2月13日夜间" E$ l1 `( |" }: Q) ?, J& j# F# _
日军舰队突入爱塔佩滩头
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 , p) J8 w- L- E8 T6 u
! `$ I C4 f- C+ ?0 ]Japanese Ships . D/ n$ @! h0 A6 W3 e
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1 0 ~0 |. v G3 [
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
; s; P/ n" N1 o( o/ F5 Z% [" KCL Yubari . ^. Z- Z& l1 {9 o; K
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2 & w! K4 M ?0 Q! v1 g) f4 D
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
% |- S# E- t" W+ s5 SDD Urakaze ; D3 e. j9 w# Q' M6 S
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
- r/ s- R( y, _8 ~' ? i2 {DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire ' r4 T# e$ A$ }. A C
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire ( O8 d: ~3 y4 }" |/ I# t4 h
DD Shinonome
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+ L$ Q7 o6 l/ r; q cDD Hazelwood " O' U8 q% l, B% y
DD Hickox ) L4 S0 O) ^1 s w( {- e$ W
DD Hoel # L% @7 @! ?3 A/ V" q- Y6 y
DD Hunt ) b1 T6 f1 O# y( Y/ U5 b8 [4 r
DD Mullany
- Y4 j6 }2 a- s; c/ lDD O'Bannon, Shell hits 1
7 k" N. R: r& N. |! q$ VDD Renshaw
# B/ D s; T$ }, G2 ]DD Wickes
8 M9 }* Q$ p. }8 ?5 w; KDD Stack 3 s7 U5 v) A. q, d) s
DD Wilson
m6 s. {( o, E0 Q2 TDD Hatfield
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Japanese Ships
. ?, f* w8 `4 N7 M1 i0 W' \CA Myoko, Shell hits 2
% X9 _: N* V1 p7 a2 p2 A9 pCL Kitakami, Shell hits 3
: t% b: H* m& {( l a% z. X- YCL Yubari, Shell hits 1
+ T; i+ f. X; }0 Z. g) ?( T JDD Natsushio, Shell hits 4
/ Q0 V5 Z& C$ p: Q% W# E, T% fDD Hayashio, on fire
# x9 c g) T- D0 A# l- I. C+ J% GDD Urakaze, Shell hits 1
5 x2 u0 D3 N C# {7 _DD Nowaki, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk $ ^0 Y8 p: |( J$ H0 f( K
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage : l# S5 e c. d) u, B
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
$ c7 S2 u o! s7 W9 SDD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, on fire ; M$ r& x. m: R- \) M3 w4 t d
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DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire 0 d( R$ ]* j& h5 K, Z% O9 o: f
DD Hickox, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ( O. m7 L$ M& i* Z k
DD Hoel
' O3 u- H9 U3 o$ n+ B; B* NDD Hunt }0 a4 O; C! ?2 F" S4 o" J
DD Mullany, Shell hits 1
' a, j5 g: w# ?. y8 U# }+ z& Z$ L. t5 l: PDD O'Bannon, Shell hits 3
' S( [4 n' M/ l8 G; R; F- ]DD Renshaw 7 v, _9 F4 i6 B7 e2 }( P7 T
DD Wickes
6 G5 A* L" I. N) T1 x& z: UDD Stack ) e0 t1 N) z# B, M
DD Wilson, Shell hits 1 , D0 \+ ^2 n2 i3 T: G3 n
DD Hatfield
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 & {; K9 {" T& {, F
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, |& B$ F( U% X# `/ I% a, bCL Oi, Shell hits 3
9 s. `! s+ B" ^6 T7 w1 u: ^DD Tamanami 9 Q. n" u) k! p$ @& C
DD Onami, Shell hits 3
3 h1 H" ?/ N+ E# t" f# l- h; F# CDD Kishinami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 X6 c" E7 V* S, C" o: zDD Hayanami, Shell hits 1 9 A( j) ?3 K+ d0 J. ?4 E1 {
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 2, on fire 4 S$ h3 i, }; M3 Y7 s9 x3 s+ T1 w/ X
DD Asashimo, Shell hits 2
6 q1 `$ q. i x% g& I5 lDD Hatsukaze
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; M2 N& m+ M; |: |( {3 }DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire 6 t' P+ g6 l% k- ~
DD Hickox, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage 3 z# L9 i$ {5 x$ c
DD Hoel, Shell hits 1 ' f4 P9 N; i0 H" k* U- e, X
DD Hunt, Shell hits 3, on fire
% n, p$ w# A! Q* P4 Q/ E. ADD Mullany, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ^1 a/ `% m: l" x4 j) W% ~' z
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - }4 e6 m: X9 P3 S& L
DD Renshaw
( W A9 L) F2 t- iDD Wickes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk 7 `% T) |0 l+ `
DD Stack
8 H+ @5 S* [' U9 r# pDD Wilson
5 R, [/ X. W* [5 [ L2 Y! xDD Hatfield ) x' h+ o, I$ `! c ~: t$ ?
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7 v3 f( G6 T% V3 \1 u/ ], CNight Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 ; v0 j; ]& K" C' z! s
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Japanese Ships
& L. u6 N" x, q( iBB Hiei
1 \* }* c& x& w: UBB Kirishima ) J* f, ^9 [+ ~' ^, B9 f: }6 N" b! H
CA Aoba 6 Y" f& b' X8 J
DD Akizuki ; j$ Q7 C- a2 N6 _0 x* t
DD Teruzuki ' o+ X8 H- x$ m' P* d
DD Amagiri
. e& P" r) D) rDD Hayate ) A/ c3 j* X/ E" _1 y" l# F) _) s
DD Yakaze
" y0 @' H3 h) V+ fDD Numakaze
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! x8 Z z, ?, M: L' NAllied Ships 5 Z6 f# g) R9 `& ^2 S) p! `
PT PT-129
1 U' I' {! @1 y) mPT PT-130
2 F: R- M8 o6 L4 m+ I8 @( kPT PT-131
: G1 P: z1 X+ A5 ~% YPT PT-132
* B3 D0 T% w$ I% U# a/ MPT PT-133 & O/ z7 p1 X( L' T9 `
PT PT-134, Shell hits 25, and is sunk , ^2 t2 h( V: o/ X
PT PT-135 % p. A: ?2 }6 I9 T* {- ~ R
PT PT-136
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8 \* Q. ?; l, j/ N% Q4 FJapanese Ships
5 G J* t8 Q% kBB Hiei
7 B; r' D" t+ aBB Kirishima
. I% e% w: A% @CA Aoba
: |3 q1 s7 @9 X" o7 @( QDD Akizuki
, p6 m8 k3 h0 N" X: T& [DD Teruzuki
3 G) X4 x& M6 i' ZDD Amagiri
^: W& [& X% `5 z) ]8 n* GDD Hayate
8 z" K8 ]; }. H# Z7 t8 u. ^ pDD Yakaze
8 w+ x5 }9 {. x, iDD Numakaze . d; o" w; W0 a D/ c+ a7 T; W
' }1 d3 ?7 T7 W6 G3 HAllied Ships f' t( w* F0 f
AK Benjamin Franklin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
: T# D* Q4 h. P- R. gAK Francisco Coronado 2 |0 u+ E% a) p8 k' e
AK John C. Calhoun, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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$ U- t1 z! D7 F5 {) Z- A, OBB Hiei
4 S4 z" P* E/ h& g/ mBB Kirishima
) B3 ~ v1 X: H9 {4 ZCA Aoba
: n( N2 D3 C3 _; E& UDD Akizuki & ~) A5 v; H. u3 b2 D) s. K
DD Teruzuki
; `6 q, _1 c1 W1 xDD Amagiri
: K* g+ t; f% D9 }2 @3 S1 u5 @. |DD Hayate
h9 [' W1 O* R, [5 IDD Yakaze
3 w. W* m5 i# Y" j7 E2 dDD Numakaze 3 U0 b, H* g( o8 a2 }8 F
. s4 B, R _7 Y' D+ Q$ n- rAllied Ships 6 G [! f$ c: ?+ C" r
SC SC-1063
' S3 w" I/ X( C8 e/ T3 s0 ~1 X. a+ VAK Floyd B. Olson 3 c) G6 @- U# w& G4 _2 b
AK Stephen H. Long # |7 M0 d+ L# P' F5 n
AK Thomas M. Cooley, Shell hits 1 6 F) N+ m3 s& |2 I# C- r
AK William W. Campbell, Shell hits 2
% P7 [. \) \1 @AK Empire Zephyr, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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S* d8 U. ~1 HAllied ground losses:
# m8 H7 X5 [8 x0 B26 casualties reported $ q& p' e; ^9 G+ n5 S3 x n
Vehicles lost 2 - Q5 g4 F6 r- n, T0 N& k
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, R2 \: `! U0 b$ G* z5 P9 E/ UDD Tamanami, Shell hits 2
9 U7 z' D: t/ N2 K& k& n$ QDD Onami, Shell hits 3, on fire & F/ r: N# j9 |8 Z
DD Kishinami, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( s6 ]% f3 ]* R* [& I) xDD Hayanami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage $ ~# ^+ B# x. \2 V( d0 M8 O4 M" l8 H
DD Hamanami, on fire ; ]5 m( ^: f- w6 k
DD Asashimo, Shell hits 3 6 r+ x2 E; k* ]- L8 \, ?( }; d& a
DD Hatsukaze
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8 \# c$ c/ B) r. LAllied Ships
) U+ o6 {. P* z: m8 L6 u2 |PT PT-456 - ~1 i+ z5 R( O6 {
PT PT-457 " i! ~! o" Z+ }% P1 f) ~6 i. u
PT PT-458 K- ` p G7 q: d
PT PT-459 ) j1 S. r6 ?3 E u' ?
PT PT-460
; x; Z. c+ ^$ _. \8 p; ~PT PT-461, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
, E7 V6 c' P, H4 J2 o$ |% ~' iPT PT-488 ' i( K, D/ ]; F* u
PT PT-489 . j+ D. W6 p+ p" E
PT PT-490
, p! `3 ~% L. ?" W0 pPT PT-491
2 g/ c. Z6 `$ y; d% sPT PT-492 $ A0 N F$ t$ u {% t3 ~/ M
PT PT-493 V* o4 a/ y9 D4 R
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Naval bombardment of Aitape, at 51,80
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6 G s# i5 G8 `CA Aoba
x4 D' T# s! X# Z7 M" Q* HBB Kirishima
: K1 z: z, X2 r+ e3 ZBB Hiei
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8 b' G$ c- L' J7 ^9 F! JAllied ground losses:
" ?: ~3 \, a/ Y218 casualties reported
4 q3 k- m; x3 R5 aGuns lost 5 |