41年12月14日
$ x# u% q5 s' Q% q" }8 d盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。7 w& _/ I# t+ O
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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$ X* e/ P" M7 F+ X% r6 RJapanese Ships& R3 S u+ a- _1 e; m
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
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. J' G4 ?5 L# n) E; t C; o1 z DMS Southard/ ~! x. R9 A0 ?3 j4 ]
DMS Hopkins3 w+ n- r( D" K$ l2 G/ c% X$ l' P
DMS Dorsey
* ^' p" l8 t W! V DMS Long3 B, F4 h9 X' u) N. l( _7 v
DMS Elliot
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' ^% h3 p7 W. x6 k" d/ z帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。
2 K' Y8 i; v# H! T8 s" dMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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4 B3 ^ w0 v, [4 T) p. tWeather in hex: Light cloud. P5 P4 q9 T! E8 m. K
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.) y2 h. f7 b. ]
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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& W4 U* y4 }" x" }Japanese aircraft
' \' c$ x0 }/ Z: @; c A6M2 Zero x 18
9 V! t' k& x& `/ Q& \) X0 x G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft
- |% s, N" j$ \) X& [0 ?7 |: S P-40B Warhawk x 4- W: a( z" {( ?% E+ \
4 R. ~1 f' D! u: rJapanese aircraft losses8 j# R+ M( x- h
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed: g1 h {3 a$ V2 Y
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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* V& n6 s' t9 XNo Allied losses0 k, `: ^& \1 E3 D0 J
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; \. G* D( _% ~8 M AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
: q7 P- V! L5 P% E& G' x6 t% o AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
# u* x4 {0 }* ^& w! d/ m4 m/ Y PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage1 P0 u Z) o+ Q% O$ |0 A
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage0 p, S; O& s5 U2 X" @9 V
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# s" E! T. m' n0 y" m AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
( M |/ y3 x3 X1 J6 d& Y# m AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 R% G/ y1 l' h. K; Q9 g
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 e, f$ D' U& S0 h7 `& @ AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 J, w! U) ~! A4 c: A; a4 x AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
- l& k# d% u4 k AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ k% }. L4 a9 R3 F2 h PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage4 A- c5 z1 Z; m. i5 v
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6
" t, x1 o1 v7 WPort fuel hits 2
" @5 F5 Z- C; f- W. TPort supply hits 2 |