41年12月14日
. C |; w7 p' R2 @0 s盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。
, w# G) W; N3 `Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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2 F9 h' q1 P/ B' F) V2 w) aJapanese Ships
6 F; A [" u& U; v, \1 Q* j! Q PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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6 \7 B4 [6 @- }1 aAllied Ships, W( B( k5 U/ U" f
CA Indianapolis
3 S. s8 s) b- e DMS Southard" @4 I5 c' R/ O8 C! y
DMS Hopkins0 W" p: @) t0 A0 N, X1 W, U
DMS Dorsey ?3 U" r% T% j7 `$ G* @
DMS Long
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# D; t+ f/ j. _- U: w2 m. P帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。
4 Y( b- v+ G) \" NMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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! K& f1 B$ x: |6 T" ]: SRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.- K: z* t5 O) J( a; [+ |
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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. d3 x0 u) y3 k! \$ l2 ZJapanese aircraft; i, x% `* d8 o6 b# \
A6M2 Zero x 18# }# y; \8 H% H, F; U* p- g
G4M1 Betty x 59, a. ~) l" \/ K7 P% T( b3 d
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
/ S9 E" p$ i, O9 g5 I/ t A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed1 K) [) V5 `/ d7 h3 m
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged. d6 V( I: U* P% ~* \# d+ _# {& \$ e
. K! j: ^, N8 u9 X+ p; S# q9 qNo Allied losses8 m* B# Z, h$ d8 B
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Allied Ships
1 z/ `2 U7 h5 [! ? U+ r. X# _) N AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
, D6 E9 d( S# ~% | AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
* ?- G" j, M3 \0 R4 N6 B7 r PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
, u4 Y1 D( U0 @' Y& }' w2 M1 C7 e PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage4 e+ r4 t$ Y8 I
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage6 b" }/ s& y, y; K9 h
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 V' v7 }# T O, |6 e( ^( M# A6 e AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
& D/ _2 V4 x/ p& I2 P' @ AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, X' m: Z6 c" r( l& }1 _
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage' p6 H$ c. i$ O, H/ `
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! |: U I) ]. L# {. m
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& X% y7 G3 b# {* G8 I7 g# A5 g* W PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage1 [/ K; [5 w! m# U/ Y
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6
) Q; b! }4 j: w+ r0 m8 JPort fuel hits 2$ u2 l7 F2 O# A4 ]8 W
Port supply hits 2 |