hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44( A: E3 T5 P3 }/ r

& b5 R5 M- w$ u8 _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5 C  ~; L! C! M1 V- h! x

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! a; R( K, n+ B  \' v; M( U4 J, sNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( W5 [& V( i+ _6 {. d! l" J; x62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships; T0 h& v' e) N6 C
      CA Wichita
! P8 C& g5 X+ |$ ^/ V      CA Vincennes) D- \- ]: Y  K3 k1 _0 E, ^
      CA Quincy
4 g6 @4 Y- G+ Q* i+ E  {0 \      CA San Francisco
, g9 V8 D" e, }0 L3 e; B9 k      CA Minneapolis
1 S6 M$ ?0 y' B1 k      CA Astoria
! C* [5 r8 [4 d      CA Chicago
+ a( v7 i" a1 G3 c      CA Louisville. E8 C6 z# N7 P+ W$ F
      CA Chester0 o- u4 Z6 N6 k# R4 g  D- S# V
      CA Northampton
1 w: N  m, T0 a$ n      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
2 @7 s' }0 P1 ?0 ?      71 casualties reported4 ^1 l: Z4 O& v* \. q2 U' X& `7 o6 X
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled7 N/ |! _! r! i% y
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
. W# Z  B& m" s9 Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled- ?: I5 c% D) E# |1 a
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
$ t$ O# c; x& ]2 dRunway hits 106 ~' [0 E# _6 X. V' L, k! w, M% c
Port hits 4
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' K) p7 G6 i# k6 O& j4 p: HCA Wichita firing at Ponape 3 f+ ]+ _' F4 E8 L
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. F( `* ^" b0 [0 u2 G! R' L
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes6 ]2 Z1 s6 r6 o3 y6 k+ B
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
; J8 t# {4 {5 ?5 dPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
" n( h* v! h' u  K4 tCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
. `6 l  z% C# X! c6 ICA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 w- ~) V& J. \& SPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
' K" h5 Q! ^6 j8 K& \* rCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
% f0 E  s1 q  t" j7 UCA Chicago firing at Ponape
0 g# P: T; d; |8 ]' U3 fCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
7 X3 p# ]1 ~  ]: W+ @* K& {: bOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
8 |. z; p3 {+ \: B3 N  a  N# {. NCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
- Y7 X+ R8 m, @CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division  K) [& Q. m) q% y
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
- _3 h2 T# Q6 g3 Y* p. O9 K! SCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 Q, ]' ^/ d  b3 h, S. r' l
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. Y, c! z( {4 ~* l- h7 `7 Y) ONight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
5 J' {! u) L+ u; r* e! c9 G* {: \1 v. i      BB Alabama6 E$ r  m3 Z0 E5 N8 @/ n
      BB Massachusetts* d  A+ w4 e% N% ^1 H3 {8 O; t1 X
      BB Indiana
3 p, e0 y9 ?' v+ J. |: z$ w      BB South Dakota1 Y$ W( y$ b  j& r5 F! m
      BB Washington6 g) J3 Q) b1 j! l1 g" n4 {2 U
      BB North Carolina
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6 y( Z6 Q, n$ M0 [0 n+ T' m4 q      275 casualties reported$ l' }, j/ z+ [3 \: @. Y0 Z' M
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled* e2 B9 O5 X* ]* ~7 s1 \% d7 B8 g( i
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled1 |+ w! C) }  J: E% p& Z
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
; Q9 [9 B1 Z; T6 R      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)7 v! |$ r% r7 @; {  |) Q4 ?
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
0 \$ l9 k& |; R" S' iRunway hits 7$ V0 Q5 Z: j/ a$ B# e
Port hits 3( D- z+ U; d  p+ K

1 t4 m: @8 c* r' [3 h# BBB Alabama firing at Ponape
2 O6 s+ w4 S5 n1 r; w1 i- \( CBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
; t( [! R+ x2 h) a3 ~BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division9 j* O  i- E8 L$ n! J. x
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
+ ?, I0 H( T: [% @BB South Dakota firing at Ponape % N7 V1 `2 I+ H4 V! D& l3 T+ k
BB Washington firing at Ponape 8 v6 Z& j: U( `+ P3 s
BB 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!  ^$ f8 \6 O! T3 R

5 N/ ~9 ]' g; B7 D13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.9 o" v% W# [8 q  X& b( K1 s
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Allied Ships4 C$ g) B! I2 O* m3 U9 f/ _
      BB Queen Elizabeth  m& E# E7 U7 m  p
      BB Valiant
3 d; D9 k% ~& D5 k/ s) s3 B! w      BB Mississippi% N# I4 L# O( k1 ?. F* d
      BB New Mexico* F- \: P+ w1 u# @$ y& `$ T7 O
      BB Idaho: b6 e( A' h& v* ]! [
      BB West Virginia
0 w# t7 p& I6 V      BB Colorado( Y, h# @/ n( |. V# v+ c
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Japanese ground losses:
6 W' l8 e( N- Z      117 casualties reported" G7 F% j7 T( k3 B6 \2 R
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
. U! y. P5 O. F& Y         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled/ O( Q: e0 r+ y: q- w8 D' T5 f, \  B
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" N6 v+ m/ n+ t- E
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
. q* i4 Q; j# l  o      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
8 e/ j& C0 E, B2 Y9 aRunway hits 2! d$ S8 m. S: R
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! t$ r# I! z- n8 CBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( y) |. Z! P3 f$ W0 m2 t
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
4 N; a. ~) [  x3 B) xPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi) E) R9 H( n. l
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
( N+ I1 [3 i2 y. l3 `" g4 ^) q) M; kBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force& u: T- n- w: ~
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho  ~( {- v* E$ V! L, _
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 5 `/ p: d0 p$ e/ o2 z: U. P3 g
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force/ M7 h% x% S% v# C& p5 S
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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4 B  M# F, S# ]Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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7 [3 B$ n, J6 y1 G" E# j) ]; q: TRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
' c% ?! e% M8 D; |. ~Estimated time to target is 34 minutes3 N( V8 _/ e$ t6 E  a6 L1 C

: y! W3 E- \: N  U) C2 @Allied aircraft: v2 _  l: {3 h& {7 z& z+ ^/ C1 O. ?
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 h& c" i3 t! I      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
1 m1 _( \( r7 r! _) ?      TBM-1C Avenger x 2830 `5 O* U, w) R3 Z: _/ Y9 G

7 o5 d) U% L: X7 n* c8 [+ Q1 FAllied aircraft losses' s4 q# M6 p# q" D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged0 r9 |: ^0 Y+ @2 K2 B/ p
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
4 S0 ?, _0 i' d5 l' r& Y      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
$ g+ x* i. P* y0 u4 B      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak2 l/ z1 |: t  a" @) N# M: \3 e2 E
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Japanese ground losses:: r1 y' k# K. E, a
      159 casualties reported7 f* h' l0 @: D% ^4 V0 }
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled. E# n8 m7 e2 O/ O
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
, `4 U2 F7 d  e" Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ E0 u: m! q% G9 T2 P; q: D' t# g
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0 j  m4 C1 ?8 R: [Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)* Q' F( {) K5 h3 W

  }( [3 ?3 u+ I5 a8 D" q" MAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29316 h0 e. P# S3 T' @; R' N+ s! {- V+ `0 E. p

1 O! m' m7 G! `) H* hDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344; M' e) l: V9 z  `- j& @
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 76 I3 V8 ]; f+ o

1 J" C8 c' ~' E$ pAllied adjusted assault: 3406 / F. ~( n7 P, T( |4 o; }
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 9 F- R6 D. f9 i( m% \

6 t3 l. A2 }. a, p/ iAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ) u, ?$ ~, @7 R
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Combat modifiers
3 K1 x* u8 J& ]! P# F5 v* }- C/ O8 |Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)! R" K5 \( f! y5 S! E* z5 `' b
Attacker: ) }/ [8 i' L. q! u
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Japanese ground losses:
' F# f! q# w; b% m& z) `      3539 casualties reported
: o9 ^. W4 \! D  y% r         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled( \& L+ C, }1 _6 W; A+ G
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled) A6 U5 V; w" B: h' D" w; i' T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled% l4 E7 i+ d8 L
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)0 }) f; T1 {( d/ x/ V
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:1 t8 Q, U0 [- q. j2 D3 F
      3552 casualties reported
  y( Y; E5 ^6 b9 d& P         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
4 H" ?5 J( }/ a. t( w2 o& p. E         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
& }6 o6 P9 \0 z; f- q& G7 U         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
8 M' ]; n- s/ {' Z' h+ f      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
# `( a& y  w( ?0 Z! @8 j      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)' t1 W1 V6 Q8 L; u( C! Z$ k* g
      Units destroyed 18 R9 P$ P- |  h9 h8 V! T1 k
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Assaulting units:
/ G' q( }1 B9 L$ [    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion2 k  c3 v+ U1 R0 E0 B
    5th Marine Division8 ^/ I1 O, j. `. L- i
    716th Tank Battalion
! B. g% Y& a8 y    706th Tank Battalion
' {, e; U, A0 q" U    762nd Tank Battalion( |" D* n1 V" r* _
    710th Tank Battalion& {8 L2 u& t4 J+ y& J# t
    767th Tank Battalion
; Z; I- J  ~+ G    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 d. y" @  K/ q    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 A! e9 z7 d! Y    81st Infantry Division
% z; \1 Z4 C; N; @7 u' L' E& j    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
" e9 y& `% E* h9 `. p    96th Infantry Division2 E! v% i# x, f4 h2 E& E9 V" z8 L
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment4 p9 M& r. }2 i9 P
    711th Tank Battalion+ Q+ B, p& W, ?! R- {& K; }
    44th Tank Battalion* e* V: S8 ^% o; J) r& H
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
6 Q; V) o) U5 J1 K* ]# I$ {3 K! ^    6th Infantry Division
5 T. n1 }& Y4 ]7 y# d2 `* ]    1st Filipino Inf Regiment/ J# \5 j2 g) c' U
    31st Infantry Regiment: v  K3 I' `3 k$ i: l  y  ]2 |
    XIV US Corps/ ?' K6 a! f9 x+ N" ?* o0 O
    96th Coast AA Regiment
3 @" q3 p5 I( G: b& Q: i/ q+ b) G    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 q' T/ _7 g% k, C
    4th USA Defense Battalion* d. E8 ?( D1 V/ M* [$ e+ [( ?
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
5 L/ g- J' M% y; s3 N    1st USMC AA Battalion
" ~0 t3 w  q# d$ l! g    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ o7 b" Z' F/ m" M$ P$ P    5th USA Defense Battalion
/ L+ m  D$ s1 p4 i( {4 L: \    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
, `( V" p; w( ]7 u) x- M2 d    738th Coast AA Regiment
3 d+ L  `9 P0 I/ Y3 F3 n    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 y0 r+ n0 P+ ]" I: n  ^  c
    I Corps Artillery
/ B" i0 p4 W% `) ?- ^# V    8th Marine Defense Battalion8 L; M. \' {8 L8 x& d: `0 B+ z) ~
    X Corps Artillery 5 p4 G6 P8 e; F9 o- X. T1 L4 ~
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 d2 K1 Y, g* {4 g. E0 R    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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+ X* d! x, p; P1 ~  ?+ ~$ w! U2 FDefending units:
8 Q9 t! L( s. ~, Z3 A5 [0 k" x7 J    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
% X& P9 C) P4 Y, Q! T    52nd Naval Guard Unit
+ o; C' \! _+ I! l3 X    144th Infantry Regiment$ M$ u! i3 s0 B; U/ w6 q
    Kure 3rd SNLF4 D& S' k4 d2 `
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
- y# x; f" a$ I0 o0 Y2 J0 E8 J    33rd/B Division+ r* U2 v# d9 M# p. Y$ K. L9 F
    81st/C Division. P" R/ |0 w; t9 c; ^9 H6 u3 f
    81st/A Division: U9 n6 E, |2 n, ~* n
    81st/B Division
/ z: B8 v7 y: D: a    33rd/A Division
9 h$ a2 z2 A# \! f    138th Infantry Regiment1 ?- l% y" u2 X! [! ]5 \" y
    33rd/C Division
0 s8 q% C' j$ N2 m    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment  {) Q/ G$ o3 Q3 \" S! R- T
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion/ q$ j7 J# s: k: ~# F
    19th JAAF Base Force
+ R& U+ b- x( C, h    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
( @. b; p# v" K7 k( b2 W    12th Air Fleet
$ _6 y  h! k/ k    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
# I. O+ }( S9 q& i7 g9 E    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
$ p0 I9 {. P' N3 `    63rd Field AA Battalion( [" Z5 @3 a* `- I% U) d0 F0 F
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 ?- J6 w' U) L& x6 v7 {" d    18th Field AF Construction Battalion3 Q6 a8 t& l" a
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment( `8 q# @: B9 W) ^  P
    Ponape Naval Fortress
9 o4 T! _3 D3 ~8 ~$ U' ^; ?    61st Field AA Battalion
+ {# x2 [3 U9 o% _: O* G    18th Army
" Y2 E  }* f1 j# z0 e3 A/ x    14th Area Army /15 v- j. U) }5 O$ U3 `) C, \
    60th Field AA Battalion; Y7 j5 x  P2 {" T& R  S
    53rd Construction Battalion, W; k$ U8 O' c" q2 K
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
8 D4 |" i* k2 f) Y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
0 Z: T5 O- j# B- j- n; x4 ~$ _    Kure 7th SNLF( h, B; r2 ~! Z7 R  r5 f
    3rd Base Force
: |* H" f( N: g' J; v7 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

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 442 V0 B; {, @) k3 o8 d+ b( U
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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! V* n0 l) Q' m; t' X
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$ ~. h+ p6 [# u" l7 {; w# SNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships: P/ L  X/ |7 G% Q
      CA Vincennes  ^, a: A5 ]  @
      CA Quincy: W& f4 A( a- ^; p! x
      CA San Francisco, K# N' f( Z2 C5 d( p0 R1 ]
      CA Minneapolis1 Y* r2 g  {, E$ o5 h, F+ r+ }
      CA Astoria
# ?0 N  |. ^% B4 l6 B. p$ G      CA Chicago- w) Z) }. U" A% `
      CA Louisville0 |4 n* Y9 G, P, A9 x- }! r# k' {+ ~
      CA Chester
5 N. }# `1 x4 H      CA Northampton6 b7 n0 c8 ^3 ]( ?& k0 E5 {- u
      CA Portland
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( o! y7 K1 m! E' ?* h/ e- MJapanese ground losses:6 x( k' \" y# ^/ _' Q& M
      112 casualties reported  J  }8 l* t) N% ]/ |. a& ~2 v
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled- M/ `& C: ~# o1 D
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled7 C; s7 i5 e4 N$ |5 |7 N; K) a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled  A; b. U6 M) U3 w2 `
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Airbase hits 5
$ X8 E) Y2 ^1 G; yAirbase supply hits 2
& C- K2 G8 F) b( oRunway hits 21
+ L6 h8 l" m* \# l  i# c4 M0 cPort hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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      BB Alabama
; V+ J% B+ a, B$ m      BB Massachusetts
9 ]  `# a0 t' H      BB Indiana
+ q/ g7 e" F2 g& v( c7 }7 ?" ~      BB South Dakota2 v+ P' Z8 U8 J3 X: c" w
      BB Washington
/ f6 k/ z/ K5 N& ^8 ~' m$ S; g      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:: _) u5 k" ]$ `, u( \, ^
      398 casualties reported
  U5 E% }8 W: W3 O: z. w) u         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled. i& ~* y0 m- w5 y% [3 a
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled' s! p2 T) ~" m+ Z  m! N/ d: _" n7 j
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled$ W+ u, ~+ b6 k( l
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)9 }, h% y. s3 T9 B
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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: q0 v, y$ T1 k" u# Q( B/ T% f5 YAirbase hits 9
2 |% \/ ^2 ]- s! E- j+ [Runway hits 9+ D& R4 h# v2 x1 g
Port hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division: ]- g- K& o# K6 n7 ]+ B
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
* N9 ]! t& h, wBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
" i6 [2 a8 u1 t& t( RBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 3 y+ a. k8 ^& D7 N: _! i( H# g0 j
BB Washington firing at Ponape
( u! V. g) A: F. {: R' P2 HBB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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% z% f3 Q/ d8 S8 |) K; K9 z      BB Mississippi; m" h, M8 Q# A1 W. _5 u
      BB New Mexico) |6 b& M" n. H8 Z, w& p$ D
      BB Idaho+ D+ V& K, t3 u3 E3 R& }

( m+ V6 N5 v$ }  QJapanese ground losses:
7 G, V2 ]2 M: k0 @3 n. h; \- A, M      195 casualties reported
9 _- K7 {" g" `; f8 M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
' B9 i# M7 X+ z+ J         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled. E: |. b1 d* x: y6 w( I$ _) s
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled6 Q9 @( \/ v. V/ [' j) _
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)2 ~6 ^7 w6 H( R2 y, `
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)+ Y3 a( u6 @5 ?3 u3 z5 Y1 q
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Airbase hits 3
7 d/ Z8 _3 a# h( k$ R1 HRunway hits 14
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6 j! f) b3 G! s+ X2 H7 B7 ~BB Mississippi firing at Ponape - L+ T. k7 [/ F) A4 i. p3 Q, @& m
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division1 X9 h. [, ?$ t! r
BB Idaho firing at Ponape + u( w3 d" R  h  @& n. f

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms- j# |, |! s, q8 u3 Q1 ]2 p
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
4 e7 @$ V9 T- A3 t% p9 jEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ l$ V4 m7 g5 _  M/ ?) W
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
0 C9 b4 \* q8 a1 J7 i; U" @! O      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
9 A9 L& m( \0 @& _# v      TBM-1C Avenger x 2865 @$ h- V& J2 S; D
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Allied aircraft losses
, b: N, [5 N' d8 S      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged& \  h. g; k) K$ ~4 C1 G& K2 D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
( ]. l) [5 }( _, R3 }  V      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:' Q: f& r! R( \7 _
      121 casualties reported
, G4 R- ^/ v) T. C         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
. M$ l& c! N5 o5 R8 L, H         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled# ^( w7 i# P5 e9 ~  A; v3 z" M
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ Q5 J9 c4 q" U; [4 C9 C( k0 o
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! D5 A  z6 U0 b2 {Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack* I* ?# z% D( C" A7 U$ n
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629! E& R8 ~3 l, `

% t& O" ~- R. i3 b0 d. ADefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6. a4 u7 r7 b! |; h/ X% Q# t

9 b; N/ l3 z/ J  M" t, x5 GAllied adjusted assault: 3228 0 Y7 z4 L8 A+ F( P8 J' }+ E
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 8 T9 V! A$ f1 X. \, j$ b

& n+ Q6 P2 O& GCombat modifiers
0 s" ?8 F2 S8 o9 o6 E) T2 q- d- z% O  KDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)' \6 r. q/ v+ s1 `, P% S; v# ^7 ]
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
. R: \  y2 _2 R+ r/ z+ M: u2 a      2305 casualties reported7 v( c- O. }2 S( P, }. F+ w9 {
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled  i5 X+ I2 ]( l+ W& \4 ^' E! P( Z
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled5 B/ b& f0 s& j" L  X
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
3 R0 N/ e2 R1 b& m) K' b      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)  Z$ ~2 L) w- a+ R, Y' I% {$ m
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)$ L0 j: V8 D* p- a. h' D

* P9 a9 {" g, E: s; VAllied ground losses:
! ^! X; v2 b  m4 [- N+ F( Q: w      3064 casualties reported
& i+ U$ }) L/ ~: P% u         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
% f3 h5 I8 t# b, \; s9 I  K# q         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
. [1 M% O* L, w3 L" M+ p( z. Q  C. f         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled% ?2 q6 u# y4 ~4 b. |/ B, o/ A. q% b
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
1 ^8 T& d, E% y: T( O; g' V6 I      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
" B! w& D/ {: H5 O) F    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
) R8 w; W9 s2 p4 y  g" r8 i( S9 g( x    711th Tank Battalion
0 ^5 h2 T7 Z5 _/ H6 x2 c6 x5 o    716th Tank Battalion
5 E/ i/ q  K6 t    6th Infantry Division
9 U3 ]# z3 @0 Z% t3 K    44th Tank Battalion
4 l$ m  r( y0 P, _7 m    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" c( |. s0 p; c$ {6 k# i/ A
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
3 f, O0 o2 P: K* g    81st Infantry Division
" k/ @5 @; s) E: p9 p    767th Tank Battalion( H9 ?3 l( |( i8 [0 Q2 `: u
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment/ N( @+ x; \2 L+ s1 k9 r! h0 {
    762nd Tank Battalion" i5 x$ `: w% y, T; y% L) R+ z
    710th Tank Battalion
8 P: Q/ b+ h1 i9 O    96th Infantry Division
# r) n3 u5 l+ A$ O    1st Filipino Inf Regiment% F/ A* \. k# o& r. M6 E
    706th Tank Battalion8 h8 i2 r- h, V" p, y4 k
    5th Marine Division
/ z1 X  }( B3 c# f% R    31st Infantry Regiment
- e. H$ K5 a) q* z4 F# e) F; i    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion( u* x/ h/ I8 V3 r
    1st USMC AA Battalion# x7 S. D" D/ O6 @
    738th Coast AA Regiment
: D4 D. t+ w; k& z# F: Y    96th Coast AA Regiment. V" a/ R0 F2 e; k( h
    14th Marine Defense Battalion3 v! |& W" ^) v  S
    12th Marine Defense Battalion: J5 o3 N0 N' ~' [  t1 g6 n
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! J4 O6 D4 N5 G    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 R, S1 ^# n* W) O' U0 Q! I    XIV US Corps
  c- T  z8 k+ D    X Corps Artillery
0 _) W. w1 ]0 F    5th USA Defense Battalion
7 L4 z, k2 \# ]& l& @3 @9 Q3 M    4th USA Defense Battalion
. X! {: o4 R2 Q4 G    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment/ a- K7 {! \: {
    I Corps Artillery
* ?0 F# I. b, e- v! g  U    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  i* M4 \" a! \' ^6 p0 a  h    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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& R! m* N1 A4 |: l8 h+ BDefending units:( w) z) M* x8 w2 D9 S8 R& `
    Ponape Naval Fortress% g5 z! Q) V, [/ a9 N
    81st/C Division
' Z" }: G6 ?7 [    52nd Naval Guard Unit
5 e; |( e2 w4 v; P- `5 f" e" g    138th Infantry Regiment' D+ A% R' y4 w  I8 {, F$ I4 }7 W: C
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
& y7 g& X: Y9 l6 @    Sasebo 7th SNLF+ o" T. b: I  `0 h( J9 _, O
    144th Infantry Regiment
7 A3 r% I/ a9 k: V; p    81st/B Division
/ I- P5 x0 q6 `8 C5 }% H! e    33rd/B Division
# v7 I5 z9 [3 E7 s- ]& z8 s    33rd/A Division
& u" |3 ]  B) m$ @, D    81st/A Division9 [* y8 }! @! X. C! V6 a2 @7 `: M
    Kure 3rd SNLF
: |! t) u0 p5 W# j    33rd/C Division
" O/ [' j) r& E0 s+ Q6 i    53rd Construction Battalion( I2 }/ c3 E. o) h, j
    18th Army
! f8 K7 e. r8 T1 L    14th Area Army /1
+ j- w) x' a; k' T    60th Field AA Battalion( K# c  a; C8 h6 U9 G$ l' o" w9 Z8 Y. t
    12th Air Fleet3 O* C. b% G' h. s6 V! p! n
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 O2 r' `( D3 U8 X6 x    63rd Field AA Battalion
% {/ B3 N! n# z. _6 u: s. _/ ^    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! ?; W+ \: n1 H: c% g4 T    3rd Base Force8 h6 {' v2 f" y# Y& p- P2 o. X
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- ]$ L9 N! o" I. o
    Kure 7th SNLF
- t7 y: J% q9 |) S$ Z. g5 Q2 D% |    19th JAAF Base Force1 S+ ^# T7 q# C8 ?" o
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion' a' E3 J) P7 b' v# ]5 A& V
    61st Field AA Battalion- _/ ?( K$ t' _+ G% A8 @# D$ ^
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
& ~' }/ z% R; A, f0 t" F    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment! Z! d) K: o# [+ N# t9 y
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment6 B6 p2 j  H9 {3 A# d$ R, S
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion  @8 d" ?( d$ `: _9 V. p
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) f: ]0 ]" {8 O1 Z- g
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
- v5 D+ z+ ^$ e1 B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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2 _' ]. f8 N0 c  L# O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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Morning 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.2 o2 y, F: ?1 w& [$ G1 e) o
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes2 l/ n9 G. _- F1 A
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Allied aircraft
+ k! p3 C$ b$ A; u2 h. d0 g: k      P-38L Lightning x 23: y+ u% [/ m, n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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/ W- b; i, @, X, z) c* MAllied aircraft losses
/ ]# x, w. r1 Y/ b  Q) L5 h      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
5 D9 `* W. f: M      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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9 u0 H7 {' i# h( w9 iJapanese Ships
& ~* n  {* T  H2 K- R9 L      DD Suruyame# v# u8 h8 `3 l) L" D
      CL Ninaru
* K4 G5 _6 H9 c4 h      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 X6 d) H% X+ J  n3 o, q& j      DD Yayoi& `4 z( v. d: ?& m* ]) O7 ?9 e
      CA Kako5 w* z6 f% H2 c  G# b7 b1 @
      DD Asagiri  t, o6 n9 I# R" o" w, o
      DD Ayanami/ Z& f) x; P& r' N
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Aircraft Attacking:3 K- m2 s+ L* `, r$ u2 v7 l
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
5 n! |! h& j# x, i: p: r+ N               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
9 a& M* s: c4 W0 P4 g0 \( U       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'( K" Y3 k, b1 J1 ^' s! N
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb4 F* A, K2 N0 [3 ~: \
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'$ l/ ^* i5 C. f* ?6 `4 q
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb" z' o* l$ g! G# ?) E
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
' ^! a5 @- j( u( l4 FHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain; ]/ V% I  z/ h: S

3 U) t8 d/ t4 V; y$ p- K) aRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.) K) v. \& ]: H( a
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes# B' W7 ^4 g! R3 m( U$ X' v$ }9 _8 E
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Allied aircraft& r( T8 e# Y% s. C' Z5 G
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
! j0 ]! ~  W6 M2 n      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3264 P& m) _0 ]2 ^7 _' ~
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2851 K# y- T8 K4 M) g+ [( p

2 t9 y+ J+ M* S$ q9 j" `Allied aircraft losses# A  t( p/ l+ ~3 C( q* F
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged7 u+ u( @7 l0 g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak& G( @& S0 j9 b& |
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged& {, j/ ^, g% o# S4 F
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Japanese ground losses:! A4 _* F3 L0 _5 R  p
      276 casualties reported
7 d) g9 r8 o+ u1 {4 Y  H: {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
2 ?3 d; I2 n9 S1 R+ Z  x         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled! m* x" z) q- B0 T
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  C* Y! u, v7 `  a+ q      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled); ?: Q* u) ^3 S" d! F, F
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113). [5 x; n+ l# p: S  z% t, X% u' u

+ a. |% j: Q% K) l( N  kAllied Bombardment attack
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! l4 v0 K: _+ s1 b. J. yAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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( y; A2 u! t1 [' P5 I+ G9 EDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017+ F" M1 y2 W4 Y; t* {1 a

$ w4 N' E/ k' hJapanese ground losses:
7 k" I! R5 k; x0 T# ]& b" p5 |      1082 casualties reported
8 ?$ m0 X4 ]( W! \         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
; a! N, Q' f; C: Z/ \2 e! U" R         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
) r. c  I- G1 _4 O* a& d         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
& b* }; b6 |( U+ {. r5 S3 a8 f      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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! ^0 S, Z' e& ^3 C: u7 E- pAllied ground losses:
( F4 l7 E/ U' [0 Y  `, h      23 casualties reported! }' @4 s2 v2 w
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
: L5 Y) W9 k- y& M4 K& I/ R4 ?         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
  T5 @( Z$ v/ Z+ d' n* U' x( o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  `, m; N% k* J2 e      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 w- u; h# |6 h
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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东京快车出轨/ g) p! o9 C; \; ^' \/ q( d  D

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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。/ W) `' f0 ~9 {6 A9 r+ Y
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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。+ I5 W8 e; c. h5 v9 M2 Y" b, w
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3 q% E- D& }* p3 E7 d) xSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113" D5 M- X4 a" p
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Japanese Ships
$ [# Y6 r8 Q, z/ A# D# R& U7 W, F" }      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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! u9 u& B% Y& Z! Y& OAllied Ships
7 w$ V$ {) g- N& @+ H      CLAA Prince Robert
" i* }& I* P" ?( t( Q/ k% m      DD Saumarez
1 n8 }# C4 N, y, e. N- R; b8 L      DD Nizam  x2 J" q( j) O9 y* t' e- \
      DD Ellet
/ F: w4 B& j( O      DD Waller8 v& i4 h; T; ]+ c, Y9 Z
      DD Walker
- E* V" g# @! \$ Y; \1 [( s      DD Wadleigh
1 i/ S4 L) q# v- E0 q" z      DD Uhlmann# J4 G, z3 \. ^
      DD Twining, f3 p) `3 r$ G: w8 l
      DD Twiggs
4 a% [6 \# w3 a4 ^6 C" ?      DD David Taylor
/ K: Z4 Q5 x9 R( E" b& V2 G9 a, z9 y& N      DD Strong
- l! D' V; }. W1 m8 c      DD Sproston! J' c* j9 ?0 S0 J9 D% C- H) D
      DD Sigsbee2 l4 W7 T2 ?# l+ n# q0 i. w
      DD Sigourney' a4 Y/ B% Y+ Z( X( o
      DD Schroeder
) F, T# h/ n0 A9 P      DD Benham II7 L( B! n' }8 R6 G( F  d9 z" P
      DD Cushing II0 y- C. O3 a$ t* A. ?  ~- N+ i5 G9 r
      DD Urchin* v! d  ^0 K8 ]$ y2 Y+ c, e
      DD Urania7 m& n, W- p3 _! k% B* C

% Y% W  }  t0 z% s- kSS I-48 is sighted by escort
8 v  Q' [4 ^& j! a7 BDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
1 Z" T0 x  h, a- q6 d& F6 SDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
9 ?) ]$ ^1 ?% a4 I. c/ h1 G: uSS I-48 forced to surface!
: q7 Z7 M1 U. V0 l5 W' VDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....7 U6 O  D" M1 A, R) w' J; L
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....9 Y3 F+ F; `3 {. {
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
, \. ?9 t" A+ U1 _$ c7 RDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ..../ W8 d$ E( C- D5 Y, Y& H
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....9 @; V- K0 L. G0 T
Sub slips beneath the waves" Z, M9 m" I( I$ R- c

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards* w3 R2 p3 y. ]* v
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Japanese aircraft
$ o0 }9 ~2 F; s1 ?      no flights& `6 B8 V& j' u$ P. H
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 B- g" R+ H3 W      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships6 D. S/ O9 o: T  p3 q6 ^' I
      CL Agano2 h. i2 E" R8 {+ o3 Z
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2$ ]% y# f6 ~2 Q; B& b' P/ o
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  c- R8 l- j' c6 K6 r" k; _& d      DD Hibiki0 l- N2 B$ n: k: u
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
. J6 T! p- |! Y8 w* |      DD Shirakumo- F( s5 U, u, K, |* ~0 p5 z
      DD Isonami$ S. \2 l1 m: f* Z3 {6 i
      DD Murakumo7 S6 g9 N) B7 u" h* z* ]
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk9 {4 s5 r, {4 @6 L1 G9 Y
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Allied Ships
+ H6 z6 U$ G" s. @      BB North Carolina
8 @1 N% `/ O4 T. m! Q: U      BB Washington  f6 q4 v2 `3 n* ]' o
      BB South Dakota5 n2 C7 X- l6 w' [6 {4 d& T: }8 L8 y
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
' ?$ I) e7 Z5 r4 D      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2/ A; ^: ~7 m7 w6 m
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2* X4 a$ S$ [. D+ T2 y" _% @& Q
      DD Conner+ p; Z& c4 Q+ F6 }
      DD Cotten
# y+ b/ C& y/ e8 h  Y) U' _0 T/ L" u      DD Cowell! Q8 L& B. C6 n% Q! t- M
      DD Daly4 p" R- G4 W$ X" c- c% S; ^
      DD Eaton7 u/ }2 }: S1 K- O) o$ D, k
      DD Heywood Edwards
8 W3 f+ A6 r  b4 z4 S. n  p      DD Erben
. \- @2 T' a- ], ]; ]      DD Evans2 D) L7 O/ t' t) I3 y4 Y1 _- K% j
      DD Foote
! n( B9 {0 J: v( L      DD Franks
3 e  S: Y; N- P6 u  Q) j# [* t6 ]      DD Fullam
/ [% O1 }: r' i) d      DD Gatling
3 r, Z  I# H& O      DD Albert Grant
( o2 C: @0 u( w; x      DD Gregory( n6 q; p7 p: C! \
      DD Guest0 d5 |* `' F, q" o
      DMS Hamilton
* t' U$ m4 S6 y! G1 ^; q+ ?      DMS Forrest% v' {) d+ B- g7 y" v$ {; x% l9 h
      DMS Ellyson
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* ]) P+ e) H3 V* ^; O. }Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( r( P$ f$ c; U2 A: Y0 jRange closes to 28,000 yards...
' Z+ v8 d. W7 a; u2 ?" M6 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards& O# ?  Z/ B0 w& L8 J9 V: l
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards  t/ S0 r+ D) {& K
Range closes to 26,000 yards...; P# \! h. s3 d  ~6 y8 f3 G% ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards* G3 E. E' F! A; P1 o) w
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' k+ Y4 Q6 ?! R1 F8 L. M3 u  mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 E7 J/ q# _, N
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
( i6 G7 m0 A) K8 L4 B$ [Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ O& k0 K6 v- J6 C- Q& ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards* e$ A& {6 K& Z2 g. [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards0 ^, G8 u- ^; w/ _$ _6 V$ R
Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ B+ I" q' R! ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards( {* \1 q2 u4 j; A: h, g6 l( N
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* l, L2 I3 m, s, }" bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: m  G! X9 ]( B# o% A8 F$ C. HRange closes to 16,000 yards...
8 a$ z; Y, O) mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards7 E7 s8 T2 e# {" L+ ?- ~! L* y; D, I
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
* _8 _( J& m3 [/ t' p2 `% SCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards- w0 k; [$ Y1 a  ?, d8 Y8 w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...& U. k! P2 n7 K$ e2 }6 J8 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards( L1 S, L/ g/ y2 Z4 P( u# N# ~
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards8 E. ~* l& m* g+ u% E8 U) I
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) [8 z% M3 P2 |4 G: N; J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" N& y& N! ]* J2 i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
+ V# I$ o; ?# s6 F. n. q. h; ZRange closes to 10,000 yards...% C+ O/ }9 X& t( h, E) o& c* W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  F8 y0 Z; F" [* K! G3 I& w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards% ~2 b2 j: o/ S. I; ^
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
% ^6 f. d8 c! }& }: x0 Z0 nBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
+ {0 N- ?. @$ G  U" oBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
6 N0 [/ ~* s5 L1 |CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
6 y( f4 S9 H& l% o! Z! [BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
& }0 P0 h+ F( x! Q6 V2 ^BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards/ p6 _( Y1 ?6 ]( D' m' g
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
1 P, l; {/ S. H: F; m) a% DDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
& F; Y' u6 F2 MBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards" c7 {* O: _2 n2 {# }
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
* h9 L$ E' C6 `DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards& g3 u9 @, Q& P
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
) V# k; ?1 [2 f5 W; Z- G3 s' G3 @Range increases to 11,000 yards
7 k( K* H0 A/ NCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; j! Q; ^6 B% }6 oBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
& V% R, f9 D8 d- ZCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
3 N+ y2 r5 x5 n1 H7 m0 v' MDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
+ e. U1 [2 U2 I( ~; \CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
2 B: V& @4 z8 e$ ~# s1 Q* yDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
" e* t" ~- w$ tCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards  \3 r; i. X0 |. j+ g
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
, G; S; v' E/ [! rDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards& Y% F+ Y% E7 R; l
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards# h! T4 }: r' `6 x% \
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards' s! k; E5 J- A8 S1 G* f
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
. K$ T: @* u  M* V, w+ rDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
& ^, f9 ~$ p4 r2 h* [7 }5 w- BDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
5 i# z8 V# K& \Range closes to 10,000 yards2 t6 ?& c* v1 B, e3 I8 Y6 O% M
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
+ f' f. L& B; S8 R% U# TCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards9 k% g3 u/ V2 }' C8 t3 ]' D
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 S" M( s# ], ^* E
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: e2 s/ U$ I) p) v4 ]5 d5 w0 ADD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards2 O2 C3 ~, F+ P4 h6 `* t
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards$ y) ~7 {3 z' e- P% s0 H
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards* I7 u, R! H' P. u) V
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
7 K' e* k+ k) s+ \9 z$ H$ b: DCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
5 d1 T# `5 ]: ODD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards' \* C7 I5 Q$ O5 Q6 v) i6 z' i
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: h; k0 l5 b, Z2 c0 C- w
Task forces break off...$ C/ |) i8 J+ Z2 d1 m- b

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3 d" `* L: S5 H4 c& M; ANight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
% ^- B5 j" \4 Y$ V) u8 z* F% N      DD Hikokaze
6 t5 `6 e$ H/ z" `! m$ I      DD Ishikaze
8 N' D3 Z# J5 c& y2 y0 `1 ?5 o      DD Tagokaze2 ?8 N% e3 Y; j. y
      DD Takatakaze) ~/ Y  i" L) w5 _

. {1 r2 [8 L$ N+ [2 V0 CAllied Ships2 L) T% U7 `: X7 c
      BB North Carolina. G3 W* u! G- |- }9 Z( j1 o; i
      BB Washington
- Q+ m! \  L) p/ C! ]      BB South Dakota
0 j1 M8 }: g5 B/ N! V7 T+ V      BB Indiana( Z4 s) h0 k$ n* {3 C8 S/ f" X7 E% i
      BB Massachusetts
/ o  h) c! t( J# s! a/ p1 v      BB Alabama
  S  s+ x, d, U      DD Conner
6 a& b5 m1 Q9 ?% u) Q      DD Cotten
' p: R- ^. c- `+ V5 h      DD Cowell! R' ?3 s  U; q% A1 U; E
      DD Daly
$ G$ R8 ?4 i  n2 N$ p      DD Eaton: M' T; F! k3 m) Z+ P
      DD Heywood Edwards, t: x! O" x; H5 ~/ i; m
      DD Erben8 k' S0 t4 a# z  b
      DD Evans
8 g- d% n- H4 i+ Q- S# H0 n  l8 e      DD Foote
1 U9 P; t: x5 V: V5 F0 [' [: l, C      DD Franks2 ~. j7 ]0 |( V4 p" l/ G! y7 B# K
      DD Fullam0 u$ N$ e; m7 r0 q; ^7 S
      DD Gatling
- A$ v( Z( ^; @: a      DD Albert Grant3 C" s! n" n8 \5 z
      DD Gregory
- }* |& A% E' {( C0 d0 b      DD Guest' f. L( y7 q( _. f8 X; ]. O/ N
      DMS Hamilton/ p- C# U5 a7 R: D, A6 Z8 M  ?
      DMS Forrest% D: |; c' E2 {( j- h- j& y) L
      DMS Ellyson
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( J# ?5 v6 p7 }. xMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards* T9 g: Y/ \7 k+ |
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 l0 }0 U$ e# g& L; c4 }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
/ e1 j, O% \9 U" y1 g" aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
5 ]1 Z) o# M8 C+ q. @- DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
; W  ?# b% z" m3 u* w, h9 p& _Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: b  V" W  P* ^. fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards% }- S% f1 J3 b( |3 ^
Range closes to 22,000 yards...! P' `' d1 z8 [9 f  p8 Y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...7 {/ t6 O; r3 V5 o
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* Q  M( c1 N- O" W
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
  f$ h- ?1 z$ H2 S: h, lRange closes to 16,000 yards...# S3 T- c# o) M; ^- m9 d! f7 R% l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
  j; c% _3 ~" x$ k3 t' ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards1 S  V2 t' [4 |
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." M* I4 @. J8 t7 a5 Q" K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards/ f* u# _6 g8 x* |8 O: B6 F7 L, z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
: n- w$ ^7 b! g  uRange closes to 12,000 yards...( F( C9 E- e* j2 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards" i" y+ V  T1 c. m& m& O* m* t
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards9 T5 W! s/ w. J
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
/ V1 ~" [& F, NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards3 W/ o7 W; @# L& {+ F; N
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; ]& T0 z6 t$ n) Q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ H% L% R  z$ i3 R# Y6 R3 e9 p
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat( K- b2 E, E9 f$ {! S/ t! V
Range increases to 15,000 yards.... Y2 r1 e3 E* `# t9 z/ s* A. o
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
7 H6 O8 b" n3 L% q# [+ ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards+ G2 U+ U; y4 m" K
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
& ~4 W  x! z4 v- dRange increases to 30,000 yards...! N6 Q( ~  O7 a' S9 L7 R
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
  r4 B" L  K- C4 ]Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat  O/ X3 V# U1 J* T6 X0 `0 c

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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' u2 L0 o+ R) j$ P* JJapanese Ships! L3 L, ^1 G" I) o9 H) a
      APD T-1
$ c" @6 L' Y: A0 Y3 g; T& P$ E      APD T-2, Shell hits 2  `) n9 M  y0 ^/ n5 w& v
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1$ P% u& @  Q6 u4 A. c/ J+ U
      APD T-4* R0 _8 C7 B8 N. x$ I. W
      APD T-5
$ q; S+ J4 G; m3 M3 E' O      APD T-6' g) [$ [0 {9 [5 Y
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# e7 R1 V: C1 l4 m
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire1 i; G0 |5 X' p/ n" k+ n
      APD T-9
# E8 d1 J  @0 X) n! }      APD T-10# [8 H" K  n  Z# Y
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire3 U; }+ Z' a* P: F
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
# v0 n5 G; h: G- N& u      APD T-13, Shell hits 1' R3 F- b5 q; J1 ^8 m: y' k
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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      BB North Carolina
, b( S, n. Y' \- b2 L; |      BB Washington( {8 }  I& J6 [# m  u
      BB South Dakota: {* H- a+ k% E0 Q& U
      BB Indiana
% z% _7 h  ]+ a- H9 |      BB Massachusetts
& j0 d' p' s. X- P" r% O- S: O2 r' @      BB Alabama
4 ?- I# K7 G8 ?4 g      DD Conner
8 _( U8 Y* M* M# S/ e, Z$ O      DD Cotten
# \( d, E* V7 F' ?/ t# v3 @      DD Cowell- V1 c! I& q% s
      DD Daly
% {& j" M9 ^( E3 U. B# T/ L      DD Eaton
6 U% k+ k/ J  k4 }  f0 n# y* M      DD Heywood Edwards6 t+ A3 v1 P+ D, m9 R8 f6 ?6 V
      DD Erben
9 ^9 |$ G' Y) n) h3 F  K: H      DD Evans
+ W6 _& C8 c$ G7 o) E2 X- k      DD Foote: I& U) i: }2 r6 ]* o9 B
      DD Franks6 V  o3 C2 h7 F  ~$ A6 z1 z3 C
      DD Fullam' z6 F3 a  f2 e/ j/ j0 ~5 l
      DD Gatling
$ H* M; K- t( s: T" L/ i. Y1 G$ r      DD Albert Grant: ]1 D% t  F6 G' k
      DD Gregory6 T# G% t# b. ^  a. p) i
      DD Guest  ~* G& u/ V4 G5 ?" K, {7 c
      DMS Hamilton
; c# c. h: V/ ?* X9 u9 R      DMS Forrest$ H7 R- u/ t8 `/ I1 `
      DMS Ellyson, @2 M) y2 |: G5 s: I5 g7 h

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1 ?; ~) U( }6 o, ^1 Y0 eMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 R# n" x2 B1 I1 w. \1 H( \
Range closes to 28,000 yards...; [) V1 D) j  Y. r+ v
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ }* {. g  L- m/ S9 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards& q' d# ]0 T) a* N/ f
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." Q6 x! r" M. Q3 v/ J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& Z* Z$ P9 q) ~# u+ mRange closes to 22,000 yards...
: H' m( o5 i) K% p8 n( xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
' E' B$ P' r/ i  }Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- Z% h! A, V9 o2 j8 g7 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! r( ]0 u+ J: H. h0 w8 `Range closes to 18,000 yards...& g. R! B- z8 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards( D$ u7 i1 A$ l; p% E
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
- x/ m7 S  z( Z! S5 L' K9 L* M( jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
1 ?' P+ Q4 m% _" SRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 D5 X3 V7 N% n- P! \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards% r" g! c2 f: D3 w( d$ q& D. G& y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
* _: ~$ G8 a6 T/ P+ q2 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards0 }; u& W& B* g5 L8 `$ i9 `  y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  ^* N- I( l& M7 Q' S/ [; d$ n3 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' s$ R. ?' E( Q& L' R, h$ k
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& o6 Y! d: s! Q$ `6 x% F( vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards0 y- E7 ~; K# ~8 b8 O: Q
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
5 `- p3 O6 m% O5 E* o. N9 R% MBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards$ V, X2 [! j# J$ }6 L  f
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
4 F; D( t# V6 t% rBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards. l7 V7 \4 j2 V/ Q* B; t8 @
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
' a# P" U$ ]: E& N0 Q  xDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards8 G9 X& @# C: \+ M( t+ `
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
! ^; g+ Z* `7 P5 `) p, {' G* ^+ f+ \APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards3 T$ F# L8 @+ `8 Z# w, H
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
7 j" N: k& R; E" q! N% \BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards1 H1 d1 q, q! e0 x9 Y+ d
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
$ f* l1 u; x3 x) wDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
: L6 `3 m4 C- [2 S. bBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards$ q/ ~0 t1 P0 j3 x  _. U, B2 X/ S
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 q. l, w" W8 N
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- F7 t2 w3 V" `( p3 {APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
$ M) H% U- g5 B+ W% v; l& qDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
. Y6 p$ T* E, v* s( _DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' L, B9 ?+ f) s* F/ r: iDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards/ o; J/ u! e* D( I9 `# p; z( i
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
1 O" l+ \& b/ s9 }2 G1 _4 s. N. QDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards  U* j4 x6 }' A" R0 `- G
Range increases to 10,000 yards
* \' j7 O8 m- F# _BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) K; [3 f5 D8 Z1 F) C
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; s2 K/ I1 J; s" e1 ~BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards% g6 a7 F; O+ |' X
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 ^( r- ]2 M+ N( ]1 Q
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
- R. }1 _& O( \& E5 o' iDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
5 X3 |1 ?7 G  n1 I4 MAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards) N. c( g; W+ J/ X/ q
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 ]0 I( h6 H& W2 }/ @
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ D& d& d& _- r+ Z: u4 b
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards- p3 r. k' u( e( _% Q9 R
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- \# V0 F2 y; n3 @
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards5 Y5 ^: H8 P/ i: e1 p: u' w) E* B
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# {' l5 \7 y5 Z1 I% V
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% h  A6 r" Z1 FDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
  u: O3 h, ~; s6 w$ |DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
2 x/ p) `6 V/ _! z3 L8 DRange increases to 11,000 yards
, m3 Y  p, d5 f  T6 m  ZAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
0 b) y, h  k6 s( Q# {% h1 B& _0 xAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
" u( u$ f/ M3 nDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards/ j% l$ Z# r2 B: O" q- W8 E
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
. E. R4 k% S+ [2 u$ ZBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
1 x: Q& {& ?$ s2 [/ AAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
$ C" `1 I/ J; ]; X2 [. KDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
: o0 V! r  m8 L  A# YDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
3 V, l+ G8 W' B) m/ Z, @DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
& U, Y" @- l- e, N; ~DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 H& W: Y1 D1 b# S/ ^& C3 q  Y
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
$ M7 {& H  ?$ T) kAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
( C% `& \2 G0 b# GRange closes to 10,000 yards
7 H" d3 J8 n, x. X/ |BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; J/ A) C/ @+ M7 p- d" a
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  n% N' e  K9 ~1 F9 z* `5 H0 ]3 u; _( V
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& o# G) @" f& z
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards: |* y5 U$ ^) J7 Y! n' C
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& G8 ]( N, r1 o1 [* t# ~5 Y/ w$ j/ XDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( P* P9 ]. V6 l  SDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 \7 _& v0 a* y& ?DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards. x! n+ J! S2 B4 o/ z
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
5 U, y0 A5 O# A3 \) HDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards3 G. I+ k, ?6 E) B
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 q; Z4 T4 ~8 r4 S- T
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards% J1 K( P0 C- V! i" i3 e
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
7 C3 r8 P' o) Q3 Y$ M, f' {Range closes to 8,000 yards
' L0 p2 W2 B. S: Q1 g' MDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards$ u0 j3 {# d; |0 {& R& x
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
5 D7 @3 J. ?3 O# X# TAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards: H3 H; k7 @+ A1 k
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards% [) W; c2 J: i) u" h& {9 \4 O1 A
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards: a" k8 i  v( _  \8 J, h
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. d( ^1 ~, l( v
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards6 R' I* L7 ]2 N. I
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Japanese Ships
" C& l) a/ k9 x3 S) e: a' j      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
8 E9 }' x/ Y4 i' |8 O      APD T-2) `0 W! a  }; j% T9 Z
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
8 h# _. v* v& H( Z/ {      APD T-4, Shell hits 12 N8 ~) q/ B+ K
      APD T-5- t; f/ P- ?7 k. o) w9 b. @+ s
      APD T-6
: }& H5 @; D4 ]9 k. m      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
5 }$ P- c/ z- l      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
7 W- `: m5 A3 t2 F, G      APD T-106 Z+ C8 N/ R0 J
      APD T-11,  on fire* C/ f- A8 @. |& v# K3 e7 _4 M
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
( h* I$ z: j5 o, x      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk( l: b8 i8 k: L. B& u. u3 A# m. [
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
" V# s: p: b; \! {$ B; Q3 u; B      CA Portland
$ d- J3 o' t' W" Q      CA Northampton
- ^! I6 C8 c5 O6 J      CA Chester
# ~3 Q9 S! ?3 f9 z  d      CA Louisville& ~& E& Q, U4 z* }( `7 ]" U3 ^; _
      CA Chicago& _- J, c, @8 Q
      CA Astoria
; q1 ^  ^8 X4 k' D      CA Minneapolis
4 \+ C: U! l1 \5 Z0 I/ q; k* `      CA San Francisco8 B7 ^& S0 \. p" P! S
      CA Quincy  B9 g. w) ]8 v% q$ E$ n8 v- u
      CA Vincennes3 \0 x5 i+ l4 ?1 _. s% j% @
      CA Wichita
- i  X. E* ^0 o6 b/ g6 P2 v* q/ x- G      DD Bennett
3 r1 ]9 }8 ]7 y+ F! m* _% ~      DD Bradford
! a/ N# X6 t' X3 B1 S9 u" x      DD Braine
9 O, ?) X* J7 ^9 ~5 J9 |! [      DD Brownson$ `, N5 b( |5 B9 C2 X1 H1 K
      DD Bryant/ t! w" R/ Q$ g  l) ?0 E7 t0 ^
      DD Bullard3 `6 Z7 J+ \8 H  t8 G! T
      DD Burns# b7 S+ ]0 r! e# b! p
      DD Callaghan
/ T( a/ O! j; c( d      DD Caperton; e- X* i6 I$ p( T0 h! [
      DD Capps
1 S/ D8 X2 G" Q& H# p" A% Y      DMS Emmons
, @7 M" O$ N  }) D      DMS Macomb* E( D" i  o' a9 H  q
      DMS Rodman
8 q8 L1 D" I- X+ y      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
/ j; T" p1 f6 |Range closes to 28,000 yards...
" I5 H) v* ^4 e" |. {8 P" ~, FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
; u% M' v- a$ b% N$ nRange closes to 26,000 yards...
# S$ R2 P' t  ?! D# @+ J' ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards& y$ Q  a6 T, i* j& l! t( o. q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
; R% _) f: x* K( T! lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* \1 |* `+ B! f9 I1 ]7 ~
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
! Y8 b6 n% W, s* U/ v, M. l+ ?1 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
# |7 {) d9 }  z3 @Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 R2 C- N0 d# t% |6 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
/ u( c5 f' U" I+ g4 d  ERange closes to 18,000 yards...* R0 N  B8 L4 l  K9 ~8 A) m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards' s$ y2 b! f& s9 p( A( ^& I: h& {
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
/ ], _% c$ Y: w+ Y; ^# nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
  f! P3 J. ~% G. w: ?Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, e4 ^/ S6 o* W+ V" a% @Range closes to 12,000 yards...
$ F8 ?% e6 `  y/ d, C+ [; ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
& V3 a! Y  d: u$ ^& S; l2 ERange closes to 11,000 yards...
2 n+ V  Z. z/ D# D7 \  sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards! M& K0 c$ o( j1 ?) `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: f5 ?! E0 N- C1 g. d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 i7 }4 x! n. Q/ M# ?8 _CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 ~1 E* W$ _1 f! [DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& H4 Z* _: Q* C. a! k) y
Range increases to 11,000 yards8 A* r( }/ {1 d7 P
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
2 J: Q6 T" x" e& |% bCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards4 Y  {$ c1 A* K+ p
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
8 V0 R) o5 w8 h' f4 ?CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
; n5 w- j) r  A( v  nCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  [" I& d0 F" |) t. I4 yDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards) m3 R( g  a6 }9 }" R4 ]. ]/ J" Z5 f
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 o- M& m! ~! x* Z6 |$ }% D2 O
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
3 c% k, f7 T- z5 P* p$ WCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards: ]+ [! F$ x" c2 I
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
* Y/ V; B: }0 C+ W( ~DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards- q7 A$ S) o! u9 ~, H' u
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
' n3 u/ ]( ]# W: j  w7 Q: w9 TDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' R: q2 n# ~+ _+ s
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
, |/ ^+ K3 g; E6 ^8 \! pDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
2 j+ s9 p! |! }% UAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
0 q8 y/ f, q' [APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards9 m6 U; ?+ N  W2 m3 c
Range closes to 10,000 yards8 G: q0 t4 \8 X. g$ R+ C" H
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards' w* e! x9 L7 X1 x; N1 I( g
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
0 D/ ?; }% Q. n+ Z/ g$ k7 L3 C/ Y5 SCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
, T# E! i( V9 I* `! X% G/ ?CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- [7 n/ G) b7 L! `CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
; ?3 R4 e' o& Q! T) O  H$ K! BAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
7 a  ~$ [0 b6 H* U" v" N- E5 `0 F; ]; qDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
, X- O/ M, \) [Range closes to 9,000 yards
7 R0 l, F4 p( i$ G: KAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
- F8 D! g$ E/ ~- V1 pDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards: K9 ~" G% q; F+ P. W8 j
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards6 A" |' R# W5 D# N. B" @
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards$ A. E+ `* e& r% N- [) {6 O2 x
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* {) {  o% b, TDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
8 _  c, A. @( F! |* rDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
, p' |* h$ ^: n2 ?* v' kRange increases to 10,000 yards
2 U; ?6 q- x$ C4 G/ ~; s( `APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
2 F& [  L3 _! \0 D1 A* YCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 _; D& w* }- |1 I; T0 {1 m
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards+ f7 w: M" b! s9 B9 f
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
+ c2 D* n' w0 f5 W$ Q: Y; ?CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 }$ x5 |- a6 a6 v& k& E  g* p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 c4 |. _3 E. U: ~: o( f# tTask forces break off...7 _( I' m7 O3 d
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards7 l$ \7 g% ~/ o) R" s5 o
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Japanese Ships
8 T2 Z7 M" V1 ^$ {8 H      APD T-1# B* G7 b* c+ A4 C
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire- u1 D( n7 J% [8 Q7 H- M: m
      APD T-3
$ Y( X6 q& i1 A9 }2 x- z- \% _      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk% J6 r, N' \0 O/ Q
      APD T-5% L. b; |* F2 }5 B. R
      APD T-6: S1 ?6 o$ C; B' O5 E7 L9 I
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
. }4 z' e) N9 B2 R6 o2 j* F/ B& B      APD T-96 G$ a9 W" P# H
      APD T-10
4 @# t) M3 Y: K* S      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire4 g6 e3 [2 y! f, z3 K( f
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Allied Ships9 x  H/ K5 P0 }9 Y  I; g4 V1 i
      CA Portland' D' }3 @7 z+ s) A( F, {
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
" e/ l, }% j! s. R6 [      CA Chester
# ?& [, {/ G! s; e' h# X% x) B      CA Louisville
) M' J6 ]9 M' P. H7 b$ Q      CA Chicago
; }6 l+ w8 b1 }! m. o      CA Astoria+ U' f: l$ c: q0 }
      CA Minneapolis5 F  Y+ f; A7 q% B; e) C6 F3 D
      CA San Francisco
2 U0 W  G8 q3 N* |! Y7 t      CA Quincy, v- C/ G  Q1 Q0 b" b
      CA Vincennes
" ^" U7 _1 S. i, \3 J2 X2 A3 N; n      CA Wichita9 f& @( }' b. ]4 Q* e
      DD Bennett
2 x" F! i! x+ }/ Y, f      DD Bradford0 b, H9 g; d1 ]+ e3 M8 u, u
      DD Braine
! L! _$ \2 y: N1 D      DD Brownson
4 `  d6 G. Z- Z% F2 J      DD Bryant$ V) O; [6 g" z0 x' U% C
      DD Bullard
. m# D2 c8 u! F* n5 m% G      DD Burns+ l) O) ~! V! P, ]0 O& t
      DD Callaghan
# O$ J7 U) D& j9 }6 E* Y4 f: M2 ?      DD Caperton
" q. N) r4 x+ R5 C6 K2 S* [      DD Capps$ L- W2 g# A' t+ \: c4 v' p
      DMS Emmons
6 i8 O8 o) o: q9 W8 |2 c: [6 s      DMS Macomb
2 P3 b4 ^2 E" Y4 |0 K$ h/ b      DMS Rodman
- Z+ B; X6 \% q" A/ p      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 |% K* o+ ~6 v$ X) G
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
% `# B* ?$ D0 r0 t/ }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards. o6 B& X7 c0 f" Q# o: C2 P, w
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
8 v8 l/ z5 g: B  p* `; ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 |. @% E- k0 H; Y* y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 q/ J; H1 A! q! N0 p5 B6 E
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
4 O' x0 W7 }; y' O' \) O4 b& T! n* jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards. l' |  v, P, ?& F) Q3 v
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 k3 V& K# G# V' u" ^' `7 @& oRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 f% ~5 z6 d+ l6 _# n4 R0 d. A9 n2 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) I4 A) P1 M" ~- f* W% E! Q0 N
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 B. z9 V% r( o, ?3 b  U4 |, F3 t. tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
& C" Z# ]* E* c) J9 k, WRange closes to 14,000 yards...4 P) z$ q( `1 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards; K# L) m' y, j3 O2 [9 k6 z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
8 Y% \2 ^7 A& U: S1 f" M1 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
) B3 L% }: _. b- t* TRange closes to 11,000 yards...
5 {: `0 H3 k" F  g- H4 @' LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
5 y4 |" n& J, H8 qRange closes to 10,000 yards...& P' w$ J4 @& C* M# t- f1 D7 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# L! r% X( s. W6 n% p. RCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards7 z& ?! a/ A, ?+ G+ \8 ^2 |2 r4 A
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
7 B+ F9 s$ i1 N& v, F: {: lDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
/ @8 _$ v- D" n7 D  d3 ^% e4 f4 {Range increases to 12,000 yards# }' i3 U0 W7 ~* F4 o. Y0 K
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards0 S/ x: C4 i. X4 c* @3 S: g7 s- V0 I
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
- u0 c2 s! f) j$ o% r7 [CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
4 r2 G" B3 g: k; h1 R7 SCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
$ m  t7 s9 x4 Q3 Z0 u( X9 A5 S) l9 lCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards, y' O0 b& {; t5 S8 ~, ]5 c% X! z4 Q
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards& S2 o- E+ K$ E" j  y( K; j# S* C
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards# y* J/ A( K, Z% z! O- Q
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards6 R/ [- x  o  j$ w9 o# S8 n: b
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards6 M  ~+ Q: f& x+ Y) I
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards5 l; M, @4 i6 g9 C
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards- k3 T3 J1 _8 q( V: W
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
- I9 p6 h7 ^* o+ d  f5 CRange closes to 9,000 yards, j0 }( e9 d7 Y+ B% z7 l
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards$ a7 f8 L; c5 y- b# H3 Z5 T
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards0 Y- Q  H6 F, V; W6 k3 B3 ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards' G6 K: `  G  w4 d8 g! l. M- C( V4 X
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards! a7 N# S, u- a/ i+ o5 Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
- L$ t$ m2 c4 K) ?CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
0 o; r3 X/ S0 N% `APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards- z* z- U  _" G- V* K
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards) [! r: P0 c2 b# L5 y
Range closes to 7,000 yards2 ^1 [* a7 K* N, F# w0 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 c7 `. H9 H+ r- J3 l+ h3 g: B
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
3 ^$ _) O5 c- O6 D2 n6 m$ ACA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards& t- m5 ~- {( m6 `( W+ }, [9 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
+ `) j2 B0 X' LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
- t7 q) j# M6 D: `2 ?APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards! R7 C6 ~' I' w7 p: L- h
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards2 {# l6 O( P; P" L. F, s
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards& c+ D! G1 Q% E9 H1 z7 g
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards  u* J( _% Z) T- J( {5 k1 m% Q
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
2 t( g: ?4 g- c* n/ b  ODMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards3 g/ [7 N, }; j4 `: X* D
Range increases to 10,000 yards
$ w8 k) N1 Q, G! ]$ U1 MDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# B: }% V- U; z& x* ?+ A7 [
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, S3 W7 T5 l! k! k) W5 UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 p% p. t, d" v3 }' s
Task forces break off...) J* \( y4 d6 v' y) _. W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards/ I# x" q4 c* S7 S- R

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) z. I& A$ Q& M/ H9 b: t3 r      APD T-1/ Y! ?' K2 K- T, y' |7 D
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 Q2 ~0 B6 U2 c4 @2 K; t
      APD T-3( u: N$ v* k7 F- y, t
      APD T-5
& c; W  n* `# n      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( j' J6 S) ~; y- Q9 u1 y      APD T-9
9 K: _/ Z0 Q; a6 t: x2 [      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 i' i) K4 j6 T% ?# I      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk/ w1 M9 l; h7 D3 M8 F

- w6 C; B1 k; z) @Allied Ships
/ v4 f; J" J9 `6 C& a( J      CL Swiftsure
$ z) V1 h  n  q1 ~' c. A# T' }  H0 ?      CL St. Louis
% K: f  T+ F- p* F      CL Phoenix
3 @# d+ O. }1 f$ ]) k      CL Cleveland5 L4 z& ]) Z6 e: h
      CL Montpelier
( E( C0 ?* R5 |( r6 y! R/ e2 q  y      CL Denver0 s5 @& Z  {2 S8 k
      CL Santa Fe! \7 x5 ^, v: r3 a
      CL Birmingham2 ?9 j% ^2 I6 Q  S' B3 E$ D9 {$ }
      CL Mobile
2 q$ e  |, W- e  }      CL Biloxi
/ Q6 a  R( M# M: G  }      CL Miami. D7 X0 u, G, T! b
      CL Pasadena/ ], B/ M) {* O  [5 b
      DD Allen M. Sumner5 O& K* d  L- U. L  w) V
      DD Ault
2 k8 j3 ]" k/ T1 u9 n/ x      DD English& J1 W! f0 o! e; E& d; W
      DD Haynsworth, f: K. p  h( n1 J
      DD Maddox
/ w7 ^. B3 z  _2 }) Q1 a      DD Mansfield
/ |; L  o7 ~6 R: ]4 E3 p      DD Waldron
) c0 A* w9 o- _' n. F* z+ L      DD Haggard
, x7 u8 u7 Y  }$ x+ i      DD Hailey
, J( r" W& i* F) g3 M# \6 M      DD Hale
" O( L! O0 Q2 o# `% H0 S      CL Vincennes II5 Y! |# k8 M- J4 J
      CL Houston II
9 s& G" J6 c7 a3 V* [1 B1 `      CL Astoria II) c% Y- V4 z7 I! u' h7 c
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9 x) X3 ^' M/ k0 jMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 s% n0 M0 b% G
Range closes to 28,000 yards...; `. Q, Y; k6 Z( C% E1 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards+ K4 ]' m( A4 f) d5 F! A
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
) z- n. O$ v! Y7 F6 W/ ^, ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
& o4 k# l. n1 d4 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) B3 h. ^9 Y( d0 }2 A
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 m( x' ^. [" D1 y" D/ ?9 V, hRange closes to 20,000 yards...
; V1 t* h) Z5 C2 w/ cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards5 t; n6 ?; n$ _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
! k* a+ n3 k+ F; e4 Y6 ^% xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. |( G4 q: T5 x% H& }# W0 W) G1 mRange closes to 16,000 yards...
( k$ ~$ ^4 h6 l: cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 ?5 P8 g- w" }8 cRange closes to 14,000 yards...
" {5 X. S& l1 x7 j8 \# vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
) z( f+ h  p0 y: u8 [' URange closes to 12,000 yards...
' S; D. l" ^6 ^9 B  MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
* `; r% W& _8 f3 D, ^Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 A) R: E2 S) FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards& o$ ~( A( T# c
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 a! t- j5 Y" Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% c+ I5 f) B9 ~4 G: y7 W7 t: n% cWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'' z  X) V, ^* Z8 A' H8 d
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, s6 x/ [2 |, g* P9 S  h
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards$ O9 |) A+ c( j3 P2 L
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards- R* f/ e, g0 C* w, b/ K
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# X# ?, Y3 X: v9 Z  rDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* |9 \$ k5 o" y% u4 A$ E' J/ S8 d
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
0 E' r" L& c+ Y* k/ _/ b+ b& HDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ l& _5 D; y7 [+ M# h8 W9 a: PDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards# N7 `7 C& W% M% m* T
Range increases to 11,000 yards- a6 ~. f1 t7 {
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 E, _# L9 {4 M7 k4 X8 t
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 T- c2 p3 Q5 E2 q$ g* ~
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards- B3 |% z$ J, R. P% K) r. z: @
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
; O8 @& W: n1 N5 JCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 R5 I' \7 N3 C) O% ]2 dCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
/ s- B1 o" g2 qDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
& z3 S- v4 l# VDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards, P6 C/ p; k9 v" P
Range closes to 8,000 yards/ A: S4 `8 K) r( E) p7 @6 I# K
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
+ A3 j1 O  e) E/ YCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ ~: [. _  k$ ?& J: ^) o, S
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards' s, b, C; h; r7 m
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards. d4 S. {6 T$ Y$ w2 b
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
: v* \3 K, D3 O' P7 }Range closes to 7,000 yards
/ ?' r; U, m, h- t8 zCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards2 c# Q; [- B$ R6 Q( Y8 O% A
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" ?: a2 {* g- k! `- H2 k0 rCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' r  @4 }& b( t7 {) LCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 T2 L; `1 k% k* q+ _  @
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
3 S* C( L) q! m" v3 ]CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 M& o/ G# Q$ i4 x
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( Q! d; e+ t5 m; B* ZCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards2 F/ u- o3 K1 ~) p2 z% i. j) M
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards" p( t2 I  {6 n
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards$ W% P; C( t! d) K2 |' z( `
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
* \+ s7 E- E, {$ p+ e* qDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 |5 o7 d4 P( S- p# Q& _
Range increases to 8,000 yards
! r5 j7 q4 u' O5 XCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards( h, \. v+ p/ u6 `- b
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% d8 Z' i; W% b+ @  ?CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
; u  x) e- h, }$ jJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape" Q+ w1 s  C0 X& f
Task forces break off...
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" [- V  N) d3 ]3 \8 K5 dNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships+ K  {$ P  W0 N
      APD T-1
+ c6 r2 z& i( O6 X      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk3 q7 L' R. ^) H3 r& `
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk. U7 O: u& G- ?. e& G
      APD T-5( x) K/ P2 T$ Z* [  Q
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
2 w* j5 k4 V8 w      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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7 t8 m5 X  S* u* R3 \4 M4 mAllied Ships
+ K* O' s: M; \4 [      CA Portland
* ~. a6 v& P2 J$ y6 t1 A      CA Northampton5 s% N4 b5 ~+ R
      CA Chester
& h6 ?7 b9 f/ j0 W- w7 M+ r  ^      CA Louisville
6 V# U- b" ?9 D3 n( \  ]* o      CA Chicago
' J9 b' M+ x2 H      CA Astoria; H1 g  c* G9 e  U
      CA Minneapolis
7 R) w, J% I8 n      CA San Francisco
; {4 Q  R5 j5 y      CA Quincy
. z% O! e5 ]- n% T$ g      CA Vincennes
1 L1 `/ |* w- `! P" ?4 r      CA Wichita
0 H* }6 K% @+ F% ~& e  A; I+ ?      DD Bennett5 w9 F- x3 }! ?) u& E
      DD Bradford/ A  L9 t/ w9 k$ v3 `. W
      DD Braine
# ?% I: s5 A+ \# a' {      DD Brownson) ]. _4 _6 r; r  e
      DD Bryant
4 }" t; q7 F/ |      DD Bullard
1 G/ g- ~; R$ H( y  L8 T# h      DD Burns. @9 \# }; P0 Z8 C; w
      DD Callaghan+ s4 U+ c& x2 _  ?  D) G
      DD Caperton
- A" H: H" b. u0 c% H( c, _      DD Capps( q5 o5 F5 t: D; C. z
      DMS Emmons$ I% i8 s4 N2 g  ~: N
      DMS Macomb, Z7 k8 N7 v; ^- G  o4 _
      DMS Rodman
8 h5 {4 [, k4 n      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards; w# W, j( D* n1 l( _/ Q+ R. m- r
Range closes to 28,000 yards...0 x3 E6 s1 {% u* O  `! U3 w5 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards' R6 x( U0 v2 q5 X
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ W4 D: ^# W+ F/ e# D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...& c9 c/ t: i5 ]$ `' X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
( N$ R* y5 Q4 B/ j, u( `Range closes to 22,000 yards...& a4 D) g% N" R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
9 {4 u; Z- g) i& XRange closes to 20,000 yards...( i2 X9 X/ `8 F% C5 m& u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
& d2 Q- i" Y% KRange closes to 18,000 yards...# ~0 X0 p! ~" Q' ~# C" S
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 t; m' `9 x! s4 Z& e' q) m" V' X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
* Y2 H- z9 M4 A( \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 S- F2 Y! a6 J" dRange closes to 12,000 yards...* R" u9 l3 Y; E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...( |( `" U, @+ m: K4 q( K
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ K" o0 A: D. X9 Z, k1 sRange closes to 9,000 yards...; I% U5 [9 W* C6 n; r/ l
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
; E. `  k, t* b* qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards9 t2 {! \# G4 M+ G+ S
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- t$ ?# Y$ Z% `# TCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
- g0 q4 l- \) q) o' [CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' Z' g3 P0 q. P7 y/ S
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards: Z9 q" c0 S- D  v4 f/ v2 o
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
: e) w/ T, j5 O1 F3 VCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 Q' I! r: l* o& e% y- M; K5 `
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
3 }5 h* W- k5 v2 w' @) q# [- x/ tCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
: c( F6 l2 v. }2 C$ v9 R% UCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards* W5 i" u: J2 w( D
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' l2 h* ~, Z) \2 o1 B  C* F) F! j
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards1 c5 A) l" y2 C
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
# Q' G* E! _* o! `+ j; b" sRange closes to 5,000 yards
. Z4 d; o. \& i2 G7 P* |DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 ; G% E' q9 o3 V7 ?
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards1 s6 ^; t" }/ n( L
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
9 [  u9 u) k( U9 K( QCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
0 {- b0 Q8 U1 }DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards& L8 n6 u% X$ \# E3 n! p: X
Range closes to 2,000 yards
$ B$ v, v2 v* Y  [% HCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards9 `2 ^( n: B" C6 I2 w5 p/ T  l
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ u+ l* {, C( g8 R6 ?& P
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards0 R1 U; i7 F/ {4 {3 ^
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards2 H: U. i+ f  y/ G/ T6 f+ I
Range increases to 6,000 yards
3 C5 g- g! g' g+ W8 JCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
! g3 k' H% X! m6 F- d6 nCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards1 {0 a* [/ |/ V0 t
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
/ i; e; K7 }6 a! v/ U/ k4 \Range increases to 9,000 yards
5 @& @6 W: M  r: A$ k: ?6 lDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" _7 c6 ~  L: g! D8 G
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 |* o  T& e1 d6 K7 u6 ^- k
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 s: Z& p0 I4 o9 {$ ?) K
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
2 O  m/ I- o; c) G- fRange increases to 13,000 yards
2 M( p. s) u8 [CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
. \+ p0 E8 o# Q: r5 o( K& B  t( E5 xAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
0 K2 W9 ~( c; ?# XJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape) l* l  A8 E- i: [" i2 L# r
Task forces break off...# t; [6 [( `: F
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards" `3 j8 ^# Y. k
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Japanese Ships" K7 H: T% X3 v% b8 B8 N2 ~) N
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk, G8 d0 r) d; o+ s  L0 K' m8 @
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk# [! r/ \; K% {" ~' D8 L  `- l

4 o0 o% H3 k5 a7 O7 R  Z9 ^- FAllied Ships
9 H6 f1 `4 o% \9 E9 b. f4 i9 F# W- |      BB North Carolina
3 N( u) r7 ~6 U8 j5 R# q3 l      BB Washington* w. E3 z' o( f: M* Z* y
      BB South Dakota
9 O" Z4 H9 q+ I9 _$ f; \      BB Indiana
1 Q; w- h; g; T  C. W9 E! l      BB Massachusetts4 {! {8 u0 v% p% l5 `: {
      BB Alabama
/ y6 e7 @# P" p+ x      DD Conner
' a  m  M6 Z; J; w1 g      DD Cotten1 j( R" O) Y0 `2 F( J( o; Z0 N
      DD Cowell  v. J) M8 h7 R
      DD Daly
1 ^# x. ]1 Y/ T* \      DD Eaton
, j. @3 `8 w- a9 B/ _6 b      DD Heywood Edwards9 `; e$ Q, [& y- _9 B7 z
      DD Erben1 r7 H4 e( G$ s5 U
      DD Evans2 o$ G1 n5 w' ]/ K# p+ ^5 T: f
      DD Foote3 n) m% o+ S9 F% Y
      DD Franks
* r) O. }2 |2 n$ \: }1 {      DD Fullam' {1 H5 g! @7 H: h3 N
      DD Gatling% W" p; G! V! U! j9 i% r8 d* j
      DD Albert Grant
) L: M. w' R  |4 c1 \$ q3 H( q4 j      DD Gregory
3 }4 `; ]# _8 I. o, j  S' k      DD Guest
- ~, i1 Q" Z6 e/ N      DMS Hamilton
' g. u, L( k8 N: Q% O      DMS Forrest; D1 {* O+ z! i. V
      DMS Ellyson0 J* B/ B1 f- ?4 b0 V3 r' K

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* z/ P! Z1 B2 |  kMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" ?" L$ D5 K7 `6 e3 B$ BRange closes to 28,000 yards...
7 M. b+ R2 ^5 o# l  v& FRange closes to 26,000 yards...
& l$ E/ l6 f* N3 U5 X% e- nRange closes to 24,000 yards...$ r* E8 k8 \5 w8 R+ p
Range closes to 22,000 yards...( U4 m6 _. k. _: Q- V- `
Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ c! r) m* p# x( l' ~) ^- p
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 t  L5 n% w) i2 }4 i* L) A. KRange closes to 16,000 yards..." u5 J+ H& r" ?4 Z$ ?% b$ Y2 D
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ P2 j, q0 x8 M1 O, ]* Y; [
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
1 d0 g2 P, i0 x& Q( G1 iRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 G7 y# F' l2 d' q3 r+ e* C1 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% S+ ]- z: ^7 zRange closes to 10,000 yards...* a/ r3 ]' }5 i+ D/ x2 j. ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
, }8 a2 y/ S6 M  SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards' t: j- z- N" F9 Y/ p+ T
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
. K0 {6 k( F& c& P: hAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
8 o2 p5 [, D* J% P$ ODD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ {! E6 n# }7 ]5 s3 S$ ZDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
2 z7 V) a6 `6 l' _) H- b* T  U0 kDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 q4 P9 H9 J+ d
Range closes to 5,000 yards
& Y5 e$ }! e5 A! z& WDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards. l3 C1 }- f! o9 |
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
) T! U# w( b# R* mRange closes to 3,000 yards
3 M- d" i# S+ ^BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards( D! Q* b5 \; g" H) z# x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 s3 y% L& ^7 H/ u$ t# S! [# h* ]DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards9 U+ G( b+ T( s  Q
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, J0 R2 J5 c! D  q, Z! D4 p. `9 _# TDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards6 I* l: a% F% t
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards2 B2 {: r# G' ?" {7 l0 u
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
" {7 y! x0 n( Z. P2 s4 `7 @$ {4 S) lDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) H2 J4 C1 e+ _DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards! i- k' Z! Z$ [
Range increases to 5,000 yards3 G" d! J6 f& k0 _8 z' q
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
: O" W# v4 j. P/ M( f; }1 @' Y$ ZDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards& d. x) W! h$ q. C. X
Range increases to 7,000 yards% `5 S+ s2 c* P, `2 v
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards% B$ R0 |. g; M: I/ Y* w8 B
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards) z4 N7 h: h9 [& K5 S) B% ]: p
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards* ~/ h0 k: T* A& K$ Y
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards7 M( w9 h0 Y8 \; e
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
' N( t* G6 g6 H. _Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44
& ~" ^, P6 m) q; B. X盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加1 P! A* f3 t- H
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8 B3 j' B$ f/ N. q: z. w4 Q7 dGround combat at Ponape (119,113)% S  J8 s4 R. n/ ^
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Allied Bombardment attack% q9 v, D6 _* V+ z; K

! }8 w% V) Y1 _- V/ g; V  PAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000$ b) X0 @; ^  Y# N; p
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Japanese ground losses:
+ v* g: z5 \% I  _( s* k5 K      834 casualties reported2 s- T: b4 p, ]; w0 T
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled9 o0 |5 Q$ h7 g( a  F
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
' y4 P. o) k3 a# K# n% G         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
' C. z- `- E; d6 n* s7 A: t" Z      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)7 j$ T3 O6 c9 N' ^5 |& E
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Allied ground losses:  B1 n4 l! x" P, a8 X. v' |6 G
      16 casualties reported
( v- C, r; X7 N% v         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
# n5 d, Q' m+ ^. L0 H         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled8 Q' Z6 E9 P  M! v# k  w" o: n% A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 443 z6 u$ l/ o# E8 s2 v4 @" W8 i
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久
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TF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ w# z5 w- T. ?4 x* M

% ]2 n5 {) U- v/ B- t" Z8 C100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
0 [: x6 u0 v! q      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
2 h7 e" L! z( F( n# U3 |5 _      DMS Forrest
: ^7 U+ W" c: k8 a# W4 A      DMS Hamilton# W) k$ v: c6 {/ v* c* r
      DD Guest
5 L" Y7 V2 l4 u, T1 m! c      DD Albert Grant  Z+ ~9 S0 b. l% U
      DD Daly
: P$ T9 e/ W% X8 o) e' x2 U0 }      DD Cowell
7 l* Z) j3 y- J* }, V2 }      DD Cotten
" h4 h( l- w, x      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage$ ]5 d& u- s  j, S# `4 a

% L+ C, l' L" l1 sPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson7 {5 R7 J  W8 t  F9 e  S
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest& R4 B. ~5 |- Q) k
98 mines cleared8 w. y+ b6 P0 O0 p0 }2 I

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& e9 G0 O+ H$ V! d1 n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 B" g/ D  ?4 G  ~5 ~
Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1136 b# y. [; w8 w1 [

: v( b# R; p$ {3 OJapanese Ships3 v# }" c0 F( a8 G# x
      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage6 A9 R4 y9 X, d* E( @

/ \, x# {* K& ~3 J" F9 f+ QAllied Ships* [4 I/ b9 N& _, k
      CA Wichita
  A: b2 h3 W+ I( ~. j      CA Vincennes
& q. [0 r: k" O# e8 T" L: L      CA Quincy$ F& g( _! F# J" x( }3 y
      CA San Francisco
# j; a2 `( i% Z( P, E      CA Minneapolis
* a( X" S$ y/ ]6 `" m. X      CA Astoria  ]8 ?3 e4 H% e7 k
      CA Chicago. I' f8 C3 X  X
      CA Louisville, R1 J. H/ @* U" j7 F7 i) o
      CA Chester
5 {  N" H- i: Q: O! U4 o  [      CA Northampton  G- N- O4 u4 j/ }- W: d! R
      CA Portland
& \2 Y' T4 z: K$ A
5 o* X9 y/ t9 pJapanese ground losses:0 T1 x6 s0 H" o5 Y8 @5 W
      54 casualties reported
+ n7 B, D4 o* x% o. i) N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled- I+ n5 x: h( U( C% F! ?; T
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled( k9 s+ x9 v# P9 n9 Y5 S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled& u) P- O! y7 t$ v0 G: i; d
      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)- A4 d8 ]6 E& _& H, }( _0 ]
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)( _: B2 B, w, H$ z5 ~
7 J: z0 G, f) w: a1 g
Airbase hits 1
$ Z* ~, Q2 O/ X+ G- TRunway hits 16& I' V* x4 @: B, X3 ^- l

0 Z* w4 i" B8 o7 j# c  J0 \
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
# ]9 p& A+ G7 `( u/ I* c3 s& z/ u% o
Allied Ships! A5 r# _8 c* w. j  o6 }0 G
      BB Alabama
! i5 B7 T3 Z( G$ R  n      BB Massachusetts9 H. C2 s& n0 B/ R
      BB Indiana5 y9 D5 S) {3 @' F+ g$ Y
      BB South Dakota
/ d, J; q3 A9 J/ L/ i9 Y      BB Washington2 H) T, [( c! p1 b& s! n
      BB North Carolina
6 B0 }. U1 }2 Z4 f: E  j5 r) @, J; C. g
Japanese ground losses:8 @9 N- X6 v  ^7 `: b) w" L' k  N
      570 casualties reported1 w6 x+ i& h# s
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 I* b" d9 k0 |% u  o! ~         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled
; i6 b. O5 _0 @" L+ a         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled0 y  T/ }9 G& u7 _$ w7 Y% q
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
* B% t/ J$ q: L      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)7 X# G* y7 ^6 `# [+ Y) a* Y* L$ p
) U& _# `! e' i
Airbase hits 7& {+ z  j, n, O# w- Z( e" R
Airbase supply hits 1/ ?" i0 F7 J- Y! @: p) b% s" }
Runway hits 15; p  y+ W: R% q- ~# W
Port hits 3
' \% ~5 y3 [! s3 ?9 t; XPort supply hits 2
1 H; |) ^# X: x1 S; e
8 u5 z  g5 I! B  _7 l, i' i
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8 z' C" @9 b4 d( H) R. e: U/ vNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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& X" }6 Z5 h7 \& M2 U9 {Allied Ships
% J' b/ V0 x& u: ^. ?      BB Queen Elizabeth% l- H4 q: Z5 x5 D1 E: `
      BB Valiant7 M7 U; E8 w7 t+ u3 ~
      BB Mississippi6 r( A( r3 x; `1 H! o
      BB New Mexico
4 t  c( d& C5 A3 {      BB Idaho
- B9 ]; X# j9 I      BB West Virginia( A0 b* [% n( E7 i  m
      BB Colorado) S# s, v9 e/ X% J" I

, @) S$ o' ?) d+ v  m8 v( WJapanese ground losses:
3 G3 Z* B* Z- H) W6 G      603 casualties reported) b, Z- G+ z4 S, z4 H7 A$ J
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
- i7 ]: w- J+ }$ q! M8 B         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled) R7 G# x; K, e7 z
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
$ h) ?( q' W$ h7 t$ o      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
' j: i+ x- j5 {5 L$ _5 r' x' I+ S      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 Z6 M" y: v  r$ K
9 P* X" T, F; b& r7 X
Airbase hits 51 _- g- o6 h( w% g8 r! j# Y
Airbase supply hits 2
. r0 U( _, w8 r$ L* d1 R; @) ZRunway hits 76 u' {4 A; v" |; j( A' O
Port hits 1) a, `7 b7 Q4 G6 t$ K  k) f5 \6 U: v

' w6 O, v' a4 @5 U- W1 E, D& B  pBB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape
! T! u# a3 q9 c8 G' FWalrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant+ o: e( q6 h6 t  U, I- Q
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division4 }5 z% g' A' p3 @
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division
5 I) e2 w# w, d0 EBB New Mexico firing at Ponape
+ r$ |* v/ a& j; h, C" J3 A0 hBB Idaho firing at Ponape
1 v( M8 `" d, I4 t5 wOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia4 v# |. D* {( T4 O- }
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division6 ~; d6 N0 M/ o% C) N, B- K
BB Colorado firing at Ponape
8 U2 e/ G5 n. [- o2 K/ x5 U$ Q
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8 D. t: D. b* P. g3 v" E
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)0 i/ @- W; E# n9 J, V
2 c6 e/ R) p+ j9 B
Weather in hex: Light rain9 x3 X; p& o/ ~& J1 ?# r3 o

7 ]6 E9 R& @1 H) H' r3 `Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
" _; J  A4 Q% x2 y1 A* hEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
! `' v' e& Q9 H. ~; u# u
$ X+ V$ \+ c' W5 E  SAllied aircraft
) R1 B4 e2 G9 ~      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
" c4 a" m! M: ]0 T/ C3 z  |6 k      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314% \/ G' y+ M" _( T$ a4 y
      TBM-1C Avenger x 274! d, A! A2 g2 N5 g; ?
$ L8 U; Q; h1 L! {( S
Allied aircraft losses6 Z0 n+ E2 r! J. `3 Q1 B) v$ |
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged
9 _, }* t% B  Q. r; E! J! I      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged$ w$ N* a6 S  E. I! b
" N. m) ^9 [! m, s$ U
Japanese ground losses:
$ `3 N+ O0 ]7 M( }      529 casualties reported: c* x' T$ ?. F& _
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
; w& a- \6 F' w) i- S, u         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
+ |/ c/ R5 G$ A4 W         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' V" q4 t4 d0 t9 N2 ]      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
. [2 G8 S) a& [: E( |- v; |. h1 j9 I0 K# {4 l- G
: \) V/ n' |# N9 U; Q
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)8 q6 ]) |! ~8 A8 y: u" Z; m- N
5 V1 a( C/ ~( r: l2 r
Allied Deliberate attack
( s# {5 T3 H; }8 g5 h  x3 q4 i0 W# V1 C6 W
Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
6 X% c1 |1 U6 a) R7 h( G" d4 r1 l/ ^2 f
. h( k4 v' s6 k( JDefending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
; L7 h, |/ Z- V3 W+ `7 e% n' `; ^; D( s! D
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 59 j" }# Y+ i2 a. x0 i
" k/ l& D& F, W2 Q* Z
Allied adjusted assault: 3029 : s" c! o4 l. o! d! F) p$ O* A

' E  X! o8 ^% n+ h& ~Japanese adjusted defense: 3835
  p+ Q( f+ j0 [9 d$ T6 [, }( z, X
6 h2 Y3 r$ s4 mAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
+ `+ H' v# g1 H; T$ l$ Y" V  A  [# [2 c
Combat modifiers
6 q% n# r6 L( |4 Q+ ~. ?9 r! eDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)3 `- g( Z  Z! _) ?
Attacker:
4 T% i( `2 A$ R
$ |. G; N1 y# D" K# oJapanese ground losses:1 \9 Y' _- C0 o! b
      5869 casualties reported
# v* u! B4 L6 r1 E         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
/ T9 {9 {  z3 p" c, Q9 p2 h6 b. g         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled$ b& t$ {/ p! {$ t' x
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled
) d& \. L! k2 X      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)3 K' ^5 B5 e6 L9 N: n" W' h' e/ A
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)6 ~. X1 O' S; x  E: q

* t) g7 t8 Z7 G. cAllied ground losses:
" |+ ~, b# \. ]: p      1488 casualties reported
3 |  _6 z' W7 ~6 y) q         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled( w8 T1 R5 H! k( L! ^9 q
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
+ S1 k$ A2 r* F% o! |         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
; f) ?0 `0 N% O      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)3 f1 ~2 K8 G, M& M' }. \* |
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled), h1 R0 Z3 o5 U% ^9 R3 w7 O3 @

5 _2 {: L% ?, j: MAssaulting units:
8 u6 ~! M1 |& \/ ^) H- B    762nd Tank Battalion8 m- U9 d+ D  p1 ^, O
    710th Tank Battalion$ E) R& N+ _) W1 X
    767th Tank Battalion
0 }: }& t$ @: `3 H    44th Tank Battalion
* f1 {5 ^* y; @/ s% f0 k9 t7 g    96th Infantry Division# W3 ^5 N% \9 Q: a/ B0 o8 J  @7 @
    706th Tank Battalion+ m6 u1 {( s3 `* ^
    81st Infantry Division5 d- F! K& A6 _  n  I) M: _6 ^
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
5 R5 H* M2 d+ L0 e. ~    5th Marine Division  r: c6 p) L/ ]- |6 a; x" |2 H
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" R9 j8 Z+ A+ b% L9 v: v3 x: E
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment# J: e9 [7 {- T8 G0 |% ~
    711th Tank Battalion! U+ C, B4 m$ M7 `1 L
    716th Tank Battalion
1 K4 e  X' B- g6 l7 N    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
- [( x7 R" B/ V/ e* u1 X* J7 W8 S    6th Infantry Division7 f& o& w+ X/ }) @- U2 s% ?' G
    31st Infantry Regiment
% U2 E0 }+ d2 n    8th Marine Defense Battalion4 c& _7 ]( o1 s
    4th USA Defense Battalion( D% m7 D& j/ Q, X, ^
    X Corps Artillery $ m+ v9 G; b" D1 p
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ R/ k6 a3 s. R! c  G+ U    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion; C* K; [2 d* C/ X' A
    I Corps Artillery ; p: ?# Z2 ^: q" ?
    XIV US Corps; L- s! U4 n* q4 p) s6 m2 i& G
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 e+ f1 ^, L; ]' Y% r- c7 }7 ~    96th Coast AA Regiment
0 w2 K+ V0 x& z- ~) _' E8 B' m: [    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment8 \& e' f/ S+ O% b# I
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) k7 d0 [' K2 _    12th Marine Defense Battalion
8 p, N: a  @5 @0 B    738th Coast AA Regiment
, ~! G' A8 ^; A% u    1st USMC AA Battalion9 \3 D) B" s0 r- q& a$ N8 S
    5th USA Defense Battalion
! [6 ^5 f! F* R( M) d8 e' r    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
% g0 Y& h. c0 V# Q: ?9 _# i- N: q( _3 @$ j
Defending units:6 q5 k1 [9 I- @6 x! T1 Q
    144th Infantry Regiment
3 d( ?$ {, h8 P; \    81st/C Division
& N* R$ F$ p7 ^% P9 F/ V    Kure 3rd SNLF; `% F8 Q3 ^, H6 z4 P: o# k# m
    Sasebo 7th SNLF; x5 W) G+ u+ Z$ U
    81st/A Division
9 W+ G3 w* A& ~3 B    6th Guards Inf. Regiment8 ~0 G6 a- B# _# M1 W/ y% O
    33rd/B Division
) T# R# G; q+ B    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. Z6 K6 N. [+ v( {$ G    33rd/A Division
3 I: N3 [7 j2 X' L  b/ H    81st/B Division
9 C3 v' j8 C" G. ~; o$ l/ D$ o    138th Infantry Regiment
, R; ~: r9 b2 Q' K* M6 Z" S    33rd/C Division
: v' h# p3 {; V) F" K2 T6 N    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
% X) E2 u2 L" x3 N2 P8 h    60th Field AA Battalion8 C/ v" ~4 _) J/ c
    53rd Construction Battalion
6 S' ~/ \# p, y    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! r. g% _* v& V6 b8 J0 Q* l
    14th Area Army /1( T- x# N8 ^, v1 y5 V0 I& W
    61st Field AA Battalion" L" l1 f- c+ d' }7 g) B) W! c' F# w
    18th Army- |3 A2 k4 j. n, k' S& I
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 h: n; `) t( A    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ u6 m) l: N4 t/ i1 z4 Z    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 N( y6 Y( n" Y7 W    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, G& w9 {& U+ l8 W# H, V% e% e3 j2 i    12th Air Fleet; O/ L7 @5 z% X! ^
    Kure 7th SNLF$ H: @( Z, \  o& l7 C
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /16 c' A; W1 P  i8 i% V+ s
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
4 w) e% c5 d5 I" L" Q0 e% t    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment# ?& c! \0 J+ G& W
    19th JAAF Base Force0 u+ g# V! \. g' t" |
    3rd Base Force
5 y3 L/ F& f2 Y. M2 \" g" z    Ponape Naval Fortress% g( e7 b4 R1 n, x' s2 _
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

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hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 44) U9 j; ^  g- q! q  |) x; }( \
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: j' ^" q9 ?  z' Z* v
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 5 g/ d, d8 K+ S

* o; q* y3 D/ h- J" ]Weather in hex: Clear sky
6 p( r  m3 ~# j9 Z1 \1 r1 m6 |) k+ ?* B9 ]- I
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet." J- @" y  i. C- B9 D3 `/ T
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
0 O% M8 q# G% F8 E
' h4 P; W5 [" I2 b5 N2 D, }9 yAllied aircraft4 F/ l( B) |" k$ E4 G7 j! U' u7 M& \- w
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
$ Y$ v) e: S4 a' t$ |      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3274 P# K7 Z2 p/ |; R3 P  N, f. l
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2832 l8 l, ^/ f# c. X" l2 _& w

( }" S- x5 y1 f+ a  `0 rAllied aircraft losses* r* T5 x* y  `9 s) S3 I. s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged& m! b' m/ T0 u7 o( ]; B3 T1 A) L
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged
" n3 g5 R5 B! ?% f: d8 f0 ]      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
) K# b5 a2 w; c, y$ e5 e  O( _; a1 i' }( X- o/ u7 L* u
Japanese ground losses:$ U: [& B1 {. Y! u* W2 B. [2 O
      17 casualties reported+ l6 V$ F$ s. }/ h- W7 y; V
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 X9 R" U4 Z: q! p& p         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled) E2 F: n- q6 |5 t) o' o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 P7 [* Y% n0 o
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)) I7 S. B) ~; j8 Q3 Q. p  N7 p

8 Q5 a9 a$ ]. k+ j3 k. e$ a3 |! KAirbase hits 97
: t9 y8 ?, f) r+ ?* ~Airbase supply hits 262 F" m/ r2 @0 h6 l4 K, A
Runway hits 252: h- t" V8 M3 w

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4 B) `- {( U! Z' o3 }. cGround combat at Ponape (119,113)# G9 ?1 F& z- @

8 {# z' N0 p1 i5 M) u/ UJapanese Bombardment attack9 W0 a8 Q* a  {+ [8 T

- O, _7 \5 D. k! G. rAttacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728! l- I' V$ W. q* f2 H6 H7 ?

, [0 a9 R6 a; F6 Q0 J9 y8 l' n3 E1 iDefending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493& P$ @) L5 G6 H% j  c& E

- t1 |$ |' F+ D" W5 u- X0 OJapanese ground losses:3 F1 a6 c/ n- q  J
      736 casualties reported/ O' k8 x6 V/ y
         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled
. e1 W1 H& G: \$ x" {! p         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
3 `" L- O% F% |. e, |5 k8 c2 t7 {9 u         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled- S! m( b# I1 R0 r$ H8 r
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)' V$ a& Y. w- u
      Units destroyed 1
3 w6 s& f% E/ ~' ?) P. m" L: o9 ]; w* C, J6 `; B/ N
Allied ground losses:
5 _3 g2 U: l/ `& S      23 casualties reported0 h2 Y! |% H# w' R" c2 C& ~2 R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
! T9 Z( A& X' k: z) m         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 |* x) l- X- b1 k; V5 N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( c; I* v( V. Q1 X6 Z2 B7 m3 l      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
) o9 h( B3 v. {1 q- b6 S0 J; {$ l
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& `+ P' e0 d9 U* n+ a* F1 m- fGround combat at Ponape (119,113)- h& G8 p5 F& o' v8 d8 n* w# Z
: T% R- a% @& g
Allied Bombardment attack: i: ^. Y6 b3 g3 W

$ |% q" q0 G& M9 hAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24884 a( g  |0 H4 C, k+ c

# @3 P% M' J5 i7 p; i# S7 O0 hDefending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
5 q+ S; \4 V% ~
# |. e6 N9 s! u* o9 Z' F1 U" ^Japanese ground losses:, ^+ w! [0 l+ G
      698 casualties reported( @( c+ p5 H* n8 ^$ `( I
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled; }7 T4 r! l, ~$ O  p* H1 _' u4 \
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 u- y7 C, R$ |" }  l) r
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
& t" o1 \' }. W      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44: e$ C: M" \$ g  W9 H
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
3 I5 ]8 x  N" h7 ]; f. O2 O& J  w
Allied Ships
' g# I& j7 l% k( z      CA Wichita, `6 l. ?. e. {! \7 U# g% G6 K
      CA Vincennes; X" D& |# Q* [( c; d7 }1 r( E
      CA Quincy
  V2 J8 B1 p  B- R# t2 y. g      CA San Francisco
) R, O0 H  F& t6 s4 D      CA Minneapolis
! Y2 N0 V2 n7 o. i, o  Z      CA Astoria
$ g- Z! N, f; R% V      CA Chicago
4 c! P4 i4 G  i4 P; I( ]      CA Louisville
0 e* ]7 a. ]+ ?. |: o8 X7 ]      CA Chester3 V, B5 X/ t& x9 Y; ^' r
      CA Northampton
1 h* p9 S% {5 L% N5 g) h% _& A  B      CA Portland- X' P3 @. n% @  m) i5 R% e
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Japanese ground losses:
7 w" }" @& w0 h- X6 p      213 casualties reported& ^8 E0 w* x0 i
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 g- z2 S) r4 v! M) U5 |( Y$ r         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
  x# @5 n7 c* q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: O( G+ M6 {, X, I
      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Airbase hits 6
, G6 g& n3 Y1 dAirbase supply hits 1+ a. n& G( ]9 N
Runway hits 25, a% T; s; n/ E5 ]- w
Port hits 5
6 X; B" r0 U9 k) `. E- N2 F7 @Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships9 G7 d4 B" n4 N4 O; c. o" c
      BB Alabama1 a; V% I% B  @7 v' I8 H6 ^- D2 o
      BB Massachusetts
. d% K$ O* j$ Q8 n) g' N& h4 L      BB Indiana
  Q. b  Z. k% `  x" @( T. g$ k      BB South Dakota
( h5 P3 U4 H# ]0 e( X      BB Washington& a) K+ A9 }: e/ D; R
      BB North Carolina! f# d# v6 u3 [! k2 {
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Japanese ground losses:8 p! i* x  M) P/ _# R
      803 casualties reported
9 w& V9 ~* \4 J' N( Z1 [; U) p$ ^         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
7 I$ u* K4 _2 u% v         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
7 g* F* p9 j0 _, f  C7 W' |         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
* o0 c" p# y  B; R# f5 G! f% V      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
0 {% Z, u) f1 x( N5 ?      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)1 X& _9 ^; T6 S/ g) m3 p  l
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Airbase hits 24 ?/ t. s# T. L: _* N. k( O
Runway hits 3$ j, @3 l  r% u7 U
Port hits 2/ s, _$ f' X% N/ m) w
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Allied Ships$ Z! a8 l. {: q7 I
      BB Queen Elizabeth
# F5 g$ a2 i* {  C$ P      BB Valiant
8 N4 ?( T, X9 z$ z' M" o! Y      BB Mississippi1 f; z2 J4 I6 }" N
      BB New Mexico$ I, f/ t% O( r
      BB Idaho
$ U$ h, b/ Z$ C, {      BB West Virginia0 H6 U, p: ?2 k; E9 J4 y0 m
      BB Colorado# z7 `: p3 L% z% l9 q, R% E
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Japanese ground losses:
. X& g9 {1 u/ m3 m      710 casualties reported
( h7 g8 v, m) N: Q         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
: U: r1 w. l5 D; }6 d' V; \6 |) _         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
" g6 C. _! s% j, e" h1 k! G' t8 x7 F         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled8 u* k  h* [# y2 o$ f6 e. z
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)# P9 m. \) W  R$ ^
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)* S+ ^3 A: ]+ Q- `1 g
9 p* v1 N7 [! z0 r
Airbase hits 1
* T# q. H5 J7 N6 HRunway hits 9
7 f0 |$ v. Z; ?; F9 HPort hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)$ O0 ]; z4 J# O( \

- j+ o- Z% M0 G% N/ sWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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$ W) ^! o8 e. y! x' fRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.3 w3 R9 ]: j- I) E7 D
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
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Allied aircraft+ \+ D& n/ o- Y; m
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462: j: T: K& r# X2 b* U. Q+ H6 u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325+ K: s" Q( Q! T0 h1 s
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2716 K& A+ I/ }9 |7 r1 o

4 \7 Q( l8 P, WAllied aircraft losses1 E/ ~! j& P' d+ J7 d' }% k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged/ }/ @+ ]+ U4 `* t# @& y2 P5 W
      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged5 k0 l5 ?$ C8 t' ^
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Japanese ground losses:( i' ^  n8 S, Q. w
      660 casualties reported+ P+ ?. o, `, z7 V8 ^
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
/ r+ B: l4 L0 J" C         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
- {! I8 P  V8 n" b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% P7 c# r- k* x( ]7 c
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)2 Y0 e% G9 n; F1 ]
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)$ b2 z% G7 F4 A: ?8 g7 y3 p3 D

8 E$ q# {  W% C8 h% W+ uAllied Deliberate attack6 k! _! L: M$ o

+ H2 Q  E6 b$ }$ TAttacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455
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1 [# S! ?. W. \, r7 z& rDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4/ G2 o9 ?8 C3 F( q3 W$ B% w
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Allied adjusted assault: 2943
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2 d: ^) D" [( r. WJapanese adjusted defense: 537 1 d& J6 q+ Y. ?6 v# l/ M

) ^9 S. O. Z( E" nAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) - |- z0 @3 ~8 k

: d- U7 L$ B- ?2 I/ t" L8 q3 }Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4$ H- o% v: j6 o4 B2 U4 B8 t3 B

" P- d* h: b( [+ a- [Combat modifiers) l+ f4 ]8 B5 w! @' q2 S1 C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
! |' }% H' }8 KAttacker: ( P1 g/ }* f/ g; S/ d
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Japanese ground losses:) ^( ]: l! D) t6 S7 S, O6 ^
      4555 casualties reported
( a# i. l4 N; _$ Q         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled$ W7 b& f/ Q0 A
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled. s1 }( _9 x$ ^; _, \
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled& N. r' {# p% V
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)7 M& f% ?/ z& W5 q9 J# |8 o4 M
      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
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$ _" D' n  z: f0 _Allied ground losses:' Z- |4 D4 h& U7 v& l9 p
      1283 casualties reported
: N; }' F0 H; t4 i         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled% Q* b9 }6 Z  d& V
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
% k( k0 U0 o; |/ ~1 N2 L$ _' J         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled+ }. _4 k( D- F; s) m  M3 b2 G+ |* [
      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
6 _9 f8 w! {! y. {; O" ?/ d      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)/ j8 E5 y+ Q+ S# g. U% `# D( f
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Assaulting units:9 M8 @6 ?8 m8 f4 O' P( i
    716th Tank Battalion. {* p7 w  m* M6 }% u9 _8 [5 j
    112th Cavalry Regiment& G+ p9 {% X) c- _9 Z  S7 v0 p
    44th Tank Battalion
, p* M. W  k" F. Y5 Q    711th Tank Battalion
6 p) X5 `' c: u1 K    6th Infantry Division
" X$ h# B. k; n; v( f# y8 t    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment4 J6 h; x6 Z1 s. D  O8 p
    5th Marine Division7 ?7 ^6 R# o7 _$ k" \* d/ Q2 h
    706th Tank Battalion2 C: g4 x/ V' L7 h3 u0 ^8 a
    710th Tank Battalion
5 q" s; d2 K7 D- k    81st Infantry Division6 L, j/ `" A, p/ S1 M" J) @' U
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
! s7 r# H5 _  `    767th Tank Battalion" e5 K* R& k. Z/ D) S
    762nd Tank Battalion
1 s1 O# N. {. ]! L    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment: ~5 @3 C: D4 b* U
    96th Infantry Division. u5 q& ~8 n+ S# Z6 E% Y/ D
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) L: c% s# `! @% s7 w" w    14th Marine Defense Battalion7 m1 j  M& t. {( T
    1st USMC AA Battalion
6 {6 m# ?, ^: \* t' V7 \5 C    738th Coast AA Regiment1 T7 c. g  @% y9 z- Y
    X Corps Artillery 4 z( N' }0 `5 I) M0 f1 {7 N+ w
    I Corps Artillery
4 k* o; w' w! d/ W0 A" i    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment' T! w2 i4 j9 C; e/ K& K# o
    12th Marine Defense Battalion$ X% }1 y4 g- N) K" m
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, g- A+ b$ Z2 \0 a' |& K5 I    XIV US Corps
- r2 H& x! }0 F  L    4th USA Defense Battalion
* ^8 Y( D: D: B    5th USA Defense Battalion4 z  p: F, q; o& n! R: e
    8th Marine Defense Battalion4 Z" a: B1 m& C. e, M/ X
    96th Coast AA Regiment
. K; U) ]; Y0 B9 x& y    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" X- m: ?! t: r
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment& K. S/ ^4 g. N8 Z# O& e

5 c3 d- R- y. e4 |! A2 W# p4 I6 e( S+ SDefending units:" r3 b, [- I, {1 P- v, E
    81st Division4 G( f: S  W) G, u+ c7 P
    33rd Division
- E3 Z3 C1 X+ K1 z6 t    52nd Naval Guard Unit
, Q1 B, W* E. g$ M/ o5 Y& J    Sasebo 7th SNLF. A+ y4 \' o( E3 g  y5 b
    138th Infantry Regiment; e/ B& C0 ~% T9 ~
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
2 B7 Y9 J: f) }' _# Q) @    3rd Base Force5 p: @  h4 j+ E
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion( l9 o! F  X3 @# _7 J
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 h0 |: C* I, R. E8 U4 A
    14th Area Army /1
$ t; ^" D! O# V: @+ Y. z    144th Infantry Regiment0 e: c/ ~/ w( l3 E
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
+ m2 L5 n. W( F' j# Y    19th JAAF Base Force* j8 c9 i" h) n6 \$ ~
    60th Field AA Battalion
6 o: D* \( L& O2 }: j' M5 {    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
7 g. |* s. q- b2 P( k& y, s7 s' v    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment' I, G9 S/ Q# |
    61st Field AA Battalion" s! l& |) i: `0 u
    Kure 7th SNLF# a* Y0 @8 n5 ?) [3 y( j0 c
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
* H: m- H1 p" z    18th Army7 v9 z+ E# I) m" M. M4 D4 m
    12th Air Fleet/ D. ?& c" f5 q  }, z4 E7 u
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 J/ G2 t% W+ V9 j    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
7 W9 x& f' X. z6 O    Ponape Naval Fortress* b5 x& S4 `4 L2 C8 a* G  _
    53rd Construction Battalion
6 Q8 [) l+ d7 w( R$ B$ J    63rd Field AA Battalion3 N0 r( T6 i; t8 T! P
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 448 o, z* H% ~% Q; A5 T. c0 r* l; E" x
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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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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+ a' S8 W& y4 _; y5 ?* @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。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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' |% E1 D" I6 D1 tAllied Shock attack( L2 J+ d$ _( {% T& K- Z! @
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Attacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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Defending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 2484 ?' m; o! r- K* A9 t3 H8 G2 d( Z

4 G& T2 p2 ]& fAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 39 y- C  f/ s. n+ B

0 T- ?6 q# D2 w) G9 {2 vAllied adjusted assault: 5312 2 A2 a/ K+ Z9 I

1 {1 q2 L2 D/ yJapanese adjusted defense: 163 ' k: h& G2 ~& j( u9 C7 H
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
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Combat modifiers
) F9 K- @, M9 D) H% G- d% FDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
( n5 n- z+ c; g8 Y: z- gAttacker: shock(+)
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) o0 q0 x' L) zJapanese ground losses:# t) Q" K/ y3 v9 X1 H9 \$ ?  g
      6464 casualties reported
$ @; g  U, h! E  B! b3 f         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled
  p" t! Y8 X! Y         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
: i( w0 Y7 _( z% T: x/ P         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled  s2 Z; h6 O. h4 q, C
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)5 J) ?& }4 e7 O- M5 U! R: b
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled). D9 b% I" t: K5 ^/ y" N
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
6 @5 u- F" h2 M# C3 G0 a      700 casualties reported* S* z/ @+ ^0 S& @5 R! S. ^
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled
( e, T& Q4 N$ x# `5 B5 |1 E6 ~% s         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
5 j* E- Q& S. i# l3 ^         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled: i4 [3 t5 B& H+ L+ r
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
% ~+ `1 @6 B' ~% ^: m      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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: d, \- R, K  q6 {2 jAssaulting units:
- H" |/ [* {: q5 r    6th Infantry Division( J4 k  B* T( T5 G& y6 [3 a
    706th Tank Battalion* G, ?3 \* u. Q) v5 h
    710th Tank Battalion, ], k- \' h/ ]' j9 f8 k
    716th Tank Battalion
  X8 Q; G8 s5 G    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 G5 J# h9 w1 k7 x' M
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment" n& M1 R  J; G9 u, `  I& O
    767th Tank Battalion: V: S- m/ x3 P* U7 E5 k5 T- {. x
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 o( O7 Q1 Y& K" D    711th Tank Battalion2 x/ u$ N2 {6 I% L& a$ \& u
    762nd Tank Battalion# u& T8 ^# ~" t
    81st Infantry Division
6 y. J8 a5 I5 V1 O5 A    5th Marine Division1 z0 U- u) w2 R& E/ r2 O8 ]
    112th Cavalry Regiment2 Y+ F/ b) m! F0 _
    44th Tank Battalion( u& q( ~9 k2 r* q* I8 ~+ b
    96th Infantry Division
8 B6 V! H/ u1 T    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ n% }' o) ~* F  T  w. c% H& n6 C9 W
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; p- a, Q3 M( g' |( Z    4th USA Defense Battalion6 |- u0 t/ \9 x% x" b- _% P
    5th USA Defense Battalion9 o  \% `3 J3 _  Z: O
    12th Marine Defense Battalion1 W  s0 Y  d) a, o: z! Q  k! ~! ^
    1st USMC AA Battalion
% n2 \/ d1 t$ i6 N5 Z    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion: a% r5 U/ {9 s/ M! w/ |
    XIV US Corps, H. x# c( L/ r4 Z
    I Corps Artillery - l% s4 h3 n5 L2 H# V
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  F6 _. |, {9 R, X: Z  c    738th Coast AA Regiment
: J9 v& _7 v0 {+ Y    14th Marine Defense Battalion. D! _8 \  g( l1 z5 z, n8 x
    X Corps Artillery / `1 ?' L6 k& g" |4 B5 S) F
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion) O( m( p" D9 c: G; v: d
    96th Coast AA Regiment" Z2 R8 C' s1 A
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment6 {) F+ B$ K: i/ a7 I& `
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Defending units:
; ?& f; X* z. @% E3 l3 l  O# u    81st Division0 z" ^5 {- p3 i
    33rd Division
. Y8 ?- T1 ^( u5 y8 B" V    138th Infantry Regiment9 r4 D$ e& X8 U. e4 c5 @4 c
    Sasebo 7th SNLF) I7 p4 s& v; t* U
    Ponape Naval Fortress
( T$ ~) Q) J4 k# i% h& k+ y    12th Air Fleet. s+ ?* J! G: Y+ o) r" q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 ]; a8 j7 B- P7 q8 d9 M9 B6 \; f
    60th Field AA Battalion
8 {- o7 U7 l* z0 V    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
/ Y$ c8 u; j9 d- A: d( A* _    53rd Construction Battalion
+ m/ c6 g( u( P4 Q    61st Field AA Battalion; j% R( L  y2 V. ]9 f! a
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
/ M- {: {% m! i' O2 H' h    Kure 3rd SNLF /13 ?+ y7 t. R2 |" {
    19th JAAF Base Force8 G/ P* @! E3 E, J0 R$ W% u: v) e, E
    18th Army
8 _; D! |$ L+ o" e    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ V9 n8 ~- r8 X! z8 i! Q' b
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 T4 Q1 e6 V  J4 g& a    3rd Base Force% n$ @" s* S) W8 N% W
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
' i# T7 r% {: N" O2 ?1 e    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. p; ], d" c! ~) s    14th Area Army /1
% \9 L, F' q0 n    Kure 7th SNLF, Z) }' T1 w7 r- c% s$ t
    144th Infantry Regiment
' b, N( C+ i2 _/ Q. M. S    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ f7 E# k. ]/ ]) X; K! }
    63rd Field AA Battalion
  }( Y- c* C& Q0 N2 x6 q6 u. M3 h    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# o. c( }% h* Z) \" X
    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。。。- z8 e! Q$ j9 ?4 P
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards. a2 f) W: j/ f1 O& u
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Japanese Ships% l2 }6 R7 x+ s% \- a" B" R" t
      DD Fujinami8 `8 F$ V3 Q1 U1 i; e$ W
      DD Kishinami
/ h, H; F2 `5 L% f      DD Kiyonami
, T( c1 d6 {3 p1 G% O9 i* u      DD Okinami
9 b- h8 A4 e. X' @9 C$ S      DD Hamanami
7 D7 V4 H8 A" L1 P: N! q6 M      DD Asashimo
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      xAP Golden Racer+ x3 Y% @8 ~. v4 [# z! a
      xAP Mallory Lykes4 D7 X% g$ W! \. P, u- o( N
      xAP Abigail Adams3 r$ T$ r5 H0 i0 u! t/ P
      xAP Adoniram Judson
* l  U. k% M1 n+ [1 b6 }      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% [/ c9 d7 F$ A1 v0 H* [
      xAP Andrew D. White4 s+ Y7 X" Y5 F6 X/ N
      xAP Andrew Furuseth1 l7 F. ^4 j) X: |
      xAP Archbishop Lamy+ o, Y. O8 e$ }. F4 K( c$ L
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
( o% M. b5 Y- }0 h2 r8 q      xAP B. F. Shaw
" Z3 \; b9 P: v2 F+ r4 F      xAP B. Livingston0 [1 p6 U9 `& i# ]; B
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson
0 S1 B+ S1 J/ H& b: |3 G! k+ Q      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
& d6 m# X; {* f0 X" w0 g      xAP Benjamin Lundy2 o. z* S: P& d5 h- I  g
      xAP Caleb Strong* {% P& k& u/ m* q8 a$ h
      xAP Carlos Carrillo
% ]* \0 C  S+ A* e8 _      xAP Charles H. Windham. x) L. N; |) [5 c4 h
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
8 }9 V1 k0 i+ a. T* J' |$ ^      xAP Chief Washakie
+ `! P. B' ~- d1 H7 E" V      xAP Daniel Drake% k% i7 D+ d: a! Y
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
  @# v9 N- b2 C# g      xAP David Dudley Field; L7 A$ k1 `8 t' g$ U9 T6 n  m6 i
      xAP David Gaillard
, H6 {$ h* f* w9 k( ~' {9 ^      xAP David J. Brewer
9 y9 I( ^% f6 F2 q% u: b      xAP Edmund Fanning) f; P: x4 Z- P; ?5 W6 s1 p  s" Z- \
      xAP Edmund Randolph% V9 ], Z. _* ~) l. Y' I6 o$ y
      xAP Edward Livingston
* R, a. q1 K6 t# n      xAP Edwin Markham
, Z6 Q5 l1 D* Y. l  B- \: _      xAP Elihu Thomson5 i/ v* W* l) G) a; f7 E
      xAP Frances E. Willard
; A4 ?+ w+ y. d      xAP Francis P. Blair% \6 J1 D% i4 [* d$ t& X6 ]
      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire! c0 O% H! B' M4 b+ b
      xAP Leland Stanford
# f7 F6 e9 e1 V) y: |      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
+ e/ Q& y4 z3 t: t  i      xAP Lew Wallace# q% u6 X# X. g6 \6 s$ ~) r- O. `
      xAP Lewis Cass  U3 L4 j- U6 o) g6 Y. U
      xAP Lydia M. Child) N; Z" \! X/ t( B: N( [
      xAP Samuel Gompers# C, K- M* y+ f) @1 a4 m* g' a
      xAP Stanley Matthews* w+ \1 `! i. d  a; D- m  s
      xAP Stephen J. Field/ ~6 n5 m$ K: O
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
/ y2 j  r7 v1 W9 j( y      xAP Thomas A. Edison4 X* E  {1 L7 m7 t% [/ G
      xAP Thomas Nast
$ A& i6 s0 b! F1 ^4 P- M      xAP Thomas Nelson9 f) K; w2 t2 q' }
      xAP Vitus Bering
1 D# W- i" J2 T% I% X& R      xAP Walter Colton- g& ^( E& t) @" Y4 c0 f' k
      xAP William C. Claiborne6 h5 D/ [' w7 ]8 u1 Z, M1 z
      xAP William Dunbar9 P# x2 [* v5 V  f% a1 w4 C
      xAP William E. Channing
; R! k8 W7 g- x3 L- N; P      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 28 c  X7 @  c* z* d
      xAP William L. Garrison! \# @9 v9 A# n4 w3 {4 I
      xAP William M. Stewart
$ z" \1 G  {4 h$ u. v9 E      xAP William P. McArthur8 M1 L) Y1 \7 n/ ?
      xAP William T. Sherman: C! j0 t, w, m# e* X
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
4 q; D" \7 X) v# u6 a      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 B/ t3 c. V7 B
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
8 I& v( [9 Y+ |2 L$ }- Y4 c      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ _* N5 T. Y' F+ T      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk" v/ e1 G2 m' {: s; y) t$ t
      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ S" D( U9 m( c2 g
      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. d! ?' }! d2 d: j5 D' \      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
# i8 t/ L+ o7 [8 p+ T; h) a0 y      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk0 l$ U( x+ u+ n, v; c7 n$ v
      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) R4 l% @; m: Z
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire- @8 u8 F4 T" B
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1
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5 o1 W4 h7 n" n4 |! x" f! ^% b9 S. t6 o      2171 casualties reported% T0 D6 b5 [) f
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
9 Y6 ^: n3 a/ d2 @         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled2 P5 R. y  R4 w0 G! v
         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
" |0 d9 W# r4 {# h      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)9 w: i8 D' r9 n# |/ G
      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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4 D4 F' h( q3 JDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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6 z! t% T$ L0 v$ |Japanese Ships
$ p% H6 T$ B$ _; l# d, @      CA Tone0 ?% o* O% X/ D& H- c
      CA Chikuma' {% x; _3 p$ A$ r
      CA Mogami
; i% A+ C+ C+ Z) k$ I      CA Mikuma) l" x3 e6 q7 h( W+ X
      CA Suzuya. \- h( v7 l, J" q: |8 S
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1# X0 y( T9 L7 R) h0 q* S) N& ]' ~1 r
      DD Haruzuki9 _( f3 t" l" t: ?  Z0 ]0 R
      DD Naganami
: f; |; s" D$ A- L      DD Myojinkaze( v" Q( a/ W7 `: A/ q( M
      DD Kosukaze% P0 d9 C- H& D1 h: |4 m& W! C- s5 q
      DD Yamanakaze
+ X2 ~( o, J" ~+ h- e7 q      DD Urazuki
6 N, P+ _0 X6 n7 |9 ~      DD Benigumo. I6 b- x; I& Q) ^$ R! k

, Z4 ]- y( A! H9 t& SAllied Ships  i  Y& I6 z8 \2 r. M3 ^. U
      xAP Golden Racer
5 L. W# q8 N6 N$ S4 u5 J      xAP Mallory Lykes( n  R9 V/ k9 G1 N" W6 ?
      xAP Abigail Adams
. C  B+ X* u6 Y6 Q      xAP Adoniram Judson6 g' a; W9 F2 f9 H1 m
      xAP Andrew D. White
, q( O+ t0 P* M( c$ V( P4 B% @8 t8 t      xAP Andrew Furuseth/ |- |$ u' Z( {) M- i+ S: v: C
      xAP Archbishop Lamy4 K% r4 S& t# Y$ n% R
      xAP B. F. Shaw7 e5 |* S/ T- P) b* z# c
      xAP B. Livingston
" O) v& Q2 D9 k      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 20 ]( S; U8 g# N5 ^# X( L) b
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler8 I$ I, [1 V6 {: K, k3 g, J( ^/ R4 P
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
! F3 |2 V5 V8 a$ Q      xAP Caleb Strong0 ~: z+ `: H7 u3 E, t8 q
      xAP Carlos Carrillo
0 L: }: D( j+ F      xAP Charles H. Windham
: z$ ~- u2 {0 d- O  u      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz$ f; u$ ^; b& n+ J
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
; O# I2 ]7 d6 w' ?$ O" b7 n      xAP Daniel Drake3 c' [2 y8 \8 h' i& f" |
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont0 G& n" ]5 \! c0 [( Z$ R+ Z
      xAP David Dudley Field
$ E# Q" K, J6 ~- T- ?      xAP David Gaillard
" g3 S5 M5 y+ d) u      xAP David J. Brewer1 m3 y- O1 F& B, |
      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire
) K5 N1 K% V4 h$ t4 J/ {      xAP Edward Livingston: @. i2 u. v  k' U
      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2
& E0 a+ W/ Q4 q6 x      xAP Elihu Thomson  h. q6 {' q: t  ]' w% O2 |
      xAP Frances E. Willard
3 X$ o+ t5 ~9 M' }      xAP Francis P. Blair' \) {5 L" n: \' l$ ]$ U/ O
      xAP Leland Stanford6 ]7 z+ Z+ s5 g# D6 U; F# b$ |: p
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
  Y6 h# g  L( P( ?      xAP Lew Wallace- ^. f4 Y: F' e; S8 z
      xAP Lewis Cass/ T, ]- a  F7 J2 P% d
      xAP Lydia M. Child$ a; o& Y/ t0 \, S
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. s+ X/ O" P* {2 ^8 O7 L: D      xAP Stanley Matthews& b) a6 e1 e. Z  V7 E
      xAP Stephen J. Field
5 k" b3 Y3 N5 L. w! d& o. G" q- q1 @      xAP Stephen M. White3 C! ]; ]8 I* ^& f2 @3 C
      xAP Thomas A. Edison- y6 ~! Q% h% s3 g' c3 ^
      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
4 e' P# h  r! j" \4 v  R      xAP Vitus Bering3 i) a9 ~4 Q8 y
      xAP Walter Colton4 c. D- Q7 M' w
      xAP William C. Claiborne6 _) |3 l+ j  o$ m3 u: n" F% q
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire5 l6 j! S3 b2 |0 T: X7 [& o. H
      xAP William E. Channing
; b! D+ i$ T9 e6 j/ p      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
6 n* G6 \9 x2 P, Z& D$ d      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire# ^; @  ~4 F& {% T; ?1 z
      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire
4 p8 p4 ^4 L( E8 y, f: [" x      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
3 h; ^/ C' k2 v4 x: U3 F8 B: ?      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) c3 |: y% |0 o8 u
      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage6 @/ v6 ]& \* R8 h/ G2 m5 F) s
      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
, `) Y. ?2 F( n  x/ }4 f      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 {: o* |; Y! u8 L      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
+ i" `( t2 ~  h5 G2 a) q& X      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
( n) f0 G3 ~( j5 ~. j" G      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% P6 Z3 j, H& ^) o- m9 ~      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' o% P3 Z3 w; ?  p; ~' S
      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires( i& C+ o2 V. A& l: c/ j8 _1 s6 m
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: T5 c# T4 e, \. c  U  I# E$ F9 O# E      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 t) S5 g8 R" u" B6 C      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 W3 }' B8 F$ ]- U+ v" e      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" ^/ j  Y. B2 l& Q9 h. K
      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. k" ~1 b* F5 I5 b, m- j7 J      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
5 P5 m+ r) [. Y; U# u# I      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire1 k1 X8 Q1 I! G: R
      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire  d( _1 y5 @9 E4 V/ b$ H  b
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 U% W5 j: t% }- K. c9 v+ Z      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire1 S% H6 V( s3 u8 ~$ D, Y% b: @; j
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 M! ~( g5 [: x# l. C      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2$ H# y' I. @& i$ Y9 Y

" t6 X+ v* P- i) T  u- t3 ^# IAllied ground losses:
/ P! |9 [! u2 L0 a3 A      1589 casualties reported- ^' C; q  ]7 ]; U* Z) Z" j
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
1 }3 P8 z4 g4 M2 l0 {         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled  o2 l7 r, S  q0 B/ j9 f2 H) q
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled
! i9 u) S" D$ m  \- I! a      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)9 C) A0 V. r5 o
      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)- D8 o5 B6 s! g- [" k  ]
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack# n# }9 B2 k% z4 y$ H3 v

0 ]$ b/ B  r1 @2 @. }. |9 q! N' XAttacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237' ?3 \8 N% |6 m2 M& [8 g

4 ?# e0 T& Q8 W8 hDefending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125: R( s! C6 }5 f6 p$ ~
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Allied adjusted assault: 1865
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3 h1 l0 R& }( u3 O  |3 ^4 YJapanese adjusted defense: 57 4 C  m. K7 a. n2 K6 H: `6 J
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 ( n% R/ q6 r6 m; y$ n! @

2 z3 O6 y: n( fCombat modifiers5 T  `' u7 `. p
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)8 I2 x1 E0 [# _% _  E
Attacker:
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& z) N3 j6 t" ~  QJapanese ground losses:% T7 T+ X, X5 [  |$ e( K8 c& I# x
      2583 casualties reported
/ S6 M  k8 }/ U- d5 j5 ?* ]         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled
4 T2 s) ^9 M+ \) \- g* q8 e         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
1 s3 v- m6 D! g3 l! |+ ?0 r         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
  p0 m' |- l% |& V2 L0 @      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
5 s' s. x* n, x7 J; ^& t& k1 c      Units destroyed 1
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0 x0 b$ M+ U7 q2 X1 G! v5 YAllied ground losses:
8 O8 O/ e* s! m/ V      107 casualties reported  ?$ r* G. v7 ~6 Y
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
' V$ c9 _; J/ S6 D1 {         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled) k8 d; @2 u% ]1 S4 |% j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled) [' f' Y. t7 @2 |" Q: z: i" F
      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)9 U% k4 r" H+ n
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Assaulting units:9 z$ y' [3 M' [7 @! Q- `- d% ~
    6th Infantry Division" H( {7 W2 P8 X5 h6 c% q% c: u
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment2 H6 r) Q" V" |% K. ?% G9 Q, a9 q( R8 ]
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment- C9 p6 ?) E2 d: a( ]+ Z1 a* a
    710th Tank Battalion
: ?  T- _' }: W! b; ^; w    81st Infantry Division  t+ R. [, b- p% I* o* C
    767th Tank Battalion
5 D6 z) K+ P! o% T$ C1 A2 @+ c    716th Tank Battalion$ ?. E: b7 n0 D# A
    44th Tank Battalion
: [4 _7 P9 g- G2 s    711th Tank Battalion
, Y( a% [1 i2 e6 m' G9 S- O    762nd Tank Battalion, P9 l8 h6 G4 n& Q+ l
    5th Marine Division' O# Z6 @) ]1 h6 k: \
    112th Cavalry Regiment" Q$ M0 Y; W8 e" n2 ]1 [2 O$ k; O+ ]
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 A# h! Y( L5 ~4 f% }( U: y' s    706th Tank Battalion
, f, D  ^$ V$ p$ Q. I0 H& N9 S    96th Infantry Division
$ ~" s* G- j( v5 a& z0 I    XIV US Corps
6 b0 I) M3 B1 }. s8 t( m3 S    4th USA Defense Battalion( @# H$ u$ Y8 x
    X Corps Artillery 7 ]! }! r3 a$ @) k
    738th Coast AA Regiment
% U* R* v$ n$ p) E    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 ^1 d: x! Q* K- p- @2 r+ D    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" f( @" f. q, R) Z+ k    14th Marine Defense Battalion- E1 t' i4 J& |
    I Corps Artillery 9 B$ m( Q! I3 y% r8 D6 `3 X
    12th Marine Defense Battalion, Y4 s4 [2 k" W! N5 t* \8 l
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 y* F3 z- ~6 _+ Z/ g% i    1st USMC AA Battalion- `' A. Z. U. h3 L
    35th Aviation Base Force) K+ u3 _  _  M2 M5 g4 |7 ^/ e
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
% j, t' O* X/ M  G) S) r    96th Coast AA Regiment& F6 O; H0 |& |
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* S3 N2 m; F, p8 v8 v) d    8th Marine Defense Battalion
2 x; w" w( B4 P7 y0 A    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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7 i7 {: s; R' u7 N0 A/ CDefending units:
6 b0 [% @- o3 C$ h# M6 ?- V1 y- f    81st Division7 K  {! K6 |6 k% t$ W
    33rd Division
. K. a3 J+ ~0 o( Q    Sasebo 7th SNLF4 Y* ^+ }2 S4 I8 D9 z
    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ I! c. R: A! O! Q( s6 M
    Ponape Naval Fortress
  ~1 \0 j' @6 B% D1 e# F( H/ q    63rd Field AA Battalion' u+ @8 ^0 O: G3 W8 t7 P( F: {" W2 q
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
% @4 o/ A& r, j8 e! B1 ]    14th Area Army /1
" V1 I: _' K$ S$ P2 f7 k- j    61st Field AA Battalion+ l+ N# x9 Y& W0 y8 ^
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
% t9 V7 Z* E3 X    3rd Base Force
; u& d3 g+ E5 f. v: {3 M    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
! O  q3 [# @' d/ @    19th JAAF Base Force
- }- Y# Y2 |) y( K9 q# X- R$ {    53rd Construction Battalion
$ s; y, z, o; t    12th Air Fleet! y8 O8 F0 c; s- ]
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
- \" r% s$ r+ a: \7 Y; s. [    18th Field AF Construction Battalion2 i+ A' ?% _9 Z6 Q# G8 e
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8 i! g% d) @' _  Y6 I8 Y) c    Kure 7th SNLF9 y" F; y8 o) j0 U
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ k3 g: s$ A0 z9 E    144th Infantry Regiment
& v: j5 Z; k8 q; p# q$ d& Q    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment  N7 A4 w( {' {5 O* d0 A+ i
    18th Army
; l/ F1 h& |; M! U0 m    138th Infantry Regiment
/ M& R( G7 w7 Y9 w4 d  l# D! Y    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment" R) O1 c4 e! @2 J; V
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3# E/ W% n; _( @  R

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& f8 d  ?5 U, i0 S: I% M5 c1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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& n! m3 I3 Z/ i) i23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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& G2 H" R4 j* p8 o20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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% Z3 L9 }- A& w6 i18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!+ U! C9 A: `6 S5 x

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5 _2 o; I8 L" `$ J14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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- D+ e% g9 y7 r; ]4 b" iKure 7th SNLF Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!4 y5 H$ `; N5 I. F+ W5 {- C& V

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( `, [6 O, Y/ J$ x52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!+ \  r3 H. _3 ^9 I7 X2 w; V
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53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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18th Field AF Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Ponape Naval Fortress Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!

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