8月9号% H$ F! p) [6 \, h& A) C8 k1 q3 @
第8舰队勇闯图拉吉7 x$ O w# P3 R; n7 Z1 U
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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2 i7 H* y' F( xAllied aircraft& m$ Q+ V( o" C- [( m1 L' `! Q
no flights# ^* n& m4 |1 G. J7 B
+ ^: p6 l. v. I0 y; TAllied aircraft losses
0 _% l8 r I( v# }' d0 KNo Allied losses
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) u/ a1 n$ C$ w1 u. A/ L( SJapanese Ships5 D. U" B7 e0 C8 E( C
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
7 [) h% V' |$ ` CA Aoba
! T. _/ ?/ Q' \: C; n& R CA Kinugasa
6 P/ G6 s: a. K0 O CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4! A! e2 K) a2 m, @
CA Kako
7 M6 ^( P. x! y5 e6 u' J CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
; L( E. x1 `6 U- T, Q CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 67 s; k( X- l0 I3 w( v- ?+ Y8 F
CL Yubari
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3 t3 x: k1 _5 f! BAllied Ships
" g: V, B8 V, w Y7 d CA Salt Lake City
2 R+ R( s; ~& T9 [# ]8 { CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk. J6 B4 w% a- n0 ~: z
DD Grayson8 @" K2 t* Z4 M& g# y1 L
DD Monssen
8 m0 y7 J9 b/ p- ?8 V+ H6 X0 g( | DD Aaron Ward) f- ?( M9 M1 [# y9 ^
DD Laffey
- f m& W5 | }+ c1 w. k DD Farenholt' y( G7 P, S1 d4 V: w0 l; [8 m
DD Maury
9 ]* G1 o$ t5 U, ? DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 T* Q# b- u0 Q' \0 x# e. ? DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
, E9 N7 N5 I& X3 R$ U) d DD Stack6 r' ]1 [3 N, f( R
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1 F9 `. [. d2 u# h j
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight5 v* _- t t" F' Z4 l
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
" H! N% B, @1 [( ` g- Y: q$ J3 ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...
" h. g0 M, o! I. z8 O0 mRange closes to 14,000 yards...
0 h- g1 h' t& t5 k' URange closes to 8,000 yards...
! _, H ?$ p: R F% ^% SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards( W: U$ f) @" h3 z7 w9 _. e" N( z
Range closes to 5,000 yards...% F" u: _! q' z9 h8 I! @* b+ K
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
7 H( y0 i* l& {Range closes to 1,000 yards...
! a* `. ]) _( U. j8 ]. M; ~0 HScott, N. crosses the 'T'
4 Z) u. j3 X2 z1 |* Y0 x- _$ fCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards+ O5 b# w3 g: w1 h# \+ D
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
* a( x6 ?0 g( v+ b% SDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards3 M- h- F, K/ x0 T
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards ^, I9 r% c/ h( U
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards' h/ \* O3 m+ q. x5 E; p t
Range increases to 2,000 yards4 }" P }6 Z( Q) ^$ c" w6 ~( }
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
; r, U. h* |6 n/ k$ h! J0 pCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards: @1 C" ?$ y, ?9 Z5 c5 ]
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
7 }0 v9 B/ m' L* q* I, e/ tCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards. R4 Z( J: @: u& F8 H* f
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
2 @2 a* f: H8 q7 n, w! xCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
2 ^7 N1 ^/ k8 A/ E, J) ]5 ^DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards! f# ^: W! ^- a9 J
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
1 _ W8 \8 b8 e- {8 j7 G- s4 cCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards) [) u% F5 u7 p/ J5 }, ?
Range increases to 6,000 yards
. V2 `9 p* d. [! b2 y3 r% aDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
7 \! _+ Q' `: V/ u5 d* N' R$ n2 L6 `CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards; s' j! T9 u8 ]1 J6 W- X* J
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards& y" g2 k% I5 N [" m" |: O6 X1 a+ b
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards- X! P' x: o, r* ~+ h n! Y
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards& d2 {; n& i0 C) [% ]9 T6 C
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards; B0 @# ?- D; t: O4 n4 Z. v$ R
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards/ p @% `" m4 }, [+ ?% B
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
8 \7 ^! N" |) t$ D+ ~' y! V6 w0 SCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards8 X- R& i8 g9 ?1 K; l7 X
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards; c" k* p% y, T5 O% z8 b3 r7 K
Task forces break off.../ ~+ V; W4 {, O1 i- D" e% s2 c$ n
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards- w: u/ T1 Y+ X% X3 G$ x
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Japanese Ships" j* V3 d( J, G8 ^; b; X
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
; ?1 C4 D; r+ B8 N CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire5 q/ N- I, M! ]' U
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 10 G# Q6 X$ G6 m
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
3 h2 A- B9 M5 x- l CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire! @- x$ J( A# ` h O6 t; R
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
( ^5 u/ K# Q9 U" x CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire2 M$ |% l) R! E' Y
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Allied Ships
0 r2 g+ c( P1 W- E' P CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
' C+ W$ J3 O9 R; E CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
& a* y( e- v1 t5 _$ x& s CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) K* K2 l& w/ k6 U4 W: C
DD Mugford( X: ^) T3 e0 H, S
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 28 `9 \$ g% j; x# B9 v
DD Patterson
$ T7 z, ]! d9 I+ T7 _ DD Jarvis5 g0 k% Y" D' N ~* u1 w& P
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
2 r2 x4 m& Q; OMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards7 R) _& e7 M3 X% s9 I' [3 @/ h
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 b }6 A$ l2 P( h, @6 k! T
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
- e" Z6 c( k6 j4 R5 F5 ^Range closes to 8,000 yards...! f @8 }$ m! l
Range closes to 4,000 yards.../ M) g' ~6 S/ U* U. w6 A
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
7 B3 b" d+ R! c; s) r# N zCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
% D8 L! [& ?6 {. H4 t& p" yCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards, u; E u, s, Q3 D$ G% W: T8 a
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
) f5 P8 j% l( y4 J. UCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
0 W6 |! w2 [) Q$ G4 ^CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards2 X9 o/ _ K) [1 T# `
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
7 O$ q/ z/ S( R* D! p% pCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards+ q1 A. u+ m ?' O: M- {
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards. X2 J- }: x8 K+ |
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards" j1 I* m" R4 |4 {" K+ O- P
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards) t+ w; t% m4 l T
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards+ ~# \2 Z( M" T/ M* \3 X" s
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
+ g7 P: }' l" LCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards1 `0 {8 D; V$ Q5 j) k3 J
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
9 r8 ^- U1 x3 ^+ Z! ]) a/ d: B7 CCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards' b& W& ^8 i+ b
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
; r/ r$ L; [$ D+ P1 F$ D5 qCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
+ y- ~# X( {6 k: V% R: ~- d, U4 _Range increases to 5,000 yards& E" n2 Y$ Y. N9 f: j4 Y
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards, C- \+ [" j' u
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards5 ?5 ~" s6 g F5 F. |( Q
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards3 Z: Z- S! y9 p2 R6 k6 _
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
. g' T% Q$ T; n: P. o/ X* ICL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
- P" ?+ {) U5 C$ e4 Z( D; N3 [DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
8 l( x, S# h7 _$ `4 |1 B' HCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards+ a% r0 W9 R3 E2 i/ q
Range increases to 8,000 yards% |! W" Q" f# j a& U. u8 `
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards3 R$ w7 Y. A: n+ `
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
* ], x2 P! v2 D" J; N" J8 GCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
! \3 o- T! O6 B% [1 J" |CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards5 L5 a, Q: R8 l: q2 d- [( q- ^) K; [
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards* f7 p) I2 I# q
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards0 K! _8 N* w9 Q
Range increases to 9,000 yards
! |) K8 e4 }" j, eCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
! @' @1 Z6 O* aCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
) N3 Y0 n' |) I5 @3 l& sCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards6 V9 v& e1 _9 Y( V
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
- E& f* |+ { g9 ]$ j7 p) t3 Z. OCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
8 }2 u- F- i$ t- O) fCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
0 Y+ p9 }2 Y( ^DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards: `9 ~6 Z1 T2 q8 S( F5 R0 c
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage% ?4 {3 ^' q* C; L ~; `2 K# d7 R
Task forces break off...' x! d$ D# g. N! `# v) I
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, u4 A8 r# L) C( D( C5 eNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards4 H- h4 K# `" B: P! y9 l) p
$ J; E5 H9 z D! f% R; f7 [ ZJapanese Ships; E5 r7 J, p, e* E5 H4 A& j
CA Aoba
f4 b; m. ~1 }3 ^" _ CA Kinugasa# c, h$ S3 H" l4 v& n
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 22 R/ x! ]! e' S2 T: l
CA Kako, Shell hits 1# S: r, b. W7 S7 ~% R9 }
CL Tenryu9 q) G1 C, @3 N4 w& J
CL Tatsuta
3 _3 z( {( R; Y0 J4 o7 i& W+ Y) s CL Yubari( a/ o: g3 B* P A0 U! \! z5 r. e
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Allied Ships
4 b6 i7 z7 x: u7 x. V- f6 s DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
* s& Y8 D" m4 B& [3 { DD Balch6 e+ K3 X! S, M. k& K. z
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s- @8 M; Y% o6 ZReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
/ |5 y2 T/ d% \; \+ g& fMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
- F1 f# x% c" l! T, PRange closes to 24,000 yards...9 ^4 p# {; {1 U1 E
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
% X- I$ e0 j. b) ?2 uRange closes to 20,000 yards...3 r5 c0 J' p7 @
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: k! P6 Y ^. s- |Range closes to 16,000 yards...
( R5 m5 _& B3 F( [Range closes to 14,000 yards...# J/ Q A6 ^) M# l5 |1 C
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
7 x) ? l* q. [" pRange closes to 11,000 yards...6 o) s# I. ~6 q P( V8 B6 }
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 {+ q0 o7 F$ i; |
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
2 r/ a1 a' z! f0 Y C8 L, mRange closes to 8,000 yards...5 N: H; Z7 T7 ~( [$ ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
2 D& b2 s# I2 i% r& \Range closes to 7,000 yards...' i' H) _) A% M5 w8 j0 x
Range closes to 6,000 yards.../ Z7 W& {5 }9 {. ?! U$ c6 J& _
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
+ o+ N7 y1 A5 T1 f( P" y4 } VCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards4 n. M/ _* Q; |: l& c( ?% }6 i, N
Range increases to 7,000 yards
: g' t' {/ d" p: ^! @% EDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
- E$ e" F6 m. s% M# pRange closes to 6,000 yards
2 q- n0 v- L" K/ x0 ]% h, qCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards+ r; X& {! a1 M5 Y
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards( a6 f$ W* Q" I$ H- o0 g p/ i
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
; K$ k* L: ?# P9 K( N- T2 zDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards. O0 C0 J# C% X- W8 r/ \4 k
Range closes to 4,000 yards
/ D* |: N* f9 f8 I: lCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards7 y' A9 w+ L' ~- z8 T) u1 _2 F. G
Range increases to 7,000 yards
8 P+ N5 K4 p9 F0 a, z3 mCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
( M6 P- e# ]. I3 P6 [Range increases to 11,000 yards" G% H {5 m* x4 @0 d
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
# x0 e) S* }3 {/ m$ c% @! eAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
2 W4 A0 R! |& o4 P) uTask forces break off...
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: L3 |% Z& X# ^! E2 m* A3 [1 @& w5 qNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships) W. ^& Y5 v' J" M' y' d1 C. R
CA Aoba; m1 y8 `+ x$ }
CA Kinugasa7 z; O, z2 g8 \* Z# p* y
CA Furutaka
) }2 \: s; h9 \* g/ J6 v+ r CA Kako, Shell hits 1
/ U5 C2 i% X9 g& Z4 n' ]1 x CL Tenryu
+ M& A {( E; _8 W CL Tatsuta
9 | v% G9 o& ~) T" U6 N CL Yubari# u1 n4 u- t$ H+ w4 q# e
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Allied Ships
2 C5 A/ b1 W3 {+ I( R5 E DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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! D, z7 q' p2 J6 y0 LReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight8 D6 y: G$ h: X& ~* f
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards/ @& T( L7 d. _% Z* {+ B" F
Range closes to 24,000 yards...7 J9 i& l' W; b* ?% ?/ g, S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
$ I9 R# a- Y# [" BRange closes to 22,000 yards...
. x! ~. a+ @5 P0 Q; k, @& vRange closes to 20,000 yards...
# Q$ j0 v, L* A2 URange closes to 18,000 yards...
& ]! o, _9 L& wRange closes to 16,000 yards...- E o* \, ~- _- K7 X" N- m2 @2 h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...& R' n$ M) q- b2 Z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ I6 ?# Q2 G4 L+ m- X4 M% y0 T1 F
Range closes to 11,000 yards...9 i/ {% D+ Y4 b2 H# w. b) h
Range closes to 10,000 yards...* ]7 [1 j9 b. V% O+ n
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 m+ D/ q' c! y4 BRange closes to 8,000 yards...
* ~5 Z6 Q' d& C' tRange closes to 7,000 yards...( l+ q3 Y1 a9 q+ j7 J
Range closes to 6,000 yards...4 b# b( p8 _+ }* m1 ^
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
% ]9 o; Q0 ?3 sRange closes to 4,000 yards...1 f3 ~- X' n, E3 d
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
' r" k/ x' t, w, [; g$ f0 NCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
" z1 |/ w' h ~+ |, \CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards4 T5 O9 g0 L( f6 C1 T
Range increases to 4,000 yards
" \. S" `0 D; r! TCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
: ` M; f5 o2 p* R2 wCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards+ T* B, y; L; Z2 C
Range increases to 5,000 yards+ c$ z% L# X* Y7 s
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards/ o( C4 E) ]7 s! T* x
Range increases to 9,000 yards
. u9 E, [. u, z2 ~* lCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
( f0 Y# O4 U9 P5 d7 KAllied Task Force Manages to Escape$ s- e9 o Q. c& d& H
Task forces break off...4 E/ e+ J7 G" y: Y& J& I
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards2 {" O& A3 s& ?6 g' U5 W/ a/ ?
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Japanese Ships8 K6 p6 S" i9 U* T2 |0 ?+ m* l
CA Aoba* {" a. t i" u# M
CA Kinugasa
Q8 H: Q" L7 l3 r0 h CA Furutaka* F& O2 C# \6 E6 e5 m9 i
CA Kako) R# f% _' T9 l$ q/ A* g
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
3 f7 N* d& g, O$ c. l0 R CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
; G' x" ?; ?- ]% c, \ CL Yubari% n! D& j; f/ \
7 x3 P# `& G5 `7 T3 CAllied Ships
( E4 M; C; j) _& k( S APD Colhoun
. K) b9 w8 h+ u1 h0 D- b APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire, v ]8 `' J0 C* Q+ [& B
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
" o$ J( y. N* T DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! q" h1 ~( u6 X- U3 _9 t# ?0 n AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
$ K: v9 n8 j' [% ^ AP Harris
* {& O4 J+ K7 A/ |1 _ c AP Zeilin+ q4 j$ b+ m& g C
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage: z! R+ A7 w$ r$ B% D
AP Heywood) M, u& U; c) L5 r7 y; K& F
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
/ d1 d, _( f" ]1 f$ h1 p AP President Bowen
4 I; i( ?: U/ v: l- W! {2 t f AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire# w% T$ @. s1 M
xAP President Wilkerson8 }- _8 l% R2 o* T1 D
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2 D1 p) c- t+ r3 iAllied ground losses:
. r( V* B: g: ^! W% h8 W 105 casualties reported4 b/ y9 r4 o/ x2 q/ f
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 v9 A2 w# Z$ ]! J4 z2 h9 `; g+ c Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled1 c7 [+ ~/ @: {1 O- @9 w
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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8 ?: X/ ]- W# F& ~ OJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
# I9 V3 Z1 y' U3 r2 {Allied TF begins to get underway
0 E6 R# a- t( Y0 i: aReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight, I6 A9 n; m1 p8 {( K7 L- V" _
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
% e3 a, W, P3 f; n* o1 o7 sRange closes to 18,000 yards..." R0 U0 {! r6 i; M D5 ~
Range closes to 13,000 yards.../ j: J9 G6 `" L5 i& h; q
Range closes to 8,000 yards.... c q3 W- h1 h
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
1 g% W. y# r; i- W; M1 i/ ^2 TRange closes to 3,000 yards... k9 l1 f& q% x8 [ D
Range closes to 1,000 yards...3 N9 ]) h ~- {% _+ J
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards1 R2 k! o/ f' z; A
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards+ w! w: m3 N. P
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards% X! k! i2 Y! V0 ^7 X8 O5 f& j2 ~9 f
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
* s" C$ W" g2 A3 a( E# h" V" X( [CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards( {4 ^7 @3 M9 \8 p5 n2 C% e
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
0 y9 g9 z% b5 h/ Z: Y) ICL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards# \ Q& @. v) @2 ^
Range increases to 2,000 yards
; N7 y" B) ~+ A2 \0 GCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards1 c v4 n+ \2 z9 h3 m
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards' R& ~* f( e' D
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
& \9 c7 u9 Q4 t8 V6 pCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
6 C+ w6 ^) F% Y, ?CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards5 t3 t) Y, t4 d1 r$ O& U
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
1 X- J6 M2 G" q. @Range increases to 4,000 yards& P: D( g- J/ H2 w8 r4 {, d& F r, p
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards/ b* f; ^" x- x% K1 q
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards% @7 B/ d1 r7 u: g- h; C5 K
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards8 M" y$ l" \# M
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards1 _+ N8 m' D2 T* }
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
: T$ R2 h8 G3 [9 M" M: u$ f. yCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards" ^9 S$ ^) W" q
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
9 S' t/ h, f& W, mAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
5 Y% w! I& j* lTask forces break off...
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
2 ^5 [; G" V0 T, `万恶的58!!!3 i0 T5 I& Z; s
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134' B |( g, R2 T7 B6 T
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Weather in hex: Clear sky2 Z# Z/ d# d' @1 d
( Z( x9 e; x; C2 q! [3 IRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
2 F1 A* W8 d6 x4 v9 FEstimated time to target is 12 minutes0 [* _: i8 P5 {6 L! _$ [3 u
& i, z5 t- e; k. Z. s" }Japanese aircraft* }" y' U" P( h3 L& I' i) b4 r1 x4 s
no flights2 l: ]3 U4 {% h5 w
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Allied aircraft
: ?8 Q# h/ h; o) W2 Q' q F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
0 ]0 y9 H# }+ C- J6 } SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
0 ~9 [ q" G" g5 O' L# R0 x1 V- m TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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1 ~" Z( N7 O! f2 A/ Z% FJapanese aircraft losses
. o1 N$ y. r- q6 _/ Z+ ^2 i) i4 z$ HNo Japanese losses' H7 x A% I# W4 a; w: Z9 `3 T* p
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Allied aircraft losses
& t; Z/ e( W" d6 z+ O" W I SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged* b0 L6 y/ {' G" q: T
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged- o8 E, ~1 _4 x- ~. h. q$ }
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Japanese Ships3 K' y* M. {% M$ n/ y: r7 `0 a
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire* y. Z/ Q; r7 g: K+ z
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
6 \0 J6 S$ c# @2 \4 i CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage* B8 S- S6 ]+ d
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk) J' s* h8 N4 p/ S8 Z
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