在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战8 W. p0 r' S; ^9 }, V! ^! P" G
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards6 ^& @9 q6 H9 G# |
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no flights& M5 G' L0 A1 M7 i0 I. a
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Allied aircraft losses
1 A4 @* [$ T7 u; z& {. y% y( E1 q' C SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
1 E$ l" \4 C. y: V OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed$ u' v; [0 b& Z0 F
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Japanese Ships
3 l7 ?. q5 s2 L$ \4 z6 P BB Kongo
1 W/ ]7 r$ Y* t BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
2 S) f, W& R. g" _! r, P BB Kirishima/ f) g6 k2 e* Q( e+ G
CA Tone( }7 M" ?' ]3 p) `2 o
CA Chikuma" @# Q4 O5 U3 o" S) x% i1 W
CA Takao* |8 c1 ^: m; d4 Q1 p- W f
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2' L- M1 {6 w# Q8 b! B! k/ h" q
DD Maikaze
) }# P4 \" _# V DD Uranami
3 k- `4 Y& s( H4 W u! Z! Y* |# d DD Shikinami" `1 Y0 H6 V8 c- s1 Q) g
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
8 e0 N0 |2 C q: f% r' ?# ` DD Asagiri
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1 P! U. y( z( \7 mAllied Ships: K( \- |( v* T2 E( \
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) Z+ Z, q }7 [
CA Portland
, o6 L% b z* P6 n5 m. a% h! [ CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 o0 x* P3 z5 P+ ^7 W4 I- V
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) @% f4 B- g7 {: D DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, E) x/ w+ P7 F: M
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
$ n1 c8 o J8 |& D9 P' ?" F+ h DD Farenholt
$ S2 d s: g( v$ b' r$ R5 j( n, A1 b( q2 ^ DD Sterett U8 _( g% w2 l) m) U7 L! l5 i% [
DD Balch, I1 |( J, l# T% Q- y6 e
( X6 E4 f' `. QNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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8 `/ h& r- F/ Z! K* Q8 m6 U7 RJapanese Ships
& D8 D8 i6 Z# t& b* p BB Mutsu, Shell hits 29 H. Z6 q! [0 X$ S. J
CA Atago! L$ V' b) @! j; o6 c \, g5 M
CA Maya
2 H. b) ? x: f, g0 Z- g CA Kumano
' @: \( y+ _3 g' K# R/ D/ N0 } DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
1 A5 h* I; [6 U) r, P DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
; E* e% Q* C o; w: E% R0 N DD Mutsuki5 |7 H" J; X; ?
DD Uzuki( c+ C% N& f1 f ~: C: b
DD Yuzuki3 _! m" H3 {# d, [: D
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Allied Ships
2 B) `, d1 ?. H, ^- H) n. ]+ s- @- T DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk2 i! x4 p- I L$ d
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk' j3 l5 N- E9 L2 p- @) q
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
7 d1 u! }- Y- i: i) X3 R AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk( G3 z6 B. g4 L) `" H3 j8 c* r
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" V# D1 D, g- ?) o. P( V4 D AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% z2 j0 ?0 H" Z5 F; s" ^. |
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 a+ A' S) l$ Z2 G ^$ z
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
5 Q) t, z$ U- t* T6 h xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk' Q4 @8 m" x* J! a
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
/ ?$ w* k4 t" j- q$ E xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
' |. r" {" v) Q+ p/ \0 t; ? xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk. H* Y1 E" e! W
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk) k5 p9 r9 t& e0 @7 V
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 }7 f, B2 s% g4 z1 n
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 v" ? l$ O! b0 s4 K& ? AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
3 E: n9 k* h4 n5 m; p: p* ]1 ? 136 casualties reported- z6 z3 Z9 e/ o% T {4 { }
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 k4 u8 k" M9 U/ X- w Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
A" l5 B, X3 m4 x. X Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 ~- e0 K2 _8 B9 \0 F
3 B9 y6 L! N% m; K9 i$ W* Y) _Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
) R. {# d; s. k r7 Z- n* h5 g CA Atago, Shell hits 30 f& ~6 R6 q7 T8 L0 ]+ q$ u
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
. e- g) U8 W* R9 G# v7 B" p CA Kumano, Shell hits 1- a3 ^1 p& A- C
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
% ^3 r! m# |' C5 b2 u4 F DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage0 @/ i( w6 y* Y& _6 r, M
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2" Z% d! G( \; y$ S% F
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire0 c2 n( q6 ?9 }; o
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
1 `- `, e8 l! U( e. J# w& {; M DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
2 U. ]# C4 z+ p% x" A1 F' C' R6 F' O DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
6 Q- |+ _/ V" _/ G$ A6 Q i DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage, S! a i0 [$ T* z
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1335 g& n" r6 u! p& ?( @8 O, R
0 e" W# [4 [- ~Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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# H. ~& l' k9 T5 b, B+ dRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
( O$ C6 t$ I- \3 tEstimated time to target is 0 minutes! H i3 q0 C* `+ K, k) F% x
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Allied aircraft+ f6 {* y; Z5 `9 G5 F/ G/ S, s7 k
P-39D Airacobra x 16) k S3 ^* a+ i- ^2 G, m
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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9 N3 ~" z( j( O; i# b* nNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships$ c& ^# ]3 u; S
CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
% Y5 \; i6 { P. S8 W DD Ayanami
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( L$ `4 `/ Z% F/ \2 @; ]2 {. XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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: N4 D! D; h7 ~9 PRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 M/ F( ?0 W& M7 i+ IEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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" U* _# }2 l3 @ V: Q, R+ e8 NJapanese aircraft* J! M& k! d! p7 u/ b
A6M2 Zero x 51
" W1 w$ c* N0 H8 v D3A2 Val x 50
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No Japanese losses
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3 v! P v e( o) {$ cAllied Ships0 y! y0 i7 ^0 T. K, v
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
8 X, \- r! S$ i+ a' t1 X DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
5 l2 \. o2 H: Y8 H9 k# \/ ` DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, G2 a( U! c9 x2 W$ f
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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) {$ P2 ^* b+ [; ~' g7 T' P) c: ARaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
0 `! `( d# x% X% {# u5 XEstimated time to target is 12 minutes2 K x$ ?- y+ C3 H% Q: F
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B5N1 Kate x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied Ships
% U! x( d4 s3 A7 `3 K DD Laffey
5 s9 r( F. g" c9 C/ h; H7 O8 q CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
& j9 j/ F0 l* o8 p DD Balch
5 e3 E {: Z' _3 w DD Sterett, and is sunk |