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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$ w6 V3 q4 }+ u8 q
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses; I! `* Y3 J' ]: L$ T' j
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 4 destroyed. l5 ~% n9 ?6 I0 n9 D; N
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed/ L9 o7 l6 W/ G9 W& U. p
1 {5 _8 v! t4 k6 F$ rJapanese Ships$ @# ^! I3 L2 h& K3 e8 x; m4 b* n
BB Hiei& G' G/ r4 A$ r9 X( J) c
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
# X9 @5 Q, J% S; w* I+ K BB Yamato, Shell hits 17, on fire
5 v( L$ w2 w( U# Q% Q6 _ CA Maya, Shell hits 3. O# ^5 m) I9 Y9 b( R
CA Chokai, Shell hits 1
6 Q1 P7 ~" P- P* H; O2 C5 p CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
4 }; e' h( L# F% ^ CA Aoba, Shell hits 19 Z' x( w$ ^' W* |' }0 l+ u6 V4 U$ m
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 27 v6 _( {- c- S/ V" `5 v4 P, f
CA Furutaka
K/ R8 r0 q* ?' M0 S CL Sendai, Shell hits 1# d( c. ?, v! R7 P+ d( y* {+ U
CL Nagara
# p( A5 m$ @6 V CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage& [6 F- J. q. L, ~+ c
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1
, z: T' w, q6 D- E: r+ a CL Yubari0 R% x; @6 E% d# ` V
DD Akigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire9 Z$ l, U8 n7 m# m
DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 1
* i$ P+ J& `+ ^. a0 Y ] DD Makigumo, Shell hits 2, on fire* W8 H' L- D2 q) y
DD Kagero
$ a: z* D: x( K3 @; H7 D+ n1 Y& G DD Oyashio) T0 a: o) W3 C% C/ K2 c+ x H
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
! ?& Z. D& D$ M" T$ C1 w DD Harusame, Shell hits 25 f3 a! c/ t0 b8 [( M! P8 i* A
DD Yudachi
" S& t% `1 j% l6 Z8 p* w8 c DD Samidare
' Y1 G6 b% K; O/ ~+ d5 y/ e3 ^ DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire3 `3 ~/ w/ S6 W ~% Y. q
DD Umikaze
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BB North Carolina, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: J0 |' o6 i$ K2 D; g- U
BB Washington, Shell hits 57, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! y/ I3 K7 x0 A" B1 Q! G CA Chicago, Shell hits 1. C ?8 d- _$ M+ ^( \7 I6 L
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
; x0 h1 ^' }) o6 Q7 e4 S7 _. S0 x CA Astoria, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 p8 i. c- y6 L% u3 Z CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 6, on fire B* N* b* K+ Y, h. I. y* R
CA Quincy, Shell hits 2, on fire
2 [* d# A* j) f' p2 A$ ?# p8 g CL Boise, Shell hits 11 Y% n+ M( d' S( A* K" F
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire
" K# |9 ] U2 t8 J DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2! v" ?8 q' D& x7 I
DD Patterson, Shell hits 3
- N7 t0 J* i- x1 J$ \ DD Maury, Shell hits 1
) C' p/ a) q; x2 B2 c DD Benham, Shell hits 3, on fire; P w: f9 ^( \1 l3 r2 r+ A
DD Lang, Shell hits 1, on fire. {4 c- o8 y2 @" k% |' `# p
DD Stack
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