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Submarine attack near Rabaul at 107,1264 ^5 [# b6 [6 V" F7 [5 X P* r
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AV Kamikawa Maru
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SS S-47
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AV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-47
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,128" j/ g c; L$ O& T
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Japanese Ships
0 D: b$ W+ `" o3 _9 w7 e, o3 g E Asanagi
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xAK Ikushima Maru8 m$ R( K8 D! i$ O% a' t# ]6 l
xAK Asakaze Maru
3 z: u) b7 X7 E% Z3 r xAKL Hagoromo Maru
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, w8 w( t9 r& yAllied Ships7 L. j6 N; b8 j7 Y( \$ [# e. H @
SS S-44
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SS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi O* S* e; Z4 D% O/ D
S-44 diving deep ....( r; | \( r2 {! S$ z; c
E Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
+ h3 o+ d1 |/ n- U0 HE Oite attacking submerged sub ....
: `5 O, \- {1 ]( L: K& oSS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep6 [+ p u' A! ?9 S6 X" N% s" w
SS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite
$ t8 ]" v% g" J4 M* ^% C9 wSS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
8 U ^! x7 Y- P5 ~% F# p3 uE Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-446 ]' q6 ~7 \: x, y; N1 U6 I
E Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
1 a3 g7 U P. N3 S" A: g! AE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...* ?- o+ {0 Z2 \# ]# t1 O5 b* t! \9 _% C. F
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...; {3 ?3 a6 A2 u) R- Z1 J, Q6 J+ Y
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
$ ]0 b- |& e6 J6 c0 A4 s- Z ~( UE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...' Y9 h. j2 a( b1 n9 e( ?( z' k+ j! I
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
4 d1 L6 h% l+ z* s9 QEscort abandons search for sub
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1 I$ r, }* Z2 |" i4 ^Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
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2 n9 f' n( C, L% @# f6 A; G5 CRaid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.& Y$ I' k) L7 w# I6 V9 a2 o
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes2 f# [% B0 N' i8 S
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PBY-5 Catalina x 12
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9 L$ p4 ~, X7 RNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships: B: d& a- w4 J$ Q+ C. ^$ [( H' H
CL Tatsuta, R+ X% S: T* M, S2 b
CA Kako
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12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
$ |1 |, O, v! }! C4 Y+ h# }7 K Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo3 b1 H$ P0 R* _ ^/ u
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( p* L8 I! S' xAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,1256 z3 T9 ~7 S* S+ [+ v2 W p3 m0 c( j
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
t/ N0 ]7 o- t5 T% l* G. DEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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6 N, D; n8 M( @ PBY-5 Catalina x 12
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Allied aircraft losses7 s% P+ F& _. @! P! \
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships& x' r, h) r" X
CA Kako
7 ?' y* ^ M) I CA Furutaka
7 D, | l |: R0 D: [9 O* } DD Yayoi: P$ j' [/ B0 r* L) d- @; _" `+ C
CA Aoba
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% x p' e3 V2 K2 ^- i1 k5 W; R& WAircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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. x' _2 w! B" SAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129
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Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
* X" \. }' t" C/ uEstimated time to target is 2 minutes! w' G. G; `; h" r0 ?
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
! @, m& ], V H9 H0 i, I xAK Kamikaze Maru
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2 m2 E" S$ C( l6 O# NAircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb- R% N0 C0 _: k; z. d$ n
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' Y$ A3 I9 J( k3 ekevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!
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