8月9号
4 X5 ~9 i0 }* c第8舰队勇闯图拉吉( q3 c6 A$ ?: y1 W' y
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards V( h. ~8 i3 ]0 \. F* A' s, w
+ f% r3 f2 Z: s3 OAllied aircraft. }7 l; e4 y0 R* ^
no flights" F7 H1 n# v2 s$ a8 Y
: S* V- t$ }6 Y' T/ dAllied aircraft losses
. S" N; }4 K7 @7 H! g" TNo Allied losses
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3 ^9 V y! ~ c) KJapanese Ships& Q; I& n% p! @: n5 T# ^( r
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire3 `- d8 F0 ^* j
CA Aoba
( _* k e* I) V0 ^: ~4 ` CA Kinugasa; K4 Q6 g7 R$ n. }, ~
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4! n. ? o- d" f$ K6 _% ?
CA Kako9 D) P) G2 S# N4 a7 O
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
1 ^% Z; [- @/ \7 X# z0 I9 x( w CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
2 |: f! Z8 _. m, Y0 T6 ]8 S, E5 h& } CL Yubari
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+ k$ z: P4 _9 R# U* iAllied Ships* ]/ ?2 B6 l4 r3 d. q
CA Salt Lake City: v% [5 i1 J& n5 I+ D& A4 A
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk8 @: w3 j* @0 d' Y9 H
DD Grayson
% U+ Z b E& p8 H% r2 p/ v9 b6 C DD Monssen
& r& E. h$ U' u/ O. z DD Aaron Ward
4 i0 k2 i7 r6 Y2 l. r8 h DD Laffey
) Q+ C9 d$ n* B% L$ F6 n DD Farenholt# L% K$ G- L J& O$ V+ }/ P5 L
DD Maury* o3 P* P: L! O, [" B M
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage2 W1 F: S. X% W1 h
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire. S/ b6 k* i- A( L3 K, f# ~/ q
DD Stack+ P9 d- K' @- a7 E- c7 A
DD Sterett, Shell hits 13 `6 C# W1 X; m! w
DD Balch1 Y6 J2 h$ R% k8 T- ~% i, z; ^( R
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
/ @6 K+ i: F! h" F3 ?$ xMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
( G! X' J# `6 {# o1 W9 f( ^* p% ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...
, m: D1 U; {7 k$ O/ W& D/ y+ I$ ZRange closes to 14,000 yards...$ T* V; m' Y4 C
Range closes to 8,000 yards...0 C) u4 |9 V) \9 w2 q- B$ M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
1 ~+ `! s ^3 |' \6 ERange closes to 5,000 yards...
# a$ J6 @" @4 h: ?/ r, pRange closes to 3,000 yards...% K% F0 m7 Q) [6 C2 j& f
Range closes to 1,000 yards...2 X7 x0 n( u& a0 q* q
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
4 S; y$ d5 u/ N$ J' E1 mCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards( J+ q# j* {' B I+ v3 k4 l
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
: D v* Y7 j. M; Q7 IDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards, e' A7 a# ?5 X2 ~4 L) O- }/ c3 u
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards! J, ~. F) V, f5 g: Q
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards" m* L. N% ?7 x. L" q3 ] z0 a9 h% q
Range increases to 2,000 yards# c6 t* R+ O! O- ~5 S9 l* x
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
9 Z4 ~! n) b2 X1 n3 D" TCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards4 x5 D; m" g+ k6 C5 p
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
5 v8 b) L: \ xCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
8 @2 J) i- z- M5 A) {# UDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
/ l# g9 n% Y; `6 {CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards* D* V( y% ^! ^! ~
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
" M; B6 p- Y; F& y$ V8 [! q0 ZCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards* Y& _7 t4 j; s6 Y
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards# T* s! A- p! @
Range increases to 6,000 yards
+ h/ l- V. S g. D: BDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 " m2 g3 m* z1 ~
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
' [3 g! n# N7 x* O dCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards0 Y2 B: V' I8 ?8 C9 L" c$ j% {8 z$ |
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
" l; b3 w& N* v% jCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
; M. q$ V- Z- m: a# _5 B- iCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
7 l+ @! R& k2 ?( ?CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
2 P- P6 f# g9 X {) \7 b) k, @/ FCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
A! l- C: O- {2 c, H4 e2 LCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards" t) j" m: I3 ?
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
6 p' j+ l( o: P, B. p. [: T4 NTask forces break off.... h# Z/ N) ^3 r' @8 p
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3 u9 x& g6 ~" M/ zNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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. H/ g; F8 _" I6 i CA Aoba, Shell hits 2/ Q9 x# f( i' _+ Q
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
4 X% ?" l! J% h CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1* a% ]# v2 S/ o
CA Kako, Shell hits 12 h g- B" X; c0 I/ Q# K5 o
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire* m" a" H6 }+ u9 d$ C
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire- m: z* V4 `/ O+ A
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire! k, N+ e. c) w4 M
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Allied Ships/ y8 n1 R% ?' D, Q1 k
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire' m7 i& r- D1 E" ]
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage+ n9 v1 S$ j% w8 X0 i1 ^* O) W; Z
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage6 y6 }& @: [ d6 _" h
DD Mugford. s" }8 ^) u6 _2 E
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2# T* R* B( E# K4 n6 f$ g4 @
DD Patterson5 Y1 R. H# c% H7 U* T9 E
DD Jarvis2 L; y5 A9 `5 q* U* u
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0 y$ S0 ~$ q5 {Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight) [5 d% l5 M( f1 @
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
0 @6 b8 G' H' J) k2 u* `Range closes to 20,000 yards..., `$ _8 D* i* G# B
Range closes to 14,000 yards...2 n7 H0 F3 c4 d2 a* M
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
* o& F [0 q+ J0 n( jRange closes to 4,000 yards...
# J9 ~6 s! S# u7 ]! KRange closes to 2,000 yards...) d+ \4 k% j4 W( c5 M% G
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' L- `1 O8 b! d2 I/ L- ~CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
( X* x4 G; P* {2 w- RCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
]1 Z, v3 a" Y+ ?' ^6 l- zCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
: D) C* Q) z4 c {8 f7 K5 S% O8 UCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards8 \/ Q1 _/ }0 I- Y P
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards5 ]' T' ^' }- J5 V) W6 F
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards! a6 E1 t Y% O- ?
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( I! \# ~* ^' i8 T0 H1 O
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards/ L [" x( }/ P9 ^+ [) H' Z2 O/ O
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards+ G1 S- X6 [: q0 U {
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( u# X3 g M: m! h1 F
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards% e) ]! ]$ P' o: @( A7 p$ T
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards+ a3 e: r9 _8 N% s7 w: {: R0 X
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards: G5 c4 g/ B9 @- f6 \1 s- l( _ C0 O
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
2 {; B( S3 X6 @0 k) |4 DCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
6 }1 C) J% m U! E" LCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards3 _4 J' @ O: D, G) k
Range increases to 5,000 yards% {; n! r& U! Y+ v- ]; }7 J% n- ]
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards$ J! n& \# Y {3 y
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
- u* v( Q2 s" s: cCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards- ?$ D1 H6 {6 d7 U2 g
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
0 h, n4 L) o9 S9 o) tCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards7 B3 X1 R8 l1 \0 }8 i
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards3 f# F l7 b# L9 t: e$ ?
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards, c+ i' K) ^4 L8 l P
Range increases to 8,000 yards
' s! S* {( M$ z6 D9 ?CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards5 ?3 P8 n7 F- N/ U
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
8 W( h: a4 L& aCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
& f$ W3 W9 S& E8 _7 \CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards Y8 F' u! o( T: `2 l1 l% U
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
3 a( u% y% Y {' S& T: [+ N; ^. n' ECL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards8 k; p2 i$ B% V) ]
Range increases to 9,000 yards
0 ^$ a' A% S. o/ BCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
! W8 }8 d$ X J: T( c6 \+ g. U7 w0 xCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards( u2 E6 h( w7 ]" ]& y& q
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
( c; G. ~% w) z" `7 n( x, }& XCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
3 S) c7 M, U* o7 x0 KCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards$ {3 Y, o/ B( ]: y" r
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
0 O, J5 g* A+ c8 w& R$ m+ X0 rDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
% q+ [6 Q4 ?- \Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
. r! j3 }( f+ \" B& }Task forces break off.... q2 V# Z% N6 i7 k" h4 {7 |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards% D% M& @( A2 ]; t/ `% r
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Japanese Ships
\6 J9 {3 [9 P7 W- _, `$ @ CA Aoba( {2 {$ d5 N- V% y% e+ R
CA Kinugasa& ?" Z' D- y8 ]) r0 H) x
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
) S P9 X! C2 |2 J, U; { CA Kako, Shell hits 1# y7 n% B4 M0 x6 G8 N; ~/ ]
CL Tenryu
& I4 j' i4 w% P# ]4 e CL Tatsuta# @" K' t4 t" J& Z% N: U
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships4 r& _; G) e. q* q) }* W
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
3 |- R) n- j4 K# J$ |" Y DD Balch6 O! a+ \. }" d# ~8 f7 Q+ ~0 i
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x6 j, w3 n _1 oReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
$ `, _& r( H! M& t9 gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
5 y! ^6 g; ^7 u0 V- ERange closes to 24,000 yards.... J4 |+ _+ i. a, Y4 [0 r
Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 L- A. F3 B& Q9 t/ ~0 o; F; k$ s* T, G
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; J- i0 Z% D* ^! l9 M2 \1 z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* v( [$ a5 @; A$ _- u
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 I7 t' P5 m- ^1 D/ g4 l8 iRange closes to 14,000 yards..., r- u1 N( f! L8 E% E7 ?$ S
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ i5 @! ^- Z. K8 C
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
7 j3 _" c# E8 D9 k$ A SRange closes to 10,000 yards...
* J/ q. F; e; `3 C; B3 v8 PRange closes to 9,000 yards...; Y4 n, @" _9 h3 f- v2 j0 U, F+ i
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
8 L1 l' {6 U8 H& C# w2 [8 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
; }) k; S3 x" r3 @( P% c1 @Range closes to 7,000 yards...
* G6 V( D! }7 @5 B% g" \) ARange closes to 6,000 yards...; x% Y! e4 J5 |1 }& j/ i
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
/ Q" r0 n }5 p" j+ QCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards4 Z+ S' ?6 g: @$ ^, g0 o+ q
Range increases to 7,000 yards
* q# }- x, M2 cDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
3 O( @2 @& T* s; g r. [ L- URange closes to 6,000 yards. v3 ]* }1 j) n$ y( P
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards9 t( d v$ n+ {- A; _
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards) f0 X1 a6 w/ I' h# s8 Y
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
* T+ l# O0 p# ^- ]4 ]/ b' [/ [DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
5 C0 i" t) L- d7 O3 v# y- [Range closes to 4,000 yards' }2 {3 }/ t9 m" _
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards% H9 p; e6 e+ f4 [& ]9 ^
Range increases to 7,000 yards, ~) ^ S! G# T$ }8 r4 X
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards/ U2 q T6 I3 n8 o* G7 E! h7 m, I
Range increases to 11,000 yards% g5 O5 Z5 M: n# J
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards9 i6 f- `- F2 P* [& I" s5 }
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
0 w, t5 _9 k3 W4 Q dTask forces break off...8 Z0 z: w. B; k5 R+ e7 {
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. m9 h% K" z: s) u- N% hNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards0 q1 K9 v6 W4 p* T# d
# ]# T3 }! y# N" k7 v1 D* V. x2 D: `Japanese Ships
: {7 p( z4 Y; ~ CA Aoba1 U+ `1 k5 ]7 g3 c
CA Kinugasa
, f. K6 O1 F( c CA Furutaka
9 Q, ]( Q5 }8 ^ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
/ |1 w% P# M P; c# }" H( l J9 o CL Tenryu$ [7 F1 n6 d' {
CL Tatsuta2 @5 |6 `7 Q2 _, z
CL Yubari; ^9 j- V2 |& J9 J( _
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Allied Ships
1 ?9 o, |6 P+ f9 G DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire3 M" I- @9 m0 Z7 P
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& `) o4 R c0 q4 TReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight! }& ]" j- P( j3 \
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards6 x) l! D& [# {2 c
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 l" e, `. @1 h+ Q ^* I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards: P) p/ w: k. B) o, m/ f. |& V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
& g& J0 \# `+ U( lRange closes to 20,000 yards...
8 z3 }2 g4 k) g* T; h- Z |Range closes to 18,000 yards...3 Y; }$ W7 @- H2 x! e" s; D
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 H3 r" C; e1 J( [- Y0 I
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& |1 |+ p+ j$ z; ^+ HRange closes to 12,000 yards...
. i' K( q% B# d: U5 nRange closes to 11,000 yards..." x) Z; b! M( E8 h5 }1 J9 U
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
6 O6 z1 S# P( `4 \3 F* q& G, lRange closes to 9,000 yards...6 Z2 U* O( s( k# }; Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...5 }$ e0 I4 a n4 J
Range closes to 7,000 yards...: x7 X0 s( K4 ~$ T9 Y1 E" A X' F
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
! }( E( I$ G0 t8 wRange closes to 5,000 yards...+ x( v- e* {1 k
Range closes to 4,000 yards..." H1 C% B& S0 a$ Z5 I5 C
Range closes to 3,000 yards...6 D* R6 j. V2 ^& U
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
- e: z* B% r0 E: N4 KCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards: |! U+ S9 q4 y5 x: |
Range increases to 4,000 yards' m0 ~2 j: ]0 i1 d" J/ x
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards4 T+ F) u+ b) A; k
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& r% C9 E' I c; G
Range increases to 5,000 yards
, I: r/ t4 M2 ?0 \4 O: ^! hCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
$ Y9 I- d) N' c k. qRange increases to 9,000 yards% Y8 e2 x3 o; k% x6 `4 F, G
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
: z6 f5 Q+ ~4 q0 P& P6 E1 P$ \& YAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
( n Y; @9 T5 m% j5 l$ eTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships& m1 _" J) [0 N, s
CA Aoba: A. e' V' X/ n; U$ ?2 v
CA Kinugasa
1 B# j1 A' J5 v+ b0 ^0 p y0 @; p CA Furutaka
# m+ _) G) \- X6 D CA Kako
( L6 I( I) K: T CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
% h4 T1 |# s8 n R' u CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire% f4 @! Q1 [3 o
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships# w4 s# A& M1 F8 f' z* {
APD Colhoun1 S/ V% h! q U! Z9 T
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire# }/ b6 y# o! W0 O% h
DMS Southard, Shell hits 18 t3 b' F$ t2 t9 L
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ r& Z! T- L" h& K2 o AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
5 V3 {/ O `8 a( {1 {- J5 r9 i AP Harris. \ b" u* T8 |/ c" u3 f1 H3 a% _
AP Zeilin! L6 W( m( f) `3 c
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
[& I Q' _, }) o. l AP Heywood
& x9 C! O1 x* V3 a: ] AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 {! V" a2 U. w. Z4 p: _8 R AP President Bowen0 z6 _- {2 W. M$ f
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
5 x6 O3 f- h U& B8 R$ K xAP President Wilkerson# O; A0 h2 n7 g6 { S% m2 o2 E) x
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9 _9 o( ^6 Q9 G' P: ~+ x6 HAllied ground losses:, w+ I/ v% a: p- N* }4 J
105 casualties reported
! d7 }9 C7 S# c5 L- O, v Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 g( d4 Q! i% f% L; u4 X3 G
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
3 E: I9 k8 V# ]% ]0 |3 f Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% C m% q8 Z& G9 F$ B# i3 ]
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! w4 \ w3 k0 X9 ^% {( _Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
8 I3 {! k# \; l9 q( sAllied TF begins to get underway: W( e8 g* |" c7 z
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight* {& z/ x, t. |& ~
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
. E5 l; g3 M$ m- ?3 T* G+ ZRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 ?+ j$ a$ a- h# B9 y9 s4 J
Range closes to 13,000 yards...2 n; t. W+ i1 f. M% h. ?! F# h! g
Range closes to 8,000 yards...# C) U7 }$ H! C5 }5 c( N
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
8 P& `! y3 ]" G; x" F) W6 YRange closes to 3,000 yards...
, C. ~) ^7 g3 w/ ]0 PRange closes to 1,000 yards...
/ B4 Q! F8 O9 S0 S; k! C# o' hCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards) Z: ^4 Z B9 O& P6 [
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
, R* `7 h6 Z; N8 F+ V. N# Z8 B7 XCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards) u: m; W+ k5 @/ A# o# c7 t
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards) V6 s& [5 Q( E, I) \4 x1 h+ A, B
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards4 G0 l/ _5 [9 d9 q- i$ H
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
! k; K7 I0 e: S1 [! WCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards) M k! `9 p8 H: L
Range increases to 2,000 yards
) Z6 d- i3 j: ?1 u% n# w" ?CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards3 `+ m" `+ b7 t5 Y1 J+ r
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards s1 d. ]1 C& J$ d+ g) p3 v: M
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
4 } W! {, f& _& X* _0 E/ jCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
: f' p7 r( j7 @0 _/ \6 ICL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
0 O* o1 g6 o* D2 KCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
8 K( g' _) W4 }5 `+ S3 LRange increases to 4,000 yards9 D4 Z9 u! q. z+ v9 v
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards% t7 A' T) @- h0 [& s( U% U# h
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards! f: q. ~. b# E) w$ z( k! e
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards" `: s. d7 E% z
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
, p. }6 S* L+ ?" T4 O7 c2 J& tCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards( b! E L0 G4 N0 W W2 ]8 W# ^
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards6 X8 j/ h: z0 A( i& T
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
, q9 e" v: ]" tAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
) [ k# y, H) zTask forces break off...% S/ ?" _) h# M8 _4 V+ o
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
$ s# s- [/ h/ ?万恶的58!!!% I0 e. a P2 V/ a: M+ v. h) S
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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0 o( u% V; C" R' e$ _5 D& eWeather in hex: Clear sky
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) `/ i, e% w! w3 E6 s0 ZRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
7 M7 w3 V0 G! A r% S( bEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft. d3 j: ~, |# i5 E: N5 K- X
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8' C$ b- M: ^* j8 ?% I" `# y" a
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
5 n, L) m4 G* z' q TBF-1 Avenger x 39% K( Z3 w" n1 `
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses/ k/ I/ A% b V$ }: f
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" L6 y+ K9 k, ?5 G- ^% O* [
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships4 \( u' h- W, |6 y8 D
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire a1 T7 O) j$ k" G
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk2 c( n( l3 {, P" o, w3 E9 L
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
3 }. }' B J! B2 m6 |: w CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk0 _6 B- W8 R3 ~7 l3 h( c' T" g7 e
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