2月13日夜间
( G, ~2 x3 V- n: M5 S日军舰队突入爱塔佩滩头
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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9 ^( z i% e4 s. \2 X \. P* FJapanese Ships
# R+ j2 s3 l/ L, n. cCA Myoko, Shell hits 1 2 K2 S! M$ O8 r# o- [
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
4 ^4 U( }& y ]: a& k( aCL Yubari
) s7 j0 r5 s2 h) X6 g e2 x, `DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2 4 @4 ~! k$ t( C9 `$ @% ^
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 c! {1 H- S1 y- _9 ^DD Urakaze . [' H6 u. g" V! @$ r% h$ p
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
1 U4 h/ ~0 c$ o3 l: O/ _DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire ' ~6 ?" {* J( ~ [. m; a
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
; ?1 c. _5 U! J" `9 ]DD Shinonome 8 _7 b- J) \3 P
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Allied Ships
. J! X8 a0 ]- \2 O4 fDD Hazelwood
% q% Y! t4 |6 l' w+ _" o& MDD Hickox 9 x7 n2 K1 T, V* x5 S: E! f* `
DD Hoel
. z' E/ W1 a8 b" F3 \% S% iDD Hunt % x N- n; @/ U+ a" f+ Y0 a
DD Mullany
7 A9 g3 ^" j1 X8 eDD O'Bannon, Shell hits 1
- l3 H5 `( @6 ]9 ~+ ?DD Renshaw - F& H% o i6 ?" q* y* i$ u1 j
DD Wickes t. y2 v4 A% m
DD Stack
e6 t* P# d j. Y8 d5 `8 `7 ZDD Wilson
6 ?6 l: Q0 y$ ADD Hatfield 7 E. Q# U! I; k! [* G9 E
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& b0 \" i9 _6 M3 G ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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CA Myoko, Shell hits 2 + Y, C1 J3 G+ @$ i& ^
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 3 " t6 P& `2 j6 X$ ^1 L8 K7 D& Q
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
1 f2 @0 M. U0 q4 {" I2 `DD Natsushio, Shell hits 4
' Q5 Y+ V3 G, W$ w( h6 D: UDD Hayashio, on fire
3 s) z( G& e. B! j, @0 T( gDD Urakaze, Shell hits 1
. F. ^+ j5 W% ^5 Q5 kDD Nowaki, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ( n: c1 O( W* @
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ' W2 a9 d9 V8 z: m. n& x0 Q% y
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
( `% X( I3 |: {- {DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, on fire 5 E& R2 [. U9 w, p3 \, O* ~! W, x
4 S: ~; e! M. F, B# FAllied Ships % e7 n- K6 @2 c
DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire 9 ^6 d' d# o, K! F4 |, i
DD Hickox, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
* l1 {/ [" S, p. \" |DD Hoel
7 p& h3 ]. ]" I- u0 s" T9 DDD Hunt ) s( M ^3 f. T+ P0 Z
DD Mullany, Shell hits 1
* g0 }8 Q4 R! n1 D, t" DDD O'Bannon, Shell hits 3 & \8 e5 H& _& z! [2 C/ L s" |3 o
DD Renshaw
; [: ^7 L1 R7 TDD Wickes . s, ]$ M& L3 _" c
DD Stack
% W. n3 L, N6 a+ |* s7 K) {DD Wilson, Shell hits 1
9 ~3 x8 A' E" c( R# R" Q' MDD Hatfield
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 ! V+ w3 ] y$ k# C% O) V" _
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Japanese Ships ! o# u/ t; M9 a' K z
CL Oi, Shell hits 3
% @# Q; z. Q( r5 {( G6 T# @! a# oDD Tamanami
+ U9 v& {+ ~7 T" D* A+ \DD Onami, Shell hits 3 % j* d% ~" |8 {
DD Kishinami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
/ m; w; k: r4 |! f0 YDD Hayanami, Shell hits 1 " q( M1 t7 v. o3 c
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 2, on fire
' S9 R! o1 d3 U/ Z( HDD Asashimo, Shell hits 2 ) b. |7 K, v4 F0 ~5 p1 M
DD Hatsukaze 0 W& e1 t$ v+ P+ U! D/ {
9 G7 W/ J" m; u9 v, u- R) F* I fAllied Ships * W! }. [, A/ o8 m/ v
DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire 2 v" Y, y5 D; P# k6 ~: x- c4 b: \, W
DD Hickox, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage n$ x6 B3 Q9 K' r
DD Hoel, Shell hits 1 ; W8 V$ m. P* u$ s3 Q2 N
DD Hunt, Shell hits 3, on fire
, D" Q% E* Q: d: s& R8 `DD Mullany, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
7 Y% O; P- P( @4 Z* Z' r9 yDD O'Bannon, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 1 x- f; U# N8 a) }
DD Renshaw ; W' ^$ \ z: P4 O6 J0 j
DD Wickes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
1 O: M; G [( S. j9 U& `) [DD Stack
* T( j2 J; ^+ v6 e7 t" N! rDD Wilson : Y& L3 I9 |1 S" M
DD Hatfield
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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% y& b, _, l ^; B% IJapanese Ships
4 l3 e/ M1 K6 I( n: x8 r0 eBB Hiei
0 l9 ^) h9 H- P; ~8 V+ P4 n; FBB Kirishima
3 X9 R: X9 r8 d2 f* }$ ?5 E9 s: NCA Aoba
& X3 K2 W! n1 n f; HDD Akizuki 2 O% A6 [( E! u. u+ F
DD Teruzuki
& O( }9 e) W- ?DD Amagiri
( n# Z( E5 o1 \7 j+ Q) sDD Hayate
7 ]& u* k6 d$ o, \" Z" rDD Yakaze
2 Z3 m) ^! s) b* mDD Numakaze
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Allied Ships & K+ G% |$ j9 V, \; r
PT PT-129 + `/ L7 e0 @/ `
PT PT-130
: W5 ]0 @$ \) }PT PT-131
/ Q2 H9 i' a' r N7 K9 BPT PT-132 . z P# _3 P7 @$ g B& ]7 [; a. N
PT PT-133 ) O% }0 K: O( l+ `0 H
PT PT-134, Shell hits 25, and is sunk 8 c t, v' p/ i4 M* K' X
PT PT-135
* t( m/ W% K) {, M+ L- Q+ F5 C) ePT PT-136 4 w% C1 {9 ?& i& } W( p4 p1 e
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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Japanese Ships
. I3 Z( Z! p7 E7 e( _8 hBB Hiei * c! T+ X. L( \2 E- w# C* w
BB Kirishima " p2 @, L5 {: U w3 m" b+ L
CA Aoba
: j1 Q$ b @. H5 XDD Akizuki 0 [ U6 b" T2 W) u7 B5 H1 u' H! z& H
DD Teruzuki : B% Z6 ]; K9 I) o5 Q
DD Amagiri " o* p, g3 b8 U% |0 _
DD Hayate ; W. X0 u3 e X6 L2 x$ X4 o* U
DD Yakaze - s2 T8 w8 d+ r/ |$ G
DD Numakaze
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5 a. e7 i6 w1 J6 y \5 t6 iAK Benjamin Franklin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage $ ~9 c. L6 p" u; G1 g
AK Francisco Coronado
+ n1 ^* e$ }, L4 jAK John C. Calhoun, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage % `7 C4 M# i" |7 t1 }/ e! B/ s" ?
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! A* h3 T9 j3 S+ l& ENight Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 9 A; W1 @ L4 T* u/ g) h
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Japanese Ships + f0 |) [* X8 F$ B6 }: ~
BB Hiei ) G+ b: ?5 W' I ~! [
BB Kirishima
4 @5 i9 K: x! T& S7 J3 b3 G' rCA Aoba
. s1 ], X6 _. T- N3 J- t1 t, [DD Akizuki
7 O/ z \1 ?7 F0 w" W6 hDD Teruzuki
/ _, b2 d. e- E- A YDD Amagiri ( F* h" N4 E0 E1 ^
DD Hayate z5 `; I( _$ L9 P/ A! ^
DD Yakaze ; x- Z, B1 ^5 X* g
DD Numakaze
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SC SC-1063 7 c7 Q7 \3 ]2 E( J( ~, H! V. l- S
AK Floyd B. Olson 8 S- O. E8 ?; Q+ P: U& u: m7 ?
AK Stephen H. Long
W' [" o2 F$ F8 XAK Thomas M. Cooley, Shell hits 1
' H: r, s* Z/ T% I0 @AK William W. Campbell, Shell hits 2
& A/ z8 z' u4 f6 e7 o! }& p! ]3 X* GAK Empire Zephyr, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 5 v# o0 ^. Z! F$ ?) F1 V- T
+ Z8 v9 F/ y1 k9 R- i9 B2 dAllied ground losses:
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Vehicles lost 2 # Q, O! y7 z' _7 B8 H- E% e
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Japanese Ships
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DD Tamanami, Shell hits 2
1 ^4 q% ]2 v% NDD Onami, Shell hits 3, on fire ) L: {! C$ \- A7 X# ]7 w+ g
DD Kishinami, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" H `* n) p% b; r3 `! S. ~DD Hayanami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 2 c# w7 J2 n* w: C2 _
DD Hamanami, on fire ) u4 ]& X3 [" A( h! e6 ^" g% _7 s
DD Asashimo, Shell hits 3 & J0 {7 V0 \# e- n. M
DD Hatsukaze 4 }3 }/ L, P& K* s* ]( U
" o# X5 z9 a( q! nAllied Ships
7 {7 r$ n W3 ^: u+ ~5 C d) Z! DPT PT-456
7 w; z5 K, W' T$ ^& k, JPT PT-457
! Y N& Z L% Z9 i& h: _PT PT-458
7 D1 F7 _: w2 x, e+ a( `1 `' M' OPT PT-459 ; e+ z1 w- ]+ v0 O
PT PT-460 ; ~; [# }$ \& K/ h+ f
PT PT-461, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
6 t& ^9 e% {# D( A1 e) vPT PT-488
/ f: ?" c, N9 Y1 ?. P/ | ZPT PT-489
m3 n6 X6 V1 p$ |- x( T3 wPT PT-490
5 W( K, e' J) E! Y. h- `PT PT-491 " J4 C* q7 P& y5 P6 b& n$ a
PT PT-492 + b! U* H, A- K/ z' y
PT PT-493
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Naval bombardment of Aitape, at 51,80 , ?( c$ Q! l' Y9 d
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Japanese Ships
, Z- v' p8 D2 Y- l6 v2 cCA Aoba , N8 G" t& j) s3 r" t
BB Kirishima
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5 g v0 B( }/ ]) I; P% ]' Q' sAllied ground losses:
: l( j6 a3 F3 u; Y; i( o) D0 x218 casualties reported
! I- d8 r% S) g6 d- UGuns lost 5 |