41年12月14日
1 g7 n7 \5 ]6 }$ \- M盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。+ W6 P2 L. V* [) g- a7 _
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
& }' l6 [$ K9 K+ t) I2 Z$ i PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
+ J! n, s' ]2 u7 f5 D CA Indianapolis
1 `& Z1 x! d* p% z3 x. w DMS Southard
: z" a# g, Q' a3 i: f" l DMS Hopkins3 K4 s. ? }0 i* W. P' E9 n) R
DMS Dorsey
! ~ J: `- D: h DMS Long! @% g" ^0 u/ X
DMS Elliot
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帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。1 D6 e5 `( a, b2 J2 ^
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 5 d D( C& g3 C
4 u2 Z4 Y r" bWeather in hex: Light cloud. }& c7 n$ E5 s' }5 m
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. S) h4 g$ @. u7 g4 S+ D
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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! }5 _6 ?' U0 c$ @7 A& KJapanese aircraft
: _" ~$ f% U- h- O S A6M2 Zero x 18
, r8 l) D. L4 v G4M1 Betty x 598 \% }% F9 T9 p1 C
+ Y! P7 J9 ]5 B' S6 n/ d! Q" l9 xAllied aircraft, q) H1 p# M) M1 Q7 Q
P-40B Warhawk x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses% Z) h% k, _) s
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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$ j9 H' x# L/ {4 P5 ]No Allied losses, @& ]+ ~2 [! t% a
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 I* s, L! L; w3 A+ @ AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 H: Z/ T. {: x* ] PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 U x- Y+ x% R4 i: Q3 Y+ N
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage g, S- b. q' W1 s( q
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
* L& @% V3 w) |9 K" i( S ~; a AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage2 O) F" y7 c6 C- f$ S4 s( ]3 H1 Y7 |3 f
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
, Y* k* I- K+ R# ?2 ` AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 U& Q2 N) Q& B, d: ^+ @4 C3 `
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage: M& Z% | X, F) n) E
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 ~7 i1 A5 e6 S+ O" v
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage; d, H2 K! G& @% Q% L3 |
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
, N, t( {3 U* F: l% _+ T# F7 T AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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; O. |( ^7 Z5 m* I' q3 lPort hits 6) {% n& h; R) j# R4 x; F
Port fuel hits 23 _/ j, w' A" ~: l* q
Port supply hits 2 |