41年12月14日
0 l9 u7 f+ O8 H$ E盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。3 {: @9 e% F6 R' u* k* \! \) S. t4 G4 ]
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards& p9 P7 l7 v% ^7 B7 s
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Japanese Ships
]+ B0 d1 S% w8 Z) a, D PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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3 r( I: e2 m7 X1 B. J" ? CA Indianapolis
. W5 V6 _$ n" |) N# z DMS Southard: M' c9 A4 C# l- \) t
DMS Hopkins
# C, b: G- C; c7 \ DMS Dorsey# @" T& o: o+ ]
DMS Long
- A8 l( h1 F' }* O DMS Elliot& z# k. K8 e, s5 T
! H$ ~* R3 G% m/ m+ L帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。
/ b: [% w& V2 s9 ?. vMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 " {( e. w* r3 } U4 b9 \6 o
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Weather in hex: Light cloud$ i% N G1 d1 `/ @
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
0 a' n" _3 A# K3 l- f% BEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, M" f. f/ Q1 D7 l( m" K
A6M2 Zero x 18
7 f* }8 l3 j% C1 S& Y e% s s G4M1 Betty x 59
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P-40B Warhawk x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses/ U: I$ Q; P, n
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
, U; I- t! y0 f% m G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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0 B ]8 t2 c' j( T: b0 s1 \3 Y4 RNo Allied losses+ t* \/ p) t2 G4 s) m I9 D
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 W5 p- K# [4 _) ] AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 b5 a y% b, u" y PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 @5 ?+ l6 e- s4 o PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 w% ]0 Q, Z* t0 k( K AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ X3 v4 k$ U1 N6 g4 L AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ {" k% W0 B6 y. j; f1 z5 U8 I AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
& @& ]3 K# W e# r5 Z AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ H. ]6 i6 i$ J. ~5 Y$ m% |; @ AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 h1 o9 o$ C& x- u7 w, V5 I
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. ~3 }" U) A& h
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 j2 e2 Z1 S, c/ r PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage) q. r" w9 i9 j" N
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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' F$ A6 `/ p" ?( q' i( S& FPort hits 6
, D0 H8 W, ]9 d n1 } GPort fuel hits 2
( K9 E# O* g, E! cPort supply hits 2 |