在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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6 |8 A, C3 n4 \" ~" bAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42( {+ X T/ F, |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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no flights6 b F7 M& r5 d$ F+ k/ g% V
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Allied aircraft losses
5 p' M! ?# ]# r, c% P SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed$ r! ~, p2 ?. c1 x1 L
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed+ Q- c- B, u3 a6 H0 r5 n
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Japanese Ships
8 k$ q; x* V% S BB Kongo
' M$ _& D8 R+ s1 C/ U% y0 E/ V BB Hiei, Shell hits 73 M- |6 X% h' M
BB Kirishima
6 f* R# q; Z7 I2 u' E+ U CA Tone
7 A6 ~2 N' L0 ?2 u8 E CA Chikuma
. t; E5 y) S7 M. r& k. H CA Takao
$ {; ~4 F# F2 b0 _3 K* E; n DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 24 ^' b) }. m% |: B
DD Maikaze* ~3 ?, j7 i3 J e9 o3 p
DD Uranami. m; ^0 h3 a3 q( I f d9 _) v
DD Shikinami
$ x4 q) c2 _7 y) s& y; H DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
. [0 Z# p5 h/ v( x1 t4 M DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
" ~' J4 H$ T$ h5 n) S: a9 _ @) q% ? K BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# E0 k" ^% D4 ]1 [7 g' k
CA Portland
8 H0 t" F: w& Q s& n% a5 v# { CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 I I" N) r- S7 ?3 M* K% Q4 O9 H
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 s: E+ q8 A: c3 s# f DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' x" T5 x( V, }, ]5 N DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
- Z7 m+ P& Y( F* x' ~( F! ^ DD Farenholt
; Y) a! O7 }6 i DD Sterett
4 }5 S* g) C6 f3 q DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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4 k0 Q3 K R' Y BB Mutsu, Shell hits 28 u4 W& }7 Y* N* \- C0 S& ?2 G: F
CA Atago% E7 v, q& \9 h' @9 B9 `, r
CA Maya
3 T4 Q8 A, f1 V/ ^. e CA Kumano. `# ?6 N/ l ?. K5 R6 Q/ n/ Z
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 18 J' _% B: B. T7 C! X
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
( V$ v0 p9 X' c DD Mutsuki+ i) y/ I6 r, t# x c
DD Uzuki
- e( n6 f) Y. M0 K DD Yuzuki9 o2 D6 y1 v6 {$ P2 |
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* V3 Y/ x6 N4 R7 ~% _ DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
: A, p) q6 P$ I" \. |1 a DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk9 S+ T6 i5 w% \1 ?1 q5 o
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk% @" r0 n2 F/ }+ h3 a( E
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk) k: L6 {$ x! c+ T: _+ `$ G
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: p& ? Z7 U+ o9 i$ U( h6 |
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& u& e. h1 W2 m) ?
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# Y& Y3 N2 [# _6 e2 Q+ I* r
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
E+ |% O. _" ]7 V, a( D xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
3 M; V' W3 ^2 t/ M xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk5 F/ e$ m8 L/ b
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk7 b- u- d) I0 `% E/ Z% i
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
! m; u" m) H, u- G$ n$ M% g; M xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
' }& f9 R+ n, ] xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ A+ ?0 i5 v1 y: |! m+ o xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. Q8 \4 W) f# d, @$ {- \
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 b: ]3 \, ?' E0 @6 L
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Allied ground losses:
1 h, g7 L- B, [+ S 136 casualties reported! r& l6 T" n9 v7 N
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 Q- D' x7 ~$ \4 T4 v Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled" E, f6 N/ b& p. M8 `) i- O
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
# j0 E0 M/ I$ ^' @6 i BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2* f) N4 @5 f- |! J; i% g
CA Atago, Shell hits 3 Z; z- c* q! H. C8 r6 u
CA Maya, Shell hits 35 m' w- [! \- e$ c- ~) P
CA Kumano, Shell hits 10 L% ^& k4 r! F" }
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire, N2 w* d$ I& x2 j+ y1 h
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
- a8 }9 n f- i/ j1 k DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 24 X7 H5 v, q8 L3 {7 [0 [
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire, v# k* s$ B6 q) x% {
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires2 r4 W5 O( ` E% @: U& _# A- o, q
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Allied Ships
. D3 m$ r# Y6 W DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire. d4 i8 q- f% n9 B; K9 N# n* `1 ~6 p
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
* ^* @, Q" d( H0 G& r; @2 H8 r DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire; h5 b/ C& _5 ]
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage: ]; E5 w* ]& { P- m0 {
1 Q5 d, F |. o8 W3 C9 A- p0 rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133" c& c( t! L$ w' r# @5 D$ P
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain7 J! H' F: Z4 |+ T% M6 ^5 \
, Z) A) w) |& @; f" GRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 E$ F6 n+ g. }: |9 f c# ]" a9 E
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes9 P# s% J4 I0 h
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
$ D: F9 G/ X% F* h SBD-3 Dauntless x 71 _- n" Y+ w: \$ G8 y
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No Allied losses; j- d. O9 u5 X3 y% l( [
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Japanese Ships
3 P: S R7 R- {+ ~9 d& K' u CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage! U- [" K; C t' w% [0 s4 \2 d6 {' J
DD Ayanami
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. {6 k$ H% k9 ^+ fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
0 T6 K4 E0 \7 F A6M2 Zero x 51+ ]$ r; v3 R) H
D3A2 Val x 507 Z% r) k1 m F# j+ c
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Allied aircraft$ ]4 F, |0 \0 K$ g9 M
P-39D Airacobra x 1# N8 @; [7 r: M7 B
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No Japanese losses% c9 A$ w2 N1 s
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No Allied losses
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk; f& Q% R m4 D) Z- @# a4 B
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 [( h+ m1 H( z* c DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 M J, c) c0 o) x: ?+ N
, c1 m0 D0 i$ B7 vAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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& X2 S/ Y$ u4 a0 xWeather in hex: Thunderstorms8 k6 t- }! O0 K5 E# I6 t' @
2 w) j" [# w+ f5 o6 VRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.5 I, R/ H$ m* O& t" V2 K2 w
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft# c, Y$ |/ X5 U9 w
B5N1 Kate x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
) L8 ]' x* _0 D1 C; `6 L) S B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships# q! q; W9 p! Y9 `5 M; m4 l
DD Laffey6 Y0 Z$ R F- }8 c/ Z: d1 ?
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage7 g0 K8 k: I5 D
DD Balch1 K. L; ]0 i* K
DD Sterett, and is sunk |