The official account prints 0336 for the flagship's bearing, and the time is read that way before the chronology is tested. A 0336 bearing cannot fit an engagement that begins shortly after 0100, while 0036 can. The discrepancy is treated as a likely transcription or publication error rather than silently corrected. This is a compact lesson in using chronology, terminology, and internal consistency to evaluate an authoritative-looking document.
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A timestamp error exposes the limits of primary sources
The official account prints 0336 for a radar bearing that the battle sequence places at 0036, demonstrating why even government-produced primary sources require internal checks.