在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42- v' j' Z; \& W& K7 P" z& l
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4 Z3 D7 _" @* Q6 J7 ANight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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' K4 ~; I! q6 u9 F' zAllied aircraft2 p2 W- N0 a5 g6 L; q
no flights( } ^0 D4 d: {
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Allied aircraft losses! A$ K6 o+ p* d+ v0 P* s
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed4 q* H, d" o* d5 i! U* _$ f8 \
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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) d% _, L8 _" j+ L2 Z BB Kongo
" C# m- H9 |" R/ m3 h4 H! v4 V BB Hiei, Shell hits 76 M' d1 r2 B$ Z# v, s6 _- C
BB Kirishima
9 W5 k' H9 m. N ]* J CA Tone! p' ?; z P1 [0 h8 ]8 x/ {
CA Chikuma/ |9 D9 J( y/ m, ^! X) I! l- |# N1 `
CA Takao
# u9 | f# u6 H+ | DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
2 }* _ m% v- v% U DD Maikaze3 D- h" _% N* j
DD Uranami' i* u+ m# r3 p! h# H9 v
DD Shikinami
9 |/ Z1 J' X& T DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
* Z, }5 M* j$ a8 f DD Asagiri w& Y" o' i9 N
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Allied Ships
. ]& O g4 h( |5 p5 k( V BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 `; P. N* Q7 ] CA Portland
0 V0 H. {$ o* { CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 S2 [' ?9 J3 D1 ~ U0 j3 C
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 M3 ~ c/ }) Z$ e& k( G' i
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) o! r; L6 e. _
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 p$ A( f7 w) b# n: `- s DD Farenholt* r) i( z! h/ n
DD Sterett1 W4 I0 N0 k, l) A" t
DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards" |/ x! ?- r/ U7 }2 ?$ v
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Japanese Ships
8 e9 b; L2 ^$ j BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
% b( D) |6 a: p# x& e; ~ CA Atago& E7 z9 C3 y B$ ^" A* @
CA Maya G1 A" i5 `: i1 y) B W% y' M
CA Kumano, h: ]- b9 X# K9 i- ]7 ]
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
3 x7 o+ V( M3 W9 Q+ H/ b/ c) l DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
: x) s, F# c9 l6 P+ f& { DD Mutsuki' @* f ?" L0 d5 c
DD Uzuki( k3 u% C' C( G5 B
DD Yuzuki
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0 b1 ~% S6 o( E5 B" H8 y DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
: S2 e9 z* R4 \* p+ X7 j DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
' T ], m1 P$ T. A- F! _" D AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk& E: h+ d1 ?$ q
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk" E2 m/ c6 d: ~! v: @! _! c+ ~
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 \. X+ r$ f0 ]6 ^4 \( j% U AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: t+ }& u8 X, [# I. H7 o8 J8 I( z4 [ AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" e. Q* ?3 d/ w, |8 @" K; ~
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk7 Z% ^) s4 R+ Q8 _/ m5 Z
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk5 r0 @; m. A% ]: J. T8 B
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk5 Q9 ~! S- r5 k5 t' D& J: x
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk( U1 U4 s' J9 r$ }# o
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk* W5 u4 U: w N. Q4 x) [2 X" m
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk' c' |- r& q) ?# c1 Y, g( r8 A5 k
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 m. i# D2 z8 u7 t
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ e/ w J4 \! S2 D6 ` AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 Z3 U3 {) j2 G* p+ h0 M- I
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Allied ground losses:
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( V' C/ {0 E; W4 E/ u* \. N Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 [. l+ Z! p5 a Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
( _$ O; P# s8 g0 g7 E* T! D Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' P& n3 B" Q4 C6 s$ O. Y! k! D) S
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards/ }+ l" ?1 t/ D, v8 M4 e
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8 @% v) s0 T3 H BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2( \# t5 w/ ?$ a9 B+ Y9 B2 a3 f2 m2 V @
CA Atago, Shell hits 3: r3 \( W& A8 h/ G' \" i9 i
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
& d: n2 C1 @& E CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
E( j: S: n6 w. g/ K DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire5 S# ]! f4 n0 }
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
; E4 J: c- k( A6 d0 E$ }- U1 J DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
/ l1 Q; j p4 N& |" W3 T DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire+ k7 Z, E3 i6 p9 e. C
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires# P+ Z$ x- a; x+ m
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$ k4 R, z: I' D- ] ] DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire: C/ }) X4 A% @) K- J+ E) t
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire+ F$ _$ x! d- C+ C
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
; F6 [8 M3 ?6 K0 F$ I7 k DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133' D! ~$ V3 k# g! R) U4 p
& ]# o: i$ C* l0 v1 }Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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! S$ b" z- E4 e" ~Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
/ d% ?) @' i0 v6 O$ p2 ]8 _3 z8 eEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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Q) o) s$ t. H3 FJapanese Ships0 j/ P: ] V: B1 U& l. v
CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage% r" k4 v$ o+ s, R- e
DD Ayanami, F2 R0 @1 d6 H. D8 F: L. T- L& ~! F
% v' n( a7 A: I7 V) B" |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132& z: G- u9 S* P' U5 O( s+ W
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Weather in hex: Light cloud8 l# O. ?2 F" Y& X
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
& q, O" Y* W) c4 ~4 _$ ?+ |* ?, oEstimated time to target is 13 minutes% Z: Y# ]( b$ j: J ?0 Z2 \
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Japanese aircraft a# p" G) |4 F( e
A6M2 Zero x 519 r0 R6 ` q! \$ e
D3A2 Val x 50
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Allied aircraft
3 n- R# S- K2 n P-39D Airacobra x 1, U; M9 T6 |: Z- V
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No Japanese losses6 Y( l6 a. d) E+ \
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No Allied losses' @5 `. Z, g' x- X2 A
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
( U; w: @: L- I3 M! G- b DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, s, W' W7 h8 h! x# `, I
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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, x/ D8 ^8 p/ U% s3 h% C' \$ ?0 Y( |Weather in hex: Thunderstorms( Y2 y7 U p9 |: `2 S8 L
- ^3 Q3 @, N2 T7 O" L4 tRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
, D3 L+ g. _7 ~Estimated time to target is 12 minutes: f. d- L( F* j% E3 _
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$ o |1 V: G/ C! u B5N1 Kate x 180 a* B" p" w6 M. D8 ^! ~
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 w4 _# \+ L' b# ~1 X B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged: n* Z: D- d/ k: I* l" X2 v
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( T+ d4 n, H: j) V: I, r DD Laffey# h4 P5 m0 p4 X) i0 o
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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DD Sterett, and is sunk |