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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。
; _0 ]1 ^& [0 g* ~- BNight Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards: {4 g& z- k+ Z; R: C' [" w
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PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage* `. t8 O" T0 F4 r, D& n
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Allied Ships: @& G q) e( D. ^' P$ e
CA Indianapolis' o( ~, c- T$ s, i, {* O
DMS Southard
9 T* G4 A4 v. v: e3 ]8 i DMS Hopkins
$ ]( H |$ ? N, _4 s& X* Y3 n7 Z DMS Dorsey
4 f! B0 l! b( p9 P DMS Long& a6 y$ Q/ T, C& z" o
DMS Elliot
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* X( v3 R* f O8 K0 S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 D0 q* s/ t2 X4 G6 R# Q9 m! r/ f
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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5 r: M n9 }) T) |Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.- ]; M* h$ s9 C$ u7 j2 O; @
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
( d- O' Q: ^2 @7 c7 |# n A6M2 Zero x 18
5 X0 x' m4 G8 z/ D' v% T m& Z( H G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft
l1 g3 A' s1 K- a* d P-40B Warhawk x 4# e9 p ~4 a% K" k4 J8 L/ a, F8 L
0 f! n( J9 [ FJapanese aircraft losses. m. ~5 P, @( H: _3 R' v
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed; k& @9 V6 y5 L" w- H$ }1 l5 {+ q
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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' A$ r8 L6 O$ c, @% I- ^No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
8 t3 g& b3 Z5 d7 V, z9 B AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ L1 x' _/ g- M. K* B% X AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage6 y: E! [$ e B$ a6 v
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 |/ }5 _6 q# o
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage$ O/ U. ^# H# A% P6 H; o
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- G, X; D8 y# N1 [' P! w2 ]
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage2 M8 n: r4 h4 H* c1 ~$ ~2 U5 m
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage: ?1 f* t" `* G+ h; b1 K) a
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 Q8 U4 O& a* w AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
* H4 r9 ]. X g8 N8 ^ AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* V" {' [8 i3 D
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 y* x. f5 L" U& t+ h6 J6 Z' ~ PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 m8 ?/ ?9 @8 ?9 ^. u AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6& {0 q/ U8 Z( p Y
Port fuel hits 23 q7 a1 O! \0 d" K; @5 C& _8 C
Port supply hits 2 |