41年12月14日
9 F& n5 }" ^' 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。, r7 E% W* r5 T7 ]1 q
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards6 O5 @% W' G) k; g
0 @' ?* R% W; _! x1 \. RJapanese Ships' G7 W1 g. r4 X/ Q7 m! f
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage: R1 P% Y& f; j! C& i7 ~
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CA Indianapolis( Z! h6 \. a% R4 f1 g( G5 M w) K
DMS Southard
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DMS Dorsey2 z3 i5 c: d; h2 p* l+ G3 S, O
DMS Long
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) b- @& p7 m$ g3 M- U1 r4 S# h! v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。
5 A' U/ t* v* y8 \Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 ; }& V! n: x; p( k# |6 ]
1 N# n; [2 x7 {+ E) @Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
) V8 x" B4 x9 y. }6 LEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# ^ H& M" s8 z1 j! _1 ]/ N6 `4 }9 w A6M2 Zero x 18% f% ^! [. d! J% G( b" [
G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft$ ~* O. |& e: R( d+ |6 k
P-40B Warhawk x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses" n" [0 X( d2 G9 j T# [) h. ^0 [
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed. l) C4 `; o; l% n6 f! s- c
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
5 ^ Q9 ?& N% r) n' A. A AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage9 t" \ f( d& o
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" L8 x2 W/ Z3 u% |6 t
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage0 ]7 I: a& A' \1 |8 c) P. W- ?5 T
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ?9 {4 A# W' D, Q AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage8 ]& o5 x- t4 n: u, ]. Y
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage3 ^4 x8 ]. Z; [3 J5 ~; M
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
# f! Q- {9 R) G% W$ v7 Q AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 m* n8 z" m* _- J" J" q AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage, f5 W6 o e8 V/ C3 K; W1 b
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ U* a, u& m& d( I$ i" b' X9 q. o: c" H# l AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
- {3 H) w) H9 @" e PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage$ Y1 K7 I7 P$ r7 b
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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0 R. q' I6 I" W6 @9 l% UPort hits 6* B3 w7 K- y5 z# x' O
Port fuel hits 2: n% g5 S t2 |6 `% e3 |5 k
Port supply hits 2 |