2月13日夜间
$ I& R' d) T: L6 y* m, B* |6 @日军舰队突入爱塔佩滩头
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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4 q! @2 W- F- V6 vJapanese Ships 5 P( a: J- J, M* K3 [
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1 * C, X8 H, p8 j; }4 e6 T7 e
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
$ }- w! Q- v' a. ]4 pCL Yubari 2 \4 {( ]8 o. M9 i- W
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2 ( k7 f2 G# f/ w0 C r9 i) f
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire 8 p& S% ?4 @! R
DD Urakaze
+ D9 d: r) l- n# g/ K9 ZDD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire + C: ~3 {8 s4 j- O8 }/ m8 i3 O
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
" ~5 v& F- i& R; r$ w8 MDD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
% _. @5 ]6 f1 N, bDD Shinonome 3 O; [4 u$ d, C& X
1 ?7 j5 b; m; Q8 F- ~$ ]- CAllied Ships # p1 V/ t5 q: a! b
DD Hazelwood
, T y" N7 h" UDD Hickox * l1 E% F7 k9 c+ F M9 a! \8 w
DD Hoel
( V) o" V- w- BDD Hunt . Z4 v2 o7 A! @: K
DD Mullany / h5 l" ^' r& E4 f
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 1
; {4 X2 l* W/ U1 {2 qDD Renshaw
+ \* l" M0 |# h/ k S- C- JDD Wickes * E( M" p' l- Z5 _' S7 W0 D
DD Stack
0 f6 }1 V o/ a; X; ~0 p2 ~0 dDD Wilson / l& b9 a' t6 u7 J
DD Hatfield
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7 K( E4 r& U" C1 nNight Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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Japanese Ships ) U" e" e$ i- ^* y E
CA Myoko, Shell hits 2 ' n+ {/ i$ l' M$ Z
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 3
2 k8 Z, f; S$ H/ ^5 gCL Yubari, Shell hits 1
- ^% r6 F* X! |) E6 h$ eDD Natsushio, Shell hits 4 6 U0 e1 L; v; \* U! E
DD Hayashio, on fire
7 ]( ~0 E% H& @. i/ `, \) N4 NDD Urakaze, Shell hits 1 6 a3 a* e- L) l& G3 B4 w" l& ^
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk - u' z* u' a& D3 m9 K. I. i) B
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage # ^) H% v' a% `/ x" w
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
" x' D* c7 t' u* ^/ K8 bDD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, on fire
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Allied Ships ) T) H8 {/ A9 h; r( y. {1 o7 V
DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire
m% ^9 D& Q# J5 S5 ADD Hickox, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
" n- j4 N( Q! O3 H. O* s6 FDD Hoel
3 F6 W1 W/ }3 R* B' wDD Hunt
9 @$ u' I P4 M: @$ z! k( Y- tDD Mullany, Shell hits 1 6 n3 w% X8 n u3 i# I7 L
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 3 2 W* z6 N8 ?; k
DD Renshaw
/ J/ R7 }3 D0 @+ [* }' BDD Wickes 0 ~/ p/ [; _/ _( I1 u" a
DD Stack 9 T$ d. f4 |1 q0 o# `
DD Wilson, Shell hits 1 : M8 k. Q& f3 G3 O
DD Hatfield % @+ g; B/ T3 ?2 m# W1 \
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 4 d: R/ U. y! c
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CL Oi, Shell hits 3
7 ?& {: D4 W$ V3 x% c5 ZDD Tamanami
6 K% B3 x1 m% e. YDD Onami, Shell hits 3 + j/ z- k! u! B j
DD Kishinami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
$ g9 S: z0 l( X: [DD Hayanami, Shell hits 1
8 U3 H3 k. \% l7 q8 LDD Hamanami, Shell hits 2, on fire $ `4 Y6 b" G* ~
DD Asashimo, Shell hits 2
2 w+ A' `0 D. L$ t/ CDD Hatsukaze + Q- g z3 u( q7 b7 g8 x# W/ Q) Y
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Allied Ships 9 ^/ C: Y ~: U* p4 D! b
DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire $ d2 e/ @' j# K
DD Hickox, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage 8 T \1 n! `7 E
DD Hoel, Shell hits 1
8 w5 C/ o) {7 _5 ]' F. QDD Hunt, Shell hits 3, on fire + U1 ^/ |2 o' K* E: ~
DD Mullany, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - v( G4 B) F8 t6 o2 t! x( a1 x* r- u
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
3 c1 o9 n0 l% z- sDD Renshaw * z% q% H" y" `7 A& E# S2 `* _- P E/ B
DD Wickes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
* u/ a- }8 V+ e# W4 CDD Stack
( R; G" j- ^4 C h: `2 E& I3 {DD Wilson 6 ]7 Q9 U5 E6 c* }
DD Hatfield " n+ s+ w1 }+ k$ |* O6 ~" x3 E: N7 R
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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Japanese Ships % [/ B8 I$ K, I1 O% [* W
BB Hiei / ^5 a# F0 y3 B5 F
BB Kirishima
; }3 p' O, ]1 y; S6 LCA Aoba
]& l( ]! v: {DD Akizuki $ f% a1 d; \' @
DD Teruzuki
0 p! M& B$ V+ F) J; ODD Amagiri
7 v/ t t7 d+ L }& H. LDD Hayate
5 B% H; j5 X- l- ADD Yakaze 4 m7 ?7 S; E, m5 o$ h& S
DD Numakaze ( O4 O' X5 q: I- U3 _& b1 s T; Q- r
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Allied Ships
: W8 `) S2 T+ l6 i9 v+ e' `8 r. `PT PT-129
& ]% }! `: P' hPT PT-130 + V6 M9 @+ P0 I' ]$ ~4 ^
PT PT-131
$ x5 C* n; ^5 e1 b6 sPT PT-132
4 N, M" h8 e" TPT PT-133
/ w. ~. ^7 W" YPT PT-134, Shell hits 25, and is sunk 4 H9 U' V6 f6 s% e% N+ P
PT PT-135
% Y, a/ M2 B# |: n3 Z& fPT PT-136 $ |$ T( y2 u [3 e' I+ v- ]
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Japanese Ships % h5 x$ ?$ ?: V, n9 U; ~6 ^9 T- _
BB Hiei : H5 G: d# g9 e0 r5 `* @
BB Kirishima
# M; x \2 _ @/ sCA Aoba
0 t* }: R* r0 f( }. fDD Akizuki ( D7 l' V u: }* @* n! |. l) t
DD Teruzuki ( A7 Z# \; ]1 I# u
DD Amagiri
" C* E; ], }! f9 k% R8 jDD Hayate
y5 E* c2 M0 s* m/ UDD Yakaze
! K, h! o) y! EDD Numakaze 3 J$ P4 J- q$ v' G/ X5 L* r
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Allied Ships
* y9 e' j% P" M* T; _" n* c! mAK Benjamin Franklin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
E9 J0 ]: t* V5 {AK Francisco Coronado 1 h& Z6 H M% L1 r6 o
AK John C. Calhoun, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 9 r+ ]2 z; g5 @' I; R* E2 Z- c
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2 Z" A+ }4 s% j) k$ E7 j3 r0 t9 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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BB Hiei
- J, F2 h- J7 R( T- W/ G0 }BB Kirishima
8 b9 s: z% F/ w& JCA Aoba
8 i' i8 J% C& q* vDD Akizuki
4 Z- }! q$ _1 u- j ?$ nDD Teruzuki " s5 U- K) E# H% Z8 @# P
DD Amagiri
' G" ^ C* A0 s! [9 {DD Hayate $ N2 j; b5 s7 m# F* G6 m
DD Yakaze % i! E) _1 K: V% G3 m
DD Numakaze
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Allied Ships # |! U: q' {: f& ?
SC SC-1063
A2 Z3 L+ m8 ~/ d3 _AK Floyd B. Olson
% |0 S- m0 I, w4 c! dAK Stephen H. Long , w) f8 t) K! r8 M/ F
AK Thomas M. Cooley, Shell hits 1 5 E' V% P$ m" t; V& j8 n* {6 h
AK William W. Campbell, Shell hits 2
/ E" h( v% Q2 {* q6 m l: R9 VAK Empire Zephyr, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ' C$ h( M9 d+ g- Q/ i, ?
! U, j0 q; `7 `Allied ground losses: 8 T: x" K$ d' m; X4 _! V
26 casualties reported 2 d! j% w/ w" ~/ A7 S4 d7 ]
Vehicles lost 2 ! p7 \# }0 t$ B4 ~6 b
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4 J8 `* \/ _" K) Q2 E$ f: Y. ANight Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 : M3 }9 A/ T$ I2 m, e1 j% ~5 R
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C; y; N8 U/ ]" J! RDD Tamanami, Shell hits 2 x5 f! m" k; q# q; G. w# P; g. @
DD Onami, Shell hits 3, on fire & {" q5 r* O6 S! _6 b8 J
DD Kishinami, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk $ t' i6 W7 x# `
DD Hayanami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 6 \; u7 h2 z6 C/ B+ g+ i3 H
DD Hamanami, on fire
% r: C: k8 t* W. @ s( e' x pDD Asashimo, Shell hits 3
$ ]. J3 Q0 R/ M4 G0 cDD Hatsukaze ! V3 x# ]0 W# O3 y% ~9 `& b; }
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Allied Ships ; v! c3 N6 v# t$ @6 G, A' [0 m8 r1 P
PT PT-456
* X( ]3 t' c. h/ W+ }+ m( APT PT-457 6 _; J( R4 \ C' y. [5 @0 B$ g
PT PT-458
! I- z5 T' E* ?PT PT-459
" ~+ R0 U0 [- s+ d; I4 PPT PT-460 $ V M" U- L3 H/ ]$ n0 d
PT PT-461, Shell hits 6, and is sunk 1 J. g; _7 g8 Y
PT PT-488
8 N% v& A5 t2 ~PT PT-489 ~4 z/ U- x( M% Q
PT PT-490
- o2 `4 s' T* c& X/ {# F( q4 QPT PT-491 ^& _! D/ d% h! C+ }1 \
PT PT-492
6 n5 p( Z/ \8 {; O% u2 f) SPT PT-493
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1 E- q. }5 A4 tNaval bombardment of Aitape, at 51,80 - L5 T5 l% @. R! X, y! E9 ]
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Japanese Ships / P# y* _' W& c$ a! G/ k# n+ n: e
CA Aoba A$ h- d1 B8 k9 e& V$ Y2 z! a
BB Kirishima , m8 @- g5 \; q8 m, M
BB Hiei % j4 Y+ {: n; r9 l
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Allied ground losses:
( s# b( }1 B- R+ Y- | c218 casualties reported
1 F. N1 W( ?3 B# V( mGuns lost 5 |