AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 04, 42: u4 B$ x1 P% U3 [
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2 Z* ]+ d4 U3 SNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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/ G# f( V- u/ I- f; C! u$ t/ x1 ~Allied aircraft losses/ I! ?% K! k0 m J
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 4 destroyed' c2 \) g$ U, m `
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
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Japanese Ships& G8 m6 t+ Z. Y3 D
BB Hiei! f* W9 X+ C# [: p; L/ J
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1- n! M0 k. g# Y
BB Yamato, Shell hits 17, on fire0 t3 F n5 Z5 H" h
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
' u% k4 ?/ p8 w8 A CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
& s0 [6 S. d4 {+ C, J0 J CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
w6 X& t7 n! p/ j6 D% P& T4 ]7 e7 ^ CA Aoba, Shell hits 1; X5 L1 T- n: c& l t
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2' x$ g: U$ _, z' K# Y0 r. j
CA Furutaka
9 Y7 _/ s$ d j0 j) R CL Sendai, Shell hits 16 C/ p7 f+ Q& y, r' a
CL Nagara
. e' t6 p7 F v7 F8 d CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
; [0 w/ A; l/ H% w5 z- S5 | CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1' {# p. O: \6 s+ M& F
CL Yubari
% n" x; B6 ]% m4 n' Y) V DD Akigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire% q. F3 R, |) T
DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 1. L" m _- y4 Q- T" F1 a
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 _- z# _" K( V: J5 g! ^7 b& l DD Kagero
7 E/ T p% O* H, S DD Oyashio
, L! `# C5 w/ K2 N# M0 p; V7 X DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
! G# g. ?) l0 h. x/ [ DD Harusame, Shell hits 2+ ~/ T3 ? a& C$ m* |4 y
DD Yudachi3 c( C8 E) {: `1 t" h- K- |
DD Samidare. O$ G8 B- |5 m1 w9 y$ ?/ G
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
" t) b1 h" \# w4 u" Y0 N DD Umikaze- c- N; l% i4 T1 _( u7 ^
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Allied Ships
I/ C$ i$ d/ F# b5 J1 w0 x BB North Carolina, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 u$ E5 P8 \; ?( [0 ~' e/ J$ [
BB Washington, Shell hits 57, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: K0 l( D3 M# s5 ~
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
2 d i6 C+ f+ d; P( ~0 W5 n! y5 O CA Pensacola, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
. X$ F& l) J" t, F/ e CA Astoria, Shell hits 2, on fire
& X, v" S8 M* }5 J0 ^5 L6 R6 i CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 6, on fire
% { ~& F, r, ~% O% s; O; ^ CA Quincy, Shell hits 2, on fire& B' w" Q( o W
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
7 a- v- B* f: |2 p* _/ R DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire
; R# [: [9 w2 Y# H DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2+ M' G' v# I9 q/ s
DD Patterson, Shell hits 3% ^/ L, `7 E8 p0 n# R+ ^3 O
DD Maury, Shell hits 1
1 }& @9 x! ^+ ~" ^# K0 d H DD Benham, Shell hits 3, on fire
# O q. C* |: N+ Q* g5 y2 C9 \ DD Lang, Shell hits 1, on fire
& N0 ?/ B' b, Y) U DD Stack6 K5 t; n" d3 ~ c
DD Clark |