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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/44
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. ?2 L) x* d3 ]9 I/ aDay 2 saw the introduction of the bulk of the Combined Fleet. During night I spreyed my 5 SCTFs on expected retretat routes and here's the result:
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Night Time Surface Combat at 77,81
4 i, u* m# r( H. p$ aAllied aircraft : i3 h. u" |- q5 q5 G
no flights
, a: @/ u3 R# L0 g+ B0 Y3 |Allied aircraft losses
0 z: t6 P  P8 ~SOC-3 Seagull: 6 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
% U5 D# R! J' s- [7 T  ]# d$ aBB Mutsu
) g7 [/ b6 ]4 Q5 x. j8 E% cBB Yamato 9 e" n- x% ]+ @: m, }  G
BB Fuso
6 {' H- E+ k6 G7 Y; Y4 c. _  kBB Yamashiro " ~# t+ `4 Z5 _4 }) I' p
CL Tatsuta - a4 W/ d3 y. ]: g0 j
DD Tanikaze 5 f+ _/ B( b2 B9 P8 x( a+ X
DD Fubuki
  z  P2 p  T2 B$ x4 _( E$ C: PDD Shinonome
7 B- F8 b# [- z2 W7 ADD Usugumo
# F" P/ N  T- A  t* SDD Shirakumo
: ]  W: ~1 N1 b& C3 S, fDD Isonami
. O& l2 b1 O' m! z7 aDD Hatsuyuki
0 e+ f, {! `0 ~; nDD Uranami
) [' J" V+ p  ]  ?* b- mDD Akebono
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Allied Ships
! ~% L( Z* r  H4 k2 p& cCL San Francisco, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage 5 I, [. N5 I" J1 _6 e& t* K% |
CA Astoria, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
4 x, k: y/ [1 p& g" C3 X; QCL Hobart, Shell hits 21, and is sunk 8 H: ~% ~2 u$ r8 v: I) z
CA Concord, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk - w2 |4 x. |' _$ z
DE Stadtfeld, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage / h# a+ n& Z) b% {6 f, ?
DE Harold C. Thomas, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( t' {8 D1 W' ^: q. G2 [DE Tisdale
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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,83 ) w% r6 K- [  [  w+ O  E
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
# s& _! }- N- c4 D8 t5 X- USOC-3 Seagull: 1 destroyed . y  b1 Q$ y3 c# E) Z

- W* O& B" n! M6 GJapanese Ships 5 R$ x9 f& x! M
CA Takao, Shell hits 1 9 J6 x6 x, w, h+ u7 J
CA Atago, Shell hits 2 ( m0 h) i6 A; e" p  q
CA Maya, Shell hits 2
+ C1 d! U+ J7 @( D; Z) n; ECA Chokai
2 F- v5 P* b/ F7 XCA Myoko , b5 S& g6 R- [. ]& z+ f
CA Haguro 3 e" P$ m- B2 y5 S. `0 {8 \
CA Nachi, Shell hits 1
& z7 z4 P+ W9 qCA Ashigara, Shell hits 1
0 ^9 x% z; c% W& b6 |DD Yugumo, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage % F1 d- m  H4 q. a2 O# z
DD Tamanami
$ [( h$ K, D. k; {) V) h0 n" O4 ]DD Suzunami " \5 D/ N# n/ b: X# C
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
5 B0 r/ C6 M. S$ v% XDD Oyashio 6 `7 t: U; Y# a, N; }
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships / p8 \7 Y: M( s+ n3 F" Z, H
CVE Santee
1 A, I5 q" \/ O/ a+ T& R- |' xCVE Manila Bay
  V4 B% e' Q" m$ s& H5 E; B5 Y) N0 iCVE Natoma Bay % I# w' M' ^  J$ s& n; R
CVE Gambier Bay 5 V" Z3 K) H9 V4 i( c% U& c
CVE Nehenta Bay " W6 g7 K' V4 C  ^
CVE Ommaney Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire + W/ T! J5 b% V5 k
CL Montpelier, Shell hits 3 2 A. ]4 l  N  K) O, N# v
CL Mobile, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk 3 q8 s8 @+ _. B" }8 i  S* [
CA Salt Lake City 7 g# a" b9 a" l! T+ o! }3 h
DD Ammen
( Z. M6 F0 N5 ^/ F& w, [# {) UDD Anthony, Shell hits 1
; S. H( f3 y+ t, PDD Aulick, Shell hits 1 * ~' Y- W0 }& |3 G* Z! P* m

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7 X: Z/ Y& M9 L5 W' B; YNight Time Surface Combat at 78,83
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Japanese Ships
. q0 D4 c* S4 j" KCA Takao, Shell hits 1 + U$ g) m, G" ?( d
CA Atago " Y8 D- O& d8 n( U
CA Maya 2 z* U3 D7 I' q2 ?/ D) J
CA Chokai
, N% B" f% J) o3 UCA Myoko
4 `" ]  g2 B( u0 ^! ]CA Haguro
* D1 @$ V5 h5 A- w" h. N/ \CA Nachi
, b8 v) g0 w& `; q3 G/ Q' TCA Ashigara
" x/ C4 j, j# i2 g  V: rDD Yugumo, on fire, heavy damage
% d  Q" C0 m. @6 @DD Tamanami
$ g# b1 _; z" `9 j7 _DD Suzunami
, F+ k0 {/ q& DDD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1 7 U) |% b+ Y; r9 I  D
DD Oyashio ; a+ `7 d1 z6 {' N+ o  K$ d
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire
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8 m  ~  {* K7 B% pAllied Ships
4 D3 u' a0 k) V" e5 f" jCVE Petrof Bay
  B, ~3 {8 u$ HCVE Savo Island + x0 e7 L0 u; j  |$ f' c
CVE Rudyerd Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire 6 B4 w. |& m- S$ P
CVE St. Lo
0 x2 U: S6 R  [. rCVE Kadashan Bay
2 J( t- K( v2 W% GCVE Saginaw Bay / O3 I1 Z7 w. O/ {% E% t: q( Q" [
CVE Long Island
: E9 [. P( W) n. s! n! @. o) \CA Vincennes
* c7 f* `- l3 Z3 H9 Q2 I+ Y$ bCA Wichita
9 A5 {  }: ^# V8 Y; l: w1 E9 U+ BCA Boston 5 ]1 [1 u& b6 p8 ~
CL Boise
# n, @) q: S; ~" h; D9 r. iDE Bangust . G& p6 z& J6 Z& S) U
DE Baron, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage - Z7 Y1 J3 p* j3 R/ ~1 k7 z! g
DE Levy
8 G2 u, {  k, b  t7 O! b# a# Q8 NDE McConnell % f4 c$ K, v+ v0 e3 k- j

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! }, I3 O( Z/ I* [. FNight Time Surface Combat at 78,84 % q, _7 b7 r2 `8 q/ H3 Z2 l3 t' B
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Allied aircraft
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0 r& F+ W& `8 c" ~4 ^& o& vAllied aircraft losses 1 y2 _7 ]2 v( u0 T# r/ M5 b
FM-2 Wildcat: 11 destroyed 3 d; A8 {* ~) q  M1 m
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
: }1 d3 J: V* |, R9 yCA Tone
; M/ ]; D* m, ]- R4 C3 G  VCA Chikuma 0 z  M% [& H( M6 O/ `* c* ]( |
CL Nagara, Shell hits 1
, M3 {' K. c# X3 k" fCL Isuzu 9 c$ H% \; G! N9 v( L
CL Natori
9 Z# y6 h3 v2 d% K% t8 @4 a7 }CL Yura ! c1 f  s3 K3 S( R  S3 R1 ?
CL Kitakami
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DD Shimakaze . F: [! \; x9 B
DD Fujinami, Shell hits 1
( I# J1 B1 ?4 R" G9 e: bDD Kishinami
4 v( _7 x: O0 H& hDD Hamanami ! R( R$ a9 ~) J4 x, Q$ R
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1 : z5 M% I, z; ?# y* h. F
DD Maikaze
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Allied Ships
3 q5 q  Z5 P; N: J& A! mCVE Prince William
2 O' Q$ p2 S8 `( iCVE Barnes, Shell hits 2 0 D' y7 v6 s2 _6 M/ i* \
CVE Anzio, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk ! K, j7 c+ W! I: Z+ v
CVE Liscome Bay, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk & D0 S( K" z% J& ~
DE Bebas, Shell hits 8, and is sunk ( I: Q0 _& k+ b- a$ j
DE Brackett, Shell hits 1 9 m1 R8 V+ v5 h7 ?1 V! i$ e
DE Cabana, Shell hits 13, and is sunk 4 }  V( H$ C0 n1 ~  [+ j3 E
DE Canfield, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. m* Y# `) L/ j9 J' _9 _5 iDE Carlson, Shell hits 1, on fire % ]1 q$ U/ y) L7 g  B) h; j& n
AO Brazos
' d' C- {: t* S5 r! ^+ zAO Kanawha
8 h" l; W8 E2 f  s( qAO Neches, Shell hits 1
( t4 t* V7 ^8 g& ^2 F) a2 f) ?AO Tappahanock
% u2 `9 J! T$ e* MAO Suamico
  H0 x0 z! g, m4 k4 o8 x. m/ m- PAO Millicoma
$ p1 j/ [) @( o4 X1 ~. K. XAO Saranac 4 t4 D4 v( l! i9 I' Q
AO Saugatuck * M& [. `+ P) @* I) J6 v
AE Pyro 3 }6 ?/ \, f/ Q6 p
AE Henry L. Hoyt 3 X) b8 }+ f& m! U" ^" j. E: n

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* T; \6 k- C& H+ Q( n' hNight Time Surface Combat at 78,84
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Japanese Ships
- Z5 U8 L' w5 C) Z: |8 [3 x1 ~CA Tone   h( Y2 U- L1 G5 p( b
CA Chikuma / f' c+ E0 t) O) Y: b. m1 N5 X
CL Nagara
* I0 v4 c' o8 [CL Isuzu
, d/ }& ~) r5 E0 Z! S8 X4 y5 Y0 u" PCL Natori & b( G2 f' x$ [) X5 S5 {* @6 ^0 m
CL Yura
5 M4 X/ C% i2 z, W9 K4 mCL Kitakami . s1 H8 Y9 @' c5 O" ?3 }! V
CL Oi
$ f( y: R* u$ D6 Z, q3 u. dDD Shimakaze 6 n. |' `2 B9 N8 R1 U
DD Fujinami , W5 g" {+ n1 s# k' x6 O9 C% i
DD Kishinami $ \* \! C; Y2 o6 r" E
DD Hamanami
4 v: B4 a. D- FDD Hayashio 6 r: r8 f! N6 b
DD Maikaze
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Allied Ships
$ r1 L, G1 g$ Y) I3 K& Z7 yDE Samuel S. Miles, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  K' ~& N5 Q& i1 Q: oDE Osterhaus, Shell hits 50, and is sunk
; [1 J( i1 i9 R6 V; U$ @$ U" uDE Parks, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
! h: e' o3 U, w* y6 G5 NDE Riddle, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' u6 n  ?' M! o& BAO Cache 9 r% u% `, c3 ~( X+ K% y; r
AO Schuylkill, Shell hits 7, on fire 5 W, V- ]* p  v6 \7 e
AO Cossatot + h7 D4 N/ F- x7 ^: U3 n
AO Chepachet + J  O) F3 l% G& `0 O3 j
AE Jacob Riis, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ' {+ W2 E* F8 }
AE John P. Gaines, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,84 4 w* Y. Q3 G1 r; Y6 G5 e- [

9 x' b# {# a6 @) g, @Japanese Ships ; p2 U4 i0 k  Z5 U
CA Tone
7 E8 c- L- h' e* ZCA Chikuma
. W+ X0 m& [6 TCL Nagara, Shell hits 3, on fire
- F$ @  E. _% B5 r, _* L# W: ]CL Isuzu
; q- {8 \* r/ C- R4 D* D3 UCL Natori
1 i# ^" q8 b0 T/ hCL Yura, Shell hits 1, on fire
1 g0 }$ w; W! [# q; B4 L- R3 {$ g  Z7 CCL Kitakami : _1 n0 r8 y( V3 w. N
CL Oi, Shell hits 1 ( H4 i8 g* ?( T1 ~
DD Shimakaze
/ x6 c) T) P/ k" R+ n1 aDD Fujinami ; g. h- a) I" V. ^9 G) R; a
DD Kishinami * Y! l+ x9 w" I' [7 C/ c
DD Hamanami : R: z( O5 q9 w$ C; }
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1 ; [1 |- j4 O  D8 {, u" k0 f
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1
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3 V# u% i7 i7 {. K+ XAllied Ships 2 [5 x) l' ?$ O2 ~8 z
CV Hornet . f' m) U6 X' o* x
CV Intrepid, Shell hits 1, on fire 5 v. M( h5 _1 C( t
CVL Princeton
- a6 K# V4 \+ @  z8 k+ ?1 X+ fCVL Belleau Wood, Shell hits 1
" p6 @/ E' K- z+ X1 mCVL Cowpens
6 k- Y2 z2 P8 }# xCL Chicago
# B" d" z. J+ X- {, e2 p9 tCL Cleveland % b3 c% _' l! }" F
CL Columbia
* p- Q4 g( }* Y. B4 FCA Pensacola
3 w4 x% ?$ o7 _7 l5 r0 rCA Raleigh, Shell hits 2
  p: k# c6 U) t4 i( W& H: v2 U8 oDD Boyd ) w+ B" f1 J+ P# Z
DD Bradford / }5 X0 ?+ L5 K9 g+ ]
DD Brownson, Shell hits 1 - w, K: F! G3 l" L
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6 g( H; B' z$ DThis last USN CVTF was then caght by KB:
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, c  z; P( z5 AJapanese aircraft
8 z+ G9 ~3 V+ Y# V3 P6 G- aA6M5 Zeke x 33
$ F# j7 x$ \. w1 P$ s; nD3A Val x 7 4 Z7 a4 I1 b2 A. }
D4Y Judy x 123   E2 O3 \+ U- b( n3 Q
B5N Kate x 35 . c$ q4 |, p2 m$ L4 ~& _7 U8 E, ^
B6N Jill x 67
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# j3 \* k* r" Q% PAllied aircraft . h# v/ R$ _' Q: A6 Y6 Y  P& S
F6F Hellcat x 3 ! a6 |, U/ u( v/ V

- O6 k* ?3 O( v/ J8 G) y+ t8 SJapanese aircraft losses
$ i, M5 c  f5 [7 p7 ]4 XA6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed ' s$ r3 T+ d3 K* M. ?4 S, v/ y( B$ Z
D3A Val: 3 destroyed 9 W$ f+ k5 B' P: i. b- o  j
D4Y Judy: 14 destroyed, 22 damaged
- L: O* ]- W. f7 h  D4 j& nB5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 18 damaged
( U9 }  r+ B& b: Z: GB6N Jill: 7 destroyed, 21 damaged ( n* D7 n3 r; E6 `

# ?9 R4 o* O2 W9 OAllied aircraft losses
. ^" `+ K3 h8 N3 |: @5 h; N% tF6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships % m1 V: j, _1 t- b9 W
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage # y7 U& ]7 p% A+ X% V2 m/ T
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 2, on fire ) R+ ]4 t! g: k+ X7 D- S
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage 3 X/ m$ o3 P! S, u' d" ?, m2 ]. b
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage 1 q" p' r6 G! X. J8 d5 R
CVL Cowpens, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
- g' o2 I& D9 N5 T4 C, P. yCL Cleveland, Torpedo hits 1 % ?3 {/ ~# d! P9 X
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And then by LBA:
$ ~3 b" r& f2 |( M! U. l8 DDay Air attack on TF at 80,84
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7 a  \+ [- x3 `6 D& x$ O2 G! J( b1 tJapanese aircraft
* U+ L. Q8 M2 @+ E' EA6M5 Zeke x 16 : K6 E2 S" l, N' k
D3A Val x 14
& c& b7 P/ e% ^6 |4 C! s( o# K2 YD4Y Judy x 38 , Y1 K1 m: q9 N0 `* K: \# P
B5N Kate x 24
+ M7 `# Q1 U) D7 k) EB6N Jill x 3 & {" N" f: n9 F' \
G3M Nell x 9
1 @0 H( f; m; |& _) @' \0 g8 vG4M2 Betty x 49
$ |' |: V$ S- |2 A1 L$ w# z4 }P1Y Frances x 20 ' c- ^& V4 X' z! r) _4 `& {
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 51
& z+ ]7 ~6 g( j( N( TKi-84-Ia Frank x 5
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Allied aircraft # C, Z* C, w2 x. e9 ^7 V
no flights - Q4 N7 I& f2 b' A5 [$ b. Z

2 r& _! u& S: dJapanese aircraft losses * j9 M. D  K- A6 Y7 N
G3M Nell: 1 damaged
3 S: Q" x. W4 q2 g! lG4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged 3 d4 ]% s, N" ~& ^+ x4 c
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged 7 Z" a* c1 a' @0 D$ N
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
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' k6 W2 U% n0 l0 W" x3 Z7 CAllied aircraft losses
" Z  P# p1 Y$ E- y4 r# LF6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed 2 O2 s0 ~$ L+ i+ w! x. \7 q4 V

' r7 [8 V) Y# u9 A3 ]Allied Ships
1 X- Y) d' d8 z6 Z9 _! UCV Intrepid, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
' O) d: a4 m( cCA Raleigh 8 u# R; _; }% E- g8 A& m
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage + h2 V' C( B" ?1 N
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage * \& _7 q5 }) }1 X  N
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
) E# [. ^# A0 @$ o& V0 c, ZCL Cleveland, Bomb hits 1 + |. p) K; d! x" |
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Secodary strike: 4 [2 c8 l4 s+ _. Y7 V' C9 h/ [
Day Air attack on TF at 80,84
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+ s. `* r, @5 O; H, eJapanese aircraft 6 e3 K* z6 u/ L% g
A6M5 Zeke x 7 - o" D% v8 {$ `7 v
D4Y Judy x 36
4 V6 e( L" v: D! @' i. tB5N Kate x 5 , A- G0 r# Z$ x  W
B6N Jill x 8
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Allied aircraft
$ ^$ {+ k% j6 S. rno flights
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4 B0 n% D6 g0 u2 {, t5 i; }Japanese aircraft losses
: \# m+ l* X( R6 c! N! {& TB5N Kate: 2 damaged ! m2 [% Y- `7 q
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Allied aircraft losses
" i' j$ T! ^" @" l+ pF6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships 2 ~) R4 e0 u" Z" G
CV Intrepid, on fire, heavy damage 6 m9 G6 F8 B! [. j) Q7 ^
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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6 I1 M& d- k$ c* I) XAnd this one fails to find any more targets:
& _# I: l. [. A1 nDay Air attack on TF at 80,84 + i: l, r8 P: |; [; O

5 i' z; u, \, A  QJapanese aircraft 3 V  [% N. s8 D% ~, m
A6M5 Zeke x 3 : S% R/ j  u8 ^4 E( f8 K
D4Y Judy x 14
& C% T) }! b% _7 X# }" U$ a$ R" KB6N Jill x 11 1 c3 d) ^# s! K
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No Japanese losses 0 ^& p: g' {5 k$ ~1 S3 U8 g
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LBA Jills: 0 k4 o: F: C4 A$ L+ O4 Y1 g* f
Day Air attack on TF at 77,83 $ r* i* o- z  v( `

& F. Z' B6 X7 h8 S1 hJapanese aircraft
2 h9 E) v+ N0 K) [, |5 CB6N Jill x 8
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4 j- L5 o  F4 O5 p5 P6 t  VNo Japanese losses % c2 x4 h* r. s1 a3 y" n- T

3 _5 _0 g6 A) {5 aAllied Ships $ J, Z% r8 v  b3 o  R
CV Bunker Hill, on fire, heavy damage * l5 X+ c5 ?" S1 y7 P7 M3 Q
CV Wasp, on fire, heavy damage 6 V. v. k% e4 P% L6 O9 `0 {" W" @
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Afternoon phase saw KB clouded in so LBA from Kusiae did all the work:
$ M! `" U8 q) d( sDay Air attack on TF at 79,85 ) I9 U4 A, {& e5 K; c+ }3 a

+ @/ @/ h3 R0 \0 Y# u' b. EJapanese aircraft ( R6 e8 v' n+ B
G3M Nell x 7 6 O' z! ]8 T5 j/ L8 `) l
G4M2 Betty x 38 . e& \$ f( a' q  T. z
P1Y Frances x 14
: X; v5 O3 |* ^+ o. |Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 46 " |! d5 T7 k0 m2 `& R
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 5 : y2 ~" q! e: [( O* J5 {3 v8 ^: y
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Allied aircraft
* T, l" `* P* i" WFM-2 Wildcat x 12
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Japanese aircraft losses # f( N% _# S0 O5 m; L4 F8 a" M2 {
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
: }) A1 F9 u. i( M( i5 `G4M2 Betty: 5 destroyed, 28 damaged 1 a/ A: R9 k4 N7 }9 ?& Y2 Y
P1Y Frances: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
" U' j( k, g# B+ v0 |  QKi-43-IIIa Oscar: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged 1 |2 G- B2 m/ C3 p8 m8 Z

  D5 l; H, l8 \0 C7 a) q5 S# OAllied aircraft losses
% F* ~1 J4 |8 L7 o% b1 HFM-2 Wildcat: 7 destroyed / T) \# W( V2 \$ u/ g: ~6 n, U, E
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Allied Ships 7 O& r) A1 u- j4 o3 r; I
CVE Savo Island
2 g/ u' w  t& k  A2 [CVE St. Lo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
: X* d" N0 ?2 A7 tCVE Kadashan Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
" ^2 g) G' K! O9 ?/ mCVE Petrof Bay
: r8 A' V0 u9 zCVE Saginaw Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
. R; N- }) T) r1 C7 T( w0 h5 O( oCVE Long Island
/ H( t( t2 I2 \: m/ z0 O3 QCVE Rudyerd Bay 7 v1 o' x1 U& `

3 A$ Y+ P. Y8 s, p) OJills are more successful this time:
1 n% Q, V& w1 H, n( m. b  }/ @8 pDay Air attack on TF at 77,83 " L9 S$ m: }5 _1 i$ h) ]: [

. ^: }7 s/ y- |+ m# i: aJapanese aircraft
; j; B' m) Z% f! M: IB6N Jill x 8
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No Japanese losses , _: M5 b+ l0 C. S- y+ O/ z
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Allied Ships
. @. ^8 [. a$ F4 G' h' dCVL Independence, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/44
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By now my subs are in position also: 9 G$ |$ v6 _' Q/ w( Y: @, ?
Last two sufrace actions find the crippled Franklin and an AO:
+ I7 C% K" U" b$ _/ VNight Time Surface Combat at 78,81
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( m" v/ N! R" N8 S1 U, w1 qAllied aircraft 2 W8 e! _; B* }& e/ X  y, @( J
no flights
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  `7 O7 m4 U* \) {Allied aircraft losses ; \  P( ^8 L8 ~9 \; s* ^, V
TBM Avenger: 4 destroyed
3 _0 U+ J. m9 k& z8 U; t$ |& PSB2C Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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- q; _. v1 D1 H0 H% x# Y& C' F: HJapanese Ships
. F# x/ P) {& I* m) ^CA Takao
* S+ y+ }! g( f, yCA Atago 8 M3 }! r! ?' O4 b+ L
CA Maya & Q) V& Z  L3 y0 o( q  f
CA Chokai 4 [' s% O% @1 q4 U+ f; q+ n- ]
CA Myoko ( t% o, G$ s2 _3 d8 `) _& w+ ?7 Z
CA Haguro
' F+ T- r: L. ?" q0 R! Z8 Y7 @4 u3 |CA Nachi & L' b: A- ^1 Z: f2 {
CA Ashigara
# r6 d, X5 t+ O6 u- [DD Tamanami
. Y$ `, e* N- ^$ v4 EDD Suzunami
0 `6 E. q8 Q( m: k9 N3 sDD Kuroshio 9 o3 i& e1 }2 X) p3 ]
DD Oyashio 1 a( `8 u* }! t, `' d3 w# v8 Y- w, c
DD Natsushio 2 m/ p7 E0 U" @; M6 }, x$ N+ Z
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Allied Ships 0 n% t9 R- C4 N: i
CV Franklin, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
$ L, {0 g( I; e; I- e4 ?- {# U5 T$ NDE Whitman, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk & G% ~4 P4 `; z

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' D' Y. ^# v) |" C' T) L) a- {Night Time Surface Combat, near Namorik at 79,83
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Japanese Ships * I8 @, A8 O5 [9 H( F8 P8 C
CA Aoba
, v% f1 B: j6 T) q5 ^1 Y+ {' R  j9 M9 ZCA Kinugasa & X/ E* G8 p2 S
CA Furutaka 6 C- N* ~3 ^: B/ M# `+ h9 P8 H
CA Kako
  @" V& Q* s7 q" S: o) G, RCL Abukuma ( t/ d" o  _% M5 @: P% x+ }. J
CL Kuma 0 E9 M! L, N" Q, r( w
CL Tama
# o) I/ K# M0 x; UCL Kiso 4 p4 w" m9 u" {# a
CL Yubari
4 s6 p! o/ N/ g" @) X- _. O" @DD Kiyonami
1 O2 c9 K# f' @$ gDD Yukikaze
: l6 U( E  w1 u( }7 IDD Isokaze 5 {# w3 [3 M/ L* p
DD Shiranuhi # Y5 B$ ]8 T& X" Q
DD Arashi * H: A* u5 c) E

) ]2 X6 [' t; p* AAllied Ships
+ |0 h8 I" M; `1 C2 X4 |, [  c& [AO Schuylkill, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
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The only air strike of the day was once again from Kusiae and it delivered a coup de grace to the CVs:
% H9 p7 [3 M2 w0 c5 W; Z9 @" S1 ]Day Air attack on TF at 79,84 ) U2 E" Y7 I" w! x2 K# p4 F1 c

, h6 d' Y5 r9 iJapanese aircraft
% }# m% O6 t/ @+ W' {A6M5 Zeke x 5
$ p% ]0 ~" F6 }B6N Jill x 8
" \. X& A( q  q9 n, s* KG3M Nell x 3
$ a8 R3 g/ N6 o# KG4M2 Betty x 31 * g  w  ~, a1 B1 q! M' }# {
P1Y Frances x 9
* c" L7 D" p& e) eKi-43-IIIa Oscar x 45 2 h5 J2 y' S" ^9 a' n
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3 7 F/ O5 Y. `* U; q6 ^# n7 b
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 14 , h+ N- A' O% W( Q# U7 A
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Japanese aircraft losses
  t# n' ], r* m$ f. XG4M2 Betty: 1 damaged & L7 J! f; R. T- J5 W. y

8 \6 v) L4 z6 \: C8 x9 Y. OAllied Ships
* k. h3 @  ?5 bCVL Independence, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage # b/ t& j: ^) W: K, w) t2 X
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage & S, x9 b# c  ~* A+ B3 [% R/ l
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage ! Q4 Z/ r: A2 ]- {
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. f/ e2 N. P+ O6 Y9 uThere, this is where it more or less ended. The final losses are, from my perspective, 7 CVs, 9 CVLs (the whole Independence class), 5 CVEs. Of relevance, 4 modern USN cruisers are also sunk. IJN losses are 0! I have one DD damaged heavily, one slightly and one damaged CL. CVL Ryujo took two bomb hits, but is in very good condition (25sys). My CVs are returning to home port, as for the rest, Raver has given a quite accurate description. Those threedays have been just amazing, giving me a victory I hardly thaught possible. As for Raver's words about his reasons for continuing this game, I'll have to have a long private talk with him.
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2 m  R' @# p5 X一切都结束了
0 C$ f9 s: q- ^好像盟军已经投降了?
惨绝人寰啊
看不下去了
“阿”号作战,“捷一号”作战达成,西太平洋制霸想见
克罗地亚人都很厉害的样子嘛: C8 U# _. w6 _0 M9 ^5 q* s3 ]

/ I: o9 N" H. T: vHonda桑似乎没有把运输船诱饵的损失计数。。。
赶紧去接手
一万年太久,只争朝夕!
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