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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards/ m- I$ M' ?( h8 a6 q
5 T% ~2 @) n0 U/ T' KAllied aircraft
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3 ?! u9 w& j) y# @4 }7 `Allied aircraft losses
3 K# z9 D3 Z/ E SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed G7 e" l. b7 n% z& ]
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
3 G- u5 n& E/ ~5 i1 u" t& U BB Kongo
4 [2 }0 h& O P6 b; n0 g) r BB Hiei, Shell hits 76 j( S9 k7 S3 ]4 M
BB Kirishima( y* w) b5 X z( D4 h0 p
CA Tone) N7 r. H$ x* y5 n! A
CA Chikuma
, Y1 v" T! t: y1 t1 [% S CA Takao
/ r9 L( _8 s7 F {& } DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2. ^0 ` N% k+ B. B% c( R
DD Maikaze/ y/ N+ b. M; D4 H$ d/ [
DD Uranami- p& p3 S) X# |! ~* U3 S; {
DD Shikinami# D( P" H9 Y6 z, ~2 P3 e1 b) h
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
2 H( H* U r- N9 @) ^2 h. J DD Asagiri3 U; l3 S$ L5 ~; D
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BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ K) B1 x! i; c! u0 V0 x
CA Portland7 {! Y6 |' y9 n% X
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ a6 p" u) F" Z1 u& |1 `+ X CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" l- H5 r0 A/ _6 V DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
+ e7 a- t$ B2 z6 R- ] f DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire2 H& N1 H9 ~* W) \+ L
DD Farenholt4 ]5 e/ |9 ? h+ Q' F9 F
DD Sterett
$ M4 R* [9 k7 Q, _6 _ DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
3 R; y0 G/ |' ?7 j BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2% o$ {1 ~7 l$ N% e) G/ |# E' U' P
CA Atago3 [ ^+ l4 ~4 k
CA Maya
2 [. z/ R- E7 q" G: X; R CA Kumano
- F' X) P' d k# B! Z1 s DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
@/ G/ ?2 ^9 M- m; F) R5 V( j( l0 l DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
" D" Z9 N4 D5 P4 G DD Mutsuki
6 S( ]7 P9 K1 i DD Uzuki
, l! s! v; d. T" r @/ y DD Yuzuki% A [. h. g' P5 u
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Allied Ships
# Q0 X \* L3 h |( W( h3 j DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
, ~8 H6 u$ z9 B1 H3 K L DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
" U" O f4 b$ t AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk+ _ e2 P, i( |! b& A+ j
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
; S4 i$ a" A, D8 v' g AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 |) J- u* i% d
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ R( S9 A! l, p; j9 A* U' ~! Q b. s AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 s5 Y( ~ S+ y& [( V
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk9 ]4 i+ ?1 l3 B6 r! Y; L
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk V, `3 U2 ~6 Z
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
2 h2 R. f; v- m( y m xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk% p1 d# g5 x; F V
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 Z& f9 y" V/ \
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
& e% r9 d- s+ _- W xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 Q$ P- `; I' _! L& h4 h$ M a xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ o9 i0 [. K2 n3 C4 d
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:6 N6 L E" q' A5 u8 k1 R) R5 m) J
136 casualties reported# D: _6 z: B, @: n; Y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 X5 k" m0 ^) d1 l4 U H Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
7 ~; @/ L' m% G3 u; F- G Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 G- J8 L( Q. ]! x% H
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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, B* z" T7 a( Y6 v BB Mutsu, Shell hits 22 R- s# \. o' m* h: r: j0 B
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
' x' y2 G8 |7 `' V) K5 x3 ^6 R H4 X CA Maya, Shell hits 34 A1 D9 B5 a6 D# A: I3 E$ F
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
2 ^- r) f8 G) l DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
9 {& ?( A0 [5 `% f7 o4 B# O/ p DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- g9 W6 U. p2 z/ j
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
5 T) j5 h1 p3 R! O: O/ a2 E9 T6 R DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire0 a9 j- |4 S0 h
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires5 F6 f8 L: Z1 t/ p9 h; B" a3 F
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DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
4 c+ Q* C& u, E+ p: n DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire5 Y" ?) y4 S# @. m
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ z( _5 ? h4 p1 U: z+ W* ? DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage ~4 ?4 M& C" `- S; j7 F
$ J% c% n- ?' u0 @Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1330 n( p, Q" z- ?# f/ k4 {
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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/ S+ s* [6 y+ Y7 l) j2 m, hRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
. o- P U) s4 r5 [( REstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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6 U5 O; j" M; MAllied aircraft
3 I# ]) m8 n) B) x) F7 {) v P-39D Airacobra x 16
: b* l4 X3 x2 A9 l) h; w SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses/ o6 C X% B0 C3 T1 l+ l) w2 N
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage/ f+ u! I, ~9 b: P5 j4 g; p5 t
DD Ayanami V7 ?3 D U0 ~
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1324 T& T# C2 ~7 r* G# N7 m
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 l* d8 i8 q6 i2 U* ^" REstimated time to target is 13 minutes) m0 y, k0 |7 c: m6 C& A U( B
, n& ~ `$ ~+ ~( E; y9 wJapanese aircraft! P T- a7 x9 c" O$ S
A6M2 Zero x 51
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Allied aircraft
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No Allied losses8 ~$ Z, K" e3 @
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Allied Ships
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DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage( @8 m9 n/ P5 E# t+ [; Z3 F
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! C( l0 m" }: ~" w) ?" m
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136( X& _4 t; w! N! v
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms: u# _% Q/ O- K; L* W/ w M
5 d$ `/ ~+ O5 ~! |7 X0 G8 _Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 L! @5 [+ J" i) ~1 `6 XEstimated time to target is 12 minutes2 o. X" q5 o/ J( N
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Japanese aircraft Q9 n3 f8 O. Z" @3 d
B5N1 Kate x 18
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: G+ L% Z8 y" i+ C# BJapanese aircraft losses
' [7 b6 ?/ g& J0 x B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged" a- d% L( }1 z
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DD Laffey
2 z& n4 O" ^5 ~' @' M CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
3 h: {; Z. O5 [8 W6 H- S$ @2 E4 h DD Balch7 B9 i, B) ]- `5 Y& _3 n
DD Sterett, and is sunk |