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, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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3 d" ^* x! |4 O& ^+ RAllied aircraft losses$ s+ y# }6 t P! X3 m2 e$ U
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed! h: A0 D; Q* n. B0 d
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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3 R7 o( |7 }7 _$ oJapanese Ships
6 g( T$ F" t' @+ K% [7 l1 g BB Kongo4 \3 ^* i& y+ f: K
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7! M I2 w- u7 ]+ a* x- @* E
BB Kirishima
8 u1 H4 L$ F) s8 U2 } CA Tone
6 L, V7 y! C1 d6 c! K CA Chikuma* Z" X& o$ |5 Y/ }6 S
CA Takao
2 D% R6 Y! }' @8 \9 P4 z0 t DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
* s( i& R8 U$ q0 k. B0 P: K& q1 i DD Maikaze
) N7 d" w) s2 ?$ k, }* L DD Uranami( v, L. ~- B, Q3 d
DD Shikinami
' t) f+ P) r9 [. S+ j! U DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
# F3 T4 I4 @ D1 n$ z DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
/ v# p4 H" ]; S" I BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: R- P, N! Y1 V5 X2 ]/ N# C CA Portland+ _4 V# S. k% h6 R
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 }& S5 G3 y" B
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ b, f$ C# G M
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ E8 Y& ~8 L5 W) U x3 g1 y& B
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 g9 j1 R. D) {: K6 i$ z9 V3 B DD Farenholt( Y5 Y0 Y& y! K7 j
DD Sterett
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards! I' M; ~" d6 x r" o7 X
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9 Z8 [& c6 m. k5 l9 _0 | BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2& n6 w% p9 H3 o9 H: H f. m1 w
CA Atago, o1 m, `: {) |5 |6 L
CA Maya: R' h- Z* ~) p) `; L! h4 D
CA Kumano
" n$ }8 F6 h i' e DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
# f, c4 w2 [- q& Z$ Q) ^ DD Ushio, Shell hits 18 w2 ` R1 u$ f7 E- y1 t
DD Mutsuki5 A) s1 K4 j6 [$ w: [% J4 I% r( K0 J
DD Uzuki, f! [6 P0 s" B5 W' h$ ]! L6 x+ f
DD Yuzuki
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DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
8 l) B9 `* ?5 x8 H* f DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk; Z- Y5 S4 E7 [: A! v, T1 w
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk+ D. |4 F! t4 ?
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
, u/ a, B1 E2 J( i- w; X- } AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& E2 K9 X }; Q G3 @! b& J AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% \- t8 y" t5 L6 q0 U1 p0 X: z& i AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 x+ d/ J# N/ X' e: i" e7 [
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
2 L7 @1 Z& D: {6 J. \ xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk5 b; Y/ E# |( V+ R. |
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk9 d/ H5 N" k# H, v0 |
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
$ `& p2 ]5 V) a( [% T xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk% f% h" V- n+ R/ Q+ A
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk# s( a) h; |/ D% }1 |5 o1 J
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& T, X7 i& z; l6 G% S xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, B( E6 L8 R# G f6 B% \; {4 ^ AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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1 O& D) w+ t- ?5 i o6 XAllied ground losses:4 l. ^' U0 o1 _( J$ O
136 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled( F' I4 t. {5 ^6 m9 O
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards4 s2 U2 |8 y( T$ _3 i
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Japanese Ships
j& x9 Q- O. l. t! ?# U BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
8 v1 Y. m! ]2 i4 d CA Atago, Shell hits 36 i1 K' g; k1 \# e
CA Maya, Shell hits 3' q2 o# g5 A' ]+ C
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1- O: G! ~: Z' {
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
2 A& o% {! q g DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage2 h! h. |& w- Z0 n! p
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
/ H# u! n+ o9 b: H; I1 o X" z DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 F$ P6 }1 c6 T DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires4 X' S1 g5 Y3 _. O+ h
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Allied Ships
7 `/ B6 V/ @. N" Z- q DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
( y3 W1 I; I/ N9 r& ^ DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
, D2 L% `* |8 N" l; J1 p DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
4 s( f A5 q9 Y3 N3 n8 n3 x1 o8 F! x DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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8 h, A3 p! w* ]: _ G% r& h4 HRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.. M8 q/ Y9 e- k. f7 f, C* i+ E
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes- W0 o" d& X C% p
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Allied aircraft- K( H: w3 o1 r1 H& [
P-39D Airacobra x 16
4 k; G9 R# l( L SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses v% o7 m9 _7 p- ?) ]
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage: S9 U: a0 z8 \6 |- d1 s
DD Ayanami6 u( u$ D2 ^8 D; _
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132& @4 j8 Z' y( N! K; x1 K
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
! L! M' X2 f6 O3 c, lEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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No Allied losses, ^2 ?$ M. v5 d& }
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& I2 E% ]" {) ]) d+ a6 c DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
0 M/ x! v" N+ Z' M( w+ ` DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) h i4 f; n0 b& F; ^9 H
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage$ `7 j2 B9 }: U" Q q
2 ]$ `( {9 ~6 mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136# o$ r ^4 R! O9 c
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms. A$ h5 o' }- }0 r/ ]
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet., ~+ a2 `3 I& L5 D3 S( m8 m6 c( r' S. D
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 y, Y& m+ N' r3 T# H$ O B5N1 Kate x 18( X! F' `: ]: f6 u8 g4 b
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* ^, A, s5 r! i5 f B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged$ s! V4 U9 h) m+ ` c7 C4 r
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Allied Ships
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CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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; @( t0 W* u o- A, v! L DD Sterett, and is sunk |