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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- J8 z. l9 |# _Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack" y: {8 P$ A- n+ a
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336  A0 X+ _% n$ c; p3 M. e+ D. p
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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& A' j/ L+ X" W, [+ }Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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' z8 H2 q) K; V: u$ AAllied adjusted assault: 3564 : ]/ w* U  I* f9 l6 Q, r
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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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( w" S* i5 q9 u! T7 xCombat modifiers
" z. X4 ]& G0 K/ Z  SDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-): ~$ O* X% ?" D  ]. h6 L
Attacker:
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+ x$ m& X  ~, |Japanese ground losses:+ D4 }8 Q/ S8 _& a
      3386 casualties reported
9 B+ f: ]4 R7 R" o         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
' _! |# q0 D2 @0 j         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled' V6 j' ?2 o9 l- O
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
: Y) M* j4 y/ s; Y      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)0 b" ]- o. O0 [! H1 |" v2 H, V  [
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ C+ h3 l2 o" x5 \6 b. M
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
3 p3 v' v& ^% F9 S& P      5163 casualties reported
& N' E/ V0 J! Z$ Z* w1 V& F9 H% r         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
; L" g4 Q% o4 b2 G% W         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled( F7 p  K) F6 K6 q, w
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled; r: O: T1 ~) ~+ V6 y! W) A$ R
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)- i7 G! v2 ]$ `( J3 V' O
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)3 E# Q4 Q$ q$ q. y' W9 a) v
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Assaulting units:0 e0 [; J, V, M+ q7 Y
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion6 ]% N- o* q$ Z$ e6 w& _
    710th Tank Battalion
, b: }5 F& g+ m# _    6th Infantry Division2 X  J3 P( k$ F0 W5 a
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
$ ?% g6 D9 V" V( S    44th Tank Battalion
* M: ^7 H$ a3 G    81st Infantry Division( a1 [7 v8 f: ]$ @4 [0 h
    762nd Tank Battalion
1 w( h/ _7 n' o6 V* l    767th Tank Battalion
6 W6 `$ f: i4 |3 E: Q- S+ w+ G2 }    711th Tank Battalion
' \" c. g" a' D5 N% N4 x0 a    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
3 p( Y+ a8 P9 s8 h# D% H- P9 C6 p    5th Marine Division# x0 Z7 P! \0 J1 \2 V: K7 o
    716th Tank Battalion
! r8 L) ^) N9 I: B    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
* L: o  ~. X: H$ t% }    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion1 W  R, j( ~4 f4 |. ^; |9 ^
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment: x1 j5 h- i5 p
    706th Tank Battalion
- G8 V) i; K& D3 V5 @# X    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
' }) {5 n; l; b$ o1 s* o9 Z7 q    96th Infantry Division
+ y+ x! r8 p/ x; V& E% d' l    31st Infantry Regiment" y! U' {( Q/ J
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
: ^; f6 s2 D5 g9 ^  C    I Corps Artillery
+ r6 X1 V& O! m2 y6 K    12th Marine Defense Battalion
/ v8 ~' W$ W3 I5 G. l" L! w! G" \    1st USMC AA Battalion
) F9 j$ h9 K2 L# {! S    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 F" E3 i9 ?% ]% h
    XIV US Corps; R: ]8 Z" _9 {2 O$ n. q
    14th Marine Defense Battalion& S# E0 C# ~5 K' s  w/ Y: K
    5th USA Defense Battalion# Z9 G. O6 a; _. {" x* ~- l
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
4 |$ h, g- l+ a# J    738th Coast AA Regiment/ u9 D" d8 \' i
    X Corps Artillery
- u! }7 ~$ t0 j    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) Z2 p( j, N0 m' z* O  K    96th Coast AA Regiment1 Y" u' ~) [$ o
    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 K$ z; N1 _' R: ?& H9 _$ M: p    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment# W% h1 s( v. s; t
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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$ ^( e( ^6 O8 v/ B6 rDefending units:
( d9 U, |) K0 V/ }; H8 a    Kure 7th SNLF
. b$ N5 b9 G& `3 K    81st/A Division
' g( ~2 M4 n1 p7 i! P    Kure 3rd SNLF
# ^1 E- p2 i8 a) Z$ E$ Z. [3 N0 Y8 u5 ~    33rd/B Division
; n( M9 A6 t! x+ ]' Z    33rd/A Division! y) {4 u9 _" D3 \
    81st/C Division2 \) Y4 u1 M3 e0 A
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment! r2 V' b! p  p1 q- _6 I% l
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
1 K: w! B+ p) e7 N' q    138th Infantry Regiment  k) a. s: M7 u
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
, P1 t4 t6 S7 x, F! }0 c& B" [    144th Infantry Regiment
1 N6 h' P8 \3 t7 r* _7 X+ B    81st/B Division
  E- f* y3 }. M( f  F& k0 J+ U* b    33rd/C Division
" Q) S2 l8 I5 u! ^  U. \  U6 G9 w    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment/ W* Z' `& g; c/ o! E8 n
    18th Army" c4 L7 Q4 c& ]& Q. W
    60th Field AA Battalion. _- t- b4 b3 g. u4 i6 ?
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; P) l7 D, w; U' S
    Ponape Naval Fortress
  I* v. N, d2 @1 l- r9 }    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 U; V4 _# i; s" ?* i    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion  [% a9 ~# x' k! p4 i6 E$ y
    53rd Construction Battalion
: }- T- p/ p) `: W: A    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion7 {. [9 H1 K* s$ t6 ^8 ]9 t$ G
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion1 q) k9 r9 L/ H4 e$ J: V
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co - J1 P  p: c# Q( [
    19th JAAF Base Force' i4 e( A7 g& Z5 ?0 d0 F' u# g
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /15 A8 B( b0 Z# n" H+ Z0 z: U, N. @
    14th Area Army /1; N3 {2 \" g- l1 F: d
    63rd Field AA Battalion
" s; b% k  k5 t# Q+ s    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 7 d8 v1 m" j& M2 `. q
    3rd Base Force7 }# l" f' ^) z' k) X
    12th Air Fleet! x% U0 }0 H0 |& Z4 G) U
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# [$ _1 S  f: B! \0 l    61st Field AA Battalion! k9 C% Q1 [& }1 t
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 @, V0 p, b4 r4 o
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co . p/ E" r) X7 s! k7 g9 @# E" j
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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: C% h" @( h9 l7 {同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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9 J$ L4 R6 u2 S! cGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)& {8 O! Z% R' ^+ G2 l* V6 \' e

: k, l6 C. u# n, O9 U6 [" hJapanese Shock attack
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5 Y& f" A5 V: M) c# AAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 679 h# Q/ P) A9 H( {6 B
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 0 u4 A) x0 x; H" j) ?" ]4 J
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Combat modifiers
: q- f% F$ |( F9 F/ m9 A* D1 FDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
$ j7 t' V( S* }. xAttacker: shock(+)) y: b: c& g7 E9 |) l
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Japanese ground losses:& w0 a9 y0 N7 M) ]1 T6 K0 B4 @
      530 casualties reported) Z+ M' @" h! ?6 ]5 W: q- i
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
( ], p; ~1 O8 `" j, Y) S; y/ o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
/ I( B* \7 Y- n3 x9 Y3 W( m         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled' W8 p) y& J0 |: V9 S: `) W
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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! L1 b' P6 u. o6 v6 a# t8 sAllied ground losses:
$ C( x8 _/ s: c& w  U) J( P      891 casualties reported1 Z( A) o' R! `  T. H# [1 j5 @
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 `+ M2 l/ @/ m# R6 J; a' M/ T         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
7 g. |  L( L6 Q% Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) s! ~( o& G2 y! H$ L      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)$ e5 |! U. V7 x9 h2 z0 t8 i

* j, K6 }  d& E5 h. ^5 H* FAssaulting units:0 e6 B9 Q; |+ m) c
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade* U) O2 ]$ k, N
    21st Division& k5 O- D1 R& g2 E' j2 m
    4th Division
8 m# C0 u0 Y( j- b1 {/ g- @2 d    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment. E+ l+ X$ N- X  i
    23rd Tank Regiment
. R/ y# g; S% C/ k, ]    32nd Division
, r( h2 }5 S' X5 _% l+ v" m    Yokosuka 1st SNLF4 t6 C  U3 I& U' P/ k0 F3 l
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
* K% d; Q3 q* i' r1 t, C1 \% s    6th Area Army% J- X7 `7 H4 _# Y3 N1 V
    103rd AA Regiment8 ?1 f  d/ |( E+ i
    1st JNAF Coy
2 Y3 `$ H) V+ k( _    13th Army4 k  H! \4 E: x- U  W3 p
    141st AA Regiment7 y$ Q1 c; G( z; g: E  l# H  V
    4th Ind. AA Battalion; |6 M1 R! n& g3 g! q- r

; M0 B! R' u" n, A5 E/ b% i4 M' t' x6 }Defending units:1 M. c" |' n: e. w: j
    50th Indian Para Brigade" C2 \5 n0 r3 ^

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* x( O+ N* B& W6 s# ^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 - s% D7 m7 _- Y7 _
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; N0 R; j( l5 }6 J5 \
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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1 _. v( {0 Y4 `, MAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
$ v, J; A7 H  zDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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7 Y1 n9 c' b2 P89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships& f/ `, l1 d9 {0 c. U7 ^
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ J+ D5 a% U- n  a
      LST-819 @2 z% w2 v. w# z7 D( D* v  {
      LST-74, Shell hits 3+ s% H% N3 V  m0 `; x& D
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
. A* E. Q1 N  R5 b      LST-78$ ^" p% {/ ^# {. \) M- C3 y! s1 K
      LST 209; ^0 ~% K) ~. K6 d1 I
      LST-889
/ v1 c$ B! Y. `( D! V      LST-246
4 B/ g% Z# t3 ~! S      LST-240
- }# K$ A6 P; t9 s# I8 z$ H      LST-204
+ m  y# [* Y4 `1 o/ t! _. p) P      LST-202
" L4 }4 v1 L+ ^1 h1 {& S      LST-1231 K7 s9 [8 M! ~& j7 ]
      LST-121* K& y  H% a) n/ ?, G8 W9 U
      LST-120
, \- O. B8 ]! I9 l0 e      LST-866 @- _; N" {5 @) j! C  l- z
      LST-85/ {% y- n- D+ m* v6 u1 r
      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)0 a  k' q' b7 J7 ?
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships) \1 J# \$ ^$ K! `
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- P" r! M6 h; }      LST-83, Shell hits 3: l0 M; G: U0 y; ?6 u1 X
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- s3 N, p& l0 Y, N      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire$ U. R! N& ^; Q" d/ D$ Q
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
9 \  @" q8 J$ K  z% l      LST-87, Shell hits 6
4 W; Y9 J: }, C! h* f5 ~0 }      LST 1806 t* ~4 _0 [  ^
      LST 157/ K9 Z2 c: [2 y5 g" u
      LST 2- O4 h( u- I' m/ j7 Z
      LST-884
5 S# }  O: j% o0 Y# @% c$ F# _      LST-8824 Q+ y; I/ G$ V' ?/ X
      LST-397
+ d- M' ~6 v+ q# k7 V( O      LST-395
. t2 @# V3 t: [8 j      LST-274' k" g+ h! w( W/ O0 h  T8 m
      LST-273
. o9 e& w2 L% e/ o      LST-246& e. _' M5 ?+ t. ^) m/ B& n
      LST-244/ B% \& x7 C* ~, c& P! M# \, H( s$ K
      LST-241
" @3 q1 K. S* U7 G      LST-218
7 H: ^0 A4 ~" b% G: y      LST-216: T* E* K* l) {8 F5 K: P: k9 R
      LST-202
$ z6 ?- p/ ^$ i0 I      LST-1718 W, q1 w* Q2 X6 `/ f6 M
      LST-166
. K  l, c# o* d% u4 F+ M' A      LST-1247 U; I! L7 r& h/ A
      LST-121/ s$ S1 b$ b8 W$ Y( F  w
      LST-88# c2 q' p# ^2 o1 _  w
      LST-123
- y, |; H7 Y0 b7 Q2 D. j+ b( s5 k2 G      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力
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) K  n% P- ~. Y( l0 U) UGround combat at Ponape (119,113)/ ?2 p. Y  P2 G' g$ ~) y3 Z  {
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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6 e5 p  P# [2 p5 HDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361. x1 K$ r2 g+ @8 z7 r  @! r. ~

; o( r5 ~- I- w+ j6 {, [- XJapanese ground losses:
2 a! Q" v* x8 n: G' O4 v; [  N      406 casualties reported% y6 r( Z3 G- y$ {/ c4 o  k
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled: E& v5 P4 l8 E6 G# x# X7 T2 R
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
6 g# d$ z- c1 u# N8 C# \; _         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 `) j9 S' V! S9 ]. d

9 M: n) ~8 ]; f+ @* FAllied ground losses:6 ^' @8 @, [) C  d0 t
      21 casualties reported  G$ r  _! S. T8 {5 ?: ]) w
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled4 D! ~2 X/ r) W2 F( [
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
! i8 f- _- \. w3 P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. e( i# I$ N; S7 B      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
$ {5 J5 g( X  c9 t" I% N      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)3 h, J* i8 i: v* I

) M7 \/ g3 i- l: I! S- h( s2 ^' Z, F. XAssaulting units:4 z, \" M% b  K) z8 P% C5 u1 m
    5th Marine/B Division
; p" x6 _& c, t; ^6 [: H) }$ f    81st Infantry/B Division
" G: v2 y0 z) |% g    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment6 ?* [: G! P0 U+ c
    5th Marine/C Division
2 v& p& R: u8 O8 Q    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
; j7 A. o' A  O3 b( B! ?5 x    6th Infantry/B Division1 j4 |3 K* a" ?$ b4 B8 |, i
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment7 C% ?0 e) N# Q* G; p- M
    716th Tank Battalion
' `0 X; r2 L0 F* D( j& d- b    81st Infantry/C Division
" S3 t4 S0 g2 l: A& L7 h- I/ p    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
+ @' {# O& o) j    6th Infantry/C Division1 l* r% N$ Z% ^3 |
    5th Marine/A Division
6 K" R' g, @' N; [3 v; {    767th Tank Battalion
$ |0 q1 w" h; y    96th Infantry/A Division2 g6 k. ^3 ]7 @" L# _, v
    706th Tank Battalion# s& m( v5 P8 W8 m0 O
    711th Tank Battalion6 j4 g' l" y% R
    762nd Tank Battalion' z2 X! |1 o1 r" k
    96th Infantry/B Division
1 ^% I3 m! J' h+ s2 F0 ]    81st Infantry/A Division
2 z* j: c! }; P. Q    44th Tank Battalion' Y! X4 P8 [9 p6 O9 Z* _
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. E  V0 i8 K( ?( u2 P* c% v    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
3 E8 E1 C- B) O# Y6 H    31st Infantry Regiment
* g: }1 p9 K& U8 ^) r) y1 J( ~    6th Infantry/A Division
) N0 }$ Z3 i9 b; T" u4 R    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 ?/ O" z' ?' j2 u9 T    710th Tank Battalion1 n( K- ~" h4 O" q. \; C
    96th Infantry/C Division
) o: y' p$ a+ X8 `0 [+ }    5th USA Defense Battalion( M+ D+ I! C4 n+ |7 Z
    4th USA Defense Battalion4 x9 G% F: I+ i- U) e: a- X( j9 ~
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, d6 E- h% Y6 U7 h9 a2 F, q4 q    X Corps Artillery ! S9 [$ Y- k! {- v$ B& L, D
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 @! {* O# ^: W    XIV US Corps
( W/ Q' x0 l6 k4 {/ d2 Q1 V# z3 H; ?    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment: M! k- I* `) ]2 t7 l; G1 B# G+ x3 I
    8th Marine Defense Battalion2 P3 s, E$ D2 z1 d2 Z/ y. r
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
8 y" g6 N. X$ \% L( a    I Corps Artillery ! f" U- m1 b3 a( q) q5 u) v2 ?" f
    96th Coast AA Regiment
& ?2 L& j, J1 a; w. U! j    1st USMC AA Battalion7 w8 A5 g: ^& e# b. d3 h
    738th Coast AA Regiment
8 r" O, H& Q7 u, x* s    12th Marine Defense Battalion
# E( t: |% p# L* D    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 p; v, P) y$ K; @' }; w2 s    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
1 U8 J& ?6 A; N$ J' P% z3 M1 m    33rd/A Division
: t/ M! S# e9 w: l* A. W) |) O    81st/B Division. i7 c: l+ ]+ G$ k
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
7 G: D7 E0 V4 O# r+ V    81st/C Division! N0 u, {: _2 U# a( z0 w
    138th Infantry Regiment( J4 _; F, B/ n. g: H4 D
    Kure 3rd SNLF
2 a) C6 t1 [7 l/ S1 e0 w1 F    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
" n5 {" D% g* Y  v+ Z; s: C' ]$ l    144th Infantry Regiment! l$ u- w9 y2 {1 O
    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ M' A5 J3 x; D/ N8 m' W! i
    33rd/B Division
3 X- I# S0 v/ d: b: T, y+ o. i8 }    81st/A Division! C( @* ~7 }: x/ B  A: K* V5 H8 ~
    33rd/C Division
- _' _. y+ W. \) c/ `! j5 A    3rd Base Force
% m  e9 m+ p9 [/ |/ o* I7 }2 x5 x    19th JAAF Base Force
* G, o) D1 w" F0 A9 f    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- q4 o! e5 T" t! U% E% L. b    60th Field AA Battalion8 Z0 v7 P- W  ^; g9 f) g
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion% S0 B1 i# y" ~! Q- l
    53rd Construction Battalion- v* d! e1 `9 D& [. J, h/ ~- W9 L
    Ponape Naval Fortress* _2 R6 y3 U( [$ A' S$ K! N" G. ^
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment- J0 \- X" c! m! D  }$ A
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, W1 D! L/ s5 K7 B- G0 O4 [0 b
    12th Air Fleet
; u$ w5 u2 E# E! ?6 u' s    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! a" _3 `/ R2 l9 p7 r, b, h! R    61st Field AA Battalion
, K, t9 [0 W- b& s9 z    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
9 n/ e; a) ^0 o: s    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
" s% O3 F4 e+ Y' a0 d2 {    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion$ k( e9 A4 r0 X8 ?: u. c
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ c; i1 K/ Z* c! A    14th Area Army /1. r2 q; R" ?( T; L
    63rd Field AA Battalion
1 ]! [/ A# F$ {, \    31st Ind.AA Gun Co + c+ V9 U' \/ J6 o7 y* x  {
    Kure 7th SNLF
" R6 g$ F4 s3 s- a    18th Army
! \  z6 G! v+ N2 n) F: S    23rd Fld AA Gun Co & P/ s; o2 o6 v: V# Q3 u
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships$ c' \0 K  i$ T4 [
      E No.54
6 d8 m- V7 g! U8 V1 n- B/ ?      E No.50  s8 t! F4 |2 M
      E No.68
3 F* H9 Q( j& ?4 h$ R      E No.52& x& @: B  N! J+ K* c
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2 ~* r$ W; @  ?6 {- w: p# _7 B4 X4 Y  E      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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6 P7 c5 N0 q  b! L8 o* z2 x重创另一艘
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1 d3 y' ?) |, l. z' C1 DASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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! k, s+ c* q, T+ _Japanese Ships
7 g) g9 l* Z* D- M/ _      E No.8: E! r6 A7 x1 Y) W; \
      E No.6
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$ F; O6 y7 Y, [Allied Ships
/ F/ `9 v3 C% ^' R) q      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了% q, I, P, d. M% B  U# M
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!& Y. Y# m3 l* M# ~
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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( B( a% U: R' P; p) [  iAllied Ships
; W5 ~- B, d# x7 u0 ?      CA Wichita4 l4 h  C. w  g* W% ~* L6 U
      CA Vincennes
% q" o6 `2 w/ K/ w      CA Quincy
1 J; K5 v1 c5 g  o) y) ~      CA San Francisco$ `1 ]4 D3 S  ~$ N; K
      CA Minneapolis% p) V! c7 z; Z% p) o( W8 g
      CA Astoria
5 z; [- p" w- t# }2 B* ?) S1 T8 e      CA Chicago
' S8 k5 ^: s' T" ]      CA Louisville
5 c3 x1 [) ~" V2 F: ~6 N% `      CA Chester; _* F/ g& P. a$ c" G/ @; s
      CA Northampton
8 @7 P6 v) a/ m* q      CA Portland
4 a9 Y/ A8 A/ n  G5 E9 R8 P1 E# F* g! o! E
Japanese ground losses:/ ~6 m! y4 B" V6 K0 C$ a
      71 casualties reported
8 e& {# L( R& |0 n         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled5 g" Z8 W; S- K  H
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
9 h! d! [5 w7 @* q* @! f( v% k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ o5 ^/ V$ h; Z" x/ ?8 ~, x      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
: h1 C$ }3 K/ }: K: d6 y2 G6 O. x  ERunway hits 10- n: ]4 `9 Q/ u+ d& u# C+ q) B' v+ M
Port hits 4; X: r) B& `8 d- Z

' V6 r, }- R* R" L" t! cCA Wichita firing at Ponape
2 N0 Z- v4 _! D3 uCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
7 E# r* U  @5 kPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes3 r. H1 P* z6 x* a4 Q3 M
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
, i/ G0 `! S$ ?& _0 c2 T: mPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
# N2 o- M- s' a( L, BCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division) R; R" _- y# C5 d; s( P
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! D5 y- }2 y! q. O
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
: [, q% W: {# [% ?2 p& c. pCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress) W- n1 Q3 K$ |) y) q
CA Chicago firing at Ponape 5 x' S/ G" N! {- H9 Q
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force! z, W+ H, s$ U) Z. w( n! c2 I- i
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester, Y6 }  r/ _7 N# s- S8 y
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
4 a4 P+ u2 c% ?3 FCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division, Y3 M9 H$ `( S& V0 p! Z
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland3 r7 h, X2 D1 w" o: h9 o
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment  D3 `: o) V( c0 t0 X/ ~
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1 W' I- O' X" wNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1136 n  e' u) K# ?4 T7 A" |' K' k8 N
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Allied Ships: p" j6 n, N  j: W
      BB Alabama
1 x- J  W5 a3 u$ ~  N; W      BB Massachusetts
8 q" r: U/ @/ B7 h& M0 ?      BB Indiana
1 g" b6 l3 E: t3 l1 U1 r5 ~      BB South Dakota
* f* c( b6 E2 v/ h: N( {+ b      BB Washington7 l) W* D! S  y/ O
      BB North Carolina0 t5 _  x) g% y

% B: d4 }9 h2 aJapanese ground losses:
* F0 @  R7 G2 ^5 y# N+ l1 }$ V      275 casualties reported
7 a  t" {# n" Z: p4 ^4 C* O         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled2 _- ?0 K: `! ~" B3 Y1 q& ~
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
: p9 Y; l& q# F% u, b         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled" j" M3 s+ D/ k! Y2 j. M! O
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)2 w9 [( l; t2 K. b! U" b* _% R. h
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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+ s, x2 Y" X4 y9 C" y: C2 X% q9 h# MAirbase supply hits 1
- T8 |4 R* Y6 b# Z* Y& GRunway hits 7
# [* S- f& f6 ZPort hits 36 p. k5 ~$ ~5 T+ w4 |2 y( x

, H5 [9 Y2 z6 R' D9 T& yBB Alabama firing at Ponape
: G# R6 l+ N& e# N# ?& ^/ Q* nBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape . s( C8 ?8 G' T# d! O- E# Y' g% l
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
& C9 A- p2 Q. LOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota3 y- @8 I: C' f% P4 h9 G
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 9 I' r2 ~6 h: H! L& N
BB Washington firing at Ponape + V7 c, |1 b9 K
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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( v$ d: a$ O% X6 }. sNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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, B3 g2 e& S4 Q: @% ZAllied Ships- Z. W$ d% j3 k8 _6 b7 F
      BB Queen Elizabeth
. u) v3 K0 V" @) E, q+ W      BB Valiant
9 i9 ]/ t2 B+ T9 B      BB Mississippi$ p9 p" {$ b* y! L
      BB New Mexico5 y2 O  E7 A0 f" Q" u5 X, H6 F
      BB Idaho
# |& s0 z( m) h2 _( e7 Q" O: d3 w      BB West Virginia
( h! |7 M5 O) s, m( W      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:
+ ^8 h" `$ m2 J- m      117 casualties reported
0 C$ f3 X: ~( I# D         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled2 o5 S$ p+ |% o7 ~, V( ~
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
3 e! e+ s1 @7 {3 Q/ g2 m, w         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 S9 H+ l. j" H! }      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
- u. z3 x1 H/ u; o3 x6 d' [' s: B8 e      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2  d  `( M  _0 K  y3 Z, g4 o
Runway hits 2- T/ R6 [3 |; t# T5 N$ b' j
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ J- \/ C$ W+ {+ @2 KBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 f) N7 p9 \/ v( CBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( I: R' l& f' i$ }8 YPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi7 B7 P6 j; W+ j7 S' @* i# x. M
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
, J5 o. ]0 u" E4 a5 QBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force4 B- B8 l1 A7 y
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
- n) \- Q8 c+ F: `BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
$ w( v. j1 @2 g0 ~BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force$ B) {+ q7 S. U% G& @
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado6 C# l2 F7 ^' M# q2 v( N
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
9 Q8 N, @. p7 `% L! V4 kEstimated time to target is 34 minutes% j6 H# ]2 x: D. J
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Allied aircraft' e; p# _- K+ U8 l7 A" g
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
# p2 ?1 \/ ?- O' l  `' ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
& ^- P1 B9 H" o2 e6 o3 O2 T! {. ~      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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& m+ {+ P4 F, X+ ]3 G9 y. x0 f7 zAllied aircraft losses
4 R8 f( x; _+ |$ y5 e0 m* d      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
4 T/ y: N! N% c  `  R9 J      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
2 X4 b1 V! F: b; I9 R& j      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
) Y* R- O, d6 }" H; P6 ~      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak' |1 K: u2 y$ d" ^( e: A: `. i: w( i
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Japanese ground losses:& m5 N' K& p  m7 t- E
      159 casualties reported
- |: l* |2 G- P2 j4 `" S! E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
" K# E! x6 j  Z8 n0 O: y6 @8 E         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
  B, y7 x9 e# N, [5 [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- ~7 t0 D6 \8 W

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5 v* j0 n0 V* p; ?Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack& k' a3 ^$ }6 r  e
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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2 H; B8 _3 D) s) `5 P, mDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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* T! v4 D9 U: k, T9 YAllied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 $ c9 D' H0 y6 ?$ P; ?, r
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) & k/ [/ i6 l- e& T

. g% L; H6 j; ~8 C/ nCombat modifiers
+ \9 v# u' p& b) \. Q- Z* \1 DDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
. M+ Y" @6 O, ^. O% F! N' VAttacker: / [. i# I2 J0 V  h  Y9 k1 W2 G
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Japanese ground losses:0 c! [! j/ X' C
      3539 casualties reported5 c2 M8 H. k( X1 M% `+ ^
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
# m" x4 F) M* H9 d0 i: D         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled2 d3 ?* K$ y% Q, v! D2 V; T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
  K! Z2 ^& h0 r, J6 y+ |2 o0 Y      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
4 M9 o( y  |8 e9 i' }2 `; V" b      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)$ l' F$ S; G. Z, F

& T) e; B: i2 j/ n, G5 c; r! ~Allied ground losses:
; S& n$ e5 x+ V5 p/ c! \9 T      3552 casualties reported* Z: R1 E' m& m" J
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
5 B8 d, t( I" L3 Q8 |/ |         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
) P! Z3 G8 s% c$ S0 d# i9 L! @8 f         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled) t3 p9 g* u8 I4 a$ A& R2 x: R
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
/ }4 M/ Y  [1 t! `2 G/ k' y      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
# F0 r1 i! t. |+ [) d      Units destroyed 18 s+ G; |# _: P7 _6 g4 Y
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Assaulting units:
/ w& R- D/ \) B6 D    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 V- Y3 |9 h4 G) y$ q4 c    5th Marine Division* F9 N+ C0 G0 E& Z
    716th Tank Battalion
/ e, X$ `0 f8 s    706th Tank Battalion
. {+ J: e$ i0 u* _* j: r+ A0 O4 ?    762nd Tank Battalion
) F7 B/ `( Z* l    710th Tank Battalion
2 t1 o) f4 u% }  g3 ^" s6 N    767th Tank Battalion7 j9 ~3 D. m6 E2 k# I6 |( r# a
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 O% I9 K2 p% F- h    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment2 H9 B* a2 p& I( ?! M
    81st Infantry Division& h" O9 d. [6 h  r
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
# A* ^$ @$ s* L: |( i3 c    96th Infantry Division
( A$ F2 }1 I& w! e/ M    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 `3 I( L' p! `3 t" v    711th Tank Battalion3 c% }) r# ?# N: k* k- W. G
    44th Tank Battalion: v( g/ U. |3 y3 h6 B! F
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion" Q7 V, }. p1 M& y" d) E
    6th Infantry Division
$ V$ g) |9 ^- L( A% o    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
. }0 `: F- Y/ C5 X3 D% S6 d; F    31st Infantry Regiment* E. [9 G; y1 z+ e' L
    XIV US Corps
$ v' y) ], d$ Z1 @6 o/ x5 h* Y2 H    96th Coast AA Regiment6 h* ?+ C) Y4 v) ^  z+ F
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
+ k! Q; x# r4 S7 m) R- I  U) |3 W# }    4th USA Defense Battalion
3 N. A, s( e* M* X/ C+ Z  ^/ y    14th Marine Defense Battalion6 V( `+ }; L" O: j
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& U; v: H% t4 A) _    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' `8 c, K4 O  r7 x/ S9 ^# G) p9 F    5th USA Defense Battalion
5 O) y. k6 F$ i% _    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 `" F3 ^4 A5 u4 m3 r& i# V2 `0 [
    738th Coast AA Regiment
4 P) |6 z5 E- y. i    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ W' _' U( b' H" L5 Q6 x! ^
    I Corps Artillery , i4 `6 S% Q. e/ G; C2 R1 S
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
( }  e, v) V" z/ L- M4 K    X Corps Artillery
/ `& z( u8 ~  e% R7 v( P) s  b    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion0 n& J/ h! J4 b" h7 H. f' x! g
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
. d* Z5 J* f# N  \7 d: K    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
2 k0 z# z" R. d1 s+ u! x( {  t    52nd Naval Guard Unit! }( e0 b5 {& T
    144th Infantry Regiment) W2 V3 i$ ]& n% i- v' Q7 p3 i! d$ M
    Kure 3rd SNLF0 \# x* q% w9 F. p0 z
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ }# P$ r' S/ z! e( T$ B8 G    33rd/B Division
/ ]) W: v  r, t. i. X    81st/C Division( R$ Z  D" D7 p+ z) N" L
    81st/A Division
6 C. H* J# ?3 h+ e3 i( E0 T    81st/B Division
" x1 w4 K+ b) m4 ?* _& S    33rd/A Division
" u& f: y! G1 S, c    138th Infantry Regiment8 R  o' O& [, Y4 v1 C: M
    33rd/C Division
6 }! Q, O5 m% J& B# a    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 o, w$ v. m( l; ~
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
- e: C7 i! m' q' `9 {    19th JAAF Base Force
3 A" [+ f* m1 J    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 ]: p/ h+ |& V! n$ B9 v0 F" ?% n
    12th Air Fleet0 l% ~" M; N& a! w( w3 ^8 y
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment; E% v* H3 P) P) A
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; W  l% v$ E% T7 L# y
    63rd Field AA Battalion
3 U: c% y" A2 i0 F* ]/ e# M    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; K# d) l# q$ X6 ^% X- |5 \, d    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
  u* O+ O0 r8 {, L0 b: l6 o    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( W2 b  T7 Q/ B/ U* }    Ponape Naval Fortress$ g, ]' v! d- T5 e+ G
    61st Field AA Battalion
9 ?, p$ `  ^& P' A    18th Army3 M6 @/ P- z! v+ R2 X, b% z8 E
    14th Area Army /1
% r4 D7 c* v( R! y2 R5 C, I6 n& b    60th Field AA Battalion4 N* H2 R0 h/ w1 a6 B0 L
    53rd Construction Battalion! {9 c" O% ^/ l3 U; x
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* H- H1 s- s* {2 u4 O9 D    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
; P' \! y" ?4 u7 ^& i9 f6 O1 A) J    Kure 7th SNLF& J. G# _  G# k  J9 {( |/ h/ w" p
    3rd Base Force
7 _7 `0 M5 s! A7 I3 Y8 N* g    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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/ k2 O+ j6 x  L. xAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
) H, U! `5 v4 L, U! h; L+ RWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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- |8 u1 D7 e( PRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
2 B) T9 U$ |; lEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
9 H1 E" {! a) C, ]9 ~1 Y      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 ?( c% x6 t% q) K$ ]/ D      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
$ r5 `8 E& q6 r- O' \( N: ?( M( l  I* `      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
2 }; D/ _% _2 d( i' n) XAllied aircraft losses
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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 446 D9 ~  \& U* a+ z* M# T

" |9 B% W2 H6 |0 I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# P, V, Z' {! ?0 I: n: X) H0 S
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships* v  N- A( W+ i  u- k+ v' u
      CA Vincennes
$ l- a' K0 }( D$ x      CA Quincy# s3 m# K) z, f$ C5 z
      CA San Francisco
* k* w5 @% B8 D8 G, I      CA Minneapolis
, o$ z# F- D4 ]* ^$ r' o      CA Astoria
7 e9 @9 h% ~2 `3 \7 P7 t" T0 K; G+ l      CA Chicago2 k# |+ Q. k0 s. x7 s  v$ \
      CA Louisville
5 s) |; i" y+ b6 }      CA Chester
4 c' t2 @  I; \3 o& L6 ~. b      CA Northampton: P+ K7 Y% X: ?0 V- k  \# t. {
      CA Portland/ ^9 d9 A# U/ G
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Japanese ground losses:; ?3 ^6 b0 L! _' M. [; W: i2 ~
      112 casualties reported
; e1 }% |+ W. r. X9 p         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled! m" B8 p+ B& r( _# I- A# r* [
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled0 b: I. F; @' }0 k; D# s3 G
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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& ]/ }* F& c8 T  B! R+ @/ X  mAirbase hits 59 M" u$ I% j9 l5 G3 D
Airbase supply hits 2
  z% Q6 A2 ]; D! |7 VRunway hits 21: ]% x3 H+ O' q) Y0 f- g' B
Port hits 7+ o8 A. e6 F( i! D$ |1 h. R
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' U! }  ]8 _0 k# K( s4 NNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships' r* t1 G1 b0 L; `
      BB Alabama1 l- C- P8 r) V- R0 z. k* F
      BB Massachusetts
# W5 [/ ?0 l, e* M6 w% N) x$ U      BB Indiana& ~# V) [' C. k; u: Z' k
      BB South Dakota
9 i% e9 I" l( M      BB Washington% |$ L/ T4 p1 G! Z( c  P0 b
      BB North Carolina
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+ A) @+ j' `: a( K  d: {4 HJapanese ground losses:
+ e" C3 e9 _$ G  O9 b      398 casualties reported
3 l6 K" o. u% o1 j         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
5 N( O! \5 j! g2 T+ Z% [' ?         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled# C! X& A0 `9 v' n/ B( S3 P
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled0 z1 s  X% K; q4 A. d6 @0 c
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
% D8 D6 y& ]2 }      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)2 T: X, r/ c. m5 q3 y( |; D

  m' P. [, B) g8 [3 R: B3 D4 w: sAirbase hits 9
- E1 x8 b. r* j6 f- @Runway hits 99 g. v) f# z7 |( `# V
Port hits 2
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1 b9 n! L+ |7 \( ^& ^0 [! GBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
, t6 t# }! u$ \; q* ZBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
+ M0 S$ a: v' l4 L" m, qBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
0 E- _; j# e0 N8 w: z- O. r* QBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 3 e5 a" w, V% z' [, H0 Z, l+ K
BB Washington firing at Ponape
  w, H, z0 O: d( eBB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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: \  L5 E" F. C( l; k$ v) nNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
. r7 Q. {, g9 {9 T$ ?      BB Mississippi
6 q& k- ^2 j5 C8 ~, M, M; O4 Z      BB New Mexico9 n1 A: ^) _7 f+ T9 I
      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:
8 b0 H( k, y5 G6 e: ^! m2 d% e      195 casualties reported5 S* w: @) O0 t% Z' Q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- N+ y0 K4 K% g1 n- ~. ?
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled: {, u' y. E6 {6 T
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
# N/ \% L5 ]! ]6 Q      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)# V$ O+ ~5 C# ]: e1 U- V" ~; \
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
" G* h: C- |2 d/ ?, o2 QRunway hits 14- Z5 I# A$ t: P) F. e6 Q0 R
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
0 s; s  m! t7 G, c( `BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division  ]* n- [  l3 n7 _6 u/ `
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)6 U$ t* A" d) T- p6 S( ?7 x

$ s7 i$ R: F/ y: z1 m  W4 I0 SWeather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.& L8 D$ x( x) X
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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$ f+ D6 g1 _' vAllied aircraft
( k0 A1 i+ p; Q      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 E& L0 c! }& P; K6 x! A7 g      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333, b! p! y" u- t8 w) d
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2867 }, R. z) W. q1 E2 T

7 V- j0 q7 ]/ {2 l4 c) L( sAllied aircraft losses9 Q5 k" L1 _. H/ T2 e+ ~: A5 k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged7 f/ i8 v" S" k: j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
* A5 D) H" \$ y6 W/ W  a. I      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:- R* P# \0 _! o& @$ a4 ^2 r
      121 casualties reported4 }. E, A/ C' L; d6 A
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
( T2 Z- b& T2 R4 [$ Q: H2 d         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled: w$ t. c" @+ H8 F6 V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  c, v# q6 A6 E( V" \5 U9 r

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; |/ s) \, i4 L' yGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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7 Q" T* e  O. P2 aAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26292 ^% s* K. }" L3 n
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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) X) L2 l; x' @% k. E# qAllied adjusted assault: 3228 9 C( [. G2 ]' e. \
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) ' O4 l8 G; E* A& y% T

1 M+ b4 G5 F" J4 F- a/ b- G  eCombat modifiers
# I' c9 I/ n" C8 J$ P$ d2 wDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-). Z/ K7 z. l3 e, ~
Attacker: 9 b( Q" H/ }: X2 P6 _' S$ D: {
5 [5 p2 D% U. y% ~
Japanese ground losses:
4 [( w% j/ T/ W, F6 m! ]3 x      2305 casualties reported
& A  [/ S  Y& \6 F2 l         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled3 d. _& C1 r8 q0 O/ b: ]/ A
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled7 a" G% H9 k- D: Y9 |. v
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
' ]( b! b% E6 h3 I% ]      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)$ _5 W& \" e+ b3 P- |1 n
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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  U  s6 W) D5 A( x. u, M+ TAllied ground losses:
: L# G5 P9 S- I/ o- l# t" o! ^      3064 casualties reported2 i( z" ^3 `  y' W  g4 I: m& e
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled9 {* E: W' `! z8 o, H) q8 y
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
7 b( [  ]7 Y' t* z( D) i; I0 M         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled% p( _6 u6 p" [& |
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)0 T' I1 X( \# Y5 ^0 t
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)7 [: N& q) s+ g  f

2 P6 ?' a4 n! Q. GAssaulting units:" \+ ?. a7 ~2 ?' X( [* Z  D  N! L, f3 |
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
5 p! g7 N4 E; x  }2 `/ q# c2 h    711th Tank Battalion
9 y2 ]$ J0 d9 M5 _# J    716th Tank Battalion
# M; r" m  e# Y/ U) j    6th Infantry Division
5 c2 K5 C. p8 A9 s    44th Tank Battalion1 k+ |" a: B4 K6 }0 d
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment! ~% y7 E/ J. W0 h% A' K+ y: ?2 A
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
+ m- O7 ~/ o$ g( M    81st Infantry Division
$ I5 {7 Z7 b; ~; u% L    767th Tank Battalion6 q" {( g& W% ]- M6 O/ j5 T" ?
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment( L! j5 ~) n# {& y  u
    762nd Tank Battalion
9 G% u- G; p1 e0 q9 ~6 A9 K" [- Q    710th Tank Battalion
0 ~* l- S& y% q- F, f    96th Infantry Division& ^1 \6 V# }( v3 @5 a
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
1 i! L4 g! G2 s    706th Tank Battalion( u! _) D7 P: ]6 k/ g) F0 |
    5th Marine Division
$ s! Y5 Y3 `7 Y/ t2 }    31st Infantry Regiment- @: z! ?4 ?% Y3 @, @% r
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 g) i! T9 T; l; L+ k' X9 [
    1st USMC AA Battalion
- T6 N; J+ K: B8 S0 t" O. j9 J    738th Coast AA Regiment- A  v  f6 S3 w" e0 X: @4 C+ O3 c
    96th Coast AA Regiment! B( n. ]  d' m- p( `8 N
    14th Marine Defense Battalion) E0 F8 @( M/ x% {# c3 ?# y9 d
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
9 l9 |7 F( i' j  _7 H- h; t( g( \    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* }# m; U% L1 D& z; \, |    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) V! d! @: }2 i    XIV US Corps* E. Y' T2 L5 o  K' ]/ S; ]
    X Corps Artillery - m- z  i$ l" q( L
    5th USA Defense Battalion
" O/ ~( c$ L$ |2 t- J7 m% r( j7 q$ F    4th USA Defense Battalion
% d! M: K( S% I) F7 t7 e    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ ]4 L% m0 i: ^- D0 |    I Corps Artillery
7 Q* v: C1 t. `% i7 o% t$ }    8th Marine Defense Battalion* S4 \8 Y' [/ @5 w) z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment- _/ B3 J* n0 M/ {

  ^' }5 s: ?' [# {* E- ?9 PDefending units:( f$ a7 L: H1 m  a  F! [0 g
    Ponape Naval Fortress# r2 B. E9 p- b- ~
    81st/C Division
) y7 ^: t2 \% V. J# U    52nd Naval Guard Unit0 W* l1 M% e( G% l; {, p$ w
    138th Infantry Regiment
; d# X0 I- J1 `' S    6th Guards Inf. Regiment, X! ^) K% |" Q3 e$ Z3 H0 P2 s1 k
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
! I2 J' h( x' c, H! s# G    144th Infantry Regiment3 V/ o& G4 {& T$ H4 m
    81st/B Division
* ]! I. e! N) s6 L5 r    33rd/B Division8 u5 v, I) D% M
    33rd/A Division
2 ^! v# H- y) y* {) W' k% [- }    81st/A Division
! u( g4 U1 m  v' X    Kure 3rd SNLF
9 s. w0 e$ {7 f$ E& J    33rd/C Division
  k' v2 a1 v4 W" P  y/ s    53rd Construction Battalion
; t. z- J- o( A( z9 C1 u    18th Army+ o/ c  H; v4 ]1 ?
    14th Area Army /1
1 l1 U' c1 j3 C7 J8 O- u- M    60th Field AA Battalion  s; q8 M1 X+ W6 y4 |$ A
    12th Air Fleet, {" Z* H7 V1 n3 @: w/ z& L/ b/ {
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 q# i7 L2 v/ h$ `
    63rd Field AA Battalion* S% Z  E0 R, s: x8 f
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- I! M5 k( N* H. L. A    3rd Base Force* Z& z) K; }, {5 U2 q- x
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- \+ q2 W( K/ M4 _  y    Kure 7th SNLF3 k( H0 [" ?) c0 Y9 [$ t6 q
    19th JAAF Base Force) X  q6 t! L# T. G
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
7 A. m' i4 ^8 }    61st Field AA Battalion
  x" Q1 Q, A1 j9 x# n' D7 N    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 X* P7 L8 c7 n+ g2 h+ @
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' i4 p  l7 @5 C3 ?8 ?& `) t- K- X( R    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
8 A+ j5 O" i: ^7 @, f9 r    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion0 z8 K3 H# F) o! i) w
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
1 B: M' F! U* I" n% ^' o7 c    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
: n  X/ ^) R) [2 k$ A! I& ^, _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4 C9 {/ E% y( a( _6 c/ z: o& `% A

1 o% q4 B0 ]* R; \4 `7 I- s当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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( Z- d% e, z* \5 H& G: {Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud  v4 z$ o' f. ^" d- F

0 x- l3 @9 h. n( C& k# dRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
4 @7 Q  W0 k$ X4 {) I( gEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft. U! g- U  T: U4 J4 E$ b2 R3 L
      P-38L Lightning x 23! Y+ u9 H  P- N3 o+ {4 p( x0 k; q# O6 N
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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  j/ a* R3 H' b  M' C& e. d  q0 AAllied aircraft losses% y1 j( ]- v6 H7 x' c  N* H1 E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged6 |: J) ~: V8 ^/ ]9 H1 q+ _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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& o1 J3 m# W8 i9 Y. ^Japanese Ships
5 \# G5 R* l: U4 v: W  x' p      DD Suruyame
$ C. i- m* b4 }% w      CL Ninaru5 t( Y( C% P% S$ {4 D
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, a- L' O- M! j) `* p, W
      DD Yayoi( d; k7 X6 @$ c: @, X& [) Y% \
      CA Kako. R  Q5 B7 g7 G9 G# s
      DD Asagiri
. j) l6 J" ^# p* A" R; c1 n0 }      DD Ayanami
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! S6 D( v) A) B8 e! uAircraft Attacking:
% K6 u* W$ \6 g6 h3 [      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
  p* G0 q8 z9 q- z5 U6 d               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb- I( W3 m! U8 I  X: L+ T
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'- l1 E, O; e/ r: {
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb+ r; G+ i/ |  t8 y
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'! H6 G% U# v/ Z5 r# C
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi" b4 ~0 a, s2 ]8 x7 P1 c
Heavy 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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& ^- u1 R# p/ [8 J( [Weather in hex: Moderate rain- |! i; P4 Y, ]/ o$ }% T
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
$ [; i& `7 q& j  C3 qEstimated time to target is 34 minutes/ h; g  g/ D' P0 f

. \: l' D5 I/ N5 J4 nAllied aircraft
: Y) A+ x* x5 K' n8 P( J      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 h$ O& N) x/ f- Q$ d/ h  A5 \
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
7 h5 Z; j1 ^" H5 d) M0 S      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses
$ }1 j1 h# K5 Y$ A$ Y+ Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
$ P, @& I: J9 ^$ X; f9 n5 I; `- o      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak. w+ m- i9 k& S* z- K4 ]
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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3 c0 u5 K  g9 _4 c$ SJapanese ground losses:
0 y' I5 u" ]% E$ H      276 casualties reported7 }% l8 s' [5 t. b+ B8 F& q% T* S
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled& d8 l( _9 L6 k/ w  t- B6 r
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled  S* A8 B0 Q& D  N2 d6 c
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 C( x9 e5 f6 c- B1 w      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)4 ?4 a% p: ?9 V( o+ ?! X" x  ^

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+ }$ V5 J) u2 B) _8 C8 J3 M! T3 LGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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5 X8 ^- P: `+ n) S' ?Allied Bombardment attack
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3 V3 x5 x+ I3 p" g) i3 s9 v: ]Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263  _/ L) X2 E$ B) V% S- R
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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0 m$ o/ e3 G( j$ E, B# Q  PJapanese ground losses:
" Y+ I% a: M; x, u* D6 j      1082 casualties reported6 l) r8 A0 R0 t6 X# s+ A8 L
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled% E( [$ M. }$ D$ n. z, t7 x0 H
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled/ k( s1 `3 z: u( \% Z
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled$ ^4 d7 ]8 Y0 k" D" j4 i6 d
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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6 ~- j. S( m+ ]Allied ground losses:% U1 W0 M  [* }5 b9 r
      23 casualties reported+ x  W5 q0 F5 p% W' ?% f* D& C7 h
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled( @4 ]" W! h# R6 k: x; _5 b
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 x& ]7 W7 N9 n& C& J% y" V7 [7 V( i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 T! j( W$ s! d$ k& v! F  [
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
! y3 N) g0 a! D      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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2 X4 P% X% F8 z6 ?2 H- w东京快车出轨
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+ k& w; M( x3 m4 y7 r1 V3 M( O日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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  K* I9 A; ~$ {  `; _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。: G- I4 A- S, m+ v( ^3 s
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8 h! ]3 N7 C  O- g天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships, [0 Q0 A2 s& G$ a: C3 ]4 E
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk  R  v8 n& W( l* _' \6 e/ _

) r2 u$ K  @# w# B) R; ~! _" [Allied Ships
4 L7 f( R) Z% t7 c# x      CLAA Prince Robert
/ i" `" }5 P5 l3 C+ q5 _  T, `0 f      DD Saumarez2 q: X" U: U* _4 X: e# p6 T. \) h* G
      DD Nizam. v* x1 P0 e5 W6 q% `% l3 R
      DD Ellet) h7 `* m& `  c( B. _; `. Q
      DD Waller
3 k+ D  t0 n+ M      DD Walker
: \. X- D: o* V1 M& B( T      DD Wadleigh
( Z/ R  ]" s/ L! c: u  q  k      DD Uhlmann
3 |6 n. X" S# z7 t( U8 }      DD Twining
2 F# C" M3 O. W$ r      DD Twiggs, o6 l# G* V/ k8 `
      DD David Taylor3 P! k- O' @# q& z' i& g
      DD Strong3 F2 o% S" q" f3 b6 L$ b; h
      DD Sproston2 R' T% u) d0 Z+ x3 f% W
      DD Sigsbee
' ?0 j5 q  z0 l- M, A8 K      DD Sigourney. e+ `& r1 d- O& D5 ?7 `0 r5 x
      DD Schroeder" V  B5 O. {" J5 K) T
      DD Benham II
. r" d- q3 l* P, S3 m      DD Cushing II
1 S+ \; `) Y" I. c' E      DD Urchin& `; e5 t9 j: v) B. J; u: z
      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort  ~# n# {% J; T4 n6 Z* S0 _5 h' Y$ x
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
! I3 V& r4 }$ |% _) _, v7 LDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
$ g! z9 l1 a7 `  g9 l; E8 BSS I-48 forced to surface!" `2 I: u2 C' e$ y; A: N( k. d
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
% Q+ r$ o0 d% T0 gDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
7 f; _7 S( k; m8 ]/ g% U# g% g3 X$ FDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....$ E# e" ]! y+ H1 g
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ..... J% t: e8 X  C% ?( |
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....# G! x0 ]% |& m
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards" {" Y" M  b/ V
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Japanese aircraft
3 k! }) l, J' G; Q6 H2 o+ r      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
) t/ @3 C* r: b      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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. N8 D1 q! P" N7 qJapanese Ships
& r# r0 i: n. g! }      CL Agano, T! q  l% }# l& Q+ ]8 u& _, w) ~
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 23 W& U- M- q; T& v5 q9 R. q. c
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& G) u1 w7 y3 w2 ?$ O
      DD Hibiki
  j& p' k: c" b0 N; F7 j$ @: Y      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
1 p+ G* _1 f+ v      DD Shirakumo
3 t: \3 w8 O3 S6 ~+ O      DD Isonami8 D0 d. M* G& _' _2 l
      DD Murakumo
, D) [5 F( l' [      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk, ~4 W0 o% h" l8 ~6 @$ I

  Y* ^+ k" T: k* WAllied Ships) \6 }6 J. d" p
      BB North Carolina
/ b4 E  V- j2 [1 `  l      BB Washington% m# F1 x, \& _, H& v
      BB South Dakota2 O; Z- u  R5 l" w: @
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 15 {  I) B+ g! X3 O
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 22 n6 G$ i/ B( t
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2( H4 {# ~7 c" Q8 y: P" p
      DD Conner
5 o+ j) c/ P8 f4 \      DD Cotten8 z; I( i! e& l; V( G
      DD Cowell
2 X" n, a+ g6 E6 L      DD Daly
+ w+ {2 \# x3 q8 t  h7 j8 M# x      DD Eaton
: S4 W8 ^% c# X7 u- M$ S; I      DD Heywood Edwards0 `: J+ H+ m0 G+ r9 H
      DD Erben, ]$ B. K( o* M6 q6 J" K
      DD Evans
0 ?  `3 W$ J. X1 T6 v+ ?      DD Foote3 k9 ^- g+ Z& T- |" i+ v7 K
      DD Franks
. u+ M0 S0 ^5 G1 ~8 i9 \$ \/ Y" e0 r      DD Fullam4 j' U9 O% e0 G- ~9 S% N( {. ~! s) y
      DD Gatling( j9 y/ L& m( R% B1 C3 C& D1 C
      DD Albert Grant
0 T: s' p( O- M3 {  K3 A3 o      DD Gregory
: U* P4 W  u' N4 }! [5 V) V      DD Guest: i6 t% L! N" I2 v( i, X" @7 D3 O
      DMS Hamilton5 J. J1 z7 Y7 _& p
      DMS Forrest
, a: o2 N' l# s4 F4 f+ }      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
1 l0 [% G2 u. v+ ZRange closes to 28,000 yards...
7 \: Z4 M; M, r) Z6 i/ B: T+ hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
6 F, J- y1 B, q* xCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
: O* X. E8 i2 x/ x1 mRange closes to 26,000 yards...4 r% w6 {. \" W. E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; H" |0 w) y" ^  C6 G, URange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 E* z$ S  _! s( Z! J9 p$ J5 s( DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" c8 I2 D& a/ O) D' d3 d3 @7 nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards" h) H8 _! |8 q( V5 R
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
, I. L! }# O( _5 ^8 ~+ m, q" NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
1 Y+ @7 R) u9 \2 c: D, |CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
( j* j& }4 |) R8 YRange closes to 20,000 yards...! l0 b+ p1 O5 L( Y+ f) n: J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
7 B0 [& \! r" E$ G5 ?6 lRange closes to 18,000 yards...( P  g# @& {5 G" O* \2 J$ \* f' j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* [9 [- Y1 S8 ^" v4 QRange closes to 16,000 yards...! c, n) s' B  Q6 H5 m% _9 m
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
4 ]# [" n+ Y  F2 Q% K5 NRange closes to 14,000 yards...6 d' E& O. C# w5 W) V! B
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
0 u, ?& D& U. c- T( \Range closes to 12,000 yards...) F$ k  z) z. f8 ^1 d3 p" N8 x) k+ ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 o3 w$ M$ P+ FCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards' d9 Z+ K+ q" g: U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...3 `9 q! u* D( u6 I. T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# N+ Q5 \' ~1 X2 W2 HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
6 |" S' o( P$ q1 D/ M* ORange closes to 10,000 yards...
! N! }7 ~, N# J9 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" R: b2 J. W* V/ ?7 u3 C' w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards9 Y& r6 f9 i- I* h% h) `8 x; B
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
- W8 g" g% M# |* Q" T0 nBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards  l; u- p4 n4 l; K9 [9 Z
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
$ ?' ~5 `5 q. ]3 Z7 l! }  X' qCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards) m; x5 w. _( @! G, C) J
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards3 v* U  u& J' ~: T. z8 v  v
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards2 M6 l7 ~/ E7 L' m0 I8 ?$ K
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards! W6 r* J/ d1 V
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 ^! W& P$ v6 S/ u8 b% V+ dBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards+ T  a% F5 g! y( k3 @; m$ E
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards7 [3 `& f9 t5 j3 ~. l; N0 W: ~5 Q
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards1 \) E; q  @2 d( x
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
: F8 l8 p9 E* z7 H, I) Z" PRange increases to 11,000 yards+ c* p+ f- V9 i
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards. G" D0 F! x0 J3 l
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
; k; @4 i# i& V; z1 e9 lCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards7 l" ?+ s5 Z  m: z
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards$ I) a0 X: `$ R/ z7 t* m- D( d
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards: X8 \+ S: w) S0 S+ x/ b
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards, c/ b. Q7 @, S7 N& |
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards" G( x6 E& U) [5 z3 W0 N
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards- |; O* Q5 G  H8 Y7 T! T+ S
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
0 X* Z5 A4 M1 D$ s6 }. pDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards  g5 J, V! d( K5 P, ~1 M- q
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
) F. N- G, r. D# p1 QDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards( B3 J; T) z9 s8 s* t& H1 T% y
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards# R( B" {+ ~2 _9 k& R, i! z, U
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
) R$ |5 A7 \) I4 q5 Z  V$ `) gRange closes to 10,000 yards7 ^8 I3 q5 D8 z' K3 j: p0 }5 K, ?3 p! {
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards8 P* S! `2 R* N7 H, T- u! s
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards$ C. Q- G( d; @7 t. u
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
+ Z8 l6 L3 ]/ [& C: V( n4 L% YDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards" T- X* `" T3 b" X% T7 l
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
& z4 i8 X7 V1 s( r- yDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
' P5 L1 g' X! d! P% M2 nDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards% m8 Y1 a5 K3 C$ x  N8 y
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards' V" H$ o" F& s$ o( N9 R/ E3 }# M9 J- O8 D- {
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards) q2 [2 b* t% M( |3 i1 i5 s) s
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards* o" h' j/ U/ r0 z. m- r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 A* ]5 Q2 k$ S! hTask forces break off..., `. j' i' i: J& s' U5 t

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards3 G' t, H) Q; P8 x& d/ n

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      DD Hikokaze
- t$ G/ K: C' o  i; }+ i" E0 o% C      DD Ishikaze
- D% k+ P9 P5 M4 h. c$ C, U, O      DD Tagokaze. V$ l2 W8 G; r! [" h
      DD Takatakaze! A" C0 h5 B1 {% f2 F. G* r; f

) Y+ l# `( N( g- O* G6 v4 k4 D; _) tAllied Ships
# e) j( T5 ^0 {! B/ F' R) s8 V% p      BB North Carolina1 W- \9 u6 s) ^; e" N) y
      BB Washington! T$ a$ e& h5 t9 r
      BB South Dakota
/ q: T+ m7 D' c& k      BB Indiana& g) g3 |- B& B4 u6 {
      BB Massachusetts  _7 b1 J3 ?. N# q9 w
      BB Alabama+ C& h, y' @  Y6 O7 c9 S6 A# v
      DD Conner  n/ ?# j/ K: A5 x& J% a+ q1 j( |
      DD Cotten5 Z8 S, r3 j* ~
      DD Cowell
) {+ |/ e" E( Y" H/ y0 N      DD Daly, r+ z0 ]( @7 X  }1 a, {9 M! |: T
      DD Eaton. c/ t; @( i& ^* \5 T
      DD Heywood Edwards2 m, \6 U, L! q9 z! j
      DD Erben
& d/ x, l6 L) v$ n( M      DD Evans  n; ?6 U+ l  `' ~* T! ?/ U1 G3 A
      DD Foote
9 U' W" e) {2 \, N6 l5 R% K      DD Franks: j, J2 M( J/ S3 n- _+ X7 F4 l
      DD Fullam. Q5 E$ i4 g! N  S. [  B" m+ z
      DD Gatling, P, z3 o% ?4 l2 e) b' O
      DD Albert Grant
1 @6 w& B; I0 p  F' t      DD Gregory7 d) S% J% v/ t- l2 o
      DD Guest& \2 i. Q! J. ]$ U# T: v" J+ r; s
      DMS Hamilton
0 ]7 q' I% O. Z, B      DMS Forrest6 y( l# @$ V  r4 p9 z5 n+ H
      DMS Ellyson
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2 E6 n! P9 A, Y, _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards- V6 e1 D2 I' y  a0 o) s9 E+ G
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 p9 F6 p3 ~) ~4 q; p9 o6 NRange closes to 26,000 yards...9 M* Y* s( a( [& R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
* j- a& |# w9 A9 T! rCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards( F  X" w. q1 \- E1 X: Q
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ y3 F8 [' o' G, v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
% {6 I8 E' p* _9 P( X; vRange closes to 22,000 yards...) f: c/ R+ w4 l$ H" [
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 `% K0 |. a" cRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; O+ Q' j# N  ^# s$ _CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
- a3 `& u6 h; WRange closes to 16,000 yards...
7 @) L2 {3 y" ~- h) c3 Z: {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards" k; f: P, p7 M8 |6 t5 C
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
$ u* W1 p& H5 A- a8 cRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 u& y3 n6 V% D0 |5 Z; S% OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
0 M: d$ {4 V% G0 H, U; v" \2 P7 |CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
! K8 y: d, i+ f: ^1 ORange closes to 12,000 yards...8 r( w/ o& y0 M2 d9 y& R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) f/ B6 K' \' b) v7 Z8 v
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
3 K( ~2 d  Q$ v  `  |Range closes to 11,000 yards..." u7 d- O' x$ I- @) D8 r* q; \
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
/ B) {5 v3 h) ]/ H0 ~) ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...! F" w/ `# _! w! W! W' ]5 g7 j
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards9 M: v, h% t! ^
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat" T$ N! _6 n) }" t2 S& h2 R
Range increases to 15,000 yards...5 [, q' e; J: l
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
1 w; N7 n4 Q. l, UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. g  s& e2 p3 {- G# H( |2 ^Range increases to 25,000 yards...
& @8 r; q& N/ _5 ORange increases to 30,000 yards...
- N; k" c, y. E4 j5 A, ^Range increases to 30,000 yards...; u2 m1 Y9 N" x# v+ S9 `
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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# r, r2 z, ?' V2 b& o$ j8 m6 x8 INight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards! ~. B' @7 u, O& M+ |. d
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( w2 G/ e* V" H% g' z      APD T-1
* S8 n1 r4 p4 x0 @5 j$ ~( B      APD T-2, Shell hits 2. j7 s2 \3 y# o% O& V
      APD T-3, Shell hits 17 a( @8 G% M/ O. x* l
      APD T-4
+ x" ~# Y/ R' [8 C/ i/ _      APD T-5" \3 F" y, Z/ }0 L6 q0 Y9 V
      APD T-6+ o" v8 D- p2 c- |) i* V/ |
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; L7 }  [8 A% Y0 l: U* `- W1 L) R      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
$ U  D5 k  C& N& k0 w      APD T-93 V( g0 ]" ?$ H) X1 M/ x8 h
      APD T-10
7 R- v# ?! r* I) F      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire/ P* b) [, i0 J$ @7 o) C
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
; x  C* c# }( z, G" I, D3 k- B5 }      APD T-13, Shell hits 10 K& b* f4 L& C$ l% a
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships; \. ]" K3 q6 b9 E
      BB North Carolina
4 _3 l, G0 P" P1 n* O      BB Washington
/ W$ g# R) P8 r& ^3 B      BB South Dakota
7 r6 D1 O8 N5 w! {2 t  M3 l' P9 F$ }      BB Indiana
0 P) R, [& o1 `! _! r      BB Massachusetts% T8 ]0 D$ c7 C" Y; t# A
      BB Alabama
" Z) y! d8 M) V% N8 }6 j      DD Conner( i! v, h- V. i/ k: Z4 R" A
      DD Cotten& E6 `' y4 q; b" R) s' Z2 q
      DD Cowell
- a. h! X% V5 u/ L/ ^. h, a% Z      DD Daly+ A+ \+ X' `4 g- `2 g' E0 ?  T
      DD Eaton5 ^; G. T3 g5 d
      DD Heywood Edwards
, w* _0 g9 J1 _      DD Erben
$ w2 d; L: x" L# f  o+ H      DD Evans) q- Q9 a0 T" @! C! j( [! A) J
      DD Foote3 O; s' P! J9 G* `. V
      DD Franks
3 h7 d/ j0 @7 R8 [      DD Fullam
* W( I- l2 H7 s7 x$ e- \2 C9 {      DD Gatling
. l. k3 J( g( p8 {& h      DD Albert Grant. b2 k4 `/ |% a4 `+ y  Q& ~
      DD Gregory; a% d7 e8 a% f( W
      DD Guest9 L* }1 t! m% I/ @1 ?% ]% n7 Z! v
      DMS Hamilton
  }1 W8 P1 M6 O6 @' d      DMS Forrest
5 j# j8 Y# [- @) Q2 _! d9 y# ?% H      DMS Ellyson  E$ A& y* L, ~
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards/ O3 w, s2 R) e8 N- ~
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
$ ^8 a/ e, W; a0 O6 C) h5 [Range closes to 26,000 yards...4 I! z# B3 J, o* ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards) V; k. M  c- b) y/ c
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
* I9 b) Q3 W3 ~* T* J& oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 b& \/ z- ~. s9 C) S5 N
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 n4 K' U  W! _: _5 ~& R9 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards9 F! Z# H$ X4 A) Z# `" h, Y0 P5 f; v
Range closes to 20,000 yards...7 K& N# j2 G+ m( k$ Y4 @- g$ S! i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards2 E/ B7 z: c  T* L9 V5 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 M8 U- l& y, g( ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
7 c+ s8 y: E: `1 E$ c. zRange closes to 16,000 yards...- A2 s. A9 ?. N4 O" e8 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
% ?6 h  }9 v; E5 b& V' wRange closes to 14,000 yards...
, R8 w* S& L: [  K) Y: T$ h6 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
+ O. X) d; s+ d$ C( @$ i) z' |Range closes to 12,000 yards...! [8 H  }- ?" h9 e9 I* k; v) V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
/ }+ u& o7 b; ^  k2 E$ y0 p' DRange closes to 11,000 yards...# ~3 K; P. _. P! j  K$ t7 u- Q1 z# j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ U1 V, ?4 Y- `) A6 x
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 ^0 s% q3 \+ i' `8 \4 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
( [2 H. x: Q- _9 M: [Range closes to 9,000 yards...9 _( |5 f! N/ f6 W
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
; ^  U% |) Z1 t  ?BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
( b3 L3 J5 E; P( eBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards; Z- Z9 c: ]$ ~+ K  L
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards7 r5 c9 A0 Y- ^6 h& o+ a
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. V' i- |0 w3 j2 L/ v* D' ]( r6 Q" jDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards; j' e8 C4 m8 s; J3 v$ z! X8 E
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards( v2 D8 i  ^. h3 t3 {
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards5 q9 F  s6 O6 G* p: [5 U
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
* q6 u) J6 f# ~- ]2 T- J! c0 YDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards+ _5 y1 c+ v$ Q' D, }
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
& u6 I' l+ i0 R4 |' m, r/ `$ t. p2 N) OBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards" ]7 U; ]9 }- y7 J( ~% `% @6 v
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
* L( h4 k: Q; I- e5 Y. b( q. ADD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
! X5 l! o+ B* B$ S2 c9 z! I# y2 `APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
3 Q4 p+ S  J6 {% YDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards7 J" S) r2 d" ]2 o- o) j$ D, h3 b
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards; G, ]  e2 e7 d! }# l; z: L
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards  q$ v0 {4 x( u$ V6 e2 a
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 S2 A8 j" [5 l2 [4 SDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 H& |' y8 V, o% y. S, x) ?Range increases to 10,000 yards/ Y$ T2 p, K# G/ `7 ~" n1 u
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 p% V0 `$ ?7 K- a! \6 C, \
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ w9 I0 }# a) @4 W+ r
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& B2 M! E* a2 X* bDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( M- W: [" c/ I8 hBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 X+ y' k- }" U+ Z; ^* m: ~DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards" k7 t5 |9 b. |$ ?1 l4 m
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards8 @1 I6 v2 Q' x  T5 p+ c
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
. ]& t5 {2 K' V) aDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, i8 l* y8 b2 P( R
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards0 R  X; x# J. j  h! B
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' X& r9 W) c  z# |! N7 T3 A
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; Y8 C" @1 e6 ]% B1 h
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards7 A# d, Z' d2 u; a
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 y) r; G- K9 s- N& v1 y6 wDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards& I* X/ w1 a& e- y! q' g6 x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 {; }0 V" t, z8 f. M
Range increases to 11,000 yards
8 d- Z7 A% R; t: r5 W1 K: [APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
8 c; p" R; v  s; r3 f5 rAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
+ z$ L5 }: n5 V% o  ~5 `" lDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" k( E1 Z$ d7 V9 ]  }
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards3 E) N6 R7 P& c1 _) E
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards, J6 d0 R: W7 B# \# M6 G
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
/ U* D& C4 S/ jDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards) [. n& P' R) v( _( B$ I
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards6 k3 T9 {9 L5 |& ]% D
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards9 P8 A. P4 X. w2 x, g- ]; @
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) B0 }1 n; r3 a  z1 f
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
% r. _7 h' l% o6 l( h, d1 DAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards4 D) }9 u; `( R$ h9 v' _
Range closes to 10,000 yards
3 z; f1 S( E( S% r- M  vBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards+ a  ^/ e- C/ W
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
! l0 ?9 X7 M  @5 d- O0 i# ZBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 j* b- N$ Z" p8 K2 ]" v, e2 `: xAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards  {! E( D4 o' i4 O* e
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ x$ Q8 j" G5 m. S' ~! z, _. _
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
% e0 w: o5 @) T* [* {& l1 e% \DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) R- r( d- V4 d- v
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards. m) C" p" L3 O' Q
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
/ L8 _9 S6 e5 c9 i; ]) B+ EDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  g1 J2 h' ]. N$ A1 h6 ^: n& ^DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% P4 ?# H/ [+ z8 C3 s& N1 ~; j2 ^DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
& {  {1 z+ L3 t3 A* PDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 p- \$ [/ Z2 Y- H
Range closes to 8,000 yards+ ~7 m  u+ h" ~1 F, R0 w) l
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards6 F" ?- X& p  u3 b5 g
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
; Z0 U+ i5 V8 i% Y5 A4 e& c: m) kAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
$ F5 Y& }, @6 h4 m) p: L/ x* n$ {BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
$ K) x0 ^9 A+ N/ ~2 a5 V6 w; o: K: KAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
* }+ {3 Q: W! S" bJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
2 S$ |2 m) O' G) j8 ~0 ^5 {1 u& yTask forces break off...
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$ p+ X" f8 J  W( aNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
; j9 S  |9 O: y/ R. R, _  F      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
; {/ R; C8 V7 \% Z      APD T-2" \1 h$ k7 R( A* f& ^
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
) r) z2 K4 f* z; h% U" g1 Y/ ^      APD T-4, Shell hits 1+ ?6 s2 z! ~: H& W% L! x9 R  G( {: m
      APD T-5' w( d$ W- J+ i; t
      APD T-6
+ [# G, y, M- {2 ?4 v4 L3 ^      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
( W4 @; T) S( n5 a# \1 W      APD T-9, Shell hits 17 {/ k9 _8 a9 i1 T* o6 f
      APD T-109 d# T4 C. |* y: U0 T( ?2 a% \
      APD T-11,  on fire& E9 d7 w" U( u" t( V
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
: ]' Q9 H' l( `$ G      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk- C' R0 A4 @1 k' H1 D8 m+ K
      APD T-14, and is sunk8 E0 \' g5 @- P" r& R4 e
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Allied Ships- x( [( a" w6 C
      CA Portland" |( s7 S9 C1 Z7 F8 w$ L& M3 r
      CA Northampton
+ [) I: J- m! ~! V. {2 I/ I) Y      CA Chester
  z$ B+ D5 l( N      CA Louisville3 n7 N" x+ y1 b" y# A6 u
      CA Chicago( p9 S* G1 `0 @; P7 o- x
      CA Astoria
7 A! G; h# {0 l! _/ O1 a( W1 A      CA Minneapolis5 X9 ?$ w) t# e* ~2 S1 V
      CA San Francisco. I6 l; ^) _4 P* S$ s# K1 u% x% G
      CA Quincy
( {! d8 j4 m- p4 ~/ [) E' P- }      CA Vincennes
# L0 D1 ]$ r0 I3 D: {4 W3 X      CA Wichita
% u7 ?4 j/ b) s0 m6 _1 x" |      DD Bennett$ ^" W* u9 R6 }
      DD Bradford
7 q! M' G) F- _      DD Braine! t- _, Y+ q9 j$ v
      DD Brownson9 ?4 p  @7 i( X- V9 i1 G# U
      DD Bryant9 h) x. \( @0 q* `& N4 ~% O1 _
      DD Bullard" w6 U3 N- k2 f3 H9 Q2 F7 V$ S& u
      DD Burns4 I  H: H1 l6 i
      DD Callaghan
' W, k/ d) J- h# _      DD Caperton9 p2 _' s. g5 `8 V5 K
      DD Capps
0 g/ f6 S2 _" `8 A, |+ q5 M* u      DMS Emmons
- b: N! b. P. u" r. J( Y3 e      DMS Macomb
  ]+ ?" w' E6 j" V" t4 H      DMS Rodman
  a" k$ \3 M' x1 C* S) C      DMS Gherardi
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8 g7 N% e( j! P: H" n9 bMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
- U. b/ M& k7 M* B# n4 }1 \# mRange closes to 28,000 yards...9 u6 W+ }5 |7 c- R! {- j$ T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ m! ^* H) V) X/ d' Q6 Z6 a( jRange closes to 26,000 yards...
, z& w) ?; `: U, w" p/ BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards4 G5 w# W' D1 Q& o" \6 J) e
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
6 @6 _5 |# z: T. |% s' F% aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards  J5 V* G4 f3 w& z3 Y
Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 b: a9 ]: I% m6 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
7 i0 Y4 w, \) t. c( Y* cRange closes to 20,000 yards...- `( d- e: h5 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' {; a! R6 N  `+ [% g4 }9 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) U) ^' c1 A' cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 W/ n# u, M" l2 g* f6 _' ZRange closes to 16,000 yards...
- U3 O% d; i, `$ rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards  S9 Q/ \  H1 ?0 C6 J7 p
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ {' j# [* B$ E9 {* Y4 Y8 L6 U9 C' eRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ N; c# J1 f  E" N" p! H# @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 Q% j' V+ Q7 J. SRange closes to 11,000 yards...
& m6 [9 K1 ?. H7 s, H& _$ L: VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards/ r& m  q" X' o! T" `' m4 n
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: s, K2 ~) h) Z; h+ k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 V1 S. `: W) f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards3 B4 |( l6 L0 [/ E% d8 X: R% P! j
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 K7 g9 O' b$ H: s. P9 H
Range increases to 11,000 yards* u% |9 U5 }8 i
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards3 a6 v) I. i5 {  L4 \% G& ]+ h+ y
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards' C- e4 W; S5 I% x# j: i' W9 m
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
1 A* m2 N* B3 P7 LCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards/ ]1 P  y1 X3 O
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
" Z! v* ^$ w  \  [, b* DDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards  B+ s. K# q& m# Y1 P
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  w9 ^- r& W0 ^
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 j0 q: G5 ~* B
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards" a# Q0 O$ B$ C- Q9 V
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards* T  b( j( ?* P# `) ^
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards" P. p9 \, j' t- d/ h
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards5 {% A+ K& b7 |
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; M* H2 x: @/ b9 l9 n7 a' r4 DDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards+ Y8 `# S: s7 p
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards4 G2 \: i" l4 _$ h# e1 }2 M2 y! y
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards4 W. ]3 L$ \0 M4 e' C3 ]# z
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
& u) `& k5 u+ }Range closes to 10,000 yards; u. S6 o% U# S) W
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
  _5 m# {, r% H/ N) C* NCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
- f7 w8 H4 i% eCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 w9 Q4 G3 J+ u3 |/ k
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( V( j- z+ l+ P2 D7 t0 {2 VCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
, s3 }. V, Z2 y( |5 zAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
- y2 S% ?0 J: S  B8 ?8 aDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards% {: r/ B6 N# P  e3 }3 w; ]
Range closes to 9,000 yards
4 q2 i# ^2 S8 y! G2 hAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards" q% T: h5 ^4 x4 {" t
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards" E/ Y) C, U2 ]! R3 o. ~  ^7 y
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards/ l5 B3 m& b7 ?' s
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
7 @$ ]: V2 ^# I; i* `6 t7 ^CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, q0 t* L. s% D$ d  H7 QDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- u. R% S! `4 X) A
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
) I" ^1 C1 T3 F! b; }" l) \Range increases to 10,000 yards# a6 I. m2 Y4 h- f9 `
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
7 X8 U/ @$ h; _! L4 t, f/ _CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 a. U; _2 Q8 c2 m7 f, V& O4 }DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards, a6 y; X% h' r3 O' C
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards; a+ T" y3 u0 C
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- B6 @, r3 C) U* L7 d
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 U4 y0 \$ N; d' C$ _/ K! p% Z
Task forces break off...5 Y8 a$ o& j0 t' c; G7 ^6 |! T, |
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6 H' O8 n) d9 K- f5 rNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
3 S6 s! p  A; s( V      APD T-1# R9 F: p% a2 T
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire" ~+ \, S9 t, {( S( i- X
      APD T-35 p/ b: q+ M) ?, k8 w
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
6 L: ]# s4 m% w: }      APD T-5
- W& k. I* i6 |8 F      APD T-6
9 S& [. L: D6 n: p3 L# [( c      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk1 Z: l3 D9 I0 a/ P: H& f, `, {
      APD T-91 [! A4 I7 \  t0 h0 _5 {* T& ^
      APD T-10
0 p# F7 y+ w2 o" `4 ]      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire* e* N7 p1 J4 S" Y2 O" D
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Allied Ships
( w% I/ B; \* S- r! ]& X      CA Portland
# v$ }$ z1 ]: w: i7 A      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1) Q, S1 [. P, G2 x& g
      CA Chester* J4 D5 e* T3 [+ Q2 S: {% X; ]
      CA Louisville
# V' j" f# f: J4 O      CA Chicago
8 M* v) ~+ X0 P+ e: [, j      CA Astoria( `0 \) M  t8 r& X+ j- f) P
      CA Minneapolis4 ?6 a# s( v4 D( `' M
      CA San Francisco
9 ^* V5 R( y/ d3 N" I) ]      CA Quincy0 \& ]; u1 r9 p
      CA Vincennes' {1 t( x% Y: l9 D1 e
      CA Wichita
. {/ s: f8 @, k$ }( E1 ?+ K      DD Bennett. D" A+ {9 e/ _) z6 [9 z# L+ `. ~
      DD Bradford5 B5 p% x- _# K2 e3 [6 i
      DD Braine
  Q5 U& I- Y5 d6 ~2 o      DD Brownson$ M+ E2 n8 G2 {. E
      DD Bryant/ R" ^: P0 ?; ~4 b( v: }
      DD Bullard6 M1 D0 F$ y  M
      DD Burns
, _* f5 w0 _' v7 f% N" Y      DD Callaghan
% `6 F$ o8 S' s      DD Caperton/ P0 Y( M( V8 T* |1 }2 [! i
      DD Capps$ v+ r$ [( o5 r5 p$ B* p
      DMS Emmons2 L  }% _: U- \! ]/ O8 {
      DMS Macomb% Z' m+ z8 X/ A  W5 X
      DMS Rodman. W: a# }. o, V! C) k
      DMS Gherardi
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' M- h$ q. T, B/ C) x) U7 V  RMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
5 ?9 @% ?) k5 [7 ZRange closes to 28,000 yards...9 `+ W: f+ ?( R4 I9 f: q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards7 E+ C. N6 B5 V; `6 G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...- q( R0 P1 l6 w5 M: w* r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards, y) {$ D& D  G0 I5 P$ m
Range closes to 24,000 yards...5 I* P8 I! q% t
Range closes to 22,000 yards...- v# ]7 y8 P& V" i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
2 I( \4 K2 d( I4 W" U9 ^% WRange closes to 20,000 yards...
4 Y2 r! p8 K% l* H5 [Range closes to 18,000 yards...& t+ ~: r2 F- ^; @' H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
' f6 ?* G, \4 g8 ~( d; PRange closes to 16,000 yards...1 V1 I" a" q0 s  l1 ~3 ^* J3 W9 \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards% z  h9 C+ k0 H8 L( h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 b* T( q+ i1 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards2 [2 o+ E  l/ q& ]5 M. a1 R
Range closes to 12,000 yards...$ k* ]$ y, d9 X$ u: s- H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 {& y4 `/ O  [. z. I& J/ N
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 W+ P9 `# r# j! ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% W1 ?0 ?# c  H! e+ A
Range closes to 10,000 yards...5 }* A  A% X( Y9 ^+ s4 h. T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 Q% ?9 u. F3 p$ n2 d
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
; W7 D( I1 o$ R; M  mCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
* X: }& d8 p, U( D  Z6 v; UDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
. N. E; v( B! b+ p, uRange increases to 12,000 yards
; v, Z: O: U, W1 uCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 S/ n0 ]' x! {( X6 q* [CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
. O4 D8 v, k, m" Q2 ZCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
; O) X9 D' _! _! g  x- zCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
! X3 I# z+ C- E6 `. Z" ^& SCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
  U- [; g2 n: L. Z" X  [; s2 hCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
: S. x0 G# y6 W' Z" f+ \DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) z. W6 H$ r$ V/ z" G
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
; l, f" S8 u/ D. B, H6 kDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards5 i$ a5 e& ?3 a
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
% a: p0 ^7 P' N! y1 K1 H/ d0 ]DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 Y3 R) Y  T4 A. PAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards" R$ [6 L. n: x$ W& y
Range closes to 9,000 yards
( h3 }0 f# u, A% L# P1 B! iCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; V+ z( |5 \, a  x2 [% N' _$ B9 W
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards( u4 w2 V, m, h. Y6 J+ X# @4 ]' w
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards6 _/ K% h" B& N) {1 j
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards' p+ r# ?) J' C1 ?! o1 u4 J
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards3 {4 ~3 z; O+ G" i( C% r2 W
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
% f! X2 f& J; f% b4 |0 N. QAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards0 P! ~3 x8 d: u* y: A3 ^- t2 _+ g
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards9 b  n2 c% }3 z) p" ?) e. p
Range closes to 7,000 yards. _: `+ e  V6 g6 M+ [# l  }
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
) R1 H) Z+ P& r# D' j: \2 a% MAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
/ R5 p( a0 |+ `+ V; [3 g  w2 v5 @CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
  s3 A) k3 W; rCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
7 z+ [2 o1 }. L6 [6 iCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards9 j2 h- Y* }9 @  P! Z
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
% z5 ?1 f  i% C- ^* `/ a+ vCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards5 Q$ ]8 {" Z" _/ b( W
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards7 J9 \2 F  E+ f8 u/ d
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards) y, _& e9 W; D* R; v- q
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
. S) S* @* A) j: R2 B; eDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards  V# d* T9 b: I) ?( z
Range increases to 10,000 yards
5 \( G2 s: y+ u( I/ FDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 ]; j- [6 q; k0 @( d- m! J
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; a. k; `! Y1 Z2 j+ T  tJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ j: x# i5 y' E
Task forces break off..." ]. K9 b. }1 F, t% E

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; N1 V, y' j1 [* i3 e: e5 Y1 W: aNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships$ U7 _1 G1 x! X4 Z& [( `; T
      APD T-1
$ h; I: ^3 J0 i- {2 `" N7 i      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" h$ Z7 N0 ~) G0 I* y+ `) e! A% L
      APD T-3
- ?4 R$ Q) u! m      APD T-5
1 W* P9 B6 D  I. {& l      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 ]7 Z. b5 m. S# H- E
      APD T-9
) ?+ {- M5 n$ O8 G  s' _$ G      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  k9 F( }6 Z- g% Q0 e5 |      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships# e% T8 x- q6 q' z1 _0 M
      CL Swiftsure
- H0 G) O6 c5 X7 H0 ^! e# x- ]      CL St. Louis5 L" n7 O; J2 T3 Y3 D) y
      CL Phoenix5 ^- }4 q+ f; X$ ]8 z/ w5 J% K; f
      CL Cleveland& g$ b) S8 p2 ?$ H3 A3 U3 z
      CL Montpelier0 A% L9 @' n, F
      CL Denver  y5 O3 e8 i9 u; h4 R
      CL Santa Fe
, k" r. t* \4 y4 v, a3 u% w3 [* G: z      CL Birmingham# B! B, Q/ t1 X+ u# I$ {
      CL Mobile
) p1 X3 ]* k- c      CL Biloxi+ [+ L- E( J% i
      CL Miami
# M( k% M: i& Q/ f( K" j" G' ^" [      CL Pasadena
! [/ S' a, s. R$ ?% F1 B      DD Allen M. Sumner  |  D, s/ C& r$ f8 b9 u: q+ E
      DD Ault; K2 P+ Y2 {3 \2 |
      DD English: f9 z/ c4 b9 ^% a$ p0 _, Y
      DD Haynsworth- j3 @: f, {( V. a8 a- z* ]4 B$ v! |
      DD Maddox) x3 G8 l0 \6 h9 X
      DD Mansfield
6 R- n4 I& A* j1 l. }. c7 H+ E      DD Waldron2 m* E7 q6 U: Z
      DD Haggard4 l) _5 l5 U9 T7 w1 f
      DD Hailey: B8 X% \; A2 [" E9 [( U( K
      DD Hale
1 C( h$ u' }# m- Z3 J/ h4 \/ ?3 j      CL Vincennes II
6 I! r4 Q" l1 M. c& Z      CL Houston II
/ ^( F4 q# C, m1 P9 b( l4 ?# J      CL Astoria II0 S# y4 w2 J" y9 p+ d3 r
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* @# n4 O$ @% Q/ W1 IMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. v% ]3 D, t$ ]) r- zRange closes to 28,000 yards...  P( y8 N6 V2 [6 d5 Y1 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards1 F( q! B% d5 O
Range closes to 26,000 yards...9 q) o3 L* |8 R- a$ w# L
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( T! g' v8 h& L) Q" ^. N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; S' s8 C9 h+ P- @% V+ v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 o5 O, @. _$ W- w7 K5 X% bRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 l: s- r+ h" |" U/ U5 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards5 ^& t8 K9 g+ B% t! S: D
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
( u; P- R+ z7 }! ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. F1 s$ }# K5 |& i- E2 b/ y7 YRange closes to 16,000 yards...
# i- O1 i3 Z! ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( b" B* g# N& ~6 f* Q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 P6 I  Y* n% \: o- vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
2 J+ V% t+ x- J  e  PRange closes to 12,000 yards...
& M2 ^9 K& ]. k+ ~* E5 M; K9 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) l+ O- I0 ^1 \& y* ]5 X
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
& u' v* k, Q( g! Y8 h0 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
' {# W8 X- \& F6 r4 e# JRange closes to 10,000 yards...
: J# j+ g$ B+ RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards# R7 {& h0 @+ A$ R* s9 \# @1 R
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'1 r# i0 e4 i% u! a4 \! i; v
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# A7 a, M+ H1 I3 T- F, A! oCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
! \" X) |; v# `1 Y' ?7 WCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards3 u, ~2 I( X. U3 O  q  C& v
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ Z2 Q3 E) F( I; z" C" T+ L
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 Z% |) Y7 q. a
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards0 }& i' W+ c) d; w& l) c: w
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
: z1 I# _5 K/ L9 O3 f7 CDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
  G) }) n9 t7 V9 h5 O  cRange increases to 11,000 yards
5 \3 b8 Q) s3 V6 z% @/ oCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards7 Z; Q6 _0 A: x: f2 r
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards8 w; v2 q# i7 d$ \. U0 [
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards6 N: Z. ?: O9 {  ^
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards( [. w5 L% U# y4 y4 H! w9 W( C
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 C# g: y9 |) {
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
( {% m3 v( r6 z& {DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards* |7 ?2 q$ g6 p6 M- d" M0 X! |
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards0 ^7 {6 K. {. h- H  l  i
Range closes to 8,000 yards" ]! k2 l+ J: T* Y2 `# V
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards8 ~: s2 y4 z6 d+ T
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 t/ G# h1 i% [( `8 ?CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
7 h- x0 [0 k4 T( f6 f* tAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
6 L/ T- g5 k  J2 P3 \+ SDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
5 r4 ]) k4 O( P0 _* YRange closes to 7,000 yards
2 E) ~: m- u0 k. I- UCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: `7 X' X% _2 o2 x+ n0 w  \- kCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) @4 I  _" w/ N9 O  O6 t2 {& `CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" R: N6 _9 m$ r! zCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
8 U' F9 n; m7 pCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards( M/ `' I: L, q0 j
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
7 Y6 r& K- y% b  }4 [; ]CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards7 a! I( e. a6 f( c  E
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards" o: A; u. h' W* D5 b$ v
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 }1 g1 P. f$ i3 h9 Z0 g
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
% s& M0 F2 _, ^4 UAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
' E  G# ?) m4 U1 K6 ~DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 u# r3 r, k8 X( _0 P$ n
Range increases to 8,000 yards
$ {: r, q: O  y3 I4 G' J4 @CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: d5 r" ^7 y% _/ f5 h7 }. t. b. o# h1 M
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% Q. Y" j; Y' z6 o0 aCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
, g! X* Y: e+ l$ ^Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 h- z+ I' J9 n8 \* w# X5 t% Z4 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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- C3 U9 N! y2 ~& @2 y3 E3 t. MJapanese Ships
& G! h: F; G3 F! ?6 v9 \      APD T-1
4 d* ]; J! w9 ~1 ~2 H; a      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk% k  |) Q9 N, s% C
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
/ d* \- `; L$ a  p. c3 V      APD T-5
" ]0 G' [5 K$ n! Z3 U9 R/ a, y$ q1 c0 x      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
; f* U8 k- B: O# M8 ?      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk, ^& J+ ?! k; ^7 _- Q# Z
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Allied Ships! p1 y" z) n. x' |. j, V, Z2 Q
      CA Portland
6 P7 D( X% C6 I& g3 a. e      CA Northampton
# _8 y8 E2 n% X# x/ h; C, l  c2 p. I; t      CA Chester
" A8 c9 n7 `" C      CA Louisville
6 e  k/ i' F% P! O  G( }  C      CA Chicago, w  F  W" U! t
      CA Astoria/ ~; Q  U: j8 r9 y
      CA Minneapolis6 Q/ i. L8 P% g# Y
      CA San Francisco
, C( Y3 E: q7 J& e      CA Quincy# J: x. z2 O' q7 C! x! d
      CA Vincennes
; I2 @" q$ @2 Q6 [2 T+ Z      CA Wichita5 T5 L0 z6 q4 p" @+ g$ `7 g
      DD Bennett) @* T) x* }. }+ |9 T3 M- T
      DD Bradford
3 [' s9 O, i& \  W  J4 c      DD Braine
  `2 h% k' w6 L: p      DD Brownson' q- F) u/ p/ E  |9 x4 r
      DD Bryant
) A& K6 b2 d1 @+ o7 z% I5 Z      DD Bullard
. @) h3 p2 V# m( A7 I      DD Burns  z2 m* ?. G* H: l$ c
      DD Callaghan
" U4 Q4 H+ a/ ?6 U! h+ U      DD Caperton
. X# j1 }9 i0 [: ^      DD Capps8 Q! L- _1 O" F, N& F* T
      DMS Emmons
0 \' e2 k* M) L8 Z      DMS Macomb
# |6 O" M7 x& y, l  ^      DMS Rodman9 q' d- s! K3 `# T; x; [
      DMS Gherardi
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& A8 V7 M/ d" H+ ?, KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
% C" Z$ j) N/ C" |. qRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 U# v& E& ]9 u( {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) Y, v' x6 Z! O3 `" sRange closes to 26,000 yards...
' T: i2 D% K$ k/ YRange closes to 24,000 yards...; C5 s! m% R( x7 |. @4 r5 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards" H+ K2 X9 P( l, N0 h
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 \! _- C5 c7 O. uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
) I. |; D! c1 iRange closes to 20,000 yards.... ]+ r5 p1 `; y. L& Z4 o" P! d$ Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards# v' F9 z! X0 k4 `8 |
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
! I  Z' t  m/ q! f3 e( T) M, VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
% G* w4 {7 T) V3 G( b" jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards+ Z* M: L* C7 `6 x# T
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ s3 f' A9 H' I" oRange closes to 12,000 yards...
* |( a! A% W" n3 s7 K! m5 FRange closes to 11,000 yards...' X2 W9 \! o7 y+ c5 c
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ B1 G& P7 W1 T2 z1 b
Range closes to 9,000 yards...% M2 w7 w  L2 K4 y) w6 Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards.../ J6 d' G; m  r3 w. Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
, X" [9 q" O  _' z, Z: Q% hCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* g' W$ m- \" X' QCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
: o% F. ~( l$ V. iCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" a$ @$ h8 F9 |" LDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
2 u4 e7 z. [2 j# z: }: sAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards7 j* v9 B3 y$ x) l: E
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
: E% R# p* O+ E4 n( ECA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
) `' V  u. Y3 I3 R% F. ?CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* c0 g/ \6 W' ?CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
. _. E0 ]8 @/ F+ L$ P6 z. w  v$ VCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ k7 s' c( U& a, a: M" V  r/ ~APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
- c& R2 c2 q) s  {DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
7 n% q/ _9 Z: `. I: e- MRange closes to 5,000 yards
$ [7 w# H5 a; XDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
% U0 g" h6 b4 t, M& u) a  bAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards9 n% `# A8 B( a* _/ K2 Y( m
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards) j  n3 y& Y$ N  }
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards. q2 M  `  q/ P+ N
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
/ `8 _% H  D3 ^5 p" u* N+ l$ NRange closes to 2,000 yards1 ^' E" N4 y- W4 z' A, f/ i' D5 K
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
. c& E. v, o" WCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 i8 T9 E& N- T* |/ _6 B& ^; iCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards( Z# L1 U4 P3 Y* y% }
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards! P' E8 i6 v* ^0 Z
Range increases to 6,000 yards1 _% h3 K4 n6 M" B# S4 ]. T
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards$ O. I* F* v) D1 _
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards( Z, ?7 @) O+ n& t8 s7 ]6 x4 J
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
: Z' D4 a! W& C+ T: Y% E& v  BRange increases to 9,000 yards* F. ]6 V1 E# h4 w6 Y
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards5 G2 p  `) [. E5 G, a' T7 F
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
- m  t' k8 P  A5 x) x9 fCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ i/ n; j' w6 Z! Y5 R: lDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
6 \+ ]$ j. Q2 Z, IRange increases to 13,000 yards( [$ t8 @5 L8 `" Q/ N8 x
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
7 n2 K0 r5 W! H# L7 WAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
( b5 A1 _: i$ @) UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" e8 e  g$ u8 l3 v$ L( y( ~Task forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
  n/ b  a- O5 y* Z+ E      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
' u* j. j6 c/ }+ a% P      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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" m2 w# F! x1 h3 U" _) G$ U! ?( iAllied Ships
" d, e+ `* [  k      BB North Carolina
; l4 l$ l( U* d9 W0 Q3 S! g, ]8 K      BB Washington) [6 c$ w1 g( e: ^9 t9 L
      BB South Dakota
5 R* ^2 N: m' ^2 u+ s4 }( x" N# c      BB Indiana: I5 Q1 A/ |0 X! ^) M
      BB Massachusetts8 l/ X% L9 x- u+ g+ G, r! ^; p
      BB Alabama8 @$ `* p) ~' Q, U
      DD Conner( t- G$ T, K  V1 b/ f4 R
      DD Cotten
) a6 V- Y2 e2 H1 y5 F; i' ]      DD Cowell
; L/ u' e3 p' ]4 T: J& K      DD Daly0 u( _. O0 m, M$ C! w4 C0 V2 [, r
      DD Eaton5 Y6 i4 f( s5 A* n! h
      DD Heywood Edwards, U* H' |( a1 H
      DD Erben! h, h% p  b. D
      DD Evans
! w) B6 y5 P! U& x9 |5 Q      DD Foote
9 s4 e0 T3 @/ E      DD Franks
1 l0 T/ Z& `3 ]$ p* ^# b      DD Fullam7 J# C% ~8 k( \2 T
      DD Gatling- [. A6 |) A3 ~4 s. ~8 |  D
      DD Albert Grant
  j3 L( y1 W% S) ]* ^3 R, Q+ d. }      DD Gregory
7 c% o5 m1 E/ Y8 f/ b; A      DD Guest8 s+ @+ t7 k9 s1 @$ K
      DMS Hamilton' t" d" e  g+ n5 Z- M! G; G* ?
      DMS Forrest4 k7 D7 E0 ?+ E( h5 F
      DMS Ellyson
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' @4 U$ R) x: A8 A$ PMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards! C* M/ b1 M+ W1 P7 b
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
2 |, T1 u9 y, PRange closes to 26,000 yards...
) V! e* R- G4 A2 hRange closes to 24,000 yards...
/ ]" w% ~2 }: o0 L# w) oRange closes to 22,000 yards...  t- L1 k2 R; D. ]
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 O6 x6 z4 h0 {. o. L+ I  V
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 G" m7 `* I+ e4 {5 W8 {, H
Range closes to 16,000 yards...% V7 O( c8 f8 J3 S3 J" }" d& j+ k
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- d- x7 ~3 t. F$ l$ N5 I, P& F  y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...) ]& f( B  [! W. i/ ?" t$ X1 G0 ^
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- Q3 O2 @; S: ^% v' p/ x; k; {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
& t- X- b9 j5 d7 V8 ^5 V1 dRange closes to 10,000 yards...
+ j2 r5 j- T' ^; C* F3 v7 @Range closes to 9,000 yards...* o' B  C* o2 p2 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
' s1 N6 [# @. z  A1 v8 i  q0 PBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
) G" ^$ H7 ]/ b5 E: {; x" z6 LAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards2 Z2 F# z9 t6 I# O; L6 j1 B, T
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
0 h6 i* e% K' F# ~6 c. k& dDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards" J8 A; p3 D* ?& P: J! z7 N
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards9 B9 t3 l! D' H( B
Range closes to 5,000 yards( D, l3 @- k; W1 c2 m& q; I% ^& a$ V
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
- @$ M5 D( j& I! u" {BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards5 ?/ t  I2 \: i* G: U
Range closes to 3,000 yards
! n/ G* n3 e( K5 z; G' [- CBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards, W) D/ l& c( c% x7 W
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, l$ Z" q( [+ [% v- _- r: pDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
) d* n  Z& t. l& |" S) z; pDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" a* E* S, `/ [# T9 y7 I
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 G: ~6 x) w% {  C3 ?% Y7 nAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards! \" Y* O! |5 o' x' b* m
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 @) E$ O# }. ?( l3 a; A3 p
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; N4 r$ f1 b  R' A* g# p: yDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
( A2 k# w  x# e1 B2 d- nRange increases to 5,000 yards$ f2 o, r6 J: |8 U) }. q$ T
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
% A5 c3 D  m9 c8 n! c3 xDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards! Z' Z; ~, |- I
Range increases to 7,000 yards, b9 p& k) v  D/ k& [
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
$ g5 @5 X& }; v! Z* p/ e5 oDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 l/ o  P3 f3 u2 x0 J1 a) Q
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
) Z, k- K0 P/ I% `- _5 uAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
/ {/ j/ f8 Z+ yAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
% N9 M: a+ t7 f, c+ i7 }3 `Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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