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。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)$ _7 R6 i0 G& J. ~, X) P
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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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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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7 Q& V5 D) B  u  ^' n0 U" qAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8# I$ Y) f- S# b% U$ u  T
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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% A( X1 ]' O4 V- y8 H: hCombat modifiers
, M% z6 R7 g- c- Y. ?5 j4 s, JDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
) L! J% b3 x+ {- R: r5 ]Attacker:
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1 B. H& ]1 _9 K$ k! {- c' ~, [Japanese ground losses:: J% G8 F! t7 I' g6 l+ G
      3386 casualties reported! I% a3 [  M* @# ?& c
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
2 R! w+ [: j% Y* C* |0 e& w         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
. l- E  P! v% b9 o% H4 A1 H         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled* G* v1 H( {; J4 ]; \
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)/ E: C' g* |9 J7 ?
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
. X( H$ f/ S  T2 O9 t      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
1 Y) ]- M0 p6 j. S8 |# w: \6 ~  |2 E      5163 casualties reported. K4 Q/ A* u+ j3 e$ a9 ]" t4 X2 K
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled0 p' v* C2 x, X1 @
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled4 A8 o: m8 E2 k1 _
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled$ U7 K3 i- M# [+ F5 N- l  l
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)- t7 |1 a/ P  U* |, c
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)1 e! o) F, j# o5 g& K

* s$ U3 Q! U9 EAssaulting units:
9 B2 E  I! K1 q- K$ }' ~2 w    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion, V* p% i! M! U* b0 H7 p
    710th Tank Battalion
  ^3 t3 u9 U- A  `" N: R    6th Infantry Division; m) E) k! n( b  l
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment' z2 ?4 E. {- {) r) o
    44th Tank Battalion
& |% X: N; s: w. O* c    81st Infantry Division* u  Z% Y# K0 R8 c2 p# i# V- k
    762nd Tank Battalion
: B  M4 y8 ~* o    767th Tank Battalion8 S  i8 q0 p$ {
    711th Tank Battalion$ ?! O2 e" u) H$ M" h% W
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment/ Q. R- ?+ q  f' M; f
    5th Marine Division" `7 e# s9 `/ K/ ^3 p# j" {' d; E/ l, [
    716th Tank Battalion" h) D! H. _8 F: V% d6 Q
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
  h; E/ y- A9 Z3 i9 z    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion$ [' a; k( F1 D% L4 \
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment; ]$ q! ?0 ?: e
    706th Tank Battalion
& y1 n/ |; }( L7 w3 u) F; _3 [9 g  S4 l    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment# R1 y& U6 T6 N. l
    96th Infantry Division  }8 |) i5 U* Z
    31st Infantry Regiment
# R1 k1 V0 A6 p" E, D    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion& P' y& k7 ]( ]4 V
    I Corps Artillery
9 |( i2 [+ t2 r. N9 T+ E    12th Marine Defense Battalion0 R) p% E) P3 K2 \- i1 R) n
    1st USMC AA Battalion
* u/ x" o" V. M# O    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! |9 c* W+ @, H- h6 T; `( L    XIV US Corps
% W7 R9 \# {8 q% V1 |8 P    14th Marine Defense Battalion( ]" f; l. F, Y0 c* k( f# Z) \
    5th USA Defense Battalion
$ h7 `) N! r4 X    8th Marine Defense Battalion- {+ H/ K, W/ J7 D1 E" d
    738th Coast AA Regiment
4 _. K$ m4 _* c    X Corps Artillery   s& R! E" K' Y+ G0 G/ H
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment) Y& k3 |5 p/ R% v" O
    96th Coast AA Regiment/ o3 C8 G; t3 \4 R- L$ m
    4th USA Defense Battalion" O, P3 m7 y6 `2 p# P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" X: A( ~- ?# R    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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6 b% Q" G; I& M3 d8 c; U3 qDefending units:0 u1 L9 v' y2 \# ~
    Kure 7th SNLF; e6 M3 i7 k0 h, ]: C# k2 R
    81st/A Division2 c& y# z0 h1 Y; @- ?
    Kure 3rd SNLF
8 U6 ~6 K! ]1 Y' r    33rd/B Division
1 Y3 i4 S5 W1 }; ^    33rd/A Division
' @* u6 A- ^3 h2 A7 s; z  M$ L    81st/C Division; F9 ^; H9 N! I, ^
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
+ ?# }" e3 E: ?% A! p    52nd Naval Guard Unit$ K8 n4 @* W' c  k; C$ h8 f; y( P* U. t
    138th Infantry Regiment
, J  n) {. ]+ N0 K# b# O! A    Sasebo 7th SNLF
& p: N, v$ y. U$ s! x    144th Infantry Regiment( q4 E, f8 `8 b1 a+ r. e( |3 }
    81st/B Division2 J; ~* ^8 W+ S2 w
    33rd/C Division6 e0 C/ r: ^0 n: z6 D. D9 x: [- y  c
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7 ?/ q: i% F4 }  o* k+ L3 o    18th Army  s, n2 D8 e4 \9 C
    60th Field AA Battalion3 d4 x, j. k" \; G" P7 g  [5 }
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; o- W: Q. k1 V2 A
    Ponape Naval Fortress
9 Y7 v1 F0 D; o( P% ~( |$ E    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; @) @; X3 S% u
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
' Z* |4 A: G$ _4 v6 g% Y    53rd Construction Battalion
- {5 h  A% I2 b  @0 P+ x5 v& G    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion  D2 v* W7 t/ ?# u9 n9 Y" O3 X
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
8 I8 e+ t* Z' |    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
* a' D: Z, w, [% @    19th JAAF Base Force
5 P" f, s3 R) c5 x    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
7 T$ r9 K5 k( i* L9 z    14th Area Army /1# j3 K5 ^! S. y
    63rd Field AA Battalion+ m+ u8 Q1 s) W
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
9 d% s( g' ?; |5 \1 @- `- ^; Y    3rd Base Force+ e6 \2 j1 |, t% [* C; U" t7 E
    12th Air Fleet1 B8 V) l" `9 [$ F* d' y
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8 G; O0 r& G7 [' n    61st Field AA Battalion6 w+ V( ?' C9 l
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- z2 g; Z; |8 q    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
6 s+ m' O2 q0 m& Y' i* n# f    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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5 W; S) X0 ~! n1 \& J$ J! s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。/ J: x0 J& G9 ^! X* J$ L# l$ I
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, V  T2 ^) g* tGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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# T9 V+ ]: ]" Y$ l( G& j# zAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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) u! O/ u9 }7 g# ]/ k8 lDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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) J' Q+ Z* \' e) ^9 a1 lJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 8 U  G! L8 f% B  i7 b
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 " x% V3 x2 i) }; U3 X+ a
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Combat modifiers
6 k) ~8 T; Z( f% i" s# dDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
6 D5 t, A$ v, s% ?Attacker: shock(+)
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$ D, F. d$ z( L0 R  H2 {Japanese ground losses:
( j7 \. Y) s* \- g# y" X: w) Y6 k. j      530 casualties reported
6 R, `$ y+ x( E+ W         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled3 r+ K: [7 G7 \
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled! z2 t6 g( y3 [6 \
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
4 L6 H  W: `1 ^# Y' E7 e      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:6 l8 `* n* |( z9 V0 ^" P
      891 casualties reported! ]8 |$ s1 g3 K8 C9 W8 Z
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
. V) x/ E: g& [. R/ w9 U. Y+ @5 x; Y         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled* {& Z9 w6 S' W  L- j7 i
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, `9 \7 g' W1 {8 [  J+ h3 F
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)' {1 a% Q' Q* ~" K4 V/ F

  {; v  Q( m+ K+ M2 ~$ L( eAssaulting units:
5 L- G  o% w: @5 ?! |. z3 d    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade3 b% m% c$ G, z# ^3 z- s+ F+ K
    21st Division
- n; z4 H% h9 t; G    4th Division# L) b8 B7 @" z
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment8 u3 d) ~* t4 W7 e5 f- D
    23rd Tank Regiment) E- E3 L5 |" B7 v/ y; z
    32nd Division
! N4 s% H; j8 p4 x! z3 j8 s- U    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
/ o+ z$ B1 ?0 W1 C, J    3rd Ind. AA Battalion1 ~6 x1 _& V& F( C' K* l& `7 t3 ~: B# V9 ^
    6th Area Army
4 P* M5 o% j& O: {    103rd AA Regiment( J9 f2 G- }: d$ @, D# A: D9 N
    1st JNAF Coy
1 A- q2 b- y% c( S. H$ O0 U    13th Army
( A- {( Q! A9 k; F' ?- M, W    141st AA Regiment, h/ e0 i1 x! `$ Y7 Y$ I
    4th Ind. AA Battalion) B& {- |5 n% h/ R+ E' r. C7 ]- f

+ \% w- }; O0 ^0 e, }& o) S3 S& N  nDefending units:
6 s" b; D" P' ^4 {) M7 s+ S9 Y# s    50th Indian Para Brigade6 R6 a2 m: K. T+ J# o; y

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50th 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
+ ~5 [1 J  X" n6 O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# u' c" G: s9 O

$ V0 A  c7 z7 p$ s) p盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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1 D7 D; o( D9 y5 O) nAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 443 L6 B; K. J6 s- T0 r
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; I8 w9 \' S2 [) n8 Y. q+ S; SInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)4 l4 n- N7 R. v8 y# S6 t, e
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force( T' Q7 Y: ?9 O0 }9 R7 j  y( P

# [6 [+ Q0 G; _" R4 \89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships. A  I, N( w0 O! b8 J2 m
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ ]- s, k& M6 `5 f5 c/ ?# ^
      LST-81  f& P2 |8 E$ d) C( {
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
2 k0 ~" K) T2 S8 n      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage" K8 I4 u" o" m  p# O: B
      LST-78
1 D' t- m, b( d4 L      LST 209
$ H: H! J/ W! u2 j. N      LST-889  f" J) b5 I9 m( T
      LST-246
0 `! ~" _8 g/ p& z* C7 I) O      LST-2407 h" J8 _8 c8 H  C" U
      LST-204
+ E- V, N9 H) `9 e( ?) `; T( T# x      LST-202
" x8 e# K" C$ z      LST-123
  {7 ?- C( n5 n7 ~8 e) S+ ?      LST-121
9 e- R+ D2 j8 E& P8 @9 J1 _      LST-120: C( E. K) y) F& g# k7 t. @
      LST-86- P4 C8 E; W" x) J+ O/ Z( J! N
      LST-85) v/ O  S  u8 N
      LST-840 p4 P# n( q4 g) \

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1 u! [1 C& @- _: a- y) p* b$ pInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
' z; r, f3 `% @$ N- C4 N0 Q$ PDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.) r0 f8 `1 ^: z4 x9 `! v9 @* E
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Allied Ships
" O4 p8 p: N, `/ d/ W" D2 V: Z      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" d* r) y9 F4 O/ G9 K8 u: U
      LST-83, Shell hits 30 V# c1 b" e  I. |" C; b8 s
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! _! p5 \, ~) j- e
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
# d! a2 f" P3 K      LST-84, Shell hits 3
! Y* u9 Z9 q4 V  Z$ i! Z" ?      LST-87, Shell hits 63 }' @* F$ p' p& c9 N/ ?  y
      LST 180
7 k$ j& ?# V. V- i7 J4 `      LST 157" ^- d3 s8 l, c0 E+ l
      LST 2, L" j2 W% q4 R0 D' ~) m# D# U" ^
      LST-884
3 o, H6 N# f, ^2 Z! {      LST-882; w0 A6 {" k& `5 A( e7 O
      LST-397  o% |3 F- i5 w7 a! m8 [, e' q
      LST-395. D. o! w9 t, ^/ u' q
      LST-274, B1 q4 D# T# \; O; W4 J! f
      LST-273
! l+ t. a' _) a3 I3 A% w1 m      LST-246: d  a% [2 |, b. B/ a' c5 J% b! v
      LST-244
+ }( r3 g+ k- V, w. ~# F7 j      LST-241
* H& G6 C/ H5 J) h5 Y4 W      LST-218( z& N) \5 Y4 I
      LST-216* @& Y; ^; L$ n
      LST-2029 h; [  u9 z% ?6 _7 P; d
      LST-171
2 O  P% Y* O  _% ~# v      LST-166
5 k2 f5 j$ E6 ~; z& f1 }      LST-124
" ^7 g6 |2 A) S      LST-121
* d; _2 `& F. A# @9 g2 p5 e      LST-88; \- y; ^- m7 v) E# _# A
      LST-123
0 W1 \1 P& y9 d- }      LST-862 Y0 |8 O: H2 T4 U! G! K  G; p
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7 W- i, s4 D' l, S0 D5 s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
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)5 T! _3 v- o1 z& `
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking 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:
8 h( c# k5 y  E" i      406 casualties reported5 \! f. M- W. \  H* \! Y
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
% U/ r& l5 U8 d8 T# J/ H         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled9 ?' l- d  N7 _0 t
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled/ J* j* I3 p# p6 D
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Allied ground losses:! ]/ v, ?: l1 o& n
      21 casualties reported1 b' z' p5 `1 k2 |: [
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
& k7 k' ^" a% z8 f$ \1 k         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
# o4 K+ z" X3 X9 R1 P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ o1 t6 B& r; F' `" ?9 l$ B      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
3 a) f$ i9 A9 o! Y# D      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)+ f: R$ l: R& _" q2 Q3 A( W# S) r) \

- u3 O7 G% `, [4 o  N' v0 SAssaulting units:9 r5 ]/ o2 z; i" a, R" j
    5th Marine/B Division2 Z) ^. Q2 ?3 @! M5 _9 ~# {+ Q
    81st Infantry/B Division
4 s+ ^+ _0 K/ z# f0 s, {) v5 j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment0 D0 [8 ]) n$ Z' u# U# ^3 E
    5th Marine/C Division7 N( b) ~3 q+ s0 m
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion7 C  I5 z9 t7 J8 M: B
    6th Infantry/B Division
0 H& {/ L6 _  w+ }+ _; _3 S( r    1st Filipino Inf Regiment* [; Q# `4 i: _5 q3 T
    716th Tank Battalion
# G# c) x7 o$ {7 a6 K! Q    81st Infantry/C Division4 L3 [; a" b5 K. G
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
& |/ v# w* P. i. Q# w+ j    6th Infantry/C Division
( W  x: v8 T+ d# a: F    5th Marine/A Division
) P  k7 S4 M- Y9 ~$ T, h5 H    767th Tank Battalion0 ~% T: M3 L8 V4 V7 b* }" Y! r" D
    96th Infantry/A Division2 q% ^  s0 W  B" P5 v. I! Z
    706th Tank Battalion
. D  J1 z4 b) W5 x3 Y    711th Tank Battalion! @# ?: N! t6 O) x
    762nd Tank Battalion
# ~' f4 {& C- _" O    96th Infantry/B Division1 p2 F' H2 {/ o) K, ]# V; m
    81st Infantry/A Division
1 ^) l( i5 A, F3 H& V    44th Tank Battalion
1 b/ c6 Z# N! m/ Z  q# e  Z    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment$ U) A8 q" O8 T( k( w" a4 h2 t
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# H! N8 ]8 F7 R( P
    31st Infantry Regiment
: _3 \( s5 u( V6 ]9 w6 c" I    6th Infantry/A Division
' a* T7 n& i4 g2 q$ ?% K    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment- s8 j6 z) ^, G0 o8 \* x
    710th Tank Battalion
- c( J# k1 i6 i: ^  [    96th Infantry/C Division
: B% _/ X5 H, M    5th USA Defense Battalion
$ V1 u' K* z/ T. I' J1 Z    4th USA Defense Battalion
( D' n8 @1 @3 e* b/ `# R9 E    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion) D3 N* C9 i5 L8 C( V
    X Corps Artillery
  M+ F) L. M6 H/ L2 |4 K    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ _$ [% _  v1 ^4 h    XIV US Corps3 Y7 k# p' F) N, |' q0 `  t
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 z% Q1 l, o* V* G4 G- O    8th Marine Defense Battalion& E$ v9 o! k' c3 E
    14th Marine Defense Battalion6 e! y  y8 @2 A. T) t0 r  i" U
    I Corps Artillery & r  c& B0 f7 {( E
    96th Coast AA Regiment* x& j! r4 M/ L) Y- E1 v! L7 R
    1st USMC AA Battalion
8 r8 d* a) R% u    738th Coast AA Regiment& T# j+ R6 ^" G
    12th Marine Defense Battalion) T. R/ Y3 {1 q! G2 t$ ]
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 |  f7 J: L" o# U% x
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
1 A0 {/ f* g2 {4 Z# B    33rd/A Division
. E$ \9 d) A! d6 Y    81st/B Division
1 z5 w2 E. U+ G+ J$ u* C, y    Sasebo 7th SNLF2 g3 H) U- Q1 i0 Z! I- {$ N
    81st/C Division- J2 F  @4 J/ f4 m9 ^  N
    138th Infantry Regiment; b2 h4 Z" |3 R% ~
    Kure 3rd SNLF
+ @. G/ J% X6 I    6th Guards Inf. Regiment4 \- @5 m) _2 I0 A$ q. o/ W. H
    144th Infantry Regiment7 s0 U/ e2 k9 C# J1 q) g* r
    52nd Naval Guard Unit0 v- n# D; I. }
    33rd/B Division
* `4 X( R) ?9 w    81st/A Division
& z6 W0 {' K3 C5 b2 t% C    33rd/C Division+ T- A+ N1 |8 }$ T8 V' P6 y. [
    3rd Base Force$ z1 r, U0 K. i' Q+ V  n7 Y. g
    19th JAAF Base Force
9 t3 x+ R( Z  X- o- @    Wake Cst Gun Bn /15 m8 Y# s1 L0 i5 m( n
    60th Field AA Battalion# ?" v  G4 Z# z. D
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) V% t7 r  O2 P1 Y! e/ a
    53rd Construction Battalion" K! ]+ o0 \# y& O$ \8 Q7 ?
    Ponape Naval Fortress$ e! q% @- ^3 {6 W4 y/ h1 \
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment1 `& k, R8 N7 Y6 {" V4 X  \
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 K. v% x' X% O) I
    12th Air Fleet
! k: x/ t: |0 k8 l( Y9 B/ U9 {    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& h3 ~/ Z# U: w4 s
    61st Field AA Battalion
" b4 B5 o; }4 H- S6 G# `; A' c! ]    11th Ind.AA Gun Co " a( G, w' O# Z2 F
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion; g9 u' _' |* T
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 c& {) e( x+ |+ J- C3 `( Z$ d    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, P& B* Y/ I. I    14th Area Army /1
' f  l1 }9 `4 V1 b    63rd Field AA Battalion
# L  b' X$ U  \' N/ l    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
' s4 Z8 B  ]# M) p    Kure 7th SNLF
: a; D" d5 c  N7 g    18th Army" F5 x0 O% }! B5 H$ W8 b
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 6 j8 p& O! G, z4 y& Y
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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4 ?: _! N( T5 q9 I1 l$ ^; Z' r" x# ^日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘) U8 f; W. R. `0 r3 b& r  G$ X
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,1063 f. d. p6 a" P6 ?4 I

! k3 Q, K# {7 i# O3 rJapanese Ships, a% |* k9 }) k: M
      E No.54
2 j$ d/ U4 V+ ?+ W: u' e      E No.50+ E1 w* a% y/ D
      E No.68
% A0 ^4 A+ O4 ?' s2 d0 R* \- F: Z      E No.52
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. F' P: g9 ~, @5 ^Allied Ships" r+ x# V8 q$ j5 L0 h
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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重创另一艘
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102- G8 W9 [  L' ~1 }0 N* x

( k4 ~) \2 ]  [+ Y# s% [( DJapanese Ships7 E: y3 n) _- L4 }! ~" [4 }1 }
      E No.87 F" b3 A, K( A6 j
      E No.6! J- K/ T7 I: H) r$ n" j* g) `# t

. X8 f+ S# a5 J, A( bAllied Ships- N7 U/ m' L; x0 q% |
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44. Z0 q7 O* m5 o& e9 @& i5 Y

$ \2 q* b" j- ]# i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4 M2 z/ `6 v! o2 ~1 V5 s$ }0 F. I+ O

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( }4 {) r, p9 t6 T62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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, j0 S, g# p3 MAllied Ships! f0 g/ I8 c; R4 D9 d% `) K9 O
      CA Wichita
2 x4 x  ?; m+ f      CA Vincennes6 |9 I, x" y0 t; ~4 b( t
      CA Quincy" X4 B( Y  d; j
      CA San Francisco1 A! b  a1 |% b* o
      CA Minneapolis
2 ~) q" [. q# Q8 F      CA Astoria
7 p8 _- k9 U' V2 F) W: ^: l      CA Chicago
8 G, A8 l8 z* C3 `* x$ ?      CA Louisville  D+ `2 o# o' }" U1 B% R" {1 e
      CA Chester
5 J! {7 K) `% E# `" Y* h4 A3 a" v      CA Northampton' z8 Y! o  [& F! T9 N0 @1 J  `
      CA Portland4 G" I- n  g2 G3 ~- O9 }% D

) i4 \6 T5 E4 M) P1 a6 `Japanese ground losses:
) v% t( b+ Y0 E5 `      71 casualties reported
- j1 Y! I9 C. l9 L1 K         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled8 l, S; ?7 O* _" v. s
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
! w8 @. q3 e( H- @0 g8 T4 G         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled) \+ j& I& b" Y$ j# V2 K" r( Y
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)' p. N; X$ s" v- @) N

, V# l5 e) Y5 r5 l% k) RAirbase hits 2
, M/ T/ ?$ p- s5 @: |Runway hits 10
- A6 Q2 Q  ^+ ]1 S6 YPort hits 4
5 s1 ^5 I& y6 g- C4 B0 @
5 U; R+ n9 Y1 t$ vCA Wichita firing at Ponape
6 M6 C5 B5 i" d$ R, vCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress; t7 o) C7 a" b7 T- l7 X$ I) `# @2 H
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
) c* \( q) ~' d  m9 S5 u1 sCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* f- n, w8 f/ ^' q/ S
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy, d* ^. ]; X) {4 Y" d' x, ]
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
8 o) R9 e0 @& X2 ~; ]- c" oCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 p4 K* _, `$ k) p+ hPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria1 w1 Y: O4 `" Z& ~' m
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress1 c2 V- s4 r2 f
CA Chicago firing at Ponape ( y6 T1 l8 b" ]1 ]: S
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
  ?; a* \, y2 v" eOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester) P4 W0 {& E) q5 F2 a; o
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 t0 m7 @# e" l, @CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
; r" H) S* V* B1 Z3 x1 gOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland* d" _) m- k: N1 m
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 W3 W8 d- J- f6 K3 N+ a, o
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
: o8 C* T% \, v- r! n3 D- D( H; R# w# z9 _      BB Alabama+ R8 K( w6 R  N
      BB Massachusetts
5 Y4 U' O9 p) \. h$ B0 U      BB Indiana
- s: |$ ~, t) u7 n0 C& D, {      BB South Dakota# d  \' V" k/ O6 Y9 `) @; T
      BB Washington
9 H1 `; a# |* p  C/ j      BB North Carolina
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8 k2 P- r3 n/ J5 QJapanese ground losses:
" s* z4 v  m. b! H/ S$ E( `      275 casualties reported
; [7 F, x+ M% v# c) W4 r' c4 y, {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled6 \# b" V" n) K8 H( |. p
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled9 ]. f( A" s8 V& Z1 o1 _
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled, W2 R6 f& ]6 m& F9 ^) z
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)4 n7 o- p4 t  c( H
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)' X5 J2 B$ n2 [4 V# a( s

8 N- e* t$ s; Q$ z: i3 WAirbase supply hits 1) F8 r0 g( ~# V  z
Runway hits 7/ X  U1 Y) Q' V  `1 x
Port hits 3( W' ?! T9 O  c# \, e- n; p4 }  F# s
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape ' N8 G' o% P% K
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
/ [% R. T9 @0 C) ^" D: z' B- hBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division& m: R9 o. V$ m% _: B# Z8 \3 p
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
* Y1 v% H. {* zBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
+ Z) I* u6 \7 |BB Washington firing at Ponape
+ l0 s- b2 P/ S) t1 ZBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
% V, Y: ^3 t, c$ \( Q2 X/ ?8 z6 T, g. J" @- N9 h

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!* k: D" h' p! [7 a; \
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships1 k/ O$ S/ @$ w0 T
      BB Queen Elizabeth) C) P  g+ c7 a) v* M, [) M' F
      BB Valiant+ V1 I! {& F( C% z% f
      BB Mississippi# D& @6 R9 g$ Z7 }. e' A3 S/ j4 G
      BB New Mexico8 i. Y' \! H6 d4 p( v7 I' |
      BB Idaho/ M. b' a9 K7 K! J" {9 ]& ^
      BB West Virginia) W  {  K" y0 E# n2 ^5 F
      BB Colorado
8 f% `/ O8 @$ D) Q% E$ ]+ t! `) Z6 ?( }! X: ?$ S* P' z
Japanese ground losses:
9 C8 L7 g0 [" j0 b. v      117 casualties reported
7 @  r0 Q+ v) @$ a( }         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
7 s% t/ ^" f0 R  i5 k9 N         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled7 @( z+ \  U2 U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
' [5 C0 G! h5 q) M% N, N* F# ?      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)+ e* U, `8 ?6 Z5 l+ _& |
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
  H5 s7 m! Z+ [9 V3 v3 W2 ^' T6 U4 I
2 A5 m$ n1 a% \3 kAirbase hits 29 ~2 L& g2 F  A2 W! B0 Q
Runway hits 28 Z; g7 p  u! D- w4 {! n
% ^1 V0 c, U) h0 x2 J2 @' v! }
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! M0 u8 |  W' L+ O& Z
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
, P% s9 }; v5 u" M4 g4 ^BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress/ V* H- m5 D8 v' v& f
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
/ n  X( q' l' uBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division+ Q0 F/ `* S5 P, O0 m7 p! ~
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
* v, j2 G" E% T. g& n- Z& g5 m3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho, E/ d  P+ v7 J5 o
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
6 y- H6 e- t  n+ a' uBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force  C$ N3 ^! E0 Y- \# ~2 {
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado( Q" ~' }3 D2 i! x8 D
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)7 M$ f( r9 z  a) d

. y( W! t9 C4 E( j( E9 \Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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; g" x, f3 J- X, e) r5 `- i7 r" MRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.7 W6 |. E0 R, }) M
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes# F; G, N' y7 F- q  b
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Allied aircraft0 A! V$ G* d5 ]2 i
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4622 a; o( `  s0 i- x# v  l# a& s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
+ G' n- w# a, O/ W      TBM-1C Avenger x 283; A1 b* X& ?9 A1 ^& K+ a, m
+ h# ?& q4 \: P, U" s
Allied aircraft losses
/ n9 `* p& r7 O: o" g& \, w) O      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged# B% |! R  M0 j; n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak' K7 ]# |& u- n: T3 q
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
# ?+ [* A3 N# q/ \      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:% S4 ~. B! i, l2 r2 W
      159 casualties reported6 V" v, }1 V+ R, F- ~# S0 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
, z" z% o9 o( d4 `. S8 L         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled4 S+ H: j0 ~8 M3 K5 @
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% l, V- H* O  b9 z' ~+ r$ \

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. j% i! K) R) [& @# a! n3 c4 ]+ ^- VGround combat at Ponape (119,113)7 x4 l5 r. `: s5 v
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Allied Deliberate attack  ^# `% d- ]: D' k
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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2 L/ q! u# v4 @Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7& k/ {$ o9 t& X; v

2 ~& w0 ?) c# v  ?( QAllied adjusted assault: 3406 / k( M' [) L; c  B  r' E
* f/ e4 D% ?/ K
Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 4 j% e$ ]3 n9 U1 p$ S$ z" K# ]' M

+ O8 m1 u4 B- B' u& H/ \5 rAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers' |/ |: W  I1 j+ c: F% E
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)/ t. r) |; D7 j/ ~
Attacker: / U" F' d$ B2 b0 t9 i

9 W: D( M& g) FJapanese ground losses:
8 \% J8 k% n/ P! F* l* t      3539 casualties reported
$ @$ u* ~( O/ F! I. [+ i& x         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
6 |7 Z- t0 T' e) l+ b% B         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled5 P- \9 b# m' c& b! \5 {/ ~
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
1 s  K6 e( S/ T+ r      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)  y9 K% t+ q8 b# o0 z5 P
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
$ E7 V& A4 `, p& G: g" e# i! H" z
. }/ v( D  R& ~4 F& @5 O4 {5 jAllied ground losses:" I- s" P" R) y1 ~- W
      3552 casualties reported
4 R! W& h8 q  U  T9 h7 j5 _         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
4 }* u7 y. Z0 h, Y         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled# d$ [  k* ^# O, m: N4 n
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
+ \$ E) l6 Y% u# L      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)8 Y- V- M! s" d0 P
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
- U$ k' ]; c  A! z      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:( ^6 h6 r: A0 G. b- E7 _3 t
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion0 s1 Q, n' o1 k# ^6 U' T, K. Y
    5th Marine Division
& ~. s1 q, F% o0 A( K' R    716th Tank Battalion& o' h2 U* U/ U3 f" G
    706th Tank Battalion# h1 B, X8 M( Q5 u, i! V1 e5 {
    762nd Tank Battalion; ?5 X- F  C. m8 R
    710th Tank Battalion
/ I6 j: w9 e( e  I* W& {    767th Tank Battalion
" D' G& v6 g, J. X* ^; x    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
8 r# r/ {6 `7 g. e    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment* v' f+ S, \9 g/ o- C
    81st Infantry Division. a# \- w  w2 G$ d! @: k  l. R
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment- c  S6 N6 c& ?/ X5 c- o: X# R. A& K
    96th Infantry Division
* Y/ X1 m0 q( f, U4 w    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
' m7 L+ A# _3 K    711th Tank Battalion. X; o& m0 i' d$ Z( S0 u  c
    44th Tank Battalion, [; P* }" B9 B) t+ [
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion4 {4 `% I3 |- b- H0 \  H( W
    6th Infantry Division
* n- d0 V9 e, P# E% `    1st Filipino Inf Regiment! ], v4 K) V; v6 ]) P; C
    31st Infantry Regiment6 \) {6 @$ J5 b
    XIV US Corps
% N* R( m' Q$ K' @0 `    96th Coast AA Regiment
. v% {' U/ ~6 F1 [5 s, |    12th Marine Defense Battalion8 X; {$ ]# Z: \* a
    4th USA Defense Battalion
, H! B6 u) ]# x0 a1 F0 S, s  I, [    14th Marine Defense Battalion
- M% `  R! O) t4 Q    1st USMC AA Battalion! f3 D+ m( @) u/ R4 E
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- V. V; {  N7 s9 v  g! {    5th USA Defense Battalion5 j% B4 e2 v) ]' Z* Z3 O# f
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ y8 s& t+ A, O$ ~    738th Coast AA Regiment. L" ^% \9 S/ {
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. I. D4 _5 h  D    I Corps Artillery
3 A+ A: O, T% j0 p5 G5 q. Q    8th Marine Defense Battalion) O; e7 e. @7 q% Y
    X Corps Artillery ! \: m) \3 ?/ P9 T( J
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 }. I+ f( b6 g( S+ I    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:3 c' X/ x4 |' Q" L0 |* e% e
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment% L( D, Z) M# K, a4 {
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
' K8 q# _; }2 b6 }+ W9 u3 F: C; e* Q    144th Infantry Regiment/ J0 ~  H) |' u8 W/ X- Z3 |
    Kure 3rd SNLF( R; P2 r: y7 O, T% K3 V' [6 K
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
% D( U7 J0 t  J. t0 n+ f# e- U' R0 r    33rd/B Division
& ^" w2 U3 n  @% K( G  [* @) L    81st/C Division
' C$ I' ~; i' p7 o: J9 w    81st/A Division+ V  y: D" w2 J) E
    81st/B Division
0 F0 s9 W) d, B- o( Y% t    33rd/A Division7 p* f2 H) f3 x, ]
    138th Infantry Regiment) O% c% L0 d2 ~- ~  h# Z7 h
    33rd/C Division
: r( e% _, G: \9 c8 ^9 D3 M7 X5 }    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment  I. x* {8 @! |3 }
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion$ R1 a2 j+ O3 ^' |9 k6 i
    19th JAAF Base Force6 S; j% q9 e. Y
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 ?: n+ o9 X. u5 n
    12th Air Fleet9 _8 B( i8 i" H" f+ r" L) v
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
( |: o  y+ K7 j  m5 |! _    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ! V# q: `$ J6 A# y9 U
    63rd Field AA Battalion
8 P5 c7 V: X9 e% u& ?2 J: e" V    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 W& B* g- Q- i5 P9 G4 _5 b( l
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion! t: r5 Z- J. W
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 o$ U0 ~: w6 @2 p" F; L9 m! s
    Ponape Naval Fortress* s; m; a6 b! r/ X' U
    61st Field AA Battalion- a5 h  X  @7 O- {
    18th Army- ?, y* M( f# S) y# i9 j
    14th Area Army /1
" e: p% x4 q, G' o: S- W( C    60th Field AA Battalion- F- `: |. N( i0 X' F7 b& ^
    53rd Construction Battalion+ h  k3 `3 j- f* p
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
, |$ w/ x% H% y0 H0 F3 m) b, f    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 D9 U- R1 Q8 _7 X. S5 A; Y
    Kure 7th SNLF
& z8 S" q/ Y3 P6 R7 }8 E1 G    3rd Base Force
6 Q6 {% s  n+ C6 Z5 a9 R6 d$ S    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)- O8 d% C1 i8 {  h6 q) e: p0 w
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms# J' P& W+ F1 t2 x

$ n9 j9 m% K$ G7 ]: sRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s- r& f! }$ q& O& J9 ^+ ~' w& \! ^
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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! ?9 a" J9 T5 O( z5 }Allied aircraft
$ K& N; Q6 I  m1 ?9 K      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 ?/ y+ A2 S3 }0 [      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337) A: U: K; f# o1 V- T
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2837 q* y& F( I2 N, `
Allied aircraft losses& e! B3 g# v+ Y- I( @+ M' c$ l

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3 R3 P/ D1 z& T+ L. \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- ~4 F# B9 B: F/ A; m- @
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!3 z" H, N* i1 y' ^  i' l

: g* e% o- W8 {Allied Ships1 a+ O7 n3 V+ N( @- v  x
      CA Vincennes
) ^! K" g0 T( @- j6 X" a      CA Quincy# d1 p& Y. E! X5 N( F5 [
      CA San Francisco! }# Y$ F5 W4 U6 {' q1 r  k
      CA Minneapolis' v3 e  P3 Q6 H4 w8 H! o8 j
      CA Astoria# C0 |  b" S  ?; P
      CA Chicago
) r) Q3 C8 m3 z1 Y      CA Louisville
$ P- S0 {% A& W0 u' x      CA Chester" ]% U0 z/ k; _! }
      CA Northampton
9 ~' b' z! Q' \) m      CA Portland/ K" U! @  c, t' B, _

( J! [. @* d: T  r; {$ \Japanese ground losses:- D) N2 a* _, @9 \8 H6 d
      112 casualties reported, [0 t' e* z& a, J$ h8 R; ?) J
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# E9 `" G& z8 U         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled" Y; p% z7 S! n% o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled1 \9 `' P1 q$ U+ A

- P# A1 a0 @! X% jAirbase hits 5
1 l- U$ v* [! gAirbase supply hits 25 t  ?' o4 `3 p* F3 d
Runway hits 21
, e6 {+ I2 [: o4 w# bPort hits 7
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) ?2 H8 H, R' R+ h: w( lNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
4 w3 f0 ]$ N+ A5 \& U5 C1 z4 j      BB Alabama
/ \8 }3 G  [5 A4 z      BB Massachusetts
; v# ^  _/ F: n: Y      BB Indiana
  [0 V( k# A' W; q4 X      BB South Dakota
$ j9 [. E% b6 }1 r3 S7 V2 G      BB Washington
. J2 q+ X1 D, Q5 _      BB North Carolina8 n) ~& A2 E6 ~, K3 Y6 x
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Japanese ground losses:
. K& i* J3 A+ }/ {6 |* n1 D- @3 d4 W      398 casualties reported
6 l$ S7 Q0 @' [; s6 F- p/ }+ G9 c         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled3 o8 d9 w; n5 w. ]4 L  J
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled% m  Q6 U) h! ~8 U4 r: }- ~8 r
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled; P% Z0 b! t  j! j5 J+ V1 Y
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
3 k) N; W2 @% a      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)7 x8 f2 t# J2 _7 y0 {. x
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Airbase hits 9: s# ?% F) P( U# ^# n. X
Runway hits 9
) u3 y$ Z, E# k4 k$ F+ v6 NPort hits 28 ^/ z, s* G: W9 x4 ?4 a

" S! `5 Q9 m  q) TBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division0 }6 @# Z* W$ Z1 j7 X# E9 X
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
$ d( R8 s# y* d- N; N) o3 B8 sBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
0 u" f* A9 D5 EBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 5 K0 L% T! `" f4 a
BB Washington firing at Ponape
3 X( O" s, H7 W) p5 i; ?BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 o' T( |% n" L9 M5 W$ k
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Allied Ships  g6 G) B( S. f: @. I! x
      BB Mississippi0 n  l6 S3 D/ r( d
      BB New Mexico& Z7 o% u& ~$ Y* p. E2 h4 Z
      BB Idaho, H$ p' c7 h5 C( z# i/ `, t1 v
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Japanese ground losses:
0 f4 k5 F7 w" ~: @5 b7 ^) D% z      195 casualties reported
' A5 @3 T0 s8 _; f7 A; L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
* q0 V% u4 O/ T( X: e7 f         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled: ~+ P/ C8 G' a5 |
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
' p1 n  Q7 c. l! i, c$ t      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
+ p3 r+ e1 E( a/ K5 v6 C      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
" G! s3 t! P* u2 URunway hits 14: j: Z0 b, K7 s* z
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape . ]' ]( J% S. U) N% ~3 P. A# r
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division/ ]' [$ T0 j' o, G0 k* R
BB Idaho firing at Ponape - y! C7 P% ?* y$ S

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3 v6 K7 L8 U4 a; J* }; LAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)) b) G3 m5 j* W1 t2 W$ D7 R5 Q4 m
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Weather in hex: Severe storms) \1 R3 W  x. T

- r: Q9 N- r1 CRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.( v6 h' f' ^9 d$ o' z, v3 Q
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes2 q& B4 B: D0 `, P: W
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Allied aircraft
+ x+ B! y+ ]$ g( `3 g6 y1 e      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4628 Y) ^: A% _1 T
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
* q0 [4 a9 l5 P' `& C) U( u# ?      TBM-1C Avenger x 2865 ^7 T) |2 S! g0 |* H  ?

: }, f0 N) ?( J# n3 j! z. QAllied aircraft losses* Z2 W, g! u" ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
& Y2 G' @/ u8 w% I& j      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
6 N4 E4 i5 v. c# X      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
- u( ]8 K( y; U4 Y0 {! ?      121 casualties reported
, t. B% J# c2 a3 Z+ b7 K         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled4 W/ W& v- Y7 B0 V) ]8 g' P
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled( g# O4 D0 q% J7 K3 D/ h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack: ^2 b. T; X8 A0 h3 V

8 j, Z% n* w0 c& g# M/ r. F! B$ m" k$ BAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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6 L( E5 \* _, _0 V8 b$ EDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121& E. G$ ]* [$ ]2 u3 `- j

0 E# {( L7 r+ A2 [Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6& J# i! D; m( S

' E# {& |- o2 JAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 ; U2 s# d( i( L: t$ p* ?1 }- S

9 F. b" D+ _, L$ p& l" i* HAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers# Z. J9 I0 s/ T# [
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)) k/ \3 W& W# g/ J
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
# S% s" K) v- l" I# u# l      2305 casualties reported/ E& @; Z3 w4 R8 F( ^2 r
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled$ C  n8 g* L) y5 r% t- N* e
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
5 B% D+ [% O" z# V" T         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled: {8 ]" S1 z/ {1 \! w9 D! _
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
, \; m8 ]$ ?+ V6 I( x, C- A      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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: ?: a1 h' T9 i7 D' dAllied ground losses:
( M+ K+ D  h) ^4 \. m+ s8 u0 _      3064 casualties reported
. U3 ^3 C& h% u& j1 m+ b' a  L0 J( X         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
# u8 Y. Z7 Z- U3 [: F, k2 t         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
+ @) G$ J9 o: t" V1 s' ]( ]" `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
7 |, }. T; W' w- L3 A; v+ d      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)- z/ g9 n& L& E& \6 p, O3 E1 M
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
" K. H4 j# Y' B# t3 n0 L    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment+ a4 H  D: A) Y: C" j) Y( I
    711th Tank Battalion
* c" A+ q. I6 m% q/ B    716th Tank Battalion
/ n" z# M: ?; c; Y- n! ?5 V    6th Infantry Division
! ?8 j, A1 b) O! O    44th Tank Battalion
  m+ v( x% A* U- ^    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment  k+ {; g9 k3 T4 h) i  I1 ]
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment1 t( Y! z9 k( {3 ?
    81st Infantry Division5 L/ v3 Q0 d. N8 S( ^+ g5 [
    767th Tank Battalion2 Z$ l9 I: {2 K) z
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment2 V) |4 Y% @3 l
    762nd Tank Battalion
1 ~* I  q7 o. s' O) y  q) W7 L    710th Tank Battalion5 N9 Q& T0 w" [% M' j8 D) Q& F6 o
    96th Infantry Division0 m$ `9 t4 d1 V+ Y" @' }/ v: ~
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment3 E& x6 \  v# H& q8 O
    706th Tank Battalion
9 G6 \! {* ~! |+ Q    5th Marine Division- H6 Y1 w; p% c4 A" N0 q* b. s
    31st Infantry Regiment
) O, g/ `; \$ o( v) w    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 p5 i: H. `5 K/ S    1st USMC AA Battalion
8 A( u. C/ s3 K- D3 z9 y, I/ G3 a6 z    738th Coast AA Regiment0 o$ w8 D0 A7 N6 x5 Z8 ^, H* F
    96th Coast AA Regiment: J6 W# @, i( h: V2 g
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ L! I1 n9 _5 I0 G    12th Marine Defense Battalion5 l" |; [* |/ O3 x& S
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) j- u7 X+ _1 D$ u0 b; `( I$ C    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' \- N( y- v: T8 c5 k, A1 {) L; C    XIV US Corps
% u2 P# c" D  h" l7 M' e3 ~    X Corps Artillery 0 {) [( x5 G0 k; n$ C
    5th USA Defense Battalion; I4 D8 d5 t2 v# K
    4th USA Defense Battalion! M8 F. K- [' s$ ^5 R6 H( Q! [4 i
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment; s& R8 X( b# e- A6 L* }# N! e
    I Corps Artillery
; d) s* z8 H5 H$ x8 q. f- h# `" q    8th Marine Defense Battalion3 y6 Q/ H: h/ B- U* h$ P  X% E
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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( P3 d% P& c/ K3 R' p7 eDefending units:6 T! |3 c0 w& ^9 H1 p
    Ponape Naval Fortress" i$ s/ X5 K* f2 u% B
    81st/C Division
9 r* B/ z: I6 z# N9 p+ b    52nd Naval Guard Unit2 M$ N" i) G$ C2 u
    138th Infantry Regiment
6 P9 `; c. K6 S, J4 {    6th Guards Inf. Regiment* h& \# g2 p8 ?2 C( S# a
    Sasebo 7th SNLF0 N; e5 D0 ^4 D. j4 b
    144th Infantry Regiment
& Y* p2 _# w5 U2 _, g    81st/B Division
5 G* J/ E4 j5 [' N    33rd/B Division3 _8 g& }2 }* J. `' a7 Q( q
    33rd/A Division0 c7 {5 [0 X2 Y/ P( h3 a
    81st/A Division
4 R3 f- x$ f5 u8 H" D# V0 p    Kure 3rd SNLF$ E0 F1 a+ U, \
    33rd/C Division
# F) G3 J/ ^8 C7 A" s    53rd Construction Battalion* a$ G1 E; k- |% {
    18th Army2 E0 v; Q, u  J6 C, \1 C; K
    14th Area Army /12 c3 Y4 L& u( y0 E8 I1 g8 [" i
    60th Field AA Battalion* X( U  x/ @& l6 C) Z$ t" _
    12th Air Fleet0 X; b0 D- T  }% o; [. @
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment- |" l" D4 a: J& Y2 M1 R+ c
    63rd Field AA Battalion6 D- c% Y, ^( N1 D
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 A; {6 Y: ^$ v$ C    3rd Base Force# j  j5 O: A$ H/ T, @/ G
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  q+ {. b2 ~  ?: _+ t, M
    Kure 7th SNLF' F* k3 p1 g- V: E! z  n7 F
    19th JAAF Base Force
( F7 _" h. Z6 z    18th Field AF Construction Battalion$ R- P% H. H7 q) l( D: M4 J0 G: Z3 v
    61st Field AA Battalion
: e' L: {* a3 {7 n    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 ^. p$ j* G" v% ]( L/ {% v6 z  L8 K
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7 T/ }) z: N9 z: h" @    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment( o* ^; N/ s: u! c: M2 N
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion. B( Q: S' K, a$ {6 X* @/ N
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 _1 x- N) b  u& v( K1 Y
    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: n2 V8 E, n9 L3 r$ m! }: L% p0 E
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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- h! E3 S/ E( @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
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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! n7 ^3 ^) o; j( L( ]0 WWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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( l8 {; ]( b, `5 RRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
, _  G. u# C" gEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft
8 e* a, R5 k$ Z. X      P-38L Lightning x 23; p# U4 U1 ^' G! Q: D- D9 h
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30! Z" R* y# f& y) y6 u& O' m

- t$ }; O1 b. z7 {* j1 o9 R" I' X" uAllied aircraft losses
; R0 E9 n# T2 m5 `) u; Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged2 Z3 Q$ D& D) \0 T. g) c, d& h2 \
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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+ L/ O# T5 \0 t8 x( AJapanese Ships/ v/ M. Q" h$ C# R" D9 [+ b4 @8 N
      DD Suruyame& m0 b9 F$ H0 j0 ^* [* x9 ^
      CL Ninaru
/ d5 W+ K; \1 P) i      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' b9 N/ K$ \) J( H" L: u( Q      DD Yayoi  }( I4 u* e' A/ d7 r& w' m
      CA Kako
& A6 z! M* y+ P      DD Asagiri
0 r0 F4 Q$ {9 j1 }3 v" J      DD Ayanami" I( z/ m1 s4 P9 M$ l7 M2 g0 O. r

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      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'( U4 }" P; W0 O
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 p+ h: j: [# b8 @4 }5 _
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'# r" F7 h3 ~, R: A4 r  S
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb2 @: m$ j* v& A
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'. B' L7 s+ a1 x1 M7 c/ ^5 r+ q4 K
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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- U; \# b" ?0 U, |Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
6 z6 M( I/ l, S# V8 JHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi9 Q" ?9 _- I6 b/ I

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, B; j) v: \+ J; `; {  B. A: hAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 {0 |6 x9 J0 i* l% A
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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0 p1 @: L- F' `Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.# t$ g% x6 n3 n7 x
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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( {, X! w2 r: K3 R% PAllied aircraft
+ l2 M: U8 R0 z  k. {      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
, Q& U0 B$ s$ v+ A2 B6 e      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
- d8 q( B" R, i2 T% ?+ c      TBM-1C Avenger x 2851 S( B0 C/ c: c" C+ i
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Allied aircraft losses
* A  G0 r& t5 B( M7 P  K      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged2 K9 c1 Y' {7 C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
/ b2 i! M4 U1 x2 H4 }; ~2 b. y& G0 ^      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged2 r% P$ }, H3 j6 y; Z) W

7 g8 k( Z4 y8 r' `; T+ NJapanese ground losses:2 I4 n0 q& u# T: I2 ^
      276 casualties reported% S3 S. B& {4 q3 x. N1 v
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
. \: I6 f# ?3 Z; p0 P3 E         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
8 V1 [) I0 W' b; d4 c* [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 Z+ @, m+ }; P# W# w9 B6 [  J: |
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)5 F/ `- y& F5 c# ]6 R2 p' h/ a
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking 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$ K, F) [1 x+ E: Z/ B
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Japanese ground losses:
0 Y# C+ v, h. C5 B1 x- M( G1 O      1082 casualties reported( n4 _9 B: B7 T' I  P% ^
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
' d0 v& \" |1 Z5 u2 C( x         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
, d7 t0 G3 v& q0 V: O         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
/ D' X" I4 U* R/ ^% Q% k& K; j- E      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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3 [% p1 p% p- H( U( t# b& `Allied ground losses:! \: H- d' G2 S: r, h/ Q2 }
      23 casualties reported
; I' d5 e- B% g  m2 I' W6 B/ N7 s! Z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 r/ M+ R4 H8 W7 w
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 J2 u* \, K: m7 t" j5 \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: ]7 t! G7 j5 G% g, v      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
1 u7 d, K1 W% E$ `6 |. z      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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* R, H% m9 j) m0 h东京快车出轨" ~: E  ^* Z: r8 j; [" J; g

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; N0 L: a0 v3 c  L6 }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。* M+ S0 E! O0 r4 o+ `

' c3 Z, O) }% f* W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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  z7 q" P5 t) G# C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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% F# g) ~) D4 e( i7 y1 s7 xSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113) t8 N+ t' p, l) O& U
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Japanese Ships3 U5 T! C6 b. d0 ~9 F+ ]
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk" e4 i3 Z6 g* k8 P+ s" h6 }# h
5 A4 K  {$ i: _2 i8 G% u9 u3 _7 Q' W6 B! C
Allied Ships1 x- K) d2 c( j$ a9 Y
      CLAA Prince Robert
& {: H: ]8 M2 ?      DD Saumarez2 Y3 s! ]/ @) J
      DD Nizam3 c) N* \3 z/ v+ |6 K" y' o; \+ m* D
      DD Ellet  B8 c3 {: J" W; t+ ?
      DD Waller% U$ [8 B$ b! H5 ~# k9 |
      DD Walker
* v' E6 ^( O! n- j1 N      DD Wadleigh/ [# W( E9 H; C# f6 I$ t
      DD Uhlmann
: z( T2 b, P8 o      DD Twining9 I( q) L' t# k/ Y2 O8 k0 P
      DD Twiggs7 y; ^* \0 N" C1 Y
      DD David Taylor
0 ^; {" g3 m0 F) A" G: [1 n# W5 \* S      DD Strong
9 t" F2 Q! R1 ?0 A0 C8 D2 X      DD Sproston
6 h; L; M! m3 M4 n# |, O# I7 N      DD Sigsbee( a" Z# j" A) A' X$ m9 f/ y
      DD Sigourney, @2 w4 T0 V1 b  Y
      DD Schroeder
/ Q$ O9 R7 b3 C  ?      DD Benham II1 Z: j9 I# }. G$ p! Z% ^! k
      DD Cushing II! ^3 c6 @% }- m& V- E
      DD Urchin
' T, S& Y# w( o3 j# T5 }      DD Urania$ Z( C5 Z  p/ j2 i' n7 D/ s' ?' I

' x) w* C/ v4 }3 aSS I-48 is sighted by escort
3 d- d6 y3 J7 |: p" Z  I0 \DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
; ^- w& V+ w9 ?& D$ t  c3 VDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
( M# ~4 F( \2 v( q3 q4 X5 t$ q2 lSS I-48 forced to surface!
. e1 U" f& c! R, U# s7 mDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....; O7 [) j3 i8 G
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
+ s0 K: G2 y/ \DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
& s6 R* a/ r8 qDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....! O, }. [5 E, k
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
' Q/ R* e: m3 k9 i3 J4 E' |Sub slips beneath the waves3 @8 h7 k1 ?' ~4 p1 l+ i( X% w; j

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1 A# ^* n: @8 ~8 b( uNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft: B* |/ x; H& _; x* h( \0 c
      no flights# U# S2 x7 q* X" t0 n- z$ Y+ H
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 F4 ~4 ~& d8 E9 \2 V" `8 L% X      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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$ M) ~+ ~  i1 J- ?Japanese Ships
# l) ?; b% M1 r9 H      CL Agano
6 y# z9 o3 ]9 t0 b9 S0 s; O" Y      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2' i% u) y* x& |2 I
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 {+ ]4 b8 n+ ^* j. s8 B      DD Hibiki
9 D* q8 Q" {# H$ l# `( n- m/ L      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1: G5 P" I7 q, P
      DD Shirakumo
, Y0 t) ?5 Z# C% N2 Y; q      DD Isonami' `5 ^6 i) f9 }! ^" {
      DD Murakumo8 W6 s! K8 x/ ?/ g, z" u, s
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk- [# g6 L5 _/ s

% R7 s" j; |1 j" V- I2 w* NAllied Ships- O. R+ w, l& ?4 S
      BB North Carolina
1 H; e5 Y5 `4 Q2 Z# u      BB Washington
5 e1 G( F! Z( W. V" r      BB South Dakota9 O" a+ _7 U+ l8 o; M
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 18 {& f( J# s, r, E
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2( {) v9 H$ d4 ^' {5 S9 x' o
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 29 I+ _( |. [, d
      DD Conner
( z: _" o5 N, l- Y8 s+ v      DD Cotten
6 \6 [% f3 A1 A1 W5 j; Y. A      DD Cowell
( K8 D0 W1 Y7 S  b      DD Daly
; F0 k5 X: S5 e" [# ^% d* o      DD Eaton: Y$ I! e: a4 \  i
      DD Heywood Edwards
- P) o8 q& I4 I7 P& x* A      DD Erben. j, B- l+ B. B8 R
      DD Evans5 `2 T0 Y0 `% _( v) \. H/ q
      DD Foote1 C+ z% N3 v- O' i4 u; N
      DD Franks
% z$ w, x! O; J# f4 N/ G% G      DD Fullam$ g3 d6 n1 B( T
      DD Gatling
3 p/ h3 v$ g& e+ N      DD Albert Grant
6 @( V* E% I5 T; I6 @, C      DD Gregory
8 H1 q4 @& d4 b' `, V! d      DD Guest
1 G4 K3 [- J$ Z9 o      DMS Hamilton
5 y8 F( S# s6 @  ^, Z+ V% H      DMS Forrest
0 N! ]  o8 z: n6 T% m      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards; Z  q( [5 M& j- ~- v1 f
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- k) N9 x' `: l& G! Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
4 _) u0 ]" t, N0 f3 @5 FCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
* w+ K' W. u5 B# S. P  o8 D. M+ ^/ ORange closes to 26,000 yards...
: S1 }! S- k4 X& d  h6 G; I1 N) ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% K3 i, r& {% W1 zRange closes to 24,000 yards...
& B% \' t; P  g% S7 C. D3 h+ oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ ?' q% \* x2 P' \* B; M
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
. f/ r( H6 z! R# WRange closes to 22,000 yards...; N# ^1 B( j6 p1 ^3 \3 R( a+ X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards8 u" m4 z2 S" a' {6 v
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards7 @6 d( q  ]  r+ ^% J- T  A( U
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 V! S1 U+ F0 m9 p& D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards" B( K7 C( Y. o1 P; W( \% m
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
1 h0 @8 j  C9 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* o/ Q/ }: C4 K' M/ rRange closes to 16,000 yards...
  @/ E9 D% B9 x  W/ `) s% M: ^  g: UCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards5 X* c1 {' G+ K8 h8 g% W
Range closes to 14,000 yards.... W  I2 X' r+ V5 K9 A* K& ^# _$ E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
9 ~+ Z) l7 M3 j6 T0 B$ _* iRange closes to 12,000 yards...8 m+ o6 E4 l- ^" @& K5 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
9 Z6 ~$ |. W8 w4 u3 x3 O5 gCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
0 S! T7 j  Q/ f# ^* f  \  K9 hRange closes to 11,000 yards...
9 j' f( j- e5 S2 o" b4 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards/ x4 ~" ^) U+ ]1 q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
; V- U2 M! e& W0 ~8 a' uRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 D& q4 U. X5 b- z0 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" u* q% F3 G7 ~' m* @' B+ C: A# K3 p1 S
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards( v  h* ~( \5 r# j* o0 l# h9 R2 D
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
8 z! z' p: d7 m  u6 VBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards  F9 O. f; R; [4 G- H: e) y
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards  \7 I  X6 M/ \( v
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards4 |7 W$ x  J+ `
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
/ Q# U; Z4 I4 y' YBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
& R, v$ i9 c; L- Y0 _7 Z% Y0 zDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
! o5 @5 e$ k5 G+ `$ _9 zDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
4 c) [$ w% z% Z  qBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards: ?& J+ B! M% j8 D8 o
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
% _+ O3 m: t: n- ZDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
2 D+ X: E6 Y% \CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; J7 K: X+ I0 p0 u, y: z& [8 p9 \- S8 Y
Range increases to 11,000 yards
/ t1 m5 {1 V; D6 x3 `+ g  v# Z- {CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
9 Q  ]# _6 e# NBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
9 [5 E* y/ z5 ^3 N* r# wCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards# R! G  Q+ B: Z& L
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
3 D' u; K6 M* Z! yCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
1 \4 G: Y0 c/ |& l" F7 I& q1 LDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
: U- ~8 {" T# zCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
8 d& c+ K& z6 ?, q* tBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards! `: L! K) s( E4 P, ~
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
8 U. P3 b4 t* K$ e( jDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards* h$ `7 N( Y$ S2 M1 e
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
' z' ~8 _$ h/ W5 eDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards4 O" ]6 B& R) J8 f" k
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards& k; }# Z; d; ~4 t# E
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
7 m$ }- D  D- @) G; o* ORange closes to 10,000 yards
( j6 X  X5 r' t; D  N4 \CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards1 T8 G1 D9 z. O; t  O* U& D) _( G& _
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
+ X# J  ]) C; f; j  @* Q: t4 }6 d9 dDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards0 X1 c% V/ \0 q; N. D) Y8 R- h
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards8 w; P: m  _$ _8 }; Z. v  X/ _
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
/ ]& J- I  G  J- _* nDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards% {* o! u0 I: A! c8 B+ U
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards/ F$ O. ~; o# `
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards- q8 s/ L3 w/ Q2 p3 e3 s& P6 a
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards* i5 i3 ~% D/ d: m0 |
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards+ e# h- p8 i, N! C& P5 p5 v+ N$ k
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 [4 f: y* r) `  G5 L1 ?' _
Task forces break off...$ M' J1 @' k$ W' j

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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7 F4 m  E- J2 X1 IJapanese Ships
  n6 L5 m% Q* m; g      DD Hikokaze( r# Y$ b3 E3 u$ |4 h( n( F6 }
      DD Ishikaze5 ^% F; ^+ `3 U9 M- ]5 k& u
      DD Tagokaze
' _2 x( }" c: w! c      DD Takatakaze
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. ]; R* u7 W! mAllied Ships/ ]9 K' Y* E; ^
      BB North Carolina
3 ?+ E$ L0 @  O      BB Washington
8 Y6 M$ C% @. d( [& K  s9 V      BB South Dakota
/ u( `* R6 r3 N; V  S; L& T8 o      BB Indiana
" Z6 W# K. |& c7 H# r- v      BB Massachusetts' g3 \; n8 \% T* `/ c
      BB Alabama( D' b  t5 b/ V
      DD Conner( V6 Y$ e) P1 p) V, C" M
      DD Cotten* N1 Z2 q7 X) T( r; A8 y
      DD Cowell' X5 F: b* }# {( f; d/ X
      DD Daly
3 d* o- k8 t/ s  s      DD Eaton
  {# k8 P# j0 b: R% W4 I      DD Heywood Edwards
5 G# [; H9 H( Q1 E  u/ A      DD Erben$ v0 Y) c0 k3 [6 J0 A
      DD Evans
$ T; K  O1 \* s, p$ K      DD Foote
, e$ X* c1 y- ~( {" I* X$ S: y% r, ?      DD Franks
+ I8 z( d5 ~  o" D& h/ |      DD Fullam4 h5 s3 H" ?. W* B" |  d
      DD Gatling
: t. M# T4 g+ O9 w9 r/ _, Z" T      DD Albert Grant& z! R4 X2 c2 d+ H! _5 E% W
      DD Gregory- @/ F+ P- e* N; {
      DD Guest$ e0 j, a! Y9 w. P+ }7 r! w# A$ ?
      DMS Hamilton, n# a* l# g* g; \  U
      DMS Forrest, f/ X" i+ ~7 \
      DMS Ellyson  Q4 g, D" e" d7 F" a) G4 _

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) P0 b' O& }1 C, KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards3 c8 H' b5 E( ]  `' }) d3 K
Range closes to 28,000 yards.../ o3 v6 X! L$ l
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- E5 ^# \$ h) O3 d- V: BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards! b6 O. F; \/ e1 E0 m7 H2 \7 R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
3 A  ~% J& v) y, L' i) K- y/ {Range closes to 24,000 yards...* ^+ U" V. u" v0 N3 }2 s  U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards4 t: ^: V' S$ R- @4 R; [- j
Range closes to 22,000 yards...& [2 ~" a; N" l# ^  W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 ^7 n3 f6 q3 }, h1 I: W8 NRange closes to 18,000 yards...
6 }: A" q) z) cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards5 r* Q9 m- ~+ Y' ^& G6 p2 P- u
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
2 K! D& E) d# E+ g, JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
+ E1 t4 ?2 V6 \9 k, vCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
0 Y, S5 Z1 `; a2 P1 B& jRange closes to 14,000 yards..., n$ H/ O3 A& ]7 Z1 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards3 t- }2 g; Z+ S- a( |9 Z7 q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards9 S; Y$ i2 }1 U- E. M) ?+ C
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 g( @2 H: `5 r' V/ \/ _4 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards2 i! @0 Z" E! }5 J! a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
2 F( C6 i7 `7 B# D. I2 xRange closes to 11,000 yards...
4 X  ]' Z6 @: fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards  r" S7 v0 Y. E5 E& d
Range closes to 10,000 yards...5 c* H" `* [/ E; {6 Q* F
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
# U# a: q; p5 t+ }7 O8 [; pJapanese TF attempts to evade combat* q0 ]5 S# p6 Q# U) O1 I
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
- r3 c! B* C$ d2 JRange increases to 20,000 yards...
6 E" Q" `5 g$ ^5 J5 F% e- YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: J% N/ m, O, J  M' m/ O$ P
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
" G: v. R, I, c9 q* ARange increases to 30,000 yards...* F$ j& T7 z# M8 Z: A
Range increases to 30,000 yards...6 ?2 \3 S* C6 n" m2 G
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-13 _1 c% k2 V  o; {& b4 ^' I
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2+ d) J* ]( s7 l5 d) A. Z. s0 S( f% w. G
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
0 ]) x, O7 m& R' T" n      APD T-4& n- p2 }  F; q
      APD T-5& ^) B3 w" O0 n' U/ K
      APD T-65 W( M2 C0 q8 ?! l9 \3 O9 a! Y
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% _4 p% }+ B4 ~% a9 ?' m# @( e      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
# {3 I- v$ Y) y/ u      APD T-93 @- I' u$ r9 y: j$ ]% C2 |
      APD T-10" Y) s8 K5 z$ b* |0 Q+ b" P) X7 }
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire+ t- J' f3 D8 a
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ w- K5 O' S. N: N, z      APD T-13, Shell hits 1# V! N- i/ a. m& R
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ M7 W# `0 {+ R: D+ A) N  ~
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Allied Ships
: {$ v8 Y) Q: `) F4 C8 Z# d      BB North Carolina- S1 ~! T+ U7 z6 Z) R; Z" ~
      BB Washington% O$ G  u0 }( s4 Y' V' v
      BB South Dakota# G! [/ O* h% L4 }% k
      BB Indiana
2 B2 a, V+ E3 i$ ]      BB Massachusetts
2 F. a& A6 k# Q- p7 E( B      BB Alabama' }6 a: Y; C% V& t; ?4 i
      DD Conner& Y5 W  H' C- J. v
      DD Cotten
. p$ z1 M/ r0 v/ P- A      DD Cowell
* ^; w5 S3 J9 S7 V0 B9 g3 G& l( f      DD Daly4 r7 a7 G2 V- r: `/ v+ x
      DD Eaton
0 e6 }" a# b: l5 q( v: g      DD Heywood Edwards! e; |' O0 T) V$ D# z
      DD Erben
0 T; X; S  Z. e) r$ [% Q      DD Evans8 j. g* {+ O- B5 T) V: d
      DD Foote
1 s+ n1 }3 v4 [) G/ [      DD Franks" r/ [. G  e0 Y$ O
      DD Fullam
) K7 H  A4 M7 Z# O! z: ^      DD Gatling
% x! n$ ?# X" X' G8 S      DD Albert Grant& W' ?' v  T5 D3 ?/ V) D
      DD Gregory
3 F8 ~, W" ?& Y; w: @$ E- P. {      DD Guest
7 f: b' k+ B6 p( T1 _; \- w      DMS Hamilton
. |/ Q1 D) n0 a: N      DMS Forrest) S- u+ q& M4 i9 w6 L# ^/ x: q( ]
      DMS Ellyson
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( F" {& _, _3 J* c  {! l5 vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; d! L/ g- Y9 A3 xRange closes to 28,000 yards...
' ^5 X% F' U# R/ @% J8 KRange closes to 26,000 yards...$ s2 I' _4 C+ P. U$ u: K0 i. Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards& B" Y. l5 y2 e# H" Y+ c$ H0 t
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) z+ X4 r) V+ i. r# u6 Q1 a9 K0 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 c5 _: M6 {; t$ DRange closes to 22,000 yards...* Y1 h( ]: W( T3 c5 B) ?* g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards1 k- `: h; a1 x
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 a( e' s4 N- R; H$ `, Z2 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards1 C) j! ]! a! K; g& {* `: S3 |0 _- z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 \4 n! M! _# o# d& Y& b+ `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 D/ d3 }9 i% ^. Q
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
% P1 x* d3 h: p# j' F& CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards. U6 n3 M' \& j. l4 f, f7 Q! `
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 l8 u" S; \  {) z  CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! Q1 d4 V2 A0 K, {) q8 C: BRange closes to 12,000 yards...
6 ^! r5 z7 j1 w% @, u3 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 V9 V% ~, ^3 v: M
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
/ W$ C3 n8 d) l! aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
, @: W& l, Z) u* iRange closes to 10,000 yards...: z  Y0 A. M4 m# a6 ?8 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
; D, ?3 J# t3 I( nRange closes to 9,000 yards...
9 M0 ^2 B5 W- X# dBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards- W1 V) @# F, v
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& C% w$ P7 L4 U4 y4 m1 i3 }* c1 L1 E
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
3 _% L* A1 X: I; d' lDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
) n9 C5 `; A3 W; ODD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards5 D5 l2 A# O; |# ^8 X: ]* z
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards3 f/ C; ]! Q# P- r" |
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
9 {- }7 T# J9 E2 n* kBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards4 ]; ]1 V" F7 t8 {, t
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 N7 W, i0 L+ |& e4 r* qDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( A. S5 S2 \* I/ g
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
/ _; |# [$ }$ O- Q3 N7 [: X$ aBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
7 a3 v6 W( m% Z6 e. jDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
! o' M; \5 G3 ]+ t" F' k6 c0 LDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 ?7 K% M  ?5 r% AAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards, {- o4 O( w1 n( s+ {
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 J  W1 q- Q2 [& s* p8 D
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
2 B! _& c: Z3 ]- g; XDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards( @  q, h: W# b: }, e. ~$ ~
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) f+ x% h7 P+ {
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 C* S6 g* [# o% D  g3 l: i. jRange increases to 10,000 yards
$ S9 v5 R; A+ XBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
! V; J: K) K/ I4 t1 iBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
5 Q' b. R3 s! B4 c7 HBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
! N4 I6 d( {5 L* s. UDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, C1 {. J& A) d, ]" Q% L
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; Q* ]0 E+ v/ X! l. c/ pDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
4 c# n1 o. n, A+ d- s! ?7 RAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards. L6 E8 y1 O8 i
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards3 U) }6 r- {  A6 L/ A
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards1 E7 V1 P( R! B! o0 x
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards1 A' Q4 R8 S- Z% {/ K; R( P$ U1 n) B
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 ?4 f* M# w4 B0 v" u! p, \% o
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* @# t/ T( {6 ^DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
- Q+ C& z! L, c. H, DDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# W  Y; y2 I& G& O8 \$ \( D' k* aDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
2 E" N- ^* o8 t$ x3 jDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards* w% p6 c3 p: v8 C5 K3 i" e
Range increases to 11,000 yards
0 G6 O7 f0 }8 D# jAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards' t2 a2 o9 i  P( R& G
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards$ c- N1 q0 a# f* e& I& ]) w: `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( {2 Q) M0 r8 O# |; I, E
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
4 W/ l% h2 P/ t+ UBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
  r  S  r  [) G/ AAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards& @: z& F' e( d& i: ], S
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
; l/ c9 F+ v. R4 g/ ?& z& DDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
, ]4 D: f7 J7 U4 r% S- S/ q0 ]DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards. f7 V! {5 L# n, M. J, P8 t
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards: ]* }5 |' E7 T, v; a( b
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards) b+ ^4 T* o7 F2 v. G* m9 C5 i; Z
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards/ a* T/ s9 d9 D. d. j' \
Range closes to 10,000 yards9 d* O, x$ B" o/ p8 \
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards9 A7 i+ v3 T  t2 ?1 P+ Z3 i$ ^) _
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  E  Q, z' F6 x' n* b& v, z2 t' n
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards+ r: x) D$ [$ e6 R/ p) F
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
8 T( v" H3 P3 L" s/ Z+ D( oDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
2 W- j% M2 P& @2 V8 @DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards9 ?+ g/ n! F: C( u& Y4 D- ~. w
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 [+ x2 }9 l, l3 w9 a( j
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 f- O0 r2 i* M' T4 h3 _
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
! k' \1 K$ p/ \% c# j$ z( h: VDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( U/ f: M7 W0 G7 F8 L% Z9 WDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ W' C- `# {: b9 {# P( O/ R8 x. x# q
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards; {; a. h0 f5 A( Q+ s/ v3 D& K
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" T8 k& T+ j8 b! v) P# B1 n* MRange closes to 8,000 yards
2 ^4 s5 N& h& t' u$ w- hDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
3 r+ {+ Y$ F. [5 A5 ?) M3 ^2 ~BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards2 c2 ?: e0 k$ V) l$ t
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards$ y7 I. l, d; \8 T" r" v
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
! N. J- j. K# F, wAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards! t8 F) w; e* b* f
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape3 J$ {' @9 `( B/ k
Task forces break off...
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3 ]9 C1 e4 l- i9 Q; `& nNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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  q0 T! h/ b  F5 J8 GJapanese Ships& a$ d: y, i% ]5 N7 d  H, r
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
' Z8 [, u; J* o# p9 ^      APD T-2
# Z+ y. `% O& f# t, }+ a      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
1 M" t: `% O0 D& B! d      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
8 S9 U+ N. G, N  B( \% u      APD T-54 ]# B- @2 D( x8 x, m8 D
      APD T-6- [" Z7 G! x6 A; J" I8 w4 i( C" r2 V- a
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
, n% D( @- C. C, E4 x6 P  r, Z) @      APD T-9, Shell hits 1, q0 ]4 |9 I  s% c/ ]7 ~+ s' E+ L+ [
      APD T-10% j4 j0 |9 }/ x+ o/ x- t
      APD T-11,  on fire( [3 i  ]) E8 Q# ]) j2 v. f% |
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk7 J" }* P" ~1 u1 l2 ?: S
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk. y' k4 x, R- i; n' o5 a3 [
      APD T-14, and is sunk" _" W  u+ G9 }& r4 a1 G

( f& e4 |6 N+ V* p: BAllied Ships
+ n/ b5 o5 C5 z  c      CA Portland* I# m* @" N' `* x; ?
      CA Northampton
" }/ ~: s; U4 s8 O) _! ^( s! ]' ?3 m4 T      CA Chester7 r& {& {& T8 |# `6 y& g1 {
      CA Louisville+ ^, q+ x& `; A' O
      CA Chicago
: _0 c) [9 l3 j& M% r+ e      CA Astoria9 G: I( K0 R8 A( L
      CA Minneapolis
" u" z* j2 Q( q- B+ A: y3 l      CA San Francisco
2 u) T9 c8 P5 m( k. I; k      CA Quincy
: ~& f) R$ z% `% O: D' \$ K+ Y      CA Vincennes6 i1 @) _* ]" v4 L9 c* V: C
      CA Wichita
& r3 N. ]( v& p, O* ^/ A      DD Bennett) D# B- k' E) \" r, C; \5 `
      DD Bradford
1 f, u" T& N0 l# r% o      DD Braine
0 U& X' E9 x9 c* B" u) p* t, q& G      DD Brownson8 n9 J2 l) P; M: U
      DD Bryant( G6 Q3 E9 c( R) I% G
      DD Bullard
) d/ D& ], L8 [  i% N9 P/ `      DD Burns
1 I4 t! B$ r: c5 t" b& h      DD Callaghan! p8 L7 i+ a+ ^1 u
      DD Caperton
4 H1 t$ l( i8 ~" B      DD Capps& t0 ~% B0 C- B3 N% _
      DMS Emmons
' n) n5 B, p: V; O      DMS Macomb2 V' Z+ a% @5 i" |* m4 T+ J
      DMS Rodman
$ I+ R0 z2 p7 L7 Q$ O! R& I      DMS Gherardi
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, d: C( y3 L( w; xMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 w" U1 ]0 K/ `$ A' ~- w5 N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
; {" f  `, S% P, ]" B: G% x1 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
( J& S# ]' }5 e1 c  NRange closes to 26,000 yards...: B* `; q, y% p6 X0 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards- S: s. t% r! k
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
/ l5 Y& P8 ]7 J, J( F2 D7 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
  a! G, Q& Y7 W# ERange closes to 22,000 yards...0 t) z9 F4 I) I) h5 f) S, c3 m5 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
" p7 ]1 ?! ?( {0 L' yRange closes to 20,000 yards...
- C' u2 G1 h& ]! y5 f1 D9 Q! p* \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards. [0 j, r7 a6 F" X# }$ q. y! X
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# V$ P1 C( H* a; s' Y. S& S$ sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
' x5 I/ @% U+ h, Y9 ]$ A$ ?. [Range closes to 16,000 yards...! L# K+ n. z' u1 }& }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: m2 |/ L8 S3 m' x& I* |Range closes to 14,000 yards...( d7 G5 R2 e$ [1 v5 ~, I: ?4 _
Range closes to 12,000 yards..." H& _6 L& ^. k% Z2 T# s+ v" v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
, i# @% C! b# q; K7 pRange closes to 11,000 yards...
8 }8 Z3 B: y( j( |1 G, RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ g$ I" C, [* O( g
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 T4 S" u3 i; g1 N) `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
& R) _$ @3 U- R7 r+ mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards* ^" ?9 |+ E' y. ?- a
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ q2 q  F+ f: }, Q" [+ aRange increases to 11,000 yards- R! d- p3 `. S  Z' O: o9 E6 F
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
, z8 u8 W4 X  h( W+ C- C! oCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
1 `7 O( T7 X: h: E5 R. @1 ^CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  `1 f5 i7 s. J+ DCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
7 |, n3 P2 s4 l9 JCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ X$ |. N2 G; }3 y
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards/ V( m' a/ m! L* P# _9 _3 }) T) T
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards# [9 E; h, W' n/ o* g% @9 n
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 C) k. `. s6 `' v( FCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards. Z% b5 @. F3 I5 S; s+ ?; g7 I% Z
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards& [& p: ^2 N' P3 ]/ q" W
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
# {- ^7 t1 {3 j  @0 c2 IDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
' k3 z. x% l$ f1 xDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
6 |1 T; H9 F7 ?) e4 S) ZDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 E% U& ]! s5 A9 `, N$ W  J* T
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
/ [& a$ r' t9 ]6 jAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards: O6 T# ]4 P4 L3 D4 I! g
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards" F% C/ k- q# _& g" @/ i' [' l
Range closes to 10,000 yards" a: w# {7 E* y6 b/ n
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
) H$ p/ V, {9 Q1 `) @) MCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
  Q" o# w8 S2 a$ B# C$ SCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 L3 H7 _; \2 K# O) y; O
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards. G( `# |! i! y3 t% w  U1 O3 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards7 K3 F2 z: ?- j3 G# ~
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards. ~. H0 r7 s; a$ a2 g
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) j- p! z% i1 A3 z* |0 B
Range closes to 9,000 yards! f, G2 {% W5 r# g& q- _" \
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards: x* l/ P+ v9 {$ |# l1 L% w5 Z/ s
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
; m5 w: u7 t/ |7 I  P7 }CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
: T. r' J  _& g% |# JCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 U- G: _9 ^/ ~) g) VCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 u# A* v$ b* r& M+ U' wDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
  o6 r$ P5 g/ A8 J+ y. x4 [DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards7 b4 j6 H/ W  K7 I; S: q# B) Q
Range increases to 10,000 yards0 ?5 @2 `% F3 }0 t5 D- N
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards$ e6 u0 K" x7 ^1 c, l
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ x' t6 h. n. j6 ^! L9 b7 b' Q
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  L) n5 C+ z" v5 C& O( k+ q* K$ S. ^" XCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards$ Q3 K/ G* ]' D
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% d6 ]+ d; N4 C7 ]% \8 t$ q) y
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape0 t4 m9 m5 l& s6 o8 Q/ x+ [4 K
Task forces break off...; W# D  v+ V2 _

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$ b# A9 a) o# _Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards* v, @  R/ A2 w) G) j9 A4 G
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Japanese Ships
4 }8 ?' n# R5 D& l3 Z5 N      APD T-1
9 l; s, z3 |* c0 J# \2 ~  r; f0 D      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
7 O4 G& z/ k  P7 x. o6 ^      APD T-3+ t. j2 p! X, x
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
- e5 k/ R- J  q  q      APD T-50 V: {  \  s, z
      APD T-6. c) e8 s8 {! t) P
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
, v6 M  t: k' ^) M# ?! T4 o* ^      APD T-9) E, B+ x% |4 ^+ g& I) b- F2 i* [
      APD T-10
$ S) {+ p+ N/ \. D* H* L      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships
! d$ W( D" R! p0 H1 C      CA Portland
# j8 W( X% @: \, o7 v      CA Northampton, Shell hits 14 q  _8 e: S" o( v" O0 q6 {! s+ c
      CA Chester! V& J  |7 W8 B8 l9 g
      CA Louisville/ `0 h$ v* y# {+ H" n  ~# N
      CA Chicago
; P# I$ I3 D7 ], m" P. n$ X      CA Astoria' K5 x; P: K% J( |
      CA Minneapolis6 K, r" t2 x  E8 c1 d. Z+ L
      CA San Francisco
- ]# w4 t" b+ \9 b# g* m1 p      CA Quincy' K* D9 L! R1 y$ T- X4 T& e" \7 a
      CA Vincennes# M2 [' m! A  u' O7 E, L
      CA Wichita
4 ~6 {  b. I  F+ P3 w: B      DD Bennett! `7 E1 V  F: m& u! W% [* P
      DD Bradford' u" Z( ]- O; q) E2 k, b
      DD Braine
& y/ a  S' q  w  |- g: n0 L- i; |      DD Brownson
3 `$ K0 [1 |6 N+ I& [$ U! S* M/ P      DD Bryant
; m- `& j! W5 @7 D+ i' K+ Z, d      DD Bullard
9 N9 i+ ]0 b; c% t+ H% e      DD Burns
: L; j, F: i# W7 l4 }' |# \. |      DD Callaghan
) X5 n0 L! ]! x  b8 E  J/ O& q      DD Caperton( k# n" X% n" H0 V4 R& w1 z2 T5 j
      DD Capps
6 c. ~$ B9 O" _. d6 ?# a0 |$ ^      DMS Emmons
: t5 u4 x' ]$ A      DMS Macomb  V9 G  {& h, K; G, `
      DMS Rodman( G) G- e) K. R
      DMS Gherardi- M. w" i& M: Z) l5 f

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( m" C% k" {- N  q4 N4 O- _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
1 m6 M& N/ d/ M2 O1 c& p; X3 R, TRange closes to 28,000 yards...7 T3 W/ A$ x, ?: S2 v/ }; Z" m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards; e4 L* U0 g# _! {' R* b
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
) B6 s7 f2 S7 l* w2 I% wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 |( I& T; @  W5 S1 U& j- y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' k% G4 U- M! F  r1 fRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 Y# _# n, e# I5 i6 Z* |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ _6 U+ a0 F* J4 w. p1 x- i( iRange closes to 20,000 yards...
* J- r5 v% p  z- @$ V  r: C% y2 v% GRange closes to 18,000 yards...
) M; |% ?" A% _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
7 U7 q6 c+ P; k/ m) _! eRange closes to 16,000 yards...# k9 L" C- |# ~6 X; J3 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards4 e8 u/ W% A3 Y+ |  b3 v; V9 m
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
# u/ a2 m9 L' j( }3 x* SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
4 H, Z8 M6 i/ W# c/ _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
% b/ o" s$ l9 d+ w% C' i; [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 E; h0 M1 m3 URange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 B( e2 Y, r, ~7 O; k( jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
: h& Q/ |1 l$ n: HRange closes to 10,000 yards...( ~! z# Q: Y' B2 y- O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
2 f* N( I5 R+ Y5 {- I" UCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
/ @7 ?/ c" C. A) _CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards5 q+ z) U; Q% G& s% A) j8 _5 P+ E% D
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
% t  {) W: B5 @5 i" J4 SRange increases to 12,000 yards
# J& o6 _, t7 p8 y8 k+ fCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards) j' U; f  V) H3 F0 n4 _* A8 S
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards5 y6 O- ?. V. {; ?$ A  c: r9 P
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
9 \9 m! e: O3 KCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
9 U+ U: t/ u' [1 oCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
( u- u- R1 [8 F0 B+ @CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards4 h5 E6 C1 g5 ~2 I
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards4 z9 U; x9 x' B9 h+ x) m
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
. O! l: t, i7 B6 k1 P4 Z, d( ]DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards7 \' a& k& c4 X! g; c6 S, h
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
7 G# M; Q& _! `3 [5 VDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' }- I3 b# h0 B# w( DAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
; E1 k5 n2 B0 ~) U: p8 D$ YRange closes to 9,000 yards
. T" O$ q7 b6 _6 c5 ?CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
; X& X5 a: Q2 D2 @6 x8 l5 X0 J4 `APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
$ J. g) k) I1 h- ~* U0 D1 _CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
: {$ W# g, s9 d: P3 nCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
8 _9 m% x7 w+ @# }: DCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards. I* Z$ o7 }' L& p! @( c
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
* _, ?6 b7 p" E6 q: {: {# |* x: GAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
; g4 |, h# A$ r4 }* l. ]DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards+ a4 x5 d. L! S1 |
Range closes to 7,000 yards3 b7 f& |) o3 w; O
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards& B& J$ l- v- M2 r# Q0 i$ u, q
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards, n0 U" I' {5 h$ l/ f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
- |  ~" f5 D) E* @/ FCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
  z( I- z$ V9 ~CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
& ]+ N7 s# ~+ b& ^  \1 ?APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
' p: [+ @4 j3 Y& ]" J: aCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
, L0 G7 O3 R1 U) t% ^  Q9 qCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 B& C& H. P, \6 {, w! JCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
4 O( [9 K1 T( t6 }' k" K2 ]* B0 dDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards+ a1 d, s5 Z, {" ~* L& r
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
; Z) a* z+ J% F9 t4 }% @2 fRange increases to 10,000 yards
& `( |" A; G  dDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 K% Z; ~) _8 ?2 P. C0 S# GCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( V1 r' B3 w* V! {2 n, Y) ]5 `Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 E  b- Y; s$ E7 c6 J0 V+ [3 T
Task forces break off...8 D- [: v; ^$ ~8 l
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, W8 L4 e7 i& f; T6 s5 o. C# pNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships" I2 J7 N+ ~/ T: Y
      APD T-11 W, h6 O" s, }2 B3 v
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" q0 M) n2 J! F0 s( q* I4 w6 S/ P
      APD T-3  W. A4 T/ ^/ h9 f6 M1 e
      APD T-5" E; c  p' b& i, ~8 z
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 C6 u4 c  S2 ~( R$ w& k
      APD T-9
" q/ `/ A! V1 X) e* x1 k& W      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 E) Z" D5 S" f. @; l$ _      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk0 P% v4 Y2 N# z# e+ P
9 ?& l% U  Z& h& _6 Z6 B  d" U
Allied Ships$ m, x' K7 L* w9 s+ Q7 A3 X) B- h
      CL Swiftsure
$ N  A7 z( d( A  h# _4 p! o+ j      CL St. Louis; q- N) }4 Z7 B- S! ?
      CL Phoenix
5 a  l# t- @# \! ]) X      CL Cleveland
. S, I; r; o/ [, H9 K      CL Montpelier
9 b* f. _& T' I2 c& `6 o/ s      CL Denver
$ u7 W/ B! i+ @- y+ |. u      CL Santa Fe8 h1 `! m$ z( d! Z1 w
      CL Birmingham- M* ]6 U8 r/ o& c3 w) }
      CL Mobile) K  z/ H* M9 c* m2 M
      CL Biloxi
9 i% Q7 H* Z0 O      CL Miami
* i$ C% r5 @$ y6 t$ q9 Z/ R% \+ A      CL Pasadena
0 m- U& `, [8 ]& x" _      DD Allen M. Sumner
7 `1 V6 s" H- X# T      DD Ault
( [: C  [4 a8 k7 |( b      DD English
0 s8 H* [4 Q2 B' I: _0 A, G7 E3 s      DD Haynsworth9 H/ Q! m7 R% m( t; u
      DD Maddox
% [) O& ~# C0 i# N" e      DD Mansfield) \3 @6 [( A7 R$ D$ V
      DD Waldron
* ?* _' Y+ c' r% K      DD Haggard0 s) U6 X" x+ ?2 f! X
      DD Hailey
5 k) i( W7 j" B8 r/ o      DD Hale+ m& n: U  u. J0 v+ \
      CL Vincennes II, X7 C9 Z% O9 g/ e! u
      CL Houston II3 k$ G( V) c7 F& c, c
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards; m8 A5 E5 x1 n
Range closes to 28,000 yards..." C0 {5 f/ v8 l; J6 U* p! Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ g* N( y( [5 Z$ L1 R8 ?* |Range closes to 26,000 yards...
2 }' I3 X; b0 x. Z5 f% ?" lRange closes to 24,000 yards...
( U/ R4 C; _6 d& p) W7 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards! e9 }# e4 @) i
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
6 F+ z5 S* i7 b" w& FRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 B" y" y/ O) |% e$ s& }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards& Q; z% D8 c) j# w$ B5 z1 Y( Y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...7 ?- `( V4 ]: {; I% L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
0 n1 ], n7 p% D: c! Q: A6 iRange closes to 16,000 yards...7 _; K' _" G; e5 {1 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 L6 {! n1 O1 G) T+ O  ]6 v3 X2 q  GRange closes to 14,000 yards...8 S; q9 M' K6 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards0 N9 Z1 X- t7 o8 i8 a6 x
Range closes to 12,000 yards...% g9 ^4 d/ F( {) C5 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 x2 l- ~, \6 }! Y1 e9 QRange closes to 11,000 yards...
( [  Q# }; z: i9 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' P  `& y" k6 d% A" m
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
9 w: l% I; Q( I  |2 V7 O* m8 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards0 X2 Y: j3 e. ]4 e) q+ z
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'4 e( X4 n2 L, i6 g: V
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% @' s5 m" ^6 f* FCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
) a/ F$ w& a" p. d8 WCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards; F! s: Y. U+ @8 B- d
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 B( C3 Y7 l# ^# K1 m% NDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 t2 v$ V) U. L. z. T; iDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
( B# Z. w  V. B+ j' }) KDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards2 S! O! [: @7 g9 }% u& e) s1 @
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
2 O! h8 ]0 I1 t/ HRange increases to 11,000 yards
4 g2 g/ G5 O$ J& H2 M5 NCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) u9 M6 {1 S6 m7 e6 ]3 i2 ?9 N( {, ~
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 `1 C0 I* f: l7 z0 l' J; }
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
7 D  }; |% N) e  W' L: rCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
/ h+ ~0 X5 j3 a2 @CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 M' s" A( ]& I$ |7 [CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
: E: n( }% v/ E8 r$ V8 p2 R9 GDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
* K' i1 r( O1 b$ }) [9 hDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards! R, N* {$ s+ q" [$ |1 c: d0 k
Range closes to 8,000 yards
. t9 t: {7 V3 B& R' ]CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
8 R7 F- i5 |; U! s1 M) L/ I% k, CCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
4 u5 S) U% b% s- t" k6 VCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
3 t& V7 z) z. b* RAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards5 `1 A% v& X5 w
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards' Y9 _" M6 u+ @4 \
Range closes to 7,000 yards$ }9 m! t, {! |+ X
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  ?1 v3 H3 O& H2 h7 HCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 H* `' D! v( V: ~8 E6 g
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards  B# X0 W  j+ m7 ?2 G% I" m8 J4 g
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards& C& @8 w/ y& `% j0 m! ?4 z
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards" h: C+ T& K2 c, C0 q$ ~
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) v/ Q# Z- _! t0 C5 H% V
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( l% i. W4 o% m8 a. p: X% Y/ zCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards9 s8 C# Q* N$ y: t
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards" N6 U9 a- V' b% o* n
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
: l/ h0 }& ]: E8 z6 p, sAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards( j9 X4 e8 g. ~" i% e* N3 H
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% B, \8 f4 }( S5 t4 }9 GRange increases to 8,000 yards
7 \' n$ n# Q( z$ C) N# sCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards4 k5 [  F0 m  v$ m/ E! v, e0 \
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: S2 @5 G* F" a9 S
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
4 |0 L/ @/ H' t/ l7 E2 ^: ]! uJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
% l. l. p# [% XTask forces break off...* x# S6 f- ^# p0 r# Z9 k. `

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6 U( `  G) D# H8 q& ENight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships. X+ r, B! ~; S- m7 x% j. g" r
      APD T-1
# v" F' Y3 O% r3 m6 R; Z! W1 `      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk5 w, f6 _+ r: c, F$ j
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk1 z# \; M  ]& t+ y& o9 e
      APD T-5/ F+ V/ b7 v+ A4 W6 G/ `: z8 f
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk4 t; U/ H( q4 L9 q
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk1 \/ E3 v" d- s, Z1 F
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Allied Ships! Y3 A& g" z8 [$ h
      CA Portland
& j5 Z5 V$ V8 T* P7 T- v      CA Northampton
, V2 {  e7 v' y- y* L3 V      CA Chester
0 x: [0 I3 Q/ ?9 D5 C      CA Louisville) w2 p. @2 N3 r) A2 g
      CA Chicago
: w; ^! b3 Z* B, m      CA Astoria
. b' b; Q" b4 E1 m      CA Minneapolis
9 a1 R% @/ ^+ d& {: ~1 \: r      CA San Francisco
/ n' ~' n' N2 X% l' l: M  M      CA Quincy
! M2 c- P( H8 u2 x# @      CA Vincennes) D4 Y3 S6 ~$ d9 {
      CA Wichita- Y: o  t# i: `+ p$ [$ O1 R
      DD Bennett6 o: H9 R: p: u6 Z) k
      DD Bradford  X. A9 B. K5 N0 A; ]3 Z1 f7 |
      DD Braine8 C0 u2 v$ ~# i& q+ I
      DD Brownson# I3 x# s+ E6 f: F& j/ ]2 p* f1 j( [
      DD Bryant
  i! P+ S+ l' _& O, b9 |3 B      DD Bullard  L: [$ P% e4 Z3 k) P
      DD Burns, \0 v' e. C  M0 Z
      DD Callaghan+ C1 ?- K/ X( Z4 n0 ]) p/ \- ]+ r
      DD Caperton; M$ l! M  u6 B) R0 e5 X/ Q
      DD Capps: g. D; i/ b# E2 T! b- N
      DMS Emmons9 J+ e9 I2 l7 f5 T
      DMS Macomb- R: N( |1 C4 s( r/ ?
      DMS Rodman
' W0 A1 L, f2 D" B9 `, ]      DMS Gherardi6 i7 Z2 U7 b- F% g3 O' x: z8 I
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  m1 {$ S8 O: A: k' G# rMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards1 i- \, I$ e+ d4 s4 O
Range closes to 28,000 yards...% c8 J3 I4 d& {- d) z' C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards+ Z/ e( @; {. |/ X* S% B
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  E' X) I7 u7 i  J: d$ mRange closes to 24,000 yards...& T) H3 Q  T2 _. n& u% C) R2 S" ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) M% X4 X5 P9 P# W
Range closes to 22,000 yards...5 f9 d5 ?" s5 g9 z1 u8 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ D% g( p8 Z$ w4 ?, N* s; Q% _Range closes to 20,000 yards...7 p" [' ^1 Y" u- ]/ ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards- ]$ c% K5 e. }* @
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: O' a% P& x2 C( j3 ~% a
Range closes to 16,000 yards.... d. b7 d$ ~! J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- ~! f' j! `7 K& m
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% h& h# Z8 w* [+ @' g: W, BRange closes to 12,000 yards...# l7 f6 N, l, D4 U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
) o6 @; p" R$ g! X) {6 r9 S* ORange closes to 10,000 yards...  K. u1 `3 Q9 Y$ A
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
& j* y: ~9 Q2 ^/ `' k  _3 P/ F: {Range closes to 8,000 yards...' g! Z4 B4 ]& u9 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
: r2 t! r9 ?- j# D7 ~4 H: e# OCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 Q+ r0 T) m) x7 Z1 T
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards+ \- R+ M" \# P! a9 S7 v. Y: n
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards; N& O9 G8 c! d# _2 k
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
5 r3 o7 L: q7 h1 m) f- o9 m$ I$ XAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
" @% v6 N) H) i% n+ y9 q4 U) oCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! C0 B* [  S0 `8 E" P# m" ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards2 }% z" Z% e) B. N
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& R% H9 g1 h3 t& \
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards3 U: g/ s; d8 N
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 S, b! H% Q. |" {' c; f( M1 p+ \APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
/ |( Z" O5 d2 N5 W9 bDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
* }  Y8 l( ]& ?+ P  m0 B- |Range closes to 5,000 yards
+ s( o5 Y6 \# Y$ [' K- ^DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
8 R' X$ L4 w0 C0 R/ y* }APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
2 n5 D0 B, W* l- g4 MCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards7 ^- }" k( P  W9 V0 y- U
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
3 f; S5 D  `% |2 H1 G7 NDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards- ?1 L) O- Q. l" a2 a
Range closes to 2,000 yards
* c+ }5 B3 l, |5 qCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
2 D) W5 y8 V/ ?( n5 |  RCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards. l# x2 p6 D; Z
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
! ^$ ~; ^( D. h, u% ^& x2 NAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
: j7 v$ H6 z/ f6 ]Range increases to 6,000 yards
; a. W$ I# v5 S8 w5 mCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
, @3 o, w, w' L+ w; d5 rCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards2 B" ~( G8 C5 |' g# |: e0 z
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
8 M9 T# I5 n* Y4 v9 G1 Z* xRange increases to 9,000 yards. s" t! O7 h' p# g2 d% g
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards3 k- E0 _1 f$ P' y+ |
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
( _* C5 V: ^# h& x  G4 {! BCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards$ y2 S) e/ J$ ]' ~
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards4 w# b, e3 t: I3 t% R9 z0 J
Range increases to 13,000 yards: t7 m9 L4 y' U- E# u- x0 x
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards2 O2 ^% j6 E7 \% `( y) v  U
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
4 D8 Q' s: g( A, t. Q- ^* RJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" Z) P5 A1 ~& t( ]3 B* fTask forces break off...$ Q$ J% C0 G" S' D* _
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$ X8 B; n. ^, C! INight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk0 `$ _" q4 j0 k7 L; K
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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      BB North Carolina( \. W/ \0 j  U8 L% _( ^, C! \
      BB Washington
$ O6 f2 O( D7 O      BB South Dakota3 n( I' L& f8 v! K8 Y
      BB Indiana: _3 I1 W' S& c  F
      BB Massachusetts! c4 B2 i7 }% p5 ?: s
      BB Alabama% Y. b; L( i( \
      DD Conner" \+ A3 _0 r( X7 j  d! ^: R! R
      DD Cotten' l" t; |5 B# Z3 W1 t4 v% r1 Z, u7 c/ n
      DD Cowell8 u, ^$ Q9 h, ]5 _7 @
      DD Daly7 X6 A& }$ f8 L2 l5 i
      DD Eaton
. Y+ `9 L4 n. c0 G8 ?" K/ y2 U5 Z      DD Heywood Edwards
5 q9 e/ A) q! W2 w+ i. w/ ~4 B      DD Erben
, a( C) y# d/ y8 N  t      DD Evans
/ H+ d( b  C$ {      DD Foote, S$ p% x9 J( e- }
      DD Franks# o- M8 W% W% s" Q1 ]
      DD Fullam
$ |% A* J3 g- ~+ `' h" U      DD Gatling
  }( \0 s6 F8 e$ J- `; u7 @- l      DD Albert Grant* |" C( j5 D8 ^" M- ]! D. ?
      DD Gregory( c! G; ]: {& o4 w  Z% l4 k
      DD Guest
$ |4 q; l$ i0 }9 z      DMS Hamilton
! Y- G7 N2 w9 n2 M! x! \! ^      DMS Forrest( ~5 _6 C% E, Z6 a
      DMS Ellyson$ ?2 g* Q; I7 V- z$ c+ `
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards' i  G0 h5 T) H* y& I% S
Range closes to 28,000 yards...( w7 \* l' |/ Q$ D
Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 S" v$ e' h, s0 v4 |! m( w* a1 l2 }
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
0 K+ ?/ Q4 h1 j( sRange closes to 22,000 yards...8 Q% P5 q" X# z7 B4 j: ]" c$ \8 a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 Z" s4 u; n+ A/ N2 U$ dRange closes to 18,000 yards...
$ P1 H' w" C1 j( d/ x4 ?4 a: ERange closes to 16,000 yards...1 f0 I% j4 k% k, [; m( i
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& w/ B' U" L* h/ g( PRange closes to 12,000 yards...# g* N" I0 B* U/ H' l* z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
: e" Y( I7 C0 T5 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
" v% X6 G: N# v; Q& BRange closes to 10,000 yards...2 Q: K& `6 f3 T
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
2 {1 D9 Y, i% _: F, b$ u& p( t; yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
# u! Q" \) r$ Q9 Z! L8 J9 C+ QBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards* L" D6 F2 Y* h8 ~
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
4 B) O! L; H  nDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards, |$ s! ?& |7 z: X
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards; `" C2 X3 y# {) G3 K
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
; t+ t! G2 J8 \Range closes to 5,000 yards2 H- j" R0 m( ]$ }" v$ F% i
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards, @& m6 y# p! O. [- @
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards) Z/ `* l1 ^$ t# p- R  G( W
Range closes to 3,000 yards/ g! M% X# q( o- f) O$ |2 b
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards- x: O/ m4 [& S
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 ?. B$ {& a2 K, f* J/ Y
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
' i2 ~' p  u; h  S) v1 s: ADD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards/ t7 c; |& V; A3 W
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 [# o0 y; {! i: l$ ?
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards- v! m8 ^# x, D7 P* c. I
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards( p. d% R1 j" O1 C, _+ U6 F# w
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 c9 j: u3 u) m8 Y/ y) ~9 j4 |
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
* R" `. T) x  N# Z3 vRange increases to 5,000 yards
# F$ ~  e9 ^" }6 f9 IBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards3 O' [8 b" J' W
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
# Z5 W: F6 v5 O: x8 JRange increases to 7,000 yards1 p9 W5 r$ z$ p& G: \
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards" }/ {2 }" C9 g: C8 A0 I: t" H  ^
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
+ I  I  Q) S% ?3 f& t+ r. ?# zDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
. f7 m+ j# T7 v! G4 P% QAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
+ y( k8 Q# ~+ D- l: ]APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards; w# A5 _) n9 n6 p3 f4 {
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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