8月9号
3 A3 V( [6 ^! L$ ?* X第8舰队勇闯图拉吉% H. p, i3 b$ R- Z
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft2 M, M& k( E3 K; y$ u; u: P
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses2 {% `3 n$ s7 V
No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
6 j: Y* ?. z3 y# l0 M CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire( n4 C7 D. c' ^" @6 ]( ` X6 N* F
CA Aoba4 G' U4 P. b" g7 a7 C1 k
CA Kinugasa
4 E4 f" G& c1 g6 ]/ ^ a# U* n, O CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
+ ^. `3 N: w( Y6 Z& c* r# z CA Kako
6 ]* [6 @, |1 f0 i5 d CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1* X( w8 v$ q8 R: P* `
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6+ l1 @# n" w2 _. r
CL Yubari
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$ G4 l7 W- L& v' Z* A2 d CA Salt Lake City: Y4 R; m. t; Z
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk6 n6 ?0 {6 [; N
DD Grayson
) ~2 S5 s( h" S& `6 U2 X+ K DD Monssen5 t1 K( `# l* L W
DD Aaron Ward% F, Y) }6 k/ c' I1 M
DD Laffey
5 o; X+ w9 G) y* F8 D. `6 w DD Farenholt1 Y3 N. V, i$ m4 z
DD Maury1 c2 m! A6 ~ `- `- {8 g
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 p( G5 g% t0 x2 A9 }9 ^
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
* @; B0 y, ?; I DD Stack
7 S/ S+ J( f7 @ DD Sterett, Shell hits 1" _% x# w" N' G9 i- p( N# U5 I6 ]
DD Balch
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( w" c: Y- ^1 e' J5 y/ {: o7 oReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight, R M& V* D1 b4 x
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards5 D; K8 C' Q8 B; D
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 d/ }5 W: h3 L2 S- }5 r5 ERange closes to 14,000 yards...
n' a( _/ N# i9 ^. P5 r$ _6 [Range closes to 8,000 yards...
5 Q$ t5 W& V4 O3 }2 |. j3 M, LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
% N* h: [6 q6 s' b; ?1 {* wRange closes to 5,000 yards...3 K1 O3 `) I' d9 B; l* M& b
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
$ _' y" N9 t9 F8 q0 g9 eRange closes to 1,000 yards...8 f5 \- |* P1 U3 ~
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CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
! r3 u4 T! C- z: sCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards; ?$ l0 b9 h/ k7 g
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards+ B! f7 `. ~, E
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
/ }) ~3 }' U. G, vCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
% ^/ @( m6 P3 J, l4 P0 Z3 D$ cRange increases to 2,000 yards# m( D7 r, w6 D9 o7 {5 F
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
. p0 Y1 n1 G/ k# _, q" \* NCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards3 T! ~9 ~5 C* B
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards' L) u# }% t7 r; p8 V
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
# I1 p- q, I) ]7 } \6 m: s0 kDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
& s/ {- _: {( e7 ICA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
( B2 `' a& w) L! W. @DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards$ j# S6 V4 e3 b5 N
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards# e+ E. x. h o# i+ ?
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards/ h& s1 a# x( t% |( e- W5 i. r+ R
Range increases to 6,000 yards
" m w' I* ?- xDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 3 L6 n( ^7 _( I
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards, Q0 ` p- V' u1 I" L
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
* {5 t9 I6 ^- @# S2 ^& w pCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
0 O g) U+ R8 G8 E: C8 SCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards. _( B3 m3 |( }. J$ F
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards" d' d" O) x9 M6 m2 C! T) y
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards5 k4 m3 [6 D) W$ u
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
2 m/ L p" W" o' A+ ]& c8 H0 s6 NCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
: R9 I9 F+ F+ j1 S+ D/ ACA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards2 K8 e( a) k# ?* H( ?
Task forces break off...0 g9 s; v, B, p8 G: v
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards' e+ t3 ^( g1 X% E( v
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Japanese Ships
' D9 U; R! `2 E3 B2 v# Q8 R CA Aoba, Shell hits 29 W M: q1 i2 P, t* f4 a3 M; v% t, S. [
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
2 f# L5 ~. e* C% q) w5 m CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
# Q. I' H: C6 q" y/ M' a- E! o CA Kako, Shell hits 1
/ }8 w, q" p+ @: l m CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
0 N8 J, C I( f8 T" _ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
& {9 d* f/ G2 u9 |* N3 j) h" H; }0 j" c CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire- w. h, B- I2 `& `! l
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, I0 _3 \- A& q5 v* F CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire& ]/ ~3 q- c8 E" K% g! k# g
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
# W; ?6 Y* ]& d( G1 D7 X CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
- H9 d- S% O( u1 k0 j; F1 F DD Mugford
$ n- K6 Y& Z% P' q0 u8 s: _ w DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2. ^1 n/ E5 n2 E5 _/ J1 v
DD Patterson
; h6 S$ e3 s* c3 V DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight( @0 y3 @" ~$ J T
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
' j; X7 E! z7 B5 ?+ I) V/ Q5 I8 QRange closes to 20,000 yards...% C/ ^+ V8 h. H2 Z, k( Z& h4 F
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( A% P, A |: g* i1 @3 l5 l2 TRange closes to 8,000 yards...
7 G( n* Z0 Q% \! o3 ?4 jRange closes to 4,000 yards..." @5 d- M. R0 y5 o
Range closes to 2,000 yards...2 Q |' _9 M! R! J1 |: G
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards4 v0 Z. s4 `. {( s
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
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CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
, C s/ _# l# D* WCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
# F5 ?3 `6 `, F9 v8 y4 QCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
- O8 j) q. }6 I0 e* Q3 u7 k" RCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
5 p5 C7 d( r3 z uDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards x5 }6 i; V, Y4 b1 k- ]4 ]( f
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
$ r8 N1 E' F3 |8 h5 g+ ?CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards l5 }$ T) C9 _& W# M2 o
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
* J2 B4 c- n4 C3 KCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
% B- b7 j1 _" b, \, @! k, YCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
/ q) {- u% X+ H* M/ x' ~. P* m4 NCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
) X. I7 B+ [& y! a& FCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards( b& h5 O& K$ _/ ?" x
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards+ m h2 [5 o* o& |/ K$ O
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
- M O/ d) @) k) }$ S2 v5 ^5 }Range increases to 5,000 yards
! ?: m0 P0 B8 B, b+ Q- WCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards0 f: q& k( n( x; g+ _
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards: D- {; a" y( M$ S- V. H9 H
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards% P( v! w4 \4 y$ s- ~
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
, K0 {* L3 X- I; ^# K1 RCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
, @) H( m2 Q& H- c5 d2 vDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards4 |1 ] q- ~5 T5 K P+ j) S5 S
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
6 E% c, L9 L+ uRange increases to 8,000 yards
4 U9 F1 m" ?" V/ M2 KCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards. f6 V% I+ X0 J) t) O; {; e
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards4 C3 Q3 \/ H( h7 N- U
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards4 ^' L( T. A9 R# S5 F8 o$ c. [
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
, j3 m% E. e7 D* QCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
- m, V0 V7 K( w+ B$ Q3 JCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards. U8 H0 L7 k. l0 a
Range increases to 9,000 yards7 Z0 ?' ?. {: `9 c" o9 {2 p& u
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
' u, X- n/ g; T* N. mCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards p+ g% M1 [* v8 z7 D- q
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards( l3 F; W8 Z! E) Y% U5 \
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards0 J" K+ V# C2 Z4 j! E8 T; M m7 |
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
# P! N: a4 v, Z* p2 `* g, SCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards: c, t# o1 _/ e' M. c' C9 U' x( ~
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
8 e. W0 Q) Q. j' g0 l3 nCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage2 o. T! R u! `* q, S3 e( I& n: Y9 i2 D
Task forces break off...1 t" n) j; Y1 K4 A; d
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. W1 H0 L, V% ?4 Z. }' aNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
. e t2 m) y9 {$ g5 A CA Aoba/ _( c! j3 m+ L. p6 I) ?
CA Kinugasa5 G, _9 F. G0 Q: X% K9 F+ X
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
4 a" W8 y) E0 |' ^ CA Kako, Shell hits 1$ M, q9 ^1 ^8 ~8 u* u6 t
CL Tenryu: [7 e$ D4 _9 O* D# `: \; \
CL Tatsuta
) z0 ?! R0 Q7 S5 t& h CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
8 x4 i, d) A P( d1 D/ |9 O DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk/ v( g+ G/ O# s- V! H' X
DD Balch! ?% X" a2 b4 |# v
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
' e: }! x3 `' M& H5 T# `Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards5 V) ~8 Y$ u1 }* ?* f+ m, G
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 t# ?0 z% l+ O: xRange closes to 22,000 yards.../ a0 G* C& p, K! p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; U( ?( F" S3 [6 V+ m
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
& j, O: d2 b6 g) ?Range closes to 16,000 yards..." O7 k5 Q. e+ S8 Q+ s9 } ~, ~
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& k# A8 t+ l5 A+ r" [! l; FRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 m) z- ~- k7 f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...# K5 i2 d( L8 W/ u
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 B8 Z. H) i! v' o' j: |2 ~% PRange closes to 9,000 yards...
" O% z7 a2 d9 g* i: r/ }8 x/ T) R, ZRange closes to 8,000 yards..." E$ N( j9 ]# e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards/ U) g: e% x* J, _, \
Range closes to 7,000 yards..." i$ u# A# H/ I8 t8 D$ A D
Range closes to 6,000 yards...$ o; A& n3 Z3 W
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards( @# S2 i9 f7 k
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
/ S1 ]" B9 \% c+ hRange increases to 7,000 yards
* }. p, C7 N: uDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
' W1 t) p; D3 X" N# l8 ]Range closes to 6,000 yards
. ^" @# b+ @+ Y4 QCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards* F% [# J# Z5 n' i) F% r4 Y
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards1 H, @/ v. g: I1 h7 R
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
# I* D7 M( H; `" t$ t7 p) {DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards8 N1 `2 E! A+ R* H8 l1 o) R
Range closes to 4,000 yards
/ o* L3 F" p( ]% uCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
- H4 }& m2 ?5 U5 m: v b! jRange increases to 7,000 yards
- W3 A! g/ `, P, K% MCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards9 s, j; s/ u" \9 c. ]
Range increases to 11,000 yards
6 P( p# N9 q- \4 K9 T. CCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
5 Z+ Z' {; c: n) P5 a4 eAllied Task Force Manages to Escape* d( ]' s9 e( @: l3 m: `% ^* r
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
, L' ]& X6 F1 ] R! Y* b CA Aoba, A4 `% b% X# N
CA Kinugasa' M" Y; x2 F! h* E
CA Furutaka0 N- m5 S( H$ ]! i
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
$ o; a& v( T; x5 c CL Tenryu
0 ]/ R& }' s% L8 b* g CL Tatsuta# W& I4 h. ]$ `' d/ t* V
CL Yubari& U. P2 P- f @' R0 |) o# u9 r
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" a1 x. y$ J* G. \ DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
: p% g6 {$ t! p6 x/ h: [Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards. q, E% m. j+ p9 M d1 u
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
% T! D. ]0 y& b$ r; ~4 @1 O9 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
( {, z2 I- r% ?6 W4 w8 FRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* R4 E* O+ H6 n% U7 cRange closes to 20,000 yards...6 m$ M. V% Z2 P
Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 ~0 h. [4 C: k P% x8 ^% T6 I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...8 V4 ~+ ?; C4 _1 r" K* K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
2 j/ O2 }6 y6 ORange closes to 12,000 yards...
7 P6 @# g3 K/ N/ ^Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! }0 z. L4 o6 G2 ~( l5 oRange closes to 10,000 yards...3 i- z2 A: z3 |( G" E
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
! d. o. l2 Z- BRange closes to 8,000 yards...
; f5 u: G. |2 Z; c( p: rRange closes to 7,000 yards...
, y# e6 W! z1 n4 F( ERange closes to 6,000 yards...7 G) G9 U. ]& \! M8 j! ^3 H
Range closes to 5,000 yards...' W, A" o; N! |" [7 N. V
Range closes to 4,000 yards...1 U- ]% |6 n* M- ~2 d$ `5 Z
Range closes to 3,000 yards..., _6 w0 n! l# c4 M1 j
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards$ p: Q! Z) D% Q; ~6 M0 @6 w
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
' X' Z$ X3 K5 v4 W) NRange increases to 4,000 yards! Q+ k! g: k, i( m% p
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
% @. f$ i* ~7 P" D3 S2 b5 P, }CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards4 Z) y- G+ d! @/ ~. k* o1 Z
Range increases to 5,000 yards: K5 }: A1 C4 N' {2 V0 N, A: Q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards5 [4 a9 p6 \6 u8 K0 Z6 a! T
Range increases to 9,000 yards7 J ^: E( l" C% z. O9 {
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
! @& i, Z+ U4 bAllied Task Force Manages to Escape" a* ~. `/ P6 N% ^( J( ~! f& [
Task forces break off..., f1 P9 C: h1 [2 D* l6 S
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards/ ^7 O3 J y9 t( ^" M
0 S5 l- H3 I# LJapanese Ships
- L& C# I$ R9 B6 U CA Aoba. J8 _' Z& b/ |& `! l, e. I
CA Kinugasa/ E, u+ _3 M& V% r9 G0 K' t3 r
CA Furutaka8 p5 D& k. Q8 B( \ S
CA Kako1 I" S. ~6 d7 a j; |/ R/ u5 C
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
8 H# a- b+ @1 z! _1 o1 z CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire! }0 R0 j7 z, z- M+ w- k
CL Yubari( [8 F1 F4 w) j0 c& N
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Allied Ships
+ h' T; k2 q- X APD Colhoun2 }; u/ F$ l7 d, {- A
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire" c1 @3 r x! C' b: k
DMS Southard, Shell hits 18 C( ~" ?! Z2 x& J. m- j
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! E; u U) X4 S9 p; I$ [ AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
/ W7 x+ u P! N AP Harris
; X8 F8 X9 d6 Y" V AP Zeilin7 i T4 Z1 J; y% o6 |8 i' s
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage! [$ |6 @8 c, I, {1 K4 @( {0 C" |+ m
AP Heywood& k$ m" V+ p8 p3 m9 b& k
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire, U4 `( X3 c, A3 `" \6 u
AP President Bowen# P/ D7 W% L# [! z; k
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire6 ^6 O1 K) q3 u& \( P0 r$ i
xAP President Wilkerson2 V& h# B7 d' b
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d" a/ _% U/ @$ p8 r, P( _2 t. g- yAllied ground losses:
) @7 |( J( _- G0 ?% P' w 105 casualties reported
$ Q8 A$ M1 ]! k, N3 R Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! n% L% o& P6 _" a9 U6 J- ^3 h
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
9 {3 ^2 _" z7 U" S Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 X1 ~ i; w. \- }5 ^0 l
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2 Z# `$ K/ f4 \' _Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!) z- c& S" P. a
Allied TF begins to get underway5 I! `& q" k- `; L
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight) h7 d- O4 B+ H% {( @& ^- _
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards5 q5 {9 X+ h1 }6 @1 v
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# b$ ]3 I' P% B0 \Range closes to 13,000 yards...
; L1 O+ ?+ W) A$ a3 d" B, PRange closes to 8,000 yards...
f" i" w2 Q8 x2 G, B' oRange closes to 5,000 yards...
" C: a6 M' Z! H2 P6 c9 QRange closes to 3,000 yards...
& P2 q4 @; x! y: n/ FRange closes to 1,000 yards... P, z. @: P+ L t6 r6 b2 T6 L( w
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
/ i4 R; ?8 x, _( jCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards/ w( t4 ]2 H( u! T# B
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards9 ]5 @2 t1 K3 {6 k4 m
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards# ^4 F/ j/ s* c6 Q3 Y L% o
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards) I Q/ p& ?- C) M. F6 c' `* J
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards' L+ ?- M0 |" [: q
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
7 r5 x; R3 k" e$ c& B+ o5 ~Range increases to 2,000 yards+ A/ u! r) D7 K8 N1 b; S
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards/ s$ Q7 U) K; j! J
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
1 @ x2 ], g4 [CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards' ?" S# z w7 j% n0 f" K) n
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
- L, {3 f k* t5 ECL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
4 g4 X/ p8 B* o& {2 f3 c: f' NCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards4 b: x, j$ |( z
Range increases to 4,000 yards2 {4 Z7 ]& y6 w* p. N6 @
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
: D; S! ^8 J+ x# @CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
% T$ Q. g3 L) D7 V) W8 }CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards5 r, _, V) y* ?, ]8 d/ z
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards! s6 B: @8 e+ n( p3 ]) D
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
8 X7 l& {$ ~- fCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards O$ N; X( C7 A$ X% b9 Y
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
5 ] o! d4 K) Y" i/ hAllied Task Force Manages to Escape0 @0 q0 |/ o4 R" C6 ]# Z$ }2 N
Task forces break off...$ t! C* z) Z( | n2 q2 y
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。) f% s6 Q; T" Z! x3 L, i* u
万恶的58!!!4 O7 E. f9 G+ C7 K$ n
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, L7 L8 P1 q) d6 a8 M
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Weather in hex: Clear sky, L# V% S c, z
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
) u" C0 b1 i+ R+ vEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, S- _& S( p* s& w/ L! A
no flights
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4 Z$ x# ?7 u; Z% D: E4 y; cAllied aircraft; n. W. B+ A% Y/ [% S
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
7 }6 W) l% _! a SBD-3 Dauntless x 82" v: Z7 u1 {: x, I9 m, L
TBF-1 Avenger x 39' T: u! H* K- m4 z0 X( t/ O, p
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Japanese aircraft losses
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: h$ z% r$ C) y% e( Y5 M/ EAllied aircraft losses
% E( q. s6 `$ B: D SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged; C. d1 p D C! _6 m" N0 V
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships6 {) N. I5 e/ {2 {1 I1 ^
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
7 Z9 ?/ n; ^9 _. e, I+ M# D CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk6 q/ I! t7 g% y9 r& U
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
a; m, K# ~! o$ [4 u. A& z9 L- c CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk f3 {0 Y1 ?5 j5 a
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