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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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- ?! I+ C, g6 f+ @# W. e8 ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
0 K' L5 f# G- h1 y3 ^+ Q$ q) T no flights8 m- `& T+ y9 ?2 d
" D# j2 N% I& q7 `Allied aircraft losses
5 V$ M3 M! M0 h! F: T SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed/ o Z; I6 l! R
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed" E1 `- M* W1 \
; D( ]% D0 Q7 n! }Japanese Ships* |9 Z; F' t" @
BB Kongo
% V E3 d) Y7 H4 h- Z4 H BB Hiei, Shell hits 7/ y% q; P( `6 l0 [1 k
BB Kirishima
; A7 b! W7 ^4 Q8 f CA Tone1 B: x( X3 I3 @
CA Chikuma
- v4 b4 n9 |' c# E9 `/ j CA Takao2 ~, }6 ^9 o7 s$ Y. s N
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2* U2 M# ^! `) |1 U5 T) }* d6 l+ Y
DD Maikaze
6 r# U& f1 e3 v N/ D, z0 B DD Uranami
; B% |9 m0 A {9 S& v: H DD Shikinami0 { [& K' Q2 }8 \1 X
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires0 a, D ^" O, w S- L& P
DD Asagiri
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" w- o- e. \! j, M# uAllied Ships
0 P( S, q3 F" q: ^ BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) @( j* A% e1 I3 I
CA Portland
- L% Z- |, M9 D- r8 C2 v% _ CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& V1 s0 |; O I" D4 n* A/ ]/ U CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: c) B8 T/ E" B a( e% s5 K0 K
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 g) y8 v) u' k6 i DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire1 f3 y+ N1 [. t: @( |; B
DD Farenholt
* b0 d" x# @+ M: Z# V7 t. A4 o6 q DD Sterett8 T& B+ X) ^: m9 k
DD Balch" c7 `# z) I0 o& p7 ~/ |
3 k3 Y2 ^& h" ]. C' PNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards; @0 w: Q( P, x0 X# p; ?/ t! ?
& m# F" u! v# G1 c' xJapanese Ships
! U( @4 N0 h4 T: @) _8 V BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2" G' g3 _9 H& _2 l+ _% n
CA Atago: @! l3 Y, b& D. \; c4 m0 X
CA Maya
% q2 a+ R4 p9 _* v3 A CA Kumano
! j! o2 b7 [3 t* V6 }% `5 D0 p DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1/ V" I) A J7 w3 h! X
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1# l! j; k5 _; t$ H1 a$ ]6 {
DD Mutsuki
2 h$ x: T3 a4 ]' K0 ? DD Uzuki, _( N; K1 d% R2 x. l+ ^# t# l
DD Yuzuki3 D U2 G( D! V) n& d: @
! N; m& B6 _" ?/ d; EAllied Ships
3 R1 j' X/ X' s% Q3 d8 ?4 C, A DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk( a0 _7 Y c( {# e+ K
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ y2 H9 z8 s z* M. I! R# [* y9 @2 l AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk. [% G7 W7 i% }" C# A7 h
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* R5 M6 g0 L8 H- [" }1 M
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 `0 I4 _. Y* V/ R AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" M' M' W- W' q- T% F( q AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" `. g2 e: [; B3 D, T
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
) |5 v9 ]/ `7 y! f% G9 E; ? xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk1 h( S# H, u- d
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk/ u! t( v( l/ ?! X. |
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk6 z" k' b: |7 K
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk3 l( `$ z; K8 Q9 |2 Z- V& l; T
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk( @: r6 O$ z. b/ p
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& h- K2 m" _# [, i/ V- V
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 A) z0 d, x& k/ t/ L
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:3 G0 b4 @8 u5 x
136 casualties reported
g4 N: y5 ?+ ~3 ~) S Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, P: y, H, p. ?( I3 H. J" r
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
7 q1 m+ z: t& L" b Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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% s/ i7 ?0 X! d' `Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards' b1 Y( D3 r6 w1 @
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Japanese Ships
1 O' s9 q* B4 H BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
$ @ @/ i& n; w+ E# [ CA Atago, Shell hits 3* R* b2 H: C2 i6 V5 u2 Y7 u
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
: Q+ Y9 _8 P* B- ?! S% Z CA Kumano, Shell hits 1$ T3 z& e! }" `$ f/ w8 Y3 N
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
0 }% B$ _! X6 j DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage( d3 c2 h' W' Y. J4 _6 p
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2) w# B' f' N- D0 Q( Z3 b5 R/ E! P
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire) m' J# K! n8 b" G9 B( k
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships4 q& P$ V2 U K" y+ C0 o
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
5 S5 B7 H4 O7 N, X4 z1 m DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire0 L$ m2 D5 w4 D4 y3 Q6 `: y
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire4 D% n- ?2 G; e! Q' V+ @; S
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage% P3 @5 o$ X" C8 v2 _5 A4 s( U
: `; r" b: w" v8 h6 aAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133! k2 d' y7 x( i( B0 b! G- r$ v
; }+ d: `5 k1 H5 NWeather in hex: Heavy rain; u3 H. Q! j2 U! k: v: Y
0 d, [/ f! a; Q8 i: l$ h( u0 mRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.- V, z' S/ {8 Y
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes% \1 Z3 S' X" |$ m9 @
1 ^. d1 f: _$ r9 tAllied aircraft
# e/ w: m! K" Z5 F- d6 B P-39D Airacobra x 16% b7 `, @9 V; L
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses. z9 D: j* Z5 V# T) R3 D
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Japanese Ships
. C, W: g, n9 o& _ CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage- f' L5 ]0 Y& D1 S: v( c
DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132! s& [9 j6 T/ v% P9 _6 h
K- u1 b1 |# m tWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
) v1 c$ Q# Y: y9 OEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% T g6 V' p: L( R4 F
A6M2 Zero x 51
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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8 U7 u9 ]) e" M$ a. MNo Japanese losses
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk; u# u, p; G; t) X
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
+ f3 v& {. [& y( l DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 H* l; J/ c/ ]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1361 N7 x) _2 S" ]
7 S% p6 M) h/ Q% w; K- w, dWeather in hex: Thunderstorms" @4 Q8 p( j/ d8 N! B
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
- T0 V9 f5 C+ qEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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7 [ z6 D9 s9 k; Q- EJapanese aircraft
, ]7 ~9 E( I5 ?/ D6 V B5N1 Kate x 18' M- f' U# ~, M
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Japanese aircraft losses
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5 h8 }6 t- g; U+ j3 B DD Laffey, s! }- U- F. {3 `( s; e' Y
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
# b/ ?8 O* s0 E# w4 X; I! v DD Balch" [- E$ @# l$ @
DD Sterett, and is sunk |