AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 42
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据菜花交待,先后2个水面舰队来回护航,却仍然被抓,表示无语$ H! m% R7 q$ R/ C
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Auki at 115,136, Range 11,000 Yards0 ] k2 R! L& |
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Japanese Ships; O- W. f5 j2 }! z( ]* G- S
APD Hishu, Shell hits 7, and is sunk$ m! L& |/ ~; s' O c9 F% m% M
APD Kiku, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
# e; J) `* `: H4 A' f APD Susuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk7 n5 M# l& n1 `* G2 o
xAK Matsue Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 {$ k) {9 [" x. n+ N `9 d5 `0 R2 `. i xAK Kohoku Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk; X2 |9 Q1 U- o/ |1 J
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Allied Ships1 t* K) B- e- Y
CA Australia
9 H3 Z# n, c; D- \ CL Achilles, Shell hits 1
! g4 ?/ R0 D5 }5 } DD Stuart
2 X) `: R' d3 H* H DD Voyager
, v& b* B3 v9 e1 l# K/ d/ J DD Witte de With
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Japanese ground losses:
7 r) E% R* u) K% Y! r 1459 casualties reported( ] @/ t X' g+ m/ b- ^: d( `
Squads: 44 destroyed, 73 disabled9 G1 \1 U5 C& @2 q4 Q' M( e; V9 P
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 68 disabled
/ K$ ^: Y( R+ u, g r# W( \! X Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 ~% R, p( `. |. L+ o2 _( R
Guns lost 34 (16 destroyed, 18 disabled)
4 e* ]& T2 i, R, j Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) |