AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
4 Z# Q. z/ |" a) ^8 f' m, `- G上个回合侦察到盟军在米龙湾和莫港分别有运输船队出没,估计是增援米龙湾和莫港的,莫港的船队鞭长莫及,设置了陆攻对海,而米龙湾则派出了一队水雷战队前往袭击0 _1 R% }; s, s* O, q% h. ~7 V W2 ]
结果全歼了米龙湾的盟军运输队,而陆攻出击莫港的船队战果不大,仅击伤2条运输船0 q( B" P: ~ i) E! [
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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! y; a9 {4 k0 f- Z* cJapanese Ships
e6 O! j9 |9 C0 S& I& n CA Chokai2 ~' K L5 _) M K. d9 c8 `
CA Aoba
8 {" U' f% E; W1 J/ \( v CA Kinugasa5 H F1 J/ H+ p9 |
CA Furutaka
1 V* [, q! m) h CA Kako
) K5 |% b" Z6 E; Q( g CL Tenryu7 b0 `4 s& p# A" W; e, b8 Y0 ^
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1
7 b3 _$ q- z8 e. ? DD Mutsuki8 T+ v* b3 B% _) H. m/ |6 _, F1 s
DD Yayoi% q o1 O" c0 o# A k) J) q, s: N
DD Uzuki
|. v/ m6 _5 Y5 Q" w DD Mochizuki
, D: G8 G% P/ O' k+ \2 Y( Y DD Hakaze
9 l/ @" N6 K. s3 Y3 z- J0 ]1 e DD Akikaze
8 p! f( P' @$ r' `' k DD Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
# [8 V0 n4 F( t' E& n9 ` PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 x" T8 j- w: G. T8 C AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 Y! X5 H) V1 w& g( q xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
0 O0 {( ~) Y" [4 B q5 T# y xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk `/ C9 k/ z( y/ n6 F6 N9 |
xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" e+ L, A2 u- ]9 a, U* P
xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ a6 `; c+ _8 l! [
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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1 x, U, p8 a, KAllied ground losses:
/ t. i; D2 }7 |. C4 T6 V4 @: a4 m 4647 casualties reported
# n, o: { l# I. G; t. } Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled4 _9 H, {# Q& r4 Z7 K2 `4 p
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled/ x* ~& }0 N% a: b6 U# G
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled( s$ B1 Y/ n/ q- w6 A/ e3 `
Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)
( n+ O& `% U( R7 d Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!3 J7 n/ h$ q/ K; C/ ^8 a8 J& o6 q. M
Allied TF begins to get underway
6 _+ z' s8 {' VReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
# J! g( J8 Z3 g" E2 r s8 gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards
! j0 }6 p3 [/ \4 R9 j0 mRange closes to 10,000 yards...
' ^: v5 E* M, j7 p6 RRange closes to 9,000 yards...
' q5 O0 _8 s) s# ]) DRange closes to 8,000 yards...: e8 I. {* j% ^/ r
Range closes to 7,000 yards...: A: ?9 {6 L9 z, D% U
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
: b( l# k7 S8 J2 d0 K4 v9 @# i7 ZRange closes to 5,000 yards...* z: d; M1 N3 k! Y& D( C
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards
5 h4 C, L& h8 n4 i3 ~7 A4 ^CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
. e8 _5 T& n; \4 k: H' S0 K4 LAM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards
9 ?# Y/ S" m$ |! T/ xCA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards0 [( k8 |" d# b& [& d8 A7 Y0 o9 i
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards
, t/ u( r2 a+ SDD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards0 Z: u9 v) b. J( e
DD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards- E" @* i3 C# w
Range increases to 6,000 yards
1 i# L: `7 S9 X) F/ ^DD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133
; @( ? Q! ~# i% ]' X) pCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards% p9 C1 T( q& \9 [6 T
CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
5 V: B: M6 U/ TxAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
3 i: F; t, u/ P4 K( Q pCA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards$ k- h# w- `+ v- y( Z% X( W: E
xAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards
0 x' b" A5 ]: U+ ]2 t0 \' ~CL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards1 O' X% h* C5 u. G: _
Range closes to 3,000 yards& n6 F5 t4 t7 W4 `5 `
CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
6 ^1 A- V3 W7 l; L! m# RCA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards. @7 Z# o$ B4 g
Massive explosion on PC Warrego9 j4 ]; M& s( H$ M {( e6 t* r) f
PC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards
# f; Z+ }+ A0 j" PxAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards7 m% X/ z/ H# v
Range closes to 2,000 yards) W- w$ a/ F2 q" F3 S
xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards: u2 ^" b: A1 Q2 z, v/ X& L
xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
# c" ?7 L5 |: s9 u" h$ t3 G* pxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
8 Q# G" | d v1 dCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk.../ y: H6 F+ i( d" g0 \1 h5 V
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130; q+ `- Y7 C! z- Y
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
P5 @. }% S1 N$ Y4 i; z5 ~Estimated time to target is 7 minutes2 w7 c$ W+ l/ V- M3 u
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Japanese aircraft
' }3 X ?1 y. E' ]" H G4M1 Betty x 42- ?3 j% r, E- H: M% E
. ~. M4 r/ y# V, g, }2 [Japanese aircraft losses
4 |+ H* z2 [4 u$ Y9 J G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged
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Allied Ships
* y2 Y6 q9 O [% |* N) l& f5 i AM Bowen6 R& K7 p# r( e @
xAK Mundalla* L$ A( o; I# h- F" U" C( Y5 o* v
DD Aylwin" a X, ]% y! ]
DD Monaghan* @7 W1 }7 L5 S `6 `3 V$ P8 i8 D
xAP Cremer
& B( \" |8 F9 O' H+ z xAP Idomeneus n q; d# u M& s/ f7 y
xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 1& Z$ f% v$ T% U; k8 i/ l
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Allied ground losses:! m7 u$ @3 \9 `- V3 Q q0 m" g8 }
16 casualties reported
2 e5 a2 P2 b- v$ X1 H' m& W/ u1 \ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: v1 X) G; L, h* R
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. q3 v3 K3 n# S, a8 F3 X, V6 r
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Aircraft Attacking:9 x/ |6 v+ @2 z0 I8 U
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 C1 Q6 ?0 C1 D" E# L( h. g- f9 _ Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp& B; _! b( S9 h/ B2 K: P7 W6 ~: L
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
7 V5 h! `2 i _5 q6 A' i Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
: `. ], _. i8 u; \. _" t v 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
' Z# ~7 p# U% D( ~ Z" q, O Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
}" F4 }( t# Q 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 P3 p* ]0 p& C& }! |0 m Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp7 y- h( u& u* W, O% Y0 U; X" a
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3 b' P4 b" h. h5 z; x4 ~7 |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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5 l8 m9 b0 Y% p( q$ dWeather in hex: Heavy rain5 S9 g0 b. k+ j2 `) |
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.' g) U/ M2 o: P( L6 ?. \$ y+ T& {4 U
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes' t1 [) H2 z2 R
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
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Allied Ships
9 V+ K4 g g" j7 q; F4 k/ i5 s xAP Cremer! S/ D' U% L" f
DD Aylwin0 ^" K! {. Z& f$ \' l: o
DD Monaghan s% a1 o+ A% `
xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:
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% I: y& ]- N, ~( ^ Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp1 `' l" G: W8 R
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 K4 v# y( f, u4 T* a% n1 n# r0 k8 I Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp. q' Q! {0 c" R/ H( {1 F* q$ e1 w, h
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
- G% u O f5 L* B; n0 M- B Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 F1 ^+ f& Y- M! l+ ^, E% Q 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
: B7 F. {( j" ^ Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp0 A. t: a& @% [3 d) R# }# c) `# q
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet8 D/ Y# b' Z% M# b, {
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |