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6 f9 a2 B6 \2 {# LSub/ASW Attacks 1 @3 f+ y' X2 B$ G0 l* F
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ASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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! K K( p9 W8 V k) LJapanese Ships " ]( c( J" O, p
SS RO-35, hits 7 : n1 F2 C& Z" N9 U" n, \
2 j& Q, O/ P0 Y3 p0 w5 s; KAllied Ships # C0 e8 D0 Y1 Q& Z
DD Saufley $ B$ i) C6 \2 q8 ], ]9 [. {
DD Picking 2 s* [% }; ?! ~) l/ Y
DD John Hood 9 ?4 r; S/ ?" n# \; U
DD Caperton 9 J- M$ y: X2 r- ^+ p" o3 G
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7 t" A0 Z1 }, ?6 m' i( vSub attack near Bonin at 65,52 # v" q$ [0 X, Q+ t2 L/ |& f0 \! E
& d) ^3 n) Z0 L# _, I9 E/ }# j, B. z2 TJapanese Ships
8 L$ v! M6 Y, PAP Meisho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
/ r S( ]2 b5 y! k8 z% n5 RPC Kume , T- R! }+ [9 ~/ u9 P; M
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$ }, e" s6 [9 B. \0 i3 |SS Hake 7 n# R8 V6 S8 ^( W- Q
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! X' J$ p5 f- JASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53 & J. M& f- b9 k% @ _6 \! }, E
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SS RO-35, hits 7, on fire - [ l$ `% Z- p+ M
2 v, F( m6 O4 x1 B" _& w
Allied Ships
3 A2 ?9 N1 E8 R9 C+ {0 NDD Saufley ' l8 H7 M' e6 o: d0 V/ N( r t
DD Picking
$ v/ w; A: e. s3 ZDD John Hood + p! _( n9 ?% y, e0 B$ L" \6 k
DD Caperton
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& k+ A) S$ f i6 u/ z V/ GSub attack at 62,53
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" I$ @ V( }$ ^ A- s" I; YAP Tenpei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
% \7 [3 Q1 Q0 u, O$ `% hPC Ch 2 3 f, L& I& ]9 C& q2 V
2 X; i) a0 g/ |4 r& bAllied Ships
. B1 i/ g/ d! pSS Bang
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! Q9 a6 I D3 Z0 {0 e0 [# gJapanese ground losses:
) U$ i Y. V& Y4 g2 J88 casualties reported
( K- l+ b% y8 p7 u& zGuns lost 2 $ ~! a* ?, [4 p8 }; u2 g- E% [
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) {$ v8 o' t0 K3 INight Surface Combat $ J8 o' O" q0 \( ?2 `
, h" ~. B- l) D& D3 G+ {I sent the slow battleship TF south and found a convoy. Damage wasn't too great, but
8 L: i: Q7 @/ W! E4 |) z. X/ fthe convoy was hit by kamikaze attacks north of Iwo Jima later in the day.
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/ w4 k- _& |% _* T0 |4 W, _Night Time Surface Combat at 64,53
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Japanese Ships # T7 V z2 v- O* U
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
* l5 ~3 m h* B$ @5 {; b- @8 ~4 E. kBB Yamashiro
, p" @ ]% j: `! WBB Hyuga 3 W1 Q. Y5 a/ p- F' ]
CA Mikuma 2 y, ^' o6 n) b3 }; i$ Q. P
CL Noshiro
" q- o- l: v1 tDD Fuyuzuki 9 t3 d. V1 N* D8 i" Q3 I
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1
) p( Q, z# Z7 P, r! N- m' W A) L9 U% DDD Momi ) ?; R. n/ m6 U. d
DD Kaede
! H; e. ^, s/ \) A8 n% SDD Kaki, Shell hits 1 / ?8 ~8 O" v1 o9 C$ N
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1, on fire 8 e4 x" q2 B7 f; p5 N" l
! g" ` t( b5 `3 {Allied Ships , `* J3 B2 w6 _# `* d
DE LeRay Wilson, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk ) d# ^ o6 T! k2 f7 y' t
DMS Boggs, Shell hits 1 ) I% Q- ^: ~0 t* q- z
DMS Macomb, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ( w% Q4 ^ z- `" ~, n
DMS Rodman & \* T* v, g; {1 F$ w4 u; m0 J5 M
DMS Gherardi
- }; a1 b; e( _" n, B1 yDMS Jeffers, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage % z( D P: x7 n1 @0 h$ E' s
DMS Harding, Shell hits 2, on fire 8 E! e# Z, r( S9 g$ ^7 r% |5 E
LST LST-339, heavy damage 9 r. m3 A9 {- j }+ A0 G. {
LST LST-457, heavy damage - J, }# F0 H1 A. ~3 e
AK Louis A. Sengteller, on fire
% l% E' P# u; I+ O" v/ @AK Martin Johnson, on fire, heavy damage
+ P4 d" ^. p+ ~3 T8 a1 d
5 D: x: M8 @5 X3 F# EAllied ground losses: ' E" a/ H, }$ o) _/ Z
54 casualties reported 0 S; O' O# }1 R! E! d, ^: b4 N# ]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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PC PC-41, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
0 j$ C/ G7 i, K J. `PC PC-144, Shell hits 17, and is sunk - j$ E3 q x7 x6 P
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Allied Ships 7 M6 o+ i% {9 p1 C, v* h
DD Lyman K. Swenson
5 l/ N N$ ]1 v! R' t7 N3 wDD Taussig 5 G+ c7 j2 `. D& U6 y0 {' E
DD John W. Weeks " O% ^# g# p9 [0 _, u+ Q! s2 \
DD Harrison 4 e2 d& c c, A% h
DD Isherwood, Shell hits 1
& e) R; A% Z- L6 U5 lDD David Taylor
$ ?5 r! }& c3 r( s4 F- @DD Barton - [* X; o. U. R# s9 Q/ B
DD Quickmatch
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" L8 ?4 |+ B% ?3 H7 MOur strike against the enemy near Marcus Island started well: + x2 L$ E$ h7 W: |4 b7 j, V
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56 ' v9 J+ h9 k! O b0 F" _
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Japanese Ships
) S& \" x5 j1 f& q+ QCA Kako, Shell hits 1
2 D1 d2 I9 o0 p+ ^) ^3 e4 W. n8 cCL Kiso
8 g, ^! k( ^; E' u ?3 h B9 iDD Urakaze
$ A& t1 b$ n N. S& j( mDD Natsugumo
# |9 {" `1 i1 H: p% V" I4 e! BDD Minegumo $ g2 d/ l3 b* ]6 K- z9 g4 ~
DD Sugi
5 Y. `" v, i; ADD Hinoki
' S. ^; x) }9 X! o4 n" z1 A$ u7 QDD Kashi
7 [+ @0 K# a% A( S+ @: W+ aDD Keyaki
/ Q+ _! V9 S' h. t- y) p @, l
/ u/ c; i* t! o* A3 {- ?) [Allied Ships
& P0 \& L: l3 Z$ U4 |. TAS Howard W. Gilmore
3 a, Q' S7 i9 c- _% H% VAV Kenneth Whiting, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage 6 a4 T3 E8 F3 N% y8 |, H
AV Hamlin
& e, a. Q' c9 c- c$ lAGP Brontes, Shell hits 3, on fire
; O: y7 M9 C& |8 L% CAR Charles Lummis, Shell hits 1 ; x( X7 ?) ^( k% A# N
AR George Taylor
0 D$ X4 k/ J4 G. U3 l' m/ w$ hAV R. C. Brennan
( Y0 ~* z5 k/ W7 f) I7 D( @AS S. Hall Young, Shell hits 2, on fire 4 d6 y& @4 d9 u2 Q
AR William H. Gray, Shell hits 43, and is sunk , |2 k- U* Y" W9 o+ p
AR William T. Sherman 4 N, `" \, H: M m
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* a0 M- p: Y. n# H$ i% KThen we met a superior enemy cruiser TF:
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56 9 C: w) N0 O/ ]
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Japanese Ships 2 K6 S$ u- J8 u7 K! ^
CA Kako, Shell hits 4 , V$ X' K: V2 T) u
CL Kiso, Shell hits 9
, I% @* D9 ^1 ]' W, ]/ cDD Urakaze, Shell hits 11, on fire
2 W0 a9 q, c& K5 ]8 @/ ]DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ; _. M6 m8 m( s* X5 K" \
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage " z. X/ t6 z& n6 l% N
DD Sugi, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage 7 h( l3 E: J: m' A. d. R* I
DD Hinoki, Shell hits 4 s5 V% ]% W+ K# p1 n; ^1 f& e
DD Kashi, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk / K! H8 H% S4 V2 O
DD Keyaki, Shell hits 3, on fire % g% R ^' u' C% M+ `
7 U3 I$ _4 c( [& h. hAllied Ships
' \2 j F/ U ~CL Australia, Shell hits 11, on fire
2 w6 |1 O5 M" YCA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2
+ {8 _0 G) V8 B, o0 bCL Wilkes-Barre
% r) u- R$ v9 M3 }3 s; w1 aCA Detroit, Shell hits 1
& P7 p2 n5 K9 U+ VDD Allen M. Sumner, Shell hits 2, on fire 1 C- u1 `1 I1 a- T( g# o
DD Burns, Shell hits 1
( c' n' s$ o$ J7 }2 NDD Bush, Shell hits 1
4 h5 e3 _$ o. F4 Q# t9 UDD Callaghan, Shell hits 1 , |( k; \5 \8 A5 i
DD Welles
/ K2 { I# N6 x; e( GDD Wilkes
& @' w' |- \% ~( O2 \8 h8 _DD Roe
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) A0 Y# I* |! I& Q" W2 a& Y; RNight Time Surface Combat at 62,53 / J; Q5 J' g! {5 H u8 F- v$ B
3 X) V, D0 `! q7 VJapanese Ships : A- D4 v. r% p; P6 j
PC Yashiro, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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. Z8 l3 C c6 c3 j2 N- A& \ _Allied Ships
z# Z, g, v" c) _, xDD Nicholson
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Japanese Ships
h* V8 S' p. V" X5 EPC PC-72, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ; g& L, t: n+ b9 F! Z: H
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Allied Ships
/ w: \6 P8 o# l$ c: f3 dDD Lyman K. Swenson 9 _" J3 k0 L' g" C* B- R# ~3 k( l2 t4 e
DD Taussig
; Q! q Q9 t5 \6 z \. qDD John W. Weeks
* p: _: A- L) u1 k4 ~DD Harrison
1 G2 L3 a" ]7 @- }DD Isherwood
; a9 w6 V$ n$ V0 iDD David Taylor 2 \: k4 {: [, z9 @6 ?2 u
DD Barton
) ^' m& s$ H; J& X! m# B" S6 oDD Quickmatch
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1 n5 M7 c( Q& E% W/ ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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) v8 [% l# E4 K. |Japanese Ships . E- Y) R3 n* I! K* `
PC Ukuru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
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) V; c- {8 Z7 ~$ DAllied Ships
8 c% b* R8 s( U2 jDD Lyman K. Swenson
- P3 t+ ~5 F& P# CDD Taussig
( i- S4 w5 u1 @9 d0 E1 N! ~5 |8 x' hDD John W. Weeks, Shell hits 1
- Q" z p1 \) e5 N0 J& P8 T1 a& dDD Harrison % H/ h) S' t3 w: O% ]( e' ~$ o
DD Isherwood
0 D- m: r+ T9 ?# uDD David Taylor
: `/ l* C' h" }8 l) d: L% NDD Barton ; k8 V; ^. F2 Q9 j" ^
DD Quickmatch
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5 x% L) [* N+ x' F6 A- K2 F9 ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 0 C+ x+ f& E2 l8 K
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Japanese Ships
/ Q. |6 K; u% w0 t( X3 T/ DPC PC-66, Shell hits 13, and is sunk " [& X) o Z8 [. S' X7 }
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Allied Ships ; ]2 N! ?( }8 d H0 s9 v
DD Lyman K. Swenson % S4 X0 l J0 Z8 s
DD Taussig
+ e2 C6 U$ J$ X/ p7 M+ b! h" X6 w" iDD John W. Weeks
- b. @, r/ T/ T1 J u0 [7 }4 QDD Harrison . {/ i! x. ]& l& P# R0 v0 m! t# h
DD Isherwood
* i( w* [8 f* t- xDD David Taylor
$ \& r# _9 r( @( e3 zDD Barton
0 s2 b, h* U4 ~" @- |DD Quickmatch , W7 E/ _) D5 A! p* A8 n* o
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Daylight Surface Combat
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* T7 Y' G7 B% `. w6 P5 e* WDay Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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Japanese Ships 9 J0 z+ S* I* t! a
PC Yashiro, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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; G! @) x; ]5 d, |! AAllied Ships # w/ Z; b, r8 G! ?
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1
& B8 T: @& v# i+ o: S! XBB Massachusetts ! T: U' m) l8 y
BB Alabama ! B5 z' H/ L2 ~8 Y# O' @* h
CA Louisville ! V' p# l# _" o- d
CA Chicago 3 {3 m( g. ^; _% [5 O7 m: d0 m
DD Walker
9 M$ T8 F+ F( G) u6 l4 O* aDD Waller
. _7 A9 X4 n7 w9 A$ \# HDD Wedderburn 8 R; e3 K( V; b1 F; q$ H2 K
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 : J% T- e8 h; M2 I. y
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Japanese Ships ' y+ X: G2 [! X6 o$ G! M
AK Ryuko Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk - w7 I, B8 s9 w- P% Z
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Allied Ships " E4 _ ^/ T# q
BB South Dakota ' a- Z) Y8 r; X \& O
BB Massachusetts
P% D* R& `- o% n( z5 D0 v# i; xBB Alabama
7 z) M$ `6 g' W& w6 p4 v/ gCA Louisville
+ F" ]; I7 B+ WCA Chicago . w' U! r) }$ `- P6 q! [* c
DD Walker 7 {9 u2 l7 h6 J) b$ t6 y+ w3 t
DD Waller * x4 c4 H0 x: c9 }7 a/ g; \
DD Wedderburn " C, B& M$ \! K8 I* v2 v2 v
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AK Renzan Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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9 B4 U+ I+ ~, Q) BBB South Dakota
9 u' @. C' |9 r' X& J. TBB Massachusetts 6 `# q! E5 v& l
BB Alabama
Z1 N, D9 l% `4 @& v e) GCA Louisville
+ ]. B' e' _/ c6 a' u ECA Chicago 1 W6 C2 H# i& |9 N' B
DD Walker
# Z$ ~2 _1 X8 d+ q+ b9 I9 k; |5 n6 kDD Waller
; N5 \0 w# p' E3 T8 r5 bDD Wedderburn
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2 j3 H' k |, q5 ^, A6 ^3 s0 _Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 ) k6 B# p' q1 @4 D) w
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Japanese Ships
# X) M1 D6 n1 l" x+ ePC Ikuna, Shell hits 3, and is sunk B2 s# s8 }. \
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Allied Ships $ @9 o+ \6 J& m+ F% k# i
BB South Dakota ) q: y6 z& |+ z: A8 {' I
BB Massachusetts ( y1 C) c3 i! D7 p% _2 _6 H1 x
BB Alabama
- y# m0 x- _* o# K5 z. q( s* jCA Louisville / J z' `, N$ s
CA Chicago 6 c: S) q6 ]& |; K* X2 W j
DD Walker , @" o7 s* E# Q/ b2 ?6 s
DD Waller 3 E$ b. y9 Y& O1 Q; U
DD Wedderburn
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 0 j0 q7 b- x# o0 ?/ G( F
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Japanese Ships
7 c$ @9 T; e& I7 {4 |PC Awaji, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage . z- j' t" ~7 `2 ?5 B0 b
8 @0 G" [- @( \& D) ^! B* I
Allied Ships 7 m1 c3 ~, ]5 T2 Q
BB South Dakota 8 V. \* R/ S2 V
BB Massachusetts
: u. j+ V+ _" C6 H' V7 ?; Y5 \BB Alabama 9 z# T8 c- w( I) q0 O1 P
CA Louisville
' W* {$ P# Y- }6 g% [CA Chicago 9 i* \, d" e6 D' s z# a9 U
DD Walker 4 M$ U/ V+ }1 d1 V4 i7 W
DD Waller
. z& P" j& X' `7 k3 ^' B5 jDD Wedderburn ; P. L7 Q" A# D8 _9 F5 e# s
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Japanese Ships
1 p' G" g/ r' l+ j" y7 zAK Myoho Maru
8 N0 [1 |+ H" m' L `: KAK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire & R* I8 f) ~2 E3 G3 i& x# k" ?$ d
+ s0 b z7 y u C
Allied Ships
3 U& x2 j& b6 z* vBB South Dakota ( h+ j* v8 F m; ?2 f: n% z
BB Massachusetts ! ^! i" C V! e! S) y
BB Alabama
# w6 \% _' |2 {5 l4 rCA Louisville 2 Z0 j7 a' ] P, U7 y
CA Chicago ( r# f0 { n4 v* a; _5 z$ y2 W
DD Walker
7 T0 T+ \" w3 K n+ n* F+ k% nDD Waller 3 j0 F/ x2 R$ x9 O$ p+ D2 [
DD Wedderburn ! r) b: T W$ I1 m) n7 u
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y- Q. U' o+ N. W& K; K1 ?* UAP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
! \6 E+ Z, l- q' eBB South Dakota 9 R+ o( Q3 G& o" n' r
BB Massachusetts
7 k& j O% b& h/ O$ ZBB Alabama ! \* O/ b( {9 R: g, t' `3 h b
CA Louisville n+ L M6 f6 a3 M4 r. U
CA Chicago : e, u3 Y2 }. b1 I7 C
DD Walker $ E: I- g, w# \1 T* l3 I& n
DD Waller & X. A, @0 y$ R1 Y0 ?4 e5 X! A5 H" [' ^
DD Wedderburn
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) I; F0 F! X" I% t: KPC PC-2, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
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! A8 h( r% _5 G" S: KAllied Ships
7 v. B! G1 z6 J7 u" C7 QBB South Dakota
J1 c7 n# Q+ c6 [$ B! _1 ~$ QBB Massachusetts 9 V3 c" h" m o' J$ c4 v* g7 W
BB Alabama, Shell hits 1
3 A0 i6 v6 U, Z& GCA Louisville
e% ^1 s0 T+ u4 sCA Chicago
& u' s d, q1 `, J$ _, n; \DD Walker . N; F u/ Q( r4 k. f& q6 ~3 {
DD Waller 4 Q% K7 B1 e! _' h* t% D' W( k' B9 C
DD Wedderburn " q7 W* o+ J' S# q- t
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PC PC-23, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
9 ^9 k- n) e+ x, x- `: O& QAP Zenoa Maru, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage 2 P& [9 @+ p, d$ L- z0 x& ]$ A3 V
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Allied Ships ( G# }* [2 i" o* {4 o+ e; X
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1, on fire <- That's right, sink her!!-)
2 O) i9 j/ F& `2 e6 zBB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1
^4 i6 p; Q" G. J7 A4 pBB Alabama ( [4 _# X4 Y+ w' j4 m
CA Louisville " d6 {! S: u" }$ K2 }* L6 U# j
CA Chicago ; V6 J/ s# A* h. M# g' u& a( i) | Q Q
DD Walker 6 n+ b3 V$ q3 o# P$ Y" C
DD Waller 9 P7 i( {/ [/ {4 \
DD Wedderburn
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Bombardments 4 C4 h% b N3 v0 B ^) W# p: Y
9 T) b7 k( V( L/ p2 ?Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
+ C9 ^% z1 g; b+ u23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. " _, d! G' p9 d0 z" w& H
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Allied Ships
6 L1 M9 \9 r8 J x- `/ J7 LCA Chicago
, n( [- w# x5 Q& d' P$ xCA Louisville
, {$ L6 H) p8 z+ _4 b' lBB Alabama
6 h+ D$ U9 n# e9 BBB Massachusetts
6 ]4 w* w) V- ZBB South Dakota, Shell hits 18 - A- l2 T% K; o. B9 |' w' d
. y9 F1 }& z2 a) @/ r3 tJapanese ground losses:
9 K4 ]! g0 U( d; T$ }184 casualties reported ( \0 x; \) W! b4 ~
Guns lost 3 $ b! H4 ~7 y9 i' J1 V$ L
4 A X, b C, c, B
Runway hits 1
6 s- q) x6 B' r1 Y: m) m8 JPort fuel hits 1 m4 @2 s; v8 J4 C8 h3 h
Port supply hits 2 & Z" y( P$ u5 s9 ] n8 Q3 h: V/ A
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+ c3 c; ~2 s* n! A7 p) pNaval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53
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Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed : s3 g# c$ b7 U! [- K
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1 L+ r; r+ `) g* I* Q5 bCA Chester ; q+ K: a& v- X3 K' g# J
BB Washington
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Japanese ground losses: - Y: [8 u- E8 \, y u! u
85 casualties reported
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Port supply hits 4 , X t. l( W. T. r; E/ y
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Night Air Combat
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Night Air attack on TF at 65,53 3 t& E% r! b8 I* F+ ?1 X
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H8K Emily x 5
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3 v" z' q( N2 B5 MH8K Emily: 5 damaged
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2 Y& @$ H' S. E( B2 J" mDD Hyman
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Night Air attack on TF at 64,53 . G+ M* b& Y9 s: B) i0 W/ N
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Allied aircraft
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