AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 04, 42: `5 s4 k! s& h( C' V( x. {# |; N
米龙湾爆发开战以来最大的一次海战,双方出动最强阵容,联合舰队大和号挂帅,对抗太平洋舰队北卡和华盛顿号,海战结果盟军惨败,2BB悉数沉没 R+ t+ X# Q( {9 p+ f
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7 H2 e) p# O9 Q8 lNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft6 Q/ m4 e3 E0 Z4 c5 |9 s2 |
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
; ]' m- o) ~" k4 m* q OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 4 destroyed6 B1 @* }! m' M" l; k! _
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed& Z. y$ k6 m# \2 c
9 [. G: l5 l2 N1 [Japanese Ships& ]# }' d1 v# v5 t
BB Hiei- U& D: n; Y& U) m3 K
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
! k' O) a! ?: Z* Q3 }& z- d BB Yamato, Shell hits 17, on fire8 R; n: T% W( N: s- Q! Z3 N6 K
CA Maya, Shell hits 33 S: q. v9 d( G
CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
* s" \8 l0 y8 Y( A CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
/ _9 J1 Z) D3 ` CA Aoba, Shell hits 13 ^5 T) t; Z$ H$ ]
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 24 _+ W' k* Q; n! _1 q5 f6 z
CA Furutaka
+ I9 W. R2 x( J+ `1 H) p& I CL Sendai, Shell hits 1
2 r$ ^- K' P! g, @, _ p CL Nagara
: Q1 \9 K& [0 F- O1 q' J* O6 \ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage/ C6 B* m4 T* S* ?* @! q
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1! G, d5 \( M5 { P/ i% b9 _
CL Yubari) I$ a. R) J2 P$ S
DD Akigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
* q+ b' v! W/ Y, p$ ~; I DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 1# T8 N/ q7 p+ H5 e. C, r& b
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire: z2 k5 X5 A. b8 q0 l$ p R
DD Kagero
) K# O" P/ G5 |7 w4 K DD Oyashio
4 X, [+ A! p0 @ DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire) l5 |1 J. G9 a+ E
DD Harusame, Shell hits 2; q/ B" G0 L P- T
DD Yudachi" s, k/ Q' i2 O, r8 r" c. ~
DD Samidare
# i K. I& w/ w0 Z6 o- V/ x& p DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
. E% ^$ ^' O" p) d. G DD Umikaze6 q+ t: D7 r( A! d
* ?' [! w( m0 f) i- Q( W+ }Allied Ships* a, l6 Q& J, x6 \9 F
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ H" x& Q3 p* d3 N! k) }
BB Washington, Shell hits 57, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' O( n4 G/ A' T4 [/ f CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
; B4 T7 m4 l9 m" Q2 \4 @ CA Pensacola, Shell hits 16, and is sunk; F% q2 l! H; \ x4 i7 {+ M
CA Astoria, Shell hits 2, on fire4 D T/ C2 `( S4 E$ E, y
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 6, on fire0 X- C) y5 |! ?0 M5 W' f
CA Quincy, Shell hits 2, on fire0 x* l; s% I! K/ x% c
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
4 O2 o# N1 U: ~% [2 z5 c DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire+ w* t+ i+ ^% h7 ?+ b
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2% ]! }8 l4 d4 F8 y- r" k
DD Patterson, Shell hits 31 B9 L0 I0 k& e
DD Maury, Shell hits 1
& s- ~3 b2 \" \1 i7 r- e( n DD Benham, Shell hits 3, on fire
+ J- m& P# F F DD Lang, Shell hits 1, on fire b. q z3 B; j# o C- b) Y0 m
DD Stack
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