12月16日，前一天被日军舰队偷袭的盟军大股运输船队以为危险已经过去，趁夜返航向汤斯维尔，不了正与返航途中的日军舰队遭遇，结果又遭受一轮新的打击，再次蒙受了一次巨大损失，日军舰队指挥官估计，连续两次打击之下，击沉的盟军运输船在20艘以上，船上的人员与装备物资损失严重。: n2 R r+ V/ _. R) c
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 44
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Japanese Ships
0 S, F. {% ?" S9 h DD Myojinkaze2 J S% p7 V9 v$ s. P* v
DD Kosukaze
1 r) s8 l. E9 ]: I+ r DD Yamanakaze
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Allied Ships1 t) x! o5 p' S* ^/ \
xAP Golden Racer
- [5 L3 |& T, i& n! a6 `/ b$ L xAP Mallory Lykes
1 l5 o8 y H' ]( w0 L! X xAP Abigail Adams3 q- h! u# p& o0 V
xAP Andrew D. White5 B/ n, w3 L5 ^! ^& y- ^% `4 a
xAP Andrew Furuseth, P1 x2 q. @$ r: \
xAP Archbishop Lamy+ }' {. e2 p0 |9 |2 v9 I
xAP B. F. Shaw
' h" T' ]% i3 H d xAP B. Livingston
* X6 ]; p6 Z# `* a$ a/ [ xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
4 I+ W9 d3 x, _% G) i xAP Benjamin Lundy0 l# j- _) K) ?( m
xAP Caleb Strong
+ U$ m" c! }" M' D xAP Carlos Carrillo U9 g5 X f0 b; J. _
xAP Charles H. Windham; [. {7 R( M) l3 _, f5 Q% {$ H
xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
0 l2 J4 Z* N* X7 Z xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 12, heavy fires' O8 S5 f) L1 v0 I% J
xAP Daniel Drake
$ ^/ C; \4 r* x$ |* U) X xAP Daniel S. Lamont2 M( C$ E8 N& b8 j& C) S `# K
xAP David Gaillard7 L8 z+ u3 ~6 c/ J7 J: u
xAP David J. Brewer" n# m6 Q- W/ T* r
xAP Edward Livingston
! K3 h' M- J& Y; Q. b# G8 n xAP Edwin Markham
( b: w6 U7 X0 y( F xAP Frances E. Willard
3 T6 N/ t( W5 s# m0 P' ? xAP Francis P. Blair
2 I' {) U" @7 i3 _9 s5 C2 H xAP Leland Stanford
2 d- @1 t+ Z. U2 o3 w" ^- W# F xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 4* x/ J4 V# U: _! L S; ~& F
xAP Lew Wallace
# O3 b; e+ F7 p6 Q8 ` b' ^ xAP Lewis Cass! ~( x# A7 Q$ L$ d# o& X) W
xAP Lydia M. Child
1 n# u1 j5 J+ ]' F/ x7 `# F xAP Stanley Matthews* a4 A- o& O9 h, W. s- s7 ~
xAP Stephen J. Field! ^5 _( c% r4 J
xAP Thomas A. Edison/ @1 d ^: Z" p' {. G4 q, S4 m
xAP Walter Colton
8 V. H" B9 d2 s" H9 G xAP William C. Claiborne
7 K+ M( J" a; P, [0 \ xAP William E. Channing, Shell hits 14, heavy fires
1 f* ~4 U7 V4 U) x6 P. x xAP Alice Moller5 R4 R. ?: q+ t o5 c+ Z% m
xAP Erinpura
2 q/ `( G0 `( k8 B7 J6 q xAP Jaladuta
0 r, Y& W2 Z' _% U" t$ ~ xAP Kutsang5 e8 l" N" P% \! }
xAP Nils Moller
$ m H! D8 p" Q F: r) G5 h0 v$ o5 L xAP Nirvana
4 r0 g5 M$ Q1 T& b2 _4 U xAP Nurmahal, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 z' R! [3 ?8 {4 m5 c" d! h' b xAP Silverbeech, Shell hits 8, on fire
: U( |6 J9 b3 x8 N( t+ Q* q4 n+ |" ` xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 1* k* ^. q& Y" E4 M
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41 casualties reported8 [8 P" \% D) {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& [. t# T" [' `: o2 G: [
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled# F. J! f8 z6 t- Y9 e! R4 V+ u. f6 k
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
: y0 K* q$ T ], n Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
: H, q- h- M; h3 Y Vehicles lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)+ B+ `* {% U* k6 U% d
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9 W, R3 h4 z# ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 4,000 Yards2 p @" O7 R* h) z9 }5 A
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Japanese Ships
1 [$ }0 K; h# H0 u; d* y7 r. X CA Tone8 `( o4 U8 X% k L3 S1 N; ?
CA Chikuma
( v5 C8 P% @" L0 K( M2 H( Y CA Mogami! K( \2 M9 E9 S2 y) T |0 f, z) K
CA Mikuma2 K( S$ J0 N; K1 |% N3 c
CA Suzuya; N9 d) _3 D' o5 Q' t
CA Kumano/ }% r% S0 H7 L7 ?, t/ t
DD Haruzuki
) C0 Z$ F% k) f3 ?' x DD Naganami4 v& E* h0 n/ k3 b% J1 q9 c
DD Urazuki& O3 |! a. N2 R
DD Benigumo
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# ]9 g; U- w3 j0 I9 S xAP Chief Washakie, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 [& o. x1 |1 b, G% j7 V xAP William E. Channing, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
2 f/ |" o) q$ }8 k) S9 F- S xAP Nurmahal, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
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, ]/ a4 Y; N R. PAllied ground losses:) u" S. v2 v, `, I" k8 F0 \
148 casualties reported1 o. V2 V- c2 c5 u2 ~
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% B9 J2 u8 A+ F9 y' c) B% S! t, U/ S
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 8 disabled% N8 w2 i& a9 S2 `/ r5 h1 Q. {7 m4 J
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 14 disabled
: E5 @' l- `( [& b Vehicles lost 37 (27 destroyed, 10 disabled)# p- Z9 b2 L- u6 z4 X" D# d- J
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+ }: E' | l8 p1 q6 r# K! f, HNight Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 3,000 Yards; S, P2 R0 D; n
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CA Tone3 K7 j: I% M3 C. D8 {
CA Chikuma
6 v. V. C* z5 a0 ?/ @( O# n$ U" @ CA Mogami
. s% V) a$ Y4 D; ~9 z CA Mikuma
! B- t$ { w- P/ R3 ^2 H6 A CA Suzuya
" ?! Y7 s, p/ l& ? CA Kumano3 k- g* t* Z3 E1 \& [
DD Haruzuki1 t" K$ E' }5 y) H7 H" C' R
DD Naganami) B/ G4 |; Y, J2 @
DD Urazuki
' l2 u1 U v) y2 V6 _% } DD Benigumo
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xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
: @; T8 T4 {( ]" W9 f xAP David Dudley Field, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
( W5 ~4 n- G' a) x& k( q' e xAP William Dunbar
/ t8 X+ z4 B' v( o9 U. s) |2 E xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
|3 L( }& {7 Y) y; L& Y4 Z; f xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 48, and is sunk
1 G9 O; E0 `/ \6 m7 x xAP Jalaputra$ S7 i, l) u$ z ^$ K2 _0 z8 A
xAP Singu, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ A% t8 X3 @! a: j4 | xAP Varsova, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:5 C4 D) }4 n/ X' i* t6 R4 D1 F
657 casualties reported Z- h6 o8 K* c0 U V" W
Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
% V7 F# B+ i/ [; H5 w' v j Non Combat: 139 destroyed, 84 disabled
2 {* p! Q3 r+ Q% |- M4 W" v Engineers: 18 destroyed, 2 disabled/ J$ {# p( A u5 A5 F% a, t, h
Guns lost 23 (13 destroyed, 10 disabled)
8 J/ ~( | [3 A" w Vehicles lost 109 (84 destroyed, 25 disabled)
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 1,000 Yards
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CA Tone
/ j$ C( H# N' v0 [# a! e- ?/ y9 u! L CA Chikuma/ t S# ?: x2 h
CA Mogami
3 G5 q$ y9 \- v" P CA Mikuma" w$ |0 }7 X6 f0 K# l" H, H2 ]1 I
CA Suzuya
/ m$ S6 G0 S9 Z! N* p- z. C& _ CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
0 R6 }! x& ]& E DD Haruzuki/ `5 x0 L7 m& Y
DD Naganami& C6 t; z5 {' V/ S0 o/ t! J5 I
DD Urazuki
2 v% Q" e1 N/ J7 { DD Benigumo
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Allied Ships
$ N) Z' Q7 Y' S4 t& G& l xAP Adoniram Judson, Shell hits 44, and is sunk
& c3 g; S2 R$ c7 v" y xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 66, and is sunk
9 k! I+ h, z" X xAP Elihu Thomson, Shell hits 38, and is sunk
: H. x/ \$ I; h4 m7 d, [7 y xAP Vitus Bering, Shell hits 18, and is sunk( V8 p: x" x( E+ s# I
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Allied ground losses: J6 c1 k, S! P$ C5 \6 @9 K
1958 casualties reported
& A, q5 B! z7 o9 y Squads: 61 destroyed, 90 disabled( C4 E: T$ ^ C# {7 n0 L
Non Combat: 177 destroyed, 165 disabled
! [& V- C! L, C6 ^4 Q# e5 y Engineers: 55 destroyed, 23 disabled
+ T3 B) z6 F2 i* r; z( B Guns lost 140 (109 destroyed, 31 disabled)1 }) r* D: g5 G/ ]0 v
Vehicles lost 182 (126 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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当天日军驱潜舰队还重创一艘盟军潜艇4 Q0 j! r* o& ?9 g& A
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ASW attack near Satawal at 104,1114 c/ M0 l. M! e7 t& ^: j: {
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Japanese Ships
6 A, L! k) ]3 {# B$ s E No.63; I2 u7 F8 F$ _* h& l* S
E No.61
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: d! G" ?: v( o$ [" r& ~: u SS Segundo, hits 5
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ASW attack near Satawal at 104,111
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E No.278 f# Q* m0 r9 I
E No.25
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$ x/ T, S/ v( j1 a) ^ SS Segundo, hits 13
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. ~. D7 u+ k& T G# |而在同一天，波纳佩岛上的战斗进入了尾声，面对盟军最后的攻势，受伤的日军官兵纷纷自尽殉国, y* c$ P% M+ ]+ v1 C1 g2 V; F
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8 r$ U. q8 K* A0 y6 G1 N. fGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack' ` X# s' b4 f5 r3 ?
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Attacking force 54057 troops, 992 guns, 1942 vehicles, Assault Value = 22856 r& E0 V! M1 F$ q
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Defending force 12018 troops, 52 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
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- y. K+ x3 A* S6 F6 } sAllied adjusted assault: 2701
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; V: c/ D; T4 p# fJapanese adjusted defense: 19
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3 s; L0 o& v1 y; zAllied assault odds: 142 to 1
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& [1 t# p; h- I' I% [( V8 [Combat modifiers
6 {: J3 Q- q; w# G( H& JDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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Attacker: 2 G, ?4 t1 Y: X4 C* A9 a! y+ n
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Japanese ground losses:
( Y3 p; g+ Z1 g5 N2 h 6501 casualties reported
) B! @8 }4 u: W! {3 n/ w' q4 J/ ?. y. Q Squads: 327 destroyed, 0 disabled) E) t: }* c4 t, B5 k- n
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 477 disabled
' J2 ~# A# _5 a Engineers: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled
8 B3 a& h( {7 C7 { Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled)' l# x) W j% e9 R4 w
Vehicles lost 61 (3 destroyed, 58 disabled)$ w4 b/ r& N+ l7 o4 B
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Allied ground losses:3 k' }: ^# U, @ ]" ?
59 casualties reported x' Y& V: N* D7 y8 B2 N# H! l! l
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled! [" G! l! B9 X) y+ m) Q
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# s9 T9 }4 b6 z9 A/ B4 N/ L, L Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
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Assaulting units:: z1 y. L) ?& S% K7 V
81st Infantry Division; X! i \8 Q+ {; j
1st Filipino Inf Regiment6 y1 k5 z. B5 O" C. w. O
112th Cavalry Regiment/ r3 q+ i( F0 T4 ?# B
716th Tank Battalion1 M' ~5 c! m& ?9 k2 S
767th Tank Battalion$ T+ \3 b; B/ }3 ?
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment. b4 i1 O8 a! l' M+ ~: t5 A
710th Tank Battalion! |( y! d5 k$ ~8 b
XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
+ M6 N& ~( Z3 w5 d 762nd Tank Battalion
5 j% f4 J5 R" W1 z0 ^" L 711th Tank Battalion
" i; z% M, M7 F- H 5th Marine Division
2 i3 M; D8 r) s7 ^ 6th Infantry Division
8 l6 `9 w" R2 f$ L2 B! H: G- Q 706th Tank Battalion
, @" O* F9 B" K% G3 S 44th Tank Battalion
& }3 A" k( k' s' Y 96th Infantry Division
) X- ?+ [7 l( m* Y 35th Aviation Base Force: P# ]( \4 ~$ T3 [. O0 }# O7 R
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment# t$ [0 _9 M/ l$ s( d& ?/ n6 w
96th Coast AA Regiment/ F6 }+ K$ L$ N9 }
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion& W& L2 A6 t" ^& f) ~! B
XIV US Corps
2 d- ^/ `1 s9 M- L 8th Marine Defense Battalion
' z) H. u1 L/ u+ x0 V 4th USA Defense Battalion
8 g# D4 V( E- D* }, t( M) j' {$ Y X Corps Artillery * y) t6 ?. B+ }. Q( F9 O
1st USMC AA Battalion
0 e- Q* s4 v: c4 n 265th Coastal Artillery Regiment S% s" B/ ]8 y7 }& s7 a5 X
738th Coast AA Regiment1 v7 M. \: U, @# Y
I Corps Artillery / K, }( k3 F: c8 E6 ?
5th USA Defense Battalion. `3 [& e4 Q, Y. _" S V0 h
12th Marine Defense Battalion! R+ c- O- r. M# T& s. J4 P" W
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ C1 `; L# R7 p j0 U, \1 p 14th Marine Defense Battalion8 o$ h* o0 L, k2 z& t0 ~
28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
/ A9 v1 w" A- K7 Q' Z; H2 l 33rd Division6 S3 o, D7 C5 T- ]# m* B
3rd Base Force
$ w4 e& f c8 D ]$ w7 l9 r 12th Air Fleet
# |6 I0 N. r0 E9 K/ d 19th JAAF Base Force0 k4 e. s" J- k& e( Z
18th Army! ]( b" y1 c' g) X! u, R) r+ T$ p7 n7 `
14th Area Army /1
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