AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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. z7 W4 y2 k2 l9 L! o' ^+ A沉寂多日的澳北战场突然战火重燃,天蝗居然偷偷摸摸的把整个快速舰队机动到了达尔文,9格炮击盟军最前沿机场Gove, m2 ^; i/ d+ H( v- C: K* ?
2 h" j7 B {' f) W5 r# H谁知道在能见度极低的情况下被盟军鱼雷艇命中战列舰比睿号一雷,所谓偷鸡不成蚀把米,比睿号中雷后进水倾斜,保守估计需要修理2-3个月
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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4 M' Y8 G6 ?' R3 o$ ~3 b R" x5 qJapanese Ships
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) T$ w q3 Q2 A) A0 T" M# { BB Haruna# I" E4 k8 V! k! @9 Y) F7 |2 H; w
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
}1 y0 z* S) B8 ]' ^$ D2 A% A BB Kirishima5 {7 w) X( f$ ~: o1 i
CA Mogami5 q, {6 p! h7 S) {! r" L
CA Mikuma
3 d; ]/ m. g, N9 N CA Suzuya
' J5 j N0 D2 T7 E CA Kumano2 k% b7 o. [, y& f5 d8 p+ ~; E
CA Kako6 x- C8 X# ]" V% u L2 @
DD Makinami6 P7 v* Q: O8 w8 z0 \4 c5 F" v: j
DD Takanami
- R/ b, `; H" J( E' l DD Natsushio
1 A: j5 o* m/ h& s+ s3 j* E; s$ @4 u- P DD Yukikaze8 L& u3 J7 H: [( J# K9 A( K" v
DD Hayashio
2 j% f. C. `4 D5 G. X v m3 g DD Maikaze
- p/ X6 w+ J& L; h0 U4 J/ B9 C. _$ ^ DD Isokaze8 {4 p4 g2 S! c3 i! b. a5 }
DD Shiranui4 J; m5 o' m9 @$ V' i2 Y5 D
DD Amatsukaze2 Z9 A% r U, K$ h" R9 D% m
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Allied Ships
3 l3 N+ F) v. b l! i% G% I" B# R PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 Z5 H# P7 k4 P) y9 N! {' w
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk( _+ T6 O1 H1 T4 M# H' c
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
7 D" n* X$ K# h1 u PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
8 O# n, {1 K. E$ K7 D PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk: x8 W# z) K7 q+ J
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk3 F; A2 T, r% c
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk" |3 I" o% t2 t f/ ?: y. N; @/ S
PT-60) p {" v: ]6 C1 R R( ^
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 L8 T3 D* z0 q- l( N1 u" O9 G5 }
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
" @4 q( \1 K( M5 r9 y PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk4 L! r$ G9 d/ ], v
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk$ B- p4 N/ ?. _ }+ A. {0 y' U
, {/ V# \( R4 z/ jJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!$ a/ X% r; Y% e# c
Allied TF begins to get underway! T" l6 Z: |8 u k- Y
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
5 p# q( ~! r R7 R/ dMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
0 ^9 L; }8 {3 E' Q3 B/ eRange closes to 25,000 yards...
# Y6 V% |, k+ K" }7 _/ g; zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards4 n! x) G8 U: a8 X
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; L/ l% Y% ^% rRange closes to 15,000 yards...6 b; v9 D$ w4 ]) A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
- h7 W& D5 j' p6 s2 S% ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards6 F1 t. _& I* b8 V0 c+ c1 z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 T" j5 n+ u6 F0 p8 D, eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
/ @) ` ?# F- uRange closes to 7,000 yards...
& n. T# _6 j$ c% @, x; `* p1 XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards5 N+ ?- h- _; l( x7 O! T6 ]' H
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
9 {8 h3 i; z7 o" R$ jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
+ m4 D4 x3 W/ z- d! A' a2 A H7 QRange closes to 3,000 yards...
; V$ \8 I5 l6 S) B8 {2 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards( B5 }$ J8 ~; }# O
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
6 y% L7 `" n; J# @PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
0 g0 C$ c9 h3 hPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards9 O6 \& }1 L2 a1 q! K6 Y4 s1 _
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
& [/ V: U& y/ r. j# cMassive explosion on PT-46
& E) E/ ^# f+ L+ a: f/ R. `PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
# y% F6 o; Y$ B: l% LPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
# o+ C% L, w9 y8 o2 \Range increases to 2,000 yards9 N1 t. {/ t5 k* o8 r" g
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
2 a0 i+ ~% `# d( v; ^! L% KPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards! {* q0 ~ D- @- |, p' d0 [& `
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
9 \# O' i+ }8 u/ ]1 k) k1 D9 S8 ~6 IPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards* Z9 _8 s. Z9 Y" b" W3 c
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
5 u( O8 a9 ~7 f: q2 [" {$ LRange increases to 3,000 yards
; s& ]1 u2 l2 x/ O/ K- xPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
( F4 w' `7 P& i8 x! jRange closes to 2,000 yards0 D) q y2 a& m/ @2 [
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards- `4 C/ E3 D3 Y) _/ S
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards% ~6 k2 q+ Q" F$ O7 Y* J
Range increases to 4,000 yards3 H) [: \& q6 v1 m1 F- a/ x
Range increases to 5,000 yards5 V7 T7 U' P& ^7 H* C2 b* G
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ; l: X3 O3 T+ n! f; t0 C; F* N1 }0 q
Range increases to 6,000 yards
9 ~9 {0 d* |# h. [" wRange increases to 8,000 yards* g4 {. Y0 V% \# l; b
Task forces break off...0 {0 ?9 f" `2 {2 i) y# l$ d
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3 K. v% m: _7 j: p+ l) ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards: m0 r4 t; S4 `: Y7 v. E
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DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships
i$ R# n0 U) Q! t: M7 }$ w PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
4 i( P3 P0 W0 o4 ?Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards4 i: G, N' a$ M. b
Range closes to 28,000 yards...$ A* p2 q7 P& d
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ w" p5 \9 t0 Y8 ]+ u# d, [% a
Range closes to 24,000 yards...7 ^ A% H3 c) v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...7 U$ i; R" Y( M6 ?
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
& h5 r% G. e% V! [% W( U, }Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 P5 P' i9 d( H$ u/ e2 cRange closes to 16,000 yards...
$ c" t4 V7 t- _. U3 h# h& M8 ^Range closes to 14,000 yards...
8 w! a& u2 O+ t! N1 ZRange closes to 12,000 yards...5 f, F% k7 n1 r0 A
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 V% }: g- k8 P& P
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
( c; B- j$ @0 Q2 j9 B: C, d4 B3 FRange closes to 9,000 yards...
+ h* o0 M: U6 G7 t- ?- {! TRange closes to 8,000 yards...
7 m8 C# I4 ~( d k2 RRange closes to 7,000 yards..." W# X* K. E) D! R6 R0 z$ o. a
Range closes to 6,000 yards...8 w4 X, n4 u; [: f
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
9 I; A3 B* j5 o- V# t# jRange closes to 4,000 yards...
/ }& S0 Y2 m# C5 E7 W9 O9 nRange closes to 3,000 yards...
3 o" z _% I" e1 X0 ?( n$ H9 NRange closes to 2,000 yards...
% B* r" f: e/ o3 f% @. sCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' h0 F6 W7 i2 e$ H% b- T7 ?; T2 dCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards9 R# V; ]( U2 m X
Allied ships attempt to get underway
: \! O# G7 Q- ^- yRange increases to 3,000 yards/ D' O0 W2 U; P* d8 K# E6 q4 b& W
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
. F( ~8 l0 F4 O" f6 `Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...* i/ C) h' I9 D% A! p; b
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4 Z1 [8 h! e2 h. xNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft
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, q& y c1 M0 x8 A2 S. wAllied aircraft losses3 G6 t' n; z/ b1 I
Catalina I: 7 damaged% t/ C/ w8 t6 _
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
, b3 U2 M' g3 ~* r5 \- D9 | P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
( [- T& d3 w$ u- i0 D P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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BB Kirishima; `& d. i. m! M( s
BB Hiei
3 o4 x( r& i- I; A BB Haruna
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CA Kako9 n8 n: {& l2 s% c6 f
CA Kumano! {, ~/ N* P* n: J" _6 b) W
CA Suzuya+ f5 {6 E* M9 p7 Q
CA Mikuma9 g7 }! p3 \7 M& S6 u, ?
CA Mogami* B& t n( A/ v' X1 R+ Y3 ]
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Allied ground losses:
4 M5 ?; b8 p {/ e% x( U 274 casualties reported* J0 e) E( I ~5 ]
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
& g9 o: K8 d' z. Z3 K/ e3 ` Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
# H5 p; y6 g% F6 _9 y2 o5 \ Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled3 j& A, @# @. ?+ J' L. z
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)7 u$ d1 |, v& U8 S( g
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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9 q! k) p+ [* J) ?2 S" N0 iAirbase hits 17
9 f+ H% |5 Y MAirbase supply hits 26 g% Q. y; s, | [
Runway hits 353 v! H: X4 n7 ~ j9 C, x5 `! B
Port hits 5
+ D+ g3 \ o1 ~4 vPort supply hits 4
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( | ?, \( f$ O; bBB Kirishima firing at Gove
& _9 P8 p6 k; K3 i2 L# W0 z( y" |BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade* K0 A! H6 r: r4 i
BB Haruna firing at Gove
$ n8 U8 t, H& }BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade; F- S) c8 |, }2 {
CA Kako firing at Gove
& v" X3 [0 J$ z, i7 [. xCA Kumano firing at Gove
: s* Z2 d' N( s5 ]- Q! D1 RE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya$ L* A( w% t% t, z
CA Suzuya firing at Gove . T$ m a" [, @
CA Mikuma firing at Gove 8 ?& K! n" F& |- `7 R9 Y
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |