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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards5 a6 n6 o/ y$ B) D
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Allied aircraft# P, H4 p6 ]' N2 G- y! h4 o
no flights& v/ ]+ `2 o" ]# ?- G, m& z# v) P
D' c8 C6 X0 T% v2 yAllied aircraft losses/ x; L9 o/ }' ^) V$ e( e' h/ f
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
: r S3 V8 l, V: l- N( r# R OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed7 }6 N A3 N! h% P
4 `& E9 b1 `( FJapanese Ships5 D5 R$ K0 f& A
BB Kongo
# E: o" R& s! y1 j5 }: n! S1 f BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
9 B4 L5 o% d+ g% T, M BB Kirishima$ {3 y7 i& |% r Y0 A
CA Tone
6 S/ o5 F* }, X/ w4 x+ g0 u/ i6 _5 t7 c CA Chikuma
: Y$ J" V- ~2 [6 m6 }4 | CA Takao$ O% R4 b' R6 ]$ x
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 24 N9 ]# k' Y; ~/ y0 T2 q
DD Maikaze2 n1 {* {5 K. U/ @3 L/ K0 N1 _
DD Uranami* F3 t/ _0 f4 r8 t
DD Shikinami3 `5 B6 T0 I5 \$ k/ B Y
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires7 j0 H& L; z% t/ ^+ g! k4 l
DD Asagiri
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. [/ r: Z# L* j+ d7 C- q BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- g% A5 t7 r! C. ?7 ^
CA Portland
, H9 E) f* t2 L& p4 @9 B( y CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 @0 \5 q% Y0 F a9 J7 U CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! A# }; u- O) F7 f1 ~
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 p, k' T9 r6 V3 A
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire n" l4 C/ H/ |/ N6 f/ X0 E2 v
DD Farenholt
) U3 [) }, J* R# D- N# X! l DD Sterett7 ?9 M4 R6 O, t s0 O* n% M7 o# f
DD Balch
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2 \+ `% x: p# S. uNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
* U, i* v3 D" L. j BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2% f x5 t. w B" i
CA Atago2 g6 t& \. p( @! F' H; y
CA Maya: _5 m% _$ _! @$ m9 `# G2 T. L
CA Kumano3 {" `. B1 A) B0 E
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 18 w* n) r/ S) x- T7 ~) G- A8 s
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1, R# P# C3 e1 O( W
DD Mutsuki
' {- e; y' m4 \1 T& v DD Uzuki
# o e$ W' c' Q" _8 _7 P+ [ DD Yuzuki% Z+ X& S& \! b& j7 H
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DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
: a [) e5 W) ^& x( e1 `; x DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
' T0 z+ ^6 \4 Z AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk0 C( u7 t4 J. F
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk% y5 G) _1 m; L, ]* A4 m+ k, F$ x& G
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' l7 ?. x$ z, j- J" D AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 \- U7 S1 I: c5 A- @3 \
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ d8 J4 H9 u5 _$ Z" V8 U/ W AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
" ^( e2 b8 f, j o xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk& N5 W1 ?( N: y4 |
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk4 x& U0 ~' S! S' T. ]; R3 l! j5 S4 u
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
$ j- a3 V- ~' k r xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk2 {8 J/ L$ |4 t8 G( G, x
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk' Y; `" N1 e |. S& }
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 Q+ d* m5 @3 x0 r8 X, a
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! L: R8 Y/ O2 K( S1 B
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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0 E0 e: g* V( e; D% m* OAllied ground losses:- ~: j2 h2 {5 B7 N/ @
136 casualties reported
0 j3 {8 j1 [* P9 n! b3 f, ]* A Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) |! q2 B# t. O' { Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled# F' Q+ O2 i% H/ a8 H0 ~
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 V& {2 A6 T6 @9 T) Q% C
. G9 _! G i/ h: ?Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards" h+ }8 v; U8 _% K
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Japanese Ships
; P8 _% \4 t, h0 D9 B, ^* ~7 J BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2. V+ R; u6 ^. G5 g( }- ?+ `% o' |7 V
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
a- I9 O$ P0 K6 i: T6 k8 r CA Maya, Shell hits 3, z( f7 ^( ~' V \- _0 z5 G
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
$ Q; I+ S7 B1 ]; ~ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire1 J: }5 F. N3 j; X- y* Y$ q
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage) u( ^9 |0 ~; d4 {/ K7 i/ e* z7 z( W. n
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2! ^' F7 W) H" j% m+ [; V
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire4 C5 i6 T# b% U" F# v8 f. j
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, u* s c" e5 N6 L6 s
5 Z$ u, W) p( T/ w/ Y5 xAllied Ships
" G8 l4 O) [! j2 i4 G DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
+ z$ }0 Y( M; X" ~ DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
% m6 |6 R; @0 F; i DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire$ r" N, x) M4 ]+ Y, V
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage8 Y) y: j q, S% G
" C1 @) p1 L9 w% i! nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1333 H$ Y* X' X- u4 k& Y
$ I2 L& q1 U/ a5 }" SWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 T5 @8 ?1 N6 G0 `3 ^5 h
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
n& E. D4 r0 X SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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+ r, w: [; I$ R9 RNo Allied losses3 V2 |& i. J3 z
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
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, }- `; ?* t! `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
) q* C, D$ Z6 {/ m0 QEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 500 q* `2 P0 o/ }8 x, T
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No Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
5 P1 U4 O& H( w DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk% T8 L( ~8 @) d# n
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 z- a" {& }+ w: Y q, h, h. z
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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* m) K" g D) j" SAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1369 r, `9 V" K \# S
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, H% P8 j9 s3 w) bRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 F- \! K8 I/ j. @$ REstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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B5N1 Kate x 185 c/ z0 X" ~+ a0 `4 L
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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DD Laffey
8 v+ Y& |9 w6 i+ } CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage' r# U% Q: m$ Y
DD Balch0 I3 V- K% d) |& V$ b E
DD Sterett, and is sunk |