hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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* S8 T5 @/ ~8 q& x4 Y3 R; u6 y经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!$ Q$ _2 _3 p( W6 b6 Y3 F& c: I

$ q1 ?* U8 W* V! j62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.6 U  P  o- g! Z7 D2 q
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Allied Ships" U+ j/ @* c7 _. p9 n
      CA Wichita
) J" R# I' Q% G; R      CA Vincennes
) h) x. m: J& q3 l2 h' z2 S      CA Quincy
8 Z+ R) I- P0 R1 e8 ^: \! I      CA San Francisco6 X: x4 T4 |+ X
      CA Minneapolis
- z& O8 P& D( [( o7 p      CA Astoria0 w- c9 }- Y) `0 C( s( |
      CA Chicago, a% R" {& @+ v: s( t, X7 ~; y
      CA Louisville, p7 _) U7 \) m- D5 d2 m
      CA Chester6 n! E; C' e5 S3 u; B9 m
      CA Northampton! q# f2 Z8 x5 G0 O( U
      CA Portland9 w, e& S' i5 L0 M. X! H1 i6 O# k
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Japanese ground losses:
! k# M: R: X5 P. _      71 casualties reported9 s  A* S  ?4 ]
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled( H5 ?% X# Z: {5 U! e0 C' A
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
# ?) o6 K5 |5 r3 U         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled! x  m: U8 v$ P$ N5 M
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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1 d- S& M- x* Y" N6 TAirbase hits 2: U4 u5 R; \3 y1 _. K- O/ W+ @
Runway hits 105 h; C2 H+ S. o8 X( g
Port hits 46 `5 @* e' k/ V. h6 O( M

; x2 N' c5 u1 d$ l! d2 J2 ^! g" n% eCA Wichita firing at Ponape ) y" L- R2 U( H; |9 f6 B
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% X1 h1 ~. v% i0 d% \  b
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes6 B! `& u* N+ I3 `$ u# Z
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
2 H0 K! P% O4 HPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
/ u. j  N! Q3 ECA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
! t. `, L+ l  g$ W# wCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! z$ B1 A* m% c6 T$ V" LPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria& Y) O) U& [( k! ~
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
* w! j4 x% h- S( L6 ~! t0 uCA Chicago firing at Ponape " \1 e7 S0 S+ Q4 C3 i8 z7 Z
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force# ~" C- b1 m7 @' v- b  B
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
, e0 m* M9 K, A7 I5 K( i9 `  MCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 k2 F5 c# e( ~8 r$ v$ O' eCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
% K4 a) _. x; o) y; VOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland* X  A: z! W1 ^+ D
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; w# ]  i# }2 p! Q) m" [+ J

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships8 s& E, L, w) G- z0 P$ a! F
      BB Alabama
8 V  N4 \/ b+ |3 z1 E0 t      BB Massachusetts; _/ ]' M3 o2 Z4 R( ?
      BB Indiana
) f8 f  R0 `1 |2 `0 Y  p      BB South Dakota
2 C) G2 V# v( e+ F0 q( q8 b      BB Washington! j+ V, x8 v# Y5 c( r2 }/ u. U# X1 f
      BB North Carolina
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; F* i1 l  Z* l) N0 w      275 casualties reported
# ?6 F, s& M! c  F, J         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled& G4 ], u9 e" V9 \5 Q
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
  q3 A- E+ A9 l, W& Q* s* [) |         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
7 v9 T- \# y) c7 Z3 ^" V# f      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)* \9 D( r+ r+ G+ A
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)) ?# h' Y4 {9 I* D( K
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Airbase supply hits 1& y5 m, R9 g  I- [  s4 u* ]
Runway hits 7
4 S& n4 [9 ?& z' I3 h3 f% aPort hits 3; U! ~. i) w: h7 Z. S

$ \$ Q9 p& e) ?" [" v7 j6 uBB Alabama firing at Ponape
' q7 a( ~3 Z' e% W5 n! iBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
$ h( G3 K) N6 M" s' I9 s  \BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division8 r5 W# y. T- G' \+ f
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota  ^: ]9 l, I4 y
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
6 U2 W0 [' b6 v/ Z5 s9 z" e+ lBB Washington firing at Ponape
! f' l- C6 V9 PBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!# R# Q* T' Y4 _7 b% o; ]  c
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships8 f/ G& ~9 C7 J, ]4 c
      BB Queen Elizabeth# k, m# {) n7 o+ E% H* n6 t+ Q
      BB Valiant
" W- D7 l  Z" f, m      BB Mississippi6 e6 C, j" j2 B  q* d7 P
      BB New Mexico
9 l& `( [7 f$ Q      BB Idaho
$ R/ T8 w# t. K$ S      BB West Virginia4 {/ u- l* M( j/ X! j
      BB Colorado7 ~0 v2 F3 C. j
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Japanese ground losses:3 ^% j% r6 `7 s! h0 b' \$ x
      117 casualties reported* e+ J. _6 O# w0 R. u
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled& Y, k7 v8 f8 ~+ J( h9 f
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled, X! t$ q8 ?, d9 g4 V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled2 `3 f8 y( y& D, b; l
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
2 u( M0 P4 U5 z' [1 }" F  p      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
- v$ J9 r. v% f6 K4 Y, xRunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
7 p3 }5 y) ]8 X1 wBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 G0 q" T# S+ w. q* Q
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress; o9 h$ [2 i" ^
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi: F1 v5 G5 n) c
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
' H( ?8 {7 }* D4 M6 A- O* n4 OBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
0 R5 {( S1 ?9 ?. e5 X3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
# i8 f; @6 q! j9 v5 H/ eBB West Virginia firing at Ponape
7 p$ [7 J/ x) T+ O3 ^BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force4 B/ a& g. b: P# l$ z1 ~7 g
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! A2 T; }! o# c% u0 p. D

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. L9 S* \$ Q2 b  O3 V0 ]Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.% w( c% s& s0 e& E4 K! j4 ~' Z
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes  \3 L5 g$ S; u/ y, \' j

8 o6 y8 M$ ~7 k6 [* p! tAllied aircraft
& p  s! a- q$ {; C8 s      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462& Z5 k6 u# k& ]5 y# L4 v* X$ g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337# f4 U9 A- Z$ H3 Y" U$ g2 g. O, H
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283  Y8 u# `" v' z" P

* U! b- }/ W" s, a7 p) V" A& J0 _# {Allied aircraft losses2 G- M/ K' }. \  N
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged' m* c+ r/ o6 m1 j5 W9 T3 F+ ^
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
  H" e: ^) I, J  s8 F      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
, o* P0 S" ^6 A3 J$ F% v      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak5 w/ ~& Y( f, t6 R# G- }3 w) R

! G, X$ f9 f1 K. @+ v1 U( GJapanese ground losses:
$ v, W4 n6 E- P4 R% T4 G      159 casualties reported
: d/ W6 d& c: o0 n' o! P         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
; [/ T% v% Q3 r1 `5 Q& h+ d         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
! [% V4 Z( F+ W; o" b/ [5 d( w" ^. d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 U' z* [! z7 d  R0 |3 N
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' p* E, Y# @. Q6 ]Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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; M" D0 S$ u1 k- T+ P# R- s: p& X8 fAllied Deliberate attack
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# v+ c5 m0 \9 P4 ~Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13444 K# Z* [* @  k0 G' I' c9 s6 [
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers7 E8 B# H, G9 a
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
+ U+ {( C8 ~7 `: B- e" X0 V2 ~5 C* VAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:$ J9 b" ]4 I( G4 V/ B1 k6 f0 X
      3539 casualties reported+ _3 ~1 x8 E' u- P! T
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
7 f7 u" q" e! e         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
! r9 u+ F& _% X& m         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
  P& ^' d7 I8 T      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)% U( P; k6 G1 W2 j; D4 L. r  M
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)+ |1 l+ f' A7 H% L3 K0 A/ A
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Allied ground losses:" }' Q) t' [3 E! M+ ]9 x8 F
      3552 casualties reported8 w/ Y( ^3 {+ ~# @, e& f
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
+ v9 N- {( O$ G' x- M5 t         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
1 S2 D3 H0 u8 K9 u) X3 ?% z. v         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled1 z5 K: P( W" Z$ u# X* u# A5 a  l
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)( l' D% l) n+ o/ U
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
9 w3 f+ u% Q# i. I      Units destroyed 15 L/ a# }: F; C' Q- ~7 l; G
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Assaulting units:9 T* k  J1 j  F7 w
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
0 D# K. o# n1 w( D2 g' d    5th Marine Division6 s: s+ t, F9 @. Z& s
    716th Tank Battalion& i' z; y* J1 t2 E
    706th Tank Battalion: V. a, V9 Y  }& s. ]0 C% O1 d% d
    762nd Tank Battalion
, ?" A; W( _9 f% _2 B5 @: G    710th Tank Battalion" e3 w# f# M2 p$ J, y" V4 A
    767th Tank Battalion5 ~( z* [% r# @: u; D/ ]- `
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2 W- M, v1 H1 Z' h% I    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 z( X0 G4 g. r  E    81st Infantry Division' a9 v7 I2 c8 @# k$ u
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
6 q$ }- ?( b0 Q: U& j    96th Infantry Division
8 \: U) b$ T2 z- K7 _! [+ u# V    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
, X6 p. M* w" d    711th Tank Battalion1 a# K. _+ S; \! ?) d
    44th Tank Battalion1 X" \+ ^% j9 E" {0 H# d
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion# b. p1 g( r8 T
    6th Infantry Division
9 R1 {% m8 ~( ^7 ^    1st Filipino Inf Regiment1 h  C1 e/ U$ u4 c
    31st Infantry Regiment" G5 e( c3 ^3 {: W1 p7 _
    XIV US Corps. b* e; B; r4 L. S4 H. f1 V' B) M7 \
    96th Coast AA Regiment' A0 ~( P' H5 R
    12th Marine Defense Battalion" }* l: {8 ~1 J/ m( n
    4th USA Defense Battalion
- ~/ v% C: L: M: Y8 W( k    14th Marine Defense Battalion; q1 |) P* A( j& ~; m% Z/ v& g2 Z
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. m' [+ r! {9 A: P: b' p    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& u3 a9 e! f9 v6 b    5th USA Defense Battalion- w; V( ]& R2 j1 C% A0 q  Z
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ ~# f  a! A3 u6 M1 X6 j
    738th Coast AA Regiment
1 u. P" m  V4 {5 l    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* ]* [: a8 E; B- A7 @0 i8 |
    I Corps Artillery
" C7 f! j. K& Q& G* e    8th Marine Defense Battalion" ^/ l' p5 D5 A) W/ ?
    X Corps Artillery
# V( z2 Z/ O! K1 p( D3 U    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion9 t: e' p" C0 j8 }2 w9 w7 N+ v
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment# @; C$ C/ |2 l7 J: Z

5 z9 `1 X0 I' p: \5 Q1 jDefending units:7 b3 h; r# A) w
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment* B/ F2 z& }: q3 U7 n' G; I
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
$ T: t5 O. R: ~3 D/ r% o; C' Z7 }    144th Infantry Regiment
. K8 Y; U5 f, V( C1 n% ]  ^    Kure 3rd SNLF0 j5 f) _6 ^1 d/ {- o
    Sasebo 7th SNLF0 p% V% `( ]* ~; L- S3 N
    33rd/B Division& y& V, ?+ {! S4 w) h: `: Z
    81st/C Division
* H  O- P* e0 ~4 m    81st/A Division
6 `& E+ ?- u+ ^  h% W' ]3 X! z; ?    81st/B Division
3 f" h4 f3 s  Y. C+ ~    33rd/A Division
; a: B! T! h2 v% ]& D: X. M( R! s    138th Infantry Regiment
4 ?/ |( ]3 S9 w. U1 {% O/ ]3 @    33rd/C Division8 x! }4 E7 B# E
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 U( ~5 q$ s& Y' p0 {
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion4 R% ?( z/ V+ X# w7 N# p
    19th JAAF Base Force
! n2 ]/ ]+ Z7 C7 Z, Q% @" \    31st Ind.AA Gun Co % @, r2 _" I/ e, u
    12th Air Fleet
. i3 F5 j" W2 I, ^; }$ p4 @! X    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment5 P; ~0 O% t7 t
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 \1 g' O9 d+ Q    63rd Field AA Battalion7 f; [( N- ^) l
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! P) D+ w1 x5 m+ R: Z3 z: M
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion. ?5 Z6 ^5 o) ^# a# A
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 ]" R) Z& n1 }3 q0 R: P
    Ponape Naval Fortress1 M' P3 L* f; m- `; B
    61st Field AA Battalion+ a' Y1 @5 }: r/ J! x" S
    18th Army5 ?  ]* J7 E0 s/ Q) s1 r/ Q
    14th Area Army /1) P( W* H, s" I. X
    60th Field AA Battalion
& b) n' [% ^6 n# p4 `* x    53rd Construction Battalion
; `( T# k3 q3 a# \    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
' b* D5 T4 R4 d) v    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
8 T' L8 W, Z, l' G6 k( m    Kure 7th SNLF% d1 b) M$ h+ F/ \. B
    3rd Base Force
9 t( Q4 W1 f& |2 |1 H6 f0 ~  `9 z2 j    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 449 ^# `  ]' N3 v) u6 Y7 N& n' K

$ B/ D* h$ ^7 o$ ^6 F# ~0 r' t6 ?1 w在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships
; U/ w5 |+ `$ s, b) o; @  w* D6 o& V      CA Vincennes
, O6 v. c. w; o' E8 @  Z      CA Quincy
& y  k: H2 {7 y( U; \      CA San Francisco1 Q2 @1 w3 z  ]& f9 V( a4 g
      CA Minneapolis
! p- w7 r! S( t, q      CA Astoria2 o& c. @! [( q# z# [3 I& k  B
      CA Chicago( u: f' _0 Z+ ~' o: j% `# P5 ^, Z" B
      CA Louisville9 s9 I5 e- F% [: m1 k
      CA Chester6 k" a0 G4 K3 S9 v2 u  |6 D
      CA Northampton
" V0 n4 Y3 d- L' a! [4 y  L      CA Portland6 p# x: j& q) l" T
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Japanese ground losses:
; X; W: {' W2 C* K  _8 e  E      112 casualties reported1 \$ K% ^9 J2 X; ^3 o
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
: k8 F: f, w$ Z3 W         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
9 N6 T& a: E5 i; ]! j6 _! `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 5# {8 k- Z: M6 b, }2 }1 ^- \
Airbase supply hits 22 E" N( }0 M1 d/ Z
Runway hits 21& S4 Y. E0 X! H1 n1 z7 L$ n
Port hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 T! i: O" K, y) s

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      BB Alabama9 @$ X& Y# y/ B# P, T$ A" N6 F5 d
      BB Massachusetts7 |6 C# W; x; t2 Q% h  w
      BB Indiana
, c3 S0 R: X( D- C' K      BB South Dakota& _+ F- u8 E: p% }  P4 M
      BB Washington
! \. l3 Z+ p9 z/ I/ v      BB North Carolina$ I4 W7 ]. q( Z- D& R0 ?) S
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Japanese ground losses:
' u$ l. Q! P6 u: `) q5 m1 w      398 casualties reported- J( g/ l  X0 q, o9 t9 ~2 \, \4 _+ Z
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled2 z3 r+ [# E: p, P
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled8 ^: t. q& z0 R0 I6 l
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 [: G) [6 u% u& S$ j( u      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
, d+ v' w2 P' K      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)7 }. r1 t0 v+ j8 T

: i, F/ s7 q; C9 v4 o9 G, W5 QAirbase hits 95 C1 a4 G) \* r) z% I
Runway hits 9
6 D% N- E0 k8 |' M+ T8 kPort hits 2: a1 f7 s3 A4 G2 F1 o5 E8 P

2 N( d  s; f) }BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division0 w2 F- [: C5 C* C' d$ g- f
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 3 i' [! I% r) p5 d
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
5 m- m" z" k  y  WBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
2 I. W7 J+ m& u5 U  j9 s8 Z/ WBB Washington firing at Ponape
7 `- Q/ y$ i- q1 c! pBB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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  o; m  J& q: g. C7 hNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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, b9 ~) U, n( e' |8 CAllied Ships
4 Z! ?( l4 |/ M, [) M% b: S1 M      BB Mississippi
% b; R: k, u7 w+ H3 W      BB New Mexico; h( N  a. U& J
      BB Idaho" w( C: _4 k% Z- C+ r

8 E  ~9 c# t; q0 ?0 {Japanese ground losses:
- L4 [3 ]  k. k: p4 u5 h      195 casualties reported
4 q3 b  P/ t. w1 w         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled& H+ S7 F( O7 y8 H9 a
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
" R# G8 x7 f! j0 J4 u  C5 H& M         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled4 ?' S+ o7 t9 y/ u  @5 A& S& X
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
$ q3 h  W/ B% Z, z      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)9 _7 B- @8 D4 x+ s) g+ h
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Airbase hits 38 }7 ?( R  k* j
Runway hits 14+ j0 d2 p: k3 Y
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
# D1 `4 G5 S* p4 k9 k/ FBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division; a$ |! ^' u, {  f! `7 W# o
BB Idaho firing at Ponape ) f& W: \  c7 X/ ]& ?

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/ T% k! ~$ u' I8 X' N4 |( dAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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( T; [. a2 e; R7 D- GWeather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.5 ^  z- ?$ |) ?
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes1 m+ o9 ?4 d6 J( {  F9 [) K

( g; T! g: E, @5 PAllied aircraft
& R6 l/ T1 p1 k9 G* ]+ ?      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 W/ |6 f7 M+ D      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
  Y. C1 y7 F$ {+ F      TBM-1C Avenger x 2866 Q* [3 m5 A* r
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Allied aircraft losses( Y4 R$ M- @! E8 R" e
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
) D8 D: R& P/ \. }) g! V7 V7 K! Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak4 }' H& D$ H5 J' F' A
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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2 m) |/ w( n0 }4 TJapanese ground losses:
+ B- C/ F" U2 }$ P- J3 j# R( [      121 casualties reported0 v& ]  V& \- p4 k9 S8 u9 \) t
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- e* J6 [/ y3 d; g, Z% L& m
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
) J5 ^4 ~  ?; s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)  s  s/ ]# Z( A" ^& k/ a

' a) m: }& H* L# {. ]1 [; F% R  ?Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26298 \! Z8 x# C( ?* `6 [) G

8 A8 M# g8 M9 O7 J# |% v8 k0 ?Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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% j9 Z- k, ^7 |0 N9 m- q5 B+ b6 vAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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, C4 J! A4 [1 p$ iJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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5 z/ Z& Z' g- u) qAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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; {" u+ L+ \' |8 ?Combat modifiers
7 _9 C6 b! y! b* }Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)% j7 F6 V: j. p' `, J" [" T
Attacker:
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  I& \8 g7 k4 x, j3 m! E      2305 casualties reported: O$ |. i. S" O3 ~9 s: ]
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled. R4 I- ?/ F6 H0 x! J1 O
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled. E4 a% Z9 y* E, P2 V3 G6 Z4 M
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
3 S1 J/ W9 N1 E      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
- f" r! p5 @4 R8 i) [      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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# @! G) S* o0 R2 EAllied ground losses:
. B9 n. i& A, I9 O  M      3064 casualties reported
, ~1 ]; l% p8 g         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled$ @) q' K% C/ |% r4 ^1 d3 y
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
# @  _7 b& N  r% V0 W/ d2 v: u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled" o: a, j( J; V
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
( ^( ?0 z$ D  ?2 W% [. e      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:& X: q9 A9 h/ ?# \! q& j0 [
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
+ h+ a( @6 q# G( N6 {8 G0 N( X    711th Tank Battalion& v- K8 ~0 V& [( N$ Q; ?! h
    716th Tank Battalion
, S/ O" s5 Y1 X& b, }* a" p    6th Infantry Division
# l" c& J  i1 c! M    44th Tank Battalion& o" \5 G1 z9 z' G- t" G0 F
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment$ v# q" k: _$ ^: B( v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
# }7 ]4 ^6 @$ F' d0 z5 E" @( Y    81st Infantry Division- L* s4 b& g- _# ]' S6 w9 v
    767th Tank Battalion- Z/ n" p5 `, u  N0 v- c- d
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment6 N4 H1 V. _9 L) F+ M
    762nd Tank Battalion4 ]# [1 F; M3 Z4 N
    710th Tank Battalion1 E3 m2 o. n, X
    96th Infantry Division
* m- ?) d: Q+ C3 E- U: d    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: q; D2 ?+ T- z: O7 ~
    706th Tank Battalion
$ w- n+ {2 f6 N& A; ?    5th Marine Division
: K! v4 [: L; x8 W3 G$ u( [  S    31st Infantry Regiment1 ]' n5 e# p3 V; G( y
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, A4 B& l' g4 c8 Q/ c# N    1st USMC AA Battalion
1 q. s. I, I+ H+ |5 \/ G& a    738th Coast AA Regiment7 t1 M; P5 P5 T. K5 q6 n
    96th Coast AA Regiment
, ]* o5 T9 E" p5 |6 }/ Q    14th Marine Defense Battalion
9 K0 {7 u& b  M( u* O" l2 P. c    12th Marine Defense Battalion
; v4 }( l+ ^: w8 G# p2 k    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 b3 s- G6 X8 l8 S0 E" B
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) J8 L: M2 S9 ?& W' k    XIV US Corps. Y" `! r# t9 p: U  ~4 X% x
    X Corps Artillery + ^$ l7 R, y  k& f+ d
    5th USA Defense Battalion
: h4 V* Z0 P# h' X' s8 z' S& Z    4th USA Defense Battalion
) @' L, f. ~9 x, [2 m" x    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  S9 O2 i2 t# i1 b    I Corps Artillery
, j6 H6 G# S3 b    8th Marine Defense Battalion
" O. `+ Z& p; S" Z$ D: K/ Q    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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/ B* h" p, J3 f/ [6 ODefending units:
0 q! Z7 B# @1 ~5 X    Ponape Naval Fortress
8 W$ g& i, P. o( E$ p    81st/C Division
0 W+ d" w8 l4 f' C" S; Y    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. A8 j5 O) i) O. ~    138th Infantry Regiment
/ Y# D0 ~, E$ H) S1 D. O    6th Guards Inf. Regiment" W) s0 g3 ~$ o3 V4 \* ~- ~
    Sasebo 7th SNLF' z2 Z/ _5 n0 U. D: y
    144th Infantry Regiment  F- A0 v; j$ z' ~
    81st/B Division
" I0 J) w( y% I' H( w' G- b/ f! u    33rd/B Division. Q4 z1 q+ ]( G2 Z
    33rd/A Division, c7 ]; u: s# K) J5 `
    81st/A Division2 v+ Z" p0 f" O* t( x" p
    Kure 3rd SNLF
) D1 |8 n) i6 G3 n4 Q' H    33rd/C Division  W* M# Q0 Y& x; C
    53rd Construction Battalion
" j( |5 j6 D* ?- C1 [- r    18th Army$ _- ]% s5 u& A' e* m
    14th Area Army /11 _9 K  \/ G, Z$ ?: |0 V# g, |* Q: i
    60th Field AA Battalion7 F( \9 u. F2 O, v& B9 y# t
    12th Air Fleet
5 S1 T! i- ~. y  K" H- `* f    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment  G# a( |/ O( t& G
    63rd Field AA Battalion
2 {7 |. g& P6 D7 G  q& x    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 [* e- |  z, W: G) }
    3rd Base Force! J! A9 L7 J6 M* |5 |
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 @- ?0 _3 d% r9 ?
    Kure 7th SNLF
: u4 V2 D# T3 O+ q1 e/ a0 H; q2 B    19th JAAF Base Force& t/ }. X: ]# ^$ n& d) r" t
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 N" h- d; n; l! D9 C/ b    61st Field AA Battalion
; ~+ |, ^- Y& B: m; @    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 9 h4 ~) |" F5 n0 N/ c
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ ^2 B( ]: k. q* O    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 ?% ^- x9 N3 P& \5 _) N
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% z" t. T. O9 H' g7 c* n) l) s8 Z
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 K! o7 U0 D- K( H- G- s# H" S
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
. Z$ b5 |1 ?" Z: z妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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  z4 Z* ?5 S$ i* w- L9 \当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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  P8 V/ K' c, ~+ cMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.( D( {/ S( J. j. A
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes& X4 ?4 k7 L  d" ^8 z
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Allied aircraft
+ R' E* ]7 K/ F) E      P-38L Lightning x 23
: q  b" n' N- p3 u' m      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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: L& a/ T6 A, bAllied aircraft losses) i0 d/ N" V2 H" i
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged* G4 f1 V# _, `% f. E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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7 L7 b5 y4 h2 {Japanese Ships
, t; I) W1 {% @/ l' Y6 O$ s, z6 K5 l      DD Suruyame3 M) t0 I+ |( P3 A4 l  r
      CL Ninaru0 ~5 l5 \) `; h6 f) Y
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
( x, ~7 q9 m/ Y1 [5 r      DD Yayoi
5 `: M- [; `& U8 Y      CA Kako
4 P& Q0 a6 U, C6 R- g      DD Asagiri
$ p, a; _, }9 R8 g( W      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:# q) {& e" U8 s7 l) H: S
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
& t6 @; s6 `/ g               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb4 ]) W; @+ j7 r1 a3 `$ B3 \
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'. ]/ V, ^" _5 m' q4 v
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb8 ^! ?  W8 V: f/ F5 y! O
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'% S' Z) l# \7 c6 r$ t
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb8 h( t* |2 b; Z# b; I
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi, U$ C) G* M* O( e
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi7 M9 C/ ?* |$ s4 X
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, F/ H* p. m# f5 X; ^. c& gAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)0 e1 D0 R# v* a$ A3 ]
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain; Z( \, D  C' S/ N2 f5 z: h# g
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
( h7 I9 @+ A+ AEstimated time to target is 34 minutes2 W6 R* \2 [. Q* C

2 {$ Y. m: ]0 ^6 M( F  H3 u+ f( q$ vAllied aircraft
0 F& G. Y" [3 Q1 G      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462; b, F5 U: v7 j  e" p& |/ _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326/ Q! i! b6 H% s" E6 ?
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses+ x7 e- q* M) C( K& `
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged8 `5 Z! b2 P5 p5 @4 p# Q: Y( Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak$ L$ n1 x% d' H% @0 F
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
6 X0 k0 n9 B; A7 A7 ?      276 casualties reported, r& o8 `7 {& x1 P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled! A/ B. [! J0 G% Z% e( `
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled& H7 q) r. a- f: F
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 D! f/ H, G9 u5 N$ x' f
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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- r/ f: X' W' F; aGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack. w( r2 l) F4 e& h9 [# ^  u6 l* l

* Z9 V, ?- D) i% c' s( ^Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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' U+ b" n2 C7 G; c  v0 B& rJapanese ground losses:
- }% L* B5 @$ \8 s) Z      1082 casualties reported
5 k7 U0 z, {5 l: O2 e         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled9 Y: q# u! m) m* c
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 U9 S5 R- M: F: L/ Z! ?& ]+ S6 p         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 f# g2 [+ j7 r9 k9 W+ c      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)! u1 o5 P9 K$ e- k6 n" }* G

' v4 F3 R' o! VAllied ground losses:
1 Q" Q  Y, j, `/ c3 R( n( ^      23 casualties reported
9 d" V5 l$ j" J2 u: {) b' G8 X         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 H( Q( z6 Z; }. r- b4 L+ ?         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ l" `# m- A5 H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 `. s/ Q  }$ i) f4 [      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)3 Q& [' r( G+ _! S5 w
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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东京快车出轨2 M% Y  P- e* t+ S  u

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5 ]! V4 K5 ^7 w% K/ Z) U日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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  c, W2 H6 {% G6 d' E2 ~! c: c3 LAllied Ships
% C& `$ C/ L4 f+ `8 P& E      CLAA Prince Robert; O- ]0 I; r9 y# e% O
      DD Saumarez9 B, O) `$ @7 o3 C4 Q9 u
      DD Nizam( b  J6 a7 u# [7 {5 R. w
      DD Ellet
* @; u0 O8 c3 H- y' K, `" L' @: U      DD Waller
' }' v' u! {, H! ~3 m) j      DD Walker  x7 T0 e* i& B7 X3 u* F
      DD Wadleigh
) b: {" i7 z' G* e* y      DD Uhlmann
/ l  x5 B: D, j7 b& ~      DD Twining
' ^- ~. M. S6 F  @/ o      DD Twiggs. Q) g, [7 L1 C2 |  Q
      DD David Taylor, h& {* S+ C! u7 b. H- U  Q. T
      DD Strong
5 K) h  }" K" X1 [      DD Sproston
* r9 V- P8 ?" Q) F- Y      DD Sigsbee
9 }  r/ E! k* R5 f- Q+ C      DD Sigourney9 M% c. u9 H& B5 C$ k
      DD Schroeder
* V0 |+ _& w/ e+ r* o" Q% s4 n4 M      DD Benham II  w) B( e( F/ y2 R
      DD Cushing II
7 P' N" v  d4 S3 g      DD Urchin8 W0 U1 Y2 ]  v; k- O& z% O
      DD Urania' W) F; l0 @* q0 @$ c: G/ H

0 g. F; C4 V" R: a* VSS I-48 is sighted by escort% G6 F2 Z! s4 U7 e8 E) j# y
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search& h( s/ s8 I6 z  Z, Y9 ?, p
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
4 x$ P1 K1 L+ _" sSS I-48 forced to surface!- f7 R0 f( b3 J' f1 [
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....1 g7 h. e# }( d
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....; |; o& {6 v# H
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....- n8 B: H0 E( M4 ]( w
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
) S& r$ \* N' HDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....9 W( k. F$ v5 T
Sub slips beneath the waves! V/ e8 P; Y. n' v
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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/ s' s3 E" T1 V& G) d7 H- b8 E* W/ qJapanese aircraft) f5 y8 v7 |/ q. G; k9 A
      no flights1 J% [+ u) e; h. y

1 ~' X  d0 ^, z0 E6 v; rJapanese aircraft losses6 X+ e7 g. I3 |
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed, Y# h9 N$ C4 w8 h2 j& l) v

$ M5 k: |/ p4 M, t0 F: y" rJapanese Ships
, x, m4 b! {2 h      CL Agano* N+ L( b( e6 ]4 P" l
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2$ L+ t! W7 ]: s% S; K" H
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# B$ j5 N5 b0 e6 Z7 j  z+ c% v% P      DD Hibiki
$ g, }, e& E1 @. O% g% G      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 13 O, w% P4 \" `) W" [  P/ \! W+ r
      DD Shirakumo
: y. M9 B7 u2 t4 R3 u      DD Isonami
& P) \5 t- p. X- y6 S  b( ?      DD Murakumo% \% ~* N/ x) L
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships. B9 Z7 M2 g! U4 l$ J" H3 \/ u4 T
      BB North Carolina
' m2 o" \9 n3 u$ [      BB Washington+ G$ u+ ^  R& `1 G& e2 c
      BB South Dakota/ d6 e: H2 S/ v2 ~; e3 |& J( N
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1, K; o6 m3 L' y% _3 q' S( d% y  V
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
4 O! h" R1 I/ s+ \$ p' O9 }      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
0 S. [9 B1 Z1 ^: d# m  W9 k) _      DD Conner7 c) M% v/ ~& M
      DD Cotten
/ X( \# e% X; t* h- m- `6 b4 a      DD Cowell
# |+ T" v& M; M      DD Daly# }; G# ?! w; ?, K  \) D
      DD Eaton
0 b0 S! t. b5 Q- O; x* b      DD Heywood Edwards
; G7 d# w( u2 ~6 ~! O      DD Erben
6 ]% J% |9 l5 ?( C) x% ~" |: a      DD Evans
" J7 V- P2 x' b. K. g0 d0 C      DD Foote
7 A9 E( V$ l# U      DD Franks
( g/ ]' ]7 _1 ?/ h. |1 F; A      DD Fullam2 g- U( H9 ^* b# l: C
      DD Gatling
2 c! S/ }6 C# B. |/ U      DD Albert Grant7 Z+ p$ ^: e0 V! M1 d/ K5 x
      DD Gregory
& O+ g2 ]" X1 j! I0 C* x      DD Guest2 n6 }0 S3 t  X; ^/ M
      DMS Hamilton
" j+ o- k1 P5 ?5 z* n/ t9 [      DMS Forrest
. H8 w, `! p& u2 D, Q      DMS Ellyson4 L0 Q# u. o1 E/ K/ u% W
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& D5 u" X5 e; H  N+ zRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 W$ g6 V0 u( [) u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
8 L- R) B+ U4 R3 M) F/ o/ n; U% ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards- U2 c# f! @/ y1 Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
& o/ ?% }7 g4 B8 H6 A: J  `* j! @$ dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' _& i1 Z7 q* a; ^" vRange closes to 24,000 yards...$ q1 f5 c- k+ Q! M! ^; Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards: Q! \$ M% @, X; q: v+ c! h7 |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards7 v8 \4 q  D) z! o2 l2 q4 y
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 H" j- Q3 g' c9 ?/ ]/ S; j8 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
* N4 G  a( p3 T+ B$ aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards" q' G+ G  L- d+ q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: I# R- _) a. U5 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 n: q& S% V- A4 U* ~2 aRange closes to 18,000 yards...1 g8 h- f  a& u; x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards6 t7 C. o$ u# \8 Q0 ~* I
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." j* q1 M9 e9 C( s$ |& ]
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards& V6 Q( {% w2 X: j5 o
Range closes to 14,000 yards...3 ~4 o: _+ m. Y" G/ u' K7 g
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
% s3 R6 z+ a) @0 I) |0 F4 i7 FRange closes to 12,000 yards...
/ {. ?& w5 {* U+ g  ~! S, VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards# i4 V, M* d, X; H& X& A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards& p5 m8 m8 E( z# \" N8 g5 I
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 j8 k+ Q8 R& ~) e; e- `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards* }4 a' X* S/ e. w. |) Z: U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
" o, q4 K' q5 A. A' V' iRange closes to 10,000 yards...
2 A( L8 L) u" v9 u" ?3 }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# \& O* k0 l0 i' I: v8 ~! q, xCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards3 e% k7 I8 C- f3 [9 a  ]7 I
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards+ \- ]( Q! p* E
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
9 K' P! P; X+ S. f0 G5 ?0 S; wBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
0 `0 T, r  ?/ c9 s9 Q/ i% q0 c# q- UCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
" a0 }5 X5 F: J$ DBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards* X9 o4 A9 T, C8 d5 I( N6 H: S
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
. t; \. t" i4 R# M. C' ?DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
  e9 y* o% m+ y; C3 z; [DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
3 X( i& i& a6 Y1 p. `; O5 i$ kBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
9 B  X$ x9 k/ F6 y/ v3 e4 x0 zDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
5 u- w1 J, E4 B: z' t1 xDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards6 c' A# o0 i( J2 |1 A
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards" d) D4 p' ^& F0 ~) w
Range increases to 11,000 yards9 A; d# N" {. k! P- n/ b
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
2 R1 o( x; v2 D% KBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
) ~6 o& l8 A0 x; w  l- RCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards" o7 \9 m4 m# }9 o/ N
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards* a+ a9 |, ~% ^
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards0 ^# N" O8 a: N7 q
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards5 j2 i$ w8 m2 Q+ N( X
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
- k$ w$ R/ A* o& E5 L& x; X) }; VBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
/ S1 _7 s. i" G1 |" T6 u& @" oDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
+ k' B$ _  s9 r/ A  V( uDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
- N8 V, ^$ T2 E/ P- @. T+ A: Z4 \DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards" G0 K  r  ^* N! k4 g
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
# O7 \# r2 q0 z" h! D+ h! jDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards; A3 P, Y; x* V8 H! q/ W
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
( r- Z& M8 ?9 M$ R) o0 ~Range closes to 10,000 yards% n1 c& ]: K( ?: v: N( n4 o$ ^
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
' D" \3 m# l) aCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
" a7 ]3 D" a/ @3 X( c* T! @DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
5 m$ O# [' U. y3 `6 dDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ P" i; W0 f) P. j3 Q+ t
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
- Z4 w* b, l; L* s: a3 a1 UDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
) Z6 e: U" _, h# g8 U7 SDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards2 i+ X; o0 C/ h3 C3 ^$ r7 R- v3 S& K9 V
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
) P& p) X' k# b, e+ RCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
" v5 y! u4 w8 B5 h* L0 KDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards7 X% j. x# y/ y8 J6 r& l# ]& W2 E
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" d1 F0 ]# y' n5 @. Q& x' D) i( uTask forces break off...
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0 q; Z3 }$ }" J' ENight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards# `. D# N) P  e, I2 ~% C

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# C% T, C. N1 Q7 g# f9 ]: j% C      DD Hikokaze
; @9 W& n3 a& ^, @- D7 F$ [      DD Ishikaze! u1 G9 c% }* H" l% ~" I
      DD Tagokaze
5 B4 X9 i+ B! p" X, \      DD Takatakaze
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% |1 O. T, {! u5 t7 G      BB North Carolina
( I3 |3 k1 z' j  b& g0 `: [& {$ Q% f! V2 o      BB Washington
0 X/ q5 q+ T9 S      BB South Dakota
1 I, O* V. b9 Z0 h* H  L      BB Indiana
% I! J, D9 ?, J5 O( v      BB Massachusetts1 o6 K& \/ N) e
      BB Alabama
% Q5 Z% g8 a2 V5 h- n1 R      DD Conner4 ?2 B! y# Z: y0 t* g
      DD Cotten1 I8 ]* D1 r9 E3 R! e* Y/ q& ]; b. k% p
      DD Cowell: v  B, H0 s0 M% a/ k  ?
      DD Daly
- G# ^6 e/ {8 t      DD Eaton
; u% Z# I7 N5 B& V2 Y9 m  ^      DD Heywood Edwards- l* }5 y5 ]$ Z5 N" Q. f
      DD Erben; ^- Q) {8 S# R! a$ t" B
      DD Evans; r, J6 Z) a9 V7 k
      DD Foote. c; W( y/ {/ z. J
      DD Franks
; M" v9 u  W3 E! g" V9 t' n      DD Fullam
2 w5 M  |: u& d2 [8 z      DD Gatling
9 b1 @; k, F3 u2 k: R' S$ v' P9 u      DD Albert Grant  g3 N  P6 m$ a" Q" V
      DD Gregory
4 @* ~; ^  x8 }. r' k+ U4 c: _      DD Guest6 x6 L% s. ]2 w* u( i0 }! N) p
      DMS Hamilton
& u0 k( p' g6 T; D! S      DMS Forrest
* _+ S; E6 Q1 Z3 h+ `      DMS Ellyson
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! [) A0 X0 s7 zMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards* f. v- B% s4 \, s
Range closes to 28,000 yards.... u+ E9 r5 u- A$ N- J) I/ G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- Q( w% f  V. B& f5 zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
1 M7 w: A1 h, k7 }) ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards6 @8 a* N* l! F6 H2 l0 W) h
Range closes to 24,000 yards...  ?8 f, G4 I- b3 p9 D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 x8 n4 h  y6 }  J: D1 m/ [" K2 F( i
Range closes to 22,000 yards...2 P" B% }) |' c! J
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* r9 Y4 Z. G# N/ \- r% I- C, QRange closes to 18,000 yards...
/ U9 A% x; R8 I& C0 YCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
" {5 {  ]: o" D: R+ l4 XRange closes to 16,000 yards...
% H) ^0 L7 c& e$ A4 c2 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: W! f: f4 _8 D% A% {9 OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
3 r  R* a9 i' H5 n! x5 ERange closes to 14,000 yards...
, E5 ?" v7 N* x6 ?9 m, C; |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
, l5 a' ^2 j( MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
& d8 J, ~6 X- z' QRange closes to 12,000 yards...
3 r& v$ J; N7 S; H7 X3 oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
- _& c+ a" ~- p. q+ }( ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
2 X- o3 a+ `! t/ k2 ~/ CRange closes to 11,000 yards...
/ ?, R  g" {4 ~, wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards0 |4 h" `, W0 s/ [
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, C& C' w1 f; {2 M$ k% [7 FCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards2 H+ f4 X0 m/ [! Z' ~( v
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
& W0 w5 q, a% u8 X1 q$ aRange increases to 15,000 yards...
. x* }$ y" s4 M" M  }; VRange increases to 20,000 yards...- l* N3 t, b& ~' b7 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! s0 E6 {" f& A2 J) d+ vRange increases to 25,000 yards...* a+ o% t0 `3 d7 f( E
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
  {0 P! |( _. i, X% Y. j3 |Range increases to 30,000 yards...5 Q/ o7 q" {/ E. A  {
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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1 M" y* K2 O! @7 S$ d1 HNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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6 o7 g6 d4 W2 ?, `7 H# W9 |Japanese Ships1 |* M# d4 R! A7 C8 }/ |- c7 |
      APD T-12 M- N- f5 o- R
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
- n2 |* x2 e1 j1 Y0 v* {, Y" c      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
6 h5 P' N4 r! w" G) [" B: U( S      APD T-4
* k, W6 d$ I/ |) _) A1 Z" _5 o      APD T-5
) z/ F  F  }9 \2 o" Z: f: S      APD T-61 B# C6 u" k$ y
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  Q( z. p' Y& v; g; D& s' T! L      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire% _; W, Y5 z0 R- p' Z$ C
      APD T-9' L2 Q( s6 A4 D; ]5 {' u$ [
      APD T-10! z* K( M( i* j1 K1 A
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
2 v/ \# T% [/ I) c+ p2 r      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage4 f, r! N0 Q( a* T" w
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1) r5 L/ @3 ]$ V* a' z1 P/ D$ o
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships' D& A7 Q, c" u9 N; w
      BB North Carolina
; P8 N9 a9 M$ T0 Z( ?* S      BB Washington/ M' T% A$ b4 ^# `5 d" p
      BB South Dakota
& k  \6 G/ E- q: e; U2 r3 Y: }      BB Indiana
6 g: [& V" i7 V( X, j! v; h, t) A      BB Massachusetts/ o) ]" g6 e% U; S
      BB Alabama% \/ N, j6 z* d. O5 o' E
      DD Conner
: \: a1 o7 @/ o) z      DD Cotten
/ [8 P( H7 M2 m6 t' }      DD Cowell" w! V  c& R; D. e
      DD Daly" {9 X0 F" d2 }1 f
      DD Eaton; l; u. o: t: |7 h
      DD Heywood Edwards
0 K6 `2 _' d) D% x, H# ^& v      DD Erben; y4 P& i" D$ F2 V. F2 m
      DD Evans5 V8 c. k0 \1 S9 H3 w+ _
      DD Foote
) r" f+ x, y3 \5 s      DD Franks
/ A! h/ M4 {& t" A+ I      DD Fullam! ^/ A7 K* M8 X7 A1 ^& i
      DD Gatling' r% D  C- S- P8 h
      DD Albert Grant( U/ V  D5 I/ V( }3 r  _
      DD Gregory
/ M) y/ M1 d: M7 m- O% }' Y+ a      DD Guest+ M$ `! y" |4 D/ C1 Q
      DMS Hamilton
6 ^+ {5 M$ {) i: ~      DMS Forrest
+ n7 h) }& w5 @1 G( u1 p" s9 _      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 T7 K3 v( l, L5 _! uRange closes to 28,000 yards...
# Z% L: @/ F' `Range closes to 26,000 yards...: N+ J8 Y1 w1 o8 p1 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
: H; Z+ m8 S% V+ v1 GRange closes to 24,000 yards...
9 ~0 ~# R3 c' I- S+ ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
) X8 E; b& C# R7 D6 RRange closes to 22,000 yards...7 g$ [& {4 r8 l: s1 h' p( A) m9 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ b* @; z- ^! r6 N# jRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 l* J! C' q' v" g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards- u5 i2 d; A! h
Range closes to 18,000 yards...( Y# H) k; Z6 Z5 E; O- f. f+ e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% U3 L  W+ V/ z2 c- r6 hRange closes to 16,000 yards.../ `9 y0 M* P; v9 t: B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ ~2 S1 b$ f  b3 L' VRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# m& B4 U' K" I  A1 f/ k6 k/ I% ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ |) A: e& ]! W9 _$ b1 k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
: z1 J6 M- z) Z# o0 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! l5 R; l/ Y3 ^) @$ V/ W, sRange closes to 11,000 yards...% P' v3 o! d# |2 P$ m0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards- H( A8 v' S, k$ M  @
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& n8 q" P0 U( }1 z: |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! G; n0 s; F/ F
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
3 [9 L& N. U0 f8 E' SBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ u! Q- H% [( EBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards$ _# q5 q: G! b
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards1 x) ]1 I4 M+ A
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards. m$ l  M$ U3 A' Z/ O1 p( u4 ?
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards( Y% U! F8 u' g/ g4 {
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards* |  V" n% N* O2 b- b5 |
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards# L( R1 Z* l9 {! l, M: l
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
0 [# t- B0 b& [BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
+ Q2 i/ }& k( a+ j) L# n/ BDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards& `* ^& ]( X% r, A7 P
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
) Y" F3 W* l; x" CBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards8 Q- Z" i, i9 R9 `( t7 N- G
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards# X0 k+ t( }! u
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards, \9 w$ k' ~8 D: H0 K( P* `* ^* R
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
1 q7 L; l  _- ]5 E8 s! RDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards: U& W) i( V. B: i
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
6 I. j+ j/ T: j$ zDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ |$ ^/ A. @: r& X
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
. Y& r; s% T9 H& S8 n, s" @' EDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards3 H7 i, a! O: f' [$ ]2 K+ {* Z- I& x
Range increases to 10,000 yards
3 S: }1 y" ]' k+ {0 l' O- qBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( A; ]" Q# i) o$ cBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
5 S7 J" W( r# A2 I2 SBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards' q) `5 h% W+ }$ J* O; e- x+ N% t) q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( _% z( f0 X+ HBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; a7 l7 Z- d% |4 P. SDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 Z, d# y* D  M0 E; d% I) |APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards0 ^) R% J6 N; s) W2 q* Y
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards* X$ T1 ?2 d2 M4 u& p& T* v9 V
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 b9 l! {* \9 N3 t4 Q3 d
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards- w6 Z1 l" w$ |$ L/ p5 i3 X$ d
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 ]" @5 Z4 y  D
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards# m) B8 f; Q" m0 |4 D; m
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
) o: h% C' x, mDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- _" f6 V( K* Q$ xDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards; K) e. h. u1 j. b8 K
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. _$ y8 h2 w1 q: oRange increases to 11,000 yards1 h5 E; q9 G5 ?5 x* V: N
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards4 t8 f2 ^* K# f& u4 O& S1 W9 Z
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards! f9 U' Q+ r) f5 [# v
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards9 \2 Q/ f& R' L- T1 G& {% [
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
3 X' q9 T' e0 v2 v& F! PBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards9 y5 |% \' V6 [) c. f" G0 Z1 Q- ~
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
3 f7 e# x, {) ~9 p" k( hDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
8 M+ L5 \( @' X2 ]6 F. _* @: E6 ~DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards& G! F! g5 O; o3 k7 H
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
8 P/ L# H. |! ?& BDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 C9 N0 l7 w6 L8 l. n9 g8 n: QDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards8 y, q$ I6 H- B3 ^/ U5 J; H8 j
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards0 f+ _* y$ {; a2 O
Range closes to 10,000 yards9 F! u) j- }, Z* {8 F! v1 j* W0 U
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards' H# ~' n7 S) @9 w9 D( K
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& S8 }* {: T% R, @BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards- O) D" x& }1 g. f" Q; }, v. F* B
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
( U" y8 v; l6 Z! t) ADD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards* p' ]9 x3 h3 b
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards! J  W: |# _% S' J. Y1 q
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 E* V. y- v) T# e) i8 `
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ N9 q. x0 V' W& |6 }
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
/ l& u, M8 ^3 n8 ~  Q" }- |DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 n4 R6 @6 [7 m8 j
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, {) X9 T+ l* H! g0 e" ZDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; M. N: @6 k5 ^# V  Z, y5 tDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
0 P1 o4 _5 p% `- [, F. _5 zRange closes to 8,000 yards6 _- O" n4 \+ [/ p9 ^( O
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards& {) x& ~5 ^0 w
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
* @) H- H4 |: n& J2 `7 eAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
$ R2 o/ i& [4 m+ Z* E4 GBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards2 S  u  z$ {: j# e# W9 p
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
6 N! F( O( U# `3 h" VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" E) z2 T+ W* }, f$ x4 x* FTask forces break off...
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+ w0 }. H* z3 _" q$ R8 I" PNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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4 L& s# T: L* Y3 R- J- U* J# A6 a      APD T-1, Shell hits 1- h, J8 e* C( o( j- W
      APD T-2+ c6 |! H! D8 b: |
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
: j* w8 {' d% G      APD T-4, Shell hits 1& Q- E" T/ t+ J2 Q& J1 K) P
      APD T-5
% x3 a3 H. A3 k0 o3 g+ B3 {4 |      APD T-6
' j% \! F; M. C" U( ?      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage: k) c( Y9 Z& @) C7 u% J" C9 h) m
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1( l2 W* w. z& v" l4 s0 f1 l
      APD T-10. U% b0 h+ V/ E9 e: @6 m
      APD T-11,  on fire6 f4 t2 ~) i0 b  S
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
! p  _  P( S5 J; r8 M2 i' t+ s. A      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk6 c0 ~1 L7 b, j1 G; @% x0 d& U
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships* ]+ o8 q" X, I7 d  C; Z
      CA Portland
7 v; ?8 i/ Q1 f  H      CA Northampton# }9 Y: Q$ e* r; g( P
      CA Chester
) d2 s) p. i5 ]      CA Louisville8 h) I4 A) o1 S4 R1 e- G) o
      CA Chicago$ ?* a5 h) z! {8 |9 r, L$ G, m7 T0 |
      CA Astoria
, F5 I9 J! e  C4 _, b      CA Minneapolis
' A9 {8 t& P2 [/ W( T( f      CA San Francisco
6 ^2 D" `, W' \. f      CA Quincy
0 m: P+ T; y6 H7 M      CA Vincennes
- f- s, z$ \$ J6 b9 }      CA Wichita
3 Z6 [" p* C6 v      DD Bennett
, q& x& c( L! q7 i" S  w5 T( r      DD Bradford% H" y2 y& |# Z9 o7 ^/ H' p
      DD Braine7 C8 i5 i" e" i
      DD Brownson& i/ t6 A4 S5 }( c0 E4 ^
      DD Bryant
; [$ }" I1 I% b! {9 L$ M      DD Bullard
3 X) C5 q1 h# [9 Z      DD Burns
1 _; h! s2 r! Q" J* @0 j# x1 K      DD Callaghan9 J9 j7 a0 e7 `2 s% E4 I
      DD Caperton3 Z  j, F" W' f6 u8 o6 K& n/ {
      DD Capps
2 [0 e3 w4 J) V+ _      DMS Emmons3 Z3 D8 _- }- ?
      DMS Macomb) K- f$ ^, {3 E: K
      DMS Rodman+ i  I' h7 j& p1 w9 m& `, N
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 o8 j! _7 N7 B6 O; H  i" b% @# pRange closes to 28,000 yards...
" Y& m& m0 s# S5 j# N2 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
$ b# j" k" B9 ]# f  b/ KRange closes to 26,000 yards...
# D3 z, @# N( R7 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards# x5 @9 R1 l6 ?4 Y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...2 N! M8 d9 F3 M- w% b$ |& [, W1 B+ {" \* I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" d3 a. K, Y5 \Range closes to 22,000 yards...
2 B# Z* E/ \& Q7 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
. I9 ~: M8 A2 b5 jRange closes to 20,000 yards...5 b9 |; n/ _' F9 j2 j9 f' {8 r: F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: U; D! C& i! ^
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
5 u( M3 v- }! @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 ]2 a  @' p$ bRange closes to 16,000 yards...! }" j" U  l% d4 W6 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
  f" i. f( Y* w6 C* A9 IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
& B- C; {0 G1 p% B$ X/ y3 @Range closes to 12,000 yards...
" K! r3 O( I6 V; D5 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards. P( {5 H3 T) k4 T2 D( V, H9 \# V
Range closes to 11,000 yards...8 t6 {3 t9 b  @/ w8 _# R5 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 ?* p% l& O8 n. IRange closes to 10,000 yards...9 o  y: ~9 k/ n% H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards( e- t6 p9 w/ b; Y; r4 P
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
# u: \+ ~9 G8 T" ~DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
7 `3 ?, y; w5 }& Q! y  s" mRange increases to 11,000 yards$ w6 A+ V3 A% `. e# B
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
6 I2 a# ~& M  H7 k% HCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
7 B9 F: A7 g& J# J) f$ a  K% yCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. S# E/ t1 D& R# W# {
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
) |* T4 J$ l; j% r: h" p5 nCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( ~! I; U# I) ~% l) S1 A' B8 iDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
" ?3 w4 h0 Y% D, v+ Y4 X( rCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards, V8 ~( K) o6 [( ^( e. e$ c
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 U0 {! t, C% t8 M& @
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards! N; n" w4 ]' l- i0 E7 C
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; V5 R& n0 z4 S1 F6 ?1 a  g& D$ `DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
) |* w. P4 E, C) _! {, qDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards8 y# {% N$ P9 M' A0 r
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 q2 u& \7 |8 o! m
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( @9 f$ ]- X. S' |& n8 Z
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards6 q4 b, D. c" G/ m9 F6 v. ]
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
7 g$ L1 d4 P' _$ C4 [: RAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
5 g1 i: \( w2 l* _Range closes to 10,000 yards
, C8 h7 Z) |; L8 P; F0 Q6 ?DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
- H5 D: {7 \+ [1 T3 ]/ zCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
) p9 G  q& A4 H# r! c4 iCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards' U- u% F; I" ~; s! m
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards+ \' E' B, s2 z! g6 n" u- x
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
+ Y7 g8 F) t$ p1 BAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
% b/ }; @5 D( C- H* ^2 S5 A; wDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ X9 E& o& r% ~% ^  m# M5 }* FRange closes to 9,000 yards. D6 ^( e5 z/ f: R
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
% I2 \4 l" T5 _( i6 Q; B5 LDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
/ D9 T7 n) B. a9 a$ SCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
, r  S% m" e3 D$ y0 l& O9 zCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
( Z/ D# a+ W. s0 T, V( e7 RCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards8 Y# x. u% P9 z5 \
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
! x' o- H. V/ u5 o! K% a" PDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
- y+ b5 v/ z4 f- p$ FRange increases to 10,000 yards; p: j( I3 i' C/ `* U& w
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
0 O4 ]4 n! [5 C  D; UCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) R0 T: ?7 K2 F9 h! ^: dDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
! {1 e# n& J2 M# g/ e' _CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards+ @2 S* F$ y, j5 Q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 J' r. e2 e/ i) _  B8 l
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 F2 @/ D" a% h, {Task forces break off...7 O& g9 R; y, g3 W- y7 \* S# W

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- ^& S1 c9 D( X; k/ r  B; ~) ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships. E2 P: D# Y4 h: d6 ~, {  }( @9 z
      APD T-1
) ]5 A& J3 b9 u( ~      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire( Y+ v* f  K  l( h
      APD T-3
  x. o. ?. v' r% o$ `: q      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
# b. Y8 f) o) J2 x  K' j      APD T-5
) L, {! g' ^4 r- W$ Y4 }$ l7 t      APD T-6
1 L6 j1 r5 Z3 P$ K: H$ b* D2 v' E" U) L      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk" `; B9 L& f4 ?+ o
      APD T-9: _, {/ B% k1 Y2 v5 A3 C1 j
      APD T-10; o5 z; q0 e" A( D+ {# d7 K
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire7 j3 d. n) O  s, l

+ m( K+ g, R# p7 l1 @+ T4 @! GAllied Ships
$ ^/ }1 A) i1 h: Q      CA Portland( R) m0 Y- ?7 [: W
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
; \/ ~" d) w9 z2 x! F5 E) V      CA Chester
4 _# q) |' {# |( c. v+ s      CA Louisville
0 \4 J. x+ ?# r$ C      CA Chicago. A0 M8 Q8 A) w( Y8 z
      CA Astoria
9 Q% F& X$ c- N4 r, Z" ]1 q      CA Minneapolis
% I  o# Q  ~' N5 {      CA San Francisco
/ @1 N. ~& d3 p; k! T  R! V      CA Quincy
3 U' U* Y6 [- M9 F      CA Vincennes
3 H* `2 ^$ x8 n7 v8 f      CA Wichita
7 R$ q7 b; w1 e2 C  X: Q      DD Bennett! y3 w, p8 I$ n0 e4 G; B4 _/ q
      DD Bradford$ S7 r0 _! t  k5 v
      DD Braine0 @' A& ^) a# y, W- \$ a
      DD Brownson
5 B' Z0 S5 h* t5 @+ z5 i      DD Bryant6 `3 A$ A, Q7 O/ f. I3 V7 v7 [$ N# ?
      DD Bullard4 G" K2 h9 x7 @: E# W0 H
      DD Burns
/ M3 k5 Q& h) z1 O3 u$ y' D$ b      DD Callaghan4 m) \5 i5 u; h% U
      DD Caperton
) z" `, y! D7 {  m; v4 h6 V1 y      DD Capps
* }) ~# {) R7 p1 o      DMS Emmons
) S. S. Z% ?2 |; a: Z- O8 D' _* m& C      DMS Macomb1 X+ e+ _0 C+ R
      DMS Rodman% `7 P6 U& j6 I2 F0 O* }4 q
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards$ N% L6 Z5 y" C! N. H5 {
Range closes to 28,000 yards.../ V" E$ A- B. l& z5 y% W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ Z4 p- Q0 d! D1 ~! URange closes to 26,000 yards...
* V& F" n" P' q' C; b2 E$ yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards& R. L/ p, N' C# s& b8 A( H
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 X6 W  W% D  t& n3 _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 i- C& b4 _. S5 b" P! h0 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ z7 C  d5 n# }" g+ n
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
3 B: [: ?- U- GRange closes to 18,000 yards...: }5 W. I2 p: Y2 |; W" w1 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards: A3 _7 \# k  U6 T3 |0 o6 e% ]6 O
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
7 I( Q9 k0 f" c+ fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( {1 [5 ^/ l3 u6 LRange closes to 14,000 yards...$ }: h' {& C* T" w4 Y2 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards9 x  O% R5 ]% ?! H; ^, t
Range closes to 12,000 yards...- p6 V! t; c, x: n6 K; K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
% b" g9 ?" T3 b5 g2 N8 hRange closes to 11,000 yards...
% [0 h+ ?( ?) w: T- X, E- GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
1 O/ t2 K! A/ MRange closes to 10,000 yards...+ m' G4 L( x/ [$ J. s6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 B- Z4 N, \- P! P+ R/ ~
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards  r: W0 m4 ^5 }9 k
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards/ Q4 h4 Z0 \4 t% U
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards6 L6 W, U- u% W
Range increases to 12,000 yards' f" y3 x. m& P+ D
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards7 x% y' \% d+ `! D4 b
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
% B0 }8 m5 f, i* U9 q, Q9 @3 {CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards# \2 E; Y. O0 S1 F3 ~0 M$ r
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
/ f/ z! b& [& o7 {5 OCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
/ U7 J' v) W3 Q2 d; g: JCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards6 Z3 M/ ?- {6 J, k7 o( ?6 j: V
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
2 F1 ~, D; @! E8 `; ~# V4 {2 E' JDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards$ b  F" [* @7 z! Z9 O2 |$ b
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards. P3 p* S% y0 U% \
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
: U. O1 Q3 d+ E( M/ vDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards& k3 F8 L" ^3 u% y$ H' h0 m
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
; v9 s; z' C9 s  F* X3 Q+ [/ @Range closes to 9,000 yards7 U) \" y. ~7 G4 J0 `7 J8 ~
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards4 C/ y- O8 u% r* H2 `: S
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards/ x2 q9 Y$ r. b3 q, t7 M# D
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards+ |" ]3 G) k$ X. G
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards5 X1 b, c  p% p- M6 C& {
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: P* u1 e* g- M  g1 Z5 \! o3 b
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
& [# m' s  ?3 a2 G- eAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
! T6 @) b, k7 N5 dDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
' Y4 V, Q5 K* F4 }0 W  y6 aRange closes to 7,000 yards8 |9 p7 C/ k0 \1 Y8 u$ {3 W$ Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
% B: y; h( J( \+ w1 d0 SAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
8 P8 o- t5 ~! h) H. W7 m- b, ]CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
* ?. Y) r( u+ \6 T7 p- DCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards: u$ Q# ?' M( L. S( r; `7 [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
$ u  `$ {% d+ \8 v7 GAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards2 B7 ]' d" @+ p' i/ P  `
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
9 M# s+ {+ g% l6 I6 M% RCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 \/ U& s: v. h
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
' `* v8 s, z' v- u$ F/ n; ^2 rDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
4 ]1 r0 R- w- sDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards+ |. z( e3 W4 W. a" J* f+ j- W
Range increases to 10,000 yards
9 {6 E/ m* Y4 Q* L# T6 H2 Z5 xDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, p. ]) B' y3 u) o3 ?2 Q0 `
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
. t! A& d; b5 U4 a7 D: i" AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) Z# e- ?1 \+ s+ ?2 i6 d. kTask forces break off...; }: L/ {  j; u) o: E
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 h) F+ o) s! _% R/ o( U( d4 s
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Japanese Ships
. ?6 C( K1 P# W      APD T-1; @# a' a8 A: Q9 L8 |  p
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
, I$ e& y5 ]. w      APD T-3
& t- ?4 Q3 V0 q      APD T-5
2 B* u, m8 ~3 K2 I" N" @' N+ Q. g7 Y      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 H* N: m; ^9 ^) T1 O# V2 n, S      APD T-9+ s' {8 h+ E: |& a
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) i$ ]8 h% k) P* k5 }; h2 |
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
# D6 S, A# p  x  w+ o6 |1 J      CL Swiftsure
, G; t: z; i. S' k+ r# m      CL St. Louis
$ X1 ^+ b- Z$ U6 d      CL Phoenix6 ~7 n% |- V) A! v, x6 D2 a5 B
      CL Cleveland: e$ @7 k) }1 K( e0 {
      CL Montpelier, D4 |$ t2 k* z
      CL Denver
( c8 `! e' J" a' p      CL Santa Fe5 w' U& k7 B4 q7 Z
      CL Birmingham0 |- z; E, ~& `9 B0 K
      CL Mobile. Z* j* {& ^1 @' G# u/ K* p" z  D( A
      CL Biloxi
5 Y' i2 N" `% M8 F" s0 q      CL Miami; M4 R  `$ B9 l, z) G
      CL Pasadena
4 w9 a- k3 ?; T) R7 z8 {5 ]. b6 m      DD Allen M. Sumner
+ i  r: H4 ^7 b( O0 C! |+ _& v      DD Ault
+ b2 h4 N6 d+ T  T4 T! G      DD English
7 t+ M0 D* Y2 a      DD Haynsworth7 `4 _" J9 V+ q" [
      DD Maddox# u9 Q; m; S( [  `* e8 K
      DD Mansfield- t- n9 Q8 S. N3 O. H" i+ T; A
      DD Waldron/ `/ t- D! I2 u
      DD Haggard
8 f2 d4 U. m1 J; z6 ]$ Y; Q3 _      DD Hailey
1 l5 T3 M1 T% t' Y8 U# i& X      DD Hale% ^& Y% x7 C( d+ l5 G  S; H/ [' ?
      CL Vincennes II8 @5 T' ~+ v& @+ F$ V. d
      CL Houston II' d& [: n3 _: N6 j
      CL Astoria II
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/ g" Y9 ]) i- V0 a' hMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" N, A! C" j2 ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards...7 j6 o$ ?0 ?1 g/ Q4 r5 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 a, h4 P( Z: S+ e
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( X9 s: D& i+ s1 f7 @; [3 ?* R, |
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
+ f4 f9 {" L4 j# sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ D# s7 i: n) w6 @6 t" q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...0 {# s5 E  b1 S. G) W
Range closes to 20,000 yards.... g+ g, c1 q) L9 t$ c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards" C) ^+ T- X  H5 A/ B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) \) O/ I- l/ w7 m3 m- p! C; ~. _4 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards- a0 k1 {6 I! v
Range closes to 16,000 yards...; {+ c: G1 S: x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ @6 \* [# q. d1 Z1 TRange closes to 14,000 yards...
" k& ]* \8 A+ {. s. Y2 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
6 z2 d/ s' E: W9 F& LRange closes to 12,000 yards...
9 [) h: y6 K( D. E, B% bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 h  M  ]" q6 g' ^& ^) C
Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ u2 u' G/ j; S9 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% E% I8 j9 S, V0 n' M! c2 ^
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& C+ H- n6 w% i: p2 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards/ r& L% @% H: r) L+ E. W7 R
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'6 ~1 [% z4 m, m  G. f
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards; c4 k+ r! y3 l7 R
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
' i- }6 g% a. |& c% ?( S0 pCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
  S( B( ~3 c2 D- QCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 g; b& L9 E! @# f& @$ |5 a* s
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& X4 T, M' O' F9 B, T; \6 y! H
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
( \6 Z1 R# A, Y& R4 ?: q- L2 kDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 H3 d5 y+ A1 [9 g& ~  f/ X
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards1 s" P5 ]5 B$ z  d" B" S& Y
Range increases to 11,000 yards# O9 m! K3 F& V8 l# D1 a* i
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" J9 g7 z- _; W5 h* o& E
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ w4 n* P* g! I  _( uCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards/ @2 @( R" m" ]
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards( N, G+ M3 r; a1 \# o
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( u4 d0 r+ U2 ]+ _' p* [# h
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 W* p# D& a- _  ADD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards; Y: G6 l* C  s; g# t
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards" R6 m) L$ ?3 u% C; n8 b! b
Range closes to 8,000 yards6 n* K  \0 x3 i, a# ]
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
6 ]+ q% n0 ?7 \* @8 sCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards( U, Y# Z- {3 E
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards! _, Y3 a2 w) l: y
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards. q: R) {; |; n3 _; z1 B
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
+ l0 u& T' `' T% v6 kRange closes to 7,000 yards6 \# m* J- ]2 C  |& F" F$ l
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- ?: M+ b5 a# R# M1 gCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
8 V8 H) U, b/ p# S9 U1 sCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards, a$ s5 ?# i: ?+ G
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ m9 l0 D7 |9 k# b  |- TCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards- l* Y8 g% [2 m( w7 u
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards( f5 ]; v  Z+ H7 i" z* L. h
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
9 k2 j: t: P2 r6 F9 B" qCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. z. U( K% w; ^8 E# L( }
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: r+ B, ?" K' r7 f9 @
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
$ T+ S: |; g; P# C5 l. C" [APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards* s4 Z$ a5 I" W2 w- V8 w& p
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ z8 |. N  g7 g& `0 j  g
Range increases to 8,000 yards
$ ^8 E! K5 Y' @' @* V/ hCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 A: {. J3 `5 w/ }: V% n. j: ~5 wCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 N7 Z: G7 ]+ Z9 N6 s
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
0 J3 G2 d  j" q6 p1 `4 gJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, @  m/ J7 w0 J8 F0 ]! zTask forces break off...
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  r7 u5 T7 m, Q9 u6 D. \/ z' ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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, s& S0 r1 x3 HJapanese Ships- |5 [5 ?3 o* J  v$ Q
      APD T-1+ a* Z- E/ N8 `- n
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk. A' t# ~3 ~3 l
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
$ V( L% i) f9 z) M8 E' q2 J* N% h3 d      APD T-5( ?* U8 u: _- |" R8 j5 L/ |
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk6 H8 P4 t* e3 _$ S
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk; j& a: F2 J% G: I; `0 C) j
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Allied Ships
" i& {* u% e# V3 o' w      CA Portland
& h/ I$ w7 E$ V+ U, L$ U: r      CA Northampton
* a- m5 ~/ q+ ?7 S% Q9 B      CA Chester
* m- \" \3 |" G. u- y' z# T/ Z      CA Louisville* @; X& [2 j0 m1 x4 X
      CA Chicago+ a+ p4 g9 ]+ D
      CA Astoria# q" C* l& ^: S* V# {  n  d
      CA Minneapolis9 y; j* d/ F. f
      CA San Francisco  P* b8 g6 `# h% |, g9 [* A
      CA Quincy% o) O  I2 l2 i; W
      CA Vincennes
# L) V# K$ j$ n+ C% Q0 y: Z& [/ j      CA Wichita
( W' J: }4 X* T7 b      DD Bennett
" A' ^/ e0 [( u- C6 x      DD Bradford
! `4 R" q: c! ^% Q: }& I" `      DD Braine6 D2 Q& \4 ?+ |0 l% A
      DD Brownson
) Y, P/ R  V+ L; ^      DD Bryant
& d0 E- f" u1 n; U) m1 G      DD Bullard# N, b7 F2 q: l' [* Q# ^: l
      DD Burns
( ]" E4 v  x! Q1 @1 k      DD Callaghan) _8 X3 H, l) N
      DD Caperton( b! a/ s2 v5 F
      DD Capps
3 c! h" N- G# U; r, Q% c8 b      DMS Emmons
; ~( X! h- ]  |' T: C) S- S4 W+ R0 F% a      DMS Macomb+ N: I( k7 |6 }* C5 D' I
      DMS Rodman8 I) c* d# H3 p" Z$ i/ S# B
      DMS Gherardi2 j! Q) Z# }' j% ?/ E' L9 L; K; v

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards3 i/ i; D7 r% O" c# K/ w0 q
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 ]+ j- E+ Y4 J+ U; S9 O4 L% k3 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards( R# V2 I. t- m  K8 t
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
$ e4 z; s% @+ PRange closes to 24,000 yards...
9 V7 {: F, T" @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& o: f, b. e$ Q! D) c: j% N1 q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
+ W, S; x3 H% N' _: xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
1 t& B5 J! T0 ^3 L9 g3 HRange closes to 20,000 yards...
  K' N( F! y- d/ v: Y" P8 O0 M! {+ u4 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, n2 z& V6 V/ BRange closes to 18,000 yards...
, ?: ~4 S8 S& F" FRange closes to 16,000 yards...
; N  A. a7 Y8 p$ T% ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) h* G( ~5 l: a7 FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
& M+ L* |" S$ k9 M  C* r, LRange closes to 12,000 yards...* l7 a2 P/ X- `' |, k; N3 G
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 b8 O- s! }2 d$ e2 z9 H" sRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 v8 l$ U) `6 ~* L  z# P6 fRange closes to 9,000 yards...
$ b% T8 V! L$ f2 v( JRange closes to 8,000 yards...
2 u$ J# U) w/ e% ?4 R" i5 @6 G0 V' V" ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards9 G4 [0 z, _8 g
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- H8 N' |% p8 A+ _
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards" X! Y4 G  H0 e' B3 ^2 B' ?
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 f. @- r" Y- ]  [& R2 A
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards0 V1 f' H# W/ [2 G7 C. `
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
* K, z4 w1 X4 y9 H# X7 D) ?CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 V) _1 `1 X2 v- x+ T3 |0 O8 K% kCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
% \  F; u0 o( I2 X7 p: bCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% E3 G* q# _; k; v% e- }CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
7 R! m# s! S* ]6 x" cCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 e9 Z2 d+ z3 a& C* \: n
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards# I" @' N* j  p( p3 ?7 b  F
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
6 p9 u) p9 l' B$ i, ~" vRange closes to 5,000 yards
) n8 N. W8 v1 @8 FDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
+ K/ h1 E5 r5 HAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
+ b2 ?. W6 x7 G, H) ]% w. YCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
+ E' v$ T( e. i: _$ L5 }CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
- b4 o4 V& y5 e" k0 Y# s1 P+ iDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
! B4 o$ A  t! M) h; u+ R% jRange closes to 2,000 yards  p, |( [8 M) e- r
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
" D, p0 ?, @6 g; E" i" K" ~CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
6 F) g% Y4 a' z* }CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards! f- D& H) k) A0 o5 m- }
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
" Q/ S3 K+ Q  n$ zRange increases to 6,000 yards, r  W8 i' a4 H8 a9 v$ s& `
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
8 ?3 t. D. l5 V& fCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
  T. `, @. L( Z+ _APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards' }7 t& K  x# y# k9 ]9 V6 y& F) i
Range increases to 9,000 yards1 H  l% h3 h3 c& x+ q
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
4 v, ^) t( t, a  Z8 O' U8 d/ vCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* n* v. l& v( [6 ?2 BCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards! d% h& T+ U* @$ R) t5 e5 o3 L6 D
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards* F0 T( }% d) B/ V1 J5 j0 P+ R
Range increases to 13,000 yards
9 h/ E# V1 @9 b2 d/ T. C) KCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
) |/ h! B1 D" j% l8 N. tAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
" {" M0 Z* M" ^' f7 i- mJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape' d8 ^; z8 r: K7 m* t- j2 ~
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards6 R6 J  |+ U5 y
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Japanese Ships& X, F. e$ A% h# H5 O5 {' C# W9 E
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk- m; b2 t7 b+ p* m
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk0 ^" D# @0 E% |( P8 R" ^0 E1 L
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Allied Ships
$ |& C5 x. [* h9 k5 s% b      BB North Carolina
' h- ^7 c9 [, E      BB Washington4 j7 f$ y- w3 f' f* ^) j4 x( L
      BB South Dakota( g: o0 K5 M" {: x; F
      BB Indiana% {, o+ ^4 O% u) m: U2 e9 P* N  \
      BB Massachusetts
+ n% R  f0 ]6 P6 e      BB Alabama, P8 b3 }) e- G+ c; r3 a6 O, O& |) K
      DD Conner2 H; [$ i; _2 `; A+ F- ?
      DD Cotten0 i4 u$ k( k3 N* F2 D! M/ {
      DD Cowell1 d% |5 ?" M1 e( R2 `
      DD Daly& _5 D2 U* n( D0 L# ]
      DD Eaton
  o. W7 @- `! q# m) o- O      DD Heywood Edwards1 w0 f$ C2 D* x) Y
      DD Erben
' {8 u! v& `4 ?' D7 S+ A      DD Evans! u: o' v! _* c$ g
      DD Foote. a4 H: C. f, Q3 k: i# W% m! [* H
      DD Franks
9 d+ S) f& U$ f      DD Fullam
# M, |7 y) R9 Z5 z- h1 M' j      DD Gatling* j! d# H/ I  y. E( K
      DD Albert Grant$ L; O3 R" @* m! m: n
      DD Gregory1 X# }9 s8 p0 c, |9 {
      DD Guest4 r6 m- H) j' z0 ]1 P
      DMS Hamilton0 c: T( x; k& o, J, @6 ~
      DMS Forrest1 m, X2 V2 P* g; ~
      DMS Ellyson1 I3 _% \/ y# o1 k

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 x% s' H- m3 C- L$ u) K
Range closes to 28,000 yards...5 s* w6 ]$ W+ l. T" T& a5 P# J; W/ G* W
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
2 L* _3 ~6 X: P4 }/ O" W6 T7 [Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 r9 t0 Q% b7 DRange closes to 22,000 yards...! P! {7 ~( ?5 x  f( D, n
Range closes to 20,000 yards...! u' f% n' a% E+ D/ X
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: G& o5 f9 J6 T  q; }" C3 G  eRange closes to 16,000 yards...
; _8 E/ f) a7 F; O4 t$ ]+ hRange closes to 14,000 yards...1 g9 q- r* N" h& Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...: v8 t" O4 C% \6 H4 D
Range closes to 11,000 yards..." g5 M0 `3 C. z" S; v. |5 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
- x8 v. o" ~" M& s9 j1 TRange closes to 10,000 yards...
) i8 E" T+ I0 d# t. CRange closes to 9,000 yards...# ?+ T  j" h+ f0 S/ s( T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards3 B& B0 Y# K; d
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards5 A# L( G1 \, Q! S: G
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards5 e& \3 F# n3 \) A7 x2 V. @
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards$ G6 d! {- @( y+ i/ q2 J& o& R; @& w
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* {4 o; r2 n) a4 T7 l0 U6 d+ DDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 B# N& ~$ ~% ~8 k" rRange closes to 5,000 yards4 q" C9 K' Z5 f: _
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
' l# G. R( x9 V; j! @2 ?+ HBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
5 S3 E9 c* W  \+ D  bRange closes to 3,000 yards/ U$ p7 w, l& v. u7 N- [, g
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards" Z) k9 ^* c! b
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards; I7 `% q6 x# R9 C) [
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
; V) U+ H+ h$ j, r: ~2 ^DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
5 s" c$ V8 e; W( B0 l/ s) EDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
* q6 {5 p, j  d7 vAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards" ^; O+ q$ @7 e
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards) c: L: X# j. Z, A
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards/ c% R* Z1 p! o2 @0 x
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
. e" P% k+ o7 |- \4 W  W7 ~Range increases to 5,000 yards
3 S1 f/ O0 A5 `$ a: c+ ]BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
. k0 i+ j- E8 X7 MDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
- l$ G( |+ ]- S$ `7 L8 [" H' g: uRange increases to 7,000 yards
" E% v& [" Y9 _DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
, V" a7 N# s+ X; g$ e- f" K8 QDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
+ W5 Z: D$ G; f# }' hDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards  ]$ x2 |! Z+ C) r& J, i: j2 \
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards% E- c# @/ p( q: `! {# `& a! W
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards+ J( v) n+ Q9 z$ N$ Q
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44* u% G# J$ M1 T( I# S
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加
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# {8 k2 ^  U& M1 u* B4 BGround combat at Ponape (119,113)# ]7 S: b8 E2 p! W  e

; D3 f6 ~$ d% [6 s1 zAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444/ D; v  g1 B0 ^' p, j3 K* d
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 10003 P. d9 Q( q- w7 {8 L3 H

% K% g, c. o' q/ pJapanese ground losses:
+ {5 O: f$ g; R1 d      834 casualties reported; j1 y  h5 n1 z/ }" |
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
. C6 U5 U6 E  e% M1 t         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled. `/ \0 O# I2 r6 {9 I( s+ ]
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled7 w/ s* t! u4 U7 v% i+ Y
      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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. ]9 i0 X0 ~9 SAllied ground losses:! A9 v' E& s: |
      16 casualties reported" v" p2 G& @/ b" Z
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled1 A4 C7 |% I- ]* w, i' z
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
! V! f# a. C4 s4 B5 h         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44
2 ]1 ^. g% B; {1 E. Y4 F盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久7 j5 O+ [" \+ M! b4 P0 \$ X* c6 h
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TF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!" o6 f. n3 f8 ~) I
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.8 [8 t9 s- a0 q9 T/ u

) B$ [! {$ B9 z7 WAllied Ships
( ]4 l% J; W+ P1 s2 f2 c      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1! u9 ^! g' K% U; w' Q
      DMS Forrest  D* q" s) w: l) m4 A' E
      DMS Hamilton
: I9 x+ s7 h/ E& }) ^$ ]- P# l      DD Guest
. B& n$ u$ L3 c      DD Albert Grant
. T$ o1 n3 H' r5 ~7 Q: Z      DD Daly; u4 _, w8 A+ r
      DD Cowell. r- u. i6 U2 U, B! r3 V
      DD Cotten% X( V: ]( W1 I+ j( j
      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson2 |& E7 V; @/ `, Z2 G0 O# V  o) ]& \
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest1 L1 t6 w; ?( E+ s- U/ N# l- b6 R
98 mines cleared
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113: N4 K# P  z4 F, Z, E4 K+ Q
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Japanese Ships) K3 B8 u1 w% ]- K, @, K
      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 P6 v7 ~, w/ Q8 m( M1 h. L6 l
9 n- v& U5 k0 `; EAllied Ships
- F5 N! \5 P/ W      CA Wichita
' `( y- N8 e& O7 `  |      CA Vincennes
8 v( t0 U( E3 j$ P      CA Quincy0 [9 l8 z! J7 r+ X
      CA San Francisco+ I$ A# L( ?. x) h2 k( @- c
      CA Minneapolis: u5 N6 x$ W( f9 x) x/ ~- m
      CA Astoria3 F( }3 ~+ Q/ o) h) C
      CA Chicago3 y$ t- n$ O. k6 Y# ^) e( a
      CA Louisville5 ~* j% g: M3 L( v% A, c0 n
      CA Chester
" c+ m! O0 K  k) H7 `4 L      CA Northampton" F% j/ t$ D+ m' b' i. j! b4 d
      CA Portland
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! A! D8 b* b3 \" y$ uJapanese ground losses:
( s2 J# o  w! g8 v7 h2 S      54 casualties reported
8 p* c3 R% P. m' r9 W# R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: e6 S3 e9 {* R  w1 i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled1 D8 x/ W/ J8 N2 |. _# ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
; E2 `3 Y. i; G/ P! s6 k      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
: Q- F" {" \% [1 }6 N      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' L+ U- q9 K% `/ C
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Airbase hits 1
& h1 o; _: A0 s# w: L1 \$ u' TRunway hits 165 n; L# i$ J6 }" A0 b

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2 {" R4 Z8 p7 \- KNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113) T) t- q' H$ v/ j- T% n+ N1 u2 O: e9 Z
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Allied Ships
7 p6 O3 B' ?$ ?1 F8 z* O: m' B# f      BB Alabama
! z  G- B6 Z. M4 p) N4 Q      BB Massachusetts% v" Q0 @8 v1 J, X9 y: }
      BB Indiana
  R( y2 z; _  C4 f& q" C1 W5 o      BB South Dakota
* ?" j3 L5 v$ f      BB Washington! c9 E: f0 _1 k* m/ a4 g: u
      BB North Carolina
8 H$ z) X! q& A. a7 O2 {- @1 J& ]# v
Japanese ground losses:
' j* y; M' M2 W% v' n1 L9 z. [      570 casualties reported
3 f) s) n! F2 c7 M- u" l         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled1 O, k4 T' K( U
         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled
. b, K- Z5 s; V8 t: |6 b  z         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
  M8 g' j+ j6 t$ X& H  d2 A5 z1 u+ `      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)" N" {' i, u' x1 S1 ?1 y7 V& y  e! l$ p
      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Airbase hits 7& [5 d5 _& E" F& d
Airbase supply hits 1
0 _( V  `" b4 u+ t! r+ ]Runway hits 15
* j6 E, L& X# h  F7 ePort hits 37 m1 w: e5 F& f; l- j
Port supply hits 2; `0 M/ e! x3 B

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  B+ Z/ p0 y+ f$ INight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 B. m: v& q' q- {2 `( {$ \9 r' z

  Y( G( v7 y1 Y; }7 c! ^- lAllied Ships  M  ?9 q7 q/ v# X' O9 Y# E$ S# F6 i
      BB Queen Elizabeth
, ^, q: U' N6 }+ S3 b: S0 C      BB Valiant
  w# |5 m0 `6 x) f3 x" U      BB Mississippi
7 h( D$ Q9 s+ g: |8 o5 t& V1 ~1 _1 x& s      BB New Mexico0 h$ f3 `4 t) G9 A4 `
      BB Idaho
. I) }) b& B5 W      BB West Virginia: x7 g4 G  G7 o% R4 S7 U$ r
      BB Colorado* `1 O) M$ v" m5 R5 I( T
9 j: F1 q. H( o, b& `: {/ Y3 Q
Japanese ground losses:
; {" u; ~% ^9 ^/ R* Q      603 casualties reported
" g% e3 m8 s- F' k         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
" U' Y9 l) t% T" B" O' }- K         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
5 q8 h6 T  ~! v! @         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
! R3 U; v' U2 V: o  v1 Y+ M      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)( P0 y$ k5 l! ?6 y. |
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
( N" I  {4 S+ @6 P
: [/ t3 u- z2 WAirbase hits 53 [; G) p! Q* ^5 e3 p( T- o5 B; T
Airbase supply hits 27 d% h# ^- ^( ^. o2 ~" T3 e9 s+ T
Runway hits 7: H9 n* B) Z, A
Port hits 1) R8 U% @' \  t1 b& a# ~

) q( m# f# T. T+ ]$ g3 tBB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape 9 n+ }$ ]) O' ]7 H+ _/ u+ m
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
4 j- |. L( O7 l+ B9 {0 f% cBB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division0 r2 M9 f% ?/ e; B
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division
2 T! K! ^: T6 U4 t1 ^( ZBB New Mexico firing at Ponape % G* u, o9 R% U  H% u
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
& t& D6 X3 p, |/ V: D. K3 s: tOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia* U- d- Z% J% o5 A
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division: E/ L& O6 |" b. ~1 m8 P
BB Colorado firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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) x. `4 J4 T) W$ [9 R" KRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.' ^& j' Y0 E" B
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes5 e- c$ H2 [9 z2 M; |

/ Q) f/ l8 I& E- X7 KAllied aircraft
! G9 F% K# V* e9 v0 [, \( f( V5 h      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462# q! f. [) H: F) L  u& {" g, [2 p
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3142 V6 n/ ]; Y8 c. L" C8 `
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2749 u0 x+ \3 N# ^8 z3 o- T  s, L0 ]

8 _3 u( ~6 ~8 e0 PAllied aircraft losses7 \- p. ~7 w9 [# L7 t( K8 j6 x
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged
5 y+ l9 N+ I" w8 x3 s  @, M      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
6 P1 x$ p1 `7 \$ s8 c      529 casualties reported) u6 _; f2 j# K, ?+ B
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled" I# i/ o( a3 D( g' L) v
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled3 _' \- K! t( U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled$ k8 D: h2 M) g8 g
      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)( c6 M" p8 P1 X5 W2 X

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+ K& O! u, ~& k) V8 g6 gGround combat at Ponape (119,113)" b+ @3 b$ G: ~- r2 B+ r, b

0 K, H1 z! O% ]+ m& `* GAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496* B* c8 _) M3 n- N
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Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938' x1 m% u5 w- {6 c
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 57 s. Q2 }/ [" a. d. M. V# ?: D
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Allied adjusted assault: 3029
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Japanese adjusted defense: 3835
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2 V- {" _( x. b1 ]: _Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
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Combat modifiers" C8 a  K7 o$ d3 a8 L
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
& h( O4 C8 r. ?7 `' N3 ^! GAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:: ?* U; T: L4 n( W& b5 J) b3 G
      5869 casualties reported
) A0 u' e6 F. D) n% N         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled" x8 ?* c8 `" A7 }
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled* r) [* c8 N/ l# F5 L% T) C
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled
9 A0 w! H5 ~% O; B      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)7 P' a: I3 H0 t4 I$ f2 w( F6 V
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)# W' t; N& [6 x$ u4 K) ~' h. G

$ J# O/ C' r- h- u; bAllied ground losses:/ U5 f1 Z$ E) w2 v
      1488 casualties reported& s, P1 ?$ ?/ H5 X
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled
  N. Z" v+ J, s, T. n, [7 V         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled7 n6 \) g( h5 L; J4 a
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
/ r( Q, I6 `0 q1 ~# ]: s3 n      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)1 z1 N+ A6 q* q! `8 @. j0 e" E
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)4 C1 Z# `. P% o6 P& o; ^/ N* i9 O
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Assaulting units:7 d* ]& [; h3 r3 d: D: }, N8 _
    762nd Tank Battalion
) x$ u) ^( o# A  Q& o    710th Tank Battalion9 p2 i! g; e. o' _( c  Y
    767th Tank Battalion8 I- [4 `) Y% b1 s# D& h
    44th Tank Battalion
0 f1 e# ^; V& ^9 {7 A  b    96th Infantry Division
6 M( X( z! ]1 T/ a    706th Tank Battalion. p* I) z9 f$ o! w) A
    81st Infantry Division, A& I) N1 F2 k# `( e' C6 _
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment/ I. L: [* G5 |+ u7 ^
    5th Marine Division
# }" W, b8 z* R' u8 q4 ~7 n    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
& M% u1 Q5 ?3 f9 a6 f    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 l' s/ L- z8 w" b$ ~& v  h
    711th Tank Battalion
" O7 k0 |8 f: ~3 N& j7 o+ v    716th Tank Battalion* W5 S$ r7 d3 d" l8 e- p! ~
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment# u- {- y& n6 I' B! Y8 P
    6th Infantry Division
( a% N7 _4 S$ D/ p* s9 `    31st Infantry Regiment& i" B# d% W  T4 v. |* Q4 ^
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
2 _* k! }: a+ K# @' c5 Q    4th USA Defense Battalion
0 X- L" H* k8 n+ I( D    X Corps Artillery 3 r2 m1 I: |" k$ R
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ D) Y+ H/ W+ j+ o    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion0 U/ F2 [! f- y2 j
    I Corps Artillery ( t8 L( s: T) ]; ^& A7 Q
    XIV US Corps) g0 [2 n0 s; x- Y) p
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! a5 X% u7 [0 l7 j* d1 r    96th Coast AA Regiment/ x; L5 y) a. E! V
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  X5 P# G6 X& |9 X2 a, P. R4 d    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ [3 s. W: h+ {
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
$ |6 s5 L+ ?* O% y1 D- P    738th Coast AA Regiment
* X, s% h$ W% M    1st USMC AA Battalion
  B# l" {# K' l9 v2 _    5th USA Defense Battalion
' B+ _6 i$ j" m: _' T1 |, R+ l1 ]    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
8 k# W8 k4 x0 Y- H    144th Infantry Regiment3 u- ~0 i- y2 a: {- p
    81st/C Division5 J/ n: G7 E& J5 e; [: l8 U
    Kure 3rd SNLF% |7 |  _& s- F) K
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
3 ~8 G) R3 b' b& p! f) ]3 d5 d  p    81st/A Division
/ |3 L0 t' ^/ a$ S$ n    6th Guards Inf. Regiment# \5 o& b/ W+ _
    33rd/B Division' ]0 s0 {# ]- Z  V# W
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
* I* T  l  k9 C- t/ v6 v    33rd/A Division' A' G" z5 Z( w0 j7 m2 w4 O$ M0 ?
    81st/B Division9 }2 H9 U9 x0 @! C7 C9 t
    138th Infantry Regiment8 I5 ]/ p0 f( ~% G
    33rd/C Division
" |& v1 |! m! H: d+ v, D    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
& e: l' L: U; P. y4 F, o    60th Field AA Battalion
* D6 K4 K( i: z* _8 O5 z    53rd Construction Battalion
6 u1 X1 ~4 ^/ V) ^" d! Y" D" m    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
. V" ~1 v* `9 ]    14th Area Army /1% Q# {! I% I3 j/ {1 W5 O% [
    61st Field AA Battalion; w' J3 H) Q0 _5 D
    18th Army
( P1 c( I, T5 S8 z* V# }    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7 Y( a2 f4 D) Z' j( {& D, m    18th Field AF Construction Battalion6 d& [7 _5 ~; I- R/ j- a
    63rd Field AA Battalion' L9 c% z9 W( J( S( `. l
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment* M% W% `+ j# x8 g4 `9 h4 U& Z: Z& `
    12th Air Fleet
" |8 z1 g9 B7 a    Kure 7th SNLF& x/ q4 _9 }/ k8 l6 u' G& g* k9 k8 Q5 F
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1; y1 b: X1 J: b$ z) x
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion, o* n/ V. t/ u- x& b+ h% M
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 U8 }  P9 I9 X; b$ v
    19th JAAF Base Force
9 U; U+ e. _9 H    3rd Base Force! l- Q. I  ], u" M- H
    Ponape Naval Fortress" k, V3 I3 C; w* Z3 @; L; g: H  y
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

要不要眼含热泪这么夸张啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 44  b. \7 ]* y) M- C& p8 w0 L3 Z
盟军向波纳佩投送了一个骑兵团和大量补给，并与日军展开了2轮炮战，日军火力已被明显压制，显然最后时刻即将到来
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113
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& \7 {  n  B3 ]  ?" m+ O$ rWeather in hex: Clear sky# r  Y3 ~% v5 v* o2 V
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.$ L# M* W7 w5 t8 @7 {" p+ ~. T
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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$ s% w! o) K0 F5 v& C  o  S- HAllied aircraft
# R' u& B7 ?) b  J$ p* h2 a      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 ~8 m, g% y0 B2 W# h8 [1 m      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327! \. G3 e7 w0 @1 N8 L' M" F
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses, t8 H6 ^2 ?  Z. \3 X  O
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged" o  k- `2 t+ R* u3 h
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged' ^" v$ m) k: I$ {/ Q
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak- ~; d& o7 q8 {6 A) D
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Japanese ground losses:
+ C# _: J" d2 a' t7 ^9 {. d      17 casualties reported
* x' a2 Z+ F4 p0 |         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 [: G4 ?2 Q  r! n1 ?3 U         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled- d% {; U& w: S5 `( g7 I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ f: m$ x; Z4 c! A; G, |$ G" R2 S# v      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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# i" m. A/ B, ^; |7 ^& O3 U) w) xAirbase hits 972 k4 J" d8 Q6 w# g. z: t1 l
Airbase supply hits 26
1 N- Z" u; F* o+ CRunway hits 252
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Japanese Bombardment attack% g: e( A/ d9 i# J# l* g/ }
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728+ u. ?4 y" y. B9 C4 L0 J9 f6 H
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Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493; m9 S8 R1 J6 b" j0 T+ [$ j  t7 f, R

% [4 C2 B3 {8 }Japanese ground losses:
4 J9 U; l8 @" K6 `' n8 c7 _      736 casualties reported
$ m$ B7 H: @& J& Q0 t% y$ C* M         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled, z0 ?& F- q, P: T  }( n
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled: C* e- ]6 R9 l7 H, A
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ N* U1 T" e+ ]: }" h6 j' F      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)$ u5 j; b! ^& v, _: [7 ?
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:/ i1 M) @8 r( p! T  ?% Q' e
      23 casualties reported
  z( A" m3 `0 P7 ?         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
' E1 J$ U  {5 o; W2 K7 r         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. C$ i* w/ `8 D5 L5 w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 G' {7 Y( d+ Z! y4 c0 o) i( q      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled), g+ n8 i9 K5 P2 X+ _  y- V

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. H$ Z/ w2 S5 \- L$ tGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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: Z# p, H; v# B' tAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488# C) n; e9 t2 Q' V! N( l& ?. E) `. I
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Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
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' P# L& R- z8 \$ c- Q4 n      698 casualties reported
% \" |/ T+ E( h" \+ Y& L) `& l* C( P         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled
' K% K& n# X% W5 J* ~         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled, e( H* m) ]' a7 m8 w/ B6 W& B" q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
4 ^" j: X  `. n3 @/ x0 A1 h. ^      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 444 }) u- e+ K  S$ ?( q3 ^! e
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即$ U' m$ N0 n( s. \) h
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% h" S# I, i9 \/ M' R0 I* k8 |Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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      CA Wichita
0 m( i7 l- K) m0 k+ U' v+ p; i      CA Vincennes7 y1 b# L2 N6 U4 k
      CA Quincy
5 ~) ?: O) J0 L      CA San Francisco1 r0 b5 ~1 [# k( O$ M8 K& e; E
      CA Minneapolis
3 \- k+ F8 U2 |# m1 D/ e      CA Astoria
. u1 h( a. ^0 M  K# \$ |8 Z      CA Chicago
- p3 K! l' d- u! H3 P) }      CA Louisville
- e# E; N$ G: s' Z, g2 }0 g      CA Chester$ ?& V% M* K* R8 T8 E- f+ i8 V* v
      CA Northampton
  Y3 f0 R! P- o( q  w. s, ?  w. T      CA Portland3 e- b$ }1 ^, a  X

" g& S9 J3 s; R: k. G3 nJapanese ground losses:
0 K# P1 Y$ g+ V8 f" \4 ]2 x" N      213 casualties reported
) j+ A! p( S* o7 k. Q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
- v; E$ H1 A3 ^         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
; y* g7 _9 A+ h         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 e4 l9 T& O5 q4 @
      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
& A" I* e& U! ]- Q; F/ ~; I
; r9 v: z6 D& e( I! e4 H0 jAirbase hits 6
; f9 ]' y& I$ `+ c9 KAirbase supply hits 1
: g" S' y9 [8 p. R% [3 s$ C) sRunway hits 25+ y+ B9 n/ b0 h. z: Q* S) C7 y
Port hits 51 z1 w" J  q" h  ?
Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113% I" R" B7 m! E4 e

0 I0 j1 R% s$ n# l1 GAllied Ships9 d4 h& x. h  F( c9 q
      BB Alabama
- D" Y5 d! e$ @! k' }      BB Massachusetts6 r; Q' x# }. w8 t
      BB Indiana2 y* Q9 n2 @8 Y5 f+ _
      BB South Dakota. @! P+ f6 F; L" O
      BB Washington
' a9 m; [! L0 K4 g& x7 B" O. U      BB North Carolina2 J' ?; U: c3 E% G3 a& ~- g9 y
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Japanese ground losses:  d# X+ K7 G" r7 @) z9 U2 d" C
      803 casualties reported
7 K& P8 v+ _7 E. X1 n2 q# r1 U         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled- Z* ], b$ p; I+ X' X. a+ X
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
7 `! v3 V& F+ n* n         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
# X" L2 P) C) ]( D      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)# Y% t+ j) {3 E- Q5 ~6 _. W
      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)- ]$ g4 k% Q1 ?  [& Q
% S. w3 n1 v+ l
Airbase hits 2
  |) D, I& O% _3 D* z; W8 CRunway hits 3
8 T3 _* y+ `$ e7 Q# X# R, f$ {Port hits 2
: C9 T. E3 q4 q  T% g. \* i1 ?
9 H6 S. e% J9 c
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113& o5 s% X8 y& A

; r' d  y/ x4 {Allied Ships
9 P5 w* |4 b& V7 g      BB Queen Elizabeth
; y% B- v2 h' b. g. b7 m$ P      BB Valiant
+ [: f3 ?2 |" J      BB Mississippi
/ l$ @6 N9 Y% G4 C      BB New Mexico
9 `1 H: X+ q  h9 u      BB Idaho
4 d3 o/ v/ K/ _* A      BB West Virginia7 L1 L. {) O9 w/ ^; w1 _  L
      BB Colorado5 J' Z3 [5 l7 [1 {0 B8 W' O$ X

; j, E8 Z0 A* N6 q! c# MJapanese ground losses:
- M( \& ~- E+ ~1 s# V: j      710 casualties reported
$ A6 }" `5 A4 r         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled/ d' `, ]2 I7 c6 C
         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
. m# H6 A: }8 x; X         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled2 N% g( `, ^6 D9 m" g  O
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
8 _( I  I% y2 f# w" t3 [# G" A      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)& X4 E$ ^3 M. k
# `5 h5 P/ j( M- n/ s5 ~. F/ l
Airbase hits 1( {0 d$ @! F( k% b& p  n2 Z- w; I) P
Runway hits 9* C2 [/ n+ q( w1 E# h8 L% d
Port hits 1% ^. |+ q  Y0 y& `* }: v: E

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
5 Z% I6 J2 l5 u$ u! i
0 F5 k! s- G" O/ t$ g; T! vWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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9 F9 k; A. n2 F/ @7 B5 @Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
  ?1 x- l4 Q' {Estimated time to target is 33 minutes2 x9 @4 m* a0 V. Q/ |
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Allied aircraft; v. }% W) K: J
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4626 r0 \% I3 ^6 T6 q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
! f" f  y( u2 y0 Y$ b! w& R- z      TBM-1C Avenger x 271
! n0 p' N4 R# y2 g
5 f: G- W. F6 K  r& BAllied aircraft losses1 A+ ]; _5 ~9 Y& f& Q! z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
' ?' v6 T7 x+ `      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged
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4 P3 T' J  R0 o2 F9 IJapanese ground losses:9 e+ r& |3 {) s6 t
      660 casualties reported4 t5 @9 F/ D3 u1 ?
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled, W* F! s' _. H$ U! A% B3 J
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
) U/ H' u+ \- E% t0 p' Q/ U         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! A" o  Y6 s8 N) B& X      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)5 t4 h: }0 g: V' @  F) s) O

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)( D" R( [1 q( z) {/ R/ `4 S# D

; x' M; v! ]' _' |' Z" HAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 24558 U" v1 l& j7 N) I) e

' x7 B& [9 C% @" XDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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- v* D+ F% n" y6 aAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 4: p6 c: e' X( y% g2 @( ?9 ^9 U

$ e& s3 H2 {$ a: lAllied adjusted assault: 2943
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6 h( }6 |$ }  M9 G( q9 h% XJapanese adjusted defense: 537 0 ?& u: r* D7 J

. e1 S# x7 {8 O* s2 a( ^: S$ XAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) + _: s9 u2 O1 b. E7 c

! n7 U. @$ Z0 ^Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4  F- t- d) `9 F- L' M* k/ P1 ~

& V/ M8 Z/ U, l' i( [# A4 VCombat modifiers8 F3 x2 @/ B, _3 f/ f
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)4 v2 u' X, v: j
Attacker: ; G6 n! k5 o0 G. P# D3 k
( j- ]( m/ }1 F+ h, i
Japanese ground losses:
: a, P: }2 ^; Z8 n      4555 casualties reported4 J( o9 i0 l3 M
         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled7 y& O- W7 N; ?* T4 ^( b
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled( W3 y9 ^6 h( L" r$ K! r3 p
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled7 u+ V( Y" C, l  X* o1 t) `
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
% ~/ V; B  K5 L1 O. P, \      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)' d9 l7 ^# E4 m+ O

  }- F0 T! w  h2 R  nAllied ground losses:4 i1 C$ ^; C) W1 N" p
      1283 casualties reported& K4 K: @( N4 F5 ?$ u5 @
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled7 a, e- ]/ t8 p$ p8 K
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled5 p' l  S4 V( Q7 |- d
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
1 u. q# n# P$ M9 i5 W      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)1 t) R( i$ K9 c, `" S3 |2 F4 K9 p
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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Assaulting units:8 E. t/ Y7 e5 I5 ]+ y* A
    716th Tank Battalion( z( ]# i# }; x$ a
    112th Cavalry Regiment
+ a8 T# t5 z3 K    44th Tank Battalion; T" f7 [" g% s/ D( n" n
    711th Tank Battalion
! ~4 p* u/ G; `: k3 f9 k) R    6th Infantry Division
' c# O% H. f: e8 B1 ]    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
; F+ ]+ W7 E6 `$ ^5 \    5th Marine Division+ c- d* m! E" k( g( h
    706th Tank Battalion
* K) p1 f& [3 e2 d    710th Tank Battalion+ a/ u0 k4 W1 l
    81st Infantry Division
3 [; F, L/ A5 o) M6 n% G    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: z# A2 F/ a) f5 e! {4 x6 `
    767th Tank Battalion4 h8 z1 N1 J6 _4 X- c' L' F
    762nd Tank Battalion& V! c9 i* @$ F- Y
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
- b( s4 c- v6 J, |# |' ?    96th Infantry Division9 m, U  G- e2 V. v1 {) b2 ^5 w! j
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: D% _0 L! Y6 P0 H    14th Marine Defense Battalion& Z: d! Q; \0 A0 i. u
    1st USMC AA Battalion$ @( A6 J; j/ }, q+ r0 K  l
    738th Coast AA Regiment% o3 S, [( h5 M9 o' s
    X Corps Artillery
/ u$ y7 _: f. Q  G3 Y! w    I Corps Artillery
+ _- R2 Y  T2 E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: \4 Q3 X6 L: N( s! O% u    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) }( a* x) h5 c, K# G4 x    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion. a2 \/ ^- x, Q# y. r/ c
    XIV US Corps2 P6 D' x1 g/ b) W
    4th USA Defense Battalion
  q8 Q5 a; p9 n; i$ `8 r8 x6 K    5th USA Defense Battalion. |( O1 {) e/ T& h0 X8 |# @8 B
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
4 @1 ^( C6 C5 F& h7 P7 c' ]3 w    96th Coast AA Regiment
' A. g/ O' P( O$ i2 A4 H    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" L. `; A. t1 F; r% s$ a
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; o9 U  `' H2 a: @
6 b6 V: _# l" a* e; B
Defending units:. [- d, x) b5 u/ h0 V8 ]
    81st Division
- O7 w% M7 Y6 n0 _# w    33rd Division5 ~6 p; x7 S- g& K7 g6 ?
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
6 T% y/ X8 V: e' w3 i6 c# _( i6 M    Sasebo 7th SNLF
0 e! ^) L2 t- m+ R9 u. M    138th Infantry Regiment  q/ A8 j* v1 o0 y' P; V3 H: P
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1% l- S( D4 Y0 T4 b; J4 y
    3rd Base Force
+ g# f+ N  W( x  c/ T) H    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
. @: H  V9 `# \/ H6 M5 F    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6 k* P8 w0 w4 d5 ?! z" }  O) w    14th Area Army /1' ?! A2 r* h. _& @- s! w
    144th Infantry Regiment
, _# w. a: s. x5 u0 l, a4 Z- W    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
4 }) I5 Q0 Z6 P/ e- D$ e    19th JAAF Base Force
+ Y1 }8 ]. [# K) Y    60th Field AA Battalion
* v4 N- |$ l! _* U$ ~7 y( s    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
* M5 F2 O9 r8 i1 h    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 q, K+ V# y2 C2 l1 W4 u* d    61st Field AA Battalion
" s* S% `2 v  o3 S  t1 K0 ?    Kure 7th SNLF4 |! a  H$ v( ?% h# s3 N( y3 [
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /15 \) s6 c7 `( x
    18th Army
9 z* X/ T8 E5 o! ^+ D/ d    12th Air Fleet3 [! g( n& O5 x9 N3 T
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ U0 `0 e; A$ r* m+ n    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion, J( c( |& o# @/ \% X+ X7 r
    Ponape Naval Fortress
/ e2 O+ w$ G" _- z; Y    53rd Construction Battalion
4 E  p' ?- T) S1 [8 k/ H/ K    63rd Field AA Battalion0 B/ A5 \- Y- U* b% X( W
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 449 i3 L9 g" L0 r( `* T- ^8 |
经过20天的苦战，盟军终于拿下了有3个师团8万日军据守的9级防御的波纳佩。
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4 H0 z% c+ C# I; g6 h0 t日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。
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4 G3 |' Z8 k/ `此役为盟军硫磺岛惨败后立刻发动的攻坚战，意在检验45年盟军的攻坚能力，也测验日军重点把守据点的防御能力。实验证明在断绝外援的情况下，日军据点虽然坚强，但并非不可攻破，实乃鼓舞士气振奋人心的一战。8 l8 V% X2 r" b4 M
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, R  x' Q4 @2 pGround combat at Ponape (119,113)) R' T6 M8 |/ k# W1 r+ n

1 ~# e) A; a" [& _3 L, IAllied Shock attack
4 t- s& \! W) ]7 |1 b9 `4 u: u5 k) z+ b$ y# r4 c
Attacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338" P3 W3 H4 C! P: p* r

/ ~& r2 Y; c* `' Z- GDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 2483 M" i3 K6 J# ]7 B, \6 _! c9 I

3 F* p# I5 Q, f* m+ y, LAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
9 S3 C+ U% [2 k! d* l
, T' {0 u- A- K, z' {0 S, \Allied adjusted assault: 5312 " W# p& z4 G! E) N& R/ t  ]+ O
5 d2 a/ N4 d% E
Japanese adjusted defense: 163
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, j; m0 N$ V( Y7 yAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3) : g1 g9 w$ |$ M' B- A6 y

( f& F. U% e% |& H0 ZAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
$ g+ ?) |. t) T8 e0 T$ d: c: }% H. @2 m( c- ^% F% J' g
Combat modifiers8 _  m- q) a; F% M9 y
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
' S+ V, q: O9 {% f. H! wAttacker: shock(+)$ Y( L0 w: O, y9 d) v# {

1 m3 N. ]) M' ^2 j! A8 YJapanese ground losses:" q$ |  W& q, l/ d
      6464 casualties reported
9 I: I+ G) h* ], V  `0 O' Q         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled6 \( z, ?9 b$ V2 t
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
+ t/ E% t7 S, B/ k; s# E         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ C& z8 G. w& k1 ~5 G0 s      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)7 q/ |: I! Z8 Y
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)! f& w5 h2 x8 K9 d6 F. k1 v1 Q
      Units destroyed 1! Z0 h  }. H" X: n' l

2 T% N) |! r$ e( s- WAllied ground losses:
% [, a5 r; ]1 X4 x1 G- |# N      700 casualties reported1 G5 Y+ D$ J/ [
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled
7 I1 O  ~5 v! l. `         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled) M: Q3 j, G6 D$ Q1 s  u% G% a
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled/ x' O+ B6 O4 d, r* M, _* ]. t
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)" f9 N& y. B0 ~
      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)5 f8 f  ^* b' w! [* \

0 n( r; T  B* [) Q3 @$ hAssaulting units:" J: R  c8 S! M4 j' @1 F1 l6 Q8 F
    6th Infantry Division3 J  t" a5 l2 q
    706th Tank Battalion
8 |2 t1 }+ y- g- }6 Y0 _9 g    710th Tank Battalion# B% d0 Q4 O+ s) \0 V( V
    716th Tank Battalion3 Y) j2 x2 r/ N6 O8 }
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
! P0 \% D: P* ]/ O5 S& S    1st Filipino Inf Regiment; w" a; ~* X& X( x+ e
    767th Tank Battalion. r2 l1 r" r+ r) x2 \/ ~* b
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 N7 o' w  c- [9 [2 k8 ?: d    711th Tank Battalion) v) m8 C) a4 V7 ^( n
    762nd Tank Battalion1 N6 J$ W; i, g: F$ n8 `$ O5 ?7 I
    81st Infantry Division, f0 Q) }6 E. `. n* `. q' P, u
    5th Marine Division
* Q% R3 L5 T1 {/ ]# [7 Q    112th Cavalry Regiment
' ~% q6 J+ C9 s) t  u3 [/ N# X- \    44th Tank Battalion! G$ ^" M( I1 v  ~
    96th Infantry Division- @; y$ l1 R" Z7 _
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ |) [' k5 f& h, m& n: p+ J    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" A1 `3 K  |4 h/ [    4th USA Defense Battalion
* y0 p: n# a5 D5 |% @. r" D6 M( y    5th USA Defense Battalion" N4 ~2 |; }7 B- A$ k' Y1 b
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
% E2 p8 @0 L' D+ R  G    1st USMC AA Battalion
4 Z  q" L1 T3 }0 C0 Z" S    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion! o7 r/ W* \/ |3 z0 a* W) A" w
    XIV US Corps
7 q' @3 u0 A# ?5 Z  l3 j( d6 j    I Corps Artillery # u( h' F2 R: F- b
    8th Marine Defense Battalion  a) M2 d. a% Z4 n1 X" ~7 `  W
    738th Coast AA Regiment; `6 z6 h3 p: y
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' V- ?7 {; I* M7 [
    X Corps Artillery
5 H0 f: t; s" x. q    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' e1 C; A3 n7 N" c( H. F: k8 U    96th Coast AA Regiment
- q, E  A2 k' _8 Q" M8 M" Y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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" M5 V) c9 s" a+ Y5 eDefending units:& U+ M/ l  d1 b& n1 Z0 o
    81st Division
4 k) O; d/ S1 {) N% \- G    33rd Division
( _4 J( ?6 A+ j& a/ e$ X    138th Infantry Regiment6 ]0 W* W1 X3 A! N% ~4 L: p9 i
    Sasebo 7th SNLF. ?5 |# o& R7 h* e. q& K
    Ponape Naval Fortress
! T: u! }/ h6 c# [; a6 v8 k    12th Air Fleet
$ C  I( E6 ]" i. F: m$ P4 T! e; i    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion. Q9 I9 T& E" ]- }. L
    60th Field AA Battalion
6 c- \! t  @' p8 M6 W  \    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
# v7 A" x" Z, A    53rd Construction Battalion8 q9 p* x) L! g# l. a* V5 _/ O/ v2 F
    61st Field AA Battalion% V# ~8 L4 w. z* O3 Z+ N( l! D
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
1 a/ d5 c9 G4 Z' Q/ J6 C9 ]% I    Kure 3rd SNLF /10 H& v+ }5 x; F0 W7 Y8 e
    19th JAAF Base Force
* \( W3 ?/ w. d! q& L9 O+ z    18th Army
; N) _, m2 L* S2 u4 U    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment% C/ G1 J, j) m4 q( M* n2 T
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
; @5 e6 y" m3 o$ X- V1 z    3rd Base Force- a  H9 ~* H, H( b: O# y
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# ^$ ]6 e" p4 X4 R2 e: t    52nd Naval Guard Unit' I. H1 p7 B/ P+ @( A  _% z
    14th Area Army /1! O: ]0 h7 q# J4 W
    Kure 7th SNLF
6 T! c& y2 j7 d2 I    144th Infantry Regiment/ i5 Y  A2 D/ q1 n
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
% ?2 f  l; c. m) k$ ~7 G7 U    63rd Field AA Battalion
" M  W; Q- N8 i6 m3 c9 t    18th Field AF Construction Battalion- G& u) s2 M, o4 y
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44
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来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。- S# S; b+ ]* [1 W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards9 ~4 h. j; U% t* H

0 N& N* [" U$ y8 e- h7 F0 W$ HJapanese Ships
0 l8 i/ h8 C1 D# t6 J* F      DD Fujinami1 K7 g2 v- C, B
      DD Kishinami
3 i( f3 i6 f1 K6 @0 i7 S" p& U8 j. ]      DD Kiyonami
$ U& g% v6 e* t( i' o1 D      DD Okinami
2 G! U; T: T6 D  u      DD Hamanami
/ d- p( s& q; i      DD Asashimo
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; J7 S# \% R! Y2 T" C! I, S( RAllied Ships
1 [4 v! ?9 X! h# i      xAP Golden Racer
9 {6 A" m7 o: z& q' Z3 V( A      xAP Mallory Lykes
8 \9 v  J, l4 T- @2 W0 y- G% o      xAP Abigail Adams4 w7 j* B  m, m: z% `4 v$ }, ~3 |
      xAP Adoniram Judson
: _! v# M- q1 p      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- x, S) r8 j4 o; H1 Z
      xAP Andrew D. White
7 |/ e, t2 e" @8 c$ C7 x8 J9 ^' n6 _      xAP Andrew Furuseth7 W4 k! F# ?, ]
      xAP Archbishop Lamy) l  v3 ]5 J0 m6 E: g
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires: T- B, k0 ?/ x* o% Y
      xAP B. F. Shaw) p/ ^: L- K( g3 j, q( H& \
      xAP B. Livingston
" F6 H' q1 z( b0 D7 q" J7 g      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson& a3 G0 E; u- X1 i
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler' q0 E$ P& ^4 h0 v5 ]7 t' p6 }) \
      xAP Benjamin Lundy+ Z6 s$ q2 |3 S$ T% e
      xAP Caleb Strong" `! S! |( K! B% ?
      xAP Carlos Carrillo5 W; M9 L3 l' _. O8 [/ g* K, A
      xAP Charles H. Windham
6 l6 F; W5 |: q, \, Z7 d      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
% c) L/ m9 o" D: G0 ^( N0 u      xAP Chief Washakie3 o! [2 R% L& Q- G
      xAP Daniel Drake* r$ g+ A! h/ A2 @5 Q! {% _
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
7 j' @/ K+ t/ e: [! x      xAP David Dudley Field+ @3 ~5 O8 h/ v. O4 e
      xAP David Gaillard- r2 E4 d7 H/ W. K( [5 a2 Z
      xAP David J. Brewer! M6 F0 A! Y+ o
      xAP Edmund Fanning
) c  d& J1 C0 z2 G1 o3 t3 Y* N      xAP Edmund Randolph
1 I8 b1 _8 _) p4 H      xAP Edward Livingston
( I4 m! Q2 e7 U* o      xAP Edwin Markham* J- O1 S/ R1 s5 p* S
      xAP Elihu Thomson" s4 k" @8 L3 |, f" Z5 s6 a
      xAP Frances E. Willard. u* _! ^- K9 f& L, s, ^
      xAP Francis P. Blair. G" E& z. g7 F
      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire
9 W8 S- ^7 o' h      xAP Leland Stanford
9 P8 j9 T4 @7 ?) W      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
6 n8 v" K  \. j) Q      xAP Lew Wallace" `6 o% i' {5 H' l" ~' ^
      xAP Lewis Cass
, i, q- E5 A9 n+ F% ?) c" W      xAP Lydia M. Child
4 M# d" ^3 _& w5 `3 ?9 O      xAP Samuel Gompers
  L) e3 w) _& a% `6 ~( k      xAP Stanley Matthews
- e. @) q1 j9 f# y3 S; d; t- c      xAP Stephen J. Field0 X/ n! n  V8 h6 |
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1; F( U# f0 d/ y* Q8 }5 W0 G2 @
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
$ |/ ]0 s5 i& M! L, f5 z      xAP Thomas Nast
. l6 v% m' E9 p0 s% v9 g      xAP Thomas Nelson
( B+ W6 t: h& K1 d' w      xAP Vitus Bering/ n5 p. a3 m3 s7 M% e4 w: A
      xAP Walter Colton$ P; l+ j$ G* I. G9 |0 {- b
      xAP William C. Claiborne& v. J# x2 V9 v& P# Z
      xAP William Dunbar4 G# S% b7 O4 T  u- u* ^7 ?& o
      xAP William E. Channing
' `4 [: M3 m8 |0 N% G4 [      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2( ]: n, S8 a# L& U% B% Z" h' X/ D
      xAP William L. Garrison4 x7 |3 k/ q; s. \8 H4 g
      xAP William M. Stewart
& d. L- h  D+ ^+ h: M) d      xAP William P. McArthur' E5 V9 c! T8 O- G6 T
      xAP William T. Sherman- J3 ]5 Y' o- H1 `9 [
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk/ F5 C8 q& t: L. ^  K- K1 `# J" ^
      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; \0 k- |! T' k, q3 b
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
+ ~. X: H4 `- L1 Y. N      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. B5 W/ f1 A: l. ^& p2 f1 d, i! U      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, w1 O0 F6 S9 \      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 ~! {$ E+ W. W% P% h1 G5 T
      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: e0 `$ `% G/ x  D$ R! g- g
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
, Q8 z$ x2 ^' Y4 s$ o, H  v2 g      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk: V6 E- D" s7 O
      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 Q. @) N8 m! V( P8 N: [      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
' a" q0 i4 j% V" _( e      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1
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      2171 casualties reported
- ?5 f* v  {0 G9 Q5 A         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled- w- r- a; F5 `  x* W
         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
( O$ Q' \, i5 Y         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled) T# k/ k4 E" W( h1 F& j# M
      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
+ M. b6 S7 O6 i& O: C      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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4 d, V0 S/ {2 C7 y/ d: VDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards: h. ?- ~* Q7 M' ~# I
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Japanese Ships
8 A# \* k6 p9 F' n      CA Tone
3 H! M" H8 s! s, n* l      CA Chikuma0 K3 k+ ?3 t9 E6 \" W
      CA Mogami. D: ~) m2 Y) @/ y! e+ e% f
      CA Mikuma
. h  l4 z6 P- T6 d1 r5 d      CA Suzuya8 w/ r- W- P/ ]
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 13 }6 L5 j/ b0 m7 }) @3 Y
      DD Haruzuki* T" z4 Y4 y0 A2 s* x2 l
      DD Naganami& h  h; o4 |# ]$ e1 U* n7 p/ |
      DD Myojinkaze2 C$ |$ K  f& w6 B9 ]
      DD Kosukaze' u( D& z) [0 Z: f5 J/ U
      DD Yamanakaze8 z# o# v2 v+ A: d
      DD Urazuki
9 m/ r" ]( r6 q9 k5 @2 ~      DD Benigumo
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( `) g7 |7 @9 K' k$ ]: kAllied Ships+ B) S) Z8 V# c2 O! B. G3 |
      xAP Golden Racer3 m9 C2 z* k6 _4 a
      xAP Mallory Lykes
: {8 \: x5 b! F8 x  E8 M) s      xAP Abigail Adams
- W: d# Q: L' ~& U& ?      xAP Adoniram Judson. M$ M8 H. G6 |, N
      xAP Andrew D. White
3 C& [* {) G1 G' C9 p5 n( p      xAP Andrew Furuseth& I; O( G. L* Y/ m/ T8 S( x
      xAP Archbishop Lamy
" N( w8 T# K6 `, b- a      xAP B. F. Shaw  A( K$ `) p& U' x3 [' I
      xAP B. Livingston
; k9 y" ]8 N/ e0 R7 f# |; R      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
* {: e5 s9 S) `- _      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler" W1 C: E# \0 @" k% U6 y2 c
      xAP Benjamin Lundy+ g9 B4 V( ?  z, i' {
      xAP Caleb Strong, \- g6 m7 X7 \  j
      xAP Carlos Carrillo3 e% o' V3 V0 p' h2 q
      xAP Charles H. Windham
9 q( G8 c! _, h! U4 j2 K" x      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz3 s5 a7 n3 O/ ~
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
# L4 _# p) B7 p/ C; p      xAP Daniel Drake
+ w7 q5 `, i5 P1 ]4 Z0 m& x      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
2 f% X/ I. l$ t      xAP David Dudley Field
( c& O& ]& d+ t) l6 i3 V8 J( W      xAP David Gaillard$ |$ A* c. z2 s& u& r: u2 \
      xAP David J. Brewer
- h7 f1 g' z5 M8 ?3 P! U( q5 D9 o      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire
  `/ H2 @; B. {- ~0 D1 M      xAP Edward Livingston
( d! ]7 q. ?1 ?0 S8 E) C      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 22 |0 `5 b6 p9 G- M! F1 m
      xAP Elihu Thomson
( @) d3 f; Y+ h% E$ B& R      xAP Frances E. Willard
5 r8 h+ t% P" j8 Q" ^" Z3 o      xAP Francis P. Blair
1 |8 s5 K# o6 a  F9 k      xAP Leland Stanford3 r+ W' `- B, N7 p0 U
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw0 l- @/ g* l) U; a6 `2 q+ V
      xAP Lew Wallace
1 `9 s8 l/ d! s8 J# ^% O1 N; x      xAP Lewis Cass
& a$ r* J( L- y      xAP Lydia M. Child
% `  Z8 E2 d. M5 Q0 U5 c      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 P, K- u) m" [; s1 E7 H      xAP Stanley Matthews; v6 s1 b! o* G' w1 q  F& O
      xAP Stephen J. Field
2 W  N. W; g9 [( Y1 M      xAP Stephen M. White  |' Q5 l7 Y- V3 @$ q3 g
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
; T* J. u! `. _& J, K$ ^; I      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage, z+ y, c' x: ~8 K- p+ ]
      xAP Vitus Bering
: L! O$ M) Z( b7 t      xAP Walter Colton
* q. a. B; q  _$ C# ?      xAP William C. Claiborne7 K+ O# v" ?$ ~3 W) l" l
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
! r- y. X) _9 X1 d; M3 H      xAP William E. Channing' v, n1 C- R/ y9 p8 {) k  Z
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
; M. z$ c" u% s+ g- `: T! R      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
8 Z7 y! Z0 z6 Y0 K! }1 x' V      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire1 [/ I2 t- R# g. j) Y: C
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: @) x  v2 ?$ {) u! {4 t      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 v8 W9 \6 B* M7 U( e      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! v2 S$ l( ^+ z
      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; f! [0 H- n( C: s* ^! ?3 Q. O      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% f3 d( D$ E3 X, I3 ]9 x; J9 B/ ]      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! \. E& i/ t! D      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 24 j$ U* D1 |- B" b
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ i+ E. Q+ r+ T/ S, S9 Z8 u      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! y/ ]2 v0 R$ ?8 M      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires& ]$ J3 C/ i6 f
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% R- [+ X6 b: k
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- @% Y9 c  H* `. b9 I, E
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% V) `" R! K* P: v* [: c: P      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# M5 E5 d% A+ J+ E) F$ p: Y7 K8 Q
      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: j3 H1 H6 G+ G* {- B  N3 m      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire- k: x) T3 p  t2 q' H. O5 T3 a/ H
      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
% L4 P1 h) C( j8 K5 A# c7 Q$ k      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire6 X) @- Y3 g0 V) c( o' u) }
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ V& m1 z3 x( q) V. r! ~
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire4 L; k/ c9 Z. Z# @; t8 k
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; @% |+ E3 y, {( U/ V. V+ Y      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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" z; G) z3 }1 ?Allied ground losses:
$ A" }9 k7 }/ t0 P% C: B7 }$ `' C      1589 casualties reported2 S4 h: o3 l! c/ @
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
, v8 F- l: H6 \$ C         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled, G' |- R& ]% @* B/ {3 r
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled7 f' t0 ~  f4 A* u& `0 u6 T
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
2 ?4 I" D% |) t2 U3 ?  U( F0 [      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)# ^: ^& z- u. @% b" k# U8 U) t
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9 q1 d5 {4 K: P# V5 ?7 C  J, vGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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" z7 J* v( T" k, {; aAllied Deliberate attack
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* m# D* @" r! A" @: A0 m" S) T5 cAttacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125" s. e4 F0 n$ ~! M: R1 |
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Allied adjusted assault: 1865 2 A& Z0 E# I$ z* n2 U8 ]( Q3 `
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Japanese adjusted defense: 57
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- j# j1 i# L- }: [9 ~. K8 LAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 % o, z( m  \# e4 h$ e0 \
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Combat modifiers
$ I$ h  B% g4 ^: H. ]) DDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
3 {" E7 e9 j% xAttacker:
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6 |. n5 I/ D# k7 XJapanese ground losses:
3 q% q# A4 m9 j7 ^      2583 casualties reported4 u7 v6 R+ V; ~
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled
; B7 J' `( ?# Z: `/ e" m         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
* [9 y9 z0 }4 l7 i! n( s         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled6 ^# }8 R  g* X7 a# z9 m1 |' H
      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
2 h+ _, x3 S0 R, s+ @" y      Units destroyed 14 b1 _9 U! v! R5 }# P* V

: B$ c! H$ d( h! B. ~& i* j% F% ]Allied ground losses:) h) i& Q/ L* d8 H
      107 casualties reported
2 M1 h) g3 S9 C# U         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
6 k$ X$ S: q1 m6 o' H  S         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
; L. l% y7 M7 L0 U! z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
/ a( L2 b, a: [2 Z" ~% q4 U      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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    6th Infantry Division, y; X' L8 i+ R0 d5 ~7 l
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
' _4 D2 z  z" I8 M    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3 g9 h: k  C0 w- ?, Z2 {- T    710th Tank Battalion* f6 t& ^0 \2 y2 K; c3 b
    81st Infantry Division
3 g1 Y# m5 ?/ u+ P3 o, g    767th Tank Battalion& K  y& H/ p7 N% P2 v# _3 o
    716th Tank Battalion
: e* _+ U8 Y! _: P    44th Tank Battalion
6 @, S# O6 V- g; D3 J3 R    711th Tank Battalion
! E. _0 ]8 f9 X    762nd Tank Battalion
, o5 }' W2 j/ g$ O( Z) l4 [( o    5th Marine Division! A+ n2 J( S; N$ ~; E% n- ~
    112th Cavalry Regiment6 x0 C( e2 g6 b& f5 A' q
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment  ~; d1 r, d& ^) ]! V7 t2 T
    706th Tank Battalion
7 [+ r+ K" d8 V    96th Infantry Division2 X! ^& c4 j6 V$ K7 g
    XIV US Corps) \7 y3 f+ X  q8 Y$ ]' R3 N
    4th USA Defense Battalion- d) j) b4 E+ e- j# j6 L5 W
    X Corps Artillery 2 U& c4 D) }+ P/ \, M- f/ n# \* i4 B5 {
    738th Coast AA Regiment& K. i/ P* z$ C' O, a; y* g: M$ \
    5th USA Defense Battalion
6 ]" k! ]# J2 T7 U    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( W: Y" T: z9 Y1 S6 M. r# V4 Q    14th Marine Defense Battalion
8 E; f, a6 ~) r    I Corps Artillery 4 Q$ ?5 x. @) X; Y# a1 H8 W
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. I& p9 ^6 g" B% u* ^: o    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 M% s8 {( ]. M/ r) O2 X
    1st USMC AA Battalion" H! Y/ K2 V# J/ \: H3 h
    35th Aviation Base Force+ h# l' r2 D% W+ {! L+ w: L: b
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! C% |- a3 \# m9 l  m0 d3 J    96th Coast AA Regiment& C  S) f; |+ _# ^+ `; Z2 F
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. q$ G' V$ q- `4 k+ s    8th Marine Defense Battalion& E8 _+ \+ ]+ l. O. M, L, O
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 s1 S- ~! Q5 X. p
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Defending units:
; _. ~* D& e& E4 ^. o    81st Division
& d9 b6 }* x8 K3 e    33rd Division
9 T( a5 U# a, n" ]9 M) ?! k7 I" H1 D4 Q    Sasebo 7th SNLF. Y4 l0 n' ^  |$ k; Z9 _
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
7 ?8 A% }& X' O+ L* a    Ponape Naval Fortress
8 R- f) z" b8 g) H' U+ k! c    63rd Field AA Battalion/ z3 o7 L+ B6 Q# B8 q' u- e
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment$ T% D, w4 V6 A! G& |
    14th Area Army /1
+ K2 n$ ~" l* o    61st Field AA Battalion
7 ?+ h  O% G- Y4 {* {    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  I2 p, {% u% ^7 x) h) Z
    3rd Base Force( X" h$ b: x! J/ ^! l5 T, H% s. E
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
4 A& G3 a' @2 _2 a) Y- O( g( A- e    19th JAAF Base Force
/ Z2 x/ m& V, m3 C8 ~2 Y# {    53rd Construction Battalion
, S( t& A1 t) \    12th Air Fleet; j) [+ y" A1 @: c0 Z' D' z
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
1 N0 {; ]/ W# N% ^; |  c( a    18th Field AF Construction Battalion8 i- J. F, M% g( Y, \. I( |9 m! @
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion# C$ J. U( Z$ o  m
    Kure 7th SNLF8 E4 L3 P, G- l+ w
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment( h* X1 Y/ k3 A8 e" \4 V
    144th Infantry Regiment
0 g5 e& E9 j6 p+ Z* ~    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 ]% x7 `0 W. e0 `  E    18th Army9 j- Q3 f! ~6 e1 O+ `& D) }
    138th Infantry Regiment0 T. Z3 e! K0 y7 d
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! A2 B* G! }/ q& q    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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/ F, [' v; ?8 }2 t( }2 [) }1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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* ?- n# q8 i/ }18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!; h! h0 |2 ^5 B. r. B$ n$ n0 u
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& z, E/ c8 X0 ^" f8 Q0 Q+ w( |14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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2 t4 ?4 r6 Q. v6 `/ I, Z. V* k8 ^61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!' o; e" ?8 v. E& H' [! G! X+ p4 a2 |

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hades1001

这里离前线实在是有点远了，护航兵力也安排不过来，水机也不多，给日军钻了空子，大统领表示要检讨

hades1001

第二天晚上日军杀个回马枪是可以预料的，不过那些受伤的船只跑不快被击沉也是意料之中的事，这些损失大统领只能默默的记在小本子上，等着向天蝗十倍讨回了