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盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。
; m0 I1 n7 I# T( ^! A; MNight Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards) |. t* p) E3 s' v4 v9 E" o
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Japanese Ships7 {! s/ Y) x. e/ t! H' L9 s
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage% \7 c1 P3 _% p% @( }( w( B
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Allied Ships
( @* m+ l) ?+ @9 Z. { CA Indianapolis F# D" y' Z# }+ w5 x! t
DMS Southard' ~% @/ |" A% b
DMS Hopkins1 g5 J. ^0 e7 y
DMS Dorsey0 u/ b$ G$ h$ v/ t Z! m
DMS Long% u8 o8 k" h/ a7 g/ n8 i# a4 R
DMS Elliot0 Z8 `: W# q( G3 V" c
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帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。7 N7 V+ N% T3 J. x/ S
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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, \) N- [8 e* W+ \' K! PWeather in hex: Light cloud
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" J! a& q5 y% FRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.8 t' A9 {- [ I- n) d% O& ]
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
2 P' I& K* S1 n# n. Q7 | A6M2 Zero x 18
, B4 x$ I+ y' ?2 l G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft
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c3 S' D3 u% v4 X. Q, {. mJapanese aircraft losses) K1 S; y' e ^9 p& c- S
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
6 Z y& d1 H" f! |; M G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses% y( g" k7 S* f/ g
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 {: \6 f5 ~: D AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
; H3 S; J3 M! l PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 R: S) ]- I; e- d0 Y0 y
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
c; k: [7 A3 R7 {' X AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage v/ z( _0 S3 q# C/ g8 @0 Y- Y
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage* D$ F6 I* U8 z# J( l5 Q9 \# T
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- y0 O/ g' Y5 o$ V7 R* H
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 Z5 \! b# y$ z5 c9 P- @ AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
* y7 L$ Y/ Z- b) g4 e u4 M* [! } AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage1 p! L' N5 n3 w! `
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 d) k3 O+ c, W$ K$ @
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage% y$ F7 D9 X- M- y- |$ G( k. ^
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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( k4 s- {9 d% r# O/ N5 MPort hits 65 J4 m! G- ?! S8 o8 @7 S
Port fuel hits 2
0 {! \6 I/ a/ c! `Port supply hits 2 |