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# g0 u% A+ y d: Y' ~0 d7 uASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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SS RO-35, hits 7
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Allied Ships
* v( |2 E B2 H% R0 NDD Saufley
, K. ]' d. T# ]/ MDD Picking
: v( u! M) K$ {1 S4 iDD John Hood , [* k% O8 w5 m' s2 a/ b; `
DD Caperton j/ \8 i- A+ e0 c& i. C
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Sub attack near Bonin at 65,52 8 ] x/ c) r ^
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Japanese Ships
3 g3 @6 D# g) J7 z }: KAP Meisho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
& [1 i5 f& z: I/ F- @' h% @& _1 c BPC Kume
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7 \; {1 t/ a6 n `$ x2 v. DAllied Ships ; U8 |! m. V# {/ Z- G- W
SS Hake
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ASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53 , V& y; ^5 q- y) R& M
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/ V2 Y. N$ }1 j8 P! RSS RO-35, hits 7, on fire
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Allied Ships
5 F5 E/ |% r" a7 ?DD Saufley 2 N3 r% k F# c; w8 C4 f( B
DD Picking
$ r7 {+ [* r$ l, K& Y$ z. mDD John Hood
- G" E4 \( T4 A m& HDD Caperton
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Sub attack at 62,53
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4 q0 ]/ e' X8 M* ~2 ~5 N ]8 X/ _! @Japanese Ships q* ^/ t" ?" N2 F; C+ t% I
AP Tenpei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
|( a A+ I/ P2 e3 lPC Ch 2 " M* l( D* j! D$ O. U# l
9 Q2 x- w x# g" P1 bAllied Ships 1 g" ~2 g7 h% i$ Q
SS Bang
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+ v% J# r1 s/ ^6 I2 JJapanese ground losses: ! q4 e4 x8 a. h8 r$ k* g# T ]0 y
88 casualties reported 4 N2 S$ w. j) A$ [/ N$ n5 n
Guns lost 2
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I sent the slow battleship TF south and found a convoy. Damage wasn't too great, but 4 o8 p, n2 R# a
the convoy was hit by kamikaze attacks north of Iwo Jima later in the day. / s; C# t1 h) v
: r/ {- f: ` `: \4 L9 I9 b. g, y5 SNight Time Surface Combat at 64,53
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. r4 X4 P) {# v1 Z! U3 qJapanese Ships & f! d( n( F1 I- S+ b6 b8 N2 [
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3 v8 R; a9 H3 y' [* b! k
BB Yamashiro ' t5 T X% O! o1 ^. t5 L; t
BB Hyuga * A& C/ i5 z. |7 c6 H3 E9 ` K
CA Mikuma
) ]7 D2 ]/ ~' V) Z7 }1 W3 SCL Noshiro
- z% j! s' G/ QDD Fuyuzuki & n5 O7 d3 v2 U' Q
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1
- Y7 ] O" |: |) IDD Momi
2 r( F; R- ]$ ^5 G6 X' x3 ~# F% gDD Kaede
% c/ { T1 [3 `3 Y6 a* A/ @DD Kaki, Shell hits 1 * d6 M$ H' B% @
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
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7 R: A4 _7 u" \; h- u, b0 r ZAllied Ships $ `: e4 A9 t( }4 \2 v3 M
DE LeRay Wilson, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) ^" t9 v! k! e. O4 i9 i& tDMS Boggs, Shell hits 1 ' z; M2 t! c# b& |# n* V |0 P# `
DMS Macomb, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( n, d8 {7 K$ R; v6 r* aDMS Rodman : | K* P4 Y& r3 x/ L
DMS Gherardi 0 {- ]$ a0 V# x7 M$ }* R
DMS Jeffers, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
/ t( T" q; O; f# D+ P6 ^DMS Harding, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 {3 I7 f' u6 e& W, C( lLST LST-339, heavy damage 6 k+ O1 k, s6 l! v2 ~' g
LST LST-457, heavy damage
. S m& l- Q, X3 ?% \AK Louis A. Sengteller, on fire i" G8 w7 s- c2 P G
AK Martin Johnson, on fire, heavy damage 7 t$ C* x/ m+ c- c/ d& l
. l% s. N6 x/ b/ O0 K; GAllied ground losses:
\8 x* s! W8 C, b/ h( |54 casualties reported , W3 K+ S0 o) V$ J* G; E( l
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. b5 m4 h- G6 e4 X: kNight Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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PC PC-41, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage $ ^$ M; i% N0 D# H/ t
PC PC-144, Shell hits 17, and is sunk , x* f8 s: n1 `! q4 r7 Y
# {! C A8 \# `Allied Ships
1 v& u- x# n7 A8 b4 P( U) K1 e7 NDD Lyman K. Swenson
$ z7 r- a# G; _2 p) [. X( O8 K* cDD Taussig : T, ?; g& ~" ~" C r
DD John W. Weeks ; A, N& W' g& z# C4 J: ]( L
DD Harrison # E, a+ \7 U1 {8 S# n4 j; x/ Q. U
DD Isherwood, Shell hits 1
5 p3 H8 O3 {& QDD David Taylor
4 X6 ]1 S, h& m+ d: D: l$ F4 cDD Barton : C- p: |6 O m& L
DD Quickmatch - I! H' A3 b+ h; a3 j* x2 H$ W% W( q
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Our strike against the enemy near Marcus Island started well:
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56 % R& B) W" _0 I( k
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Japanese Ships
: S. v. w- @9 @4 hCA Kako, Shell hits 1
% |/ v Z9 A8 i8 U# I6 x; k% RCL Kiso & D& E$ M- v7 m- M* M3 G! B
DD Urakaze
" G( p3 R- c" ]. b; B8 tDD Natsugumo / p* d4 x$ ^5 b1 J# L2 ~( ~6 y. b* z
DD Minegumo 4 S' |/ ~2 F% e* a! B. ]) t2 J' A) W
DD Sugi 3 ]7 }4 h# S/ Q$ y+ U6 t
DD Hinoki : c$ |- w2 d6 S [6 W9 C
DD Kashi
' E' C, r- b4 y# \9 [5 BDD Keyaki * m+ i% g. \9 u$ u
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Allied Ships
: j7 o1 n% D. \) C6 W. ZAS Howard W. Gilmore
1 a3 t' C4 h2 y4 }AV Kenneth Whiting, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
8 s _0 ]$ r3 fAV Hamlin
, B6 T6 P& k/ ^& TAGP Brontes, Shell hits 3, on fire : d# e, J, I0 [) j
AR Charles Lummis, Shell hits 1
1 e! J$ }1 h9 ], \7 xAR George Taylor / h: k. |6 E3 Z5 H( G" u6 `
AV R. C. Brennan ( r+ T% {6 m5 A$ k
AS S. Hall Young, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 Z' E2 X: b5 _) Y' P8 hAR William H. Gray, Shell hits 43, and is sunk
- f4 V+ V" Q: ~$ m; n* Q* OAR William T. Sherman 3 J* |3 i0 U) ?. R0 d! S s% c
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+ i. S* b5 L. j( U6 p7 c" {Then we met a superior enemy cruiser TF:
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* T0 U. f: D5 `2 ~7 ?7 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56 3 U2 F. t0 I! F6 R j, Q+ P, r
$ Y( \- x9 I) H" TJapanese Ships 3 B3 }$ ^, z1 k6 S$ d* f8 @
CA Kako, Shell hits 4 % @; }- I3 A9 o# t; U# G; ]2 ]3 n w
CL Kiso, Shell hits 9 # V y$ I! b2 a# S2 L0 [
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 11, on fire
2 A H& I: _0 D4 q# LDD Natsugumo, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; W1 @! L/ c1 x1 w" MDD Minegumo, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage ) _: S# j4 V$ A% A
DD Sugi, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
8 Q4 f% R# i2 M8 iDD Hinoki, Shell hits 4 : j8 t+ ?/ d! {2 J- k! ~( g
DD Kashi, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 y/ h8 S2 \4 zDD Keyaki, Shell hits 3, on fire P5 N. u8 j( j' g% a9 {# f
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Allied Ships
: @0 \" q1 Q( P/ MCL Australia, Shell hits 11, on fire : w$ R2 i: g' }4 }: S9 |$ b- x2 u
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2
" H& g7 } K( {' ZCL Wilkes-Barre
( r# J4 Z" `, ^5 r: z- XCA Detroit, Shell hits 1 5 u0 f" H4 o2 L* k+ o5 X0 Z+ T* t
DD Allen M. Sumner, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 p; r1 T# Z: n3 ^DD Burns, Shell hits 1 ( p0 ~5 n. d' I; e9 D
DD Bush, Shell hits 1 * t, K3 Q- I2 O( D" z @) c
DD Callaghan, Shell hits 1 - E2 N* y& T2 m7 i9 T3 {
DD Welles 2 @6 X" |& M( {
DD Wilkes 2 F! P3 j0 b9 X( Y5 T
DD Roe + [+ |# P/ G( K- U2 [2 K
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3 d2 u5 e/ D# Z2 z: ]7 h3 KNight Time Surface Combat at 62,53
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PC Yashiro, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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4 @! E, V4 n! ?/ w4 HDD Nicholson : r) K! \' t3 {
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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: r, q# o: y" u* R3 yPC PC-72, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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' f5 J6 s! T0 F i* lAllied Ships
0 v3 l" z( ~, R8 TDD Lyman K. Swenson
& j3 v3 P, J$ y7 |" KDD Taussig 4 A) ` P& d; M7 P6 s" D; k& \6 {
DD John W. Weeks
: ~; g8 R) f# J6 R {$ ~2 ^3 r8 Z3 i* UDD Harrison
$ g5 C- P# ~" l7 cDD Isherwood 9 F$ |9 t+ P/ K% W# P2 n# e0 j
DD David Taylor 7 d: V+ G: n, T+ g
DD Barton & g9 ?' A+ m. `% b; s1 f% L
DD Quickmatch
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2 N0 ~( y$ F9 wNight Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 ' n1 C, N6 }. A9 _7 r4 ]/ v
+ z! s* U4 G7 c6 X3 ^( HJapanese Ships 0 X+ U- }5 i' F2 A
PC Ukuru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk 8 K4 O/ n+ e0 ^& q2 O
9 m! P, U1 R0 I' @Allied Ships
. [7 N, U6 A' a# o+ }" bDD Lyman K. Swenson $ l; Q. q) G! a. ?" T0 B
DD Taussig
3 E* D- R4 X2 B8 f& yDD John W. Weeks, Shell hits 1
- i: e. r( f2 w. `: lDD Harrison " y! s7 j' m: K8 r( ]
DD Isherwood % A0 e3 b0 O/ Q$ |- \2 d2 P' G, t
DD David Taylor
0 K/ B1 o* G( a/ W2 I# }# IDD Barton / r4 p$ x2 }- f( t; v% j
DD Quickmatch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 ! K* ?, X, U+ `; V' p* A7 |
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PC PC-66, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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4 M1 E. u! }! V9 j& TDD Lyman K. Swenson ; p6 |$ W3 m" u2 H' S' V
DD Taussig
2 K3 F6 L$ D& s8 iDD John W. Weeks " }; U( k. p- _" |
DD Harrison
4 i- L$ w- Y4 M9 |. X- l' r2 ?DD Isherwood
4 ^3 f- S! |9 N$ Y% x( c* oDD David Taylor 5 I6 d! i/ G0 o
DD Barton
: y2 O; [- n: u b* _: GDD Quickmatch 3 H3 t4 k; J6 \7 l6 J/ |
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' X2 I1 b! Y! y5 U( BDaylight Surface Combat : t& A6 a Q7 H/ q/ K) V7 ^
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PC Yashiro, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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# u6 f% d! G1 j4 Y, G; IBB South Dakota, Shell hits 1 - g; o/ a4 `0 Q g8 P
BB Massachusetts
/ n9 q: y" i4 W* @ n+ OBB Alabama 0 b) e# W- E/ U3 M- o
CA Louisville 1 i* o. q, k p9 A& Q2 k
CA Chicago % {1 y# F: O) b( C9 @
DD Walker
2 O- T" {! s J9 A( z% \DD Waller
; Z3 O( W; z9 F" \# X- H' ]DD Wedderburn % J( O* i1 [' p7 [- G
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 ; U, Q( b9 {* F! m4 z0 o
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AK Ryuko Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk ) x+ c8 K; q5 e
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BB South Dakota
+ V9 |5 G! d8 L( t! P4 XBB Massachusetts ) `# I2 ~! B8 @% X X) n" c
BB Alabama
* G G- L$ ]& oCA Louisville 2 X. r5 ^% d5 G- U
CA Chicago
- r+ Y( Q* _, K- j1 d- v& gDD Walker : M. @" L7 U2 \( ]. Y! ]! W* d; i3 q
DD Waller 3 Y4 _- r* w( }; h
DD Wedderburn
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- k% S, D% i- [. V1 ^2 `Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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AK Renzan Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk " o, t1 P" r/ v I' b g5 o# k
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BB South Dakota
! e# w7 Z( q# R" L1 O. PBB Massachusetts 8 ]1 B* Q* K4 X' p
BB Alabama
% d, E: ]% L* E% i" e3 uCA Louisville
3 Z ~( d/ |2 cCA Chicago
3 Y" d4 k2 H' {DD Walker
9 B2 B" |0 u. lDD Waller . E( } A3 V* S' a" Z: _; [
DD Wedderburn
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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9 W' u7 S4 T0 EPC Ikuna, Shell hits 3, and is sunk 8 t( Z* p9 I# f0 C' ?2 G5 {- M
( c) ^- E+ x: q/ XAllied Ships
* `; Y7 ^, v% h5 EBB South Dakota
5 u: ]0 F6 r& }BB Massachusetts
3 S5 [% o) E2 P; y, J2 W5 _BB Alabama
9 J7 x( P- J9 Q0 C$ I. t+ aCA Louisville ! ]4 C3 j4 J8 C" A3 Q
CA Chicago
$ t: W% S* H* _: ~DD Walker
" q9 C `) q6 N$ N, h$ _9 _1 I# lDD Waller ' x" r( |3 T6 w q8 p' P
DD Wedderburn
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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* {0 K% d) i; \5 N2 f/ ^4 l1 UPC Awaji, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
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: }9 j$ n; o* bBB South Dakota " G0 o; p i2 D
BB Massachusetts
. |+ }; o& U! R" d( r8 BBB Alabama
; Z' ^9 e( A+ J) a5 i2 I) |CA Louisville
$ l- Q5 X. B% c/ @4 B- J, ]CA Chicago
. h. q. Y1 e" P, p- r: U% JDD Walker
& E$ k0 ^7 D' m. U- u. iDD Waller
1 ]! u* x: }- u1 t& \DD Wedderburn ! [* ^* n* {, I* C4 g2 q
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7 ~6 {3 B0 d3 v; R" XJapanese Ships 0 X7 [: z) o" J U8 A7 U X" I
AK Myoho Maru
7 u$ S' m9 |/ s) Y9 T2 vAK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
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BB South Dakota
- u R$ i& R B: J0 q. P# }: VBB Massachusetts
* P- l8 L8 }. o& ZBB Alabama
. y% u4 [/ @2 d Q4 v" s9 bCA Louisville : _# e0 m( Z9 O9 @+ h8 X
CA Chicago
3 p) Y7 |4 u! h; iDD Walker " I% h( z! E8 k/ i9 _) l
DD Waller
7 m ~' n3 V2 `* oDD Wedderburn ' X; y6 y" Z+ ^8 H& u
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* {: y5 z3 w' u: F8 R$ y3 _Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 - g1 o+ _0 V# h) V$ D
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AP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk : s7 U! i7 r7 \' _/ N6 L
6 e$ O0 u k; u7 N' vAllied Ships " I, [4 b7 J* Q* J0 d
BB South Dakota ; ~8 I. P* [) h; j9 _
BB Massachusetts
# S: W% S4 C1 N( iBB Alabama s# p2 W' b; E" Q8 g
CA Louisville / |% N/ S7 X* v/ A! M5 I9 ~- j$ p
CA Chicago 5 @, i" z) x! z
DD Walker
m6 H- t& O. E, h5 sDD Waller l0 M- V' F* H6 O) i4 S) K
DD Wedderburn
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, U0 W0 n9 C3 B+ B: [4 n. \PC PC-2, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
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+ S+ m! u* y4 G2 Z5 ? _% SBB South Dakota 1 {' r i8 N x! `9 u
BB Massachusetts 6 x+ `1 l; q, ^+ z/ d
BB Alabama, Shell hits 1
# F& k+ }& p: m i5 b8 b* NCA Louisville
* L# l) T% B3 C& dCA Chicago & n* s7 X. t1 U
DD Walker & z2 n: M! w) H/ p
DD Waller
9 }4 F, D0 g! j: N1 K7 xDD Wedderburn
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PC PC-23, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
* o J' N! c @( }! ?0 K! x5 {8 S9 i: QAP Zenoa Maru, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage , i: T% b) r3 [4 d
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BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1, on fire <- That's right, sink her!!-) + N7 L% z- X# ~: a5 I9 h
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1 0 w0 W/ c4 V; y7 B Y% T$ p
BB Alabama . _" v) b& X8 N, o1 w/ e, s
CA Louisville
$ x6 N4 [4 U* KCA Chicago + g0 I9 _, ]; m) c
DD Walker % H7 v% w, ^. p
DD Waller
# j) {( o m% I' w5 MDD Wedderburn
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Bombardments
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23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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CA Chicago
. Y2 g' c: i2 [# Z o' a1 X3 VCA Louisville
) m+ K w, Q. D$ ~4 _6 rBB Alabama ; O8 _; n5 a" x2 e2 D, D4 L
BB Massachusetts % E7 Y* ]- \5 D0 u+ h
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 18
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Japanese ground losses: 9 E* h" f8 Z3 S3 U$ o1 C/ ~9 b
184 casualties reported , H: K: j- `- t) p( h* r
Guns lost 3 " S4 U% z7 N/ D& y# i0 j
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Port fuel hits 1
* Q6 |+ ~6 b2 k% e; RPort supply hits 2
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$ w( g9 d( F+ Q+ ]0 ?Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 , k5 H; E `5 g) C. f
& ?7 P) }" g5 i* W& bJapanese aircraft
( C+ S8 n( y. f( Jno flights , \. B: s; M% }
+ R, q7 C V/ L/ v- CJapanese aircraft losses 0 w( {0 S" ?1 @! X
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed , h) M" K2 k( i0 ]8 E5 E; H
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Allied Ships
; ?0 ~ @9 S0 N8 _: w- v6 L; OCA Chester
2 i) D7 C0 E# h. z( JBB Washington
7 a0 F5 t1 K8 h) X# \BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses: : i8 q O' k( W; N$ u
85 casualties reported
; z# \! q$ @; J' e3 s7 CGuns lost 2
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) b# ]) [ X$ e; L. |# Z& \$ ?Airbase hits 1
1 `: x; V. V& y2 w. ^. E! TRunway hits 5
7 t% Y" m; {; M$ Q& G5 W5 zPort hits 1 ) V. h t& I& r" g- z
Port supply hits 4
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Night Air Combat
x4 H* P1 c5 P0 D/ o, N1 s
2 U f' ^7 F" m# |0 b4 [) C8 LNight Air attack on TF at 65,53
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9 ?/ L9 ]3 _# M! ], n# VJapanese aircraft , W* a: e* c. W9 p/ B" @& ^
H8K Emily x 5
7 ?, x. e( K( o, T
* k8 U/ B! `6 y D" @ VJapanese aircraft losses ! m6 N3 r/ q, W5 Y! D
H8K Emily: 5 damaged
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H- \; }' f* @) V B- m. hJapanese Ships + O+ g* r! X. {8 ^, L1 p
SS RO-35 & G. Z2 L9 N9 ]5 o8 P W0 P
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Allied Ships & m& K) w0 O5 j( w) S# O' u) S
DD Hyman
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Night Air attack on TF at 64,53 # x: H+ o9 d- v2 V
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Japanese aircraft ! |3 j2 G4 Z9 @( ~8 e# ?
H8K Emily x 5 9 c; V2 Y2 t9 Z6 D8 b. l
5 j* L0 J2 w& @; b# p, KAllied aircraft
! V% b& T& [/ ~) u. u6 D5 \% |P-61A Black Widow x 2 6 J, _( D( \$ A5 |. q: n
6 C/ ?% w, ]5 r: W EJapanese aircraft losses
8 x5 r% j' p2 pH8K Emily: 4 damaged
4 ~3 t7 i9 K3 u4 v
_, q. B' x/ U$ z% W2 M# cAllied Ships , k9 C A& `& y, A8 J
DD Conner 0 [ B$ `$ z2 E. P* ]9 e/ h" w9 E
DE LeRay Wilson
# r3 P% a6 ~7 rAK Martin Johnson |