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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
! @8 m9 q; h. F# f0 ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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# f B( ~+ t5 H# iAllied aircraft+ m& W" u3 m& {# \ H6 J5 `0 |2 S* s( T
no flights4 s4 M1 T) v, z+ K6 ?
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Allied aircraft losses9 b# Q8 H. {. f* l- L7 y
No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships7 `0 R: w' P8 v" C8 X: p; `( @
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire! x) s( Q# K" U; q
CA Aoba
% x& J5 n3 p; ^( d+ a CA Kinugasa
5 d: C, T. m& \) w) F2 `$ u% Q CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
1 Y: H) ?2 F: s! ]/ ]9 b" q a8 X CA Kako: d2 ?& p. W1 {' }
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
/ d+ l/ B6 o' k% m, X CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6% k% u1 ?- m2 t8 V, _4 P% [4 B
CL Yubari2 I2 w% _ X: _
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Allied Ships
) l4 i8 f! g* y1 F+ z0 [4 | CA Salt Lake City
# a" V, ^) F* n* _ k8 o- R- \ CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk' N/ d5 m! z6 B( w9 O2 ^
DD Grayson
6 k5 Q0 F' `8 q DD Monssen
- V8 u9 F9 G6 f, K2 U0 V% q9 c DD Aaron Ward
" w/ G3 e, w1 w7 l% |( c ^% l DD Laffey
$ t$ `# }5 K- I DD Farenholt
8 O* c# ]6 Y0 T9 F DD Maury
% g8 V: }: ~5 {( [% ^1 L8 p DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage# Y) {. [) W; E" V! s- R
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire% i1 \2 z2 q6 \7 p2 ^6 `) M4 p% L
DD Stack
; B/ M; @; n2 D& \4 |& E DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
) x( {( Q! |" w% s5 `- L DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight! g* ]" _' v$ N# ~# H+ f3 G! H
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
; ?$ h3 O. J1 R% FRange closes to 20,000 yards...
: B& x6 D' Z# ~Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 o% X, ?+ I7 n+ d
Range closes to 8,000 yards...1 H% L. X1 A+ A, p' T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
' g% D' q" j, ?" {( k/ S: RRange closes to 5,000 yards...
8 q9 d# C' f8 k4 i" W/ B; T/ U( L) i sRange closes to 3,000 yards...
4 I* s4 O3 i1 G7 [; I1 E' ^7 @Range closes to 1,000 yards...& W+ [9 [* n0 J8 H4 E6 h
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
9 \* }# M, P/ |- R: a' ^( vCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
6 ^4 Q4 }# {8 A# `0 wCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
# Z+ b0 Y* D: o) ?DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards, d: V# v: p! T
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards c h8 v0 l; G! V D: J9 t5 M p
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards5 \9 ?- m: y- [! _6 h! m
Range increases to 2,000 yards) ~" T' R, b5 B
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
1 J6 m5 @# E; L- sCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards: `4 T- V3 I2 Z
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards$ N* N p! S- T
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
! g m7 ^ b! \4 r: R- p2 SDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
1 Z i7 |! |0 F. p7 nCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
. }4 O2 e& l/ iDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
. E3 _" C4 z8 k& N- F: }1 ? MCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards3 o6 g) c+ y {) i" z6 f
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
1 a6 R6 B& r: h9 Z; z: oRange increases to 6,000 yards5 S% r' U8 S4 K. l
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 % n2 B! u# {- b
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
6 ~: Z$ n3 C4 D+ |CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
( Y, K6 B* R$ L s% \CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards# F) p8 O4 u3 j m9 ]
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards' i5 z0 l4 Q) I/ [' E: G2 q0 M
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards' g5 ^$ S: m$ J
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
/ k1 R, w1 W7 D) X; @# q) O o7 ECL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards7 h% r' i7 e# p% H5 U- ]
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
" L2 B9 ~+ `3 I3 j# gCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards+ X ~0 y8 z: I1 B: v
Task forces break off...; e7 C& q7 C7 p! a8 \+ _
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5 ?( D" @% ?5 O0 YNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
* j! ]9 S& o! a: `9 {8 n7 Q7 ? CA Aoba, Shell hits 2+ Q7 @6 [* o7 B9 D
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
$ u( K4 Z( U' u CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
" `* b. Y8 L2 d CA Kako, Shell hits 1
% m; {! _0 s: F0 O CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
; @. F" x3 w! n0 g. u CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
& A' S8 y7 _- l- E+ _1 Z/ n' C6 h CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships
: z+ X! q- U* Q5 R3 g/ {4 ` CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
' y% p \5 f1 `) x0 c( ` CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
" f; p5 O. u& l+ W8 M# F: W4 X; m+ T CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
7 \. S, o9 _- A& H2 Y8 |$ @ DD Mugford/ e! [5 R0 [4 A4 B6 _ U
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
6 f2 m6 j, v7 Y. f" f DD Patterson
- n( T. w( [% A5 X+ C DD Jarvis5 E" o' `/ h6 C3 O% P. }0 ?
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
' g: P9 o& p" p) g, ZMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards1 s2 o. ]$ o2 x6 x) A8 ~
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
' _ _( W4 @# I* i [Range closes to 14,000 yards...
2 w' J; g8 v6 ]/ a3 u, NRange closes to 8,000 yards... t6 d% t+ E6 x2 F) S
Range closes to 4,000 yards.... u/ y: F; C& C& O! F! K5 \3 U
Range closes to 2,000 yards...+ U; u( f. ?5 i6 X: J% d, G7 g
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards) j3 x: H$ @, r! o* x2 \4 w
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards$ N5 F' E) ?" r0 C
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
3 L I% ^& I/ z; aCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards: c& x( `5 c* c# \
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
5 x7 N4 L! r6 Z9 k NCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards2 d4 Q- X: I7 W* Z3 K* G& i
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
- C$ Q* T( ~. h4 b# Q! XDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards8 H/ N, m, X8 L8 G- P$ _
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
9 ] u/ T; Z- k. x( }CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards: _0 @4 B; ^. x
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards! m; C; K6 w1 {
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
7 K7 Y. O! Q$ X+ Q4 e# i7 w9 GCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards4 \3 |. e, o) E |' E9 H& H
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
( A, \/ s: Z. {% {, l" M3 f$ [CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards$ b y/ C8 f# G* O; R0 W, u
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards/ Y8 d' X8 ^; i7 E1 D% u
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
9 T- Z' I* y y: {3 E' KRange increases to 5,000 yards+ v) y- t* T2 q, G* {
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards. i0 i* E3 J# v+ L; S( d. n+ [. b
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards/ \/ _# U3 T7 V& H! C6 w6 N, n, {
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
) \( A J b! ?4 ZCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
9 |; x2 o1 l# kCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards' G4 K2 {- a3 g8 n( ?% ?8 B% P
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards0 @! t2 G) s b' ~( @
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards0 ?) _; d4 n9 ?0 `" W( w/ s+ A
Range increases to 8,000 yards
& V: l- i v3 X: N+ s% m$ q. ]CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards, h) }. y6 k4 x) ?0 K3 h- F4 G
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
/ {/ K' {. D4 h! \CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards J0 o E: f5 O2 s( R' ]
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
$ W/ P, i9 L6 t" VCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards! e6 x9 x0 l; t
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
- ?# Y; r% Z3 DRange increases to 9,000 yards. r, _/ w6 m* z% m# s' J
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
* D; | Y% [; D* S: [$ UCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
2 r. q2 o% T- ?' H P2 VCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards, p F: O, D: O4 w
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards- }" Z9 q# a% U: f- @- V4 D
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards y0 {# H# v6 T# D
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
6 _* g! U4 `. {- H r2 O; oDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards% H! B* g p# d7 X
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
3 `7 |. t( ]- v8 F4 f) XTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ j1 f/ x# k7 D- v# U& G# w
CA Aoba
( Q$ i9 g5 J8 r! P# S% |: { CA Kinugasa8 n2 y8 A5 G/ x! \/ X9 H
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2# ~ s5 h; m2 `
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
% O9 Y0 ?. j/ h, Q8 t& r CL Tenryu' Z( |- l$ f* E3 \& T( U" A: ~
CL Tatsuta
8 R9 d7 U7 M9 n r" T" C CL Yubari
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6 j; A& |' h2 I3 T5 BAllied Ships
1 w% t* I- e- X9 C9 L% K8 \ DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk9 `; H8 k7 n' X4 E! C9 z- Z
DD Balch9 w% M! D& d2 n4 e/ i2 J; \ h
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight& Q" A! i4 U# x" t
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
7 {$ U$ T. ] ?2 Z5 E8 {7 p6 Q( sRange closes to 24,000 yards...
A# l" Y/ L7 \% }4 x# QRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 @9 t* i# B, r3 [- r+ z) q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...2 c/ \' g# A# ?7 O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
% W$ Q# m8 v& j: |# M" ?Range closes to 16,000 yards...
4 K1 K. O! _* J& I9 KRange closes to 14,000 yards...
. p5 N+ N S) vRange closes to 12,000 yards...
6 [ h8 o' u7 x. A- kRange closes to 11,000 yards...
: |* ]: M+ T- _# h, V0 r# C/ ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, M% t9 }% V8 H/ U. uRange closes to 9,000 yards...* |3 ~9 N0 U1 M u" f8 J
Range closes to 8,000 yards...) w, w. g- h" T# Q' @* v" N( H1 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards, y7 C1 z! S. }( K( T1 y9 w) E0 C
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
; B+ O a' k) `, wRange closes to 6,000 yards...# _' y7 G5 }" i/ g( p
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards1 r& v) R7 ~/ ~2 s6 F k
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
$ A1 F) A" B( e% ?% c1 L" MRange increases to 7,000 yards
0 F. X3 X5 u+ W4 h- I' [$ c C4 l, ]DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
0 c9 z+ W% }8 U$ f I; ?7 e# v% ?Range closes to 6,000 yards
7 c6 Y- G/ a. J/ ? S/ [& DCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards# y" H9 ?: j) j$ V2 H C
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
. b% ]2 }, v" j3 V8 y) t) rCA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards8 i. P$ ]5 U3 ` x% Q/ ^. ]
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
! i" K3 t- U p+ s$ B% O1 zRange closes to 4,000 yards
# o8 ^7 x' `7 x. JCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards% l3 i) R3 g6 X& U
Range increases to 7,000 yards! W) P% H! o) i% d$ b
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards" D5 V4 ]! ^$ e6 s8 R1 K9 L
Range increases to 11,000 yards
& i5 @$ m0 J5 w1 }" XCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards2 R0 Y5 I0 O% v" d/ R- Y# B2 o
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
! Y8 v e- M2 E& M1 J: r: x/ m K( h( C& @Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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( C, m9 e7 S" o9 m, B$ d( X CA Aoba2 N0 ?) u" J& D/ Q
CA Kinugasa7 \& ?2 h1 C! }) `: b) R* D$ e
CA Furutaka1 g4 |( @6 G; ^$ e
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
* g r2 D( L% a+ v% F$ F! M3 [5 I CL Tenryu
( y# Z" e4 u7 c6 X n% F CL Tatsuta3 N' ?6 ^% ?: ?8 \% D0 u @
CL Yubari7 }: d! A s( k* I% S' Q( b
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Allied Ships6 X, M( l3 F* `; Q: j
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire. R1 v" A" z+ \+ X% y
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# Z: a4 m; Q- E( Q: i1 j% oReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight$ O2 M' w3 W% g @2 J+ b& |9 r$ p
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
% ]1 p" t. y! X5 s% L8 @' y3 uRange closes to 24,000 yards...
! M" @0 i) ?. V7 Y. a) aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
! G$ i2 J. w( z3 N. iRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 I6 [% o0 R2 l, n8 s0 D7 kRange closes to 20,000 yards...% X: Q# P, @. }& _( ]
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) v3 w$ u$ e; J. l& X' w+ T/ h" d
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
. z3 n+ w, W# HRange closes to 14,000 yards...# i* r) \2 |7 |: G w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 I$ J7 g4 U. V5 n
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
8 g! l: c, z2 ?" s' DRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 c, ]+ S/ v8 f4 X. O# f3 rRange closes to 9,000 yards...0 Y! W# E) ]) M: r- I" N9 }
Range closes to 8,000 yards...; u- u* l! M# H9 c
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
: n0 D* a+ V5 i7 Y) Q4 f3 ~Range closes to 6,000 yards...
1 Z3 E" l$ ~1 a4 M/ s3 ]; I& A4 {Range closes to 5,000 yards...
% W9 t. h b2 i9 Y. F9 ?5 y% rRange closes to 4,000 yards...0 c" N9 E0 b4 l" x) n; j, N) n
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
! B) t% @% B, g1 E dCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards9 R& s, m" o1 _: R- F4 d
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
! C- p2 G- ~3 L* c8 \. oRange increases to 4,000 yards5 C3 E. k0 d' b+ S) ]8 X/ n
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
. A# z& B( T3 p; TCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
# D# e6 C4 O8 E, \. ARange increases to 5,000 yards$ I3 X/ o5 D+ Q0 M/ [% j, s8 [* h( Q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards! Z* f/ G) q% Y! ~' h
Range increases to 9,000 yards6 I5 J* J2 }" x9 L9 a! U, V
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards+ b) \6 x0 s. Q6 ]# M
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape" x4 T- F$ o5 ^$ S0 R& d- o
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards1 x+ S7 ?; J4 f0 E" k
" c& ?$ `0 d" b' [Japanese Ships: e# f3 c( [5 I/ Q5 C; h6 y
CA Aoba
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CA Furutaka" Y* y: j- R" @7 i
CA Kako' W7 [! T# b' \7 {# n- `
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
9 J; E v+ i6 i3 W& [3 L- P1 V CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
" ?4 w8 Q: f/ R/ [% Q CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
3 m! D% T) b9 A6 C( r, Q! R) [# q APD Colhoun' I% U4 p9 x) M- r6 z+ O
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire0 s' W4 e# \: R K$ k
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1# p: d" q, _& P3 b5 E0 h- t- d, j
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
% b! C; Q9 e' J) D, j AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires" K, I' l: L: T$ j6 Z+ o8 P- _
AP Harris& j" n' U# q+ W. t* y- \% ?. l
AP Zeilin
. |! o3 `+ f- ~- w4 j AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage+ X$ d3 l: i- s5 i/ V
AP Heywood$ {# ^ {* T% X
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire7 F1 g$ l: B; u: t5 p" J+ n( u+ I
AP President Bowen ~' {0 Z! t) d& x4 N6 \8 }; q& E
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire; A$ o4 X! j8 m$ C& z0 w# r
xAP President Wilkerson/ l' K6 [) |+ v# g: Y2 w
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Allied ground losses:
: O( b$ i9 c( t+ t. ~2 U$ D 105 casualties reported
& `6 R+ @& S/ y0 g( o Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ F; D# z9 ]$ `! S9 B/ w" V
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled: e9 J& y: G a1 ~! W* s3 `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ g. ^3 a) s" W5 }; _# [
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
5 F; Z; C @1 q6 t/ GAllied TF begins to get underway5 {* X4 c5 E/ E1 ?+ P, r) C, E
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight7 m% ~; R% g0 b* `+ e6 x
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards6 k+ ?! q- W& M3 k4 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 a& O" O7 _6 `2 a
Range closes to 13,000 yards.../ r. F0 J5 m4 S: M
Range closes to 8,000 yards...% E, I- x! {: \" F* [- `
Range closes to 5,000 yards...4 U4 A6 X% Q0 n( `' S
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
( ~/ R) Z+ G" a, W/ }Range closes to 1,000 yards...) i4 x! G5 f! ]1 R7 R
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards8 S) M. U8 U, i& O w& Y
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
+ r/ d- I) j: }- B9 \) oCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards+ z7 i; X* Y' ?1 B: F
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
6 W6 @3 b8 o: C; y, a# z+ QCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards" {3 f i4 ]- K F6 Y" R3 Q
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards* A3 F4 t: i* h$ V
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
$ k6 ^( Z! i& x: yRange increases to 2,000 yards
2 ~+ b. B6 \* b9 j6 v" f% PCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards* u& A% ]. X( S7 Z* q0 C3 z. _
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards/ I; q- q0 `$ B- N) R
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
' m5 \! I1 r! d8 \ HCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
; a( z) w% z3 p+ \, BCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
! Z' z. p& s( C7 |CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards9 Z+ s a% V6 u3 p, j
Range increases to 4,000 yards
: b2 {. g/ M5 G, W) |+ x7 e. M/ X# mCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
/ ?8 B8 U) C- d, O& q9 R, S6 \* t T5 sCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards5 N) D$ O) E" g" y; F
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards3 V3 ^; H0 [/ J* z
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
0 d& k0 B8 C$ j" T" B+ I6 TCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards6 N9 t( N+ E2 T9 V! y
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
: K5 q( }5 x, V0 yCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
6 ?" W4 W" B" U" L" Q( EAllied Task Force Manages to Escape3 z+ s% W/ k8 ~+ b$ s ~& P
Task forces break off...
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; V/ _7 l# E- I* p" L: M3 ], }7 a第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。$ Y8 K# [9 r8 u+ n3 n
万恶的58!!!
5 I3 ?6 f9 q; O5 OAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134 G* v/ [& z, ]# [
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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' V3 R1 W, i$ G. r+ t: [Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.& F* x2 X$ y5 k! f+ Y: Z0 Z
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes# ` ^% S. C# g2 F5 r2 D
9 ^, @' h7 D4 KJapanese aircraft
6 ?- x0 o0 p8 W2 A# n5 {8 a3 H no flights
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G+ h2 E# K1 h8 y" j) i* x) ?/ ]Allied aircraft6 Q. w; h: @3 p* o o- [0 i7 A
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
* y9 v; y& R& T0 e8 `$ a c% E& e SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
s+ x$ K4 C1 G+ M TBF-1 Avenger x 39. i. |/ P! @/ P& |8 S* c6 g
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Japanese aircraft losses3 p$ R5 u0 N9 J: `
No Japanese losses0 y, U, h9 O$ v9 B/ S
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Allied aircraft losses
, p- j4 J* a! o) m- E/ ` SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
' q) f f" S/ i2 k4 O0 p! |$ h TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
( F# j$ Z; X, n7 @ `) H5 V1 Z CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
1 _' {& q! ^* S7 `* @, c9 S6 p CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
1 z! M/ K- s O CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
! L8 \$ ` R: `+ z" R CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk @ z/ B: n7 A( _ M# a
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