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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉( }( e& {8 |! l- x( N
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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6 s8 e7 H0 H8 O q+ y6 MAllied aircraft losses
: o j+ U. D4 {4 s& m, T, w% gNo Allied losses; v0 M2 |/ X" H- k- t* N7 L- n
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Japanese Ships! x. R) H/ @) a8 j+ p3 B& y' m
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire3 u6 h7 e% [- ]. J* I, J4 H. Z+ [
CA Aoba
" S, g9 ?& u, S' F CA Kinugasa
8 {4 o! y5 x4 N( b: _/ i CA Furutaka, Shell hits 47 h! r4 Z4 ^5 [' ?- R
CA Kako
+ ]0 L( Y' u7 ]5 P7 \) c CL Tenryu, Shell hits 18 E( V) q5 Z5 ]! B6 c" R" D" k
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6# Z. J& P6 I) n5 \
CL Yubari7 v5 K2 X3 f( l, H, j
2 o- }# s: z+ Y5 WAllied Ships
+ s. B5 y; H' _, |2 k/ ~5 M; b CA Salt Lake City
/ g# Q! `0 X- {1 ^ CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk4 L* i9 B2 S6 Z& E
DD Grayson
8 O0 G" W& W8 A DD Monssen
`& s& Y" U$ G$ b3 F% p DD Aaron Ward
; h* A% Z* W+ {! h DD Laffey
+ u G% p0 C1 N* Z; K DD Farenholt. Y2 I& r _4 v( u$ f
DD Maury
/ j0 M3 u! K; c0 @ ^ DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
i/ J4 s3 i0 @. B; d! z' o& L DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire% S& N8 y/ ?, O) F
DD Stack
. X, m' u( e, O- K! C DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
& K1 l' r8 ? ^: A DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight# H3 d! l$ q8 V+ {
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards0 c" R* Y( l) O2 {- c+ y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: M% j {7 l7 L- V6 o. M2 K. `Range closes to 14,000 yards.... {4 B# ^ H+ I: Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
* Z7 ?. ? b" Z. |2 Z: JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards6 R! M- \9 K. Q1 Q9 G/ }
Range closes to 5,000 yards...2 d1 A% } [1 \, \) T
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
: H9 Q, o( B w l2 J. n. `Range closes to 1,000 yards...
7 |9 H5 y5 D* y' V; |2 R4 }Scott, N. crosses the 'T'+ ?+ d! ^% Y8 p9 t& Y
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
/ a2 e$ `; y' rCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards5 o1 @6 G$ c* u+ e/ X' @3 j
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
3 q1 ~4 f8 v0 NCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
$ C/ @- ?+ i# L7 A; u" N3 d2 Q" ICL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards d0 X3 \0 \# I5 A3 H8 l
Range increases to 2,000 yards
1 ^& d) A6 F5 _; L% \/ K* ~DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards, w6 y+ J# ]; I8 H0 I
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
" \/ M: F3 G9 \, f4 x' ~DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
) P$ l7 u6 i: C- G9 B- p h0 PCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
. ]# K: I1 U" Y- ?DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
: A7 B/ i X( N2 Y' RCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
- { N! E1 `4 vDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards, O2 d% B: w, j k
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards: M Q/ M8 f# A% \8 t. T
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards! i7 A% u& } y4 ~
Range increases to 6,000 yards6 t$ ~+ a R( k, I& S; s
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
4 m3 \; E* Z5 ]& n. k' tCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
& ~7 Y. J# ? W; PCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
# t- j w% e" ~# q( `! CCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards- I! }3 W% e; H; _
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards$ m! z- J9 e& B3 i/ V3 o: U
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
* g$ ~. \3 l6 n: nCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
! H' R K! x* O7 E0 ]! F5 KCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
. b3 W" B+ e0 D* _' K+ KCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
4 P: U% G5 v5 s* A6 h8 c a# eCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
' t1 }2 U" f& s8 A- ]8 uTask forces break off...9 Y9 K" M0 x' N2 h
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships; b4 F- d/ e) I* z
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
6 S6 B1 `* k$ x0 P- ` CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
& V$ U' @ [, g1 T; d+ |- B CA Furutaka, Shell hits 11 A4 i$ _9 [0 s
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
" s& L U4 U$ y CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire4 R5 e* Y E$ G! c0 H5 I
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire& M8 T- q7 H! x: N) ]
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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! `& u% L- p8 q$ p3 b* Y CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire5 p4 i4 y2 m6 q1 a# M, y2 u4 G
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage% p0 y" i/ c" |+ C8 B
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* z5 i9 j+ w7 [$ k( K DD Mugford$ M: h" l% e' ]9 _. U$ ?) m" k: S
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
: }9 \/ h+ t: i; E5 J DD Patterson$ f* I: O1 C5 z5 H6 F8 Y0 N
DD Jarvis; u" M( X4 _. y" j: E% ]% [+ S
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
) h! ~) g( _: h' |Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
! Z# W7 R% r7 \: ?9 hRange closes to 20,000 yards...
7 ` C, E2 N. vRange closes to 14,000 yards...- L& `+ `0 Z; D" f3 y
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
2 O) M% }3 ?1 D3 \! }Range closes to 4,000 yards...5 {$ i) D$ l# ?1 R8 I) p
Range closes to 2,000 yards...9 a8 [4 ^' g5 e
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards- A m5 L$ o# h9 E) [/ ?- x- `# R
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards0 E1 C/ s! a" P' \* K! \
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
7 f0 h; {% D6 Q0 w+ J' wCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards# c& D1 }0 I, g4 C
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards) e1 o$ s# l& ?0 f, \
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards* }' H" s% k( E& V
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards# b8 Y8 B r" n$ @7 M. P
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards/ d! b/ V/ ]3 C1 m: P. r( i
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
, E8 ~8 ^9 A; u" k6 |CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards1 x' ^# m0 a. e7 v/ l8 ]
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards! `) Y- C1 i& r! ]) ?1 U
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards3 D2 L% e! b9 p/ g; ^& r% \
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards' ~$ G/ E) D0 @4 j( w9 k' u
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
! e" L& M7 h( l+ G4 a) ]CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
4 w% N. W1 [% r4 |8 p* B: n2 O/ j) c2 S5 BCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
6 j" N6 e1 D( I# T6 cCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards4 `9 [" T+ f% v( V. N1 z
Range increases to 5,000 yards( P; n9 i3 ^0 S. g
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards9 t) z0 G- l C) e" G! x3 f
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards& j$ _, ~! r% ~/ N, i7 y
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
& h& @7 p3 o0 M. O# VCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
. I( A1 j2 _( n# e6 ]1 wCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards& O. J' `2 @% u {3 H; I
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards0 A! h2 e% Q/ C
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
5 Q* K6 k8 S3 F' i sRange increases to 8,000 yards5 Z! D8 k* A: ^/ o; W! S+ U
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards/ x3 ~: c6 j3 `- m3 k
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
5 ]6 G- ^: f: x3 h0 i3 nCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
+ \. K' v+ @3 Y1 o bCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards3 w' p. g2 z- _1 F" W# T8 e- u7 {
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
3 U A* [; l* Q6 F% }. ^) JCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards* r# {+ N U& k& y, U
Range increases to 9,000 yards8 ~5 Y: w! x' {
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
+ n( S" M: Q8 LCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
& o( e% L2 @) f) l8 lCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
7 T) w; ^+ S) h* P# jCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
& S3 B/ @! ~5 H& g8 bCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards+ E* Y M: d: ?* n( V) T" d
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards8 v* I0 L. a% B) ]9 m
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
- U4 ^) |. M- X. k8 [( s( _Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage# M! q( w/ X. M p
Task forces break off...
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* B, p! C6 x7 J1 f* B' JNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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8 \% H1 p( I: f j i4 {$ E9 vJapanese Ships
' X+ S3 ]: G N, ?! y& d# J) Z" R CA Aoba
" V0 m6 H& Y8 F( p2 O CA Kinugasa. ?8 U) X. c+ h6 S' {4 D: n
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
. ^0 ^: A) ~1 E CA Kako, Shell hits 1
* [' t& h! v7 r, j* v- ? CL Tenryu
! Z3 ?; p) C( S CL Tatsuta
4 f2 {& P/ v) l3 D3 u( c! c" }1 A( v CL Yubari& C. I/ A3 v( b0 N
$ m; Z, o6 Q! I2 D! _' @Allied Ships
% |# y% A# A) z$ ?; y DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk9 q2 f- ]* ^- d( x2 A3 G* F
DD Balch7 h1 {+ I. _6 _/ ]; R
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4 b6 d; o4 C& K% D- iReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight) ]* ]4 M+ H8 F$ N( \5 Z5 q( d
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards4 G2 t/ q; s5 d" ]7 e1 U0 o* e9 f8 h ]
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ R* u( d% @' o
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 Z! \, r/ y7 Y+ xRange closes to 20,000 yards...
8 J2 S2 N/ K* Z" D7 _Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 f1 a. \1 B" {; Y' ?( D, l
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* {7 _2 x6 p. p+ D- H" s$ @. s' TRange closes to 14,000 yards...
3 F" n! _9 H* i* Q/ sRange closes to 12,000 yards..." h3 ^* V# x1 y) z1 m ]
Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ a' C$ h6 O/ \" W0 V8 `* T) `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
6 [; V4 @0 b F! T4 _1 ARange closes to 9,000 yards.../ U7 G c2 P. n L" d! [7 T B# O* ~- W
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
; ~" r2 g8 q1 @' c2 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards3 L. H r( D) ~+ C- }3 A' ?
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
N/ w1 U" T2 |* TRange closes to 6,000 yards...
( [2 W9 m- Q6 B4 h* {- lCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards/ S+ d) K+ `; m5 ~. }! L0 U8 _4 O
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards/ v. _6 L6 `! C
Range increases to 7,000 yards. u- S# G+ z; w$ g
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
; N7 I' O* q0 z, p5 P- d" bRange closes to 6,000 yards; X& `9 v; K: `9 D4 A8 b
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
2 w$ \/ I; Z! H* V' Y" wCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
$ v" D8 ]0 G% R5 p9 gCA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
; m4 p6 \6 `$ p0 p) J7 dDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards8 C9 M$ q& w" k. ~5 a4 H
Range closes to 4,000 yards
7 {, B& {# s( m5 r, yCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
6 l4 G# W1 L' _Range increases to 7,000 yards* Y/ L4 Z& _& V: B
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards* J' O- h" g6 g* i5 n
Range increases to 11,000 yards( I# r+ W6 Q3 ~* Y
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards3 h4 `3 j' T' `% }3 N/ @
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape7 i9 F- U" z, s: L& c, j5 E# l
Task forces break off...) q* S, v! B& J' j9 k7 B
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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7 K' ~% r3 i) D8 | CA Aoba# I2 a1 R$ J/ w6 ~/ E1 N
CA Kinugasa
6 X" Q' Q, E& B- C" \ CA Furutaka# y0 [! S0 p) `7 _( X3 r
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
$ K8 l4 r- r# n j; y' M CL Tenryu$ h+ \, [& s6 \* Y% q8 ], U
CL Tatsuta& X* K( b6 u4 l6 N1 d# a0 [
CL Yubari2 l; k2 Y, L8 H A
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$ Z* z/ T+ @! \, H* k8 M) P DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire. N; q0 t5 A7 w8 g' s* a6 ~2 j7 e
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight A% J% w+ A' g& K6 ]# i) n9 Y
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
# ^# o6 o! N; s, W) E2 SRange closes to 24,000 yards.... S$ @) B+ c' I% H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 ]: g4 B5 f4 F4 k. U9 Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards... m, ? i) v E4 ?$ q8 p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 q' I2 S% x" H/ U+ B# E! u2 k9 t; oRange closes to 18,000 yards...! n0 C: R t8 o5 e! m+ \, }
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ I$ a$ b) {# `6 I; \* ~2 d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...! Q4 Q) o |: }9 ?2 @: @
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
% d9 C$ Z0 i+ _Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 z* s2 B* {* q* ERange closes to 10,000 yards...
- m- L" [: K% K" [ [Range closes to 9,000 yards.../ C: t0 P& v8 r2 G8 I" n: W6 z( X& \: ~
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
3 ~# T/ x l8 ?/ I2 HRange closes to 7,000 yards...1 l2 L; ]' x% b: ^7 [/ H& m$ O
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
9 N0 l1 V6 z/ Z. pRange closes to 5,000 yards...; b6 z# S8 r) o9 q; f: E8 X$ m3 t
Range closes to 4,000 yards...6 b+ h( y9 d: i: S0 A
Range closes to 3,000 yards..." t3 M+ O0 _" l4 m
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards# g$ O& c1 k$ |( p& x. n
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
. s% B2 O$ n( u# K6 h a qRange increases to 4,000 yards
- o/ s* e! S0 M3 V5 y# yCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards- x* k6 V0 j0 l* T$ g
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
( [, Q+ Y$ w1 qRange increases to 5,000 yards
% M5 y" x. `& H* K/ O! s2 [9 QCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards% c% D/ y+ v* }/ C
Range increases to 9,000 yards
, k K* Q1 @9 @) xCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards) A5 h, {4 S( u" A
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
) |. u& Q8 j$ Y0 ~Task forces break off...
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8 v. a- y: _9 y7 E/ BNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards9 ]* n1 O# T1 M6 k& A( y5 z4 p
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Japanese Ships
, y' ^( z6 Q9 D! @* P3 l' C CA Aoba
( O- a$ g7 X* G( u2 P CA Kinugasa- j- I4 P& l- o5 S
CA Furutaka
% B( c. |0 L9 Q' x" J CA Kako" @# a! g! A# I/ n% X4 c' O
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire+ N' O: \3 @# ^4 l5 @6 Q
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire+ G9 Y5 ?6 h9 l% O
CL Yubari4 |( X) V+ Q8 K! o3 Z8 j U+ Z
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Allied Ships _" O1 c1 U2 Y
APD Colhoun
" Z8 y+ {& J9 n# S APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire9 u8 P9 p. k8 _9 M5 x3 \
DMS Southard, Shell hits 18 D# h. r4 U r1 W; Y, U0 Z, t
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" h8 P D$ \7 l% m' R4 m# d
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
- g+ Z$ I- S, ~* Q: Y+ ? AP Harris$ y- }) i9 c) G7 n6 N# m
AP Zeilin
8 q- u) Y/ C" L AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage7 Q* [3 X- ]$ s' y* g* w! ]
AP Heywood
2 d0 @( O2 F: e AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire' V+ f. B6 ^( h. ~3 W
AP President Bowen
- R; I8 H% W) j! M! k AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire9 X) Z/ ] Z3 ]6 z9 S
xAP President Wilkerson% n5 I0 u, n3 M( t% E7 C
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Allied ground losses:
% ^, Y7 z; [3 s0 P- t 105 casualties reported, U/ J3 @ u3 J3 G: L1 L
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( F- \1 Y& Y8 d- T Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
2 n: k6 i' y% N3 } Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; W( O: s8 i _6 I; b
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!' B& M+ j8 R. N) c' a
Allied TF begins to get underway0 m* j2 ]4 p- S1 D
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
- j$ M1 p, x/ f: V& CMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
* Y8 Y) X( W* x5 E% cRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 V! c& P( i$ F; z: \3 S4 `
Range closes to 13,000 yards...: B% [3 S7 Q! D
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 M5 A# Z! p* x P+ Y/ d9 m
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
/ `. d) w) g, f6 D ERange closes to 3,000 yards...
# n* Q# A( L+ D% r1 E5 yRange closes to 1,000 yards...0 ~- i* ^* @0 ?
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards% } W y4 n: {8 P
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards/ `4 s1 n; U7 F- ], d- G5 I6 l/ r
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
5 k9 u/ B- J! z1 v' cCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards& v' F5 ^) H5 P
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards# K5 |) O- z V: g0 a" i
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
/ e, ]9 ^: c5 ^$ Y4 P) R5 G* {CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
8 \% D$ I/ U, t; B4 T3 x1 ~Range increases to 2,000 yards* r+ J) a; s- _
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards$ C% g! `. l- U9 h3 {7 L
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards, h o" }: I" y+ |9 r0 Q5 R
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards- X3 s. B$ O0 B# i3 z( [
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
: [1 t5 S* U+ Z7 b9 j' E$ KCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
8 Z/ F; R; }0 a1 V- Y! QCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
- X1 `3 K2 b% Q) a; rRange increases to 4,000 yards
3 D/ U4 [5 x) L# C" q& p bCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards+ a8 o2 q" S$ V' v& y5 k g
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
/ M( Z5 ?& L0 ~/ X: {4 ECA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards/ n# j4 D( p" ]: d6 {* Q+ }: ~! k8 `
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
4 ?8 R4 O; v6 P2 z4 MCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards) ?: l7 f+ V; R4 K% | W
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
+ x; U: H% v: M+ P5 }6 r! wCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
% ?' u9 S/ P+ c$ ?# _9 AAllied Task Force Manages to Escape% |* ` l' N" t
Task forces break off...
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# e# s3 p) B- I2 F$ W* Y第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134+ Q. O% p6 U* z+ e0 p
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Weather in hex: Clear sky6 R$ A g6 O9 k4 @" `) M; b8 N
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.% q. l+ ~7 [4 h. l# ^# G8 `
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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no flights
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 80 D% @3 P% T+ {7 l6 q+ v2 o/ a
SBD-3 Dauntless x 824 I' U7 \$ L; m {/ l$ [3 ^
TBF-1 Avenger x 39& ^9 U& @- r7 z! t) k) h& V# q
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1 q) ]' ~1 }; P5 b8 T9 ANo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses3 L1 K) w9 K9 e. a& K4 N! o
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged5 U, W5 ~- l- ]( Y3 @) a0 N8 A
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
# p( y3 r0 m" v- o" I. T3 `1 P CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk9 r# k3 x8 P8 w1 K8 S8 W
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
% g/ A3 i! b7 S; e( J CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk# Q( _4 b- f! t4 i9 x
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