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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/08/44
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Day 2 saw the introduction of the bulk of the Combined Fleet. During night I spreyed my 5 SCTFs on expected retretat routes and here's the result: 3 \, [0 o+ D: t# |

" s- B$ v3 x) }4 VNight Time Surface Combat at 77,81
/ b4 r2 r' C# B( l; _) ?7 x% dAllied aircraft
+ ^) I1 M' b- ^) q2 vno flights ! F- q  W  P9 s5 [2 }
Allied aircraft losses   x" i/ F' @+ N: W( G
SOC-3 Seagull: 6 destroyed 2 {5 P8 b1 Q# y* P
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Japanese Ships / r4 k) [, Z- F$ A( k- f8 M
BB Mutsu
3 `4 r2 ~+ u2 w* B2 F0 e6 BBB Yamato # [* D- y0 E, \. j5 T% ]" _
BB Fuso - N) H0 U# f$ v0 f- _
BB Yamashiro & E7 [9 \# b, o5 d4 f) Z$ p
CL Tatsuta
, Y6 U, F8 N; l0 ~  tDD Tanikaze * z5 F; d) E6 X3 c5 r
DD Fubuki % N9 |/ V: p6 T! {, R* C
DD Shinonome & U3 C% B, a9 B. M# k& t( Y
DD Usugumo
$ S; ~( e7 L% L7 nDD Shirakumo ; S# P, e  a5 V* i! s, F, K5 d# K2 W( q
DD Isonami 4 u3 j  h; y; D7 Z  b9 b8 ~
DD Hatsuyuki 4 W; F" @: l: q  O3 d
DD Uranami ) W1 O) Y; y! a$ U; q
DD Akebono 1 c5 e1 \* R9 X6 ~  ?

9 d+ a0 t' @: G2 `+ b5 U) yAllied Ships / z: u6 s3 V# C$ c+ u( `
CL San Francisco, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
: Y! e5 v( P7 p0 T# ZCA Astoria, Shell hits 23, and is sunk * |  w- o4 z& K
CL Hobart, Shell hits 21, and is sunk + A% C) s- R. i* ~" v; U& E* M
CA Concord, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 3 U/ C0 k  k' R2 N5 D
DE Stadtfeld, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage 1 j) E0 j! l- M/ j- A6 K0 C
DE Harold C. Thomas, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# r  V' E7 J5 U! Q: VDE Tisdale
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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,83
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Allied aircraft
' N' g* {. e$ w# g! Mno flights
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Allied aircraft losses
- e. r- o; s8 M' q5 f" lSOC-3 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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" L/ C1 S4 s- N4 h/ n7 KJapanese Ships 0 G4 t/ N8 X) Q7 L/ ^* D
CA Takao, Shell hits 1 1 G( e' s7 L2 M9 j9 ~- Q( |2 j
CA Atago, Shell hits 2 . _' F9 q: ^/ a  b9 `' P( k8 m6 K
CA Maya, Shell hits 2 - W  i0 p6 M$ i2 V
CA Chokai
/ X7 l. ^. }9 D6 s* j8 kCA Myoko & Q4 Z9 _' {3 D
CA Haguro
* e7 l/ G/ q- f- aCA Nachi, Shell hits 1 $ E' G1 E; u% [' d
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 1 0 Y3 ]% E! u5 B1 Q( ^
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
0 Q4 \! O0 {' {6 A/ X4 Q: O2 U, lDD Tamanami
& N( ^9 }. S6 B+ k( S: \& Q  i+ qDD Suzunami " Y, P/ A! M7 _
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
8 T& J" Q5 f5 W/ }: QDD Oyashio ( Q* O8 j* o$ {2 i( Q! E  w
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire 7 _/ @& V6 k: Q# k
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Allied Ships
0 Z0 Q: K% ^/ qCVE Santee
7 x: M" t6 Y- W' t. M' s: eCVE Manila Bay
$ k- k: R5 ?4 YCVE Natoma Bay ; n) t! v: }2 H; ~9 `$ _  r/ y
CVE Gambier Bay - }; z) a0 r2 O8 n2 u
CVE Nehenta Bay
$ S! U8 l! B6 w6 A( B, R) RCVE Ommaney Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire
: `1 v, h9 N- I  x) NCL Montpelier, Shell hits 3
; S2 z& U$ o$ L0 E  xCL Mobile, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk . o2 v# W/ R7 ~. {0 X5 R5 Y
CA Salt Lake City
. s; r4 h3 w/ ?0 c  {# \" qDD Ammen
/ N( y/ l% ?" t5 F) HDD Anthony, Shell hits 1
; \: R3 j) b/ yDD Aulick, Shell hits 1 8 Q( L- d' d/ ^1 l( n5 b, q) k4 w2 z

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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,83
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+ a. I/ X$ k* W& J5 kJapanese Ships + Y7 \9 z( r) r. r% c' ?6 t% h
CA Takao, Shell hits 1 * A' B# A4 Z, Y
CA Atago
' [. R% F1 h9 d1 D; @CA Maya
7 T* j3 R% l# zCA Chokai 1 q3 ]8 E7 E& e) l
CA Myoko
; U/ X+ W, E( O. U* VCA Haguro 6 L# G2 g: U2 ]; K9 f/ v
CA Nachi . {+ u1 G$ _% z$ h, [* [9 G5 y
CA Ashigara
( H! |/ Q. ]! b+ l2 B9 t7 ?# v+ @0 ^DD Yugumo, on fire, heavy damage
) x+ V7 {$ z, NDD Tamanami
4 s4 q  U& n( Z9 y. t  |DD Suzunami
! n# l# X, F. R! y0 cDD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
; y! S0 q* {  v  y6 JDD Oyashio   G' E/ D5 `/ M8 }% K' |
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire 1 z. n8 l1 R' J+ n: E) _% G

, g! K3 k9 [3 n% kAllied Ships 6 i0 A% c$ h2 b2 `
CVE Petrof Bay + V: X3 E0 m; l  l0 b
CVE Savo Island 6 `- D6 E! ^6 `% _% G5 m
CVE Rudyerd Bay, Shell hits 1, on fire
1 s8 K1 r+ T) A! F, A1 c0 n( d3 _5 @CVE St. Lo
, M5 }- {: W6 Q" x1 W; NCVE Kadashan Bay
4 `3 f' j4 F: ], u/ x! ?2 }CVE Saginaw Bay ( G- Y" l! [; S8 n+ \
CVE Long Island
  h& k; e1 o+ t+ D2 L# u; tCA Vincennes
8 H: z# D4 e( F; N3 OCA Wichita : Q8 c' l& e8 e: E
CA Boston " W+ e9 b# w) b. n0 {
CL Boise : a. y" |( \: y3 ~+ d* P* W$ h( |
DE Bangust
0 m- t4 q/ K' H! f1 y! n1 D6 bDE Baron, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 5 |% z% [& I3 f3 R5 a6 Y- \
DE Levy
4 E0 g' Z9 g! r# l, L- eDE McConnell
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% P* B8 X/ Y. g. E$ dNight Time Surface Combat at 78,84 # c2 B  y% g( P# ?
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Allied aircraft
. E3 q# T" Q& |no flights
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! y' C" F: o% d( u. S% MAllied aircraft losses
6 q5 f9 k6 N# n2 w) qFM-2 Wildcat: 11 destroyed
  [: m% T* I& ITBM Avenger: 1 destroyed + s5 l1 `. p1 S; Y# ]1 w
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Japanese Ships   T* i7 @- K; B( Z3 }6 N! u/ I
CA Tone 1 `9 Z% n" E: z
CA Chikuma 0 ?9 B8 {% n- I6 n& l0 O
CL Nagara, Shell hits 1 ; j7 E: ~) m3 H0 u; t
CL Isuzu 0 ]! |  D9 Y  k. c5 V
CL Natori 0 ^* \0 L- E$ Q1 `+ r
CL Yura
  V5 X# a7 J5 Y, QCL Kitakami
% K% E  Y4 [. C7 ]CL Oi
0 b5 S1 k4 k  ODD Shimakaze % k2 m- W4 T/ F
DD Fujinami, Shell hits 1
( z( A3 R4 `& t3 T  A" e1 [4 ^DD Kishinami 5 B5 f; X% ~$ `9 r/ N) }% M+ T
DD Hamanami
6 _# G0 y) g+ f& NDD Hayashio, Shell hits 1
/ Z! R, T' N5 n5 r: x- ^DD Maikaze 6 v* [! u! n( |" k% w3 `* d

) }" l& A2 @2 u; a5 K. gAllied Ships
* X3 @: o/ c# ~" K. \+ A  JCVE Prince William ) A0 ^& W1 J: C5 i* Q
CVE Barnes, Shell hits 2 0 s1 J( [  A, d0 p  q
CVE Anzio, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ }" H& y8 V6 ^3 }6 VCVE Liscome Bay, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' I0 c- p1 @0 GDE Bebas, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
8 v* x( V( G& M7 u' ^6 ^DE Brackett, Shell hits 1
+ m: `9 w" B! J5 IDE Cabana, Shell hits 13, and is sunk + L/ V7 S3 i6 x/ V4 S
DE Canfield, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 e2 H% U# e" ?9 r7 dDE Carlson, Shell hits 1, on fire
; w& f  \5 i, B7 V" N( O0 LAO Brazos 6 Y5 j  y; K/ {3 x9 M: M! i3 O
AO Kanawha 4 y+ s$ _# H9 S
AO Neches, Shell hits 1
, O( y9 r+ g0 m* D7 SAO Tappahanock
+ V0 {. [6 R/ h8 C- c3 LAO Suamico ! r% N0 m7 \1 i. }
AO Millicoma - O9 z; B$ H1 d# ]) U
AO Saranac
/ R: {0 R2 z& S1 _9 ^1 }+ iAO Saugatuck
2 r. c. s+ i: _( tAE Pyro
5 |% P/ b. N" Q: P) V% E1 B5 s, pAE Henry L. Hoyt
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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,84   v$ d* Z0 X+ l6 v  I

' z# ]$ B6 N7 j2 c" wJapanese Ships
/ @$ H# A& Y; X8 K& y& z& v( G: k3 y8 nCA Tone 3 J  \2 @: L' A1 H& o
CA Chikuma
3 ~2 V, h9 F9 c; h* ]" MCL Nagara - I2 N) W0 t% ^9 a* t3 e6 B
CL Isuzu 5 V- o. F. F/ t5 }) L8 K3 I$ l
CL Natori
4 M; q$ M6 N6 s2 d( c; LCL Yura
' s6 E3 k" \5 h$ O2 pCL Kitakami
' P) W/ M! i/ vCL Oi
; E; p! N0 E; Z' z  c7 g* {3 LDD Shimakaze 6 [# _! _+ I' |0 k! P: m1 a' H7 A
DD Fujinami
" [5 A- I* n  B2 xDD Kishinami
$ x3 v; B, M* A% ADD Hamanami ; f& v) ]. ?* N- A& Q
DD Hayashio
' H) e4 C$ x7 _# J" P# F5 E1 ^; I$ W/ SDD Maikaze + ]& {* C3 |' ^; G' s; w9 p
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Allied Ships
: [6 ?. X2 J% ?1 N7 K  X! |. E8 @DE Samuel S. Miles, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: f1 T% _6 j: a8 m1 a: n: v$ u3 s5 ], y! @DE Osterhaus, Shell hits 50, and is sunk
* C! t" b, V$ Z) ?, l8 w3 dDE Parks, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
% J6 x# K; q/ G, F; ODE Riddle, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * K  _" ?) k# E. t! N
AO Cache & N6 X5 r+ ]; D' I/ U: n
AO Schuylkill, Shell hits 7, on fire
  O  j! {# A  N: CAO Cossatot
; e# o" B% t" L1 k% A8 xAO Chepachet
+ }% a3 ~- n8 Q' MAE Jacob Riis, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk   ]: @* T$ t2 z/ D. }
AE John P. Gaines, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage + r- _) E3 ~5 I7 c% M4 F

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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,84
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- t$ J  u0 v2 _! i) C; c2 |0 YJapanese Ships / {' E2 g6 Y; T( k, w7 @% T4 _
CA Tone ) \0 Q. m& D8 p& S, S5 U
CA Chikuma
0 @/ Q+ P0 y& s: N( }CL Nagara, Shell hits 3, on fire
6 r' _+ m- V7 P0 o3 \3 dCL Isuzu
8 ?- M& v4 m- T2 ~0 ?% qCL Natori
/ m7 E5 g+ _  k* p& `- Y5 U( A1 ]CL Yura, Shell hits 1, on fire
+ d) c+ _5 W( L" n3 BCL Kitakami
8 O+ E& j6 @! C1 W, hCL Oi, Shell hits 1 " ^7 k" K7 w1 a$ V* C
DD Shimakaze   \1 C! L% D3 K9 o! d
DD Fujinami - o; m) z2 ^6 ?# K
DD Kishinami
; c. ]# U: N4 I$ l4 r, C! }DD Hamanami
+ }6 ^. J. d# D& Z/ lDD Hayashio, Shell hits 1 ( h; W( [$ p+ F9 ?
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1 : p& }8 r7 y" o2 g4 U+ A  U

  j7 L* n# Y7 d9 x& hAllied Ships
9 u* {) G" O- _; t0 |CV Hornet
$ P; b2 d, a; f7 DCV Intrepid, Shell hits 1, on fire " E# F% e( O/ _6 ], E
CVL Princeton
" ^& w% x! R# VCVL Belleau Wood, Shell hits 1
4 K# k) V( g, b8 VCVL Cowpens
3 v/ o, \! `( s- M; E3 W  QCL Chicago
' b4 v1 q  P' W+ p* W- [CL Cleveland
. V( S7 J* c& j$ q. |CL Columbia $ v$ G; n" N+ P5 [* K  b( }
CA Pensacola " e  `# P* k3 |3 |5 \% t/ @5 V
CA Raleigh, Shell hits 2 . I5 y* Y# r: Z0 ^" `6 T' Y
DD Boyd
* N, }% w! a- W! [7 y2 [% lDD Bradford
, }$ R8 h# z2 ^: f! wDD Brownson, Shell hits 1 7 \) A& F/ r( r8 ^; c0 f( O
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' u; q" n6 j" l: {2 W. tThis last USN CVTF was then caght by KB: , }: b6 N2 W+ k5 C3 G/ f0 L
Day Air attack on TF at 80,84
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Japanese aircraft
/ k( v8 E! X( G) xA6M5 Zeke x 33
! |5 A5 C1 t+ r9 E4 tD3A Val x 7
) k5 J+ W' G) F2 {' `4 kD4Y Judy x 123
9 \  |4 M& e% c/ M. V( l4 q' G+ ^7 G# j, VB5N Kate x 35
, t1 R! s% \; Y. u7 }8 Q3 LB6N Jill x 67
" B2 p/ Z4 f( c+ g2 X, Q# b6 _+ ^! z: R4 a3 f% `* U/ P- o+ q
Allied aircraft
2 ?# E, W/ a4 Q' QF6F Hellcat x 3
5 l7 Y' O& a! h! t
0 j, D$ v4 [) K! r( hJapanese aircraft losses
, C/ ^$ W; T# V0 h; rA6M5 Zeke: 3 destroyed
6 r7 f4 e0 D' x: l' @D3A Val: 3 destroyed
4 j$ O: H4 |. N. e* D1 v, f% TD4Y Judy: 14 destroyed, 22 damaged
# ]' |( U  m! E' i" S( HB5N Kate: 4 destroyed, 18 damaged
( }/ @! u: m4 t* y8 MB6N Jill: 7 destroyed, 21 damaged * _5 P4 U! x% J+ b, F$ C3 l

; x3 W2 r4 C9 Y& j% `% q7 qAllied aircraft losses : N% R# ^( n) t
F6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships $ Q) u2 p' f5 l* R
CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage , u& {+ m7 N" U  w, K
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 2, on fire
7 A+ P: Z' B- u3 F; {8 h. p( dCV Hornet, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage # |' p9 N1 M! B: d8 T
CVL Princeton, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
: u$ e5 S3 @* n" L. DCVL Cowpens, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
  C! g- B; v7 s' Z* J* `. `$ v! UCL Cleveland, Torpedo hits 1 ) x" x4 Q6 [7 \3 ?& u  R
7 p. J; P, D1 R# E" t
And then by LBA:
0 K7 t9 ^! Y5 |6 o2 m5 c. }Day Air attack on TF at 80,84   o$ {' U, V( ^) C

/ M1 N5 X% L9 u+ @$ B8 r0 pJapanese aircraft
9 q9 i( i/ h# [2 @% d! L6 z6 CA6M5 Zeke x 16
6 G- {, I$ l& {8 r/ a; c- AD3A Val x 14
  f2 p3 b9 n! u$ A% C  F4 n2 ^; aD4Y Judy x 38 7 }7 o9 g4 `5 O, i
B5N Kate x 24 7 n) ?7 w( z6 \( y* `# P5 [
B6N Jill x 3
; j. F3 ?; v; _+ d7 j$ LG3M Nell x 9
( T  k' m' j5 E2 B2 B$ cG4M2 Betty x 49
- V0 ^+ V4 ^2 f  V* t  y5 O, z7 [! uP1Y Frances x 20
( j+ u- @* x" p" {5 xKi-43-IIIa Oscar x 51
* l1 ~& T' t4 vKi-84-Ia Frank x 5
7 ~- P+ w4 j# `# v$ u5 k$ ~
$ A+ [% ~8 Z7 t2 s  j9 c4 p; NAllied aircraft
( E' \9 T- ?7 \: Dno flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 H: M6 d. z: j4 {G3M Nell: 1 damaged
% c% x$ ^- l) J* N- U: ^G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
6 u( j( Y  Z# j$ v, `" mP1Y Frances: 3 damaged 9 C9 C- ]4 k4 ]* Q0 X& j+ }; O
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed 9 x* C- [" d8 c' H% \" j- l

- I: r8 Z3 @& G* |3 {" X4 eAllied aircraft losses
2 h- T# Y+ V2 P! u! GF6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
8 d( l  s1 z$ I+ j: \CV Intrepid, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 4 D: A1 Z0 b$ Y& A( L
CA Raleigh
% Q) b, O  [2 ~9 UCVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage , W  x* B; ^7 P6 L: o1 F; h
CVL Cowpens, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
8 ?! i3 W3 E0 U- wCVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
/ Y3 n) O( X% B* x! H/ CCL Cleveland, Bomb hits 1
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Secodary strike:
/ s6 h5 S' `  |6 k" m: v2 z0 ODay Air attack on TF at 80,84
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3 \7 E# {/ _; T+ ^& Y* a  }5 X! ~Japanese aircraft
1 Y5 K' V( x! L( EA6M5 Zeke x 7 , ^7 l' Z4 r( r; }. s& Z
D4Y Judy x 36
, s- J5 q- R4 W1 cB5N Kate x 5
6 @( f  @* Z$ E! M7 c2 K7 CB6N Jill x 8 ) I' r  R  y7 D6 H

; V0 O' @( H- q9 v* l8 {Allied aircraft
. ~+ T2 p6 g$ tno flights
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Japanese aircraft losses : x3 B$ x: Y5 e! }% l" d
B5N Kate: 2 damaged ( M% E# Z8 ?/ v. y' N7 w6 `

8 o( u, o: E+ d9 R  l, hAllied aircraft losses 7 F9 n. Y4 y/ _( z; T
F6F Hellcat: 1 destroyed
, M7 \# p: B8 J
+ R( v/ x2 n2 {3 ?; yAllied Ships
: O0 x, @1 [7 y( c; w! WCV Intrepid, on fire, heavy damage # q) z) }4 e# U" M6 J
CVL Belleau Wood, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage 7 E# }. Y, i1 T3 ^9 _3 L" R

* q- J, b, r& \5 W0 TAnd this one fails to find any more targets:
5 ~! r; }2 I* l$ Q& i$ GDay Air attack on TF at 80,84 + n. \' c/ z' @+ ?8 C) v8 |; f

; @/ L4 W# \, F+ \Japanese aircraft 5 I. [1 p& D1 w3 [2 ?9 F
A6M5 Zeke x 3
, q6 n; h& g( Y( M+ t, kD4Y Judy x 14
. P' }# }5 z& v' IB6N Jill x 11
% K& v3 P- ]* d" q% Q5 y$ k" g7 n4 m2 G! T$ }6 y0 f
No Japanese losses
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LBA Jills:
% T4 M$ R# o9 v5 y; ]7 MDay Air attack on TF at 77,83
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Japanese aircraft
4 t$ U  Y- d- J1 o' o# hB6N Jill x 8
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No Japanese losses ( E6 S4 I  j. {/ W. P; j
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Allied Ships
: F" Z1 f) Z! v* U! Q2 p9 T4 t& r8 m; xCV Bunker Hill, on fire, heavy damage
( `& L9 D, p/ {# TCV Wasp, on fire, heavy damage
6 d2 m- s% o4 s8 p$ R) K$ X: J3 u* s+ H" {: L
Afternoon phase saw KB clouded in so LBA from Kusiae did all the work:
7 z4 s; T( \4 r$ Y; VDay Air attack on TF at 79,85 5 ~( Y( |9 I  r+ d
. L: ?0 o$ ?9 A2 A
Japanese aircraft 3 S& @; ]2 P3 \/ c# A/ X1 j
G3M Nell x 7
% L1 U5 ]2 }* S4 N( f. E. [, ?& ]- C9 dG4M2 Betty x 38 ) F' K1 j3 N; @' ]2 I$ O
P1Y Frances x 14
2 J( @4 T! h2 i  YKi-43-IIIa Oscar x 46 + T8 J. M2 O+ h
Ki-84-Ia Frank x 5 , E* a2 B: p- ^' U7 y3 a. ]& N7 p

! W: p5 [4 r  X+ M3 q8 oAllied aircraft / M, p* P) M- y
FM-2 Wildcat x 12
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* C' t+ \* H% f# {0 q3 r1 c& cJapanese aircraft losses - ~/ M1 k  {* I* E7 O
G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
- _& H5 [3 c+ |3 GG4M2 Betty: 5 destroyed, 28 damaged / j/ t7 o! ?( m. ?3 ?+ W" I
P1Y Frances: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
$ j5 k" M  y! z  g  K' ]Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
8 j) S; Q5 H; {  m8 v, M9 ~4 L
9 I3 v% R# r, ]$ {* `Allied aircraft losses
4 @& i" l0 l6 W7 x. gFM-2 Wildcat: 7 destroyed ( x. f" V6 L- c+ [" T, i* u2 L

4 l0 a6 b3 h9 C; s+ YAllied Ships ' Y, W6 M* z% v, {0 H( z# L" P
CVE Savo Island . j1 @& T- U5 c; r: E
CVE St. Lo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
$ c- t  M5 Q* [% q: I; M4 @5 z8 sCVE Kadashan Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
% Q' u) L& C4 f- v8 @CVE Petrof Bay
) d$ D& y! T- ]+ J4 o4 W: ACVE Saginaw Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire 4 f/ E! u: A3 H3 b
CVE Long Island $ L) c" O& s0 x: H6 U
CVE Rudyerd Bay ( {' W3 g. q: m7 `* S% D

1 h  d- ?7 H* z, F9 T& oJills are more successful this time: 4 c; s( [6 \' C+ `  o  j+ T  i, }& t
Day Air attack on TF at 77,83
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3 Q2 X) P9 n7 W+ m5 K- zJapanese aircraft
9 e6 ^- B( e' J  J1 D+ Z0 `. z4 pB6N Jill x 8 ! V( r  B- H: K' Z9 z2 k8 j5 l( y

* N/ L  M4 I+ f6 m6 q) ?, yNo Japanese losses - s# p: c% `- K3 l; @8 Q
7 {: U+ Z  K1 l
Allied Ships
! v8 s" d( a: N' J1 D, kCVL Independence, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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9 t7 o: J# f. t4 E5 s; e1 T8 tAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/44
7 y1 `1 l# d) r
0 D6 F3 g7 v, o  I+ x, Q% bBy now my subs are in position also: 6 c* s( B( o+ B5 C
Last two sufrace actions find the crippled Franklin and an AO: . a' @/ o7 O" e1 I, E/ i' f/ D% A. j8 b
Night Time Surface Combat at 78,81 - h0 K2 v: T5 G8 L2 @7 l+ d
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Allied aircraft 3 O% U+ @5 Z9 K) x# i% g' s! r
no flights $ ~: Q" _0 v+ f- |: z; {
3 X$ P, x+ x) G6 }# o4 v0 J5 z
Allied aircraft losses
7 b; V! s* O; D4 NTBM Avenger: 4 destroyed
) U: p% e+ T& E) j" Y7 PSB2C Helldiver: 12 destroyed 7 R) |0 b: H! t8 M& z( O

* J5 D% w" H& ]Japanese Ships 5 x: k7 u7 O1 U# g; n$ P/ l
CA Takao
. `& n. n& y5 u; V% E* FCA Atago ' _1 r9 |1 @0 ~
CA Maya * u* c6 y( c6 Y
CA Chokai 5 J+ @; t  S, Z: w
CA Myoko
1 n! p7 ^' c4 |9 ^. g" M6 pCA Haguro 3 j( C2 \/ ^) J- K5 H* O( s
CA Nachi ! M# V2 U$ M5 F2 q
CA Ashigara
- }8 \4 Z! d/ N& gDD Tamanami 8 m9 ~2 }+ A& N* [% P
DD Suzunami
* ]8 f$ h- x9 a4 w: |5 p) \DD Kuroshio 2 U& E3 T6 U4 N5 ^
DD Oyashio 5 b4 b7 J# p- Q, s4 _6 n/ H
DD Natsushio ( y7 ?; n# ~9 Q/ X) r$ b) D

' ^4 R3 t1 {- I) WAllied Ships " p- \) i% N- K% Q! K, p9 u. v
CV Franklin, Shell hits 3, and is sunk ; ]# p1 k8 s8 I' z& Y
DE Whitman, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk ' p( |9 B+ z' ]9 _* q: Q

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Namorik at 79,83
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Japanese Ships 0 T) U% j4 B. B, D5 l! i
CA Aoba
6 D# ?( ^7 q5 _! i. m0 MCA Kinugasa
6 d) f7 |2 M2 ~9 z2 ~CA Furutaka + @) e8 r7 ?; a9 J1 b
CA Kako 4 E1 M" \6 Z8 z! l  _
CL Abukuma
) t2 v) U  g, V' X$ X6 `% x6 S4 mCL Kuma
# y# ?3 O1 @1 B# L- BCL Tama 3 _0 r( [1 c5 Q( m. a* Z0 T4 [
CL Kiso ( F- Q* a4 ?9 y) K* s7 {1 p* d* `
CL Yubari 5 T* D! e- A, K2 H7 X
DD Kiyonami
- S  Q- W( C3 y+ h5 q. IDD Yukikaze
) s) ?+ L5 x- m+ J& e+ J& d6 NDD Isokaze
  }, I' s. K" ADD Shiranuhi / a1 h& g5 E7 J
DD Arashi 8 C) }8 p2 x5 u  f6 U
8 d* D1 M- i$ `+ J" w5 ]$ g
Allied Ships
0 P0 R; `2 r& E: b9 e9 t4 c% {AO Schuylkill, Shell hits 30, and is sunk ( f/ E0 l# w& ?: ?2 m! Q

8 Z7 F& I7 x. PThe only air strike of the day was once again from Kusiae and it delivered a coup de grace to the CVs:
- M0 d9 c# Y2 yDay Air attack on TF at 79,84
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1 P$ a1 Z2 y0 m- h, w7 F, Z) hJapanese aircraft 5 Z( L3 }1 e* M$ Y2 |
A6M5 Zeke x 5 2 T0 [9 @0 V+ t! l$ Y3 a3 J, G
B6N Jill x 8 ( z9 p& j  m! d3 |, U, W- k. _
G3M Nell x 3 / k# e4 B3 l7 G$ e1 ?) X6 A
G4M2 Betty x 31
! R2 a7 t, Z- ?P1Y Frances x 9
0 \# i! ~& h) I+ GKi-43-IIIa Oscar x 45
6 b$ o- S& l3 ^: ]Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 3
/ Z" U+ |3 T5 G6 lKi-84-Ia Frank x 14 1 Z# ~4 D' R0 ?" i

% n3 b& Y2 T. e# @# T" X5 K+ bJapanese aircraft losses
. z9 u, x; E& T1 G! O0 h2 [1 PG4M2 Betty: 1 damaged
/ f2 k: N$ y7 b2 c! c/ b. x% U
% |  v4 L! h% N; v% WAllied Ships
1 Z) g3 ^4 u$ ~+ [! z5 y* cCVL Independence, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
8 i. e5 h; u" x8 S) x6 WCV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 8 r2 }, R! |, J$ J% D# n# D( ]
CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage & f' g; r0 ~; C% s  n

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There, this is where it more or less ended. The final losses are, from my perspective, 7 CVs, 9 CVLs (the whole Independence class), 5 CVEs. Of relevance, 4 modern USN cruisers are also sunk. IJN losses are 0! I have one DD damaged heavily, one slightly and one damaged CL. CVL Ryujo took two bomb hits, but is in very good condition (25sys). My CVs are returning to home port, as for the rest, Raver has given a quite accurate description. Those threedays have been just amazing, giving me a victory I hardly thaught possible. As for Raver's words about his reasons for continuing this game, I'll have to have a long private talk with him. . D% s8 P: ~. y+ D

# h0 Y$ N/ ]. O2 o' H/ F  H2 n, Q一切都结束了
; H& g; f2 s2 Y& e; {6 v* A好像盟军已经投降了?
惨绝人寰啊
看不下去了
“阿”号作战,“捷一号”作战达成,西太平洋制霸想见
克罗地亚人都很厉害的样子嘛
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Honda桑似乎没有把运输船诱饵的损失计数。。。
赶紧去接手
一万年太久,只争朝夕!
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