8月9号
9 O! B2 n7 Y& n: S+ ]! B第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
, c4 }5 b9 j9 c6 G0 ~5 QNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards9 A. m$ e6 [9 M, t8 | v
* v" `5 W" C: D5 _2 v. A3 z, U6 g0 y* ^Allied aircraft
, \& l! a" @6 | B) J8 l G5 f no flights1 @" g8 h. S6 t& h* [
$ O$ |- Z- e9 ]# _7 T y/ nAllied aircraft losses
2 g7 g5 k' V) i( ]* H) w* f3 bNo Allied losses
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% w2 I* n" }6 M2 N6 @# bJapanese Ships
# W# b* V- H5 _, Q. T CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire( P, G, {* Z6 W2 |/ ]; T! Y- ^6 q
CA Aoba
. M5 M' h, U! B _& n CA Kinugasa
# E" c Y& d1 N, S CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
2 ]. i, D4 Y4 `7 `- T: K/ L CA Kako% [6 Z" d; Y0 `
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
5 u2 G: Y' l6 Q CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
" A- [, Z# c9 _0 n2 b) l CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
# {9 K1 c4 C! F8 m) H/ U CA Salt Lake City" p# Z. ], E1 X7 v4 G+ y# ~
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
# p! A9 o& ~+ v8 \6 c) M DD Grayson4 F: D" P2 ^3 x9 s
DD Monssen
& c: u- l# E1 e( X8 `* O DD Aaron Ward
+ N" ~0 \" S4 m7 z, _. ~2 T DD Laffey# S# ?+ J, S. \, [ b5 s
DD Farenholt1 ] g M# e! _6 D
DD Maury
6 b. R6 d r9 m2 }9 r. y DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 l# o' M$ Z, P6 b. G DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire0 T1 g9 m6 r# O7 C; l% `: V* ]
DD Stack
, B# Z u. S+ G- U/ h7 a2 e DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
* z- E3 e. N% G* F) } DD Balch2 n# H( K3 m) q
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
, m: o5 c* E* Z, mMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
7 Y" Y. _* ~4 L eRange closes to 20,000 yards...
+ c6 ?! w. c \- f6 F/ gRange closes to 14,000 yards...5 G9 c Z# o2 W5 B
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
6 T! @) n1 o$ G1 Y- m/ MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards) @& N2 z, w6 a8 U7 s i3 M
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
2 S" q6 v3 }, [: r9 N& r$ eRange closes to 3,000 yards...) S( m( J1 v x8 k
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
# r. e3 H% ~9 [Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
7 D+ S, |" V7 j* j* c1 vCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards( z. g, K1 ?6 x5 A! g
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards+ K# `9 L7 ^8 j" {* b- E5 N
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards7 J" d6 t( p6 W1 ]$ ~$ |
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards h/ w8 n$ M j4 W! m) a0 X5 [. n- V
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
& J6 P1 _1 e4 Y' QRange increases to 2,000 yards. q9 }5 a; Y2 F2 e5 Y
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards# v; N+ F) b. v) B
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards# ?: c. Y" w" I" j4 U! ?
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards* W& M1 H2 a9 R
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards' _8 C+ f' a6 m
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards# q0 p7 K! i' P7 [
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
# l5 A, w) r6 }, w# ~DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
5 g# u4 B: R) O3 O6 i9 |CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
6 B8 y( S& `. J9 k* G0 V. q0 QCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
4 ~( h" R! d+ |+ w! C/ C. CRange increases to 6,000 yards3 q3 b: |; Y* r9 |# v' j8 h' Y
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 * q: _* d" f% P7 ~0 f
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
' R Q; P. x- Y4 f. j2 s: J9 e8 \3 vCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards" V# b6 x9 u1 ]6 L3 f
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
Q3 U& O% d+ p4 KCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
9 `7 m9 E8 N! f$ Z V0 k1 ICA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards: U* O+ {; i6 {
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards5 t. u; @ N" Y/ T" X
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards |4 i. i2 C# Q9 E# K
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
* v* {; ]1 P4 r7 m5 UCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards* f7 e7 A G d$ e2 Z
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards) h) T+ A4 y+ @0 R) \+ j# q
- \- k3 J8 d$ s1 H8 KJapanese Ships
& u$ @/ Y0 b d' F CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
5 x8 G: G' Q2 V( j0 m* J CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
) o( ~) R( Z9 | CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1: a& m/ S. J$ z
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
9 F" ^) v) {' k! F" B' T2 u& c% \8 _ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
! S5 K2 S2 k: Z; t0 z( \7 a CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire5 H5 t6 S) i* l) _7 c
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships
. O0 Z& ^7 t3 ]0 m" q" \6 S CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
) L, c! _) |; O8 N. k CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage' K. W2 p" o+ F2 A5 ]
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
% {6 t$ s3 h$ v5 G. n4 P) j' z/ s DD Mugford1 w4 H8 `+ Z) i3 w
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2# ^/ D) m$ s Y c& k
DD Patterson
1 E4 m" K! H) s7 m+ l* [5 c0 z DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight9 f7 R9 `+ n$ v; P
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
* w: L9 x8 ^# F* ERange closes to 20,000 yards...1 x1 X0 r# S+ v* Q" L% c
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
" P! Z H6 U) W- \1 S$ H: o1 gRange closes to 8,000 yards...
* @7 g: {9 l+ `% ARange closes to 4,000 yards...: e; a* g4 Y1 l/ W: e6 t6 r- ~
Range closes to 2,000 yards...9 L* ]6 z% f5 }$ a
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' D/ ]* f* m. `% ]3 o( y$ `/ wCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards" q6 j( V; k6 M H7 V% C
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T': W3 U8 M7 X( m9 _- F
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards* P- i2 Z% O- F5 l
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
) d8 s3 V3 i( YCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
I0 M9 K" \+ P4 _" MCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
( d3 L* P! r9 tDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
; a* z8 l. D4 g( k/ E! ]9 w' m lCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards3 {( t! r/ a3 {. P8 Y3 q$ }+ U
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards: M/ ~% q1 j+ d' q
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( F; A* [& h+ G4 M# a" f& z
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards8 b8 U3 ~" c1 Q. A- S
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
$ k$ H* Y) r6 oCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
% ?5 ^( L8 y$ y. n# D/ c3 W& `CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
' o3 X- O, p% x* c6 K* y( o: C% wCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards# S9 Y6 x& q" X* x
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards+ j2 I6 K2 h5 t4 B* O
Range increases to 5,000 yards
% q8 v8 b* Q* `* @CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
+ K. O; y3 w7 O; dCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
( V- d- ?. Q! X1 k+ ]7 M/ K' d9 tCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
. m" u( p% ]) U( h8 UCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards' Z! J" g2 W3 @* X9 j2 L
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards: A2 q, i$ E! M
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
0 N; [1 ?. @0 R& T( S2 f9 ]CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards: P3 g$ _) k2 G: M
Range increases to 8,000 yards$ [( j' x1 [' N1 R3 R7 G6 ?; }5 u% Q( d
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards" J& J& ] A1 m
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
- g& _8 B6 V- y3 L) vCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards+ t0 T9 n6 ?. X* d. ~- l6 g* U
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
7 k, b( D2 K$ S& U6 eCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
3 H0 U% s( V8 z6 d" NCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
, x! W& S* [$ `" |3 ~Range increases to 9,000 yards7 s1 i; }2 k7 C$ | N
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
* B( W; v: V2 ~CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards1 |% O5 O, T% E" `. }9 n1 {
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
0 r% K- B l7 iCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
8 o2 P/ Y# C( _# ^CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
/ F& k' h& }& G* k# y7 Q3 S: cCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards; ~% g3 {, h: T
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards% `8 d9 ^: }5 X
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage0 \0 Q" `$ [5 E
Task 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
/ B. z* o% `# O9 D* l, Q3 T8 s CA Aoba* e" Q4 [* m9 s! P
CA Kinugasa
( b! @8 P& m, E- y1 A& P CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2) o+ T9 ]" G+ ^ }- h+ O
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
8 @$ {* Q' U) q! s$ `- p6 I CL Tenryu
3 G$ B( L" I1 o- H9 A CL Tatsuta, I! d7 V: g8 V/ |# Z. k, u1 |
CL Yubari
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# ^. g+ a+ d- d4 k2 k6 S! b1 dAllied Ships/ {! t: q1 Q' k. g$ j
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk5 r4 b& S8 p1 I1 Z! S# L; g
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
: A/ b* {# `! ?" ]7 h8 W& P% c5 a* dMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
9 a% l$ U" ~0 e: O! nRange closes to 24,000 yards...
( v# x5 j" G8 [Range closes to 22,000 yards...
% K5 g0 L- C& L5 y/ GRange closes to 20,000 yards...
. W3 l" S, O- v3 p* b( h mRange closes to 18,000 yards...8 t# y" j k M& N- D
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
4 k5 L) g0 b; v D) BRange closes to 14,000 yards...
* {5 P, [! B; |; ?# ?Range closes to 12,000 yards...5 f: u5 [! @* t4 A9 [8 a5 m5 y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 N# F' K# Y+ p+ S! q1 I( }$ y( K
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% E/ x# T" C5 \9 e* R9 _6 L
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ m# i; D5 g- _; i$ rRange closes to 8,000 yards...
* B$ w. w Y1 D6 [ I* U lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
# t$ \3 W9 ]$ j# ~% TRange closes to 7,000 yards...
) w" | d1 |- e" j& d! JRange closes to 6,000 yards...: Q b7 M+ b* n* }8 J
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards$ x- g3 l8 e3 o3 e( Y$ R5 Y4 R
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards4 A/ ]+ ]) l, T
Range increases to 7,000 yards
2 |/ n1 U! i9 t5 ZDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards; n1 V8 S# T! c+ E8 a9 O
Range closes to 6,000 yards
! U! ]" c9 f/ r- z1 `$ vCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
# x" o5 Q8 ?+ @- k& aCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
% \: K2 x# S" L" lCA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
. [; o8 o8 \1 q* vDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards% H/ q6 G: w8 z/ K' U* X
Range closes to 4,000 yards# ~/ T! u1 G$ e3 M
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards m* j9 C* K9 u! w2 M* U) B& S
Range increases to 7,000 yards8 k8 u+ R) J2 N. g* z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards7 z4 n, \& ]9 k
Range increases to 11,000 yards
6 ^0 K7 ?- E1 K7 }4 U" J% g3 XCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
@1 N3 g, P3 [0 q R( ^Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
1 f; g9 y4 A6 J$ g7 [Task forces break off...* _ R/ \& y( t
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" o3 W @; p8 v3 }Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards# R: W G G9 ^- J3 L
0 V( T. a0 o9 k8 k/ O# nJapanese Ships- P" q* ]; |% |) v/ v6 H+ q
CA Aoba
/ r/ }4 s5 R1 t# | CA Kinugasa) [2 Y" i% N$ Y& I w7 N4 \" R
CA Furutaka
) |" O$ W! u$ {# {9 f. t5 [( T2 M CA Kako, Shell hits 1
3 h; \+ m2 j7 P9 n$ [ CL Tenryu
& `3 n. o( E+ i2 x/ ^8 p CL Tatsuta
# B2 y+ C* X# Z& K CL Yubari
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4 S1 ^: @7 N- z8 U- Q6 Q, eAllied Ships6 d t3 s, s7 T c5 A% ~/ A" O& Y2 e( Z
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight$ d: H2 m# _0 w5 f
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
/ w8 l* K' n4 A5 [9 a& ?. s: iRange closes to 24,000 yards...
5 p' I, n/ @0 Z$ r' V6 {% vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ K3 U6 P3 Y) P/ L9 Z$ v) `
Range closes to 22,000 yards...- X- y2 ?& U2 Z
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
1 _0 M. y# {/ KRange closes to 18,000 yards...% M# ^( ?0 ^. K; e5 I" V0 b
Range closes to 16,000 yards...# D* R2 r: L! a1 K" D- g
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& a8 i: _8 n6 H. k( v- ]6 g) URange closes to 12,000 yards...5 C1 p P5 J5 b! c
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
; G( _' [, r/ |( L! YRange closes to 10,000 yards...5 Q9 O/ x e: f3 H- R
Range closes to 9,000 yards...! K* _1 n! T/ T' S7 S! t
Range closes to 8,000 yards...% P* n) _! p5 ]& [2 {4 H9 A) k
Range closes to 7,000 yards...( e8 q3 }; V M+ B# ^, Z
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
5 Y2 p, m2 Q V, e) q4 VRange closes to 5,000 yards...
4 C9 C& E9 {. n+ H0 j( |) R0 MRange closes to 4,000 yards..., ^+ D$ p: ]$ g3 q M
Range closes to 3,000 yards...( d# \6 b7 w& H
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards f! o$ v4 L: |! C/ w: i: x
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards1 `4 d, m1 [0 K( p+ A
Range increases to 4,000 yards9 f& {% E$ I8 m8 Z) x, I7 ~
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
d) s3 Q7 f, G. ]) ^2 }* x6 ACL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
+ \6 H+ t7 P7 o/ k3 ERange increases to 5,000 yards+ g8 g, _ h& d9 z( q8 k7 L
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards0 D N' z8 I+ L8 n: |5 \, A
Range increases to 9,000 yards4 }3 C4 W, P* Q5 [ u6 Z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards' u7 [ ?7 u$ N" } j% ^
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape) |% u" c7 B3 x( X8 R' y, a1 d
Task forces break off...% H% m( F2 z+ M& w. i
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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$ X8 X2 @: C) i" d5 Y5 T4 e: ~8 EJapanese Ships' t. P3 C. U1 j1 O6 m
CA Aoba
% j- H/ `" H/ |3 e& X% h e6 r CA Kinugasa
/ i- W" O7 U" L/ d CA Furutaka
# ^& ` @' F5 {2 a8 m; n# n* b CA Kako8 n v$ T* v. P- _
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire9 o. V5 G( q/ n: e
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire9 P) z, G$ x" ~! B2 o- ?
CL Yubari6 y5 H' O ~1 H' J- \) ^; h; Y
% ^- X% H5 A t m( @% x0 F# ?6 NAllied Ships% O+ E/ k5 v8 } K2 j! i" g |
APD Colhoun
/ B9 e1 ~& F3 Q8 H APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
0 {. e" Y" W/ e DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
: |6 h7 z6 M$ h8 k3 X DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 i# C& O7 v7 z; _ AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires8 I+ V# O' M( h! E8 z. ~; ]* M
AP Harris
, k( y) ^. g2 n* k) P AP Zeilin& i! p: R- q! E) b
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage/ d1 n; v! t. H: d: d: p
AP Heywood K+ w D: i1 ?) S. r
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
n8 r( u/ i: K$ E W AP President Bowen0 U Y$ S$ k9 y& t5 k
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire' J7 v2 [" c5 m, h6 m
xAP President Wilkerson! |1 w+ @9 ^5 r7 E3 [
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Allied ground losses:
- H- [- u A- l' Q3 F 105 casualties reported
& O$ v2 v2 h0 m; a1 w8 `1 h) m' ` Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, ?* m& {, l2 e3 p! {1 F. v0 i Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
- h& F/ d0 C3 O9 D% o1 |; r/ t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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, O9 F; O( h+ H. _2 uJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!- t5 d2 X5 h+ R
Allied TF begins to get underway c+ q; h( C/ m
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight2 [, h3 d; O Q5 x# V
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards- o; R- a/ ]: b- h9 J
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' |0 x& ^, o' A" c6 y6 u& WRange closes to 13,000 yards...( w) l) h# _& k' C
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
/ j- O2 N# k) E. M9 f3 lRange closes to 5,000 yards...$ V( C. z/ I4 {. U! ]
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
. b! T! F% o) s" ?. |9 V& \Range closes to 1,000 yards...
4 z. _0 W6 j4 ]( V* a9 e+ K/ ?CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards1 E5 Q7 u5 G& T
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards R8 A. [* _: x/ d; y
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards* E3 E/ ~' L: H) f9 ~$ _- o
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards/ u# u3 I+ L2 I$ n# O; w
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
& N0 E5 W+ `$ aCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards% m6 d. }' w2 S+ @
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards0 i) M6 r* O7 I& L1 ]5 j
Range increases to 2,000 yards
7 r; w$ [5 t: y0 ~, J C$ vCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards/ ]" F' e: W8 t: v1 I2 L
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards) e I* [# E# Y* B' O/ H- x
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards$ a9 G, u% k, W6 z; f6 O
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards1 m& Y9 P5 D) l* {% ^, E3 h
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
h; y, S7 b/ `+ q$ v8 ]CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
3 g1 J+ E" o3 J* |4 HRange increases to 4,000 yards
- `& T. G* s# o% QCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
/ z5 c( _& p8 ^3 n# K$ RCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
6 ~( X3 u: d5 y8 |" @CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards" ^0 N$ M3 G5 K& D
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
* L1 I5 X+ y+ o, sCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
) G/ ~% G% X" }! P& Y- h$ pCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
- i/ U7 ~3 V) BCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards3 V( ?( ^& Z8 x3 _- t
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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$ Y5 o" a& p7 E. c- R7 u" \$ jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.9 ?0 y8 H6 L1 \* `& a# A
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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9 W8 j1 a; v7 P. [$ b0 bJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
9 V1 u* j6 l. g! K8 J; S% T F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
! v9 B* Q2 G) D- b3 |1 d; a! {6 O SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
5 h2 C. B5 k) \3 C/ k TBF-1 Avenger x 39' W1 T( c) \. V1 Y% _
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4 T# ~ N$ Y' ]$ {* N& u6 T( UJapanese aircraft losses
4 Q) U5 }, `+ y7 o5 B6 GNo Japanese losses* e H4 F; I9 a2 X8 r( c" Y
) ^1 l1 ~) s9 b# c& nAllied aircraft losses
5 Z& n" N3 {7 q, R SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
! b* W# f4 q2 w% s8 n TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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, d z% m J. P2 L* V, p3 vJapanese Ships
5 ^3 U3 W# A; G1 Y) L CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire0 Y7 X6 r* Z$ K9 a6 n( N, l
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk5 T7 x+ w+ y: G" Z1 i/ h* T& t
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage9 V6 G5 G, m' H/ b% q! O2 K
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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