lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。8 M# s  k; a; L6 ~+ w, G; \

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336! S0 ~/ B: d4 k0 f) d4 Z
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581: a) j  p" ^8 E# Q1 F) w

& n+ p( M2 o; M/ KAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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/ O- C9 `5 w( K# K7 I9 xAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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7 y: s/ R; h$ H# W) R. PJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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  A6 H% ^- k, e" R' \( E! ZCombat modifiers: {; m( z" G6 g+ _+ l
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
: Y' n) Q. q/ z1 }5 S5 @$ ~Attacker: 1 k! ~' h4 p" T5 _

4 f, p4 n, m' A* N5 w. RJapanese ground losses:
3 ]0 v+ V% }! @) R, Y      3386 casualties reported
4 ~- d: _0 U$ p9 z( {         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
/ n4 v1 T6 u. _+ ]) {8 M: U         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
% ?) f, b3 J7 a# C' M         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled( ?" H" f. _! X' K) w7 z: q
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
" b4 d* m1 T8 c% |2 l9 C, Y      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
0 j% b/ |: T7 n; q- e      Units destroyed 1* C0 q. C% H  r9 X) n) O+ I+ f8 C
2 t" V% r- M. U
Allied ground losses:% i+ A" E6 i. ], ~% J5 b
      5163 casualties reported
2 U  t5 B6 S) ~; G" c5 w' i         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled2 G/ n9 \; M) ^7 A
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled5 T9 A/ m& A/ O( m0 S
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled  g) d: y  i# p/ Y8 W5 [3 G' O  ?
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
! k  h/ i. y% g6 L" W! e      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)) r6 Y" l( m3 g# I+ y* H/ r

4 e0 T8 e* w: S/ X0 V# e) b6 cAssaulting units:( w0 w) L6 S. _7 |
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
+ e# ^$ i$ N7 d+ j& u' u& ^; X    710th Tank Battalion
. d$ x% v; f9 E. Y7 m    6th Infantry Division% R- u$ \, A. K- ~* S, m0 B
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" S& A9 m/ ^, @- H! t5 C
    44th Tank Battalion
7 v. x. P; r' \) Q! \5 ~    81st Infantry Division0 U5 j0 p/ u. [/ h
    762nd Tank Battalion
& g+ U: W8 K4 Z" H1 x$ w2 `    767th Tank Battalion
7 z3 Q- Q7 }  k/ T! d$ q    711th Tank Battalion6 o" d4 K8 u4 j1 R& F
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
9 g4 e8 ~/ e2 p+ r- p/ x3 R    5th Marine Division1 r8 C! N9 z+ d5 ]
    716th Tank Battalion# U5 f+ C( [/ B+ G  y7 a- q3 X, c+ Y
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment( A: H4 f! m5 J& U1 n
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion3 ]9 _! e) u: m# C. S! s! {
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
. t, r8 M$ ?) W8 [    706th Tank Battalion
) J) J" M% }* }0 z0 i) f5 G    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
+ I6 F; V4 L- q- K- [    96th Infantry Division
$ c: W( l! H( N" M7 N' }' Y$ ?' C    31st Infantry Regiment/ Z) ?* T# h3 C1 @; v3 i( t
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion- S. H. H4 e% k% |) Z' s0 n6 C
    I Corps Artillery
. w# l. e( M" E: x7 P, v    12th Marine Defense Battalion' e0 _; i$ W2 S5 D
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. c: }2 E: O  C* t5 }2 u    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 U, @* N' m8 D    XIV US Corps
; `; q; C+ ]. e- b) v: h5 a    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ Y! S* Z6 @/ a; s  p: R    5th USA Defense Battalion  O/ j# f3 E% L6 S
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
/ ?! E, p! |; S2 W6 i- y2 l8 e    738th Coast AA Regiment
( ]4 y- u: e  @2 ~2 P2 b. i! D& {    X Corps Artillery
' o' J+ x& k8 S* r) H5 F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" j) b; V: g: ?8 h) }! Q9 W    96th Coast AA Regiment6 |( U4 [6 S  h8 n, U
    4th USA Defense Battalion
4 `. G" R' u* v3 N: J' |    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; l9 y. H% e" S* n& y, Z0 o& P0 }
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 ?; v" E! t; Q5 [2 i7 [$ r
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Defending units:
, z5 J; W* N# k9 b    Kure 7th SNLF2 b( b% Y+ G! i& V
    81st/A Division
  j( q! P* L: s; m7 h* a- d$ F    Kure 3rd SNLF
  M3 w3 a# T- A9 m% a2 _6 g+ J; Q6 G/ R    33rd/B Division
9 j% O% i) J; Q$ y! n& ?) H5 c- t    33rd/A Division
/ `' \' A7 [& K: s    81st/C Division+ V2 D& p' c; [9 i6 R
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
3 L: Q1 Q- E0 |' V8 N; @    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 q$ N: _4 M1 t# R) ^5 C" v3 r& }
    138th Infantry Regiment
# s% d- P, U$ q; |" k    Sasebo 7th SNLF
; \( C1 R& n2 f; V( a0 k4 u7 y    144th Infantry Regiment
% S" X4 r, E% u+ ]8 r3 T. Y    81st/B Division
; `8 Q) I9 c/ I% L8 H" U    33rd/C Division
, z3 H9 p5 Q' ^3 F8 C( c# [    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment: ]: O: B0 r8 e0 y
    18th Army
) c/ A; R0 [# r8 \    60th Field AA Battalion8 P$ @" g$ R; k$ Y8 k, `
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; [4 N: y9 V8 L! f0 @7 q
    Ponape Naval Fortress
/ M5 q" |  a0 S3 E1 u+ t    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
, z7 \& d5 U. x- C0 z2 ^  E    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion! _7 v0 p! ~: L5 i3 f/ @) Q
    53rd Construction Battalion6 e1 Z5 R' ]. x- q5 D8 w2 z9 c
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
0 N0 ~; \+ Y  `5 y, E9 }    18th Field AF Construction Battalion& ~( T. h4 r3 @
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co + E5 f1 T8 u2 G
    19th JAAF Base Force4 G8 B7 C0 k% e7 _8 B3 A8 |% A
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
$ _$ f& Z9 ^  O$ Y    14th Area Army /1; @& a( U- \% V$ _* I; h0 K
    63rd Field AA Battalion; K% y0 O8 d9 Y9 F
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
- `$ S. j; N- O3 i1 e    3rd Base Force
3 |/ R5 c) U* h; c0 k    12th Air Fleet
2 @( ^+ g# T4 H1 q' ^5 n% D    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% P; I. ?/ w4 e    61st Field AA Battalion
$ Z' L) E' e& }( l+ G5 r    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- K- g& e) s' O% G! ?    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co ) ?0 Z. |" e4 M* i
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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, w' f( g7 g9 c同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。  S& B) f1 \  x# Q( R
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! e5 \2 n5 t$ z& I% h! NGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack( [9 I2 H" t2 o% K
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761$ W6 r- e0 a1 P, C$ j. z. e

: y1 W5 t2 w7 `Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67. B. m$ d$ G/ h& z2 e

( p# Z8 C' E( E2 j% ZJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 $ {5 q" k" |6 J$ x5 {: g  j& u
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 3 I( u$ p- _" d& l0 A5 L1 n) B

/ G: A$ F% x7 `( }Combat modifiers
! q/ X: b3 y1 u$ x" eDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
( O& r5 A! x6 G- Y" i. j: X) NAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
8 o1 k$ e* u9 u* A3 F      530 casualties reported
9 f6 M9 L5 G. [         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled# w; m! A& M! F% w: u$ C
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
( \8 X9 f3 e1 P4 g" C( A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
8 z) |( }9 [4 W4 J% u      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)  D% s# W$ L7 X! ^! b6 }" W- @. x% ]
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Allied ground losses:
8 S3 q+ _: O- Y, `5 n      891 casualties reported1 f0 j' j/ F% R6 P! Y( S- d. {8 ]' J
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
# j+ t5 o5 q8 t2 w9 e  E$ s         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
) n- \, P. s( p) p* @         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- k9 F6 V; }7 T' q: r5 U      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
3 g$ S: Z' J3 g$ \6 c    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
0 J1 }, |% L$ E; C/ o9 t+ X/ L3 ^# A    21st Division
3 x, j9 @. ]; p4 B" i5 C  W    4th Division  H9 ]2 Y  M* R% A" [
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment6 ?. }* |+ u4 [' E/ M6 @
    23rd Tank Regiment; X3 V- |/ P* q0 H
    32nd Division
8 C' |: s0 w0 ^4 e; L& _    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
9 F7 [7 W: {* M    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
3 a7 N# S$ i% |) u- E7 ^- n9 O3 y    6th Area Army
: `7 p# Q" Q5 Q/ U) _4 G" ^' |    103rd AA Regiment' {$ [, _+ \8 w2 k9 [4 |$ L( z8 f( K
    1st JNAF Coy
( Y3 E/ S2 K7 X+ W    13th Army
3 R1 ]' G. u, e3 U; g2 O    141st AA Regiment
. C: ]  c! F% }% z- u    4th Ind. AA Battalion6 x1 s' ?3 i: m* K) |8 p

# w  [; \1 p0 s. p  Z+ b" F/ mDefending units:! r8 v* W3 t' }" g1 l" ]) r
    50th Indian Para Brigade5 c+ G/ f2 w8 ], ?4 |  j6 F, |2 b6 s

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4 ~! @2 x' R1 [# m9 p+ C/ b( k50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males 3 E& U. \" I( @2 F
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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+ X4 M7 D2 e9 b' b3 T/ o盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载3 N8 k$ M3 o8 G5 `7 \- o6 X. O

, c4 W' R! L. eAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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% t. e$ D: R7 ]$ z# u; e4 AInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)2 ^3 G. E5 u* s8 g9 @9 C
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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0 i! t# n  b5 E5 {! L8 ~6 d$ q2 O89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.- m$ h/ n! _( r# ?$ U7 @2 j3 z

: \2 G- E0 F* o" y7 g  C1 ?Allied Ships+ K, K: t. @+ X# \1 G
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 a9 v( R* r1 v7 L+ S6 S      LST-81
: L+ n! q4 A- t% w+ L1 |; }) |. ~      LST-74, Shell hits 3$ V# N/ a# O4 f5 h6 C
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
+ g2 ]1 j  L, r2 _      LST-78. C8 O3 c. L6 m# t5 }- v1 h1 m
      LST 209
6 c+ r) j. j: Y; [      LST-889  a1 n/ u& h! N6 A* ^; h
      LST-246! h1 W( A) U9 o" T; K* v
      LST-240# h& B  f/ r/ H/ [6 k. q& L. V
      LST-2044 r: W) O, u9 y, G1 j
      LST-202! A- t: B5 c( T1 N
      LST-123) U! l" ~% w9 Y+ R3 c2 L
      LST-121
/ f/ \$ Q" D1 }. x2 C      LST-1203 O+ l8 o$ b+ _  O, U& R8 T* b5 z
      LST-86
- e# S5 r& Z% O9 O9 W+ @      LST-854 O# D( g! h. a' ~. k: A" S, L4 X' x: V
      LST-84: ~: T5 p1 O" I6 W
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
, l# P( ^6 [4 t- O9 }Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships( N, t+ N; G5 k. p+ E3 c: v
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& T: I5 E3 e7 c$ H
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
4 T7 T& r4 o8 y; Q& k      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- x1 p2 S( Z- |( y, ~
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
# b1 A. D; s* M: Z9 d: Q: f6 l* i      LST-84, Shell hits 3
( {3 d6 L  a5 |- ^- t! g% R. Y      LST-87, Shell hits 67 U' K' B7 s/ X& k6 o8 K5 ?, u
      LST 180" g1 x7 ^- w+ U8 ~
      LST 157
+ K4 x- I4 a. H7 w8 v0 V% L$ P      LST 2
0 e4 b  r4 D/ y* \  @* W2 A, Q      LST-884  m4 @, D9 k; I1 e: U3 G) @
      LST-8828 \! ?5 ~6 S' [$ g' v( f% A
      LST-397. S$ S" z& x' ]
      LST-395# K1 t3 j' ~% v+ P& b" S- Z
      LST-274$ D8 H# k5 E5 P% @4 O
      LST-273
7 G8 b% `6 N9 s( H7 e      LST-246
* C! [1 f% j( X. y- @( g/ ~      LST-2448 S6 h" o  H' C% Q  `& R* H( q
      LST-241
0 c5 O% I- Z# X9 T8 a      LST-218- c0 Y" p; D, E' ]" a
      LST-216
, x: h% i3 L9 _# b      LST-202
& p+ c2 d4 S. ]; u  b      LST-171
) f# O4 ^/ q) |      LST-166
  i' h& X, j7 w2 R4 b      LST-124
( a/ G9 K4 [) N2 R4 w      LST-121! z+ }4 o% E& J0 }4 r4 n
      LST-88
$ \% a3 }6 I! T+ B+ o. E9 L" V      LST-123
1 i% o, e6 u  K, u      LST-865 S! f, b* D  i5 t
3 b9 o/ y+ ]  S3 B

& D$ H) t8 t' x4 u0 q) }9 m在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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" v4 s, b9 l+ P  C- ]* A" X9 fAllied Bombardment attack
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9 z& A' C& z1 y' UAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13612 s% R& ]+ f1 d9 q' i+ F3 U" g
5 U. l, h5 J, U: b
Japanese ground losses:
& `1 o' }% g, N+ r% i) R; L- E      406 casualties reported% z4 p* G% _- j
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled2 T/ x7 n' v. V" j/ j) j
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
1 x/ P. D5 C1 j3 y& w- U1 p         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:" r6 i% N! p# s) }: E
      21 casualties reported3 P! i" j* E" Y0 A
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
0 _  }! \2 r9 T- ^" V         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
( w  M; Q8 b7 g- l/ H! P7 l0 h8 _         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 [/ B8 p6 b1 Q) z, s4 c
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)% g9 Y, G0 W& U; v2 o/ H
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)( {% X. c% c/ ?0 F1 c2 n2 |5 F

1 K) |7 ~" u( j  f! z& h/ OAssaulting units:. Y2 t' {1 n% i" Q" E
    5th Marine/B Division" J7 J* W& n; o8 [7 t1 c) K4 p
    81st Infantry/B Division
" E; {. v! T  D% m; d9 J    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment2 e% L0 \4 u* P  L" V7 F' U
    5th Marine/C Division3 C9 [+ G/ E( Y; u- w3 A
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
: M% ^' ?( _2 ~7 K    6th Infantry/B Division4 O0 t, g- J! m0 L0 }3 h
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment" y9 f9 i* g# M' _4 M5 s0 {9 `
    716th Tank Battalion% m( L) l  h( i4 p* M$ d0 u
    81st Infantry/C Division- ?- L/ I0 ~) J& D
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion) T( X) U% P8 s; S
    6th Infantry/C Division. n4 d% p& Q! g8 U; S# @$ x5 L9 j
    5th Marine/A Division$ d% c/ E, M+ b+ r! v
    767th Tank Battalion
6 |1 g5 s# X, K, d/ P    96th Infantry/A Division+ u% r/ K+ o  A  \3 z2 r7 L
    706th Tank Battalion
6 `& v! s! L7 a3 g; A    711th Tank Battalion. J# Q5 u" a# x
    762nd Tank Battalion" j  O: p3 B/ ~) t0 C4 H
    96th Infantry/B Division
  j8 A* B( v0 h, H/ p4 A4 M    81st Infantry/A Division
4 q9 ]9 e* M& L0 s/ }/ u) ^: G    44th Tank Battalion, ]* s, U6 U. L# L$ [# W& T! f
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment% P0 p& @. G. ?8 Z( n
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment" w( N2 \' Q/ h8 F5 d. j
    31st Infantry Regiment
; y9 A) \% w! F$ Q' R    6th Infantry/A Division* n+ W) O% |8 [4 V, l1 q3 c
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
. P3 d2 _4 Q0 d. l    710th Tank Battalion2 C  L# z) t7 W5 j0 j$ ?( Z% {
    96th Infantry/C Division4 x) _/ n* }9 G& q  m, Z8 z
    5th USA Defense Battalion
) V7 k  }6 f# E, I2 P# k    4th USA Defense Battalion
0 _8 L3 c; C& f8 N) m  ?! D/ U    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 Z9 F, U, Y# i) Q7 h. b) N3 U1 B    X Corps Artillery 9 t& J, g5 G0 t. h: K0 X; h3 P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; p* ?- X3 ]1 x& B' ~9 g
    XIV US Corps
  u$ \! r4 d( U) G' p    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; w& l$ Q& F, ~# ~    8th Marine Defense Battalion, X/ }4 ^# M# i$ y2 e
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' a& c+ w/ o% H' f
    I Corps Artillery . a! b, R7 i7 u# B4 A" c0 A
    96th Coast AA Regiment! {. ^- B8 v/ u) k7 N* w. p
    1st USMC AA Battalion
! l0 T% R( K7 G+ a0 T7 v    738th Coast AA Regiment
  Q  S9 t% ]/ K7 g! n9 [8 d    12th Marine Defense Battalion
# [" |) z2 O1 R2 _5 u    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 a0 |  {+ j. V# g
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 p# }* G7 C% [; @; \7 w7 ^4 b
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Defending units:  U' I- b  f% ]$ L9 |, E5 ^
    33rd/A Division; ^, I# E5 S2 s3 [( R9 }+ g7 N
    81st/B Division
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    81st/C Division5 _! q5 C3 Q. D( b' D! _0 M
    138th Infantry Regiment- Q" u$ d  b: n) l2 Z
    Kure 3rd SNLF1 q8 Y- s! x% y- r
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 m1 {) c$ y# i" w    144th Infantry Regiment* M! w6 \6 w7 B  t6 J/ e0 X9 p
    52nd Naval Guard Unit4 X1 {/ u1 ?* {( g/ a3 Y4 W
    33rd/B Division
" `# Y1 G: M3 ^    81st/A Division
! T- F( T4 S% J$ g! U    33rd/C Division; d( y2 f$ |3 e( ~- Z
    3rd Base Force
( w9 R" S0 h$ o" M0 _    19th JAAF Base Force
$ U9 x2 ^8 q. R" J, L) N4 _2 K    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- v! h: y2 a* u* k9 ~, X9 h8 r+ H    60th Field AA Battalion
2 u2 _0 w4 i# `% @$ p    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 A/ m: f6 s4 @+ U2 L
    53rd Construction Battalion* h9 o! ~% J+ `6 n9 x) c
    Ponape Naval Fortress
( H* W- Q' A0 J# t* r/ H# q, k* }* ^+ W0 W    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment, F( k, k" t" P$ ^" x4 D2 y9 w: @
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
. h; d( ]9 c' O1 l    12th Air Fleet: f0 s# q  b" f  C; u! z7 J6 {% g
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ i+ {' t' y$ i- t3 C1 o6 z4 L
    61st Field AA Battalion
: X9 d5 @- c8 t1 t3 `: A    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
  _. B9 ~4 X& J; j4 T$ D$ q    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' [& f- O$ I. E) r    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion; D/ }" g; k  p" d+ Y: [
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 j  T' p0 |' \3 X    14th Area Army /1  R9 Y7 E% ?& W
    63rd Field AA Battalion+ U  z5 ~+ V, u9 |* G8 `
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
  a+ R* |" D) K% k    Kure 7th SNLF
$ J6 i4 B4 g3 g1 Y4 E! j    18th Army
: r1 A1 S" \8 [) Z9 N: X    23rd Fld AA Gun Co - Z! W* ~& D) s; M: n$ V
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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) l5 }  D0 q3 ]# p7 i1 `7 D6 q0 a! S日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘0 K/ ]- d) U! r
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106) e! k6 }! y/ |8 {( E9 h( \; D

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      E No.54
0 T9 c: g+ O( E5 }: Z      E No.50
2 o! m+ v& A6 y7 P( V2 g, j- c      E No.68
% \  |: y+ b8 r3 X) N9 ]9 V      E No.526 P8 ~1 I4 J  L, |

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      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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* R2 ~* }& J# D" z重创另一艘) m. z7 j+ n: _; ]- O4 V, m, C
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8 `! ]' N8 F; h$ N' hASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102( [6 z, W* f2 ]5 \& O' d/ e

: x3 A, [0 c0 N- ?8 b# h$ n. mJapanese Ships
, _. g6 h$ M9 r2 K/ V      E No.8
' v: @+ R+ ?2 |7 u- N3 H7 Y      E No.6" Q$ h' o' m* X, C, t

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      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44" W4 T2 ?% k4 |) m
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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, x* Z& h) e) e+ k3 ONight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!# ?1 W6 [  x3 y1 X- l

% _+ w8 y3 J) e. ]' Y9 h  A3 J+ i7 X62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
  Z" K3 I: t. R# \# g      CA Wichita0 l1 t  c/ f: e
      CA Vincennes
6 L5 u8 n, S6 t1 A( N      CA Quincy# f: B! a+ ?, I4 }
      CA San Francisco# _& J& b7 n8 q
      CA Minneapolis5 U6 z4 {2 @  Q% G$ O" ^
      CA Astoria
7 {. V$ f8 q" c2 m9 ?      CA Chicago1 l9 F+ p) o' q& N& X5 x
      CA Louisville
$ S+ X3 d2 P' m+ Q' P: {' @( _      CA Chester
: f$ @8 Y6 ~# F! F9 }1 l7 @      CA Northampton5 T& t# _8 M( z' E- ]
      CA Portland+ _# ]  {$ o; W4 h; ~

" F) X9 g: |1 |1 P6 ?+ wJapanese ground losses:$ ~# ?. u! ]& y: e7 V: l5 q
      71 casualties reported
' x8 R( i1 e7 V; N+ y4 e: d- r         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ F) T) y, O. B, R: O         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled$ j3 T5 g0 L9 U0 d, T- W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" n) q7 u. e4 |) K9 }3 o
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
) G" }- v: A; P3 t# |& [" ?Runway hits 109 Z" V1 f( _4 \9 R9 N
Port hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
- A) v  \1 k7 W' c& ^& ~( G, ACA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
& J6 F  K" L  @- y# Z$ ?Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
$ @/ o/ C( C  _CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
+ Q7 x0 I6 }) |( r# aPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy& j5 n' W; I6 R6 s7 k
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
" \# s3 Y% B! u6 J3 N5 {CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
0 f& S* g2 S1 k# dPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria( D6 y: i9 ^+ F
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 r9 X4 Z3 B8 i, H# [. |' n
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
2 `9 y& z6 l) e+ Z! R5 R( L. NCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force' h& o2 T( Y% f! b
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
# f6 E, x" }2 S$ bCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
: @3 c; K8 F9 \0 k: l+ VCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
* s/ n1 p" S& O; U' u7 X; rOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
  c6 f/ ~/ u  p+ J  A* A: ]CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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: n+ f, A; J' k+ Q$ yAllied Ships
# c0 b7 B& h4 V      BB Alabama
* \  c- G9 f2 {9 q% M3 b      BB Massachusetts  |1 M8 [& n5 p
      BB Indiana+ q, S/ l0 s- J5 X" N% c
      BB South Dakota4 ^% {: l5 C9 U0 |, K: ~
      BB Washington
! _- ?; G" b+ F% e3 T5 H      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:
9 r+ u! ~3 ~/ f) G# t9 y  L      275 casualties reported
' e6 ~; T* B8 C; H  j         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled) O- ?. Q9 B& u4 @! \- [) s
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
5 E+ Y. @& I6 _. R* q5 u         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled, D) T# n$ L, |& b3 Z( @
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled). M& r6 S, g; N  b% d9 ]4 p
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)" y$ X7 x' r. ^: K- r% f
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Airbase supply hits 1
8 E1 S. @: ~8 `% w$ D; \% R$ D/ ]" Y2 bRunway hits 7& ~2 r* B7 y* ?1 I7 Q, S
Port hits 3" G) t) q8 h3 l. d: E; d

/ x# S2 r3 K3 Y+ J3 @BB Alabama firing at Ponape # v: {8 f5 G" H
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
0 }- o2 L( @( z9 y2 p4 F& UBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division1 F* V9 o8 u& w9 H" j. e3 |; C
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
  F2 ^" e4 j# |$ T4 T* TBB South Dakota firing at Ponape # @1 p, t' Z1 J. W
BB Washington firing at Ponape : Z( s+ D" S2 i) a
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 ]" \& Z/ |, P
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!+ z$ Y; W+ b: t! }
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships8 I7 t8 a# q. s7 s; S9 m& ~% Y6 X
      BB Queen Elizabeth
: e. z, @9 g5 B( M% C      BB Valiant1 f% d" m; r( o6 A
      BB Mississippi
9 z% `; j! C# N) u      BB New Mexico
3 U0 V( q+ H. \$ {8 h      BB Idaho+ b8 x) |+ v/ C! `8 ~- `; n
      BB West Virginia' `5 Z" p8 z, B
      BB Colorado' [5 Y* c$ _, g6 }

; U0 c: _. ^: _5 QJapanese ground losses:6 i* E5 h6 g$ |  Z1 @1 w
      117 casualties reported2 ~, ^" x- T; b' B! C
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
1 o, ~% f; n( Q3 o         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 T: X3 f6 M3 O$ T; y- ]         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled! B3 D/ M) t1 b2 y6 ^
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)% L+ Z- m' V) m. l9 J
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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: o; `' U0 J2 O- ]/ p& xAirbase hits 2
2 {. i: V: ?1 ~) uRunway hits 25 c6 Q' t$ X* A- L  I! {
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 c2 q) J  ]$ hBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
: ?, d' I: E9 _- Z, P0 M# x! HBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
1 l& \, \: h! l/ l  v* M" b1 H+ uPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
; ]/ D3 o3 r  o7 s- |; b  O5 JBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
  E- d% f3 j5 W0 n5 {8 lBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
! z3 C3 d+ N- }4 _4 Y! W( T3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
7 |) @& L8 M# j1 ]0 BBB West Virginia firing at Ponape $ k8 R" F! k% F: S2 e- F+ I. c
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
/ `: ~% o: r8 r; r* |2 ^3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado) S6 |; E+ Z$ K- U7 M) M& ]

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)( E( b' ^$ @# k6 u" L+ {. j
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms5 z3 V. ]0 B+ r: _, d3 H5 \' X
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
, k" ~# ~% L0 ]4 N. _9 HEstimated time to target is 34 minutes$ Y/ }7 r+ ~) ^2 e' e: c1 s

; o9 g2 w" x; r% M5 J% A& U- aAllied aircraft* j2 I2 ~* T" N$ O& B( C
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
6 Z2 R7 {# H9 o( J/ b0 ]2 k      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
' U) c4 \& i6 T/ O5 D      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses0 n$ @5 c5 ^# r; r# k2 |, q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
" @0 K# C* G% a" z2 @      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak6 G; j, H2 t* B& }* a" P$ D* c; N
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
  v8 ^& V; j8 x8 Z# r" e      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak7 z# F) ?; E4 ^9 ^' {
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Japanese ground losses:* D% o/ N% P! b: _# P) l
      159 casualties reported  K( A0 s+ ^# e9 H/ L5 E3 H0 q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
% `1 V  \$ x, v& x: B( ]; o& d         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
/ V+ K4 m7 W+ u# \" p* e% ]9 N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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/ E( k0 L3 O8 S% SGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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: s) J2 l) ]4 a  w$ n& x& AAllied Deliberate attack; E, F& B0 C' K" r  s; \
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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6 i: t9 y5 e7 q6 V+ BDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344+ K$ @" S2 [3 j  u! N2 f

9 e7 u2 g+ Z4 x& ~+ l1 @& W! GAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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& g3 k. `% T4 J/ U% {Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) $ q* d% U- h5 M& \" P  b# x( d: ^

0 v+ i, ]/ r$ rCombat modifiers
) m- R5 R* Z) u  H0 E# ~Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
& B* v# H, N/ z, o' I9 v0 BAttacker: 7 ^5 C" b9 b7 Y9 J1 \# I
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Japanese ground losses:: `5 j; a- b: k/ S7 N
      3539 casualties reported
$ t) b; G8 {+ g* I. M- p, a         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
; L5 T  w2 c+ ~; i9 V$ o' d( f         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled- }6 b6 n( c+ N) W' t2 T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled  R% h7 B* A+ A
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
" [2 f/ u% A, \: d- {      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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) a& X; `) ?. \( C9 G+ G8 R+ qAllied ground losses:
& n. \' W9 K' G      3552 casualties reported4 p' W4 D) f7 v3 ^) T7 d, `) b
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled( Q' r; S9 d' e# K7 v
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled- F0 L" q8 M& A) p
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled' E: i$ p3 P( f6 U/ C; Y3 L3 p
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
" N! F: S  e8 R% X& v      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
6 h7 a% E/ U' R, e6 k8 b1 w      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
% v2 J" X. K/ O8 U4 g7 c    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
2 O; o: ?- c3 U# }0 k2 B    5th Marine Division
9 l! O( U7 ?: T% `- r" |    716th Tank Battalion: U8 }/ }" a- Z- C
    706th Tank Battalion
1 V6 b3 {, m. }6 W    762nd Tank Battalion. S# o% E- I% R" K
    710th Tank Battalion. W/ R1 Q+ o, H$ \% ?& I/ X, Q4 b, m
    767th Tank Battalion% \6 C& T# e1 e8 r, y, P
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* O' X8 \2 [+ c2 d
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
1 N. n: \  q! t! W8 }; i+ o1 Q    81st Infantry Division
; ?* E+ [/ u( K  p% |* F    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment% s+ i5 K% C; U7 r1 C8 `
    96th Infantry Division+ ]* t7 p! l, T3 }
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 h. C- k" }# ~+ y8 ]
    711th Tank Battalion
# c9 p9 s/ b% b6 U    44th Tank Battalion
. e& D2 v9 i- R9 D$ n3 s    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
% `3 l- W& t' H/ r; R, s    6th Infantry Division
1 j+ C; }1 v3 k: |( i/ s7 W7 V    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
- |3 d9 K# r# }  _% s    31st Infantry Regiment
9 h/ d1 T  |- l, k0 L+ ?    XIV US Corps$ [+ |5 ]. ~" g! O* K
    96th Coast AA Regiment
$ l+ G- k/ I. G$ S  `+ c" m4 F    12th Marine Defense Battalion6 T0 [7 l& _" w& }, a
    4th USA Defense Battalion" ~. c7 G- z8 q: P) T
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; P# W# h( u  S6 R7 L" d. Z
    1st USMC AA Battalion
+ r5 ?2 \9 @% p( e- p) g    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ {; q0 @0 i7 K$ f- F! a# G    5th USA Defense Battalion' A& o6 Y. h1 Z: P6 L$ s* i
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  C, ~# p/ C# h2 n0 L
    738th Coast AA Regiment3 U/ o* G$ n1 [! W
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment, _" p$ {) ?+ K" [
    I Corps Artillery , b3 q" M8 B" R% a
    8th Marine Defense Battalion7 ~* J; X! b4 @7 u4 K5 q* {: y
    X Corps Artillery ; G6 g6 A( Z! U" O
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion: o" L8 X; d5 Q2 r/ h
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:* H3 E( {% Y$ F
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
! Q! B' a0 n7 T    52nd Naval Guard Unit% D* E2 I, [% P
    144th Infantry Regiment
! `6 s! L! H( t# D: R! _& `, Y+ u    Kure 3rd SNLF
8 |: M/ g; O" x( N6 n2 ?& M% p    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 W2 w# B/ v+ ~0 k
    33rd/B Division
/ M0 I2 s& m1 C- U    81st/C Division& b& `! e, f0 [  y- J, }
    81st/A Division
) D+ e* a$ n) w+ H/ }3 \, ~    81st/B Division
1 C  a( f) e8 E, E- c& P    33rd/A Division
% d- O: t% q2 q& R    138th Infantry Regiment5 L9 {$ r* x; a  l
    33rd/C Division
* W7 [6 s$ z3 J; O2 F    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment/ l2 Y0 D  [8 _9 e3 s" U
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
* c9 k5 M8 Y5 J8 v% m/ O3 i    19th JAAF Base Force
3 O, e  O% {4 Z. t' J/ T    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
& _! m- H. {- M    12th Air Fleet( j; j% k( G7 p2 p7 m
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" ?) d/ i8 L! B9 d+ F3 {
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co " T% y0 i; ~: x4 L3 U; j5 m/ t
    63rd Field AA Battalion
9 S5 p' I' z, @' d  q! d3 h" m    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
' [3 b3 R1 z1 j/ Y. t. m  J% B3 S  H1 a    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
) B$ Z8 k" n" F0 k' Q! H  Y0 K    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# b( [9 x& b- ]; b  {    Ponape Naval Fortress2 v4 d" U& X, N7 _& W4 M
    61st Field AA Battalion" {& a# E) y+ S: u
    18th Army- C$ `# I- ?/ v5 m
    14th Area Army /1
) b8 m* u% r" _" @    60th Field AA Battalion
  n: ?) Q& k' g    53rd Construction Battalion
" D4 [. @0 \  c, i    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion1 K/ \3 D6 v0 ?/ z
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
0 r: u2 p- r% ~: P8 c' A7 ?    Kure 7th SNLF3 l0 X! b5 x. c6 |. Z% ^# u
    3rd Base Force
3 X+ T1 ?) f" ]$ u' P4 H2 y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
3 Q% B+ n3 A: N, L5 `8 Z( ~Weather in hex: Thunderstorms% j: d7 x5 K  s; s5 d, K- K
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s- V# H8 i: D3 {3 n, P) `
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes4 V) M" `/ K" Z. c7 U, ?
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Allied aircraft
# q) h6 A$ b, Q, H$ u      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
  f# v% R( t9 I      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337* @3 P: f4 q( t( ]% I+ o
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
: b: {% @- M4 i. ?Allied aircraft losses5 B- E, v1 u: ], z; O3 n, b

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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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" `$ q, a0 ~8 P. I/ b0 d在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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  @- t) h( ^' ~$ L' j& `4 \" y8 L: z+ l! wNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships" _/ v$ T% y% d5 ^" a
      CA Vincennes9 f2 m0 G$ r- M& w7 N4 E
      CA Quincy  V8 T! A/ T+ L  o* ^7 m4 Z
      CA San Francisco
, ^. g' Y' \; A' ~8 ]) K      CA Minneapolis
0 ]( v" ]: e; E' {3 V. w, R      CA Astoria
" G% l& i/ `! \' c8 O- K, s      CA Chicago" D: P; H% N9 e3 ~* R/ M; n( T
      CA Louisville& o; n+ o/ ~; N
      CA Chester6 m1 B- n7 N) F1 h4 t% Z: h% g; i
      CA Northampton9 v% g5 V1 c/ @- X8 z% v
      CA Portland( ~% `& d& m  C/ n1 L
; I4 }, N/ z7 [5 C  r) ?& e) e
Japanese ground losses:' u  c; W0 E, H: C8 B: q3 v
      112 casualties reported6 w& I* c8 X1 p5 D8 n* B
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled/ W, ^; A7 Y6 X2 U5 i% S- b
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled4 J' F8 y0 l( {& d' A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled% v) N) w$ l! b5 X
6 h2 B. h+ U+ W% P9 ]
Airbase hits 5
$ P  @2 `  E2 Z; w/ m9 o4 e1 ?5 J7 bAirbase supply hits 22 M2 A; h# x* ]& h7 _
Runway hits 21; }8 r, v" _1 w2 |* z
Port hits 7( c  j& r- _4 A9 _: W8 J
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships& s# A. Q# z" B6 g8 z
      BB Alabama
0 x, e, D( }9 C% P2 G2 ^      BB Massachusetts% v8 j+ y4 ?% ^) t) |
      BB Indiana) O1 D0 A- \: A: R/ S
      BB South Dakota6 t2 s3 f, C( B0 K/ P5 v  x( q" @
      BB Washington
* r" \& k! _( H8 F2 \  f6 X1 W      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:( i6 b" N( n; L5 m/ W
      398 casualties reported- s. R  r2 ?* g, c1 K4 I5 Z- d
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled( H# H8 Z3 O) e8 b
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled7 Y; P" M  I* |
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled+ [5 g6 P6 K3 `. G( K( n2 t$ K
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
% O3 F. ]6 d8 x4 e# C& X1 J9 [      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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7 ~) C8 O1 e( m( e8 O/ I2 MAirbase hits 95 g2 |  e4 y, J7 W2 G+ B) P0 W
Runway hits 9
% T4 B: Y8 m+ L, DPort hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
6 n% T# @8 R. r3 v4 XBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape   T2 `' i& W# B# |% ]# @! X# Z& j1 p
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
8 ~% t) l) e0 i3 b8 F$ vBB South Dakota firing at Ponape % c  ]3 b( h: g/ j$ ^! G5 ~
BB Washington firing at Ponape $ O% d6 R+ k4 Z( i+ v
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1134 o" `" D9 y3 v$ y, V
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Allied Ships
. |8 o$ b' L- O0 G) v$ I4 A      BB Mississippi
! b( H. {1 G$ M9 x      BB New Mexico
! d1 T4 ~  Z1 n      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:/ y8 w9 H, R9 z1 k: T5 m8 X% f  ?
      195 casualties reported( E* o5 S; D4 |5 o- R* \6 ]
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
0 V1 Q5 t9 i% m. ?' I( i         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled- z& P8 X! q( ]# r5 \
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
. G& F" E3 n; y$ p      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)  F: ^" T7 R* o! @) j% S
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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0 M, c, H' E2 o. AAirbase hits 3( E/ ?) b/ j7 F! m8 _: `
Runway hits 14
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* e* X$ }! |' I1 T  j; eBB Mississippi firing at Ponape
$ ?% J8 u. d7 e  q; EBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division) [5 f8 X) Z# ?/ j3 H& N* ^) _4 u
BB Idaho firing at Ponape . H( q, p- U$ `8 D; f" ?
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms9 |' s# ~; D! |7 l, D0 g" W: j8 |; ]

+ V- Q0 }' V( X( S+ KRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.% b: A; B6 l1 y/ [7 F
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft. u: `$ |9 N6 Q; H+ v; J% ]# p
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
, C1 t, R& o; u% A6 u      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333$ H$ Z: Z* e! G3 o& {5 o
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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6 f) E# p3 T& C. p4 i6 wAllied aircraft losses
: J5 G3 P: K0 B7 t1 D$ @      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
( T5 r/ }8 A7 P9 q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
3 i" F0 t# w& O7 o6 y      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged' }+ E0 d8 ^/ \# i0 D% W0 ^
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Japanese ground losses:6 B3 A8 Z6 D1 `4 Q
      121 casualties reported5 i+ b) B9 T5 c. ]
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
3 [9 c* h, c5 T# o         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled0 p% T" i. J3 e5 ^8 T5 v! y" a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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2 v; u. j8 _8 rGround combat at Ponape (119,113)% [) u1 g/ p+ D7 q8 W% Y

$ |6 M: c  o6 E( xAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629% }4 k' Z( T+ e8 o( X" ?5 D: e

2 \$ \9 u8 k' Z8 \/ fDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6* n4 [& W# P; i) x$ @

6 A6 l9 L" |% ^  E2 c& d0 H3 CAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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: d% }# l2 A1 O0 H9 e- NJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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& A" Q( {2 G' X8 ]% u" Y  c# SAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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7 N# f) [* j$ q  }" c) MCombat modifiers
' u- w3 o* l' e/ z, d6 ?- @" WDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
  r: d; h7 b8 r$ B9 FAttacker: # f# p9 a# C8 H4 J: i

7 `$ p, x) F7 }Japanese ground losses:
7 c; o# M! D% s8 ?4 e      2305 casualties reported
" F' K! ~6 x3 U* h. |5 H8 S- b         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled; o. k- A% J$ h' j* ~
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled  s% z) _0 g5 ?: I" U
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
7 y4 a9 ]& l. K6 W# g      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
% J8 j. j/ X- }- w8 b      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)8 [( u/ V- G/ @  p; ^: i# w) C

6 J- n" v7 q% t  E6 P  yAllied ground losses:+ G& B4 s. |; k' E: i, a
      3064 casualties reported* X) \* G# J5 P. u
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
! J" s# i  |2 H, q! @: j         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
9 f. n7 o/ _- K; O, j% M6 o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled4 x- b$ l. ~0 f' W# M- M: l
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
# s2 L; H2 L: {      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
5 U0 d' j6 I. |8 v( L    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
6 @. z* R  e6 b/ ]% w: E' H0 k0 M1 i    711th Tank Battalion9 x9 o* e2 S3 Z& L% j
    716th Tank Battalion
# K  b" g3 Q. S" u: i, e7 _- B" Q    6th Infantry Division
! B2 O3 _# F4 l) Y- [    44th Tank Battalion: t, M; A  e$ `( r) p/ P* s& T
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
% ~, p, y( a5 h4 v5 A* z" N    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 v- H9 d0 y. `+ I4 g: J5 p; D2 v& a* A    81st Infantry Division3 I9 L* ^3 r1 T
    767th Tank Battalion
+ N  w8 P& ]3 M1 \. ?. Q9 a5 l0 ~    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& a# l6 w% s, v1 e4 s    762nd Tank Battalion9 [- a6 a& A- E; n" k- j  i% K
    710th Tank Battalion9 _) ]. V' u5 E2 P7 g2 k
    96th Infantry Division3 u/ A+ H3 H. R' W- a
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
: b1 @: L- O; C% Q    706th Tank Battalion
3 _1 m9 P& ?5 b8 d    5th Marine Division
' C5 p; G1 a3 i6 j& B; G$ F    31st Infantry Regiment4 L# |) Y/ L' a6 A0 D/ r& g. E
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" v; w& h. A* G! [    1st USMC AA Battalion
: n) N% `- f; y& s4 a    738th Coast AA Regiment
9 @; B- y: t2 c6 Y9 R# P    96th Coast AA Regiment8 G; |: S) J1 t; R1 {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion# t1 _1 O/ b& G
    12th Marine Defense Battalion5 A/ _% |9 M, U% M
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 j, E+ Z; f) ^+ e9 K    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 k( X' ]5 r. _7 D4 k    XIV US Corps
" S% q6 a1 `1 s    X Corps Artillery
' l: W& t; N! a+ n$ y; O7 b    5th USA Defense Battalion
1 b% w& h8 G- r/ }+ \: r    4th USA Defense Battalion# P- A$ r9 B1 @* g
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
4 q; G% E% @1 }* B7 N' L: G    I Corps Artillery
$ F+ _! ]* P, m0 B    8th Marine Defense Battalion  p# N$ t- z! N! b( K* j
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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$ T$ O; k+ Q, O) ~7 R% kDefending units:
# X  s. K+ `7 b! y9 p- j& s    Ponape Naval Fortress
' u5 J: C. w8 }* s$ ~! w    81st/C Division
9 w2 D8 A  p8 {* c3 z    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. p' U. p7 N" o) G    138th Infantry Regiment
1 D( f: P4 @" M* S3 `    6th Guards Inf. Regiment/ v1 v( N) X1 J/ Z2 X- r
    Sasebo 7th SNLF. q# C( L. A7 u/ X
    144th Infantry Regiment
* u2 c8 Z9 M. ?8 L- H    81st/B Division" J. Z- h: W9 y7 J5 v
    33rd/B Division4 e# F, d, c3 P9 F* d  D
    33rd/A Division
2 w" t; V! m. t* G* L    81st/A Division* K5 j" Q4 |& j2 A' T
    Kure 3rd SNLF
! k' v/ K% t% G( h    33rd/C Division
" M! e2 e1 a6 n; W2 a! E1 h    53rd Construction Battalion3 @( g0 c: r* N! W, q; ~
    18th Army: w! _8 V+ |, V9 m" S
    14th Area Army /1
$ _; F9 h$ X. k) v- b2 u" z    60th Field AA Battalion  C$ l& y* o* d5 ^  E
    12th Air Fleet( Z% h3 |. `% v. R
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7 `9 J; D8 l$ T    63rd Field AA Battalion# b& [+ T, O8 l2 m. y, |
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; D! d3 p, k: f/ ]2 r
    3rd Base Force4 {2 M; v3 p) Z8 s2 l
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  m6 m- V' Y- i5 G  ?7 v
    Kure 7th SNLF
# h3 l$ W1 `/ S/ U    19th JAAF Base Force) T: o% y+ g4 `! d/ V7 \
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
- z, ?$ `1 Y- ^4 o    61st Field AA Battalion
, L/ G% s8 A7 ?! O9 |    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
5 ?% L. v8 S) M    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment- t0 `6 A8 m1 |8 w+ @, v3 B7 B* D
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment6 G. ~1 _* b3 x
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion+ {! h4 e: x" m, `
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
; d* F3 z0 F3 [. n' a* M    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44" p2 p) \& B; h! ?" L9 p# Y. E) D
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60; }; i+ m& V- v" ~+ V

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' h# T6 d5 ~0 ~) a6 NRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.  w6 P; k6 x! W5 r/ K3 I
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes( U; o' x+ `+ J  J

+ I' h, n$ |0 Y# ~% oAllied aircraft
! }( J% g2 i; H9 F. a      P-38L Lightning x 23
4 N0 j2 U6 ]' X      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30+ J1 A$ A0 K3 D0 j! I+ b- F4 A# h
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Allied aircraft losses( H& J; ?# r5 M. l) X1 K5 @$ H
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged" w" r: ~# H" }$ Y1 E3 |. t9 G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
2 l9 {! {% P/ F( y. j: c9 b2 }: T      DD Suruyame& Y4 _1 H$ T6 R/ Z4 y- o
      CL Ninaru% [' K0 {: G. |& t7 ?6 @
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage1 w  m1 s" r' r7 [( A4 M
      DD Yayoi
  A! Q3 D, A7 I  g  Y6 A      CA Kako
- M! @, t5 ~$ g      DD Asagiri
* {6 e- J4 E; q5 P0 j      DD Ayanami
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: |2 w" y. I3 w, ?. ?: h& ?Aircraft Attacking:) \- I, s, S, g4 I0 d; Z
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
0 x1 I& M8 V2 U               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb7 Y1 u0 U3 C( k& z& _
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
( N$ A/ S$ I: E. {               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
: w" p6 p- _$ l9 ?  q8 x8 S       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
# Q6 o" L4 e4 U5 Z% ]+ h- N6 p$ G               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb( K% a  q- r! }9 U+ K0 v

' f4 N* z- w& m+ J0 CMassive explosion on CL Tokachi6 m1 G" M: B. p9 y8 r, A
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi5 [  A5 N6 b0 g3 m. y7 h8 D, ]9 x9 H

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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9 ?. K0 f- x5 A' eWeather in hex: Moderate rain1 T( k3 ~; |: f3 q' z
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.7 C+ S6 k: ^3 }
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes+ ]8 T/ E. o$ O( t/ n
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Allied aircraft) ?. J. s0 d6 E; J4 z+ b
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462: \: z9 a1 p; }% E; V7 g. \, K! ?# L
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326. b4 a: Y$ g8 k1 Q# w/ {+ l7 G
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285* B) x0 b! Z! |# k

1 n) J2 y: [) h* q& z6 \: EAllied aircraft losses2 z* y$ x9 x, R, _5 R- O( w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
7 h6 z8 f4 h- X: H6 d% ?1 _5 A      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
( b- v9 n0 B3 R& b0 q7 c" @4 x/ o      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged" z; {( F  v3 r, s7 l
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Japanese ground losses:4 Q1 s  ^2 o( J- ]
      276 casualties reported
: r* d* n6 x2 s( s' W: L, E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled! g+ |. z/ _' d: T: E
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
' h& ]/ X  r* A+ L9 a         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ K+ M  t+ s7 ?/ S( c
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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, J6 Q4 F3 M2 Q: UGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack$ o2 x2 V# I  N3 X
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263+ H% ?0 H: _8 E7 S, @) Z8 L) t6 o8 b

- U' B4 |6 d$ c$ Z& oDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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! t. _# Q. Y& p" {% a( h8 fJapanese ground losses:
8 c4 L* S  [0 F. ~- w5 y+ W4 ^      1082 casualties reported
9 j6 ]) u8 g& I0 k         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
, `$ T& K1 B  ^$ R, e         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled. a7 n5 p. z" m6 C: p) K
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
# v3 ^  d3 Y! a3 i      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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: J  [7 y9 i* ^7 R      23 casualties reported: J9 ^$ [  c1 I3 R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 L3 r8 I: P. }1 f5 B: f# q2 I         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ l& [5 _- l  P; b( t. ~         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 k( h, d6 o3 @8 J7 }0 w      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
0 ?, B) L: J% t2 N# J* c      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44% T: f: J- y8 E( g5 D0 v
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东京快车出轨
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8 j" i) L" @7 R# P4 a+ x( x- x日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。0 R& V8 M1 o  t! v
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。8 V, c' O  o, \8 N
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113) L# P$ ]' H8 l! K* w
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Japanese Ships
3 o2 H! E1 U' _! j- f      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk, m. ]7 ^. e& W; ?. I1 x
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Allied Ships
3 P) X1 r# }: @; F2 c      CLAA Prince Robert% v1 T8 i( Y3 [" }! K3 M/ v2 K
      DD Saumarez7 J8 A8 D1 q' T6 H4 C/ g8 v( w
      DD Nizam
# {6 I0 X: N5 o- ^$ A      DD Ellet
5 A5 y% _$ r1 ^1 ]& q7 v4 U" s      DD Waller2 H8 p5 G: G) [9 k+ s& F4 K" D
      DD Walker
# O1 N+ Q! P' {) E4 V# F# M6 H3 J      DD Wadleigh( v9 Y* a8 t  K
      DD Uhlmann4 ^3 s& ~  l: b: }7 N! O6 K2 E, o
      DD Twining" ?# s+ \; M. d8 b
      DD Twiggs" v) V0 l8 Z% e' c
      DD David Taylor
: B: L, Y1 h1 d4 _% n8 t      DD Strong
& _0 @7 F) b& f7 I# p+ o0 f      DD Sproston
+ u$ s! B+ G9 P/ i      DD Sigsbee0 u5 h; G3 v7 z# |
      DD Sigourney
4 M: V+ e4 A1 |- U2 x      DD Schroeder
& p* A1 {3 Y3 _& f      DD Benham II" A* L7 ^5 x6 G1 a3 J) B, Q# N
      DD Cushing II
% S: T, D& k( B  m      DD Urchin
& q6 \8 r, A1 {! w+ U7 S      DD Urania3 X$ b# X* n. K" O0 w. k

$ R8 ~0 b2 Z3 ~, HSS I-48 is sighted by escort8 c1 b* P. v8 a4 \8 Q: H
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
* B* U8 L4 p9 WDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
8 B' L3 z9 b: b; z  K( @SS I-48 forced to surface!3 F' ]" f- s1 N9 }) d3 W
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
; ?/ }( @6 y5 H6 u% EDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
% }) z' v3 W& j/ }DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
3 M! p  ?) l  x7 k' ]DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
% d  j" U1 T" m4 YDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....7 N7 i' Y) d2 W9 e( m7 F
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards0 Z8 Z, g$ O4 I' E8 i
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Japanese aircraft! o2 g( K, K9 [. C! ^8 s5 O+ a
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses2 d/ e: t3 a! A; K9 v% h
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed5 r# m2 W* `5 E

! w* s. @2 A6 k$ {7 f: p; D& @Japanese Ships
$ U$ p" u9 x5 ^; B      CL Agano9 n7 A' x3 w* O& t3 U. Y
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2" O- U+ I1 ~* w2 Q; l
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: T- T: \6 X2 g
      DD Hibiki- n  k5 |% H1 H* X% w- `* K
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1' v9 [" V) F2 i& B
      DD Shirakumo
. ]3 t) m5 B1 m- F3 C% m2 u      DD Isonami% c# D1 `/ [- Z* [- j9 g& g# s+ f
      DD Murakumo
6 P9 F( I' Q' {& X1 ?7 w      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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3 ~1 r; L8 s. x$ zAllied Ships
+ @6 e+ I1 o  t      BB North Carolina
7 d! K; c  D) F      BB Washington: s  u* F6 F* S
      BB South Dakota0 M( X) O: |' g5 |! V7 q  d
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
; U, F; O, t! J% {$ I      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 27 R+ |0 i  \8 @+ }
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 28 t, p! P$ w. U; B7 ~7 Q9 f
      DD Conner# I% P2 k; p1 B6 E* Q9 q& L6 {
      DD Cotten
1 v% R$ F+ x; \: W3 g      DD Cowell# C* v: T0 B' U( G, g+ I4 N
      DD Daly
$ [4 U8 g" d6 F6 w6 O      DD Eaton. Y' ?8 ^/ C7 r9 H" |
      DD Heywood Edwards" |! R1 n% }% t* O
      DD Erben: U' H/ T3 a, `* \6 u0 M4 `2 a
      DD Evans
' l0 z' L3 P. T0 ~) S. @# N. f6 l      DD Foote# E% G8 m3 D. z  G7 H7 e2 P, s
      DD Franks+ _2 f# O5 K: R5 j
      DD Fullam$ H4 [1 n' j0 [* P' c; q) W
      DD Gatling
3 d5 n+ X: f$ I4 h+ ]) p      DD Albert Grant" U; ?4 R; k7 i3 B; E& _7 {
      DD Gregory
2 q8 D& v  V- \- A      DD Guest
, T1 h& b0 Z; _( [: z6 ^" V      DMS Hamilton
. B' T- z! l2 r3 G) `      DMS Forrest, X" m% {) H  o  p
      DMS Ellyson2 ~3 l& w+ N( @; d4 D$ ]
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% c5 U, b6 M6 Q6 BMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
: r* M& ^: E, U4 b$ A2 u1 a, FRange closes to 28,000 yards...9 s, \1 d5 ]+ \! ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
6 V. ]7 ?. v" L& b. H1 y' ?/ j) `! VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
* q, u' e& q* `4 C( ?Range closes to 26,000 yards...0 b; _0 N! K# l2 j2 {+ K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards! x/ A/ q. S, @9 w  k2 f
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." |7 \9 W; @% [  q3 L1 T$ H. X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& l( G- T; G4 j- x/ P; |7 i: B) [CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards8 M- |" R3 R+ i* ]
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 O; z9 q3 ]7 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
- u$ P" B3 ^) R# M( q/ pCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards  O; O9 E! U1 ?$ A
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; t$ l& P- g, U1 v7 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
' n1 ]. x4 V/ Y6 h$ Y+ g. ?9 `' IRange closes to 18,000 yards...6 j" R$ j6 g+ v' [3 k3 M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards8 V; l2 ]% ?2 d4 w# d* T' ]+ V2 K
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
  _1 Y1 V$ ]- F& T2 r, kCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
" `7 R. E! k+ W* F. z2 ERange closes to 14,000 yards...
5 ?" r4 U! U- x4 ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
3 ^: H6 P% ]. o% Z" y/ O1 bRange closes to 12,000 yards...5 m& h* K  C# W* C0 f; j& K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
7 R$ C5 S. k3 _0 F: d- LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
! i, }7 T$ r$ j5 t8 W( qRange closes to 11,000 yards...
; ]2 a& U6 x6 T$ HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
4 P1 O' e4 d2 M& ^/ YCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
6 U: \; @  t, B- E% n, I5 ]6 y) |Range closes to 10,000 yards...( R' s& C: z8 V5 R/ ?6 L" S" j/ Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards, J0 {! Q4 d" I4 u3 f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
) C! o7 e0 A$ U3 `1 L% nCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
5 v1 |$ c2 B5 a$ bBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
4 u, F; Y! \7 T* b5 ]. YBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
/ a5 y4 e7 J) h* B7 K& ]& L7 y- R1 yCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards* b& B6 t' b0 ~- J
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
% ]6 }( {% y: P! C  mBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards! }+ C0 y6 R! U3 P$ ^# S
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
7 r" [/ p0 \! c# u! Q; D9 tDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: v. ?0 F; b; L1 R* b  qBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
" f4 y3 x1 q8 Z8 }: h6 O5 SDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
* u1 L1 x# y. @8 f4 sDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 V3 l  w6 q: l7 @8 u; V1 f
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
- R( V; z3 n& `* L6 aRange increases to 11,000 yards
1 c  f5 t5 l2 j( XCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards, B: c# b" D4 q* j! `! M
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
4 J- L3 \* |% q8 x/ JCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
' q& y. E/ }+ x% A  h, EDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards. Y! e: L4 ?/ g- a" R/ y. F
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards+ b5 ~" P+ G: ]2 V
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards3 R8 G" {( R' }2 V$ {! w
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards9 I/ W5 ~/ A* L5 ^3 |1 T3 u
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
! U' U7 i: {2 D0 CDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
3 B( d9 t& @* F6 eDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
2 O& o$ r6 X, U" eDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards6 X8 [3 S9 V+ Q( ~8 t+ o
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
7 j5 J0 |1 K4 _! B; DDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards$ t# r, w, Q- q5 l. b" ~
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
8 T: ~9 _4 Q& ~( E: m1 iRange closes to 10,000 yards
4 w% ^  c) c! U. CCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
% E6 F3 H/ P8 z0 {CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
+ T& }: V' @! @7 k: R4 T, O$ ]DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
" w& X8 D  k5 O+ w& T$ s' t+ iDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 c9 P; s/ I* _DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards2 H4 y" @- `+ G' {
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
; D/ L5 @: x$ S7 {- YDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ L; a" Y$ x' |0 V3 F( @/ R' E
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards' K4 _: v. e* L7 S" h1 a$ }# d1 E
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards. o6 Q% U, s4 D
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards2 p2 p( S/ Q% t. s+ L% y
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
! @3 }" t1 y+ `! R. N6 Z, w- Y( nTask forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
# T: J& F. F7 I  [( A& Y      DD Hikokaze
( ^8 q) D! N/ T- [" D8 D      DD Ishikaze
3 @( s9 J9 d0 t8 ?6 D6 J      DD Tagokaze
# Y' m3 U9 q+ C% k* l/ L; a/ X      DD Takatakaze0 s$ D- [& M# A' M8 a4 p' D% l7 U

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      BB North Carolina
, H: \+ O- E* S+ D      BB Washington& G& Q3 N9 Y" i( l
      BB South Dakota. h; f( |+ h5 X8 M) H7 H0 l# u
      BB Indiana+ Y$ q: d! F! t  ~5 W9 O
      BB Massachusetts
8 z  N4 D) B( r. \2 V1 y9 X3 c      BB Alabama! p! t2 z2 c; k/ H  ]" d
      DD Conner! S3 W( t, {3 v
      DD Cotten
& u" U, q- V$ k  b$ h3 w, i      DD Cowell
; N7 R9 U) t0 ^% h      DD Daly
2 v( ]( w) T9 X' ?8 ]      DD Eaton
& H) [# _1 x) Q, p, [# P      DD Heywood Edwards
# w1 e& t3 i1 y7 c: Y4 {) y/ J) P      DD Erben
. H2 y" d5 Z$ z" q" [) C      DD Evans& K& g+ k9 L& M" p0 j
      DD Foote3 w3 m# N' W. k, d; x8 W3 T
      DD Franks% g6 t4 B) n' H5 t0 C2 n7 N
      DD Fullam
- ?- s( [- a  S      DD Gatling
. |. U5 @& h& R$ u      DD Albert Grant
* [  s$ [5 b& e5 M- y3 @      DD Gregory& L1 R) S( M! B9 n3 X% d3 v5 r) \
      DD Guest8 g  b) E+ t6 c" X& u
      DMS Hamilton6 D$ M: [& T) O3 B
      DMS Forrest
9 U8 S7 s' A3 `. g6 l      DMS Ellyson! k& F" i9 n7 B9 i$ A: W, S% m

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 i  c! h: }. j
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
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CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards8 H3 t: t$ P( _" n
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards6 b8 i5 F9 t; d1 ]3 P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 V0 C2 L3 s9 Y8 T! ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' A& T6 B3 }* w8 [# {5 b$ r7 ARange closes to 22,000 yards...
* i3 t2 Q5 y1 |: @Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 u: K& N. {7 R$ l; ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
  \/ f% ~6 @5 H9 e$ i2 Q; F) vCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards8 Q$ Z2 O5 W7 O( F) R# ^
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
- |8 R4 G5 e& e% ~3 R6 P$ S& LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
9 v: ^1 c& B1 A0 l' cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards0 i, m$ r2 e3 E# p: S0 F( Q+ J
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- @) X' w% W$ N5 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
' ^- I7 }7 A! f' hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
" u% q& {% c# ~; O# e0 `. X; T5 jRange closes to 12,000 yards...
; ~$ y; u/ m) s) F1 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 }1 M$ k6 x) t" N; ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
* M: f% Y! O- ]9 Y. Z/ ]6 {' M4 j3 lRange closes to 11,000 yards...
# u( e2 E/ }1 o) p1 z8 K* Q1 mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards- f$ F, `, C5 b2 {- e: ~" X+ `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...( B9 D, j% f& E2 V' v6 W! }" G+ o$ E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
. s  Z: R( D. ~* ~9 ?. |" T* QJapanese TF attempts to evade combat# d' \/ w6 @) H/ ~, b( c! T
Range increases to 15,000 yards...9 e8 f6 N3 B3 L, ~; L5 |
Range increases to 20,000 yards...7 f$ {- T4 B0 L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; F. X! A, o5 ]( N+ i
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
8 s( m6 [4 B' i4 w8 ZRange increases to 30,000 yards...: t' ?) o6 G8 k% H+ i
Range increases to 30,000 yards...( g" T5 L% ]& L. f* `
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards( I" U+ ?# C! h0 l6 z
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6 w: m! ]; V3 t% ^3 q- A      APD T-1
- b; ~: y3 k- H+ x( h      APD T-2, Shell hits 28 r  B5 W9 \1 y  i) u7 ]
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
- P- ]9 f- j0 V6 t+ q: Z' B1 e" p/ S6 t      APD T-41 `. Q; g* X* o
      APD T-5# z  N/ e* v8 y4 S5 j  `& Z
      APD T-6
  r, m# k) d3 O' Y7 R* y* C      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; P" @  T4 `& ]) A7 X      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire2 x6 ^, }! F# x, S* ]) B
      APD T-98 k" x. Y8 h5 d( F) A8 ~
      APD T-10. Y- j1 w8 _/ U% e
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
% k2 V; V3 ?( w. h! ?0 J. I) F      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage9 f, k( a- w% d* P+ D/ ~
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
+ O$ ^+ U  W  s      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships% P1 z% J) X" A+ w6 u/ I& @
      BB North Carolina: K4 L: r. K0 L" o
      BB Washington# o( m0 g/ T7 y# I5 a1 O7 w/ L
      BB South Dakota# Y8 _5 y! y/ a$ b6 {; R4 Y
      BB Indiana
0 O* r" T4 A+ f      BB Massachusetts
4 j. i* I, Z% f' t, \9 a      BB Alabama
& K8 j0 I- C/ }, j. `9 J( n      DD Conner+ t8 g! r0 P7 m& P& H, K( r) z) B
      DD Cotten
, Y' F3 ^, ~5 \! j( F      DD Cowell
! Y2 G( {; h, w) {$ J      DD Daly! V$ d# E. e! Y! g  Z2 V8 H) F5 @
      DD Eaton
/ _, Y" O- Q2 K$ P% S' q      DD Heywood Edwards8 O# l- M6 t! {- }9 b
      DD Erben5 u' a0 t# o# q: e
      DD Evans6 f) \" z) ^7 T7 s* D2 L% j, w
      DD Foote5 Z$ W3 H2 u6 ^$ b( F2 V
      DD Franks+ E7 B7 L! K! N" ?, l* k
      DD Fullam) O: M3 @; g' j& [" I
      DD Gatling
0 w; k& ]( i( E! k$ I      DD Albert Grant; H) j1 R) V; T# i
      DD Gregory# ~/ I% a# Y9 C& A; Z1 A7 q. Y
      DD Guest2 r+ U2 M+ N# J' I7 O. i) P
      DMS Hamilton% C7 n1 s$ Q" n
      DMS Forrest
1 P. S+ B1 \( l$ ~' i4 A% L      DMS Ellyson0 W# q- |. A: S( z; c9 U; T' l. u
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) s# R* K' f+ V0 k) X) GMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( y, s& y# t5 w9 W/ q& b' L9 ?2 d' ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards.... C! I6 z, @# ]  M- q: Z' G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...: I  H* {* I  ~* [. R  r, a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards% Q. x* d9 Z& i6 e* |
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 P) R9 q: o. d4 Z: T* h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& K7 ]  N, I7 ^! T$ p6 IRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 S( ]" e  N" Y5 i& K1 X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards' r2 z  R7 K5 P# j% X+ r0 C
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- [2 N) @+ O" \6 s* I3 k( {) ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards0 I8 z3 t0 G; @  Q# j- `3 K
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
! r7 _: R8 d' LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
4 S# H/ J4 l. Z4 z. V. P/ s% Z) TRange closes to 16,000 yards...6 O1 _. o/ Z0 X2 R# J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ K. U& D6 F8 r' JRange closes to 14,000 yards...
. _  @0 ~4 x( _0 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
% ]( w7 a3 I) C) L/ z: \Range closes to 12,000 yards...
' D; x4 T& V+ uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 c9 K! S& u8 r
Range closes to 11,000 yards..., x+ `2 l: o8 |- k5 w0 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards! G' u( M3 ~8 O& O: T9 ^- z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
9 E4 u+ v3 S4 Y2 M0 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ q2 N2 M/ A9 ]- pRange closes to 9,000 yards...
- _# @& N% G, t* s7 o8 LBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards9 C) Q7 {0 s! _
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards- ~& s- c/ S) _5 W. W2 z
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
% G* B6 h- {! Y) S7 c8 ODD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards! w# W+ A, c' F) ?
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
' M' H7 K1 U8 r: Y8 M5 i& _  {0 IDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards% a& _. X$ j5 i9 d$ \9 i; }
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards" y4 G% B' ~0 ^" W
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
$ V9 c7 }7 h# ~* h8 [3 ]3 rBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards  p2 B- z8 S2 ?
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
6 |% m6 L7 v2 P! d! cDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards7 V+ ~- X4 q0 c! ?  z
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards* z9 _. A, a/ g. e6 O# r
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
* T; {9 q2 s) {# k; \* n$ H+ @DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
8 y3 [4 L" j' dAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards$ Q4 v, p$ U1 U# k/ ?; N0 S1 V2 n
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
+ x2 M6 j4 v6 I# Q+ ^! {DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards5 c& ]5 a( R  S: M1 N
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
( }- U/ O1 C, h3 b2 m# NDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 x! d3 ~' X- {
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
) A: I0 t8 Y) O. m) |, ?4 ZRange increases to 10,000 yards
  u) r  f8 F6 F" x+ LBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
& x8 w# ]2 m2 u$ I* p# i, n# r, C1 G: jBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
* D' i! B. j# ]% M) P8 k: e5 k7 n; JBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
* d7 E% X- ~( ?9 p4 E7 ^* V. zDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 R% w3 q. s0 l5 W! I# k6 q+ LBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards0 ~# f$ `! {% o- Y& \; t& y2 G# @
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
$ Q/ H% @  k( G# X) E1 e9 EAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
' p/ N& }) p6 `9 {  V/ Z- P' d) RDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
, e& Q* r9 j- `/ }DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
. N" j5 a5 [* n: J  NDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards" a0 g# g3 [$ L& J8 T0 q
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( p) V' y& O/ L: R: KDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
$ c4 K) B( S9 I& [6 v7 J7 ZDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards1 v8 O  e: z8 e3 t7 j" p8 g8 F; [
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 k- j' I  w9 Y9 m" E- X5 JDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards0 `$ [0 }/ i/ S+ W& `8 p
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 s$ Y' F7 z3 S7 \  _1 BRange increases to 11,000 yards
( I% y- P* g: g( `& d" ?( eAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
) I) z. F6 X  `- M% @APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
+ v' n/ i5 ^; ]' yDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards: F8 r9 Q7 P; D/ W# W( C: w; _
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
  V2 {& [% s$ C0 A- L2 b& jBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards% |! p. |0 ^! H4 N1 u- }
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards; q) e" u, }6 g  L( Q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
! P$ ?# a* x! N7 sDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
: f2 S: G' X3 S$ R7 ODD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ p% W/ w$ A6 A3 x: S; Q! LDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
. U& d/ X# m- _( rDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards0 j( a! D3 Z* X( c, @8 t) g: X
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
) d$ o/ Z7 J  P9 W/ }Range closes to 10,000 yards* t, H3 i' _7 _0 x& C
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
3 ~/ l9 r$ p6 x/ D/ t; ~BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 x" i. k& l  }" cBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards' R% k2 d% J3 J( n+ y8 `  l1 p
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
8 o: K. H( U' i) e1 {DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 `- g; ~* m' {# B+ z
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
# f0 U0 c. w0 y& DDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 }4 I, K2 t3 ?7 ]
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
3 T+ I% ]& j; P8 G: fDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
4 z& M2 ]: i1 r! zDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards2 o7 C0 q0 h3 P. T
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ [) y! p5 [5 UDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
* N( k9 G+ E  ^' Z+ ZDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 a! y. p! b# X4 ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards2 R: ^+ m4 q5 \' a" |! z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
) `' m; v2 m# j) X5 U7 |# {BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards. G& k0 _& Q) u; \$ y3 _! h* A" G7 a
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
  u6 y2 j, g9 m/ c% uBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards6 p% e6 n) l6 `
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
2 K! u" ?2 s/ E' ?$ fJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape- M0 I/ ]& b* X: N6 G- X
Task forces break off...7 K9 E6 b8 x/ e, N9 [- G# U5 d
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards& e: |$ T3 t+ _2 m6 M; {

' U& b7 j6 v1 W6 C+ Y* |, wJapanese Ships+ u- L, N, B7 M* }% j
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
7 Z$ Z0 f6 v( x# k% {; T      APD T-2
7 T; k; ]1 }; f% F- x! i" F      APD T-3, Shell hits 15 K) [% v$ D* M, s6 x; M* G2 v
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
! ]% y* C" m! v3 Q7 v* I0 x      APD T-5
/ u$ @4 K$ s8 u9 h, v' k6 j      APD T-6
/ _) P( p: B" M' e" _1 M7 Y      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage9 n& F  R: x8 A- n
      APD T-9, Shell hits 16 ^% n- E7 n5 ~8 o" V, E: G
      APD T-108 p- b; T( L# C7 @+ l* ^3 `+ W; N
      APD T-11,  on fire' e9 w8 L# D3 Z* d8 b
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
$ ?' j; u7 b6 w+ ]* t1 B3 w      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk4 w  n) }) p# _; k7 A! e  z
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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) D! c) e3 ^7 t  n6 v3 @6 E0 \Allied Ships7 k: i4 _! {/ f" e
      CA Portland) P# C# @1 M: w
      CA Northampton
1 m  |' S" u" ~9 U  g      CA Chester0 D1 T+ _! E' o& t9 k6 W1 U8 ^
      CA Louisville+ `0 _. P& q& R
      CA Chicago0 X5 U/ F- ^$ z: l/ b0 Q) Z
      CA Astoria
, ], B  {  C& w: P3 Y2 `' b" t      CA Minneapolis
' e/ p* Q$ A: l& V+ T" y* r: o# ?      CA San Francisco7 r% C, \" K8 k8 O6 x. @) {/ y
      CA Quincy
" [5 s' o  a! N" _      CA Vincennes
4 h3 V4 T" q  s      CA Wichita3 i: w' x  K' W  g6 y! e0 {7 ~
      DD Bennett$ ^# }, Y! }5 Q1 [* i" B( C
      DD Bradford
& n* K4 J1 B  p' u: }% D      DD Braine
; O  R6 C( M  [  Q' u) K1 p      DD Brownson
& l3 v4 B8 e* X8 F$ ^$ R, X      DD Bryant
8 ~: M- X0 T# r# h      DD Bullard( A+ Z& m  `- E
      DD Burns
2 |1 }0 j" U" n( q& X; V      DD Callaghan6 \% o3 N; V" V* \$ B
      DD Caperton
3 A5 \% y+ A# l8 e* m  Q4 i2 H      DD Capps
! g- v; w8 {7 N- u6 }      DMS Emmons
7 f$ L/ g6 F4 F      DMS Macomb! a0 g  T$ W- E( H$ v# `6 M( `
      DMS Rodman. ]# J6 w: ~$ m
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 |8 P" F2 P; p0 u7 ?7 SRange closes to 28,000 yards...2 p+ x% J8 F4 U* l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
# J. p8 G& |/ Q; D' _' p3 |Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- |/ z% D+ f0 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
. e) P3 k, _9 U$ {" p4 \- ARange closes to 24,000 yards...0 w" {: l+ k! Z( {+ e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 ^; Q4 B' f0 X- M) K
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: p4 A) _$ m) O/ PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
! j5 D( j; s9 @8 W3 \Range closes to 20,000 yards...( k* ^0 z  _  m+ A- a6 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: i& C0 _# T2 M2 U
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ e% r( Y0 T) U9 h0 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards6 Q# E5 g& s4 l( r$ L+ H
Range closes to 16,000 yards...! w! L' r1 D6 F. ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 ]8 ?/ ^* k# w  ?  J3 A; Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
" \8 |4 Y- W$ S! X- N6 kRange closes to 12,000 yards...6 n, B: V; A5 [& s; q2 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
& n$ x: j) }$ v/ F1 D' tRange closes to 11,000 yards...8 @) t6 x' O# l+ H7 n( {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
; V* }6 F' r: g( p" w0 ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...7 h: W$ n- Q# t  f* N% n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  Y! O9 N/ ~3 d; B
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards5 X0 ~5 a, R) b1 E0 N" ^
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards# n% |8 `- N& k! D* s4 K
Range increases to 11,000 yards
6 {* b7 J+ i0 EAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards: a' g% G9 r; M' f& ]" @2 w! J
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
  A8 m" Q" s7 ^CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  {9 t7 n, g! N* w( I* Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
  S9 s( Y/ s9 l1 }! p1 L! yCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ f6 _" o) S5 h% U* m/ @3 T
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
' A) q8 h. L5 `1 QCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
9 W* V" @  e- h% q4 zCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 W* c3 W7 s/ J% s7 ~9 ^CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards4 L1 u  F; l' Z2 X8 j( z
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! U' y9 ~; n5 D, w( W4 k% }DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
+ y8 K; z6 A" w: I7 W# u, e2 FDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards; t, \9 C( O% E3 K+ H  ^! A
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% `! ]1 d, o/ c: \" [2 e* g- ODD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; W3 p! A; i/ D+ |& }1 Q4 r1 mDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
$ s- b. W2 Y* l0 }' Z6 CAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards  N8 g! d- G4 o1 E# d9 ?
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards8 D) ~0 Z7 F/ c' K
Range closes to 10,000 yards' H! f# |) [, m
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 u3 ]5 C4 ~  C/ B  m4 S% r% B' k% }
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
: n# h/ {- T% KCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards. o1 c* u$ q9 f1 E& O0 N3 h  e& F
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
4 U( o, T5 G4 }6 ICA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
2 S  V2 y+ ^. D' T9 ^( j& v' VAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards# f  ~$ r8 G6 V- X# @" f8 s# g
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
' U5 Z6 A# i  E1 l6 G9 \' N" L8 A" KRange closes to 9,000 yards
7 J, S7 ]- r: KAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards7 V( l% t. W; a+ |6 H  W, G2 ?
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
$ H& i$ c3 u$ d7 {3 \CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards: e3 }& J5 M6 C. l/ Y
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
+ L: \) G* Y3 o2 F$ T' Z+ _  cCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ r, R" ^3 {; c) s# x; xDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- t$ j5 Q( ?3 D& L' b
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
4 r5 a3 r% e$ N$ e0 LRange increases to 10,000 yards2 g" w0 w, _5 o0 U* N: I* ?
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards% H3 i: V6 _( a8 t* z2 S% ?
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 V5 A9 u6 L/ Y$ @' J5 |8 fDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  E/ \3 i' G5 J4 ~: |1 g" r
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards* X& s' ?! N9 q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# M& o$ L) ~0 Z2 ^9 L5 n4 c
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape2 i5 D* O/ t5 z
Task forces break off...
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! R0 l: D* {- e9 WNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships- ]7 K" A( F* T) v" b
      APD T-1% Q, E3 Q9 N9 p6 N  k" g9 @
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
( j- p/ G0 e  i6 p: b      APD T-3
$ C. ~( V1 B3 C" P% u- e- D( A      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
; Z8 a1 w' O3 O      APD T-5
& i  M; q8 C, b* }9 w      APD T-6+ Y; }0 n: _! r+ R; H$ {
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk- I1 ~* [/ \" C1 R6 p& X6 J4 [% B7 p
      APD T-9
5 }- F# Z) n* s1 U3 x$ l4 {, j; L      APD T-10
5 w. o# y" J: a& F( t      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire' q9 ]6 N. Q: x7 i! Z- _- v# }1 H

1 V2 t' r2 ]# X: H6 A! DAllied Ships/ m  \5 u+ v7 r* n9 f
      CA Portland
8 W4 {3 d% V  T" F2 \8 q% ?& |      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1- ~( a- h4 k2 s, p. N
      CA Chester
" r* x* p4 I, A9 E0 A      CA Louisville
! r9 r2 P: g) x! R. H) a" p      CA Chicago6 v8 E. X1 z; U) b3 K3 J
      CA Astoria
3 C. J- _: H8 [" a; }      CA Minneapolis: V. |2 t' }2 K+ X
      CA San Francisco
5 f3 q2 u! ~' c( g4 }      CA Quincy+ q( F& B" k3 v" Z3 P6 T5 }" N) P
      CA Vincennes. N( G3 D/ u, p& R  \% @
      CA Wichita
! S7 z8 Q1 U  M" ]1 g      DD Bennett. O9 Z: D0 _! P  [3 L
      DD Bradford7 B- U5 g  [3 s  U
      DD Braine# v; M/ l. U' e# t! Z
      DD Brownson
5 [( b0 O9 C$ s9 ?8 i) S      DD Bryant7 d1 d& Q5 E" R6 ?& D% S1 s
      DD Bullard
% k4 a" v( q5 B' n% M) e      DD Burns4 H! m9 U- W, R
      DD Callaghan+ J9 {9 M% b& |$ u/ B; D
      DD Caperton
0 q$ p% w. L3 a% ~2 S      DD Capps
* I/ d5 K) T6 ^1 \6 a/ s" t( N      DMS Emmons6 z1 l" S( Q! ]6 l+ u) x4 s
      DMS Macomb
" O; ^  }$ ]- H/ O      DMS Rodman" o6 R9 O1 m; U! K
      DMS Gherardi4 m! C' Q' I+ B# r: G6 k* F8 t
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# q, x: I0 i' J' v; ZMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. ?+ d; N: n! v! I' ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...
- w" `* N, Y0 W% z& [; cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards- p3 }1 a3 w$ `
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 Z. K1 J- d4 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; z) O2 K0 t+ h; S3 D7 lRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 |4 ]& N, k6 G: M5 b' MRange closes to 22,000 yards...8 W6 f1 ?. V4 H3 ^  |  A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
" h" a) m/ s4 B4 Y0 QRange closes to 20,000 yards...
! S; M) E: P( G! lRange closes to 18,000 yards..." l  v' E) G+ H1 \8 E5 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! S+ N$ s' K5 @Range closes to 16,000 yards...
6 j& w% k0 _, K/ Q( Z6 c+ VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 [+ K+ [! l9 W- r+ ^
Range closes to 14,000 yards...% h/ e) U+ D( a$ b6 `0 H) l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards7 n6 v" E$ k1 n' F# o7 c- T3 t* b$ z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
; b5 W5 r  U% D, T5 k4 k# @& @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 |) L) E; z3 {( A$ LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 A6 N9 y% K5 O8 E% nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
' T+ \5 z% j+ t( FRange closes to 10,000 yards...
' ^! o( l- Q7 |1 e5 |, @- [& P( pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. u$ ^# c% A, `8 ]
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
8 ~& k' k) |. u8 |  W9 }$ OCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards& E# ]. }. K) L2 S3 |4 H
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards; K* A7 ?) U7 I/ n$ h) |
Range increases to 12,000 yards
/ e% K& S- }$ ^, N6 z) |/ rCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards6 V+ h8 c. E2 T* \
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
: C% X$ K5 a" s, J' H* R2 _CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
2 w- v% o& I- B, W& ^CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
6 ^9 E  q# o% U2 |CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" L2 S: E! m# R  u9 g
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
* S+ f# d  O2 g- EDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards6 c1 L' {( a( m" I9 w1 ?% I
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards; [% q0 V% K. m/ y1 w) ?) c
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, H2 a% r  }+ F% g/ `
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 s8 u7 U2 Y9 b& x2 h& g' s
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards4 e# k% C2 T7 F4 d# G
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
7 {& X' {5 N. ]& o0 v: _Range closes to 9,000 yards( U6 w5 s; F; T+ A* I
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; ^3 {. j9 V: y$ m) T9 Q
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
) E% ^5 W) e. xCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. d8 Z/ ]+ t$ q6 U2 m$ D( T9 VCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
! |" m2 a' A" pCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards( l% N& _: P' u7 z
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards) l+ L9 N4 i; t  H5 Z/ a
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards0 c4 R. K& ]( n, E. g- I
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards$ Y+ G( D1 U/ C; U: I; M
Range closes to 7,000 yards1 ?2 L- @% o" a6 P
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
) i3 d$ [, E+ YAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
% ]7 o* r9 B' W, MCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
$ p' ~2 n9 p" U; u# yCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
  m3 E) R. Q' R2 t" b2 OCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards# M3 R; x1 R4 ~+ l0 T
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
) T# E  N+ h& Q2 B8 zCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards. j! s$ V6 s' Q8 U! i
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards3 M/ R" |3 B/ h- O8 d1 `2 G
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! Q+ l$ \! `( `) s+ @  y' N- aDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
0 m+ l* ]8 W1 A% RDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards+ e. v1 [3 g% ]
Range increases to 10,000 yards  M+ `+ S# u0 z4 X$ k* k
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 s, H3 k8 Y9 c6 D% ?" }7 i
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& G. o* M+ G! e- e# V4 h. X
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. |4 y* n9 q$ X4 L1 G: n
Task forces break off...
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! o) ?( c( k: L/ |Japanese Ships5 Y$ N4 l6 {7 i2 R# K0 q& W
      APD T-1( P# ^3 D: l$ ~2 @' U  h
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 j0 M( `/ H& z1 A8 R% q- ^
      APD T-3
6 G8 B4 p$ Y0 F8 w- C      APD T-5! Q7 Y2 U4 I9 M4 F% r  ]  x- U& N
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# f$ @- X) e" q4 B+ H! G
      APD T-96 k. a7 H3 W% ]4 w: Z) O0 d0 P
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ r6 C" r  R: b1 {- b! x3 J
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
6 P- T$ [' n( K* G! k* g      CL Swiftsure
" T+ e4 W# r: e! b8 ]' m9 V      CL St. Louis! P. T: P4 |, y* S  a7 }
      CL Phoenix
  n* u) d6 U" C  {1 R& Z      CL Cleveland
2 A+ y0 L0 N) l' B& c) |( X      CL Montpelier/ w3 y( D2 `: j' O) c4 B* F1 R
      CL Denver. }) J1 D$ M0 R  W
      CL Santa Fe
8 L9 c6 n) X& Y) ]      CL Birmingham
0 o% r- D8 z8 t/ |      CL Mobile* y' `$ ^8 S, Q
      CL Biloxi
- h% a! D" ^/ l9 Q+ }4 W. |! _      CL Miami0 z% P$ L; o& F- J
      CL Pasadena
# U% C0 U+ R2 A. a0 r4 Q' u      DD Allen M. Sumner
# B. M4 o) L5 e1 O  J8 f4 Z0 C      DD Ault; ~$ T$ x# r# C8 v
      DD English! ]* W" E+ d  z! w1 x
      DD Haynsworth* h- m5 x% t) @
      DD Maddox
, O* e# v, ~+ m5 O- l      DD Mansfield
& R6 L% c% ^, Q8 q$ n) ?$ y      DD Waldron4 F( |3 n0 k9 n/ [* f7 c
      DD Haggard
, {* N3 b. z' C2 Q# x      DD Hailey
/ ~$ j; h; N& j4 e: X: r# I      DD Hale
- q- K$ Q4 M8 }      CL Vincennes II
( C0 A6 M( `8 W9 |5 c0 f# E      CL Houston II
; K' e, K" K3 \4 J5 H      CL Astoria II" [* b( m) J/ @+ ~2 a
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
) Y8 C* c1 Y- |$ I3 c6 URange closes to 28,000 yards...& W0 q5 R+ U, N7 x& e1 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  y# p1 d: O0 r4 j( a! e% I
Range closes to 26,000 yards...: B6 J" Z: A- M5 g
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! O6 {6 ]- [) N3 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 P( V! z8 r! o$ j8 \" S4 O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...) d: p: Z$ w4 _3 _* P8 P. A
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
. @" E7 L5 g. n7 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards) C4 Q+ {- L( P
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* @7 K- a6 o. F  \# N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) x/ p- H1 M# r; T/ H& F( u7 u5 E0 u
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
$ y. A/ e: f- f. [8 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: Z1 n5 b3 F7 R2 IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
% v; V) b& ]7 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ P9 a# ?- n- Q. t: _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
! f9 ^: c! f: H5 i& r8 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 ]# `: \2 O4 Z% ~) _Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 {; Q2 W# C) TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards* f2 T$ d( e/ D2 t! X# m- ]
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
6 B) U  G" y8 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. ]2 J: A/ x$ O+ e2 \) A  m3 s& Y
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'0 J8 m  H1 |+ d4 _% r
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 D4 y4 A2 l( ]! X3 J
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards" z0 V, L, {- F$ \) w7 y% h
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
' Y% I5 O) f+ H1 n! v$ uCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 W; X! B2 r; l: Z! }( EDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& I5 U9 V/ w/ g% {DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
+ ^% D3 W5 ]( O, ODD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
! b; S  ?8 ?! zDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards( N9 Y) i4 m3 y, s! ^
Range increases to 11,000 yards
/ n& S) n) v  @/ \, }CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ _7 p: ^5 z  }! V4 ]1 kCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
" M2 f2 P  S/ B0 c& b+ UCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
( a3 D# x9 R1 ACL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
' |' ~8 Z6 H( [" l2 t3 I4 {0 wCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
" g' s$ F2 [& y" `0 n0 y" q1 cCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards; G% i$ u% v7 |1 j) ~
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards9 m4 B7 P5 D3 @3 O* I
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
* U2 j9 {( W' gRange closes to 8,000 yards0 c2 H* `: R. N+ b$ Q2 E) J' n
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
3 q9 B  O5 k4 RCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 v' q& {4 P$ ?" K
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards( r3 A7 O4 O) V6 J7 ^. a  i2 k
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards/ V6 i+ e* i" F; W) z. P& m  G
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
1 E. e9 w# m8 i' oRange closes to 7,000 yards2 C/ v& {# t* v9 ]* R$ R8 |- D
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; @/ U& P  H, x, l, ]" V' }4 qCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 P5 L" |) S9 a$ a0 \+ D
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: Q/ A, _, o3 V$ Z& p9 A
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
3 n2 p  g9 ?* E; ^CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards! s' m' {) j9 `+ Q
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. o9 x" j) [6 L( ~' c* e; q9 I
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ b, Z$ l6 q7 N$ x' b
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 R* M% I- P5 ]" E7 ]
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
! ?3 D6 ?+ d2 u3 i. B4 lDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards" {7 e; ?# u. M
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards1 w3 @9 y! H0 U5 l3 n: }
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards% k8 C: h, i" h* X! z1 B. f/ r
Range increases to 8,000 yards
/ @" @. i) G. o6 x# @; TCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! n& H, n% C3 Y5 p8 uCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% `' Z! ?" y( G( @2 L4 s% SCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards/ c5 `& V, @% K( r, H- U
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape1 I* k( x& U2 J- h' P. `
Task forces break off...
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5 M' A% z* M% x& {      APD T-1% R! A9 ^* e* _/ T4 B
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
( i* K0 M0 C7 [      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk& n& B' q$ H* k& r0 I
      APD T-54 \* k$ t; A( U: Z- K) k8 l
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
) F6 p5 n4 A- l" l4 k& Z2 v      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk) z: d' k+ _: @- P
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Allied Ships
' Y, ]0 Q7 `3 ?$ ^) P" `      CA Portland7 L) h4 q' a+ K" Z; {9 L/ {0 p
      CA Northampton1 ?# a. Y( q+ ~8 y+ e# d* z6 \
      CA Chester
" y, e7 @/ D) f' m5 H; R+ d      CA Louisville
; d3 S, P* W5 F7 z# V- ]1 X* q+ q      CA Chicago
5 U. |# o! R2 R0 V: Q: O: x1 W      CA Astoria. ]7 k" V& J0 Z9 s; a) l
      CA Minneapolis4 T) N4 B0 \1 {1 X
      CA San Francisco) G, V8 _* Z6 t5 }) L+ e
      CA Quincy: C+ c# r/ N. G% x6 g
      CA Vincennes  F% j+ r: [/ L, n: W3 L. l
      CA Wichita0 h  t; w9 i8 `: O3 m- I6 v5 L! N
      DD Bennett
) K; z! \8 G; P4 L, a      DD Bradford
* e! h/ Z& P! @3 b6 s      DD Braine
7 S: ^/ F" \+ L9 z/ o1 M      DD Brownson  c! j$ b% W3 m8 w# b8 f; u' z
      DD Bryant
1 b* j% \4 R5 w0 H8 G      DD Bullard
0 e4 h  h0 L' a5 D3 |& M& B+ j      DD Burns
, `0 d& y& q. B      DD Callaghan
- }7 z# ]( R& }      DD Caperton
# S3 z( E+ Y# ?      DD Capps) Y( F( _3 K- R9 w& L. S
      DMS Emmons& u& F% d8 e9 Y, V; R$ K* D. A
      DMS Macomb7 k! p0 y) [9 b8 f4 ~+ Z
      DMS Rodman
2 D; }/ d# g5 o% N7 a$ n  M8 a      DMS Gherardi4 \9 e5 x, I& r3 ^
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  E; {4 v4 M, KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& T2 M( g1 I3 X4 }$ Y9 r
Range closes to 28,000 yards...5 F, M+ j# m# U+ b& [% f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards& d3 \- E5 U. ]  \
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 E! z, j+ T7 s  r* F+ qRange closes to 24,000 yards...
/ x; b1 T' ^3 ~6 b( z. BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- P! B5 T5 @( ]$ u
Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 N0 t8 B' T1 p4 W5 X9 ~( \3 F: {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards& Y# c/ D+ v& Y1 E# G) f- k2 @3 e, o
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
/ i2 j1 ]0 X( M# ?) YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
/ i$ V6 j& I; M' `6 CRange closes to 18,000 yards...4 |, r9 N% ~  l$ e
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
- r% R# ]  y9 B0 N. m4 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards+ o, W% o9 {- {9 H3 C1 Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...  p5 `6 J/ l( A
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
/ t* Z8 o7 E9 ~Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, ~' b4 E/ ?! m, w: Y, nRange closes to 10,000 yards...: S# `; J# o" g9 a! T! u$ [3 R
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
0 L+ s- l3 f- J9 R& `" p+ NRange closes to 8,000 yards...
' ^2 H6 H1 V4 d4 N% SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
0 ]& a- T" H2 m6 Q9 zCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
( L) A$ y4 [4 o8 R4 ~CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards$ i+ w" c0 U) c/ k: K5 e5 t9 g
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards/ {! o" u, c; N( S6 O( j
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards" H7 {& u4 c; K& R9 }. t4 f+ f
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards6 \6 W1 n# k& d1 @; q
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ P: i; Y" I9 ^CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
) P' W: X. Z9 y  M6 h$ P* DCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" t. ^$ c* O3 L, p- \: ~CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
' K6 h3 I4 K8 u' i6 J! t% x: L. I! \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
7 p3 a4 ~& \- B; _  G$ ]APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards  G0 t% v+ B5 q& g
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
$ K4 }) D+ L' _9 D8 x( iRange closes to 5,000 yards
, m8 v0 Z5 w- R+ t+ W: e! ?. S9 A# MDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
: J- v8 ~  n# S1 ~( B0 [APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards) y; y1 h! e; a6 @
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards+ e( P& m" M& t
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
) I6 R- I' D4 D, x+ PDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards' Z- `8 X! p' o& b: X6 H
Range closes to 2,000 yards
3 A$ z' `) t9 P& U! p" L+ rCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
% d0 B! H8 t6 A2 l& iCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
# K9 A' V; u8 |) `7 GCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
$ U% r2 u2 G' [* t; P  V9 ?# QAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
* o5 @4 b$ l' M9 yRange increases to 6,000 yards, H6 \; |+ A& `' Z( \! [; H
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards$ T: N8 |3 p; h' }
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
  ?* Y8 E$ H4 N: s" F, G8 \# uAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
4 e( ]) [# w: HRange increases to 9,000 yards
0 S' W+ V, H8 y  `DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards% l3 v- E6 @0 U$ K# @9 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards3 j  L  Z2 x7 f5 G
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
0 s5 C. p, m! f. YDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
! o: l. r4 z- o/ zRange increases to 13,000 yards
6 w' h% _% Q, `$ ?* pCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards6 e3 }: \- |) I" Z5 ?- x
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards: D, N, D& t# ^3 P, r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. I+ w" N. L! K) b  {; b4 a
Task forces break off...
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0 H9 Z; r$ I2 p' v- `+ eJapanese Ships
# q( Q7 M- p) L% N& j      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
, M- V7 H) {- \6 R      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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; [, v  h. z: ~+ J, W" Z! @Allied Ships2 p* \2 I$ ]8 ?3 Y0 A- [
      BB North Carolina1 Y6 r, R' L, X6 o0 [! @
      BB Washington" b0 k- L  x, a4 ^" R! ^
      BB South Dakota) I/ u: Y  J" m4 N1 w
      BB Indiana7 l" L% Q, W8 d* p( ?
      BB Massachusetts
# H' m% a, S0 s, @( r1 ^( z4 y      BB Alabama3 B/ D0 L; a& T" d% }; U$ g
      DD Conner
, p: o3 n+ r. l  ]; p+ U; d2 A- z: ?      DD Cotten. L8 ^: W7 l" G: X8 [
      DD Cowell
+ g. g0 ]3 v4 R  l" z      DD Daly7 P  e* H. p3 k
      DD Eaton
5 d( W) V6 o7 ~0 J. ]$ ]2 k/ B      DD Heywood Edwards
+ f( u, ]; ~$ k* P- X% D2 @8 S' ~" _      DD Erben
6 X3 ?& Q# o% q; Z, x* i1 G' C      DD Evans
4 j: ^' @8 Q  B; c& j      DD Foote
; L1 I9 _- L7 c) m4 G      DD Franks
$ x* X. V6 E6 i  u      DD Fullam' w7 j5 P6 x& i# x2 [+ m
      DD Gatling
* \2 m1 M( q5 a: z4 A      DD Albert Grant
" J! e" a7 Q; y% g- o. \! }" }( _9 W      DD Gregory
' l) a8 M) ]$ p; z      DD Guest  A# Q" }# |) k; D
      DMS Hamilton& q& }0 Y7 n% f5 z9 Z) E" Q
      DMS Forrest
8 V, \4 _- z: G! K& }      DMS Ellyson3 O7 W9 K, R% G2 D) c

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! G5 m0 O- H1 Y! XRange closes to 28,000 yards...* v" x2 [8 M  Z: Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...& q) i$ W" p2 Y7 [- L, i) ?, G
Range closes to 24,000 yards...% g/ T, e2 c- w8 n5 k% M
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* f% [+ V( n) MRange closes to 20,000 yards...7 n, a- b* g" Q% Y2 U4 P, B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
- R! l) l! }& a: n& q  ]Range closes to 16,000 yards...
; ?7 n. V) w  O. S4 S- FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
5 M/ W' F  Z/ mRange closes to 12,000 yards...
0 T$ U! c6 m; g5 {Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 M* i% C2 ^* B8 O! h* ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" U# g* x  M/ z; t; N$ W
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 _" K0 H8 s9 n/ }) O3 B( }Range closes to 9,000 yards...
% E: T) E% G/ j& E/ _* }0 P5 p$ tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
  b4 \) q1 B3 w, mBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards- T# q# S/ C7 N! \5 v+ s5 Y: x
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards8 v" p4 r: m5 B( I* H$ @; @8 k
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards1 a. l. c, H( x  F
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards9 B- M" b" ], W5 M7 T* S
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 F: q+ e; b* jRange closes to 5,000 yards5 o% p! d: ~! d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
, C" {, {! Q7 s( B5 k3 qBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
( H: k8 \, a1 q' d3 J6 L$ U3 c- nRange closes to 3,000 yards8 A( r. C; d/ N* {3 W7 C
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards- L% `, b0 n$ y  w# Q3 k# c6 o0 `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
" K% r! h9 S; s; v( S* W, }DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
+ T* O" C$ W% X! o, `DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" f. q& _" |# Y& A# R
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 K  p- ?, G  H- LAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards  }; v2 |9 y2 Y( M9 a5 u3 c
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
6 c& j- ~! n; x0 z8 U& BDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' B  G5 z7 X7 R4 d+ T0 t9 ?% q  dDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ h5 D% j/ {5 @& k5 q4 G6 m0 N
Range increases to 5,000 yards' K" y6 q8 ^9 @$ t
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards0 Q# g. o4 w7 N
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards3 U- _; W" b: {/ t
Range increases to 7,000 yards
4 O  |5 h, A/ y* V8 z- a" PDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards5 s0 q. _- K; `# s4 M
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
- R+ G* F4 B# xDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards) `; `3 Z8 [" ~3 c$ P7 _  A0 m8 V
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards0 E$ J) L- N9 T
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
$ ?6 V9 g( G7 _2 p( E* Z$ @4 VCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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