lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。; W. m0 y/ j: ^* o; c6 S- a

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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# l. I2 r$ G  `% q8 V1 UDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564 8 W' l) Q1 K# B7 p3 Y$ p
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 9 {8 D/ J, x9 a* D; D; R

1 j" [) v" T" e1 J$ M0 Z! c- uAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) & i- C9 Z" [; ?  p2 A/ n& d6 @5 I
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Combat modifiers* T3 _' z3 n" V) m, ~! S- j
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)" a0 W: M9 O1 A3 n9 p! m( B
Attacker:
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* w* M9 y- P( b) w% wJapanese ground losses:
; @  O7 T+ \; h/ N      3386 casualties reported: W& o" H3 `9 w: ~  A& G7 |# S+ x( C
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
- N. w% M6 s: j8 w: X         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled. O8 A  R8 s$ _2 e6 H3 f
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled' O, v  u6 ~6 w9 z! N! r
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)5 S& M9 Z2 L( o2 }7 f+ T5 d$ G' v( E* Z
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)) T( _' D) o+ X  `+ q
      Units destroyed 1# d# ?  j' P. G. C3 r2 g

% o7 q$ z0 d; PAllied ground losses:
) X, C% O5 R0 P9 C6 A6 Y      5163 casualties reported
, u5 y6 K4 Z8 _% e+ w2 _1 D         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled) B: z* M% U6 P) V
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled0 D# |* C1 g7 Y4 I
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
7 {9 K4 G9 ^! X/ m      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)8 ]( O$ U, X; L% n
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled): h7 J4 K& Z9 K

6 I# [. Q5 D! ?6 a. z: i, O7 VAssaulting units:
+ m, C: G4 i' v% ]    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
, V( ?4 Z( t% [% @( s) m1 ?% ^    710th Tank Battalion
- Q! @( J8 E" I) R: {9 t' H% G9 K* ?    6th Infantry Division
# V5 @, n: e+ ]" O    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1 p. y1 c3 x4 B$ [, w/ J/ Q    44th Tank Battalion
1 z/ @2 f, F; q2 B    81st Infantry Division- Y$ q5 ^/ O$ I2 h$ e6 L2 I- }
    762nd Tank Battalion' w! R4 K1 o/ o: l9 f- k( x
    767th Tank Battalion
8 Q9 v+ N, b' s    711th Tank Battalion0 g) c1 m: e8 W2 r# M# Z4 h
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
1 K$ S1 y! p- f, i$ t    5th Marine Division8 c6 \9 o3 Y$ c$ W$ P% A/ S4 u2 c
    716th Tank Battalion+ Y( r" Q1 D  y5 P
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
' P2 O8 j4 B: V& `  d4 g+ s2 [" j    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion9 B! d  m$ n* O7 A
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 q& }- K8 C$ A" N) I
    706th Tank Battalion
2 `3 Z" B) m. u3 s    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment& R3 B) s  j* V6 T1 u8 E0 L; h
    96th Infantry Division
& o5 B( c. P4 W+ a    31st Infantry Regiment5 K' \, _$ u' y; e$ C0 x6 R
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" k- y  M( l/ n1 h& F9 a6 q, t
    I Corps Artillery ' k6 H  @# H& o  H$ C
    12th Marine Defense Battalion* P, f3 M4 [0 |6 \: @1 U
    1st USMC AA Battalion4 Q9 E2 b7 B7 _0 {8 S
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 a/ k; K8 a* e* m
    XIV US Corps
- y5 z) Y) l! r2 u& c* W) q8 b    14th Marine Defense Battalion- |( y+ q( s% w& H9 m8 L) l
    5th USA Defense Battalion8 t; o2 u( v2 I! \! f- V
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
+ ^; I5 o6 j7 r  L- w; q4 n    738th Coast AA Regiment( I; N5 G0 I! W5 `0 ]1 Y$ I
    X Corps Artillery
  ~1 k# C6 w) |2 }. k    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  ~% ]9 e0 d7 u/ @: O& [" k4 l
    96th Coast AA Regiment
' Q* x) k* U( z, k  T    4th USA Defense Battalion$ h0 t& x8 g8 q
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* `2 u# J7 U9 B9 O0 b* _! F3 N5 X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:+ c2 `. C$ [1 \. V/ K5 j
    Kure 7th SNLF
  k/ `8 z0 }+ e6 n    81st/A Division2 [+ P8 K# C! _6 E. N  Q
    Kure 3rd SNLF9 c7 v( R! u& {+ s* Z# P  }
    33rd/B Division' d" X9 c# |! b2 c  |( a+ e! t
    33rd/A Division
+ ]( h+ v5 o' ]$ ?* p% A    81st/C Division4 H0 O8 ^5 }! u; |+ o( ~
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment8 h+ v  h5 k3 i7 C# N* d
    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ R- F$ n* Y6 R! r5 Y
    138th Infantry Regiment
# ]  C$ {7 j1 ^7 D% E0 x    Sasebo 7th SNLF
4 K5 m3 Y6 ?# a. v6 q    144th Infantry Regiment
; V  T( H2 `$ M3 W    81st/B Division* m2 B8 B0 D5 Y
    33rd/C Division
- f% h3 }9 C) V6 E$ s3 w    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ ^) t: B, q# A) R    18th Army
' O$ S) t6 G* x    60th Field AA Battalion  _0 a; W4 y5 f) n0 }  O
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 F$ P$ I) P" f3 t3 G4 F$ b0 z    Ponape Naval Fortress* D4 j1 h  A6 N& @0 }9 u2 W" \
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# z: W, H( P3 ]( |    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& m( ]+ [" K4 ]. o    53rd Construction Battalion
6 O, x0 ?) o" u2 B$ w1 I' G" ~    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
/ s1 `: O/ v; b- D. b0 k/ F2 u    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 l" X0 e2 z8 B4 P    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ! Y8 N' T' p/ Z1 m# ?
    19th JAAF Base Force: x' _7 l  m0 W
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /10 u; s0 U' p+ L5 C' _  n# p
    14th Area Army /1
) B& ^; R: E4 G6 e6 P# J+ H, O* ]' y) V    63rd Field AA Battalion0 I$ z6 P9 k. h9 `( x
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co ' K0 ^! e! O' W/ L) s2 \
    3rd Base Force
' t+ u& g, |& _    12th Air Fleet% w! ?1 p  p3 S, @5 j2 |
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment) h+ J, Q& i( `7 C$ D
    61st Field AA Battalion
% K- J. h  S- G% F/ k    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 i' Q: R2 |6 C    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
$ K9 n$ p, {8 Z$ d/ P    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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$ W% l: U: n3 X1 I! e) Y# W同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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0 b- G3 M2 g$ |& lGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)! d9 v1 G; ]- m. k$ S! m. T4 N' @

1 V) B, G" `7 q! ~" R$ u# x* uJapanese Shock attack
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) z0 L# o1 h* z! v0 Y: oAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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% q" R, `  E* O& H3 s* cDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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5 H% m! ~# M7 ]" A& fJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 2 V4 W$ A+ O3 c, c. c! f0 U' G) [; }8 g

0 Z! D( p, w# d% r1 JCombat modifiers
# _- V# K( q! [9 w" w. c$ aDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)* L2 O6 o" f0 ~9 r, ?
Attacker: shock(+)8 ~5 v# A! b6 o7 ^- r; \/ v

2 _/ |7 @0 Z& }2 tJapanese ground losses:7 {# ?6 D$ z. a: |7 v
      530 casualties reported, v! A+ W, s2 M  Z
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled+ p! H% X- B2 s8 i& [: ?9 b
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled# G+ i3 \$ B/ v  b/ O
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
9 k* U& Y6 J" K      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)" u! H7 P' Z( \

* {) X# s' |1 B9 a+ a9 aAllied ground losses:
1 j  [& }( U( p& g      891 casualties reported
1 z+ Y' Y; I6 ~         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled- l6 C6 Q- E: I  [+ s
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled" p$ m/ {- [, R* u6 f' _
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, T1 o$ V! ^$ ~, g5 o7 y4 a3 g+ z
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)( O8 _: y/ v5 Q6 d& j
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Assaulting units:
$ ]+ ]. x2 l8 I: E$ X    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
+ Z  q. V, }& y' V4 `: N    21st Division
3 k9 F( T0 a6 Z. i- S8 G    4th Division5 e' D2 ~1 F( q, D
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment2 @& i4 ]4 x4 u0 S0 J9 g5 \
    23rd Tank Regiment
3 V; _/ P2 U! B- N/ o9 E3 A) U1 q    32nd Division* W, T5 c0 N) m' e0 n
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
# z! X2 o: [# ]  z  |+ k0 v* }& W    3rd Ind. AA Battalion" m- a# L8 w4 X/ E% Y+ f# T
    6th Area Army
1 J# W* F4 B& x# q" y5 M    103rd AA Regiment: z2 K3 k. j5 a( n. K3 k
    1st JNAF Coy
/ _  c, C- y& f* ^% T* Y' [    13th Army9 a, S0 C( F/ P4 K
    141st AA Regiment/ N* v1 \% d! x$ I
    4th Ind. AA Battalion% I+ D7 q: Z% f- X9 k* X$ Y
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Defending units:
7 w- I1 I' {( R0 t0 ?! Z1 Z    50th Indian Para Brigade
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/ j: ?  E( w% n& h# S* |! w50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males : r0 f3 m/ ~( Q5 L
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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' {' b9 q, O' `6 J- I7 eInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)  E, A8 C4 n: C' G- r4 q
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force( }0 ~4 l5 S# W

  V7 m. K- r; G89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense." M% ^* V: R/ x5 t2 x! W
+ O( d; N$ E6 E5 C
Allied Ships+ E% S, Y2 `0 K2 A/ Z5 o
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- x! Q' N0 C' Y5 [& t; i      LST-81
& C# T; ~+ e1 }' {' V1 c5 U      LST-74, Shell hits 3
7 t5 p% C# b7 D$ o& F" w      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
& i' A1 G% F# p; C' }' c      LST-78
) c" p4 b/ w! ?2 r  F      LST 209
% p7 q. Z4 y# H/ h- Q      LST-889
- E* B! t# v8 r( v( f      LST-246
9 [& I/ `" n1 P/ B$ S1 Q& T9 A2 w' m/ K      LST-240+ @2 s: J4 g8 f3 c2 C
      LST-204
; B- d) d/ |- s- L      LST-202
) W$ N" _" W3 ?8 ~" }& T; o2 E, ?      LST-123% o$ R: B! S5 p5 T$ H) A
      LST-121
& E3 V) p/ v/ t8 ~( O( X      LST-120
8 J+ x' a% |' u" l  n1 N2 ?9 G      LST-86
8 o. _! H. J* a: K; {6 f      LST-857 ^) q6 J1 S2 g! e
      LST-84
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" ^0 a( J! @8 L; X* R4 ]+ mInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
9 @% u# o5 M' U+ v9 h; c/ nDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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0 ^! `9 K# A/ ~: VAllied Ships5 t1 F" H* s$ W' d; M8 {# Z% v
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! E# G: U' `6 _1 ~$ W: q
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
  W- {% B; J. b& C  a      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 n+ o7 x! A/ w1 L; A. `      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire5 q+ ^$ B' k5 o* r
      LST-84, Shell hits 3/ z) \" Z/ b9 i7 P- W7 _* F
      LST-87, Shell hits 66 F4 m# l  c. f9 s
      LST 180
! J% Y& U$ ^7 A7 v9 h9 e7 P      LST 157
7 o6 ]3 |3 ^" X8 w, _; ?1 E7 Z      LST 2
" w$ r- M* a& I  z. g      LST-884) n) B7 u7 w) i) t( `$ {3 n8 t1 T" u
      LST-882' V. c+ P9 }! N, D- f1 c
      LST-397
# n+ Q. A9 [& Z9 K/ y7 j6 m6 N5 s      LST-395* i# G6 h' ]4 j5 M# F: u& n
      LST-274) a$ M- o4 p: W3 g6 D
      LST-273. x: F! }9 ^: y
      LST-246
, d6 _; f( Z! a$ o# A0 U1 r& J2 j2 J+ X      LST-244
* b' E( ?1 X, R# K      LST-241
/ W4 c& r6 [0 n! g) g3 \      LST-218
1 @2 W. a3 I5 \/ f      LST-216" w: v! t2 R- e/ M
      LST-202- q) _* g, I2 L8 r2 U1 Q
      LST-1719 X0 u! ^* s: }( @. {. Z+ H
      LST-166* s1 u4 C& G/ _5 P5 p1 ]
      LST-124
. `2 H3 `( N0 M% _  F$ n. |) M      LST-121
% @+ }" Y( }, m5 v9 E# |- ~7 Z. H      LST-885 N- j1 `3 J' c) ^4 ^
      LST-123" \9 E2 l; M2 Z5 V/ \. _2 Z
      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力$ Y9 N$ o# E8 K; e- b' r/ z
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ ?3 `  v0 u4 W1 n: M! V1 I+ d* z
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Allied Bombardment attack$ H' T6 r) F( M& r3 Z& T2 }" I

! r. }. _+ v9 ^4 t+ iAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:4 @6 Y& a' {- d3 v/ [! X7 d
      406 casualties reported
9 z9 Y' t1 ]4 b. T7 M9 S( ~         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
7 U5 @9 y, C# X9 Y& u         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
( w) K+ B: l0 ?0 ~5 u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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- @, m( D" B7 {5 G# QAllied ground losses:
0 ]  j5 U1 {  ]8 }; q5 E, u" |      21 casualties reported
" s, N( ~% c! Z5 z0 U         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 O4 |: |$ {9 B1 @, ~
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled$ n3 \: A, Y! u2 q1 i6 j( ^5 A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 W" I  i) k5 e' ?2 T) p1 u
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
& P/ {4 y) [9 s5 P  m4 {      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:# G  G3 e8 Z) Z: ]- M% B7 w
    5th Marine/B Division' N6 E. t! h% D2 T4 q
    81st Infantry/B Division) W1 r# Q# z$ K4 o8 k" j3 u0 c$ t* ]
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment1 y8 N7 M4 ~* r% A8 q) h5 J  ]
    5th Marine/C Division
3 n- {: o2 v, G3 Z; T" Q$ z1 ~    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion2 Y! H- F  W7 I+ O' b# `9 J3 D
    6th Infantry/B Division. ]( u! o+ w2 S( R
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
' @3 ^' J7 e0 s* t" {; I! {    716th Tank Battalion; j6 ?' E& Q3 K5 b. ~0 R7 o
    81st Infantry/C Division1 e- C4 _9 W# W% C& G# o
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
( r9 E- L1 Z0 M3 _2 o    6th Infantry/C Division7 e$ F! j$ B  {% c7 k6 z+ h
    5th Marine/A Division# t! E+ I1 t6 c, y2 [6 P% ^
    767th Tank Battalion. |% C7 N0 J: Y
    96th Infantry/A Division* W) P" m6 Q8 b/ l. J$ i, S2 l0 H  u
    706th Tank Battalion
7 f. H& e& i" B) W) g    711th Tank Battalion
( r6 k( u. \' X9 Y5 c* J    762nd Tank Battalion
0 X1 {. H2 H0 M3 f) O2 F- `    96th Infantry/B Division
  N0 W1 V) F  R    81st Infantry/A Division3 v/ {0 m; b6 `- H4 L$ ?  D% x/ j
    44th Tank Battalion
* L0 |' h! _# E6 @% {    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
- F# r' V, l$ K% c7 ?    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
( E* _- W, x0 N( t4 n2 T5 L, ?    31st Infantry Regiment* W* G# I# x- [( c1 R
    6th Infantry/A Division
! [  r$ N8 A/ a  `' C2 c& P0 W    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment' l0 x# ^' x9 V& G* I) M. @  W
    710th Tank Battalion
& Z. e6 _/ h# i3 X0 @) Q    96th Infantry/C Division
! r% r4 J0 C9 S    5th USA Defense Battalion& D9 X4 @# y6 d% g
    4th USA Defense Battalion
' D' D: V1 |) u    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion# }. a2 c' R) w3 L( N/ A
    X Corps Artillery : P' ]- x0 J* z) y5 d9 m% A; U
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! k/ R- S" x9 i
    XIV US Corps2 h5 f6 o* L) `& G1 v
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( ~2 J+ Y; v, N9 C' l/ k( k: k    8th Marine Defense Battalion
3 B  b- C0 Y& j# _3 @. \    14th Marine Defense Battalion: z: w9 M6 A0 k
    I Corps Artillery
) p+ Y3 K7 U5 v' r' s- u    96th Coast AA Regiment
" U6 Z9 g1 c. ]& f1 a% {    1st USMC AA Battalion
+ |7 j  ?# [) `    738th Coast AA Regiment( ^7 l( p& |1 ?" N6 a( \' N( G2 u
    12th Marine Defense Battalion, w' v. W, O& j
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& h9 k) [: ?4 E7 g    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:+ J# a" R: S; o( S) N
    33rd/A Division
5 v$ A6 M/ {" C$ l5 w, `; o    81st/B Division
" G5 l/ c$ f/ w, I. v( O3 e    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 P! |& i0 G9 t  i* D9 s
    81st/C Division  t* z7 C6 ]- `6 |4 p
    138th Infantry Regiment6 l) R) z" S: c9 ~# s) a+ e
    Kure 3rd SNLF; l) h7 k" F9 J: b# o  h4 G
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. I' \+ g9 m/ M) F' L
    144th Infantry Regiment+ r$ i; Y  V$ }% p, W5 K
    52nd Naval Guard Unit% ?; [1 I; Q7 I% N
    33rd/B Division
" [# l) ~/ x+ z) Z+ W, A    81st/A Division. d/ B- _" S- f# o  b' q& v3 H
    33rd/C Division
# P& c1 |3 U7 t' i3 [: y    3rd Base Force
5 O8 h. ^# l; i+ j# N+ A; t4 r& I    19th JAAF Base Force7 Z  a4 u$ f) q# i( l
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  s1 N8 G/ M& J; r. z9 K
    60th Field AA Battalion
) [9 K. E& A* p4 Y+ P9 T: e    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# ]+ C0 t' j7 v9 N
    53rd Construction Battalion
% `. @% B, C1 J4 B$ q7 V- Z+ e    Ponape Naval Fortress
9 v+ U* I4 V9 a, P5 Z' V    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
( c* B- K& f5 U' z1 Z    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment5 _& z# q7 Y5 h6 ?& u
    12th Air Fleet0 J- x4 l6 S$ Q1 R6 l
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ J( }( g& {$ m, e8 n" v( i    61st Field AA Battalion6 a+ G( H1 h- E) N: |
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co " y( q- Q* p9 U# M% B
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
+ i( N% m- u; x9 ^( E4 `    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 p) Y5 W- I; X+ D    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7 `- P; t5 [7 Y) H! e1 K    14th Area Army /12 L* ^3 f7 W9 s0 R
    63rd Field AA Battalion1 }  a# P1 x; C- t" I
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
: M' J: ]. R: L9 M$ l; T6 _/ G    Kure 7th SNLF5 u' _  s) N1 q* _
    18th Army& X) P# S1 ]  e& r& \: F# U3 m
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 4 T4 E  K$ [' U2 M2 c! g
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /30 Y5 m: x7 x7 ~# l0 m
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106( I# }  G* B: ~4 X) L8 w1 w
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Japanese Ships. k. d( A1 y1 u% [. I% K
      E No.54
+ q: u! b0 x  B( H4 U4 x      E No.50, g& X! ]% z) a: a! K) i( n
      E No.68
# E9 p( H1 Q/ ~: S) u  T* d      E No.52* Q0 Y  ^0 Y) G- a/ y9 x- p

! _) m8 Q; U$ cAllied Ships
0 {/ M% ]' s1 t/ f+ H4 X4 u      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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9 M+ ?7 N6 f# ]1 o2 \" \重创另一艘& ^9 h6 b5 d) d+ U3 ^( J1 @  V. M

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+ w$ `4 d; C2 wASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102  j# F1 Q1 C4 u$ o: D3 [( I- E
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Japanese Ships
* K! M- @9 d/ R. H& W& l6 F/ W, R      E No.8- ?1 G. l9 ^6 I
      E No.60 w' z. |) p! j7 J4 {* U9 ]
. f5 J9 L7 C* }6 O  t- C, L
Allied Ships6 k  X* \' f9 Q. W# y: S8 a2 {; U( v
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 443 X3 h+ l) e& i9 _0 y

4 ?/ D  o" |2 Z/ k6 c4 H- r经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了. D: c4 J3 F& q  Z$ G  m1 r

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!+ A7 F* b* N' m2 j" a* ]6 x+ O$ C9 @
$ U" q  }, ^& ~2 l2 t
62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.6 C4 i7 ^: J7 Q& V  q4 u& a4 O  b4 O

& Z! s: \+ }, l4 j/ Q2 \Allied Ships
8 M; K' }# W- S0 L8 q& m9 S      CA Wichita
9 V5 V9 w0 U) A( ?; ?# j1 E9 g      CA Vincennes
4 X3 _+ ~( n1 z) D5 w      CA Quincy
) ?) Q2 L3 z0 v1 O, h0 I% L      CA San Francisco
" u. f% r5 |$ q# \( q7 [      CA Minneapolis) ~: B8 {; ?& l' A" |8 D1 i
      CA Astoria' c0 `8 R% f3 W$ ^1 b$ a
      CA Chicago
# i3 ?* U2 g, C+ D, L( K      CA Louisville
1 e" X2 x1 l3 J' G      CA Chester
8 v9 n( t2 G' L. J* f  G      CA Northampton# l4 S6 r* c0 H6 m+ ~7 g6 ]
      CA Portland
3 S( \# V' }' ]9 |' q0 R
9 s4 C# G5 J! M% Q( @4 p# k" |Japanese ground losses:
2 V$ E$ S, P- D# d0 H2 t6 W' n      71 casualties reported$ U& P4 v; U& M3 \* Y( e' p* G  `
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled5 e# W# c5 ?' u2 t. q" @
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled& M  v/ E+ ^- o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
! L6 k( T. e  J7 m. g/ ~9 |9 W: F      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)% P) L$ r$ ^' p5 [

+ J# Y( |4 E$ uAirbase hits 22 M! L) C7 C. D* H9 G3 u- [
Runway hits 10: \7 |' Z6 Y# u% \) t& w
Port hits 4
6 S! f9 o! q* S. [% b! [2 F" P" v3 n* }# s' ~3 y% ~1 E: x6 U8 o
CA Wichita firing at Ponape 1 ~( g% t/ v9 W( O( h3 ]
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* B5 H& b( {' L2 b$ \1 e" O
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
, ?3 p- g9 l% V7 r2 ^2 I  cCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress! p' I  J4 q9 l- ?3 j4 M
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy/ h( G; J" A0 `( @
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
) b4 a! ?! Z. [' Z3 Q7 L; q. |CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& V- O7 v* @5 N" s+ S4 X0 v
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria# ^4 x8 Z( c8 D/ U) J
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
" R; B3 Z- r* L1 aCA Chicago firing at Ponape 3 G3 L! b6 {3 s( G1 S0 }6 |' T
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
( @  b+ q! k" ?- A; j' IOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester8 J  R$ |% l0 P) N# {& t! U
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress  |% r6 h4 U- ]- o
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division! c1 d6 W1 a+ Z3 Q" i) Q. H
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
/ i0 s3 [% r2 h# ?9 gCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment/ e6 ~/ D$ p7 x" v/ V! V

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 @* I& P& y) h0 |; J6 y
7 m  R! v  V4 v/ b. e: N0 m
Allied Ships$ N% s- E4 _# L
      BB Alabama; h$ W( N0 l: A7 i. H9 s
      BB Massachusetts
/ d+ A0 E+ K6 p; {* t      BB Indiana' s1 a% }9 s3 y. g) i
      BB South Dakota
4 f' h8 s& F5 G; _7 \$ Q      BB Washington# N3 w9 C9 y+ L* d  q# G/ t+ s) T
      BB North Carolina) C; G, i, I0 j2 a2 I: ~

2 e+ p- h! m- x" R( F' oJapanese ground losses:- G1 \9 w* A2 V
      275 casualties reported. G3 A2 N: l! r: L
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled" K7 S1 S% m; L8 |
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled# ~% X$ ?: V% R$ X6 f
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled3 l* t3 d: b0 V# g4 c
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
; ~) U  i( O) e9 F8 z0 C6 m: d      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
  V0 i8 H5 R8 s' |  @4 u: O3 o4 x3 W: W1 P3 n. P9 @0 ^; p$ h
Airbase supply hits 1
) c( ^. \- R: X3 t' M) U$ gRunway hits 7: b. a1 O3 M; Z
Port hits 3
8 V8 A: w+ f( M" |" O) B0 {3 |8 R7 F
BB Alabama firing at Ponape : w: b# D( T3 l
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape ' g& p& N+ z/ l5 H, \  Y
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division  ~( E2 ]  B6 l0 V4 H" R0 p0 V( C' t
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota$ a/ ~$ v; r9 i  L: A1 a/ A
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
4 Y/ ]- N$ T! ?% t# r' N8 qBB Washington firing at Ponape # q( b. }4 Y5 o! x
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, W6 ?# p0 W. h9 f  ~
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!4 {. j4 r/ `$ P" a. S
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.3 Z2 G5 u/ H% m2 M, i& Y

' M& E3 t) u( o; sAllied Ships+ f! Y" ~# ?7 {4 f$ Y
      BB Queen Elizabeth
% J% W, \6 L8 c' Q& k8 h" J. y      BB Valiant
+ u- E  O+ m& L  m4 P* c      BB Mississippi
% ^0 N8 y! g8 i; o      BB New Mexico8 i+ E% z! s0 \2 @' [
      BB Idaho
) r1 _0 H8 {7 C. ]* ]      BB West Virginia
: c8 C) d0 l$ Q  U5 G7 i( c      BB Colorado
4 ?; |( y+ J6 _) ~
" N% K! i6 g! ]& KJapanese ground losses:( b$ U- ^. V2 t1 m# v) [
      117 casualties reported
/ b: e9 Z" V& n) u/ K         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled- ]$ m( P) x4 j: X
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled' Q1 P4 w! |) F, J4 O
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 P0 f. R1 s8 }      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)& a# Z, \( ^, @7 u
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 j8 T2 Y/ w* j" \% n- X
% J. h' Q% C6 t8 [8 t  U8 r
Airbase hits 23 p3 h# H8 Y/ Z; w5 _; ]3 E/ A. l3 l
Runway hits 2
0 U& m% Y6 s) s
9 j0 p6 i2 I/ P# D1 YBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment/ W$ w& b2 E% f) q* }
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( y! o6 {* ]. o6 [5 q! K
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
# N" |( `" u0 \Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi0 \: J0 K/ k: n3 |
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
: X7 `5 D/ P8 D4 t. q  PBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
/ x3 S/ u6 \6 p7 o5 M) m3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
2 L/ c+ z$ K$ D; fBB West Virginia firing at Ponape $ H4 ?6 c: K/ t2 o3 }! _
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force; V! F! [$ e1 ^  I& S5 L
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado. `' K6 v8 _; H& S8 k* f

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& j, E/ `! T5 l3 T0 C: z4 U' ]" vAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
$ g& X  ?' c; _Estimated time to target is 34 minutes- \% U" u2 I' O; E/ n

" Q& k7 g% w/ ^+ C3 }3 VAllied aircraft
, v5 X% t9 f& f1 U      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 S- B# J0 A, G+ g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337/ C; K1 T$ Q$ I
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283, ]+ t" G& {5 c# h8 P- K

9 @; c3 o# s2 Y& p  f3 U6 aAllied aircraft losses3 O3 `- d; B$ Q) Q$ j! X+ T5 m' \
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged! @" n* Q4 y! ]( P5 J7 K. `
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak: n& W0 T" o. K5 W: u6 j' u
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged/ t: e5 ]+ v1 E
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
  P, J! z& o  h0 U0 r* F$ j1 S
# R0 [: [& d6 D$ [7 i% F! c) Z; [Japanese ground losses:
* x! E: j. S6 R, _4 v      159 casualties reported
; s' f2 z* G6 T' W9 Y         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
" M& U/ s# ^7 Q, g- @* E) P- K' b         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
2 ~$ u2 E2 e3 ?         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( b! {- i& p9 q4 ^

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0 k0 R0 r# Z/ q/ w- J9 m" h5 G) b. SGround combat at Ponape (119,113). N  ?0 S; ^: E" v1 ~7 ?) c" u8 `
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Allied Deliberate attack
5 I1 a4 }1 h3 a& P2 @" W5 V, V
9 W$ g, `+ d0 F3 _4 hAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13440 j: Z7 R2 |! a/ C# K' s7 ?

: W  r2 b6 c2 n5 a  c4 yAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 78 C) F+ X$ [8 Q4 K/ ~% ^

6 Y% L) r' j$ M1 v1 Z! O+ ~Allied adjusted assault: 3406
. {# g7 {0 I: O0 M/ h& v" ~$ `2 \4 u
/ o( \" B* E* \3 R" y5 QJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
  V5 t: S7 e( e* D5 I) U8 w% s' J% M  p" S) l, B& w6 ]
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 1 z8 u) o/ H$ F- b1 \/ p# E$ R, x
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Combat modifiers1 I5 t' I# e! {5 {* A% x
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)2 r; N  r& \( O6 ?+ o4 ^, d
Attacker: , O+ a) [" f$ H

9 I  C( W: ]( Y; fJapanese ground losses:% l# h1 v8 Q( ]$ {
      3539 casualties reported* E1 ^+ a! ~4 I( v: v' D: F
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled. y; T1 R( u  `+ r
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
/ c+ W( O6 v0 Z, m8 b5 f5 T7 y         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled" q. R/ h4 d( E! U& \" ]) n
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)3 M8 S0 g5 v' t
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)# l* h- l1 Z* @% N0 {; x* S

' \! X: |7 m2 g0 z# |2 EAllied ground losses:
, `; K0 h; d1 T: U/ y; D' a! _      3552 casualties reported
$ {7 H3 x3 Q, \6 K5 u( z         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
$ V) ]4 @1 \( N/ ^4 g" S6 I         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled0 Z. J$ P6 L  a* T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled$ e% [+ J# M, S' [
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
' ?+ s+ T% D, `7 M      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)2 ]/ s! E% X; P$ r% O
      Units destroyed 1
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/ d" S: E7 g# @) t- A. H' xAssaulting units:* k) f1 H5 j2 o2 Y. t& W# e+ _
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
* V; q- l  x4 ]' I2 @5 V# k    5th Marine Division
  Y! l! n! S. j4 b/ U  Y( l    716th Tank Battalion+ m! P+ k, @& Z- P# L
    706th Tank Battalion! t  m# v  W, q: }
    762nd Tank Battalion
( u- ?" B" o7 ]" g% }3 r& _    710th Tank Battalion
; E8 D' S# e+ U) G! K; U    767th Tank Battalion
( B+ B: x' P- j0 G/ N+ \" a2 ^    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
0 [$ d' |  L  q    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
% A, _4 C) B# b& L. G& R    81st Infantry Division9 m! d! ]: Q: u: D% r$ _& C/ E
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment  c! J; Y# U. c: e
    96th Infantry Division
% k! \+ A& N: N. m, F; i. O7 H    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment' y) R3 s$ {* C  b2 v) M# ~1 B
    711th Tank Battalion6 A0 B( v: S; B
    44th Tank Battalion/ T1 F+ u. o& }: O
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
& a* N# U! L2 L0 M% L; l7 D    6th Infantry Division
$ f. z' l  E+ }5 ?    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
( Y, x# I/ [3 i3 g$ {6 I    31st Infantry Regiment
% \  G' S  |" N& c* w    XIV US Corps
- i* {( k  i9 u8 x    96th Coast AA Regiment
5 L8 J; L7 ?* I' Y# ~8 ~    12th Marine Defense Battalion
' J* |& W( U! _8 U% j; I2 S    4th USA Defense Battalion) Y# s4 a$ U/ W/ T, z
    14th Marine Defense Battalion# Z+ ~' L" a1 s- K1 c) F# l5 r7 y4 _
    1st USMC AA Battalion5 V7 N) X: S. R  s9 M) {) b* U
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 Z1 F$ n  O6 L4 C: v7 R    5th USA Defense Battalion7 }. a0 A0 r* q: N" E) s2 F
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! B0 E$ ]% P/ I& n& h    738th Coast AA Regiment
0 l3 ]9 ~$ S* X! I0 C    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 j% i. n1 z: `1 H7 T: |    I Corps Artillery 0 ]" Q% T1 z  M* w5 m) J& e: K
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
1 M, n! ]1 t; X; Y    X Corps Artillery 3 N% V; j- F, U/ I; t* u
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 P$ h1 P+ P; w; Z1 g
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment# \+ E9 N! `& w
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Defending units:) G* w4 E. u9 g, I
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
) D  {4 q9 h1 ~% f    52nd Naval Guard Unit
9 k6 Q; D' S# ~    144th Infantry Regiment
5 L" r( A/ z7 `6 I- v; B3 s. z# X    Kure 3rd SNLF5 P* D3 V5 B- S5 I
    Sasebo 7th SNLF- ]. O2 `# T& c4 W! G" g
    33rd/B Division
; T+ e) a. L/ ~    81st/C Division
1 t5 e$ J# N! x$ N2 }) ]    81st/A Division1 d: ]1 K- K( A9 J1 W8 R0 d) p
    81st/B Division
3 `+ m9 K7 I2 O5 ^- w/ }! G    33rd/A Division) F5 g% d' i! {  r% E
    138th Infantry Regiment, e6 e- `3 v+ D" P: R! e( W$ H6 ?
    33rd/C Division) n( p9 z0 o/ ^; Q
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 X2 o& [! |1 `1 U. k    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
7 {' k% n9 K6 e% Q& k    19th JAAF Base Force! U5 F0 J# c! n, G) C  U# l
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co " h7 s7 m* W' K. S4 {
    12th Air Fleet
5 \  \1 v& }/ N' w8 O) c% o    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 I. ?% \, ?9 q) d: u: @4 H
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 `. i8 B( `. ?: ~9 V" M    63rd Field AA Battalion
- h# I  x& q/ p8 B, x& X    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) l- s! G' B& d. a
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! K9 Z% w* i' d    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 F9 o: `8 ~& O* `3 ]5 Z. Y& I. Z
    Ponape Naval Fortress
+ H( C  J% Y, {6 A6 w( m3 C    61st Field AA Battalion2 C8 ]6 ~  o: [# P+ I
    18th Army
7 |% g3 C& H) D3 \$ |    14th Area Army /16 _5 @8 z+ [( g0 H/ A; l) R* s
    60th Field AA Battalion
0 D' Y$ G' j  P0 _6 I    53rd Construction Battalion# j( Y5 k% @, S" W+ Q' e! A
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
8 g4 ^# T- k8 U# n    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ _+ c/ p( T+ Y8 L' ~9 g$ Z6 ^
    Kure 7th SNLF( Z+ y8 K  V# a# {9 ^
    3rd Base Force
2 C( Q0 @" H% [! G    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)$ g5 ~9 D( L" c; Z8 H: x8 F' r/ c1 x
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
* d7 a) ?7 q& d$ H" K5 ]Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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8 A- P% n- o* l3 R- i% x, oAllied aircraft
( O$ G* y7 Y2 E6 U9 a      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462" H" d4 M0 U0 i
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
6 O/ F. k% r, w9 H4 E% p      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
- u# J4 Q$ H9 l2 s& F$ a/ @Allied aircraft losses
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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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6 C  f3 W: Z0 q* g/ U3 P8 r: x$ \Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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  T% r; k9 P1 k' @Allied Ships
6 a1 Y! Q  h% I2 \2 k! |9 I      CA Vincennes$ u3 b; h  i+ x% d
      CA Quincy: f8 p5 J& n9 y
      CA San Francisco
* m. L, V5 R5 {" _- q5 D: |      CA Minneapolis
- p3 O& D2 z" O* z' r( f      CA Astoria" x' K: e& d& B/ c1 J* ~/ q: ~
      CA Chicago
4 I; ]( U* ~  v. y5 Z      CA Louisville0 x( a8 m7 s6 o' u' i" ?
      CA Chester
5 {( y. _8 r1 Y: G' S: N& o/ o      CA Northampton
% f5 n* ^* K! |      CA Portland" K( y, o2 m% X4 ^% K( d
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Japanese ground losses:
* o6 {  U! e/ m$ T6 n$ v) y      112 casualties reported% y" A& T' L2 o% Q( g2 h
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
6 S* N$ Q( z" m2 P         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled3 ]8 g6 j0 z! j- T0 y7 U- L: N0 ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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. Z, D- h) n2 ]2 \8 t/ MAirbase hits 5
) K4 a* T3 M; v2 iAirbase supply hits 2
' x. M) S$ S5 v- I, |5 JRunway hits 21
: a. i7 \8 t/ \Port hits 7
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* i# }7 j9 j4 HNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113+ r  y; m4 _4 D; x9 u
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Allied Ships
- J/ U' l$ F" p( J0 b      BB Alabama
5 f8 k/ s; z! I8 ?, ]      BB Massachusetts
9 }: u: E0 {; x9 C      BB Indiana. j1 z5 T, c9 Q1 @/ i' X
      BB South Dakota  U- i9 t1 w" ]& F/ ~) V
      BB Washington
0 j  [+ F9 X8 [0 q+ A! K* ^) ]0 k; N' ^      BB North Carolina
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- z( s1 P+ u: I! K, r& gJapanese ground losses:
+ i0 K0 t5 B9 l) h      398 casualties reported
, G0 U4 v8 p; J& p: g; J' G% x         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
$ y' h# J* k0 c* {  Y         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled' E2 S, I& b- H- K- @4 u
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled# e- W4 V+ o$ ~  M, V: n) o
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)! z2 [7 C" x% {* `8 q1 m8 C: }
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)% g1 ?/ ~4 [. Q( @, P

/ W# O/ g) g2 kAirbase hits 99 `5 T7 k* B, S: ^/ d) e8 w
Runway hits 99 C7 x# i# I4 y; q, W; L5 k6 B
Port hits 2! Q& z* N( `5 u- y& a

& }# i' p# f+ J" fBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
: l) H* Q& c) T, y- n6 @BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
' o% y% ?' X2 Y" kBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division! H/ h0 R# J! P, @
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
" q, \% a% [; L9 C  K4 sBB Washington firing at Ponape % ~% W& C* S2 V: b
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape - N& v5 c$ c1 {4 z1 }

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+ k1 L5 W5 z6 M; D2 TNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships& X# I3 h$ M+ V0 D% Z% ^
      BB Mississippi
+ ], ^* b" U  p" f      BB New Mexico
0 R# G0 f5 w) W# O2 w- V( A      BB Idaho9 ^+ p. U/ l5 m
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Japanese ground losses:( e9 |' i* o" ^/ _& x8 o$ r
      195 casualties reported
& a5 c, d, l8 B2 N5 M7 [* ^         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled9 c  p- t* m! M/ l% s) s) ~
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled( z6 N# F: p( f, i0 Q# }
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
" y' n/ D. [) E      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
* F2 T& V5 i' L& v$ o5 Z      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)% E2 H( y# D" W8 ^7 `

; I# n$ A6 h, Z2 n- P" t3 G& XAirbase hits 3; X8 c: v+ q+ B9 a# |
Runway hits 14/ ]% |7 c7 J  a! i, D8 U

0 t) `0 R& N# `8 s! ?- v# mBB Mississippi firing at Ponape
( L" K! p& ?: MBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
2 R! A- z* S4 L4 K/ yBB Idaho firing at Ponape
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2 Z5 @& e* x! C1 |& [1 w* XAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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4 d2 K1 C# S9 {' l. MRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.$ ]# r" w) a3 _) N% ]% `1 E
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes; h& R2 z3 q. ?0 u% T
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Allied aircraft
( I: w9 b% Q7 Z! |' Y      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 J/ x) t: O  [3 I6 F, @+ z( G" B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333: d& F# l) r" h' z# O# F
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
& M1 t  S; _* O$ T# v" O# `1 N. y! z/ Y3 T      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
8 N6 y& ^) [7 K- K( \: n# S      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak, m% o, j" `! u. }
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged! g: z: u6 h  [9 }3 q) G$ ?
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Japanese ground losses:
( g: B& ~. q- @% E0 U# J- R      121 casualties reported9 E; F, N1 z. ]8 s$ Q$ Q* G& Q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 H- ^% w" W( `* W" K         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
4 R( c7 r: s+ a% q" y5 M         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ u1 Y. v: p  p3 D5 p/ x4 b
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)- ~. u; D: ^0 D" H/ N

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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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  S, c  `) `. uDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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9 U$ E7 g. O, O" Y$ n7 f8 EJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 , c; S9 ?- n) [
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers& J, b1 b4 B6 u& S' n1 O' V
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
3 L( |; n" Y% E$ b# i3 k- YAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:$ g( i9 f- D2 `7 X" d$ H8 \
      2305 casualties reported7 W, Z* F+ X: G* u: U
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled$ V1 c& t! D2 O' q0 w! E
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
& u; c) J1 a5 U+ D% x' J! y7 X2 D         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled2 K" c, q& T4 ^, X9 w5 j
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
) ^- m; {* w! V4 j, _      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
7 P9 S- n( I) v4 w: Z) R8 g      3064 casualties reported; F. \+ S- u3 u, P
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled, i1 W4 |; ^5 T6 P3 k/ k' `1 e& d
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled1 o) P: O. Y) j5 |, b
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled. X+ F; H' L+ N/ t/ }$ x/ p* G
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)8 u0 F9 c( a/ W: D8 }4 P* e: a
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
. N3 {4 h# [' n2 W4 S/ O: r    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 B+ w. u) J& J/ |    711th Tank Battalion) u0 k. A& {1 Y& M( b' c
    716th Tank Battalion
2 ~) g6 x) p: ~" `    6th Infantry Division
* E5 Y* A$ y! [% J! M    44th Tank Battalion
% U% G: E# Q9 T' c' J    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment! X. X3 b* w! L: C, O
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment1 l' Y! w/ D! J. k  w9 R3 G* w
    81st Infantry Division
6 k+ O1 T% p1 v9 i    767th Tank Battalion
3 d4 g- |* s+ r: f    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& ~) k# t$ Z7 V/ I1 k' a    762nd Tank Battalion
! w" Z- q/ H* d) Z) P  F! y% K    710th Tank Battalion
( w' m* Y2 ~& L- K* E% u    96th Infantry Division$ }4 F  ^. G4 v
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
9 Q3 J% P+ I3 `* e4 o    706th Tank Battalion0 U4 b1 |) c* ~, B) I( v% H
    5th Marine Division1 _: a2 d3 u2 T) S' P0 F
    31st Infantry Regiment1 w. N! g, x' T. q( h
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. F+ U3 k% \& P  a8 [    1st USMC AA Battalion
+ \: R) m, z* b2 c" O: x) T2 c    738th Coast AA Regiment
& V) a, [% q  U. z% O    96th Coast AA Regiment' X& m% T% M" Y
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ r% H* Y8 y7 c) ]' [3 r    12th Marine Defense Battalion7 V+ X2 F6 j1 [) @6 ~7 c
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 G% j/ l. @  \! l" D, P' C    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment# D  ^3 X' f4 z, {! Q! I1 P
    XIV US Corps
3 t& L* s+ H: V  e    X Corps Artillery # P+ h3 U; a' E% k* n( i) m1 Q
    5th USA Defense Battalion* Q7 Y" }  k# k; ~, ^* U
    4th USA Defense Battalion! y; N; O+ y( t0 @- j# H
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment( b8 P& i$ Q- Q, Z9 X+ y6 P
    I Corps Artillery
! S5 E8 q9 r1 A8 ^    8th Marine Defense Battalion' q3 K8 I  g  z( t# Q* g  b: r  X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment3 [: r5 K) O% n: P1 Y
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Defending units:
! l: L1 `, |/ w5 K2 t* ~, I) ]' N    Ponape Naval Fortress
6 N7 [9 e, d; x+ k" C/ C    81st/C Division; b8 C4 d0 V6 L5 k: ]$ Q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit  }1 ?* t8 D6 n  k: \  p
    138th Infantry Regiment, x* m- e5 o0 Q0 a
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. e/ b' L3 y$ a5 s& H) I4 }
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
' R" e% u! c( M( J8 P7 D1 N2 a$ X    144th Infantry Regiment" K3 j+ g1 `: u, t% W; X& x, G
    81st/B Division
6 y5 d+ v- B* l6 `* k0 M6 v    33rd/B Division
3 `! M/ h; t8 O0 F9 K8 a& G2 n2 H    33rd/A Division
3 Z( L2 {) s6 J4 J    81st/A Division
) M; w  Y2 N7 M" G- \9 [    Kure 3rd SNLF
7 [3 g; [5 a4 W& D6 b    33rd/C Division
' [8 p7 h9 k4 z* n    53rd Construction Battalion! f' \  y+ Q/ e$ M: o* Y
    18th Army" M- F1 z. O" r& A8 ~9 f" _  q. @4 |
    14th Area Army /1  p% m2 j2 A+ Q! J2 a
    60th Field AA Battalion
) S7 w' S- \, ~' g    12th Air Fleet
# m4 L0 _0 q- p* o1 g    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment; D! R( u5 ^% y% V7 Q) P2 m; d. Y
    63rd Field AA Battalion
0 g2 T! s$ ^0 p- y$ n    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ \% m" f8 k- v5 T9 E    3rd Base Force' D) L0 Z# W& l
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- Z; M6 G$ t3 T7 J) E
    Kure 7th SNLF
! V- D1 O2 @% y    19th JAAF Base Force; P4 l7 C1 U1 d( M& }' F
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion9 V4 P5 w# d5 F. ?
    61st Field AA Battalion0 `! _0 W/ p: I9 M
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co & @' J: J' _" {: {
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 |: c7 p# b4 i6 ]) e+ L, g
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 t" H4 D/ p# T  `4 I& G2 j    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion, Y  a% _' ~+ H
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
9 ^6 x' o$ H0 {8 R$ S! V    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
% B6 Q, @, k0 g3 x& B, h7 T7 t6 O妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待) c/ S: X" O4 ]% d4 K& T1 T
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) s$ ~4 Q- o5 R7 M5 Q1 b6 m5 {" pMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60& b. L3 L8 |6 b; q% }
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& o. N% B! U+ q1 |1 j* G
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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/ \1 V) W$ M( ]Allied aircraft0 q9 W  V; V) R, d! o- Q
      P-38L Lightning x 23
/ e/ v5 g; F& f! a" U7 F" N6 a      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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& Y' N1 Z' T' ]; b, s* UAllied aircraft losses
) b4 Y  V# a+ y2 M      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged" y3 c1 h, b+ B" k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak' _$ K+ ^/ n2 W% t5 D
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Japanese Ships
* O+ @$ o$ ?- t$ t      DD Suruyame$ I! u+ p# G6 T/ ~3 T( k
      CL Ninaru, |7 o- o  }- A, H) h0 k* N
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 C9 a8 b* \8 ]. ?0 B
      DD Yayoi3 d2 @* W; ~- i0 N& n+ |
      CA Kako
0 D1 b2 @- ]% L      DD Asagiri. @7 \. ^9 e! x5 y
      DD Ayanami
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6 c- u7 h  ^5 u6 c8 [% ~# qAircraft Attacking:
' i/ ]. }/ K% v" w9 q- s% h      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 m/ J3 G) H" C" F9 V0 [) A
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
! X  |/ q" Y- t       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
7 ?0 m+ S( H( `( Y               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb4 U! E: E1 x1 J& b
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000', M8 I& C0 c8 F
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb$ G: G7 [1 ?, d8 p9 a. T

4 R* I3 y% {; k. G- P" n  UMassive explosion on CL Tokachi  ~3 y7 U6 o: q% T8 q1 Y$ ]
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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5 n, c! P6 i8 z7 V' Y" GAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain$ _/ ^3 Q9 W7 O0 k+ I

- ]7 M) d7 r* s( vRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
5 I! W2 u- s; x% AEstimated time to target is 34 minutes5 E4 \: i$ ?" `" P( q4 }' g
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Allied aircraft/ z& j( `9 `- V" m- u
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462* w5 s* R7 x- \
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326. H& p0 `9 ^+ s3 f1 @2 c# j
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2858 @$ o1 Q& M  ^# E& h
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Allied aircraft losses5 k8 P" i0 k- |) O' {& i- d
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged1 ^$ ]! `) g- b5 ~3 A  B& [& j0 I
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak3 n# D" @7 A$ C; W% b5 ?
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:* H9 @8 o8 C: O' e/ J0 ~% T6 b- q
      276 casualties reported
7 q$ S& O" n* j6 h1 a         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ Q# O8 v# R  R         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
& o: m8 U% }  E1 _1 R: D7 g         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& J8 d+ N7 [& \. ]$ e      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)4 U# W! D5 S* d, Q% n9 O
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! |( }& `( K' S2 \Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)9 Y  H* e$ c* L* k4 K
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Allied Bombardment attack
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! A; \5 x' A$ S4 O' E& a6 p- d1 jAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017$ T' X' K! h" p9 F
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Japanese ground losses:8 H) p- T9 g/ X) |
      1082 casualties reported
9 k  w; Q& Q* D; J% N9 ?5 J         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
/ \+ F; T6 A/ P2 c         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled# G0 ~* O! L# M
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled0 a8 U& [2 Q7 o& ^5 @! l) n" P/ \
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)0 H# L8 `. s1 E' K0 M/ W, y
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Allied ground losses:% J; G/ S: I4 L8 ~  E2 a
      23 casualties reported+ r- a$ S: F( E# c. T9 W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% }  R: c! X, n0 h( [# w         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 i7 G1 r' l. [2 b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  p$ z7 L* X" k3 y8 L$ O/ Q      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
2 ]# Y, p8 g/ u5 o- p- c' V) O/ D      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44! Q7 |5 O* N4 j$ S9 M2 P

$ l8 O+ \" E$ e* o9 b8 z东京快车出轨: w, z. g' X$ F, q
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日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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1 q) R* S$ s. E# {2 ^; w! O, n本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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5 b8 W$ }9 W9 Q+ b9 C7 |天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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! h7 _6 x7 b: p( h6 \Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113: m0 I' I( M7 G
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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0 a: s& Z/ W/ D0 E/ I% z. yAllied Ships
; Q1 X5 _2 W2 b- Q& c      CLAA Prince Robert
5 G7 g2 N3 E: W+ n2 ?      DD Saumarez/ k! K5 k& V1 F1 W
      DD Nizam, o( l: x; H1 }* c% A
      DD Ellet
! ~5 |$ f  _  l; Q( U* V- p      DD Waller
$ t% W. G0 Q9 s: G( a' a; w8 l5 S8 D      DD Walker
8 B0 g: v$ ^+ X' y+ x1 B& O5 P      DD Wadleigh
' J& Z4 w2 C. e5 `0 u1 B; q      DD Uhlmann8 W! `/ Q* ?2 r$ L3 F* }
      DD Twining
! w. M$ i  S, F. ]0 m  i      DD Twiggs
, Z5 v& M) Q1 |, Y; @9 j      DD David Taylor( H$ X( ^. s7 M+ `: B
      DD Strong+ D; _  A/ P# O+ g6 {6 ^( ^6 @
      DD Sproston  s9 A7 |3 l; t. ~
      DD Sigsbee; o. D5 D1 a& q# M) D  d
      DD Sigourney6 f4 P- q* B: a0 d
      DD Schroeder
1 r- b7 e) V5 E/ \: N1 a- v9 j      DD Benham II
8 j0 ^: [1 @- |+ y  k      DD Cushing II0 d7 u' _8 N% d6 ?1 E; J
      DD Urchin+ @/ T, d4 d( [" A
      DD Urania$ l; w$ x/ M! V) c9 |  O% N# J5 X

. V) y$ B/ o% C7 ASS I-48 is sighted by escort" }$ E3 @0 J; r- n/ M
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search& v% C& T7 @' m& m
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
2 c. R6 D& P3 ?: e  ?$ GSS I-48 forced to surface!
$ F  }9 \' g3 ~  ~# g& eDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
- \' y$ X/ ?1 E' E8 @" @DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....1 y. G& E  D% s7 M
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ..../ {( j9 u* _% R
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
( n$ p9 ]# S  t% w7 qDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
8 w' [- C1 J2 kSub slips beneath the waves
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" S' W  T$ t( s/ J, V4 wNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards, \; G8 ]2 ?1 K' i' d9 E, D

3 P1 L( N( [) s* \7 }- }7 W  yJapanese aircraft$ m' g  G. w% k. k0 U: S+ X# O  ?
      no flights1 o( h, a6 V. |4 Q1 T

" T: Q8 J0 k  K5 X; l$ SJapanese aircraft losses
( l  G" I$ \6 e1 ^5 h      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed7 w( D1 l2 Y. ~& s

# R0 e+ D1 g  m+ c% cJapanese Ships
+ k8 d5 k+ f9 x% x* o. N      CL Agano
  m3 d& g# G: S0 g( l! T9 V      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
' S8 q1 F- {9 u6 c, H      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& H5 E5 f- J& X) H      DD Hibiki
, l0 y% O. I: y# n- o  L      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
, h% x8 K( H) J+ L* {( A, ^4 w      DD Shirakumo
$ q) N) {& P( a8 C      DD Isonami* _, ?+ g7 M7 k
      DD Murakumo, Q7 h) q& }0 R4 U5 A3 f2 Y  i9 V; |4 Z
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships% K) B2 Y) y, j) M1 L5 ~
      BB North Carolina
' l6 ~+ U& |( V  d' V4 |. I      BB Washington
' \% ]3 m$ G& p: v+ ]) }. n, `* D      BB South Dakota2 G+ ?7 e$ p" S% R0 X2 u# t
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
& V3 B/ u3 Y5 U6 E      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
* |( ^4 O2 P8 R' t0 {      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
. H; `1 Z( f6 a" D9 _* k      DD Conner
/ X- F) Q5 r& Q; W      DD Cotten
/ Y8 o8 C3 h3 Y! w# \      DD Cowell
3 r) _5 d  ]; A$ A7 ~      DD Daly% H* z0 c, V' q4 |
      DD Eaton
# F3 D& B: k( N% F* I/ D      DD Heywood Edwards
; @9 |+ h, X5 {, S* W1 I      DD Erben
+ f/ \. p) @! E0 E& N6 F. z      DD Evans
: w6 j+ B# Q3 a* }      DD Foote
8 k2 k8 f" J5 |% C/ L, V      DD Franks
$ n: |9 H; c3 Z' R0 ^) Y      DD Fullam9 z( r. q, x! i7 Y, }4 E
      DD Gatling# C) B. c8 U" ]( N: ]& ?& A4 w
      DD Albert Grant. \* L7 b2 N# d1 U
      DD Gregory. V, Q' `  \, A, @& k( p0 V$ U* P$ {
      DD Guest6 x& D9 |9 }; L. x) {  ?& c
      DMS Hamilton) I% D, P: d6 c8 H/ B/ x8 A3 ^- L
      DMS Forrest
8 I  C$ u1 W" O! O; U3 `1 f$ J4 `      DMS Ellyson4 G* g7 J1 [  S4 @- z! }9 W3 q
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& E$ M* X/ T7 X0 w0 B$ ?  nRange closes to 28,000 yards...7 C& [/ i& h( f, U7 u$ U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards; R) b, y+ w+ Q. Y* _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
: Z8 U( A! F- G; |2 r0 I9 i* ~Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, N4 B# z" k+ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards8 D. u, s3 v. U* v
Range closes to 24,000 yards...* \+ s5 H5 K# C* r3 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* K2 N3 Q8 U8 z6 I- E" G, @4 ^/ H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
" c4 h  E7 L* U4 G" H- fRange closes to 22,000 yards...; K# W4 P# N; _& ^) c, d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards' N) z* }+ \7 [2 y3 d7 E. T* L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
7 N8 f. s. O3 bRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% ~9 r6 i/ x: O$ y6 r$ ^: }" lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
1 H# B; B# C' i: b* k- PRange closes to 18,000 yards...3 [9 H4 y4 ~4 ]0 a3 R* c0 p5 x0 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
$ f' ~! Z. p1 q+ M) S, z# CRange closes to 16,000 yards...
) O' t- t5 o6 [* l) CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
. V) M% ~, h' n" B& P2 _Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 E# o" c$ A4 mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
5 t  f% @) }0 s, b0 ORange closes to 12,000 yards...
( V4 ^' y4 C" ?, p8 G: `$ kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 c+ y; U2 J$ C5 e, U$ Q! q0 A6 TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards. W5 F) l- e+ }; G
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
% m3 B; k: g8 Q4 Z8 A0 s5 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% I7 {% u+ V; {2 Q: u8 J" ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards4 k4 U1 P6 W* C! L4 }7 c  P
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
" G' n! _0 j# z# _# CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
9 R5 S4 u: t) P2 c( y" ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards. p  ?+ v* ^" `3 x8 t9 t' h
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; u- D/ I3 J5 n) Y) ?
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
4 Q  ^6 X% @' CBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
7 Y: \+ a. e6 h+ RCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards0 ^- G9 t) ]9 X  L; W7 g/ r
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
% `* H, h& t+ O) }8 xBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
! [. R2 d( d  R6 p2 F+ D$ C, tDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
* J6 h1 z6 A5 O3 a) e6 o+ ]! }DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 p( K. l: b- X8 p' }BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards* v' m6 A4 u0 l3 R! F; {% t8 o" I
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards5 n: Q) _. B! j5 w& I% r+ g' G
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards/ s$ O" T$ `5 W2 v7 W
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
: Y  i2 c7 y" h/ F' q5 RRange increases to 11,000 yards' J1 b1 z) e  l- U4 V1 j
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; I9 P# [7 }6 M; C/ MBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
" C( K8 U+ E7 p3 FCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
! E+ f9 _& \, Y0 T8 x4 R5 [DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
1 R( z/ M1 s% Y% q& ZCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards  K8 n* ~3 m! `5 z
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
7 v7 ^- B* S9 R9 Z4 g6 CCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards% ~' ?/ r- E" U! `9 g
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards7 I+ `7 K- ]# P- ^
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
; q& {$ ?; V! {  D6 C8 W$ `! Q8 B& ?DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards: }/ P# y7 c1 L
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
) C5 ?8 c$ {. \+ v4 e  o4 V, uDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards/ y3 c% o4 S9 g4 l0 k- d% \' x
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
( L/ o* y. I3 b9 z% q% xDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
& C: v, P& U; `: _" T7 B( x6 fRange closes to 10,000 yards+ I+ u4 ^6 C2 @" t- A
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
: M5 j# N9 M/ x( X$ F9 }CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards/ j" c2 l" ?7 }; i. o- ~0 |# V
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 c1 K* B$ N2 D. L! \
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards; O7 R$ t0 u# _+ O! _2 _' C; i
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards3 O3 s& Y8 i2 T# R! N. u7 c
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
; `$ m$ z  L) fDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
3 k' x6 B! `9 l6 l6 ^: S. M8 }: r% MCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
- d, @8 {, L" r( w* C! TCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
1 v& g6 J1 a9 I0 y2 qDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
1 d. n  y/ J, Q) nJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ j* J3 L; ?. u# ~
Task forces break off...
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2 \# f0 m1 a2 d: _Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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: L1 D' N0 X0 p. bJapanese Ships9 n( {) J7 v% \( }7 n/ [
      DD Hikokaze) x% f+ C& C& O) W
      DD Ishikaze' q" o0 ^+ `% q5 s5 Y+ b
      DD Tagokaze
. J- N6 f" s4 q+ G+ I) O      DD Takatakaze) k9 I% m) \/ n+ _) V0 G. p

7 f8 y( f, h; j- Z" q3 v5 t1 P7 KAllied Ships
: q  a9 m+ o5 F8 R6 ~      BB North Carolina
! x9 S+ ]% }5 f$ L% g      BB Washington2 ]0 O9 r" O) i! T9 ^
      BB South Dakota
5 K% @3 v5 W/ B) t2 h1 y, e      BB Indiana
! ?/ ?" i+ T5 q' i* C1 K, T2 T      BB Massachusetts
5 D# T6 x* L* E: d      BB Alabama
! R  @; ~8 q3 v- ?5 K      DD Conner7 g! J% J% Y7 U1 k% e
      DD Cotten, O9 n0 ?9 B; k, L
      DD Cowell
- }$ R: }2 r- `4 w4 p      DD Daly
# M1 \/ l  j9 U$ y, P0 A      DD Eaton
$ R& b) h2 z( b: g8 `      DD Heywood Edwards2 ^& m! {, |% @2 z$ u4 f& _
      DD Erben* N! Y, t& s3 L: e7 J
      DD Evans# [0 t* e' `' j+ C) ?& u
      DD Foote, I- W+ d: }4 {) W8 A
      DD Franks% ^; u5 I! ~* ?; i
      DD Fullam. V, V* R5 D% }9 L: K& q+ I
      DD Gatling
: Z" o5 M2 L  B" [$ J3 |$ p      DD Albert Grant  d3 S) I$ H: H
      DD Gregory
, H3 R0 b8 o- F' b4 l8 q      DD Guest
% O9 y; Y( L, g( }- c; ]      DMS Hamilton* d) X" y% {( M! j0 _& F
      DMS Forrest
2 o% b" ?& {. u- T/ @      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
5 B/ w" R+ s4 `8 l) S9 A) U* s5 b) VRange closes to 28,000 yards...
* N: I9 u4 D' E  Y( r% c* |7 vRange closes to 26,000 yards...
9 {6 b6 `# L+ Y! d6 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards) i/ m8 b. t+ T& ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
7 C/ l& l# g8 ARange closes to 24,000 yards...
* Z$ y( p+ ^! }+ xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
4 P6 U7 S5 k' I- U6 DRange closes to 22,000 yards...$ N8 I/ N+ B8 y( r
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) t/ N1 ~5 z" L
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 \1 U" c1 z9 U" [/ |6 hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards) n3 K/ s# Y3 ^. h* \/ C
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ ^& H: S& a- h/ Z% V1 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) I3 @$ {( H, ]0 i! q& uCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
# ]0 _+ b+ w0 G. c( ARange closes to 14,000 yards...
2 T2 v) ^0 I7 x4 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards0 P* J) z$ I! z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards+ M/ H+ W/ q: o& |
Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 m# Q) m  y- z5 X9 e) E' Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 ^- Z) w6 L6 S; H4 r0 \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
; }+ R( V& _0 R" H3 G3 A; nRange closes to 11,000 yards...
1 C) f  a" w' y" }9 W! ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards# ~8 p+ ?% k! F! {$ E* L- b0 H
Range closes to 10,000 yards...1 {- v# S% f& H3 D  Q8 o& {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards4 w% Y5 W7 s) l: j0 [
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat" r# [( i4 `+ y  J$ a! ]" R  e) M" K
Range increases to 15,000 yards..." F# P$ E' _) F8 E! `
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
7 A( v5 v( D2 L1 u* k- j3 D) ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards$ \. F% ]0 [' o& u/ h
Range increases to 25,000 yards...4 b6 O" p  o+ M9 m8 ]% [
Range increases to 30,000 yards...% l; R- o( {9 E7 X, u5 D- e# l
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
' I5 N: p& R5 q  B& ^Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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* s9 `+ n# }; W0 p7 T& ANight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
% N1 r. W% d% x  `      APD T-1# C3 V- _( r+ A; T, n3 A
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2( h5 N7 a& n$ n3 e* j
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1- v- _# N3 w, Q; ^$ p% M6 y8 m
      APD T-47 F6 Y& W  e; D2 _3 U2 @) k! W
      APD T-5- t8 |  J$ [/ g  D
      APD T-6
, n- n9 n- f8 O; b      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 a  a* l* R' g: f" z
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
; U0 g- z  G3 T      APD T-9+ f; R' w  E/ K" h0 c5 @/ f
      APD T-10
4 L4 y! ?/ }: F- B      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
7 z+ B% I4 b! `# R      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage. {2 y( ?2 m; W/ N9 P$ H% Z: d
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1% }2 T6 t* E: K$ _# I7 p
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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$ G- I; F1 W# }- y7 a8 }3 h  f+ LAllied Ships. D2 ], O  E7 n. ]8 l
      BB North Carolina( l& s( @* R) p/ X1 j+ V
      BB Washington, p# P' ?& [. q1 V/ a
      BB South Dakota& N) U& g1 j6 P$ A( K
      BB Indiana
8 o- p( o2 w; w0 ?2 R      BB Massachusetts
  c% A5 }( K, W      BB Alabama
7 H. ^  j! D( a+ U* Q      DD Conner% Z9 ^4 Q( ~/ I2 }" P
      DD Cotten
! ]0 B- z" `- }" j      DD Cowell) y  E1 [$ A$ A$ M- J
      DD Daly
2 k# v! t8 l  M1 W      DD Eaton% a8 s* C1 b$ N/ l) q
      DD Heywood Edwards
0 J0 v/ q% G4 t6 [2 {$ W! t& f      DD Erben
  {' |! G7 s; @* z& \/ O      DD Evans
* N$ g; O1 t1 k+ r! F' n& f! [. C( ?      DD Foote) F' M& U$ N5 Q
      DD Franks7 T6 T; w+ s# r
      DD Fullam9 |# }/ J, N' ]* L
      DD Gatling( x% ]; e; m9 g  e, x3 m# P
      DD Albert Grant' B1 Q: h- w+ c/ K" Z7 R$ @
      DD Gregory6 p0 B; S6 H" f4 G1 ?$ m0 O; c6 k
      DD Guest' E8 M7 c. t1 F5 V. i
      DMS Hamilton
! P/ \' z5 E: w1 J, b: F8 E      DMS Forrest
& x9 X# l' M' U/ e      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 \7 J4 ^# N) Y/ ]" _* cRange closes to 28,000 yards...0 c4 M0 N0 q8 e& n" K8 B! n5 U
Range closes to 26,000 yards...% n% z5 r; K5 ~, r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards* _5 B6 d0 y( B0 y: |
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 J; R; [, B. \) K: K8 V; RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards" Q; ~6 K+ |1 D: T- R% X
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 x$ O4 K- g# [3 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
) T& U5 d8 r7 j5 Y& D$ A4 g! W( ]Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ F! g& N4 u  |; w( I! Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards4 R0 S# K9 P+ `* L% ?0 [- |' o- I
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
- ^' ~# V2 P: ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards8 m, _0 S$ p( o& v! W1 H
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
2 Q5 f( l6 A- `. L; P1 C) h/ PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
" w. h; B( ~( j& B5 V& A- V' LRange closes to 14,000 yards...
/ M; w( n$ X. c8 o, g8 J& D8 c& GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards; u# K- v2 v1 V5 \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( g4 q9 R8 }5 Z- z& ?2 E% j1 p- m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 G8 T0 L$ H3 d  n% G3 }+ j3 K
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 g6 Q: f0 w3 c, ]- \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards) n. p: T# }) e! q
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
) S; A& f9 q# B0 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards+ o& N+ o* u) b* _$ @
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
, q& v, w& z8 S0 K! S5 \BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards8 O9 m7 R' t; e  Z- ]6 O, G
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards; _0 ^6 g$ {( M
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards5 P, c  Y9 V! v6 y  G+ h
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 g% T8 }- R  ~3 R
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& e0 h9 Z( `1 E; Q  [  {
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
) n1 ~& i. s9 ?( a4 MAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards& y( {0 l9 _3 d% o& O
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! T5 a$ i( W5 z( K! Q
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
: }5 z1 J: s# d% [8 rDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
9 G( i) _, E) I3 }/ uDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
3 u1 S% d+ W/ H7 ^2 X% e  gBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
9 ^+ F: a/ T6 \- s4 y9 QDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
# X5 x2 }! X$ A8 I& q/ [DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards, Z1 L0 s) u9 i' i% x
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
6 K) H9 V1 i; TDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 E! Y' r6 ^1 ~7 @) s- V, _DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards8 h9 e5 I% N5 A9 [8 @, O
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
6 d- x& E4 n9 ^2 n, z; t9 dDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
) H& f2 M; T: b2 {+ y4 L: ?DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards  d$ V+ N# K' S5 H: k( T% R9 n
Range increases to 10,000 yards* I( U& Q" E% \$ Z4 c6 o( d
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
$ \  t  @+ M3 M# q2 G* Q+ Z$ ]BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 k. C# j- U  x& a( E( y. vBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
0 s3 L' g- W0 N. k  ]( BDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& r$ M* ~9 {# }
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: p6 ?7 |, E* j  dDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
8 N! W! _1 Y+ w- P' ZAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
$ S7 D5 o) T4 D, F$ Z9 }' GDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 O; D; x4 o3 F5 J6 b6 j% O
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 V1 W9 [4 _7 b+ m5 r! L# NDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 `( Z7 s- k5 }; d# w" QDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- z# s9 o- k6 }+ X9 P* z7 n) p2 B! n
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 \" c$ q0 m1 ]. Q! k! n
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards' J- ]* w0 a% `" i$ o
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 e' R$ _3 W* Y0 s6 o/ l6 X: U: I; }DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards: w% \$ _- z. j
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ c- v% W( R% O4 d- Z: Z
Range increases to 11,000 yards( j; n/ o  \; Z
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 o) _, y% x# y. K
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
4 p: P$ r# F5 x: j4 |DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
/ c# s0 ~( j1 k5 fAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
/ n( _& r# [7 L. h1 H  G7 rBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards( _( b& b- |' O! q2 r; W% o
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
( e1 O: V2 t  k2 GDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards2 }, g- |* Y# f
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards$ B0 L; N( B( C; Y" l1 ~
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 J; O% b# N5 S
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  T& n( r: E) B7 C+ X5 k8 QDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards$ J6 z2 q7 t9 j/ a
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
- S( j) ^4 @4 TRange closes to 10,000 yards/ ~2 d/ O/ q2 u3 c8 y
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ A7 r* u, ^  ^0 D( l. u0 |: N9 B
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 ?8 G: J2 [# y9 B: B# B
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 l4 O) v+ |- u4 o' V5 IAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
6 z9 a& t" h  p2 q# uDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& j( X6 _% @6 y! |& XDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
: g: L& ~5 V. C0 @: \  `DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% o- e" O% }' _" dDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; @6 P* |, I* N+ ?
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
- o, G4 P) N4 QDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; P- V* [, D) l: s3 }- o+ \: \
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& e1 a( E, \. k# v! k6 |, RDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
( s$ V. {1 I* S+ N* Z, u$ ADD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 Z' w! Y/ O$ E# Y5 c! q5 v4 {  K
Range closes to 8,000 yards0 l4 {0 c  B+ [9 G- R5 K% y  u
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
9 w- z$ U5 g/ \) [3 y8 I+ QBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
0 d9 }; q/ q, |, u$ ]5 DAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards8 O8 Y! V: q2 q( a1 M
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
* N7 I( G* O& B) I: u: w6 P# @APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
- P# D! w, O! D6 k$ oJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ y$ Y  P* W* e; _
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships1 [" a8 U$ C$ w- Q2 ]
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1& M- D" \+ m& l
      APD T-24 w9 X* U3 x2 o6 t
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1$ T( `# j; a- I3 u; T/ O0 L
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
" u* G- |' P7 M8 v' \      APD T-57 C7 U8 C. }$ {0 N, s
      APD T-64 {8 r. n& ^% r" w) J
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage6 C6 i9 C; Q& K+ d
      APD T-9, Shell hits 11 Y  ]6 d2 I4 b& y1 l
      APD T-10& E8 w/ H9 f, u" H* s# ?2 M. u2 P
      APD T-11,  on fire
; O1 p, C' c: i; s, w; \- y      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
5 `! Y4 _) s0 |      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
# c! P* D2 h1 P- n" T1 V; Z, l9 K      APD T-14, and is sunk" L- H1 E4 ^# |5 X. [9 T
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Allied Ships: n/ V! i* v+ b' H
      CA Portland8 t; ~- O+ T8 k# @/ F% z
      CA Northampton$ W) [0 w. q$ W; h: k
      CA Chester
4 T# R% p5 Z7 }8 o& A; H      CA Louisville
: x1 c% h! j% l" X; Q$ F      CA Chicago6 I# s% i7 ~9 K4 E# Z* j
      CA Astoria# a1 [( V& e/ a$ w8 d5 s* N& R$ B8 M
      CA Minneapolis7 r) M- [6 Y# Z8 p" J' U* y/ g
      CA San Francisco: Q+ ^9 n* q' T. J% q
      CA Quincy
5 b4 h+ d) B2 F$ `      CA Vincennes
& {6 ^* o7 S8 ^, m/ Y! e8 L7 r4 o      CA Wichita: J, ]) [" {6 Y  m+ z, c) s
      DD Bennett6 D$ m& u* J( {6 x
      DD Bradford0 M) @5 ~7 `( |1 ]2 l
      DD Braine, u, x3 S' _) E+ Y( Z4 J
      DD Brownson
) `" U3 b' u# C, V* W      DD Bryant; \/ U' H4 U2 p. T/ {/ v2 ^9 ?7 x
      DD Bullard2 f: O8 E* Z" A* `- p" p
      DD Burns
! ~9 r* F+ P9 |" F0 y' _8 T      DD Callaghan% z; Q! N% [4 a5 r3 j$ r% z& `
      DD Caperton' m4 y5 Q' y, ~' n: d  a2 l
      DD Capps+ U  G) A7 c3 c, h
      DMS Emmons9 l1 g  [( X- T5 j
      DMS Macomb
. v( H& y' z0 U/ M. x! L, C      DMS Rodman
3 J' P# {" e& a4 j3 S3 r      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& B* P; A; F/ B- A, h$ A' H) j
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
  y8 V- H, F* f! r3 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
. z0 O$ Y" U& QRange closes to 26,000 yards.... M- ]8 i7 F% V) b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards+ C1 Q4 X4 y: I2 P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...: u( {6 |' W' G, y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 w4 V3 k- V9 N' j0 ]
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 h) u3 N) ^# q/ uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
. d/ `0 w# o8 ~" y$ ERange closes to 20,000 yards...
" V( S" A# o" `. j0 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards# D0 t# s5 U1 ]3 I4 \
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
/ K2 D$ W  S; j0 `; i: M/ VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards2 f) |4 Q) ^6 H( N# Q5 n
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, U4 {. }) I4 a0 ~- gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards% N- c, d  y- A* W! v8 `+ Z
Range closes to 14,000 yards...# K, m& G* P! j
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
! m) q' H9 C9 ~8 h  {9 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, d1 f0 R4 X* T" I
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( @: X6 ?1 }% X  ?$ k1 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
, M% R$ ~. g/ F4 Q, a" l: aRange closes to 10,000 yards...
+ Q* k; c9 ^/ P3 r. y4 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards2 ^" _, E4 a9 r) {
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
# _. [; F; _/ v  w. |+ C4 `1 BDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
6 c( M: b( Z! u. a. u  IRange increases to 11,000 yards
0 ~8 m3 w  U7 m- k$ U0 T# \1 AAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
/ k  s* Q2 w% i; O  [: eCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards& L; d* b$ C* c( q5 I$ {& ^5 [) _: f
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
4 G# M6 ~" t- y" sCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards0 S1 F5 d, m0 k! ^9 S* X
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
& j  Y. R  e  Q, LDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
  i8 p6 R  X) q8 ~/ ACA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ X: B+ j4 f! D
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards+ O' X) f" b: l
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
5 A) x3 J& I7 B; O# q. F, cCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 r/ H7 ?2 X4 P+ l" d
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
4 z' S. d0 l3 D4 Z3 @DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards+ V) M: N+ e: p0 f
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% l7 a1 r' a7 \5 j, _DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 A! G- L3 }% ^2 X! U2 cDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards* ]: I: |% E( t
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
; }  L  W5 r2 k" nAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards+ _8 M/ q$ H8 n* H
Range closes to 10,000 yards6 ^! m5 \0 N  G, k" Y! `
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
7 L$ @) N9 p' _8 z2 ?" uCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
# Z6 @, F& W% _- JCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
! Z0 Z8 {& I# M  wCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
% P& T* ]* j9 b" G) mCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards8 T, X; Q2 I/ A0 H/ s; F- a
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards$ [, a! ^5 H( r4 c3 o" r
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards2 N3 N+ F# B4 g8 r) P, \) d
Range closes to 9,000 yards3 R" ?/ H: L* l5 S. Q
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards) v4 V1 ?9 j' Q, @! p1 U
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. ]9 _5 W7 d5 y* X4 `8 b- R, V" `) T
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards, [- R) T4 i$ T% v$ Q2 @
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards3 j3 i- q& I0 g2 I8 \+ }
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* l: p4 R. j; ]( b' R. L8 `, M: I# vDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards; a$ M  h& Y. \
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' n5 T! |; u2 {3 F# o! ]Range increases to 10,000 yards5 G, g8 u: L" ~$ f
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
/ g) O( p% m, v" L0 lCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 {# m4 s7 w! ]  [) gDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
' r- I% ]9 J  I+ aCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
: j$ W) M5 B+ V- FCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' d: f; P& ~4 K4 N0 S' uJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 i" d$ ?7 b3 `  S6 v3 iTask forces break off...
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! _& j6 _5 p  j4 Z' XNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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2 c4 i6 V" U+ O) q      APD T-1
8 M3 o) M% q  I% K: X      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire( G: b6 P) c( I5 R0 Z# ^- `4 O9 S
      APD T-3; A" T' o2 @& h' [& N4 p) T
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
2 H/ R3 b( B( D" U% U      APD T-5! ]9 c3 B% z3 ^6 [. u
      APD T-6
1 c8 U) d, ]7 k& b8 n      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk) O: |0 c3 l$ U9 m( _
      APD T-9. ^) z. M& N) Z, N/ N2 q9 i
      APD T-10
  Z( _. a. \. `5 l- S: J# _" W4 I      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire/ v. J4 y, `* h' |
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Allied Ships3 C0 c6 \/ T4 d4 r
      CA Portland
/ o/ O; U$ m0 J0 K' h& K7 R      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
6 G0 p% X! T. c. e! u1 }/ H6 E      CA Chester( x. g( G8 \* J: |, \! l5 S! }5 p
      CA Louisville
: y; L4 G% i/ Y" S2 |      CA Chicago; F( h+ H- G% Z! h
      CA Astoria
1 D: N4 G6 I2 L# q( {8 O  K      CA Minneapolis
9 L8 K2 k* z3 p7 C* M      CA San Francisco& \3 V7 V9 g- e' z' [! \
      CA Quincy
/ m- u5 ~( |4 Z- _      CA Vincennes+ I, X1 L* R4 x* W4 I) |9 J
      CA Wichita
1 n* A) h' f4 r      DD Bennett5 z: A" g3 r) n
      DD Bradford
4 t) X6 V+ [3 F- a, @" b! Q      DD Braine
6 W5 q$ v# u, W* ?% {  [$ J      DD Brownson; U5 [1 x4 y' F5 q# u
      DD Bryant; z- m; H5 y! ~" A" h
      DD Bullard, H; m6 z: q1 t
      DD Burns: ~( Y% }5 x7 ?; |* x
      DD Callaghan# n  ?$ N$ N7 j3 W# M: ]
      DD Caperton
/ m7 V' A' Z6 B1 F" D9 t  b7 b      DD Capps& n7 G# \1 f% x7 J
      DMS Emmons$ w! k3 x8 o' c, U% T4 \$ b
      DMS Macomb
, |$ k/ G# `+ D9 H7 b      DMS Rodman
! P+ j6 O( n8 S- O3 F4 }% J% K5 k1 N      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
3 j, t# ?5 d7 N8 R: |- [Range closes to 28,000 yards...
& F+ p0 _; T# b" B- B* F7 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
! A9 o7 W, m5 ?- S+ NRange closes to 26,000 yards...8 {( L  h4 u7 R  d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
5 A5 F% F: z* z2 V8 R6 j! zRange closes to 24,000 yards...
8 y% r, c" O& b9 i; D( mRange closes to 22,000 yards...
% l* X4 T0 \; U/ Q! GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
' U$ _% C' D2 A- C, ARange closes to 20,000 yards...
+ m# W" b0 W. O; Y8 @: wRange closes to 18,000 yards...1 I! B: R' w) U$ D0 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( Z1 T! G8 }1 s5 O7 w1 Y7 V' k1 _Range closes to 16,000 yards...( u5 \; ?6 @9 `1 ]% B  n* W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( \2 [, L: t' Z+ mRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) g* W9 J2 V! S5 J3 `- z: JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards0 z# `; F5 t) ?, A2 U
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
4 ^# w" Q* I: \$ d1 WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards  S$ E5 {4 u' h1 d
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- h! }2 g- ]6 O2 a) Y6 X, SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
) r1 c. r! I7 _Range closes to 10,000 yards...! d0 @% C7 l' U" B8 ^# X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
/ J- n3 s& P; c8 y& {CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
  H7 n* r9 _  M2 H  @' w& x$ R5 oCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards& j5 _- L4 p' Y& h. M+ v6 X
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards: T* K3 w+ P2 ~  A3 V! D" Y. L
Range increases to 12,000 yards9 `" h9 p+ O8 W) D
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 b5 ?# I5 G# a6 M8 SCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards3 G5 O" G% |$ j. J( j
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
( s  p; z) g6 N- e7 d5 V' {3 u* cCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
6 N, x/ u4 e! {% d, bCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
& G( _9 Q$ R* [2 e9 aCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 G* F4 F8 s& S7 t: z, J  y3 ]DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards8 v) b- {0 l% `2 g/ \
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
( p. H0 s) i$ Z$ X9 CDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) S" y. X5 p! h3 }4 ~
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" _) {# U8 _* t: L4 A/ P! b
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
2 ?3 g# q" c) h) \% _0 UAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
/ n& p' o- N4 p( \Range closes to 9,000 yards# w+ `8 ]) |8 l
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards* D  A0 V1 D, @
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
$ V( M4 K# _/ i% X8 ~CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards% X9 P! }+ t; ]7 @1 a  n
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards# i6 O+ F1 G+ \  ^1 k& _2 \5 g
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards8 L1 V$ x+ P$ o
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards- u9 k4 A* \* X& V
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards! ]8 J  h# h1 x- _) f- h2 L/ S
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards6 e6 h  W! m3 {1 _# ]9 ?; i
Range closes to 7,000 yards
9 s5 o- Z- }: `. z% B9 g7 oCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards+ z4 o' K8 S. G8 e. F
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 H9 h: F. c- \  d
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards3 o1 e. j  v$ N; |& H! e4 m
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards% L1 H. h4 r6 ^  o
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards/ _6 s  o* A1 ?! U5 C
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 \% q8 X$ O1 ]
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
; V% F! z4 D2 E- xCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
7 V4 m( [) r! j( l. U; ?. {3 n- JCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! f1 s4 g2 o) n8 x  n+ DDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
* b% M( }8 j1 \DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
0 b" s+ b1 }0 Q( B! c' x. z, NRange increases to 10,000 yards
/ |1 s0 x. ~  N: MDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& l$ M* W& ^/ W2 A
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& d8 f4 R3 e- R6 D
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) p' f! X, a+ vTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards, C$ z* ^5 n# k
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Japanese Ships+ k8 ~- G0 K- Q  i+ C1 n2 g
      APD T-1' K- ^) V; T9 P8 u# E4 Q* r6 }
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' t5 M* \! K( @  F      APD T-3
$ W/ A* B' e$ H+ R# G# X/ S0 `! I      APD T-5. P- E; `- ^  C, Q; c0 \& G
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! h6 v, }( O0 {( H& K8 O      APD T-9
3 v/ V$ E: D0 V: g- ?5 p      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" ?. ^) \, S7 r+ @! l      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk7 E3 n4 y! z  g2 k0 d: G

8 n4 g5 {% Q0 cAllied Ships; F5 B5 l4 h: {" k0 |9 k" V
      CL Swiftsure% _. B9 [3 D  n/ r; W; R
      CL St. Louis6 s) u7 D( G7 ?* z8 G' t( Z
      CL Phoenix
) a+ X, u2 {6 ~" H$ Y      CL Cleveland3 I# X7 p7 f- c1 C5 h
      CL Montpelier
- \$ m7 |% G3 f# R      CL Denver& y$ D# B& O3 x* Y+ k% i
      CL Santa Fe; X: _* b6 @, a8 r! {
      CL Birmingham
+ F) [/ _# `: a# _      CL Mobile/ R+ f8 K( I8 d7 h6 p) v6 g
      CL Biloxi
5 ?9 m/ V. W+ |- Y- R/ O      CL Miami* N# k# W/ U4 P
      CL Pasadena$ V5 {0 W( Y6 Q' |$ K- H2 j
      DD Allen M. Sumner
: C+ t7 a2 |( [: J3 j      DD Ault* b0 W8 D9 M3 g6 M
      DD English3 o" d- q0 C) u" W8 G
      DD Haynsworth
# Q$ `9 T% p/ l2 B      DD Maddox
+ J6 f6 Z/ ~* F+ }      DD Mansfield
2 r' [. u3 I0 W" U$ \  @7 O      DD Waldron: l) U$ \( b: P5 s( m6 h
      DD Haggard
+ q) `! I! e- o# g6 F0 N      DD Hailey
0 f  W0 n, z- M  n' C( T      DD Hale' n# p( Z4 G& Q; ^3 B) M0 F6 _
      CL Vincennes II
) Q1 U) N" {6 }4 k8 r; G" d      CL Houston II
+ o- ^1 g$ G! N4 O2 }/ @      CL Astoria II+ l1 D4 F' K  t( d  @6 `

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! y+ C4 K$ p9 r" s, k% XMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( A1 G6 G& M3 T  ]4 R2 BRange closes to 28,000 yards...
& V. R, U6 E2 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ Y. ]3 }( n8 {& ^& J
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
/ _9 z" b: U+ E. T+ ?# p2 I' {2 E( WRange closes to 24,000 yards...
* G, M5 W8 M% w+ ]" }; x3 ^+ `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
2 I% w! n& L* eRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* P* e: I9 Y( I4 TRange closes to 20,000 yards...  C  G' r7 _+ C9 m9 T* F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
& q' G2 Z& H4 l9 _, x+ ?Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) X; i% |' u$ {% s& LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards1 U4 Y  B, \6 z1 O6 t
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 m) B' W6 I$ A$ F" g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
1 l  C% t6 S) o- I; k0 B/ V- ZRange closes to 14,000 yards...- Q4 ~! e/ M3 ~$ Z* G0 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! q* ?* _- V, R/ yRange closes to 12,000 yards.../ ~4 A8 ]) [4 n3 p0 a/ u0 f: Y) z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
& l/ F$ j) M* K4 i1 i! x7 c; WRange closes to 11,000 yards...
! O/ h4 t! e. v! |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
( k5 J1 }: U% i- lRange closes to 10,000 yards...) O4 [- t" g/ X  |" @) y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
  w! D, b" C) X% g- ^8 cWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
2 U5 m2 X* X8 k! u- `' _; hCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 J, Q8 {- d/ G6 c( ^" y
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards9 _; R* G6 z- v: y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards3 \# ^/ y" g1 o* ~% W5 o$ v
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- _$ I2 @" v+ [
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 `3 w; h, z& i3 S& n( ]DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
$ H! C' ?% C. M8 O- I$ \6 A; \8 q9 P; cDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( `0 ?  ~+ C2 t2 Q. E: _DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
1 _8 c; t6 B+ }5 QRange increases to 11,000 yards
( c3 {/ |- ~  j1 F! m- }& XCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 s1 Z; ~3 t* {4 j, P
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
# ~, c0 N5 T: Q& D5 d; h8 {; uCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards% r5 z) G4 G7 a+ n
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards) l8 R5 i7 o, |" m- T
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards+ E- @4 m! p+ o7 o" f( ^
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards, J% U3 J4 ?% g# t* m" P
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
1 N/ j- E* y5 Q* i% D; p/ |DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
+ ]: p% @0 s0 URange closes to 8,000 yards0 b. x/ U& j: N; |& Q) g$ R
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards8 Q: W2 a6 O$ V4 c3 N2 e# k2 j
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
1 C; u  _6 Z. ]. I! w/ j8 u; D8 DCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards8 I8 ?; O* r' g
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards: w) K- D% W( p2 z) [2 C% h
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
# T9 W3 H* z+ w; ?* {' {1 U5 N3 eRange closes to 7,000 yards# m5 d1 Y" w' N1 p2 j3 M! c. R
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. F. w! X6 v$ [" R  ^  u
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, ]+ Y$ f+ y1 a, WCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) s4 S- U7 n$ Q7 R
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards# d; c. N$ _* B
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
9 _' o/ I: B& XCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) ^: {# |7 D: v2 L" Y* z; K' Z, B
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 ]0 ?# j+ W6 |$ l$ h+ X0 t4 d
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
6 M& a0 i# C2 `4 @) ~) o3 dDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ ~5 R# E$ R" f- KDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards+ V9 ~/ A. b7 Y6 J" e
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
0 h2 s7 `5 C  O3 VDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) Y; g: ?8 M# D7 r& t0 IRange increases to 8,000 yards; w: Q, Q' U  A( d
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! Z$ n( m; ^) }/ b! t1 t8 ^/ C, r
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
8 d; o- z0 \) m+ t* D. sCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
: i) ?) W9 z/ r2 H/ WJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
% g& B  E9 F# k& {9 bTask forces break off...
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Japanese Ships- S. U" G2 O0 |; A. k
      APD T-1* K+ G1 n% Y2 Q! b9 m+ f
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# Q- b) y: v8 U0 k
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk% V4 _" Q! Z- F: f
      APD T-5  y, Z/ @' v( j2 W7 D
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
( y% }* Z6 n% c, Y$ D" |- D6 N' d      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk- B7 V3 Y! w( B: c

; ]$ ?6 A+ D+ C. c0 _& yAllied Ships$ E& e* D- T- ]2 G; C) K
      CA Portland
. o( `( p) A! Q! M' g      CA Northampton( g* d* R8 E# P+ i
      CA Chester' j% w1 X/ C3 Z% H/ }% j+ T- j
      CA Louisville
  o/ A# `; m: J6 k1 d      CA Chicago
. s+ ~/ w7 j, V4 c5 y0 @      CA Astoria
! |( k3 {2 a2 B" o: S0 K      CA Minneapolis
, S& E* b! L! t  K! `3 ~2 G  ^      CA San Francisco. G- @+ C" ^% @! s% Q5 m8 J
      CA Quincy) V0 W/ e( V1 @* J6 C) \9 `
      CA Vincennes
, K1 S- @' l" P- `      CA Wichita
1 ?2 A. a) |8 n! h1 i* o  N      DD Bennett
, R4 Q5 \& J" T- S      DD Bradford4 Y$ ]) A( A3 [; x1 }) Z$ U/ S4 ]/ ?
      DD Braine
7 }+ Q* t# g' g" D2 `  d  I, f      DD Brownson1 b, X+ M3 K" y& K! J/ T7 N9 ^
      DD Bryant6 I, z: x4 G, j  w7 M" M; Y+ b) r
      DD Bullard
4 o0 H+ k+ I  {% I& i      DD Burns
9 c2 [. h' t3 p3 O& ^6 _, R0 S      DD Callaghan
" i$ z  E# ]; Q      DD Caperton
; C9 }% |+ u* n      DD Capps
* j) ]: H( k5 x9 E+ M      DMS Emmons9 T4 l1 g! |* G7 ]7 D8 H
      DMS Macomb
/ Q" ~& k9 Q3 z  d      DMS Rodman
+ G6 o  Q- f: _! V      DMS Gherardi6 ?# h2 D+ g* h

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ z/ t# l, `; ]9 o
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
4 D& V0 n# X7 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards5 S1 b' e# }8 T; C
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ ]7 ^7 S" d& Y8 N, V4 C- X" t7 ^. }
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
# m! l  t) _. c) ]& }( N+ QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
# H+ }1 {0 M2 u8 E/ y* hRange closes to 22,000 yards...
5 o% x) N" U& o5 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards+ l% c  z( P1 Q( v$ _% o- d- l
Range closes to 20,000 yards.... R' G) x1 h, T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
: J+ r) o8 |: TRange closes to 18,000 yards...
2 z( J8 F* B- K, PRange closes to 16,000 yards..." x+ x7 M+ n4 u7 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
8 ~; k7 \; Z! r/ j; \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
5 D# [, Q( Q: Q3 N9 XRange closes to 12,000 yards...
% _: k" g- e# B. e) YRange closes to 11,000 yards...
: D7 C# u* M( J3 L* rRange closes to 10,000 yards...
9 B1 X) Z% ]1 k: K3 N! IRange closes to 9,000 yards...+ v, c9 V8 v! a2 T( U% K
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
3 g& U8 v5 K! v( h/ ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards9 i' q6 [% |* I, ]0 ~6 n" Y6 q( _
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' c1 E3 i8 d* h6 N3 `
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards' c* W( U  I# u
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& F+ M7 I3 y3 E4 U' r! N
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards4 G/ P% c6 |: Q# c% ?
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
2 k' }# F9 J+ l/ f/ `CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ K' d# f2 {3 CCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
; E/ b" e  r: a2 q! U" CCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. @, D. V% w3 J* e4 k
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
$ F; q( u4 V  W0 x9 bCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards; @6 D) r) e. `
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards& c, E6 N* Y" T) q
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards+ v5 }6 K0 d" T
Range closes to 5,000 yards7 j7 C& X# h8 y  U% l
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
  r2 h$ Z) t% C% d0 [APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
% h. @$ t0 z0 f6 j9 Y( ?5 WCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
6 G, }0 |5 |# r/ oCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
5 R5 u( {: ]; m+ I. XDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
9 K6 o# W6 v$ i6 |) kRange closes to 2,000 yards
( Y, v. o" G( pCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ j  g4 K" ]$ }$ ~0 A: w5 i
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: a5 [+ h4 u: @4 D* s/ LCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ m' R; {8 N( ]( F$ Y4 o) d8 {
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards8 k8 C  i4 ]/ m% O3 ?& ^' ^7 a
Range increases to 6,000 yards
' R! ~% _" b- t, [* Z3 X) f/ d( \CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards9 E: }; }* }1 k, b
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
9 z# O" Y" L2 r5 H0 q9 u& gAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards1 q" Z$ W' B8 j+ O
Range increases to 9,000 yards+ R2 y4 W+ i8 M* t/ [# N
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
3 ^) c7 y# Z# _CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards& U: K9 e9 y8 K5 \% m5 [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
( A4 G6 T" z# F. J) L8 R0 D0 iDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
! c& k: U* ]) q: H" gRange increases to 13,000 yards
4 d1 Z3 {  \. [; n6 ICA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
$ o+ D* c5 P9 e9 fAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards  [8 h! t, w- s3 p; v
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 D7 @0 c+ E/ C% H& hTask forces break off...7 Q$ [7 b+ [/ q" _/ Y* v) h

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships) ]6 T: ^4 `! s  g
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk" S4 |! D+ H3 R8 t% ^! g% q% T4 o( n
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk9 W& D, I/ i. w2 E& P$ U+ g
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Allied Ships
+ b' L+ i" u5 L7 ?      BB North Carolina
& Q7 A) K; }4 \5 s$ W      BB Washington7 ^7 Q% {! J4 e' \' W% O
      BB South Dakota
' W# A5 `+ K; m      BB Indiana
6 |' _5 m: A" A6 }8 d" j; {      BB Massachusetts
: h3 Q, U7 ^' N+ }/ Y      BB Alabama
% g  r. V1 @$ A1 E  R7 n      DD Conner  O) G3 f9 Z* n9 w& A1 v% y5 Z
      DD Cotten
( J" H: z: |4 w' K      DD Cowell2 B2 e. h5 T. E" u9 c4 \
      DD Daly8 y0 j9 C) w* G& W( S
      DD Eaton
  d+ v% C5 o& W( j" b. H      DD Heywood Edwards* u: p9 H  V6 D3 |0 o
      DD Erben# c' Q5 P7 y0 R: p
      DD Evans- ?6 m, p6 ]# b9 K9 |" l
      DD Foote9 S' h* M3 B+ K% P6 x% V
      DD Franks
/ p# z5 T' o8 @4 E% G) m' @6 a* G      DD Fullam; J$ L9 e7 k* g7 L) z7 _- Q' ^
      DD Gatling3 M  b& w& l) a( R. v3 Y
      DD Albert Grant
+ u5 n" `$ T  ^: U' k) Q1 O8 G      DD Gregory
- C0 x. E+ ^# R      DD Guest* r3 R4 X  m5 h- \
      DMS Hamilton7 s, [2 @4 C" A1 x
      DMS Forrest: n3 }6 q  j& V7 P' s2 p3 E8 T7 g
      DMS Ellyson2 b" I3 n5 y  K5 [" A
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% y' n) ?/ }/ \" ?Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards# f* m! E' o* G! b( g- i8 c
Range closes to 28,000 yards...4 U6 }9 E( Z0 D) Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
) w, |* e: ]' }% x+ J  U6 g0 \Range closes to 24,000 yards...- @5 j4 L: \6 _# ~' C5 F0 x7 ]( c
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
% g% z5 `0 k% U. |" x3 |9 E/ xRange closes to 20,000 yards...' G; b0 l. i6 H0 M5 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
8 n3 k. Z1 p1 c' ~1 cRange closes to 16,000 yards...! R/ c8 O$ ?" i- V) L4 z6 U
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
; v8 e, i; `: |. MRange closes to 12,000 yards...
, D5 y, T! p1 ARange closes to 11,000 yards...5 A+ f* X# q5 _2 J& P& |) X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
1 Q1 i, P; @: h% w1 X4 V: jRange closes to 10,000 yards...
* B0 _: M! n9 zRange closes to 9,000 yards...
5 f4 h: \# y5 |, q3 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards) h  p, h) J. d; d. W
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
. D# Z9 P1 [; U& c5 \APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
* ^) |. p4 R. a. ]! F" }4 @7 `7 `DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards, C0 J& {' M5 s' M
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards5 l* j9 m9 y4 p6 t+ ^6 L3 d# C
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
' x/ U0 m4 z" G; K! ^Range closes to 5,000 yards
* m8 }( g: _9 R* vDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
$ F: m  f* w, a$ G" E2 F' g  yBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards: b3 i$ Q2 a2 X  t+ G8 y0 O
Range closes to 3,000 yards) H9 f4 ]1 i- D- d9 n& C
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards& V: V: p8 l# G% C5 g" W! r
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 ~5 F+ k2 _* v, }' S4 j7 zDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
5 v1 ?: ~6 P0 O* ^, E1 qDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards/ ^+ \: i+ ^" C# |4 Q+ _5 ?* H
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards0 X" X) d* @9 C1 \4 U: N* e
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards7 z9 K" ?2 ]" h$ r- t$ }
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
% K7 N- }/ j8 a. s6 U  rDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; R( o8 i% m: H4 lDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
/ ]7 J  o: e( j" d( E/ ^& I- e0 Q& uRange increases to 5,000 yards: ~8 G+ ^% s1 G9 e  U# K
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards1 r& i+ f  w4 P; L2 ~0 R7 A& @$ S1 z2 C2 B
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards0 v  K5 F0 G. P' S, _' T
Range increases to 7,000 yards4 s1 A) r' G# U. |. H) H
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards: l& m! |% R1 S1 z# B8 o
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
5 j  z% U+ V' ?& i) e- ^* PDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
2 B4 V7 q" L- d3 @3 K' T, EAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
1 b! k7 c- ^' tAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards1 ?) \4 B( \# {' G
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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