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. s2 t0 u: `# TAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards3 K& `% U$ L8 D1 H. L) l- }
+ Y% X1 y8 A" p7 Z @! @Allied aircraft
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: X; n3 z J3 N9 P3 `3 ^Allied aircraft losses
$ V+ A4 K% B. h' q% i3 x* D% | SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed- _1 G# E: N8 j
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed6 h; K; m5 F$ C# c7 ^( t
* g! P, Z% \4 _9 L9 r1 D& qJapanese Ships; k' a6 ~( x* ~, I# w3 }7 L& F5 O
BB Kongo
! [: ^. `" b1 f# M BB Hiei, Shell hits 7' X7 G4 T2 W) ]8 C& y, `. |
BB Kirishima1 k/ W; ~+ {# |4 s! ~
CA Tone
6 r$ j7 @! ]& j+ ]: y CA Chikuma
: U. t0 C; U" T CA Takao/ y3 D' c0 s- K4 h" `/ l
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
, i$ [8 ~& t2 ?% p* ~) r DD Maikaze; `* D+ l7 v8 n
DD Uranami1 S3 W" u% \" Y: D7 [
DD Shikinami5 \5 r+ Y' M% X/ d6 C2 N e
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
: r" y' U8 a& i6 U2 q DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships. y/ ^7 \# U% Y- c, i
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* B" S+ ]" c2 z3 J
CA Portland$ J& c1 h& P! l( S" p
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: r0 i* N4 ~- ^ W1 |( w# i' t
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 Q, x! }6 U+ @1 w' i( i- b
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" s" P% D$ t0 l+ L: n9 ] DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire2 A8 D8 u6 B' G; I, [4 F
DD Farenholt
6 y0 m- \% [' o8 @' r# O DD Sterett
& O% r4 E0 {) t- D( a DD Balch) o: ~6 _+ n; B0 u9 h
# Z& o0 u3 O3 @& p" r, {8 zNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships; ?2 Q% \4 k+ K6 i. v/ `
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2* w; t" r' g6 b }; y
CA Atago
$ O6 h2 T+ ]7 X4 f+ i CA Maya+ L# A9 W5 [9 t. A8 X# z6 l
CA Kumano
# P8 A4 y& m2 j; ~3 z4 m) c* } DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
; d' Q: K' h8 o& R8 p3 W DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
+ v4 n1 r9 w7 z0 N8 G DD Mutsuki
: I4 N6 l3 _ p: w DD Uzuki6 b s( t4 U" W8 l& T0 b; p
DD Yuzuki7 W6 \5 B* l( c: a7 _/ }
$ o8 V0 K i2 k( C& @+ Q3 X( |4 QAllied Ships
4 s3 H: h" d- a! ?; W$ \- d DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk2 J" ~& m# K5 g& }
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk+ Y5 j4 B% T; N
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
$ n8 ]& _5 J: i' h! H8 M' S AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
/ c' i. t4 a- e AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* _9 A4 g/ n5 F! |0 o/ w
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( Z- f, F I- r8 G. O3 ?6 {
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 }+ M8 F: x9 }; o5 E
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
; R1 `: R* ` x8 n9 ?3 I. F9 d xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
* Z6 _# `) k# L xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk) ~) n2 j3 B! {
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
$ o @5 M4 W7 m( ~ xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
$ e+ }9 r1 T! l" _ xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
! ^' S# P9 ?3 ]* S+ W3 ~ xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) h( V( m( a5 e: ~5 d ^/ K
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! _3 h# p( t _: k' D5 U/ c
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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$ B0 @# A1 y% @/ U0 r, `5 _1 GAllied ground losses:) Y) q8 s3 B+ A$ W
136 casualties reported
% E+ t" @$ I( }+ g8 E' J; ~ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 t# q/ X% b. e& g
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 G# ]) q, n+ V' e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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3 G7 J% B/ w* u3 lDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards+ ^3 o O& z. V. B
4 u8 l* y0 P. eJapanese Ships
9 n9 T& \& N4 N; ]# r9 `* n BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
8 b3 o7 ~2 n& N- b6 L$ X& W+ E% L CA Atago, Shell hits 3& q1 p' O8 f+ @7 `0 a
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
5 x( Q1 _ ?- a2 h% d: Y$ b CA Kumano, Shell hits 1, d2 e7 }* E5 w+ x$ L1 u9 W
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
( N/ d, U- b1 p- w* c h4 \# p DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 {9 R3 [ \$ F$ P DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 22 q, \, ]7 H3 K4 m* g0 y6 O! A' x
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
4 D3 O/ Y4 K2 q2 J. A6 d2 g DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships
) b% U7 ^! j( y$ R. y DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire8 C" \5 J2 {6 S" T/ d! h& u3 n
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire! l( n& x4 h' \5 X
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
- O2 N- E/ Y1 D; u. \ s G! n DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage+ g; _3 @# ^% [
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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1 I! T5 H8 ]0 Q1 G( ]Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& w9 G. f4 g/ [/ K( h: ^
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes4 U7 a: ^8 N3 r& N1 D* d% \
# ^% f$ Q2 }+ f& SAllied aircraft
, b* n7 r; u. W4 N% K6 ]1 e% C P-39D Airacobra x 16
9 f6 ~0 C, B4 ]' D SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses
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3 k5 r8 Z2 |4 x7 z" zJapanese Ships% t9 }1 T: q4 w
CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 u$ `+ e2 @0 v( M DD Ayanami
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3 ~& b! \; R- E( _8 m5 lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud- G& T, x. `0 u! J/ M1 s& U3 a
% z1 S5 N- d5 Q( VRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
% q, ?( c2 W5 z$ JEstimated time to target is 13 minutes; w1 e& ]3 K' n3 b; m) Z2 j
( g) ?1 ]/ H- ]2 Z5 JJapanese aircraft7 m5 G5 t: `7 g" v: b
A6M2 Zero x 513 {1 ~& }/ Y5 o7 ]3 j6 f
D3A2 Val x 50. G& r5 d2 `. x+ K7 K$ f9 `" p
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Allied aircraft
8 E" u6 D" }% F# T \ P-39D Airacobra x 1. O; x4 v$ u- _( z0 p
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No Japanese losses& r% g7 A( J/ L4 d& u
, m( j, Q/ T6 c+ `5 |& r; HNo Allied losses I) N0 t1 j w0 W! j' F: E4 n
) x& @: p; e) { {3 uAllied Ships
5 J' e" Z$ i# Z, c; } DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk( C" m9 M3 \4 S6 h: S
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
d5 z# e6 g* t DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136$ E% B4 M: U/ }( D1 T$ ~5 V
8 z5 j V7 Q, f! H* @' YWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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) C2 ^# W# _6 B6 ERaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
/ s# r Q' b1 |0 jEstimated time to target is 12 minutes3 b% Y! O% }$ l4 O" R6 k9 n# i& Q# P# }
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Japanese aircraft
: j3 {$ u$ g: G; t; f' k7 q' G B5N1 Kate x 18( |* C( j' e4 I4 @$ y+ d* T
+ y* o7 G+ ~9 x9 D4 ?0 j" ZJapanese aircraft losses( K0 J& @( [- Q3 ^
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged0 `1 G% e# w" E4 _0 Y9 f( x
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Allied Ships
}' a) I( f$ u) I9 Y9 z, X) h DD Laffey4 M, B0 D, s+ W5 x2 L& F4 M
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
6 a7 |, R% ]! r+ T DD Balch
3 k4 m: M1 @8 r: F DD Sterett, and is sunk |