lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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3 N( _# J2 c& C! k! hGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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+ E; G7 j3 T; K' tAllied Deliberate attack
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% ?: c. r+ ?# U- o- k& m# [Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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, D  E- [$ v3 iDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8# {) f& t* y5 }- ~1 ]+ d
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564 : W8 A: u! J9 O& u6 r( L- {) ]0 y" e
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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  Q$ `2 J  [# uCombat modifiers' D0 I+ s) @+ I# F
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
  Y! G0 d9 H) H; r' f* d. JAttacker: " `  r& X4 `/ C9 Z% r' F6 F9 s
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Japanese ground losses:" M+ T5 U+ H5 G: v- Y/ P2 b
      3386 casualties reported
$ i. M, y) i3 l6 {% U) [         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
. @% M; I, Q; P' J' O$ v: \         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
0 x" y; S4 q4 U" s5 _6 `: s         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled$ G4 @/ _6 R; \0 N- M# l' h
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
7 J5 R/ l4 e8 A- ?7 ?      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ D5 V; ?, w# }4 `
      Units destroyed 1! ?; v1 A- O2 w1 a7 X- |0 E9 M# t
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Allied ground losses:
$ f$ i" m. Z) C6 j      5163 casualties reported9 W3 [5 i! @; ^" r. C3 o
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled: v% f8 `6 L6 M/ W
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled% T- |1 E2 q  x
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled( K- e2 T8 d; f+ K3 R
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)) K3 R, L! U8 p7 X' E" k
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)0 Q7 t' ]4 g  B

5 s$ I- v! `. m8 W6 J4 e( N: NAssaulting units:
% k3 V4 J+ I7 o6 H, m% s+ l- }    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
6 J) Y/ L6 i, b- V$ t( g- u5 }    710th Tank Battalion
0 j/ o, K$ C2 `) r8 S    6th Infantry Division
* m: X) M9 P  e! _' R* {) B& Z+ b1 i    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 k& |! u9 P2 F. L* R    44th Tank Battalion
( f8 ^  Y/ N2 o$ I3 V0 o$ M    81st Infantry Division5 l/ s: W; r1 [1 d' |
    762nd Tank Battalion5 I, X7 G4 C: d4 S" a
    767th Tank Battalion* V$ {. @9 [  w% ]
    711th Tank Battalion
! u9 M& m1 w5 P. s    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment; y7 p: ]! s# m# G
    5th Marine Division
" j1 D6 V+ Q& q9 z, ?6 \, Z7 e    716th Tank Battalion
: e" g* h( ?: Z. r* d    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
2 t( o: D9 J0 R  _9 ^    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion0 `( I2 a# M, S3 N
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment/ G( u) ~5 @5 y- t: f* f# r
    706th Tank Battalion4 m- Z0 i; F' n6 j) d# L
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment2 h' H5 |7 ?& K' q9 }+ R. f
    96th Infantry Division
9 F) m& ?5 i3 t8 U    31st Infantry Regiment3 P" Q) E, \" ]* S: j8 O
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) X6 Z. m$ W5 ?) |- y$ Y    I Corps Artillery
* s: A# y7 k. T. S8 B. {) U    12th Marine Defense Battalion  l' Q* s0 [( C0 E2 q  |
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& R" u5 [- {) f/ @    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion' r( f' }9 z. c, n1 e
    XIV US Corps3 x, |' V8 v$ @  |5 w$ ]0 S4 P
    14th Marine Defense Battalion2 b+ q3 i0 ?4 J6 @% f' u
    5th USA Defense Battalion; G# w" o+ a$ |) o
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
$ C% G9 e, A, a6 z7 J7 [6 q    738th Coast AA Regiment
! O/ i5 f# @4 n' L( t; t    X Corps Artillery
7 a+ s; [( q' c    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, a* V5 b* A( U5 E7 t
    96th Coast AA Regiment3 R0 k7 O8 [" r. m! k* O
    4th USA Defense Battalion
1 D. a! j1 T" @/ o' @    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' M) b) t7 u7 @$ ?% U    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
5 i: H/ x5 y3 `1 S   E. Q1 O) r1 ^: X5 U) s
Defending units:
* h& Q% q7 F6 G  w2 K8 z. g  w    Kure 7th SNLF0 A- G9 G3 w+ E& u! q2 b; u0 Q7 y
    81st/A Division
% i9 G$ o6 q6 ]& Z# \+ b) T8 q2 v    Kure 3rd SNLF
' q% x2 S$ Y/ \) @$ x( z    33rd/B Division
2 l% l) v/ ~% U- P" p, Z3 \% K    33rd/A Division
  B) [$ d/ P; Z1 }, [( O' m    81st/C Division! l/ p- S& h% l& C# [! i
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
& o3 z. W/ S$ ]- }  W  c    52nd Naval Guard Unit
; W9 m& P- U1 O    138th Infantry Regiment
$ K6 _6 p9 s+ r0 t    Sasebo 7th SNLF
5 @4 E$ C* z  I" {  s    144th Infantry Regiment
7 T4 z( @" m8 C# a$ k0 T/ u    81st/B Division/ L$ D4 A2 z1 a# u' Z0 ?, m
    33rd/C Division
/ E% b7 }( J" ^, T" F: ?9 f9 c    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6 C, h' z- }8 l% _1 A5 s' Q9 ]    18th Army
( N' t" k: ^% |! s3 Y3 ~6 J' F    60th Field AA Battalion
) z- C( |1 ~. j/ q, d: _    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 R2 S( q' L" a
    Ponape Naval Fortress: s- X& ]% `( _* _% _
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
. F% h2 o- y  c: W    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
. o- J5 o  E+ y) B9 y* w    53rd Construction Battalion6 p0 a1 Q% v; {( K: [) o; z! J8 g
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
0 r2 C% X' W- S# Q2 u8 N    18th Field AF Construction Battalion( K9 H7 F! d3 k. z. F2 H( B. ]
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co - N1 y* f4 R. N- i
    19th JAAF Base Force
# t5 u0 [  i5 K& k# w# Y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 T: @& p7 J# m0 ]0 P
    14th Area Army /1/ @. o% P) ^3 }2 C
    63rd Field AA Battalion* s& q/ d  u" v) p% m0 J* O* h
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co ) O7 R* x. l. f$ U$ S1 j6 Z6 y
    3rd Base Force
9 C4 O! S3 c5 k7 Q- Q1 c7 T6 ^* B    12th Air Fleet
8 Q' \5 ^: F7 p5 M    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 m. X6 Y3 H6 K2 h& g
    61st Field AA Battalion
/ R2 o7 G) H6 p$ X6 J- S' w    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 H- X4 K* V/ r8 j
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co / k3 |3 n# R$ K, A+ j9 P2 e$ q
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /37 @! Y/ B7 y# Y/ d+ d; x  Q, R

$ A% @' \" ~+ W" e3 Z$ }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。/ ]0 P# C+ B& L
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3 A& G$ s9 N% d- n& u* B& aAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17613 a, [( W; Y; a* Z" K# [0 l* A
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
: ?9 E7 H# X0 @4 G7 M& s  XAttacker: shock(+)
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3 D6 z& h; y/ |+ TJapanese ground losses:" A+ o3 z! t$ p9 U) x& E# t
      530 casualties reported4 i$ a, s3 A/ E
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled8 |4 u3 I; }+ I# p/ W" a, x1 Q6 B
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled  n' T/ h5 d2 h6 v4 n# s1 F
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. E: ]. w. t! K0 w9 R# w( x# ?- E
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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9 `7 Y+ w) }' ?" \4 u6 `' MAllied ground losses:
3 G9 A' I, ~  O* A9 S      891 casualties reported0 ^6 G/ c; m0 J% p5 `2 F4 ^
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
6 x0 q6 y2 e( L7 I         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
& O0 r# }( H2 F* {! X1 O         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ ~- e" F6 ?/ ~& W! ^3 ~  f  q
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)7 n0 q3 J+ ]% S0 k1 S
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Assaulting units:
  S/ M' k: s$ h  {    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
3 S( c# \8 w& l; z3 t* m+ C7 ?    21st Division( |2 {! D5 V/ m" w7 p6 V3 i
    4th Division
1 W, O, s" B- B# |, r3 D; @    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment& U, K' e# g- ~6 r1 ~% p1 k
    23rd Tank Regiment% o  \9 |1 a0 |+ b* m8 [/ ]
    32nd Division2 L* k, k' a7 A1 v  P- V/ q1 ]
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
- g/ ~0 P# D) Y& o' `* u2 e# W    3rd Ind. AA Battalion6 V. {' Q+ R# g' o. K% U
    6th Area Army) M/ X; J, X, c; ?# L& u+ t# v
    103rd AA Regiment
$ F2 o  B* B8 n    1st JNAF Coy
& n, j1 G; j/ z. y; @7 _: K# F    13th Army
9 ~1 S0 Z6 \! T9 k    141st AA Regiment7 e; q) i  L! _7 {+ o
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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0 u- R0 H' y- i8 w# X0 I$ a5 q8 CDefending units:% \& a3 C& t) k" k6 q  p! {) ?8 m
    50th Indian Para Brigade: v9 g( J0 @2 u5 ~, ^6 h. b+ S

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1 V$ q+ v! [  U, o5 _50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males $ u5 D! C' q- X: k* K
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

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

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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. O, S8 r+ E- p4 K) O4 B5 ~/ `Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113), K' _4 o2 R$ E0 j7 [9 z! _
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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5 w$ C1 Z  H7 M+ x% ^# G; s; R- n+ H89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.! c' b$ u. q1 Z2 w4 N  a
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Allied Ships
! O' j( ^; U6 E+ j( {7 f0 z  M/ ^      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 f# z; m* Z# n8 N" a      LST-810 M; U- [" U+ O) b- J2 c$ `
      LST-74, Shell hits 34 ]4 r" p" b/ k& R" C. }
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
0 G0 e  r' W( i" k  F% V+ R      LST-78
. T+ v* u! m- y. M      LST 2091 j& B: D. |) v( }( ^
      LST-889- S/ r- t$ [0 r5 O$ P2 M" A
      LST-246: G% }/ O) H2 n6 G
      LST-2402 W3 h: b, Y! P" S, u2 B" O
      LST-204
( X4 E; F$ u4 H      LST-202: S$ h. |& e3 I& I) B: d
      LST-123: K" h/ i6 j  \2 |% X: `  A5 ?! T  E& i
      LST-121
) t. k4 t- L% y- O      LST-120; B2 z; v1 _: T7 x: |
      LST-86
; u/ C0 R) Q" M: J- z$ v3 j      LST-85! A* h* \. C* U1 @# w2 n2 d9 l
      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113); F5 p7 K8 D) w8 k& `
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships+ K- d# p. ~; r2 a4 V+ i$ Z
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! a- g) w5 E/ m, `. P9 k
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
9 i; k, |$ l9 R: U- _      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 z5 o7 v- }; ~3 a; {8 X$ ]( g
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire9 i) d! K$ @5 k. ^. v/ t$ ^
      LST-84, Shell hits 3: l$ J7 X7 y/ a3 M: E
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
1 J1 q5 ~5 r/ C* s: o( J      LST 180  d/ a3 g" u6 e* D) ^$ ^) I1 P
      LST 157
! J2 S0 O3 ~( Y  y" x$ x      LST 2
9 z1 ?0 z3 @- h. T% f  d7 d      LST-884
  \$ t; S7 v: ^) V      LST-882+ g5 s: W5 \1 P& v' f* @
      LST-397
' u+ |* m+ `5 A5 I$ f      LST-395, Y. \5 I. T: r/ y4 P7 {
      LST-274
& c* t/ c8 Z( u& B; h6 r      LST-273
4 A6 k# |4 {' Y( `# t+ ~* ~) i      LST-246- c0 Z/ k, U/ Y+ Q* \. B4 E1 a
      LST-244" Y( Q7 O  f1 b
      LST-241
  q/ V' j- q+ H/ t5 P* @      LST-218- F4 \1 C, l+ g! W
      LST-216) R( ?" T( f9 o- C
      LST-202
& x+ K0 I; ^! h) Z8 U/ i      LST-171
1 p+ |% c/ B( X" z5 i1 U0 S      LST-166
# q$ z! u/ u$ r0 ^# j( T      LST-124
* n/ ?7 b4 ^, y: i/ K6 f& f8 X      LST-1218 q: \' ~. I) ~2 K' l  z0 P
      LST-888 {- W5 k' K, O" x) k3 g
      LST-1239 X' ~$ ^* C4 E0 l% F) _
      LST-864 O* n0 f+ _; d1 v4 R3 T" X
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4 ~9 q/ U7 [0 H" I, n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( x( O7 k( m4 n: d8 @0 d  H
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ r6 }/ ~1 ~$ I

/ v: k; J9 p+ T( V+ H% BAllied Bombardment attack: u) E: g, @8 u( e( v% n
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 28125 j* s6 ~, Q( i1 s! w

7 y- K  z8 j- Y2 L3 R, Z0 F! l% n6 Z1 uDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:, p* z% }, d9 x" e( J% O0 [: y
      406 casualties reported
1 @; R+ N$ q0 y- N$ V- C- d         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
$ @+ u' ?, M3 H0 l4 F9 M4 A         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
6 n+ ]/ x' A* H* D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
" g9 w4 o$ n0 R+ d4 f  c      21 casualties reported
2 s2 F, t: e, ]$ G$ G         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ o% L+ A4 e0 k         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled9 {% D& B1 N1 B) z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: R% b, z2 d" k# m3 |, l6 O      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
  @& I# k% p* {2 y* N8 r      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)* v5 F8 B" F0 P9 V

, E- L3 `& ?( K9 g, k! hAssaulting units:
, L; Z( d0 o& G( j7 v+ X% ?    5th Marine/B Division: R! ?5 K: x8 K2 q8 R3 V3 C' x& M* R
    81st Infantry/B Division
. s$ M9 g/ O& s: e6 L8 a  I    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
: g$ w. P7 O6 G( g, `& d$ C    5th Marine/C Division
# ~" {  a: I  D& \7 H+ ]( g3 J    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion# S+ S0 E/ q* Q9 v( }  q
    6th Infantry/B Division
6 i& i# \- `( L: I+ h3 b    1st Filipino Inf Regiment0 N4 _# [0 p) e9 ^
    716th Tank Battalion8 K% V5 y5 P& x
    81st Infantry/C Division8 U7 |0 {; ^6 Q8 }% {
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
) d, g' ^0 y+ U& x  M    6th Infantry/C Division
1 r, U- w2 f/ O! q! v' Y0 ^    5th Marine/A Division5 `: ~9 O( \8 r4 K
    767th Tank Battalion
  p; p9 T+ B) V' H    96th Infantry/A Division6 ^3 U% {3 S8 J1 A* k6 ~  v  w
    706th Tank Battalion7 @; B, C1 b; G/ T) [
    711th Tank Battalion
) m5 d2 c' A; I    762nd Tank Battalion% u8 ?3 J) y. Q! @5 k8 g0 D2 y
    96th Infantry/B Division. g! s7 j7 p* \* u6 N# a" h
    81st Infantry/A Division0 ~5 o6 s" T& x& J! ]' [
    44th Tank Battalion7 ]5 A& j$ S( ?' |' i! {% I: n
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. C3 w/ ?  I/ e1 o* y. Q6 X( I    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment8 @) f0 u. N/ _
    31st Infantry Regiment8 K: O. c6 [7 p( l, w# x3 p
    6th Infantry/A Division
0 }! v5 n+ B4 |7 ]3 s, @& O" D) s7 c, Z9 O    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment  x1 |; n, ]7 X1 Q# I6 @$ `
    710th Tank Battalion8 Z. |5 v8 U% c+ k; q# Z% O4 d, b
    96th Infantry/C Division
" P; }/ \& P3 [$ y8 F+ N    5th USA Defense Battalion
2 h. I* S# g( D9 s    4th USA Defense Battalion
+ o+ k; d! f! _: ?$ q! x    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* j$ ]! Q: c" W3 y4 p" r    X Corps Artillery 3 ^, n  o6 j4 I  g
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) X% p" k) b$ E2 X0 Y    XIV US Corps6 _4 L" p' G1 B$ M% x" ]7 m: A+ ]: J
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ @: k8 b. ?/ @  ^    8th Marine Defense Battalion
1 d% n  K- g: h. v  H8 d: u3 i" Q) K    14th Marine Defense Battalion
  U7 ]+ m: I6 V1 e# W! e    I Corps Artillery
" s$ s/ i# D  W' [    96th Coast AA Regiment6 P1 j2 ]# }% E) F" x* U, Z9 _- v) t
    1st USMC AA Battalion) v# L9 E& ]6 l& {! `( H
    738th Coast AA Regiment* j0 N" Z( D9 I
    12th Marine Defense Battalion# O- u) C+ D7 t9 z
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
0 v& L1 Q3 d9 {3 X    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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0 t: v6 Y6 ]0 h7 xDefending units:
( ]8 J! N  j% A. t    33rd/A Division
2 ^& @- ?) m, P/ b% a1 T& ?    81st/B Division- }8 e" h! S+ n2 F" ~
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
# E  O3 D& D& H, ~; H6 V    81st/C Division. w  Y* m$ O) z6 j- {
    138th Infantry Regiment$ x' c% o2 L4 L: Z3 L- n
    Kure 3rd SNLF
4 J& u: X1 |1 R( I  d    6th Guards Inf. Regiment& r6 u$ l! s' p
    144th Infantry Regiment
. p! H# W0 l+ o/ T' r3 L4 j  k    52nd Naval Guard Unit
5 t: j+ d0 r  I( l2 Y! w: K- b    33rd/B Division
+ D; K9 R( v. O; r7 p, Z    81st/A Division
0 T" U. u1 E1 n4 }    33rd/C Division
; H+ ^% ]" Y0 U& w    3rd Base Force. b+ W( i$ ^( C( p- ^
    19th JAAF Base Force
5 B4 j$ U' s: Q; z, a, h    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
) R* L$ k. t+ v/ x- V    60th Field AA Battalion/ k; F$ ^, |0 U
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion" |0 }7 ]9 _0 o. B- D# b! z0 ^
    53rd Construction Battalion
; [' @$ h/ }  L# f    Ponape Naval Fortress
9 o* P$ V' Q' X8 w    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
* E1 V  {3 a2 M! {! w0 r    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, M1 o' b9 g) f2 y- l. p% I    12th Air Fleet
5 h3 D# `( y$ D- x6 T    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment1 f& Z7 W! E4 h8 N& B
    61st Field AA Battalion
" @7 ]! M) A7 Q( }    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
2 n5 Q& q( ^2 _* o    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
3 Z7 b/ D  Z8 T( p& y6 K    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 M/ I( I' e6 ^; h    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ n' A/ ~/ h$ ?  d; e' y    14th Area Army /1
  @% v7 m* d+ i2 s$ U; x    63rd Field AA Battalion
8 h. ?& u& X4 C$ D# G    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
' Y% V$ e3 Y1 n- K. e% b7 S    Kure 7th SNLF
) ~& R' p, B( q% r    18th Army
) V" L2 C/ A9 |  v% U4 {9 w    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ! o0 ^* t) p0 T( C0 u5 |( [; D5 u* f
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /33 X1 u* A$ b2 ]) r: ~8 t1 e
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+ x4 F& W% T0 {  @& I0 _日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘' g3 v1 V$ k- ], `+ ]8 \4 {+ G
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, d2 y7 M1 g( }  H+ a2 D. ]6 @5 rSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106, x& M5 s2 e  X; ^
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Japanese Ships7 H4 ^! L. C% t' M0 C2 K8 `% ]
      E No.54
' L' {  W  A3 V  q$ l      E No.50
; U: P6 R6 F, l8 z8 d7 [& ~/ s      E No.68: Z" \5 L9 c- T
      E No.52
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8 {) E( @1 [9 eAllied Ships* d' K# V1 Z9 s7 ~6 R# |
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk* o, j2 j6 J1 [9 }

7 o# G2 x2 p$ F& }+ |重创另一艘  E4 q% T8 @' l; Y( s
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,1028 x' H( n- i; e, a1 [7 K% ?
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Japanese Ships$ L; P  Z2 z5 `7 @2 u
      E No.8) I# r- e6 J8 u- J$ @
      E No.6. h9 f# C6 @2 V4 N7 w  f( _
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Allied Ships
0 r! [# q4 W! b# `. ~: t      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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; O+ N' t; z, ~/ c8 t7 m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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3 t. D& [- }+ q- Y, l0 F' JNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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4 W  h3 ^* F/ s: `) R' G62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.% D8 O) q, R: i* t- a* w' }

# k! X; F1 j; m0 n7 q- @* |Allied Ships9 N2 d( J7 B9 x0 R( B7 F
      CA Wichita6 o/ ]) M' w( \
      CA Vincennes! ], H3 {* ^, m4 m/ ~! W* E
      CA Quincy
- f  P" o3 z2 d2 @4 |/ R- g      CA San Francisco
3 o7 o# [% n' m# o      CA Minneapolis# l" v* M7 j; }( }7 Z/ D
      CA Astoria0 W7 [" S1 ]6 ]
      CA Chicago: z/ i; V4 {" z* x) |
      CA Louisville& h/ C) @4 E! z; M8 w; E
      CA Chester% T4 {4 U: [+ E3 u- e
      CA Northampton
4 ?6 e; u, x' H: \! o  n% \/ E      CA Portland6 D( Y: W6 t! x: S2 x/ h

) M) g2 _6 O5 ~Japanese ground losses:
6 X+ D+ I6 Q( j" a      71 casualties reported
" I% t3 @* q& q/ R0 |+ Q5 o$ k9 L         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled; q* f3 }2 {. q# T4 `& Z7 k
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
* a. c3 t$ V4 F* \: J         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
* Z/ X! p. |7 d/ ^      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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# P! d$ e& T( ?' TAirbase hits 2  T7 T: Y: b( X+ @9 \! \# O
Runway hits 10
3 d0 V. Y0 h4 J, IPort hits 4
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, Q5 o4 s; [8 b: i+ A* ZCA Wichita firing at Ponape
4 _5 }, j, a1 g* p' k9 H9 gCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 I4 r- D" O+ _- p8 U9 {Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes4 ]0 C% o$ N8 F0 U, V4 e+ Z7 V3 V6 a
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
9 F  n# d6 n/ HPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
" z- w! m- m! V0 [CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
1 q/ W& P, w! ~, Y7 \* c7 P4 Z: n$ XCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* b, V4 @  C# o9 y( n: u. t/ t+ T
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
* K2 d% b* P) O+ g; ^  f8 cCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress2 {% U- g) B: C; Y
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
  q) v  X6 m- P  X- Y( N4 NCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
  `. \/ \; b' `; f5 N$ j7 Y* |OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
+ x4 N$ q2 i- sCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
6 v/ w8 l# {2 _( M- B3 w! K$ D  vCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division% u$ n- _& s- A( y$ V% |
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland; ?# J- ~  O1 G. w/ r, c
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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2 X8 u+ C+ b% e: H& ONight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1134 F+ k  T7 r( n8 [6 Q
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Allied Ships( o2 T- c% W1 s3 Z% g& m( c
      BB Alabama
/ J' s! M# e  F( W0 @( @7 U( j      BB Massachusetts+ C# n$ p" ^- M9 ]$ h4 u
      BB Indiana
) s# |7 S2 }8 h3 f/ x0 ?      BB South Dakota3 X8 d! x0 W1 \4 A& z; ]  u( U
      BB Washington; R& H$ q3 C" \# m3 T: {' g
      BB North Carolina6 ?6 V* H7 R8 ~! d( f* P( Q+ Z

+ o( ~* @3 h) u3 a% f* c" sJapanese ground losses:$ s7 j0 `6 e2 T5 A. O" w' h
      275 casualties reported( A/ P: O6 t) ?; X9 d2 ^# d
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled) Z' S4 E: l4 M; I' S( g
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled1 E3 N7 Q. @4 J+ b! c- D( q
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
% _( Q9 x# a) `0 p* ]: l      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 m4 R- l- z( w3 `  b  a6 s8 {
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)! ?2 `; I5 L" t3 |6 G
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Airbase supply hits 1
& o" y7 v7 L1 X/ iRunway hits 7+ L# N6 T8 W- D' V" m$ p
Port hits 3* Z4 o" }& P3 l

1 Y  i' [" y8 n" eBB Alabama firing at Ponape
! C4 O$ h1 M; [, ~7 P2 TBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
, w# o+ {! K; ~  WBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
6 e+ I5 ?3 p6 O; t. XOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
* F$ M4 w) ~- M2 ^: H' lBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 1 a- ~$ e4 |7 h/ i$ ~
BB Washington firing at Ponape 3 P# [, x4 P4 G5 L- Z- G
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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1 f7 v8 p/ L+ z, [7 L: b" dNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!+ ^  {" A: O4 r& I

' `& T7 m- c9 D, k3 c, c) r13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
) _+ X7 B  }6 i, r1 M- k2 b      BB Queen Elizabeth
: v6 k& h  |8 S8 W$ a/ H, ]      BB Valiant
0 l' k9 A: `0 r# `      BB Mississippi/ Q4 `+ K$ i+ r
      BB New Mexico
. x' `+ Y# B" D" a# o0 D      BB Idaho9 }7 C  Q+ |0 b" i
      BB West Virginia
, T( e* O! n5 X2 ~: R2 w      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:& g4 i& @4 X! @# X0 ]3 d
      117 casualties reported
' c7 k( |" J3 a         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
: @" ]' v, s9 H) p- F* A! a! M) k7 C         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled; B  \( I5 d  B  l0 M* k
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ `9 u% B6 T2 f; }) J/ K$ C# w      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
. x" y5 v, n" K8 q7 g# N      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)2 A) J- x. c& w4 I' Z
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Airbase hits 2
& I6 S4 n# H5 g  d% S9 B1 V0 d. Q) MRunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 c/ N$ R6 ~# m# FBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 G1 T7 y' g  D: n4 j& T( `* M
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 {+ |3 X( J) Y( ~Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
6 Z" v: f7 N! M% S( ~: sBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
! L" n' K! ?9 ^. iBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
$ Y) O- F+ z) r3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho: _' V1 s, T) D% y2 v. H
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
& Q* z3 Q# i% r$ V) G; q. [BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force3 |( z# \+ g2 y# y+ k
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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3 s& \; C) j1 P3 T5 r  R; R; zWeather in hex: Thunderstorms0 M" S2 u1 ?+ @6 L
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.' }5 Y! x* Q" M- c% e& E
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes$ b: ?. J. S" R+ I/ h
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Allied aircraft
6 r4 |) S% K1 t" Y' ]8 [      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 O3 x; Q' A2 u$ P2 E      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337" h' M% [: Y/ _( E1 H6 u! f& i
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283( @  O7 w( D1 r5 {' y9 r* j. T; B$ D

; s  _3 C6 L% b4 |Allied aircraft losses5 \! ^7 t9 e' ^3 u, {- U7 C2 G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
* T: I% M- T% q' V' n6 |+ ?      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak. y; g1 p  L9 ?% a$ O
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged! t1 w# K4 a  R" H" }/ b& ^: u
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak+ ~. s# S1 K- I  o+ p

  o6 R% W1 e0 \4 _Japanese ground losses:
  ]. x% s2 m5 d: ?/ x      159 casualties reported
0 W' M0 ?- D$ n9 G% z% e4 d         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled$ w# e. V2 V% M
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled  L1 I- V# m4 I% c: Q1 _3 @( Z9 Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: g, Y5 b3 h7 s- z5 I

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)! L$ c6 X# i7 G2 i* s8 i; T
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7* e4 a' Y$ x6 ^) x, e8 G9 X+ h

0 G# z# _8 f7 M- cAllied adjusted assault: 3406 " {9 o; C' Q/ O0 W6 z" u
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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) s& J0 q% B" v% M, W& O0 p6 ?7 R3 aAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers3 E* F2 I+ k+ x! J0 C$ ^- G' j2 y" {
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)# r* E& \4 l- \
Attacker: 4 M& T) h0 q3 H+ [

1 m1 Z3 b* [( `* x& e( B# ZJapanese ground losses:
' @5 Y' U8 e4 p& d      3539 casualties reported
0 a! j' x& @6 n         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
1 b: V4 d8 H9 `9 m! Y9 v         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
$ @- E6 t: M% ^( o         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
' k% f, e6 G+ g4 ]4 ?1 A      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)% F6 j4 Y/ i# Q% B
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
% g1 Q; G6 ]# X* M- `! R) A      3552 casualties reported
7 \6 F% M" Y& {* K% u         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled7 V0 }4 a/ K" K& C
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled8 ], h3 h5 L& W: s9 r4 c; z
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
2 w" K* V" ?. a7 c      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
3 K4 O9 {* u  c      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
& u& ?. F8 U# o/ ~      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:9 p/ ?5 d, G  J: h
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion  A+ |" O6 S* f& s8 B" I2 j
    5th Marine Division5 R( U: Y. Q: g# C( B. V" i
    716th Tank Battalion# C/ q) J' d3 _. n& C
    706th Tank Battalion
  l9 I' L: q. {& g. e5 T    762nd Tank Battalion& M& W3 N/ y) j' Q% e* u" k
    710th Tank Battalion7 }; x0 ?, K: n" y
    767th Tank Battalion8 K3 z4 S' ~& C( h, [5 p; w3 U
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
+ q  h. }  ^7 ?3 D6 m" h    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
; Q' _# L! @# L. r& H3 Z& O2 v  c& @/ e    81st Infantry Division
0 S4 K, g0 N  j# `    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment/ l2 _6 V4 ^7 P) ?
    96th Infantry Division
4 l5 K* B  O0 J% t& ^2 {% x  Z    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment8 u4 b7 A$ r& @" a9 I
    711th Tank Battalion
) j' ~% ~" i- l0 g    44th Tank Battalion
" ?+ t; w9 {: S% t/ k    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
5 T( _$ M. b) ^+ I    6th Infantry Division
5 F& O( ]; q# j5 h    1st Filipino Inf Regiment! b: j+ p$ v! ^) W( L% N' h
    31st Infantry Regiment
" y7 w( E+ Z% @' u    XIV US Corps/ F( l% L+ x/ Y$ Z% _( M
    96th Coast AA Regiment' J& }: u1 \/ @! t
    12th Marine Defense Battalion% ~% }3 c' \# u1 a+ ?
    4th USA Defense Battalion
# V6 `: o9 m9 Y! M7 h4 s    14th Marine Defense Battalion4 M7 f0 _3 r% T( V& c# f
    1st USMC AA Battalion5 \8 m; d3 \9 G& G- z- U
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& h5 F. J$ x7 O5 c' b) c* E    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 p2 c, W2 G9 Y1 D: |) A    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% }; l" T7 o0 E& a5 O7 ]. Y/ m
    738th Coast AA Regiment
$ b# j/ ^% s1 y  H- H    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ j* B: o6 r6 ]" ^. {& K+ i; H* {
    I Corps Artillery
' _6 }5 r! M2 B* C    8th Marine Defense Battalion; i! }' e2 s7 r
    X Corps Artillery 9 p6 B* C8 r" r% u; M# _9 T
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 C! o2 E1 P1 l' J0 a' j
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment, _2 r8 W' s% K* Z( |* d! F
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Defending units:+ I( W( Q, F8 ]3 g4 ~
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment% n* Q  W3 ?0 c- k3 T9 \4 ?
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
" O9 a4 X1 z# B    144th Infantry Regiment
0 A' y3 _/ K* W+ H. e" ]    Kure 3rd SNLF
6 {) L, i' t% G  o* E  @# ?8 G    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 B8 @* p- \3 E4 D" z# o
    33rd/B Division
, d, x% ^3 i7 m) P  B    81st/C Division
" i( U2 F/ I$ U    81st/A Division) Z2 K* t  |$ @" [2 K
    81st/B Division
& P6 w: h# j$ Q" i3 v    33rd/A Division
, L, O1 Y/ C! `9 n' [6 Z    138th Infantry Regiment
  O5 Q0 B, ?4 ^% ~    33rd/C Division
9 N4 Q7 N7 @0 v% e' t/ H    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
0 S, z/ q/ [$ g* Y% o7 S8 M    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
/ t; R1 J: I+ K. a, K/ }/ l7 v3 B    19th JAAF Base Force
/ D5 [. z- U1 b) ]    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
8 f" H$ Y, j% Y! i5 F    12th Air Fleet
7 m& N4 N4 t' W& D; Q% }" z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ q3 J$ r3 X2 m0 a; H6 g    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 1 _2 |3 a. Z  O2 y6 S
    63rd Field AA Battalion
0 @& N# u; e! ?2 {    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# J0 v6 Y8 G; `8 ^9 ]    18th Field AF Construction Battalion0 o5 y0 d9 h5 e. e
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ ~/ {! u( k- u2 ^    Ponape Naval Fortress7 \$ @4 B! t  E0 |9 ~0 f! C
    61st Field AA Battalion
: g7 h- f7 o$ i- E% M- X9 g& s    18th Army
" \8 @) K! u. j$ J; q0 q2 p    14th Area Army /1& ]! O' w2 k( {/ g$ x( H) W
    60th Field AA Battalion
4 W  R; d: V8 R. o    53rd Construction Battalion+ y' j/ l9 s) ~, n1 \  N
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# w3 C) ?- D& ]
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
3 ?* D! N- x+ {    Kure 7th SNLF
1 k" q+ \" W6 F1 V8 u7 [( Y' R* y( M    3rd Base Force$ p& X" S$ u" X4 p; w0 o+ p6 y
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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+ `# a& x: h) Y+ {% ~' r8 a$ t$ ^Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
/ y- [/ ?2 `, P6 @" cWeather in hex: Thunderstorms3 z1 V& V. W1 U7 j
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s$ f! {5 E$ l' ]7 Q1 L4 Z
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
' p2 {. Z5 @; j) g+ A      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4622 Z; J6 h  a, a( B( y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3379 c- @1 B6 r# p4 t6 C
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
% M+ h8 {0 C1 b$ z$ J: m3 FAllied aircraft losses: I* q9 R/ [* x- |

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hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44  s5 l; c9 l) |7 g
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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1 x  M" Q; I. k0 D) c
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!* f# C# |3 _" l) _

0 z9 Y5 s3 E( r  T" e* hAllied Ships
3 B8 n8 _5 i2 U: Z: h3 r      CA Vincennes
$ p9 Z; t$ n( d' S' i      CA Quincy
8 j6 q9 r& t' d4 o, t0 h1 j      CA San Francisco
5 `1 D" a) d6 p& ]1 K2 d  \" a      CA Minneapolis
6 Z* J! n$ U: O, `$ [; D      CA Astoria
; B& h5 \7 {+ ~7 W" w5 R" J0 m      CA Chicago0 r/ y/ D% H2 m# R6 q. o% f
      CA Louisville8 H/ a8 `# h" R7 J
      CA Chester
9 T4 p6 r+ B# g8 m/ h7 o& y" h* h      CA Northampton
; Y" o4 y& r/ ^0 U" ?7 E! L3 K      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
9 a. w! J( ^& s  `/ J      112 casualties reported
3 x% a6 n" q- v# }6 p6 v7 M* p         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
" G1 y, Z& I: k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled8 W' j, B. W$ @$ a! W3 j: Q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled0 z! ^+ z! p% ]1 C  C7 _. C' o% G6 O) Y  e
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Airbase hits 5
5 i9 i2 L5 p! {3 U9 e) }0 {Airbase supply hits 2
, P7 p) T9 s7 k" X0 C# h( d/ i1 MRunway hits 21
+ N  [: V0 P- ^Port hits 7  A1 |+ h. d/ U# G! M5 b" L
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7 u% a. n; f9 u, G% s  u, h* nNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 O7 L3 `/ b  O1 f0 I/ c. I3 C- J

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  m" i" t  r' o0 _  t- W      BB Alabama
* z  |( [# Z8 R/ \  K& A      BB Massachusetts
& w! G2 X% V% ^2 r      BB Indiana
9 w9 u4 ~/ q) I, n8 v. p: O& i      BB South Dakota
" B+ E: i: ~( q' y' v* y! @* ]      BB Washington) e& t. J. O" q/ R, y. p
      BB North Carolina
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0 B5 X' A7 D2 B. J! aJapanese ground losses:
1 h9 \7 U: G  {) ?4 C$ i      398 casualties reported8 Z- P. K$ y: |% M
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled( {$ X0 Y  l' H8 s" u) y
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled, N" t* r) Q. f
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled2 t$ G' ]: ]7 i# M6 N
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled). J; d2 |$ e+ ?* m# e+ n
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
. B) H, ^( I7 s" n: VRunway hits 9$ k( I1 c7 @9 L* w
Port hits 2
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+ I% B/ O: _7 E$ S  NBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division. d7 @6 i  {' p+ p  T, F3 R
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape ; t7 ^" x. \9 F5 T4 p( s, i
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division9 K/ `6 w% H+ @4 P$ m1 S2 P
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
) U. k4 W, b$ B! HBB Washington firing at Ponape % ~8 ?. _! W' A" a, Z
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape 0 u3 G8 X( ]/ k2 b
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9 C2 g  I2 q7 E6 L1 f; v9 ~Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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2 Z0 E' e# i7 R7 W! e! n: V      BB Mississippi1 F6 L3 B' E! f( P; f  B. t
      BB New Mexico
3 A8 A  k1 Y  [3 F6 R      BB Idaho* d( C, _) o; S5 h

( M. S: o3 g+ L4 X* I4 d6 S8 bJapanese ground losses:2 r8 x- b- S: ^! x' f# C
      195 casualties reported7 |7 B9 d1 d" Y0 }4 x8 u
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: V; k: i6 o7 @7 }/ ?- `         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
/ O8 b8 l/ T2 m" T' O8 }. x         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled  K8 Y! P9 |+ H0 W- c
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled): p* o# _" Y4 {9 ^; L4 @( I
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)/ y2 E2 j( y! q
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Airbase hits 3
% D/ q( w; y3 e; v- V6 GRunway hits 143 S4 d2 ]7 g3 O' g/ F2 O! V

1 t0 I, ~) W5 v% ?BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
- n0 P' _7 h6 z% ^0 k/ ]2 d3 J8 C) pBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division7 m* ^! D& t+ B
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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) r( A: `( T: y" {$ s: x( G2 rAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)9 q: h/ t7 x, b" k$ [+ z

# ~6 z' H+ o% fWeather in hex: Severe storms
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9 [- q* y/ E, B7 J, P. ^( NRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
# W$ G  U, K( |/ A: N! AEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft0 u  {4 @/ g6 f, ]) y& N- ]
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462' f: k0 x3 U$ N. R; g' q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3336 y9 @$ \# ?+ W1 @4 @
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2865 ]* T+ n2 g7 F; {6 Z' Y
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Allied aircraft losses4 g, t% C# r2 o( j1 L
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
  b5 ]" \5 b, [2 G+ t4 y. X      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
6 r) M5 I6 I, }' q* h( ^      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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! W! s% u# n7 K/ |  A$ _0 VJapanese ground losses:% k/ f2 x* l9 ]/ q5 O0 B8 X+ t% ?
      121 casualties reported
" s4 \4 C' @3 K! `% L, @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled  L9 Y1 _0 }8 L. ^7 C+ V, S
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
3 w5 r( J0 i7 r5 z, p" C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 C( ^2 I3 Z6 G: K+ D

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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: B4 y. i1 j+ e. g! }8 vAllied Deliberate attack" S& I( y( o+ N% C, Q; y5 K1 l8 Q! `
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26290 K( U% D* |) m! _- }+ C
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 65 t! Q# S/ i' f9 y- M

4 L$ U  x* ~- e4 [- xAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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5 D; z9 _; y: C, G( Q. ^Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) ) t0 l  [! R& [2 F6 v
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Combat modifiers
% r; x; S9 f% r- x) m& BDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-), M8 M* Y  d# z( R- y1 ?2 b& p9 J
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
% F& x  e4 a5 G3 i. P, e      2305 casualties reported5 u) e; g: P& Z
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled- b/ u& |8 {4 q2 P9 Z& Y4 Z
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled! \0 e" e& R) P; P
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled. r4 f0 {$ r- W/ w# T
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
( T; I% W4 l4 A! s( |      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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' N# N- f2 o, n1 AAllied ground losses:' R6 t4 c/ A4 l% U1 E
      3064 casualties reported
8 i# q) }5 E+ {7 G* I9 y2 {+ K7 H         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled- R( L8 }5 ?3 z7 D8 g: y7 T
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
+ s/ v) l7 a- _1 ]& z  U; E         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
6 m7 b+ Z4 t. v2 {& O  v      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)1 i; Z( x. F; `4 a! `- t- p
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:2 }; Y6 [3 y: q' q
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
" U! @9 s* N6 r- k5 m    711th Tank Battalion
9 z9 Y, v) q# O" }" D% [; a    716th Tank Battalion& f- C) f3 S* z8 }$ V
    6th Infantry Division4 N+ W8 K. |7 n
    44th Tank Battalion7 r. `3 h. h+ m6 t9 w
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 G2 M) k; s5 q7 e! P$ o
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment% s% o' N2 X7 ?8 r
    81st Infantry Division
  g# D; w" C0 E" R2 I0 i    767th Tank Battalion
* [8 f0 j2 ~0 |5 A    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3 h4 D' h/ F8 B% c9 H    762nd Tank Battalion& H5 }6 W/ t* I, ?9 A" B
    710th Tank Battalion8 b3 x3 F0 o$ D
    96th Infantry Division
1 F, x4 g" C. p+ R5 x    1st Filipino Inf Regiment$ m5 V2 s/ a9 m
    706th Tank Battalion2 c0 `/ N8 \( \# ~6 x
    5th Marine Division* Q5 B, X6 x. E+ P5 Y
    31st Infantry Regiment* [! D, b- g( f5 ~7 |
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 Q+ S8 p3 @1 h$ v& Q: L
    1st USMC AA Battalion
/ u- F- z* M* I3 |  p7 {& M    738th Coast AA Regiment
! x/ y5 b$ F2 _' P, C. F    96th Coast AA Regiment% R$ f# l- M+ g& v. t5 I+ Z; |
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; j% m1 q/ E$ k9 r8 Q
    12th Marine Defense Battalion* e5 |( I8 t9 T5 \# w! d" l, O/ R0 e- \
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 y  V* r, ?( w' E! i
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& V. S2 s1 m; n$ w    XIV US Corps# s8 ]5 ]8 B+ }, |" {
    X Corps Artillery
4 |2 G; F  h" ]' n, |! y  o4 r    5th USA Defense Battalion
% |7 I3 U9 p7 r. E    4th USA Defense Battalion
( Z: T% a! f7 X5 a) h% x  r    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  N* x8 N2 F$ r& _" X
    I Corps Artillery 8 ^" p7 q3 r1 B$ b+ F  |7 `
    8th Marine Defense Battalion, v( @9 M( p: ~3 Y" M" x" q- {
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
8 B2 ~+ G' U. \3 C1 H    Ponape Naval Fortress
) o/ T& ?) }5 f6 [% m0 `% X# K. W3 V    81st/C Division7 G0 ?# U- z; ~9 f" C; b
    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 e5 a* y( E( e& ^- N% W, q
    138th Infantry Regiment
7 a7 L' w, q" e' W6 K/ ]( E    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
7 O. r6 i7 f2 X6 e0 C    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" y2 d" x% _4 O# q' |    144th Infantry Regiment
4 i1 V0 S7 e3 Z    81st/B Division  E2 T. o0 a0 i& F2 I9 y
    33rd/B Division
9 C9 e+ ^( F) ]4 P% u    33rd/A Division8 X4 P4 w$ T8 {5 L, H1 I+ \( z
    81st/A Division
; B$ V( a" j# q0 N$ o, @    Kure 3rd SNLF9 G. |0 c& r5 y& P. x' ^5 m* r% F& C
    33rd/C Division- J) N: q4 G! r9 b
    53rd Construction Battalion
' \+ ?6 y# P. h7 p+ V% S3 j! z0 r    18th Army) N% [! o) n6 p/ W# R9 Z
    14th Area Army /1% }6 L! O7 p/ M( H( m+ h2 e: ]
    60th Field AA Battalion
  |% M# R' ^! F! V7 e    12th Air Fleet2 l& t: o0 k6 I# p- J
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment' {) y; o3 ]0 @: P- m/ s! X" j1 D
    63rd Field AA Battalion! q! i9 I% G5 ]+ ~. Y* ^4 r
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 a7 Q" s/ d& S% t9 Y9 E    3rd Base Force
( ^! u, ~: |/ e+ p    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1" {  W1 u, P5 R
    Kure 7th SNLF
+ Q& h% ]9 W: F  `: ]! \    19th JAAF Base Force) s# l  k. I- z  k% C' i
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
/ N5 v% [* r! O2 ]1 g    61st Field AA Battalion* n' z; m* \6 v" @! A  w/ K* ?
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co " N+ v$ ]( R, _5 ~2 ]3 U
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 V# ~+ r3 A+ M" _, K3 A0 z
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment( G6 n  K& {+ G  D1 Q1 D7 Y: [
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
  |2 _% L2 P2 F  W( b# E    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 `+ S# S- D6 M# z, a9 @0 f
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

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

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
5 K7 s3 w( X7 }, u' s$ n$ Y4 \; B妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待& Y" ^$ d- h! X) N$ A/ g$ e
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,604 E  s9 Y5 I8 k' i2 r$ [
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud9 C: u3 R& p! u0 z

( h% R, C" C1 G! v) n- ~' h0 ERaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 q: O0 M) h0 _2 G# {
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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  j  U) W; U/ ]9 r8 z' ^: }' h* dAllied aircraft  l1 \3 E% l8 O2 q1 H* N/ C, U
      P-38L Lightning x 23
- j9 d& J  O; J4 Q9 g/ V/ @      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
, d& p3 V. M. ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
4 `1 b+ |' i% e5 Y: l      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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$ o& X& D. p" U* m5 bJapanese Ships6 D1 y( H/ i( I2 B! L
      DD Suruyame" Q# m8 j/ h% Y- e4 v" W- {
      CL Ninaru3 Q& C3 z  N5 G6 [  n
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' h; U' a1 a1 Y: E# ^, A  p- n* e      DD Yayoi' U# M- c! h% ~
      CA Kako: U# b+ k9 |! y7 D( T+ T3 j( U
      DD Asagiri
$ ~! N3 r3 ]( p' k2 ?; d- G      DD Ayanami& j% G' {+ C, A3 c, O5 g* ^
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Aircraft Attacking:; c0 B! ~9 O  Y  a" ^7 }5 Z, _
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'5 g( p9 |) |3 U9 {5 A* u
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb% L& U. F4 h3 t! [& Q
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
3 t* y7 Z" D: z% v               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
6 J9 r, u: u4 F, \  j, d       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
. c4 Z% u$ A8 C! }               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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/ S8 v" u: d' j/ fMassive explosion on CL Tokachi
2 u& ^& H  g8 H6 OHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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4 ^6 C, j! f; ~7 wRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
3 ?, J5 f5 b' e: iEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
, e4 t# j) l+ Y1 [' u) H6 T      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
) r, [% ]& K& H' g. D/ A; }      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
9 a/ M& n9 G& m      TBM-1C Avenger x 285- l+ t7 ?0 F0 e5 P1 x, M

' N( s0 A  S% |3 gAllied aircraft losses
" w% [# u0 q" @: a( ?3 c      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
1 H/ j) M8 C) e+ x+ P0 ~- b5 A/ l" N      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak7 U& M, ]% e: B* Y& E
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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% N9 Y, H3 ^' F% h3 B9 OJapanese ground losses:" `+ y. D1 @- \7 l( z
      276 casualties reported
/ Z( c9 l- f6 L6 n" d, @. A! c0 S         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled' @6 m2 Y, n% f+ a0 m
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
6 c: C; u( S/ ?2 }9 d2 S' O3 @         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' {' A- q* m. q! |  P+ w& p
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ [4 a( p, J0 |2 F
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: G5 _* j* ~7 Q/ {5 TGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack
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  s( q. j0 u# M) p2 B! CAttacking 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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) I% x! N! g# a4 k1 x+ F: s  LJapanese ground losses:
6 R5 E$ ~' g9 u2 i& |$ L* A7 S& K* H/ P      1082 casualties reported
: v, A+ J9 k) r/ H' k4 e; @         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled/ q. c$ m2 f0 [/ q; U
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
3 d2 s: N% \6 N7 w3 f% P* C2 k( }         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
5 ^' |+ D+ W5 J" S      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)% B9 q" q$ E  ?

8 ~5 N5 C) b7 i/ v, \, }1 L$ iAllied ground losses:9 i0 S+ b; J8 G$ E% z
      23 casualties reported
; y  I" h0 B" S  o: v" Z  H5 f         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 f3 g/ g  _$ F) E2 ?
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled$ ]/ M% I9 b& l% m# |6 c5 }
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ R- e+ {+ l0 V2 o      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)) k$ o' ]/ J/ {9 x+ g
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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5 \7 u9 h; c) Z3 l) {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。+ Y, q% b9 K& `4 r

  D! m3 O- U! y. `- b3 U7 ~/ P本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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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。, @3 P" V5 b$ U& G, [# M3 `" _
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) J. A; l( r& x, R) ]- ~, Z9 wSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk; Q- o0 k  l3 }% c
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Allied Ships
$ o4 D, S) }4 N  T) j) A0 `7 G      CLAA Prince Robert% W( v7 V- j3 G5 F
      DD Saumarez
7 `0 \$ ^: \8 A' I      DD Nizam
/ v7 W, K) j% ^$ J: y- U      DD Ellet
8 {$ z( |6 y9 J" o8 `; V6 x      DD Waller
# `  @# `) _. S! H7 q* q5 s      DD Walker
1 S5 H+ K) q& U      DD Wadleigh
2 X% F7 b& L9 G- `6 w0 L      DD Uhlmann
% Y/ x4 e* @/ z& Y! Z6 e5 W2 M      DD Twining9 A' j1 b: y) J$ l) u2 {, W
      DD Twiggs- F  ~7 [4 o' \( o; g
      DD David Taylor0 O- H+ I% B; }, V/ X0 O  w  F! R) |
      DD Strong
! J% R# ?9 p4 ], y      DD Sproston
1 b: X; A; E/ X      DD Sigsbee
/ I. k  v2 G7 ]5 I# S3 ?8 a' S; v      DD Sigourney
, U: ?1 |2 X1 B      DD Schroeder8 S* S) ]% K0 h1 ^* l1 [
      DD Benham II# J  [- v# I$ u8 I  r. L8 p( _
      DD Cushing II
* L! r; u/ i' W9 N8 D: @      DD Urchin
" c# M0 q% ?1 t$ l      DD Urania
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/ m( j1 I0 N, x% ^9 s8 rSS I-48 is sighted by escort
/ i4 C: {7 Y* Y% U/ j  B. A4 }DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
1 _  K5 K* T0 z. D  u1 b; tDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....& T# w8 q  L/ \: l
SS I-48 forced to surface!  J9 b* q% I3 `
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
# g' b0 l5 C& p1 T% w1 GDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....7 k1 Z( X1 j( |* S* l
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
6 `  W& [" W4 Z; i) g' A: _+ }DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
* i5 P; w4 ]6 G; oDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
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- e7 y) S9 m* W5 _8 RNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards; @6 ]4 u  w$ U  m

& R- b1 Q3 V# F# G0 E2 t* vJapanese aircraft
& Y- ~+ d# S6 C  m      no flights4 C( m: e/ Z: g- j% b4 U# V

6 p' D3 a# ^+ g3 A9 WJapanese aircraft losses  |2 g5 `; Y% O% f, p" W
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships3 w- Z# \/ E' o- y2 w
      CL Agano% n# U) Q4 Z! g% x! C% n1 D" P( G' M
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
* u- @/ z2 |4 @5 s8 g9 H      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 R: I4 X4 I9 A5 G$ i* Q' p" z9 _      DD Hibiki
! }* Q0 R2 I& s+ C6 L/ V9 s      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 13 W% u1 ]* B* c" p
      DD Shirakumo% y# d1 q' x5 k& T
      DD Isonami1 x$ l7 L8 j4 }( @( K
      DD Murakumo% p6 `! r  I4 T' O" M! {4 |
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk4 n5 P; w8 ]. w$ U; T3 a
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Allied Ships: h! U0 k9 Y+ s& z( e
      BB North Carolina/ R4 ]& S* F7 v* @* z7 ?* b
      BB Washington
. i, P4 B1 }( Z      BB South Dakota" R8 u+ |( H# v- U/ E5 ^% y
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
! x: g  t0 E0 {& u: [2 e* _      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
1 F+ k. d" f& k) _1 {: M      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
7 w4 j3 F9 l+ X. |. ~0 ]0 n' `+ E      DD Conner
% L; k0 q* l9 L2 u' @5 K      DD Cotten+ C# _; q/ Q' ^: g
      DD Cowell
; ^$ A; w" r) u( N# e/ O      DD Daly  Q! Z. ~% x4 v5 B( j
      DD Eaton& a& ~7 O) [8 e% }( G- K
      DD Heywood Edwards
" W" c1 S6 l# J# v  R/ f      DD Erben
; ^' }! X+ t+ b+ N, G      DD Evans$ E- U$ O; U) P7 c" W
      DD Foote; E% P  C8 T; s& N# D* J
      DD Franks' i. l& T: v+ _( A4 ~. S8 g/ F4 X
      DD Fullam" Q6 p: o6 t4 R7 z' p
      DD Gatling
6 @6 _2 Q4 L/ t5 l9 h' z      DD Albert Grant
9 s" d3 I+ W2 f6 Q4 d, o4 r- C* h      DD Gregory; ^, C2 o5 c, c7 \& N
      DD Guest
' J/ X& E# D0 c      DMS Hamilton0 J0 @" f  n& y4 f
      DMS Forrest" r. X2 Q4 E9 A
      DMS Ellyson* h4 s7 E" S2 c8 V0 A- a
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( r; S* r+ y: q  i' z- TRange closes to 28,000 yards...) c7 K% M8 Q2 c# q: M8 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ S, [  H: N5 o; b* T, G
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
4 }' L4 f! _* e: E5 L' S9 ?- ORange closes to 26,000 yards..." s. z# X0 p6 v9 ?: N) ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
1 d5 G9 J& `1 a- V; x) l5 ORange closes to 24,000 yards...
7 w) l% @$ P+ gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards3 a7 F( S, ^) z& B3 B
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards5 k, x# l, ]; o1 L, C6 W( P
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
4 j& ~- K! o8 r( x# p, ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards! s2 Y2 c$ j# f- n& B2 {) A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
1 t# j$ V+ W% k. D! yRange closes to 20,000 yards...  l( i( P- k4 {2 j7 O" \  ?2 {- N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, F0 r4 h- Z8 w1 J9 n
Range closes to 18,000 yards...1 u4 Z  c. R$ c1 n- f! w: K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards8 p8 X2 k8 e" V& ~; @
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) C0 H5 s- O9 F2 V( x6 @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards5 O2 V9 d# ~* T
Range closes to 14,000 yards...5 G' z6 o/ E; S8 R& j
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards7 y* h3 W, f( w- `
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., P% E7 o- U2 s- K8 b# d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
" S( }# L& r$ P. u- C, u) OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards/ [+ p: P. Y, i1 V% [8 R0 G' H; z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...% d7 M! A) ^6 z. G( c3 ]! x4 v3 `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: G' o5 t* l) `3 C# x: W
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards$ |, c) a6 V- V  [" T5 T
Range closes to 10,000 yards...* k% O& A9 G- J, m* s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards2 L( {+ G, w$ i% D$ G
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
! x! K' d+ D9 k: ?2 nCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; Z6 h( M4 D& x0 ]4 _7 R4 B. X0 e
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards/ D! E/ o9 D1 u: M
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards/ L6 F, ]. ]! v8 E
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards, L9 H( e; B5 U
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards8 \$ Q7 I3 \* I5 _) l5 Q
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
4 K5 h- o; ~( Y: z4 ZDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
, c1 K' `2 k0 D$ rDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
+ R" V" D( ]0 rBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
' V. c+ Y' [( V' H: {9 J$ ~DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
% ^  B/ |+ C7 [) e2 f/ \DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards7 a+ Q7 U8 c! A$ Y& F0 H
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards# k4 O6 U3 c/ B1 b8 _; \
Range increases to 11,000 yards
% S: B' F& F0 c( b" T, pCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
" T! n* k9 `% |+ S3 C, YBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
" `! A  x! K- H5 t% s3 M# uCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
. K3 W( B7 ?3 R: W& i  RDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
5 l+ y* A% Z. S- [2 Y  MCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
$ C3 T" g' a; x3 F; S1 R6 E# k. B0 MDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards* m9 n: h/ E) v6 U
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
! i$ E; y. r8 ]. Y: R+ O5 eBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
6 R5 Z) _' m7 e# w; rDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards  c6 N& V/ J$ ?5 s, I( Q9 F
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
2 O! I% b) A# O+ ~9 y) xDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
8 I) q* u, v/ H7 k$ ]! L1 f1 CDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards. B# i" R/ P! G+ c" w( s& u
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards, J5 N/ Y" x! D# U" k
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards6 ^! F( @& `5 x( G5 i' v
Range closes to 10,000 yards( S$ ]5 ?( k* b5 A- N0 p# D
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
- [, X6 T+ |6 c9 e0 K, R+ c+ QCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards1 C: \9 U, Y; ?/ z4 B' B3 {
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
. }% k7 k8 }4 A5 o) n1 m# m; \" q  qDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards+ H; Y& k: u  N
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
, I  D6 n% u2 ?2 V9 q- NDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
9 i- `, m$ a/ Q2 u- YDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 Q# c0 w3 l9 m8 s9 w  j4 ICL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
1 x+ o1 y5 @' Y7 ?" ZCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards- j( B5 M- d" Z1 C0 Z, O  M1 [
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
: e2 c: q) _3 `7 CJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 u# s3 ]; f& }2 C- k, ^2 b
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 R0 j) {; |4 i( B5 _2 [" _$ k7 f! V
      DD Hikokaze
% H, V5 ~$ e: u, m2 H8 V      DD Ishikaze
& I; W) ?1 m) V, W' W9 V4 {      DD Tagokaze
2 c  O* ~- N. m      DD Takatakaze8 G; {6 l0 m2 a; z, a5 S* {

9 M) v7 n& A: |Allied Ships
5 T) }4 M! D3 {  l- z      BB North Carolina' k$ q( q4 K; |6 }9 R; Z$ D
      BB Washington
, E1 u( p( J. y0 p      BB South Dakota
3 G, {; f( n( q8 B$ U7 l7 H  h# H      BB Indiana
7 S& Q  Q; O# \% k8 k      BB Massachusetts
& `9 H, g8 `* i* R8 |& \1 \      BB Alabama
( G7 E2 j$ B* ?, e0 j& Z- z$ e      DD Conner' L5 W/ z5 t; A  l# V5 v
      DD Cotten
( w+ m4 r# |5 t0 `  B) P      DD Cowell
! m) L& ?$ `" q      DD Daly8 F5 k9 M  q$ ]( {; P, G7 g5 C# M
      DD Eaton( x; O. Q2 Q9 a* Q  t0 }3 M$ @5 u5 k
      DD Heywood Edwards
# Z$ }% t. Z) V0 f2 q9 [" l* J6 c* I1 f      DD Erben& a2 t! ?8 J. Z5 t
      DD Evans
9 C2 D+ q$ c! B  V, R+ z      DD Foote7 X4 ~" O+ l- w  L
      DD Franks. o$ W1 B+ D0 @+ d& j3 z
      DD Fullam+ Z% p! _6 i+ S3 g; H
      DD Gatling
) v4 ]/ Z8 D4 }4 q( w" \' _8 U      DD Albert Grant
' {" a& S5 c/ S" @      DD Gregory6 E6 e& o- x3 Y$ ~
      DD Guest
/ E: y2 ]2 x+ J0 F& N: p/ m      DMS Hamilton( e) ^. @& e0 T4 R
      DMS Forrest
( p  h* ]: W, O# t. B+ W      DMS Ellyson
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1 C! Q  z9 h' G5 m+ q* a6 R) iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ H* [2 F4 i% j7 ]0 M
Range closes to 28,000 yards...5 Q9 U+ k: h1 X, e7 X; p0 ]6 j
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- J' O" I! D# Y$ hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
+ {- N0 j2 ?; q& cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
$ f9 }: K' g) J0 Z, c! B/ O0 \Range closes to 24,000 yards...- F! }1 s4 W* h$ L, B0 `4 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ Q5 e, n' o( [( a5 L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: X8 a' F8 G$ R% w- Q7 m0 ?% wRange closes to 20,000 yards...& p- d, \% V' u6 A
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
; I  s+ z+ I. j5 l1 {CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
( F& j9 |9 i+ P) e$ _( [( ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...$ D: a3 `0 c' I0 C; @# ]) k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 f$ P1 e6 G7 h* ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards; l  J+ z4 S+ {. F8 T1 ^
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ [5 C, k; C2 T" u/ A3 n# f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards( ]) @0 h- k6 R6 J
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
9 T" F/ Z0 C$ k9 uRange closes to 12,000 yards...4 ^( B* @& j. G7 X3 \6 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 I6 ^2 o, V, h2 B+ ]% I  a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
, M$ E; W9 `5 V# f3 f' yRange closes to 11,000 yards...
9 P6 S$ Y" u" r& A/ p5 ACONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
6 W* e3 w9 n* q* MRange closes to 10,000 yards...
# r+ B* w- l/ d* c7 fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards7 {4 \0 }2 Z! Z" H7 B6 ?
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat$ v" J& r8 s) {2 }+ ^% @$ L1 M& e+ j
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
$ }& i3 ^' I3 GRange increases to 20,000 yards...
4 u# a: ^$ O  `( ~4 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. N" e7 t+ |: H& P4 R  w  {' g0 ]Range increases to 25,000 yards...3 b* a# f, A8 S# u. t/ \. I7 R8 C% Y3 E
Range increases to 30,000 yards...( f! `# f& u3 Q4 Y/ F, u
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
- R# D  W# J+ s. ^Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Japanese Ships
  \) X; E3 k6 Z' v# c0 w      APD T-1' `$ Z1 o  M# U
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2: v# G6 ]( c% L% ~
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
, ^% J7 z* c6 T2 @/ Z3 a      APD T-4
' d% g. j* V8 d, F  F      APD T-5
# e: b' d" Z) y$ h3 ]5 e      APD T-6
$ `$ m: x9 A2 [, \: B& \8 A, O      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  z$ l% q: D" y5 G3 t      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire: t* U7 j1 V8 D9 E
      APD T-9
# ^) i; H$ E$ K. Y- B" J. k      APD T-10
  v. S3 y7 ]; V4 E7 z+ j      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
7 y' y5 _% x" {! f& ?. W# r      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
, R2 v; x# X- U8 f+ ^      APD T-13, Shell hits 12 j0 o1 S; Z" ~- V
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 H9 B2 i  F# m" _3 @

$ X7 z. \* Y4 @- RAllied Ships
9 g* g0 J1 ?1 M6 Q- Y      BB North Carolina0 g1 p# W/ R  f6 ]; i
      BB Washington
( a% u0 r; |. E, z7 T3 P      BB South Dakota
7 u6 n, B. r) K. ]      BB Indiana, d! a1 O. m8 N2 t1 S. Y
      BB Massachusetts' ~& {! a, O& v. e2 O4 o
      BB Alabama
  |" t3 q; ?. o      DD Conner) O/ O6 S2 D' `* v5 N2 j0 g
      DD Cotten( u' {* I& v( P1 {
      DD Cowell
: q5 @  ?1 P" U- ~- E      DD Daly' }! o7 n9 [4 o8 m
      DD Eaton8 c" G5 T8 A. I5 J6 |3 j# [# }) @; q
      DD Heywood Edwards
# j: T- B4 [5 v& v0 W/ E$ z; I' ?      DD Erben
7 }% g6 S" C0 T+ Z# C" i, Q" n      DD Evans, ?# \" o9 }5 c' p/ g
      DD Foote
4 o- \+ B9 Z! J! I) o      DD Franks. O/ V2 \: G7 X" [$ h1 q  G& S
      DD Fullam% S8 o5 n0 L+ z9 u
      DD Gatling
4 P* x; W% k! [      DD Albert Grant3 H( @0 Z" g' o6 ^
      DD Gregory
- `2 @& u0 \. r      DD Guest
& o4 C7 o0 c2 F' l5 ]& ?, S! l      DMS Hamilton. Z$ y2 e) @' u9 V  H7 n( w: y
      DMS Forrest
& R2 D7 P  P( H  z  |5 G! G* R      DMS Ellyson4 J; n& x' M5 P

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
: r0 L7 f" [' c- x7 ]4 fRange closes to 28,000 yards...4 L6 H& g" ], L( m/ H
Range closes to 26,000 yards...) e, g. L0 {( F4 O& a% ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 V2 b4 P2 {: `8 HRange closes to 24,000 yards...- W; T7 j' h) e3 t& o0 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ s" z. V& Z, w' H* T
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
; X5 `- {% p0 ?# X/ N) k; pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards: j( ?# T$ W6 @/ C: ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
& J6 N8 z; C+ _- Q4 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
% V& s2 L/ d9 O, Y( v* ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
9 U* J+ }6 s/ t3 H$ x/ U# \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards! m: b# ?! I* ^/ `& f/ w. q  w
Range closes to 16,000 yards...5 i  P$ v3 ]- Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards" [7 R9 O, N! [* j% j8 I
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ O* l( Y! _6 R% T8 [) J9 L( ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards& o) f6 D2 `0 m: d! m9 N  X
Range closes to 12,000 yards...% p7 ~( @8 ~. O8 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, X4 S9 u/ L! E+ x" _* B+ A' ^; I& a
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 p- z' C1 l* u3 ?# ~( w8 F5 l4 d/ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
+ O0 ^8 y- S5 H2 }6 g# qRange closes to 10,000 yards..." e# l- X+ l; O* V% z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 `# ~3 y4 H  e6 a% h* I3 `: h
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
# {- C8 Y* Y9 {3 ^BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
" @) \: L' n8 NBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  Q9 F- `# k# j+ Z& UBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards( T5 q; E4 u9 g* F% _) j, I% r; `
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards' `% e$ Y8 J3 c: d0 s/ [: y& ^  s, P7 n
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. ^- \% s: i  A$ H$ P! q' b& R! hDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
- Z, {6 L' o4 GAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards1 r+ e0 k8 H3 K- g
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards) r% O% v) b, _3 f+ `- ^0 I5 q
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 V  L/ ^% Q' i4 T9 o: c8 _DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards' J1 M" k, F: ^: D& Z8 ]! l% ?+ G. i
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards: ?7 h3 `6 u# E, S
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
4 B, \/ c, e) cDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
' M6 v4 |0 G  E( sDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ W; ?5 H6 v, f; e7 l7 t* s, m
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
5 Q0 O, u9 H2 m# s1 VDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
; {# i' m7 k' h( c2 uDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards7 t0 U! S3 E+ ^4 I, S: p& X5 V0 g% U
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards: B8 X0 w% I; E- e. Y2 C
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
+ V! x- Y+ F: ]: b' w; {4 N! V' |DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards2 y8 r" ?) f7 q4 {6 m1 j6 }
Range increases to 10,000 yards
: C) }) A7 K, k1 xBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards' J! \- B- e. @2 V! |( U6 ?% k3 x
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: e- R7 R5 w  _0 m7 BBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
. b( E% {# y7 k6 O: HDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, J9 }; m, t3 V) m: G- l
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) ?$ p2 g* W9 [7 ?6 O) b$ jDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; O, c' C4 G- {% j
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
0 w' I0 n) X  x: HDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
3 G5 O) l1 r, f* TDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  }6 x3 W2 m! {" d9 C3 [
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards+ K% X3 v. m; M, R- V7 ^
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# H  k3 R6 L* b0 WDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
; y" y, V" z* f8 Q" SDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards: ]+ J' N" m6 s. p
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, u( N! W4 @2 ]DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
9 W% U) K- ^/ M: zDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. h1 M$ v2 R; @2 L+ WRange increases to 11,000 yards
, U( K$ u" q/ ]APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards4 C3 ^  P1 ~8 m) v+ m& w
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards8 l& x9 q+ ]! {( Q1 q0 `# i
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
; h' s9 r) R2 X* h4 [! h! R+ d3 B+ CAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
$ ~+ w# j/ p4 V: W3 O. VBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
4 {7 q3 k* F* C) U8 dAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
6 x1 D+ N, V4 W+ ODMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
: R, ?0 d" G5 C4 P  KDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards& L" Q! L6 y( h
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards$ {, R, d: x5 v5 b- Q
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
# N* @9 w: T% }+ U( n% jDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards, \. _6 B. j2 R2 Q3 z$ B  Q
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards( {9 N3 j' Z& e  S! V4 g) L1 Q" c7 z' p
Range closes to 10,000 yards
  k: t7 {' X! N- h! b# k3 sBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; R& g' D% ]5 L/ ^1 x3 [8 eBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
# n1 O  M  H0 Y: I5 N) dBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. G; H1 v; {! x  [APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
5 U3 g+ t6 F0 c7 kDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards0 o8 x; `) t" G9 l- T$ P3 E
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards4 L+ ?9 `8 |% {* i9 n3 V
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ [: N; }0 v- a9 d; s- \+ b
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
! t! j) E8 @6 B) LDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
, d% w9 A. R! ~DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ s' ^, \& e  |) u6 p4 p1 L( hDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' q, ~7 p/ q- w& {DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards& F2 l. `6 A! |* m
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
) _' d$ F0 A# c0 [6 o& VRange closes to 8,000 yards$ V1 g" a6 `9 H5 B
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
* [* j" A3 ]6 a5 G, hBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
! O: y/ `3 r) V4 VAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
! I$ O5 @( X1 |+ tBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards/ A; `0 Q5 x5 b$ m8 a' u
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards; K% C9 E+ i$ `
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
7 [4 _& E! O7 q. M6 t" r( ITask forces break off...
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4 Y+ T  w7 b' V/ G' v! |0 Q5 vNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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. [- X# ~) {4 s. I      APD T-1, Shell hits 1* }0 [5 h1 C+ s0 U
      APD T-2& l$ G' Z# r+ [0 E( L& r$ d
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1* x7 ]+ R. @0 O7 ~
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
4 V" Z5 x# ]4 C! Y      APD T-5( N3 i' E2 E$ ]3 B; N" o( k
      APD T-6. j/ q/ {$ T" l1 L8 w0 A
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage0 m; O, r- ]) M: q' H) U* N
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
. F  `3 t) T& C5 x& o      APD T-10
3 V1 _0 b4 w* W8 H- n      APD T-11,  on fire
* h4 l5 Z/ `4 y$ q' y. E5 d# ^      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk7 s4 S+ n" y) C8 n; o" g6 x
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
8 L7 {8 E2 V# }  T5 l      APD T-14, and is sunk; |' `& f% |& e, Z' w7 H4 F* W- j4 j
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Allied Ships3 `; h; f6 e; p) p3 C5 F$ x9 Y
      CA Portland- o9 B3 B5 \7 ?9 z
      CA Northampton
3 g+ F% d2 r% O7 g) R- m      CA Chester: d5 d- D7 @& _8 k6 L: D: d8 V
      CA Louisville/ q2 G3 U. H) V3 T* W+ S7 I" C
      CA Chicago1 Z: ~4 b( e$ l7 @
      CA Astoria4 e7 ^- Q; W* W# a$ k
      CA Minneapolis
9 b; t: Q& `$ e, j$ [      CA San Francisco/ D5 {0 v$ x4 e4 D1 {: u
      CA Quincy) b3 E4 R% [& a8 i3 K
      CA Vincennes' q& a' T4 ?6 k( x
      CA Wichita
, F( w7 a: h9 v! u. S% N  q      DD Bennett
1 W: F) Q0 |, p3 I' q      DD Bradford
( N0 G, q& {2 i. K% e* u      DD Braine4 c8 t7 r/ ]9 D4 F5 m
      DD Brownson
( D+ X  x9 Z7 I8 P2 @5 n      DD Bryant
3 V+ t+ A% H. u2 m. ]: ?      DD Bullard. y3 ?8 C( V2 T. T
      DD Burns
2 y  O4 Z& I; `9 C      DD Callaghan6 J% U8 N* N7 _" ?
      DD Caperton
) j/ I- N& G/ v7 u8 Z7 g7 A- a      DD Capps
# L6 z0 t6 e0 P0 z6 w      DMS Emmons
8 Y2 Q9 u! q" o$ u- F      DMS Macomb9 a! M; v: w7 f" d/ j! Z. m
      DMS Rodman
1 H3 J: P5 B% W' [" r% R9 L      DMS Gherardi7 Q8 K9 [' p9 d) y" C1 S7 \' ]' j

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; c. V8 n4 G( R1 n$ fMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 A# s# a0 ]* i$ i) j8 f- a
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
" \- v4 p9 p  k3 u+ xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 r0 \3 `' p& |) y+ T: @1 Q& |1 M
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
/ E; @6 d# R7 Q, PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
7 G* l8 N: K' H; zRange closes to 24,000 yards...
% a  K" t/ h# m' J+ |2 \* P; S- jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
7 k- K$ b9 s7 o. QRange closes to 22,000 yards...7 l1 _: y# t7 O" j: X# a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards- L  S; q2 f" i* ~/ H  b
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; Y7 k$ L  d# XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
2 ?$ A- G. G4 d  jRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: l; l+ w. |1 ]6 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
4 N5 e: s3 @( s: s) S# rRange closes to 16,000 yards.... i9 \0 F/ D. A& ]/ Z' `' H2 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards3 Y0 V7 w1 I9 C) w. n
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 D8 ^  i/ |$ c; S* M0 X) ?Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) l, g. |  ~; h7 }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
% c  k9 f" G1 F; HRange closes to 11,000 yards..., q) Z5 ^( l# l  J3 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: d4 p3 A; V8 G" W
Range closes to 10,000 yards...1 Y( h/ j$ T+ n0 H: m# `. P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# |* s+ O* u2 ?3 @* n( q" N" o! ?, PCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 e* B) B/ Q; h. U3 x$ s% ADD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
. Z: i+ f& M8 oRange increases to 11,000 yards
' k/ y$ H7 [5 r8 Z- {# wAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
2 C! T6 E& }' k1 y% d1 i& ]/ o& bCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
/ U! Z2 c1 |9 R8 g& u5 fCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" v2 N+ K+ x8 B( `% W5 M8 A
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards5 X+ G( z4 H9 ?0 K, K! b/ Y; F& R* B
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( [/ N& n# L2 w% _3 W1 vDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards! ?5 O* w: C/ t7 N
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  A9 f# y( Z  m, h# YCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ p8 o+ l4 u% i4 aCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards( `1 O2 ]! v+ U4 b; R! N  X5 R
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 D+ e! |$ q: S% q8 h8 d" |2 c
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards; D  V. d  D$ I
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards3 u/ ^: B* {+ \' s
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ K4 y) c; ~% _4 n- w" UDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
* L( Y! U" z6 r" u: |DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards3 [# m; ~7 h  a6 G. _' g5 E- `& i
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
) q  S. O: A) O8 A' u: |6 j. C  zAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards2 ?+ @: {3 |; ?7 d
Range closes to 10,000 yards
; Y: G1 [0 t) K. j: sDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards' d: G& f! D& u4 K
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
" U$ ?0 W$ p1 vCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
1 ~1 J' t; B2 @! O6 E( mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& V; X5 n- y* G9 B
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
* y  ~6 l7 P8 pAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
* J0 `2 {' d  p6 mDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" {1 Q( y9 s3 |) zRange closes to 9,000 yards
# z  ^8 n! {) i/ R# [& KAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards3 e8 b+ T, ]% e
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards2 `2 i% V0 ^; \5 B8 ~
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- W; H: x+ E% ~
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
3 C6 w. E/ }8 }& p& R1 I* L' t/ h% aCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards( }- K; S, Z. y0 s& Z; L& X* L
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards* U; U5 _1 ~' p1 ~- X: d
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards2 l0 p; I. S6 Z3 d
Range increases to 10,000 yards* \) V$ T! D( T* m
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards$ d/ T/ t) f& a0 B6 [% M0 y
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" e+ S" i; n2 K- E% a5 _DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! c- z1 Z. x# T0 }4 k2 Z4 D
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; f+ k8 {. p4 G2 k2 F/ x$ e$ cCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 n# M& ]. e) g. e0 R8 w6 I
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape' ?8 @2 q. R+ Q, L3 K. h/ f4 O
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards3 P) S. f) ?. e4 ?& U- B: N, M# Z6 f1 |
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      APD T-13 v5 o: Y9 O. Q
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
) ^  N* X1 T2 u- O# ]      APD T-3
- ]' N' E6 @- U- Y( v      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
- R5 S0 v3 ^+ o+ u4 m5 Z* w      APD T-5# G& \. z& y) |: h( R7 R
      APD T-6& g# R! Y2 \* k* T6 e
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk9 `( S. M) H, l7 c; {
      APD T-9
4 D( D$ _% ~. J2 N: O+ x  j# K      APD T-10
; y; {- V3 A  O9 c% G: }, _3 w$ Z      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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& I* U9 Q1 G) W5 P# o: \      CA Portland* L! d7 ~; B3 J; Y4 U' H4 r
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
0 u, D$ u. p3 R# E! m8 |9 x      CA Chester
4 G% e  T5 K+ C      CA Louisville* _5 s  e. M- @4 X
      CA Chicago
; {& C( H. |7 o- a" x      CA Astoria
3 ^# P5 K( P" r: e# T; O& @% `      CA Minneapolis8 k1 K# z5 ?0 D/ U/ z
      CA San Francisco: |( Y% ?! V0 \2 y1 W: R4 R
      CA Quincy, e+ ^# o8 K7 ]- \' R9 V
      CA Vincennes+ ]  i. ]4 G0 B* ?! q
      CA Wichita
3 H9 }- ]$ @. i      DD Bennett
- d) K9 x: }7 w! _. w; J5 R      DD Bradford
) k) L9 M- ^: `# y0 b- u6 L* p      DD Braine
! M7 ^" `# k% v: i3 R1 I( L) N      DD Brownson
  w2 L4 n5 l3 b, I. H5 p" X& a# [      DD Bryant: A8 z; L% |, L. k! @% b: V
      DD Bullard6 k( R) _, Q7 L
      DD Burns
: Y2 e; w! B) z* v4 C      DD Callaghan+ _8 t: e- U$ E& V2 \& }
      DD Caperton
+ @: O; ~: |9 D8 ?5 t8 A      DD Capps: B1 W0 t  |$ ^7 P  @
      DMS Emmons
7 U0 G" L9 q, h1 `      DMS Macomb
6 a1 K  u0 \$ V2 t% k      DMS Rodman
6 o* Z3 w3 W: l+ x: _- w+ ?$ K      DMS Gherardi, B* A9 ?. H& X$ W: z0 [
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
) i  C. F$ B: A5 N  qRange closes to 28,000 yards...
5 ?5 l1 D$ T% |% @. N0 K7 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards7 f* `% B, C+ D/ {* F- _. i+ q; K5 Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
! G- ~: u  [: L( nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% R4 e' n. O$ {0 `Range closes to 24,000 yards...
  T2 B4 w8 X3 W1 g8 M; t  @Range closes to 22,000 yards...( ]( r0 s& K; A' e8 ~7 I! K8 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ ?5 b0 y; M$ {9 s) C$ H
Range closes to 20,000 yards...! j0 f" W* ^& I# ?5 [1 F/ h. q* D
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: D4 M) D) k6 e+ kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 \# F; k$ U+ G* I" t0 W; ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...
5 I; |- e8 f# {: }" F! xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards; V) f7 V7 I9 H; g% M5 f
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
$ g8 K( |! U4 Q7 Q$ SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards1 u! r( ]5 @' I# m* i# q+ m
Range closes to 12,000 yards...0 j2 T* `% x9 M1 t; d  [9 X+ J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 b) Z! H0 }" G1 H
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 z1 Z; C4 R+ B. `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards0 z; G' s: |. M( {2 x( L4 S1 j8 ~' g; V
Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 b3 z) _. Y: r  n3 f7 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 D2 x2 `1 G7 `  rCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards5 ?- R* f4 c" x( V1 w8 }
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
3 e: k' ?+ a. }DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards, w/ O- t' `7 O  ?7 L+ D/ }) t
Range increases to 12,000 yards% y. A4 o  S$ f7 C% j9 x9 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" T, a- {! F9 |. x' X8 [' HCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards' }+ ]/ n+ G" m0 \1 }
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
1 h3 f/ b. _( ^; o) E& wCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
* [' \4 o) Z' O2 f8 o* bCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards2 e6 Q( k3 u1 M7 N
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
& ?3 C+ T5 l! KDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, }  B7 B3 |9 R5 P
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
% Q0 P* Q: P0 b5 T8 ^/ {6 tDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
  o+ i! ^* R4 E. VDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 u2 f5 v+ X' d8 V
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
5 M* w- `2 M. N& N5 KAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards0 u- v& {9 J$ w' v
Range closes to 9,000 yards
1 V% P# K  [9 l8 V3 }CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
! y0 e5 R" V& d: Y! a( ]APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards! k6 _- n5 \" d' x% l7 d4 s$ ]
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards0 {6 K! |! C% L* _, o
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
+ K1 g4 D. U, C9 TCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards1 `. d8 ?4 o$ _2 y4 {7 Y  C% z+ H
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
, c: T/ g- n  }+ V6 |1 B/ AAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards* S# e9 p5 o: z( t' |
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards  N" p$ t! O3 j) K
Range closes to 7,000 yards  U0 E3 j4 A% [) T4 z( r
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
* n8 x% ]7 T/ |$ f9 h, V* BAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
6 Z& Q# F$ i8 n3 h1 t8 uCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards$ a. U8 C4 r$ T# w9 u
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards9 K! n( S0 r! n- R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards% H  S8 k/ Q- L6 _. Y
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
5 M, y$ d6 z+ k. h: QCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards& W& R. n- k) \7 ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards( {: w" Y$ E% H. y! {
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
% ~8 V. E2 o- p9 f+ t* N  UDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
# {& h2 x/ e6 f) HDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards. F# m) R- B+ L% K, r# b$ o1 J4 W
Range increases to 10,000 yards# Y) H9 v8 t7 b' R
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) w( }6 ?7 i7 f) ?& |+ ]9 L2 K
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ K5 v. y& _$ u3 b
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ K! N9 u: ~6 l+ r* d2 g4 }* G  v
Task forces break off...
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  j! P+ H/ S9 S$ A5 {0 @) b% wNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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6 G. q  t* {, {      APD T-10 u  F4 b5 y4 [& `2 `
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" [/ R9 T( k0 ~4 \! C4 o
      APD T-3- x) D- F0 Y4 q
      APD T-5
7 q6 @3 [$ P( v1 j      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ I. ^0 p6 Y2 S' h7 `- ~9 q
      APD T-9
! }# Y; w$ U7 c3 t# r      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" g, f$ U0 M) X1 E* N      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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; T6 ]0 |2 I1 V/ w6 PAllied Ships
, i; |4 e( `( ]/ Q0 l# p4 s' g      CL Swiftsure
6 S* y! U0 |, A  v$ p. ]      CL St. Louis
, c; Z$ E3 Q  W7 p7 S& ?1 Z9 ~      CL Phoenix
) h) S( H' a, e6 D! x9 ~      CL Cleveland! d2 o# x% \6 ~( i$ l, @
      CL Montpelier" [6 E) F+ `  z; l* q; M8 N
      CL Denver
) d  [$ B& L& Q1 H' H" f      CL Santa Fe' ~/ U, z6 U4 F5 d
      CL Birmingham
, t% S' l3 g0 ~$ h2 ~+ c' K      CL Mobile+ V# Q# v4 d. }: d, g
      CL Biloxi9 i8 S: \) L: u8 h
      CL Miami$ D. N5 t) ?6 ]* X- |# l
      CL Pasadena/ c8 w! q* H0 B* `
      DD Allen M. Sumner
6 d! m! L4 m5 R" n      DD Ault! T% p6 {+ E' z
      DD English  G& K8 D, _, e6 ~, `8 C% r
      DD Haynsworth
- |" j1 t9 b) n) \      DD Maddox/ d9 o3 |+ {/ ]  [& [6 Q
      DD Mansfield5 `2 U8 a9 G/ T- v  `, ^
      DD Waldron' U, k% w# g( B9 `& `
      DD Haggard; g  F' |; z( F5 f+ J' P
      DD Hailey$ S' m( o) h4 b/ j# w8 W
      DD Hale5 s, F+ F: l9 t/ X. o* e, r0 \
      CL Vincennes II% }5 a  [' ~  I
      CL Houston II. K8 X4 Q: H# B
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards) Z! K- U4 y* i. u
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
0 Q. n; K# j0 L# vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
5 Y! O2 |7 z$ n' A$ r  a# N9 [' t6 GRange closes to 26,000 yards...
3 D/ c9 M$ M1 VRange closes to 24,000 yards...- ^9 v3 G1 \2 Z& q; [, [& |- u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
7 Z) c: {6 C( ZRange closes to 22,000 yards...
4 g( p; p: v3 g* T; q; [Range closes to 20,000 yards...( Q  a5 d& u1 Q) W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards( B. @, U8 n4 ]6 W
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: g9 \" S" q" O' Y6 c2 o) a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards8 V! H0 j8 o  ]9 `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...$ G/ O( l% z/ m4 t3 G0 T) W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ _0 _1 _5 s9 i. q3 d- m# YRange closes to 14,000 yards..., E6 L( {+ Q: G5 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
# n: x* e5 d: y2 W1 URange closes to 12,000 yards...: k! A$ \5 [  F. F. I% j5 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
5 F( b7 F: Q" V% KRange closes to 11,000 yards...1 D# z0 E7 v4 l( r4 ~$ B1 e$ K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards# G9 B0 H* d' g- p$ e' k
Range closes to 10,000 yards...2 N4 e" K0 H: v" d0 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% H9 ^' a4 w' }Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
/ h$ M' ?0 m: b3 ~1 T5 SCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# T9 L8 ^1 i/ f
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards- ?' d9 Y4 f8 p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
4 k- z5 `  X; g6 W) A6 WCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 t2 s; J0 `, e% w) S1 mDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ f' r6 X. ^' P; r1 g6 Q2 _- W
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards# k+ |1 d' u1 l% G& b
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) ^. @# e7 a  H- r& r; ?
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards3 O! q3 c3 p) s8 U) [0 d3 t6 P0 b
Range increases to 11,000 yards6 Q: T4 J3 ^; t/ R) o" N
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
& ^3 V/ t/ ~" b9 b2 o4 T1 QCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
% x2 [* o/ C( n2 p+ Y" K4 M% gCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
( {' Z0 A" F9 T( HCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards) K6 n$ G) Q0 B' h" ?% T
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards4 y8 q' m& L% c: j* n- n9 A/ ^3 X* \
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
) Y- D( R2 F4 v5 s0 p( S- DDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
* T( Z& S/ {5 s+ NDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards; c6 w8 o$ u# m; u/ D
Range closes to 8,000 yards
& [0 S5 C- g0 ?9 W2 f" l' s& n4 x" l$ N! lCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
7 p, u5 @/ L/ v2 d. p+ @CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" s) n; _  u- I' f  k- iCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
' w; v3 g' K. n& RAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
7 i  D3 E* [, x7 ?; D. v9 kDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards9 R8 s8 P& B/ S8 o  S$ g' }9 o% N
Range closes to 7,000 yards
! ?" Q! B$ @9 G5 g& eCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 S# ?4 U" Y% O
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 J2 [& P8 e! b* y& r0 L, p
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* u1 C. m5 e2 ]# `( D# bCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* b% A/ R2 M3 q9 V; Q/ ]CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
. i6 U1 b# S& l" U6 ?6 gCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' |9 N1 e5 B4 ?8 d3 U% k- b$ ^! m+ T$ l
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& v( H( ?4 U5 m) aCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) }' k6 [: B) _4 \
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# f. P/ h: E- G) S; p: q% K! ZDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
2 t; V, d9 z6 ~+ uAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards: ~- q3 m, v+ S3 G: m% u0 \$ z
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 |6 i& e( T- _* N' r
Range increases to 8,000 yards
6 K' b: K- A) pCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ t" Z5 v* Y" I- n" p# W, l
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards" _# O, }1 e$ r6 b
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards7 Z8 b% l) n8 l5 f; c! e7 }
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
2 s9 T6 b/ H% G1 G* k' q7 RTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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6 C( a! K1 [0 J5 h3 o- B5 l      APD T-1
9 X' L# p. o/ Q1 Q0 c, n1 `! p, E& w      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, K6 o) O! T- v7 B      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
) l/ u1 t& k: z0 W- K. V      APD T-5
$ ~! E9 B, r1 ^: B      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
& m1 ]+ r3 `9 Y) T, M; @8 ~      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk( c4 e, j0 Q5 @% X' e4 v

) U+ X+ R) a1 A* J! L: fAllied Ships6 g7 ~' o3 y( d) q
      CA Portland! a3 Y/ e8 D% |7 S4 W! U) G8 N3 C
      CA Northampton% X: C* P; f( S
      CA Chester( I, h5 c. i; M+ j3 {
      CA Louisville
' I1 g9 g; n9 ~* O) h; L. U      CA Chicago
. |# Y3 }8 M# U0 L! T0 X! {4 r      CA Astoria. Z' K+ v1 A/ Y3 j9 w, C; f
      CA Minneapolis
+ H. n9 E( y' `" L5 g, S      CA San Francisco
1 W# K2 J: |+ c" ~6 n      CA Quincy
% O+ @7 ^  ^4 P9 o# z0 ^      CA Vincennes$ R( l7 \% }  Z7 Z) z' B6 I
      CA Wichita
' K% z* C5 N' k. \1 `% N* f! G6 u0 F) G      DD Bennett, f9 Y; ^/ i6 G3 u! b
      DD Bradford
( l) N3 T! l/ ~( n% Q' o      DD Braine
2 Z, z$ S( K9 G* g9 |9 F      DD Brownson- L5 ~$ |3 k' H3 K1 W/ r( t. W! z
      DD Bryant
$ y: E8 j- d$ J# `6 |- `      DD Bullard
* B) Y- K/ H1 T. p      DD Burns
1 v3 s. l$ D6 I+ J      DD Callaghan
9 ?9 H6 z: d' B2 s- k; ~* ~      DD Caperton
1 y; k" o1 X! O" x; H( J      DD Capps" B6 T2 P/ A0 C
      DMS Emmons3 L3 k6 v2 e& V% c9 i- ^7 [0 ~
      DMS Macomb* b7 D2 n- N7 J) V" {" H9 @
      DMS Rodman! q% L: {+ x" W. @
      DMS Gherardi( ]6 ?# \+ [2 r# E* m" n
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 A/ q5 r  T# u* O) }3 Z3 @
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
0 q5 E0 E: `0 k- k" uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
8 j/ S6 U! [. e# a" XRange closes to 26,000 yards...
1 w' v4 s: |9 X% Z* W- ~Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 L' h0 H8 J6 u8 |; s" YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' m# C, q6 G. a. f# N* [Range closes to 22,000 yards...
! T2 b- I& }7 N% e9 A) n1 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
3 L% B9 F! y1 }* |. B+ T8 cRange closes to 20,000 yards...8 W* G! W% i$ U7 E! E5 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
7 d* S, d8 `4 B; H$ ~Range closes to 18,000 yards...
+ i$ R! W; d* T) Q7 yRange closes to 16,000 yards...* r6 e7 A/ c8 ^" T; }" s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. ], ?. d! Z( g( hRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 F# P- m9 s9 KRange closes to 12,000 yards...9 t% a) o0 F3 m2 `- Z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...7 n& n4 j( ^2 p# i
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
6 s, e3 I" f7 c1 J; g& a- _Range closes to 9,000 yards...8 W+ V& j2 Y" }+ C- X
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
0 [$ B# ?2 n1 T: dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
4 I3 R5 M7 P' F! b1 X- ?% }1 yCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards  g9 ~% y3 s8 y$ x  i
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards2 ~; d' R& ^- |2 r5 a. x$ Q+ v
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards8 \/ a7 i: X2 C* s* d2 X! g
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
1 z5 Q1 F, f- {. |$ U: `, O0 ~$ QAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards9 l1 K7 b4 r0 H5 Z6 r3 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 `6 C+ Q) Z. H- {% ICA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
  R$ B) S# x  ~CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* F. s( p2 m$ b- O, d3 F# eCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
$ r9 N3 f4 S9 }2 X" G; u7 A$ |CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
7 [  }  M- ?# Y4 `. ^2 tAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards; {" j8 v( d1 ?' x
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
  N0 S" f1 ^, ^' \4 b$ P; x* HRange closes to 5,000 yards
0 K1 J: U; p! t7 T3 w# k5 IDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
; @! j& n$ f4 n* G: F$ f3 H, q' WAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards5 k0 h& A& \5 Y: I7 C
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards0 E% Y4 F1 l; D. O
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
! ^" h5 _: t" @DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards; Q7 I7 n) U, a4 i, X. f
Range closes to 2,000 yards
/ p5 i% }7 t% e/ A# e* W5 NCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards5 u# f! h, y$ u9 A6 p: l7 S) H  v
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 |! @3 I2 s" V8 F. C6 s: k& d& zCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
1 C" Z; S9 C) u4 Y. I: G, jAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
1 f: U/ F1 L0 c& J! VRange increases to 6,000 yards
' ^+ a8 z2 B. wCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards, H" [3 i3 Z( i# Y
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
/ x- ^% e/ Y7 O" k3 S* [APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
2 Y" n, n% t; X! j; e' ERange increases to 9,000 yards
" C+ a0 Q; l7 R" m% bDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
* v. {5 [9 @0 C* mCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
7 M* ~* u% t) LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' N2 P! _! [& o0 l, r: H
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' c9 g3 W5 ^) R; F9 d5 T
Range increases to 13,000 yards3 x' c, W" c+ h
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
- M( f& {- H  N( {. LAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards( j! ?3 G; K6 |6 X$ d' A: U" ~) _
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
6 H- i  V4 z$ w. L! h6 LTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards# e0 F( c: z" B3 a% T6 D
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Japanese Ships5 p5 f- a5 D6 e7 O1 Z7 e0 t" v
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
. q; a* b! D, J& |, K, k      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
. v) T. m4 K# I; L+ W      BB North Carolina
5 A3 D4 Q/ x& T- J& Y      BB Washington% c' f4 |) w, i3 ^/ G
      BB South Dakota+ l( s+ z# Z, c9 e
      BB Indiana4 z" p8 R5 s0 i- P
      BB Massachusetts
" V2 ]6 w/ Z" x* O! b      BB Alabama
2 f% @( i. L# d9 Z4 V2 m      DD Conner
( D8 \4 z- c4 Q& x! X9 b- x8 ]      DD Cotten6 y5 \6 l  z0 G) k/ G0 i
      DD Cowell! t( `/ I$ S0 z
      DD Daly
* L. i6 |9 J  X' J3 Z      DD Eaton
9 ?7 A1 r0 E7 A* Z      DD Heywood Edwards
; D; p+ g2 m/ u: h# I2 K      DD Erben' ~# }! [7 L. `2 Y6 a8 ~
      DD Evans
, V/ V6 N* t7 v- H: T) y  O      DD Foote7 u  _8 a# x4 ^7 Z6 o, `
      DD Franks
/ s9 W7 E1 K7 w, h4 f# |/ P! q      DD Fullam
+ r" H* B" l/ }# B9 V1 W3 n      DD Gatling
) r! b& k/ \8 p( x2 E2 I$ H, v      DD Albert Grant
1 V. E8 _& i5 g      DD Gregory
! p! i0 x+ n+ U( ?' X1 A      DD Guest
% e, y9 r9 x2 L3 h      DMS Hamilton
' w( ]3 w9 D4 e/ e* [% d- M7 m! f" X      DMS Forrest7 w& S! N8 q4 R5 a& F+ U
      DMS Ellyson* h) O! w1 A" t, K( z

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3 r3 O' i6 j' h' E, |Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 V; a7 C: f6 y" j
Range closes to 28,000 yards...7 d2 T' _9 x0 g
Range closes to 26,000 yards...7 o& G0 g6 p8 V8 o% K4 n5 I
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' ^  G5 ]9 @" T7 d- BRange closes to 22,000 yards...
% ?( p; C; r; K5 CRange closes to 20,000 yards...  j0 F+ E! o$ d
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) u) W; I* V5 jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
3 i9 n1 y9 A" h3 i# d$ ORange closes to 14,000 yards...
' U6 R6 F; ~' @7 WRange closes to 12,000 yards...0 W( e0 D. `  R- T  e& f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
7 P; Q, S& B) s9 zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards8 |& a2 W6 u0 p, \/ w0 R9 @) _
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
- m( e9 X! \# q- k/ jRange closes to 9,000 yards...
+ X  t+ e9 }# c) \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
! o  c& q7 ]4 d: T. \! qBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
& C( H. |( h+ ^6 h( JAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards; f/ Q( _" ~8 r$ {. O
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
% Q! L& h4 T+ v) x8 ?! w  ^DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 [/ U' p; e: C, TDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* I0 Z, n" [' M# rRange closes to 5,000 yards
8 h+ N2 q# ^2 q2 [DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards+ r5 _% `1 y  J, q  S1 N
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
6 p. R$ T: o3 [- M. _) z7 wRange closes to 3,000 yards& y4 M2 m/ j* p! R9 P
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
8 B& ~3 W  B+ A, d6 gDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 b+ \1 W4 o0 F* k- H6 dDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
9 ]* U5 b3 G4 |$ o4 U" DDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' G1 M7 D$ C& j
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
8 Q  O- X& N1 s4 N- eAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards% V/ Z: {" s( U' L
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 W4 q, \! {8 m, j
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 q9 S  z, ?9 L9 Q1 QDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 f5 B1 N; R& Z- iRange increases to 5,000 yards$ y7 Q, G) t) d' m8 {8 N( Y$ X9 m
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards7 Q# G. J+ |, c' L* d5 ]! M5 [
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
- J! H5 Z4 H2 P) A, u* ^' hRange increases to 7,000 yards! p3 l( R; m. c# ^
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards. n- [5 j5 P1 n$ O# u7 q
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
0 M' \. X/ ^+ ^% E, KDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 D; H! \. J: V6 K: ~" U
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards; L2 }2 k& U1 l) u9 p
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards% t3 |) D( H4 k
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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鬼畜水面舰部队这划水划地也太不敬业了...