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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。# g1 U. x! r e0 P4 f( V( O
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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' r" A* v2 T5 U4 @& v9 s CA Indianapolis
' j! t8 T0 @% Y6 [9 o2 G7 |. V DMS Southard
9 k! K# ~7 {$ E# I, j, U* d" \) ] DMS Hopkins
0 E% x4 `& y( z6 F! _( l0 y4 I DMS Dorsey
1 u, {9 ~2 B# D: u E' h) f# H. k! B) g DMS Long$ l+ ?3 _5 w6 o8 R
DMS Elliot9 D7 b% F3 e: D" S
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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。
6 x1 S4 K* I# G; g6 W, `( B SMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 ' y: t/ G+ l7 Y% `+ ^5 q
& n1 S9 p7 M g7 }' rWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet., F {* F0 T( f; s: v7 J
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes R( M5 |6 K. J5 y1 {
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" n' L& C+ @3 x3 N# S; b A6M2 Zero x 18
& f, q8 _, V& H }" i G4M1 Betty x 592 U) @2 y* V' w% \- R2 a
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4 ^! m+ G1 O' f n. x7 y# HJapanese aircraft losses6 z7 Q+ l' p% q
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
9 k% W7 e7 a C4 A9 W2 e- P G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged K4 X' D6 @# x& A- L
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No Allied losses
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* c8 E0 J2 U& A/ [ m AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
( D& E2 p ~- g8 v% u7 O AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
! @- D( ]5 S' U! w; l PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 ^; f1 \* Y7 c# x+ M8 l' P% ]
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 U) W: [" n" o; G AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
! c w7 f8 \/ K5 E7 ]5 n AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage' e8 J& N7 D& R& } K& Q+ D3 I
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage+ o5 Z- ~* z' c/ [
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ Q l4 M3 a* p; y AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage- ^# c, x" t! K i {6 H6 z- C
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
' D8 q7 k3 n% Y% j v) U AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 {9 l$ X" v0 j1 w PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage }, U6 a- N0 t
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage- B# Q( `3 A! X, J) V. t5 E
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Port hits 6& X* ~. q) f" U7 X& q: D! R
Port fuel hits 26 K, `, K( |+ |, R' A+ U! o$ r
Port supply hits 2 |