8月9号
7 f5 e& j) x/ H. j/ [- `; ]) h第8舰队勇闯图拉吉9 L8 X6 Q! J- H& ~% A, F& Z2 |
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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( Q5 q% L8 W' |* j8 l9 ]Allied aircraft8 `4 P- G0 w M5 [
no flights$ k9 U; s) K+ p) t. W+ N( B6 V
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Allied aircraft losses
6 p4 L) z& F/ `- G" w& sNo Allied losses) N0 ~0 ^ W, c; G* h4 X# O
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$ z9 E2 M7 `9 p0 L# z0 v, z7 F CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire6 E+ U8 O. T I: p: E, o
CA Aoba2 d4 }& z0 v6 I5 I
CA Kinugasa
# ~8 T4 q5 Q- _$ Z x CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
$ ]! @, T" k# S; J CA Kako
6 `0 l6 `$ q& `# S1 Q4 \ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1( ?7 g4 X$ E6 X8 P2 z) x: Y
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 68 u/ F8 P% {& d+ ~& `- N
CL Yubari
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CA Salt Lake City
# Z- D; |6 l; a' G9 @* Z: y1 y4 g CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk" o7 X- r3 ?! O0 a- b
DD Grayson
6 P' U. K+ u$ N) h' ]1 B DD Monssen
& J+ | x/ U$ K& ^5 ` DD Aaron Ward
% G! ~8 Q' {& v) f! V# } DD Laffey
% D9 z7 g. W# f3 V; C% L) n DD Farenholt
3 \3 x" ~) |/ c W DD Maury9 F' h: A3 w5 y, M! S, C: n
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' C3 p+ l) F9 J3 p( D8 X- H DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
4 ^! G A5 E: O6 M) k' a, j2 X3 v DD Stack
$ K9 _+ {- [7 p3 A. U& Z DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
+ V# z& |) @2 n7 o Y DD Balch
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; k& {$ K- V$ o4 LReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight( S4 N3 L5 u; ^; }. ~& k* d
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards7 |+ { u" t, n* Y ]1 a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* D9 q0 r) M$ Y) O; pRange closes to 14,000 yards...4 b* X5 f3 Y2 w; ~1 q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...* A" Z7 B1 ?- |/ m. T @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards# A* p# ^9 D, l K% l
Range closes to 5,000 yards...3 f5 L( N. w. q3 _3 o5 [
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
7 e# M& T. U) n4 T# g: Y" O/ ~- CRange closes to 1,000 yards...0 ~7 m% w/ f4 h% D7 L9 N+ ?& t) f
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
* N& w2 G$ M' A% z/ l- g3 @/ r' X' _CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards* N$ U! w8 m5 ]# q
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
* e _" X% L1 E) F7 k t6 BDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards! I, t$ A- B+ `/ J" r$ L! ?% l; q
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
0 R- F- w2 c+ s+ ICL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards, l5 d2 w" f. c" h; T; L5 l
Range increases to 2,000 yards2 \* J9 a! F9 q9 u" v
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
/ Y3 A! l8 A' d5 D* b; G% j8 DCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards( r9 y8 k- v1 J6 k2 f/ C
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
8 Y& e$ d6 _ w9 pCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
) m3 ~4 J8 T2 t9 f5 q! j$ zDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards0 i6 ~0 b) `: T6 h# O
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
# D& {; Y* i) V3 R& f# }' J! _DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards4 O8 ~8 a' s. ^2 J+ `1 p) E% |+ V
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
: k3 z" C4 K5 D5 {CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
" e$ l% E0 M8 s7 kRange increases to 6,000 yards
2 c9 V2 ^; a# p' \% `4 V1 IDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 / I' h' \2 R: {$ L7 D. Q
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
% a$ e, E' m5 O! `7 A# k1 ~1 yCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards5 l+ F- C- e# C7 c4 m/ |) K5 k& P e1 i
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
I/ \$ i! B O4 [$ y9 c. \* FCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards: y B" u2 t' e. ?! C$ i
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards/ I% R" o; @9 b
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
" F7 f4 O4 v3 h8 O, dCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
$ s8 o5 U( A0 A2 k: ]+ Z$ } jCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards$ P0 n: O D7 I4 Y- V# g& ?
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards% c! f/ ?# f7 \, Y, d4 M4 t
Task forces break off.... K8 F E* K' f
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! G/ ?3 u. V: }Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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9 {% Y, ], ?) |0 q/ sJapanese Ships
3 L8 j; a" E6 V0 o9 V ~ CA Aoba, Shell hits 29 q& F) l, E/ I4 e& Q
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire& z6 t* Y- E; B9 ]) {
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
- L& l+ y# q% z1 d* C CA Kako, Shell hits 1/ u3 J' n5 O T+ R3 i2 M: o
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
: t" L8 z; B+ k5 c3 R CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire/ m5 g6 W( w7 y% k c3 L
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire8 F9 Z2 `1 n! G5 }8 v! h
. x0 N5 E* M1 z% Z8 x" kAllied Ships7 P5 Y- r5 c) ^% k+ l
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire, L' }0 X' I& W
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage6 K5 s' B% z5 B6 Y
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage6 I" p' g6 c( q( R, q- O4 K3 u& J0 U
DD Mugford& V+ ?; { u! R- J
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2( z% U: h1 O0 r# R2 G
DD Patterson1 g+ ]' e! a8 A8 Z, Q2 b
DD Jarvis6 T' X. \! `/ e) Q- Q% E
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% o8 D! c- z. W; D+ hReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
% y3 g4 b+ Z0 z+ X- F7 W k# ^Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards3 ^# ^5 }' W1 N4 a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
% P$ }0 n2 [. [# i/ cRange closes to 14,000 yards...+ R, E/ T& z* a6 C
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
: R+ S% H+ S3 C6 [Range closes to 4,000 yards...% s; p U4 w% B( z4 \
Range closes to 2,000 yards...7 M+ d6 d" a/ R* h7 c/ j
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards0 `6 N }# `5 l! X# F4 ~1 ?! _
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards0 S; C9 @% c' a" }
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'- D7 C& u$ V3 _$ |9 {: u( e, R: F
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
% r' d4 o4 n2 s" B6 H% kCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
& F, t' \- L& J" M# XCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
9 f8 H' W: u0 J9 Q3 u5 G5 CCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
1 `0 I+ S4 z# b9 b4 VDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards+ N- W q% n; l: [# s, ^5 n2 }; X
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards: ?) C: z. |' ^' A
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
. W6 f& ~/ `+ b& \CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( y: i s4 j6 i, {3 B+ @( S+ M/ ^
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards, u+ V$ |/ m) N. I" ^4 T% ?
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards7 G& D1 [# O# T9 |1 p3 J
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
2 f: n* c# q& `- _* v3 |CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards$ V4 m' b( m6 x- M6 [/ u' J
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards; A7 I" ]! i) d$ v. R. i
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards& T1 p" }; X( |3 ^. Y
Range increases to 5,000 yards
g* e4 `! T7 L4 v. w4 HCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
& m. S* }) I# S) A: x; W9 a1 E& V) NCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
. O, x5 a9 p' \0 W3 VCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
! ]& [# c J0 v- |& [6 L( ?CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards9 w5 V' C: I8 j# C% B7 R
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
' C3 v2 { i: z2 {( r {* ]DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards* B! K: h/ l+ ?! {4 s
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
" C5 |$ f! I5 PRange increases to 8,000 yards: q. g& a6 t) m) }+ _: e: b
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
4 z2 s5 M# R& I- d0 ^; W& xCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards6 ?& e: X. \+ x* P
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
$ X/ w- S1 N& i) y, @. v+ RCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards( w1 W9 E/ {9 E- S" l* G
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
3 u. O! ^- J f: ~; u: y" sCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards! o# Z+ K. y& @: \, O( i
Range increases to 9,000 yards
0 B' M& C$ D4 w1 I) \! Q' LCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
" X1 W* d+ Z; L8 a0 SCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
# C% r# `4 T2 W4 m0 bCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards+ S' X8 {! W, f: x
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
0 E: Q" }2 w% t: i. kCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
' p: b( m: ]+ eCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
" E+ F+ Y# I5 ^6 FDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards$ M, ]1 x, k& G# ]" X
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
0 y4 c/ ` L- }: mTask forces break off...
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# e8 e3 O' _; F0 C6 V4 o% Z" S% zNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% c5 B- ?2 M8 L8 ]! e
CA Aoba
6 {' q% X6 f& G5 U CA Kinugasa
9 v4 L) B- ]! O, f CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
) u. X8 R1 _* h CA Kako, Shell hits 1% H z4 Z5 }* [
CL Tenryu
; i- S1 _$ o' u, G# V CL Tatsuta6 l$ y7 r5 L, e! s1 {+ k/ r9 Q
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships: D `8 _+ U% W/ F( j7 a4 E
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk6 Q Z1 U& o( d
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight0 v5 v: u6 y' a) W% [& z
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards) C" W" a6 u8 j% E8 y) C
Range closes to 24,000 yards...# l& N1 M5 ?; H: P6 r. ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards...% u* h* }: L3 B) t* \
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
" I/ S; r& g8 M: m2 FRange closes to 18,000 yards.../ v: [3 D' W- S1 G* {. `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 z; ]- K r9 p8 U; r# K ^% x$ F
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 S# u/ R: s* {+ aRange closes to 12,000 yards...
( G: o4 D) Q/ jRange closes to 11,000 yards...
; q8 k2 ]' J3 d; T% {+ ~. x; ~Range closes to 10,000 yards...# G }- j& e( d5 }
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
/ \) u8 \! p$ d& |Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 G2 z. h2 ^; c1 n8 |/ {/ O* QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
, k9 r0 S" V, {3 O2 aRange closes to 7,000 yards...4 i, M( j/ r3 a4 W- t7 |
Range closes to 6,000 yards...$ b+ {0 m; T, w" M) T+ ]" Q3 H2 ?
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
2 ~. r- L: p! U* nCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
0 b- M; S! ~* B. k6 {. cRange increases to 7,000 yards
5 E0 P! K" c/ U& ]4 X4 ?DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
' Z h3 y% b' h0 ]+ tRange closes to 6,000 yards4 o& ?, T0 Z; T. o, K7 }
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards) n! F& { Q8 K. a9 t
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards1 s. g U6 ?. P3 {2 M
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards6 Q9 v9 B8 Q- Z- W9 _5 a
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards5 t1 L& {, }2 Q5 m$ @! P
Range closes to 4,000 yards
4 `! Q. @8 K: e2 U( V" e7 tCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
$ {+ _) L( |0 gRange increases to 7,000 yards1 V6 T/ F1 X; t O! R) |8 o
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards* B- `5 x5 J' G" ~0 H) ^
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- L& ~9 d3 y V* ~& }+ i" h" c3 ]3 LCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards; D) R* Y5 a) |7 e/ N
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape+ l' g- T% w# K/ x
Task forces break off...& y* \. p' n- W, [# Z% ~( G9 T% V
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1 O) O# E' N CNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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% t% N& }+ U6 J% w. }& a0 MJapanese Ships4 ~: H; O$ B/ G4 F' K g/ m* e
CA Aoba; D1 s, O" ] J4 j
CA Kinugasa/ k2 x# `2 | H2 i- x
CA Furutaka+ Y( i; J: l' l
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
% K+ S8 @) b& V' N) |# e4 W# D: i CL Tenryu5 k5 ?6 M9 R# R% n- i% h8 A
CL Tatsuta) q' P" {3 U9 E. O- T
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
* [' n( k' z# L N* z# p- N: H8 P) P DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight( O/ L& \( A/ E8 o
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
2 h7 H' A" A. I, n+ Y/ F: bRange closes to 24,000 yards...
/ _$ V* b. Z' j8 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
9 h2 w# F& Q) h7 Y- |- G2 {Range closes to 22,000 yards..." K K: u; ]. n+ \
Range closes to 20,000 yards...- B9 s n9 t, A. m* B J' ~9 N
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: o7 L+ s; H4 o G# u/ B
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
! O, n4 L0 l5 x$ e3 R1 eRange closes to 14,000 yards...; g* C* `+ o- u6 U* r1 _0 ?- |3 V
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( g- W$ ?3 [0 e: ?, \* B: s
Range closes to 11,000 yards.... W% H) a. q: s( I/ S
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# x/ d6 @; l2 T7 p; HRange closes to 9,000 yards...
$ l( K% n0 d4 T9 I: xRange closes to 8,000 yards...
8 [0 @% S5 p4 s0 ?+ ^Range closes to 7,000 yards...
+ |: K% i; {+ M3 f8 b8 dRange closes to 6,000 yards...
' J/ c2 W; S$ N. ERange closes to 5,000 yards...2 B- A; w5 s- b
Range closes to 4,000 yards...# _9 f0 m$ [4 \& H' Z: o
Range closes to 3,000 yards...9 m( ~; p5 Y( j0 \2 R# G9 W+ c4 _
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
( n0 o" w1 H/ B r' l: m0 v2 xCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards% T" D8 A9 z8 l g
Range increases to 4,000 yards4 I; V/ M5 [3 Y, A
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& z+ A& ^$ y3 ^
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards, w2 X3 K \3 [
Range increases to 5,000 yards
: o) ^( u' b0 GCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
_% U5 a& X! dRange increases to 9,000 yards
H- [/ c) {, O# T2 ]1 U2 uCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
" p- O3 ^6 H/ lAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
" h4 M! x* T, |( jTask forces break off...& t9 \; |9 k" K: L1 x( V
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards: s& I! d1 J. p* K- |8 ]- O. _) l; W. r
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% x k5 J/ Q: L+ H) H2 O3 W% q CA Aoba
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CA Furutaka; ?5 Y. H: Y2 l O2 E& X7 f
CA Kako
3 |6 [2 n: @% x; c2 }1 U! Q a CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire0 m2 s$ p ^. f$ e' i) e
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
% _; m% S Q+ h; i. R4 M3 ?. a+ h CL Yubari" {1 d4 r+ B/ X7 q6 ?4 w% u9 O! U
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Allied Ships
# d: l0 @" d w0 L APD Colhoun- G0 G6 z3 a/ N% ^
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire% \+ V+ {; r8 m6 i' ~/ i* x9 r
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
" m; D5 O% B8 _! I. P0 J DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage+ G7 I1 W7 G0 F8 Y; H5 p
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
" z* ?; w3 G8 `- r. F, {$ [! v- U AP Harris# J+ e& b4 |; h ]
AP Zeilin
5 \: c+ l. B2 f( T AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- s; k* N, M1 n# G6 a; R" j; ^
AP Heywood
- i8 W" T7 u2 |, G; [ E) W AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
0 X" q) x: s$ C* r AP President Bowen" e' a6 ~+ a4 g* w6 x8 C: j
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
+ ]8 e% V, s$ V5 q xAP President Wilkerson- f+ e% w/ e! T- [* [) E" ^* S
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Allied ground losses:1 ~8 l2 u5 z; L
105 casualties reported, U Q6 Z, S9 R. F A% d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 M3 A [4 ^: l: \9 n: a' \
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
' l% v J+ \/ h7 E+ Q Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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/ E: H5 k1 N; z) r+ eJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
+ \6 Q4 D0 b8 UAllied TF begins to get underway
1 E' R4 F; b1 A" GReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight( N- T) D5 o1 c0 f9 k
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards8 V" Q/ \% P# [# s
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
% B- j# |0 z& m/ ~- Y0 }1 r7 w! A2 x( ZRange closes to 13,000 yards...4 ^5 ]; s5 ?) r) P
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
, u( \1 t5 T! z0 aRange closes to 5,000 yards...
8 H9 b/ e+ Y$ x0 ARange closes to 3,000 yards...: c6 p" {3 Z2 p4 D$ N# M
Range closes to 1,000 yards...& m+ M* q3 \! D' s+ ?: ]( S
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
* u N u' S- sCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
0 |6 q2 G; e; e: }2 X7 jCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards) p2 i9 N/ f2 [) [ A' u" R3 [5 Q
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards: p1 j/ X" U; e4 V& _
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards, P! k6 k9 U6 c$ n: f' @
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
; r( N; t3 L+ `% V: E! V& TCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
/ }6 [5 N/ [2 r- `3 }Range increases to 2,000 yards/ ?7 b0 R ? x) u0 {1 h! |
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards* b3 Z/ F+ _) g& U" V
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards! h. U0 C1 C6 o5 T1 A2 j
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
4 r! U2 z! }( NCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
3 A5 V4 R) F" l+ T' t2 \CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
6 s4 v" a9 Q! `. d. uCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
* n, r5 p$ G+ G' L( L0 n2 ARange increases to 4,000 yards) ^; Z1 X4 j, w$ ^2 Y
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
9 ]: v" a7 R: V+ xCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards! @4 q+ S- y3 |1 R
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards7 p5 ]+ p5 l9 d# |5 Z$ g( |
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards1 c3 {! v7 f1 X* \; N
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards T# e) B7 X* Y+ f. ^- O/ ?
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
* M) c) i- \$ N cCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
( \ H- ]; K. r X5 M/ pAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
9 y/ r t4 M) o' u# O6 ~Task forces break off...7 s, v2 ^2 D9 P. o; |# ]% D
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。4 e8 Y! r" I+ w9 ^
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134' k4 U) h3 e' `& x2 j5 k' _
$ o" {! A3 k3 w7 l% M* |) i @* [Weather in hex: Clear sky
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% y i. i0 W# {3 URaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
8 |4 l. ~. i) h* l! FEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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w! O; a- {( B! |& CJapanese aircraft, n; [* H/ j) N/ ^( G6 s4 S6 a. z8 J: F
no flights5 Z' h5 c, F9 b' C$ z
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Allied aircraft
& x$ ]9 I0 n1 w2 O F4F-4 Wildcat x 8: e( \4 S4 _9 i5 c& t7 t& M/ M- V; n
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
' E1 K" m6 ^) ]3 h TBF-1 Avenger x 39( ], Q" c9 K8 L0 a
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Japanese aircraft losses: G* f5 { X# n8 L2 A
No Japanese losses: x- C- z l6 a
! w' s7 s K3 f6 f/ a# F1 TAllied aircraft losses
2 O5 G1 P6 U4 r SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
- _/ e) y, s3 p( \7 Z/ d, r TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged' V# d( }7 c$ X( {$ ~3 t
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Japanese Ships$ ~, s5 Y9 V( P" A" f
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
" B$ V& x7 f/ h; Q1 s CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk- T1 q4 @* r6 V& D, o
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
6 Y7 F8 ^9 c7 @+ m CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk& B% i2 \! ?6 |
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