AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 6,000 Yards
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o- v/ t$ W/ ]Japanese Ships$ O7 ^" {" y c$ L M' B) h7 H
CL Oi d- Z7 H: Y* z
DD Minekaze- _4 f' Q1 N* V7 R, i
DD Sawakaze
# ?* B1 a6 ~! u. z1 V' T2 X/ v DD Shiokaze
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Allied Ships% D# ]! u9 M6 i. d+ u
PT-31, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
2 k2 z% ]% ?+ k1 [) ?# j PT-32
$ A8 H6 {( [& `: a; t PT-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& }1 i; o9 M' P$ f2 j: c& E' G8 t PT Q-113, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
% g0 _- o( q/ f2 e" ` U PC Take
R c; U& Z+ O, N% b6 _5 M PC Kaki, Shell hits 38 [% E6 v" Z3 R1 l- g1 M6 {" |
PC Ashi, Shell hits 1
, [$ K! F2 Z+ J! q PC Sumire, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
& P' t4 m& s7 f3 [ E Hashidate, Shell hits 1! b! s- k6 a( R$ q Y
E Uji
. G* R0 z3 G" v& r/ {7 y' ` TB Chidori* g( ?% O) @% v- k
TB Manazuru% t! N; {, a) T! b9 ~, [
TB Hatsukari, Shell hits 4
9 K3 W, V7 |8 g TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
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$ x. g4 P+ Q5 U1 s+ ^. Z/ x8 YAllied Ships
( y- ?1 h% ~7 m CA Houston, Shell hits 2
7 t0 G3 x0 ^0 m; v0 a CL Java, Shell hits 1
9 t. K" g( i7 c8 t5 _9 z( Y CL Tromp$ [8 ^5 ^; y' |, k- I
CL Dragon
# }8 N. K4 G, e CL Durban7 A* T1 X2 S R( @- k/ a
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 18 J$ T3 w8 S. c& B+ z! h+ a
DD Alden
2 R( O: ?. u* p2 i DD Bulmer z$ }! B% N8 w% o$ f1 k4 a
DD Edsall
& g9 H$ v% z- R6 n DD John D. Edwards k4 m* b1 q) k# _" O% t
DD John D. Ford3 L, c+ @& }4 s! A, F: ^
DD Parrott
4 g0 k2 C1 ` L- @: b DD Peary
( L' t8 F( h4 g# ~. { DD Pope
2 s; N8 g; A' p DD Whipple
. a7 s* ]7 v9 s DD Stewart
9 K/ K8 p+ a( R% ^6 {% Y; Y# x3 S DD Witte de With# ?/ k$ h* x. j9 p4 @2 K2 B7 V
DD Evertsen
# a& T/ H$ _" o% |/ k3 N. z DD Van Ghent+ K; ]: L7 l+ H
DD Scout5 r5 T" G" d" f8 z
DD Stronghold
8 G# m# N; X1 P5 c/ L/ m DD Thanet
* w( ? |4 U) I7 o% f8 A DD Express
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7 X$ M: j1 C2 @- c5 \% cNight Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards& h& a, |) h( _- N ?! f: W, `' N
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CL Oi, Shell hits 11, heavy fires2 j5 m+ Z3 d; }; f: U9 t/ ?
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1) _+ S7 ? w$ o1 K% O. n. u
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
7 ?9 e! J- h' j; s n1 \" o DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1
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Allied Ships# J; [4 K% a! E7 D
CA Houston, Shell hits 3$ Q& N+ P) z, ~
CL Java: G1 g* z2 u" |, q4 g" ~ f1 t0 f
CL Tromp2 j( C# q+ q! j( w
CL Dragon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk; e( G1 L: V( y, S& j
CL Durban, Shell hits 1) o, t$ V" q' W/ N0 [
CL Marblehead
' u1 U, o6 U9 W2 n0 d$ |& T* ~ DD Alden, Shell hits 2
7 s1 G% R- }: X# T3 d" g- }7 B" V DD Bulmer, Shell hits 3, heavy fires0 Z4 O2 r$ x' N- C5 S$ r$ f
DD Edsall) X7 l" j- w1 C. }6 q$ t
DD John D. Edwards
: e3 _& Z2 E( m/ l& c5 j DD John D. Ford
3 u8 j3 `5 N/ Y3 S! ` DD Parrott
; K+ n4 o8 t$ E: ~' L DD Peary, Shell hits 1, on fire
# H6 I+ Y1 @8 U DD Pope2 m( R# }1 [0 k9 j& }
DD Whipple7 O9 `8 a1 i: w
DD Stewart# D! H% `3 M) {
DD Witte de With* b! N N% D" {6 L+ [
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
+ Q2 }! _3 }9 B E9 H2 d DD Van Ghent
4 q$ i7 _3 T+ n DD Scout
; J: U/ O W8 z" Y) g8 L( ` DD Stronghold4 m/ @0 g/ d% y. p9 N' L
DD Thanet
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