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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。& c$ \4 _! |& y# L6 o+ O
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships, d7 K X" v. H% L8 x5 z# I
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships" a; Z( z0 u' l- O/ H# O
CA Indianapolis' M9 M! e$ w3 h& ?1 n
DMS Southard1 G3 A/ ]4 Y) r" ?- w/ ]
DMS Hopkins. n- A& X- @8 g) Y# N
DMS Dorsey$ b1 D7 d0 Z, K) s4 t- g
DMS Long
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; K9 n- d2 C: Y- k* J0 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。
$ g" q/ w7 | QMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 6 J# g. a" c7 p1 e0 `! ^% j
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Weather in hex: Light cloud7 K* C+ Q7 F! F. w- r# s: \
) D8 S5 {% t+ E, rRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
% K, v/ p; L/ o) _& M, {Estimated time to target is 22 minutes; [7 N) ~- }# x) v
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Japanese aircraft) o- x3 {/ Y8 ]
A6M2 Zero x 18
* g% J1 }% M1 _: G4 J/ u G4M1 Betty x 59
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% p/ ^- F# m: P* FAllied aircraft
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5 s% n* M+ J5 ?3 A6 v& w1 XJapanese aircraft losses! F5 m/ F6 r6 R0 {! b! z# R
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed* O& {8 G" M4 B* C l* n7 D
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses
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. N4 z9 x% Q/ @4 F5 v( k8 CAllied Ships
( y5 A, g( e/ V4 b/ z0 n AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage' n: t8 I0 \- b
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
& f4 z% F/ \# Z& c# g' ?! D PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 x+ @; T9 P& E6 x& ?8 F
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage ] p& b/ n$ C- J K+ j. y
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
% a% q: t& C: B/ o4 x- m AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
( t' d) i0 q! [. c2 Q2 l9 d/ Z AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) s+ A. t) A: e AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
% M i+ J8 k1 Z# V! H9 x AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
) Q) W+ d# V; |3 H9 e5 R8 q; a7 j AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, b! x- S: x' F1 [; u: d
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 h9 i' {7 l+ Z6 I: K PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 ?9 D; b, Z0 F( S# V2 d
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage F- u1 [) m6 A0 J
0 @9 `2 G7 Y u9 H$ B* G wPort hits 6
^5 G# L' v1 c4 Z. N7 gPort fuel hits 29 m6 G* m* M4 ~- N9 j" g1 S# d) q
Port supply hits 2 |