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两只小白鼠近来很活跃,渐入佳境,本猫馋了
江湖
按纸面兵力,这要僵持了啊
波纳佩首日,盟军进攻相当犀利,以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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" n0 e" p3 B/ d3 S: Z$ o5 v% E! [Ground combat at Ponape (119,113): ?8 Q1 v- h2 m
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Allied Deliberate attack5 j7 {! A! b$ ~

/ @2 {. |; s: {4 K/ [Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336+ y7 ?% j! }  o4 @& e8 T- t
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581& K' u' v8 v5 y) J  b, U+ N

! a; L/ y1 h3 g0 R5 |Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564 7 x9 H0 l( T. W

% ^3 ]$ G) H! |- m* i7 B/ D% B- WJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) - d8 z) [8 W; N5 w7 B- Q

2 @) p$ I& J8 NCombat modifiers
5 F; v, s0 ^: i  G; U. O, WDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
2 P3 u# C! w8 S! b6 T! y$ b* M2 IAttacker: 6 b* u5 ?1 h& \! t, G9 ~) t

, i# i6 U' M" d  M9 J. y4 lJapanese ground losses:' y; b7 G) J% u- R; J+ k0 N
      3386 casualties reported
1 D5 {3 Z* V& O/ q4 @& a, a         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled' b8 s, N$ S2 W0 E% U) ]
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled. e3 o$ g5 S/ b5 s
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled9 N0 d! j1 {# a& P
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)/ V* b# d. A, s0 L3 Q1 M* p
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
4 X& ^6 K# k: j8 W& T) p+ @/ Q" U      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:6 |3 V8 C& p# j. U6 h% y
      5163 casualties reported7 w, v' ~" F0 e& u/ S) h6 ^
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
3 h7 X) B  o9 |  H% o7 B. U2 Q% |& E         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled* p- U! [+ c  X. r, Z2 r/ u
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
6 d+ q6 h5 L2 ]9 p0 ^2 z      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)# @' x5 ?5 O! U2 `, W$ e% M
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)# f: T  x9 _0 O2 @# q
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Assaulting units:5 f5 r% N3 @- v) |! B8 ^1 _
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion; b* A5 v8 G  L
    710th Tank Battalion4 v" T+ D$ i+ j% a! c& F: m
    6th Infantry Division; x0 X) W& {' B# k* k1 z- Z* R
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4 _9 s8 }; }# a    44th Tank Battalion" {0 A( D6 z5 |  \7 J( Q
    81st Infantry Division2 u1 P6 a1 i5 N: H
    762nd Tank Battalion
5 G$ |3 S/ [. g# A1 ?- _" b0 Q    767th Tank Battalion
8 J$ E% {. w6 V. ]7 ^& V9 h    711th Tank Battalion
) s# v8 o* D/ r5 J, E4 t0 n    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) Y, S3 {+ q6 P6 O3 s; q7 M
    5th Marine Division
6 N* }0 A/ V/ O. n  G& G; X) p, j    716th Tank Battalion
* l- U" p; @- Y# C& U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment6 ~) l6 |" j: _) x! O
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
, R- P/ Z1 K( `- C    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment& c' B/ h3 j! ^% V& x
    706th Tank Battalion3 r' W& V1 v$ @
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 O0 u+ u) r' R; c) B    96th Infantry Division
% |/ l6 l5 k# |8 p    31st Infantry Regiment
' `1 `4 G: j( i! @7 s7 s    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ e2 y6 R( [/ A7 a4 d
    I Corps Artillery 0 i: l4 I# `+ u
    12th Marine Defense Battalion2 l# U) M& x) A& x
    1st USMC AA Battalion/ h  `/ Z# L9 L: E% v( n5 v6 R6 u0 P
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion; r$ N3 `) f) S6 x' X
    XIV US Corps1 X# X/ _/ a! e% H
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; g$ W3 N* u, [. D3 w! `
    5th USA Defense Battalion
/ R# t! N( r3 @) y4 J    8th Marine Defense Battalion
! a9 b( h3 ?% }    738th Coast AA Regiment
2 g: u" U2 d' u9 h    X Corps Artillery
4 R0 J6 @4 C2 U* X" F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment) s2 l3 ]; c/ `& U3 e3 y
    96th Coast AA Regiment" b+ y, |2 @+ o
    4th USA Defense Battalion
. r( G/ j4 j; ]* g  j  ~3 s    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 d  U& V  \; |5 M    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
" Y5 z' z3 J8 E, w9 _8 @    Kure 7th SNLF
$ i) \* |# s2 n$ S- O0 L  u    81st/A Division
- n! T8 `: J  {% B1 F    Kure 3rd SNLF
7 t  J% @( x$ }3 r    33rd/B Division
4 _: x1 Z$ ?6 B, I; O2 }! f6 F7 u    33rd/A Division
* j4 z' D. ^4 e& L4 o/ y& ]    81st/C Division, ^$ u% S0 U6 K+ [! H+ a8 a
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment5 e2 ]: R) |; s7 l) Y
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
  }6 W+ A" I" ~0 y* C! z    138th Infantry Regiment+ @9 R* `/ n/ F8 B
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
* t3 O5 @. H8 X8 ^7 d. G    144th Infantry Regiment- n  P' l6 N) L$ r8 u, v' F
    81st/B Division
7 T: L/ E8 I5 ~, K    33rd/C Division
; p# [& O, [& Z! H    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
' V) H# C! q1 v* I+ ~    18th Army5 D; a" @$ v5 M3 g
    60th Field AA Battalion
5 F' K6 f/ {8 P4 N# v    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
1 {3 e. I6 M7 B* m1 ?    Ponape Naval Fortress
2 X  u6 a1 w( R" `    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 a4 W: C) N) i4 g
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion5 ?" u. I" F: q! Z9 y
    53rd Construction Battalion! W4 H' }+ ~' F% F& O' Y, T
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* I% I7 c1 L2 h# ]    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
( c5 A/ O) g* e$ n: K3 k/ v; B    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 1 }8 G) Z7 n3 i, ?' t% j
    19th JAAF Base Force9 x3 ]4 \6 I" ?
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /18 o+ S0 ?- ^- ^4 E3 a! x
    14th Area Army /1' }" v7 [& H5 I6 _' l
    63rd Field AA Battalion
, T  ^5 u* A4 e9 n! {5 g    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 9 m/ [, R6 r9 ^& K* J7 i0 v
    3rd Base Force
2 \% s; o0 l6 q8 i5 ~) H    12th Air Fleet' h. z# w0 S# L8 c
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
. w& ]$ p$ n4 z: V6 y    61st Field AA Battalion! b1 g6 D2 K9 K
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment: x- [' @) W* l5 I
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
, r' s' t9 }; h1 R& T8 B- X    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /39 U: ^0 U3 T; |: r3 ?) b

4 Q9 x  [4 S  A" \3 o) G9 t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。4 R+ e2 V1 i6 p7 e7 L$ K1 f
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)3 |" C% i- |4 d5 L5 _

4 S% ~/ q1 n3 S5 q4 e/ m2 z5 FJapanese Shock attack
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: ?6 D7 U" ]6 ?% g) Y* S1 ^" ~Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761* S4 E% }, I5 ]8 c" o; c
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 678 k, E- J( E+ x" T) {

3 }, q# S+ P$ o4 J9 K6 _, c' dJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 ' ^' X6 R1 n: z/ F

$ x8 B' L( E: r4 r$ C& XAllied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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0 J7 |. a! y; k# `) t* V5 bDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)+ S" y+ c( t; ~7 l
Attacker: shock(+), P1 T7 q! s6 f. j

! v. ^2 S! e  G, U+ O% yJapanese ground losses:& S4 x9 B  L; {, Q/ f* ?
      530 casualties reported
4 p3 P/ ?6 J' u8 `: l         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
4 D8 F5 o  e, a) B3 U         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled- B% x7 N/ h9 k
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
* ]; l# C2 r: w7 W      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)  b( ]( K* q/ T% w/ b8 p6 c

9 S7 @" I4 ^: dAllied ground losses:7 Z' S5 p( j: m+ x
      891 casualties reported
+ V2 F/ L7 b" M8 p; c# n. A: ~         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
  U& X- d+ D3 ^& z* h. ]/ D- U         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled+ X4 g$ P, ~1 m4 @' {& E& J
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. G* z. \' B0 ]- v      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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0 |1 n  I  M* o' Z* @. R. h0 F- [Assaulting units:
# v" V. y; O: W* B0 i8 q" L    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
; p5 n2 g8 h/ {/ k, u    21st Division4 x3 w. _0 s( o- _: I
    4th Division
: b! D9 p" L& c6 F7 A9 V    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
  k( C' D7 Y1 K/ N8 K    23rd Tank Regiment! ?3 x- `& e7 D8 N! e6 S
    32nd Division; j0 x0 u# M) c4 i( Q' J) d% q- u2 h/ |
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF. @! p1 _: y" u+ S; |# O/ n
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion8 r/ G+ T9 m" Q* e
    6th Area Army( t: y% U, w7 S7 t: {7 y
    103rd AA Regiment
' _, O, O: z6 c# C7 S    1st JNAF Coy ! |4 d8 l( K" j$ k( g  r
    13th Army
% Z: U( X4 U0 H# y    141st AA Regiment0 O' U' H: L9 s6 A
    4th Ind. AA Battalion) f! F+ C5 e" F* |7 q* j/ g* c
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Defending units:
! R9 a8 S( T& t! ]3 v" \- ~. X7 Z    50th Indian Para Brigade
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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!
使用大规模杀伤性武器是完全没有人道的
看起来,波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的,可是产量就。。。
13# Males
0 j2 W- z. _; g" j" E华安跑哪去了
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,
11月30日
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8 s* J- F9 L4 f: c8 J4 N盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载* j2 o8 h/ y, x, L

4 g4 p( U7 R$ i9 B6 L: @  j( _, TAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 442 r' K. j( @6 V- i% M0 Y+ U  {" v
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6 _" O9 h4 s5 g( wInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)+ f3 A% w' t$ f/ q0 T$ `! O, |
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force; Z: W( y9 I0 ?* e2 `, ?

, P. C+ o4 J: o" M# o- _3 {89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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0 J  g8 D& t+ O6 b% ]9 QAllied Ships
+ A7 J- n7 G+ d& q! V; }* ]9 w  H      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) M& p+ K8 ^7 R0 ~      LST-81
3 k2 t8 S8 b4 r' i! y) C      LST-74, Shell hits 3
" g1 W; Y, ^6 W% E% L      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
& I' u- g% a! L- Y8 y+ i" D      LST-78
3 _4 T& |  }) {% l4 g& M      LST 209
* x: R6 G) J' x7 f% N; w' k      LST-8899 k; C! k0 |" i
      LST-246
1 z$ u. I6 I( `% ~      LST-240
+ `+ W' x; K+ ^      LST-204; {- P' E& j, g+ ]6 p  c, a
      LST-202
( C# u" Y) i0 D) q0 X      LST-123' F0 Q! T% k$ a* ?
      LST-121
: D% g" W( n$ N3 Q, M! x, Q      LST-120
' k# }+ O+ d  K  Q      LST-86
/ x- j% D: q5 K" q( |9 A      LST-85
& }; P& w7 \9 d# l( Q* H      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
$ M2 Y- b/ a7 y: s: J  B7 yDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force# M% y1 e4 A! u% T: a
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
: `0 n2 X# d; H' D6 {      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
, B% M( K/ ]6 j7 b      LST-83, Shell hits 3
2 }9 D, J- B) n, v7 W4 C' j      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, F) _& J$ d/ n. L# E
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire: L. y# k/ n7 e6 Q& k
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
1 h! `! R7 c. n) ~* n      LST-87, Shell hits 6: l& h! Y* I+ t$ ?  A; H
      LST 180" n! H+ O  b& c  e
      LST 157& ]2 a: R# |3 G/ T8 ]: K
      LST 2# L. a: U( b6 b/ a% l7 F% l" g
      LST-884% f9 |8 m" ?6 y* ]
      LST-882: p2 v3 i/ c. C1 n/ P
      LST-397
6 l7 ], k* l  [' _( y      LST-395
6 e. A- }# D7 W! _      LST-274' R! i3 f/ P4 [+ y  s& [+ N9 b* i
      LST-273
5 u4 v4 N* J7 Z! b      LST-246( Y* @& L8 L9 H
      LST-244
( Y2 P- H: F4 A( ]) B1 \      LST-241, ?: x8 F7 f; {% c# e
      LST-218
) I! t* u3 i8 h$ F6 @# M, \# |      LST-216
  n6 Y5 ]' @! \8 h3 m' w! h: T' P      LST-202
  A% r0 t% }7 S% ^) v      LST-171
: l% H5 t4 g% |1 f/ L# t8 y+ M      LST-1667 `; p. @1 w. Y0 T: C6 Z
      LST-124
/ o$ B% u( i+ z8 {% E      LST-121* o+ n  q* @. n1 c: b
      LST-88
3 }1 ^# n, }( m. X' i' g      LST-123
1 \5 H5 D8 Q) q, I* m1 ?      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
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1 e+ w8 g6 X' h) _. d+ v- ~Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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; P7 _" g2 f9 oAllied Bombardment attack8 E8 Q- D& ^* a* p- T0 j+ e

/ U+ T% d: Z9 M  y5 N( E9 pAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 28126 ^. ^9 f$ X  s9 G
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:$ V" d3 j- v( X4 o' P
      406 casualties reported& C3 P/ |3 |1 ?
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
9 e3 V, p- \% I( g9 R6 C. O         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
( p! k; {$ M3 J9 p3 H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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2 a- f! {2 N2 k: ~! `/ ?Allied ground losses:
3 L' Y& T  b2 R6 P! O      21 casualties reported
* W5 U' |" u3 j         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 _0 y% P4 p6 r/ k+ h0 X         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
5 n, q5 v, p7 v$ K         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( J$ R1 I- @% m- o' b      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
: L8 M; s4 K( ]      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)% @& y: E9 [0 H9 B
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Assaulting units:
2 L- K" u( f5 T) k, J    5th Marine/B Division
9 s: t. A2 T1 x4 Z; F* }    81st Infantry/B Division4 y/ @7 K  i9 b7 P8 F1 ?) K
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment6 @2 O& }3 N+ D* t* m9 @- w
    5th Marine/C Division: _% c4 y8 P5 j, `/ \2 p( t
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
, K) ^0 {9 y. B" y3 H    6th Infantry/B Division7 L6 H1 @4 f1 c
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
, \: |* F/ n7 ^& m  S( r& w    716th Tank Battalion
5 S2 z7 Q5 Q8 t    81st Infantry/C Division$ H+ s+ H) [2 i
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; [$ |# V# ^4 B6 q2 {/ \2 S+ V3 {+ x  _
    6th Infantry/C Division
# I4 }; G. t9 v- H* P6 ]    5th Marine/A Division0 _4 s! V$ c0 |, G5 V0 C. r0 i
    767th Tank Battalion
7 b& s5 o- m1 A/ c1 {" G& q, w2 \, W9 B    96th Infantry/A Division. H& d9 b: M* I9 L6 G" W- U
    706th Tank Battalion- N& G5 ?0 M. Z( P
    711th Tank Battalion
5 C! L  f  S- M6 B! j7 k( h    762nd Tank Battalion
6 c6 n# p$ l( y& O( g" z$ A. @    96th Infantry/B Division! r1 S) z. h- C' k" ]" c, e) ?
    81st Infantry/A Division
9 x0 ]# s7 r; }# \! b& Y    44th Tank Battalion
0 K6 J& m: g1 {% o( O, X9 y    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment6 Y& R; H1 w9 F6 I7 F5 R9 J
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
, S7 V& E( {9 \3 ^$ J" n' n3 h& F    31st Infantry Regiment
8 j* }+ z2 X! T# G9 c    6th Infantry/A Division
  G& `3 _6 r2 Q* G9 O    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment& D1 N; p3 \! M% @* [& R% X7 Y1 o( p
    710th Tank Battalion/ d; i8 F( Y% H
    96th Infantry/C Division
+ H$ M' v/ Z0 b+ O. z    5th USA Defense Battalion! ]. {9 }8 @: m- C# R
    4th USA Defense Battalion% u% N5 u4 [7 a8 T0 M. t
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 R$ j. J2 Y+ |1 k. Z; t
    X Corps Artillery ) d0 ]2 S8 e  _. V( B( G0 Y9 M
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ d. [  f0 J$ K' J3 Y; p
    XIV US Corps
, s4 Q0 ?  ~, U/ c7 i1 V4 T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment8 l: D- k' Y2 g& r7 }
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
. U3 T+ d4 L! r- {( f    14th Marine Defense Battalion# I6 y! W2 l( z; }, k* W) ]
    I Corps Artillery 6 W, o  N. @8 h6 R3 u1 I- Z, g% F
    96th Coast AA Regiment5 _5 u! v! H  [+ u
    1st USMC AA Battalion
) K3 F/ f; j7 A3 o; o% o    738th Coast AA Regiment8 }! A9 P( C) _) [1 r; G
    12th Marine Defense Battalion# t9 \# T; `; x
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ Y  Z5 f% P( F$ {, o; R- t+ F
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
' x. H# D/ R' L& t3 ]' g  S/ H    33rd/A Division2 D0 J) f# F1 g
    81st/B Division' Z. _1 R" B! ~) [" Q- _- J$ p
    Sasebo 7th SNLF; y3 v& Y" F* T2 G& d- Z3 v+ z1 m
    81st/C Division  z0 J& B2 x/ B: g9 p/ i
    138th Infantry Regiment. R; Y7 k/ j2 k% H  B
    Kure 3rd SNLF
9 K6 Z$ m% v* g8 V, w    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
* ^( I4 {3 G& Q/ a4 ~+ s) c    144th Infantry Regiment) a% N* {6 x$ p# v
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
; X7 `0 f' n$ Y. Y! V* Y    33rd/B Division% n* i$ T' a4 G6 I4 J
    81st/A Division
0 _1 ?1 t  U2 n  M- C    33rd/C Division
9 P! B" {0 l' H: i! n/ Q. U! E& ]    3rd Base Force& c5 L0 X, b  d% }. v8 P
    19th JAAF Base Force. Y+ Z; h6 K) s/ ?
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1( K( [2 j# P) k! _6 K
    60th Field AA Battalion
" m/ ?; M: Q/ c- V    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* _( ?( ~9 m2 {  W8 h    53rd Construction Battalion
  Y# S9 p6 G8 j; ]) l    Ponape Naval Fortress  X( F3 Z; ^' A' ~  V1 I
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 ^; _. k2 I  k, Y' h    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 Z8 }! X& d) Z- t% j0 x
    12th Air Fleet5 n9 O9 A" v9 I1 |+ H
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 T& ?* o) i7 b5 x* ~9 q0 k
    61st Field AA Battalion
/ R: s: i) ]0 a, n" f7 v9 I9 I3 e    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
- T/ ?* Y( b3 G/ n+ q$ U    18th Field AF Construction Battalion2 K3 |" R; ^8 d  b5 p
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
( }: n( v+ T" {' p+ k$ o    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7 n- f, `4 w: n( A, _% }8 p" T$ L    14th Area Army /1$ E% n& u* q2 X
    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 `, f8 {+ N+ d$ u/ `2 u. d/ m    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
+ }) `( I) Z) P1 `    Kure 7th SNLF/ f  O; P2 B/ i. D" _' g; N1 }
    18th Army, A( X+ R4 e. h1 C
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
% U, F) j4 Q( n5 q  O/ l    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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3 i' u' D; e4 D: q4 c7 R日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘5 W" f, u; L! v7 j/ m1 X" J  y
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships+ y: g, O( \! ]4 S6 t0 g7 J
      E No.54
4 d0 }' H% y9 N: k, F      E No.50, N1 ^* w7 u7 A
      E No.68
* @* }( }; ]6 d7 c      E No.52" ?8 W# D2 a* t8 Z9 [$ B# J5 [
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Allied Ships
4 x2 T7 `4 e" x- X, G) ]8 d. L0 R4 b" s      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk; }( v1 }* c) H
1 ~: E# F' t/ e4 M6 |4 U. w: ?$ n
重创另一艘9 k) F; s& Y; Z; |) G0 z
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$ [' J; X. s) f( ~ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102- }6 g# T, i* b& T+ Z( \7 y! i

7 z) ]$ C1 B4 d3 i+ S; Z. aJapanese Ships
* c9 p& U, d8 R' ]' m/ X      E No.8
) h0 o2 a7 U* l; G" c1 `  e& I      E No.69 i/ x. C5 F% Z. ^6 c

) N4 \, F0 l1 L' H* pAllied Ships
  Q( G% v7 o9 r6 I% d+ ?      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage
使用大规模杀伤性武器是完全没有人道的
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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% R+ q6 `% h2 _! y+ l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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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* F7 Y9 x; t: D3 M8 J& c1 b" s3 W62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships8 q3 [& U  t% c. D4 F" x: _8 h
      CA Wichita! X# t3 S, p. S) z6 C# N' y
      CA Vincennes! U) n; c) k) I8 u" D! ~
      CA Quincy( d* c5 B& w6 a7 r# i
      CA San Francisco5 F4 @. j% e8 I8 U
      CA Minneapolis- k/ m- R3 A% m2 \
      CA Astoria
* Y) r& V" R& v* j3 r* y      CA Chicago
; V" v1 b, {( g% \3 J8 x& C      CA Louisville# X! M& w' m5 p4 W+ x* {2 d: F8 n
      CA Chester
/ P4 J# U) `7 `* j      CA Northampton
0 z. Z; F$ N; d% M6 U- Z/ A" K      CA Portland" d. _* P$ k4 [- N( h
# y$ w8 I, }8 |) R, x' f
Japanese ground losses:
5 }8 H( M, C: e1 D1 G      71 casualties reported
, ]2 d) o  M5 t9 Q4 f         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 k: k, Q- G( Z7 d/ e         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled: I6 `5 |8 S2 ]9 m/ s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; P, E3 v% }6 V1 h
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
% ^  E; F5 V# E$ F
0 N) d2 m( P& u+ H/ R7 K) a/ LAirbase hits 2
8 }/ L  Z6 v& }0 fRunway hits 10
0 u4 A& O# F" m% k' x" FPort hits 4
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* V2 \0 g2 R8 ~CA Wichita firing at Ponape % u) ^# J0 O  U6 _: V$ s
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% x. \# u4 T2 z  |
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
. N' V$ ]- g, `$ b( }$ w. x0 JCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. A  |, {* J& D- {) S  e) H6 m; r
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy2 L. f9 I( H; z* R; H3 U) b/ I
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division5 y0 Y' k' M* L
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# |! d. q# c6 r5 Y* c1 OPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria* l7 k( V8 ^+ P5 _0 C7 ]7 Z
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. V! h! o* _9 m; f4 R
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
5 [) h: ]8 a) g+ l; j+ GCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force; O' T& h) a5 Q6 h
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
# C$ e" C& v  }4 C  J; t: X, pCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ g2 ]! T: b" P; v. x' i+ nCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division) u3 K% R7 D2 x% k6 m" l( q
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland& _( r- f- X3 \3 U1 i
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1134 I" O% C# e+ w/ B
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Allied Ships
: j% u" ?; U- @/ F1 u6 ~# {) h6 U      BB Alabama
% v. y9 m# [  @      BB Massachusetts. g) }1 {6 S) b% I
      BB Indiana
3 s5 ^) G6 L$ r' _      BB South Dakota
) y( {0 s# v, ?      BB Washington
2 N4 e" E0 Z: I$ X      BB North Carolina
& X7 a3 I* m( C) g0 [# z2 D! K# b  X. K- R2 T
Japanese ground losses:
# _( p4 Q, u: i      275 casualties reported
9 F* J3 K, i6 \1 \6 l         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 P& G$ Y) I, X         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled4 {0 G" d+ G3 X% u* }9 @
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled+ r: }, l# |, J- Z0 b9 |$ P# E6 L
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)0 m; ~( I0 K# J6 W, }7 ~
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)# }0 h4 j6 i- a
9 o/ ?0 L3 E1 ]2 g. z! Z
Airbase supply hits 1
( A9 }, L$ I/ ^Runway hits 75 w& X2 ~1 Z* S' K4 P- U
Port hits 3
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; y- l- r6 `  k8 i9 ]BB Alabama firing at Ponape & k4 i. q# y7 k& f4 S" J& ^
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 4 J5 `$ v- F, g8 X+ t% D* @- p6 `. Z
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division% ~8 D. w& ^7 p9 q& T: S7 V/ M
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
  f% h! g5 B; B  A; o, FBB South Dakota firing at Ponape ) u/ D* b$ L3 R0 ^: \, S: ~6 k
BB Washington firing at Ponape + s0 ]2 @4 R7 b! F1 w4 _
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!4 a0 L! X9 X( ]) s- L, c
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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) ?' Y7 o8 u" J' lAllied Ships9 W' f' I0 P5 |. a
      BB Queen Elizabeth! W, F9 F& k& A' [
      BB Valiant
9 q4 B8 Z: K5 Y% K3 U0 I% b! v, S* ^7 S      BB Mississippi
! I5 N  N7 b! V; H) \. P0 j, n      BB New Mexico
: W: b3 Q) N4 m# ]4 p      BB Idaho' r6 C$ ?1 p; [7 j. p. {: H/ j
      BB West Virginia# D0 n! X  U! ^8 d, P7 d. _5 }
      BB Colorado9 V& q# U( h; U# ]; d; G! J% ?3 t

; L  t9 Y% M  b# \. m. x0 t$ x$ O+ eJapanese ground losses:0 }! p: r- I9 R* _! y" {9 C
      117 casualties reported
: P/ t+ q( \- l9 h; Z2 ^         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
4 o+ t) h. J( R) l0 [4 }) P         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
# o* |$ ^1 A. B; b, c3 F         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled7 ~; o+ W/ g+ K2 k" j/ {
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
0 s$ _) w: B. F  T* P      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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$ q7 r# x+ |0 b5 b2 p9 JAirbase hits 24 c! }  c( h4 r! k6 u2 ^# I3 }
Runway hits 2' L% j. h, O4 {3 z; Q

1 T) Y+ L7 p$ ?1 vBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
7 a9 S2 i) w, `7 YBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% s3 v7 e& L5 o& ^! h
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
1 x) f2 C1 y6 a' Q$ sPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi! [1 A% o7 {/ Y
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division( N  r2 l! I) l: s1 x6 f
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
7 `% r8 H. y+ g# r$ |! v3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho- K- ~% X1 V; }, m6 g4 ^4 m' c3 P7 Q
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
9 R0 J- n. S( W8 U6 hBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
  ?% w  T8 B7 ?( ?8 @; u6 F* y3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)' W$ F8 ?& B& Y4 b* J: i

+ Q7 K  a3 X- mWeather in hex: Thunderstorms/ j4 R/ p3 P5 n# M: L, z$ w

) a3 Z5 b$ l+ M6 c- R; W4 S) P+ hRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.- \2 ]' c9 w. m: m  T) c
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft; ]3 L( G" A: G* Y3 ]# s4 ?
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
! t2 z1 l8 X: H( K      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
5 ]# s$ }& ^% h( Q; {* D      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses* q2 G$ R6 U: n7 ~% c4 Y" C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged/ u$ q2 N1 P3 P3 K8 J0 `
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
) m) i6 ^1 D: ?2 f; v' }6 v      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
6 {! ~  S% D* U      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak' S+ ]: i* c' ^; Y

8 F, W: @9 a3 G. F$ x- `- W/ _0 wJapanese ground losses:# T+ s8 |, @. P8 x4 K
      159 casualties reported
! O; G- W3 X' `' b         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
; ^0 Y' a+ l' u+ H         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ ]/ q% o7 s5 @; ^% R5 i  I! P* y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)5 v9 H% _$ l: d
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Allied Deliberate attack
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0 t2 K5 H& b* d/ ]" AAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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0 N( [1 I; n1 g+ F+ dDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344* `5 P' ^: {. y! S
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7, N  C# L& o0 P6 a* N0 ~

* H1 Z9 `) S6 u5 r# T$ z/ k! ?1 rAllied adjusted assault: 3406
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1 f) e9 }( \& l8 m) d6 u! @6 qJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 / e" a9 `. g: J& y

+ H: H  _1 C$ b2 @/ yAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) : x% u4 A! I6 E# {4 C* u# X

- ?. K2 y; w# zCombat modifiers0 z3 D5 ]6 Q( v+ m- F" J
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)5 J/ i$ {  W8 k" v' I6 [' v
Attacker: " |* c3 @! m  B. V3 c$ k; V! f

' y: w: S4 b7 a8 T( cJapanese ground losses:5 S1 v7 j$ D3 H; R
      3539 casualties reported
/ A, J" R' d8 X$ \7 C         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
: V, J  _3 E9 H0 @6 s         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
, y6 w; l5 ?; k* m" ]$ a8 B         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
8 g! o" |. a! }- T2 j' y      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)9 |) T3 |- y1 X7 |
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)& H5 R2 z! t) ]4 A, X; j

: S( ?4 H3 A% ?* B: gAllied ground losses:' o7 A" `- C* N  D( O) k0 J
      3552 casualties reported+ G6 ?5 }: {8 D' i& p
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
) Q" I% ]" f) Y  W  E; ^+ Y; f% T$ a         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled/ F& C$ A2 I# W% `8 K  p
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
; F" V. {3 q9 t3 Y- \; A6 d9 ^      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)8 _: O8 o% d) Q
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
& l$ H, Z; V' \- t$ _7 b: w      Units destroyed 18 ~- J* h$ u# D( M1 A

( e8 L6 U7 @! h- F9 A) [Assaulting units:5 c7 X# K+ U2 r4 R+ X: v& H2 ]
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion8 V1 Q, r2 r5 f' |: D$ C
    5th Marine Division+ c% x: ^" R% ~( l* i$ ]' I* p
    716th Tank Battalion; q- J  i4 h  w2 l/ }
    706th Tank Battalion+ g" F/ G7 b: Q
    762nd Tank Battalion
& R' c5 E1 d6 O3 d* o' h" I+ s8 Q0 ?4 r    710th Tank Battalion2 D+ F' Z& m1 r
    767th Tank Battalion
2 d( m* {: D( ?5 `, b    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
+ a8 i  S/ c4 M% t2 x    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
- {0 `9 W6 x0 M% h2 M+ H    81st Infantry Division
) B' C+ V7 X% F$ i( X    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment  i' P' J6 _0 e0 E- O4 d
    96th Infantry Division
  o9 A. @; S% Z9 j2 V3 ~    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 Z) f. T6 G8 S9 m    711th Tank Battalion) D: P% u4 Q) L8 m! I/ U
    44th Tank Battalion
6 Q& O, O9 {. I& W) ~+ L    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
3 f: \* D+ i" A& a    6th Infantry Division
# c; T- @+ p: k" I: c" G    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
9 J6 }9 h8 P3 a! |) U* _4 p$ i    31st Infantry Regiment  j. Q2 h' W; t! _- K
    XIV US Corps
' v. V0 w, q% K3 u    96th Coast AA Regiment
# u  S7 u$ v7 X2 X1 j# X% e" E    12th Marine Defense Battalion
6 s$ M" m" U" l3 i' V    4th USA Defense Battalion
) |9 `9 N0 w# x" z    14th Marine Defense Battalion% O+ I" P" L0 y$ w# S& X
    1st USMC AA Battalion& l7 g% X% C0 W3 h
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion' g9 ~1 s0 O5 E
    5th USA Defense Battalion1 D9 z3 }! T( `# X% N: G: ^
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 ^9 j3 C2 [$ ~2 R' Y    738th Coast AA Regiment) ^" t; r8 A: o9 Z) Z; M, z
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 _* d/ ~3 B$ }) e    I Corps Artillery $ X! K( h' d4 z; Y. n( P
    8th Marine Defense Battalion5 G8 D4 P7 B4 ^
    X Corps Artillery
: z5 p+ |: v1 f! r/ p8 E    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion- L' A3 G5 C  Z2 p
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment& n- [  b8 I8 a0 Y5 @
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Defending units:
: P; t6 R. H1 D0 Z- K    6th Guards Inf. Regiment" `7 N7 b& G" E- u/ K1 B
    52nd Naval Guard Unit. d' y, e. H9 |) S
    144th Infantry Regiment
& v' P8 R- r( t! v7 ]9 }    Kure 3rd SNLF( |$ X/ x. Y* b3 X' g9 |
    Sasebo 7th SNLF' j& h5 c8 U# r6 b; w) a6 T
    33rd/B Division+ V! i7 i% d+ D' _) v* n
    81st/C Division
4 ~' h# r  H+ [- S  _% |    81st/A Division
0 s. K7 p6 a3 c, B% r! u% v7 z    81st/B Division
+ p8 a! S: N4 O. f8 Y4 `8 K    33rd/A Division- x3 q- g# Z. A# E6 K, f
    138th Infantry Regiment# S7 s. v7 f/ Q; z5 F( F6 w
    33rd/C Division
1 B& Y! W7 r/ _7 T, B  e$ v    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ g1 E7 l5 t7 @    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion6 x1 Z( x  E; v" `& h, ]
    19th JAAF Base Force  [. H7 `0 j5 k
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co " K8 j0 e4 T! q! x
    12th Air Fleet
8 z( L6 x# d- y" g: s    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment7 Z0 ^6 ]4 W. y, t$ t
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co + k2 F5 A$ i% q( t) v
    63rd Field AA Battalion0 W& Y: N0 G% C1 G) d6 V! v$ n7 n
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
& V2 {3 F1 S5 C( p' {  ^    18th Field AF Construction Battalion0 K. U4 a' ]% l3 K
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
; y. W* h/ J' h9 I7 F4 P    Ponape Naval Fortress7 o& j& C* Z  n. `( C: k
    61st Field AA Battalion3 |, l6 m5 q/ E. ^' t
    18th Army1 `  ]( j( ^0 T6 j5 p4 \8 |
    14th Area Army /1/ u/ c" y6 g1 }! k* V: _$ t
    60th Field AA Battalion& B( s7 ?, h7 O
    53rd Construction Battalion" e' O, g0 h' G. `, [# W, W( J; o, Q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion/ r4 f4 V6 Z1 B2 [9 l/ H# `: Q/ F
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 @4 W: Q$ m/ F
    Kure 7th SNLF5 S/ d1 R7 \0 A5 W9 S+ y
    3rd Base Force
. U/ ~' M, u& O% E* f3 d$ _( o; [/ h    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
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$ I! _$ F( L8 R) C# w9 l4 R' E3 JAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)* L  n( ?) `# P1 T/ V
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms! |3 Y$ c( u# j9 }0 x
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
- X% e0 J6 \0 A$ kEstimated time to target is 34 minutes. y8 u( [* e) K/ h

' q% @* _# Q) D. N) s. OAllied aircraft
, A# f9 i3 R5 ^, H5 a3 L9 U      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
; x3 ^1 d4 D4 W) u  `      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
' m& i# W! v' l) J9 K      TBM-1C Avenger x 2837 m" j* M, g1 F" a
Allied aircraft losses9 B8 Z) d! [) c( }. r- F! b& b6 X. F( _
) |3 \0 f  s0 b# y3 a: i1 L: l8 [% K

) |5 h* A$ U" x% ^: R协同很给力!
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
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
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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+ \9 U) E4 o) t6 a4 k
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7 J8 M; K8 Q4 N1 S0 k1 C. m+ l1 gNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships9 j* n; n( a% E( w5 u$ m( o  D
      CA Vincennes
7 x2 L" h! o( V9 P: `" o      CA Quincy; C" _) H+ F1 `$ m- h( G- k
      CA San Francisco: j3 E5 n5 ?  b4 V
      CA Minneapolis
8 v7 q8 A& s/ b" \7 H, Z7 d) ]      CA Astoria
( h1 X5 J* g  {) {" \; x. J/ l6 i( e1 I      CA Chicago% ]6 G* Y4 K* V3 \4 N$ z6 y& J
      CA Louisville# p7 `3 k  P$ j3 q: k  K
      CA Chester
+ l+ ]' }+ o3 n. ~4 l9 O      CA Northampton
! h; o7 X1 Y' G# d, @      CA Portland3 Z3 F; V6 Z* n

7 x- A! q  a7 sJapanese ground losses:
% y, @4 h/ s  n1 n      112 casualties reported2 H% m  d1 [# l7 d0 E! F3 ?, z% D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled. J) R2 i$ e$ D2 c
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
, F4 u6 ], ~$ \' ~. b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled8 q2 |* D. r% h+ s/ v

4 z1 k' V6 F7 Q8 |5 YAirbase hits 5
, x0 n: P9 q7 M; |5 gAirbase supply hits 2
2 S( L- c' O6 XRunway hits 21. {4 ^8 |4 z3 M, @& z# Q
Port hits 73 J' a/ O# y* Z& g/ K) t! A$ S5 M6 Z$ Y

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' k6 n9 R) K1 Z; BNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships2 |: L  h+ B# h+ E; P" B/ ?
      BB Alabama$ O; b* A; P+ N
      BB Massachusetts
% e  ^7 V( J9 C, P- b      BB Indiana
" H3 \5 I0 r: |* Z) j      BB South Dakota
- \& ]  H: O) S) {* c& P$ i      BB Washington
. p/ T% Q& _: U& C  g      BB North Carolina1 X3 e& K, k  \- K+ P9 B$ r: d( l
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Japanese ground losses:6 Z6 c: s8 ?1 H( m2 B
      398 casualties reported
3 k% c/ z1 U: e& x' p3 q& l) I         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
9 B4 M" R2 v" l0 B+ M         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
  K  o* x9 Q1 Q& r8 m         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled  Y- G) M1 d8 \2 l5 ?
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
5 A- |/ z/ [8 k' h/ h      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
: b$ W& m% }, p- M; [Runway hits 96 W% j6 B1 L; y4 W5 Q" F( k' c1 S, |
Port hits 23 z6 ^& r2 x2 g5 u5 [4 N5 a* C/ Z3 x

' {$ v! i/ Y; j) o+ lBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division; }( J) S& _2 Z& I# ]
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
8 B# R' D6 D- B8 l% UBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division7 J' u( n' a+ g8 s* u& r6 I$ T
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 1 `; h! P/ N9 f6 o
BB Washington firing at Ponape " D# b; `& f8 @1 T+ F$ n' h
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113+ U" a# \" n* [* a4 E8 B
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Allied Ships% `# z% P" s. H; |$ d3 g* Y
      BB Mississippi
( Z8 Z1 D$ d$ o, N, A& t( d5 Y      BB New Mexico/ Z) j' u. i+ ?1 `$ N" C1 ]/ g
      BB Idaho9 d% E/ A. Y9 u9 {7 R# V: f
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Japanese ground losses:, d3 Q8 A' Z8 Y) _
      195 casualties reported
6 P$ p, U' r1 X. K& n         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
, I' {" Q5 E6 j( O- ^& |; A         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
1 _) y8 l% F" H0 _, [# n         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled/ ]2 K4 v4 ]  v* o( |* N
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)0 A: ]5 c; \& h& }' v' \: }
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)4 N  L9 V1 @6 ~2 X& s
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Airbase hits 33 [9 p7 U6 \3 ?. c: U
Runway hits 14
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5 x' r1 J$ M( D4 T" I. N- H/ mBB Mississippi firing at Ponape , E( M7 m4 Y4 j; \, |
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division) N3 _  Z1 q8 X6 ?
BB Idaho firing at Ponape % ~! O; K8 X; x9 u0 [" Q

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape), d7 \1 B; Z8 {& l+ P5 K' S4 N8 N
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Weather in hex: Severe storms% M# b5 n4 s# N

. q2 o4 }$ ~4 ~2 p/ Z3 [7 @Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.9 F: {" L6 l; C
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes) v5 f( D) h) _5 T8 H: H& |
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Allied aircraft" n5 Y. t* Q4 \
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4628 j% K2 e' g; X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333$ p  e: \% K0 ?, Q% D9 g
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
3 n& }1 a1 P9 _" M, E
+ L! M2 N4 [$ B3 M+ LAllied aircraft losses: ?9 w; [  m8 ^7 d2 s: }0 j4 D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
6 Q/ V) p; f0 R2 k7 A      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
1 l( w! H% W. o+ l; x      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged# W# K- ^1 i. i+ ~$ }, Y2 Y$ w
" L1 w/ e* U- i2 j% e' H7 w1 V9 b* M
Japanese ground losses:% H2 x6 g% R. _/ \+ E( {6 f
      121 casualties reported( o! [8 X* t6 D/ H) a% T- P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
/ F" A2 {1 h) N9 u% j8 e7 t2 C4 t         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled8 q4 X5 l2 r5 t8 H/ |. x" g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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/ g, ~5 B6 d4 D& k* t$ ^9 L0 ^Allied Deliberate attack: f; l& H  d. l) q/ ~
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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* V1 ^/ W! k1 n- hDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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! b0 Q7 u) j% q# u) TAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6, K; V6 v( A$ c

- y% A/ y4 W) T6 _- u6 _1 BAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 1 c" Y4 l6 i( e  m. p# ~+ n) C( G

( Y! Y  W, O  y: L  iAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) % r7 U* O8 g  X" U& I

  p3 c4 q. P  ^& q1 aCombat modifiers) B: g9 n: M0 B: U: C. D
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
8 \9 f* K$ c/ i; H, ]& n3 ~0 W2 Y8 |Attacker:
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$ G( |9 M! H+ T3 E0 c$ N, g$ x4 h# PJapanese ground losses:# {+ A' z9 Y; p2 z
      2305 casualties reported, l. N; U% m  J* ~0 ]% T
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
0 F7 a+ p# W1 }* `3 S$ s: S+ Y- x         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
; x5 h8 F- k7 G1 ]         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
: g0 y7 Z1 D4 p  `      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
; B* r' t+ c2 G5 J' v      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:& a2 c! y  \# {  j3 B% v4 V
      3064 casualties reported
# t$ k* D+ f- j5 i1 F, a, x         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
) J9 c# t( _+ r" w0 H8 y% m         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled6 b: y. m! I2 }+ F: E- m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
7 A+ l  Z6 \8 f* u      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)2 t. |0 N8 R- ]2 }- Z1 a
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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5 j& Q" @  ]7 l& \* R, s2 RAssaulting units:, ?2 V, ~4 V4 [* Y6 @
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
: A/ y: H( B8 j    711th Tank Battalion" ?9 m- ?1 U( q+ _! ?
    716th Tank Battalion0 q' q, U5 y# E! D) }* ?* u
    6th Infantry Division
; z0 @3 f+ @) l    44th Tank Battalion7 b5 Y8 G6 T* E
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) |: ?+ r6 S- i7 z/ U  p
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment: m. f3 o' Y/ |- d' W; U
    81st Infantry Division
$ s) U+ i. l1 ^! e8 a    767th Tank Battalion
+ H8 ?. w; _  J8 m0 E! C1 [    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 Q9 G) P; N( W  P; ]2 m+ ]    762nd Tank Battalion" E: U  |4 L. U$ K+ E" R5 Y
    710th Tank Battalion5 V+ P, p; q" o, W. B* X
    96th Infantry Division. ]1 m; Q0 ^! D, P
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
9 L8 t0 P; c+ P8 T' b    706th Tank Battalion4 |: c: P9 N. s  `. F# [6 v1 S* Z
    5th Marine Division
7 f  s, g8 _* k. }2 G8 n7 y    31st Infantry Regiment
# y, ~( V7 C) {; R( Q' J/ w    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 `% G  P9 g5 c3 Z  m    1st USMC AA Battalion* B! T5 \8 c4 e7 b; _5 c0 n
    738th Coast AA Regiment3 ?. J4 t8 S% m# I$ I' a
    96th Coast AA Regiment
) {! U& k9 X& c) M3 K  v- U8 L* z5 |    14th Marine Defense Battalion
9 k0 l" ~& y8 n4 I    12th Marine Defense Battalion
% }8 F" W+ p) d9 ]/ X9 b) ^    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& i! l, M: j5 P. r, m# u9 E* d6 [2 O    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment, Z8 X$ E: l8 x3 I3 U1 @* P% Y
    XIV US Corps5 |+ }: \7 [" Q
    X Corps Artillery 1 _0 [* N: n6 l# t' }/ N
    5th USA Defense Battalion: o3 M5 r0 N4 K' y- c& g9 Z3 `+ c4 W
    4th USA Defense Battalion+ m7 T: s+ V& O* j
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  o6 j! o0 H* j5 S6 [, W
    I Corps Artillery
. M1 _/ C  w0 p; u    8th Marine Defense Battalion2 l- {3 C# Z" I: p% j, w# _
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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. a+ ?+ k: o* i  b9 _3 d8 {. qDefending units:
1 M  I# a2 f, _1 C2 g9 V    Ponape Naval Fortress
, Q4 M1 X9 k# q0 r    81st/C Division
; p9 s2 T. Q6 v& \    52nd Naval Guard Unit- k7 H8 U( H4 N! d, K4 l
    138th Infantry Regiment
0 |7 A4 z6 m5 `+ d- r6 k4 q( r    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
: e7 X2 {+ m0 f! f2 }    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" d% ^. Y7 |) j( q, n) k    144th Infantry Regiment
1 R' W* m  ?! }    81st/B Division
# x# q* n- }7 b# ^. J    33rd/B Division
+ e0 T. X% ]9 b) x% m( ]    33rd/A Division
: W' U4 {4 i4 w+ p; W    81st/A Division
9 ^2 w8 I$ U/ d. u$ Y    Kure 3rd SNLF
- p- A) C' X7 Z( W' \' g/ [    33rd/C Division
9 x$ @5 }' p3 `4 ^' j% ?    53rd Construction Battalion) U! _, [" S: N& C/ ^; b
    18th Army' m( @$ B, A/ F: J% s( f. U
    14th Area Army /1( h, |" G. L/ i
    60th Field AA Battalion8 s: q5 j* d( J3 e7 w
    12th Air Fleet
/ G  X) C  B& v/ b/ G    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) T% f- a+ d  i6 s/ M! \( n
    63rd Field AA Battalion
( M7 [7 O: \) A0 Y    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 r: a- V" m4 k0 ?5 O; ?    3rd Base Force
$ W5 Q# M1 _3 U. R) U    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
/ P3 p/ R* b, d' S! ?    Kure 7th SNLF8 ~% b+ H2 w) ]3 Q
    19th JAAF Base Force  `( x; Q  {' E8 G* {
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion, ~: x* [2 n$ T/ L# S
    61st Field AA Battalion
7 s% f4 j4 X! x7 n* H. B* m9 H    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 2 A5 ]. [: t7 U7 f1 E
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment/ P( _0 ~: e, u# {; H
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- z: |$ {$ s3 B  e    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
" T  _  V8 r: v  U7 P( ?, b    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
" |3 N: r! p* V' I    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
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
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
) y0 P( y) g( U3 x) X3 m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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/ p6 g5 F3 d7 a) }  g当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击,有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤,这是防御要崩盘的节奏么?大统领拭目以待
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% Q" O; e( `5 _3 E6 L( A0 XMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60! u- ~$ \! H2 ^  K0 O

  h9 H1 W0 K; D0 s' {/ G' iWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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2 m7 v8 E. o1 @Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.7 L5 T, p' s: I! v% i
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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1 x' W3 h$ [1 K0 L$ t  t* n8 K. j! wAllied aircraft0 s* E7 |+ S- W$ F  ?' a( }
      P-38L Lightning x 23
1 c$ f5 P. b, ?4 g      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30' H  @+ x! l. F- f( R

% d& v9 k2 [2 ~0 N) YAllied aircraft losses& X4 P1 O( n" K. n/ o3 ^: ^1 k' E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
3 _6 x0 o; ?, g( O+ N7 }      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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, R1 {% V0 d! d) I: i      DD Suruyame
4 D8 b( V; C: r- I% `- f, _" y2 w      CL Ninaru
! S( H  K4 R) n( w5 }* A4 v2 B) q      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
3 K) g2 u9 v, R! V2 |      DD Yayoi
+ o+ r/ c/ i* D      CA Kako. z1 H, j2 x1 n1 h! P# ^3 F/ E
      DD Asagiri$ ^' j6 S! `& I) Z
      DD Ayanami
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2 N, E3 s1 a. kAircraft Attacking:
* a! Z6 i( M  }      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
% x$ K% A$ V  l' o$ U               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 z& U- g/ f' V6 C& f9 U, @       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'0 Y1 K. j0 N( K/ P; f( o8 A
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb& r4 H7 L4 M) m/ [# e/ ?- K: G9 {
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
% w& E- b" T# j; m) U2 c( l               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
: g1 }" H; \5 p& K. Q6 w2 JHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi5 v% h) Y8 `/ \( I0 W
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* u; o  f  y& o0 ^Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)8 Z4 Q3 r7 i8 T/ z$ @7 L3 G
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain- D: r2 P5 A7 u

/ R5 t" A* M+ N$ m  f- xRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.& r$ M+ x/ `* [" b5 U
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes) l4 ~/ u3 A4 ~; K" Q

/ c2 t5 R, A/ Z% F$ wAllied aircraft
4 y4 X! W% F; @$ t$ `5 G1 T3 c  o0 ]      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462; ?- p3 s6 ?) Q. j9 E, ~5 z* S
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3262 i' b3 r- x( J! F% K
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses) w2 a; Y& j8 [  g  S
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged# c: }7 E, F/ v7 ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak3 C) X" F9 G) |4 N7 C8 T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
" G" I% h) P2 R7 D      276 casualties reported- h/ l% G: W. F3 P% C/ q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
( E( ~1 u/ _9 u( D  L2 T( u+ a         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled- P4 v4 u% w- N8 k. x
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( t: p" s# W2 R
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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* @; z5 |$ I0 A4 E. u' LGround combat at Ponape (119,113): |6 X5 ^0 Z+ c* ]/ r9 `) E

* c1 u; M, D5 F- R1 e# l5 S' N* RAllied Bombardment attack4 g: i1 k! u' v+ L+ S" m

* ^0 _; p8 U. X+ J2 RAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:) K1 x6 c, s$ o
      1082 casualties reported4 Y$ ^& p* J5 U
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
7 R, S7 I* B# n3 a         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
7 T4 r2 M( l) i1 s0 ?5 b1 ]  P         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled  p0 N9 d" [8 J, w9 W$ T% `
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)  |0 h8 f. T% P, F" I

5 K# F- z8 S" i& n& RAllied ground losses:
( z4 T- A' \" \      23 casualties reported
, @: g3 b8 x; |4 Z5 ?         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 r7 V0 l: m$ n' `# ^         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 a) p8 g( w7 y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 t$ n; P, y# e
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
! o% S* Z4 s7 m8 ~/ n      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
"I have nothing to offer but supplies, fuel and women."
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44  j. t& v7 `2 C/ o1 L

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* i5 A2 Z' s$ d5 L6 w+ M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。" g6 H, A) ]4 M9 A7 V' D; k8 I

0 e1 J; ~5 ?6 E7 M' u5 v: X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。7 I/ `1 D+ C* p- l

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天亮之后,巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来,准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收,击落日本大艇和运输机200余架,大获全胜。
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; Z! \! `# S1 A) Y2 s2 XSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113& s# R! l9 {1 L7 E5 ~
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Japanese Ships3 k, U: x( D1 G, A$ @% h
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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* i/ O# m/ n1 R5 h! a9 w$ v( w, o4 iAllied Ships
8 ]2 {4 l9 |- }$ H      CLAA Prince Robert& c  |$ K$ O1 Z' O- Z1 K) U
      DD Saumarez
+ r& E* i" k1 X      DD Nizam
$ T9 G3 b. F: z$ s      DD Ellet5 G' L! ~& w+ x
      DD Waller, b" E* Y8 Z  }/ _4 l
      DD Walker
6 h4 \  Q3 `, n3 R7 O/ z" _2 x" e- D      DD Wadleigh
5 u1 c! s. k4 k7 b& u3 [      DD Uhlmann
! a, v8 R; \2 w  N( R1 E      DD Twining* i6 g2 _8 g5 A. H, x! L( H- S
      DD Twiggs% g0 j9 T, r; X4 S# \
      DD David Taylor
6 [  p5 S* s9 L7 U2 }      DD Strong
4 d4 I2 T* `& r6 r. E9 R& U      DD Sproston
9 ]2 v6 m8 W2 p+ ^, a% V% X% z      DD Sigsbee6 O2 k  F7 T0 d: i
      DD Sigourney
7 ?: m/ G$ P$ r      DD Schroeder
$ V& h$ M. j! l& m      DD Benham II
8 N) B4 W8 y- y- [+ @      DD Cushing II7 J6 t5 i3 s# l0 q3 ^
      DD Urchin: @9 d, X2 L8 P7 z
      DD Urania" {  d% P8 r& W; {" d

2 E$ J: s& V5 tSS I-48 is sighted by escort
# Q6 g/ K; n" MDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
! Q3 Y5 `$ A4 I- e" l- [& f: ADD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....: W7 ~  H$ f! T" Q1 i
SS I-48 forced to surface!. k8 j# }/ A6 ]9 ]5 Z! S
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
6 p5 ^$ u3 e8 [- ?9 _6 aDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....( V* }, a8 \( M
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....7 K/ s8 u, {9 `) R' Y
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....& P3 W8 a! W. o0 ]" ]9 H
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
  r3 A/ c4 B" jSub slips beneath the waves
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" z! u5 n3 }  Y2 ~4 R" m8 Z- \Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards6 z0 g  L9 k7 s8 M0 E( K$ s

0 v7 J- B0 N- f3 sJapanese aircraft
5 _, I' ^- w7 q      no flights8 W" A! P+ s4 I7 T2 \

' j$ g* b5 \3 W: D7 [# ~1 Y( G" |Japanese aircraft losses
7 }3 I5 @8 L% n  y7 s      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed2 e/ k* @2 b9 H( u* x' p; ?4 R

4 _$ c# X+ b0 Y$ I8 WJapanese Ships
1 M5 d6 d- s  w& U      CL Agano# b( U% l3 ]+ U, `3 S3 u
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2/ T) C& Q6 @8 b9 O/ v  t. k4 g7 A
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( ?$ I! o. P+ y6 ^0 S% l      DD Hibiki. X4 x! ^" Q8 }. p! o1 S
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 13 m! w( F, Q1 g1 D9 q- X# U
      DD Shirakumo
- X  [& ~3 j( G3 v  r      DD Isonami
- g* n: D- Q$ _3 N0 T      DD Murakumo
* J6 n" c% |* q4 N* V$ C/ d; F; Q      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk' y+ o) \1 d. G1 K! I& o6 Q
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Allied Ships
3 c  C' d3 n* A0 V, I      BB North Carolina
$ K1 S3 v$ W# O3 r( L; r      BB Washington
* X1 v8 }* G! e" G- s  K& R, {; q5 p      BB South Dakota2 _. B6 O) e0 g' D3 m
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
8 g1 Z  V4 n5 Y      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2* E# T9 P) D5 I# P
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2  {% T) L6 m, l& H% K2 N9 r
      DD Conner  w* n3 B% L; F
      DD Cotten
  B# [; `- O, M2 `+ {$ D) x7 y, I: @: E      DD Cowell2 K$ D5 j9 S3 i! w8 R% p8 Y
      DD Daly
1 H) Y! H* i7 j# r9 Q/ ~  u      DD Eaton
( `6 d4 H6 Q/ w& b, Q# O      DD Heywood Edwards% I% E' P  T& k9 j2 k7 X
      DD Erben4 q# V2 X- L9 q) S$ ?: b6 _
      DD Evans3 F  \1 Y" [5 ~- p$ A
      DD Foote
2 c) F7 g+ e3 e3 ~8 Y      DD Franks
3 @( }: j- @/ P9 V% L  c! P      DD Fullam
3 B5 R' ?4 x) l5 r      DD Gatling3 T" A/ W" K/ \9 i' S# @' ~
      DD Albert Grant
+ _. m4 ^0 A  I. |/ u/ O      DD Gregory
. i' l* M" g) S8 e8 w6 ]8 W3 O1 V# \      DD Guest6 R6 H, r  Y) ~' w0 v" Z
      DMS Hamilton
; {/ Y8 M, q, p: C      DMS Forrest
  X9 o  X5 v3 U. L9 \# F      DMS Ellyson
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/ C# Q7 M9 N3 E! u3 dMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 S: k, c6 T' t4 l! nRange closes to 28,000 yards..." Z7 ^  A, t2 q' w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
9 ]7 \4 l/ d# E& b" C5 qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards  R, l0 z2 X+ J5 j
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( X; V; J- L; ~3 h9 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
3 O$ s+ X3 o+ F2 u! h8 k) M8 j8 ^7 pRange closes to 24,000 yards...1 v( j5 }0 x) E4 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 O! Y) H2 q" ^2 h2 pCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
9 t: E9 s1 N6 H% P; c1 d4 \0 bRange closes to 22,000 yards...4 k2 p; N% M5 k0 h7 q3 s$ J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; x) C* B, V. x! U) y8 k5 HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
4 D& C( u7 n; g3 L" SRange closes to 20,000 yards...( J/ @7 o- z/ H( @# j1 M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
* e8 u0 v+ V' T5 bRange closes to 18,000 yards...
. r4 J1 d$ M/ rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 B/ O3 w3 L; E* gRange closes to 16,000 yards...0 }$ o; y% B# j- v# [$ d
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards9 J- d) R5 l3 ^1 a
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( a( F- f4 c( n- lCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
# o3 O/ ~* r: ]9 s7 x* g4 hRange closes to 12,000 yards...4 g2 t; D+ C0 Z/ X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 O2 A4 d5 w  q8 R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
6 X/ f; K- M7 D& b* p. C: zRange closes to 11,000 yards...
; X3 {2 r9 |) L7 [8 C* m2 d, kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 `2 u8 A4 C5 u  ~, K7 A, qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards! R* N9 W% t% ~/ T% r2 S* w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...) X1 L* h8 Y8 o. m6 f1 {# a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards& w  \' Q- ~6 i7 S7 T
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards  B+ ^3 [+ {# {4 F5 P) p
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards+ ]. A, P$ O5 ~/ j- B
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
+ W& g  f! x: c. iBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
: u: q% P2 C. B- X; c  J6 NCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
, e9 d3 i; l, E$ Z2 \. lBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards7 g/ J  |. @0 H5 d! Y1 K
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards& ^* O3 i. S2 R( n# `# R% |
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
! d/ v6 q7 ~" v4 yDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards# y6 N, c! @9 o
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards5 l6 _4 I4 ~& {$ r+ D; p1 b
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards: f% K8 ^8 O* p5 K
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 D, r) m9 M: \- t8 c# m# k
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
9 B1 t* w. b! P8 i4 |1 X/ bRange increases to 11,000 yards, d( h7 j3 `/ ]
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards7 Z- |$ g1 n; o) a* g* ~. Q
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
  A; n' X6 `0 ?+ g' y, CCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
1 t* J1 j/ v$ j7 k/ |& hDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards1 C  y' C4 a$ B3 ]* x1 V: K
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards/ r  V9 \7 ]# ~  }' c+ i+ P
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards% a" ~; A. s9 a; E
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards1 l& x+ ?4 }2 W9 Q5 J2 K
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards) H) B) U- u& j  H- }) A
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
: {! T( T# T. G7 R1 u- ]) p" S8 X: iDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards. j. F! S( _. P% T6 C5 x4 w' ]" x
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
6 G# A2 _) e" ^  N/ J' vDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards% m) i3 |2 Z( t5 {# _- h$ k/ {5 I% w. v
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards: h" I6 w; @7 v# O1 L; H+ D
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards( T! G' Y* Y$ Y$ a3 j5 {
Range closes to 10,000 yards
, u! I' h; R4 E6 F5 x; ~+ ]CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
# s$ @0 x' T: M/ p8 K) qCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards" C7 n8 g) S: o* d% [7 A
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
$ E% P4 J# Y% J' G4 vDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards. U! E/ _% r: s8 ?
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
4 Z: e( B  i# b1 w: k% UDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards! U1 B2 z8 t) o# Q2 l' I2 M
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards( f2 ]$ S* M! Y
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards% Y" M3 i1 W8 V
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards9 ]4 `1 y8 B9 `7 ~7 Q8 H
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
+ }. m  j' |$ E: t" N& VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ l% i) B( i  O. D
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards/ F; G; Y. h# Y
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Japanese Ships
' {( H: O. |! L! m6 B: j      DD Hikokaze
) E: e2 a# K) @3 N      DD Ishikaze
' {' {1 k4 |7 e/ {  [: i      DD Tagokaze
: V. B6 B( _9 S2 Q# C      DD Takatakaze
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' n4 U8 O3 _" E6 Q2 M' @3 M' z# d; H$ [Allied Ships2 S: b* G' m8 x" _8 G" ]
      BB North Carolina5 O6 |$ K  P2 e- P) s/ E
      BB Washington
  m9 _2 J$ O' w% h; W      BB South Dakota
) t) n  {+ j/ {8 ?, L      BB Indiana# {8 Z# ]& f0 Q  q# j0 R2 E
      BB Massachusetts
$ \/ [% O# n! m) V3 F% M      BB Alabama' \' W/ w9 G: _! r( l7 S  }2 S
      DD Conner
3 o" }/ X- f7 z5 x; q" `      DD Cotten
4 n. F* p% M. q$ M      DD Cowell
1 E9 i% i) N: S      DD Daly
2 G* C9 M' w) T$ f4 e& c. ?      DD Eaton* Y9 V. b& I2 H4 V' f
      DD Heywood Edwards& e; j% t" @* G# G7 L
      DD Erben
, m  p5 x# k4 S9 X! i5 q      DD Evans
+ q6 r; v# m, G, \: l* E% F6 J$ ~      DD Foote
3 {( W1 d; e9 e% i1 X" K6 r- R      DD Franks) E: V4 B" Z1 x3 H# [0 S1 I
      DD Fullam
. T$ P4 w+ z. g4 V      DD Gatling- r  y3 m: {/ A8 P. [
      DD Albert Grant+ j) D' A0 j' e# V
      DD Gregory
- ]# N/ H3 |$ ?, n9 A      DD Guest
+ M/ i# \' j6 h' m' W      DMS Hamilton
7 r2 G) M6 z0 B1 K% [3 r: w8 I" E  r      DMS Forrest# E- H$ Z7 q+ s; x+ G9 Z
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 [# `- d; @8 u) URange closes to 28,000 yards...5 s$ Z& {8 P% R8 G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 Q* c; z, Q  p- DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 n9 z! k3 S2 c: B5 S8 ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
; F# X. m  C+ T8 {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
2 Y1 d+ L* R/ b2 |+ L1 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
* u8 d- K' I9 \7 a% F: _" `' sRange closes to 22,000 yards...
  h3 a# u$ c3 c6 \' @2 z: LRange closes to 20,000 yards...
( q: S" ]$ ]' K2 v1 |Range closes to 18,000 yards...4 f: z4 }+ L- i3 B- E" c
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
( S5 a, ]& T( dRange closes to 16,000 yards...# m! A% ]! j  w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards* s* F' L7 g$ r0 R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
$ S. m- u4 h) s( n. m, I9 M9 qRange closes to 14,000 yards...5 E6 ~# j8 u& t4 h6 c$ [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! j5 h7 V! `& Y# \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards1 K/ ?& F8 y/ d$ @7 O
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
* E! u, ], A! [! p% @% F; GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
$ [& b! ?, f" x8 L3 N  {7 XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards9 V- O4 ?' b" ^7 ?4 _
Range closes to 11,000 yards...' K0 o7 w( _: [$ y  h: M: b
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards) d% ]& C# Z3 Y# U7 w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
: u% x( |% v! ^CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
9 Q9 |& K3 {& \4 ]0 [! H; O& f* QJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
$ L3 ^, U3 p. T; D+ z; M% uRange increases to 15,000 yards...  a' O+ |2 A) c+ \2 I6 ?' d9 [% d
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
9 j2 V0 M: T% g$ B% }% h1 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards  s1 ~8 h. H' I) @8 j) u
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
5 {7 O8 p8 ?+ ?/ [+ ERange increases to 30,000 yards...
5 p: u. \0 m% r  p- v# t1 \Range increases to 30,000 yards...
% H0 ?% t6 m0 ~) ]Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat& q. l, A& I  {+ U
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  w5 x5 |3 D% [+ R5 J) H6 l# i0 gNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1
% @2 y$ S' Z2 }- a9 A/ Q- ^4 h      APD T-2, Shell hits 2( w* k4 }- [6 \7 }7 c4 E
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
- S' p. j' r0 ]( p2 Z" E* F7 R      APD T-4! d( T. v3 P; n4 u! A8 B
      APD T-5" b8 b" w3 I5 I/ ]0 q0 Z1 s
      APD T-65 g1 K0 p( c0 ~4 S
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) O" v7 \( z; P' `6 L: @& g; ?
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
1 C0 H6 R' O' j7 d8 F- k: b      APD T-9
& F  a) s; }- f( J" J5 ]+ r      APD T-109 \" }9 R, i- x$ j; Y
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
8 e- h0 V  U( X! f; V9 @+ U0 H# v      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage5 J2 H0 M9 I. O  _) `" Z
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
, R4 {' l# `0 y1 _) |+ h- L9 j: R      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, F0 H( V4 d: _, Z: Y" m0 f7 }

+ K! B) w" D4 e$ x# HAllied Ships- x8 b( \# B! ~: `1 g9 |) A
      BB North Carolina
* k( r7 m( p: S: g9 c: Q      BB Washington+ w! `( G: {( t5 Y5 `
      BB South Dakota
) Y' q6 D! o) X( n7 S5 K8 d# V! L7 ^      BB Indiana0 D% t2 ]/ ?/ d  K& i4 t- A
      BB Massachusetts
; F$ R6 L# Q! a8 j6 X& B% M/ K      BB Alabama
! {8 l( y+ a$ i1 R6 z      DD Conner! B" O: L/ _" G  e) d- N
      DD Cotten
9 X1 _+ T; [. K/ O+ ^9 h" A      DD Cowell' P, y0 E* g: U# [0 i: @
      DD Daly
: O: U" d2 h3 E0 r0 a% t3 ?      DD Eaton  X; q/ `' W$ |+ R, S/ J
      DD Heywood Edwards
/ ^- s9 v& R& j8 w9 d, U  _5 X! H      DD Erben& c- ^+ {) F& }2 f/ Q
      DD Evans0 e# a! P) j1 }! ]# @
      DD Foote
. s# }0 B" A7 A7 E      DD Franks$ s6 t& n+ m) {* M/ V5 U: ]
      DD Fullam
2 L8 j# W) x7 Y4 r+ T: W      DD Gatling, g* d8 p( C- S
      DD Albert Grant
7 F# G' r9 m* ~' G/ r      DD Gregory
' T* E  s0 g" l$ j1 z4 d6 P      DD Guest
, d( [9 E( r' A) `5 P+ t2 F      DMS Hamilton; {4 e' O5 E+ j8 N1 `8 y* k
      DMS Forrest
( z2 D6 v5 I4 y( s9 @6 z/ M      DMS Ellyson' i- @1 [7 N6 p3 ~9 Q9 R! Z
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  J# h2 N4 a+ B: ^+ h1 uMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 w, \( l9 w8 w% F
Range closes to 28,000 yards...1 J, r. |8 B' k0 O7 W* }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
) r- A0 D4 j6 X9 d6 b; q- m4 Y6 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% Z. c* j# u3 M& cRange closes to 24,000 yards...
8 ?* z! h2 E2 X' R* V4 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards% A3 Y" B5 S, L$ N" D
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
' J+ {% J' m3 y* G: [, R  dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
4 N( m, R9 }  |9 cRange closes to 20,000 yards...6 q% K# ]/ e; `+ O9 v2 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) h& h  W: O* f0 FRange closes to 18,000 yards...9 J1 J' K; }3 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% f" v: Y  T) ^( f* y0 VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
9 V  T  H* M* o0 E- KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 r0 d8 M; S! d) V! A( IRange closes to 14,000 yards..." K& m2 c0 c# }  q  a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards0 K) |) k! M& z+ X* q; Q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
; }( n: Y; J9 [$ eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
' u$ f6 z1 C$ d7 s7 K6 R* j8 f5 x9 rRange closes to 11,000 yards...
0 I$ U, }2 M0 d. {" eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ H& R6 f+ E5 i: r  BRange closes to 10,000 yards...
$ K$ l; V6 s5 _" Q& I% b; LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" N5 _$ Z% @) J+ h
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 [+ @  Z" J+ b7 k9 sBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
+ w( Q% H% M6 m7 DBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ o7 p: @: |; G* J* QBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards& q+ g" d' J2 m3 m/ B* m
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 |& k3 u( e" K9 W6 U
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards7 n/ n% p5 E' Q/ R2 y, m
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards, k3 G2 U& L  {$ C( F$ E
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards8 B+ G, y, K( Q% `
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
2 L9 V1 d# l3 w5 N2 D: ?: {BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards) i1 o, Z2 t, D0 I* v3 p1 `4 {
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards% {* r$ }# Z( u, l/ a% `$ L2 i
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards! w* n" @0 C1 ?$ {  ?
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
) g4 ^. d2 z( x1 ~% H! w3 \DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 w* ~" }( F/ v. v
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
5 d2 X- @5 s' cAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
6 h9 e- |$ E  X  m8 s+ a3 j0 q$ L: gDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
: j2 n; V' w; r9 ?- E8 [DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
) P+ ~& D+ t/ e1 z( u3 X; eDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
$ P1 ]% d7 \+ bDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 `5 y" n7 A8 _% G6 N& d( J' f: c, CDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards: X/ Q/ }$ y% B/ n7 i1 R
Range increases to 10,000 yards
2 R/ f2 o9 V1 G5 S. B% pBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
! L" V4 p5 g( X# V' A4 {; YBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
- F* Z! ?5 S7 j2 V8 K# XBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; _* R0 i, Q0 e# B5 Y0 O
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 }$ d: u! G% u6 g
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' W+ ?. r3 k. ]( R* oDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; J* V" y4 X- o3 q
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
) B5 B, [* m6 J- _2 KDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards. u( j; {! O; r" e" h: i2 Y5 j
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 X; }0 P$ ?& |0 w9 o. l) R& rDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& }. J5 {( [1 E6 x2 @4 Y/ k4 f
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 P3 r8 @/ y) L( H$ R- [4 l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) d9 r1 t; }# e& L; o( m
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
, t9 b/ O0 e9 C3 i4 K$ |2 L& kDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* B! M: \! {0 i; jDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
! q" P3 O2 T: l4 q& Q" DDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. U' B3 v8 X) [( D( Y! B; XRange increases to 11,000 yards
% q) U7 ]) D! P+ T) z" XAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards7 d# O8 Z0 G6 i$ `
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
" v  T: |  @+ S* l2 T  I3 P; iDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
1 g% e$ q7 t( x2 c" g  zAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards6 B4 k8 m" M5 v! {
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards1 d! |" \6 a  x0 i8 R3 b4 A
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
* V5 G- n- C2 Y( f/ `0 PDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
; {. o8 P  s  e" VDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
; [  y; H5 D" m2 D; d8 sDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) e; X# Q2 ?$ _- |0 r5 W
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
. H0 f- ^. b$ DDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
% q# |, G9 L8 n; y* p3 \APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards- \1 ~& j8 B( ~0 }
Range closes to 10,000 yards* r# t; Z# R8 _2 C: O
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards* ^# q# i; g6 d) U
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards- r  _+ H1 D/ r- X! ~8 E
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ t: n9 U3 {5 K+ I  ]$ C' z2 E
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards1 Z2 O3 p" M" b& H; p0 Z# q8 X
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 H3 v. n( @/ ~  f6 i% Y7 ]DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards- R+ D* k0 e4 y( M  s3 [
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( y. F' E  b/ _$ d4 G! D
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& ]% f7 q% {* _  B* [  Y0 y! JDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards/ v; l+ W" ^2 |  G% w( T
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 c1 E9 P( E* h; Z* Q- D+ rDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 H; ^% p, ]" ^8 K  X
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
0 i  q4 O% u' X5 m3 o- a+ O3 H3 `DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 Z4 p: R( g& ^0 {# Z
Range closes to 8,000 yards
4 u9 J, [5 ?- H2 ~' sDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
; O3 s: k0 \4 ]  q) {% ]( {BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards6 N1 A  X7 C* v6 Z9 `$ |3 w
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
9 l' w7 i0 d7 m5 F1 C3 B$ aBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
7 v- _7 R! \* ?: e+ ?APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards; d6 |- C% F6 m# `( W# B
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 w3 R- Q, P5 bTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# ]$ k# R  N0 T8 w  r8 d

7 M+ M6 {5 F, d# e  g/ K3 x0 Q5 F1 JJapanese Ships) G9 `0 O- b0 F" b
      APD T-1, Shell hits 11 T( D* q% d/ }% u2 _5 Z) s
      APD T-27 X  r, r- D3 M6 O) ?
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
/ x+ W  W# u2 O# M( ?- v  V) t) n      APD T-4, Shell hits 1/ O  Q  c" M" _. S& C& I
      APD T-5
$ n; q. `4 H: H" |      APD T-6' z. T: l0 K3 m" i. T8 u
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 Z# m$ x! \# F- q      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
2 ?; [+ J9 v  |- S4 Y      APD T-101 \8 H4 [! M8 R" r3 n
      APD T-11,  on fire; W; `3 p- W# h$ u# n
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
/ S3 Q, Q6 V, a2 |$ z7 U5 k      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* \0 I* x7 i% a2 p5 w! a
      APD T-14, and is sunk- E: s: d7 N) d3 [

  f! M# e. L$ JAllied Ships
! y% k5 K' _1 q* X/ c! I& L* u# O! c4 m      CA Portland
+ j( M9 l( ]9 [3 H      CA Northampton( x$ ^+ y3 n; V1 i% s5 q
      CA Chester
2 m8 G4 B: t$ p  M- x      CA Louisville8 ^# R! }! y3 d. _! _0 V9 h
      CA Chicago
# [0 E& c6 b$ j( ^; ?      CA Astoria
6 M7 \( R0 `1 E& y6 C; X7 G      CA Minneapolis& _1 m: d* h4 `7 A5 A5 t
      CA San Francisco' j' o& n# {' c; R  L/ t- F8 L( `
      CA Quincy0 s+ C4 {) a4 V8 b4 a$ K5 K0 B
      CA Vincennes
6 S; \4 \8 S" P8 _( A, O      CA Wichita
% h) w+ f& G5 C# x: n# i$ B" C" q      DD Bennett
) y* R: z. T% E9 y6 e      DD Bradford
3 w, E6 u8 t: y; }      DD Braine
7 G% ^" i) U# W; W      DD Brownson5 n) _. b4 O- A0 I- u4 j
      DD Bryant
! W% v: r) H# Q2 n% m# g% T      DD Bullard
  e0 {$ N3 N! v2 q      DD Burns
# f5 |& u4 O( T9 g$ |% M4 U, ?      DD Callaghan
5 \+ r# d5 o! z# x$ _! Q      DD Caperton+ M+ o; b' X& _! p
      DD Capps
+ o' V# U. {9 O      DMS Emmons8 Q. A5 n  `& R0 [1 ]' A1 a; N5 G
      DMS Macomb
8 d0 U# Q  Y2 l3 R6 l      DMS Rodman
' r) Q7 x4 j1 T4 U1 p/ `      DMS Gherardi) O! ^5 s  E4 {; U8 O4 H

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; ~. q' U2 y" k& z/ Q3 A4 Y" QRange closes to 28,000 yards...
( w6 I/ r9 D8 W. a8 T5 G8 [+ }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 x; [; F) f& B( i# S
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
! f$ U, }; E& J" tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards& R5 f6 Q% w) Z( ~* {1 P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' P$ A; N( ^3 O- q+ DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- v9 `9 t3 B- l5 H9 \
Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ \6 D1 I) r5 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
- g' X. U& A0 g0 yRange closes to 20,000 yards...
& u$ M" `6 U% i+ E* F" V* m* ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards! p& I6 s( T# w$ O6 x; o/ B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...; v! u0 e2 q6 V3 M. ?2 V3 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards2 R, `# N0 m$ A* Q
Range closes to 16,000 yards...9 x9 ~6 i1 e  D6 I" T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
; X# X8 K  |; E& k( l0 Q" [4 DRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 s; ?4 u3 u- J& y5 b/ K" O! \) fRange closes to 12,000 yards...+ A: q2 O& l, \1 g1 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards- A7 ^, F3 _, J. Q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...0 ]" j: m/ O* D$ J- z1 U! V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
  J& Y: X+ _, q8 o1 uRange closes to 10,000 yards...* G2 z" @" z* R) ]. {0 h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards, g6 I3 S5 J3 |  O" X- G# }
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards9 U+ S7 D( B5 y% B- W
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards( ~7 w; ^, _2 C- N* P2 M
Range increases to 11,000 yards
; U1 \" _, |; o# g! v2 j; c. aAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards, a: q/ V: D# T! P% c7 X' v7 z
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards" r/ m' W7 F# }: i3 ~9 Z3 H
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; N5 T# j; r  @. E) UCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards) _& E9 T0 ?/ U$ Q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards# W6 Q5 k" F( j, M  R! }& Z
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards1 J7 t, r3 L+ n9 e9 W' M
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 f4 @# c3 y: ]9 @  i5 R
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  t, C# j2 {7 O. k' ZCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards$ j! j! S: v2 k
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards* o9 w% R# v( |; n: {
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards4 p; @" A0 G& z' _( H9 ~; Q
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
, B+ F9 T+ u4 G8 S) WDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! U: |: Q( M2 W  t0 S
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 _$ q# n$ [7 F% h
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
5 i  Q1 |# t6 R: SAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
, Z) f; Q  U0 ^, m7 P+ x" `2 l- }APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards9 F' C$ u' m* p; O
Range closes to 10,000 yards" Q3 }8 c- W; W! Z+ Q
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
$ N5 p9 u4 r3 {$ [9 x6 b4 i2 wCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards" @: d+ W& c; l7 T8 f2 c
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
+ ~. u: s( `4 oCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
. _2 e+ i; ?5 R: yCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards& D4 u* ~" D% X) y2 ?  t
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards. y$ G' E* @4 J7 ^$ E8 {
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards6 B9 W( W1 T/ v) e3 G/ v
Range closes to 9,000 yards* U/ D/ J# s. O
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards1 P2 ^! c' E6 i! W( x
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards8 [, o2 \4 }: }+ P2 U, n
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
( D# q: V+ J0 @CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 z, T6 h. T" v2 r0 z; x
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ M  ?6 }' S; e7 q# k0 e' rDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards0 Y) N4 [+ [8 b9 e3 P: ^8 h- |
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- q( a6 {' l1 [0 Z0 D
Range increases to 10,000 yards: r! |2 _9 j1 f0 W
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
4 j+ Y7 |7 Q" o" S1 `6 ]( L: e, WCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 Q- R4 b: f* [* kDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
' q" {6 i: U* E) S& h  h5 L2 m4 ^CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
# N, ~3 l2 x) N4 h! eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ f7 \& V9 g/ j9 K& w( z( GJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 W  b% ?% ^" o, }! x/ hTask forces break off...
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  ?& t: }- u: ?6 b; X$ QNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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& H% J& T6 |+ p% P$ GJapanese Ships0 B9 V+ p: _( D
      APD T-1
: o6 D- a' ]! e% B* W      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire8 l; R! s/ S+ r# \9 d) {
      APD T-39 p4 s* h6 D* ?
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk& I3 E4 Z7 x; I) [" P- L- d9 D$ a
      APD T-5
" W3 g* r& i' F; }+ m      APD T-6
. _/ F3 h8 N' c8 Q& x" O      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
; l" i7 ?4 H. `% o; d      APD T-9
2 l5 ^$ L7 ]' b" T0 j      APD T-10; x6 h% u: h9 A$ e
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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7 H3 a/ ~# m( x8 d6 x- ^Allied Ships  z$ I2 w: N  Z0 _) b* D5 e
      CA Portland
% Y% e. n, S4 o6 H$ K      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1: U" L: j' G$ I: ]1 z, K
      CA Chester; P0 R( u& e! b
      CA Louisville& J2 p6 I$ g; j: n1 \4 S( I
      CA Chicago
7 E  k- U8 O  A2 S      CA Astoria
! ~: Y% Q! X' R/ r- D      CA Minneapolis4 h* b+ w' Z6 o7 S
      CA San Francisco4 Q! q3 @  g  A% M4 A
      CA Quincy
0 z4 W8 b$ P. Z1 L2 e5 }% S; Q# _  M      CA Vincennes
/ {1 N/ k+ O% ]& I% q6 ~6 B7 G- W      CA Wichita
. S, _7 h. t5 {8 ?5 h6 U$ K& T/ Y      DD Bennett& p5 a8 O  ?3 j, M; l, T/ J
      DD Bradford
8 r6 y( @# a0 s- O2 j) U: f      DD Braine9 ~( U! C' w  H4 H' @7 |$ g8 x+ O
      DD Brownson
5 M! q' f5 z2 W0 D, k% P8 K/ m& I      DD Bryant
0 Q0 [! e+ n* A3 c* E8 @. h      DD Bullard9 g9 ~8 l: E$ z3 o* u$ l
      DD Burns' I! }# E; T- N" {
      DD Callaghan& ~# y9 ?. E  d% |4 L# x' I
      DD Caperton
0 E! [; I0 D) Z& ~* g) q      DD Capps8 N. N3 N2 W+ m) a1 _, W8 [5 e
      DMS Emmons  f6 L& V! V* R/ O
      DMS Macomb7 B% ]" E2 h/ v9 G% M  m7 S
      DMS Rodman
" J& W& J8 T8 x3 O      DMS Gherardi" c* s( V5 L7 S
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0 C. Q: L$ b  P$ N% v# \Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards. e/ ?7 I% a$ Q# Y3 J
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
: u+ i/ a( K$ _* ?4 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ ^' v& D2 r: V2 Z3 T) ]$ `8 WRange closes to 26,000 yards...
$ x! K: e- U4 Z+ a0 i1 g9 t( oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards+ @( I+ Y2 K3 r& m' f$ u
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: I, w- U( y/ u1 B  D8 YRange closes to 22,000 yards...
& B8 L4 ~' ~" e% j: N) ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
) h! `  ^# U1 tRange closes to 20,000 yards...
. U: Y5 Q% Y  Q5 Z' lRange closes to 18,000 yards...% ]! K/ n, T6 E/ s9 j; s+ V' |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards' ^" q4 W( L4 r6 J2 t
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
- h, p& }- z1 w- `7 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
8 M+ a. N8 c7 D7 XRange closes to 14,000 yards...- p$ ?2 `7 l8 X2 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
; |5 l* y) J7 t6 n; YRange closes to 12,000 yards...
) F4 U- u/ C% G5 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 j& i' m0 B+ r$ B" RRange closes to 11,000 yards...
; ^2 |2 d' N6 x1 C3 N6 `2 s! UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
; c0 ?; M5 Y% V# zRange closes to 10,000 yards...( V2 p+ k( i' W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
0 y& l$ g4 M; o$ }+ j* c  k5 MCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards% Q7 K8 {$ {% T0 a  N
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards: Z& {! v9 @& R7 k
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
& V  }* O/ Z( z- A( ^) [0 W- BRange increases to 12,000 yards
/ t. p1 s  k% O2 B% xCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
* w& O5 k2 b6 a# _1 jCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards2 [! Y1 e1 B% Y3 y/ P0 X
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
8 y3 Q2 L/ D' x0 ~; f$ XCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards/ s( c0 Q6 C: u8 j2 q7 l  {
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards. K5 j3 {5 v4 R1 L
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
* z) J, I- U- D" V) _2 j  ODD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
4 g, h- D6 A0 _7 I) LDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
) Q; {6 I7 w9 c3 gDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards" N$ ~1 b. C$ \. H  _! B
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards0 v4 p4 v3 x  @2 ?0 a0 ^
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
, D- E& F4 |( ?* k3 ?% YAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
% ~- U" {- J# \! d- Y! m1 tRange closes to 9,000 yards# n4 O4 K% B7 F
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards7 R1 G; ^0 L5 t- v& G7 l- K
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
( A0 p+ F2 t: GCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
! ^; ^* O2 d5 K  b5 a7 f' {CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
) M* j0 @0 M8 k3 D; b& ]CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards! x9 ?' d  {# c8 P. n
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 D: n+ F2 K, u' f. r
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards3 e" \! K5 |. i- P( l) f
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
# t8 o% N5 a! l9 f9 v3 jRange closes to 7,000 yards
: O+ I( n5 T4 Q" `CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards, o0 G& ~0 R( u" h- @
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards+ Q/ X7 [" q. N! D/ n9 N3 h) j
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
$ R- H5 `+ e  OCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards- ?7 y, ]" R1 ?; i4 e
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
) ]: ]: V' x( p* m1 eAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards2 n. P) m3 G% S, H( X8 s
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ P, L$ t" A: O, r- oCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards: G. ^  l; K' [" u: v
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards- R1 f1 J+ X. Y
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards. h% X9 _7 B3 d) G. S4 i
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
. q5 K- U! Y7 f) _. kRange increases to 10,000 yards) i% _/ m& g0 @9 ]" C
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ F6 n. c/ M1 A5 D! f% nCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! {5 n* g$ A8 W4 J# C- O
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape1 A, U% R% C9 n3 J
Task forces break off...+ s9 }  ~; D& k) j, j% b2 {
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* f2 c/ q8 B! M+ E- l" k2 m/ h/ @0 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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      APD T-1
" W, h# A+ ^& l* b; r4 H      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. ^9 x3 i  v! N
      APD T-37 M5 f# u/ q* K% Q. }( V* T+ V  k; L
      APD T-55 v/ X# h; g2 P9 {, q, i
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 H6 W4 w4 ~! J: K- P5 V% ^- K
      APD T-9- a: X9 k* i8 @  G" h8 }
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 o" [7 \( v, a
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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" W) i5 u$ P! }  {, W3 xAllied Ships
7 P2 }% {* v  t0 \      CL Swiftsure
0 ?3 V# p: \- H2 x( k5 K( h( B      CL St. Louis2 F+ {* ^; c8 d# h# m& P7 d1 ]
      CL Phoenix
* X' ]2 |+ U: j3 a% L; i6 n$ U      CL Cleveland' W' m9 i+ }/ J! f5 [7 m+ x& z* O$ U
      CL Montpelier
' Q, M8 P$ P# k      CL Denver
6 K: g/ Z7 F/ `' x2 u" e      CL Santa Fe
* G( q5 c$ k. q9 D  P      CL Birmingham
. f9 h, f+ C% A, [      CL Mobile
. L- ?/ a. k0 ]" a- p      CL Biloxi
) A% C1 ?9 J7 z0 K0 ]4 V" i, I3 S      CL Miami3 N5 B2 ?2 I" n( P, o
      CL Pasadena4 r1 f4 n2 a/ l7 B
      DD Allen M. Sumner7 @* d( n5 N6 T( N4 w
      DD Ault
4 m) i' n" _$ z* O      DD English
' p5 y+ |* z8 c! i( Z      DD Haynsworth
) v6 p3 Q; _0 O, g3 n3 ^. G      DD Maddox
7 j8 n+ Y8 i4 X  t1 ?1 N9 u# w      DD Mansfield6 F, u; [* H2 \% t6 {
      DD Waldron* `8 c: O( Z# `% P7 V
      DD Haggard
$ m* g- H% B$ }& r! W/ M      DD Hailey
6 S% h, }5 F) C( [% W' U; L7 y      DD Hale' S" e: M3 P4 c6 W' K) @
      CL Vincennes II
0 B; P) x7 _5 L1 d# [; F$ J      CL Houston II' _; |- h6 V+ j' `3 G5 i# V( D
      CL Astoria II
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$ [- r' z6 a3 M$ J0 m3 sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 J% g( L; \! X; FRange closes to 28,000 yards...
$ v5 U$ ?/ {- A7 ?; h0 O/ {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ T4 S+ H, O8 x4 e! i" Z# gRange closes to 26,000 yards...
( D7 t& j9 i! ?8 U% `$ R+ W% U2 hRange closes to 24,000 yards...: U( f+ L/ `: f8 N5 |+ P  J1 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 b, d9 N8 }. b& M/ v/ o
Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ L5 N' M8 V3 N  e! `. x) C
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 @; M  I! B/ [) p) n8 h: O8 Q0 |5 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
7 w( j8 q' ~$ G! N* D( ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
2 l: _4 l# S% F) V& W& Z2 E, PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
& Q- S& g- n, A5 u6 YRange closes to 16,000 yards..." O9 K: e1 H: k( K8 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, m  E$ C( {; T1 G. TRange closes to 14,000 yards...8 f$ r" Z' S1 Y* B7 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
& H: N  K8 p7 A! a5 h2 F# [Range closes to 12,000 yards...9 ^: _! g( }2 m' ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 ~; o0 b) @+ B9 k; R$ fRange closes to 11,000 yards...
/ G& f9 K8 B3 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
2 W5 r1 g: ~) H$ o# y1 Y# BRange closes to 10,000 yards...$ A4 b$ U6 E! e9 x+ j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
! C% V5 n% E: s! p8 [8 D& UWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
' S* U4 v/ O, n7 {6 y! QCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* g( Z1 l3 a( {7 R5 D- p, b( _CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards! x2 R+ y; S  G7 A8 m6 r9 {1 q
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards6 h0 t2 a( }- a& \
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 v# C0 ^$ l0 T
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 H! Z8 O* v* _3 T" t
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
" d4 Q& i* |" i) T! \DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 [( P# X% U. _4 r- k( PDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
' H* I2 f. @, D9 n/ y/ HRange increases to 11,000 yards
( k- V2 Y0 T& J2 g; Y- mCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- l9 l( h" k  p0 |% R1 {CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' N* w* M) Z0 d  @) O7 S- \: n
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
' V, A8 T. {. SCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards; X/ i- v* a. G# F- R. U# e
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  a4 Z. E, x' b* c. t6 ?* N% r6 YCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards$ T2 V( I& w1 I/ L! m
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards) b% s8 V; q) C, Y' d" h0 g$ S
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
% q: T4 }% @4 z' H) VRange closes to 8,000 yards
& o2 O" r4 \9 mCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
( Z8 I. I- w/ k6 ?4 D: xCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
# L% d5 `( G, L1 OCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
  u: ]. y+ q$ c% C' @% vAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
5 P, @' S" L! B" K0 C& fDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards/ e  T5 ~. q& P) [# ~
Range closes to 7,000 yards
) _4 [. F. D1 C4 I4 BCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ f1 t& Z$ b& V( f, g! b
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 p0 M# m9 n, u, j* `+ @
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ ~! ~9 ~) v. F
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) G6 e- a" q" l: OCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
4 Q2 S1 q# o; g8 l: V: q$ z; RCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 C9 r  `: b9 ]& WCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& X; Y8 ?& i: y& {0 Z+ z" NCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 _" q6 t0 \6 g& W( V& ?! ?+ \
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! i3 ]/ `& c. h6 q* y6 T
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
% q' y7 y' y3 m' [$ ~. l+ qAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
0 o; R+ r: T# Q- `3 w( `DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ \; X: e% W' v! d# N
Range increases to 8,000 yards
, r' S! C# Z7 L7 }$ KCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
4 i* [- R/ P1 M* N0 g4 U; xCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
( o2 N; B4 i, t- v# t) F5 RCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
5 R, \1 {* \5 O9 X' N/ [! nJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 N! q$ P& S: i* u4 B8 @
Task forces break off...
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) C' O/ g' g- zNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards- v- p* Y  d9 e, B- s' _5 U
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Japanese Ships
: Y3 x- I% h; v2 O  H, W      APD T-1
$ m0 H; D( Q3 T. e      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk* |7 j% k. ~  b2 }7 C4 H
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk/ g& U/ }& i) g1 h# U
      APD T-5
  v+ K, ^1 \, X- K; Y      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
5 y) p3 L3 K; I/ K  i0 r; `      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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, m1 ^- v- S0 U" y. `Allied Ships( u& h$ ]3 O$ V" C  q/ C) t  A+ G# O, S
      CA Portland
6 [% X7 r4 l! U3 l' n      CA Northampton
' `3 w8 P# F  g" H* v1 N" H      CA Chester2 z+ P! G% g( V+ l
      CA Louisville4 Y+ _  A( I3 X+ i
      CA Chicago
0 j; u1 n1 e9 |      CA Astoria% V( _6 t) ~0 l! x+ n2 Y9 ^
      CA Minneapolis
7 M4 f- I- q1 y' d9 |      CA San Francisco
' x* c8 s# i9 y" [+ R$ f* h      CA Quincy
- n6 N  N( `( i6 G# A% H& T6 \      CA Vincennes
9 m% t- {, z% Y      CA Wichita
+ ]; g' S  o% ?      DD Bennett
/ M/ L8 m$ B+ j9 b" d      DD Bradford
& c7 g2 z3 u3 |! f      DD Braine& y$ U3 i: F2 U; P9 O4 H
      DD Brownson$ C2 M9 [$ z% W1 u
      DD Bryant5 c' L. P' r8 @
      DD Bullard# ?" ?# K+ t* f3 }6 s
      DD Burns
) C7 t+ W7 _3 W      DD Callaghan
! M; X8 |& I) h! J6 s      DD Caperton
! W/ m  B6 i" A, l      DD Capps1 [0 v2 [$ b( Y+ C2 F$ p; F* _
      DMS Emmons
4 m9 V/ V. W- k8 c      DMS Macomb
( p8 T" w9 H& ^7 \      DMS Rodman
5 Z# U5 K& _) O      DMS Gherardi% M* U! J: U. k9 Z# P* S& b5 i9 P
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards. D5 ~& e6 U( L/ j9 t+ [  H/ ~
Range closes to 28,000 yards...1 P5 n% i  |) Q0 b% v+ d( S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
: p3 X) o7 L- J2 ]# FRange closes to 26,000 yards...
. u; F1 H9 e3 Z2 I1 j0 HRange closes to 24,000 yards...
! ]5 A7 `0 o. C. M. w1 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 I7 r( x& q1 O; B" \% B4 x/ x8 W8 w
Range closes to 22,000 yards...& m+ J( J4 b- L+ S7 v* |5 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 ]6 c7 N* \4 _  |# o, e
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 R! A0 I  T) v+ L9 b, ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards8 o3 p  m  e+ Z0 b+ o& c) T! X
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 o2 w. n3 }2 ]5 Q8 l4 {Range closes to 16,000 yards...
3 h1 p- K* L/ G" Q  h: _' @/ [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards/ m. ]% U6 t. s$ [! `7 h4 A
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 O- x. s! |( r! j- E5 o
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
% P& ]; e6 Y3 D) U& t. n& G4 R4 \Range closes to 11,000 yards...
' g, \# g) h) D( A' m; F# X6 mRange closes to 10,000 yards...
7 L1 h* y( ]" \  ?/ ]Range closes to 9,000 yards...
. B* d) C/ U( s* v& U" @4 Y2 f! M( j( WRange closes to 8,000 yards...
: c$ m+ H, e9 B! c5 l. v' o& iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards# f6 R7 m0 D& y  u/ e
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 [6 q! l) T( h& c6 R& t7 N# dCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
8 ?0 O( d. w1 F& N: _* xCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 L  ^8 a' j5 jDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
2 o& @3 l2 R9 P9 n5 M) EAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
+ L; i& `# M& T; v  SCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' S2 j1 y% ]# o$ l* _& o+ o5 xCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
) ^/ ~- Q* A3 u; h* n' Q+ JCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 M. o9 n3 {, z$ c$ h" G
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
5 s( `6 h2 }/ D6 W) U' tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards0 Z$ p4 m3 }  b8 z: _% i( f: \
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards+ s3 f3 M  p, l+ c/ u
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
) b+ l* w* P( m' K9 E- `$ B5 m8 JRange closes to 5,000 yards: ?. K5 E- _2 t6 d
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113   L: }+ B! I3 G0 V
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards( @7 t& Y& S! W
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards* ^8 K$ L* s3 q/ A5 Q4 o9 b
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards: d& V+ h! I7 G6 a/ C+ z4 O
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
0 n" T7 D5 o5 t% y3 zRange closes to 2,000 yards5 u4 z2 [" m5 ~. D* u' P: U8 m+ Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
; b, E0 N+ f( m) vCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards* m. W- N8 \+ o& `4 V% J& I  y' ~
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
0 B) b4 `* H8 D1 Q7 EAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
7 u- `' j$ o* V5 ]# H0 RRange increases to 6,000 yards
  h0 O0 e* Z: [$ d; v' KCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
( S) D! U3 }9 TCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
- G  x, \9 h4 r  a: D2 k9 Y. hAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
% Q7 r% T" G5 H" j* Z1 h  q  hRange increases to 9,000 yards
2 }+ j; |8 ]0 w. }# ADMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards* Z! q/ p5 A8 }5 K5 s
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards5 F' R/ @- ~% ~4 p: k
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
4 g7 C, x; f. S6 Z% XDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 Y. _, R/ X6 q  b; T
Range increases to 13,000 yards$ E$ b$ I" r$ H/ X9 }8 [- i
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
# ^% @& r& M% ~0 h2 E2 D0 I. E5 ~APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
8 P% V7 @+ {$ j8 e$ eJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape! b. M5 O$ E/ u
Task forces break off...$ V/ d- s3 I$ r$ T* ^

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( l: W: @- s2 d5 PNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk* B0 Z+ q1 a' a' m/ F
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk6 F  `; i+ ~2 W+ f, Z

. n3 }: M) |1 l" vAllied Ships& M5 d5 ?! [# K  G( D+ `# q
      BB North Carolina) ~1 d5 R% j2 B( j- ~  \5 T- @
      BB Washington
: n, H/ p5 x- k$ E      BB South Dakota$ [$ r- F; F; W2 I6 K5 m
      BB Indiana; e4 h  _+ h% ?6 }
      BB Massachusetts: d, D& O1 ^# l1 D# b
      BB Alabama* p4 t7 T3 c5 z6 a; m  W
      DD Conner
, s: W+ h/ W5 w7 M" @3 _# M      DD Cotten
8 n) q/ a3 Z- |" m# q      DD Cowell
& z$ w9 n; ~: m: O% `0 p+ \      DD Daly' @  a4 z5 T% J- g8 i$ L7 t* E
      DD Eaton
- [& J! z; ?( S1 S      DD Heywood Edwards
+ L% m/ U  D3 @8 ^6 x: `4 p$ D      DD Erben
- P5 K+ Z4 q2 c  X      DD Evans. M+ c2 ~" q" t
      DD Foote
( E4 A0 u* j4 w# e7 D- f      DD Franks
$ Y1 q3 _; S, q+ F5 ^/ q      DD Fullam1 x9 g0 h" S& c% _
      DD Gatling* ^# X+ Q/ `! y$ N
      DD Albert Grant
; N* l4 b) c& P. ]5 Q2 u      DD Gregory
! [" C3 m+ \. R8 M% p3 v9 n      DD Guest& H( J0 Z4 C9 o$ Z& v& S* ?
      DMS Hamilton
% t6 Q- V& |4 E% }/ z' L2 Z# i      DMS Forrest
5 W7 b3 P$ `6 [- }4 K% I      DMS Ellyson; {& B8 Y! o9 q* i9 l
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 T3 J# k1 E2 j6 X8 S! N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...$ s) a8 x8 ~6 A( l
Range closes to 26,000 yards...$ s/ n! G/ W7 X. t: ]
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! W- N+ @( ]2 l7 ~) R5 q/ z0 Q2 G
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 E9 p0 @+ g9 {" E+ j& rRange closes to 20,000 yards...0 f' ]' e; ?3 u/ \; U
Range closes to 18,000 yards...; P% D6 _. ~# X& O* l+ B
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
+ }: G8 u* V5 nRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# J5 D, Y* V. a0 _4 s$ n* c$ w! PRange closes to 12,000 yards...+ S( f% M" m! y7 `! i
Range closes to 11,000 yards...* f& F- u1 j9 Z: ]$ |' c8 }; Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 ?: a. S+ b6 V- [5 e6 Q3 b7 p4 aRange closes to 10,000 yards...
0 M4 B+ k. M7 ~) K+ rRange closes to 9,000 yards...
8 d( R4 {1 F5 N1 }# GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards7 J4 e6 U3 G6 s/ z
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" ~9 H9 \: X" g5 f$ q( ^4 M
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards6 N9 t6 U( ~# q  Y
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards9 }3 B: v1 g, _% j  N# }9 W3 S
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
" w9 I8 T5 O9 x2 B# P4 K6 ?& [! lDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 o$ @" e* k9 V* X9 B+ aRange closes to 5,000 yards2 t' J: g7 h& j7 p
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
" f0 g- P- d% L2 rBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards; {! @  ^0 h0 z
Range closes to 3,000 yards
! D' U$ ~& x  wBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
, p- j6 L( N1 V& A& n, ADMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards6 n+ d% M+ o' q! @4 T* U; C: w% a
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards  u( @3 t1 L0 ]3 u# U- a
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards3 r* l7 ]( |( s
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards1 C/ M) ?  O7 h5 R' f
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards- h+ I0 s4 l, K% m- [2 `( y
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards$ l  ~0 Z% O/ o) f
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
- |7 s& ]! b, e7 Y! `0 bDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards7 X, q7 n8 V% w# G
Range increases to 5,000 yards5 o5 ^$ k5 \7 n- R( p" T
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards7 @/ i: l* |6 ?7 g3 c
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards" U, ^6 g( a( }
Range increases to 7,000 yards
( Y1 I3 e4 R! V* J7 _DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
. W1 H4 U  w; F) X) QDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards3 {; N& \4 |5 l! d/ v9 \( h
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
/ x$ F, N- ~0 q9 m" B$ `' f  n( [2 bAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
5 D' o4 i3 U) a! D6 O0 c" S6 [APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards0 S9 |( {8 N  V$ B' M
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...
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