. In addition to having general authority over the operation of the 
Naval Local Defense Forces, the Commander, NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL COASTAL 
FRONTIER and the Commander, SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER have 
authority to coordinate the activities of the Commandants of the Naval 
Districts within their respective Naval Coastal Frontiers, in matters 
that concern the Naval Communication Service, the Naval Intelligence 
Service, and the Naval Transportation Service. Due consideration will be 
given to the requirements of the tasks assigned to these services by the 
Chief of Naval Operations. 

3134. a. Commanders of Naval Coastal Frontiers may reassign temporarily 
to the Naval Local Defense Forces under their command, vessels and 
aircraft assigned by the Chief of Naval Operations to the Naval Coastal 
Force. 

b. Except as provided for in the preceding sub-paragraph, Commanders of 
Naval Coastal Frontiers will not change the assignment of vessels made 
by the 
 


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Chief of Naval Operations to Naval Coastal Forces and Naval Local 
Defense Forces except in emergency or upon the authority of the Chief of 
Naval Operations.

3135. Command relations between United States and Canadian Forces will 
be set forth in the Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5, 
Appendix I, after ABC-22 has been approved.

[27]          CHAPTER II. FORCES IN THE PACIFIC AREA

Section 1. THE U. S. PACIFIC FLEET

3211. The U. S. PACIFIC FLEET (Chapter III, Appendix II) will be 
organized into task forces as follows: 
   a. Task forces as directed by the Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC 
      FLEET; 
   b. NAVAL STATION, SAMOA 
   c. NAVAL STATION, GUAM. 

3212. The U. S. PACIFIC FLEET is assigned the following tasks within the 
PACIFIC AREA: 
   a. TASK 
      SUPPORT THE FORCES OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS IN THE FAR EAST BY 
      DIVERTING ENEMY STRENGTH AWAY FROM THE MALAY BARRIER, THROUGH THE 
      DENIAL AND CAPTURE OF POSITIONS IN THE MARSHALLS, AND THROUGH 
      RAIDS ON ENEMY SEA COMMUNICATIONS AND POSITIONS;
   b. TASK 
      PREPARE TO CAPTURE AND ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER THE CAROLINE AND 
      MARSHALL ISLAND AREA, AND TO ESTABLISH AN ADVANCED FLEET BASE IN 
      TRUK; 
   c. TASK 
      DESTROY AXIS SEA COMMUNICATIONS BY CAPTURING OR DESTROYING VESSELS 
      TRADING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE ENEMY; 
   d. TASK
      SUPPORT BRITISH NAVAL FORCES IN THE AREA SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AS 
      FAR WEST AS LONGITUDE 155  EAST; 
[28]
   e. TASK 
      DEFEND SAMOA IN CATEGORY "D";
   f. TASK 
      DEFEND GUAM IN CATEGORY "F"; 
   g. TASK 
      PROTECT THE SEA COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS BY 
      ESCORTING, COVERING, AND PATROLLING AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, 
      AND BY DESTROYING ENEMY RAIDING FORCES (See Part III, Chapter V, 
      Section 1); 
   h. TASK
      PROTECT THE TERRITORY OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS IN THE PACIFIC AREA 
      AND PREVENT THE EXTENSION OF ENEMY MILITARY POWER INTO THE WESTERN 
      HEMISPHERE BY DESTROYING HOSTILE EXPEDITIONS AND BY SUPPORTING 
      LAND AND AIR FORCES IN DENYING THE ENEMY THE USE OF LAND POSITIONS 
      IN THAT HEMISPHERE; 
   i. TASK 
      COVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES; 
   j. TASK 
      ESTABLISH FLEET CONTROL ZONES, DEFINING THEIR LIMITS FROM TIME TO 
      TIME AS CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE; 
   k. TASK 
      ROUTE SHIPPING OF ASSOCIATED POWERS WITHIN THE FLEET CONTROL 
      ZONES. 
[29]
3213. a. Units assigned to the ATLANTIC REINFORCEMENT in Chapter III, 
Appendix II, will be transferred from the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, to the U. 
S. ATLANTIC FLEET, when directed by the Chief of Naval Operations. 

b. The SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE (Chapter IV, Appendix II), will be 
established under the immediate command of the Chief of Naval 
Operations, when so directed by that officer. 

c. Until detached, the units assigned to the ATLANTIC REINFORCEMENT and 
the SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE will be under the command of the Commander 
in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, and may be employed as desired 



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by him, so long as they remain in the PACIFIC AREA. They shall not be 
sent such distances from PEARL HARBOR as would prevent their arrival in 
the CANAL ZONE twenty-one days after the Chief of Naval Operations 
directs their transfer from the PACIFIC AREA. 

3214. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will arrange for 
the logistic support of the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET from sources in 
continental United States and in the FOURTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT 
designated by the Shore Establishment, and from United States and 
foreign commercial sources. (See Part IV, Chapter III, Section 2.) For 
this purpose he will employ the transportation facilities of the U. S. 
PACIFIC FLEET, which will be supplemented as required by those of the 
Naval Transportation Service. 

b. To the extent practicable, the services of the Naval Transportation 
Service ill be restricted to supplementing the movement of logistic 
supplies, including personnel, between the continental United States and 
OAHU. 

c. The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will establish in the 
Office of the Commander, PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, an 
officer of the staff of the Commander, BASE FORCE, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, 
who will have liaison duties with respect to the quantities and 
transportation of logistic requirements, including personnel, to be 
delivered into the Fleet Control Zones. The Commander in Chief, U. S. 
PACIFIC FLEET, may, at his discretion, establish similar liaison 
officers in the offices of the Commanders of other Naval Coastal 
Frontiers. 

[30]

3215. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will require the 
following plans to be prepared: 

   1. THE U. S. PACIFIC FLEET OPERATING PLAN-RAINBOW No. 6 (Navy Plan O-
      1, RAINBOW No. 5); 
   2. A plan for the execution of TASK b. of paragraph 3212, assuming 
      the availability of approximately 30,000 Army troops in addition 
      to forces of the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, and assuming that the task 
      will be executed on 180M; 
   3. NAVAL STATION, SAMOA, NAVAL LOCAL DEFENSE FORCE OPERATING PLAN-
      RAINBOW No. 5 (Naval Station Samoa Plan O-5, RAINBOW No. 5) 
   4. Such other subordinate task force operating plans as the Commander 
      in Chief U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, may direct. 
b. 1. Plans listed under a. 1. and 2, will be reviewed by the Chief of  
      Naval Operations. 
   2. The NAVAL STATION GUAM Naval Local Defense Force Operating Plan-
      RAINBOW No. 3 will be applicable, and no additional plan need be 
      prepared. 
   NOTE: The Commandant, Naval Station, GUAM, is not included in the 
     distribution of this Navy Basic War Plan-RAINBOW No. 5.

[31]

Section B. THE SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE

3221. The SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE (Chapter IV, Appendix II) will be 
established under the immediate command of the Chief of Naval Operations 
upon its arrival in the CANAL ZONE. 

3222. This force will base on the Naval Operating Base, BALBOA, or in 
SOUTH AMERICAN ports as may later be directed, and will operate in the 
SOUTHEAST PACIFIC SUB-AREA, delimited as that part of the PACIFIC AREA 
south of the PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, and between he west coast of 
South America and approximately Longitude 95  West. 

3223. The SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE is assigned the following tasks: 
a. TASK 
   DESTROY AXIS SEA COMMUNICATIONS BY CAPTURING OR DESTROYING VESSELS 
   TRADING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE ENEMY; 
b. TASK 
   PROTECT SEA COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS BY ESCORTING, 
   COVERING, OR PATROLLING AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND BY 
   DESTROYING ENEMY RAIDING FORCES; 
c. TASK 
   SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES IN 
   THE PACIFIC SECTOR; 
d. TASK 
   PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS IN THE NATIONS ON THE    
   WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. 



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[32] 3224. a. The Commander SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE, will arrange for 
the logistic support of the SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE from Shore 
Establishment sources in the FIFTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT, and from foreign 
commercial sources (See Part IV, Chapter III, Section 2.). 
Transportation will be provided by the Naval Transportation Service. 

b. In circumstances where transportation facilities provided by the 
NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE are inadequate, the Commander, SOUTHEAST 
PACIFIC FORCE, is authorized to charter on a time charter basis, vessels 
immediately obtainable by him, for the purpose of providing his forces 
with urgent logistic deficiencies. Vessels of United States registry 
will be employed, if available 

3225. a. The Commander, SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE, will require the 
preparation of the following plans: 

   1. U. S. SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE OPERATING PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5 (Navy 
      Plan 0-3-C, RAINBOW No. 5); 
   2. Such subordinate task force operating plans as the Commander, 
      SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE, may direct. 

b. 1. The plan listed under a. 1. will be reviewed by the Chief of Naval       
Operations.
   2. Plans may be distributed before review and acceptance.

[33] Section 3. THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES

3231. a. The organization of the NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES is 
prescribed in General Order No. 143. 

b. The boundaries of Coastal Frontiers, Naval Coastal Frontiers, Coastal 
Zones, Sectors, and Sub-sectors, are defined in "Joint Action of the 
Army and the Navy, 1935," as modified by Annex I of Appendix I. 

3232. The Naval Coastal Frontiers in the PACIFIC AREA are: 

a. PACIFIC NORTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER; 

b. PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER; 

c. HAWAIIAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER. 

3233. The NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES (Chapter VIII, Appendix II) in 
the PACIFIC AREA are assigned the following tasks: 

a. TASK 
   DEFEND THE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIERS IN CATEGORIES INDICATED BELOW:          
   CATEGORY B-THE PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER
             -THE PACIFIC NORTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, EXCEPT THE
              ALASKAN SECTOR
   CATEGORY C-THE ALASKAN SECTOR OF THE PACIFIC  NORTHERN NAVAL COASTAL   
              FRONTIER EXCEPT UNALASKA.
   CATEGORY D-UNALASKA.-THE HAWAIIAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER;

[34]

b. TASK
   PROTECT AND ROUTE SHIPPING IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED 
   IN PART III, CHAPTER VII, SECTION 3;
c. TASK
   SUPPORT THE U. S. PACIFIC FLEET; 
d. TASK 
   SUPPORT THE ARMY AND ASSOCIATED FORCES WITHIN THE COASTAL FRONTIERS. 

3234. a. The following plans will be prepared: 

   1. Local Joint Plans as prescribed in Appendix I, paragraph 48;
   2. By the Commander, PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER: 
     (a) Naval Coastal Frontier Operating Plan-RAINBOW No. 5, 
         including an annex covering the operating plan of the Naval 
         Coastal Force (Naval Coastal Frontier Plan O-4, RAINBOW No, 5) 
   3. By Commanders, PACIFIC NORTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, HAWAIIAN 
      NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, and by the Commandant, ELEVENTH and 
      TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICTS: 
      (a) Naval Local Defense Force Operating Plans-RAINBOW No. 5 
          (Naval District Plans O-5, RAINBOW No. 5); 
      (b) Joint Embarkation Plans as required in Appendix I, paragraph 
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[35]

   4. Additional subordinate task force operating plans as directed by 
      Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers, and Commandants of Naval 
b. 1. Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plans and other plans prepared by 
      Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers, will be reviewed by the Chief 
      of Naval Operations. 
   2. Operating plans prepared by Commandants of Naval Districts will be 
      reviewed by the respective Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers. 
   3. (a) Naval Coastal Frontier Operating Plans for the PACIFIC 
          SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, and Naval Local Defense Force 
          Operating Plans for the HAWAIIAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER will 
          be forwarded to the Commander in Chief U. S. PACIFIC FLEET for 
          comment prior to their review by the Chief of Naval Operations 
          with a view to their coordination with the Operating Plans of 
          the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET 
      (b) Such portions of Naval Local Defense Force Operating Plans and 
          Naval District Contributory Plans as relate to the protection 
          of fleet anchorages and to services to the U. S. PACIFIC 
          FLEET, will be referred to the Commander in Chief, U. S.   
          PACIFIC FLEET for comment, if he so requests. 
   4. Plans may be distributed before review and acceptance. 

[36]

Section 4. COMMAND RELATIONS

3241. In order to provide for unity of command of task groups of the U. 
S. PACIFIC FLEET and of the PACIFIC NORTHERN and PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL 
COASTAL FRONTIERS, in the execution of tasks requiring mutual support, 
the following provisions shall apply (see paragraph 3242): 

   a. On M-day, or sooner if directed by the Chief of Naval Operations, 
      the Commanders, PACIFIC NORTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER and 
      PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER will be assigned a dual 
      status as follows: 
      1. As commanders of their respective Naval Coastal Frontier Forces 
         operating under the orders of the Chief of Naval Operations. 
      2. As officers of the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET operating under the 
         orders of the Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, in 
         command of task groups of that fleet when and as directed by 
         the Commander in Chief thereof. 
   b. The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, may thereafter 
      require the Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers to place under his 
      command, temporarily and for particular purposes, task groups of 
      their Naval Coastal Frontier Forces. The Commander in Chief, U. S. 
      PACIFIC FLEET, when taking temporary command of such task forces, 
      will have due regard for the tasks assigned in this plan to the 
      Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers by the Chief of Naval 
      Operations. 
      1. The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will not require 
         task groups of the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces to leave the 
         limits of their respective Coastal Zones, except in emergency, 
         or upon authority of the Chief of Naval Operations. 
   c. Conflicting provisions of General Order No. 142 are suspended 
      while the provisions of this paragraph are in effect. 

[37] 

3242. The provisions of paragraph 3241 above, apply to the command 
relations of the Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, and the 
Commander, HAWAIIAN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, except that the 
circumstances under which its provisions are applicable are not 
restricted to the execution of tasks requiring mutual support, but apply 
in all circumstances. 

3243. The Chief of Naval Operations will direct the Commander, SOUTHEAST 
PACIFIC FORCE, to operate under the strategic direction of the Commander 
in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, if coordinated action of that force and 
the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET becomes necessary. The Chief of Naval Operations 
will be informed by the Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, if this 
situation arises. 

3244. In addition to having general authority over the operation of the 
Naval Local Defense Forces, the Commander, PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL 
COASTAL FRONTIER, has authority to coordinate the activities of the 
Commandants of the Naval Districts within his respective Naval Coastal 
Frontier in 



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matters that concern the Naval Communication Service, the Naval 
Intelligence Service, and the Naval Transportation Service. Due 
consideration will be given to the requirements of the tasks assigned to 
these services by the Chief of Naval Operations. 

3245. a. Commanders of Naval Coastal Frontiers may reassign, temporarily 
to the Naval Local Defense Forces under their command, vessels and 
aircraft assigned by the Chief of Naval Operations to the Naval Coastal 
Force. 

b. Except as provided for in the preceding sub-paragraph, Commanders of 
Naval Coastal Frontiers will not change the assignment of vessels made 
by the Chief of Naval Operations to Naval Coastal Forces and Naval Local 
Defense Forces except in emergency or upon the authority of the Chief of 
Naval Operations. 

3246. Command relations between United States and Canadian Forces will 
be set forth in the Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5, 
Appendix I, after ABC-22 has been approved. 

[38]          CHAPTER III. FORCES IN THE FAR EAST AREA

Section 1. THE U. S. ASIATIC FLEET AND THE PHILIPPINE NAVAL COASTAL 
FRONTIER 

3311. The following is quoted from Appendix I, paragraph 16.b.:

                         "Far East Area

   "Coordination in the planning and execution of operations by Military   
   forces of the United States. British Commonwealth, and Netherlands   
   East Indies, in the FAR EAST AREA will, subject to the approval of   
   the Dutch authorities, be effected as follows: 
   "(1) The commanders of the Military forces of the Associated Powers 
        will collaborate in the formulation of strategic plans for 
        operations in that area. 
   "(2) The defense of the territories of the Associated Powers will be 
        the responsibility of the respective commanders of the Military 
        forces concerned. These commanders will make such arrangements 
        for mutual support as may be practicable and appropriate. 
   "(3) The responsibility for the strategic direction of the naval 
        forces of the Associated Powers, except of naval forces engaged 
        in supporting the defense of the PHILIPPINES, will be assumed by 
        the British Naval Commander in Chief, CHINA. The Commander in 
        Chief, UNITED STATES ASIATIC FLEET, will be responsible for the 
        direction of naval forces engaged in supporting the defense of 
        the PHILIPPINES." 

3312. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, is the immediate 
superior in command of the Commandant, SIXTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICTS, who is 
also designated as the Commander, PHILIPPINE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER (see 
Chapter V, Appendix II). 

b. The organization of Naval Coastal Frontiers is prescribed in General 
Order No. 143. 

[39] 

c. The boundaries of the PHILIPPINE COASTAL FRONTIER, and the extent of 
the PHILIPPINE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, are defined in "Joint Action of 
the Army and Navy, 1935", as modified by Annex I of Appendix I. 

d. The Commander, PHILIPPINE NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER will employ the 
Naval Local Defense Force in the execution of tasks assigned by the 
Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, and will arrange for its joint 
tactical and strategical employment in cooperation with the Army, under 
the direction of the Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET. 

3313. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET is assigned the 
following tasks: 

a. TASK 
   RAID JAPANESE SEA COMMUNICATIONS AND DESTROY AXIS FORCES; 
b. TASK
   SUPPORT THE LAND AND AIR FORCES IN THE DEFENSE OF THE TERRITORIES OF 
   THE ASSOCIATED POWERS. (THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 
   UNITED STATES ASIATIC FLEET, FOR SUPPORTING THE DEFENSE OF THE 
   PHILIPPINES REMAINS SO LONG AS THAT DEFENSE CONTINUES.);



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c. TASK
   DESTROY AXIS SEA COMMUNICATIONS BY CAPTURING OR DESTROYING VESSELS 
   TRADING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE ENEMY;
d. TASK 
   PROTECT SEA COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED POWERS BY ESCORTING, 
   COVERING, AND PATROLLING, AS REQUIRED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND BY 
   DESTROYING ENEMY RAIDING FORCES; 

[40] 

e. TASK
   IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARMY DEFEND THE PHILIPPINE COASTAL FRONTIER-
   CATEGORY OF DEFENSE "E" 
f. TASK 
   ROUTE UNITED STATES FLAG SHIPPING IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREEMENTS  
   REACHED WITH THE OTHER ASSOCIATED POWERS IN THE FAR EAST AREA. 

3314. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, will shift base to 
BRITISH or DUTCH ports at discretion. 

3315. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, will arrange for 
the logistic support of the U. S. ASIATIC FLEET from sources in the 
SIXTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT, and in continental United States, from 
commercial sources in the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; and from British and Dutch 
governmental and commercial sources (See Part IV, Chapter III, Section 
2.). 

b. Logistic requirements other than personnel, ammunition, and technical 
materials, will be obtained from sources in the FAR EAST AREA or from 
sources in the adjacent BRITISH AREAS. 

c. Personnel, ammunition, and technical materials will be obtained from 
sources in the United States 

d. Transportation facilities available to the U. S. ASIATIC FLEET will 
be employed so far as practicable for the movement of logistic supplies. 
The Naval transportation Service will provide transportation for 
shipments from the United States. The first two of these vessels to 
arrive in the FAR EAST AREA may be retained by the Commander in Chief, 
U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, for use in that Area.

[some portion of text not printed in PHA, LWJ]
through the Commandant, SIXTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT, and in accordance with 
the provisions of existing law, any vessels of United States' or 
Philippine registry by requisition, time charter, or bare boat charter, 
to supplement the transportation facilities of the U. S. ASIATIC FLEET. 

f. In circumstances where the transportation facilities of the U. S. 
ASIATIC FLEET, supplemented as provided for in paragraphs d. and e., are 
inadequate, the Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, is authorized 
to charter on a time charter basis, vessels immediately obtainable by 
him for the purpose of providing his forces with urgent logistic 
deficiencies. Vessels of United States registry will be employed if 
available. 

3316. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, will require the 
following plans to be prepared: 

   1. THE U. S. ASIATIC FLEET OPERATING PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5 (Navy Plan 0-
      2, RAINBOW No. 5) 
   2. Local Joint Plans required by Appendix I, Paragraph 48
   3. SIXTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT NAVAL LOCAL DEFENSE FORCE OPERATING PLAN-
      RAINBOW No. 5. (Sixteenth Naval District Plan 0-5, RAINBOW No. 5); 
   4. Such subordinate task force operating plans as the Commander in 
      Chief, U. S. ASIATIC FLEET, may direct. 

b. 1. The plan listed under a. 1, will be reviewed by the Chief of Naval 
Operations. 
   2. Plans may be distributed before review and acceptance. 



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[42] CHAPTER IV. FORCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS 
AREA

Section 1. THE U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE

3411. a. The Commander in Chief, U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, is 
also the naval member of the United States Military Mission in London. 

b. The U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, will come under the 
administrative command of the Commander in Chief, U. S. NAVAL FORCES 
NORTH EUROPE, upon the arrival of these forces in the UNITED KINGDOM AND 
BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA. 

3412. a. The U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE (Chapter VI, Appendix II) 
will be organized into task forces as follows: 

   1. THE NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE;
   2. SUBMARINE FORCE THREE

b. These task forces will operate under the command of the Commander in 
Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, until their arrival in the UNITED KINGDOM 
AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA. 

3413. After their arrival in the UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS 
AREA, the task forces of the U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, are 
assigned the following tasks: 

   a. THE NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE 
      1. TASK
         ESCORT CONVOYS IN THE NORTHWEST APPROACHES, ACTING UNDER THE 
         STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE BRITISH COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE 
         WESTERN APPROACHES; 
   b. SUBMARINE FORCE THREE 
      1. TASK
         RAID ENEMY SHIPPING IN AN AREA TO BE DESIGNATED, UNDER THE 
         STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE BRITISH VICE ADMIRAL, SUBMARINES.

[43] 3414. Logistic support for the U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, 
will be arranged as indicated herein (see Part IV, Chapter III, Section 
2).  Transportation will be provided by the Naval Transportation Service 
or from vessels assigned to the task forces.

a. Fuel from United States and British sources. 

b. Personnel, technical supplies, ammunition, and subsistence supplies 
from United States sources. 

c. Repair and upkeep facilities from tender and cargo vessels and shore 
facilities assigned to this force, supplemented by a limited use of 
British facilities. 

d. Replacement of fuel to British storage from United States sources. 

e. In circumstances where the transportation facilities of the U. S. 
NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, and those provided by the NAVAL 
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE are inadequate, the Commander in Chief, U. S. 
NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, is authorized to charter on a time charter 
basis or a bare boat basis, vessels immediately obtainable by him for 
the purpose of providing his forces with urgent logistic deficiencies. 
Vessels of United States registry will be employed, if available. 

3415. a. Outline operating plans for the employment of the U. S. NAVAL 
FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, will be prepared by the prospective Commander of 
the NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE, and submitted to the prospective Commander 
in Chief, U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, for review by the British 
Commander in Chief, WESTERN APPROACHES After review and acceptance, 
copies of this plan will be furnished the Chief of Naval Operations. 



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[44]                      CHAPTER V. THE SERVICES

Section 1. THE NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE

3511. The NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (Chapter IX, Appendix II) is 
assigned the following task: 

a. TASK 
   PROVIDE SEA TRANSPORTATION FOR THE INITIAL MOVEMENT AND THE CONTINUED 
   SUPPORT OF ARMY AND NAVY FORCES OVERSEAS, OTHER THAN THOSE WHICH ARE 
   TO BE TRANSPORTED BY THE OPERATING FORCES. MAN AND OPERATE THE ARMY 
   TRANSPORT SERVICE. 
   1. Deliveries may be made by commercial transportation or by vessels 
      of the Naval Transportation Service as circumstances require. 
   2. The initial movements of U. S. Army troops under this task are as 
      indicated in this paragraph. Larger movements may be made 
      eventually, as indicated in Appendix I, paragraph 51, but the Navy 
      will make no plans for these later movements until so directed by 
      the Chief of Naval Operations. 
     (a) NEW YORK to ICELAND, 26,500 troops, 73 aircraft. First 
         contingent-10,500 troops embark on 24M. Second contingent- 
         16,000 troops embark on 57M. These two movements will be made 
         by British transports if arrangements can be effected. If not, 
         this plan contemplates use of United States transports. 
     (b) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 7,000 troops embark on 10M. NEW YORK to 
         IRELAND, 8,000 troops embark on 10M. 
         (1) These two forces will move in one convoy. 
     (c) NEW YORK to BERMUDA, 3,700 troops, 38 aircraft, embark on 18M. 
         Eight aircraft will fly to destination, 30 aircraft will be 
         [45] transported. Part of this force may be moved before M-day. 
     (d) GALVESTON to CURACAO-ARUBA, 6,000 troops, embark on 15M. 
     (e) GALVESTON to TRINIDAD, 12,500 troops embark on 15M. 
     (f) GALVESTON to PANAMA, 6,400 troops, of which 3,300 embark on 
         20M. The remainder will be transported progressively as ships 
         become available. Part of this force may be moved before M-day. 
     (g) GALVESTON to PUERTO RICO, 12,600 troops, of which 4,000 embark 
         20M. The remainder will be transported progressively as ships 
         become available. Part of this force may be moved before M-day. 
     (h) SEATTLE to ALASKA, 23,000 troops, of which 1,100 embark on 10M. 
         The remainder will be transported progressively as ships become 
         available. Part or all of these troops may be moved before M-
         day. 
     (i) SAN FRANCISCO to HAWAII, 23,000 troops of which 15,000 embark 
         on 10M. The remainder will be transported progressively as 
         ships become available. Part of these troops may be moved 
         before M-day. 
   3. The supply levels for the support of overseas forces which are to 
      be transported by the NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, are indicated 
      in Appendix I, paragraph 57. 

3512. Shipping will be routed by the Chief of Naval Operations and the 
Commanders of the Operating Forces in accordance with instructions 
contained in Part III, Chapter VII, Section 3. 

[46] 3513. The Director, Naval Transportation Service, will prepare the 
Principal Naval Transportation Service Operating Plan-Rainbow No. 5, and 
will prescribe therein, the Naval Transportation Service Operating 
Plans-Rainbow No. 5, which are to be prepared by the Naval Districts, 
Outlying Naval Stations, and Activities or Task Groups not under the 
command of the Commandants of Naval Districts. 

[47] Section B. THE NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE

3521. The NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE is assigned the following tasks: 

a. TASK 
   INSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND A SYSTEM FOR 
   THEIR EMPLOYMENT ADEQUATE TO THE NEEDS OF THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT IN 
   THE EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN; 



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b. TASK 
   IN COOPERATION, WHERE NECESSARY, WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 
   AND INDEPENDENT OFFICES, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PERTINENT 
   LEGISLATION, PROCLAMATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PROVIDE FOR THE 
   OPERATION OR SUPPRESSION, CONTROL, OR SUPERVISION, AS NECESSARY, OF 
   NON-MILITARY COMMUNICATION STATIONS IN AREAS UNDER UNITED STATES' 
   CONTROL. 

3522. This Service, operating directly under the Chief of Naval 
Operations (Director of Naval Communications) comprises the following: 

a. Office of the Director, Naval Communications, Navy Department;

b. The Communication Organization under the command of the Commandants 
of Naval Districts and Outlying Naval Stations; and under command of 
commanders of forces afloat, including aircraft. 

3523. The Director, Naval Communication Service, will prepare the 
Principal Naval Communication Service Operating Plan-Rainbow No. 5, and 
will prescribe therein, the Naval Communication Service Operating Plans-
Rainbow No. 5 which are to be prepared by the Naval Districts, Outlying 
Naval Stations, and Activities or Task Groups not under the command of 
the Commandants of Naval Districts. 

[48]  Section 3. THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. 

3531. The NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE is assigned the following tasks: 

a. TASK 
   IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARMY AND ASSOCIATED POWERS, SECURE, AND 
   DISSEMINATE AS ADVISABLE, SUCH INFORMATION PARTICULARLY CONCERNING 
   THE ENEMY, ENEMY AGENTS AND SYMPATHIZERS, AS WILL ASSIST AND 
   FACILITATE THE EXECUTION OF NAVY BASIC WAR PLAN-RAINBOW No. 5 AND THE 
   PROTECTION OF THE NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT;
b. TASK 
   IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, PREVENT THE 
   TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION OF MILITARY OR ECONOMIC VALUE TO THE 
   ENEMY. 

3532. This Service, operating directly under the Chief of Naval 
Operations (Director of Naval Intelligence), comprises the following: 

a. Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, 
including naval attaches, naval observers, and other personnel directly 
under the Director of Naval Intelligence;

b. The Naval Intelligence organization under the command of the 
Commandants of Naval Districts, the Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., and 
Outlying Naval Stations, including the field units of the respective 
subordinate activities. 

3533. The Director, Naval Intelligence Service, will prepare the 
Principal Naval Intelligence Service Operating Plan-Rainbow No. 5, and 
will prescribe therein the Naval Intelligence Service Operating Plans-
Rainbow No. 5, which are to be prepared by the Naval Districts, Outlying 
Naval Stations, and Activities or Task Groups not under the command of 
the Commandants of Naval Districts. 

[49]            CHAPTER VI. THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT

3601. The task of the SHORE ESTABLISHMENT is prescribed in Part IV, 

[50]   CHAPTER VII. INSTRUCTIONS JOINTLY APPLICABLE TO TASK FORCES

Section 1. FORMING THE TASK FORCES

3711. Naval Coastal Frontier Forces will be formed on M-day or sooner if 
directed by the Chief of Naval Operations. 

a. Units of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, and U. S. 
ASIATIC FLEET, designated for assignment to NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER 
FORCES, when directed by the respective Commanders in Chief of the 
Fleets, will report to the Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontier Forces, to 
which assigned.



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b. Vessels of NAVAL DISTRICT CRAFT (See General Order No. 143), 
designated for assignment to the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces, when 
directed by the Commandants of the Naval Districts, will report to the 
commanders of task organizations to which assigned. 

c. Vessels to be mobilized, upon completion of mobilization, and when 
directed by the Commandants of Naval Districts in which they mobilize, 
will report to the commanders of task organizations to which assigned. 

3712. The Chief of Naval Operations will issue special instructions to 
vessels of the Naval Transportation Service and to vessels operating 
directly under the Chief of Naval Operations as circumstances require. 

3713. a. Coast Guard Districts, including vessels, aircraft and shore 
establishments within the Districts, upon M-day or sooner if directed by 
the President, will automatically come under the control of Naval 
Districts in the manner set Forth in the "United States Coast Guard 
District Manual, 1940." 

b. The Commandants of Naval Districts will direct the Coast Guard units 
coming under their command to report to the commanders of the task 
organizations as indicated in Appendix II of this plan. 

[51] Section 2. MOBILIZATION

3721. a. Mobilization comprises two steps viz.: 
   1. Timely assembly at assigned Mobilization Districts of the forces 
      to be mobilized preparatory to 2;
   2. Preparation for war service. This is a function of the Shore 
      Establishment assisted to the extent practicable by the forces 
      being mobilized, and is provided for in Part IV of this plan. 

b. Under this plan the term "mobilization" is applied only to the 
Operating Forces and the Services, including their units ashore. The 
Shore Establishment does not mobilize, but, as stipulated in Part IV, 
increases its personnel and facilities as required to perform its 
assigned task. 

c. Mobilization is thus not a process confined exclusively to the 
initial days of the war but continues as long as there are additional 
forces to be mobilized. During and subsequent to mobilization, vessels 
and units are supported through the operation of the maintenance 
provisions of Part IV. 

3722. Most of the Naval Forces listed in the current Operating Force 
Plan have already been mobilized at the time of issue of this plan. 
Vessels so listed even if not completely mobilized on M-day, will be 
considered available for immediate war service within the limits of 
their capabilities. They will complete their mobilization progressively 
as opportunity permits, and as directed by their superiors in command. 
Exceptions may be made by direction of the Chief of Naval Operations. 

3723. In view of the provisions of paragraph 3722, mobilization in this 
plan applies principally to vessels assigned to the Naval Transportation 
Service, to the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces, and to Naval District 
Craft which are to be taken over from private sources or other 
government departments. 

[52] 3724. Instructions for the assembly at Mobilization Districts of 
vessels assigned to the Naval Transportation Service will be issued by 
the Chief of Naval Operations. 

3725. Instructions for the assembly at Mobilization Districts of vessels 
assigned to the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces are contained in Chapter 
VIII, Appendix II. 

[53] Section 3. THE ROUTING AND PROTECTION OF SHIPPING

3731. The following is quoted from Appendix I. "Section V"

a. "20. The British authorities will issue directions for the control 
and protection of shipping of the Associated Powers within the areas in 
which British authorities assume responsibility for the strategic 
direction of Military Forces. United States authorities will issue 
directions for the control and protection of shipping of the Associated 
Powers within the areas in which the United States authorities assume 
responsibility for the strategic direction of Military forces. 

"21. United States and British shipping scheduled to pass from an area 
assigned to one Power into an area assigned to the other Power, will be 
controlled and protected by agreement between the respective naval 
authorities. The British Admiralty is the supreme authority in the 
control of shipping in the North Atlantic bound to and from the United 
Kingdom. 

"22. The British Naval Control Service Organization will continue in the 
exercise of its present functions and methods in all regions pending 
establishment of effective United States Agencies in United States 
areas. The Chief of Naval Operations, immediately on entry of the United 
States into the war, will arrange for the control and protection of 
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within United States areas. Requests from the British Naval Control 
Service Organization for protection by United States forces within 
United States areas will be made to the Chief of Naval Operations." 

b. The term "control of shipping" as used in Appendix I, "Section V", 
includes all matters relating to the movement of non-combatant vessels 
on the high seas, except protection. Definitions

3732. a. ROUTING. The term "routing of shipping" as employed in this 
plan relates to the sea routes to be followed; [54] the time of 
departure from port; whether or not ships will move singly or in convoy, 
the timing at meeting points (rendezvous) and along the sea route; and 
the delivery of instructions for routing. Instructions in regard to the 
assembly of vessels for convoys the scheduling of ports of call or 
destination, and loading are not considered as a part of routing. 

b. INTRA-DISTRICT SHIPPING. That shipping of the Associated Powers 
proceeding from one port to another within the limits of a Naval 
District. 

c. INTRA-FRONTIER SHIPPING. That shipping of the Associated Powers 
proceeding from one Naval District to another within the same Naval 
Coastal Frontier. 

d. INTER-FRONTIER SHIPPING. That shipping of the Associated Powers not 
overseas shipping, proceeding from a port in one Naval Coastal Frontier 
to, or through the waters of another Naval Coastal Frontier. 

e. FLEET CONTROL ZONE SHIPPING. All shipping of the Associated Powers 
while within the Fleet Control Zone. 

f. OVERSEAS SHIPPING is that shipping of the Associated Powers whose 
route, in whole or in part, lies outside the coastal zone of a Naval 
Coastal Frontier except that shipping passing between the CARIBBEAN 
NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER and the ATLANTIC COAST ports of the United States 
or Canada is considered INTER-FRONTIER SHIPPING. 

                 Instructions for routing shipping

3733. INTRA-DISTRICT, INTRA-FRONTIER, and INTER-FRONTIER SHIPPING. 

a. The Chief of Naval Operations will issue general instructions to 
Naval Coastal Frontier Commanders for the routing of Intra-District 
Intra-Frontier and Inter-Frontier Shipping. Commanders of Naval Coastal 
Frontiers and Commandants of Naval Districts will keep the Chief of 
Naval Operations and interested Commanders in Chief informed as to 
routing instructions issued by them. 

[66] b. Commanders of Naval Coastal Frontiers will route Intra-Frontier 
and Inter-Frontier Shipping. 

c. Intra-District shipping will be routed by the Commandant of the Naval 
District under the general direction of the Commander, Naval Coastal 
Frontier. 

3734. OVERSEAS SHIPPING. 

a. Overseas shipping is divided into two categories, referred to 
hereafter as Class A and Class B Overseas Shipping: 
   1. CLASS A. Overseas shipping between two points in the areas of 
      strategic responsibility of the United States; 
   2. CLASS B. Overseas shipping between one point in the areas of 
      strategic responsibility of the United States, and one point in 
      the areas of strategic responsibility of the United Kingdom. 

b. WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA. 
   1. The Chief of Naval Operations, in consultation with the United 
      Kingdom Chief of Naval Staff, will arrange the routing details of 
      Class B Overseas Shipping which passes between the WESTERN 
      ATLANTIC AREA and UNITED KINGDOM AREAS to the east or south. 
   2. The Chief of Naval Operations will route all Class A and Class B 
      Overseas Shipping while it is within the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA. In 
      the case of overseas shipping moving in convoy, he will issue the 
      routing instructions to the convoy commanders, via the Commandants 
      of the Districts in which are the ports of assembly of the 
      convoys, with copies to the Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC 
      FLEET, appropriate Naval Coastal Frontier Commanders, and 
      Commandants of other Naval Districts affected. In the case of 
      overseas shipping moving singly, the [56] Chief of Naval 
      Operations will issue general routing instructions to the Naval 
      Coastal Frontier Commanders, with copies to the Commander in 
      Chief, U. S. ATLAN-



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      TIC FLEET, and to Commandants of Naval Districts affected. Under 
      the general supervision of the Commanders of Naval Coastal 
      Frontiers, Commandants of Naval Districts will issue routing 
      instructions to commanders of vessels. 

c. PACIFIC AREA. 
   1. Under the general direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, the 
      Commander of the PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER will 
      perform, in the PACIFIC AREA, all the routing duties performed by 
      the Chief of Naval Operations in the WESTERN ATLANTIC AREA, with 
      the following exceptions: 
     (a) The Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will route 
         shipping in the PACIFIC FLEET CONTROL ZONES; 
     (b) The Commander, PANAMA NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, will route 
         shipping in the SOUTHEAST PACIFIC SUB-AREA; 
     (c) Routing details of overseas shipping bound to or from the 
         AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND AREA will be arranged directly 
         between the Commander, PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, 
         and the Chief of the Australian Naval Staff. The Chief of Naval 
         Operations will make arrangements with the United Kingdom Chief 
         of Naval Staff in case action is required by that officer. 

               Instructions for the protection of shipping

3735. a. Tasks providing for the protection of shipping are assigned to 
the Operating Forces. 

[57] b. Protection of shipping may be provided by sea or air escort, by 
covering operations, by patrol, by dispersal, by shifting of routes, or 
by a combination of these methods. 

c. The shipping of the Associated Powers operating in the areas of 
strategic responsibility of the United States will be protected by the 
responsible Commanders in Chief, Commanders of Sub-Areas, and Naval 
Coastal Frontiers, and by the Commandants of Naval Districts, to the 
extent required by the existing situation, and as may be practicable by 
the use of available forces. These officers will keep each other 
informed, as may be appropriate, as to the strength of naval forces, and 
the methods being employed, in the protection of shipping. 

d. The protection of embarked military personnel and valuable cargoes 
will be viewed as having an especial importance. 

[58] Section 4. RULES OF WARFARE

3741. In the conduct of the war the Naval Establishment will be guided 
by the current "Instructions for the Navy of the United States Governing 
Maritime Warfare". 

3742. Except under extraordinary circumstances (as when no prize crews 
are available or great distances are involved, and it is impracticable 
for the capturing ship to leave her station), prizes should be sent 
promptly to a port within the jurisdiction of the United States, or to 
an allied port in which a United States prize court is sitting, or to an 
allied port where arrangements have previously been made by the 
commander in the Area for prizes captured by the United States to be 
received into custody of local officials until an opportunity presents 
itself of sending them to United States prize courts. When the State 
Department shall have made arrangements with other Associated Powers to 
permit United States prize courts within their jurisdiction, the forces 
afloat will be promptly notified. 

3743. Do not use poison gas except in retaliation for similar use by the 
enemy. 

3744. The Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, within the WESTERN 
ATLANTIC AREA, and the Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, within 
the PACIFIC AREA, are authorized to declare such "Strategical Areas" as 
in their opinion are vital. They must give wide publicity to the exact 
boundaries of the areas involved and, at the earliest opportunity, 
notify the Chief of Naval Operations of these actions. A "Strategical 
Area", as here used, means an area from which it is necessary to exclude 
merchant ships and merchant aircraft to prevent damage to such ships or 
aircraft, or to prevent such ships or aircraft from obtaining 
information, which, if transmitted to the enemy, would be detrimental to 
our own forces. 

[59] 3745. Should the Commander in Chief, U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, or the 
Commander in Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, desire to lay mines outside the 
territorial waters of the enemy, or of the United States or other 
Associated Powers, or outside of proclaimed Strategical Areas, they 
should make recom-



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mendations to the Chief of Naval Operations concerning the areas 
proposed to be mined and the time when the mines are to be laid. The 
Chief of Naval Operations will take the necessary steps to declare the 
mined areas and to notify shipping and foreign governments. In an 
emergency, mines may be so laid before communicating with the Chief of 
Naval Operations, but in such cases appropriate local notification 
should be made by the Commander in Chief concerned, and the Chief of 
Naval Operations should be informed. 

[60]  Section 5. INTELLIGENCE LIAISON BETWEEN COMMANDERS OF ASSOCIATED 
FORCES IN THE FIELD 

3751. The commanders of the Operating Forces and their subordinate task 
force commanders will, on their own initiative, exchange liaison 
officers with task force commanders of the Associated Powers for the 
purpose of coordinating matters which directly affect their operations. 
(See Appendix I, paragraph 17. f.) 

[61]                     PART IV. LOGISTICS

CHAPTER I. THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT

4101. The SHORE ESTABLISHMENT is assigned the following tasks: 

a. TASK
   PREPARE FOR WAR SERVICE, MAINTAIN, AND AUGMENT THE OPERATING FORCES 
   AND THE SERVICES;
b. TASK 
   PROVIDE PERSONNEL AND MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR ESTABLISHING AND 
   MAINTAINING ADVANCED BASES;
c. TASK 
   PROVIDE SALVAGE SERVICE IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, THE GULF 
   OF MEXICO, AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES OF 
   CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, ALASKA, PANAMA CANAL ZONE, AND OF OUTLYING 
   UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS AND LEASED TERRITORY IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 
   AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA. 

4102. Each Chief of Bureau or Head of an Office of the Navy Department, 
and each Commandant of a Naval District or an Outlying Naval Station 
will execute such parts of the tasks assigned to the Shore Establishment 
as fall under his cognizance by law or regulation, unless otherwise 
stipulated in Part IV. 

[62]           CHAPTER II. GENERAL DIRECTIVES

Section 1. PERSONNEL

4211. The Shore Establishment will supply the trained personnel required 
for: 

a. Preparing for war service, maintaining, and augmenting the Operating 
Forces and the Services; 

b. Augmenting and maintaining the Shore Establishment Activities 

c. Establishing and maintaining Advanced Bases; 

d. Augmenting and maintaining Salvage Service. 

4212. The following is quoted from Appendix I, paragraph 54. 

"The Army and Navy requirements for increased personnel will be met by 
the operation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940". 

4213. a. Personnel will be supplied in accordance with the Basic 
Priorities established in Section 6 (paragraph 4261). 

b. Where the requirements for personnel for the Operating Forces and the 
Services cannot be supplied from other sources, naval personnel assigned 
to Naval District Craft (see General Order No. 143) will be replaced 
with civilian personnel for such period of time as found to be 
necessary. 

[63]  Section 2. MATERIAL

4221. The Shore Establishment will supply material required for: 

a. Preparing for war service, maintaining, and augmenting the Operating 
Forces and the Services 

b. Augmenting and maintaining the Shore Establishment Activities

c. Establishing and maintaining Advanced Bases

d. Augmenting and maintaining Salvage Service. 

4222. The material to support this Plan will come from existing reserves 
of the Navy and from production sources developed under the approved 
Industrial Mobilization Plan, and Navy Procurement Plans. The 
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will be regulated and controlled by existing laws and regulations, 
Executive orders, and in accordance with the instructions contained in 
the Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-RAINBOW No. 5 (Appendix I, 
paragraphs 56 and 58). 

4223. Bureaus having technical cognizance of material being procured for 
the Navy will take appropriate measures to insure that contractors 
safeguard such material from exposure to sabotage and from damage by 
sabotage or other means. 

4224. Material will be supplied in accordance with the Basic Priorities 
established in Section 6 (paragraph 4261). 

[64]  Section 3. TRANSPORTATION 

4231. a. Sea transportation will be provided by: 
   1. THE OPERATING FORCES; 
   2. THE NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

b. The Naval Transportation Service will arrange for delivery of 
personnel and material by commercial transportation facilities wherever 
practicable. 

4232. a. Bureaus will provide material at loading ports ready for 
loading. 

b. The Shore Establishment will furnish the Chief of Naval Operations 
and the District Commandants concerned with the necessary information 
regarding material and personnel to be loaded at loading ports in order 
that sea transportation may be provided. 

c. The Shore Establishment will load material and embark personnel in 
vessels designated by the Chief of Naval Operations. 

4233. a. The Army will furnish to the Chief of Naval Operations, or the 
District Commandants, information regarding the numbers of troops and 
quantities of material to be transported overseas (see Appendix I, 
paragraphs 51 and 57). 

b. The Army will move Army material and troops to ports of embarkation, 
and load Army material and embark Army troops in vessels designated by 
the Chief of Naval Operations, subject to supervision by the Navy in 
matters regarding the safety of vessels. 

c. The Navy will furnish subsistence and medical supplies for Army 
personnel while embarked on transports operated by the Navy (including 
time-chartered vessels), the Army will provide subsistence and medical 
supplies for all animals embarked on such transports. Army medical and 
Army commissary personnel embarked will be available to perform their 
normal duties in relation to Army personnel. 

[65] 4234. The Commander in Chief U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, will establish 
in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commander in 
Chief, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, will establish in the Office of the 
Commander, PACIFIC SOUTHERN NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER, officers having 
liaison duties in regard to coordinating the transportation of material 
and personnel by fleet transportation facilities and the Naval 
Transportation Service. 

[66] Section 4. LEGAL SERVICES

4241. The Shore Establishment (Office of the Judge Advocate General of 
the Navy) will provide the legal services, charged to it by law and 
regulation, necessary for the execution of this plan by the Naval 
Establishment. 

4242. These services will include: 

a. The supervision of the administration of law throughout the Naval 
Establishment; 

b. Securing the enactment of such legislation and the promulgation of 
such Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders as may be required 
by the Naval Establishment in the execution of this plan; 

c. In conjunction with the War Department, securing the enactment of 
legislation and the promulgation of such Presidential Proclamations and 
Executive Orders affecting both the Army and the Navy as are deemed 
necessary for the execution of the Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-
RAINBOW No. 5 (Appendix I, paragraph 59). 

[67] Section 6. AUGMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT 

4251. The Shore Establishment will augment and maintain its activities 
by providing personnel and material necessary for the accomplishment of 
its assigned tasks. 

4252. Requirements for Naval District Craft (see General Order No. 143) 
in excess of those provided for in the current Operating Force Plan, 
will be met locally by the Commandants of Naval Districts. This may be 
done by taking over suitable craft from private owners, or by 
contracting with private owners for the operation of such craft in a 
pool under navy control, to meet both government and private 
requirements. 



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[68] Section 6. PRIORITIES

4261. Priority in matters of supply, delivery, and services will be in 
accordance with the basic priorities stipulated below. All supporting 
efforts of the SERVICES and the SHORE ESTABLISHMENT will fall 
respectively under the priorities established by this general formula. 
For planning purposes, the several items listed under the same basic 
priority shall be considered of equal importance.

a. PRIORITY ONE 
   1. The transportation of Army troops and material in the initial 
      movements to the UNITED KINGDOM, BERMUDA, CURACAO-ARUBA TRINIDAD, 
      PANAMA, PUERTO RICO, ALASKA, and HAWAII
   2. The requirements of the NORTHWEST ESCORT FORCE, U. S. NAVAL 
      FORCES, NORTH EUROPE, and SUBMARINE FORCE THREE, U. S. NAVAL 
      FORCES, NORTH EUROPE. 
   3. The requirements of the U. S. ASIATIC FLEET. 

b. PRIORITY TWO 
   1. Initial movements to ICELAND. 
   2. The requirements of the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET and the U. S. PACIFIC 
      FLEET. 
   3. The requirements of the NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE not specified 
      under PRIORITY ONE. 

c. PRIORITY THREE 
   1. The requirements of the NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES. 
   2. The transportation of Army troops and material not specified under 
      PRIORITIES ONE and TWO. 

d. PRIORITY FOUR 
   1. New Construction. 
 
[69]      CHAPTER III. THE OPERATING FORCES AND SERVICES

Section 1. PREPARATION FOR WAR SERVICE

4311. Commencing on M-day, and before if directed, the SHORE 
ESTABLISHMENT will prepare for war services those vessels and units of 
the OPERATING FORCES and SERVICES listed in Appendix II, which are not 
then in condition of readiness for war service, by placing them in 
material condition and providing personnel to perform their war tasks. 

4312. The desired condition of readiness for war service as regards 
personnel repairs and alterations, and supplies, is the STANDARD 
CONDITION prescribed by the Bureaus and Offices of the Navy Department 
concerned and approved by the Chief of Naval Operations. 

4313. Vessels assigned to the Operating Forces and the Services listed 
in the current Operating Force Plan. 

a. Vessels assigned to the Operating Forces and the Services appearing 
in the current Operating Force Plan are not assigned to Mobilization 
Districts, as most of those vessels have already been mobilized at the 
time of issue of this plan.  Vessels not completely mobilized on M-day 
will be considered available for immediate war service within the 
limitations of their capabilities. They will complete their mobilization 
progressively as opportunity permits, and as directed by their superiors 
in command. Exceptions may be made by direction of the Chief of Naval 
Operations.

4314. Vessels assigned to the Operating Forces and the Services NOT 
listed in the current Operating Force Plan. 

a. Vessels not appearing in the current Operating Force Plan, assigned 
in Appendix II to the Operating Forces and the Services, are assigned to 
Mobilization Districts for preparation for war service (mobilization). 
Commandants are responsible for preparing for war service all vessels 
assigned to their districts for mobilization. 

b. In cases where Appendix II indicates the day of arrival at the 
Mobilization District and the day required to be ready for service, the 
Commandant will employ the intervening period in the preparation of the 
vessel for war service. 

[70] If essential items of conversion can not be completed by the "Day 
Ready" indicated in Appendix II, the Commandant will inform the Chief of 
Naval Operations and the Commander of the Operating Force concerned, as 
far in advance as practicable 

c. In cases where the day of arrival at the Mobilization District and 
the "Day Ready" are not indicated in Appendix II, the Commandant will 
complete the mobilization as promptly as possible in accordance with the 
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d. Vessels assigned to the Operating Forces, other than those assigned 
to the Naval Coastal Frontier Forces, will be degaussed, armed, and 
manned with Navy personnel before being considered ready for war 
service. 

e. Vessels assigned to Naval Coastal Frontier Forces will be placed in 
STANDARD CONDITION before being considered ready for war service, unless 
the Commanders, Naval Coastal Frontiers direct otherwise, in which case 
placing them in STANDARD CONDITION will be deferred until opportunity 
permits.

f. Vessels assigned to the Naval Transportation Service will be placed 
in STANDARD CONDITION before being considered ready for war service, 
except as follows: 
   1. Transports to be commissioned in the Navy will be considered ready 
      for war service when degaussed, provided with fresh water, 
      commissary, sanitary, medical, berthing, and other facilities 
      essential for the initial scheduled voyage; 
   2. Transports to be operated on a time charter basis will be 
      considered ready for war service when provided with fresh water, 
      commissary, sanitary, medical, berthing, and other facilities
      essential for the initial scheduled voyage, and provided with a 
      liaison group consisting of a communication group and such 
      additional personnel (supply and medical) as may be required; 

[71]

   3. All other classes commissioned in the Navy scheduled for voyages 
      outside of the WESTERN HEMISPHERE will be considered ready for war 
      service when degaussed and prepared for the particular service for 
      which scheduled;
   4. All other classes operated on a time charter basis will be 
      considered ready for war service when degaussed and prepared for 
      the particular service for which scheduled, and provided with a 
      liaison group consisting of a communication group and such 
      additional personnel (supply and medical) as may be required;
   5. Vessels of the Naval Transportation Service will not be delayed 
      for the installation of batteries and magazines. 

g. Time chartered merchant vessels of the Naval Transportation Service 
to be taken over and commissioned will be placed in STANDARD CONDITION 
after their initial voyage, and when opportunity permits. 

h. Instructions for the mobilization of vessels assigned to the Naval 
Coastal Frontier Forces are contained in Chapter VIII, Appendix II. 

4315. a. The crews of all combat loaded transports and other vessels 
scheduled to unload at a destination having no stevedores available, 
will include competent stevedore personnel. These may be supplied from 
trained naval personnel, or by contract if suitable naval personnel is 
not available. This provision applies to vessels commissioned in the 
Navy and to time chartered vessels. 

b. Provision will be made for furnishing prize crews consisting of a 
suitable number of officers and men as follows: 
   1. To the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET ...................... 6;

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   2. To the U. S. PACIFIC FLEET ....................... 8;
   3. To the SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE ................... 8;
   4. To the U. S. ASIATIC FLEET ....................... 6

[73]  Section 2. MAINTENANCE

4321. The Shore Establishment will maintain the Operating Forces and the 
Services in condition of readiness for war by:
   a. Replacement of personnel and material
   b. Repairs to units made available at Shore Establishment activities; 
   c. Hospitalization of personnel; 
   d. Provisions of facilities at Shore Establishment activities for 
      recreation and welfare of personnel.

                             Replacements

4322 a. In order to provide for replacements of personnel and material 
for the Operating Forces and the Services, the Bureaus and Offices of 
the Navy Department concerned will establish standard monthly 
replacement rates based upon estimated expenditures, plus a small excess 
for building up a reserve. These rates will be used by the Shore 
Establishment as a basis for procuring personnel and material to meet 
the replacement requirements of the Operating Forces and the Services. 
The estimates should be based on probable operations of each type of the 
Task Organization in each of the Areas and Sub-Areas listed in paragraph 
1102 of this plan.



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b. These standard monthly replacement rates will be revised from time to 
time so as to accord with the requirements of the Operating Forces and 
the Services, as determined by war experience. 

c. In procuring personnel and material at the standard monthly 
replacement rates, no deduction will be made for probable losses in the 
forces to be supplied. A 10% surplus over the standard monthly 
replacements will be maintained available for shipment to provide for 
probable losses during sea transportation to destination. 

d. Should the established monthly replacement rates prove to be 
inadequate to supply the requirements, personnel [74] and material 
allotted to low priority units will be reassigned to higher priority 
units, as required, until deficiencies can be replaced under revised 
replacement rates. 

e. The Bureaus and Offices of the Navy Department who provide 
replacements of personnel and material will designate the activities of 
the Shore Establishment to which the Operating Forces and the Units of 
the Naval Transportation Service will submit their requests for 
replacements. 

f. The rate of flow of replacements will be controlled by the timely 
submission of requests for replacements, stating the desired time and 
place of delivery. 

g. Requests for replacements will be submitted as follows: 
   1. For the U. S. ATLANTIC FLEET, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, U. S. ASIATIC 
      FLEET, and SOUTHEAST PACIFIC FORCE, and U. S. NAVAL FORCES, NORTH 
      EUROPE by the commanders thereof, or by officers designated by 
      them: 
   2. For the NAVAL COASTAL FRONTIER FORCES, by the Commandants of Naval 
      Districts upon which the forces are based;
   3. For units of the NAVAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE by the commanders 
      thereof, through the appropriate local naval authorities where 
      delivery is desired;
   4. For units ashore by the commanders thereof, through the 
      Commandants of Naval Districts or Commanders of Outlying Naval 
      Stations in which these units are established. 

h. Where Shore Establishment facilities are not readily available, units 
of the Operating Forces and of the Naval Transportation Service will 
obtain material replacements from local sources. (See par. 3116, 3214, 
3224, 3315, 3414.) Replacements obtained in this manner will not be 
included in requests for replacements made to Shore Establishment 
activities. 

[75] 4323. Delivery of replacements to the Operating Forces the Services 
will be effected, insofar as practicable, at the times and places 
requested. 

                                Repairs

4324. a. The Shore Establishment will repair such units of the Operating 
Forces and Services as may be made available therefor at Shore 
Establishment activities.

b. The assignment of availability of such units to an activity of the 
Shore Establishment for overhaul and repairs will be governed by the 
following: 
   1. The geographic disposition of the various forces; 
   2. The facilities available at certain activities for accomplishing 
      the work required;
   3. The degree of urgency of the work required; 
   4. The distribution of the work load among the various activities; 
   5. The needs for repairs by units of the Associated Powers. 

4325. The Chief of Naval Operations will designate the shore activity to 
which a vessel will be assigned for overhaul and repairs and will fix 
the availability dates. 

                     Hospitalization and evacuation

4326. a. The Operating Forces will provide hospitalization for sick and 
wounded personnel within the capacity of the hospital facilities 
available in hospital ships, in Advanced Base Hospitals, and in Mobile 
Medical Units. 

[76] b. The Shore Establishment will provide hospitalization for sick or 
wounded naval and marine corps personnel which may be evacuated to Shore 
Establishment activities. 

4327. The sick and wounded personnel evacuated to Shore Establishment 
activities will be transported in evacuation transports, hospital ships, 
and other available vessels having adequate medical facilities. 

4328. a. Army forces overseas will provide their own hospitalization, 
but will be evacuated to home territory in the same manner as naval 
personnel. 



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b. Army forces embarked on naval vessels will be provided 
hospitalization by the Navy until such time as the sick and wounded can 
be evacuated to Army hospitals or field medical units. 

                        Recreation and welfare

4329. a. The Shore Establishment will provide and maintain recreation 
and welfare facilities at Shore Establishment activities for naval and 
marine corps personnel. 

b. Provisions for these activities will include: 
   1. Augmentation and maintenance of recreational facilities at Shore 
      Establishment activities where units of the Operating Forces and 
      Services are concentrated, and at Training Stations; 
   2. Augmentation and maintenance of religious and welfare facilities 
      at the above activities, including cooperation with national and 
      local welfare agencies and religious groups, operating for the 
      welfare of naval personnel. 

[77]  Section 3. AUGMENTATION

4331. The Shore Establishment will augment the Operating Forces and the 
Services by: 

a. New construction of vessels and aircraft

b. Acquisition from the Maritime Commission and from private owners of 
vessels and aircraft designated by the Chief of Naval Operations (Naval 
Supply and Transportation Service Section), and by their preparation for 
war service;

c. Preparation for war service of vessels and aircraft transferred to 
the Navy from other Government Departments; 

d. Acquisition of material. 

4332. In preparing plans for the acquisition of small vessels, 
Commandants of Naval Districts will provide for consultation and 
cooperation between local representatives of the Army, Navy, and 
Maritime Commission. 

[78]                 CHAPTER IV. ADVANCED BASES

4401. The Shore Establishment will provide personnel and material 
required for establishing and maintaining ADVANCED BASES in accordance 
with instructions issued in separate directives. 

[79]                      CHAPTER V. SALVAGE

4501. a. The Shore Establishment will provide salvage units and render 
salvage service to vessels, both private and public, of all 
nationalities, in the areas prescribed in paragraph 4101.c. 

b. The Operating Forces, assisted by such facilities as can be made 
available by the Shore Establishment, will render salvage service to 
vessels of their own forces and to other vessels where practicable, in 
the waters of the outlying United States possessions in the Pacific 
Ocean, of the Philippine Islands and of Advanced Bases, and in the open 
sea outside of the areas mentioned in paragraph 4101.c. 

4502. The Shore Establishment will cooperate with and assist the Army or 
other agencies responsible for clearing harbor channels of stranded 
vessels within the waters of the United States. 

4503. a. On M-day, or sooner if directed by the President, the Navy will 
acquire the following vessels to be converted and equipped as salvage 
vessels: 
   1. From the COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
      PIONEER 
      GUIDE 
      DISCOVER; 

   2. From the COAST GUARD 
      REDWING. 

b. These vessels will be manned and operated as directed by the Bureau 
of Ships, and two will be stationed on the Atlantic Coast of the United 
States and two on the Pacific Coast of the United States. 

[80] CHAPTER VI. PLANS TO BE PREPARED BV THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT

4601. Contributory Plans, Rainbow No. 5, will be prepared as prescribed 
in Part V, WPL-8, with particular reference to paragraphs 5126, 5127, 
and 5128. 

4602. The Principal Contributory Plans, Rainbow No. 5, will prescribe 
the estimates of requirements, if any, to be made by the subordinate 
planning agencies.



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[81]                  PART V. SPECIAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I. EXERTION OF FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE

5101. The following is quoted from Appendix I, paragraph 60: 

   "The Administrator of Export Control, jointly with the War and Navy 
   Departments, is to prepare plans and programs for the application of 
   economic pressure such as may be obtained through control of 
   commodities, transportation, communication, financial relationships, 
   and all related means." 

5102. The Chief of Naval Operations will cooperate in the preparation of 
joint plans for the Exertion of Financial and Economic Pressure. 

[82]  CHAPTER II. JOINT PLANS COVERING INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, CENSORSHIP 
AND PUBLICITY, AND MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

5201. The following is quoted from Appendix I, paragraph 61: 

   "Cooperation of Other Departments of the Government. 

   "The War and Navy Departments, jointly with other departments of the 
   Government, shall have prepared plans or programs covering the 
   following subjects: 
      a. Intelligence Service; 
      b. Censorship and Publicity; 
      c. Mobilization of Resources." 

5202. a. The Chief of Naval Operations (Director of Naval Intelligence) 
will act for the Navy Department in the preparation of joint plans or 
programs for the Intelligence Service. 

b. The Secretary of the Navy (Director of the Office of Public 
Relations) and the Chief of Naval Operations (Director of Naval 
Intelligence) will jointly act for the Navy Department in the 
preparation of joint plans or programs for Censorship and Publicity.

c. The Under Secretary of the Navy, acting through the Navy Members of 
the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board, will represent the Navy 
Department in the preparation of joint plans or programs for the 
Mobilization of Resources. 

[1]  APPENDIX I. To WPL-46, THE JOINT ARMY AND NAVY BASIC WAR PLAN-
                             RAINBOW No. 5

[2]               SECTION I. DIRECTIVE

1. The directive for Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan-RAINBOW No. 5, 
contained in J. P. 325 (Serial 642-1), Section 1, paragraph 3e, approved 
October 14, 1939, and revised April 10, 1940, is superseded by the 
directive contained in paragraph 2 of this paper. 

2. The Joint Board directs The Joint Planning Committee to submit Joint 
Army and Navy Basic War Plan-RAINBOW No. 5 based upon the Report of 
United States-British Staff Conversations, dated March 27, 1941 (ABC-1), 
and upon Joint United States-Canada War Plan No. 2 (ABC-22) now in 
process of drafting. 

[3]              SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

3. The term "Associated Powers" means the United States and the British 
Commonwealth, and, when appropriate, includes the Associates and Allies 
of either Power. 

4. The term "Axis Powers" means Germany and Italy, and, if Japan and 
other Powers are at war against the Associated Powers, is to be 
understood as including all such Powers. 

5. "Malaysia" includes the Philippines, the Malay States, the Straits 
Settlements, Borneo, and the Netherlands East Indies. The "Malay 
Barrier" includes the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and the chain of 
islands extending in an easterly direction from Java to Bathurst Island, 
Australia, 

6. The term "United States naval forces" as used herein will be 
construed as including United States naval aviation. The term "air 
forces" will be construed as including only the United States Army Air 
Corps and the Royal Air Force. 



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[4]           SECTION III. GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS

7. That the Associated Powers, comprising initially the United States, 
the British Commonwealth (less Eire), the Netherlands East Indies, 
Greece, Yugoslavia, the Governments in Exile, China, and the "Free 
French" are at war against the Axis Powers, comprising either: 
   a. Germany, Italy, Roumania, Hungary, Bulgaria, or 
   b. Germany, Italy, Japan, Roumania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Thailand. 

8. That the Associated Powers will conduct the war in accord with 
      ABC-1 and ABC-22. 

9. That even if Japan and Thailand are not initially in the war, the 
possibility of their intervention must be taken into account. 

10. That United States forces which might base in the Far East Area will 
be able to fill logistic requirements, other than personnel, ammunition, 
and technical materials, from sources in that general region. 

11. That Latin American Republics will take measures to control 
subversive elements, but will remain in a non-belligerent status unless 
subjected to direct attack; in general, the territorial waters and land 
bases of these Republics will be available for use by United States 
forces for purposes of Hemisphere Defense. 

[5]           SECTION IV. CONCEPT OF THE WAR

12. The Concept of the War as set forth in paragraphs 10, 11, 12, and 13 
of ABC-1 is quoted below, except that paragraph 13 (h) is quoted as 
modified by the Chief of Naval Operations' and the Chief of Staff's 
secret letter Serial 039412 of April 5, 1941. 

   "10. The broad strategic objectives of the Associated Powers will be   
   the defeat of Germany and her Allies. 
  
   " 11. The principles of United States and British national strategic   
   defense policies of which the Military forces of the Associated   
   Powers must take account are:

   (a) United States 
   The paramount territorial interests of the United States are in the   
   Western Hemisphere. The United States must, in all eventualities,   
   maintain such dispositions as will prevent the extension in the   
   Western Hemisphere of European or Asiatic political or Military power 
  
   (b) British Commonwealth
   The security of the United Kingdom must be maintained in all   
   circumstances. Similarly, the United Kingdom, the Dominions and India   
   must maintain dispositions which, in all eventualities, will provide   
   for the ultimate security of the British Commonwealth of Nations. A   
   cardinal feature of British strategic policy is the retention of a   
   position in the Far East such as will ensure the cohesion and   
   security of the British Commonwealth and the maintenance of its war   
   effort 

   (c) Sea Communications
   The security of the sea communications of the Associated Powers is   
   essential to the continuance of their war effort. 
  
   [6] "12. The strategic concept includes the following as the   
   principal offensive policies against the Axis Powers: 

   (a) Application of economic pressure by naval, land, and air forces   
   and all other means, including the control of commodities at their   
   source by diplomatic and financial measures. 
   (b) A sustained air offensive against German Military power,   
   supplemented by air offensives against other regions under enemy   
   control which contribute to that power. 
   (c) The early elimination of Italy as an active partner in the Axis. 
   (d) The employment of the air, land, and naval forces of the   
   Associated Powers, at every opportunity, in raids and minor   
   offensives against Axis Military strength. 
   (e) The support of neutrals, and of Allies of the United Kingdom,   
   Associates of the United States, and populations in Axis-occupied   
   territory in resistance to the Axis Powers. 
   (f) The building up of the necessary forces for an eventual offensive   
   against Germany. 
   (g) The capture of positions from which to launch the eventual   
   offensive. 
  
   "13. Plans for the Military operations of the Associated Powers will   
   likewise be governed by the following: 



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   [7] (a) Since Germany is the predominant member of the Axis Powers   
   the Atlantic and European area is considered to be the decisive   
   theatre. The principal United States Military effort will be exerted   
   in that theatre and operations of United States forces in other   
   theatres will be conducted in such a manner as to facilitate that   
   effort. 
   (b) Owing to the threat to the sea communications of the United   
   Kingdom the principal task of the United States naval forces in the   
   Atlantic will be the protection of shipping of the Associated Powers,   
   the center of gravity of the United States effort being concentrated   
   in the Northwestern approaches to the United Kingdom. Under this   
   conception, the United States naval effort in the Mediterranean will   
   initially be considered of secondary importance. 
   (c) It will be of great importance to maintain the present British   
   and Allied Military position in and near the Mediterranean basins,   
   and to prevent the spread of Axis control in North Africa. 
   (d) Even if Japan were not initially to enter the war on the side of   
   the Axis Powers, it would still be necessary for the Associated   
   Powers to deploy their forces in a manner to guard against Japanese   
   intervention. If Japan does enter the war, the Military strategy in   
   the Far East will be defensive. The United States does not intend to   
   add to its present Military strength in the Far East but will employ   
   the United States Pacific Fleet offensively in the manner best   
   calculated to weaken Japanese economic power, and to support the   
   defense of the Malay barrier by diverting Japanese strength away from   
   Malaysia. The United States intends so to augment its forces in the   
   Atlantic and Mediterranean areas that the British Commonwealth will   
   be in a position to release the necessary forces for the Far East. 
   [8] (e) The details of the deployment of the forces of the   
   Associated Powers at any one time will be decided with regard to the   
   Military situation in all theatres. 
   (f) The principal defensive roles of the land forces of the   
   Associated Powers will be to hold the British Isles against invasion;   
   to defend the Western Hemisphere, and to protect outlying Military   
   base areas and islands of strategic importance against land, air, or   
   sea-borne attack. 
   (g) United States land forces will support United States naval and   
   air forces maintaining the security of the Western Hemisphere or   
   operating in the areas bordering on the Atlantic. Subject to the   
   availability of trained and equipped organizations, United States   
   land forces will, as a general rule provide ground and anti-aircraft   
   defenses of naval and air bases used primarily by United States   
   forces. 
   (h) Subject to the requirements of the security of the United States, 
   the British Isles and their sea communications, the air policy of the 
   Associated Powers will require that associated effort in the air will 
   be directed toward providing the necessary naval and land air 
   components for the accomplishment of naval tasks, for the support of 
   land operations, and for independent air operations against the 
   sources of Axis military power. 
   (i) United States Army Air Forces will support the United States land 
   and naval forces maintaining the security of the Western Hemisphere 
   or operating in the areas bordering on the Atlantic. Subject to the 
   availability of trained and equipped organizations, they will 
   undertake the air defense of those general areas in which naval bases 
   used primarily by United States forces are located, and subsequently,  
   [9] of such other areas as may be agreed upon. United States Army 
   air bombardment units will operate offensively in collaboration with 
   the Royal Air Force, primarily against German Military power at its 
   source. 
   (j) United States forces will, so far as practicable, draw their 
   logistic support (supply and maintenance) from sources outside the 
   British Isles. Subject to this principle, however, the military 
   bases, repair facilities, and supplies of either nation will be at 
   the disposal of the Military forces of the other as required for the 
   successful prosecution of the war." 

13. In addition, plans for the Military operations of United States 
forces will be governed by the following: 

(a) Under this War Plan the scale of hostile attack to be expected 
within the Western Atlantic Area is limited to raids by air forces and 
naval surface and submarine forces. 

(b) The building up of large land and air forces for major offensive 
operations against the Axis Powers will be the primary immediate effort 
of the United States Army. The initial tasks of United States land and 
air forces will be limited to such operations as will not materially 
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[10]  SECTION V. TERMS OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM RELATING TO 
                            WAR OPERATIONS

14. Agreements have been reached between the United States and the 
United Kingdom relating to war operations. 

In this Section certain of these agreements are set forth (See ABC-1 and 
ABC-22).

15. Principles of Command of the Forces of the United States and the 
United Kingdom. 

a. As a general rule, the forces of the United States and those of the 
United Kingdom should operate under their own commanders in the areas of 
responsibility of their own Power. 

b. The assignment of an area to one Power shall not be construed as 
restricting the forces of the other Power from temporarily extending 
appropriate operations into that area, as may be required by particular 
circumstances. 

c. The forces of either Power which are employed normally under the 
strategic direction of an established commander of the other, will, with 
due regard to their type, be employed as task (organized) forces charged 
with the execution of specific strategic tasks. These task (organized) 
forces will operate under their own commanders and will not be 
distributed into small bodies attached to the forces of the other Power. 
Only exceptional Military circumstances will justify the temporary 
suspension of the normal strategic tasks. 

d. When units of both Powers cooperate tactically, command will be 
exercised by that officer of either Power who is the senior in rank, or 
if of equal rank, of time in grade. 

e. United States naval aviation forces employed in British Areas will 
operate under United States naval command, and will remain an integral 
part of United States naval task forces. Arrangements will be made for 
coordination of their operations with those of the appropriate Coastal 
Command groups. 

f. Special command relationships pertaining to particular areas are set 
forth in paragraph 16. 

[11] 16. Responsibility for the Strategic Direction of Military Forces. 

a. United States Areas. 

Upon entering the war, the United States will assume responsibility for 
the strategic direction of its own and British Military forces in the 
following areas: 
   (1) The Atlantic Ocean Area, together with islands and contiguous 
       continental land areas, north of Latitude 25  South and west of 
       Longitude 30  West, except: 
       (a) The area between Latitude 20  North and Latitude 43  North 
           which lies east of Longitude 40  West. 
      (b) The waters and territories in which Canada assumes 
          responsibility for the strategic direction of Military forces, 
          as may be defined in United States-Canada Joint Agreements. 
   (2) The Pacific Ocean Area, together with islands and contiguous 
       continental land areas, as follows: 
      (a) North of Latitude 30  North and west of Longitude 140  East; 
      (b) North of the equator and east of Longitude 140  East; 
      (c) South of the equator and east of Longitude 180  to the South 
          American coast and Longitude 74  West; except for the waters 
          and territories in which Canada assumes responsibility for the 
          strategic direction of Military forces, as may be defined in 
          United States-Canada Joint Agreements. The United States will 
          afford support to British naval forces in the regions south of 
          the equator as far west as Longitude 155  East. 

(12]  b. The Far East Area. 

Coordination in the planning and execution of operations by Military 
forces of the United States British Commonwealth, and Netherlands East 
Indies in the Far East Area will, subject to the approval of the Dutch 
authorities, be effected as follows: 
   (1) The commanders of the Military forces of the Associated Powers 
       will collaborate in the formulation of strategic plans for 
       operations in that area. 
   (2) The defense of the territories of the Associated Powers will be 
       the responsibility of the respective commanders of the Military 
       forces concerned. These commanders will make such arrangements 
       for mutual support as may be practicable and appropriate. 
   (3) The responsibility for the strategic direction of the naval 
       forces of the Associated Powers, except of naval forces engaged 
       in supporting the defense of the Philippines will be assumed by 
       the British naval Commander-in-Chief, China. The Commander-in-
       Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet, will be responsible for the 
       direction of naval forces engaged in supporting the defense of 
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   (4) For the above purposes, the Far East Area is defined as the area 
   from the coast of China in Latitude 30  North, east to Longitude 140  
   East thence south to the equator, thence east to Longitude 141  East, 
   thence south to the boundary of Dutch New Guinea on the south coast, 
   thence westward to Latitude 11  South, Longitude 120  East, thence 
   south to Latitude 13  South, thence west to Longitude 92  East, 
   thence north to Latitude 20  North, thence to the boundary between 
   India and Burma. 

[13] c. Joint Land Offensives. Responsibility for the strategic 
direction of the Military forces engaged in joint offensive action on 
land will be in accordance with joint agreements to be entered upon at 
the proper time. In these circumstances unity of command in the theatre 
of operations should be established.

d. British Commonwealth Areas. The British Commonwealth will assume 
responsibility for the strategic direction of associated Military forces 
in all other areas not described in sub-paragraphs a, b, and c next 
above. These areas as initially delimited are: 

   (1) The AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AREA comprises the Australian and    
   New Zealand British Naval Stations west of Longitude 180  and south 
   of the equator. The British Naval Commander-in-Chief, China is 
   responsible for the strategic direction of the naval forces of the 
   Associated Powers operating in the Australian and New Zealand Area. 

   (2) The UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH HOME WATERS AREA comprises the 
   waters to the eastward of Longitude 30  West and to the Northward of 
   Latitude 43  North and the land areas bordering on, and the islands 
   in, the above ocean area. Administrative command of all United States 
   land and air forces stationed in the British Isles and Iceland will 
   be exercised by the Commander, United States Army Forces in Great 
   Britain This officer will have authority to arrange details 
   concerning the organization and location of task forces (organization 
   of units in appropriate formation) and operational control with the 
   War Office and the Air Ministry. 

   (3) The NORTH ATLANTIC AREA. 

   (a) Northern boundary, Latitude 43  North, 
   (b) Southern boundary, Latitude 20  North, 

[14]

   (c) Western boundary, Longitude 40  West 
   (d) Eastern boundary, the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Africa, and 
   Longitude 5  West, together with the islands and land areas 
   contiguous thereto. 
   (e) Strategic direction of a United States naval force basing on 
   Gibraltar will be exercised by the United Kingdom Chief of Naval 
   Staff except when he specifically delegates it for a stated period as 
   follows: 
      To the British Naval Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, for 
      operations in the Western Mediterranean. 
      To the Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, for 
      operations in the Central Atlantic. 
   (f) The Commander of United States naval forces basing in Gibraltar 
   will be responsible for administrative matters to the Commander-in-
   Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet. 

   (4) The SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA comprises: 

   (a) The area between Latitudes 20  North and 25  South, bounded on 
   the west by Longitude 30  West and on the east by the African Coast. 
   (b) The South Atlantic Ocean, south of Latitude 25  South between 
   Longitudes 74  West and 33  East, together with the islands and land 
   areas contiguous thereto. 

   (5) The MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST AREAS comprise the 
   Mediterranean Sea east of Longitude 5  West, the Suez Canal, and the 
   islands and countries adjoining them, including the present theatres 
   of operations in North and East Africa. The Black Sea, Iraq, and Aden 
   are also included in this area. 

[15]

   (6) The INDIA AND EAST INDIES AREA comprises: 

   (a) India 
   (b) Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, bounded on 
   the West by the coasts of Africa and Longitude 33  East, and on the 
   East by the western boundaries of the Far East Area and the 
   Australian Station. 
   (c) The islands in the above ocean area. 

17. Collaboration in Planning. a. The High Commands of the United States 
and United Kingdom will collaborate continuously in the formulation and 
execution of strategical policies and plans which shall govern the 
conduct of the war. They and their respective commanders in the field, 
as may be appropriate, will



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similarly collaborate in the planning and execution of such operations 
as may be undertaken jointly by United States and British forces. This 
arrangement will apply also to such plans and operations as may be 
undertaken separately, the extent of collaboration required in each 
particular plan or operation being agreed mutually when the general 
policy has been decided. 

b. To effect the collaboration outlined in the preceding sub-paragraph, 
and to insure the coordination of administrative action and command 
between the United States and British Military Services, the United 
States and United Kingdom will exchange Military Missions. These 
Missions will comprise one senior officer of each of the Military 
Services, with their appropriate staffs. The functions of these Missions 
will be as follows: 

   (1) To represent jointly, as a corporate body, their own Chiefs of 
       Staff (the Chief of Naval Operations being considered as such), 
       vis-a-vis the group of Chiefs of Staff of the Power to which they 
       are accredited, for the purpose of collaboration in the [16] 
       formulation of Military policies and plans governing the conduct 
       of the war in areas in which that Power assumes responsibility 
       for strategic direction. 
   (2) In their individual capacity to represent their own individual 
       Military Services vis-a-vis the appropriate Military Services of 
       the Power to which they are accredited, in matters of mutual 
       concern in the areas in which that Power assumes responsibility 
       for strategic direction. 

c. The personnel of either Mission shall not become members of any 
regularly constituted body of the government of the Power to which they 
are accredited their staffs will, however, work in direct cooperation 
with the appropriate branches and committees of the staff of the Power 
to which they are accredited. 

d. The United States, as may be necessary, will exchange Liaison 
officers with Canada, Australia, and New Zealand for effectuating direct 
cooperation between United States and Dominion forces. 

e. To promote adequate collaboration and prompt decision, a military 
transportation service will be established between England and the 
United States. Ships and airplanes will be assigned to this service by 
the United States and the United Kingdom as may be found necessary. 

f. Existing Military intelligence organizations of the two powers will 
operate as independent intelligence agencies, but will maintain close 
liaison with each other in order to ensure the full and prompt exchange 
of pertinent information concerning war operations. Intelligence liaison 
will be established not only through the Military Missions but also 
between all echelons of command in the field with respect to matters 
which affect their operations. 

[17]                       Communications

18. The United States and the United Kingdom will establish in London 
the "Associated Communication Committee" which is to be constituted as 
follows: 

a. A representative of the United States Army and a representative of 
the United States Navy, who are members of the staff of the United 
States Military Mission in London. 

b. Representatives of the British Combined Signals Board in the United 
Kingdom. 

19. The Associated Communications Committee will be the supreme 
controlling body with relation to intercommunications by radio (W/T), 
wire, visual, and sound affecting the armed services and the merchant 
marines of the two nations. 

                  Control and Protection of Shipping

20. The British authorities will issue directions for the control and 
protection of shipping of the Associated Powers within the areas in 
which British authorities assume responsibility for the strategic 
direction of Military forces. United States authorities will issue 
directions for the control and protection of shipping of the associated 
Powers within the areas in which the United States authorities assume 
responsibility for the strategic direction of Military forces. 

21. United States and British shipping scheduled to pass from an area 
assigned to one Power into an area assigned to the other Power, will be 
controlled and protected by agreement between the respective naval 
authorities. The British Admiralty is the supreme authority in the 
control of shipping in the North Atlantic bound to and from the United 
Kingdom. 

22. The British Naval Control Service Organization will continue in the 
exercise of its present functions and methods in all regions pending 
establishment 



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of effective United States Agencies in United States areas. The Chief of 
Naval Operations, immediately on entry of the United States into the 
war, will arrange for the control and protection of shipping of United 
[18] States registry or charter within United States Areas. Requests 
from the British Naval Control Service Organization for protection by 
United States forces within United States areas will be made to the 
Chief of Naval Operations. 

23. Special Relationship between Canada and the United States. Joint 
Agreements are being drawn up by the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, 
United States-Canada, regarding the cooperation of the Armed forces of 
the United States and Canada in the areas in which the United States has 
strategic direction. When completed, the substance of these agreements, 
(Short Title ABC-22), will be incorporated in this plan. 

[19]                   SECTION VI. GENERAL TASKS

24. Joint General Task. In cooperation with the other Associated Powers 
defeat the Axis Powers, and guard United States national interests, by: 

a. Reducing Axis economic power to wage war, by blockade, raids, and a 
sustained air offensive; 

b. Destroying Axis military power by raids and an eventual land, naval, 
and air offensive;

c. Protecting the sea communications of the Associated Powers;

d. Preventing the extension in the Western Hemisphere of European or 
Asiatic military power; and by 

e. Protecting outlying Military base areas and islands of strategic 
importance against land, air, or sea-borne attack. 

[20]                      SECTION VII. TASKS

25. The tasks of the Army and Navy, as set forth in this section, are 
those listed in, or derived from, the tasks of ABC-1, Annex III. 

26. These tasks as stated do not include the assistance which may be 
furnished by the Armed Forces of Latin-American Republics. Such 
assistance may reduce the total of forces required but will not change 
the character of the operations.

                     The Western Atlantic Area

27. Definition. The Atlantic Ocean Area, together with Islands and 
contiguous continental land areas north of latitude 25  South, and west 
of Longitude 30  West except the area between Latitudes 20  North and 
43  North which lies east of Longitude 40  West. 

28. Army Tasks. a. In conjunction with Naval forces, protect the 
territory of the Associated Powers and prevent the extension of Axis 
military power into the Western Hemisphere by destroying enemy 
expeditionary forces and by denying use to the enemy of existing or 
potential air, land, and Naval bases in that Hemisphere. 

b. In conjunction with naval forces, support Latin American Republics 
against invasion or political domination by the Axis Powers by defeating 
or expelling enemy forces or forces supporting the enemy in the Western 
Hemisphere. 

c. Support the naval forces in the protection of the sea communications 
of the Associated Powers and in the destruction of Axis sea 
communications by offensive action against enemy forces or commerce 
located within tactical operating radius of occupied air bases. 

d. Relieve British forces in Curacao and Aruba. 

e. Provide defensive garrisons for Newfoundland, Bermuda, Jamaica, 
Trinidad, St. Lucia, Antigua, and British Guiana. 

[21] f. In cooperation with the Navy defend Coastal Frontiers, Defense 
Command Areas and specified localities in categories of defense 
prescribed in paragraph 47. 

g. Build up forces in the United States for eventual offensive action 
against Germany. 

h. Prepare to relieve Marine Forces in the Azores and Cape Verde Islands 
if such garrisons have been established. 

29. Army Forces. a. 1941 Troop basis plus all augmentations, less 
detachments. 

b. Local defense forces.



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c. One reinforced Corps of three divisions, including appropriate Air 
forces maintained in the United States as a reserve for the support of 
overseas garrisons and Latin American Republics. 

Note: For overseas movements see paragraph 51. 

30. Navy Tasks. a. Protect the sea communications of the Associated 
Powers by escorting, covering, and patrolling, and by destroying enemy 
raiding forces. 

b. Destroy Axis sea communications by capturing or destroying vessels 
trading directly or indirectly with the enemy.

c. Protect the territory of the Associated Powers and prevent the 
extension of enemy military power into the Western Hemisphere, by 
destroying hostile expeditionary forces and by supporting land and air 
forces in denying the enemy the use of land positions in that 
hemisphere. 

d. In cooperation with the Army defend Coastal Frontiers and specified 
localities in categories of defense prescribed in paragraph 47. 

[22] e. Protect and route shipping in the Coastal Zones. 

f. Prepare to occupy the Azores and the Cape Verde Islands. 

31. Navy Forces. a. The Atlantic Fleet, less detachments. 

b. Naval Coastal Frontier Forces. 

                            The Pacific Area. 

32. Definition. The Pacific Ocean Area, together with islands and 
contiguous continental land areas, is as follows:
   a. North of Latitude 30  North and west of Longitude 140  East. 
   b. North of the equator and east of Longitude 140  East. 
   c. South of the equator and east of Longitude 180  to South American 
      coast and Longitude 74  West. 

33. Army Tasks. a. In conjunction with naval forces, protect the 
territory of the Associated Powers and prevent the extension of Axis 
military power into the Western Hemisphere by destroying enemy 
expeditionary forces and by denying use to the enemy of existing or 
potential air, land, and naval bases in that Hemisphere. 

b. In conjunction with naval forces, support Latin American Republics 
against invasion or political domination by the Axis Powers by defeating 
or expelling enemy forces or forces supporting the enemy in the Western 
Hemisphere. 

[23] c. Support the naval forces in the protection of the sea 
communications of the Associated Powers and in the destruction of Axis 
sea communications by offensive action against enemy forces or commerce 
located within tactical operating radius of occupied air bases. 

d. In cooperation with the Navy defend Coastal Frontiers, Defense 
Command Areas and specified localities in categories of defense 
prescribed in paragraph 47. 

34. Army Forces. a. Local defense forces. 

b. One reinforced Division, including appropriate air forces maintained 
in the United States as a reserve for the support of Latin American 
Republics on the West Coast of South America.

Note: For overseas movements see paragraph 51. 

35. Navy Tasks. a. Support the forces of the Associated Powers in the 
Far East by diverting enemy strength away from the Malay Barrier through 
the denial and capture of positions in the Marshalls, and through raids 
on enemy sea communications and positions. 

b. Destroy Axis sea communications by capturing or destroying vessels 
trading directly or indirectly with the enemy. 

c. Protect the sea communications of the Associated Powers within the 
Pacific Area. 

d. Support British naval forces in the area south of the equator, as far 
west as Longitude 155  East. 

e. Protect the territory of the Associated Powers within the Pacific 
area, and prevent the extension of enemy military power into the Western 
Hemisphere, by destroying [24] hostile expeditions and by supporting 
land and air forces in denying the enemy the use of land positions in 
that Hemisphere. 

f. Prepare to capture and establish control over the Caroline and 
Marshall Island area. 

g. Defend Midway, Johnston, Palmyra, Samoa and Guam. 

h. In cooperation with the Army defend Coastal Frontiers and specified 
localities in categories of defense prescribed in paragraph 47. 

i. Route shipping in the Pacific Area. 

36. Navy Forces. a. The Pacific Fleet, less detachments. 

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                            The Far East Area

37. Army Tasks. In cooperation with the Navy defend the Philippine 
Coastal Frontier-Category of Defense "E". 

38. Army Forces. Local Defense Forces, augmented only by such personnel 
and facilities as are available locally. 

39. Navy Tasks. a. Raid Japanese sea communications and destroy Axis 
forces. 

b. Support the land and air forces in the defense of the territories of 
the Associated Powers. (The responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief, 
United States Asiatic Fleet, for supporting the defense of the 
Philippines remains so long as that defense continues.) 

[25] c. Destroy Axis sea communications by capturing or destroying 
vessels trading directly or indirectly with the enemy. 

d. Protect sea communications of the Associated Powers by escorting, 
covering and patrolling, and by destroying enemy raiding forces. 

e. In cooperation with the Army defend the Philippine Coastal Frontier- 
Category of Defense "E". 

40. Navy Forces. a. The Asiatic Fleet. 

                 United Kingdom and British Home Waters

41. Definition. a. Waters to the eastward of Longitude 30  West and to 
the Northward of Latitude 43  North. 

b. Land areas bordering on, and islands in the above ocean area. 

42. Army Tasks. a. In cooperation with the Royal Air Force conduct 
offensive air operations primarily against objectives in Germany, and 
against attempted invasion or blockade as demanded by the situation. 

b. Provide for the ground defense of occupied bases and air defense of 
those general areas in the British Isles in which bases used primarily 
by United States Naval forces are located, and subsequently of such 
other areas as may be agreed upon. 

c. Provide a token force for the defense of the British Isles. 

[26] d. Relieve, as soon as practicable, the British garrison in Iceland 
and in cooperation with the Navy defend that island-Category of Defense 
"D".

43. Army Forces. Subject to the availability of trained and equipped 
forces: 
   a. British Isles.
      3 Heavy Bombardment Groups
      2 Medium Bombardment Groups
      3 Pursuit Groups
      Approximately 10 Anti-aircraft Regiments
      Approximately 10 Infantry Battalions (Bases)
      One reinforced Regiment (Token Force)

   b. Iceland. 
      One reinforced Division. 

Note: For overseas movements see paragraphs 51. 

44. Navy Tasks and Forces. a. Northwest Escort Force. 

Task. Escort Convoys in the Northwest Approaches, acting under the 
strategic direction of the British Commander-in-Chief of the Western 
Approaches. 

b. Submarine Force Three. 

Task. Raid enemy shipping in an area to be designated later, acting 
under the strategic direction of the British Vice Admiral, Submarines. 

                          North Atlantic Area. 

[27] 45. Definition. The North Atlantic Area is defined as follows: 

a. Northern boundary, Latitude 43  North. 
b. Southern boundary, Latitude 20  North. 
c. Western boundary, Longitude 40  West. 
d. Eastern boundary, the Coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Africa, and 
   Longitude 5  West 

46. Navy Tasks and Forces. a. Submarine Force Two. 

Task. Raid enemy shipping in the Mediterranean under the strategic 
direction of the Commander in-Chief, Mediterranean, acting through the 
Flag Officer Commanding North Atlantic. 

Note: As soon as the situation in the Pacific permits their transfer to 
the Atlantic, United States naval forces may be assigned the following 
tasks in this area, unless the strategic situation in the Atlantic at 
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b. Protect the sea communications of the Associated Powers by escorting, 
covering, and patrolling, and by destroying enemy raiding forces. 

c. Destroy Axis sea communications by capturing or destroying vessels 
trading directly or indirectly with the enemy. 

d. Raid Axis sea communications, territories and forces in the Western 
Mediterranean. 

[28] 47. Categories of Defense. The Categories of Defense listed in this 
paragraph apply to all Defense Command Areas, Coastal Frontiers, Naval 
Coastal Frontiers and isolated positions.

Northeast Defense Command and North Atlantic Coastal Frontier
 except United States Bases in Newfoundland                   Category B
United States Bases in Newfoundland                           Category C
Southern Defense Command and Southern Coastal Frontier        Category B
Caribbean Defense Command and Panama and Caribbean Coastal
 Frontiers                                                    Category D
Western Defense Command and Pacific Coastal Frontier, except
 Alaska                                                       Category B
   Alaska, Less Unalaska                                      Category C
   Unalaska                                                   Category D
   Hawaiian Coastal Frontier                                  Category D
   Philippine Coastal Frontier                                Category E
Note: No Army reinforcements will be sent to the Philippine
Coastal Frontier.
   Bermuda                                                    Category C
   Iceland                                                    Category D
   Midway, Johnston, Palmyra                                  Category D
   Guam                                                       Category F

48. Joint Plans to be prepared. The provisions of paragraph 42 e. "Joint 
Action of the Army and the Navy" in conflict with the provisions of this 
paragraph will be disregarded.

a. Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plans. 

b. Joint Sector Defense Plans, except that the Sector Defense Plans for 
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the British Columbia Sectors will be made 
as required by ABC-22. 

c. Joint Sub-sector Defense Plans and Defensive Coastal Area Plans as 
directed by the Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plans.

d. Joint Embarkation Plans for the embarkation of the Army units, 
specified in paragraph 51 a, to be prepared by the Commanding Generals, 
Army Ports of Embarkation and the Commandants of the Naval Districts in 
which these ports are located. 

[29]                 SECTION VIII. OVERSEAS MOVEMENTS

49. Army Tasks. Move troops to ports of embarkation as required. 

50. Navy Tasks. Provide sea transportation for the initial movement and 
the continued support of Army and Navy forces overseas. Man and operate 
the Army Transport Service. 

51. Overseas Movements of Army Troops. The plan in this paragraph 51 is 
based on the assumption that M-day will occur prior to September 1, 
1941. Movements on the dates given in certain sub-paragraphs will not be 
made unless M-day has occurred before such date. 

a. The Navy will assemble material and make specific plans for the troop 
movements specified in this subparagraph a.
   (1) NEW YORK to ICELAND, 26,500 troops, 73 aircraft. 
       First contingent-10,500 troops embark on 24-M. 
       Second contingent-16,000 troops embark on 57-M. 
   These two movements will be made by British transports if 
   arrangements can be effected. If not, this plan contemplates use of 
   United States transports.
   (2) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 7,000 troops, embark on 10-M.
   (3) NEW YORK to IRELAND, 8,000 troops, embark on 10-M.
   These two forces, sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), will move in one 
   convoy. The Northwest Escort Force will move with this convoy 
   (4) NEW YORK to BERMUDA, 3,700 troops, 41 aircraft, embark on 18-M. 
   Eight aircraft will fly to destination, 33 aircraft will be 
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   (5) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 8,000 troops, 73 aircraft, embark September 
   1, 1941. 16 aircraft will be transported, 57 aircraft will fly to 
   destination. 
   (6) NEW YORK to IRELAND, 7,000 troops, 105 aircraft, embark October 
   1, 1941. Aircraft will be transported. 
   (7) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 6,600 troops, 60 aircraft, embark October 1, 
   1941. 57 aircraft will fly to destination, three aircraft will be 
   transported. 
   These two forces sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), will move in one convoy.
   (8) NEW YORK to IRELAND, 11,600 troops, 200 aircraft embark November 
   1, 1941. Aircraft will be transported. 
   (9) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 7,000 troops, 38 aircraft, embark January 1, 
   1942. 35 aircraft will fly to destination, 3 aircraft will be 
   transported. 
   (10) NEW YORK to ENGLAND, 13,000 troops, 76 aircraft, embark on 
   February 1, 1942. 70 Aircraft will fly to destination, six aircraft 
   will be transported. 
   (11) GALVESTON to CURACAO-ARUBA, 6,000 troops, embark on 15-M. 
   (12) GALVESTON to TRINIDAD, 12,500 troops embark on 15-M. 
   (13) GALVESTON to PANAMA, 6,400 troops, of which 3,300 embark on 20-
   M. The remainder will be transported progressively as ships become 
   available. Part of this force may be moved before M-day. 
   (14) GALVESTON to PUERTO RICO, 12,600 troops, of which 4,000 embark 
   20-M. The remainder will be transported progressively as ships become 
   available. Part of this force may be moved before M-day. 

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   (15) SEATTLE to ALASKA, 23,000 troops, of which 1,100 embark on 10-M. 
   The remainder will be transported progressively as ships become 
   available. Part or all of these troops may be moved before M-day. 
   (16) SAN FRANCISCO to HAWAII, 23,000 troops, of which 15,000 embark 
   on 10-M. The remainder will be transported progressively as ships 
   become available. Part of these troops may be moved before M-day. 

b. The movements of the troops in this sub-paragraph b are contingent 
upon unpredictable eventualities. The Navy will not prepare material nor 
make specific plans for these movements in advance of M-day. 

   (1) GALVESTON to WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA, 24,000 troops, 80 
   aircraft will prepare to embark at Galveston on 45-M. If the Panama 
   Canal is not open, these troops will embark at San Francisco. 
   (2) NEW YORK and GALVESTON to EAST COAST of LATIN AMERICA, 86,000 
   troops, 56 aircraft, will prepare to embark 90-M. The 56 aircraft may 
   be flown to destination. 
   (3) NEW YORK and GALVESTON to TRANSATLANTIC DESTINATIONS, 83,000 
   troops will be prepared to embark 20-M; desired minimum rate of 
   movement 60,000 troops per month. 
   (4) EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, One Army, two Corps, ten Divisions will be 
   prepared to embark at East Coast and Gulf ports beginning 180-M. 

                   SECTION IX. SUPPORTING MEASURES

[32] 52. Theaters of Operation. The designation and delimitation of 
additional land and sea theaters of operations to meet the developments 
of the situation covered by this Plan will be announced when the Plan is 
put into effect. 

53. Time of Execution. M-Day is the time origin for the execution of 
this Plan. M-Day may precede a declaration of war or the occurrence of 
hostile acts. As a precautionary measure, the War and Navy Departments 
may initiate or put into effect certain features of this Plan prior to 
M-Day. 

54. Personnel. The Army and Navy requirements for increased personnel 
will be met by the operation of the Selective Training and Service