AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 04, 42, I# |6 C- A% V( C, U
米龙湾爆发开战以来最大的一次海战,双方出动最强阵容,联合舰队大和号挂帅,对抗太平洋舰队北卡和华盛顿号,海战结果盟军惨败,2BB悉数沉没7 f5 \' i9 O2 I# S$ C0 q$ j
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1 q9 O( g" I8 P6 Y B" eNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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7 A* w; x. e( ? b" H* E& ?+ HAllied aircraft losses# N% a4 J' X/ n K2 |& i4 I
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 4 destroyed* ?" g6 W$ t# t1 e4 i
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed$ G" v/ @# E0 d7 c& w2 }3 k. C, n
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Japanese Ships
" a/ @ I- C: F2 t0 D BB Hiei
* t5 W, Y8 Q N# d n BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
: s/ ~ V2 Q. {( y$ w, S BB Yamato, Shell hits 17, on fire
" u# q2 a/ y0 |2 |2 `7 B CA Maya, Shell hits 3
( w' v& e1 w0 e# b ] CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
; s8 j; L- E1 Q' @+ [. P4 w CA Kumano, Shell hits 17 i$ H/ ~0 b: t9 r$ O5 w8 C0 H1 W
CA Aoba, Shell hits 17 @) t6 e. j2 w9 c. a
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2: _ M; E( z! [
CA Furutaka
2 w* `: _2 m% X2 x* p, \$ ^ CL Sendai, Shell hits 1
/ J) ^( z1 ~1 }7 j4 n- L CL Nagara
* S% I* U* B7 M/ z# _, ` CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage- m; b4 b2 o4 Q: ?/ V, w
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 10 Q C8 X) P$ O( R# Z8 c
CL Yubari
, ~- s9 Y) Q: s! k# e' s: s& w DD Akigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire( X6 Y& d, i( }" q
DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 1* a8 `# u5 p* F6 K- l
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire5 h4 B9 l% F2 q4 T, a; d+ k
DD Kagero
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DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire R/ n1 K! s$ z2 J/ L) `
DD Harusame, Shell hits 2% M, B7 r3 X, l% R
DD Yudachi) w6 Z! x6 g& y: L* g. `
DD Samidare
/ F& X9 v7 \1 W+ v( }. z+ P% ] DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
$ j" O- J. S$ K, o: O& l) s. u- f DD Umikaze
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Allied Ships
1 }2 P! l3 S0 `" \$ u! l* g- r BB North Carolina, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
?2 x5 U3 l% w- I6 _: Q& y+ y BB Washington, Shell hits 57, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ S' h/ ~& J+ ]. O I' l CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
' Z! M% L; [% Y2 _( x6 A3 F3 k CA Pensacola, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
H" F& z- K2 I+ \5 g CA Astoria, Shell hits 2, on fire5 x2 c$ e$ W" B: j' I. u# D
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 6, on fire2 Q2 `9 \% m% _& j
CA Quincy, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 X& W# S7 P8 p% U3 B( ]; w CL Boise, Shell hits 1 f* m' u, O; V1 j) F/ _, l! C
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire
1 t: A- E' o( W' @& z DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2) J5 H6 V6 O, k/ \( t
DD Patterson, Shell hits 3% U8 k9 G }1 u0 C3 Y& t$ {; l& Z9 @
DD Maury, Shell hits 1
) y X r% Z5 ~1 p- t& M% { DD Benham, Shell hits 3, on fire
+ L7 i: v6 E7 Z4 H V- o DD Lang, Shell hits 1, on fire* l5 g$ ^9 l. z
DD Stack! ^. p2 e. a6 W& y+ c- s0 r
DD Clark |