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。8 @$ M" o" h  H2 d

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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; o# ~2 a9 g# w8 X* cAllied Deliberate attack3 P- T5 }& A; P& e

/ Y8 X/ v: m4 N, C  sAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 33360 `! g; d7 n6 O; W) M6 t/ b
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581: y4 ~% O9 `& j) I

' e( Y( C7 @; h7 q9 ^4 XAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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- R% p( }" T  @Allied adjusted assault: 3564 0 x" _9 f1 p$ M1 E
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 8 R7 s" \+ }# U/ y* E' v( f

3 s. x9 e; [2 v) eAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
: J# C! f3 F' b $ x- E: V2 r( c; ~+ Q6 `
Combat modifiers" G  j) G3 o( H
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)6 o% B, A8 D* N2 V' l+ H; C. Q
Attacker: ' n5 C1 v+ v1 Y( @- E3 d5 c) G

$ d  L( D! o; i8 \6 YJapanese ground losses:
& J7 B" V4 o0 j& ]      3386 casualties reported
1 u4 g% N. V1 H" n0 }* }         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
1 x& {' x4 |% R8 E/ x         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
  ?3 r, N/ g% y& J0 K# x         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
' V9 F0 @  A" T7 E      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)2 C; [1 \9 P/ e
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
1 t! C; m9 _; v3 e, y3 U      Units destroyed 11 I& ~9 Q" _: x% P7 J
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Allied ground losses:( s% W+ Z, r: I8 f  j
      5163 casualties reported
7 I5 z, k* g1 G5 E4 |5 g; e3 n         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled4 ^. n& w& Z; x
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled* x$ D1 O) v8 q# w& Y. r
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled/ E% A6 U  P, t8 e& {% E
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
. G1 l5 M! U2 H. F3 G0 t& P      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)* }9 R; c9 n/ k
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Assaulting units:! c& S% J9 ]  Z7 `8 [& n
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion; d2 r% u7 G: z
    710th Tank Battalion
! D+ t, A; _+ L    6th Infantry Division; o& V2 C) X% A
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
. T! V( ^/ O" u6 N0 l    44th Tank Battalion9 U' _) o3 k& N8 |* P
    81st Infantry Division
- W9 a2 N9 D7 T1 R- p( q+ I    762nd Tank Battalion
5 w* c3 W" t5 s7 E6 H+ a    767th Tank Battalion
0 M7 c& u6 @4 f; x, r% l) h* O+ }' f    711th Tank Battalion
" ]# a9 f5 w% _    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
3 `/ h  E' }9 g    5th Marine Division
6 c; D* f* `0 V- G8 b- W9 D5 m    716th Tank Battalion5 t) j2 d1 b3 l8 V' f
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
  x" W% X! {' m8 d5 Q2 d    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 h9 t0 |$ @) j5 ^$ Z: h& a$ R2 }    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 d( p  p  w  N- K
    706th Tank Battalion9 R( U# k$ w* d# V- f
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment! O0 h: k0 h, t$ o" Y/ C6 j
    96th Infantry Division) q; l8 O. ~! U% Y/ a- J" [4 }
    31st Infantry Regiment0 A7 z  u! Q4 c0 ^( ?& M0 K
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- x8 `/ Y8 Q2 ^+ }    I Corps Artillery
& M7 M5 o. e9 X( _    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 j. m% J2 ]! x( j; j8 {
    1st USMC AA Battalion/ z( h6 x5 F* n" Y0 a0 t; {
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ B! @& R6 Y2 r1 k2 _  M    XIV US Corps, K3 b; m% b" B8 B; o* H
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
% Q9 t8 E) S: r/ E- E! X: u    5th USA Defense Battalion: x5 v2 [2 _6 a2 G3 O9 A
    8th Marine Defense Battalion* t  n: W# B4 I) W
    738th Coast AA Regiment
# d: p/ r3 z& J/ r: W2 Y' r% \: L    X Corps Artillery
" o8 m7 i, R  A    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ ^2 g/ T$ S& r6 `( M7 N* M    96th Coast AA Regiment4 @" X( e6 W: {- y' x. E9 \4 g3 d
    4th USA Defense Battalion* r3 k7 y9 I3 i6 ?  Z
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment, {6 k+ I' ]# I* w
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment, ~2 z5 e- g1 f" I

7 J# h; p: l) Y( l- x- i! p/ {Defending units:
$ l. J0 T4 ]  Z1 B: Y  x+ |) f1 U    Kure 7th SNLF
- z9 r3 f3 }8 c1 U" a    81st/A Division  ?2 e* z! v. q( g( U
    Kure 3rd SNLF& N: j  P  @! G  Z
    33rd/B Division& ]+ }+ {4 I! b; X' Y
    33rd/A Division
" c: n1 U$ ^$ H% x0 d8 S    81st/C Division
  x. K/ v/ F8 [0 J* j0 E    6th Guards Inf. Regiment' i# d, ~" j7 I0 D
    52nd Naval Guard Unit, Q4 T- S5 C( J8 n
    138th Infantry Regiment1 ]2 I5 f/ j# T
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
: z7 O; X1 s% s' U3 y, Q: b    144th Infantry Regiment- i7 q$ b6 N2 M. ~+ s
    81st/B Division( Q. g- h. @' B0 j8 s9 `7 ]
    33rd/C Division( k* I: i" m6 A& S
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& r8 B( j* k+ Q8 a5 _  P  k    18th Army; A( D6 ~, U/ f" h; R
    60th Field AA Battalion) n0 G0 S9 ]- O  \. [6 m
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
/ V* ~, R0 |% j; i6 M' l; O3 k    Ponape Naval Fortress
* w/ W$ d# S% z' p    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
7 N1 d1 ?( ]+ a; ]  j" _3 e    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion! z7 C0 x! b* @2 ^0 a
    53rd Construction Battalion! p$ K7 u4 B$ A+ M: k
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion- @6 X3 O/ j& Z
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
" d4 l1 M& h$ ]3 r" g3 P* }    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
7 K, r& o4 A( s1 n0 t. f7 r/ ]    19th JAAF Base Force9 W- p8 M5 Q  ?1 }1 E
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1* c# I' k) J  d: J+ \1 l
    14th Area Army /1
- N7 y  t5 {! V" }  Z    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 ^( h& j* f. U6 L9 u8 }    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
' V- A- p% s" m; w1 [, V, M    3rd Base Force  A& x) D6 g0 i1 J/ p
    12th Air Fleet
4 E& a  u# q+ H* V7 {    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ R3 b/ X' A& i* ^. j    61st Field AA Battalion
% z- U9 D8 }% r. G: ?, B    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
& K$ o& ]% k9 f, C- Q6 a! y  T    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co 0 ]) @  g3 @4 \3 K7 i* c5 }
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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. y( _; [9 Z0 J& Q  W+ c7 i) [: ~  {Japanese Shock attack4 z# K1 N, U, I& v" |. n% k

* Z8 T/ b6 Y6 b) d' ]1 G) LAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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, q% j6 c' d. Y3 kDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 678 j1 a+ M2 E! o

$ [! C( \9 K& Q- _# ?7 f4 T9 RJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 : M' E( B, L5 N! ?
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 7 T- m1 k0 @5 W: d! ^3 i
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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1 D" t2 Y+ k/ O1 QCombat modifiers
9 T% D6 N: V) ?& B$ }8 TDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
6 m% P0 o* K1 G9 }; R1 tAttacker: shock(+)
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5 k/ t0 d) \) uJapanese ground losses:
: N8 m4 r; l& ^! v. I: M) H      530 casualties reported
0 j8 {$ Z: A! m, F7 t- g         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled+ i3 x& h% |+ y2 v1 `$ o- D. c4 ]& o
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled& o4 Z! `& ^( X! V- X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
: X. Y3 \$ c( C* ]4 I( ^6 z* [* r      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)* S8 u4 C1 q- r. E
7 N7 O* ?2 w" [- q* M' o. `& `- }9 x
Allied ground losses:# g3 Y8 y8 o6 s0 P: S$ {9 P& |
      891 casualties reported
4 \+ _& R4 b- N# T- t/ v+ b         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled) d( X/ Z0 X# F: P$ d
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
/ j! X5 x6 Q, y" L  i- C6 b- i% O% Q+ q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; N$ N4 _1 D; p6 b
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:6 T  f6 q& h$ B
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
8 ?5 a% f! @5 K3 k( `    21st Division7 e( `4 u7 m6 }, Z  r
    4th Division
& {9 }  [/ r+ a2 m9 y; J: \4 q    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment" q' D$ Z" p+ d% N% {: V
    23rd Tank Regiment
1 n5 L( l. ^8 W& m, s1 Q  e    32nd Division$ A/ S8 l( {- }- z7 [( Q
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF* J4 G/ n+ g+ M" r: P
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion+ S9 l6 X4 Z7 Z* D$ B
    6th Area Army
1 \* S* O4 s3 Z/ m5 [- r$ i    103rd AA Regiment: n: [6 r. j/ n& E& I# z
    1st JNAF Coy
, F' ~# v8 Q! N% `. i3 i7 B    13th Army; o7 X, H" e0 u, e
    141st AA Regiment, Y. \& u' _3 f. D
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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) ]; R4 c, J& E" z/ }$ PDefending units:
+ a1 j9 b6 D* Q: d0 c    50th Indian Para Brigade
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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
6 |/ Z# M  B' C6 m. x7 z5 W2 D/ M4 g华安跑哪去了

lala23159

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

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载7 e2 G6 [& h/ t  d' T

; U  y( [8 ?8 p- u1 iAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44$ u/ x. w1 ^) a, j! i, z+ D6 \
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
( c% s# S9 ?5 O* ]" tDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force3 P# l8 c# s. ^+ i

6 [' Z+ |2 u6 S6 o1 n+ c% s' Z89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.9 p% \* }) J% M& d: I) C- c3 \

4 s2 n) h5 s4 uAllied Ships
9 S+ ^0 t2 P# O5 \  L3 }9 W      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& z5 V% v/ ~: ]
      LST-81' _% y/ c; A6 l4 V$ i$ A2 \
      LST-74, Shell hits 3  X- t" d# Q5 I  ^- J( c
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage/ R) B+ m5 A- {3 I
      LST-78
! a7 |% V" [3 X" V' s9 R      LST 2098 q9 d. h' L6 Z: M" f( I% _2 Z9 i. O( C
      LST-889
" i$ E* f  i, v9 j- ~, d! @      LST-246
! l' e3 E5 W5 H9 T% h  i      LST-240
- X- o' m$ i) k9 A; d& m      LST-204; ]$ u( W( w9 k2 l) W2 C. v6 X
      LST-2022 \1 T, x" B3 `7 o3 H. f
      LST-123# a  L# r9 {% y+ d0 g8 S
      LST-121
% \1 K1 ]  m$ j! L8 p      LST-120, D3 q! R) M8 N4 B! u
      LST-86
9 k  r6 Z4 w$ J$ L      LST-85
% W, W" m, W+ w$ c: A      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
0 C4 }. F$ I* V# nDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force/ W* a( }  o/ I

4 D: T: u- \0 f$ V% n% Y130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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0 ?/ Q1 f% F0 f4 GAllied Ships' h4 e/ {3 M# z
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: J$ Z! _9 R" r8 w* E6 m( i
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
$ _4 p% B1 X5 _" y+ _      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ m3 E* A/ j( H1 }% Y# e
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
$ Q6 M" @: e2 F      LST-84, Shell hits 3) Y: y4 p" q6 L
      LST-87, Shell hits 6$ d  ^3 d0 L& e) b
      LST 180
1 U1 j8 k6 L5 l2 C# m+ I7 C      LST 1570 ?! ~) W0 v5 J. }2 X$ y  G: ^
      LST 25 y+ q. y( d7 n
      LST-884% p' ^( w# j1 l* a& t/ \+ G
      LST-882
( j7 N* A7 U$ H% T: a0 \$ I      LST-3979 w' J2 X  [' a" v2 s& Z  g; T5 [
      LST-395
8 I9 @7 h: x5 I! B      LST-274
6 v, r/ D! N: `" K3 W3 O      LST-273: _* P5 y4 P# ~
      LST-246) V* E" x% C; R4 \9 R
      LST-244
( w  k3 ~2 h) F1 ~, x+ _/ D, G& r      LST-241
- D7 z* T; V1 B; d, R      LST-218/ X$ l5 a. F! J+ z4 j0 P5 e
      LST-216" x" T# H/ h% T( }- ]) h
      LST-202' z( e( p: ~# r7 O
      LST-171
$ i* Q. a* Y- z      LST-166
4 @1 B" J- E0 v0 I8 K0 M2 q* D      LST-124
5 B/ |4 G! z2 R/ S      LST-121# [7 t  b9 e. P( r; `* w3 g( \3 l
      LST-88
+ D1 U+ }; X8 a& n      LST-1236 C6 ?' c5 B& F6 p
      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力+ }5 C3 T7 {7 \: G8 H% t5 J" S
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: C4 b. u3 Q; k5 }Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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6 b. }3 |# Y% m; t* l( }9 [Allied Bombardment attack
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3 R! m9 `6 w( D# X/ s3 tAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812& o# D! r) [% e2 `5 N- o8 E$ l3 ^

' I: f- x; q8 z9 {Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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2 |3 I( I" c" {! tJapanese ground losses:( r( T% V2 s1 v" ?
      406 casualties reported5 X" I% e- Y. q; {7 E) O
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled+ @$ D7 J' \. H$ e: i% s
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled: O6 T4 o) m, w/ {$ [3 q# q6 B* {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 C3 s( q- c. L" a! y( D, d
; b+ a8 W7 Z% \
Allied ground losses:
  ^' S# f! l6 B/ B. n* s/ M      21 casualties reported6 ?) O* _" a3 O+ b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled% J/ X# K4 a6 o+ _+ U
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
) Q0 e: a  ]5 M. |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% O3 k, q* O1 I
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
2 s- o4 Y) X/ B3 y  y8 @( q      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled); Y3 C2 A' c2 d' i& F

* w- I; s4 O. T4 m& V1 h/ JAssaulting units:
8 R/ F( r% q5 s" J    5th Marine/B Division
$ i! z, V4 E/ V* _    81st Infantry/B Division
5 w6 R4 d% f- v: O    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, L* }; g1 i6 m4 T    5th Marine/C Division
" J1 O* h' o* U5 l, W, f    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion) C# ?7 o! }' H; C
    6th Infantry/B Division9 W, e! t6 p7 l  t( O5 n
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 r: P; h" X* v) X/ T* J- `3 ?
    716th Tank Battalion
/ E! ~5 e+ M& P- f# h3 M) K    81st Infantry/C Division
: J- |6 v2 s* S# ?3 g9 S" y) E; E    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion* R6 w3 T# j( X; c
    6th Infantry/C Division
* |) @, J. C! }# ]0 S    5th Marine/A Division/ t: T9 I5 H$ U, Q3 Z$ _. {5 n
    767th Tank Battalion% Q' v8 X9 O1 ?# y2 F, B- O4 ~% S
    96th Infantry/A Division
3 d* y3 {- M7 F9 f" G    706th Tank Battalion0 C( e9 i" s) ]) C! J
    711th Tank Battalion, ^. k, @& M# ?4 e3 ^/ A2 G9 a
    762nd Tank Battalion
) x1 {- P+ w  y) X% r5 e    96th Infantry/B Division* A# F! }; O6 J: b( S
    81st Infantry/A Division9 k& R3 {9 ~" x% l- {" R
    44th Tank Battalion" P2 }: V0 W) v( U' T; @& |" R6 \
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 b) L8 p8 `+ z  b' Y8 v    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# Z1 u- O0 J9 _  \
    31st Infantry Regiment
* t% t& R8 f8 o% t8 d% D    6th Infantry/A Division7 q4 w" S( u% W
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
: V  o5 x  H7 K* w5 h& S( m& n    710th Tank Battalion' r, w  H4 f& d0 J1 F
    96th Infantry/C Division
" S( [4 Z4 N9 J* k6 P    5th USA Defense Battalion
1 L0 ]1 V8 |9 \. g; u* x    4th USA Defense Battalion  R  ?5 @- m  T% K# ]  Q
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 O3 u% ?" D6 b) r6 o
    X Corps Artillery & y; v! y# r5 E! G! o- s& X1 w# F
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" `. t4 b9 K/ q1 G4 Y    XIV US Corps
& h1 m# k" s) N    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ d) @2 G# C& o1 E5 s
    8th Marine Defense Battalion/ p0 _. v. N) g; t3 S! ~/ w
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
% ]% {( W9 M' w! ?    I Corps Artillery % d8 k. O4 Y% ^
    96th Coast AA Regiment
) ?1 z1 r  e. ~+ b    1st USMC AA Battalion
: p1 w6 q. Q4 s$ b! j    738th Coast AA Regiment& V/ d. N& X- y7 S1 G$ n
    12th Marine Defense Battalion( a- H0 f% R% M; K
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 `3 B3 l8 ^$ h6 ]6 `5 V! u; s
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment& d/ V) U+ h8 x2 i; V
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Defending units:3 \# {4 {0 V9 x# r8 {8 d  D5 ~
    33rd/A Division
5 G! H. y0 i3 U1 ?6 |    81st/B Division0 i3 z" d3 i' `9 O! e
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
* B( e0 A1 C; F1 F    81st/C Division, d' I5 E/ n' C0 r# x: C
    138th Infantry Regiment
# D7 X' u! r! t' j9 U3 }' C6 y5 H    Kure 3rd SNLF
& Q) X: k7 e. F% y. Z( ]. q    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 `+ P% D* K3 ~2 U    144th Infantry Regiment! c; s3 k5 E3 {: u
    52nd Naval Guard Unit% I8 K# j9 S0 U0 _+ O9 d
    33rd/B Division
3 [2 {4 `4 Y9 K: |. E/ K2 u# L0 ?' x    81st/A Division
, `; a/ n. L# D2 {5 N5 v    33rd/C Division
# q/ o+ M6 q- F    3rd Base Force
. I; W+ ]2 t+ H. @8 B9 G, N    19th JAAF Base Force
6 \$ n* @1 \, w0 [    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
' s7 G9 d$ y; n) J0 y5 M    60th Field AA Battalion
& q. I( v* n1 g) x# ?) E. G; j    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
! w: B2 H6 e. T# x    53rd Construction Battalion0 R2 z' c3 k8 Z# }7 H: A9 K- P
    Ponape Naval Fortress
3 }6 ]- n  h0 Z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment% @! ?8 p5 O. F! s' w& J9 A
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment% |: i) N' V: H3 `- {9 j& y7 s
    12th Air Fleet
2 i( x0 _) G- o/ N7 P& k    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 |  ?. H% z. O% F/ X% h1 M    61st Field AA Battalion1 e$ J3 r/ D; E# V, z  }5 L" Y# w1 U
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co # x( D0 H4 J1 o- a& N
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
1 o# e/ e* i+ z& v    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion6 ?# b0 y" S( J8 x1 B
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 U; W( G' r2 X" M$ V3 O    14th Area Army /1
' W6 H& T' Y& ^5 r; k) U( F    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 k2 _8 j, o# J; d: h    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
( r; W% [6 k( h2 l    Kure 7th SNLF- U- l( @/ c' E! }! ]. O
    18th Army
+ ?1 G9 E. c% Z9 x/ W    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
# B, X. _$ s8 T) g    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3; F. D* e! G' }8 x

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  X& y3 T) b' f  Z4 ?9 TSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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  ?) v# R" z6 y/ a  s# ]7 }Japanese Ships9 O' [' N* O: ?+ e* f4 p
      E No.54
7 o: @+ Y6 C  Q  w      E No.50" ]2 I5 S" G- L. u! G/ E' v
      E No.68
: ]. i% o) o) ^' `" U9 e0 O      E No.52
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Allied Ships  m- S5 M" @4 o+ ?0 _2 \% \6 @
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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重创另一艘
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1 g8 `" D( C6 n& V1 S! _  hASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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) K- o. |7 o5 ^/ p. n7 |6 _Japanese Ships, l* q- I- R4 ^: W5 H
      E No.8
! V5 ?+ o& r% j8 j# ~9 \      E No.6
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2 k1 h7 k  {4 y& i) K2 [. nAllied Ships- v5 _5 S* W- g/ G* t! ~
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 441 e5 }7 _6 V3 X  k
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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, W7 u) ]/ p2 `% `: V
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6 a! c/ I' R/ G. oNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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" q) l+ ^; h5 J4 i2 r62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
. y. E% v; R: F( e% Q9 o      CA Wichita$ a% m! w" Z' x4 j" i. V8 Y
      CA Vincennes" M- i6 p9 s% J9 e; |. R* ]$ i* U
      CA Quincy
; o) f5 \: O2 _      CA San Francisco
. j* `1 d& {  ^, O1 B      CA Minneapolis- @! m; G6 C& i/ u! {$ A
      CA Astoria
: P/ K3 {) r$ p+ R, {7 ]& N      CA Chicago
% h' P( \) W1 J9 z1 {8 R/ \      CA Louisville, f" J& B7 ?( k! H6 S" G; {% O
      CA Chester. [/ x( v3 c# B
      CA Northampton; r/ x% l. A1 W: T+ o
      CA Portland
# f, h! B' ^; F8 Z# ]: [+ @# Z& R% E0 e7 [& \9 r( D9 w' q
Japanese ground losses:
+ i4 O: N" D4 d% |$ Q: k      71 casualties reported0 K4 s8 Z4 i9 C6 |% x) a5 g
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
; B0 U$ P" e* I4 x+ S         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled6 e9 W# w$ ^9 C' g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled2 {  r, F3 U1 T- v- _3 i
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 29 e1 r  Q% k1 d8 X+ B
Runway hits 107 ^6 y4 j0 _, y$ Y
Port hits 46 d* ?4 g3 o6 K9 V1 d2 [4 T" v& K

$ C5 D1 [1 W( z5 u5 d! L& ]CA Wichita firing at Ponape
# B# i1 T2 x2 ^2 O# P; t9 E8 N# DCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
$ S9 t* X7 z+ T7 w& WPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
5 ]2 n; `) \$ t; FCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress' R+ W, x- a3 D/ y/ k8 B
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
3 K* N$ F8 B1 |: P0 V: ?5 SCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division9 [. _8 q/ G) X9 ?; }) R
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; i% d2 j- A2 L  a7 E
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
8 E1 x- N  m/ zCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
# q4 h) {3 Q- B# VCA Chicago firing at Ponape
: y5 p. P0 n6 NCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
: r1 p% ?# k" A( v. n% IOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
; X0 P0 _7 k1 ?. Q' RCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress9 S0 I5 Y2 [9 w& n0 T# P
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division& N) i9 k5 U  l2 S& j9 ~: t7 ^
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
0 f* R: ~) _! X3 G8 g/ k' `CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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" P( G. Q$ T9 I( a, x4 @Allied Ships
& ^) ~- V5 p1 L# u. ~8 B      BB Alabama
  W) p9 w6 X$ T' Z! |      BB Massachusetts: N  Q2 \$ J) d8 H( [* L& t# B; a
      BB Indiana
; z9 Z' w9 J2 Z6 W$ W& {/ ?      BB South Dakota
0 B' W! [, v; j$ l/ v$ Y) ?( U      BB Washington
. F2 u0 U- f8 b' b      BB North Carolina
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$ h7 n' h6 w- m' s0 t& JJapanese ground losses:
: C4 e% g0 O# Q5 G! R      275 casualties reported
2 m) S& I9 I, a         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
& E: i( ^7 S2 |$ M2 X. t9 C         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled. U% `% C. }# C0 z9 {, m" w( ?& g
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled% J6 d; N  D' H4 x) ?9 D" q" K8 D
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
9 k: G; ^# \' X  E; f. _      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)# H. e# N+ `; p
6 \8 ~! Z$ `2 U# H
Airbase supply hits 1
$ v% T# m) {/ W  rRunway hits 7" J% Z2 K3 E. U1 Y
Port hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape 3 u. a' A' r8 X8 C: G& J
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 4 q; o8 _$ h+ m3 ?
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
/ D  |  O. K, i! }3 B6 g9 y/ yOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
6 e. J0 N" O( XBB South Dakota firing at Ponape * L$ n. G5 [; g% Y8 k5 m
BB Washington firing at Ponape : p1 }2 Z' c3 J4 P+ O, ^3 a8 ^* |
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!9 @- m& K1 N9 U: S2 D

: `: y& ?$ ~. |( p13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships2 i5 y2 i7 R" r  H3 G
      BB Queen Elizabeth
8 `# z9 N% J8 P8 P" a      BB Valiant2 R  w! W$ l. h3 `& e
      BB Mississippi( C2 P! Y; p5 O9 N% U
      BB New Mexico
, Q- a$ g/ a; f7 A' ]* p0 m      BB Idaho
3 o0 L- ]' @9 C      BB West Virginia" I% x+ q2 S8 v3 P3 c
      BB Colorado$ p0 _, x$ q/ t

# `  B6 Y8 B; C, `Japanese ground losses:: f+ n  S! ^1 [
      117 casualties reported
$ M0 M# y! I3 T& g% p: n$ }$ _         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled% @* W# c' X& h( \8 r
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled, o" [5 c5 g9 K  U+ J
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
! S3 V' I3 n- y, L" Y% ]% n7 F$ ]      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
& Q+ T+ P" b6 N. R' s$ V4 |* a      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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: E. K6 m1 S! O: R* Q, q, l$ \Airbase hits 2
' p0 P7 l8 p" Y  K) z' ARunway hits 2) W' }+ J  o, c  o
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment. h7 P# V# w6 @2 p8 J" Y
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* x2 V" j* x1 g$ W" W; M
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
9 o* V' y, f  Y' c( n9 V) _+ yPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
( \$ ^: ^2 ]) |* PBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division, {$ z7 ^5 S- W8 [
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force) y9 U4 [1 s$ r+ M: P, H
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
+ V& S' O# b) B7 j* M: |0 KBB West Virginia firing at Ponape 0 d* e$ H& A: _- j; `6 ?5 N
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
! j7 d' F) V$ y3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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3 a, x) w: H  N5 q- vRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.# n1 G# Q$ d3 Q+ x- N
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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! _1 w' w3 z  E7 v( }" m$ F4 |( T8 f& ^8 sAllied aircraft
) ?. N; p9 H( U( F, k2 f' G      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
: f& D6 D" ~0 l. U& w- m      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3370 u* h3 t, h$ x* \* W
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283* C7 g+ A6 F, I8 [5 J' Z

- C) H8 p( s% D# M' y3 O% }5 r1 [Allied aircraft losses
! E- q6 m: n5 P% ?+ c' r' O3 O, ?$ p      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged/ W# P, B4 E  B: x1 a' X$ w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak( o8 J+ _* U' w; y& w+ G
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
: J, ^* L' _: |+ |; y7 B      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak9 P7 J8 I1 Z4 Y: m2 I
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Japanese ground losses:
0 V8 k# R3 k+ p) p# j2 P      159 casualties reported& o5 p$ ]5 Y: ^# B4 ]( d" l
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled8 C  E2 P4 m& M& @3 }
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
8 {( e" t6 M% g, u' f9 K* n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 E% o" Q3 r/ O4 d% q5 g& R$ b2 C" I. D6 _' Y
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( x; T( X! X& G; ?' `. q5 n. `Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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: `9 U6 y3 g( }3 T- s1 ^Allied Deliberate attack/ m$ X  {% E6 N. E

: L* B+ g, W- }) xAttacking 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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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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4 w! M% _2 D2 |/ F: e8 DAllied adjusted assault: 3406 - ]5 p4 M; P& R7 [* g

9 R1 V' @9 L: I+ ]2 {2 z6 Y& eJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
6 ]$ @4 g" N! g& }) r
' F& C3 }9 f2 t( IAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 3 C7 U/ `6 g/ u- R* {% o3 T
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Combat modifiers, S1 F3 s0 C& t, G. b* |% l
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
* C( b5 M" |) QAttacker: ; ~  O, i" e- T' b( t# ]$ E# K/ L
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Japanese ground losses:7 h# E1 Y8 p$ [# e  G5 r
      3539 casualties reported
# i7 ]2 Y, z+ W5 P0 ]: x         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
* [8 D& T7 }% h         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
% l) `0 `# q, H# U' C6 s         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
$ U4 L6 w9 ^( w      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)( h* k0 p/ }) _  P; c+ ^$ Z  g3 o
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:: @2 u7 i- u  e( S
      3552 casualties reported
7 Z) T, R5 Z/ E4 H) M( T* v         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled- _) E' s5 s, U9 ^; @+ l
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
1 h' q! u& ~: g/ S         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled1 E5 g7 S7 O% [* P
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)  I* ?' t8 C, G  j7 d% d; v
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)% c- Y: N2 {/ Q9 e) i
      Units destroyed 15 h' y9 Q" D1 R) v  ]8 a

$ ^8 B% P- b7 Z  iAssaulting units:
  T5 Q$ r7 \8 c7 A# E% q1 \  J  f- c    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion2 q, B: X5 U0 P
    5th Marine Division8 O+ H% N" _0 z: A: B5 Y: x
    716th Tank Battalion
! ?; s6 Z7 }2 X8 G: w8 d4 P    706th Tank Battalion
+ j8 v! y9 M+ o5 a1 T    762nd Tank Battalion, k8 C: U# G$ J! r2 h
    710th Tank Battalion
+ b" S2 p+ z) f    767th Tank Battalion
- X& E# u' F* U! N$ Q    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
' j' ?# x' U2 r4 U, f. I) H2 A, @    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment+ x5 u( E" r$ p& g% h
    81st Infantry Division9 ~% l' R- R* Q5 @8 e& Y% f, E
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
( @- q3 ]8 R/ e! L2 f    96th Infantry Division9 S+ e4 t( O2 Z; [
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
  D- C# R8 c: Y& x* [    711th Tank Battalion
, ~; f2 z/ `) U4 u! s    44th Tank Battalion
, H' B/ Z. Z. z- W" h0 J    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion: K6 v# \/ h9 q
    6th Infantry Division% J5 B9 {8 S5 N
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: N' c! f5 p1 y' V" `$ v
    31st Infantry Regiment6 p! M5 |! B/ V2 }6 k) [
    XIV US Corps1 V8 I2 _( F6 u
    96th Coast AA Regiment
0 R1 @4 c" |1 y0 q" V    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 o% t$ i* f/ ~4 o4 V    4th USA Defense Battalion7 @7 _5 A! Q% H2 e% G2 K
    14th Marine Defense Battalion$ i7 s& U) `- R  \6 ]9 w9 O
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. d8 A: j! Z# c3 r% |    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion  \* n# N, ~% r
    5th USA Defense Battalion
4 p0 R6 N& a: E9 R    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; q7 D4 z4 P# c5 n! k7 x    738th Coast AA Regiment: k4 T. |9 A) |1 T  V* f& [
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 A9 H. @7 b, H; N/ C0 O% E1 W    I Corps Artillery
: k# B. X1 h3 t% |+ x7 y    8th Marine Defense Battalion( C% r4 Q& z7 W! v* e; c
    X Corps Artillery
7 N% `/ f7 z/ m$ W, U  b& X    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion& P2 [; Y+ D6 o2 q- B
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:" E, P( D5 k! n9 ?2 E1 M$ Y& D
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. E% ^( @3 ^9 c  ]6 S
    52nd Naval Guard Unit& U' p1 n4 O% j# o, S5 E
    144th Infantry Regiment
3 i. j" D1 T) ]7 a$ O) E    Kure 3rd SNLF
! Z2 M$ C* M2 Z6 w8 ?9 A! k9 v& X    Sasebo 7th SNLF
+ q* m. q4 _4 M2 q    33rd/B Division7 ^9 X9 J+ F, W% x1 f* {
    81st/C Division
9 ?5 Z2 }! l9 Z6 b    81st/A Division
) k& s- |# Y# a  e" ^    81st/B Division
* A9 Z7 c0 p& V    33rd/A Division- p' R9 y, k% o/ s# s% c& [7 [
    138th Infantry Regiment
6 t% W8 ^% `: i( m$ z1 z    33rd/C Division
9 n# L$ p! y$ q    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# n% S' G3 Y& D: C    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion9 o+ X5 Q5 \( c: O- f
    19th JAAF Base Force0 g* X, s% Y$ M  y  B
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
% p% x3 T, Y  ~6 G0 K! D: C" [    12th Air Fleet
' @' [0 j4 ?+ f% y# w, N7 f    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 n% e! L; E4 p& K5 E$ W/ ?
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
' e+ f- w) w  S/ D    63rd Field AA Battalion7 J# P# T2 X; \& s! R
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
& O; \: |3 }- F  n: f9 Z    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
( c7 f4 }; k. r/ R; |# O/ |7 @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 ^1 b" s- L) P: |6 m* P- k7 D9 l    Ponape Naval Fortress7 J8 f% ~  B' b# c/ n
    61st Field AA Battalion$ M6 G% F* P3 |2 ?; }7 x
    18th Army
0 W2 q/ _9 O8 \3 ?5 _! _, Y" S    14th Area Army /14 C1 f+ _! X5 R5 ?: ]
    60th Field AA Battalion
! l& t/ |' d. ~1 Z) Q    53rd Construction Battalion
9 ^3 _* h' K. i0 Y$ h    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion( e  L$ x0 h* b; D0 x+ ?$ T
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
7 Y8 H/ ^& d* t, @+ ~% J- [& U) N    Kure 7th SNLF
6 v- b+ X( ]. l  M    3rd Base Force
  ?+ N8 v. X  J9 k) E* b# y6 r    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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1 L: {/ Y% q. `0 R* a. l0 CAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
2 [! k$ L: R& {3 G$ B' d; ~3 S" V2 q7 kWeather in hex: Thunderstorms+ _, ^- M7 S3 E6 L
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
3 L/ {7 s' r* U5 x% X# i, dEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft! m, u: L& M5 L) s. O7 ~
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& L6 e# I! U3 j0 X      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3373 m" U7 h; K/ I& J& g& R: y
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
. B) o: f. A/ u6 m3 b& O9 EAllied aircraft losses6 X" x5 t1 _' }( D* z1 f

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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

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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  ]2 l4 `8 u* U) B& t, }
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships
. p3 v* _3 v! X& L4 ]- `  b0 p      CA Vincennes: f+ @& X! K- p' ~3 g1 J7 k
      CA Quincy
( Q! V9 \5 Q/ y) l# X; a      CA San Francisco$ G1 @" r1 K5 d
      CA Minneapolis
8 K) j  D  _7 I( c6 N# t      CA Astoria
" J( s) s' ?( v0 ]' w      CA Chicago2 Q0 k8 R! m) n- ~, i. R
      CA Louisville
' j" B% B3 y3 D2 g" o      CA Chester
& d; ^0 q* W3 n2 I      CA Northampton+ M$ W0 f2 S  d: s8 z' I% t& Q
      CA Portland
$ ]( J8 S) R/ O5 N% _% w9 N1 `/ P1 o9 \$ s% X& W  }
Japanese ground losses:
$ w) n4 f! z: b8 L8 Y" w4 A      112 casualties reported
' j: L5 `9 S: K         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 Q$ ^9 g( s& z- O4 c3 r         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled- d" g4 V; L0 I& Y" r
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
$ o8 b) Q! ]9 ^7 [
- |% x4 S  p1 m$ G! \/ M! C: {3 EAirbase hits 5
) A7 t& m& b  r  B( j: kAirbase supply hits 2
6 }/ d4 I% d' ~8 S3 k: \- hRunway hits 218 ^1 {# q6 e8 O' }
Port hits 7
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  S! m) A3 w8 Q# F% nNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
( L1 |9 h: k0 ^3 L" x      BB Alabama
6 a5 S1 t+ E; t; E- M7 P      BB Massachusetts) ^1 R$ v1 G; h' _! n. J. K. I$ E# B
      BB Indiana
, o1 X9 z3 w& Z  y- R! E+ c      BB South Dakota
+ U* C" K+ I: P) s3 W' `; F      BB Washington
/ Z3 Y# w$ @/ G6 e      BB North Carolina$ O' `# Y" K% l

, z) q  z! G6 }" U1 g- V5 mJapanese ground losses:- i' I4 F  n3 g$ m, ]
      398 casualties reported
7 J# E. O& w3 \* ^) t! j         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled& D. X# {  l) `- ^( X
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
2 s; S( a! N6 B( L/ P         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 A1 @: g' A  k      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)% }& j+ x$ b$ |" z+ C3 T  }+ ~& }1 S
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
# O, _/ o$ H/ V) A6 H5 `
. H$ a7 T* G8 w2 z7 e2 XAirbase hits 9' S* O) f8 J- A
Runway hits 9; }3 k* Y. ~8 x. X5 T0 h$ B- @* @
Port hits 29 B) z1 S: R3 l5 u2 C: A( U& p

( ?) d* q' `" n6 |4 c7 mBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
0 N2 g* [+ H2 ~9 J8 o( `' @1 m3 pBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
$ s# ~# |' T# r; \BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division9 K5 T, z( h2 `* U7 T! F4 L8 B
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
5 |- L5 P4 {3 O1 uBB Washington firing at Ponape
, E- G8 F" N, Z' gBB North Carolina firing at Ponape 6 o7 `" s( R; Y1 g1 H) i
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; z6 Z) F7 b2 I: b. w4 jNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113, y  X9 I+ u4 \! A

/ c" H3 ~  ]+ E& F- O1 b9 TAllied Ships
1 R- I2 B4 R0 X& s5 \2 [      BB Mississippi2 m, o$ G+ n% @( b# _' U
      BB New Mexico
6 x  _$ t. K1 B      BB Idaho
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0 T3 l+ s* T* B% p4 l) {Japanese ground losses:
, {" w8 P. F' k/ C2 q      195 casualties reported  k5 e, A" {: [& _! S4 G
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled5 [+ |" L* n3 U! g4 V' ~
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled4 Z/ D1 J7 j8 b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 f  ^  o* ~9 P( O$ J      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
: U6 ^5 O! e* l4 u; K7 }, E9 P      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)1 ~3 A' l0 j  x, B& f* u) T+ V
3 e( e$ r: n: {5 i1 g; m! F
Airbase hits 3) {  \  W3 W, W0 a
Runway hits 14
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5 H& H- s& H3 E1 ]BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
  u: M6 b. V# z4 F1 I4 cBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
# A/ l/ F8 n" ?8 B' _- ?BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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3 E$ C$ G1 A) x  g0 YAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)0 j/ `3 T$ f- w! V

6 h7 l& d1 |1 A2 r* ]/ a7 M2 RWeather in hex: Severe storms- X+ }. z/ b* _& c
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
- Y: ?1 g+ W1 o1 \5 g2 x" G* [' @Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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  p. V; {2 D9 c! i  N3 b6 bAllied aircraft4 l, N3 `( ]3 U6 }* C; l# X+ a! ]
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462+ d( s' f5 H" V" N( J
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
" T2 C8 M  ]  V      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
) V* J- i9 r9 L/ q+ {1 K% F& \: L: ]9 U
Allied aircraft losses
6 U% m& ?# [: w$ z: r. G      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged8 u0 c( b: y9 ~: i2 |
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak; T: W, M1 b! x1 I; s  f& o( g. W( [
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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) y8 ~2 h5 p$ l, W+ V# X' x8 B& Z9 NJapanese ground losses:) ?$ C2 u' g' A! g/ W$ A
      121 casualties reported
! n5 T  L8 d2 i/ V         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
& R- h$ e- o5 {9 V         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled- Y% U, c0 ^/ d" _) j" U( P  n6 Y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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* \( i4 ?0 ]1 CGround combat at Ponape (119,113)* B5 @# F* v3 H

# j; A+ g6 W( nAllied Deliberate attack
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7 P* G1 u* a5 w" p9 ?! K7 ^' H7 Z, YAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121" E4 S2 E1 b! K6 W4 ^9 @

- E9 g0 A7 T8 Z5 S2 QAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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! z/ k4 K# B0 W9 D: Z7 x) TAllied adjusted assault: 3228 ' p7 F% l* ^$ s
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 7 F: y) j$ ]6 L
" q. v/ [: u4 s+ n1 m1 S  ~$ a
Combat modifiers( \+ O2 z$ ?" i/ L+ p# u% ~
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
5 ]6 m# B; V& e. @7 K1 TAttacker: . z5 t6 i$ w% P- s1 e+ W
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Japanese ground losses:
" v! m; t5 t" U' a/ \      2305 casualties reported
4 A# Z" J# B% B% p  I5 D" E         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled5 M; d. \" [0 z) n7 y+ U2 a3 p3 A
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled7 q9 D  ?1 H1 Z; v7 V* d! ^
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
% x, M; a5 g% S. e  N      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
( R% s1 a. V2 ]* x" C: M! k      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)7 A: k6 h, N' U2 V! L
' Q. N3 v" `/ F6 P  u
Allied ground losses:, O1 G# b2 Y, E
      3064 casualties reported
" a& M5 M& E& O$ |# S4 K8 c  z         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled4 _+ e5 `) I! z  l4 r# z
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
  O4 K) M2 P+ w$ D$ Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
, b4 ~7 |3 y+ H3 V      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
7 W# A) y1 V7 T$ y' k# s/ L# O      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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& y5 G" Y* @( k. t! w$ OAssaulting units:
. |/ f3 z4 m) t5 Z4 A2 q    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
& t; g9 D3 W& ?# u: _8 o  W& k    711th Tank Battalion5 h3 {! Y* _! G6 h# r2 m9 j" s
    716th Tank Battalion
$ t- u9 o7 x/ H5 d: \3 \    6th Infantry Division; f1 G8 n+ i' g9 K" i8 K5 }5 {& H
    44th Tank Battalion
6 v0 G9 L) J% A# x7 W$ c    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
* E% z' Z- Z0 T% y    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment4 L+ \/ R' p9 X. B" ^& h1 ?( {" b
    81st Infantry Division
1 r0 k) ]* |4 M6 P3 C7 c7 l  Z9 ~  l    767th Tank Battalion& h: S( k7 y% \6 g8 {
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment  @4 L+ y' X( t3 \( Q; l" Y' O
    762nd Tank Battalion
4 J% b. B) G) R    710th Tank Battalion. J, p! a  T/ Y* K
    96th Infantry Division
1 w. z, J2 i( V    1st Filipino Inf Regiment& {3 F3 O" O+ a
    706th Tank Battalion; b( J2 P8 z( S! M8 x+ v
    5th Marine Division
! {/ D4 S- @; Z) L/ C    31st Infantry Regiment1 m8 h. Y) Z# F2 [, P
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ S5 H  ?9 |! r% }' n' }# R    1st USMC AA Battalion
; y. _1 h9 c; k2 N    738th Coast AA Regiment/ ^- M9 G5 p1 @6 L% [
    96th Coast AA Regiment
+ X, T9 c4 q+ M    14th Marine Defense Battalion
9 S* O$ ~3 @0 n. W+ _    12th Marine Defense Battalion
$ z6 Z4 e) q" g8 J3 Y    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion: k! y% T! D  m4 q: S) }. J
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" x$ K0 @& v( V1 r, C    XIV US Corps$ ?  [9 G+ `9 p% G  J  z
    X Corps Artillery % s5 Q2 F1 V# ^  d, r/ j; s3 t4 |0 m: v
    5th USA Defense Battalion
8 X! ^1 `7 F5 u5 _8 i6 [) R    4th USA Defense Battalion
# T0 d* A" ]: o    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% U0 b0 W3 G' i. W, M) Y& J
    I Corps Artillery 5 _- @' _$ f; u7 a
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
: A' J& I; Q/ ~/ a& d: M1 G    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
9 }0 A0 U: e" j. ]
8 e8 F$ `, j; O8 X, SDefending units:! r/ ^, L: A: l, R& J* `
    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ c1 i7 t2 `: w( g    81st/C Division# F/ o; e  d( Q$ W( H- ~0 \
    52nd Naval Guard Unit- {  d; x3 t0 X7 f9 k; W
    138th Infantry Regiment6 z( [4 ]) x" P- l* f- _" h7 O
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
7 {5 l8 O+ L, {* q7 v    Sasebo 7th SNLF* B8 J; h1 v; }
    144th Infantry Regiment( B& m. o0 g2 x0 }8 l$ |+ I
    81st/B Division3 S8 ~4 T5 [. K. H; A
    33rd/B Division( e; L6 N! P8 E
    33rd/A Division1 I- V, |3 D( B% w
    81st/A Division* G' e% z# t8 A" V" `+ ]
    Kure 3rd SNLF
5 C0 b% A% U) X, U1 l" R! O4 R# Q/ Q    33rd/C Division9 c+ x3 Q  d$ ~% X2 v  {9 I/ I3 D7 e
    53rd Construction Battalion6 q5 e* }0 J$ B% w
    18th Army
2 b0 q. j+ [3 O/ U0 C" c: w    14th Area Army /1, W- ]4 h# z7 @" B5 Z3 d* V0 U
    60th Field AA Battalion
  C3 \& Z& _! `; z  S    12th Air Fleet# y5 f% ?7 u/ t
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( ?2 ?" H8 _$ d$ L& f: T    63rd Field AA Battalion% ~8 b1 _6 N4 \1 ?* T" z
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ [5 q' V- r& e- V: |  f
    3rd Base Force  Y( z% c; a+ Q8 Z% I1 D$ ~
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
3 U. F! ?9 T+ P- i$ n    Kure 7th SNLF% d: F0 m) }2 V6 k/ p4 h4 ], ~
    19th JAAF Base Force
* Z. x! L2 e# k) H    18th Field AF Construction Battalion1 B* W3 C$ U- k# W6 e/ m
    61st Field AA Battalion
$ h$ C1 ^# i! m7 i  O2 ]/ A    23rd Fld AA Gun Co   F+ u( N# N4 X! F/ O
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 @& U6 C- V1 B    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
: u* F# j2 ]8 S2 n5 G    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 C; X* D& Q6 H- R0 {% j4 ?    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
8 \$ o5 V/ [, s2 R' u1 T2 f+ E    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
' D5 ]; N+ L" {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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$ t( ~% W) U1 b7 n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7 z3 a/ r5 X$ Q9 Q5 J( W  ]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' L, f8 G3 [& Q6 j

! H& j' l5 {$ v; m. N& {$ [& rRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
. x& e2 `2 _6 S9 M4 }3 ~Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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0 G6 ]; E8 u) g; R6 jAllied aircraft* S+ F& K7 [9 U/ C( A# r
      P-38L Lightning x 23
& w  T5 i# T4 O% K$ f6 b      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses- a% v, t+ v% I3 X$ y( w# Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
* @% d+ r# B! O) e      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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. t$ |7 i5 w; c% E4 U! E8 kJapanese Ships3 A, H8 D/ {( i& l
      DD Suruyame/ \( Q8 F; G3 i% n" }; h5 P8 T" Y
      CL Ninaru
9 w9 A- m2 ?5 L7 q+ {/ n      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ t9 h; N9 b" V; L6 H      DD Yayoi. t1 D" z/ K8 o! J* r
      CA Kako1 ]; C3 \0 V$ ^$ h
      DD Asagiri/ b4 D6 F; A/ E7 r( n
      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:
1 Z( |5 F5 o0 v* p8 o4 J( l; Y      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 n/ L( N( @. m5 ?/ k
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 M0 Z' ]$ v4 o' M) k       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
/ M  I  Z) t/ [- \+ ~8 b               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb7 u" s2 U* M/ G3 ?: H2 Q
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
' ?+ b7 c( @; r               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
4 f4 q5 V' E8 {" H3 Q. m" t( o- o' zHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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: @: T- L6 p2 |2 v5 V1 z2 d5 J2 GWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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. k+ _, X0 i: T! jRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.1 G* R6 Y/ H! x
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
) q3 A/ G7 O, |9 D# y' k/ p      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 S  i4 f) |& l1 Y; f      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326" |5 l( b$ q  V/ R* G  Y7 V; F
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285( u. S: u  R" B8 {* [4 m, @# D
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Allied aircraft losses
- M/ H% `' o6 U! G2 U      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
- A  |/ i6 V4 H2 w0 ~0 y2 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
& ^5 b( `0 }2 C. m; |      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged" g) p; P8 p6 @- q$ T0 \$ U
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Japanese ground losses:% t1 y# _2 ], Z9 y
      276 casualties reported2 Y; Z1 h) w8 Q) I+ R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ S! m% q' V7 X- R' |         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
+ d$ ~$ t2 @' r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; X" ]- u  x$ l* H      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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& p. \& ~2 V% w9 H: |( r3 aGround combat at Ponape (119,113)- Z( ]3 T8 T* X) A6 f7 I3 q. X7 D

) J2 Q: b% t% r+ M1 `3 LAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263' o3 B% e/ _& H/ P$ R# O

! B- v  c$ Q* n, w4 pDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 10178 }# B1 _. l/ T- Y. r6 \  S
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Japanese ground losses:
% M* B" A6 l/ z      1082 casualties reported
& G; [' t/ n- C         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
9 }6 k/ `$ m) v3 k' p# G8 Z  @         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled+ L6 s$ K3 K  Z3 V
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled$ z7 u  m! G2 G3 K* _
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled), g9 G. e9 Q( G7 A4 T$ n

7 m' s3 k1 c: N6 lAllied ground losses:$ `4 z! A' f8 }: _% K
      23 casualties reported$ Q. m& s) k" ^  r1 e
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 Y) K: }9 I2 K; E0 E# F         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 p3 K; ?% n8 i: Z, r$ t         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( p5 @$ ^$ X& b7 |" w
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
; N+ t- C6 t# ~. i& a$ U8 s      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 447 p' i/ E& X% w' t, E! S
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东京快车出轨2 r& ?+ X8 m  b, X) {
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2 P3 `# j1 S" Q2 |% z7 ~1 U日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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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。1 k& V9 |/ ?: t( B: G; b
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; p. }7 Y+ \( h/ ySubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113* E7 e0 n3 C0 M! S( f- a

: b, ?1 v, L( z' y" n5 q+ K: JJapanese Ships+ W8 ?0 ~. @- r9 T1 ]1 x! ~
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
" {% V. O5 ]) F, l0 I$ k      CLAA Prince Robert
; u/ o, a1 T: ^8 v' T      DD Saumarez
3 @' n$ `% |6 E! Y% W      DD Nizam
& m  J0 @+ B  j8 ~( R. X5 k! a      DD Ellet( f' m7 ~, x# u* w8 f: m
      DD Waller
; }2 B0 Y* d) ?7 O' s      DD Walker! V; P+ r/ m) y6 D
      DD Wadleigh
* o9 w7 K. a& }      DD Uhlmann
1 l  p# H' g3 _  h/ g      DD Twining' |9 r  Q1 k7 Y: C" A$ K
      DD Twiggs3 Z7 R* e$ ~) p3 @4 G7 ~' C& k, v
      DD David Taylor+ _/ R* |6 e( W/ F7 O5 B) O
      DD Strong
) F0 U/ L! w% C- l- d7 @* @( {- J( }      DD Sproston
  E" Y/ a0 w0 W% ~% v% k' n      DD Sigsbee5 I% F$ W3 X# E7 v( k6 n2 C
      DD Sigourney" X& p! H- ^& @) f% b
      DD Schroeder
9 _) j" Z7 v/ n7 ^9 ^; @' p; Y, ]$ w      DD Benham II  S* s4 F3 U- S% O
      DD Cushing II# G. b6 o; `( K" h
      DD Urchin
  D  N# }+ q3 M      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort5 [4 o# H& {( I3 ~3 V
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search- ~0 ^" ^+ m1 J+ y* C
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
# O: i( M3 t5 {7 D$ H$ }: m6 G/ uSS I-48 forced to surface!
! T# c+ n. ]- X; b2 \; n2 hDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
# {+ A0 M+ ?* U4 t) ODD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
) S1 U  B- N4 [2 J; i6 H6 IDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....0 D' N6 A( W3 t$ e. f
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....- L6 \) Y6 J% a' K  D
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
  F1 k% L8 _, _9 y, D0 M5 n7 qSub slips beneath the waves: t0 l* A) u) h! K. L. c, I) e

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards' T0 ]# D+ `$ E8 z1 ^3 M

7 w9 o# r- ~( t* ]/ MJapanese aircraft: V! D% S$ K) S4 E: W9 I
      no flights, @" I! T+ ^$ X$ C! i& B: p5 z% L. k
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Japanese aircraft losses- J# \3 A' F. q- I- P5 ~6 l
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed) _$ i0 r* J* o3 A' p% j
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Japanese Ships
8 x; Q$ }: Q: O, ^- v! t: T      CL Agano
! ?% Y5 m$ ]2 C7 l6 `6 F( ?* N      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2" r" [1 I* X0 u( L
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: g, ]$ R. ?7 Q
      DD Hibiki
' g, M1 Q. W5 G  |      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
* c- N1 x+ z# g$ U# [  a0 t      DD Shirakumo9 a# C- p+ u; u2 I" s
      DD Isonami! {+ a' A2 B, S0 e( w3 i
      DD Murakumo- i/ A5 \* u8 w/ P+ S% L- l) t
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk. `+ Y0 _+ }2 d1 r2 g# M8 u, A
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Allied Ships: _: p0 r- ~1 S9 L- S
      BB North Carolina8 n# B) D/ a0 O: x0 K6 B" j7 m  V
      BB Washington
! f, m8 ^, \( H6 Z$ [      BB South Dakota( y. N; y( O6 s% H; @8 A' D
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
1 t" b6 W! F2 m0 }      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2; p: @% V; _5 G2 M0 I& j. \
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
+ b* G2 r  |! B6 U      DD Conner
3 P9 J+ ]) R: F" W4 O      DD Cotten
4 g$ Q9 o7 M& |' C- l6 O2 {6 ]      DD Cowell
, S# _2 p: ^4 Q. L5 S0 l7 U# B, r      DD Daly
( Y* r$ U+ ^: y$ V3 l1 s6 P      DD Eaton% b3 ^4 V1 Z  u& T
      DD Heywood Edwards" `3 q" T* \) R4 O- [/ `. C% a
      DD Erben
, N$ q& ?+ ^' n0 u$ z; X      DD Evans
8 x0 g; |9 @1 m/ r      DD Foote
) K8 H# B6 K: t. j! t; ^8 a      DD Franks
" v  y/ J5 I) K6 w. i4 b. h/ x5 z      DD Fullam
+ r% D, B, N' s6 _      DD Gatling' U3 `4 r; l: J5 E  ?
      DD Albert Grant" g# \8 v) U; a- T" ]
      DD Gregory
+ ?3 c$ a6 C. F8 D6 b      DD Guest( a+ M5 E/ d# n0 c9 d+ X
      DMS Hamilton
- D/ A. L& \. `( O7 N      DMS Forrest
: g% L, W; `5 p6 j8 A! k$ `5 k6 R( V' B3 ^      DMS Ellyson& J' n3 Y3 ^2 c+ w9 M* i

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards: c- J1 T2 x( `
Range closes to 28,000 yards.... p) |0 H9 I7 p7 k/ q4 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
' o2 C1 T( K5 OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards) f" L/ X8 k+ H1 }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...- ^' `  X3 \2 q- L3 \4 x9 y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards1 z$ n4 t( e; i7 M2 [
Range closes to 24,000 yards...6 e; Z9 ~+ }' h- K  ~) h, U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards6 W+ o# _- O# {2 L  E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
2 T! z. t: Z6 L: S2 cRange closes to 22,000 yards...
% E1 `+ m1 j  A# M# }7 p9 w  SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
: u/ e& v- |( l. uCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards; k* u' ]: i! ]! F- q! Z8 J
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- p' R/ a! J  O! j" g  z9 ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards/ T* s4 h& P. D6 S
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' p3 h' ?, Y9 g% `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
$ ^% G# S" ?' |" I) zRange closes to 16,000 yards...
, N( B0 u# G5 V- V! C* Z+ ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards" s. r" q, I: w9 G  |+ Q9 @8 q* X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...2 G. Y4 g  P3 L- Y. ~% n  N
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards7 d; x% K" f- k7 k1 N9 }/ I+ O+ \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 @) _1 j  ^2 t7 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards: F: N, V. }& H+ V, q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
( s8 w: e1 q- E' vRange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ y( Y  V6 m2 B5 k* xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( L4 g( u4 i3 T- }# p
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
5 i4 |6 r) g1 x$ P* g( }Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 O1 @( ^! m3 e, x$ V4 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
2 w- Z: C5 z. ?9 w3 x( K  kCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards' l, N5 E2 f; [/ A
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
" q. R  x" M* g" s: Z2 VBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
* H& V+ o" f+ D' qBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
3 z. h7 q, G+ @& z8 FCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
2 d$ o9 H7 Z  s7 T8 h5 k) R, `BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
) c# K" u* S5 v- c: x$ c* n$ DBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards7 @9 K3 \  D' v2 V; o# A
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards4 p  t- m4 A( z) H" |2 y( d
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
( x/ D; g% l: I' H3 e5 _BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards3 |# W3 D+ a7 N" ^
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards7 v/ {6 p( j" `, b" P
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
8 l5 R' `9 o/ q2 {1 FCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
9 N9 G2 I5 O* ]5 w: _Range increases to 11,000 yards
- `) t, A0 n, o- R: {$ vCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards" u$ W8 T7 i9 t- f
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards/ b: p) L0 C! [. Z! p/ s0 @
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
' m6 I# a8 X) @% d$ fDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards; I$ {3 x: k0 v, O( f+ h
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards5 B- K" a7 X% q/ [3 E: W) l0 v0 F
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
: ~- {$ p7 X3 ~0 TCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
4 }( G( ~* h9 W% K0 g: M* zBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards( A6 Y: O, k+ U" G" ~2 W# A$ E" f
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards# ]8 ?: {* F/ p* z" J$ G* z
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
0 X% }2 c) E) V- wDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards8 T4 e! i$ b1 G! |
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards3 E4 b& X3 G, A1 C( [) }% q( b5 Y
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
: ]  A5 Y+ r9 R" b  V% K* n1 A0 MDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
; F" j, n# a2 ~- h( F. Q0 v$ \1 L; h; \Range closes to 10,000 yards3 I  Y) Z: i: y4 z+ w) p6 J
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
  l* A+ t4 w. {/ rCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
9 [- w( O( ~- q" m/ q9 xDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
$ l6 k8 a; [: i7 QDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards2 I0 Z& G3 ^" m' x& z
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
) T$ I' x/ J( O2 a- Z1 `DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
3 b5 |# N% S: b. {DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
8 C8 G$ y4 i6 X# ^CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards, m) Y& `3 P% [5 R& @7 K
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards4 E3 Z4 |3 P' I
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
2 e% n9 ]8 `4 a6 }2 h/ X; hJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape% x  {; W. ?# S: {) ?
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 w$ |4 l% u  \. A$ J& m/ D1 ]8 d& P
      DD Hikokaze
3 Q: }' {! q9 o0 p8 j% E& B      DD Ishikaze
( _. V. U$ }3 H* H8 g      DD Tagokaze- i' n) x, [( h2 H: ?( Q) k
      DD Takatakaze
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9 B5 _$ F( z2 R) }, V9 `Allied Ships( a" A8 F7 o# A% ~( U$ y
      BB North Carolina
* K+ {: V$ `( ?- k: \1 l/ U1 e      BB Washington* C* l% [; Y" w8 I
      BB South Dakota
1 r# M9 c! p8 Y2 \5 q      BB Indiana
! n8 T+ W, m& _8 x      BB Massachusetts, e" T% \6 W2 S6 h( C* f( x5 @
      BB Alabama
0 s' x: y3 c! o+ S      DD Conner) p  F( i, d0 s$ z3 P9 Y' h0 L1 ~
      DD Cotten
9 ^" B: D: I2 O& r      DD Cowell
$ L: N+ f6 r( d9 l      DD Daly
/ |- J' k' b" o. r) V7 R* C      DD Eaton
+ N  w0 S) H2 T: P8 \8 D      DD Heywood Edwards
! H4 p- _% b/ H, c1 b: c# S      DD Erben
1 ]+ ?) ^8 ^/ e5 y  \      DD Evans
! z0 A' l0 J" D0 N/ ]( U      DD Foote
; H" {- N: s" a! p% P7 |      DD Franks$ c1 e) G2 k( E( |, u- g4 J
      DD Fullam5 t) ~: a# W1 i
      DD Gatling& x6 o& `  @2 F. t
      DD Albert Grant1 Y3 m# }+ @. |0 Y# ~  b3 ~
      DD Gregory1 O# C. o3 l/ I1 Q, V1 Q
      DD Guest
: U; T9 T/ P! `& R/ n" L" V* t$ N7 b      DMS Hamilton
7 \! z2 H- s' [2 G5 a      DMS Forrest/ r8 f" e& D! @! S2 N, P% w5 X" W0 g
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 g1 @8 h* @  O; {, i' D5 q
Range closes to 28,000 yards..." O' g" y; B0 c  C- G, B8 K3 J
Range closes to 26,000 yards...# ?3 Q6 {( ^5 Z- l; _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
! `3 g/ Z5 }- ~/ u& p2 ~! ACONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
/ \# i0 M, X1 n6 s, f7 u% ~& hRange closes to 24,000 yards...
" y+ q, h) X: s5 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 c6 K) d3 M$ T  Y( L% J
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
+ O: u8 a1 h% `* O5 A7 QRange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 d4 Y7 x! p8 Q2 T9 S/ K" sRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: H# v8 D  _$ xCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards6 {, U2 }( i$ o$ O& z
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
# S5 q2 m8 z9 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 d2 K3 [% I# l
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards, ~$ G  ?% y8 e  ~/ H
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ ?5 e* E" C2 B* P0 u" q' [" y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards& k$ Y7 _/ @9 I! ~/ T
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
9 D& ]% V, f, m  v, Q9 v3 [0 yRange closes to 12,000 yards...
+ @- S$ e8 j8 @7 [( @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
5 @& n4 G0 h" ]+ TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
3 w4 P5 s( I8 P# oRange closes to 11,000 yards...
' R8 U# v( j: k) S8 g  fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards3 J% q* P& W3 x+ N( _( D0 |% [
Range closes to 10,000 yards...2 V# x4 N% H+ C4 y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
* j4 H' V! T; d  j# l/ {/ \6 SJapanese TF attempts to evade combat: i' v+ X8 l& l  X. I
Range increases to 15,000 yards...  |/ b0 c+ D+ o- |* z' U
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
) p7 j8 F  a! P8 lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) F8 R+ O- c- H1 E/ dRange increases to 25,000 yards...
, p4 h2 m8 j$ o. m/ O; DRange increases to 30,000 yards...
) r1 I% A" v- [! d' a7 @' n8 vRange increases to 30,000 yards...
4 h+ |+ A2 H+ ?# m  ?Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat$ B1 \7 _4 |4 C6 k9 Q

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/ m  p/ C$ X. P1 r# SNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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0 {& Q* [& @& w9 S, xJapanese Ships
( z$ o! y5 ]6 G2 n+ D      APD T-1
& B; o7 A6 b- z! F+ E9 t+ ~      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
$ j0 l1 Q  g1 u& n( n% u      APD T-3, Shell hits 14 |/ |; A: R/ \2 T
      APD T-4
" ?, b0 K) `. i2 @1 n, R      APD T-54 d4 h+ M2 `/ z3 y# l' p
      APD T-67 ~8 O4 b% }" G5 o) i
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  _! O) I& w0 Z      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
6 q, [6 v. R' P2 T, a9 K. `      APD T-9
  t1 f- c, P4 z' O      APD T-10
' k7 p/ ~# n# c; d( Y2 J      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire3 Q+ {8 ?# t' U6 I7 I
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage- G8 B$ l( v# N+ B" g; U
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1: o6 f& g6 C7 {& t0 ]- J8 }) q* L
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
$ O7 f( f1 `/ l9 P5 c5 d# r8 _      BB North Carolina
( V. E8 h" a) y6 W1 j8 e1 P7 M      BB Washington2 t+ Z8 a9 Y0 [; m4 Q& k
      BB South Dakota
6 x/ q2 H8 \) `      BB Indiana
4 f' Q6 X: m7 b2 i" O8 X/ m' B6 G      BB Massachusetts. Q8 g) P4 ?! x( \
      BB Alabama  k7 I. m7 [& g; g
      DD Conner' s4 U& N$ r" Z/ [3 c
      DD Cotten. M. u2 N4 M# q% H9 I8 N4 L
      DD Cowell0 |" Q& r! O) D5 r2 E
      DD Daly; e" i- V+ |' L: r6 A/ X
      DD Eaton
2 E2 t& t3 E! u  D3 K      DD Heywood Edwards
% _' s% Z6 ]" N/ s      DD Erben/ x$ H1 k8 A* e
      DD Evans
0 e3 v: _1 `9 k      DD Foote
* ^% T: I+ H( U1 q  M7 s      DD Franks
/ Q2 {& X- p# C6 W      DD Fullam
7 q- ]; n' a# w      DD Gatling
9 p6 R- \: U! Y4 O8 h      DD Albert Grant
- l, p# F5 N* }+ a' i$ C1 d      DD Gregory
  s: T! O& ]) o, @8 @6 ^' U& _      DD Guest
, [+ E; t' V2 \4 M' h+ q      DMS Hamilton
+ V. d$ D1 P3 ~      DMS Forrest
! j! t9 P% Z) f/ Z+ Z      DMS Ellyson1 b7 g+ {+ a8 A# X; I! A1 q
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 S/ D, k" |; }1 u8 W& K9 T! J, E
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
) `( S9 U$ E  T9 hRange closes to 26,000 yards...; g# s% R) t% S2 w  g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards. q+ ]# g' [2 h
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 _6 p8 J2 R4 G" o, j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
8 P+ N* B8 s# V6 K6 SRange closes to 22,000 yards...+ `( n% j5 M  E  h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
, e7 _5 u9 M8 m' C& ORange closes to 20,000 yards.... M: }/ v/ T9 j; F' L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
' [. A. W4 i1 ]Range closes to 18,000 yards...
" I' E/ a' l- G) w3 B6 Q( mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! l  x% y3 m$ v( K( m. b7 YRange closes to 16,000 yards...- N, r* z9 _0 N6 L1 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: E4 T9 w2 }5 C% h, m* l( KRange closes to 14,000 yards...
9 |& x1 Y% t" C& E' R7 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
( `6 V! I9 ^7 S* \( z' GRange closes to 12,000 yards...
2 [" N7 [3 Y7 A% nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# b4 @# g, {1 c) E6 q: p  E" KRange closes to 11,000 yards...$ Q8 ^7 d, @' `5 P6 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! A- B$ b* ?; Q! G3 O: b) FRange closes to 10,000 yards...' r3 o, Z$ c- Y" c. @/ x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards6 U& g2 x$ u9 h) X" T  W
Range closes to 9,000 yards...+ ~* D  X  Q/ n! _2 G, p
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards' n! L  D) {9 L) N! z# \; ]+ l) d1 ^
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
" p& A+ b" |% M" V5 sBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
5 a1 x: Q+ Q1 h$ uDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 H+ t& M% M3 D# kDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
: A( Y' _- `9 z. C) y; y/ M' R% CDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards8 }1 U1 W1 i- W  O( C
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards2 _8 }8 Q  D; o9 ]3 L) F
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards  N! c) t4 B" `5 I  D9 W0 I6 y: M
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
; D# o5 Z3 n+ q) p# DDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
' \7 I. x+ A: N+ GDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
( n5 C: G' i7 B! G& t8 @BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards8 ~! k3 a8 k- m4 L
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
) d/ T' ]+ `& |5 ?" [# wDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- c3 F6 i1 Z& m1 m7 a, gAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
/ y5 }! C. ^* p4 R5 JDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ h" _) H0 h7 h8 i1 W
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
( o! F7 f/ C4 t( u: `% {0 P' _DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
9 i+ B2 A, Y- \; Q1 ?# yDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards5 L  c* R$ z0 o/ t* P
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
* ?' j; K8 y* P" GRange increases to 10,000 yards) f+ t1 X: k% i" V# \
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 x% q, e1 e2 m
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards% ^7 R/ b9 f+ c) ?0 I, t
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards( ^% W" z- K6 a. O+ J1 j7 L1 _
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 F: R. I% J. P. n8 @, l: W- i
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards8 ^; N8 }! M6 u
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards, x- e: B3 l3 u4 N' k
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards) e7 c7 }3 ?2 ~# \! n+ h+ w
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
  V/ T. `1 I. x( XDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 j' `$ p( A3 ^9 ADD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. e- L. r% w. |* u8 f- }0 uDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, V# K5 K3 B" d$ e: c9 Z+ F( i
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  \- G2 v0 s- h# ^% H. y4 LDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
- g( \* s6 v$ }5 {/ J$ q4 U7 vDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 I# X: r# W6 Y' _3 Y7 Z: }& cDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
% P8 ^* l" o& z' w  wDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ V9 v$ {* C: c# p) h: b: pRange increases to 11,000 yards2 f: u) X0 c! D9 f6 A4 u! @
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards6 Q: ]0 `7 C) J6 N8 I! h: v) G
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 Z3 y  w2 f  ~5 t# ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' I! s% }- {! Y, y6 l9 f" {8 j
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
  E1 v* h5 N5 h8 m  O6 a% bBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
0 P( ]! p; o( _; gAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
8 |( S9 r/ r: z6 lDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
/ c8 B, Z3 h( [/ o7 B7 @) y! pDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards5 t2 x: O" P/ R& k1 u& A2 t
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards# w9 d6 Y; R% o0 W; v" S
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 r, i1 k1 p' o: W! |* ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards9 m. A/ Y4 P7 O
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards& @$ |0 J6 _; a! E% k+ [
Range closes to 10,000 yards
$ u" _, j# k, U. A) q- `+ Y+ _BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards5 `# f6 X5 j+ R
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
1 w6 W0 ]9 p5 G" yBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; W- @; g4 u6 IAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
2 p2 j, C' O) H2 q0 ZDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! P8 ?- a8 L# W( p& h1 J% p  M
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
. K2 L) _" J3 D3 i  v1 N# pDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 s0 g9 J& Y8 U( {* }* UDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards# }- l3 z( ?9 E
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
/ }, z: P4 w) t% X! ]& b7 y, Z! ]( uDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 |6 x8 P" J5 w  F& I5 l
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' u) B* g& r, ]: w6 L0 R7 K
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
2 M4 f. F: a9 W/ X0 A; BDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: q, g3 H. e' TRange closes to 8,000 yards) n1 Z& S, S$ o
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
4 N- z5 w' y$ J* F# N7 o6 nBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards' {- A' |* N% [/ k6 b. |; I
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards- |, ~5 i) y7 K  U2 N: G" l
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
" X* |0 B, g2 \' O9 C" t2 |( w, eAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
: v% [, q) p0 w! P/ U. |, u4 _3 kJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 f1 e# y2 G4 l  ]- k7 p' y7 m
Task forces break off...( n. L$ @$ ?: h( z

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5 {# t% [' b, B6 \9 KNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" E/ ?! v# n3 g3 f; }! `      APD T-1, Shell hits 1; A, F  ]$ G( n
      APD T-2+ Z7 b, f9 X/ P' i8 x2 T
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
( B" X! `, Z8 y8 F. Q2 s      APD T-4, Shell hits 1/ m3 Q+ q; ?: V; O; |
      APD T-5& `# U7 S7 ?) g% N2 l2 t- y) {
      APD T-6# Z0 h8 W; }3 Y; I6 H2 |
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage: B4 s4 W  V( D8 c; `# [
      APD T-9, Shell hits 11 b) _6 A1 \5 k1 s+ g9 \1 n
      APD T-10
6 p0 @3 d& X: o4 ?* e      APD T-11,  on fire" e6 V5 q' G; ]
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
1 Q) z! `9 {# s' W) ^      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk/ K# o1 v* C* g% O
      APD T-14, and is sunk8 w  K6 C9 u+ v# [% R. ^8 G
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Allied Ships9 C( s1 C. x! W+ o( \9 p% L0 Z
      CA Portland
# N7 b" i4 R, V3 L3 M      CA Northampton  G" W9 C$ e: w# g& q
      CA Chester" _" ]& K; r" Z- E1 d5 f
      CA Louisville
0 I& j7 {% m& E      CA Chicago
! C# C. W! N0 N      CA Astoria
  I5 X$ I- u2 V! F      CA Minneapolis
( Q7 q. I9 d- K      CA San Francisco
) R7 e# F  C$ v      CA Quincy5 P1 o2 _/ }5 k; u1 R4 Y' q. b
      CA Vincennes
+ q  {9 t# R2 o$ T  G      CA Wichita
; f6 P; X# R; m- {1 |6 ~0 @/ R      DD Bennett
5 q5 g2 D$ t$ j. r, ~! h& w4 l      DD Bradford
- A( c# D2 H0 w. `      DD Braine
! l7 {  W( K* O/ ]! H( J- A7 V      DD Brownson; o) k. @( A, i  S  l- h
      DD Bryant& Y1 C1 n) U5 |: {
      DD Bullard
7 ]. b# E! ~+ I      DD Burns
# Q5 l0 X/ N2 K, [      DD Callaghan) I- C+ J6 _# W
      DD Caperton
, {) ]2 O$ B$ S9 u      DD Capps+ j1 i* x( c& V8 ~" h* V2 g8 r/ t- Y- _
      DMS Emmons1 i" y" t! f- r1 u
      DMS Macomb
1 ]; l0 t6 z& ^. y0 X/ }      DMS Rodman; M4 ]+ n+ V% ^4 k8 l$ c0 @
      DMS Gherardi! B- l# q2 @$ L  F; R3 U

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" f7 x! T9 ^. ^9 g0 m3 w# bMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
, E! H  d' Y( RRange closes to 28,000 yards...: f* w4 a" |5 `7 E7 f% x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards; M& F3 j# Z2 n  R' g% `
Range closes to 26,000 yards.... U) {8 m# Y4 P# |5 a! [3 I3 j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards6 J5 H9 A8 q% {! e0 c: O
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
* n) y; w+ p  N, A# D( m1 ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
4 k1 s5 P: g3 ?- R( cRange closes to 22,000 yards...' Q: T9 L: S1 a$ g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards; i! T4 V7 J4 f' A8 y# ?
Range closes to 20,000 yards..., U  ]  I8 I" x, q) Z( R  T/ i! [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: f$ d. [" d- s  ~9 ]3 q: B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 {/ {( _/ \' w/ k& B9 G" n4 C+ e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards+ G/ R0 ^9 o. r5 l# B$ I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, a7 [/ z3 I8 jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards% m$ x/ {: l( }
Range closes to 14,000 yards...6 o! d; l: v. C1 a+ r
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ G% I  ]  T/ D. G* @6 ^: S6 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards" E1 D; \5 J6 x6 d7 ^5 @2 t/ p4 M' F
Range closes to 11,000 yards...# F; z6 P1 V$ H! w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 g" w) _8 u9 N% L; a! f+ A8 w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
7 E; C+ Z3 Y$ }# X; ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
( E' F* ~, y2 ?CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 n: p' E. R, F3 [& t
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards7 j4 I' A# j; {7 g& ~2 l3 h
Range increases to 11,000 yards
) h* `$ {' _8 m6 fAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
+ v+ [% r' H( S; U1 P$ a6 ZCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
6 g4 M; T, c$ @. ~9 qCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards: Z( d( X$ v1 y7 j' l
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
. D  M$ S2 z/ ], b. c! ]; j" QCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards: Y% J3 L. v1 t
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards- C. c; J& U0 f3 \# G* _! e% k, w
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 z* r( J& x2 j4 o( R
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards& [+ \( }- V( X% U4 W
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards1 n) i, R0 w' ~
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards% Z$ [- |3 }" l( L. E' Z
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
! C3 [0 w& h7 i( \8 ~( U! j& v9 R6 ODD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
& f0 Y% \1 ]$ s5 mDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards4 W, W" u2 E. ~. E
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! t) f* v: b' J" Y; Z. ZDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards3 Z: [# x% K- T4 }
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
8 U5 \4 u8 J; w# k( V) Y1 _APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
" g0 U( A* R" p' ^' D- W6 o- pRange closes to 10,000 yards
( e5 I$ a0 _+ K* g6 WDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
. z7 v% k' |+ S6 ]9 u% r* ~CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards, y) `: j" X  t4 x- n% V
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
9 E0 ]1 E6 j. C5 H* tCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
! T9 e( v  ?, M; U# [CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
4 o0 g/ ]' A, i7 M$ U' w+ c* ^) AAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
1 W% I; _0 C+ _; g; m  }$ I# O# XDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 ?' a8 A# \% i) c  a& IRange closes to 9,000 yards" A1 C3 d* {. p3 i
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards6 r; j' \* C6 n
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards* Q/ H& G4 K$ I+ \/ ~8 d
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 Y1 k# N7 R2 K' Y- ]6 bCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
2 L9 \& m" A  b8 vCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards3 h# ?6 C7 R% o9 R* A, @: j1 D( V
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
# c+ W: D' p( H9 B* l! ~DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
; C) F7 ?4 H$ kRange increases to 10,000 yards
$ v* z# f, l! ]+ x) {$ u/ fAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
$ n/ M- k" I: W$ r: B- g8 R& kCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( k2 u0 h7 V3 P: N) K
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards7 M. S' \) Y' `
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
& |) N. V0 {4 Y* Y, [/ z; b5 u# mCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
! P7 n4 a7 b- z4 k6 jJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 ?  N8 R3 I+ W4 F
Task forces break off...0 J& D, x  w0 x5 Q. W2 _+ c2 z- ?

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( L! _; k9 N- J  QNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards. t( d8 I4 d" E: }7 Q& [
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Japanese Ships2 V1 O) h- K: G( Z# Q8 v# A/ H+ z
      APD T-17 l& C/ O2 a% t4 k" G1 A
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire# d5 t* ^# ^  F  C& t
      APD T-3* ^% t1 w; E5 X7 j  ?
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
$ W$ |. {6 q  Q3 L6 T- x      APD T-5
# R8 f- T$ E, }; c/ W      APD T-6: K" H+ P) Q! ~9 x3 c" l5 F
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
# s6 K1 e0 a  G: U8 O7 d      APD T-93 L5 I2 i3 H- b+ d1 K$ G& i
      APD T-10/ P3 x6 i5 ]# O
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships4 ^( i9 [6 g0 l# ]. o$ D7 F
      CA Portland
# t: V: s* y+ }8 s      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
' Z3 }! B9 N- Y; d" {' a+ f      CA Chester0 [% q- v9 B8 Y+ O) N6 ]* [' w
      CA Louisville
) Q0 ^  C( p' ]) @      CA Chicago0 i7 x2 Y2 H# z9 i+ o! D( _
      CA Astoria$ U' c* e. f  |) U$ E" j( ?4 O
      CA Minneapolis
9 G' \) L; z0 G* d! t      CA San Francisco2 w6 O) d9 C8 p; w) Q0 Y
      CA Quincy( P" @( A+ _7 }5 V% c
      CA Vincennes# _) c2 Z& B* q& ]4 v3 T8 y
      CA Wichita3 n8 |4 s( v- x1 ~! [/ Y9 M; `
      DD Bennett
- _( Y# \+ J  k; @. \( y      DD Bradford
  f- ?9 T( c0 g$ G! ~      DD Braine
5 N+ V2 ?7 P( y. j  O8 I0 U      DD Brownson9 a) f1 c  y; V( Y2 R( R
      DD Bryant( |0 ]" v+ ]; E' P, C$ v
      DD Bullard# q; [0 n: U; d0 I5 S
      DD Burns
1 w% U" R$ {* q7 `8 r8 K      DD Callaghan
- b% ]1 O3 e6 J9 b) N  W$ @# C      DD Caperton
6 t$ V0 ~, V9 @  w, P, W& K      DD Capps
8 Z/ V0 G  R* ~% h8 h      DMS Emmons
6 B" S' J" l9 M. Z      DMS Macomb& g5 {' ]/ k( W  P; M6 L
      DMS Rodman5 K5 f" s6 k6 X& ~3 h+ ~8 r" f7 f9 q
      DMS Gherardi7 K/ B1 j+ ]* K) r+ f+ S* n6 S# S
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4 `, ]5 L1 x* h3 E7 KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards1 [/ ~. A% v% T$ ^9 p
Range closes to 28,000 yards...8 i7 N# h5 ]! ^2 J' W; H  Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards3 k9 C7 x' G0 l; t. a
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
. H6 l& z; p; O: B/ f, t2 S3 v. n- B- MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
: w2 z8 [( K" a. l8 v' A( v" wRange closes to 24,000 yards...0 n: }! T' D6 J3 X+ g3 U" V7 ?! }4 K: ^
Range closes to 22,000 yards...% }1 [2 M0 I( E0 A1 @0 p/ {- r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ {7 d/ E, L5 ]. O) u9 o, s* SRange closes to 20,000 yards...
: O5 Y. L; K8 w8 ORange closes to 18,000 yards...
2 U+ H$ O. {, n1 f0 \' {5 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 p/ n% }' f) E. N# G5 }
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
5 m3 U3 V$ o  c% S' v. U$ @+ nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
& z) D6 B3 Q6 Z# ]" IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# V( u7 M  _% v# h5 L9 vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards! \3 Q1 [- p4 r
Range closes to 12,000 yards...5 Y, P0 v$ q/ ^! V. ]3 V# z: e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards* W* D: A; I3 i0 F1 w4 v, i
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" y1 }/ q2 {; [" w% r/ rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards& ]8 e' U7 L' g% E$ ?$ |: J7 ?$ _
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 C) B9 Z( ^4 T7 F/ Z; mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
8 p, V% H8 j* A8 H+ A3 ECA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards. d+ t' Q( w0 V; K0 p
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards% D, X- t3 u% U/ F+ G1 S
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
0 a) c$ k- p+ sRange increases to 12,000 yards
. c2 C: q) i, l+ d! ZCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
. k0 N& ^0 N2 s; GCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards0 H$ D2 j; ~+ u; @' q
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
) f% Z9 W6 p3 [+ [CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards; m! \* X. q0 v2 b4 `9 k
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards5 f' O7 p4 Q6 V# r9 d0 m; H
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards+ }. x- w* U. C  F7 ~5 X
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
5 f0 e( q$ M3 A* pDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 t9 |  I9 N, N, y
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards! F7 M& k1 z8 C) D
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards' N( o" q; E% A0 P+ k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
: W8 X5 d; w) LAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
" B5 w/ ^; A1 F8 Z% K" I( XRange closes to 9,000 yards
0 {; }$ E7 `7 E8 N4 x! {6 {1 ?7 NCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
0 R0 T* M7 ~% ~- ^% Y. ^5 E# TAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards% N% p4 F0 ^, s5 G' Y1 \# b- H
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards- ^9 o' z, ^* \; D+ e* z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 m. M$ z4 b; {) f+ U2 u: w
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
+ P5 l0 b8 d! I: m+ iCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards' Z: Z) j0 S# S
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards9 f' }- A5 N4 a6 j) X
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
9 N6 X$ G1 k  z4 u5 Z  y. N) pRange closes to 7,000 yards
7 X6 _/ s% g' T% G7 FCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards  o- w$ G  ~6 P. d/ X
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards! x  Y$ Y$ ]5 p' A% r% t* ~
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards/ W3 t' l* \# }0 b0 `/ r
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
( n- D2 R  S. M; l& J, F) jCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards3 f) Z0 D! U* @/ X, h
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards0 I+ v/ x" ?4 Z6 `
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
2 i$ j- U! w" O. DCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 k! M- B+ `1 \& l( XCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards: ^8 Q" d- e( F6 h! y
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
4 _0 r; @( U2 T: h1 ?6 {1 uDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
! ^/ I* S( y% w) U  L: ~+ qRange increases to 10,000 yards
4 h. ]8 `7 V/ _' R9 C1 d& d: qDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ x  W9 N5 F2 ^4 Z
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! o9 c% u& }1 K3 T! l  R$ u
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ [+ {; F% S# O  YTask forces break off...- _% G" Q: ?8 h7 V4 n2 k

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards  P. b/ X! F8 x. _& o1 x( ?
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Japanese Ships5 F0 `. a* |0 `4 B* e  i
      APD T-19 ^0 a& c1 z1 \- Q2 q
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' Z0 E! W6 G  y2 W  I0 z, i
      APD T-3
2 u# O8 F7 i6 K$ O% b$ l0 h      APD T-56 Q+ V  L4 b# Z& ?( r6 M6 S
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ v4 q! {( k5 w: f. m      APD T-9, z4 R- s2 o: Y) i# x8 j
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 c" d9 e+ v+ C: ?
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships- M5 G: l  D9 @
      CL Swiftsure
; x) U9 t- v( s" ~# {      CL St. Louis% T" ^6 `8 v2 {6 W" k3 D+ W
      CL Phoenix
* @# f% o4 z8 o/ ]! X, W      CL Cleveland
) Z7 |+ B% \9 i/ o# q      CL Montpelier2 L0 p; C4 {' k# U/ C
      CL Denver
& c" X2 e  r2 _/ n      CL Santa Fe% {/ @; L0 Z$ w8 v
      CL Birmingham
5 W/ L# ~; A. D% z) C# @      CL Mobile; }$ n4 M) R$ e/ g8 ^$ W
      CL Biloxi
5 I5 K4 w; p5 n0 [: H      CL Miami
, e' r* o( C7 j: i% N      CL Pasadena
2 G! T4 ^, G2 z" c% Y( M      DD Allen M. Sumner; h  V+ C: O! t+ z$ d+ j* |
      DD Ault# X: t1 n: F1 T2 |% w2 }
      DD English
: |  T. j& A9 f* B; l4 K      DD Haynsworth
0 G+ A( e: ^% \2 w7 Z      DD Maddox; B0 R* n5 e7 _+ J- S4 H4 t
      DD Mansfield( @1 A0 N4 p8 n
      DD Waldron
7 ?3 u# i8 l- V% B5 q7 Q      DD Haggard' m& D; T2 H$ r
      DD Hailey
* _: T" x3 ^5 k1 C8 v' J) Z9 o      DD Hale
% d7 S# X% M7 v. G# O, W' ?% g( N( [      CL Vincennes II2 k# @5 K7 X' W) }) `0 |
      CL Houston II
- A5 h2 V0 E; G0 k8 H% a1 K* h3 B      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ n+ H& Q; ^9 R3 ^, A1 H3 V
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
, g4 w; r; F* v% ]& w, |0 D% m" HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 n- e8 }# T2 g1 G, {
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
. K# g5 H, T! X3 `5 ^) uRange closes to 24,000 yards...
  J" N# l/ _+ L0 m* H& gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
+ q" E  r2 P% ]6 cRange closes to 22,000 yards...
# e% v& A% |3 J0 u: pRange closes to 20,000 yards...
' T& b- N% ~) Z: F7 _' ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards5 @4 f3 B; E" }
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# v$ O" v& U# u% I8 E/ C  xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
$ O) h& [/ _/ e  c( Q8 ERange closes to 16,000 yards...  q6 l1 Y, h% a+ p. `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) X7 O' P/ m4 hRange closes to 14,000 yards...
  B2 p# l% r$ J$ F- m; E- L0 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards: {& K4 |4 k6 ~5 k3 S
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
, l: x8 c6 y# g- J& u6 X) K! o) N1 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
( Q. Z' I  v) d4 wRange closes to 11,000 yards...  l' d- d. h9 ^5 C7 V# ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
  n# c' W. ^2 N" i0 ]* JRange closes to 10,000 yards...! I, l, W" [. p! x3 W# y* l; l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ X8 \5 F$ J% yWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
) j$ o  C4 O2 kCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ K# [8 A' N# U+ b
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
7 {; z1 y. Y9 u% F( _CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
) j- A/ I' E. r1 t9 KCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 l6 y6 L+ O: eDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& F0 Z" f# w, r9 w; IDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards1 S6 b& a0 |+ Y" h0 K
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 w9 @& p' C) C1 x9 z  Z. A% }
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
7 ]) Q+ v; o/ {  dRange increases to 11,000 yards7 ]1 W% A8 e- C
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 i* F( Q$ ^' ]! OCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( {0 E9 O2 g6 Z+ ~, h1 z
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards8 K- m1 T1 a5 r, Y3 c. S
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
. |2 }5 y  R( F4 k( C9 nCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards3 w. Z: ]+ }% B; V1 p
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards7 [9 |0 \! g5 D: v  j
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards* i! A5 H0 O: r
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards: u* E- f, t4 O4 w/ D" {# d
Range closes to 8,000 yards
' @& i1 J  h7 M9 S4 @' |2 P( PCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
+ l$ |4 Y( {- tCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 D3 q8 h+ s, K; z# k3 S
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
) L( W5 w) @8 a7 AAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
' K9 t6 e. `) w" P# wDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards& r. X* X7 V# [& `  ^
Range closes to 7,000 yards5 ]/ Z4 b; B. S9 E) D
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards( }; y. c. y, y% F$ G" ?6 A9 s3 A
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" c7 ~2 a% g$ T0 _CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: s9 Y* d3 b* U7 j9 Z# X# X) o
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 e, V0 E& n8 a) ]' |/ SCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
+ P* n( p( L" ^CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- Z" H! p, C( j. a* q" T1 d
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
9 {8 B1 q" T8 c0 Y0 QCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
8 n# m( M6 k0 X; s* C# m6 BDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 w! |& d* H# ~& w0 j" d( j
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards6 q' t% \5 q* s' A! c( c
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards/ `6 m* r* \8 N% f; k* H
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 M) V8 a$ |! Y  C( i! W/ W  k6 E, a
Range increases to 8,000 yards5 x$ l2 R/ J' P# B- z3 g
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# z- U7 T2 l* B. Z. s1 r
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 n% R- |0 o4 p5 A) E6 {CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards0 [# ?5 p( k; U1 Y) }
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 E8 c, k. E* u* S% k# CTask forces break off...5 A# S. A' p8 t6 h4 N1 Z( U5 y2 j
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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+ y5 F# Y* t7 t+ J- A' P+ V5 sJapanese Ships/ ~. u5 s+ W+ P/ G; ~. b6 ~
      APD T-1
* f1 N2 f/ f7 h$ [2 m      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
" z! f6 `3 Y% H: w; x6 B      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
1 d! c$ z8 F. d- e# v8 C7 d# f      APD T-5" T+ H9 H, J+ f' ?( B; O4 d
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk6 A  R7 R5 x+ ?
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk8 Z7 L! Z2 }5 _. ?; W) W) x2 P( C
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Allied Ships
- z' v8 s" O1 |      CA Portland# |) t8 R2 R- t; o& ]' {9 i& ]
      CA Northampton5 \. N6 u. J4 v( H: `, {" C8 Z
      CA Chester* L) ^' `" @0 ^+ ]. h6 U4 e+ U
      CA Louisville1 w2 }* O( A, D: M
      CA Chicago
% M+ Q& H1 x/ G3 Y7 h, i8 D. W      CA Astoria
. k) }6 |$ h; S& e& v      CA Minneapolis$ y8 C8 T5 |' [6 U5 e- }. n
      CA San Francisco: a" F1 @, c1 ]
      CA Quincy
& q. d2 q0 f. w" }      CA Vincennes. \& {! q# }) [; ]
      CA Wichita( o* i5 L% a: W( T
      DD Bennett
) @* S8 M; o: R* ^' l      DD Bradford4 ~9 y- M1 s* L% h. c
      DD Braine
) [) u3 n3 D2 v  s1 @      DD Brownson2 l" Q. j2 K6 l0 F; u: B
      DD Bryant
3 Y% Q) z8 S* f      DD Bullard
8 }' f$ F" q  b6 G! ]& ^      DD Burns1 m% [5 [8 N3 X) T" Z1 ~5 v
      DD Callaghan
* y9 ?' w$ V0 p3 g% s: R      DD Caperton
' l. N8 C# \1 Z+ J9 F8 r      DD Capps5 g* Z( Z9 k+ h* h7 u
      DMS Emmons' c' i5 x/ }- ^
      DMS Macomb; K: T" A4 J2 D
      DMS Rodman: o& f9 p' r9 I
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 k6 t* x% ~% S5 {
Range closes to 28,000 yards...9 u' B' q7 n$ F+ j* I( j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards: L( V6 C& r/ s- g8 p% @
Range closes to 26,000 yards...5 A/ Y$ e; I( n* B2 R+ r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...% \5 K; B5 I1 Z- @( w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' |& [  [2 J7 ?" d+ H8 k; HRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 ^% u4 l. P- Q: hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards* c& N$ L* o2 h8 p8 l, V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
. i7 `) O# G: @3 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards+ ~0 D4 D$ h0 h. o
Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 o/ @! D" f% `0 ]% M
Range closes to 16,000 yards...# ]4 \! y2 [2 v. v' b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 l- d4 H' f9 A- KRange closes to 14,000 yards...  i  J5 \/ |5 {5 ]9 h
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
7 a. m  \$ S  u8 }/ ORange closes to 11,000 yards...; D4 a9 k+ y6 Z* P
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% m# ?1 X/ ]4 ~9 R. v; C/ a* ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards...- j9 u8 O  |2 O: ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards...0 ~8 R$ e' b1 E7 a$ n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
  X' u4 _. v+ d* yCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: b% K1 Q: _  w% r/ ^
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards1 u0 |/ q  A" \" ~3 j' s1 @
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 a! }, s8 m. l' d3 R
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
( K3 Y  ]3 M1 i( k0 S3 t) V3 rAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards5 J: o4 F' ^$ [2 K" `" @
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% x* I" C3 p4 z) _) i0 K
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
. U4 j3 P# ^' P: k' |' U  PCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# c; [+ R4 \: W$ F2 M7 X: A3 N
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards# f: C$ r6 T5 }$ x5 L( f- D
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards) F) l$ a& x0 q) }" _( ]  P
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
: |( Y  b- c5 ]& N& H- T& kDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards: M' w$ _7 i: f9 j
Range closes to 5,000 yards  A: U5 z: t' |
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 - E1 j4 _( q, b/ I: l4 g
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards2 o" L1 W; ^4 }2 B- R+ L7 j) u: L. k3 N
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
9 I5 R+ y; l) M2 O; j2 hCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards. ]/ V' \8 t/ V! z# f
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
  F. V7 Z; G) C& v1 C" C  }Range closes to 2,000 yards3 B  ?/ e& J9 [- ]! {0 g  k
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: Q; g% d8 Q5 ZCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
7 ^" s0 b  x, \5 R. X' B- `CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards8 j* J# b' }% O& ~4 L$ g. k
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards9 @$ i3 _; T! b# T$ i  Z7 y
Range increases to 6,000 yards
7 i# o  F+ p! ^5 A+ c7 Q; ]( yCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards7 U8 h* M+ ?3 j4 y
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards. c9 v6 `, L( s1 N+ D6 |3 v5 H
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
, h3 l( M2 T# R) \) V* _* d* bRange increases to 9,000 yards
1 o+ ~1 x( d; E- U$ rDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
! ]) W# }8 A8 v' `. {% H! uCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
% E) W9 P1 ]# R, ^CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards1 ~& o  H+ O( n3 v! A' z% |
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards2 v* J% m/ b& w
Range increases to 13,000 yards. ]( B# z5 ]5 T8 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
6 q% k/ Q5 H; `9 oAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards$ z6 ^/ `: S, ]: r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ i( A! H' d; Z( V4 _' rTask forces break off...  M* g& X( h6 d+ f/ d+ i# J

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Japanese Ships
( e% `4 u/ s* S% @5 c& o      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk1 H4 y/ j2 a. B- c
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships. i) x+ v2 }/ o! |. K
      BB North Carolina
" R( M! c# K: \6 s. _1 R6 S7 |& d      BB Washington
# p' O, S% E6 @# M! o' V$ a, c% Y0 V      BB South Dakota) E  Q' o% r. b* Z
      BB Indiana
* k  t" b2 x* n      BB Massachusetts) l& |( O# `& |- }
      BB Alabama
  Q5 G$ j& L3 c& I% w' H9 [      DD Conner+ k" W2 h. ~( f# T9 [/ _
      DD Cotten
- W5 N# l6 B/ o8 P8 K      DD Cowell' f! v7 U0 R! o% H
      DD Daly+ N9 d- E* N* ~; O! `. b0 c
      DD Eaton
7 c3 m/ ]+ K% p" V. C      DD Heywood Edwards, |/ N5 V% @- m3 _# J5 f
      DD Erben
& H- a- v0 e/ h$ u( D. n9 p+ ~      DD Evans
4 }) r, S' a, P8 w1 R3 J4 l      DD Foote
; K, Z+ r' f! ]% I' ?      DD Franks
2 e, a( S: x- j7 \      DD Fullam$ Y$ c% e* _# T, v# _) l8 i
      DD Gatling
5 |, V& D5 r8 c! T6 w0 ]      DD Albert Grant! [6 W, Y4 o8 j0 v& G; Y; N0 [
      DD Gregory/ T. N5 o* R* k7 W6 ?
      DD Guest
+ D( C' k4 `4 R. Z1 t      DMS Hamilton
; {) Y/ U% \7 c7 N/ X      DMS Forrest
8 ]5 }. }6 D4 Y      DMS Ellyson
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9 }0 T& ~3 v; x. ^2 t+ i/ iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 |! V8 L! r. Z3 g3 `9 R4 h
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 P, Y" c' @$ _) ZRange closes to 26,000 yards...
# x& z$ e* c  ?+ WRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 n( X5 x+ r9 R" N, A  C3 ^Range closes to 22,000 yards...
% S. W: g2 f3 ?9 n, V: }Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 a- O& q8 R+ K! R7 LRange closes to 18,000 yards...
+ G  T) R: G  f, ~. ZRange closes to 16,000 yards...
, f; x5 a8 b' x( U6 B: \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
5 E8 D) k* m* f0 C9 K; [Range closes to 12,000 yards...# v% a8 P: {' I; c: y/ I& i+ G0 W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...' d1 }1 f: q9 _3 ^, t( Y4 g+ |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards0 l8 k* o* C, l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
' D$ j; [% O! y3 N4 M4 X1 _Range closes to 9,000 yards...
( @( u# e" T' j2 O4 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
. x' |* y- Q+ I& v* D' m! wBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
0 N, b' o8 A4 Z% D% T7 gAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards8 ~- n$ h  I! [# m) Y
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 |" o. @* d0 m1 K- y0 Y+ i7 M9 l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 M+ q  G. J2 s) U/ a1 q# D
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# Z. V" R) }4 K& X. W8 U0 Q. A4 q
Range closes to 5,000 yards
/ F9 r9 A; b6 WDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards- ^( U2 o# P  G
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
4 u6 u: k# P' A% S! [Range closes to 3,000 yards! H' K& ?# A  w5 R/ H0 u. ?
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
+ g& p( w' {& I; J& j3 ^) eDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards, G7 L" T/ }% v5 f7 T8 X* d
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
5 |  j$ \: J$ j4 d2 u% u" A0 hDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' |- }* _& ~. M5 a% NDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards0 B$ S# L1 B% z5 C; {- m7 u9 s% i
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
8 }8 w6 A) ]" k: T2 x5 _BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; \- U& U1 d2 A2 M9 U  n/ c1 gDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' n: q$ x4 K1 ?5 k! JDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
6 S. z, O( }6 Q6 D% M* V0 WRange increases to 5,000 yards
3 Y, @/ q! r) h; {, IBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards* u  L6 p  U- H; Z
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
9 _/ o  O$ ~7 RRange increases to 7,000 yards+ A: I; D5 [+ t
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
; }* _! ~4 H3 w& C8 {DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% m* b: [$ I% x  l- [) RDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards5 K% V& g. j8 _4 G
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
, K9 g7 Y. q# v5 VAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
& R5 T5 Z0 @: v7 L; KCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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