8月9号
4 J$ N9 j8 T. V4 l; F第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
+ U8 F/ n C. k8 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses0 t1 ` x6 {2 Z+ A# S/ y( F8 `
No Allied losses$ b c& i3 z" [2 t/ V5 K
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Japanese Ships
% i5 ^; X: _$ N! P# G5 l8 N CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire8 h4 l# a1 C0 {9 j! d' ]& Y8 i: i
CA Aoba
1 A& x9 X# r: ^: b9 K CA Kinugasa3 J* \. b( L/ H+ O
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
* Q4 d6 G$ W. K CA Kako
! W# I9 H' e6 F& z4 e8 i, U CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1* l* z9 P! Q& {1 E. X
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
7 o5 m' D1 N4 E! c CL Yubari5 d) M# z$ z1 y# C% J4 J
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Allied Ships. i4 s% H# c) I2 z% v `( K
CA Salt Lake City b3 M- v5 E2 ^. l
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk; _' L Z2 d; D7 _7 j9 m7 J# Y
DD Grayson
) G2 q- P5 N5 ]+ i DD Monssen3 w/ A: G# A4 Y3 m5 m" f$ ?( @; {; c
DD Aaron Ward
, G9 U9 q7 x4 c: h7 [7 q% m, K DD Laffey
$ o3 V* @) \- {8 D% m DD Farenholt
, B' V' K, p% K) `" H; Q5 r DD Maury
- A( m& @) b, c7 f4 R4 S4 [5 H DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. \$ R: A- E( Y- ~, Z DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire9 n% S; r" n* s( A
DD Stack1 ^: }* }; U' I T) @, u
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
e3 n, W$ ^5 M2 h* n8 r DD Balch2 s! P* ^$ Q) a' X
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight0 \8 t, A4 x5 p7 w2 v7 O
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
! i" X5 J- x- j7 q' f/ qRange closes to 20,000 yards...- h- c/ O. ?9 G0 U
Range closes to 14,000 yards...% ^( {$ Z& [* m# c6 N) m, w5 s
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 g6 ^. T: w$ D& q$ f- W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
: e- `7 q, v5 E! xRange closes to 5,000 yards...
/ `9 h6 h- P0 k2 h, wRange closes to 3,000 yards...4 G+ y6 h; e& D
Range closes to 1,000 yards...1 {/ c/ U% t5 y, t
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
: ]- C8 d* Z. @ xCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
* L# t/ K/ \1 {! O. [+ ACA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
$ L& J3 v5 p/ ^. sDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
/ L @. W3 H+ o' ~+ `) TCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards3 z2 ?, n$ j& \2 u& P x- b! s
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
& k- K6 Y0 o9 IRange increases to 2,000 yards8 X2 U2 a6 Y; [" n
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
/ {. _1 c8 K) N f* B4 ~CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
6 Q: o& a2 r4 f8 s% ^; kDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards ^* i9 g5 B4 g5 i( x' V% ?
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
1 {* |8 g A" ~DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
: M, ~5 @1 {* u) @" wCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards: h b+ J$ f3 b k# d
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
7 Y9 g8 y6 l( ICL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
. R4 q% ~' }7 I# y vCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
: ^4 A& r2 V' b; u$ _ URange increases to 6,000 yards
' C# [2 c) z7 L; T! WDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
n+ t' ^. F$ F/ ~* K9 gCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
6 v8 _, s$ t: H5 _5 e" ~: rCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards, U. T3 Z, ?( ]# s/ G
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
- |/ q @. ]. I1 UCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
: w( Y9 L7 G* t/ [% [CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
/ o1 \" `# |( @2 GCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
( c5 I( \: | Y8 e' t" L7 c8 F; tCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
7 L+ v8 b' |1 m7 R* dCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
% o9 P- V5 \1 x, B. W9 hCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
* j9 Z$ v5 A. v0 lTask forces break off...8 D' V; _4 n/ h6 R0 o' O
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0 ]! N k I* Z3 t6 t$ M) e WNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships: K: |$ [5 t' c" ^1 E8 M
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2; b5 T7 x- G Q7 x' ~( x" S9 P; x
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
: P2 D# F0 z# f% ]9 Y# R3 N CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1- @! U0 t! H* h7 v3 m
CA Kako, Shell hits 1 r. y- X6 |+ \/ |% @' M
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 z' |* t. J' o. v- i CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 R6 y6 j. f9 ^ m8 V CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire5 W* \' I, k+ ^" w$ | ?0 h
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Allied Ships* n5 a7 d: e% M. P# u+ S
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
^) T* e1 B" H6 q7 v) J CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage" O- w9 L7 y3 Y# u. V1 v
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
. b0 K' x5 L0 t1 j- a( w7 l% x. a DD Mugford
, _4 C/ l" H* E* T DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
. @! h' W: q! E) H4 M! Y+ Q DD Patterson
% b D! a3 }' I9 _3 ] DD Jarvis
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t* Z/ N* h" QReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
& \7 [4 U" D# z( wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards% f+ U. b% v+ X. C
Range closes to 20,000 yards...! S. f* E# D9 U5 z- ^/ s0 P
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' J" Q( b, a. e' v8 v) H0 u6 g Q; m
Range closes to 8,000 yards...% q# i/ h8 v- ?4 Q+ f% q" E2 y
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
$ q- s: I3 g5 b, l, p4 l& k; ZRange closes to 2,000 yards...
% X8 }0 [6 [. x. L2 w3 l& ?CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards5 X( O0 Y4 {& n: a4 a! k! x8 Q. \
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards" x2 o( G# V u: H3 Q1 ]8 s0 j8 p& c
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
. h9 F8 K- C* N- P! M- p* n0 [CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards j9 R# U! w5 e! O. z3 n ~
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
; P2 b+ G( _! A; H& oCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
0 n, S8 t* c& }! p* LCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards0 r( O- V5 {8 U9 E
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
5 x( l: N7 S: v4 \5 n$ F! f: Q# v% qCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
4 [* p5 @; {# `5 HCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
5 w; z* K% I# v: W) `8 jCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
6 n C V( L. F1 Z% a- s4 VCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards8 T W% D- g9 @
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
* B# K( M# K' ~( ~2 M! vCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards$ [1 Q2 X0 E# \0 ^( G0 t- J, R
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
2 Z9 l1 w9 u! aCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards1 _1 A1 [8 p, H
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
' t6 O* _% X# P1 |8 |+ X3 `Range increases to 5,000 yards" \2 |3 q: h& P4 P9 A
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards# h4 j& l( q' b8 u
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
+ M% Y3 j( V9 X) ACL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards/ _7 A5 l5 Z! y8 f6 k2 p1 z
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
0 V+ s# r2 [- w6 vCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
8 j' ^. [: Z* B/ }% y! CDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards/ x& g' i* M( r! S7 o1 ]$ ^
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
( u" t* N7 y0 l4 nRange increases to 8,000 yards8 E! g. o* k5 y0 w
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards) C( i% r- M5 U C8 Q0 F
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
9 \8 G. }; p+ J( ]0 G# g) s& LCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards+ U" M: F6 O% B/ p: L
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
: L! a1 E) A* x6 t& jCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards6 I( ^+ V# A* s: g6 n
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
2 c4 A" [) G [ ^3 vRange increases to 9,000 yards4 J+ l6 ~/ }+ W/ S7 W% M
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
6 ~) x r) B6 CCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards- D6 R( B1 b5 Y( a( w
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards3 P& i ~* M8 i: Z! K+ V( @6 k
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards6 @; o+ y" R9 A6 u8 T
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards3 i: f1 @, m2 M7 P+ s( q4 x0 v
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
6 Q) N5 i7 o$ J5 _DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
/ _' d% @/ u! O; o' O; J" P* CCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
3 q+ | {; y. `Task forces break off...& S" d8 r- M( }2 w' [" x
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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2 z2 |& Z% L5 I2 k) UJapanese Ships# [2 ^4 O6 i$ ^( ?! H8 z' z
CA Aoba7 `9 X" w4 l( E A8 `) p
CA Kinugasa
3 O8 l8 E1 u4 V CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
; o" M- \8 T1 r. \$ { CA Kako, Shell hits 1
- v C* w/ i& Q4 m* g CL Tenryu
3 _5 `: {1 D8 w4 }1 s CL Tatsuta
/ j2 p9 X$ I( @" k CL Yubari
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% ^4 r8 o4 n8 r8 N; O/ JAllied Ships9 }* D3 _9 L6 N6 q, `
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
( N; d& H! t6 ^1 g- o r% j+ y3 W" | DD Balch
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0 p4 e- S6 m6 s0 HReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight2 [1 O% y2 _$ }( w/ [ I4 T
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards2 }9 D0 M8 j( U( V% }
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ t: L' P: u$ g# q$ B) q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...! {+ Q/ {! P* C) ~
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
( K: M) J, v z+ BRange closes to 18,000 yards.../ |$ a' \& X) m
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
) o& R- B3 X# }+ [$ P0 G- A# `Range closes to 14,000 yards...3 L3 U* p; h$ y5 q8 n U& W
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
' R( g+ _' b+ d* cRange closes to 11,000 yards...% v* k" t/ |2 X! t0 F# @% ?* G' @
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
0 }0 E* Y* z7 H7 lRange closes to 9,000 yards...
" G" q+ O" W1 \+ M' O/ P6 f/ PRange closes to 8,000 yards...# p0 |5 `$ r& R X v+ f; E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
/ S/ T/ o' ^ GRange closes to 7,000 yards...1 M- ~7 a) B. v+ o
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
, R! |# r+ q0 w8 |4 @CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards# E8 Q9 T8 Y3 [* ], s d/ }
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
" k' j* T9 l# w% w+ c' G5 tRange increases to 7,000 yards9 S6 Y6 @( E1 Y
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
$ e3 |4 r8 [/ d2 g/ T' K7 GRange closes to 6,000 yards
- @7 L. Q2 t0 }! {- w; tCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
- N/ ~. s8 ^$ |& E: |CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards1 l8 \% e& k( N2 G) W) @
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards3 }3 o7 B9 [( o* _& j5 v8 G. @
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards9 V" w. P2 ?, y$ ?2 ~3 q4 a: f
Range closes to 4,000 yards
6 f1 A/ S8 S5 J, b& xCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards8 F7 y! u# v5 @% }% V
Range increases to 7,000 yards
3 i( H' w: F9 N9 Q gCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards/ V& Z5 L' O C+ W
Range increases to 11,000 yards( c+ E& O' W% [5 p. Z# \
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards9 s7 \ w# }, a D3 {2 l0 y1 _4 s9 b
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
0 z6 i1 Y, n9 _6 K$ \) ~; U* {Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards2 o$ B+ ?0 C, W) i. J- I" h: u
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Japanese Ships
/ {' f: q5 i0 e% H; \: e0 x( x3 _ CA Aoba
9 b0 b, A' [4 [ CA Kinugasa$ {+ m' F4 I8 z+ {4 [% F, t- R
CA Furutaka+ C0 m$ q; u; o& r) G: E
CA Kako, Shell hits 1$ K! z; }6 G+ Q: j
CL Tenryu$ f3 [7 B5 t! s/ N4 \) N/ O
CL Tatsuta
" L( L w' p/ { H7 N; `* V3 Q CL Yubari9 \5 {, D. S2 o$ W& b( a
* u3 ]5 w5 h4 e, q, NAllied Ships
8 Q' Q5 k1 B" W DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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- ^/ w3 B4 P7 [7 ]% dReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
; u' h( W! }' k1 j, o7 vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards+ U' Z" U. g* y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
% U1 A" G* Q5 D, u" X9 g M( oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
- q$ o) d; _# p( P. xRange closes to 22,000 yards...; h# u- Q. d4 ?+ T: N' \
Range closes to 20,000 yards...' j2 L# F x2 i& v5 c$ e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) h c8 N& r% W' t! s. @ }! F3 JRange closes to 16,000 yards...: H f g6 l4 b9 O
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
* O! s7 K. c+ p; zRange closes to 12,000 yards...! D+ O2 w% Z4 G: e j
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- _3 U3 [* \9 p. U2 YRange closes to 10,000 yards...
- T7 y* G. c. vRange closes to 9,000 yards...' K+ F0 U- {3 G* h/ `0 p/ H' C
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
3 _8 Q4 V# Q8 c" tRange closes to 7,000 yards...2 i- D$ ^4 _2 n# n- ~# F% A
Range closes to 6,000 yards...7 p E8 X3 t1 L& `+ J5 w! d
Range closes to 5,000 yards...& b: y2 b, d7 Y' \5 G' X$ N
Range closes to 4,000 yards... T# E! M, w5 B" R
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
g" V3 `1 m3 G2 o# [% rCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards% e; v/ e& \' F
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
% Q) ]4 }# A) PRange increases to 4,000 yards
% e" l- m. h+ l/ C9 Y; L: o7 zCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards/ [6 [7 t* W6 ?- Y+ ~7 z; Z
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
7 `! U* V* R& U |. M- N/ \* RRange increases to 5,000 yards& x" J! m9 E% y3 W# |3 w
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards2 Q5 f$ y( {( \; b4 Y
Range increases to 9,000 yards
' p1 C) B. E- p: a6 e" m/ ~& M$ nCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards2 U# a4 u* M% i: i$ {1 o
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
' `- u& s6 P' G6 i+ KTask forces break off...
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% F+ v, z( i. k/ tNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships* {& a W# H i8 A* k4 n- k
CA Aoba
' l+ n' N$ R+ n- Q/ N CA Kinugasa
: i. H, [ N+ v' W: r CA Furutaka' @! w! |$ U( m0 y: [2 H
CA Kako
: J! _+ t) ~# c9 e! C CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
( [5 t ]( x1 g$ \( N CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
Y% @$ i$ ^7 V8 } t CL Yubari+ T* C( z# K8 {
% R' `% g- v' B" R3 e' v( F, CAllied Ships& X, V% {. ^1 p0 X2 i
APD Colhoun; ]# h2 {) |6 c1 @) ?1 q$ H' g( Y$ L4 J
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire0 K0 J- ]0 i% S# W0 k
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
* h: D# g0 @3 R9 L& c5 t/ [0 w+ R; G DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ v* @1 |/ [3 [7 v4 s AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires# R5 A2 }. j; r( c" c
AP Harris
/ O W7 }& _$ E4 `% O AP Zeilin, [5 t. P; }" D5 r g, ]& n3 {
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
' I5 e, e# t ~ AP Heywood# K6 i! u/ c. j# Q
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
/ D# g& [2 h+ h* V AP President Bowen
9 |; D+ f- {+ U' O- h2 M AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
; c. U6 n, W) s! O( a xAP President Wilkerson
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' J) G8 S O9 g- @8 {; `Allied ground losses:
0 l' R# `& D2 U0 x& [2 w+ z/ M# k 105 casualties reported2 n, s/ `- Y( i5 O9 Q/ z( ?
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( P. m3 A4 j& u8 b. y, z0 m Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled2 R" E. B+ @3 c+ ?
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled L1 v+ N* G" c1 ?- c/ ^: Y
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7 }# S' C a$ O" S& V, ]; rJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!( @+ p; J) m" C4 I6 b" p' J
Allied TF begins to get underway$ l: I! P9 Y: z* h: X' A
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight4 m7 p5 q" o2 J# X# g, q
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards2 I0 ~3 r; c7 k' k8 T( Q Y1 K
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 K F# u& ]. A/ \+ O7 N' H
Range closes to 13,000 yards..." k, U |5 X; w u! w
Range closes to 8,000 yards...( g$ z3 v: e; \2 y* a. c0 ~8 J
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
; P) Y( M! I- n* ~/ B8 @5 I8 ~3 W% PRange closes to 3,000 yards...2 v9 n9 y( p/ S/ H* v0 d7 [
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
: x0 \! s } [$ |5 }& ?+ mCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards) F% T7 Z4 y) u: q
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards( \0 h& _) @- ?5 s! w
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
0 d) w. w4 h" Y' r9 g pCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards5 W( ^/ V% ?; F, K
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
, Q8 e% e% ~/ d+ ~4 FCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards! H' o0 d! [& W- C
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards; w- x z# v0 L
Range increases to 2,000 yards
6 S( `+ `( ^' H$ UCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
2 R0 T6 O8 K2 m, C) \ JCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
4 k. x" _4 X8 T* B7 [- L% ~/ QCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards/ S+ O2 M, i5 c9 }7 X
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
8 F* C' U9 m" Y8 XCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
- g4 R% J4 ?8 s$ O( Z5 g& GCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards3 w# j5 v% q) k3 i
Range increases to 4,000 yards
0 Z: T$ X; |- ^; c: ACL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
: A7 K& L+ A9 s) F$ ?) D: Z5 K. `CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
, B% o; P! V/ d. f1 gCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards: |, _2 Z( ]4 ~, \( h
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
3 u* q; z4 N; b" z7 nCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
u9 {. u) ]2 o* h7 n! iCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
9 v3 z- x! N. z4 I! o' H& s! tCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
7 }9 O' h2 O2 S; u" ]Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
$ l4 L4 }/ s# w* e% ]! LTask forces break off...
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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5 _1 O; N( ]9 s( \$ _1 J( dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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/ z; `7 H3 n# R5 fRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
6 q7 m$ [" B. @" H; XEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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- K7 u: U& L& f8 qAllied aircraft z: Q+ m( K0 m% B/ f5 u
F4F-4 Wildcat x 81 h, `0 Q; k- t, g/ F. y
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82: Y& K& k3 V% c# U, n' J) ]
TBF-1 Avenger x 39+ X5 s, ?/ b! \1 }, H/ N
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 E; k& b% q4 XNo Japanese losses9 u* R6 [2 T8 ?! M' C( V8 ]
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Allied aircraft losses
* Z* y! v& o) k' k. P: J) u- G SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
3 l, t; i8 X% K/ b# V- H TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships E! k& u2 p! U( i9 P% ^* r
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire; k0 x5 x; z3 r0 m& Q3 G
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
2 l! _/ ~7 F& U CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage( C2 L/ H* Y/ x& u/ I
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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