SCAPIN-910: DESTRUCTION OF FORMER JAPANESE NAVAL VESSELS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
30 April 1946
AG 045.93
(30 April 46)
GD
(SCAPIN-910)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
| Subject | Destruction of Former Japanese Naval Vessels. |
1. All former Japanese surface combatant naval vessels which are:
a. Within the Japanese Empire.
b. Readily towable.
c. Larger than destroyers.
d. Not employed by the occupation forces or in repatriation service, are to be destroyed by scrapping or other approved manner within one (1) year of this date. All such vessels are hereby released to the Imperial Japanese Gorvenment for this purpose.
2. It is estimated that Naval Combatant vessels presently engaged in repatiration service will be available for destruction under a similar directive about November 1936.
3. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Coordinate action in compliance with this directive, with the Commander Naval Activities, Japan and the Commanding Gerneral, Eighth Army.
b. Submit to Commander Naval Activities, Japan:
(1) An outline of the over-all plan for the accomplishment of this directive.
(2) Quartaly reports indicating the status of the program and estimated date of completion.
(3) Plans for specific scrapping operations.
c. Submit to Commanding General, Eighth Army, applications of private contractors for newly established salvage and Scrapping activities or applications as necessary to extend present industrial activity to include salvage and scrapping. Applications will be submitted as required by Occupational Directive No. 3, dated 22 September 1945.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
B.M.FICHI
Brigadiar General,AGD,
Adjutant General
Information of General Application Pertaining to Directive Number (SCAPIN - 910) File AG 045.93 (30 Apr 46) GD, subj: "Destruction of Former Japanese Naval Vessels".
1. With reference to Memorandum (SCAPIN-910) to the Imperial Japanese Government, the following is published for the information of all concerned.
2. In accordance with instructions received from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SCAP is responsible for the destruction of the Japanese Navy at such times and places and in such a manner as he sees fit. Such destruction applies to all combatant vessels, escept those which have been selected for U.S. target or experimental use and vessels of destroyers class or lessor tonnage for which other disposition has been directed in classified communications.
3. In implementation of the JCS instructions COMNAVJAP has prepared an outline plan which has been approved by SCAP. SCAP responsibility extends to insuring ultimate destruction and partial Japanese action to attain this end is embodied in attached SCAPIN. Additional Japanese action in destroying vessels now employed or those not coming within description of paragraph 1 of attached SCAPIN, will be covered in later directives.
4. It is contemplated that COMNAVJAP action in connection with paragraph 3 of attached SCAPIN would be from a Naval Technical point of view to insure that proposed Japanese action is adequate and progresses satisfactorily in order to carry out the outline destruction plan mentioned in paragraph 2 above. COMMAVJAP will also pass the overall plan of paragraph 3a (1) of attached SCAPIN to SCAP and CG 8th Army for info, and the specific plans of paragraph 3a(3) to CG 8th Army for info or action as necessary. CG 8th Army action in connection with paragraph 3 of attached SCAPIN consists of general cognizance and routine surveillance over the industrial operations relevant thereto, including salvage, scrapping and miscellaneous associated actively, in accordance with existing directives.
5. Command instructions incident to paragraph 3 above follow through command channels.
