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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42" l9 K: i5 q: z9 w, n
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft1 |8 n& y3 G6 F# C! A
no flights! i3 W9 ~' S* N3 ^5 |& X3 q
. g+ o( j5 t+ `2 SAllied aircraft losses
+ M, w0 V+ r7 J7 e0 i! d SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
' O3 a( o6 ?: f0 c1 i9 S OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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" M9 b1 G1 W! P0 B/ t: H5 N: i$ r# XJapanese Ships
' F2 ~4 \4 R8 W# }; c+ N BB Kongo
/ T5 x0 H6 t) Y# X& g' e" z BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
v# }- ]/ e2 e8 J/ j0 y BB Kirishima- E3 z' J* s+ V/ K- C
CA Tone
9 Q* c% G+ q$ A: f3 H3 [ CA Chikuma+ k' g F' c* z% m2 f8 w
CA Takao
4 n! u: F A0 y/ g2 w5 b* k DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
( o! X3 U1 ~! G, N. R2 |2 e E DD Maikaze
4 I0 u0 V* F5 p u L/ D DD Uranami% i5 h. a0 y& B. D9 h- O
DD Shikinami
* S3 q- w1 J. Q* v( W2 R DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
4 h2 R5 ~( B8 ^ DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
# j% `: v/ s$ F# o BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# a! | E- y, C5 M/ ]
CA Portland+ [+ b" \. \3 Q8 H; Q4 T
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- w! y% V: ~; ^5 q" r; g0 v3 A, I
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ t. m) K( y" t8 [! U; e DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 Y, R# l% g' `- f# V* M
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire4 t! O: Q ^5 Y) V, C+ A
DD Farenholt& L. Z# s( i8 X! M1 R8 j+ ^
DD Sterett$ N. X! h( `5 p$ q
DD Balch
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# u) _4 g" H5 u2 M) L5 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards- R% t% Z$ {$ K7 {
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
/ C; y, }) q/ d CA Atago
1 y. B6 L3 \& o7 `) m- n" \ CA Maya
: L5 c" u: M4 {/ D) g2 R4 i CA Kumano
3 M2 X4 w3 A; q' C& Q7 U$ u) W+ S" q DD Yugiri, Shell hits 17 c$ P) i" K7 z5 G4 ]& g
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
+ }; j5 v) I# Z Z; H7 u DD Mutsuki
* R# ?/ _& `, c% l0 a# g DD Uzuki
( N1 {0 z$ k" l7 g7 [1 b DD Yuzuki
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Allied Ships
& W5 v8 c+ o9 `. L3 F- n& y+ ?: F DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
# Y+ I5 q1 |/ n0 w DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk8 H X$ g4 T* ^4 }1 R
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk& P* I* u9 D0 ~% x8 Y# L9 o0 H1 f! r
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk6 L- c7 W8 A3 m8 R3 p& v5 Q- i
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 J9 U8 D- J6 H4 x" V. B
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 C, f) S6 z% L$ U2 S; O
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' L6 q, E, ?+ m3 i I1 d. \ \) A* ^
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk& x' m+ h; l+ V0 W6 t- G2 k
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
5 C- f4 w9 U9 ]# s+ V% k5 p xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
* X! p4 e/ q0 x6 h xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
# K' N$ b/ V& n6 K/ @ a) g xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk$ x( G2 t/ y) k4 |
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
( U" }5 F5 g o xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, ~9 C: |% B# s- Q: _ xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 ?% _% s) `# h9 Y4 ^
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( R2 c3 D- G% }- x7 d: R3 z( d
: _' \! L. \4 @1 ^2 Z8 ?' K vAllied ground losses:! l3 K$ m& K8 u, t3 u; s, U# Y
136 casualties reported2 V* P" ]% N6 G; |
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, x* Q# Q) A! X3 I/ P( F/ p Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
, _' o7 p* ]/ Y( \. v5 j Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# Z1 V2 S( ~9 @) k" g6 }; V
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards; y1 i3 ]+ j' U9 a, E; n% P
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Japanese Ships4 W+ x4 j& m4 A* m7 {0 A
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 28 p- ~, L' Y, c0 `1 d, U3 p" N
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
$ ^% {8 I5 Z8 G0 `( { CA Maya, Shell hits 3' J0 O6 \5 K( b1 R
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1( Q/ f, r9 D- s. ]
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
5 `: ?5 [# c( ] DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
, |% C- r1 X) n2 J& o& D8 @ DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2# g* F1 K9 W- D/ o3 Z
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire# d0 @+ b! x' p' A3 O
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships; _$ U) S: T, K4 Z! P8 W t0 u
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
8 |) S. g- r7 r" p q/ ] DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire! U, T R& v, w' i+ _4 p2 u
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ Y+ E5 N2 I% E) V* R DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage% P8 C6 [" Q+ d
, C" W# B- V! g- XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1332 E& ~+ R, F) H
) u, L( v F- c2 [Weather in hex: Heavy rain' h$ C2 Q- U1 _% H9 Y) C; l
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
9 _. Y# l1 d# bEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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Allied aircraft
. K* B0 ~6 ]% z y0 s' n P-39D Airacobra x 16
2 A# K9 D! n$ r SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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2 w# }3 z) a* iNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
8 u3 s8 J A: x$ ~2 b- C5 A6 O6 ] CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 n* J. c) V% j2 d" v @3 Z DD Ayanami
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E8 I# N7 x; Z6 F; l6 MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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& s7 r! F- k1 d p- U& D' ZRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.6 N, ~! k. [ C
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes7 ?0 e6 B( |* {& e( {" S* h
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Japanese aircraft
" e# b1 c, c! t+ H, A$ c A6M2 Zero x 51
& e! N4 k* o4 P( v5 H% M' r j* [ D3A2 Val x 50
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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No Japanese losses
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No Allied losses! C' _4 b9 i7 s1 x5 `& Y
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Allied Ships
3 a% d& s6 T6 H DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
+ a! g" X: C' g& {4 O DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage t _8 K. ?/ V9 f' c' d
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage" D; {1 @& V' k9 ]- F6 W9 E8 J
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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) M/ A( @& w% X6 ~( t8 F& X7 uWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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, ?1 A, W5 J1 T& D! |Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
# d- _8 a2 |" U% @: DEstimated time to target is 12 minutes6 R2 M- k% q6 V2 Q3 E- N1 L0 l
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Japanese aircraft8 [: J& ~" O2 |2 ~# A
B5N1 Kate x 18& F& Y4 j K! q) @0 D
5 P% D K7 a X+ C o- ?- ?Japanese aircraft losses' j* O a6 H9 i: K) L- f, D+ B5 W
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships8 L7 N8 g1 a9 K: j
DD Laffey/ |! M1 T6 N/ v. g# Y3 g
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage, p" R0 o8 n# T% _9 H, @
DD Balch \0 N& z# ?( i a
DD Sterett, and is sunk |