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 Yards0 ~* D) H$ s# M, p2 F
2 J- v* L6 G1 ]Allied aircraft
3 L; f. C: F O8 y/ X no flights
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Allied aircraft losses' @* W( I: `' |( g6 N/ C
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed, }2 S+ r8 D1 P; z' P4 T3 G$ g/ S
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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8 g: x9 V/ R$ a6 ?! ZJapanese Ships
6 i' Z6 g6 k6 y+ r ] BB Kongo
4 J O6 x$ U4 D: Q4 d3 M5 T BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
9 {. b: S4 \8 h" a3 G u BB Kirishima
/ T5 |( c' [5 Y0 z CA Tone
! o/ Y2 ~3 X3 Q p5 V CA Chikuma* C6 ^: V# K2 D& H7 L' A ]
CA Takao! Q: a2 i4 Q3 `; M. q( A+ ]
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
9 _: S2 `& ~, { DD Maikaze4 _$ e; ^: f6 {1 b
DD Uranami1 O$ ~( G3 z0 N5 `6 H9 W
DD Shikinami
0 t+ ? Q& p5 A3 Z DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires a* ~( c$ N" K" d/ a9 z) b
DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
4 I6 o0 a2 D) J" j6 g+ F/ Q- b BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! f# W2 d' Q* l$ `* C, z
CA Portland
8 e7 e9 n% x1 D t. {; Q+ @ CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# W$ Z2 H& p/ q/ t4 `! _ CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) M5 E& W& t4 q# { s
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: B! s! j7 x( Y6 B
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
5 O/ X: ~6 P# {! J/ _, D! r DD Farenholt
: C# G/ c* [7 @: o, h DD Sterett s2 ?; n+ J- D1 O5 }' W& r
DD Balch
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3 N- m; A) v( P# ^# LNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ U4 O/ s, h; d n' S: P- c( c
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2' C o7 N7 v! d/ z7 d' y
CA Atago
J# z; c: U5 O4 w CA Maya
/ {5 ?) C9 x) Y0 W% N CA Kumano
: m0 Q7 C- a( A) |, v0 a DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
: L7 R6 ?4 t, C$ x. N8 s DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
+ R+ X+ @* a. X% q' p DD Mutsuki# ^ Z* D* ^5 N1 I0 v" F8 q+ s
DD Uzuki7 v7 I2 N, F5 Z1 W
DD Yuzuki
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- L5 x# z \( G9 L: PAllied Ships8 l6 M7 D' d% T/ j. u3 D$ i) y
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
3 N a a/ Y+ E" X! g9 w7 w DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk( B/ I6 {4 G7 Z
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
/ ?3 \- q! r2 T% O' E0 r4 E# }9 s( b AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk, j; g' h, D3 ^! A+ E" A1 U5 Z4 K
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ y; p, X, F+ f8 f1 o
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; v5 F' w4 p& V) e& ^: F" H AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 a0 M9 c% l, y: {0 \+ k( f, A
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
2 U2 U d: {3 |5 G2 G% H xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk7 A+ ~1 W( K, e* r
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk5 i1 h' W- _) s$ j; F
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk( n# Z3 k& G6 f: J. Y: S) i/ [' ^
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; x4 b1 o4 ]% {" u. R! Q! S2 O/ E
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
% @" W4 E2 ^" Q* c xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 T4 y, }# V0 D5 L/ R' \ xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& ?! d% a, k! W l" e
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ C* e9 d' _* f m1 l9 A% C) b
" @: U6 ]' F9 A5 q0 Z! Y' _Allied ground losses:% g) m m- H7 j' t+ K# n% ^! ~
136 casualties reported& ]1 A# v8 [) Y2 e
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 c9 ~- x! R: T& w6 B Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
* _. [0 n: q. T" [ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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6 ?1 X' ~% W: {+ H+ u; A$ bDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards, @5 `/ r9 f& M3 J" I6 P; j: k$ E; k7 i
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- X3 j, m' Q9 [- |5 R BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2; u! R1 n- z5 _2 `- B, \3 Y
CA Atago, Shell hits 34 U/ b4 g, I3 {# d* P1 g
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
' E X* F) ]1 ~& [8 ?( V$ c CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
+ A ~6 {/ d9 w DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
8 g! @3 ^/ y4 L4 A DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage' k! Z C9 j. P5 b0 G( D: _ l9 F
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
, K( c9 d H5 [1 {7 F4 A DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire% n6 w4 ?. I' [+ }8 A
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires: P# o3 i0 c8 _& P7 Q; s4 d
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Allied Ships
6 D* ~ L/ N! |) C; v! r* e/ r" M DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
5 E: }: I, K+ y) [$ r) }2 W DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire+ X/ {- Y3 b$ }7 }' e: h4 l
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
/ p, P2 h) l& K5 P DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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/ s! G& \1 ?: N; e- i$ q# _" KAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133/ y) i. c3 ?, Y' }1 @& R, ~$ N9 f* o7 {
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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3 h) n% q4 V) t/ Y4 u/ Q, mRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
" b; E: D1 P3 XEstimated time to target is 0 minutes0 K- P8 I6 I: P, w9 F
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P-39D Airacobra x 16: G( C2 O# Z& u* C
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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8 N7 f% y! u) U9 y4 T" t0 aNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
4 x& x3 K% d( n8 V5 g' T CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage0 ]' T; l3 r7 F& O9 G+ @3 H
DD Ayanami) }3 X" r8 d! N; B6 z
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132. _7 O8 f. @+ d- e4 Y
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Weather in hex: Light cloud( @3 h, b; A* n" K; L% M
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
) N+ ~4 b& g' Y5 i0 `! M. jEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 S9 d& f2 n) H; J3 L& R8 ~: Q! x
A6M2 Zero x 51
1 Z$ O* Q7 M5 i8 i" `1 l+ X D3A2 Val x 50
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Allied aircraft- M, q9 L. y- [7 i7 r
P-39D Airacobra x 1
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# X U+ t$ J! I+ D PNo Japanese losses0 M) Q) ]# q4 h: z4 L8 p% Q
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Allied Ships) c4 p" B1 l/ z- O4 H3 S
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk9 K7 O/ F! _, h- x
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 c; H3 u( G2 _( y% v6 L" y DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1369 d' L* h1 e/ E/ X; Y5 K6 K7 B2 D
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
+ @; j' d1 P3 U* f9 GEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
( W0 V4 l/ W1 D: p, N* g B5N1 Kate x 18
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged, L7 b8 B+ j$ d0 J4 k" h, O
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Allied Ships% o. [3 v7 b" U4 D) \. Y& e: d
DD Laffey6 C. S# G- v4 \+ R4 V& J
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
5 b, V6 _$ I3 }9 R- [' m& b6 T DD Balch0 g6 m5 ` i" u6 \
DD Sterett, and is sunk |