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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉2 f1 H5 F& e- u) t q+ J! n
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards; \4 ^# X# C7 V8 z2 |
; D% u0 x% g# }Allied aircraft9 D) j* O' b) o. A" B
no flights D# a8 ^2 n: ^6 l. ~6 @
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Allied aircraft losses8 u" J! r6 ~! H8 ?' Q
No Allied losses( G* Q; Q; A& P- c7 A7 x6 C
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Japanese Ships9 X, U1 ]' e; X& ]" p% ?
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire! e7 W. R/ S. _: }, Q. x$ U6 h1 b
CA Aoba) I& R% |* s7 k! H
CA Kinugasa
6 q8 ?0 X( n0 x CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
}- Y# t+ M @# _ CA Kako
U5 l9 k, s2 v) R0 _# U CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1! Y& J3 t ~( c9 s2 G
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6, s0 Q* n' E8 ^/ y* M0 ^; o) h& m9 y, D
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships$ K* L4 j3 R7 t$ }
CA Salt Lake City- i& _" v4 p0 I q+ `
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
# {# s% p9 G# W9 m DD Grayson9 d2 b6 z7 y0 K0 ?8 l6 ]3 x
DD Monssen
( [" q. h9 y8 E0 S" m DD Aaron Ward' r3 E& X8 T7 a, A7 R5 a7 i' [, \
DD Laffey
! {4 O M3 \: J' ~5 @1 x4 @9 f DD Farenholt1 s( P* W4 H9 }
DD Maury; X8 m# @) A( {% _4 Z
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage4 z' ^: M+ c4 r
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
# Q) }3 j1 N+ e) Q- ?. U( {2 Q4 d! A DD Stack. a1 @% e$ D: K+ J4 o y3 d. ^
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
. a! P! m7 b0 s( m' @ DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight: I- G& K5 f. M5 O
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
9 S( C6 z, J4 W- D) l6 A/ U: B- aRange closes to 20,000 yards...6 k6 I5 e$ R7 W
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! w3 M# o; k: _Range closes to 8,000 yards...( b! r R$ K/ v2 n8 y2 z! \4 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards; l$ o3 D1 H/ U0 H* v
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
6 \ k, W, H7 V' ERange closes to 3,000 yards...
. c- c) ^' d; J$ l K8 x& ^Range closes to 1,000 yards...
_" K# }6 M6 g5 J- [Scott, N. crosses the 'T'9 w' I, G8 n9 v5 J
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
9 a4 }, y9 F* A! i- c; J" WCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards- _: V3 O1 n4 M6 O
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
: U% Q: m3 D T& L! eCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
: ], c3 p) e' J# K8 dCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
V9 F- g* q9 |: {Range increases to 2,000 yards& o0 V2 v1 {8 g" g
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
8 h1 }8 l& n3 T( q; Q( ]9 wCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards( M1 j% N* E; T; R# Q! k
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards/ s# Z8 N, f# z4 M7 n4 T
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards; J' B0 ]( b/ L" i0 `9 ]
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
; t: S. Q" y8 C) P) [. h/ e5 aCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards+ a. W" R5 E! Q# N5 J: d
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
* r0 l/ c" ~: x9 R" LCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
' z6 n v/ T) g1 u6 a# C+ V" ~! RCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards u M6 I0 [; k) x. h |9 b4 E
Range increases to 6,000 yards5 q/ E# E/ D0 v% \0 R8 c/ l/ t/ g
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 / P' J' j, b) K, M) s. R7 X3 t
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards# C* G/ C7 Q/ S) z' Q- p; @5 E, @
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards _4 e8 g0 b$ s- j; T
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
# d2 i/ n# J! B) E/ | Y- bCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
- b4 k$ D4 Z! F1 v" B" bCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards3 N- q$ {" I, t$ M3 i& |
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
% e0 k* c0 | k* KCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
$ T, P, g6 w+ ^2 JCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards% g, W4 K( J2 c$ B) s- ^
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
1 D f3 l, v: C- v! F* cTask forces break off.../ _; N: ]) T( }- S+ W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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0 s& Q* @, R* x) }4 M' z1 FJapanese Ships
/ W4 {% B) k' s# | c& E) E CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
8 q' J/ ?/ f" |) t8 C, S) t CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire9 C; p5 D3 r& ~( J' U; D5 F
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 11 o+ K! q/ S% f" Y
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
+ b* E$ I# _" F CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 w. P7 ^ v4 `/ B- a" y( _$ n CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire/ ]! z/ m$ e' U5 j4 z0 R, q. u5 i
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire! u6 m$ { Q* ]
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Allied Ships X# Q8 j& c/ d
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire6 v g, c3 H% t! Z5 `# k4 Q
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
; z, y* m; \& t( E* L4 i CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage* }9 W) C# _# k- X" N5 s# U- D, Z
DD Mugford
" A) e8 r' N* Z DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 23 a3 c! \" N j2 o& c; S
DD Patterson! I# y" ?, l4 Z' J- l. ^# X3 Z
DD Jarvis
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4 q- J. q9 v% k5 A/ V0 IReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
j' c0 l R1 L @" z+ x# yMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards1 l1 B/ ^7 L0 d3 @0 ?) y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 L. P0 B4 d3 H$ ARange closes to 14,000 yards..., s2 L, C, G0 I" W ]! Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...4 p4 h! c8 v8 ~2 |1 X
Range closes to 4,000 yards..." C/ A& y7 \# j( W
Range closes to 2,000 yards...- U' \$ G# t- H- ^1 ?; b% Y, e
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
: Y) P9 b) s$ O; l$ x$ A& F6 kCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
3 N) h2 e! z, ]& Z* P8 ZCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
- ^: J" Z: R9 y" c$ kCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
4 K& ]* {5 j2 |0 V% CCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards# t- [$ [ `$ v( [7 ~6 Q
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
& m+ y6 v3 j6 \: oCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
, W' b* Y1 z4 B) t/ sDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
4 W* _( b2 F. h c+ _2 G& V7 U4 pCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
" A7 U$ d& R7 U1 h+ JCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards' M1 E% X/ F0 {8 V0 G: `
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards$ {: i/ [4 {3 s9 g( N9 H
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards* O. N6 `5 N; [0 o3 n6 |1 X
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
9 u# F7 B- a8 m6 KCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards; R( c1 C" i) h7 C* w% o/ z
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards# s1 t; G. }3 m+ R
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
8 M8 v8 T% L' z4 W" S0 A7 p; N7 f- XCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards7 D* \- y! P2 d& o8 [& V
Range increases to 5,000 yards z/ j0 t) w O
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
. q- b1 ~# K* NCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards% s$ \& @" m M' J9 X
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards. a1 E1 W$ H: q* K5 g" O
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
( {; L! f0 R. Q& ^' R q, lCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards4 f4 x4 N3 M- g/ I
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards6 z* g* i$ [3 c2 }& j: B7 F
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
6 d% b$ @& o/ D9 t# b1 M3 w: T. zRange increases to 8,000 yards
8 W& l; d I! k. {1 eCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards p7 ?9 K: @6 Q C/ |0 r t' h
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
* K3 r# J/ }( R e* WCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
, w6 h: i! R( K& S- f! p, S0 }CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
( ^5 P' W4 c* j$ pCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
+ ~$ B6 W2 t9 t. u1 QCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
1 _+ \6 n7 _6 }6 a( N5 n; `* \" xRange increases to 9,000 yards& d: L, S _& j/ R: }: G; b
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards, u1 y& F* S8 ? g n* \( R
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards X. I# {9 O/ O3 q8 g" k
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
7 S& |# K8 W# p# d) I) ICA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards8 s% g! w- F: A2 s$ \( b7 m
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards/ W; T6 t# O M2 Q `8 w
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
+ j% N+ {" h% _1 hDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
9 e/ [! x' W. }- {% k \Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
! n, {2 W3 f' R8 @& sTask forces break off...9 {( |- F' L) q6 n5 }; F9 M
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' o: @) k$ f4 m/ wNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
) e. B! S' t4 t3 [- u CA Aoba
0 u3 t) w* T9 I CA Kinugasa I1 n# h- F1 Y! w
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
: m3 a$ a! U# c6 R9 i CA Kako, Shell hits 1" ~6 c2 u. q2 {, P
CL Tenryu
6 `7 C- Q/ w& P- f+ W3 x# i: e5 U CL Tatsuta
% }# n, _( `5 O( G CL Yubari
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; W$ g1 r6 h( y( F6 I; uAllied Ships: I% W( _% h$ u$ S% `' u+ N% M3 u6 Q3 D3 G
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
. \% k, s# T* P* n2 F( S DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
/ k3 }% H$ `* A: e# ~2 H: HMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
* `2 W. i; h pRange closes to 24,000 yards...
) R( Q. k/ y8 K" I+ i7 S& VRange closes to 22,000 yards...! O8 j( O3 V8 \* `1 X& o# H
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; x% g, [* w' }' I
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* y" `# D! y: A r2 g' jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 e* u" L* r0 u! k# KRange closes to 14,000 yards...
1 W& T3 A' v+ N5 D8 h3 z/ U4 \Range closes to 12,000 yards...
9 W1 _; p3 B: n5 A }" U3 p/ W2 IRange closes to 11,000 yards...% L4 s/ E( J/ G. I* K; L$ e9 H
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; G1 |# e& i! Q( T3 y+ k
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
9 [' {% |6 n% V8 D8 G( J6 L9 R3 l3 oRange closes to 8,000 yards...
; N' j) p; `8 [4 dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
: E& ?% e' i4 Y+ _( FRange closes to 7,000 yards...
" e( [# |0 N o% T8 i0 \Range closes to 6,000 yards...# M" Q4 f* N2 b1 J$ m
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards5 S9 e3 K# i5 ]" S+ m
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
! R2 K* m+ R: R7 X2 k* }& dRange increases to 7,000 yards* r! s0 y% l! ]; j/ U2 g
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards0 F+ B$ ^) R) N6 S, ~
Range closes to 6,000 yards3 W0 x' c1 }" ^3 W
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
1 R3 y$ y }/ g; Y. a/ m f& ACA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards2 N) U8 A' C; O
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards0 Q4 q" @" J( p) A# F0 h* \/ S
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards, L8 T; }9 @- C2 G
Range closes to 4,000 yards- C2 {4 A3 X0 G6 D2 B) H1 P
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards. f+ [# j; x$ i x
Range increases to 7,000 yards" p5 S9 i& M# z" H
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards6 \* U8 j/ U9 c7 o x
Range increases to 11,000 yards
* y; O4 |9 K( SCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
5 l# @9 ~% n/ r3 J7 ^ M2 Z6 IAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
9 r* s) T8 c% r+ Z! s, U) WTask forces break off...) G- N4 a8 D0 J% H9 m
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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$ \' p, H; O2 ]Japanese Ships0 ^. Y6 m& S3 N! w) o1 Y5 y1 D
CA Aoba7 s: d; s) H1 Q {) A8 u r
CA Kinugasa
# K1 L1 q6 \6 d6 } CA Furutaka
0 s% u: A- s. N CA Kako, Shell hits 1! @/ I, H* N4 A/ `" P1 V
CL Tenryu
% B8 b: r, V3 X9 K+ N7 p- {7 l' U4 ~ CL Tatsuta
$ y2 h6 Y- r& a9 F( G; K! P! M% Y CL Yubari. t7 e7 C- I+ T) @- L
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Allied Ships* J# M1 _+ ^4 U9 T6 J9 T
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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I: @+ ^: X! R3 U+ Q% cReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
8 n1 }$ j \+ r+ S4 M3 ^) qMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards* V$ `' p+ I: [
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' z) V% ~; C' V9 r4 F9 D: `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
; z) a' `9 ^. G C+ zRange closes to 22,000 yards...0 v5 n1 N% n) q( d0 v3 {) \
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* j2 C2 I" c, BRange closes to 18,000 yards...
6 t' [* ~" N. H. h) c; V0 H' ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...: k P# u `' N
Range closes to 14,000 yards... m' i( r: @) v$ `0 C) K
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
8 X* ~# m! k" A! F3 LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
) l% c( i; z# ^# X1 QRange closes to 10,000 yards...
1 K# K! A1 E* \2 ?Range closes to 9,000 yards...
, v$ o& O* H& C" URange closes to 8,000 yards...
* \ E6 P6 |( S7 y7 mRange closes to 7,000 yards...! H+ E# P8 m0 \
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
% u6 G. G' v% u* oRange closes to 5,000 yards...
6 B7 |2 p& v, H u' G1 Z& X, g6 ^Range closes to 4,000 yards...1 u7 d6 A8 U& A3 T# Z
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
' ~, W8 s' c& l: N' D2 x* dCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards2 R+ A. g/ G5 H: d( V
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
. Q$ P: A+ J- q& K3 G. rRange increases to 4,000 yards
3 f: ?( W# A* JCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards3 {& s3 ?3 j8 b0 I# h: U
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards6 @) Y6 m( t, o8 v4 v. P' `
Range increases to 5,000 yards) _1 l( e8 m, Y$ J% B: |
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
' w2 N0 i$ A- |6 M* ?( yRange increases to 9,000 yards
4 J6 N' g5 M5 {' z3 K7 E: n ICA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards4 J ^+ l0 x( n4 x7 @) [
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
0 C* ?, ^/ F/ ?0 V( K, W. iTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards1 J+ |$ p+ |1 v+ _ Z! L
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Japanese Ships
8 q+ B$ p' |# b# x2 a CA Aoba6 Q, R! L% A0 d+ `
CA Kinugasa! I1 T) k% z/ R) V6 V7 o9 r
CA Furutaka; w3 S& x8 n% E4 @+ G! i
CA Kako
" J6 y ]2 @* \- }1 g CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire6 D4 X7 l% Y7 B1 z8 f! A Q) y1 d
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
/ D4 G6 n1 s! z2 |0 U CL Yubari/ G! E0 N) E/ Z' \* c0 `
; @1 f! e5 j9 \+ z' TAllied Ships; ]. q+ b% o7 [' n3 w
APD Colhoun
: G K6 f" J7 G3 X ?3 |% n0 V APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
" o- r: d2 ?8 J: b1 ~2 G4 g DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
3 r$ o& e: _2 n) r DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage( S1 L3 X l% S
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
9 u( J$ u* M; k AP Harris, u4 o/ a1 A7 q T& F) e; w' [7 c0 v
AP Zeilin" U! G7 i. Y4 G) [% M
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
" G1 a* E5 J2 N1 `! Y9 _% N AP Heywood4 H9 ~3 j' w" R+ {
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire+ M4 C* M/ @& J- A2 d- W
AP President Bowen1 v: \& F1 A: O% O0 Y$ z. @$ S! ?, j
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire; h* |. P+ ^7 i' D- F5 c e- R
xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:$ ]" Q( w+ A Y: m& x! h; {
105 casualties reported* N4 T- b8 p9 T$ R" m( i
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; o/ o( Q: e4 b! ?
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
w! @/ @* ^5 c) a; C; a Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 O- c: p# n, }5 E0 D: ]3 n* S
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!' L$ P b- C, r- p% I2 X
Allied TF begins to get underway
# L6 g$ L7 d& C L' XReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight6 A; p1 v* t; C. @6 e% W& K! D
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
, b b1 W) y% @ x. @0 }# ` u0 |Range closes to 18,000 yards...
" E1 o7 ^0 ^% c* r6 K# Y9 g7 k+ r7 IRange closes to 13,000 yards...: F; {$ W: n1 a9 G% J! C' x& }" K
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
. `/ p. V% _) a1 @. ^Range closes to 5,000 yards...
, n9 x) [0 b+ D+ r F( sRange closes to 3,000 yards...) }4 g: V, c( B7 K0 R
Range closes to 1,000 yards...4 v5 \2 a* n! t' u% j! A9 x
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
' U0 v9 Y5 Y1 ~CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards Y: x h @. ~0 }
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
3 ?- w0 J5 m( ]9 p3 j1 r4 x9 l! j, OCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
# G1 ?& {& p; i) \CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
1 h3 ~4 U: I% {6 g# mCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
, R) I) P7 K) I& I$ c c# GCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards) A; d+ J6 N. X2 P
Range increases to 2,000 yards
- k& y6 n4 O/ c6 S0 z' H; o1 PCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
8 J; Y6 z, M3 J/ O- GCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards; M$ q3 m% t& ?3 i! c- \- q
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards! _/ k5 T! d. r7 S1 C/ f# a: [1 k
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards N! x1 ~) l4 l& {
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
# V1 V* W! z* L1 J4 d0 }CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards' }5 z6 ^! q6 m7 N
Range increases to 4,000 yards9 Y i: t2 v% r8 T9 z
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards- {7 W; f* R3 R2 e( A7 J( _) Z" a4 v) z
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
, A: S2 O; u6 mCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
0 b& p% Q0 R7 x0 t+ A( G% aCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards2 H! X! P/ P- E' Q% K$ Q; y' V4 d
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
) \6 V- C: |- R3 h7 [CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards. f9 j' G; d$ ~ M
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
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! b8 t. ^5 {- s3 L. {; ~/ |第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。( `( V; P) l$ I6 \
万恶的58!!!& [4 p( {2 Y$ d1 h; \/ }
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
* l# t, M: ~: f& v) fEstimated time to target is 12 minutes( T* g$ @3 i5 e% X. U* _" S& w
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Japanese aircraft1 r) G* n0 O6 [4 Q& w/ u
no flights1 R9 E9 k0 W& ~) }; Q- d
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Allied aircraft
m6 m! r- h' b# M0 M- Z! G F4F-4 Wildcat x 8, F6 k8 o: s# ]
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
' X, k% r( j# @" K; N TBF-1 Avenger x 397 P+ w+ E% a# s) ~- R( x
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/ W0 n. j8 Z3 n/ z1 HNo Japanese losses
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* y( r; k* b2 }! W. CAllied aircraft losses
' y* |, w0 Q0 n2 R$ V% I/ \ SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
: y! E+ h5 J; w; z7 C TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged5 ~+ T- C1 P- \, G: q, O
9 w& k& X# J; W0 q" T. fJapanese Ships& d3 p* G5 [5 `7 C
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
1 Z5 y: R& }/ [9 g" _" u. c, L CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
3 D5 c: Y* B$ ^3 B2 P3 j# a- o8 ^ CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
7 F/ l. ?$ W- M: {+ o1 l7 I# ` CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk8 b7 s9 c( y& J. c/ U
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