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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 Yards
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Allied aircraft( ~( b8 ^ R1 ?% E f
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses/ H+ U8 \$ B0 R$ @5 r9 L. p
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
5 U! D6 O7 N. d2 d9 `6 ? OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed/ \* X6 h, ^* g# E
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Japanese Ships
# ]3 m* x: P0 R1 v* X; x BB Kongo- n5 U/ Q# P# v% ?0 d. H, Z m4 c
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
$ W3 j. t& I' v: Z* S4 g# y: l BB Kirishima8 B4 t7 d7 _9 l m$ V6 H
CA Tone
* R/ K( p% f% y8 L2 j6 h* S9 T CA Chikuma
, A2 A6 s5 P, D CA Takao# f% k3 N e& Q8 ?
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2& g J1 j' `5 T4 g: s9 h9 i* B" @
DD Maikaze! z, q* ~1 z+ v! d- W3 F9 ^: X) ~# y
DD Uranami* S% m u( k+ a5 ^( E
DD Shikinami
) v- Y" U- u* A. I4 K4 e' h" I DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires/ T, D3 o& S2 Y3 `# r! G/ v% X a
DD Asagiri4 `% \& P8 \- L
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BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' {- L0 [! i5 d( @9 G CA Portland
- q: U( [3 G4 V8 X3 O CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ x2 A3 U- ], p |6 h CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 P/ C! G/ J" l/ }% T; a: X DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! u" E( R% h" `5 K4 I$ v DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire+ Y2 w1 F7 N1 ]
DD Farenholt; T4 H& w) L, F& v0 o
DD Sterett% u8 l" ?9 f! ]; i+ L: H' z1 p
DD Balch
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8 p1 P) S# M% Q" T/ ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards* v7 b0 i2 H7 D8 w m
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6 l/ |" ^% ~( F: Q [2 Y5 [% z+ { BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
& F) F" y, ]" l9 q) X, ~& U/ L CA Atago0 i# n' e; i2 Y3 ]- c
CA Maya1 M6 k, e# G; F1 p6 p
CA Kumano# O0 s" q9 w% s( m9 ?! o' P
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1' B" D$ x8 j" a2 G, P2 [# P, j
DD Ushio, Shell hits 15 ~* n+ \+ z& _" G- n6 o7 z
DD Mutsuki: o$ T7 W3 Q- ^5 t5 C: }
DD Uzuki
! f" w$ `7 L% h& x DD Yuzuki
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Allied Ships
6 z: ?1 K2 G7 [: m- f DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk# c$ y: Y' U; W' g
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
4 Y+ s8 w4 N/ Y/ e8 S AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk- c1 C9 e, i; X/ e6 j
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk4 b, ?3 U& Z* A, E4 {6 G! u- F0 J
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 t! |7 T9 Z# o" @- n
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 L ^; U! Y+ a AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, `- I" h( s+ u' Q7 a: t- o' G AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk2 v0 R( _5 a2 T( v0 o
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk0 ?7 ]3 w! c: @" \: E. X+ k
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk- A& Z6 ?3 y& `" m8 U! K9 \9 u
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk' z( r/ @% @" A* S. P" |. k# V: h
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk1 l. ?$ l, {2 v: E7 J
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
1 d) E4 v2 _, ~! `! I2 Z. M% O4 G xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
* m2 `' J4 f9 Q4 A: G8 W5 |% }& \) S xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! P- s" m) E7 n* T1 c AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. J- C3 a6 q+ Y2 H6 g# H
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Allied ground losses:& D+ D8 y- _- y
136 casualties reported) S) I2 |5 F0 Q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- _# @ t5 U( a" k. _ Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled( Z8 j2 [: r- V! p$ s3 L1 F
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
' m+ w7 B S+ Y) V# F BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
6 g( r0 N- F" W; X* S+ r ` CA Atago, Shell hits 3/ U4 |2 Z7 o" L. `) v2 `/ h
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
) P* N" D4 N$ u. |. F CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
/ o/ D. V" d/ [$ W# d+ q4 J H; B" _ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
8 P$ i% l( B# B! F( A, `, ` DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage" @! A* T2 E1 D; S, d( q1 f$ y
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2+ ^' G' d# n! v: v
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 u8 M% Y* ~. j2 b0 V DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires$ M; R7 H. @2 I" T
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DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
: V. l# J) X" t2 T DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
# J+ b% Z' G* ^1 o! ~ DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire4 y! H% s5 Z7 K( L. L, F
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage' b, S- N: g/ D) G7 ~+ ?
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
- X' v" s. W* N! w2 j CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
! S: P6 `6 V& u, m4 L* o( b2 r8 @ DD Ayanami
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+ Y" U3 ?* e) n9 J ~, TAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud9 h2 t8 t! g% z! x2 f
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.( v4 |. |" X! ^5 b6 ]: L
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 ^5 b1 g' g3 g" m( S/ a( h+ `& y A6M2 Zero x 51
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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No Japanese losses0 T/ w6 Q, ?+ M( V: i1 x! S
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No Allied losses& A7 m9 }! X7 \" j. Q3 I" A6 x
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk/ c0 L7 u7 \3 Y, O; V P
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
6 X `, l* q# V6 I' d DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1366 b% ^# Z/ L, L
6 h3 u/ ?5 _ c2 `* @* _Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.$ ^1 Y j1 F0 ]% g' ^! b/ N
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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B5N1 Kate x 18: {& {; C7 t; k
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: b# ^! e& T; [' ^5 ?) I0 j2 s, {, z B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged5 i. p6 e% p+ ?0 l6 _; L0 h# |
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6 [9 C- b+ `: h* ]; @! w8 _" B6 s8 a DD Laffey' F2 i* x1 U$ {" _1 Q
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage6 J3 E% W4 _" o0 f9 D& o: ?: h
DD Balch
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