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+ g) F- y F8 W$ \$ w' d
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- w: g- U, F. s% g3 xNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards9 x6 I6 `. j" \) t7 X0 U
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Allied aircraft
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+ n* b# C( N9 P; ]Allied aircraft losses
+ F; Q; R8 y V1 D7 k& e SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
. K7 o4 y' D: A5 k OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed3 S3 s! R9 k/ B' L
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6 a& B0 |& }# ?$ B. [& e: Z( }" k BB Kongo
$ L& h: J! B4 E BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
+ ?- X9 x3 y2 i! ?8 t BB Kirishima
8 P8 g2 J, K& K- A8 G CA Tone
( ^3 z! r! `3 d0 z CA Chikuma
* X: ~, Y2 F4 ~8 o* u" p8 ^ CA Takao5 A+ J6 o, q7 D* [( S1 X3 s+ p
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
. _0 z" p$ U j' E7 @, H( \, g DD Maikaze2 z( l/ L. d3 g: Q/ f' B/ F+ {
DD Uranami6 G7 N5 U& W1 K* R; y: V; L
DD Shikinami9 c! D9 N6 a& Q
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires4 X& |# |$ P7 i$ T; `3 L+ `
DD Asagiri. l. S$ Q- u$ s7 N
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Allied Ships
* ^# z4 W3 k% r( a K BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 V$ b: N3 H# W5 O+ u CA Portland2 v) Y7 h+ \; E! L1 V& s
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 \9 i& @$ O- N/ H CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ ?; \! L( K9 g0 s DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 K6 E s2 q/ R" _) u DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire3 c; D5 V! y: j& l
DD Farenholt
$ b7 B/ m+ U" ^8 p DD Sterett
( v. e! r: r2 F DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards7 j/ b- U9 o: u6 l' P
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( U' C- y' N9 U; T8 } BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2& Z; l0 j) m3 }6 |1 K9 Z% P" h9 |
CA Atago* O/ @, U" G0 |0 J8 ?' g
CA Maya
8 I; S& {4 m& K" W CA Kumano
4 D, R# X0 o _$ G4 C( d, X8 c0 l DD Yugiri, Shell hits 18 O1 @7 I8 E3 ^- R, i, W+ v3 p
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
2 E: v1 d3 t: O7 A0 M DD Mutsuki, i7 }0 T' c7 J8 C. v5 V
DD Uzuki" E& K: W7 v" a& m8 D8 i9 I
DD Yuzuki" Z3 `; I2 v! B0 [: N5 g
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8 m/ p! s/ f8 Q4 i) d$ s DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
7 j! U0 }. A# x( c3 j" y DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ [# t- r2 D; }# G% q1 A- F AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
- U/ w& ~! }+ v' ?& t& u AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 V, M5 Y7 a: o6 P i1 Z AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 M) J- X; x( @ AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 T: A7 C/ W" g) H( n AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# w+ e2 z3 v5 C1 b
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk+ u$ k( W4 m0 h4 I1 R- g- W" i
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk x# K) M+ |4 h7 N* f
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
7 V4 P5 R# a6 d ?$ O* ` xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk, E+ ^2 v8 ^( C1 }$ Z# l
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
$ Y! y9 E6 `0 U8 z xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
) H6 }: }- A4 U0 {) p( J# b' ^ xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: K+ y( t+ l5 t' P) @' ? xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 C' a& d3 s& u' K7 \( P6 j: ^
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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! ^; Q7 v8 \2 q! W5 d- {Allied ground losses:2 @/ [ H( { p G
136 casualties reported
# \, D0 a) l8 U; N Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 `; j8 |+ @# p) h% b" h
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
/ l; _: | [. v) A" p9 q% C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ g3 m" }+ s: X8 t' r
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
/ O# \6 s% t4 [, m: |1 ~/ t8 w BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, m n& a9 h( F6 r) D1 U. y0 w! u
CA Atago, Shell hits 3" P5 M8 S$ d8 t8 l, c$ o2 N9 l' Q
CA Maya, Shell hits 3/ F/ U/ ]% L4 J; ^+ W+ z0 W$ b) f1 i
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
: O% w9 f( f0 W% R/ l+ \ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
* F- C5 w! C# [5 I. J: X* \ DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
, b3 b* w+ e& n O ~0 T: l DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, h) ~5 J3 s+ H5 ?3 i9 Z* F$ i
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
' ^7 s0 b9 f5 a' u! T9 K2 T3 L! M9 o DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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9 k0 \% @7 o& |6 oAllied Ships$ J+ {8 z9 ?* S% p# ]8 y
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire I( @1 @4 c8 ]/ j
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire# O4 E/ _5 n; E! {. D
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire$ w* m# |2 E) C
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage& }0 d L5 i' M3 A U; L
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain) E' l+ u! P6 w t: v1 n
, }+ X$ B; W) iRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.$ B2 }" n% d8 d8 j
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes) W& f$ E( O3 \" }6 J+ M
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Allied aircraft
9 I3 v5 Z$ }5 ]8 Q. @ P-39D Airacobra x 16% l5 O' e6 h& C% e& Y7 G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
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6 r' |+ U, a0 oAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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* Y+ _: R3 M, Y. B K& M: |7 YWeather in hex: Light cloud- E( p/ b* C( }
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.$ H4 o- C1 X3 h* D" g% U
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 517 |) G( ]7 V% D) O
D3A2 Val x 50 i( H% ~; `+ s3 ~& W, o6 _- _
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No Japanese losses# i% Z( J$ i! ?
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk8 O7 L5 j6 L6 m1 \
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 n' J1 @" W% o
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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: w0 W- K$ F* H" }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136: d4 E% h$ |. h; o* ^
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms- z) V7 Q3 o) {: j
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.* _$ a" O) v- J1 x2 q/ z
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes: s( m' O; B' K+ f8 q1 F
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Japanese aircraft$ a8 N& C4 |. N: I, t1 T
B5N1 Kate x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses, \* c3 Y& s- f# t
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships( K3 p* X. |$ G! Q
DD Laffey+ e+ l5 ~! z8 Y1 H( s
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage I6 V' M' _) G% S* W# s$ T' E
DD Balch
4 `" T5 Z, \! ~ DD Sterett, and is sunk |