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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42. F7 M2 d& B1 E, X' I `& Y! ?+ ]% |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards9 d1 r9 U0 z6 T0 p$ k# Y
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Allied aircraft# R2 O- _7 ]5 D6 x& m
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses* [& U7 a/ M3 M9 X0 r
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed* ~2 K- I$ a% `; D1 K5 ?
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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0 C0 I$ ~* o/ ^' w, t2 Z/ A T6 HJapanese Ships
3 @! e% \& y6 N% f BB Kongo! R3 Q8 v5 ?4 b. B+ M: @
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
- F- ?8 j) z' {$ f" c. H0 S- L8 } BB Kirishima
y/ w9 C0 }' L$ D/ } CA Tone+ f# P8 n- {' X. _# |/ `
CA Chikuma$ Q1 M% [2 `- Q. N
CA Takao
* Q6 ^1 C I/ m* | DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
0 j$ }" \8 ?4 q& Z5 g DD Maikaze) ]& ~4 b2 {/ h7 n
DD Uranami5 b9 }- D& ]# h, G2 M( E5 ^+ t' P0 v
DD Shikinami
/ D3 {! s l6 {8 @7 ]. H DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
: {9 R3 x" [7 Y! [ DD Asagiri
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BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: V* ^9 m, S5 I0 `) ? CA Portland" l6 y8 y9 Y% T7 h
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; A7 M: w% y I: v. T
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% k Y. V& \1 K, O( d: l- ]8 j DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. @8 ?, j2 Z* T* A: Q
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
- |. Q: g" B1 T1 m v- d. M% Q7 ? DD Farenholt4 v' Z' p+ L+ i
DD Sterett
/ k: |* ?7 S6 q, r7 d4 z DD Balch
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, s b# M1 v' e, U' o6 g+ g% hNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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. h: m# w* W" yJapanese Ships
4 d8 x g8 e) K3 I/ S! ]( g/ g' u: j8 s. b BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
% M3 t2 J* M: A8 R6 y CA Atago* Y4 ]7 @7 E) g
CA Maya
0 Q% V. Q8 F5 [. g CA Kumano
- Z, X- W- C0 A- @2 z1 M DD Yugiri, Shell hits 11 s$ N* Y& ~: h; b; |, l' _
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1, U5 @4 j" f. R1 ~% ~1 c
DD Mutsuki+ T. Z" ~* }+ X) _# i: d
DD Uzuki3 L) d( V* a9 e0 p
DD Yuzuki7 O' c: l( Z1 p, q2 R
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Allied Ships! @( F- ]' h: g4 ]4 g3 |* T; p
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
6 `0 P$ I1 G2 K DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
O/ o; u; @! I! O AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
! _" A, u' L# L) m! i AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# D$ u- `0 a8 |0 J# p AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 T4 @6 t1 x& v/ z c* i7 b AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 S c# B4 \% h B U1 `4 E$ ]4 w
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& y1 v) k7 ?1 C) z- |3 S3 f
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
: t$ w" b3 U$ @) o I5 B: E xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk/ z d4 k4 G- Q% D# x
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk$ H( z* @4 m) R& W% m4 z
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk, E" i) W& E$ G" F
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk( o" d4 w- H' d, W' A% ]
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk* y# I- R. Z& F2 |; d
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' g1 T8 ?0 p7 r: v" r; y8 l xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 ~9 F7 j! |; Z6 z
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
4 X% w- u6 E, x+ F3 V4 c) B. A 136 casualties reported
5 I" e. F5 G7 ], I) V+ ` Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. c; a% O. O1 J Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled8 D2 u$ f' n& }8 Y' w0 t, y, \& l
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 k) v- P6 L1 Z
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards9 r! E I7 w$ v) p7 v
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2 B! c( r% R. n3 D- }9 U8 g3 e BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2* B( P8 J' O4 k+ v% S5 Y. v
CA Atago, Shell hits 32 z6 o) c& x) l! t0 `
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
U3 n4 c: _2 F% s/ L' R8 a CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
( c) m9 D7 F$ Q2 l6 W DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
7 A/ j- z* j# v, h1 I, j DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage) x+ S5 d4 X1 D Y0 H% U7 O: s
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
7 K8 {# t0 ~2 d DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 F1 Y. `/ D7 e, l- C% ~& {% f DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires2 c: ?$ T" E+ \& I2 p8 s: v
/ {9 o L2 M/ ]4 wAllied Ships6 I& Q3 X- f: f4 g" G( V
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
1 E0 K9 Q3 U2 ]% H0 ~8 { DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
. C; }, `/ c3 f7 i7 Y2 G4 V DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 @$ R6 Y0 G0 _" L6 l DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage6 ]0 B: [9 d$ X9 C) X. q
|" {/ p8 \, m- _3 y3 rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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2 K2 o+ |4 b, q% U5 SWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& b0 T7 I9 y6 i y7 o: F% @
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes+ ?8 \2 S: M& V) _
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Allied aircraft
8 L: ]- }6 E: e8 _ P-39D Airacobra x 164 u5 V0 {2 S7 }
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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! {0 S, I" g$ k/ Q$ dNo Allied losses4 Q! M8 ~) L* \6 \
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage6 {; O. @/ V9 U! Z+ i# K2 g
DD Ayanami6 _; h$ i, S, F4 A; T9 A
5 D" l( Q4 G% tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1325 t6 h" Z. L8 i4 N, K8 J
! F; l5 v& X! |$ P) E" ~* dWeather in hex: Light cloud! k1 H) u3 i) F; @' i2 Z
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.) _, g9 |- m" A) Z! h8 |9 b& P
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes# E& X0 `" y5 \. q$ N+ N! P
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Japanese aircraft: x# K& ?1 S9 s: [9 A3 C2 ?
A6M2 Zero x 517 h2 v" G) \2 E
D3A2 Val x 50( n! r3 O1 @6 S( z- ?
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4 {5 N: ?' A4 e; [5 A P-39D Airacobra x 11 b! m6 ?" D0 U
, s8 ?: M! w/ ]1 lNo Japanese losses
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Allied Ships
7 n: y/ Y5 X, a6 W* H* O- Z0 F DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
* |' }# b K7 w( i3 P. m# q8 D4 {8 p DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage& i; ?& ?/ O5 [
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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4 D9 B( x8 R+ W& |. W3 ^7 Y2 a5 XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136( p: g3 s( v* O5 V0 ]) _
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms( `8 M, Y0 L9 i0 b' N
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
: g, H0 U) t/ i2 a8 E6 \4 |. |Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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5 g) B( J6 `- c4 @) F0 r" V B5N1 Kate x 183 ]; p& D) p- ?* q
7 t% N3 v" W9 v. C& }9 H' V$ {( ?) `Japanese aircraft losses3 S# s8 O! p% f8 ]5 Q: a8 {
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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DD Laffey
a! X9 e2 B$ e& S+ w2 w( k CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage1 A; S; z) Q9 h) b; A6 P+ z# M% x
DD Balch
8 q1 R' P. a9 i. b DD Sterett, and is sunk |