lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)$ o) G$ W, x6 _7 v- ^

, K7 C' I' N4 ], y" b6 FAllied Deliberate attack/ @' G+ j" i& v0 F) B+ o

3 Q. x3 ?9 k2 {8 q4 G9 G% p! Z. \Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336: r! {, j5 `4 l- w" U' k  ]
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15815 b5 @5 ?+ N7 T7 v1 x5 X$ R
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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+ r" G6 G& G3 c$ I/ @4 i& PJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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  u& s/ x( U. MAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) 6 s( @+ a. Y4 i& G/ n% C% W
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Combat modifiers2 K# V, a9 q8 v; o. J' d6 E( t
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
: M& X* j( u; l3 k/ |+ Z( r6 ?- tAttacker:
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, h% F! p6 b3 i1 I  {& p" lJapanese ground losses:9 U' ?4 [: L9 W8 `! K6 D5 n
      3386 casualties reported, B$ ?8 J; e" N
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
/ g1 @4 ^! A6 z: W) f         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled3 S) p' J, U$ B0 H" T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled" j' `3 Y  E8 }+ o, [. h
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)/ q) N+ v) L8 x# o5 z. P
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
4 M  @& ^; y1 ]( W. @+ m      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:3 @+ m0 [4 b& [- Q& z# m# j
      5163 casualties reported2 T, y3 n. P  b4 I
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
; t' o: @& }4 y         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
+ L& p+ E1 r8 [         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled$ J/ P7 D, W; i: o: W; Z- ^* J
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)" z) o1 L. A( K+ \8 V$ Z2 O6 O$ {0 V
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)* h) C2 t; H) K. f. K! Y! ^; O" h

0 r$ ~. ~8 Z# A. x( z. T$ CAssaulting units:  K1 v  v7 M) o2 C7 a3 D
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
3 f8 X7 J- Y( l; u    710th Tank Battalion  ]: T, F$ I5 P/ @5 K/ X6 _
    6th Infantry Division
7 f* ^. A; S. z! J- Z    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1 Q/ s# |+ n; Q* X  }" U9 e    44th Tank Battalion, b' x% k/ P' ~  _8 v
    81st Infantry Division/ x' g9 C, z- P: h: k' H3 \
    762nd Tank Battalion
0 H" ?- Y) A' N. m* _, i" i    767th Tank Battalion
' W2 R: \' O2 r    711th Tank Battalion
7 s  F& }2 W8 n    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment7 U% A& [6 Y" _+ H
    5th Marine Division
; l, D# V' E% c( ]    716th Tank Battalion. m5 i) J0 ^: Z# ^2 E! @' \% U1 ]& `# S
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 N* x1 R. X: j. V9 }# R
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion! ]  U: C; ^% N
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment' D/ r' B( U" b; S* S$ v1 ]7 ^+ I4 h
    706th Tank Battalion; C* Q1 x) s4 x# q5 Q0 L5 l
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment) A' p( t8 c$ w" d4 Q% R  M
    96th Infantry Division
% d6 Z/ ]+ _5 a  r4 t5 c    31st Infantry Regiment
% ]3 M+ s% c5 k0 t# `1 v% B6 n    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion' y6 C/ q; R7 x2 r# I) Z" J6 j9 a
    I Corps Artillery * T# T6 O; t! N: g! m
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
2 f3 i% O9 E& j" C9 q    1st USMC AA Battalion
6 _4 r+ ~6 u) L, E& c2 n    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 }/ p! I" j5 p) X    XIV US Corps
7 G8 R* `! A. S    14th Marine Defense Battalion9 z2 A& v  U9 p) B! d3 F" O; R% _
    5th USA Defense Battalion& F& O7 ?7 T0 o& i6 v5 Q5 Y; \
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
/ _7 k8 a- q' o) u    738th Coast AA Regiment  f1 T) y  G9 }. Z
    X Corps Artillery 6 D# Q' j' B7 q; q0 I6 ^4 V
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
- Z/ @( {; U9 f+ _; r    96th Coast AA Regiment7 c0 i  s; g2 A# s! f( |, C
    4th USA Defense Battalion
; H! [6 ]/ C: ?. ]6 J    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment  D3 r% c0 Z* E9 a; G" G. x
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment" }$ I2 q) ]' W; I4 ^
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Defending units:1 F# [4 A* e7 M  h' \0 i0 ]
    Kure 7th SNLF+ o& Z( K6 k  t, p9 D  b( l1 ~
    81st/A Division% a3 C, b% Y, \1 ^3 F- G0 I+ q
    Kure 3rd SNLF
) |% U" _: z+ r; n    33rd/B Division
9 c7 a# @0 i8 _9 o    33rd/A Division% B% B0 x% j# s- g" \
    81st/C Division
$ v! |/ O  H% c% Q9 R  T0 |( S' v    6th Guards Inf. Regiment8 }$ ~8 h' ?1 Y" U+ Q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ _5 W0 n( w/ W" q0 i
    138th Infantry Regiment/ J# ]3 X* I. n( {, M
    Sasebo 7th SNLF, }0 ]( ^* z7 [( x) }% c, _
    144th Infantry Regiment6 ^$ o6 d# d8 c( F* F
    81st/B Division( k1 S4 k" _, B) `  O
    33rd/C Division
; w2 t/ ^0 o" s4 }0 X; G" G    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment$ A& i1 \$ n9 t" W
    18th Army
, _8 {$ b5 ~9 t    60th Field AA Battalion
  m2 w* ^( r) p# ?" S! e3 q; M    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
! p$ J- {$ a, q8 L    Ponape Naval Fortress7 b) H  I4 |- h- w) F
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
0 _, ~# i, }0 v# ]' ^' B7 t/ R- O    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
: \0 C$ d! J* P4 f: M3 _% i) X/ A4 H    53rd Construction Battalion
- y% B3 P7 Y! A    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion* B: `5 m: P% l; }* L
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 W4 A/ M( ~1 }( C/ |    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 9 o7 x: g, `* C" N5 a! ]
    19th JAAF Base Force
6 b' u0 b5 I# Q+ F    Wake Cst Gun Bn /14 C# q' ~1 x8 R
    14th Area Army /1- H7 `+ r8 U( K# y- |
    63rd Field AA Battalion# ]- s2 L& n6 x) P' g
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
2 \3 s: t+ L. k. Q! |    3rd Base Force
6 v5 n0 u; Q  f* _  x0 m    12th Air Fleet0 h. g8 D  D% r4 l
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 C- v0 N9 e* q    61st Field AA Battalion
& q' w0 t. x- }7 p6 U; P2 B' u    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 p) \+ h8 v. Q7 Z
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
8 K5 J; o9 F2 J$ b    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3# X" K2 Z: B6 ~9 o
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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, [# d, m7 p' l' |- rJapanese Shock attack, c& _4 W, I3 n* S; K; D% I
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761- w: j) }3 Z- I( n. e

. H% _3 J) e( n0 lDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67# T1 ?, T$ T$ ?: A( j) ^7 Y

* S0 v# u! q7 {! OJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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/ ~! ]2 C) O; s  x* ]7 @% h5 wAllied adjusted defense: 10 . d' y- H$ X! I

4 V% l( H: B8 X; p( U' ]Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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$ ^% {/ J2 E- ]Combat modifiers8 p+ l3 K) D; U* @* _7 o+ h
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
3 O: R/ O  G. Q  FAttacker: shock(+)/ v% E3 Y/ Y& {; L  k! @

( f5 r, @0 c7 ~+ O1 G. l4 I8 `Japanese ground losses:7 Y2 r: l% l1 R& |/ n- T
      530 casualties reported8 l4 \. s/ L( Y4 J) Z  G3 G2 K
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled- o# p; ]# @0 }2 Q/ w
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
" x! x8 C& b, q* n* [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. j& h& q& Y3 p, K# j* e' d
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' Q1 D2 W3 A7 j' Z+ s) B
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Allied ground losses:( g% C& T* i1 |% B
      891 casualties reported9 @) D: m( z- J
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
/ i, A) W# v: y  n! B         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled6 T; T) {5 L" o/ e! M' r; G1 e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 I5 B; o: I5 t  f      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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: ]8 I" X9 l& L) u1 ]Assaulting units:
2 G# b1 ]% `* l- Y9 b5 E) ?    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade7 Q' D( s* M7 L2 R. ^& F
    21st Division
1 N1 o7 `; {, s2 f- {    4th Division
  `" d+ [+ Y& f9 B) q& D8 o- g    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
2 R4 \3 ~8 e6 [) |1 y    23rd Tank Regiment
2 m+ z1 N1 s4 q# V  X    32nd Division
' F7 q9 r8 M: i3 p    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
, G8 t! I. N9 K& L) U/ z. k5 s    3rd Ind. AA Battalion9 s/ f' {0 q- ?) @, [, `
    6th Area Army: y" @! y. F$ Z
    103rd AA Regiment
9 I2 d0 `* B' E# t& k- l$ j    1st JNAF Coy
. q. @; Z' q. Y$ m$ }' d    13th Army
' u3 ~% k  g4 b4 g    141st AA Regiment" @: D) A3 [+ m" A2 r6 u6 p
    4th Ind. AA Battalion2 u+ Y  a3 E0 g$ S. @0 B

: V5 s4 D9 n6 u. D, gDefending units:
- ?4 [! Y, I$ f6 g% Z7 o    50th Indian Para Brigade
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* s" z8 N' _6 i4 Q: u50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males - V: v: G9 l& I! |; l2 A. l' [3 g: B
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载: J' T* `* h  s; q# d2 @
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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8 Q2 W" Y- B' w1 Y8 ]! Y! UInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)4 n$ j) m1 \2 v  A( P
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force- ~$ t) L0 h$ Y( K! m
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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! [, w9 r3 B3 z! n' jAllied Ships
/ d# G4 U% ~$ {* i- K5 M      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' R' c8 Q. y% ]& X6 q2 v      LST-81( j. v( g. _2 J5 V$ F8 n
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
" k' {, q" M8 F6 e  Z$ O      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage: E* [' y. d# d# B- e; G( v
      LST-783 R# s% }6 |0 V' U
      LST 209
  G4 a5 T- M% J+ }- E5 H      LST-889. ?( ]# o5 ^1 s9 c. p  X- ]0 n
      LST-246+ s  q" {) _  p
      LST-240  F1 ~, \) W( Y1 f( n
      LST-204
  ~) l' k" E) E5 P1 @' \      LST-202' V9 a+ o" Y/ _* W  q
      LST-123
* q. {* x% z5 E' q. N      LST-121
! J9 z3 ]  v2 K7 s9 `# ], O! q" V      LST-1201 V# q0 y# B: P8 v- B
      LST-86
/ G( ^. e+ G5 y+ ]      LST-85
7 g0 D9 M4 ^* S: s! n" w      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)  {7 W' D( X! e" Q4 u
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.  J  w3 G0 p  D% l; ?

; O: {1 y  k3 O  }- V4 ?' aAllied Ships
1 p( B9 o- O- y# Z8 q) H& V3 i      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  l9 A2 L8 c* m1 l4 A" `      LST-83, Shell hits 3
) U* _: [8 d& V% `! [      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 |4 s; x2 b( i) W      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire6 o, q: N- q. }0 L$ h" w# L
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
1 u9 P5 L6 k& V# }; u      LST-87, Shell hits 6, q  F8 B9 p' y) N5 L. x
      LST 1803 ~, e% j# b3 v
      LST 157+ U5 M% ]* D6 y* b
      LST 2
3 ^* W$ l6 I1 X, q: T      LST-884
4 e: u! L  U  }. r      LST-882
( v. f1 o, W( G7 w      LST-397% K9 _9 O& F$ O5 ?  P& Q4 @8 F
      LST-395
3 W, I! e* W) I7 H8 ?      LST-2748 B1 l" q3 |3 T( I
      LST-273- w0 Z- r$ j' {9 W0 l
      LST-246
/ {5 o! Q. X8 k, e8 U, m      LST-244
/ Y/ X$ G$ R- r2 ?      LST-241# Z# z2 }  B& \+ `/ h9 @
      LST-218
2 k+ t6 C, E  u) Y      LST-2160 c# J5 `8 L1 ^. C
      LST-2026 r! L4 T1 q% [0 p# }
      LST-1712 S' x# m7 L5 m$ ]0 _8 i$ D
      LST-166( C$ P+ g' E$ A& Q
      LST-124
! F7 n+ X* r: l      LST-121
$ `, @) C- X5 [* K* B      LST-88' H/ x- f1 o1 o5 D
      LST-123$ B/ B" y4 |6 j: V
      LST-86% W1 D; S  z! O: s& C/ b+ U

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' H$ ]: w) ?* i4 {$ r1 m% o在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)% u+ Z- M' l1 \) F& w2 U

; N6 ]8 X% G# X4 T8 v: VAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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9 F' ^, w5 ^7 I2 E3 n: ]Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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0 i5 F4 W+ o) ~  UJapanese ground losses:
! Q7 o; x/ Y! z; N8 ~      406 casualties reported7 H% o, k4 P  \( A) g
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
- w7 c3 f3 A/ ^9 e         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
1 k" S) C2 k1 ^: T  p- G/ a# \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
0 b/ E  z1 _2 ?$ [1 ~1 v* t      21 casualties reported
# V" O/ }' Z9 j7 ^: _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled, W; P6 e  q% l3 i5 H! G* A
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled! L5 B1 S: d% [( `% F. X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: \  |9 s4 F6 k" o4 u
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)2 v' ^( S$ X' B: I$ h" h& w/ ]
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)4 U7 i1 D0 a0 Q% t: I& n

+ w+ f) B6 Q/ Y* b/ W- _Assaulting units:
5 @2 }, K  {+ h$ Z    5th Marine/B Division
! W% _6 E7 y" e6 t    81st Infantry/B Division
7 {8 C/ i- k0 T9 y' w! F8 D    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment3 S) P; N4 V# }% Y- i1 Z0 r
    5th Marine/C Division
. v! O$ p4 i  r' G/ i( d0 c    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
: C6 b" w$ L/ g) Z    6th Infantry/B Division3 U' P5 V4 N+ {8 q: L" H
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
  `- w7 A! g: `/ |5 W; n8 T/ ]    716th Tank Battalion( G6 P) A8 [7 p5 K2 l( q# a
    81st Infantry/C Division
: M- s0 g: b, g) B    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion3 R5 G, S& B0 v* C
    6th Infantry/C Division
% J$ m7 Y- c( Z7 ]6 Z' _& L; z9 h    5th Marine/A Division  b9 K0 h. R4 H3 U! I
    767th Tank Battalion4 A7 E8 s, a3 {$ H( c! m
    96th Infantry/A Division
5 s1 {9 h' j9 N3 R! O    706th Tank Battalion
8 m( E: a0 X3 Z3 ?. k' j    711th Tank Battalion
) h6 L# L9 d0 t. ]4 W    762nd Tank Battalion% ?9 V* a2 V  N4 G" U9 D( L$ T8 c( V
    96th Infantry/B Division
; Y0 }9 i; N6 z0 [    81st Infantry/A Division
& q. t0 t! y5 F) Z    44th Tank Battalion: H8 x, p6 q1 I- ^8 K- y
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment2 k9 `- R+ I% }) y4 V9 t# |. ~
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
( w, R5 {- m% l3 I5 z. l    31st Infantry Regiment
( n$ H0 {$ c0 J% W. T8 O& X1 ?    6th Infantry/A Division
/ L& [/ e8 S. ~  a% |( t+ e: T    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment  y. D$ r, M) b/ E& P" ?# L
    710th Tank Battalion
1 B/ S8 ^* R0 _7 I    96th Infantry/C Division
2 Y: ~, w5 H$ i/ K: j, o    5th USA Defense Battalion
: |: W: k6 J$ u4 c6 }- i1 M    4th USA Defense Battalion& o/ b1 U( F; S7 Q) ~  C( O
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion  H! h/ L  K! t
    X Corps Artillery $ R9 {; H; a1 L4 b1 J1 \' V
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. R1 w  ?' m7 R    XIV US Corps
% l9 {9 b5 I. H( u% r    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment( F  G' q) H% O5 m9 a# G# y
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
0 Z0 x9 h" {& m. j3 P# F    14th Marine Defense Battalion; M  L# S% l+ [5 |. r
    I Corps Artillery 3 K3 d! {2 `3 ~8 K6 x
    96th Coast AA Regiment" t  ~  D4 a8 o& O5 v! O
    1st USMC AA Battalion6 H5 _9 R0 N. L2 F5 a% L
    738th Coast AA Regiment8 J5 j0 A& O) `; f) x3 T$ \
    12th Marine Defense Battalion- _- N# b6 N& ~% \
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 B/ v5 f- Y4 x7 c  s2 Y$ ~* h6 c
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
1 w- A) y  T" \2 Y4 X
5 k- S$ _' V6 j& ~! E( BDefending units:
" U- q, H+ T. @2 V, R    33rd/A Division3 Q, j& N8 }( x3 K5 P/ q( @
    81st/B Division
. F( T( K6 s. n; d1 J9 ]    Sasebo 7th SNLF
! S4 m8 A* Q* z    81st/C Division- O6 R/ x- h4 @- q6 m% X: z7 ?" R
    138th Infantry Regiment
4 N3 B5 C) c+ q& B    Kure 3rd SNLF
7 c- m3 i7 ^3 P$ D    6th Guards Inf. Regiment  L4 E9 }  y7 ?0 ~: R1 p
    144th Infantry Regiment
/ ?: m& c1 ~: `: g) v    52nd Naval Guard Unit
# [( S" Y& R, X/ f5 \& E    33rd/B Division' w1 N2 U+ K1 Q+ |
    81st/A Division
4 q, R" c$ Z) Y* O    33rd/C Division3 o2 A( C" o, g6 @/ v
    3rd Base Force
  C: V8 ?' z% M1 V9 y. P    19th JAAF Base Force
! V$ ^3 i, S- N; m+ I    Wake Cst Gun Bn /16 n& [3 ?( P7 H' d) c+ u
    60th Field AA Battalion. U1 h0 L$ v( s8 ^: j8 A$ d
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
' A' J% `7 E; {" @' R    53rd Construction Battalion) l+ G0 X& K1 i2 \# {0 p' B
    Ponape Naval Fortress. N# I- ~7 q/ B& X! Q7 n
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment' {7 B5 T6 z6 A' |
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, I' ~1 b4 N+ b9 G) {; x' m    12th Air Fleet% B$ \6 `0 c( @5 l0 ]* ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
0 [$ e8 V# _. l    61st Field AA Battalion
. S! |2 H9 h4 J    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
9 {( F% V6 l) x7 ]* T    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
5 R4 U  V% Q- j6 [$ Z0 Q    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion/ c3 o6 b0 g- ?3 |/ A* b
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 ?9 z  i3 @9 p( k9 F
    14th Area Army /1
# q  z1 |4 o0 B3 D/ \# p    63rd Field AA Battalion! r' A3 G$ l, i: K
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
* J) p2 s, [8 N2 [( z* J$ c) q    Kure 7th SNLF
0 k0 ?1 v, S$ u% q$ T1 `    18th Army$ r5 U+ g+ W+ w& ^# Q% A2 _/ ^
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 2 r" f. p) e& z7 g8 ~2 B/ W
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3% N  ^7 F4 X9 E- F4 X, U! i+ i2 x
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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106+ E3 `# z; T2 q3 e

7 j* |# x7 u1 y/ j9 nJapanese Ships9 j7 l. }2 m& _: g$ H  ~
      E No.54- Q0 c# F/ ~( G4 V5 c
      E No.50
3 r7 l, X; Y7 c$ O5 }      E No.68
6 x' Y7 y* R4 ]; M      E No.52- a! b: \5 m& K  r+ Y
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Allied Ships
; T) n  ?" T! B- m- m1 h/ }      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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3 m1 X8 o5 S$ D8 P& N! @$ |重创另一艘' y" U: _/ _  h) N8 m! e  ]
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships' S( U! U6 H4 u' y6 {
      E No.8
2 R: g& a" ~, I$ Q( T+ c! t" \7 G      E No.6
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Allied Ships
' K" b) Z1 W  a+ `; E) ?      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了- k' r0 l1 ^7 L- V. J2 E# B5 R# _

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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8 M  a/ P) i1 R9 w5 r, I2 j62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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( N( X2 B# [' b( E4 B- b) uAllied Ships
5 i. `& N* c9 \, j      CA Wichita
7 b# _: A6 d. y# e9 F+ v% A      CA Vincennes( G! a( I  x' y! i7 p7 e) n
      CA Quincy
+ S$ g* I( I  a2 B8 B. K      CA San Francisco: T- v; l9 ]2 }0 i3 d. b# r
      CA Minneapolis
$ F" U5 Z" _8 Y" [: _      CA Astoria% v$ G7 o! O- j+ K
      CA Chicago6 E6 O+ H! c9 R( A
      CA Louisville
$ [- K7 {& L3 r" K      CA Chester7 a: R5 m0 n! f% ?- c& w
      CA Northampton
. g3 h5 v+ q+ `+ i      CA Portland
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" I: U1 p7 l* C4 D8 aJapanese ground losses:& R% Y9 C7 y) o. Q
      71 casualties reported: k% T3 ~6 v7 g
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ j6 S4 Q6 c: T         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled6 \( C4 s4 x, w5 d
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled+ E- ]0 O. f+ u! F0 M
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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( o# G8 y. r" }Airbase hits 2
5 V1 j$ m+ |# l- |, \+ RRunway hits 10
+ U2 t& @$ ^) q, r+ {Port hits 4
5 I, n0 O4 E) E2 |' V1 T) D# P$ `- D
CA Wichita firing at Ponape * U# Q! A/ e# }" F. ~* ^7 s
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. j* L$ j& v/ V" n
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes8 I7 M5 K6 C. N
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
+ P. z$ S! V; \2 q/ KPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
1 K) D9 D+ G* j7 K% U4 x) l/ J! _CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
' R! M" k9 X3 A( SCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment. n9 ]7 V3 e# b3 c1 z1 H/ q# q; g' t
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria' _1 T3 H, Z7 G
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
" h& l7 c3 ~7 j4 p/ @( y% n# Z# ECA Chicago firing at Ponape + |9 N) `9 O* i8 B2 X- |
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force% t& |" }5 J, S0 l1 Z  Q* Q
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester% L8 W( i" `- w
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
$ D1 n  O/ b- o- a7 R( b5 yCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division7 Q3 J& u, f2 y
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
8 G! K9 E( o' B& r$ WCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 J# o7 U/ E6 b

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships$ [* Q' H2 M; B8 n* u
      BB Alabama2 c' u4 {6 L2 c% W/ E
      BB Massachusetts( P, H; A6 I/ V1 ^( S
      BB Indiana4 l' p0 T, m# d9 _* b: p
      BB South Dakota
% p" x7 {, {4 i  U# O      BB Washington  k1 \! b0 Z4 ?0 K: u" [
      BB North Carolina/ s8 @+ Q+ U  Y: j, f

' }7 M' k- |0 r+ G, lJapanese ground losses:* ~, r7 d" [% n% H
      275 casualties reported8 h. M) I5 {1 H  z/ k" t8 L$ ~% ~
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled; i9 C9 R* N9 D) A6 L
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
7 |; V3 p0 V8 n0 K; e6 ]         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled$ u0 E: W; \+ I& o1 I
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)4 k" S7 t+ k8 L1 B4 a  z
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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/ M: r% W) I2 {) [Airbase supply hits 1
) k2 I7 Z1 ~1 ARunway hits 7
% |: y; E; m% K, E0 \: SPort hits 3( r( |( H5 g, r- e' ^, y  k

% Z2 G5 ~. o3 H6 \BB Alabama firing at Ponape
/ w! _: p2 {4 O/ O' qBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
" x# K! K" A$ M, w5 Z; a) BBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
! Y+ f9 _# ], p  }+ P: T8 uOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota1 B' e" I4 t4 p$ K' e
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape , e8 n) X1 X0 @
BB Washington firing at Ponape 2 S! w- V% ~$ d$ R) t
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( |$ G% i) n$ }; g13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.4 G; e3 U! N  G( x) [5 i& L
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Allied Ships
6 z. g. Q4 z2 x$ k  m! K      BB Queen Elizabeth
. t; a) z7 _' u" \* b      BB Valiant1 x, L/ R+ y  M- u9 @
      BB Mississippi( `0 w/ B. m7 k
      BB New Mexico/ d# `( n( b9 Y* u
      BB Idaho3 J$ y  Z5 m5 C$ q# a
      BB West Virginia8 }* W$ C7 n. P5 o3 q
      BB Colorado) Z  q- S+ P+ Q% g( G
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Japanese ground losses:
4 ]3 V7 f/ v/ N( y& e% h8 `2 }& m      117 casualties reported
7 z/ _0 B7 n/ V7 F; O         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled/ O8 r" R( A- q* e' ^
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
3 k6 O# D( r: C" D- V         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
& a! \5 D' |7 ~" C# l) u' @      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)/ b. P* B7 s* C3 s  `2 z
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)# p" q- _2 a( ~5 _0 ^& \
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Airbase hits 2
2 z) z, U" E* o) o# w' ^( IRunway hits 2
7 c7 ?7 s4 \5 }7 |- ^' N+ C  C. `- g$ P% P/ p8 n2 V; U
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ E3 a' w. V. m  u- j& pBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment+ D) i8 U! Z' A/ g
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
& \. \) P2 k/ r5 KPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
' V, I$ T0 O5 k: Z" QBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division0 S1 ~8 A: c! v$ s8 e9 h: P( j% v
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
3 f9 w+ `& W! Q$ O( c3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
7 P5 p$ Z! g9 z5 |BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
6 t& ]7 I* {& S& j  _& VBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force* Q9 I9 v4 ]4 J5 _' V4 a* j+ R" O
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado( T% N8 n% n) A  U

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)- q1 D9 T7 I% Z* |. B1 G4 [1 ^: c

6 K! I' p: N2 `3 UWeather in hex: Thunderstorms5 F  t: b, d* \8 U: i8 p/ M6 G$ y
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
" B% p4 q. y5 ~; EEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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* E# X5 f- }8 x" x" I3 ~Allied aircraft' G# u( j' s* n3 b* A3 q5 b
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) {. v3 C/ i, |* Y4 `9 s6 c
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
8 g- e, f- M. P1 ?3 |      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
1 g% g' V" E) e% j7 x4 v7 Y
8 \" R- P  Q* G- y! f& W0 eAllied aircraft losses$ h) e- c" u7 v" d3 O4 L0 G7 i3 y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
2 K' x% g- a6 f: p% o      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak- E& e. [4 z! @- Z  l
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
$ {/ W; P" P: X$ {( Y. B7 }9 a      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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  m6 [% z9 b, b7 m0 z& wJapanese ground losses:8 c7 [$ O( n$ G& C
      159 casualties reported5 D0 }* C  g. K
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 _- F$ q# y2 U+ u* Z/ C) i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
; i1 e2 d) C+ r7 h) h! x         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 f" V1 M% {: }8 Y( G( q1 Z# @
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- P( }( J. [! r- k( w: O0 UGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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, S$ ?. ^2 D8 R1 n' k7 EAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344+ K4 A& W* K) Z  q: u
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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4 Q( b- h; H$ }8 pAllied adjusted assault: 3406 2 E& W/ z6 O  C4 j3 I( x( C

) V, w+ Z+ w/ E! F. `* J. w+ tJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 % {! {. _' B+ u! H3 ~

; _6 Q1 r6 C  \- d. OAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 2 s5 z/ V: o# F6 ]" r

- W6 h9 g: m! T! wCombat modifiers
# }: u; V* F0 H$ A0 r' A7 {Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
1 P! c5 G2 |: ~7 uAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:0 ~9 y# [4 b+ t; y6 c) N$ j
      3539 casualties reported# n+ @: `/ C: ^0 z( T
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
$ ~6 L2 o1 u' p. I0 L8 M         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
3 T/ |" m; H. \& B8 Z% f         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled  W- X  k1 X. V. o
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
+ e& z; C4 n, a, g# W      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
+ |0 _6 d# W1 x$ ~1 ?1 Y7 J5 `, Y( t/ e
Allied ground losses:
; P$ G9 d) @! t& L/ j      3552 casualties reported
3 B6 A8 s( \& O- B" Q- \6 `: V' o$ n         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled8 y( I/ c# v7 ]) i! S2 b4 f; N
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled/ q: b% O  [+ Z' U# p+ H% z; {, q
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
9 \! U2 l# x  m0 f      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled); C' U. J. i& z" m
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
" s  \6 U# _0 _3 v# n& k9 O      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:* d+ e& o: M1 J) }# J2 r. f3 A
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion" q, W3 p6 \3 [( L& ]0 V
    5th Marine Division! [- w' V8 q. y  g; v
    716th Tank Battalion
7 \" S- {: o/ r& U0 L( d    706th Tank Battalion
3 r+ h2 H, [) X1 b7 f    762nd Tank Battalion( R% C8 J. L* A" _! a/ r* V
    710th Tank Battalion
( H: |& p) Z4 ~8 x+ @) @: a6 ~9 A1 n    767th Tank Battalion
$ }5 @/ k  E  q( j" ?5 j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment4 g6 ]8 K4 O* K
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
: m: e/ t7 ~5 ]+ N+ k2 L  j    81st Infantry Division
1 A/ Z/ I) t( Y1 g, S* b6 k3 N% x8 [    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment. ~" d% A& O! P( I4 I: f) ?
    96th Infantry Division
! B8 F4 v: i; z# Q. ]( {5 ^    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment- Q) v+ m" P# X' e4 E6 Y  B$ G, H
    711th Tank Battalion* `8 }1 x# e, H. W$ n, S& ?
    44th Tank Battalion2 |2 K; d' f/ p3 d
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
& ?4 p0 _# X  @; L$ T7 H) R  }    6th Infantry Division
' n/ d# {* L' k" O7 I, }    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
0 M- c" L* l: Z$ k3 t& ]& Q* I8 V; w    31st Infantry Regiment3 v, y. v) v; S
    XIV US Corps
( N2 ]* D7 s4 k/ U9 t    96th Coast AA Regiment/ c1 ^0 M8 A# ], i* y8 c) a
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  Q! t( |+ Y  N0 r* |9 n0 n    4th USA Defense Battalion
" a9 d" S, }% j% W/ z    14th Marine Defense Battalion
3 q; E- ^! g) x: D. K# k    1st USMC AA Battalion
, X- [5 r. E8 [& z) l: Z7 F    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. J8 c7 N! f' i# m$ I- t# w    5th USA Defense Battalion
* B1 i; L4 R8 R8 H# ], D  j    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. b% ]' T9 i  q; s9 _$ b: ]& g+ L    738th Coast AA Regiment
% T5 y9 s8 |" [& T& @    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: J2 z' x( b- F' t    I Corps Artillery $ X; p# @! g8 L4 i
    8th Marine Defense Battalion4 Y8 n$ \2 h: v. {7 q+ m0 E
    X Corps Artillery
( ^7 r6 Z3 i( j% {9 M- a  E    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion  A  k& k9 A2 Y" t3 t4 e& a9 @
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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9 k6 K- [7 d% s9 [  D) w7 nDefending units:1 C+ [/ @! m4 S6 c( B( J
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
( Y8 L: i9 T5 \) {! f    52nd Naval Guard Unit$ T( o: E+ g  P( i
    144th Infantry Regiment, T$ B" ?# [! w6 m% d) s
    Kure 3rd SNLF) C+ {  r6 Y3 E' W
    Sasebo 7th SNLF& C! `' c7 E- f/ c) i
    33rd/B Division* I; E. d! x! t# b( j, n6 E
    81st/C Division
& f$ C1 Q. e: t* M1 a- L' E! K    81st/A Division: y0 c6 x" ]5 B) ?8 F8 C" D
    81st/B Division
% P5 v, F' ^5 d' x, [& {  N( L4 G0 }    33rd/A Division
5 P8 ?/ X; X" m! S8 n. w: [    138th Infantry Regiment5 a, w0 ]5 S1 v) c) t  H7 W
    33rd/C Division
" d) ~# P4 `: j7 u    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ b5 w( a: I- S; j3 V3 P' [
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
% M! a0 \4 F! z' K0 f  q& s    19th JAAF Base Force
. J$ p; G; k. F( |. ]8 v    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
- ^7 D, c( w3 M7 o# m. {4 ^    12th Air Fleet9 W* c; f5 \! {) f" \  j& z
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 G2 r# Z' C, h4 N: n: {    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
- \5 k( |6 q7 W; K, C: X" A8 K6 G    63rd Field AA Battalion5 t: t4 g0 i( q: N
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ A* c7 [: Z1 w/ X) Z6 O" }1 Q7 h    18th Field AF Construction Battalion- k$ ]- @4 e( a9 m' I1 S
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 f: [  f/ t7 @# d( Z  d    Ponape Naval Fortress# y/ i  f1 o. w
    61st Field AA Battalion
3 S& X8 B8 A  V2 M8 |7 [    18th Army
2 s: i( K# N+ x1 T& {/ S- E3 m9 R    14th Area Army /1* `  j; O8 U: a- W) Q9 I3 z8 u
    60th Field AA Battalion
7 I% N; Z  J; O* \    53rd Construction Battalion1 }. z# D: P* p$ j& w( o
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
, v! Y- ]4 g4 F' ?3 H    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1* ?, v' F# l% D# Z6 c+ K9 q2 s
    Kure 7th SNLF. A/ B5 T. o! S% s
    3rd Base Force
0 u) _) G/ v) ?2 d" c) r9 |$ f    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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: V* Y( y( ~, J- p' MAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)+ [3 U6 }" ?3 A3 E
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms8 E& d: Z% O! ~5 U3 J" \" H7 N" L
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s/ `" u' C6 Z# n: Z  U. U
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes4 K# H! g7 H- q2 g1 f

. @$ o, h% z, [( N. `- l  FAllied aircraft
( Z" A4 b5 N1 F1 D0 c& b3 s' v0 Q      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
) Y/ o- z8 w/ m) r) W2 {2 R      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337! C- r( ]4 g7 S  E* |1 z# G2 @
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2838 p1 Q3 w* M' @
Allied aircraft losses8 l# z/ U4 A3 G: O% F9 l
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/ a7 Y2 e- V5 K* r4 s$ G6 J协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 440 S0 e" K# n) s

3 B5 w0 t9 m; F2 v/ i在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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9 q- h# o0 l( R4 x" m' G: i% @: x9 {8 yNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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# u2 @9 N3 E! K8 D2 K5 EAllied Ships) q& m/ @& o8 M, R2 [
      CA Vincennes
( E- q, R9 b6 L8 \& U$ G7 b, W      CA Quincy' r6 O. B1 y7 G6 _  g! t' ~4 N
      CA San Francisco: t$ c" O1 J! S
      CA Minneapolis' O. g9 `- `7 O+ X4 H7 a( n
      CA Astoria* j* i5 }  l5 m
      CA Chicago
: A% ^6 M! B. q9 f      CA Louisville' N( K0 d  S+ A/ F( |' ^: K
      CA Chester
% {" F0 Y4 {: v# @) A& V      CA Northampton
; \3 }3 ]5 G+ F* w. x9 P$ f, C      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
1 R  j7 _: v4 O( p      112 casualties reported
9 s* y  z$ [% s* R3 a: v, S         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ i, {+ w, q, e2 c+ _8 C         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
, k4 w; L- h+ X& b% H4 e         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled2 g0 J$ R+ s( [" J2 q; f
7 W0 B/ B" g# q
Airbase hits 5. ?' E  H; G4 v# d8 i( T, o
Airbase supply hits 2" u8 J) v% p, l" S  ~
Runway hits 21
7 D/ p% k. o1 q- E2 e; Y4 J7 KPort hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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1 Q( I3 l4 ^/ h. Z/ rAllied Ships
! o: Z6 Z* Y+ D  {' {8 U      BB Alabama  R) r2 g4 p, ^* U; M
      BB Massachusetts4 o( s0 s, E: X* |7 q) Y
      BB Indiana
( A% C% R( e- J6 e+ v! Y5 I      BB South Dakota
6 E) n$ N& s0 b* B- \8 n' x/ L      BB Washington
, }) b8 ~4 U3 a- G      BB North Carolina
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  k% n* z1 n3 j0 S+ T+ RJapanese ground losses:- |' ]/ M( R" s
      398 casualties reported( ^; l3 P* A6 k' q4 r; A/ `1 j
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled* _( f  q7 s* ?  W2 ~; c# y* }/ }
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
- C# t9 w5 o0 k         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled% j0 E6 b7 Z, H6 m
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
' {3 x/ K( u# U- l8 G. Y$ _      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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+ P. P; m6 P; z8 x8 V7 G, |Airbase hits 9# }" D0 d- u$ S+ l
Runway hits 91 J" `1 |2 _. |
Port hits 2
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  T6 Y# \2 q6 @( P2 h4 M5 qBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
* J1 N9 d4 z/ i) EBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape   }6 d6 ]& I. F1 W6 H) y  O
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division' q0 Q/ I# ?+ ]4 J+ e0 A, G5 Q
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
, y' S" w4 X. x7 K5 uBB Washington firing at Ponape
6 g/ B  d' {1 j6 O% q' f1 O9 fBB North Carolina firing at Ponape 5 ]$ K" @: r' G0 D! q& G
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113! C  W( T8 [  s5 a
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Allied Ships
( ]! B3 k7 Z0 b- W5 a! U" a      BB Mississippi; U9 `6 o+ n+ F) `) r
      BB New Mexico
7 I8 @) [$ A0 i. Z0 _4 r8 V+ z9 t      BB Idaho  ?* M; D  n/ S1 P/ J3 m

* H6 J* s5 ?% u' [7 r. G: FJapanese ground losses:' Q8 p' |6 \: ]( P6 L
      195 casualties reported
0 x  x- h3 t+ N4 Z8 v" @- Z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
5 }" d% q3 t% `* ]. ]) ~4 c         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
6 B# ]0 ~: H7 B- r) M         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 K* z* h) y7 U      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
3 {: \5 H& n- @: ]* W2 @7 J- w      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
" H5 n$ g, [7 LRunway hits 14
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; @. R: V2 n3 @3 ]7 [BB Mississippi firing at Ponape ! X) E4 H# A4 X) p) c; O7 r2 Y$ O' O
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division, Y( b0 w# {, @/ _& V
BB Idaho firing at Ponape # D- J, z9 b$ F6 |
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& {" e; M7 G% z+ M: s8 ~# O9 B" tAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)& ^* v( n3 U" `" s4 E2 _4 n

& V! M& S# u& t0 H/ R6 gWeather in hex: Severe storms+ |) ~; W3 e8 T  [# J

. Z! ~: b4 b. Y8 v6 S7 c! nRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.* ]* E' [# p' }7 N0 U+ p- J
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes/ E' P% g+ t; F% R, E
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Allied aircraft" t9 i* f* v+ V. Z- V( @9 a
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4622 C8 p3 m! ^  K0 W
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
; R( X$ s4 |# a8 |- `+ X' A8 K( r      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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% N7 {% Q  s2 v. J0 M5 H5 tAllied aircraft losses
5 e) b+ P! y* N3 S. l2 [$ ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged& ~7 Z$ n. d6 b6 _; F$ d9 w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak& i* _  k. C" x' p2 A1 Y
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged! Y6 ^  q" [# @: K  E" Q7 ~
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Japanese ground losses:" \' L8 [" Z9 A
      121 casualties reported
# K# w5 k! t. ]5 @2 g8 J7 D         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
6 z; x$ V5 _- g! }4 T6 q. b5 O: K/ r0 v         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled9 I+ x  f9 q+ {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 l2 D4 a6 v8 p' o5 h6 a$ F) L2 x  H; K+ t  s. E
5 u8 v% A6 S; G2 a7 W/ c
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113), O. n! ~; Z1 A, t5 p6 m
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121+ C8 E% z9 k% t0 Z$ O3 s7 C
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6" M/ z" o/ w$ M- e5 F

1 o: |% R; i! K0 n( Z2 iAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) $ M7 K) m6 \: U! N2 f, u

' h7 t. [# O! |6 Y- \. f9 \Combat modifiers
6 y* |. t) L9 G. ?: }" \Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
; D+ d4 }  ]4 D& X% u) M1 }Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
% {4 j' T1 H3 N* r      2305 casualties reported
9 ?0 X& c' |) w8 J         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
( @  N, j! G5 X: L8 R& J         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled" m1 J$ T! p) N# u4 m" M
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
$ H2 _# s' z! {      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)7 i6 X! N8 s* Z
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled): j) y8 R) s$ D2 I/ w8 `
8 Y. F0 ^  ]3 b1 k0 E' `
Allied ground losses:
3 u( a  }4 f( V3 v      3064 casualties reported) q7 l& g. d2 D/ \# f9 m
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
- l) g- G( l6 l: c         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled; Q* X6 {/ ~" Y, l$ K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
8 s0 |' u* R6 }& @: M) [# r      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
2 N/ W0 m. H7 Q3 H6 B$ k      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled): `9 x3 i$ d( y2 U
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Assaulting units:& ]. n2 Y# o- h3 I
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
; _4 r! L& O2 s    711th Tank Battalion2 Z! ]# J2 ~* a
    716th Tank Battalion
, O; ]: r! @) D- ~. t    6th Infantry Division
; x  O" j7 R; |& D4 h    44th Tank Battalion
3 ]$ \1 P* w; \  y2 B& X( F/ c9 j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" a) R. u9 ^2 y; q! A2 A" X
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment; a7 k+ r. u$ p8 }' M
    81st Infantry Division
8 o" F: q: c1 Z$ g- F: o  x    767th Tank Battalion
7 T  H% g/ j2 J2 Z( e/ N    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment- R! c" S3 x) ^5 L
    762nd Tank Battalion2 [3 Y. D9 @  K0 \& u- v  G) s
    710th Tank Battalion& R5 C; M$ A2 F6 w- @/ h
    96th Infantry Division0 J( a4 a9 R+ d
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
: \8 ~  X( [9 i0 o9 ~+ ]    706th Tank Battalion
5 t3 ]' j; s* H% t1 k    5th Marine Division& L. c0 b0 i2 O) Y% T0 G
    31st Infantry Regiment
( h8 b7 h5 T  Q    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 t, H) T9 N) }: D0 g7 N1 r
    1st USMC AA Battalion5 j  x+ A* n9 a  k
    738th Coast AA Regiment2 a) `0 L* b+ M! |
    96th Coast AA Regiment: t- Y6 u/ a3 _( X3 }0 o
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ F& j% Y4 f& @+ y, @    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  {5 }0 L+ a8 i( z6 M0 |    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion( a  e: z5 T5 m+ i, Z
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 I! G5 J7 S" r    XIV US Corps$ R$ n% I2 G8 {$ y& g
    X Corps Artillery 8 }6 j5 v* w& T
    5th USA Defense Battalion
, y( G1 M, \. L! V" J1 G: G    4th USA Defense Battalion
* f0 }# a! `1 j: H5 K    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment/ F9 A6 t) G- U! d) D4 A
    I Corps Artillery 2 E- e0 i( R8 k9 L) N% E
    8th Marine Defense Battalion+ y# F7 U/ {# S. o2 u/ v
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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. B2 ~& |0 s/ o9 [, K( a" D) E6 ~+ n4 rDefending units:4 \- d8 @; |, P* x
    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 d0 x: Q2 z% d. a" S    81st/C Division
3 o0 l7 K1 K- F/ H+ s! `# o& K    52nd Naval Guard Unit
- x' }- u7 q" x6 k* Y4 N    138th Infantry Regiment
5 v! E, o/ O  v3 P) V: T# z    6th Guards Inf. Regiment+ E; ]( m0 w' r  j7 C6 E
    Sasebo 7th SNLF, |5 l, n4 i2 a! j1 ?6 Z' r8 r2 s+ m& q
    144th Infantry Regiment: G6 Q" @/ @$ b
    81st/B Division
9 S) w' g" l  b    33rd/B Division
0 u$ F9 S2 Y' @3 A# ^    33rd/A Division7 G. L0 [" Y+ m. D
    81st/A Division4 y9 s* e/ P, z, P( S# {* C" E
    Kure 3rd SNLF
* y1 I) ]% t5 K, a    33rd/C Division
9 u2 @6 q, T5 R; n3 Z. n1 R    53rd Construction Battalion9 N( @6 Y% d7 M+ |) w
    18th Army7 R9 Z) P: v- i: B
    14th Area Army /1
% K" y2 g, e5 r    60th Field AA Battalion, Q" Q* Z# A7 g8 I! Z, F/ {! V
    12th Air Fleet
# o# w5 c5 @* P4 i- S4 n0 D, b5 Z    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 J9 F* h- c1 @7 W& }
    63rd Field AA Battalion5 }' P! U. U3 s( p# ^
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( }1 _( L! ^) D# W3 A0 l6 s    3rd Base Force
: C( y3 I1 a$ M# F    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
2 _$ |4 M7 i8 \! p& O9 V  _+ @* t    Kure 7th SNLF/ c0 ^5 `  k, D# e* }7 @; {4 y
    19th JAAF Base Force
7 g4 h& ~) v# D2 i8 A1 ?% y4 a    18th Field AF Construction Battalion; c2 F- O7 r  E; K
    61st Field AA Battalion
9 j, s* L; t' M( W% Y    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
$ M( l3 r' z- ^$ e. X    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 u* C' f: g6 K0 E
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 @6 Q4 N& j+ a+ ?: q. c    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion* Z7 a/ y5 W" O! J/ d+ B5 c
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
  [' O2 O3 Z7 l/ ?    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44& g" X& F- r# J& X; A4 B
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜4 Q/ g- O/ {! n- ?4 l

3 K* L. V6 q- I$ }当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待9 c; H0 q: M- H( f) w8 u
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7 j8 S9 I7 D" e5 r- AMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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7 ?  Q1 X) b. b$ S& e7 BWeather in hex: Partial cloud! T3 I% C/ B7 Q% X/ a" q  k9 t" p: w
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
- B2 Y9 G# @& |1 t7 {" k5 N+ ZEstimated time to target is 28 minutes) q* X+ z+ T$ {: l: a' Y9 L0 y
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Allied aircraft
2 l" I/ [) h, i) q9 X      P-38L Lightning x 23" d8 ^7 X8 \4 \2 o: }
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30% |% I; i9 @7 E, Q4 |$ L! v

0 L5 K2 o- j' t, yAllied aircraft losses1 o5 ^0 H( ~( G, a  G5 v; {: G; w8 P
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
1 B+ L% _  }$ o' L' ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak0 C- C- c5 j. L  Q
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Japanese Ships# L9 E2 ], C5 I! K+ T
      DD Suruyame
, m6 e, T5 R$ s* B* b      CL Ninaru# `5 H7 V0 Z( {" x: \$ `
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" k: V* q6 \8 R( z- Q4 Q
      DD Yayoi% p7 y+ P8 G# ?8 ?3 b2 l4 Y
      CA Kako( c- N# @& r4 R3 D; v
      DD Asagiri
- e* M8 i3 p- O      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:$ \+ B" k) m# f6 P
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'$ @/ N4 g# ^7 w' ?  s1 u, f
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 H( i. {+ q9 ?! G       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'9 C8 j% P0 M: N2 q- b
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
  R" R8 }' j0 S9 r) u6 s/ T. R6 @/ x       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'% \9 _8 ~" t% d6 _! [
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 w, q3 ]/ F; E3 M1 C0 j3 K
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi" b; O0 ]( Q7 z7 Z) i6 h5 F' O
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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1 s5 E* z; p: N5 DWeather in hex: Moderate rain7 i  ^7 y" z+ P/ j
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.. Z7 q4 C& T4 m( e9 ?
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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! b' T; }' o- U5 \Allied aircraft
. K! e7 n1 Y, @7 Y' U1 Z      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4623 t' V( L* {; V
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
/ R8 I% A1 F& t# r      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses
( v# Z: [$ M2 e; S5 ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
! a2 ^! m$ @$ G9 i1 A7 h      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
1 ?# a; q# k# o      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged  f$ i! A6 Q& ]; C+ l6 m

4 m2 X4 k2 J$ Z: T- [; i. t; YJapanese ground losses:
: r$ M0 ?  v9 U$ n. |5 X      276 casualties reported
  B' X$ k, {% ~7 L8 E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled# ^# W3 Z% e8 |7 G: [
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
6 T1 k6 b0 Y; r! t$ a. @2 }2 u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 [" @1 i+ d  \; b9 O  F4 ]3 p      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)2 n+ D1 Z" r+ `) n% d% I# y

( w5 H) V% }& C! x* b: YAllied Bombardment attack# n# T5 W! S# y9 ]6 O

" i# g: t7 x& a- Q0 [Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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- k" p. u7 y+ T6 _& r# {7 w; c! zJapanese ground losses:
2 S) a3 _! j" h8 z      1082 casualties reported
8 `! i4 B" V1 x3 w         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
- E; Q( c6 l8 T$ r! T! K8 c         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled" X0 J$ c. _7 N5 q
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled  p4 u6 t# ]0 {9 x( T4 ^" R% {: r! e  I
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:% v8 u% A; ?3 X( N8 Z* |! B6 @5 q
      23 casualties reported/ @# [; U' p1 ~/ i
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 J, o4 g9 Q% g- }         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled" L$ I) I6 o% B1 w+ m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 v# X( t" |9 S2 t( Y. M# u
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)# q9 K! i  E5 {
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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1 x% K* f4 `- m+ T; f东京快车出轨
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日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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" w4 g8 l  x9 d# m- Y+ a# W本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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! p1 _  A) d2 ]天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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0 [! _" Q, D9 CSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
! f6 _4 k3 I8 j/ @9 p- d8 K      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships# i( y. ~7 o  z% f3 A( n
      CLAA Prince Robert
& k- Z9 Q! i2 |9 \4 I      DD Saumarez
9 h+ B7 C' L" E0 X      DD Nizam
4 S! E% ]. f* i      DD Ellet
  s$ C* P% z- W; v0 J: I2 }8 Y! |      DD Waller
9 `8 h: ?2 i5 h      DD Walker2 B# ~. p. |' f1 }* s7 q4 Y
      DD Wadleigh* v( R. h" W7 h7 f7 M
      DD Uhlmann
- L! T: D! {6 d% A2 ^      DD Twining" T$ {) U: J* L0 k0 B+ x5 W0 v: X' s
      DD Twiggs
1 U/ X: J3 a9 G- Z      DD David Taylor0 [! ~3 t0 J, h6 S8 d& C4 z2 w
      DD Strong6 B0 {. |: D; L
      DD Sproston8 V3 l3 S. a/ w% o. O# O2 f
      DD Sigsbee/ ~$ b, F0 r& n) K4 {5 Z
      DD Sigourney1 Y2 L0 k' h" {+ V# |
      DD Schroeder+ x  z! \% t" \- ~
      DD Benham II
$ f+ I7 O- [, Q8 `1 {# G4 b      DD Cushing II
- `* r& R2 a# J4 X' V( h# K      DD Urchin
& h: u. k0 m. A, v/ E9 o, c      DD Urania3 E7 x5 M) S- [9 e( d2 x0 ]

/ z5 G% _7 A% f8 Y: B9 T! w. XSS I-48 is sighted by escort
5 A. J9 T7 E5 c( JDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
9 {$ k/ Z: h9 }& mDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
3 H# F' `, B$ kSS I-48 forced to surface!
' Q! R1 Z/ h8 n. g# N1 _! }DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
+ t/ c' x! Z! C* s, ~DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....  z$ ^' c$ t1 P  O  w
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
  P5 N. ]3 ]' ?3 X9 q) x; _2 rDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....- a7 A+ l, c3 t& a5 }! r# v8 K. e
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft* |3 m+ T" f3 C' ^: w
      no flights( g; `1 \' G0 s9 @! U1 P0 t- {
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 r: e' Y8 y/ a4 u% z      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships8 b# ]1 k  d. ^! J" \
      CL Agano/ y' d* m' e8 i3 i
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2) U4 Y3 p, H' l) p
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* X7 o% C! O) \& P
      DD Hibiki  c! ]4 J- K/ _& i. O: J
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
* ?+ b) ]( A5 f, t" N9 U! ~) _" \      DD Shirakumo
2 Z- ?- }) W! I7 d' E      DD Isonami
% K" ^2 T9 K, T      DD Murakumo
* r# a, T7 h% [( N/ b      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk/ z1 V* T0 U5 p- c9 R+ t  o

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: p3 o' ~( b% l4 X      BB North Carolina
+ T0 ~% v1 j( H4 K      BB Washington
" \" I7 j1 Z* x, j      BB South Dakota# w5 q3 x' m, ^: }# Z
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
( \, k3 i, b2 K5 P2 r3 @- u      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 24 q' X4 Q1 R0 _# F: ^
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
7 R/ c% W: v3 K+ R' ]9 i      DD Conner1 w0 G. t1 M* w+ _! J
      DD Cotten: J1 z) b  z6 P* C( q
      DD Cowell; F4 A8 f& W! j+ l; u% E
      DD Daly
& c9 K4 `  t7 A* F      DD Eaton
, g* j) U7 v! H; A      DD Heywood Edwards
% l1 w# v0 z8 ?# S7 R      DD Erben
- l# r0 j1 n. }+ ]" Z4 X) z  B$ x2 Y) _      DD Evans
  @6 x1 K6 G1 {! H$ Q      DD Foote
4 f7 j. E7 B; L% }: D# u- y8 G      DD Franks5 Q# P' g9 ?7 j  E: i9 N8 H+ c
      DD Fullam6 E2 j8 T% S. ~; J- y! O
      DD Gatling
0 f/ h$ z& Q( K; m( a  v5 O" j      DD Albert Grant" ]/ N/ C' ]% O' P
      DD Gregory
/ G3 L2 F* a8 q      DD Guest2 m5 t5 ?9 k! ~
      DMS Hamilton3 a0 F$ s+ L3 P5 r
      DMS Forrest
7 w/ \7 S+ n7 u. v9 m, m6 \2 r4 F      DMS Ellyson! g8 {$ B2 e! L4 D

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ b8 q; Z  M( R5 E& E% O
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 |  {$ z  r  x, nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
( v& a$ i0 {) R2 m$ z7 D3 ^$ R8 SCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards7 U: d* B2 |( C' P% Q3 C( E) H
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 E6 I( K+ V/ i5 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 U0 M9 Y3 R/ }Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 y; {& o& }3 B4 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& Z5 Z" j, `! X! a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
" t7 x4 @* k5 c- A+ ~- C4 rRange closes to 22,000 yards...
1 ^& q' H  M% b1 B: x, S  ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
7 ]* L. C; z# g7 {% CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
9 ?/ z2 H  p4 e! O! D7 [Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- m; b" U# X) lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards0 E) n* j; q+ n; T/ G8 i2 v8 x' S% W! o
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# R* b' G$ x7 `- a2 {, I( Q) B; tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 g+ q* v# H2 d8 y' VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 V4 v5 l& Q( i. Y  xCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
; m3 {: f  z3 i" v* RRange closes to 14,000 yards...
0 n& W2 z9 @- z5 J! S3 hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
0 l. H7 o& p" S+ h( M& B; Y. e4 B0 C. ?Range closes to 12,000 yards...% T" b/ c& j! w* z" ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 A4 F1 j) E% r& O, Y% o& o
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
) Q# ^3 A1 |# q, R* wRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 @9 k9 J) l8 H6 p, w2 ~6 f. ~! J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
9 Q/ f4 W9 p1 s0 s7 N) d3 wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
; H7 d' P; S, L5 B+ |Range closes to 10,000 yards...
1 C5 T6 r7 Y& k0 E; @  ?9 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
; M& q  V  y3 P- fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards$ p. Y2 l+ \: N1 G3 }8 {6 g# }
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
+ ^  O3 F1 }+ c* d- }( _5 GBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards# [* {0 J1 D1 |1 V4 S
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
; @. N4 j- K$ |" ?2 PCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
. J4 T4 w# k. e5 rBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
( G( y' }0 L3 @+ _2 [. ~/ lBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards& `5 W5 S8 y3 }' B
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
) y; W. J$ B' x1 C; A7 g0 kDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 s6 [  f& t$ ~$ l6 r' j+ z7 t
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
+ ?) N' l1 A3 d1 ~  DDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
8 V$ Y0 g3 i% r5 S4 cDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
- }6 J$ H: C7 ^8 B; _7 |CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards$ `# {* c7 d5 Q4 l2 }% z% s
Range increases to 11,000 yards
/ l7 D0 G1 D% t9 iCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
6 t  [& _- P( a) `BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards+ Y  ]! l2 ~3 X, d" [" h
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
% h' E0 j  u9 `; O5 s: _DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards, Y$ V1 |0 z* ^1 I' U# P
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
& t; N- U- a( ?( `5 GDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards0 D4 D5 o6 T% o7 V7 }& m) D4 v! @
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards7 V  U2 O6 _; h  _, |# J
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards  }( m9 ]7 `5 {3 F! m
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards# K* H+ y5 b6 T* T
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards2 I- q. c& S! R
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
0 q: l/ L- e$ V( V2 g/ dDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
9 J( O% U$ M/ O8 SDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards, B) Y3 @+ Q/ x. V8 U
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
0 D( Z4 ]4 b$ b# d5 v6 i+ i. T: @Range closes to 10,000 yards, C6 e, ^7 O: b) ]
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
) F/ U6 H. s; s1 q0 t) rCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
: N$ `1 o  A+ pDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
( l$ G  S1 {( x, I$ D& {DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards' _: M6 V& c9 p1 b
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
7 v0 F; K& g+ G) V: c- ZDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 h" L2 {7 M. |; x  R" e) F' u4 H* I
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards- e3 P/ \) ]6 p& P9 ]6 j" \( W
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards  f, b; V2 B+ g
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
5 C. J, q# h" x) B; g! iDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
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Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards( ]( [) D& E2 U2 O; r  K
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Japanese Ships. E- {( C$ v7 D8 I& D7 s
      DD Hikokaze
# O( P% z# e% g% S( [      DD Ishikaze4 ]& k: a" V. i+ m/ |. b* g' T
      DD Tagokaze. Q; G' s& ~6 p2 L5 `$ X+ G* G
      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships3 ^* ]# J$ ^# K3 T/ q
      BB North Carolina4 ~% R& n/ K/ ?
      BB Washington
. _+ I+ N* m& \" N3 |5 p$ r      BB South Dakota
. K5 l1 L4 n, N      BB Indiana
- J3 s0 Y8 g! p0 }5 n      BB Massachusetts
; N$ g& R1 f, G" |      BB Alabama# p8 B8 c+ H# E* D5 e2 k3 I- ]
      DD Conner" ]3 X% O2 Y' t5 G
      DD Cotten
' I5 x6 A! V9 {* F9 x. @      DD Cowell$ r( v- p9 w5 g1 f; A  A
      DD Daly
3 w) \% i5 p7 ]3 h# s! w      DD Eaton
- r' O, ]7 D% p) ^* T; G# `4 t      DD Heywood Edwards
8 A# {; r  B9 U( _( L; |; M  ^      DD Erben- \, O0 d: S9 u2 k; y
      DD Evans' g" K3 L4 }( u# u1 u- P: [' t
      DD Foote& c& U8 H2 J- ?' n& S" j- t% C
      DD Franks7 V& c) B9 _/ A" G
      DD Fullam
, k) O' L6 L, z( U      DD Gatling
7 {  n2 M. ^7 y- c9 ^% q# b      DD Albert Grant1 k  Z7 \8 Y& ~1 ]
      DD Gregory0 Y  P) H. i  ~8 t1 [9 M6 S; F
      DD Guest
* p7 D. {) J* S      DMS Hamilton
1 F: S3 b6 g! N* \9 i/ Z- L      DMS Forrest6 D0 V& N# ^7 w3 ~" O! P8 P9 t
      DMS Ellyson
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0 z$ ^4 g( D# T( O! _1 k) d0 EMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
: B+ q' o7 X* `( y& M, ^Range closes to 28,000 yards.... D) x/ d: g3 X- W
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
% }( ]# B. @9 M/ M& S, c% HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
8 y! X+ Q/ l& ^CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards- N2 G( `' x6 I
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( ^7 e& ?/ ^$ c7 k2 b/ H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
- O: ]1 K! I( N3 Q* C5 L* \Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- x* N4 i7 |+ T, LRange closes to 20,000 yards...
9 [! ?( N- t, }! [Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 l$ `- @- J) X3 }9 p
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
* C. ^3 |7 Y% T8 B! I0 `Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* S% T0 O3 @1 V. U/ F% SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards' k2 G8 n8 ?. s0 p; N) L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards3 J; c( T) J2 {
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ n) ^- D& j3 ~6 \+ D: D: x4 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ y9 b% n/ Q5 q8 P% QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
$ [7 d" y3 {+ g2 r$ v2 O- NRange closes to 12,000 yards...) n- w  W: _8 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; A2 n+ z& _: T" T$ f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards8 D8 x- T4 X3 M
Range closes to 11,000 yards...3 [3 Y3 A4 `" }4 ]- `0 U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
) \: ]5 j" z5 [0 \6 Q% PRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 T; s3 {! ?% X6 }6 @CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
; F$ i5 n9 {4 K. h* A$ ]Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
0 e  Q. f$ k% G$ d; X$ n6 rRange increases to 15,000 yards...
3 \! y8 @. N' {: Q) CRange increases to 20,000 yards...2 e" q7 K) k3 H# U- ~4 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
: V. u1 V7 v; w  ~Range increases to 25,000 yards...
5 K$ l' r& t  s+ ?! P6 U2 J3 S, y% ?2 NRange increases to 30,000 yards...8 ~3 N) @: ~2 c2 d; H6 y- b
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1
; j; d% S% _# Z1 w1 e      APD T-2, Shell hits 29 a6 E) \. G, C$ u
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
( ?% g8 x, i) ~9 \: O' h      APD T-45 A; G4 y% h, G: k8 }; s# k
      APD T-5% Q  t7 B: S" x- v6 k
      APD T-6
. l9 M0 S- ^% Z. r  H1 h8 J6 E      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 l2 N8 y# D& e1 @/ l      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire( \) H; d6 C2 \& }* V7 `
      APD T-9  Q9 O$ \7 M+ t/ U# F
      APD T-10
) Z2 J, t( E$ y2 M- O      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
% R; B/ c  z7 C9 `5 M$ f2 |      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
6 c1 Q* ?. D$ z" |; t) N      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
; D$ n7 b3 b- }% W* c      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ |8 J" B0 Y0 b& H; g6 E- m  I

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      BB North Carolina
% L3 A, S2 M! I- g5 d      BB Washington6 Q! M4 Q# {# g
      BB South Dakota
. m. C# p+ }9 z- d+ {5 n* ]! r      BB Indiana
8 z2 _- {0 \; e% x) l. k) m" T( h      BB Massachusetts
. ]- y0 t* Y3 R% U' ?" x      BB Alabama
0 p/ R- Y7 Q; W      DD Conner
. o& M+ O" I2 M      DD Cotten0 }$ \0 {3 w/ U  D  i6 F4 e
      DD Cowell3 ^6 c* E2 \) G; J1 A7 i
      DD Daly
  A" e+ _' p/ J2 O4 g2 w      DD Eaton
$ q' W1 y$ S) Y4 \+ h      DD Heywood Edwards
9 Y1 h) P$ w* W. k, _0 b      DD Erben3 G4 Q" H4 Y1 x' E2 ?" i' P
      DD Evans! |. Z$ \4 a8 Q1 W' ~/ H
      DD Foote
' X  A3 A* ]2 f, ^& b2 h1 [3 G      DD Franks
; C4 `" b8 x& N3 U/ }2 C; N      DD Fullam6 g$ ~$ Z$ P% W& C+ l# ?
      DD Gatling
3 P% b# S, J) a: r1 q% A" _6 @7 {      DD Albert Grant
+ V) @3 N3 c/ ^4 M$ w      DD Gregory/ e2 E- T6 j+ g1 k! b
      DD Guest; s, z. r, L3 Z) Q! \, o5 C
      DMS Hamilton+ S$ \- i0 W  x3 O" f
      DMS Forrest
9 {4 |- M+ ~% E' L' f+ a      DMS Ellyson
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Range closes to 28,000 yards..." _! _, W, ?: I4 J$ K
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
7 m% j& A; b7 ?/ ?: {* O! ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards: G$ F( A0 N- A: v5 u
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." a% z( `3 x* P2 O9 V  \0 A- y" M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 A0 J# v* ^8 [( n4 n) e% B
Range closes to 22,000 yards...' v$ ~2 C2 x. x3 f2 E! ?4 m7 X6 h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
! ?# D1 o% w7 Z& v. m1 {$ P+ P( ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...
4 B5 v  E/ d9 S8 f: J) ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
- e" D! b7 @. t- \/ X* jRange closes to 18,000 yards...+ Z" P! ^/ `. p. X/ Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* u$ J+ W% ]* L8 p4 L) PRange closes to 16,000 yards...1 B, X6 j* d; }) E$ A$ T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards2 V$ X% h7 g$ c. e) b9 j3 R
Range closes to 14,000 yards...( b4 r  }! b( O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards- I! F8 i; f& m! {0 b
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
, k5 q$ \: ?: ?* DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards' l& O; k  e+ L& `; W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, X( u. F8 S9 g5 E: kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
1 |, n! V. a3 u- i5 A+ HRange closes to 10,000 yards...
' R: A# s9 M& D" Y) V  v) JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards# v. m3 W$ u9 i- S% \
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
; Q3 V3 H0 A% p- s* H3 oBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards8 U5 k* p% A  G" f
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
! T9 w8 P3 r6 U% z- KBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards9 Y6 v4 i; K1 z( D/ t
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 U$ L1 t8 S0 m- t( Q  n! W
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
# `+ Y2 U* D+ z; `4 l# M" PDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
( M1 K" x3 C/ f1 r# _APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards) P6 W4 [6 |7 w3 R
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
3 G: G# I- V, jBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
* F4 k+ s& R7 B- U8 G& N5 BDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
! y2 G: _+ H) Z( nDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
1 E, e6 P: `1 C7 g6 [BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
) n4 v) A. _  J0 I: Z; v8 |+ NDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
. n8 V7 r  ^, a3 W' s3 o/ zDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
/ j6 }" C% r2 L4 w) n! ^% SAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards0 K; v% O& q" _2 g* m
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
& j5 N$ u- E* N) W( YDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
: s1 ]3 j7 T' sDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
9 @# S& C6 N# ?DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- \& H  _* w' n
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  a' d# s, n( \* ^Range increases to 10,000 yards; n6 [7 \6 I. r2 y/ y  |% x, z
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards* ]5 _$ R  v$ K; l2 p# j6 n
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards3 c9 K7 Q9 i6 g- r8 H. ]
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 f' M, M# F& O% W6 EDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 K6 b2 a' U$ E1 k- r
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ K" }3 G% L" `5 }7 W2 W5 a6 U% R. @DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 O4 D7 k4 P. c9 [3 X3 V8 D% y4 TAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards; {* M0 b' i5 J
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
2 P9 H) i$ M4 R2 _7 eDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ ]6 u6 X) G' I2 q4 Z
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards8 r) R* c0 T8 y7 I0 p1 Y( Z( g' Q
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 M9 F  V( k8 z( U7 R5 A# aDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 N' B; F9 c. Z5 j% ~7 fDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards& n) U! R% j1 t8 ]) c4 K
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ I" L" F2 W$ d( ?4 SDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
3 i( r4 t2 e  S( T; b8 ^& J3 o7 JDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
1 U" L: D4 N0 c1 j3 C" ~Range increases to 11,000 yards
2 q' n0 k2 A" A4 p# s) ^8 u5 e; ?APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 j6 g/ J$ H; I2 n- m
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards7 \1 \7 m% d% m  `8 Z9 P7 ^
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ [: I/ C5 f  _, R5 t9 SAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
5 P1 r4 s6 G  ?- Z$ b! S; Q! E7 gBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards! r. n+ h- N" {3 O% m
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards# Q5 r& T3 X% M0 Y- u4 h5 L* u
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
' x  u8 i6 Q# K9 n0 u7 f2 ~4 V* lDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards% u" y. F# _- n7 K8 a: z! r
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ r2 ^' g) C4 _2 NDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards5 d7 _. J6 q- s- R5 A4 H; {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards# ]5 a. _  Z) K
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
) A8 m& A9 d2 IRange closes to 10,000 yards
( `1 ^, D) S# t/ X0 Z' ZBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
1 B+ ?: @# e8 R6 T( A* k6 Q. iBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
2 ?, C/ k3 v4 C( ?; p% `BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
3 u% \& `: [5 ]/ i+ FAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards" _8 }8 y. {2 M! Q4 l5 t7 ~; B
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( `% X. O/ P0 y# NDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards2 ^1 i. g1 f* v& T) r+ f0 b  K3 }
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' ^/ r# F4 n" C- ODD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ b  @( k- I! V9 @5 wDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards! Q5 E# l  L4 E5 ]( R; ^$ G
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 g: V* m& H5 fDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' d% R# F+ `+ G9 t) R1 T5 \
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
& |  T7 L; `* t! F0 E  t' D" LDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
3 w/ R7 T$ p' w; a/ D+ \+ Y* yRange closes to 8,000 yards8 e/ g' D3 U: Z# k: b6 ]
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
9 l9 o/ j$ {. V3 f* R5 {8 ABB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards9 }; U' v& z; w8 A/ r: X% d0 c
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
4 p! n! s* P# T3 M2 v# \. yBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards  L' g/ ]0 p. X( L3 H+ q8 S
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards! {3 Q- i/ `- B& V" D! N. p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. d( O0 B) [+ O$ k" N1 i
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards8 f' T' X6 k, w2 t5 E3 d8 P0 a
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Japanese Ships' `9 p5 q) t+ z( z+ r% }4 K
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1& j; R/ u+ q  ^  F  _
      APD T-2
1 G$ \7 T" B# |# _( L      APD T-3, Shell hits 17 L9 p0 g, z" `. {. S6 @
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1# K5 f% i7 Y" q3 w" r
      APD T-5, Z. b2 t+ F. W) t6 N( j
      APD T-6
# F; j( t! R5 H7 Q' C  s      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ T, L( n1 I( O  c      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
& o* I( a3 ^; M& J      APD T-10
$ M# D4 o2 Z7 ^' W/ ?0 w      APD T-11,  on fire
& h' v6 j8 H- g  p7 [+ Q" J      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
* g* a  G% T( w! f: n  f      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
4 k- N  p) [4 F9 f% C* r8 ~      APD T-14, and is sunk
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0 h0 M3 M; q! rAllied Ships/ a. t) K' ~+ a
      CA Portland9 f* F" V9 c6 E3 N! @
      CA Northampton7 M8 B6 {8 D6 L2 N  Z6 H
      CA Chester! Z* \0 |3 Q6 R
      CA Louisville
0 P" b7 f# m3 H      CA Chicago9 E& n3 c0 t9 e6 Y- q: u4 U( {
      CA Astoria
& F& C) t7 r4 S9 l! s. b      CA Minneapolis" x3 h; Y2 S2 w
      CA San Francisco
! e% n) e0 z( N! q- q* {      CA Quincy
( J: Q9 b" N7 t" Z0 }      CA Vincennes4 ~; k7 j' y: f$ z! u5 w
      CA Wichita9 ]# `; `+ M5 x( S1 U
      DD Bennett
; _  p3 ^/ O) G7 v) a" U4 Y      DD Bradford* L7 I. M' o& S: C% [
      DD Braine1 R; \" O: y& G% c7 s/ X# _
      DD Brownson# S) Z  X% F5 |9 h
      DD Bryant, d& x! t9 i1 \- O
      DD Bullard
& m; ?( Z2 A* \" O1 w: F      DD Burns
5 c# A7 w* d# D2 V      DD Callaghan; i# ]2 R( y  O5 y0 t
      DD Caperton5 m# a$ q. X9 K  J8 @2 r/ y
      DD Capps# |3 K) V  M/ a5 A
      DMS Emmons
/ r) W1 X! G  Q! s: k( H7 ]) h3 w      DMS Macomb* u6 f# P6 @. x: a/ Z4 m3 C
      DMS Rodman
# ^5 F& ^6 Z% T. K0 s8 O: V$ @      DMS Gherardi
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7 d2 ]9 V, h+ l& F" h$ }Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
0 R3 O  A; l* L4 U0 G' @Range closes to 28,000 yards...8 p( X! c3 H: B5 T2 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
, o& @! V1 z) z; o) ERange closes to 26,000 yards...) n4 R+ j4 L1 g3 r7 {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
/ C; ~6 d: C/ Q6 |Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 o4 E9 Y, }# o/ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards8 d" ^. O2 K! i* J% p
Range closes to 22,000 yards.../ m! g- |1 w, \! T: y" j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards7 v  z3 C" i7 M# U, D
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 A0 O5 z9 x/ D9 B6 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
8 O$ n6 O, C5 X9 y, v1 D, oRange closes to 18,000 yards...; S4 R1 _* L7 w# \& B& O$ k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! |8 Q3 L2 v4 g' t; G$ @7 BRange closes to 16,000 yards...) Y/ ?4 e& U6 ]; M' {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
* c! }( l  ], Y/ @" ]% @Range closes to 14,000 yards...* g$ u- f1 }+ \7 Q' G
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
. S* i8 \+ `) O  N- }5 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards/ _/ g, K) g! M8 p1 [( s
Range closes to 11,000 yards...+ s( V5 l; m( t( g6 _& x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 u# T: K0 j0 \8 L& G
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
! z0 H. A8 K8 l' F. QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards, E. y5 \2 y: h. H: @, |9 v
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& k8 v- i1 G6 @! i4 `( c/ WDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 [- l- D: f5 ?
Range increases to 11,000 yards0 S5 }0 M; m8 |6 m6 x3 W, B/ Z- {
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
8 c8 K, s( s& z- _CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards$ y( r2 l+ k' Q# q; O
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! J% Q5 S: r8 g, }0 q6 D$ _, Y  F
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
1 ~8 H9 A' @  @& e' A+ G: ICA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" y2 I  \" ]9 D& N/ p
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
) n8 Q; b- b$ o" a+ E, QCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' d! F9 F: c" C) zCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 z3 K* x& T5 \+ T: f9 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
- C7 \% y; F4 y6 i+ E! x) `CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. F; b. [! ~  F* [* L" ^" Q) Q
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
2 c! Y. S* M  \& ?, tDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
' k& G: H3 m9 n: m; GDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards) W! ~( y5 R& o$ N# G
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 P. s# x. t% U; r4 N" P3 gDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
, {7 j. V- W% wAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards8 j7 l3 X2 k) \6 y1 _  B% ?
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
3 q: M& q% h. X$ K7 CRange closes to 10,000 yards
$ t4 Y- C6 ~0 I: ODMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
$ p2 W3 Y6 j) X+ Z. I: \CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards' }$ u) b% w3 K. V1 s" C/ B( i
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
# \2 k# C2 m+ B2 A% m7 E: P$ r3 vCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( O, U% A$ W. g; M1 Q# i9 HCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
( E/ g2 W) D" u% M+ k# H0 cAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards5 L8 M& t3 z$ n! o; A8 @
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 I9 _* {! k5 b9 [( V4 @# B* K2 qRange closes to 9,000 yards, H. ~. A% L0 n2 n* b$ D
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
+ O( g' F, _6 U: D0 N$ RDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
% `5 E. |: j" L5 oCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards" ~# B$ o+ f$ P2 o/ [; W
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
/ h7 t7 i5 k8 o4 J8 D1 {" |4 JCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 G1 @3 e% p& g& JDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' Q, G8 l3 R  `! F3 V1 RDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
: q4 f7 b  R9 P+ g0 p8 w' \Range increases to 10,000 yards
) P/ C2 u0 e6 J7 q+ x0 nAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards9 T& q8 }' K4 V7 _; N8 O8 v
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
. z7 O) |( W0 LDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
' Q" M4 f. \- W0 L9 GCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards0 @0 r$ Y$ S+ v/ w! y
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: ]3 y* D1 w$ y/ \& X! y1 @
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
% c( a- c5 d# F# f6 D2 a! n1 {Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# C- y: n) n2 d% t# D
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Japanese Ships
) I2 o5 M+ x/ ?! X      APD T-1
% {5 ?' W+ y' D2 g6 J      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire' O. l! U6 S8 R+ Z" o1 c7 O
      APD T-38 h! b, u2 n, r
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
9 r- F: ?1 T3 ]( t7 v      APD T-5
3 d7 m' z5 S' D$ C/ h7 ?; i      APD T-6' u- }- J* ^, E" x. Z# c
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
- M, O& m9 w  z9 @! D      APD T-9  P. d: f; y5 P8 o! w% T
      APD T-10/ X) [7 f" R/ o7 ^$ F
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 Z4 _) z( @9 {- {: ]
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Allied Ships& r5 Z9 @7 e: `$ E5 x
      CA Portland" A& a3 l0 t; b
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1+ d# Q1 i  S4 T/ g5 x
      CA Chester0 c) I  m% N& B0 e8 X
      CA Louisville; N  J4 u3 R; b# S5 k1 `
      CA Chicago
* Y2 k8 `6 P: _      CA Astoria
* z; E0 J8 S& m5 ~, g9 x( C( v      CA Minneapolis
" B$ q& i6 x- Q) u      CA San Francisco* E# @1 c1 B- R. ]+ B; N
      CA Quincy% W' F+ t5 l  m' w" P, g" x
      CA Vincennes
  P8 r3 R$ ?6 ^4 q      CA Wichita' K  f9 R& K, b7 G" D# A
      DD Bennett
# |9 X3 I+ D' Z5 z7 w      DD Bradford6 U. j" ]: x5 K% J
      DD Braine) \. S2 A4 C; w  Z
      DD Brownson
1 k" o0 J; U! I9 J6 O: u6 q4 A. G; z      DD Bryant1 N% D+ d+ _" ^: s8 d- p- P
      DD Bullard4 \1 j0 c& S% P4 ?) d2 j4 j
      DD Burns
1 j6 K$ q) [: v4 Z( l8 X      DD Callaghan! c$ l7 I* F1 s# ?7 L0 e/ c
      DD Caperton
* p$ S: F1 G' U. x4 j( Q) @      DD Capps
& d' W, @9 p" Z7 n, q+ G      DMS Emmons2 w* _/ }# I# ]9 j& t4 t1 h6 [" C
      DMS Macomb
4 I) T3 |/ }; O$ p      DMS Rodman8 K, i8 s; B- ?( ~) a- e, K+ H
      DMS Gherardi
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. }2 _5 W0 j* p% T) W+ ^5 ^Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 W9 y' q: i" W2 N* ^5 [# r' D# I
Range closes to 28,000 yards..., P7 S( ?8 I( U, o" h- n* n5 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 H; I8 }& U. z- B* Q4 l8 SRange closes to 26,000 yards...
1 C% h4 E1 b. o2 y8 c2 A4 w' nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 V2 ^: S3 c1 W- H) t- V. t/ Q; h
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
+ j4 D6 Z# m. F5 a- ?6 ORange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 U( ?' a) L5 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards  n; t3 E5 d/ i7 e$ d: e6 W. @2 f
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
4 G+ H& a% ?  V5 q5 \5 _Range closes to 18,000 yards...; I6 g( Y+ T5 ~8 t& o# @, w" I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 g! z" n8 x9 LRange closes to 16,000 yards...
% U1 ^4 K4 c. PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- T4 F0 R) R0 \& d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
2 I" w3 N: J1 ^: [& `- D! Y( HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards* H- e! |/ p- k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 `2 T  R' z# Z; BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) ]% m3 H5 X2 `1 u) r% q% p
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- x) |, I7 ~: f7 p/ QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 \& q  f4 K# s: H2 I5 B% g* d6 bRange closes to 10,000 yards...  z9 M- L5 _4 T) L0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
  p2 C* V: \8 Y. m* Q, s' |CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
  P+ |% }: Q( Q5 T2 j# UCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
& W2 o. G9 @. g$ qDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
0 \3 ?# I2 o* P5 KRange increases to 12,000 yards
4 T! s& U/ P9 fCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
; q% o7 z6 R2 F- |CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
( z# t- s% Z2 b' oCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards; c! i' t4 e2 [, W. C
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards1 X7 m7 K6 H- v) h  `
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards# n$ b2 l# {/ n0 P  X( I
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards  Q! M' J: i/ r! W/ F' y
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) g8 i1 G8 n4 K
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 F5 n* x0 D" x4 \& }
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 \3 F/ S) Q) r" ?: k* ^
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards  \" E+ X/ B' M8 y0 F! T7 ~: q5 j
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards: N5 m; j3 P4 g0 N0 j) \
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
! w- c/ ^$ ?% N6 n! |; _Range closes to 9,000 yards% O" a# P) Z" f( \
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
7 \; S7 R. u% L/ o2 qAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
0 k2 c$ x, Q1 [" x* NCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
7 E: w9 j* B* q  P: Q9 NCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 `, `  g/ T1 J/ y
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards5 C- d, a9 h( ^; K( J$ s0 [
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards. q$ ]/ q; J9 N) o. d$ T  r+ p
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
8 B. @' W0 Q6 w: y' S8 \DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards% s8 t7 g) t* d, ^
Range closes to 7,000 yards2 G3 p; T! u+ Q# T6 x! X9 I
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards4 m9 |# M$ n" l2 g( f
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
& [1 x, J/ l( ]5 s& z  HCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
' G2 `. y7 N% f0 \8 fCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards  _% z8 N1 i, |1 h% D1 a" D
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards: x4 a4 d: y- f; f8 p+ u( l! k
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards) t/ u# ?! F) E1 D& X+ R
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ K, _( |4 C% N& F$ BCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
" D# O1 d8 h: c: [0 L: SCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( Q5 K& B: T2 {5 m0 e
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
/ k4 b0 F& i8 X# mDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards5 B: K- H8 y9 g; _" x; ]. V. T
Range increases to 10,000 yards
( b7 v- _- o' R& o" U1 ^+ LDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; m% L! S) ^5 mCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 u( |/ p, o0 [9 I9 F5 m! R# oJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
* R* O% ?) V6 y$ S( H! o$ k6 oTask forces break off...# B/ S% L- N& F1 l  f( R( F  A( B
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+ Y, p9 @0 K  ]8 \. ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# L0 h, R  h- j0 C$ c$ ~

0 W7 T; T' j: |2 uJapanese Ships
# }8 r) {; [" i      APD T-1
: t- H2 Z2 x& _+ U5 j: }$ g- X      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 Z. F$ T0 S7 e  j1 ?
      APD T-3( b  G0 f8 [9 L! r( X
      APD T-5
% d% U% V9 u. |1 f+ D: i      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; w( Z5 K. E4 \; u      APD T-9
) e3 i' V; u0 }; w  L! z      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; p9 @4 D8 V+ E( y: z      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk6 Q9 b/ i5 t4 ~3 }. W

8 q6 N+ u/ |$ z; K" n5 S- O8 JAllied Ships
9 n. _$ z* }1 x6 A2 l( x' i# r      CL Swiftsure& E8 g6 W( c) b. D# ~; V
      CL St. Louis
4 u! {; X3 G0 v) f! @4 C/ i& E      CL Phoenix
7 G' g, J% C- m5 f( Z      CL Cleveland3 f9 l; I; T* j$ U( N' H- H7 O: q
      CL Montpelier
. _7 j5 M/ v+ W* B9 Y6 ?) G      CL Denver
, M$ [( q6 K" P* l      CL Santa Fe7 S% |( z" f- T3 U  n8 F
      CL Birmingham. H( z( T) @+ [, G+ P& Z
      CL Mobile9 u) N% y% H: Z  C4 \
      CL Biloxi
. E# ~% ]$ A1 o0 h  S      CL Miami0 I2 j2 X! b1 x7 f
      CL Pasadena1 A$ R' ]/ L# a5 `7 Y
      DD Allen M. Sumner
5 ^9 W* S: Q, a' j! f      DD Ault
* [+ H2 r/ i  |5 z* f  I% L      DD English( T6 h4 Q3 I: N# h
      DD Haynsworth3 U) n. n9 F8 l7 b
      DD Maddox
/ n8 X: l+ V# b* J. N      DD Mansfield- A# ?+ t) [; k! t1 Z
      DD Waldron
% y, s( a$ V5 f7 S$ n      DD Haggard8 ^9 H! M9 r4 @( X9 z  }
      DD Hailey7 ~# b8 ^2 f$ d" G
      DD Hale. S* Z, M# L# Q7 C7 H8 S
      CL Vincennes II
! v7 g/ k, F- q* `  z+ a' r      CL Houston II
9 @; F' U9 c. S8 S      CL Astoria II1 G2 T, q/ @* p  g/ A% a3 T
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( P5 U% p' T; t( |5 Y% `5 X4 PRange closes to 28,000 yards...
( A6 P  f8 d1 Q/ H* v6 R* RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
# d8 c0 |- p5 z+ W" oRange closes to 26,000 yards...$ q' b, r5 I5 R1 D% K1 o, [
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
& [% R( z7 a" P8 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
: r0 E2 D, h5 X& t4 I* j- i3 C4 SRange closes to 22,000 yards...
! L/ M% a6 A$ j3 _- I: d2 |Range closes to 20,000 yards...
, _1 U5 r. K2 R! T! E9 [9 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards% {) U( N7 i; V6 F
Range closes to 18,000 yards...6 W- s; Z1 \* k1 x( H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards5 Z* P8 s6 K2 s, k8 H: V/ c
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
1 p6 X) j& `2 l4 |# }- M6 G3 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards3 F- E1 O) g/ O7 j: Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...9 B" F9 H8 l' G$ y6 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards/ g1 c) G6 N6 n2 w7 s
Range closes to 12,000 yards...% K5 Z& v$ D0 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
/ _( c! y0 H1 l: c8 K3 R+ x$ F! pRange closes to 11,000 yards...
5 A# l4 Z( U3 F1 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 Z, A1 f/ h8 L* x1 l6 ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...' B& A  o/ K! @$ ~6 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. D' J2 X8 r7 w' D+ x8 t$ G
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
+ m5 S# J4 s3 Q. _3 s% `5 oCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# N) M. ~' {  a4 N7 X8 _
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards( P8 J( ^  S% W9 s0 X6 t
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
$ X: x; w+ G/ ?" _5 F% G# gCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 M) K% S& i- d2 x/ J* sDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 M* U6 H- z7 x, E& F& }DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
9 c# n5 u7 I  Y$ `, F$ |; SDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 b0 d9 z5 D7 YDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
5 g  {+ P& t! R0 f4 Q) y$ [7 zRange increases to 11,000 yards
& ^" o. H2 a: _8 ?) ?3 Z1 L/ mCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 ]  q+ a% O# t, P0 u; CCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards. U$ i3 Z; G* y  [0 d( i% _
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
. b7 f; c5 g* `& l/ bCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
2 v& ]$ x) |$ C7 o# a7 X) t  i& UCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
& J, [8 |! }8 L- G9 F" l, R  N0 lCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards: ]4 @& r# i  n9 R$ x: H/ M& o, U
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
3 Z4 k( B! k% d- ~9 [DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards6 x6 m* r6 {5 R3 Q" y
Range closes to 8,000 yards
/ a, ^  Y$ T' _# c, c; @CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards: B: B. r; K2 V1 l) z. N0 h
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ I* |, a6 a2 c
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
9 J5 D; M+ Y% J, }APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards$ [& ^1 z1 D; s8 J
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards! k; U  k, L( S5 V4 s) ^
Range closes to 7,000 yards
5 {9 C3 i3 G. Q/ XCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 \' I5 X. G  F; ]5 o
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
2 k; i2 e. _8 ?1 K8 XCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; b9 m0 R3 M, \) z& ~CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 S! z0 C% a( @CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
" e/ h2 e. x9 g) xCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
7 z3 _5 n: Q! [2 z9 x; ^CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ X! t5 q0 S$ ^* Z
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 i! |& S/ u6 l) u1 |, n: h/ X
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 |# L: O3 T  l1 P
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards- v) J5 u) K4 ~$ O3 W5 Y( ?
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards* y, ~' _& A, N+ L4 d
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) z0 I: l7 [5 R& v
Range increases to 8,000 yards
. N1 }& s4 P% s+ {6 V* a6 i% ^CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ {& ^8 r$ l# Y6 z2 v( W; g3 ?CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ q& R% x6 P& `+ [: E$ T2 G8 Q
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
1 s8 `: E* f* l$ t# f9 F6 S$ `Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
* g$ T+ X8 w) Z, N3 t( G- }8 ~Task forces break off..., X2 ?6 U# k. _, m' g9 t0 c
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards2 b3 M& k) x' x, M, K

) a6 Q; f! L5 A; `: QJapanese Ships
; ^; g8 L: _  ^5 ^; F      APD T-1' C* K7 N! a# u0 }; X) R
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk. i; U; D/ Y/ ~
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk9 m! C" l8 p: x; m
      APD T-55 L3 H  a* e# t0 C  u" h1 C  j$ n
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk/ j) u, `- ]7 q0 ?
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk8 Y8 A- n2 `& k$ e
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Allied Ships1 L9 K6 z2 y' Y# L. V
      CA Portland
5 f8 ^  `( Z1 ~1 z: u      CA Northampton
7 a/ i, Y2 D8 W; Z& C      CA Chester- b% ^% ?' N; M6 ~
      CA Louisville% o; R2 k9 F( }, Q9 x: x: F1 q
      CA Chicago2 m% t% l7 [0 ?) s/ |& W8 S! ]" k
      CA Astoria6 P) j; m; H8 ]% J6 B
      CA Minneapolis4 ?. V/ k5 Q' t( j' z
      CA San Francisco
1 }" ?. \, T  _# S0 \, H& B      CA Quincy
0 e% Q9 }% ?2 d' X+ @% S3 D$ k# ?6 H7 I      CA Vincennes6 u6 b) z3 f* d3 s
      CA Wichita
' V" L$ h4 g. U) z3 f+ U      DD Bennett
' e' L7 z$ y+ O" B      DD Bradford0 X/ G1 I3 L8 I2 X' g1 ^2 L1 k+ y
      DD Braine2 q1 h: g% X' A7 j9 z
      DD Brownson, @2 b% r8 Y# b& }( ]
      DD Bryant/ Q4 T+ m: e  p* ]' H
      DD Bullard( O) F  m$ r; ?3 J+ |
      DD Burns1 L0 U6 d- a7 H! n( {9 F
      DD Callaghan
& Z9 v& {: @4 [1 j, P' _      DD Caperton
' _, R% \% w1 k) |- x3 g, G) p      DD Capps
3 S. T  O6 g: D9 U  [* y9 g      DMS Emmons
/ m# u  ^$ I: u' J' ?: ]      DMS Macomb
! M3 U+ i: Z/ i$ L      DMS Rodman
0 y; M6 k) x5 Z8 K3 o8 c      DMS Gherardi
2 `% {2 F. |( _- n9 M
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards! c7 C- g# N% E/ a
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' {9 G' [3 G8 M+ L( WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 X( z" t/ N! n; ~" y9 \7 h" N. PRange closes to 26,000 yards...
# p4 B7 ^6 s: y8 R6 @% I  ?1 D" MRange closes to 24,000 yards...* |8 Z) z& x  L6 U7 p5 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 c5 h3 Z- p5 T
Range closes to 22,000 yards...5 [: o+ c- j: _6 P% `: p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
" R2 T( c* w3 I3 c6 ?1 m# o3 sRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 b- ?; m! G2 @3 o3 F* O4 h' J; [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; O' J# ^; G8 f0 G6 r9 _9 N6 MRange closes to 18,000 yards...1 f( r3 @" I* o
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 ]) f( O' H8 j0 ?9 d2 s4 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards! w9 N  P( X1 d) g
Range closes to 14,000 yards...2 R0 q, h6 \5 l* h. }; R
Range closes to 12,000 yards.... K5 O5 i$ O+ R& V2 ~
Range closes to 11,000 yards...# s/ P! e5 n- l3 A- p
Range closes to 10,000 yards...  E. |% q  L2 X4 R4 a" D
Range closes to 9,000 yards...* o7 y9 W+ Q  i/ p, d
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 ]5 k+ e" z# D9 [8 a/ Q% |( U8 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
7 y* b2 x0 p, BCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
2 t8 J7 ]9 p9 Q! _CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
; ]6 s2 C: g! ECA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 y' m- x7 Y  g* ODD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
( G6 r" r- x5 K3 q) R" MAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
. M% r+ H8 p' z) }2 r1 H% }% [% X8 I1 mCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 I" V. f) K6 K  f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards/ ~" h" C+ Z4 ~; }+ ?  w' `
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# W- a6 H7 F1 G
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
; W' d& k$ V! I$ ~5 U# W) x* gCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ S- u$ n1 `& b5 H' U2 y3 g- \9 GAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
7 f& g  |: e! o3 EDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards5 `; _7 @, I4 |* A0 J
Range closes to 5,000 yards
) Z5 u# U$ t2 f4 d  g9 k! \) TDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
5 h9 X# E2 A& A: ]APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards7 P1 y) _9 P. A* }' ^0 @* S
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
. m4 p* @+ P* o( m: k. JCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards- h; P: `3 u' o& O
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
0 Q( J* H( M2 h6 ~$ m7 w. G# gRange closes to 2,000 yards2 Y# O( u5 s$ N3 }* T8 L6 U+ `' ^( _
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards0 @& [" F* C3 q: I+ K7 ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards; ]: w4 y" x" `* V6 c0 I! P4 n6 ]
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
" k8 |2 B2 k$ W. \) K$ `- m2 VAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
% D; n! n; S7 r, ]Range increases to 6,000 yards
& a$ P& Y8 z' H+ L5 t2 k% w) rCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards. o6 ?6 m+ V5 D& o# Q
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
+ n2 D2 g5 `: ?. c4 `& j) GAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards* G, n7 k9 ]" B+ D" m# v
Range increases to 9,000 yards7 w7 X# |8 t/ k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards7 K# R! H* P2 l4 @. D
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards$ L) p- f, Z9 b% P. N/ o' l, Z* J
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: T8 m: ^0 B) {
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" W) j; C! ~1 M; F* f
Range increases to 13,000 yards0 x$ S" _. {+ [- y; a
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
: P  W- b+ L8 L4 E5 ~# y! V! tAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
! j8 a$ I! C8 \' `0 b# ]Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape* V3 Q3 T2 }3 n- p
Task forces break off...8 d; L# i$ _2 s( c! i

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; I, ~6 ^! c" [5 K+ \Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards5 [# ?, \  [' ^# ^! [* w0 V) V+ Y
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
: x; F3 t9 j' K1 q      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships4 K5 P. n9 ?" R+ L5 T& F7 G
      BB North Carolina
4 I5 }/ g' n; h8 s0 `: y      BB Washington
- P% f' D* H; v/ k8 V3 Q$ z$ x      BB South Dakota
  X! z0 ~' N7 }$ h( ~      BB Indiana
  N) `1 {6 w; }/ K7 i* z      BB Massachusetts1 I. v$ K% t5 g4 Q  I
      BB Alabama
5 A7 d' T' k8 a5 ?! g      DD Conner
5 t2 m, q6 r* _      DD Cotten2 `9 @/ H8 J/ r- e2 K- n) }* H0 [, O
      DD Cowell6 p* I. V! O8 x  j
      DD Daly
- o. P" J0 m0 ~9 Q+ e+ ]& I" m      DD Eaton
: Q) E+ V  E7 F8 C) L1 {      DD Heywood Edwards
' @+ A; ]! S  M3 [+ d# X# |      DD Erben$ s! f3 z$ L. B5 p4 ?
      DD Evans  o( c8 e( ^' G' k4 F& |$ \
      DD Foote6 o  @& o5 R" ~9 E! y* v
      DD Franks
9 B1 m; U4 g" O% I* Y- x' u  F      DD Fullam- P( x' v) A9 a/ T- ]( a+ l, |
      DD Gatling
% j+ b0 r3 A: o; ?      DD Albert Grant
0 r, z' V" [! o      DD Gregory
  a# M: k4 e7 z' h# ]      DD Guest3 [& K3 `( |0 Y# {5 k
      DMS Hamilton+ g& Y) m) y$ c$ R0 u0 i2 m
      DMS Forrest$ c" w% N/ F) V; A, _3 O9 v' i  i
      DMS Ellyson' q9 K- t- P1 X

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; U) P3 T0 F* {& l' C6 ]Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" N2 N# i+ L) B# a
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' I$ j# O8 A4 D0 _, f* V) y2 z! jRange closes to 26,000 yards...
: H2 U  S* c- y# ERange closes to 24,000 yards...% y2 \( N0 h9 b% V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 ^- g$ v! `. Y/ |! h) i9 XRange closes to 20,000 yards...
/ k- P) A1 r, E8 t, K0 W+ k8 |Range closes to 18,000 yards...
0 C4 F+ f/ T* mRange closes to 16,000 yards..." H  v8 A  p( k0 L
Range closes to 14,000 yards...: P. h! T' o8 b8 ^5 _+ v& r8 t' _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 a$ F' U) ]: eRange closes to 11,000 yards...; B* K( ?! @: b) s5 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% W" U+ N& j: j- l6 HRange closes to 10,000 yards...' M0 L: z+ t# M7 M0 t3 ]2 n2 b9 u
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
- k; e* y! e2 s! W6 q" |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
6 K2 W6 l  l! L( ]) mBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
, i2 i* X% h% O5 nAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
: n" F" D) W, E0 y9 E$ MDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 Q. ?8 r% }) f; _7 aDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
! D; U. n& B7 S( Q3 x* r, _DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: Y/ ^7 l2 {- J' _4 _1 ]4 [6 ARange closes to 5,000 yards* j% f5 t7 Y" i9 a) W
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards* N1 R2 K1 O* n# \1 |% z: Q
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards# G* X% `$ w/ w9 l2 G
Range closes to 3,000 yards4 K. e! O: \, ~6 c6 p9 R
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards3 g3 O: ?. d! b+ S+ t5 n3 ~
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' d% j+ p+ n& s" e9 u$ j% z( @# IDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards$ [8 y8 _! T5 Z8 X+ m- t
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
$ d% R( ^4 v- [2 b1 Z' s4 T! QDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! D: W* P  Y) q3 B4 b6 |APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards; @/ b# k% e* j  W9 V/ I/ \& F. z! o
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
& }) Z; l0 c6 VDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards5 c+ c; V! j# [8 \
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# t+ ]4 L7 u! S- E9 k$ ?. ^2 @
Range increases to 5,000 yards
) l7 P: w5 o$ A/ _1 f; t! NBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
+ K) c# l/ S7 f) {DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
1 p2 b% |- }  u3 g; `+ x7 BRange increases to 7,000 yards
& v( t9 @$ q. K9 u2 ~8 B. @DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards# B0 z1 [( H3 ?& J$ P0 `
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards8 E6 P# p3 a  @5 K1 _
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
! ~1 m$ \' G" a- |9 S, T8 d# t& }APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
% ^1 Q( \0 p7 n+ z! MAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
  F* R' [' B% o! v0 D- hCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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