在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 426 ]: G) I/ |$ A4 m: R. |, D$ L
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- l2 v5 M5 D. bNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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- _' W# ~0 H, D4 B9 m! K7 wAllied aircraft losses4 n1 t8 P* U0 r8 S6 R
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
2 J& S3 m# I0 _ OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships1 C- h& i; Z: K+ ~5 ]) Y6 R5 K( C. N
BB Kongo
6 b- g C& {& M9 r4 U. o BB Hiei, Shell hits 75 D9 T. K# N d) d6 Q
BB Kirishima
* _3 B, s# s. n5 ]7 l4 q* T$ t CA Tone
5 ]0 A7 W5 k% @6 Q8 D CA Chikuma
8 D$ K/ U/ g8 z( X CA Takao
' P( e4 w. J1 t$ w/ e DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
& G I3 ~1 I# E0 `) \: {: U DD Maikaze5 N: v7 z% c: M2 K
DD Uranami; L1 E6 A% H1 {
DD Shikinami" y0 Y4 X( r9 X" A: U
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires* |! ]" D; o; N, r) T$ C7 s+ U9 R" I
DD Asagiri
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# ^7 C6 j# d3 f4 q3 }1 A& j( S BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
6 J7 |8 x! L* _3 f5 d CA Portland
9 _- | v$ H1 s9 ?' ` CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ a" D3 b: H9 _6 t" y CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) o! X0 ~0 q! s% M& _) [
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! `5 ?, w0 B5 o4 Z/ E8 b
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 |' g) F7 m0 ^9 r% L DD Farenholt
& I5 o) v+ Y' D% I' z& C DD Sterett
6 E# w+ E5 G0 j- \9 {+ z DD Balch0 Y3 U$ [& a6 u/ q. r
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards/ w+ N8 P3 x2 z1 ^' m) V
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Japanese Ships
6 Z1 X: \8 |3 j) H BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
7 T0 e; m C0 g- U. V+ f CA Atago$ V* e2 [4 i" G7 l ` m! u) n+ t
CA Maya
$ y5 `& Y4 w5 ?6 x CA Kumano5 ^, {. X0 L% D$ Q4 d
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
- b- w. M# q+ V2 A DD Ushio, Shell hits 1' u; i) i, o4 Q- ~1 D4 K$ _7 q
DD Mutsuki! l- |7 r! q! E* d. O' b3 A
DD Uzuki! }3 q. f7 |# O9 L2 ?9 k& r
DD Yuzuki, w7 H) ~3 h e a2 d7 T- R
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Allied Ships7 M! ]) }. Y$ ?7 Y
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
`( \ {$ K0 y1 x DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
* g$ n- m7 q0 i* p3 L/ R8 [ AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk. E2 v8 `# [$ s; l1 w Y
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk( x/ S3 B5 F; j# I& D
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( y( b0 I5 F- _6 ~$ ]$ t AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. H! H( h8 `/ o( z5 W
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" k! P0 M% h, w4 {6 R j* \' v AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk5 l% v! n$ G, V. v& U5 ?0 z
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk* I8 V( l* R0 I( e6 Q6 Z R2 F
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
' x- |* j- u+ M. A& x6 D xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
* U, y" y) `! ?: I6 e* @ xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
8 l8 n% w# f9 A! h xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
! N6 z: y! o4 R& ^0 I2 U5 N xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: ]/ h" `( x* D3 Y; [, Q( A xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
s" k/ Y/ X S. u AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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% H4 A, ?1 |- ]9 C2 pAllied ground losses:
8 j3 M; k! M, V3 |! }$ e' a 136 casualties reported! g6 z( p0 ~, P, ^
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( o" M, A/ @ E: Z( u1 C/ q! z
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled( w2 I9 D$ V1 T" t
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards: l' C) C, v3 w1 j% Q: `3 |$ d$ Z
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Japanese Ships
( M# q/ s1 n. a' G" K2 s BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
4 ]% x& K" L. u2 [- q4 X! l5 x/ Z6 J CA Atago, Shell hits 3
1 ~( I, Q3 n) W0 \- Z) [; @: U; [ CA Maya, Shell hits 36 Y. ]* ^2 C* \; \2 `
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
6 u4 S- U1 d; B DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire6 V4 ^, G* o/ ]1 v" c& a1 c
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage/ Q5 d! b, ]" Y$ ^( @8 N$ @
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
' H1 Z& _9 H* d: @- } DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
( D1 }# @" S' M+ T3 |4 z DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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. r0 K$ p4 @7 y7 n$ zAllied Ships
- Y: @ t; k- ]0 N& o DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
% Q! ~$ \5 f$ ~4 R5 w; l DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
7 I A* B9 e" `- {4 L8 j: {: [ DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
9 a7 h ~1 O" L8 ^: F DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage8 b4 \% Z+ ^1 ? l
! W; U4 G+ k' _+ KAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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8 w3 g0 u5 h9 }: c" U$ u+ ]; y/ W" RRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet." r* i# F% ], K! {8 `
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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Allied aircraft, Y; B+ L' \# r/ o) `
P-39D Airacobra x 16
$ _! O9 L% q; S0 X" Z8 B SBD-3 Dauntless x 7; q+ B6 i4 G" u! q2 v: o' a: W
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No Allied losses' ^# s) ?* z# x% L" p" [. \
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Japanese Ships
& P" C3 Z* n: f$ i+ z CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 b; r' l) L$ Y l0 M3 [ DD Ayanami- N$ H" G1 |; z9 ~
9 N: D$ E8 m) }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132: i3 H5 k: g8 k
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Weather in hex: Light cloud' V& `- R. Y3 p% k
0 t$ n5 G2 r9 z, u9 PRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 i: f) u# F+ A, R* g$ ?) f4 fEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft" F) [1 z# s1 M) d
A6M2 Zero x 51, B8 T2 O, R; ?
D3A2 Val x 50
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P-39D Airacobra x 1& ]7 P/ l4 \7 C' v3 q- q( K
! y6 A% X# x+ Z0 a% i0 CNo Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
. }( O- y0 ?* x# z! U. J DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
( e L; d- O. p4 R DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 o0 F6 x2 }$ T DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ B5 `- F0 m/ ~+ h# d
7 V% `4 z3 Z8 ]$ }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1367 {& x; [9 w/ y' v) _7 Z* W
% r5 W1 Q1 A, A7 TWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
: f! p0 M7 Q: rEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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B5N1 Kate x 18; N7 q% z) D6 Z" M6 \
0 g T8 r @/ @) j9 S) LJapanese aircraft losses) Z/ b" Z6 ~" K/ q/ q
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged2 }$ g5 s. _' ?9 w6 c0 Q `
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Allied Ships
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CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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DD Sterett, and is sunk |