USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

General Directive: Condition Watches; General Quarters; Air Operations; Field Day.

Routine except:
0500	Call pilots.
0510	Call Air Department and Squadrons. Early breakfast for Air Department and Squadron Officers (30). Early breakfast for flying personnel (8).
0530	Blow tubes.
0530	Call Idlers. Air plot personnel, ready room talkers, elevator operators man stations. (This word will not be passed over the general announcing system).
0540	Flight Quarters. SARATOGA will conduct Morning Search and maintain Combat Air Patrol until relieved by ENTERPRISE during early afternoon.
0555	Alert the Watch.
0610	Launch First Inner Air Patrol.
0645	Up late bunks. Early breakfast for Air Department and Squadrons.
0700	Early breakfast for Watch 1.
0730	(about) Be prepared to recover Inner Air Patrol when Task Force rendezvous is completed.
0800	Breakfast for Watch 2.
0830	Turn to. Field Day under supervision of Division and Junior Division Officers.
1100	Early dinner for Watch 2.
1115	Early lunch for Watch 2 Officers.
1130	Early dinner for Air Department and Squadrons.
1200	Dinner for Watch 1. Lunch for Watch 1.
1240	Flight Quarters. ( Flight quarters will be delayed until 1330 if a 150 mile search is ordered).
1300	Turn to. Continue Field Day under supervision of Division and Junior Division Officers.
1330	Launch Scouting Flight. (If 150 mile search is ordered launching will be delayed until 1420).
1600	Early supper for Air Department and Squadrons. Early supper for Watch 2.
1615	Early dinner for Watch 2 Officers.
1655	Set Condition of Readiness II, Watch 2.
1700	Supper for Watch 1. Dinner for Watch 1 Officers. Flight Quarters.
1720	Land Scouting Flight.
1758	(about) General Quarters and darken ship at sunset.
1858	(about) Set Condition of Readiness II, Watch 2.
1900	Blow tubes.

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The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, has informed us that our shipmates in the Pacific Ocean Areas are watching our progress with great admiration and are wishing us the best of luck and success.

DAMAGE CONTROL NOTE

The following information on pipe markings by systems, color and number of stripes is published for the information of all hands:

	System	Color of Stripes	Number of Stripes
AIR:
	Compressed	Yellow	1
	Ventilation	Yellow	2
FIRE EXTINGUISHING OTHER THAN WATER:
	All, regardless of chemical used	Brown	1
GAS REFRIGERANT		Yellow	3
HYDRAULIC
	Power	Blue	1
	Control	Blue	2
OIL:
	Diesel (White "D" stenciled on red band)	Red	1
	Fuel	Red	1
	Lubricating	Red	3
STEAM:
	Supply	Black	1
	Exhaust	Black	2
WATER:
	Drainage and drains	Green	1
	Fire	Green	2
	Flushing, flooding, sprinkling, and circulating*	Green	3
	Fresh Water	Green	4
	Brine	Green	5

*Where these services are supplied from the damage control main it shall be painted with 3 green stripes.

The identification striping shall be applied to the piping as a circumferential band or bands of the color and in number as indicated above. Where one band is required it shall be 2-inches wide; where more than one band is required the bands shall be 1-inch wide with 1-inch space between. The striping shall be applied in conspicuous locations and at suitable intervals so that every pipe, excluding voice tubes, shall have at least one striping designation in each compartment through which is passes.

Identification striping shall not be placed on flanges or fittings.

Vents, air escapes, and overflows shall be painted with identification bands of the same color and number as for the corresponding medium and as set forth in the table above; namely, two yellow stripes for those carrying air, one red stripe for those that carry fumes from fuel-oil tanks, one green stripe for plumbing or drainage vents, etc. These stripes shall be 1/2" wide.

On sprinkling pipes in magazines, etc., a narrow strip on top in way of sprinkling holes shall be left unpainted.

Piping on the outside of the vessel, except gasoline piping, shall be painted the same color as the surrounding structure and shall be without striping.

Gasoline piping: - Pipes inside the vessel conveying gasoline shall be painted red. Piping outside the vessel conveying gasoline may be painted the same color as the surrounding structure. Valves in gasoline lines, whether inside or outside of the vessel, shall be painted red and no other valves on the vessel shall be so painted.

Note: Our fire plugs will remain red. With hoses connected, there should be little confusion with gasoline lines.

Divisions officers shall make a thorough inspection to see that pipes are properly marked in their parts of the ship. Also personnel should be instructed not to scrape off pipe markings in the paint removal project.

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Here are several items concerning the Air Operations conducted by the ENTERPRISE Air Group during 7 and 8 August 1942:

1. Launchings and landings: A total of 372 takeoffs and 366 landings were made without a single personnel or material casualty. During 7 August 236 takeoffs and 229 landings were successfully completed for a new record a single day's operation in a combat area. Twenty-five takeoffs and ten landings were made at night. Twelve launching and landing operations were conducted on the 7th; ten launching and nine landing operations on the 8th.
2. Pilot time:Ninety-one pilots flew a total of 1001 hours. Average pilot time by types: VF, 12.5 hours; VSB, 11.5 hours; VTB, 9 hours. One VF pilot flew a total of 18.7 hours during the two days. Another VF pilot eleven hours on the 7th.
3. Ammunition expended: 90,500 pounds of bombs were dropped (51-1000#; 79-500#). One torpedo was launched. 41,350 rounds of 50 cal. and 10,550 of 30 cal. were expended.
4. Gasoline expended: Our operations on the 7th required expenditure of 30,482 gallons of gasoline. 22,007 gallons were required on the 8th, for a total of 52,489 gallons.
5. Searches: On scouting missions, our VTB searched an area of about 125,500 square miles. TUNNIBULI BAY, MARINGE LAGOON, RELATA BAY, and GIZO ANCHORAGE were scouted and photographed by our VTB.
6. Special missions: On the 7th, one VSB obtained vertical and oblique photographs of vital areas of GUADALCANAL and a small island west of FLORIDA I. The photographs and interpretation reports were delivered to the 1st Marine Division Headquarters at LUNGA POINT by two VSB's using special message-drop containers.
7. Personnel and material losses: Six VF pilots and planes were lost. At least four of these were lost or missing after water landings. Two of three VF and the one VSB damaged in Combat have been repaired and are operating. The third fighter will be operating within the next forty-eight hours.
8. Damage inflicted: On the 7th our VF shot down 3 Jap twin-engine bombers, one Zero, and 5 dive bombers; 2 Zeros and 5 bombers were listed as "possibles" and one Zero was knocked down by a VSB free gunner. On the 8th our VF shot down 4 twin-engine bombers and one dive bomber. Total tally: 15 planes shot down and 7 "possibles".

Our VSB provided support to the amphibious forces during and after the landing operations, and our VF planes maintained a combat patrol over the TULAGI area. In addition to the searches conducted for combined forces, the ENTERPRISE Fighter Direction Group controlled all combat patrols over the carrier forces.

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Fresh Water Consumption: 17.5 gals. per man -
EXCELLENT

(Signed) W. F. BOONE Commander, U.S. Navy, Executive Officer.