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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42/ a8 W7 W$ A9 R7 Z, U' \
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8 l' ]% K+ c7 Q# RNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards& x8 z1 S$ c1 }* \! _7 x0 f
6 G2 n @5 {3 ^8 t* N' J7 vAllied aircraft
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! ~6 ]# g3 v" a0 IAllied aircraft losses
2 K8 R7 j; T0 O }5 k* V SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
5 x0 I6 }* V7 Y: ?6 V OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed& G2 `* p( I8 P4 T! i
2 y7 e+ r3 J* C$ b L- SJapanese Ships
' j1 b% C! F/ e- P1 y5 H- U C BB Kongo
% ~6 l: d8 B+ `9 N6 _+ X$ _ BB Hiei, Shell hits 7" Z) a: e$ F/ [6 q9 O* a: m, _* ]# T+ G
BB Kirishima+ K# _' S* t; I$ t
CA Tone
# g3 K; b7 S5 \& B9 Y+ e CA Chikuma% d( U7 M) `. U; L/ F. m7 k
CA Takao
; ` J9 Z" w8 q, Q% P DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
# i4 f/ P: R7 S. W* e( H! _" B7 i DD Maikaze
- G* |+ L9 ?5 ]0 k7 Z3 C2 M DD Uranami0 e2 ]5 K7 B7 s2 [4 T
DD Shikinami
5 |0 V6 g) z R, { DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
: \+ \1 W4 ]; d+ T- J" m. u$ t8 I DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
! B# O `; l/ [$ e" h4 N BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ `: |- f& d' j" F. x$ B CA Portland$ z m. [# t1 N3 H! n; }2 R
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! _/ q% a$ Z$ Z+ p1 T; V3 [" a% P2 f CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" ^$ y$ w- y; d/ W9 t+ s DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ W2 a+ |, p. p) `6 B c, S DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire& T/ Z7 S" E( R8 x {9 d/ O( [
DD Farenholt
) e# T- h, Y- l. Y5 J9 d DD Sterett
7 |! J, R+ }4 n; u- B# v DD Balch7 M3 Z6 v1 m2 A8 ?
7 r" j) a$ b. X/ INight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards' c' }% M+ ?0 [" {' ~- G
8 }& C6 Q1 F! ^$ U0 }Japanese Ships
2 P: I5 g, b% I4 d2 u- z4 }2 x% K# e BB Mutsu, Shell hits 22 {# T/ x7 b/ \1 f
CA Atago
" @& A# I- z3 M1 U) E CA Maya
! [+ ]! {8 T! @2 E' b& Q" A, d CA Kumano# l' Y, v- T: ^6 C
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
% v d3 ^; n% R( w0 s" i" b DD Ushio, Shell hits 1: r E4 R; O0 V" ]9 ?% [
DD Mutsuki# m. d6 L! a/ x _& _
DD Uzuki. d. b! p9 O6 u" c
DD Yuzuki7 ?( t u. A, P, ^
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8 G" b- S2 {8 D( m G0 o1 j DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
5 r' z) }" w! }+ L" C: E DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
8 n0 k9 C; o' s1 e. d5 U+ N AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk1 a" M6 p: M8 M6 h& t" d7 P3 R
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# m+ C: J( v4 r; p AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, K4 ~+ Q1 h% l N$ Q
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 A/ u" U/ S6 x& P/ ?
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) ~# ]& R+ T6 H' W' ]; | AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk' R& M! e" x+ U) F5 G& ?
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
( H; ]0 D6 K+ V, H. U* ` xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk# w! v1 v$ s: g% _7 s5 y
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk8 @8 O9 B1 i6 \. n1 M
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk2 @% T& C. T1 y1 @
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk' l8 g# n9 e6 Y- z9 [/ [) }
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ x$ N; c' t3 c xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* _0 d5 P& e$ G" E& @
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) t6 g# E, r! j5 k
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Allied ground losses:1 l4 U E2 n) W& r1 f
136 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled, Z8 n6 E; ]/ V3 V: L% u
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! X9 @' F2 x/ m; N
0 L( L! Q: h& m5 ADay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards/ [% ]; {$ q) F
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Japanese Ships
+ }* d& K9 N4 Q4 P BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2; H: D B# l- D! r( P" I
CA Atago, Shell hits 3; r- F# i2 l, U2 k8 g! v
CA Maya, Shell hits 3( S/ U% a. Q; {# O4 d* A
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
( t% z/ C' d! K% J: E1 q" A5 I DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
1 k0 y/ Z) l0 s, O; R# J DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
" E2 X- n& ^9 j& p$ z DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2" x8 s8 p: W0 |9 K V* P. S
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
# N* ^$ X- O* w9 ^& t/ a DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships
6 R+ O$ v2 E+ F7 @+ Y DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire( V2 {2 X$ ?. T% ^$ C( F
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire" C+ n6 k* P/ r7 ~: R3 U
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
' c# z- F/ Z4 g1 a0 ` DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage! N8 M: Q; m0 w" S, \3 \
6 d/ j1 n3 e( SAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133; E: e% l/ s: S6 {5 }0 {3 ^& w; M$ p
; v. S/ Y, O q4 {Weather in hex: Heavy rain" a- _5 j, T+ G8 d4 Q) A. X$ `
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
' l# i$ ?/ U( T! R, }4 J, TEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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Allied aircraft
- [' j2 f$ S& A" P& S9 i P-39D Airacobra x 16/ w0 q6 A& S$ H, K0 e
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
, u# m6 E2 Q' D. M' E W' k CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
" X' d2 e6 I3 [& x1 o' P3 k8 Z DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.& ]! V( n$ m! I' c! ^; G
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Q+ @% s1 q. aJapanese aircraft- ]# G5 y5 c/ g4 y9 f. J6 W; E
A6M2 Zero x 51
3 G5 f! M- q1 v0 C! E D3A2 Val x 508 z2 f9 u! z( D+ L- K$ x' [
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9 i( c/ F+ w$ v6 E! ] P-39D Airacobra x 1
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No Japanese losses- w+ K8 i5 W8 o9 v
! O( W7 x) L% ~$ T# cNo Allied losses
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8 ? Y# m6 O4 ]* ~1 D DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
6 q! q |* }5 Z( d4 |+ o DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
8 ~' M! g. k& @1 R( F- y, s: 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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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.4 O2 C! ?* B+ k$ j; L; N4 J' _5 l* p% X
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
$ r; c; m, X; S0 U u* K$ M) b6 m7 P B5N1 Kate x 18( ^: u2 N0 k/ g e
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ f! j* e, s- m: j: G B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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4 D* g/ {4 F, a% LAllied Ships
, O7 Z- r6 x- s1 F% r" y- _3 f DD Laffey+ V' Q% x) o) m" q. c
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage8 d7 e* b4 H3 n0 d( f
DD Balch- W8 r t" H, P# u4 _; R, \ l
DD Sterett, and is sunk |