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两只小白鼠近来很活跃,渐入佳境,本猫馋了
江湖
按纸面兵力,这要僵持了啊
波纳佩首日,盟军进攻相当犀利,以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。. |. k" Y5 M0 \; s9 r! Y# P

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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* w- ^4 A3 c! T/ kAllied Deliberate attack
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! q7 p. s7 @: i. Q& N/ nAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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) a0 o5 N& E9 b7 o4 qDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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8 V( }8 o! Y/ A' |( y8 I" _- G5 AAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8# f4 x2 J5 t" t3 G
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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0 V7 c* I  ~( F. a" W6 ?Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 2 G0 G& a: K) E$ C% X5 P7 M1 I
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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Combat modifiers
0 ~( w7 b0 O- u  PDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)$ M' @7 G6 T% L% B
Attacker: 3 @. ?: H" v6 h" x" ^: y( F5 X
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Japanese ground losses:
& Y& Z  J2 z: [      3386 casualties reported
/ j1 h3 k% z, p0 j, _         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
* _8 d) H' n8 \- d         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
9 l$ a/ P; w4 U, z7 E, M. a  k         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled) i. q. ^# d, p) r# _8 [# y9 d
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
: B/ ?7 H% h9 t/ x; ^/ P1 C8 ~      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
) x( K2 M9 P" O      Units destroyed 1
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. T5 l6 S: D" f1 |7 ~, m+ `6 jAllied ground losses:
) t8 [  m' e" h/ }      5163 casualties reported3 G6 m/ E" m, @* s/ P! R
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled, y0 o& T/ y- {5 D1 b
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
  z# j1 \- ^  q) u8 q         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled' t) W3 N9 i5 V6 ~8 ~1 W* K% }/ l( H
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)# |) x# B+ f9 y, p
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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+ h, S& E' }4 mAssaulting units:
1 W) F# x: ^; {% o    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion9 F5 B  W. t, Y) z  Z4 I
    710th Tank Battalion* c5 \' X& I$ i
    6th Infantry Division
; E7 P, B$ ~/ A. n& d2 Z    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 B. V1 A9 W% o5 e7 `1 @2 X  \    44th Tank Battalion
$ Z6 o+ J  Q1 ~4 K- p0 y    81st Infantry Division
! [. W5 w. ~" @% O( E( }$ E    762nd Tank Battalion
# y+ E# p+ V$ d2 p3 j9 y" o    767th Tank Battalion" J- G# L2 Q0 Y, g; d5 P& V
    711th Tank Battalion
- q% P: O% v- Q$ ?    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 O" w' X9 ?/ j. l  s    5th Marine Division
$ d; ?2 u! j& w* h    716th Tank Battalion
: |' u# \  g1 b# ]1 t! T6 H0 s    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
$ O+ S: t0 n. J! a. P% o  y    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; Z& {6 Y( E: Q4 _- V
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
& O3 b- L* b0 ?! `! c    706th Tank Battalion
: S8 J6 w7 Y1 n' w# g    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
! ~$ w# U+ f8 F" B+ W    96th Infantry Division
0 C5 l$ ~/ S. E. _    31st Infantry Regiment
5 m& r8 u2 c1 M, {' k) c( m    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion% I2 U) t2 Q6 N; f
    I Corps Artillery
# z8 z$ H4 C1 p    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  M- J. Y! i7 o    1st USMC AA Battalion
0 ~$ ^2 J; a& s  h- v( k    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 @4 b9 I) K0 p4 v' Q    XIV US Corps! Q% U8 d( \2 v& M4 X2 s' |
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
9 h( C& d. C$ j    5th USA Defense Battalion
4 B' A! p- M. F3 E3 y: i# _, `8 P' y& J    8th Marine Defense Battalion
! ~; i$ e& S* ~/ q# Q* m    738th Coast AA Regiment5 M7 x- j( l; i2 q: ?, V5 ]
    X Corps Artillery & c" G3 t$ n% x
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! F! G5 x7 S, E( v( p# j    96th Coast AA Regiment
! K3 l0 o0 U2 C( h    4th USA Defense Battalion: t1 ~0 R, R# _5 \# b8 C4 A
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 d' N( e" D! L' `    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 L" ~+ W, H# `; c: H7 {4 K% ~/ `1 y
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Defending units:  T: z4 C$ C0 _
    Kure 7th SNLF" o: s( Q* ]5 `
    81st/A Division
3 t% S) s$ N  h5 |7 X    Kure 3rd SNLF, x$ d) U/ D( r
    33rd/B Division/ I9 h0 N' g7 f
    33rd/A Division( u/ s/ o1 N0 i& q
    81st/C Division
" ?* V1 n; t3 _, Q    6th Guards Inf. Regiment% _/ v$ J8 Z5 m- b5 x  w6 D
    52nd Naval Guard Unit- i% h- y7 m9 _
    138th Infantry Regiment. ]) s4 r+ C3 u8 }
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
5 G) g  @7 A/ [& q( g  L    144th Infantry Regiment! `5 }. L; I8 Y
    81st/B Division6 S$ P. R( S5 d% V4 K
    33rd/C Division
2 {3 _1 I( b% @8 h4 i3 `5 R/ i4 U# p    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- s/ v" ?4 Q( q6 I    18th Army& \7 e  Q( {4 W" f  x+ j9 e
    60th Field AA Battalion
) A  a! g3 z7 ]0 j- K* o: [    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 6 ^. @" u* N  D) P' \; v  t! n
    Ponape Naval Fortress
' X. E6 l1 o* U, T& h: E    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( k5 |4 c) j2 `4 ~9 W
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
+ g( l) S  T& y2 h% x9 G    53rd Construction Battalion
/ b: W' P$ T1 ?" C% t9 {% b    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
% W4 F  w: A3 N4 l    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
. v- |+ m' e# o4 E, T. ?    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# ~! m' S) b2 \0 u$ a& v! z    19th JAAF Base Force' c' |/ {) U) b1 ?
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
/ J' `% d" `% q( C( b# N- t    14th Area Army /1" Z; z4 }+ K& `# x( y; \  t
    63rd Field AA Battalion2 N0 I* |/ ^& v
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
" I/ ?4 w  G3 A( [    3rd Base Force
) c( }% T+ H* O0 C2 n! F% e    12th Air Fleet
0 n( D6 C+ Y6 `) L/ }2 n: n! r- @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment& J- S* t" Z+ L$ ^
    61st Field AA Battalion! z0 l' O' u7 P4 m; v: a7 e
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 M$ e1 z7 u5 P
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
5 _1 _, z1 `/ j8 X' P( i: w7 r/ T    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /39 x3 x4 S7 m# m/ m: J
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同日,在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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: e9 ~4 v- Y1 I6 H* G; yGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)2 K8 _& N$ g* e( n$ Y5 m7 g: W6 F
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761! A/ a5 t6 D7 N+ Z6 y

! u5 x; v* X9 m3 c' }Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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& m9 e0 z: f) D7 C' I. VJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 / ?, b! y: _2 {/ f2 i- G

& S4 p! F: Q1 A, j# fCombat modifiers
5 F- h3 B0 T) F0 ~9 Q* lDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
* D' z' K# C3 d* V, Q9 S9 WAttacker: shock(+)1 K/ H0 v, q) {6 m
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Japanese ground losses:) w7 o* E' w; a  w2 P. [, e  d
      530 casualties reported
* L4 S, b' C4 \: B% A( ~) v$ t         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
1 [4 r: M# [! y$ ^" r         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled7 n% W6 h4 `. g+ ]8 l6 D& ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
( [5 c* U  p5 @# ]      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)# ]% t3 G2 @& d# o- U6 @
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Allied ground losses:
. d) f& b( I' Z1 F: i5 ~0 g      891 casualties reported
. ~% B6 R5 D4 `" p( T6 r" J' S         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled& {% }9 Y6 {, s5 J' H8 `$ y" }
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
9 G7 i( {  w# P/ o( B" F         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* e: _$ D# C3 g4 O. y! J6 i0 I      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:( j( D* H, |$ h3 A1 v/ z2 q. q
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
; o" s& t0 K( F2 {. l: F    21st Division
. T, ~$ M/ t. i6 M    4th Division7 E/ c1 h' }( h* a4 g5 q/ u/ [
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
& ?( y6 Q5 o% y+ \; b    23rd Tank Regiment
0 e4 s- P" D2 I6 _: ~    32nd Division
; `( T; d" U( F& h8 _$ j' c    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
9 {; j$ d, R  I9 c% b0 `0 I4 [5 |- T    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
/ r# a5 W  v2 r+ V2 q    6th Area Army3 p  e0 Y  o! w* ~7 o
    103rd AA Regiment
7 h( J+ p' b/ @% W0 f    1st JNAF Coy ; o; Z3 I# X+ G: G
    13th Army3 T7 D4 m& t; g5 x% _
    141st AA Regiment
0 S6 V. s" L1 m  w! h8 I1 i    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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4 D3 V0 y: A: I; {4 V7 f    50th Indian Para Brigade
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: |. d/ ?; d9 U7 S9 s50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!
使用大规模杀伤性武器是完全没有人道的
看起来,波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的,可是产量就。。。
13# Males : O8 X( @- L" v5 M& Q( i
华安跑哪去了
水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用, 不知道目标港口的水雷阵,会损失惨重,
11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44( R4 X: [) S# {* m; S! T% J0 _8 R
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)& A5 j3 m3 p8 J; p
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force- T. o4 Z$ q+ L/ f

3 V) `3 X; w- j; t% S% @89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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+ Z6 x% o7 R: U- z; ?+ ~Allied Ships
9 W9 N1 A3 k3 W      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 @/ V# g7 Z0 N9 d0 I% T( K
      LST-81
  g" Z/ z: N! D      LST-74, Shell hits 3
' o* q+ l/ q' p* E: P3 F* \      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage; M0 H- X$ Z3 k9 y2 S
      LST-785 z8 v' a$ [, ]
      LST 209) ~% _; [- s1 n! p
      LST-889" U, t) U! Q, j0 N) ^& i
      LST-246: @- `3 Z+ }$ n5 A) H5 m
      LST-240  L- r- w+ g6 ]& h6 @
      LST-204
3 Z* L  h* f0 ^$ I+ X3 H      LST-202
9 b! u$ ]. L! X4 `. ^% c      LST-123
# C' F, d/ d, e      LST-121$ s( F7 |: j" Q& k8 M& s
      LST-120
3 J' u8 }! G3 i: h4 A, S      LST-86
: a; k8 }* e4 H7 f. X" j. d2 ~      LST-85
1 `4 D4 d8 l% ~* e1 c! F, y      LST-84
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6 m! }/ m8 w% U+ t, mInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)# G* M- X7 f  N/ ^4 v
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force' ~: B* n. L3 L: T7 g
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense., n4 o6 J! w- O7 h% i

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      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; I( C0 i6 c* y: [1 f* D9 f- l. F
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
) `, w! ]2 ^7 H4 `7 p      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- Z& v4 X4 b# q! c
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
' \' q8 C( m. x9 J      LST-84, Shell hits 3
) C0 z; e9 ^, J# O% j      LST-87, Shell hits 63 P8 y" u, b3 w: H# M
      LST 180
( q2 c$ j: |8 j( ^/ M/ e, v8 x8 X* R      LST 157, W- h& a) A+ |1 Q( E
      LST 2
: W  u3 V. {2 q: _2 C      LST-884
# O7 h/ |, y: S7 V" T      LST-882
% m" J+ c7 \% t. a7 v0 s/ t. O      LST-397
/ Z) G; T- {% p( s- u      LST-395
1 E: l6 F3 V$ m$ i      LST-274
6 n+ j  `% U3 w3 l# [! W9 O* Q      LST-273( \' K' O6 e: W* M5 r9 p
      LST-246
- Q3 Y- e6 {& F0 [0 V( L, A/ p      LST-244, n) I6 |0 J2 ?  e
      LST-241
8 b0 a& W0 Y2 ?7 z      LST-218
, ?" u& G) V" [  U7 ^9 x      LST-216
. R4 p+ I' t: o; I      LST-202. H+ y! i( K4 ^( Q* p
      LST-171* Q( L, R0 X- A0 Q$ v5 |' F1 F
      LST-166
9 m' u2 M; D/ R6 }) t, s& Y      LST-1240 [1 O( I. M7 _2 h
      LST-121
/ X! H% u, G4 m      LST-88. C. t  G7 m6 l$ n0 B
      LST-123
& r4 F9 g) R/ z      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军,航空压制也保持着压力% V' o4 X" a* c4 M) [  i
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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) A' H5 y1 a' G# [3 QAllied Bombardment attack, ~! Y1 u8 p& K8 b' B
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13617 q4 L9 F/ D" l
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Japanese ground losses:
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/ K, y+ b$ r$ Z         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
1 Z* k* {( w5 W, u, X: o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
, Z+ l+ W/ S  {         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:. X5 d+ ]1 \; D0 S+ `
      21 casualties reported
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         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled% @% H) j( k* }5 i6 I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 o7 Q  M. |5 F: x+ l+ j0 d      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)( H; i+ `" I8 r5 U. G$ i2 S' v
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)% n* ^3 v0 M/ _) I
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Assaulting units:
1 X8 @! n0 s3 Z  Y- d# F: X    5th Marine/B Division
' w9 V8 U# x( o( J& z9 R) X, m$ v    81st Infantry/B Division' q" S/ Z: i% z& f* K+ J2 m$ K
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 k* f. g. g" c
    5th Marine/C Division. A$ ^4 X+ M! P
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion5 p7 A+ \& Q; C5 c6 C/ z
    6th Infantry/B Division, O' B6 W& I2 _9 O' l
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
1 X4 d3 x7 F! m    716th Tank Battalion
; ]8 L- o" L$ d) [    81st Infantry/C Division
/ g' l6 l! h! F) N$ D    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ {5 i" n0 S0 \  T6 Z! o    6th Infantry/C Division0 ]6 o2 p$ q% a. B* S
    5th Marine/A Division3 [& Z0 @. S' Q, p% H# Q$ ?
    767th Tank Battalion
# E9 m+ U6 D/ [& ~2 k    96th Infantry/A Division
2 x+ e3 `1 ^$ P, i% m7 V    706th Tank Battalion
! e: ]5 N( w/ v5 ~5 \! s    711th Tank Battalion% ^9 n: _* @/ F. {3 a* C1 ]
    762nd Tank Battalion
" y. A! l7 ?# |* @    96th Infantry/B Division# K& @) _$ |! A/ y) B. t
    81st Infantry/A Division
' c. E3 Q3 [2 V. H' r    44th Tank Battalion
) {. D8 g4 \" T    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
* U' C" j' P& Y9 Z* \% b5 h    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
, _# M3 @: f5 [% N; t5 \3 N% ]    31st Infantry Regiment
! F& z, a! r* E% d' ~0 q* B+ n    6th Infantry/A Division! z0 i# v! G/ h. r
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
: h8 `7 p1 F5 M3 r3 G# D' e    710th Tank Battalion
. O: Z9 Q& e* U7 j5 b6 E) X4 A    96th Infantry/C Division
" J% H3 n' o4 `$ n    5th USA Defense Battalion% [& Z6 N5 `0 O( Z
    4th USA Defense Battalion; ~4 v* R' X5 q$ b8 i" q
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ e6 _2 [$ Y* m, T    X Corps Artillery + ?9 [: \4 b0 P) a
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
8 U# `. S" U) L$ b    XIV US Corps6 ^, {3 W( _* C( W
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment7 r2 ~& a5 w$ Z* b
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
* x1 }( Q0 b% \    14th Marine Defense Battalion& c  X& e$ `# Q! O4 h2 N% a+ c
    I Corps Artillery
" \# U! A+ g7 A/ O& W    96th Coast AA Regiment
4 T* _( u4 B8 v    1st USMC AA Battalion
! `% |! F+ A: j8 \, K: W    738th Coast AA Regiment
2 ?0 x; e7 I9 _; X) O7 a. o( L    12th Marine Defense Battalion
& a7 r3 d1 e- j/ Z    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion! s1 x/ @/ K/ Y
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
' x4 J2 n' `$ a. o; p- G/ a, q    33rd/A Division
0 [% S3 M- H  @( V. z- e9 L    81st/B Division
- b, ^- V1 \9 E1 ]6 W    Sasebo 7th SNLF
( K5 X6 G8 _1 P+ K+ }% X    81st/C Division5 C" i6 K- G  @( {
    138th Infantry Regiment
! e, ]; k! z! I2 F: f2 w: Q    Kure 3rd SNLF
, I! p9 O* `3 E/ v7 e' G! j8 n    6th Guards Inf. Regiment1 J% Q, E9 {  ?3 J9 D
    144th Infantry Regiment
& [. a% T4 H+ x+ Y. ^  ~4 }/ r" t    52nd Naval Guard Unit
1 @8 H5 F. x' s8 S  Z( J! g/ s    33rd/B Division  L: Y6 g* q  I
    81st/A Division1 g) N: ?, k4 D- m
    33rd/C Division
( q; q+ Q' X) G4 Z/ Y8 o    3rd Base Force* N' H1 h6 ^, [( X
    19th JAAF Base Force" f! L2 F  F4 L0 F# n
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /14 B( Z% q# M; b+ e' v" e
    60th Field AA Battalion/ t. [$ Y4 f* E; V/ n, d# k* U4 ~
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
/ t2 q5 S  Q: c& j2 n! q& ]7 W    53rd Construction Battalion
+ ?* U% O/ I" O$ {' X    Ponape Naval Fortress
# H/ K4 l9 ~" @) i    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment* H% c. ?; j* d/ e# ^( B
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
0 C# R) K5 a( \3 d    12th Air Fleet
9 U" [7 `5 |; M    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- D/ r& m: e& ?6 G" A# Y    61st Field AA Battalion
* M* L; w  e, F9 E    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
  U7 v; i: D. V& b    18th Field AF Construction Battalion! V* |# u% d& w
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion5 w9 g8 ?) r- P2 u
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 ]" H+ V4 a# f8 ?0 Z4 {0 {3 G
    14th Area Army /1
/ _: A4 R) H" J: t    63rd Field AA Battalion
' G; O* H* ^4 v    31st Ind.AA Gun Co % M" |7 _' v2 }* O
    Kure 7th SNLF3 Z! c. m! E5 v6 }- d  |5 Q
    18th Army
! j3 b- R% n, J! i    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
* l# Z7 d9 z& s" X0 P    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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9 Q, e5 u# \- u% j/ G4 P$ O2 U日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘# N" W6 |6 k2 O$ e/ u: N
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  k# }. _& E, m- h- u/ nSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106, P0 C4 z; S4 O/ Q$ m& d7 X4 A7 J/ @: v

& y) _2 a( ]5 i8 H5 k/ |5 kJapanese Ships! z6 y$ O+ t+ w  l
      E No.54
' U- h& n5 Z, B, }" y, Z      E No.502 X" M# j8 r7 }  m; a* t) r: L! F' x
      E No.686 }" M# ]! [. E# e4 B' j, i
      E No.52
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Allied Ships4 ?1 S' z& Y+ C' X% D2 L& L+ r
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk* @# Y' x- `1 _% l7 N% D
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重创另一艘3 Q% k7 \+ p5 t/ K0 q# }: B; ^3 d5 [& o

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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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$ _6 }/ I6 b7 FJapanese Ships
) B1 v) `& {9 a' F2 q      E No.8
2 e: t* l6 Y9 R+ C  X      E No.6  D: c+ {/ O. o  [
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Allied Ships
7 m& N2 x4 X  z# x/ I! \4 `      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage
使用大规模杀伤性武器是完全没有人道的
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44: v1 l2 z) |$ h# l0 {5 D5 w
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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  \; B# J2 `1 ^; @& g" _: l

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' N* q9 ]% s- P- fNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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/ ^% V7 x2 R# L# V5 L62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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  h3 X5 v' s2 N( D4 M, LAllied Ships
, ~4 Q; E8 i( ~7 ]( k      CA Wichita
4 e. q( ^8 @* u7 w- ~1 t( e      CA Vincennes. C  q( ]5 X2 A, x3 i
      CA Quincy
/ R: m$ f& |7 e" V      CA San Francisco$ s; E* U. k6 u/ V3 R
      CA Minneapolis+ l4 w8 y& H; a( t6 K- \* r1 S
      CA Astoria
. N0 h4 U& `, b2 I      CA Chicago" R. S1 O0 W4 c
      CA Louisville7 ]3 m% S5 H/ y) F4 z
      CA Chester
4 o" H* L; ?8 f      CA Northampton1 Q" k8 q/ K$ g- P( k7 f. S
      CA Portland8 T+ J1 Y& Q# }  A

7 R2 h( v' u9 `+ V( Y' {0 @4 ~Japanese ground losses:
( ~6 W2 i! R) R3 @% i6 z  \      71 casualties reported
2 Q" M) g: _3 |  {/ `7 e/ O4 F3 b+ H         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled% M8 d, P% V" ^
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled5 S8 R- k/ c, X5 h  W/ A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" S4 b: G6 j! X" b) A: x      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
2 m' m3 D% T7 ERunway hits 10. I& u- [% n" O1 N% D
Port hits 4+ F3 C( ^! P" U6 q

1 ?3 P8 m  X) @  Z' M, f) ^5 eCA Wichita firing at Ponape
# a: w/ {  ^# [; Y# \+ H& YCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress0 T) v2 j: U4 s; V6 M% v
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes7 _3 A0 C5 J2 a; _  Y
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ ?2 N3 I+ ]0 c1 G5 ?% WPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy# r: B! z: U" j* g6 u+ a
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division" E6 [  F" E3 h/ z/ N4 ?
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment- ?2 y( e: l4 }8 y5 j! S' I
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria$ m5 `! e& W& Y* U$ r2 V
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
1 P0 o9 o1 F4 G4 e: |% L# vCA Chicago firing at Ponape
0 |/ X. b# [3 K" `+ KCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
7 i% q. _2 ?; l0 Q/ t! NOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
& r) }9 e  L. m: Z: j& ]- sCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
, r: r' \" `7 b& Y; t1 ^+ rCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division8 h/ I; X1 Y% j* F
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
5 a9 a4 d% b6 o* zCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) X2 k; O4 P( \8 L3 V

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113+ L  v. ?) e; }6 ^0 ^3 u6 |
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Allied Ships7 y! r9 D8 [/ D, k* R
      BB Alabama
# L6 T: c: T' M      BB Massachusetts9 e6 L/ e+ W* v! }
      BB Indiana3 Q& K2 i: \5 D7 Y5 ~
      BB South Dakota3 c- W* C$ b4 E- E. t
      BB Washington
5 i$ D, ^  h# n      BB North Carolina. |3 \( q  C3 z6 ]
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Japanese ground losses:
+ H2 a& A' l# t      275 casualties reported
4 t( h7 g6 ~% _  G5 T% x         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
0 @) B* Y: k9 l5 B- M1 e% O         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
& z' k( c8 I, C; u5 T  ?         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
, p' o! |, F. _' Y0 Z( r      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)# m$ w( O. d; ?9 S2 A+ q
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled). s$ [5 h/ r" N7 s. }1 [0 U: S
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Airbase supply hits 1
% e1 U3 {7 Q  p4 Z6 k7 @Runway hits 7) p4 y) c0 A/ ^, z
Port hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape
: f) A+ L3 A4 M" [) HBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape , e2 L8 w- h! x8 j* B
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division, _5 ]: Z5 D  r( k8 H' q' T) Z
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota3 x" r) C5 y% b
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
. h7 y9 y+ n* v! I5 m& TBB Washington firing at Ponape
* S& d4 W& G" }$ [BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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+ b$ A# Q, {/ R; oNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.0 U( L: ~6 R7 r
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Allied Ships# |1 y* ]& L% j
      BB Queen Elizabeth+ t( t2 t/ |. [3 i
      BB Valiant
. ~  x5 B! z& O1 k* C: D* S) Q      BB Mississippi. H8 J  |( |8 w. u7 v
      BB New Mexico, Q5 y* _8 T  G6 i6 U
      BB Idaho4 S1 _1 q2 e+ K7 Q
      BB West Virginia
- |7 ]# w" {7 c3 g  f. N8 }9 E2 c      BB Colorado
8 |0 P8 g9 x' G. m0 n2 P) L2 N/ d" {; `; L
Japanese ground losses:8 R' ]+ \; C. o
      117 casualties reported* V7 a7 G! |8 w6 v1 w
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled' P+ L5 e( s$ r, O
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
1 E. ^/ W! m4 T1 m' I7 j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ o0 O* x6 S8 H/ P9 ^) g      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)  U& _- O/ q( K6 v8 E; w
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled), G2 H3 X" A2 @* y- o# O3 M

9 S0 g8 \* Q( f3 D1 v5 ]Airbase hits 2
2 h6 C# Q. z4 [/ Z3 Y2 cRunway hits 27 h+ l1 Y+ T5 ^
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% n" s6 o% }: a6 g+ K
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' `7 z- g: Q6 R! }
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress: f7 j8 }0 X6 P3 H
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi' X7 r) r! H' X) Q( [+ o7 ]9 `+ w
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
- S8 U  k' o( W+ A' G. ]0 FBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force5 S# V- I3 K  J' z. c; R
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho4 z- I9 Z$ Z  E* [0 F$ a
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 6 ?0 ]( O  c: w6 y/ I
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
$ z. x; j8 k/ r5 a- r; U: p3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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  D! g  O7 f  GAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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& i' S( y, C3 H) g6 |, Q' K& iWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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' S* }5 [% n+ `5 ]  KRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.* q; N* ^0 z2 P: X/ Z9 }
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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& }$ u) m8 G4 J. J3 h; e) GAllied aircraft
- ^9 X' V# R1 k      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4620 ~3 [, T! D9 J+ H2 t# J% x7 Q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337/ @3 }3 V- h9 q/ j/ r: l2 Q6 r
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses
. G' g) A( ^  W2 J. _$ e) D5 g2 R$ K      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
) g$ S% w+ R1 N( ^9 H) t      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak8 ~, [  I: j0 t
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged; y' {& D: i) K' O
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak- C5 d5 V# o/ K2 _

- Y! i, D6 y: |2 }Japanese ground losses:7 X$ m1 k' e7 j* T
      159 casualties reported9 X2 S5 I/ X- h- r: W7 j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled% |) m& ~$ D7 {$ |4 y5 n
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ _2 O7 ~! Z& v! d0 W0 {) C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113); h9 P5 f$ I$ _. ?( W# _+ x- }0 a% M
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Allied Deliberate attack" o& s9 W/ L/ T

9 b( ^5 ^6 h/ i5 B& dAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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" g  D+ b+ r4 dAllied adjusted assault: 3406 9 V; ?& V: ]% ^+ V+ Y3 [% F1 U/ Z

& M' t/ u( a' l, BJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 " Q( R5 E* R. Q  u

" i7 ~# `; P/ tAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 0 F, T+ _$ z: ?, d; p' x

, u6 E: j7 j; Q# v. o$ p& ]+ ?' W$ M2 `Combat modifiers
5 B; V8 D, e' c8 @+ ZDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-): ~3 t" {* `' }3 _9 v3 m( g
Attacker:
7 ^$ d& u$ @4 ^) _4 L% P7 D' r; `6 P, c. A# S' Q
Japanese ground losses:
0 \1 D+ y  L+ V+ z      3539 casualties reported
1 S8 Z4 ^% S% C: S; H+ W! K1 D, w         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
# O8 \/ v- f  P" M! R- H         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled  {; ]8 A7 n, n
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled( G4 D& E' n9 X) [( [
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
5 `. K0 _  J, t* w0 |      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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$ K- k0 Q6 z, j4 IAllied ground losses:
$ a: ^  [- b+ Q9 C" l6 N; k2 R) q      3552 casualties reported
  b$ u: ]+ e- z         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled0 v. h0 ^  T' c9 x, C. p- S
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled2 ~" G3 ^9 q2 ]1 R: _2 d
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
4 t1 ?) B6 F* v      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
. g6 v/ Y' x* @8 j( z3 t* ^4 b1 g1 ~      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
; C# G' \3 y& C7 U. s9 w% P& O" V5 v( Z      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
3 R0 s0 D# w8 N, @2 ^, M( G9 s    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion$ O# n1 ~! A8 j( V- f% B
    5th Marine Division
1 g- r( G% n, v# y! r    716th Tank Battalion
  [( g& B# Z/ N1 {    706th Tank Battalion4 }( _% q9 Z. d: V5 g, I
    762nd Tank Battalion
( Z. {' h! X' V+ `7 ~    710th Tank Battalion
9 S0 w* N, Q) I" Y% u    767th Tank Battalion
9 N6 e; ^, U3 [( x  A: i' K* ?& C9 e    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 n* ~7 s* ]& k, G. U4 }! P    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 K7 J1 Q* C# o& ^; v
    81st Infantry Division
8 S5 E5 w, ?0 K+ j& d    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment* F$ T! b: T8 Y/ e
    96th Infantry Division
1 i! A0 {( ?9 q! `' O    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment! d: y. C0 l+ |7 z
    711th Tank Battalion2 s8 ?% ?) }. v0 ~
    44th Tank Battalion
, Q7 f4 G) K4 ~' T    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion' c9 `' T3 D0 E1 u5 g, U
    6th Infantry Division4 N3 R9 P1 H6 H+ ?" P; ]# V
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment& ^9 u6 @0 u) ~: p
    31st Infantry Regiment
9 p6 m( o2 y6 U  O; k' v    XIV US Corps
5 J8 J0 S/ Z$ Y    96th Coast AA Regiment7 ?$ x* t2 ^* [0 h' C
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
3 s  \; s" l! J6 H" U    4th USA Defense Battalion
9 t/ k2 E8 S# g6 e3 X$ l    14th Marine Defense Battalion  }4 X8 q) E4 o* V( B0 }# C6 \
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& ]# c- n: i* x; T, l! _1 f    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ f7 r! `2 U2 u' P1 r. s6 t. j    5th USA Defense Battalion% _, `8 Z; s  o0 W6 Y  N
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, x* R- ]9 y& q$ p
    738th Coast AA Regiment
, N* P$ ~% R, q    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& e2 S2 t9 V5 l    I Corps Artillery
+ p! E" X0 B- G/ k    8th Marine Defense Battalion
" M5 \# `4 ?; Z1 ~7 w% T+ {    X Corps Artillery 2 d- n) \+ O# l5 L- _: H
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 o( O  d6 _# H; ?$ s    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment4 a/ A  Y( a2 z' Z/ A
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Defending units:
) f4 w  R9 F$ w    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
! E* J+ `+ o* x3 R+ o    52nd Naval Guard Unit4 \5 j& i8 Z4 {8 z
    144th Infantry Regiment% W& {' x5 p  L' e9 q
    Kure 3rd SNLF, {. v+ K+ D! {7 g. }1 l6 H8 Y
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
# G. z9 a3 a% `& P" H    33rd/B Division: x* r+ U0 h8 G! y
    81st/C Division* i6 e: G! _1 K9 z8 {; ~
    81st/A Division# S* E2 r; Z- S0 J0 k# H& I
    81st/B Division/ g1 F  N* n- r5 g& N1 j! F
    33rd/A Division
0 B/ T  {% u6 {' |$ |    138th Infantry Regiment- _" f, r7 _/ c; K) y( V
    33rd/C Division
$ }. t9 T' K2 a3 g* M$ _    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 d7 [7 D* |4 N$ V  V6 u+ t    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion  H4 t/ ~' I' E% w. G  w
    19th JAAF Base Force
' `! G. Y, ~3 O# a; F4 M, t    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
: T& b$ ]3 r0 N! J  }6 q9 f3 |    12th Air Fleet5 {- N! [4 k. q4 x9 Z
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 }+ |- q2 N  \0 K    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
, O0 \9 d  s3 |) h) }" w# r) e    63rd Field AA Battalion8 M8 e. J' E2 w1 l
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 x; `0 G; z  P9 f    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' o- e9 `& O: T% c. g    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ E: ^4 Z" d; s" l* o    Ponape Naval Fortress
. t7 R$ D2 l. h( W2 U2 Z2 F: c    61st Field AA Battalion3 v. K# q) S5 Q; o  ?
    18th Army
) V' J8 j/ e+ C9 S# C4 ~$ o# R    14th Area Army /13 f& H% Y2 Y' Y% d  L: B# l: z
    60th Field AA Battalion# H% G- Q: f6 ~" M
    53rd Construction Battalion. O4 ]% ]1 E0 e( x
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
9 J8 n2 q' M( v3 o3 U    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
: g5 A: c7 n" C# l    Kure 7th SNLF9 g- s- O8 Z# R+ D
    3rd Base Force9 T- i0 r7 J9 l" E
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)  N4 V5 N6 j  H; L8 H+ d
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
8 P9 T( v7 C' _# xEstimated time to target is 34 minutes$ E0 x8 \4 k' W7 H% m; v
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Allied aircraft
' Y7 s( h2 @- `7 k      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 g& ?; ?2 }5 w! u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
% p" L3 j6 f' X2 N      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
$ c$ Z1 W- Z; {9 _8 `# D3 |% gAllied aircraft losses
3 _- V2 p8 }4 }% }/ O0 J* t0 P+ x
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协同很给力!
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
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!0 ?+ `/ b8 G  Y; y8 I0 k

& L6 {: p8 C+ c/ fAllied Ships
8 [1 ~" H, F$ t$ A8 I- z      CA Vincennes) i. n4 U1 u& N: A# @
      CA Quincy4 b' P. C& X: h& V, @) ^( }" u
      CA San Francisco
# ~+ Y. b* D$ t      CA Minneapolis
& d0 v1 l( G# m$ h      CA Astoria
" c* C4 x( c" {0 x: Z' W      CA Chicago
; ?/ g% |: K- M: f6 \  F/ M      CA Louisville5 F+ u' Z* B1 g, ?% ^- R
      CA Chester* i7 v- Y0 w1 B% o
      CA Northampton( Z) G: X7 r8 i5 r
      CA Portland
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8 y& a- G% t! R3 @" y) N9 qJapanese ground losses:
( x# p) N  c7 O2 J- |      112 casualties reported
$ H( l6 v& u( j1 [8 _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# j- R" I2 x! M% h+ `9 B0 W         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
0 `* X! t9 `/ Z, p6 T7 E) |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 5: m% U; E' F; v/ I) N' ^  u; R3 y
Airbase supply hits 2
/ I/ t  s6 f$ O+ d( z! jRunway hits 210 p, b& A1 D: e& F
Port hits 7
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5 t& {9 n6 @: d5 x$ ~5 u) X& HNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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      BB Alabama) U* Q8 N0 M7 A3 Q. _0 }" s
      BB Massachusetts
! d4 N0 ^5 U1 d: r( Q- R; O      BB Indiana4 z7 ~5 X4 I; Z8 n; A' w0 D/ X
      BB South Dakota4 V! W5 k/ ]! }& Y: c
      BB Washington5 |; z4 Y2 M+ J/ b: u& j
      BB North Carolina
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4 a% l( d7 G9 r  t5 vJapanese ground losses:2 w9 M" H8 S) K: r+ d% k
      398 casualties reported7 W6 q5 |6 T9 }7 c
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled, ]' u8 q' f7 Q  Z; a8 o
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
- p0 h0 @: p6 o+ n% X$ m$ ~         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 ]2 D) Y* Z% ?      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
' H2 N+ C* ?$ a9 |5 y3 |* w      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)4 C" }# o/ z1 P5 }# U8 W

/ Y' G* f4 j! ~4 d- r4 N2 I2 }& U1 QAirbase hits 98 n, ^; d! n: U* S  O
Runway hits 9  h. L/ S: S- i0 R. A+ Y* F
Port hits 2
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: O( O1 X. |5 ~" S. K, O% L9 SBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
9 g% `% e* l# @' o( N2 V# tBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 7 |5 Q7 A. X# }9 q8 C! v* ^
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division9 O) K/ k8 I; m# ^, w
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape ) ]5 Q0 m; M* e2 ?' L7 K6 t; k
BB Washington firing at Ponape
9 l5 g$ q5 Y1 @2 K$ S# m1 Z! `BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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  f, [/ b, ?) Z# V  @Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 W5 N: s0 x5 ^2 V

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      BB Mississippi; s. ]) x' x5 y3 ?# J* c* `! b
      BB New Mexico
/ k. O8 y6 M. Y: G      BB Idaho
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# v9 J# W& _% c. V6 j3 Q      195 casualties reported
8 K" S& X0 O; f# m9 Q& _; N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled! S% L+ \. N7 T3 K( l6 u! {3 `: d
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled; N4 R8 n/ `, a* y+ C$ x9 k' E3 b  E; |
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled$ D+ [$ O$ u" ^) j8 ~$ j
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)3 H6 F1 H  g; d" V& v9 s+ k
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled): e9 U8 E6 }" s# {) W3 l6 q1 e: F

$ }% @' t8 x' jAirbase hits 3
8 }, g( |( k7 c: w. V! B  _( A, zRunway hits 14
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. U# ^& Y. i/ K# l4 QBB Mississippi firing at Ponape * G9 C( I% D' r: m# L% r, O, L
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division; F) u3 n2 y8 n( v8 Q8 e! J
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 1 h+ ~  V% {, n3 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
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
8 ]' Z  n" x( \0 G' {7 k) ZEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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* b  \( R8 Y* |# [8 e" [" LAllied aircraft, a2 x+ H1 Q' j; i' L: y
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
, `) B* z" d' `; h  L! D1 s      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3332 p2 y  n: B& F8 `
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
  C. z, v. Q* M3 ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
. E, X4 D# ^* S+ ~1 {' |2 s      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak2 M1 H' k  t) B; d% _
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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2 _" \" W3 \8 R; N: u, ?! {8 |Japanese ground losses:2 b8 P; i# q1 Q* `+ b! ~
      121 casualties reported
7 s% A- f' t' `9 C         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled9 f: L1 \5 @4 x2 B6 n. d
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
) @$ A* m, ~7 w/ D, ?         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 B% K, |2 s" n6 t* H% t

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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( H$ `4 \. @; Q7 m8 GAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629$ r- d" v: D& ?1 K

, D3 l5 x% x% o3 o5 ^& V% hDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121' R9 R5 A6 W7 s- q) Z3 K

6 l: n6 R0 f" v2 O! nAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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" Q, O3 \+ c, A( P, i2 CAllied adjusted assault: 3228 7 _& Y5 X8 f: n: e+ c) [
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 : Q7 X0 ]9 k* [

0 l. D2 q  L  J( a2 r) W" V$ [Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) + r0 V# [6 e" M  J' O
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Combat modifiers* I  Y- y4 Y) u8 e+ Z
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)) t; [/ z% k4 h- j
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
* C3 L8 T, e6 n( S" F      2305 casualties reported
* k# v3 J' z) Z5 \7 N( v( Q0 p7 h         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled/ u$ S* _/ N, d; p
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
/ J1 W' o; \: E" ~4 @         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
/ i" M6 U+ L3 s1 a( s. X2 d3 l      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
6 `- ?0 C1 t$ z# d/ n. o8 _      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)& Y7 f5 \7 e9 q: k
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      3064 casualties reported
- m' p- S. G; p0 b6 D         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
8 l. [( h1 D& ~5 a2 h/ p( p! C/ I         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
; B! z* U, G6 c' U( W         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled/ o' e! ^% K% v+ ~
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
0 g* _- Z% Q% x7 Z- `8 t) J      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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( M- a; N5 s9 cAssaulting units:
: o/ v% |( x1 _2 E. b0 |9 L3 E% [, T    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment. a9 ~! W# V4 s; c
    711th Tank Battalion1 C  c/ W5 Z( ~; F  m1 v. p
    716th Tank Battalion( T. F" d1 v; h/ O1 D
    6th Infantry Division
& [2 @9 K( B9 c2 x$ U/ s. ?/ m    44th Tank Battalion
( G: b, l4 |& q8 o7 L2 b    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment' q( L' S( K+ D5 O* S+ Y- x; j
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4 V* F; c" q5 [. E: }4 \) z0 n    81st Infantry Division) f' K$ u( C) P% X
    767th Tank Battalion( H/ [2 S& g' w$ Q2 ]* B
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment- Y) @+ _$ l) ?& [. m& S
    762nd Tank Battalion# Y  }- R  v) ]
    710th Tank Battalion3 ]. n/ j2 z8 Z0 L! D
    96th Infantry Division# @& D2 S2 s. ^8 R6 y, i3 Z! `
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment5 A3 i. ?% V- d1 i$ `+ `) ]; t
    706th Tank Battalion
: A( |1 a2 e) }) \( D& b0 s    5th Marine Division* V2 i* m5 N+ V
    31st Infantry Regiment
$ [" ?/ U4 c+ l! Q) g. @    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion( h/ K) Z7 Z! Q6 Z, z  r! B+ L
    1st USMC AA Battalion" D) q- s2 Z$ W' r; l( l3 c
    738th Coast AA Regiment
" s3 a7 S3 C/ A9 C    96th Coast AA Regiment
# @/ S: u: B  o, G    14th Marine Defense Battalion
7 R. B; u4 n' j* t  J% j    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) A, D5 ~) F% h8 m9 d4 j, m    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion- }% _$ B( _" }; s( c
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
4 ^/ ^: O) s* y0 ?' r    XIV US Corps
1 Z- \3 v. l1 }    X Corps Artillery
. S0 ?% D& D. b" Z1 z% W    5th USA Defense Battalion
: |5 v  y& K2 c: w- D" q3 g( c. j    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 M. ~! q: ^) g' [" q    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ p$ Y- \5 N- B" `    I Corps Artillery 6 B) z# ~# |  A- `2 O4 }
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 @/ u. z; Y* q& E2 T, {    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment) c2 s6 q& Q" ^6 O" t* a8 o, Y

& ?: G) J; M* y' _1 b! |Defending units:
* `4 s8 w" L* H6 ?& N* m; g    Ponape Naval Fortress- G$ T! g8 u) O: X8 h% K
    81st/C Division
  h# \0 P5 Z1 w& o    52nd Naval Guard Unit; ~% p' Y! z  _  k4 [9 _
    138th Infantry Regiment5 l6 L& ~# s$ n
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment1 |5 j' {6 G7 }  s
    Sasebo 7th SNLF6 o+ L- v2 ~$ Q
    144th Infantry Regiment
) s8 w7 K. k% n    81st/B Division& F0 U9 G# V$ Y8 c8 O) H/ \) t" [- z9 w
    33rd/B Division
& h/ p5 b: w# B, Y. r* t" e    33rd/A Division' ~+ G% X" a7 D; A
    81st/A Division
6 |' i& ~% d8 x7 e    Kure 3rd SNLF
- z" u$ b; d4 f" K  l. a: K    33rd/C Division  ]" s. x! \2 ?& M5 D" f* @3 f
    53rd Construction Battalion
6 z  P6 A2 ^: }/ U    18th Army0 n5 F& b4 h$ X% j
    14th Area Army /1
" y/ }: C+ n& o4 i8 b4 P    60th Field AA Battalion  ~5 X  K% n/ y+ V0 @' h; [7 u
    12th Air Fleet
/ T* }# i! k5 Q" T  I    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 U3 e0 k. {) v( y
    63rd Field AA Battalion8 w! Q; F" B+ h7 \8 z
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment- t1 j  y0 S9 Z% ^
    3rd Base Force
: w6 I0 i# H) V! f    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
. X, R( v4 `- W# Y5 \    Kure 7th SNLF
% r6 S) p, T6 W2 ?4 L    19th JAAF Base Force3 ]' S' @) R% s  _. |6 {# e; \
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion$ V0 @- @, F, F1 I# S" _/ E$ {
    61st Field AA Battalion' W& ~0 u( c, d
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 0 b" r9 P/ `/ k" {2 d# d$ [6 m$ C! o. G
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 Y/ E" c6 z! W6 g) ?4 t
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
* x3 s: r& n) k% n# E/ O    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion8 o0 o5 z4 z! \/ h) B- U9 b6 Z
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion' N) y* m0 R. ~+ [7 Z
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
波纳佩不是决战的好战场,不能上联合舰队血拼,百年国运在你手中!大将要沉住气啊
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
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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 54,600 W2 u# a( P% K9 c. q/ k

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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.; R3 \/ E9 O7 f6 g9 f. m9 E+ y
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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8 J% m6 ]& X9 V: t( p8 oAllied aircraft
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7 `% ?. P8 P+ M  A5 e* I$ M& T& Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30$ t' |6 z) ~* f7 N. S

/ G% D5 f1 Z1 }4 _+ jAllied aircraft losses2 t# ^: {$ z; L4 ?9 A
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged5 C+ d4 x. d0 q& Y3 `! V$ `
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
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      CL Ninaru+ R3 M; L; x) \. T
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" o3 {* j7 V1 |0 v8 b7 q' m3 c
      DD Yayoi: d- ~% T* j& t; V9 A$ F
      CA Kako, l+ ?( b- v! z9 C- Z5 Z( ~
      DD Asagiri
; d0 Q0 H8 ~# h: H# ]2 `      DD Ayanami& x, P9 s' f5 n* E( F( S) K" q

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3 b; p# u( p0 v: \Aircraft Attacking:
" p( @5 }- |6 }7 g0 O- O6 _      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
2 l- R$ z8 `( @3 j6 |9 o; [) ]( C               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 c2 m# ]# P- \, ~1 B0 C" g4 i       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
$ w2 Z$ \! x% }1 o- i               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb  ?  X0 l5 x& G; j& n0 L
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
. o+ F4 G( _3 T, r               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb4 W2 s! M' T2 Z) ?3 L% \. h

: H" E$ E8 T1 w/ i9 J: `+ rMassive explosion on CL Tokachi! i) O0 }' }  n3 h
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi; n" R5 ~' `5 y4 b
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, O+ P- k$ D8 I) o6 r& pAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.. i" L9 m7 Q0 Q. i( r8 C: @9 F
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
/ Y' x1 O* ]5 K      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462. V% \3 p0 h' e
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3268 i4 T* Z! E& F$ z+ R' g: v3 Z
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses
3 v( o* c6 g) r7 k$ N      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
9 Q7 Y( V2 ?' Q* N" r      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
1 n. K- Q. P: P+ B6 o/ y      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged4 g2 b0 I6 ?! G- z

. u4 b: `# H, X/ J' Q, \- P: p9 xJapanese ground losses:. ~, K7 m5 x; V
      276 casualties reported
: M" }9 X2 c: S8 D         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled& Z% n) Q- W- g. \/ ~
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled; M* d8 U% r2 A' l) s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 X5 x& l: g% A
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)7 p/ ~! W. |/ Q+ _+ J  h" k3 L

7 H; m  W. y, A; V0 `Allied Bombardment attack; |3 n; ?$ Q0 w& I1 T* s
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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      1082 casualties reported6 l) r9 f" U1 M( b( g3 u( Z" y# z5 \
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
+ N4 h  ]. L* l         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled; y3 Q0 x! Q" k2 K$ N" ~9 ]" g
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
$ b1 y8 o6 T& I  E# g( G; L      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)% z$ N/ m" c1 z6 ^" r: h: V
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      23 casualties reported& I5 B1 v7 y2 f5 z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled+ M. D; l! M) ~# L) E$ i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled7 }# d2 @) w2 ?( N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 d) s7 X1 n1 Q& e& |
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)) T+ q6 B& p7 i& q( l
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 444 W' `% X7 [/ [& V) p9 [' s  X
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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。
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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。& h2 K. T+ d8 f& U9 {! V  X
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$ V' \  c: N, _% t, f8 V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。
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$ ^  I" p. T' r3 q; aSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
! H* S& H' x: A      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk( N- A# \6 V: \

1 T2 K, M3 n' y" T; BAllied Ships. I0 g: S4 G+ U, Y+ _2 v4 `
      CLAA Prince Robert7 Z0 `6 o5 l% [
      DD Saumarez
, a2 w# v, q% u4 T$ \3 q$ U8 R- G4 z      DD Nizam
3 V, o& y  ?: m      DD Ellet
& w$ R* V8 p- H+ m# X' {& E) V      DD Waller
5 C1 Y0 `. V3 k! H/ b* |      DD Walker
: u/ F, Q5 Q, R. u2 |      DD Wadleigh8 F' x0 v* j' ^# h' m
      DD Uhlmann
# R# Y8 q2 _, [4 k" M      DD Twining% b' |- @$ m) S4 k& f- c
      DD Twiggs! q0 _! ]$ }8 x+ I7 f
      DD David Taylor
' B0 t. I; Y% ?, F      DD Strong
* T- n1 x# |" P* O2 Y- [, f      DD Sproston# [; U2 U, [. ~7 k  G0 m$ ~
      DD Sigsbee
4 ^% s+ i! Z/ [      DD Sigourney
, Y* Z/ W+ b* @1 j/ v      DD Schroeder: t* a- \' Q# u, J1 Z2 s2 B" |
      DD Benham II1 N6 k0 Z1 f0 V4 p8 D7 }. \2 s
      DD Cushing II
" h* N% z. i% }! w( F      DD Urchin8 Q9 j4 u  I$ R; P8 I. }
      DD Urania: S" [+ l# b" B3 d

' b7 Q" K' n4 p1 N% G2 l: \SS I-48 is sighted by escort% d$ F/ M! U0 q6 q/ K* w
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
1 g$ r: M+ a( R, JDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
% J) _8 Q0 [) \2 fSS I-48 forced to surface!
  E( e+ }, P6 H  Z. ?0 G, ~DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ...., a5 A% x6 K8 a) ~  H
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ...." }' O0 N4 g( N* o: M- u
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
& \2 I' M0 `) B, u! @. }* \; F5 t8 a/ bDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
6 h+ F3 D5 g) P% V; v& RDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....4 e4 W3 y% A: z) F/ {
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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; k% I' M2 Y  X! V4 s1 FJapanese aircraft( f0 `: `$ ^! x) \* k( `* b" o; w
      no flights" Q" j% i1 z% F( i2 V1 l0 v
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 @6 l4 y" `9 c* o      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed- q3 Q# m' F& Z6 _$ p9 l- g4 l! m
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% V1 i. H9 B4 O( C# y0 l5 t      CL Agano' ~* w8 @1 d0 f! _+ f7 k( M
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
" K. x) |0 l. G5 d) a+ ]- w6 x      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' H% ]1 @% p3 |& A7 K$ H5 @1 N; f% a
      DD Hibiki/ P; m; C( L, }) X+ W
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1( U4 B& S9 J) L" v5 g& H: Z% G2 P  ^
      DD Shirakumo
; }9 R" |) T& r      DD Isonami0 @& X9 z, E7 J# r
      DD Murakumo0 T3 s: T/ [! i' {  {" N. z# M7 R' W
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk3 R; D, y- n# }4 B& d* M2 m
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Allied Ships
: X) l( ^, S' B! Z, f( J4 G      BB North Carolina
5 k; u6 E4 x6 @5 p1 ?      BB Washington
  `" o( y9 ^0 g      BB South Dakota( M! J" u0 |- _* K/ g
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
, b1 j* b5 }0 G5 z( @      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
3 c. j  [, R) @2 Q8 b      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
7 A4 X/ w% D! s8 `- O, g      DD Conner
+ G+ g+ C. ~: V0 y2 w! a      DD Cotten* E  [) h* n: |
      DD Cowell
3 l" a3 E' o1 P( |- H$ k9 S9 Y      DD Daly
/ F$ C2 i! E% o  a. J      DD Eaton
9 C$ k& i# V4 \$ N1 I  k! F+ B* j      DD Heywood Edwards, K. Q; G, j, K% Z5 U
      DD Erben+ l' h% O( P) G
      DD Evans( F% A# Z. j2 H2 t+ f' a
      DD Foote
0 S  x* x% Z+ L& R' X      DD Franks' O( e+ T  m' X- @& J/ c& B  R" `
      DD Fullam& y3 G! J. ?& v+ S
      DD Gatling
5 I: p% e$ ~6 K* F% K, q      DD Albert Grant6 _4 G+ f/ K! ^4 d
      DD Gregory
' i( O* q8 o1 Y3 M+ ?9 C. b/ n      DD Guest# Q5 m+ k" o; S- D
      DMS Hamilton# T2 w* }+ B8 h, a
      DMS Forrest
, Z& x) w0 Z* w" x8 D      DMS Ellyson- H( y) s! f( w3 A5 e8 M

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards& F: o% ]& `4 N+ P& `: t* ?
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' B2 `5 f' e/ L$ d8 I6 t! d, Z3 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! ]9 w' Z9 M( {! c. O+ k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards. T4 @1 q- y# U3 k4 O
Range closes to 26,000 yards...! i" N; \+ m4 i$ c  s, E9 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
0 s% w* t+ c) cRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 a! B; Y; `6 U7 u, A2 [. bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. D: S5 g; W6 h& E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards: L3 E$ A! K4 y4 P) @( b6 W0 q8 o# _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...3 z# C0 B6 M- a% U( q- |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
% ]3 n9 D/ B3 o/ P" e" z7 mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards9 }- [" P. g2 C6 C: g5 e& I, V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ ^( X: w) W9 [& a: }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 H; b7 A+ {' \+ SRange closes to 18,000 yards...% A! f) j9 E/ `5 k0 K/ q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
/ V$ d: b* F, ~& ~' A# Q) ~  cRange closes to 16,000 yards...) L" h! z2 @: z# a; }3 h: E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards2 d. E, R4 N& y1 C' n9 W
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( R+ c7 _  L' f  q! T2 ^CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
1 |/ x% @+ {% Y; ]Range closes to 12,000 yards...' \5 e( Z0 t! q. c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards0 E+ Y7 k# C1 s2 s0 F
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards* o2 X  {6 j2 E; `' g, Y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
8 ^' m+ t. v# U% C& e) QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
/ z1 R+ W8 k6 o) ^  M6 s5 HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
4 u) N$ T+ J5 D2 J2 `Range closes to 10,000 yards...( x# X" Y3 }4 M5 `$ c8 D  C4 L$ `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards5 ?: N( }' M. \6 q. a1 U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards5 R# e9 s7 z% g; \1 F" ]2 C
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
. c3 P, `. v- u$ A6 iBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
" I# r6 _5 c# T' m4 l7 ?6 [BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards3 B3 D- Q% P! J% t
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards! j# q3 @; k( k* G4 \
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards" F$ A, E1 ^9 S# |3 y
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
9 B; V5 a! v2 q7 ]) E5 p! T6 u8 Q6 ]DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards8 ]' D, v& m7 r& _! B
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards6 N: `$ A' N) O# U
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards0 h0 n* b" m) k  s. s1 {$ t9 Q( p
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
2 p: ~4 k) K$ V2 v- s1 zDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards; ~* p3 z0 i* _4 o5 O% c; K! Z
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards5 V+ T8 p* j% Z- [4 ]$ O
Range increases to 11,000 yards2 r* _0 y+ Y% v4 R# V
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards# A3 @2 L) }. C: ]
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
6 ^0 r; X5 h8 F& m: yCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards) I: [* r( _5 j3 ~5 B
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
& n( l# e* \1 A- Z/ I- ^$ L, PCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
. \0 U- Z/ a8 p5 ?DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
1 m7 E+ o1 i, e  ^6 b$ \  JCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
) {+ O6 @5 v& [% O1 F7 [4 wBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
7 N3 v$ z: E. fDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards) v  g, m$ d9 w: a+ G5 o
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards  z( r% S: M+ ?* h/ A" T* x% {
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards1 ^& }: H4 I5 q; J$ f
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards, F6 }" @3 h; j1 f: K$ A' ^
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
  A% I. z6 z- m+ d/ P# yDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards9 a- J: v- O; a! u
Range closes to 10,000 yards/ z/ m. n/ S- }5 I# _
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards- f* N5 }. g: p. ~9 e
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
4 {# L; Z. b$ l8 W8 ?DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards# t9 b) d' y5 U# E
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
1 G$ ?0 w" u) n  D( }; {) [- KDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards/ N- w% |1 t8 R5 w# z; C6 t
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
/ [6 p! F# s0 L* U+ }6 UDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 ^& j& h. b7 [' R* A. ECL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards# i: w/ N3 N* J
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
( s0 \/ @# Y# u# uDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
9 M" T8 {, s+ u* [4 x' QJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
( ~8 k4 D$ `( @) P- s2 d3 QTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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9 E) J9 x& N6 t0 ]5 W+ }1 q3 f! V1 }      DD Hikokaze
; E, R2 i3 h- p$ B      DD Ishikaze5 U) ]. I+ ]  f9 s( l' S
      DD Tagokaze( b/ `* }  Z) b8 m+ o6 o7 b
      DD Takatakaze
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      BB North Carolina
  D) z% k; c/ S2 Z- J% i/ u7 }* y) D      BB Washington7 J" G$ E. D2 ~, e! S6 D
      BB South Dakota
! ~+ z2 t6 ]( i" n: y; c      BB Indiana
% @7 F- X! k) B, J' Z      BB Massachusetts
3 [4 s) T- T( n% {      BB Alabama/ Y% n5 {; \+ ]1 R+ c
      DD Conner
% y0 ?: `1 v7 i4 _1 C. r9 `( D      DD Cotten
& h8 l8 s9 A# [0 l* X/ X/ V5 o      DD Cowell. j0 R' g( i+ l4 E3 _1 y
      DD Daly
% }' D1 ?" l3 d      DD Eaton
6 P1 v, j4 X( q% o      DD Heywood Edwards
. K  ?0 v; D9 t1 k4 A* y1 s, [      DD Erben
( U2 m. [$ v: B; f( y# o      DD Evans. L0 o, u* {5 X! j1 z
      DD Foote
- x1 L/ S7 W1 E& R      DD Franks
& O; \$ i- g% U6 S/ r6 I+ }7 |# S      DD Fullam
  q( O6 |: C0 x+ h% g$ g      DD Gatling; |: u* N6 B% j1 I8 `* A/ v" F3 E1 B
      DD Albert Grant' i( s" _- u; d. n* n) O6 q& S5 o
      DD Gregory
3 i+ h6 R' X: O: W0 N% C% M; }      DD Guest
, G8 ?+ X2 f) @. w      DMS Hamilton
( }: S- M3 K( n. T1 i! a9 V      DMS Forrest
0 T- T/ H3 ?8 J0 L( l      DMS Ellyson. d, s$ n% ~) t6 m
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8 l8 m' o0 q; t) [6 s2 H& \Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
  p. @5 Q2 K7 z5 t) }5 _Range closes to 28,000 yards...
+ c$ O8 L/ A1 ?Range closes to 26,000 yards...
. l7 I$ j  q1 X1 P+ ?- ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards+ P" N! Y- G" v: I
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
: z5 P& q# d! s8 m2 M) T; FRange closes to 24,000 yards...
# @( V) _/ {$ N' cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) y5 V' ~! m% A
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 v: f; x7 Q* W$ Y' I  ]! Y& R3 F
Range closes to 20,000 yards...+ p$ t0 ]* a: z( ]+ L; W: e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: ?& Z3 F+ f( Z, \4 B/ VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
1 g! X- z) z' `' ?1 VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 r( l# L( p/ g8 d7 LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( Z- n' [9 P+ r& {4 MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards% A8 X) x2 v% F" X- i" H
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 T  ]' B% N/ v3 |  [* M2 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards- i: B5 v3 p2 A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
" H1 a+ {$ B- LRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ `# W% p' _% u# G8 u0 WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
: ^* g" x1 p! A- @/ P" d! GCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards! f/ o) h# s5 v3 j$ C9 [2 q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
. P( q% t2 ?' L0 ?  y) E4 iCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards% g; g3 n. m) E- R
Range closes to 10,000 yards...  u3 Q$ k9 I7 c- h3 f& N2 j! i) p
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
6 f- l) C, O6 S( m! J( MJapanese TF attempts to evade combat5 @. e6 H! B4 N' I8 p- s
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
/ n" z& P7 T4 L; r  ]- D$ iRange increases to 20,000 yards...
6 {' \& }# j% V, ~& t, xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
% {# J% r- R8 V' |3 sRange increases to 25,000 yards...
& n  ^" @* w" a/ |. sRange increases to 30,000 yards...% K$ W2 Y4 }8 M4 f# x5 q, `3 h$ T
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
4 N  g8 E) {9 Y# KJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards: h% n$ b) F* U

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" y# z- F) k1 H, t" L* D      APD T-13 q' o( g$ a& }, z! d9 |
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
8 ~3 d( Q; R3 Y- ?5 F; u      APD T-3, Shell hits 1& Y" p" ?% a4 Y
      APD T-4/ s+ N* y5 H4 W$ Z# {, t
      APD T-5' Q5 R% d2 M! K5 [3 ]
      APD T-6  n# o1 v  o( w4 x
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( E7 M) ~7 m9 o5 o      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
* B, w2 L" U$ F. U      APD T-9
: F- C& O# y/ N  ^' E/ x1 B      APD T-10
8 d+ }+ _4 O3 p' R      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
  |" q2 v- R5 x% q5 m      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage+ \# T8 B4 C- r" @( h# _* h" q
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
6 a4 ~3 k$ m( y# A7 Q' ]! z" |      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
  i1 `" `3 w. y) }+ U; ^      BB North Carolina
$ [) L: \9 }3 s  d      BB Washington
8 H' b0 G$ `$ r! Y! t8 f, ^* d      BB South Dakota
& X. p7 L( N  [& O0 m- \      BB Indiana4 S2 l' U9 S9 w
      BB Massachusetts; }0 n2 U0 b2 n( b
      BB Alabama6 i9 U. v! s1 L" M5 Z; E) f
      DD Conner
+ i: f. E, }8 p" U+ f7 o      DD Cotten
" }% f; G; g) E" v8 k% n      DD Cowell
5 k4 O% J% x/ p6 p3 ~- w- ]% s      DD Daly
, M) M1 c* s) o      DD Eaton( U  Y% y% l& Y+ j
      DD Heywood Edwards
! O! j; Z! o" D4 T, r1 L) [      DD Erben
5 s. [  e4 L# H9 j" T. I6 @* n      DD Evans
+ z9 W" D) U' e      DD Foote8 O! E3 }7 d3 |  u; _9 x8 B6 ~
      DD Franks
) s1 j& L" D! A9 a# w/ Q9 f' n      DD Fullam
$ B2 N" Q  }  F      DD Gatling
/ j) p, Q  ]  H+ ]( y  z9 J" J      DD Albert Grant8 y7 F% f$ g4 K0 u+ }
      DD Gregory6 s( o! u; L+ e- Y- y$ A
      DD Guest9 W8 j/ C8 L5 z9 ?
      DMS Hamilton. l7 E2 }) H! [3 R! f; o: k
      DMS Forrest
4 Y: Z  I! b( \" z& c7 m* K      DMS Ellyson! \8 @7 Q& I+ O# ^$ Y4 i# {, u# Y

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! U3 Y" {% t# Z  m$ a+ J( QMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 d) I/ J! v% |$ m  G6 ?: o
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 G: P; s. R# CRange closes to 26,000 yards.... K/ P2 u/ }* t8 b" V  ]3 E0 H& d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
! `& s* b8 q7 c. @& y  RRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 I* \3 C( I, |& j  n  _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ b( @8 N! K/ L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
# z; Q1 P1 l( Z* b2 N4 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards& M6 n6 X% N5 K1 a% N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 A& u; I" g$ {  m5 x2 XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards" k' a( s! ~7 p' J0 @, [% [( D' e
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ M, U) s) Y% [- u# _' C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards7 X' j* Q; R. Y5 e9 r* F6 X2 \
Range closes to 16,000 yards...& }0 N9 x; L7 j5 O. b: @6 q" T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( \$ @& _& i1 i% W* K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...9 H) b5 w" Q$ @$ H+ y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards8 z8 c5 Y5 ]/ g2 A& f
Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 u& s1 T4 V* _" H* J* W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards  v0 J) ]0 `* x9 h3 \; D2 h
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
) m' y# ]2 G* f8 Z6 b: Z# pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: v* |- H6 _% a) V
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
  B1 }4 C8 Y. l, rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards+ l$ |0 f+ N1 d# S, l. I* j# E& J
Range closes to 9,000 yards...+ \" \. \4 a0 ~: n: v
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. x3 T' ^8 |1 H: ]: |" yBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
+ u2 d6 u; O! @. S6 V5 o$ NBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
* v- ~; q4 {9 o0 a6 E8 ]DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
5 V4 H* O% }6 q, ^" q6 uDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
7 j4 B- i( P- fDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
8 [; m$ d3 T+ ?APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
1 y- t; p/ w3 w: BBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards7 q/ p+ d6 H4 O+ ]+ u! F# B6 w
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards% A9 f9 K" e3 y4 [  a+ ]
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
2 r  K; ^. Q+ W0 c; FDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
: \2 z* H; ]4 \1 V( Q" d/ c3 H: wBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
* e% E, B* f& `  q- iDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
5 c( ~8 n1 q$ x5 n' I- C  Q/ P6 |DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards6 a' Z  \+ G& A7 o. ]
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
3 x( K# N7 [6 R2 p! EDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards8 o/ _$ `- V0 b
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards2 L7 M$ Q. K% H7 C3 n' K# W
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
4 E1 g& c3 x. {4 \, w- YDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
. b/ A0 U) m6 u2 n( a- R, bDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards% M* H, o  ~/ e' [
Range increases to 10,000 yards
% K6 Y7 s2 i4 H( F- h: L/ OBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 ]3 M/ ^  k/ M) G
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 A& y( S6 [9 f. HBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: v) o$ y8 z5 |1 s  ]) ~* l9 X1 kDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) Z5 r$ S, R$ O$ @" R. I9 XBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards" d/ D2 C5 o) F. U& Q6 f# q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 S, `0 f6 J" g" R$ }. cAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
, W" U" Y3 @# h4 qDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards8 _' v2 v2 s  x' U7 M& R- i8 N
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' _6 N  d. {/ p- ~4 Q0 q5 sDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards5 S+ X: H$ ~1 t; |* {. U$ x6 M  W$ P: H! o
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
! L4 T" B- ^# y! H, T5 RDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  S" N7 Z5 l! w+ S9 k2 U
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
& ]5 F/ h3 T; m0 o# ADD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 }  c; x3 z+ q( O1 {DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
4 D9 t0 E- K% F0 FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 U% |' a$ c4 Z# t/ QRange increases to 11,000 yards
3 n& ^- M" f+ s. xAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
0 }4 U4 y% o' z" n( {APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards0 E- y- s5 A+ i, \& n$ x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 s6 Q; ^7 M7 @& q! PAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards4 s1 J' H' a2 v) Y; I) s$ U0 z
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
9 o) {3 B' |( S9 m3 S2 Z8 i, Q& d, iAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
1 v1 y, X! R$ y# @DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
4 g7 n+ M- E0 S9 w2 X) JDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
2 ]6 _) N9 y5 L2 ?' k7 sDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 F% W/ R6 ^2 k1 Y7 T5 Q
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- ?' w8 [* E% G/ ^DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards7 `+ d) K; `& N$ C+ q! V
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards4 i8 ^& O9 D' w
Range closes to 10,000 yards
9 a) k: o; f) w' ~0 v: c9 CBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 w) T0 W! ?7 B: p& z; i
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! O2 m2 o1 S3 i9 l$ P
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards: l3 D! I7 g4 [7 V" |) ?
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
" o0 m; B/ z% H$ f( c# S# RDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ _3 U1 b9 n1 `9 ?6 O- ]6 WDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards1 B: G/ I2 W5 j! l+ J; `1 u
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% T9 r+ h( s" m+ l' w7 tDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) s! P& l- g' y  y
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards/ M& o3 @7 L2 {  A
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
! J, o0 }) D' j5 n! V# MDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! T! u! x4 z5 E9 a, b
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
* X  H0 K2 @$ g" L5 z8 yDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& H4 T7 d1 [2 b' a- }9 ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards1 k/ J3 I' ^+ G( ~5 B! `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards  s2 F+ G( n- i" k
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
8 c$ u8 b! R( ?8 K2 aAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
# g9 S5 r4 l* [! P& Q/ T1 M+ C. j7 J5 MBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards1 S# @8 f$ x) z) H& W
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards  f( S& y6 M# v, S
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- Y- w3 ^5 z1 J, w, hTask forces break off..." m% z& f# E6 O- ?) N+ o
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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$ M  m0 L, a  t, Z  |2 b1 PJapanese Ships
3 Z" s/ h0 R/ J. r" j" ~      APD T-1, Shell hits 1# r7 @/ g! H0 f2 v
      APD T-2
( A& d" c6 X! e' ^% `      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
- H# M8 e4 S. j/ C      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
0 J7 v( o9 @3 d# H4 q1 D      APD T-5
2 H' H! _, x! M1 t  _$ X7 |8 B      APD T-6& `3 Q) Y3 H0 D
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage' b9 A# l  q; ~" m4 ~- T
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
  U# A5 W2 L8 G, o2 L( S  T  s      APD T-108 S0 N7 i+ N* T! L
      APD T-11,  on fire' U" {# B0 ?/ S0 K
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk/ o; b0 f  [+ h' C: U
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk( d) W6 M# J  Z% N7 k) Y8 T# Q; d
      APD T-14, and is sunk3 L# ~: E) o+ |- x( a. j! D

: W( @: m3 p8 s4 `7 J5 RAllied Ships
; @" y' X- W: ^( y9 m# T* x" n- v: F      CA Portland
+ X, ^: p% O/ }9 G      CA Northampton2 k* R  u9 f. D9 a' c
      CA Chester4 S" ^& h3 g- b6 V* a: J. T" y- W
      CA Louisville
. D; U$ P* d" ?; m      CA Chicago
0 I2 j! s  |* L% c& D% I      CA Astoria
1 l. @3 b  d7 E" R8 V1 B' D      CA Minneapolis
( j) y4 G  I7 z3 y& |8 Q/ f% ?( r      CA San Francisco
/ s* Q8 ]7 T7 `; c" d      CA Quincy
  |+ }# o9 i$ J. l& H8 ]/ a      CA Vincennes3 R6 m: g; l% y& y2 B- S9 U
      CA Wichita
& ^7 {  L6 x3 l! Q2 y& V3 ~      DD Bennett2 D  v8 f4 V3 e
      DD Bradford" f: s$ N! O4 r
      DD Braine- m  [8 J1 t; q
      DD Brownson8 j% Y4 M2 h+ F$ R  k; y9 n
      DD Bryant
* i2 N2 D5 D6 b8 X- u. J      DD Bullard7 [4 X4 m7 X$ S
      DD Burns4 ~/ _6 Q$ @+ \* Q! u4 D) ]
      DD Callaghan5 x) |) a: |) _
      DD Caperton
7 g! D* h! O5 G. @      DD Capps
( s" E1 B4 w; o* l1 t& l2 l( @" Q      DMS Emmons' L# D9 Z) ^. }& u3 v& {5 h$ K
      DMS Macomb2 G0 i$ d$ A9 W2 L4 q
      DMS Rodman. z' p: [9 j3 p9 v5 _) S5 ~5 u
      DMS Gherardi" c; r$ A4 x$ q# R; Z5 U, b. n( ?. ^5 d/ A
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( _6 N# L2 ]& V+ F/ s  TMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 J/ T, ?: K0 w. ?; B0 w! D. ^Range closes to 28,000 yards...' A% B9 Y8 J9 X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
" h4 B3 X9 n4 R/ c5 C- B9 @Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ L' v7 r. [9 i5 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards9 C% F' k% c2 q9 d
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 o" J7 h# \: i+ g. ^7 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 o* x, y# c. e2 B" D' K
Range closes to 22,000 yards...- g7 \/ W( r) X* r8 s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
& y8 ~: ^0 }" s5 PRange closes to 20,000 yards...( r7 A( v/ c& P* q, g% |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) X* W1 ]' z2 Q# L# o, k6 Q$ nRange closes to 18,000 yards.... g; L- N) B8 g; j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
8 ~9 e( _3 `# S, W9 P$ MRange closes to 16,000 yards...
  P9 M" d( x, d$ B; l6 \: i* wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
9 k  x2 P" x3 ~- tRange closes to 14,000 yards...
1 z9 A3 R# y, ?3 [( j7 bRange closes to 12,000 yards...; o; N7 x  U* Q2 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 e- R1 u& ^) H3 }3 n/ n% B' M% z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...6 w; |4 U1 j; T: R1 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
+ {2 Z+ `" Z9 p* N) ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...) e) z0 g9 m: z8 Z9 A: t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 R( T4 c- e+ A8 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; o. N1 P. e1 e
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards* n# M1 ]; U; P' w$ v6 |
Range increases to 11,000 yards
5 W# i  |) G2 o) eAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
2 g' q1 c+ ?, |* p: _( RCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards0 m4 o: R5 `0 }6 ~
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
& p" N% M5 v7 S+ Z4 {CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards$ L9 `! K0 Q6 c8 a7 r" H5 m
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% t. {- `. x1 q) W" v9 B1 ~DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
3 ?/ G3 {1 P. }( KCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ ^0 ^4 Y  q+ A+ k/ C" u* @CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
* ^0 Z4 D- @2 ?1 w* Y/ fCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards' d5 c% `$ w- y, Z; h1 ~
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
4 {, s6 X6 ^/ u) \: Y2 qDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
7 _7 N/ R. ~4 G7 ~# W+ w2 nDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards1 d# U0 F  a8 v% Y: s- M) {
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  \$ t( T. {4 E" L8 m- F: }# FDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 S& `2 U( x  O0 J$ n3 FDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards$ a+ }' p8 v, c2 O( [! Q9 Z/ y
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
6 o; I4 _9 p, Z, uAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
  q8 h9 ?6 i* U* g9 QRange closes to 10,000 yards, X/ [' X( p! W( G& C! I
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards1 `6 `) j" d4 a
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards* W: G2 w1 G  e! T9 `+ y; {5 o5 p
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
3 C5 |1 W0 `$ q5 m$ gCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( u2 @( y8 j) @! ^% a, o
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards4 ^3 u4 f+ R' M- N# k3 j
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
( ]: l  Z7 N/ \: C) dDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, h/ a8 _, ^& D: l- i0 N
Range closes to 9,000 yards
3 _) F& j2 T; ^, \" c' _APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
4 L9 ?- l& T  o$ b0 s% H% Z! I+ DDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
. u* _+ a# k1 GCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 X0 f# \' G7 r5 ]3 l0 c, b% R
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards; \  d' o/ n( N; Y; \1 D1 E
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards: ^8 B* X8 t. q: q* y- q
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
; N4 K5 h' x  z8 s: EDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
$ }5 G* o" \6 J/ }Range increases to 10,000 yards2 j$ m# p; O% ]8 i
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards$ q$ I6 T% J0 S( q  v( ^
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% @3 r- R$ C7 M% e5 i
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
8 q. Q: H6 p4 x) d8 nCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
/ k3 ]  K7 c& {CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ g' V& K% x+ F8 t
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape( S# N. f9 z9 H. n2 l" Z& N1 V
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 @" M" g# g- W
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Japanese Ships3 p( P( S2 T7 q  r5 h# @
      APD T-1
" ?) q' ^6 @' \( T- a+ i% U      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 B- H* L/ e2 M7 Z: c
      APD T-3
- f% s2 ^1 \7 S4 \* b      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
. B8 K3 h' f- b' L      APD T-5, Z7 k$ ^+ S8 e0 n+ w: ~$ F2 D& [( |
      APD T-6
1 t, v+ V" p2 r1 Y) l- L; ^      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk; G8 P0 z& D' c- D! y/ x( P
      APD T-9# C9 F7 _6 Q8 D8 k- Y
      APD T-10/ ]% f: g; R, V6 g8 i5 H
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships, p7 u8 @) a- U* v) O* P
      CA Portland8 ~0 R' L- }$ d# b1 t3 U6 Y
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
4 A9 n( E; L2 W5 z9 F      CA Chester4 B! O: |- |3 H3 r% N* P
      CA Louisville0 m! I8 V# e  ]& T: ]" R
      CA Chicago
+ N* J* K9 T6 F) w) n# P      CA Astoria
' @  Y& x. [- k3 i1 U7 }- P      CA Minneapolis
# q) Y3 ?- c+ c! ]# v" e      CA San Francisco
; `# z9 A" k9 U      CA Quincy
4 I" _: T' i9 J) p- J  Z      CA Vincennes8 k; Y6 Z  S/ _+ N' m
      CA Wichita
7 _  g3 Z2 Z) U" t/ W1 H      DD Bennett0 _  n( Z9 D  t' B
      DD Bradford
4 y3 K# K0 o9 r6 l      DD Braine
- h6 X0 W- [. Y3 z/ B8 E      DD Brownson
1 m& }! J1 k' u( D      DD Bryant0 @6 w4 k8 R7 K" j# U- x1 {
      DD Bullard7 Z& m8 c' y" \! x3 ]$ o
      DD Burns
# I# {5 t; t9 t7 {1 n/ F9 V      DD Callaghan. }* V; s5 O3 d" v
      DD Caperton
" ~. N  H( S8 _. S% T% q      DD Capps
- b9 l3 A7 M' v( B5 ]      DMS Emmons
( t) [! u  A* M8 Y. k      DMS Macomb
1 R) ~1 H, }  r7 L      DMS Rodman
  Y7 M3 M* x4 A5 B      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& j- `2 l# w( b/ N. e* zRange closes to 28,000 yards...1 P' D! A9 Y5 A- G* R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards. l1 ~4 n2 N# k7 R2 ?
Range closes to 26,000 yards...6 t4 W$ B2 v' H5 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
$ K) T3 J+ K3 b* x5 g* WRange closes to 24,000 yards...: v+ `' `; J$ l
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 ?9 t! v. I: `1 m& B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards4 H. u% V& J2 @$ g* T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: s' n" G% O* ?# z" GRange closes to 18,000 yards...: I% p# d1 [4 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards( R4 P: ?3 t% K: ~& ?
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
/ G, i2 k3 {: N: ~- Q7 _9 N  HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards, v$ ^& d7 y$ A7 |: `- ]! A# U" B
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ i" v2 e' I& M) K( M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards: o" n# p  K# j. z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 y5 g! I+ }4 G$ i8 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 Z' d0 O8 i$ O6 J: b4 D# e0 |
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 r# U( A* T! H  j( e0 ^- T" O0 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards$ u6 w+ Q; H* N" K; z( ]* n
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& r& {1 ~, x8 p0 q" H7 }' W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% @! ^) {9 q# `% _2 t. GCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards* C( L  L- |* Y) B7 u, f
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
: L7 N5 s$ U7 ?2 b- |DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
5 {5 P' o  Z$ `& O$ K( k) vRange increases to 12,000 yards7 }3 l% H% t( F/ ?) R" o
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 i/ D- E% h! {2 f' bCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
& K2 d. Z0 B0 v8 w- B, {$ l, ECA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
/ `0 X2 l; W2 l4 x5 [. y2 p# kCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
1 N3 Z1 v; X# q7 r% g& F1 Q1 n. sCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
0 {6 [- j: [. f5 [3 [CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards! z- ^& }; K/ B5 x$ B: @* j
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
- Y: y" s2 u9 T+ k7 K" ~0 fDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
$ g; H: D8 t- H2 J4 r7 eDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, A1 C* ]1 R8 D9 i
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 l! D) R% K, R; PDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 {# ^" w9 I7 S4 X& V
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards  ^8 B( F4 i2 Q" T* k( m
Range closes to 9,000 yards
' p+ Z  x' W6 V% PCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards  t9 l; j. O5 c/ Y% O3 w* d  r9 h
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
% Q; S8 g! {( W0 r% n! e0 ^7 kCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards3 o( o7 Q) ]. C0 k
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. x( i/ t) ~% N, G/ r6 X1 VCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards2 s1 H# ^3 U% g0 z1 u
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
: v5 A" q* t" A% q5 U) g# ~/ }APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards0 h+ T' L$ s$ y; |
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards; e; L1 H& {( w, O. G
Range closes to 7,000 yards
9 G3 X6 U1 {3 H/ c" ]CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards5 A. o8 S. }, R9 b5 I* U0 n
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards6 ~& Y7 C( s8 _: o; [/ J
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards) W: b6 i: R" V+ w, h5 i
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards7 R8 b5 z4 D. }/ G+ v' g
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
( p. u4 t" X5 |8 u" c4 AAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards6 [% {( z# ~/ Z
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
- ]+ b* r1 S+ k. E4 h) }% L' L! N! o: j3 ACA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
6 J& v# ]( [/ ]+ [' e, k8 P( RCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards  v! o3 L. V# G
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards+ t) X) F% g0 B! m+ E6 B- P
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards  R- I# c# d& n* O9 |
Range increases to 10,000 yards7 S( U" ?. [, I( \* S1 u, W0 L  B) U
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- W4 b  w# s7 C3 ^1 c7 HCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% z5 v& u6 G9 A5 _5 J% {8 T5 jJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 h2 i! F" P' Z/ H5 A' D) B& aTask forces break off...3 w, z2 t  u: f+ ^9 R9 c

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards, \0 B- f8 I2 D
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Japanese Ships
. w! J2 N4 i. w1 Z0 M      APD T-11 E5 _. C# d, X+ v* y6 h, ~4 P
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 ~/ W, W) \" @- g6 m      APD T-33 ]4 K6 b6 X& Y1 s* C
      APD T-5
/ L8 L# f  [  @2 P      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, z# J+ O3 K; e+ m! N5 U      APD T-9
* i2 z/ r; G( P) M0 _. M      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& ]/ a$ @6 P7 I9 m      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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& f. o: P7 w1 n, wAllied Ships
; x. r& Y& o+ [; {/ h  \      CL Swiftsure
0 e" x: ]6 X+ p' q( ?: _% L% m+ S      CL St. Louis- N7 V5 A; i; |' b+ G7 J
      CL Phoenix* i8 @0 E9 Y+ D! F7 N+ \
      CL Cleveland# F9 }! E2 z! ~4 z  g! m+ Q6 m
      CL Montpelier
6 Y3 m6 _7 E3 u# C- ?" [$ n      CL Denver% N2 X8 P% X& t1 i
      CL Santa Fe. H8 I$ b, O; Z5 X8 ^, @/ _
      CL Birmingham
0 D* I2 x6 z1 w6 b      CL Mobile
+ m& h9 r% Z4 o. L: H      CL Biloxi" N# S* Q- B9 P+ A$ `9 [
      CL Miami9 ]1 k* |% g' x, z$ @* }
      CL Pasadena
3 w0 w/ h0 c1 Z      DD Allen M. Sumner0 S" N7 x! K7 i' m7 r* F6 }
      DD Ault# W1 m' a4 q8 S- Z+ S/ k. H+ z) _
      DD English8 _  L& z6 n6 v7 v7 y6 u( E
      DD Haynsworth
2 }7 A1 V5 e  V      DD Maddox
3 S' p; f" l) @6 [. t      DD Mansfield/ q; [" Q: M5 Y; b, K
      DD Waldron% Z" e) H. k& p- |, L
      DD Haggard
% x" n1 V7 O3 `; g      DD Hailey
+ }1 p1 ?! r6 M" C9 ?3 d      DD Hale* g; M) A$ O$ \0 V' g! |
      CL Vincennes II7 y# |6 t* e! K" X$ Y7 r9 P
      CL Houston II& i- L' y8 E; Q% P$ K
      CL Astoria II5 \9 j& w+ I: W' d/ ~1 ~) k

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 T1 A! a4 V) J! t
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
! k% H0 i' l) D, S& |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
5 C# h2 l2 i/ w; X3 bRange closes to 26,000 yards...
- n6 |. g! o; A$ s  m5 dRange closes to 24,000 yards...+ N( c: p  \# i( T! N! `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
) r$ ^5 R3 ]/ q) Y/ ERange closes to 22,000 yards..." ~8 }' d* M) U) q/ l" t! X- N% `5 N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
% f" p' ~9 s2 K+ r0 d7 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' T/ J/ L- g) c$ \- d
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." D* `- }" g# j3 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards& \# {& i) x8 `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...& Q" f5 D# l0 k# |" q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, ^  U4 |1 B( T0 o; U4 FRange closes to 14,000 yards...& e: \, v' ^+ i1 J7 o, D" C$ q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
( f2 n  J1 O; T9 b* j: {Range closes to 12,000 yards...: d6 M" D: u  Q3 L* d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! f% Z7 |" m- C! d7 n! o2 IRange closes to 11,000 yards...
! K0 W2 L. j3 b1 E8 X% \( XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
" N9 p/ s# p+ ~  w* QRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 Z" T# v8 b1 B8 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards+ F# @/ r2 u5 t
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'3 U+ S8 O! W% B" N% v; z# u/ ]
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ L1 Q; U1 j- y: }CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards% n$ q; |7 p; j) n) W
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
" ~) a7 G  \3 qCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: x% D5 L" g" P; m: Y& M2 M3 NDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. _2 T5 ^5 {! o  N7 R- D* r& K
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
8 Q7 I$ E- f% {* K3 p1 n' xDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards5 F/ K( D( ^& x2 K. G5 ?6 v$ _
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards1 ]* A. E! s# K6 h- ~
Range increases to 11,000 yards
$ a  W; _, |; t/ k- uCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 [- D+ z  ]/ V! |$ I6 U
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
: m  j9 Z' T1 _4 S3 t. `CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
: C: F. S) e* G) F1 J+ vCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards2 U9 n' a5 q# e/ a+ Z' w- x$ X' V
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 I; S( q# m: B+ S0 @7 o# RCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* b' F& }+ l5 q& v3 S
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
% e5 _2 s0 d- F, t; S/ K6 K6 D! d% WDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 p* j& F. y. a/ n0 @1 sRange closes to 8,000 yards
+ a% w4 V  L* S( j: a8 m4 B9 cCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
$ o8 @, ~8 _( B! d3 hCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 h& _1 j/ D' i4 d* W5 h7 L
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards2 y0 J* g0 W, _2 x
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards" M2 j9 i( ~( |1 g1 P3 R6 t7 Y0 H  g9 b
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
7 Q) W# Q5 w  i  bRange closes to 7,000 yards, |: x7 W4 v2 i) q
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ G" p& _- L! i- G' R4 ]3 GCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
9 ]# z% R/ y) O9 HCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' `+ a8 y+ y6 ?1 ^7 S) b" J) VCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- W0 @- Z; v2 ]5 t) ACL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards0 V! Q. |- R) \1 U' I5 Y/ i% _/ d
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: i. D6 m& @! ]1 G9 I# d+ ^CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" V3 n1 {* w: {, jCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* x6 B- h3 v+ W2 s4 b$ jDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 q4 k9 {3 ]$ i( e% NDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
" e3 m  M& ^( X# v- J) OAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards8 N/ ]" B* J0 w2 o$ r  s
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# E  V* q$ i; WRange increases to 8,000 yards; K( t% x  n* n
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ R. f5 u2 ]. Q+ i$ FCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% O; p" ]7 l: \6 A: I
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards  ]$ z: [  w1 j/ |4 T! X) u. b" p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape5 a" i( E% s) I( A2 o9 {
Task forces break off...- Z: m4 z- t; E& A3 p" i

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards5 U# K( x+ ~! `1 P& x) e1 C6 H
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Japanese Ships
3 W# y, i1 P  l      APD T-12 N5 g0 }$ Y0 g2 t) d
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
* J4 z+ d* u6 ?/ B      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk: ?7 v4 a2 C6 ^8 X
      APD T-5
0 ]0 s5 h- x2 x, x( B- z      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk+ X; n( O! k% x' Z) }* \4 H
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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! M6 h. {& e; H/ |9 R/ T: BAllied Ships: K2 |% E1 M* \
      CA Portland0 Z  r5 l/ a% o, e! u
      CA Northampton& U6 p6 a: g1 F0 n; R
      CA Chester# D( n& ?6 z8 w: K
      CA Louisville" [1 f6 w1 W5 u4 ^1 c, U: G& s! h' w  p
      CA Chicago" n! ~6 q: t/ u( m- R( e
      CA Astoria
8 q- g. j' `- A7 }0 F" v      CA Minneapolis
7 D- c& n2 X# O      CA San Francisco
# A& F7 h! q8 J- ]  b      CA Quincy1 e, Q/ `+ w5 z* s* i) D
      CA Vincennes4 ?9 H4 n1 X8 a9 s9 Q2 T
      CA Wichita
. H( Y$ f7 K1 u      DD Bennett
5 w* O$ _. ^7 `+ m; d      DD Bradford
0 E0 Z2 A( G, {5 \6 K      DD Braine' I* x/ G2 e9 K/ p- v, r
      DD Brownson
4 `; }+ W2 t% H- J! ^( s      DD Bryant- e+ E9 w- ]' g7 ?
      DD Bullard
, ^% C/ ?- e/ A  d$ F' C" S      DD Burns0 S; I  z" v: r
      DD Callaghan  ?5 `: f5 x, q% |( n" J: d+ L
      DD Caperton% {  S9 s1 w9 U! l* ]
      DD Capps
9 d& f# w" Z) o; z2 V      DMS Emmons
& j% V" p# u8 ~5 O9 _3 {+ j      DMS Macomb
9 L! Q4 y# W3 g; m4 n9 b      DMS Rodman  h( c8 z/ Y- d: M
      DMS Gherardi
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4 \  E* S0 r, j! e( M& y8 i/ IMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& m* h" M& T  H* m4 I# b8 [Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 @1 J/ k+ L+ R8 C4 z+ RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
! r$ R- C, H  E" kRange closes to 26,000 yards..." W4 a2 j2 E4 u( n2 w; o
Range closes to 24,000 yards...; ]& @5 Y- m% \- X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards$ X1 t1 v% j0 _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
, @6 G' F. w( r- G; fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
( d4 ^; k/ P8 R6 `, ARange closes to 20,000 yards..., k0 h7 T' k/ W; x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards1 v8 V/ x4 L' P  |0 |, @7 V4 E
Range closes to 18,000 yards...' Y& x# H' B! [# M& y
Range closes to 16,000 yards...3 A! j$ l4 D' a* b  _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
# c4 b8 {& @& N2 C& B2 JRange closes to 14,000 yards...
7 C* G# e9 g1 _8 ^1 @; N1 _6 mRange closes to 12,000 yards...
# B$ S4 u  x! t7 P. @; S/ _Range closes to 11,000 yards...
1 J+ ~% i8 `: ^+ f( h, sRange closes to 10,000 yards...4 O- ~. C. J- ^, F5 I% G
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
9 Y* ?! v# {8 G& S) yRange closes to 8,000 yards...* \7 K; v. J' {6 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
. @4 p/ |/ y3 s; P2 bCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ M; g' d. E' p2 p
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards& V* @# B6 ]8 y& O# f% u0 P
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% J6 s7 P3 x1 C8 Z1 H4 e6 Q# X
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
' m3 a- z8 l2 T3 M& G7 ~- x# |) t, MAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards4 {* {- S$ P2 ?6 A' `( M8 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! r4 j% z8 f8 h2 j4 i) ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards$ ~& O3 G$ Y/ H: G
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards( I: h( ?9 }3 C' U  S' w0 h
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards( @0 W9 x% L+ \' I7 q6 \
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, e0 [! F# W5 x* B! l9 k& ?APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards1 T% ?5 _7 t- h/ H  P! `  [3 `8 K% h
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards, q( c& [! q* }) \: o! b5 a
Range closes to 5,000 yards' M/ C, ^( s. _0 L# r) B: W$ w4 ~* ?
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
0 z8 H( @* U/ w9 i% t" BAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
% b( x+ b! U8 C/ p! g: ]- cCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards& N! A( _  d3 u6 y
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards% C! v( ], a  i- k( }% s1 C
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards/ N% X& N4 K! \! o6 r. V
Range closes to 2,000 yards
% k! a* z1 _, S7 l& S5 }, d+ `1 W) k9 sCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
7 g3 }3 }5 R! R& Q$ u2 W# C$ }CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
) n8 _% \7 Z) d2 qCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: @9 B  |: c/ lAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards7 Z* U4 _/ _  J0 k" h- X
Range increases to 6,000 yards
& W3 [+ L( B, OCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
  \$ [9 @2 \; n' T+ `6 UCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards3 |. o3 Z  e& a4 ^0 b# J2 @
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards& H7 I* a4 I+ L7 _
Range increases to 9,000 yards/ H+ d6 G: T0 |3 i; v
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  ~4 w1 q/ l, `& D
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 O* N" u7 r: {& uCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards3 p% U4 [. D9 |1 P% g$ n
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  d1 k- C$ ]; a" s8 W% j
Range increases to 13,000 yards$ o! y. t4 H: v" }
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards" T" h0 G. i! L( E
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards  X& t# M1 ?. q$ C. y" V" F
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; u6 L# X8 A' n- X8 H9 l7 u2 eTask forces break off...0 i3 n* e' x6 g2 Z( B. e  f* v8 m

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards& Y! U7 V9 S! j3 q6 @5 c8 [1 z

$ C/ w+ C7 d: U( HJapanese Ships; J1 r, S6 y; d, W& i; a, t8 |
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
0 M7 k1 ^  }: R2 P0 |1 k      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk$ H# S: E* U8 t9 `  P9 R# m
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      BB North Carolina
" ~& Q+ K- V4 j' X. `6 N      BB Washington0 _  f  Z$ f3 w6 p, Z
      BB South Dakota3 N; E+ m* J% N2 `4 @1 S3 t
      BB Indiana
0 F' h4 \2 `. W& S- N      BB Massachusetts
2 `1 j, X) k1 Y7 g1 t' u      BB Alabama
2 U3 ~; K3 F! y% u      DD Conner
% {5 n% _- ~, `; @6 }/ Y      DD Cotten: Y, w0 ]  L; X& `% U
      DD Cowell$ t2 E+ f- U+ m% H4 G  y
      DD Daly' K6 o4 ~- _) M- z- }9 ?$ ~4 M
      DD Eaton, b7 j4 \$ h. O7 k. ~) Q" R2 X3 V9 i
      DD Heywood Edwards
4 F8 K* q# ?/ q1 j      DD Erben
5 j2 C1 Q9 N2 i5 ]  a9 w      DD Evans2 q* G* @0 }+ ~& f. ?& ?
      DD Foote' }: c' R& k3 c% }
      DD Franks
6 h6 v$ C2 m2 e! O      DD Fullam0 a- ]; e4 a! h$ W2 m$ o
      DD Gatling
$ X# _4 J. r# g9 @      DD Albert Grant- `; q1 V4 Q& V, Q+ Y& z# e# [
      DD Gregory
1 Q, }+ O, t3 x9 n      DD Guest
) T" |! i; Y* C      DMS Hamilton4 v: y" W  f8 a  @% H
      DMS Forrest
+ z3 ^( ]+ n. k      DMS Ellyson, o! H2 J, w3 }% J9 ?

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
' E. ~: y$ h4 F* w6 ARange closes to 28,000 yards...
0 V' d+ h$ H! o# eRange closes to 26,000 yards...2 j5 U5 m- M3 T; U+ k, i
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
7 u7 A; J- T" \6 w: N4 }- c$ CRange closes to 22,000 yards...
+ F) I+ i4 Q4 ^5 _; ]) G9 ]; tRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 o; h; x" L" ~$ ^: g
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
& |8 K0 O  ?( F; i6 x- e7 VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
  [; d  o- _0 L: q8 eRange closes to 14,000 yards...' d( X5 E( Y$ v" d6 P# _- s6 _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 S. H; Y. F7 D5 @+ rRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 j7 T* e+ N+ v8 N* s9 K% ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
, `# Z) |* e* [4 fRange closes to 10,000 yards...+ @- }! l) P- C% B* }* w
Range closes to 9,000 yards...) m3 W' @' r4 d. x9 m+ g* d/ g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards' w3 {7 ]2 W' m$ r, S
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards4 m+ w/ K/ F7 _# a: b+ s+ c
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards0 y3 l3 `2 k7 \* `. @
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards/ e0 @/ M6 @! D7 f
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
3 M) A. j! p9 @! N, K) {6 RDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
  _; z; `" v7 I  s* e, @Range closes to 5,000 yards
5 K( @8 ?4 |! @+ w# C& DDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards; |6 b! T1 m: Z) c" R& F  W
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
9 u) k  o" E4 F9 B/ [Range closes to 3,000 yards. J& {3 S0 O" L* q$ {! ]
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
5 m9 g6 b8 `' x/ d2 @DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
+ |4 A+ C" v2 \. n8 e4 w# A$ `DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
: _3 {; r/ `( kDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards* o1 P9 d2 @7 A! s0 O
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 O6 k/ Y: O& y0 \# c* lAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards' Y# |8 v) ^+ M. M( k- O& ~# c
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' D% [/ r6 J, n  _8 k" UDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 c) f4 z4 k5 x& H8 v
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" L5 \+ g3 T6 u$ w( ^, G
Range increases to 5,000 yards
5 _( b( B  X" o4 iBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards2 @$ E) X* @3 Z3 l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards5 d/ Q# }3 {3 O* F% w. A
Range increases to 7,000 yards
+ \( Y/ Y0 r2 y# Q3 ^DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards0 ?0 u( f! w5 Q0 A7 C1 c
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% R& Z# b' q& R5 V+ A7 }( d% B& H, @* NDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
, t1 z. C, J: L' @APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards% T7 `6 }- w# g0 Z1 P7 q
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards$ U& H% y8 I+ f1 ~% P) t6 \: e
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...
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