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。; U) E) T5 ?* [4 Y3 Q
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)3 H* @* U) ]* L. H" v. B$ h' x

- s5 K9 e0 E- C( J- GAllied Deliberate attack% X1 I: N& B, b- d( D0 \: K

% H* {; j0 q' ^$ u/ B7 z: wAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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8 A) y5 e7 W# I9 O6 u" @Allied adjusted assault: 3564 2 Q) C$ E3 j% n' w( y

6 b8 b- B5 @& T; k/ JJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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5 m$ \6 d6 z4 t/ p/ g# ]* R! }  \Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) 3 N9 S6 }: G1 e% J" ^* `& y" b4 l0 c
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Combat modifiers1 R/ c$ y3 v5 F% v, _4 @( K9 i! N
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)0 [- `/ n: j( [
Attacker: 9 q, N3 T2 K. o6 q2 O! y
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Japanese ground losses:. r( f7 L' T' ?, Q. r5 G0 b
      3386 casualties reported
0 ~4 m1 A+ m) K2 j3 T' w+ g5 M; l         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled5 y: K0 k. p- }5 ]0 g* R' t
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
' A# k! c! u6 P$ m8 F. @         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled9 i  N8 |& B6 G4 [; U+ B
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
3 _# F# k4 A& Y4 j4 Q! @  x      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ s4 x+ Y4 s% J4 V! b
      Units destroyed 1
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8 g7 D; C2 u* ^2 z5 F( j# N7 tAllied ground losses:/ X8 }1 ?5 N, ?$ m( J
      5163 casualties reported
! v$ L  r' ^/ O, I' B: V         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled. T1 Z' b: O7 [* E9 S( m
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled% J- J( P2 H8 A( k( n2 q  {# g
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
8 G# P" W1 h$ n      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)$ [; l+ E8 l4 p& m- ~2 W/ T
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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3 X0 S- H; u" e* h! {6 xAssaulting units:
  e4 u2 M$ w0 n( H, w    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
+ w) C0 D; r$ i$ p+ T    710th Tank Battalion8 {1 [+ B; m- S  y1 G' S
    6th Infantry Division' h7 I# e' T. ~
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
" j, |9 g( \) Z' M; N8 t2 [. @    44th Tank Battalion' K2 @1 O8 Z6 r2 q; D1 v+ l
    81st Infantry Division" w' r  K" R2 k. Q( p& i9 a! b9 g
    762nd Tank Battalion
/ ~! X' V* S0 Y5 v0 L9 y    767th Tank Battalion
) u- h* ~0 i! \4 s& r/ G    711th Tank Battalion- Q' [( y+ O& j# w
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment7 |! y$ G+ G- @; |& }
    5th Marine Division9 u5 q+ n1 B% x1 j, K
    716th Tank Battalion9 L9 I$ h8 u9 t; `+ ]
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
$ l; M0 }5 S1 b, d% O3 _    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion  Q4 I- V5 T. ~9 L7 V
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment( H  G/ r- R: i7 y8 ]; D
    706th Tank Battalion$ |) q, o4 W4 E
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment- S* _2 _6 c! v% {: J+ L
    96th Infantry Division
7 Y" w1 S/ x; f! [1 g! w" k  {$ Y    31st Infantry Regiment9 x3 O/ A( w) B$ V/ Z
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 g' J" Y0 H* l) l% O8 W    I Corps Artillery + A3 _7 k# n3 g
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
1 ?9 E/ G0 Q; l    1st USMC AA Battalion0 p* h/ _, [1 C9 ]
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 w, u* r+ M+ |# s  ?" U3 s' `+ _
    XIV US Corps
  _! }3 e; K) b, h! q    14th Marine Defense Battalion1 p3 P! V9 J, y+ ?6 O" V
    5th USA Defense Battalion3 i" M0 q7 u7 h; Y  j4 [# |
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
' L' |/ x1 A3 J- {# {/ m    738th Coast AA Regiment
" N0 P: ?5 \9 S, W1 h- F; u! Y    X Corps Artillery
# [  @) S7 A9 B  H8 t1 X    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment& o' {3 k% m8 H! z
    96th Coast AA Regiment! [* e, ^- _! L' I$ k" m, f$ q; l
    4th USA Defense Battalion# s( s2 c+ B4 {2 c$ J" H8 ]' F3 [
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) g9 G5 ?, Y! t' g/ o/ L8 m. o: c    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:* a  j0 a* a$ n3 B& J2 x/ c; h
    Kure 7th SNLF
' G1 F' m) V3 M+ P- K" y    81st/A Division
4 z$ O& |/ s$ E2 ?8 Y    Kure 3rd SNLF( R3 `  u9 O$ S; t8 [7 T3 B
    33rd/B Division6 h/ C: C- j, l4 S$ e* z% r1 L' G
    33rd/A Division
: a* y. |6 W+ F4 ^! Y    81st/C Division
( S6 G) S6 K9 ~2 B    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
7 Z) [9 R8 P4 r4 d2 v    52nd Naval Guard Unit
! ^2 ?2 v/ i! z    138th Infantry Regiment
" c6 |: k  {9 b5 _9 h  e. C2 l    Sasebo 7th SNLF
7 I0 K5 x6 K1 Z% V    144th Infantry Regiment# l, h- q% q$ Z
    81st/B Division9 k3 _$ `& Z: `& z4 r
    33rd/C Division
2 X9 E) e: G7 L9 u* a. U, b5 A$ L; w: @    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 G( n% Z) }: N! A& w0 E! M& I7 e! _    18th Army# H8 z5 e% j1 V+ _3 z
    60th Field AA Battalion7 v9 i& b5 I( F0 z
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ( @7 S: [9 E! `$ d+ Y, c0 S
    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ x6 c4 K/ T7 B  J3 H* o4 ^/ M& u. s    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
2 j! j: p6 Z8 d, g    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion4 Q( d2 p% x/ r9 W7 \
    53rd Construction Battalion3 l9 ~) |& ~1 c- P& W! V
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion+ R$ V# U; n% @
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
3 Q  ~# a% J4 f- `& K$ t- {    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
" M& K5 \: T- g. q5 k    19th JAAF Base Force
* D8 _$ ]. v0 j4 A5 P& ]# j    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
* E% A& ~$ B+ c7 r2 H    14th Area Army /1
5 {4 Y$ u' ]! Q! {3 B1 D5 g    63rd Field AA Battalion: c5 U+ t$ y7 U$ _. k
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
+ Z+ N9 [: \6 T: Y  \! N( G    3rd Base Force) [7 T# [4 }" E
    12th Air Fleet
+ P' J) e" D+ k8 H+ r6 V    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment1 V( [9 T# N$ j1 j1 e) X4 X
    61st Field AA Battalion% c* J& V$ C8 ?" U/ ~: I
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 ]" c+ L3 V  o    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
! @6 A) U5 v' E; j8 j/ V  p0 l    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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  g+ `" o. k9 Q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。" H2 i% b. m: P  a, g
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% W: F" `% t4 W- z* \2 EGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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% o! W8 H; p, \& k* }5 vJapanese Shock attack+ r3 ~3 a; ^, M  a3 L
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17617 k3 i8 M6 V$ i+ q7 y: x

& @4 [) D% c( k7 d3 |% g/ n. p; {  hDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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! R. g+ F5 R( E9 I/ YJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 * m9 K' _; h0 z) {: f3 \  C; n' Y

% \: D6 D- O  B. |0 c; ]Allied adjusted defense: 10 % p/ V  k7 u/ Y# D+ _/ X
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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7 Z; o  x2 P# A) b$ P% \Combat modifiers1 W: p1 I; m7 e$ r" {
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
! U: F# Y" }# oAttacker: shock(+)% I" R/ N8 M9 y- M" }  W8 W
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Japanese ground losses:
) n2 a0 ^+ V5 u; e- q* f      530 casualties reported
1 m! g" M1 I8 ~) |8 r2 V         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
; l5 V/ l/ X- a         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled6 U1 y  d: z- R8 _' ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
' @4 p6 h* V; l3 u; r/ W      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ n) J% j9 K" r& x6 u
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Allied ground losses:
/ k! w4 e5 W- o9 R      891 casualties reported+ A- _) \* p* F( g9 Z
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
% G3 ^- X7 V* j, v' r. p         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled. o% ~  [% ]5 R+ j1 [
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* Y! o, K3 y% I! v! U  Y4 x
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)* e, r/ c$ @; h/ c# {' P4 W

( `. \  c; `. kAssaulting units:
6 ], q4 e" T, x5 i    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
5 O. D$ D  L/ t, Z7 J    21st Division1 \& Z& J" @2 B; d9 x% W
    4th Division
' Z7 @! ^- V$ p, z: N, s    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
5 U( `0 U+ \- R4 l! n3 K5 E    23rd Tank Regiment
1 r8 L- Y% \" ~. w# U    32nd Division
! ^5 E' Z5 W6 I- @# n' Y" j( E    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
- Q5 n9 _0 K& `    3rd Ind. AA Battalion0 y3 h. U( S0 P
    6th Area Army* v. Q' X+ a: G* |) [0 H
    103rd AA Regiment
4 O. t. o1 D% I- |. ?' W    1st JNAF Coy $ [3 G: v) T, t/ l6 O& t
    13th Army4 B, a5 ]8 {* j5 r0 l
    141st AA Regiment* N/ I: F; v7 F4 C$ ?* [6 Q
    4th Ind. AA Battalion7 h7 q  M; m$ q, _7 }6 `, M2 @

7 j: q0 t- q" [; E; ]% o0 i5 aDefending units:
1 N4 i( S4 }8 h9 N3 F    50th Indian Para Brigade
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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males , w( x4 b4 |( }
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

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

红叶

11月30日
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* k" L6 X1 l9 |" m8 m. n* h盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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+ u9 C7 d3 m: Y; R, B: b2 Q7 v1 GAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
$ Q4 }; Q2 I/ t- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------; B0 P/ e' z! o* O0 Z1 r4 u
Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
4 e# E- H) e  J6 v1 W4 R! u2 @Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force  C9 Z1 g; Y3 G) u2 o8 @6 p
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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! }( S/ h% C* \  L7 ?Allied Ships( a6 {7 Q4 _$ @; a: i/ ]0 s
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
7 Z" M' I! y- k      LST-817 L) \5 F8 H7 O  R
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
8 ^$ t# Y6 U+ D9 u0 K0 f# b: q$ Q" a      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
6 z/ Y* f0 u& g. r0 T      LST-78% m7 b! z( D: {# h3 G/ G& Q
      LST 2098 Z9 X' t, g! e/ M0 @" Y& u
      LST-889% h) f. x: M+ f
      LST-246
' I  d& f, v9 P# x      LST-240
  y' F) D4 o. V+ J' s      LST-2041 ?# B) W  J" L) Q' @# b8 O
      LST-202# m# b! y* `2 d9 \2 R" L
      LST-123
9 a3 d$ q. s9 E# Z      LST-1217 j! M1 d6 i+ M6 x
      LST-120! r4 \8 E( e& g+ ?; v# o
      LST-86
+ j# y2 t& H) v" a0 P  p      LST-85
+ g0 K; m# d( S4 g! a( _      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113): V+ ^- v6 S5 x' b3 \' g
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force4 L! F- A( C1 |4 \1 d+ k
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.0 Q: G; w8 \; r
  F) \, ^5 M0 |: q' `* p0 H% N
Allied Ships
1 i& g  `, ^8 R( V6 }- K      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 E. L4 ~+ @' c* ^1 Z1 ^' Q
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
2 D7 G6 o2 Q9 a! g      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 `2 L; a- D, o4 R! ]
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire" \  M. }' ~9 K6 ?+ E
      LST-84, Shell hits 31 ~" f+ N" \' ~
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
9 m4 f; q! f* U( Q/ `* q4 Q$ `      LST 180" T7 B& c0 _3 |2 ~. _. M, f1 {  p
      LST 157
4 o1 [  z% x/ |  ?9 G      LST 2
  H! u* \7 l/ d0 u  i3 x3 b      LST-884
) X* M, i, O1 p" X1 |( h/ W      LST-882
2 @/ K  h! ?/ B$ D1 J: z; a      LST-397
9 e7 ~0 J+ ^0 D# Z) n. Y8 m+ J      LST-395, z( F0 `% y8 g$ s  `
      LST-2745 t7 x# R1 ]: p9 P1 i
      LST-273
1 I* U  j5 m4 n: ?% ^% u      LST-246
: v* C' A5 L; v6 Q# i4 W& B! c      LST-244
% l6 p. Z0 @5 C& ~0 ?      LST-241
" u% P! x- p4 i+ ]8 f$ S1 [      LST-218
2 E$ E7 ?4 d/ h, L      LST-216+ t0 V! [# o( A7 p( F' f
      LST-202
$ o2 K6 C7 h% }/ S8 t+ ~      LST-171) z. }2 y8 t, t. L7 {
      LST-166
* V2 q% i9 @2 Y; p6 L& y      LST-124
  X, E3 |0 |. {8 E      LST-121
0 u  t% ^% T5 a& ?( C      LST-88
8 C/ j* w; Y" v3 Y5 N      LST-123" M& C. c0 k. J5 P/ g
      LST-86  P3 G" h9 f4 A; d  }7 g

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7 t4 I! J; [  s! Q. q8 J$ P/ z+ {; r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& x6 r8 z  w6 T+ O
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack0 ?3 K; w! v# D
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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1 }  m+ U" Q/ ~Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13612 O% Q* j- k2 t( s+ E3 B5 x

' M5 e! w7 n4 [1 E" l" cJapanese ground losses:- q- b4 a, p9 F5 L/ A9 P$ N
      406 casualties reported
0 w3 b. v' |3 S         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
  e: e7 O3 V% P- v8 ]5 ~, c3 k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled* c4 e1 F3 N: q: C9 @) `
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled9 W1 b, S6 |7 l7 b& x0 F/ D) d- Q

: T/ d) k3 i$ o! ?Allied ground losses:/ [6 y7 t7 p- _7 w. T$ `/ `
      21 casualties reported
0 f, E. z* r& ~6 P         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 [7 `4 K2 `2 k( O
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled8 O+ m1 H0 N% l- F: N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ j! q# |0 k( @* ~      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)' H1 o' Y# k* X! Y* ^5 q, E/ f8 s
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:& K& `/ J6 F9 m- {8 ]7 y
    5th Marine/B Division
) |; o: d9 F* p0 `    81st Infantry/B Division2 H' Z( o9 j+ W$ i
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* @0 B' H0 f  `7 V1 ?
    5th Marine/C Division
+ r; K$ Q9 y* M2 y4 k! X    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
. w1 o4 f1 c& e5 B7 p    6th Infantry/B Division
1 ^6 W' Q$ t/ B- X5 D: W9 D$ W; ]    1st Filipino Inf Regiment4 d9 d7 t3 x& }% H6 l
    716th Tank Battalion5 ]- n+ j$ Z* l3 I: |( p
    81st Infantry/C Division
7 e5 ]$ {! ?! f; B% b5 Z0 a    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
; I/ K% w/ B3 ~& o+ w# X% @0 N    6th Infantry/C Division
9 k: }3 o9 a  l5 G" X. z5 [    5th Marine/A Division
% m* Q( Q# x( ?) H, l    767th Tank Battalion
, F1 M$ R& ~) a$ T; q: x    96th Infantry/A Division
1 Z! V5 ]! s& y4 c- y% B    706th Tank Battalion$ v2 d/ M  O& l0 |# f4 J" d
    711th Tank Battalion
5 T: X% ^/ y8 u2 m& n    762nd Tank Battalion% }- b  H5 Z, p* P; Y* |/ k/ ^
    96th Infantry/B Division* h) T7 x7 r8 Y5 m( G
    81st Infantry/A Division
6 ]# f! t# C& i* d7 K    44th Tank Battalion" y( }+ f$ x6 }) S
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 j% D( E& I* X- n# i- c& B    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment) o9 c3 h% C  D' s6 o7 a
    31st Infantry Regiment' |( Q: A& _# y5 L8 N. _
    6th Infantry/A Division
" A3 f' I; ]- S$ ~! h, ]    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 T; F+ c; N/ V# I
    710th Tank Battalion
! b& i( _+ h3 b( E$ c  j    96th Infantry/C Division
* i$ L9 D( U7 N$ M    5th USA Defense Battalion( W" D  P" ]% y) W( V5 `2 D
    4th USA Defense Battalion
0 \" W( [+ D6 K* u- K6 p( l    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 }% f1 K& K7 @$ [. m: g* T9 U    X Corps Artillery
  S% S! Y# R2 L8 W0 B    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: k6 K; k( b0 w+ L+ j    XIV US Corps
* a9 n' f7 {0 ]; _( N5 Y. `    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
- ^% T' h0 G1 @# P    8th Marine Defense Battalion
/ W5 U: g: B7 M0 }6 i4 G6 O9 Q( `1 v4 e    14th Marine Defense Battalion
! |' p0 Q* s( h0 \1 B# H- `/ F    I Corps Artillery
3 T1 j  s# |1 C8 @    96th Coast AA Regiment
' ^# J( h# ^. E, Z' f% V" k    1st USMC AA Battalion8 Y8 `8 D" @2 C, {/ B- ^5 w
    738th Coast AA Regiment6 X5 Q' `; i5 O- t( \$ e5 W& F
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) R; C1 f& G  ]    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
: b  r; K" H0 X% t0 h    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:7 `/ d9 v: F( j. v5 |
    33rd/A Division' ~0 n2 w" Q, i1 O7 U
    81st/B Division
* ]/ y! N1 G& x* y  Q& }4 ]4 B' c    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" C7 D# A9 c1 O# J    81st/C Division
: `6 Z9 m( o" p5 t1 c; z6 j    138th Infantry Regiment) Y: g' C( g% }$ y
    Kure 3rd SNLF
! c, r: N, C$ I    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
* {. s# B! D* i+ x; e) f; P    144th Infantry Regiment- T8 z; x' s; ~/ `" c8 m9 M; w
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
# _8 ]0 L4 m2 E0 x; C    33rd/B Division3 {. |" H, {9 d. k$ ~
    81st/A Division& S) F1 W# d) ?6 q
    33rd/C Division3 c/ e- {0 _5 e+ A4 ^
    3rd Base Force
6 d# A% p+ ^& R' ]; W    19th JAAF Base Force& d$ G; W6 P3 b9 F
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
* j3 k) N  M# T) ?6 B/ y! x* v    60th Field AA Battalion
7 s! N, d# F* v+ x9 l# ]" _# ]0 c    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
5 P: }) W5 m7 v/ Y$ O& |% A    53rd Construction Battalion
3 f7 F9 G3 t, d! V2 K7 }* N    Ponape Naval Fortress4 I: k6 h8 Y: J* i
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment2 r; F& P5 o" l0 v
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
& q. z: P% v  t( M4 G7 w/ l    12th Air Fleet0 y. I1 ]% i! Y2 N
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
5 ^3 x6 `( ]- q' o, |# ]    61st Field AA Battalion9 w( A+ D3 Q: L0 B4 l) b
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
$ O) }3 l, A1 F1 W    18th Field AF Construction Battalion$ k$ M: I6 d- b7 k- K; u
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
0 P  |; U" @7 X5 [4 N    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment: L6 z" S5 o8 f/ g! }  H
    14th Area Army /1
/ ~" O3 N7 S7 Y/ ]$ j8 ^5 N; v; L    63rd Field AA Battalion
2 G$ o5 q( [8 L$ ]* \    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
, D9 }* v2 F1 x, h& t+ x    Kure 7th SNLF
8 Q& a% N. a+ f    18th Army4 m" |# ~6 ]" k$ z  d
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
& y& e! ^# T. U5 S) ]    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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# S* R: G1 F% n6 D1 ]! }日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘* F7 f; _  F$ m' R$ l4 M" I
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) _  |3 @; j' K9 ?Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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* S0 L  Z) W; s* l; k6 ^Japanese Ships
( N/ s# R1 z1 c6 C1 L8 K: X      E No.54
- T7 o) b. e+ l! t  I      E No.50
/ Q0 a1 W) g9 `      E No.686 E8 z5 j: w7 \3 @" K& K3 ]* j5 t
      E No.526 z4 D9 J  x7 c' `) w

$ F4 c$ t1 x2 D4 @Allied Ships# W5 |. |8 L5 X" z/ Y" H4 a
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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. s5 ?3 V5 b0 T' c, t, t; V重创另一艘$ q' O/ n& `6 g3 W
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3 b& s# S& H2 o7 w/ ^/ jASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102: ~; {" K6 O& M
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Japanese Ships3 V; f4 }7 j6 M, W+ }/ e
      E No.8
8 g) v5 N2 }6 n7 ]8 l2 E+ P      E No.64 v9 v& `: v& [& a' `0 b# i) |& L/ A
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Allied Ships
' I# `1 D  E, U+ b3 \, e5 N' b      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 444 u! {' ~- Q7 c: _
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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
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( ?* K$ D- J# SNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!. |/ o& Q( I  N4 y
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.) {1 Q, B+ g  X' T
! }7 k# b, e1 P. I( N; k/ i. `+ |
Allied Ships2 f8 G: G; F2 D! P: X& @9 }- _
      CA Wichita
# N) V3 t0 G4 v2 N      CA Vincennes/ G, {* }* ]7 J) y6 R) _8 m
      CA Quincy
/ s" s" X) t  z; O( ^+ G      CA San Francisco
6 a0 j5 N3 k. K- |4 C; s      CA Minneapolis6 n' `& G7 ~. M6 t0 v" v
      CA Astoria
" \% K. @% f! v      CA Chicago
2 Z& k8 c8 I4 b% x5 r, Y      CA Louisville
% J6 ?1 o+ f3 a1 P" c7 f2 F7 z+ m      CA Chester
' d; q+ v. _/ K4 `8 r% z& L      CA Northampton5 J1 w% [9 S! b& U5 a  M
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:7 T; k& `1 O4 {! N0 B
      71 casualties reported
# J: p. Y7 q  p         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
. y; b% B+ K& u% M# A: b         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled/ B4 x4 z0 G" y& e3 M
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled3 Q/ q1 W/ d' `" E
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)! R; X1 f; v, y6 j6 [" K

$ |; _" J+ J. X. d/ QAirbase hits 2
% H0 b  F- Z* n2 zRunway hits 101 }3 ~& @# N$ d$ V
Port hits 45 s7 P) c% A5 |) @; w( w
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
9 ^" ^" `: k  OCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress5 ?4 X1 s8 Z- f
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
$ ]4 i; h3 E6 s) hCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 q, T* m5 o) a( K) d/ |Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
/ v1 ~7 y. p6 y1 Q$ J# T) qCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division9 O1 Q, [: P! j: r+ |( V
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 D+ C% o: D( N% S/ gPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
4 Q3 A8 X8 X3 x" [+ mCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
4 Q, O* b+ H1 UCA Chicago firing at Ponape
1 c. B6 F: R. ]! d$ N2 ?% ?% ]CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
( E; \  u+ g' V) c: y7 D3 POS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
$ [6 P5 i! f8 ?, U( I, eCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress; Y+ C( i% J1 a  Y: {" B0 M
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division8 V) e7 V7 s' w4 y. E
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland; K$ p* {1 Q# P8 l4 `
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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, X. w% `( B! K/ I3 r; }Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships0 j$ _; }1 r( f  l
      BB Alabama% ]0 t8 |: w2 @7 i3 |
      BB Massachusetts
! ^" ?% z$ Q. s; t- t) ^+ f4 D+ S      BB Indiana
: c/ o( E' Z" E' [0 W      BB South Dakota
) o% ?9 b8 b( Q5 `" K+ ?+ d      BB Washington' I: u9 b( y+ f( D6 N6 N* s, \
      BB North Carolina
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8 r# F& t3 W- D; r5 }9 J  c- W$ EJapanese ground losses:
, L  ?7 Y6 H7 R% J# {3 D% r      275 casualties reported: T, \( t! x3 I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- Z. S7 H) _. [8 V
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled# Z3 W3 G) N0 B% [) D, b. b# |
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled1 ]2 M; }: H" S) a# D
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
4 a3 B% h9 {- k      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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# h2 U% q4 \' J/ GAirbase supply hits 1
: N: L  t* E, qRunway hits 7
. G* p4 R4 G# ]9 B5 w( qPort hits 3! m% _/ o( [: d  i4 Y

) [" r8 u* `4 ?0 j; n. z& gBB Alabama firing at Ponape
4 {" C, {  p. J4 u1 s% I/ EBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
: Z% y" s, u$ `BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
( |$ y* w5 P8 nOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
0 w# Y& A) k! A+ p. o* v& WBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
: z# W) ]( ?! R1 LBB Washington firing at Ponape ) \8 z: h( R0 X$ }& z
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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( [0 O# n3 \$ E+ |/ F. i! f2 hNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!" C7 W% z/ }0 @9 J7 Y1 N- @

1 l* M5 [" U: Z13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.. ?) R3 r. S4 J
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Allied Ships) g0 L* n! V! U. X: Z
      BB Queen Elizabeth
5 |9 E! |5 i+ ~, h2 F      BB Valiant9 L- Q  ^; o2 A9 N
      BB Mississippi- c# Q, s4 a, Z5 K. _+ {: _. W
      BB New Mexico
# d; P, g0 {( V7 K+ i# O      BB Idaho
( ~' g. S! ~$ q8 Y& `      BB West Virginia8 h/ N- ]* O( f+ l5 u+ a- a5 J
      BB Colorado
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/ c& d! D- ^0 o7 RJapanese ground losses:- I/ m9 l% H# ?2 W9 R
      117 casualties reported
! L6 _) c. t. j, g* g6 O         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled* k  g( p+ Y( j1 A0 J
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled6 l# S/ D8 J# y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled( K5 |3 L$ o3 H' S  F5 R: i' j
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
) e' r8 w/ k/ _8 N      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2& d$ T, ^6 A* u! O: g
Runway hits 20 `7 }/ l$ V& L- ^# K
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! ?$ t! F/ `$ x0 O: E) J) o
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) G0 M. C: Z% R/ M$ Z; i3 u% @  w
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress& ~2 r  a# e* I2 U; p
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
4 F, @9 J# M5 q; tBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
. G. F$ _9 b. N2 x' M2 \) ^BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force9 ^# `; ?( z- z4 b
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
3 P+ I+ w! v4 GBB West Virginia firing at Ponape
; \9 ~. t; }  \9 N/ CBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
% F( e) k5 N8 G7 M* \  ^3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado: J1 e; {: z* Q& v  `+ C! Y

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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1 c- v; n' N( V! Y, H& F0 QWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet." I" l$ l# z4 B3 G" M/ e
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes5 f- i: ]$ [7 y* u; c) I

2 o2 t1 f8 D6 A+ D; Q% [Allied aircraft
! Y: J5 ^% w+ Z3 S1 ?      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
: v+ k( p  P& o3 @% \" R+ O9 v0 y      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337- H/ Z' w" X- m, j" p6 O
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283) Y# j& S5 t" c& ~% g
4 I( l+ f! r, a& ]/ U8 g
Allied aircraft losses5 f. H3 T. p. b( N1 w' D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
9 {$ c. f% p! F) a* Q) [      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
0 R# S  A4 O) {- V6 I      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged( z) M/ t1 K' d1 n. e
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak9 N2 Q- @/ ?) `5 C
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Japanese ground losses:2 d" ~5 x) l+ G4 L* H. }6 ~
      159 casualties reported- o! P1 u$ Z! `) ]
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled* S8 Q- ]  x  T' P- G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
0 ~& C- ?4 v- J# x9 u9 k2 Q! K         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; f3 h% o$ T* t

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5 j; ?  R* ]: {. z( W' P3 |8 ]+ U2 F- X) h/ T3 b
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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  X+ F2 ^2 {3 M  PAllied Deliberate attack& d! Q4 T% Y3 O$ E( B% e9 p

5 P( H; Q0 i* T1 A; v) aAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7' O3 H6 f- X" Y

3 J; f7 x0 ?0 @" d5 YAllied adjusted assault: 3406
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" Q) J! I% i" G& l* t; p4 IJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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, {* A( i! N* ^0 _& {, FAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ( R" q# K+ V5 R
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Combat modifiers
3 H) E9 A" v) L9 [% w9 pDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)7 H( p% W; o% f
Attacker: 5 Z7 e# b$ T  [' i7 ~! g
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Japanese ground losses:! ~5 B) V# B9 N
      3539 casualties reported
1 L* a. F( q7 e# e1 f1 P         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
  W" }; b  H0 H) I, c4 I! g         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
6 [4 {3 M  @/ P) `$ a         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
0 }7 s3 C9 W# ~' d! l' m( \      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)# c, e7 r( \6 W3 o; U
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
8 A, z8 Y) @) T  e  `$ H1 s( A      3552 casualties reported
( `1 b' @* J4 Z( q' A( v5 V2 U( F: b         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
3 i8 `& N8 f8 I1 j* R$ R         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
8 V$ J6 Z' i+ \7 @" ~1 b( U         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled' E# E' Q! \0 P( ~
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)" F7 `) s& P/ ~) E8 Z
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)% e& r0 t' H# T% p- x  R& ^) O
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:/ i/ d3 T4 r4 u% U6 V" h" h+ t1 c3 n
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
- G  w& ^( a, Q3 |# Z    5th Marine Division
3 A0 A! E) U8 l+ X+ ~6 R    716th Tank Battalion# l: [  f# e' n) v
    706th Tank Battalion7 X1 r! O0 l$ G9 F
    762nd Tank Battalion
3 n+ p0 G" Q% g0 o1 _    710th Tank Battalion
, t' \  K, t8 {; m    767th Tank Battalion( ^" u' C3 b2 U+ w- ]% ]7 m7 f7 T
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
8 z) A; a7 n) W4 I  A; f) ~& G    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment# S/ U, t8 ?! O2 `' l% |
    81st Infantry Division) l# t8 t% v* s7 e) A9 r3 c
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 q2 g' [9 R. a
    96th Infantry Division
5 R" v, z8 Z+ `, S! e    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment3 }4 M! M2 }9 k9 x1 o# `' K  V
    711th Tank Battalion- U1 w2 d+ V4 L( @6 {: `- S* J
    44th Tank Battalion
$ }% ~2 \& K  Q) ]    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
% o' m" Y3 l/ _7 c) G$ _    6th Infantry Division
5 |6 d" T4 v5 [% e: d    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
( Y; R- j: r5 Q. E( h9 [    31st Infantry Regiment
7 L% n, m0 q$ ?! f! _    XIV US Corps
/ c+ E1 g  B) |! v( M    96th Coast AA Regiment
5 b0 M1 J. A2 g    12th Marine Defense Battalion$ R9 J0 w7 m% X. Q
    4th USA Defense Battalion
  B, O; D, `/ s  p9 k/ \* ^: D    14th Marine Defense Battalion
# i2 U8 \3 v2 p+ ]4 ^. l' W* F( o    1st USMC AA Battalion+ W5 x* ]- ~1 [9 |1 m4 A
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion* M7 P) D1 a' B
    5th USA Defense Battalion
5 A) b& r' J! m% @( l    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% |7 _. _! P& [, G/ K# {
    738th Coast AA Regiment0 ~$ l/ e$ j# w& D2 `) m; J
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) P2 N& k) L4 R; H    I Corps Artillery
' j- l1 o# w7 g% h! B' |. l    8th Marine Defense Battalion
) O# V0 p7 [+ m/ ?, B! ?( P    X Corps Artillery / K2 a1 g6 N5 E9 H+ U# o; G
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# q5 v) p6 A* E8 d' m    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:, k# h% G2 q& x3 O' E9 V2 d
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. S& ?; _. }& r1 m9 J: m
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
$ X: s& O$ B  K+ ]' S    144th Infantry Regiment' E4 L& T, Q  u# U9 U& D
    Kure 3rd SNLF
' N; d2 g# q, H& X    Sasebo 7th SNLF
6 l! ?3 ?+ j, _; U% b    33rd/B Division; |7 _; {; w9 j( i4 ~* I; t8 Q, L8 e
    81st/C Division3 ~! }: Y3 ?5 F4 P) }5 l& |
    81st/A Division! l7 o) L) e6 H% o
    81st/B Division4 f: |  I2 k: D" y
    33rd/A Division! M" G, P' s/ |2 i* v
    138th Infantry Regiment
( D! N9 T/ }3 t9 A    33rd/C Division& k$ @( M. T0 n! ?
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 _8 U  _  w* ~4 W' H) p    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
7 i  t& o! ~% t+ [2 t5 Z    19th JAAF Base Force
- ]1 a8 _! j2 e. Q& w+ Z5 N3 _    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 _$ R4 A9 x9 w$ c2 S0 ]: P
    12th Air Fleet
* x) z( O4 q# f, @0 a    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment, l# r, _' Y* _
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; }5 `, |4 \/ K! o6 w4 q2 a
    63rd Field AA Battalion) o1 J* J+ l" l8 V0 C
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* r# p8 U0 j4 g9 _& i9 x4 N% p' }" j
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion5 ~7 G7 A# T  u7 j
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 A, r" `+ E2 r5 t' ]5 G; _! \' ?
    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 r3 {: {4 {  Q    61st Field AA Battalion
' M' i& z. o5 S7 U8 ~0 n4 C0 c% g    18th Army
: m) @: Z) M. u$ \$ \% ]& Y    14th Area Army /1
1 e. Q" B4 I6 i# K( ?5 X    60th Field AA Battalion
+ \+ Y. W# z2 {  T5 w( v5 G3 z. a    53rd Construction Battalion
, ?# x, d' ~, G1 J/ d& r# {# Q    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) `, m* a% v! R7 P, L# j8 |
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  f/ p9 L& Z7 ?
    Kure 7th SNLF8 W- W# D1 K, t5 Z  [
    3rd Base Force
5 j+ [$ Z1 O5 B2 _, L- j    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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: T- z& {* U; m. E2 M- ]Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
( }" v) j5 F( S' r& VWeather in hex: Thunderstorms3 X* K1 q) c: H; A
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s7 `1 X" g: N: x' r0 w  ]7 r6 H
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes3 j, r0 M; M* g

1 N  M* `: y3 o1 I# @/ o' Z. w: [Allied aircraft# D. J& F- ~/ O6 v. g) I
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462! o  S1 b6 f( |' p
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337' ?( n# v+ I5 E0 G
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283. {, M: r1 l7 x% L5 }8 ~; M) I3 ^
Allied aircraft losses
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9 y; b5 z& X) R$ o3 U  i; J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, 443 h! d& e4 b/ @8 M6 K  u3 n$ I, @

* V- K1 Q$ f8 {# D! a! K: Z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8 m9 i% }: P2 |, V
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships
! C' Y6 Y$ e( l* j0 t- q5 l4 ?/ j      CA Vincennes
2 Z: K3 A0 a! n+ n8 r% R8 m; c' @) J      CA Quincy, w- N4 _, S+ e
      CA San Francisco
4 x' l' n: X! X) z# C      CA Minneapolis
. @. B) f8 j2 I/ V* l5 \* Z      CA Astoria- W" J4 ~9 O5 z0 Y& g
      CA Chicago4 h3 [& d8 J; o4 z8 v
      CA Louisville6 |( ~+ w- {* l. f2 v
      CA Chester$ A0 D/ ]: j# a0 ]6 W  L4 g9 [1 f
      CA Northampton
$ Y- T  u* N  c' ^, A      CA Portland
0 L1 z; Q+ b. f6 n' D- ], p8 H+ F3 A/ \
Japanese ground losses:
$ Y( @: ?- X( X1 @, R      112 casualties reported
, e2 x3 y! w* d: J8 m9 d1 T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 O0 W- o  K" I) V- a  E" g         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
% O. V3 m( B& u& R/ w& c! O+ ?         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
8 I! W; @' i  C0 q; e& c- Y2 M
. d3 [3 M% l# B9 k# p" GAirbase hits 5( b9 [) ]' ~6 H
Airbase supply hits 2
9 w. ?7 a7 |: N- `2 YRunway hits 217 @( t2 c% ^- h, P0 L6 D/ ]. z* D7 \
Port hits 7: ], t  D1 b1 Q3 q
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 g& z9 e8 _3 m8 Q9 D8 o& Q: C
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Allied Ships
0 L# b, I, {7 R7 U6 S- w* x      BB Alabama
" z1 u# l5 f* G! z7 ]      BB Massachusetts
  _; V# i$ h' G. ]; C: g2 v; S      BB Indiana
- S( N& Q7 N8 ?( M      BB South Dakota
- y0 H/ U4 h+ M. k      BB Washington, D1 ^& F9 B2 ?  u
      BB North Carolina# e% s7 M5 n" M/ s4 D) E5 ^) m
0 B% @0 \) c  @
Japanese ground losses:
9 |% \, d6 W: }9 N9 `      398 casualties reported
$ `# v. T' j8 m8 B' z         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled/ `( J" \" C$ q3 K, x. _$ f5 O, U; g
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
, b" o1 _- i6 Q1 U         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 b8 C! s$ u2 T3 b  E! V$ }      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
8 K5 j/ s% h% i# u) E' D      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)0 T  r8 K/ v$ j% z4 ^: E4 w
; P% W& w# b1 R& B! S5 k  x: t# K
Airbase hits 9
6 \9 T5 [; \1 U; h( iRunway hits 9; C% G) H0 G" _
Port hits 25 H2 s- Y. p7 i6 f0 W) e

8 q% d! o) F* [) ^5 v6 iBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
. ]! z/ r0 k& L/ n/ @8 S; p0 ^0 lBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 9 l: C( ^4 T$ T+ }/ }
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
0 T3 J6 R# ?6 y. U: [- ]BB South Dakota firing at Ponape . N" T, Q; y$ {5 k3 J8 P
BB Washington firing at Ponape 4 P, K1 z5 ?7 e2 K
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113  M$ V* D( H, P( g% @* c* X# @

  V0 w8 ?' |# e/ U+ m! m6 L! _4 G" ?, lAllied Ships
. f- C# L2 e" g8 [5 t! W4 M1 |" k# e      BB Mississippi
) z  v# ]1 y! ?7 Y/ p, F' s, A      BB New Mexico
5 d7 D& C+ `9 S+ H1 I7 ^      BB Idaho& I8 u" n5 p5 M( }# W

# e1 @1 h1 O. k+ L# LJapanese ground losses:, Z/ o) f# Z# B* \3 D
      195 casualties reported- x- ?( F; N* i: L3 l$ s: m$ x
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 T* v0 _5 W. K0 @$ V         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
( q6 U* r$ X4 N  ~2 A         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 o: h$ D  b% }* e( a8 s$ [7 E      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
$ Q% q9 I! D, H1 W/ e+ ^      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)( O) R* Q1 _! d
0 |9 ~% N9 E+ g5 ]5 p$ }# Y
Airbase hits 3
! C- v4 q5 \4 B6 h# c- c" ~  ]: t. n, \Runway hits 14$ Y4 [( S3 F! [3 e: c" K2 @! _
. y" b: o, O& Z& _; ]6 i
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape 9 I; r; b$ ]  h
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division0 {  b" f2 p# f& u0 E6 \
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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' N. l- Z; v9 {Weather in hex: Severe storms9 n' A2 g; @: Q( m! q' Y

# _" i5 p$ a, d4 O: m( RRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
) L3 e4 u  I- @( X) I) }Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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* Z; I& \7 H3 vAllied aircraft
: [8 k4 t" |! `4 i" W$ M; l8 T      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 T5 X- z1 }5 m2 _( s- F7 w      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
* K3 N# e" Q) k- w+ U+ _      TBM-1C Avenger x 286+ x4 o/ Z! @7 P: W' h4 s: f: {2 |
5 b2 f: ^7 }: }3 X' e
Allied aircraft losses
8 I4 {8 ?* s* b4 L. }4 R# l      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged1 G; k2 k8 S% r. l! u( _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak$ C; }6 |$ ^' f; T  c/ d
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
  G' v* n/ G+ ~2 t8 h( `
3 B- J6 X7 w) M: GJapanese ground losses:
3 ?$ d6 T3 ?" N! P& F      121 casualties reported3 Y6 p; {' }$ K8 q* c+ ?
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
) d& P) v& K4 g, w5 f3 z" r1 i$ \         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled7 N, {4 t' Q8 W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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, ?# J( ?+ |0 i! d  W  QGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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0 j& v# V/ B/ Q: P4 W& J- Q# aAllied Deliberate attack
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0 \) {8 b3 [# ], EAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121. g0 E8 ?% g9 Y+ {

' @1 a- e  @6 LAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 60 L, V- P- S" ]( H
5 Z/ c9 ?7 [, A3 ]7 Z: C: }% p
Allied adjusted assault: 3228 / W, j+ K  w3 y) L7 W: x3 _1 f

+ V, c7 h3 }2 g  wJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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1 C. y- `) _7 _Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) # r: r; n/ D0 u+ o# H/ h

( V) W% T7 i0 t: `Combat modifiers' k2 U1 L. b9 c2 h3 q# C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)( n2 ^8 K" n8 }. \7 ?* B
Attacker:
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' N' E/ `" m! F0 ]$ p. AJapanese ground losses:* Q4 w, H1 D9 M9 C' v" R
      2305 casualties reported
$ B) F2 k: S) D% ~$ r# V         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled+ z% p" L, i2 m; W3 d, ^9 S& F, C
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
/ s0 f3 k# m# |0 P         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
' [  u2 i4 g' x3 ^/ @  E      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
  @$ V# v9 i% B; X      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:# G) Y' L/ u$ y  g* i; ^
      3064 casualties reported
. C$ U5 q( o+ _/ d- V         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
8 g; x8 z+ U8 \4 D' ^# K* N, j' O         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled- |8 ~. K& D- V, u2 d7 j1 D: ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled6 G0 P/ `$ g0 p( T( u. ~( c! w' T
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)2 ~0 y8 w9 }4 |4 r* s
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:8 E- m, g  x$ F  [5 h
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
. D' M$ w8 P. \' D    711th Tank Battalion
, N8 y9 ]0 d! ?    716th Tank Battalion; |0 X* x. g1 V. y/ U4 `
    6th Infantry Division' J+ M* m& Q* ~, y" ^; t
    44th Tank Battalion( P% ]+ k# U" {4 ^+ h& I
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
$ G  t- b  ^/ R: O( M2 p) l) i9 S    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
: t) g, ?% J) o8 o: g; f8 t7 W    81st Infantry Division7 A% m3 P- X9 }& T
    767th Tank Battalion
' o/ [1 k, w. @/ m* [2 _& p3 E    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment; t; w% [) ^1 R# r( |+ `3 V
    762nd Tank Battalion
2 {1 o  {1 ^! A( w! G: T    710th Tank Battalion, p! Y3 P/ ^" \4 X" U$ v6 k' ]# K! I
    96th Infantry Division7 L0 A9 H2 U+ i' {
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
0 ^4 T) ~4 K2 T, R9 n3 ]; N    706th Tank Battalion
' t* @! l) H  N- t" A" `5 v5 h9 D+ X    5th Marine Division
$ b5 ^" ?9 j" t; N    31st Infantry Regiment( ?0 q: T. V% [6 J
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 H+ c+ F' k5 Z: n" t
    1st USMC AA Battalion8 h1 j% G4 f5 t. R# p: _
    738th Coast AA Regiment8 T! e( l2 J; B% C! D
    96th Coast AA Regiment
- k+ s% O# a5 G5 R    14th Marine Defense Battalion( e1 T( R5 T: q) D! Z: N
    12th Marine Defense Battalion& X( G& `: \9 L6 T# t
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 o& Z2 ]! r7 h    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment& `2 e2 M. X! S0 ]; K- ?/ ?
    XIV US Corps4 \" m; s- N4 n1 v
    X Corps Artillery
3 `. t( k* W% X' H    5th USA Defense Battalion
  Q  ^6 |' [7 J0 F    4th USA Defense Battalion
# Y3 g3 H- D; Q: m    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  @0 n2 e$ M" ?- o    I Corps Artillery
# U( x% B) `  o2 A& o% `! ^8 T    8th Marine Defense Battalion
- M" G$ c. P! V+ n    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
+ T7 C  F! g; B$ \* i) H: ~* B) t' _# ?& V, B
Defending units:. A; s6 v. K8 @& E, y. Q7 G& Y% h& {4 S, t
    Ponape Naval Fortress
2 x7 r6 O- I; z, W    81st/C Division
6 |) X9 C# A$ B& N9 N. I8 f    52nd Naval Guard Unit: x3 E# y( I6 _: E: _  q/ ^
    138th Infantry Regiment# I1 D# }6 P! {: Y. C/ s# D
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
! m+ M3 E$ n& K1 D# k) P    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 M- }8 `5 z( o9 L
    144th Infantry Regiment
& z4 F, t& y$ o4 n3 {    81st/B Division. f$ Q" F) A4 h+ m$ L% N
    33rd/B Division
. J$ |5 ?) I1 U% J& B* y    33rd/A Division: b' r  m' B9 R& \  x
    81st/A Division
: \# f1 a) d/ a+ K4 |/ R9 p    Kure 3rd SNLF- U! N4 A( y  y7 H1 v$ \' o) l) V
    33rd/C Division  G0 |- V2 w: ]
    53rd Construction Battalion  P9 h7 C1 C  u0 O; |" V
    18th Army- m" a5 d; j& r2 j+ M" h6 c9 E% g4 W
    14th Area Army /10 W) \3 [+ B3 J6 Z$ Q# o
    60th Field AA Battalion! x+ r$ X& D8 r& m( |
    12th Air Fleet
" i4 I1 A1 P( t8 U% e/ ^/ g, H6 v    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment" a) Q+ y- ], K/ ]* l
    63rd Field AA Battalion1 X) p) `3 F( O# ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! e" }. f, e5 K+ e5 w
    3rd Base Force
) _+ F8 m( ~$ o: d7 C1 L    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1# ^7 H+ _4 c5 `' t7 e0 r
    Kure 7th SNLF
: h# h% e2 @. f) g9 v    19th JAAF Base Force
: R0 I" B2 G+ O8 \) r    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
, N- p* A: g4 W4 d    61st Field AA Battalion( z/ {: L" ]5 C4 x9 {; Y
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co $ `6 b8 D' e% p; W+ F
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 F' Z. ^5 k5 `( i, P
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ {; J  |5 N/ s. a; W3 m    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8 ^+ S) [  N6 r& [7 e    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
9 j/ p$ g& S4 C/ Y, t( L    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- t* X, T3 q# _. ?
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待  w; T7 Z( {  `7 Q$ f! e
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60" X  Y- `7 o- m& r
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 P5 q) \4 A4 x/ N2 j8 S0 ~

7 l0 `; B9 j; S( j  B# FRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
; |& W) D' n& R6 ^Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft" u1 V2 @- ^& X! V& w/ p
      P-38L Lightning x 23
* b$ _$ f% p8 m, D% `4 U& _      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30! `  [4 {" h7 A3 C4 \: C# h
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Allied aircraft losses# o1 t" k2 A: F% m3 c, z9 I5 m1 B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
# q$ D0 K7 m. V% }5 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak. o) {5 n, w) i2 L, O' s
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Japanese Ships' L, J& ]. z8 Y9 N
      DD Suruyame* U* O* I/ _5 U, F3 W$ }: r- t0 A
      CL Ninaru2 g2 p/ U/ Z8 f+ _$ |" G
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- A/ @" G' ^7 n      DD Yayoi
$ e& H% U5 m% p; Z7 e  m( @- }" O      CA Kako' f: B* X+ X% m& j
      DD Asagiri
4 T" \1 `  _  N. o      DD Ayanami
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  ^) S5 _" o9 @6 V- G- R# l' tAircraft Attacking:
% U" u# j% n& V3 C      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
* N3 \1 a5 x( [/ w: {. u0 X0 I               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
$ |- z8 B- \! B1 T1 P3 w: o1 X# b       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
* a6 Z8 l% a$ x               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb# }8 ]$ V& u; s6 }/ R# |
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'  p! I2 |$ a/ R
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi; d8 Z% [* R9 w4 H5 e
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi0 P, O$ H: X! O+ x
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) a4 D$ D& W" i7 E0 a6 ]- [Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)8 A6 T! _1 V+ z

3 K% q1 A' [! A) K: qWeather in hex: Moderate rain3 N3 K- Y5 E" x$ C
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.) N- W" M: }) l* ?* [5 \
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes; Z6 E( ~- x- z. ]* s
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Allied aircraft) q% {3 R0 M. M+ m
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 u( \4 J9 i# U      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326. ]9 S* d+ r9 H2 |  _( l) y7 h
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
3 _$ f' a5 @2 n+ p: ]/ \. e( q% q& L5 m; S' B$ K' V
Allied aircraft losses$ ~3 z( v1 `/ p) ~3 Z6 {$ C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
3 Y: B7 j$ V/ k+ U0 U      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak! D& c, f3 w( a6 u) A4 r8 Y' @
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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% e! d; ?$ u# i% N+ D' dJapanese ground losses:2 {2 a  k4 D/ y$ ^: X
      276 casualties reported5 y7 d, X) _9 A  t. h+ u
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
2 i' j6 H2 q& B8 A* G         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled2 d0 i# U% k" O( {: G" }4 i
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, U% X0 p0 ]8 y% M$ T. I8 O+ p8 j      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)% J& A; a8 I4 s
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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) N8 J1 x: a1 B+ z  e7 N; RAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263: ?/ z* C; I" h7 I, ?+ s& b* T& S

( G3 X) p3 x0 J; @; C2 M6 eDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017" A  P- g% D" T8 ^0 J

# H3 y" j$ g+ V9 m/ J" H& e% i0 x/ BJapanese ground losses:
$ ~5 S8 `. E+ |6 B7 X9 f. K      1082 casualties reported
3 D, q( q/ [! B9 S         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled) F  ]2 m9 Q2 M  l6 L, A
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
1 p# ^- C0 Z+ [         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 g; |% k. j4 e4 V" g$ T9 D7 q, z      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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. `* {1 Y! Z2 p) {( xAllied ground losses:
8 q8 V! j& f3 a4 ^- X0 l1 z7 k+ T      23 casualties reported
% ~4 y+ u; {" T5 P4 O0 f         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
! D7 L/ }. r- ~' s3 X$ ~         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
- I! |% @% S0 |" Z4 J( |4 |. A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 J+ C' o+ M2 w) y5 ~. V0 x      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 @& I6 U8 {/ _- E! f  O1 K
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 441 J0 N1 r5 K2 t/ f1 @3 N5 k
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东京快车出轨$ r- [$ f) L1 H/ V  Q
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: [" q* f( ^- M日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。+ z: D7 d7 M. F( G" o

: y, V! ^7 o$ `1 N$ M6 j5 u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。# D; N, j' t% ]1 r! F' g7 v4 k
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113/ l4 }; Z  o+ h) s3 p- B

: O$ l$ r5 ]2 \Japanese Ships
" ~+ M1 Y8 K! w; K      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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" Y* G0 r1 z$ t, sAllied Ships5 q* l) y! T# o# A5 X
      CLAA Prince Robert" Y& A& Y/ d" P8 b- Y
      DD Saumarez
0 a% l9 V+ H" M/ A5 W( l+ j) r      DD Nizam1 d, ]7 S5 E) Z) ^6 `# s$ E
      DD Ellet
8 |4 y- p: l; m8 \- F      DD Waller) N# k1 d; ?$ [+ _
      DD Walker+ S% [% R& ~8 A+ z+ ~
      DD Wadleigh! g$ o- g; @, @
      DD Uhlmann' [: k( @) Q$ M6 {: ?# X9 b: F3 k
      DD Twining
2 v6 V0 S, I! c$ B; `- Z3 P' k$ T      DD Twiggs0 B" K- W0 h- U6 ~
      DD David Taylor. ^4 U# E9 R* [. b
      DD Strong
$ c7 @1 m- q1 v# M4 B      DD Sproston- x' }  G0 u: a' y$ E) r
      DD Sigsbee
9 Q, o% K: M* ]9 A9 a! z7 |* j      DD Sigourney
, T/ \+ B: K8 g" f6 e1 ]3 j7 z- u' y      DD Schroeder, ~' g& @( S3 Q7 M* f+ W9 U
      DD Benham II
$ S( i* X& B/ b# M      DD Cushing II
) G9 @, }1 Q" W# Y4 {2 v      DD Urchin
' Z2 U2 m# j/ N      DD Urania  s  w- |" u, e  N
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort$ R# h% n" ]( }
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
9 W; `# M- d/ s# ~$ ^9 aDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....8 D) T! L, k2 W
SS I-48 forced to surface!
7 w! a* q( [( E$ v/ qDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ...., @! |! D3 j6 V
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
) G8 r7 c8 y; p; K: Z- MDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....& y/ f7 z9 r! ^3 R" h+ g$ |2 f. ^
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
" m9 x# p/ _  l$ L  n% n/ xDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ..... H! _( {$ i' @) Y9 _
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards% K& W7 }: c2 u: M5 E) ^
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Japanese aircraft; O' J3 t" Q" U( [
      no flights6 s2 F: E6 I" L  w7 f
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Japanese aircraft losses( \& D5 m: @. }
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed+ O3 }; y' H* H! B" l5 e

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  w7 w; r8 n- L, N6 @4 R7 q      CL Agano1 t8 `/ R/ H6 W9 v+ j0 i8 Q
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
: ^! ?( I: D$ ~& w- h) n      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: \' i9 ?6 O; D* p! H2 X      DD Hibiki
; u$ v2 Y0 o" x9 j4 W1 Z  d4 x      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1- P6 C/ ]; l7 G+ x
      DD Shirakumo
1 p2 C  }9 D+ J, i# L- g" T% O      DD Isonami, h: v2 s, K* S* g4 I
      DD Murakumo+ V  B6 \9 H7 Q4 m6 c" `
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
* P8 C4 D* U5 [) i      BB North Carolina% q5 V9 b# ?) d* `9 m! i4 ]3 n/ E1 Y
      BB Washington
3 ?2 J! d, g$ B  s& I& W, p      BB South Dakota3 F+ K" V# D& O4 ~* {
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
: k& f& ?$ M4 h; k      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2# s& ?  M2 E1 P: X, d0 y! L
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
. \6 X2 m7 l' S+ x- O* U      DD Conner
9 V, g! P+ }0 ~; i      DD Cotten
, Y# w8 f$ K6 K" ?0 x' S      DD Cowell+ y2 m! s- @2 V: B* U2 u1 O9 z7 m
      DD Daly$ c8 L! _. }) \/ h  u/ V: ~
      DD Eaton3 N8 w3 P2 W: ^6 l: q4 E' l8 F
      DD Heywood Edwards
. b! o, S# c/ @' O      DD Erben! ?& `" {5 O" Y: O
      DD Evans
2 U. c3 {$ X; @      DD Foote
% F% n' e; F4 C' U+ G& ~1 D      DD Franks0 r, c2 ]" e% U$ u! p
      DD Fullam
2 P# |7 x0 G, r6 [: I      DD Gatling/ H. y- i6 u+ O
      DD Albert Grant
% E2 n% T2 g5 g9 `4 ~$ u8 ?& F- m      DD Gregory5 }2 z- u1 q- ~- Q
      DD Guest
5 W) ]1 q" Z* r% U- J& Y! Q% N3 O9 o      DMS Hamilton: ^# E, x5 g8 w% z
      DMS Forrest
: ^8 I) c7 I5 B) E/ t6 N' S5 G, V, k      DMS Ellyson, @0 s4 D4 P  ?4 f5 Q
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards- A  r$ ]5 A, b
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 v+ Q# t* _4 w* a& ?* |. X% `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 F. N! Q0 A2 E$ PCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
+ X! l! C+ e- {; B% ~4 }  p2 `Range closes to 26,000 yards...- G5 l! T9 g! F: d( D8 ^. P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
" B. Y7 o5 r( H1 M( z! T% iRange closes to 24,000 yards...
8 M' k3 ~; g5 I1 e" j3 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards% G& x  t; h0 ]1 V8 c% C. {/ I. z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards. a$ ~1 P8 v& ^7 ^$ `
Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ |" a- q/ o7 T* P6 K* Q& x/ Q, h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards; F1 Z, S8 u$ `( S/ F4 }
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
( |0 q1 g1 d' e+ h  B# I! ~Range closes to 20,000 yards...& C7 g, {# S7 r7 I6 m* L4 w. Y. b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; U' ?1 Q2 a: }/ u" e8 D/ C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 J" k7 K. G4 B" E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards& U7 l0 w0 k$ q0 F1 u
Range closes to 16,000 yards...9 x, K& L; x. q# E( }
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
0 Q* E/ o; A: o/ eRange closes to 14,000 yards...# q5 ~. J. O  U2 l+ r) G- t5 Y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
$ g, W' \% f" E# s! a6 }Range closes to 12,000 yards...  B% u! l+ m5 a) r6 R- m9 j6 [, H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 @- K8 _* x0 M+ T: S5 n
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards3 l0 r4 N1 J* _* U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...0 ]7 c, b& l2 d  w" r: ^9 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 y7 _9 w& L) f; ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
/ I  D/ C! r4 Y% \. i, xRange closes to 10,000 yards...
# F) a3 d' m& p+ Q- Z3 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
+ @: B1 F+ G" @/ K/ _0 aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
5 j7 x3 H* G0 Z  pCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
# ?% j8 T. ^' l  `( m1 Y* FBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards$ i$ ^' a4 k# u  S; ?3 V
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards2 O) y" k% ^0 G3 n+ l  G
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
4 A% w& G+ o& SBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
7 }( a) O7 S$ j5 L" dBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
+ p/ {+ l2 f" e4 N6 Y" dDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards( s7 {: |5 T# k9 r7 U  p
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ }9 _8 U0 A5 o: W4 J9 C
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
2 L% n* K6 l# ^2 `$ a! a" nDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
6 Q  Z% M; E* M4 m4 YDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
; g. W2 t9 \" ^( O& q3 h5 |! \CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards/ \/ `; b6 C- ^; i# j
Range increases to 11,000 yards' [- w# a1 z7 U+ ~
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards" o2 E$ @7 j( k9 f
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards% v4 O- H  N2 \6 Y+ w- V
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
% j9 W. S" r9 ], }DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards1 y1 ~7 m  z# ]/ G, ^* p
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards, z' h6 o$ v! ]+ V
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
5 Y3 z* r( X) @  ?9 s+ w, pCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
. ]1 X: T9 E- _( PBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards, E3 q2 J7 O3 _' k( E; W
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards( o" B- P" Y% A+ I: R* Q7 F5 _
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
, A& n1 X3 U# w! D3 bDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
, ]8 q* M0 a2 R( hDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards. Y5 _" Q3 b* m* S' ~
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
. p5 S' s8 G9 f- m+ ODD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards7 E! A0 O$ i  A8 g8 y& C
Range closes to 10,000 yards  m6 f: j8 |; a; \8 [# b* G+ P
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards! l/ h( o. {7 L' L
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards3 e" ~, L- {+ [3 s9 @0 A6 t
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 ~1 [7 w/ Z: X. _DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards# S5 ^8 J0 D% |1 [: @+ w8 s
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
4 J; C' B4 ]* E3 G- H1 {' Z4 O  [* mDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards/ l( _' k* c5 |4 G& j" Z/ V
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards9 k+ z# p  B) f' \. J  c( e+ P
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
  p/ r/ Y7 \* k' ?3 X, wCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
9 D8 {" H/ u8 P* i! v/ a( {DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards+ c& G/ [" @  r$ O
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 R* a" h' w: a& G) L+ VTask forces break off...
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6 d0 B* U0 o) D1 s* L      DD Hikokaze
/ f5 J0 P3 D! ^, z+ W: z$ k  @      DD Ishikaze! x8 P6 f: y; x/ l
      DD Tagokaze1 p" U1 U$ u" q# Y6 m; z
      DD Takatakaze& y- n( P- _: S. X, Q) \

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! B0 j( t# y' I! S) J8 h      BB North Carolina* F0 w$ p! E2 W9 _5 k
      BB Washington
+ u; {5 Y4 g; Z      BB South Dakota
# V( U. e$ S, {$ E# E+ z9 @2 H      BB Indiana
; i0 A/ v6 N2 k$ L2 g% ]      BB Massachusetts3 i8 M; j; _8 _
      BB Alabama
7 `& H$ M2 R1 P3 F3 u      DD Conner
8 a, b' T' L9 M( G6 {      DD Cotten' A" ?: v' R! i' s6 k0 m
      DD Cowell; R" O, M% Z+ _) X' T
      DD Daly$ M% _" u* U/ ?. W4 s2 }) D
      DD Eaton
. {; \' Q0 e5 T# X% u) n, X      DD Heywood Edwards3 N, t* e0 Z$ a# d; N; ]
      DD Erben8 f5 T' V" @. h* S, _
      DD Evans% a0 Q! E3 Q; a9 y3 r( q) o2 d
      DD Foote' R# k$ }+ R! |4 X; b. A8 {5 q
      DD Franks
% I3 [" X" b" o      DD Fullam
: p5 _2 d# \7 a- O      DD Gatling
  d% Z% I$ D1 d( m! G      DD Albert Grant4 ?: I& v8 q8 `' ]6 x
      DD Gregory
1 V! s) L2 m+ `1 a; l      DD Guest2 R' e9 e* Y, L. ]# S  h
      DMS Hamilton1 E, d" `9 J/ q7 {- u# Q# K
      DMS Forrest  Y& n* w$ _* B2 }: f
      DMS Ellyson
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# t0 A; K! Q* c  j8 F) iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. k1 o' \4 {( ^Range closes to 28,000 yards...
. J( |  C' M- B. QRange closes to 26,000 yards...7 ], N. e1 p! l! j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
8 C* N8 r, M3 ?# B) Y+ XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards/ V6 q+ I9 }5 g6 y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
7 }7 r& K$ `: qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* [# {* S- N* I9 C* h3 p
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 l3 o6 o: m5 ]6 g: `3 G2 u6 j/ a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ i/ ~& M2 x% v1 }Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# K& f$ g  s% Q8 WCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards" [' N- s* n" l
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
  U3 r0 M  R5 m9 A" [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 d! k" ]: W4 V1 o4 l: eCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards; Q( L- j. Q  p# K
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ g6 w6 p2 D% r( W5 a4 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
) h& W3 c2 d+ M5 ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards) i/ ~1 ]& G/ J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...0 F, u5 ]! @: j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
9 u5 ?& ]1 o7 N7 m* w8 h( oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards! d6 E4 z. L/ z$ w8 R8 |
Range closes to 11,000 yards..., I2 X8 B. h5 c8 b. q& Q& s
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
2 z. a6 I7 V! pRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 p- O0 v0 r: `* V1 a1 A% F( G; HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards) D4 W% u- Z; g5 T) C
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
4 ?/ r, w2 I+ y* \% B7 S( b# {) Q# oRange increases to 15,000 yards...  l; O) t$ t5 k
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
/ Q  K4 Y7 }' s- p- ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
( v3 y0 X" e  B- G# K( T; qRange increases to 25,000 yards...: X9 B$ }, n8 w- ~( W1 K
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
+ _* a( G, |7 x) Q  M$ |; }Range increases to 30,000 yards...7 F! A8 N3 o6 I! k2 H
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat* y1 _# _6 ]4 Z  o, {4 q; g" i
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards/ r- U, y/ c- z# q! c- K$ Q0 m
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Japanese Ships
, @! v% z: `, H! h; y      APD T-1- |4 L0 n/ R# q5 v* M0 V! z1 N
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2- ?! c; o4 U  N% N, T6 ~
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
: @6 W+ N) `- k      APD T-4
$ l. k3 }4 l; |; T      APD T-5* p$ I  X, v. @
      APD T-64 p' y7 ~, D* w1 N
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* w3 e) E  k( h3 e      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire3 Y* L% J- M9 l& d1 e
      APD T-9
2 C2 u/ [3 V9 l' G  D      APD T-10
9 O; ~7 j" c' d1 ^& c9 X3 c      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire( z3 K1 ?, \- `& Y
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
+ Y. {+ E/ c% m2 O6 J4 b2 T, A4 T      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
3 C) `' h! j; I      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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      BB North Carolina
- F# O4 R5 a) K0 Z: z' G+ Z      BB Washington! z0 `0 f3 H7 D
      BB South Dakota
' |; c# w* |4 k8 g' Y$ S      BB Indiana
  y  d7 ?: q( D      BB Massachusetts& i8 c$ h3 }6 Z9 r+ X; ~3 x0 b" Z
      BB Alabama
( n+ [  _+ |# u4 S1 U: K  l$ E      DD Conner) f& K* l: q+ l- S* }$ y
      DD Cotten+ ]4 M3 M4 T4 }2 ^. `# q$ L+ [, U
      DD Cowell
. [' l7 o/ X. G/ `      DD Daly
' n+ ^) ^; a& j! B9 h* N% x      DD Eaton
9 _) C( v( _$ Z+ h! x( F      DD Heywood Edwards) C7 h* L" j* C7 D% n( K
      DD Erben
* s0 Y4 C/ b8 e) O% t0 |9 m* m5 P      DD Evans" {  Y' @4 @- I0 C
      DD Foote: Y, r, I% d2 Z; ?: J4 Q) g$ l
      DD Franks( Q# }8 h5 r7 ^8 b$ B& ]
      DD Fullam
; D1 E9 a5 T. w& H+ R( e      DD Gatling
6 T* m; N8 f* ?, ]5 C6 f4 f      DD Albert Grant
& r' b* {! \* v3 i3 d& s      DD Gregory6 }9 _2 f5 [  [/ ?2 A  ?
      DD Guest) x! `% r( M- H6 [2 r" w. o
      DMS Hamilton
; k6 t8 S& q& g7 _9 L" t9 Z% k4 N      DMS Forrest
2 ~9 [& }7 N+ T4 J* H1 U      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
1 D3 m0 \5 I4 V8 d0 w8 zRange closes to 28,000 yards...% w, ?, z/ u. R! F% S  ?
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( m' B& Y5 L5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
+ m3 v6 z; v4 C8 n* cRange closes to 24,000 yards...
% ~1 v  T! k0 @& Q- l) A" B  mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 i) S6 G: D& z
Range closes to 22,000 yards..., d4 ~/ H% i# K# ?# ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
# N5 g) r4 a" Q9 eRange closes to 20,000 yards...
0 O! o  }! U: N2 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards6 Z9 W/ V6 I! {/ ^0 b- e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
4 f7 R6 F" X# M% p5 M% ?8 u( X2 S( PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* W6 k; Y0 P2 `& U4 S8 mRange closes to 16,000 yards...
. G$ K# a/ c: B( I1 v3 M! kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards' G! l" O/ a. F0 |5 ]7 Z2 E' b
Range closes to 14,000 yards...% }$ l7 f4 v6 _9 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
" l9 }2 w" A5 X7 p5 I4 t4 IRange closes to 12,000 yards...
: I! V) ]! F/ aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
7 H0 h9 S: i  ~" c3 KRange closes to 11,000 yards...: V) g1 g; a; r1 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards3 B  [1 ~" F0 ]
Range closes to 10,000 yards..." p+ O/ [' d* h! `3 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards- B% o) }5 e9 [; K. ~" o: S
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
: d: d$ W, |+ N7 }, m4 y1 j4 V; LBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards, ?, Q7 t% m+ @# H
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
$ E, u( _, o: [! R0 z' e* RBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards. z) @, Y2 s* X0 O6 L- D
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
  J6 I: m8 J$ R5 V- nDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards. e7 H) q  o8 W2 z, A" [: p, U
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
0 N) P7 M. b, a3 |( c6 U2 @APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
. F3 q6 U2 @0 c+ I5 Q) j/ ^BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards5 i4 }( S/ t9 K
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
1 w0 r% N+ ~  |) a7 J( QDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards  y2 {: \3 K- j9 }
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards5 U9 F* A7 [6 U& U) Y( T
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
+ x- W3 L1 V( }( \( N3 }DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
) A: y1 N: s3 o. C6 _6 F8 tDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! l# c1 Y! F. m8 u4 h0 h; ]
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards! @- r" V1 C# c; c2 g
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 G0 {: b# a) g0 x
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
% D) e; W  y" ?0 n4 C5 Z( k( N( s4 EDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
9 {; X2 f; C8 cDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
5 K8 N5 ^3 e2 r* j& ^* t8 UDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% B: s3 i; N4 q* R; i2 U9 P2 KRange increases to 10,000 yards8 ]! t- q# U1 Q7 Q
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards+ f/ |9 h: b) M
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
/ Y( y: p4 h& X  t2 qBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; P5 n; ^0 D' o0 k
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ ?: U$ R0 a( [  C/ w0 E
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) z1 x$ b  D, ?' {6 G  U
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( Z# [( H+ H, Q' j9 t& O/ z) @" VAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards1 j: e2 l1 V: f0 e! Y
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
' t0 ~' q1 C! ^1 NDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ W" d5 R0 ^5 w; P4 g# K3 mDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, z# b; e. W4 X! r8 lDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( s1 M; M" }( ?# F- _DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards5 ^+ V0 z' L7 U
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
* `+ f% o& n5 n/ O1 z5 _DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* ~! B( @( ~& a6 r& b7 R  y+ DDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
+ S, ~& l; S6 ?! o) d: k& b3 [DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( `; K: m; @& F9 H1 ~6 cRange increases to 11,000 yards
) E& C4 l0 B& lAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards$ e' q9 G  v2 [$ S$ S
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards" L" q% y# ^$ `1 p6 ?6 |. D' n4 t
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 V* O/ O0 y- ~- w) e! ^APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards0 _3 Z$ o4 v+ Q3 |2 ^
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards9 S% @- a8 w: l# F0 T" q$ \1 k
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards( O3 ~6 b0 Z3 [% }: a4 V# Q4 ?
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
+ U  ?0 O4 U' `# d' o, mDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards3 M$ l9 L; v  p3 {  U; X! J
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- l8 V+ N( z9 B+ Z. BDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& L! ]3 O7 k' A6 J& g% F
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards4 z$ p, R0 B% l2 f
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
' q2 l7 j6 L* @$ g  g) }Range closes to 10,000 yards1 _5 i1 _) k4 H. ~# r4 s9 |
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
0 H% T" l! _1 J- I5 V7 b& \" DBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! T! f" u, }( q$ u- {+ y
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 R/ d- D8 v, n4 J" W
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards+ P7 |' G. t) T" p; H
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 N; t0 @& N& z$ @5 k* H* GDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards* z: w& G, A" W' i* P. [$ T
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 x0 v, d% |: k7 g8 [DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
9 V7 x" }! W4 `DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
/ u$ Z1 G; R) ]) i* F( TDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards# L% @5 D" G: G9 U' @+ w
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' \- O; F3 J% O# m/ |+ UDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards' h6 g) p; k$ l4 G7 s! B
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
* q' f! f, b5 w& O; jRange closes to 8,000 yards
0 r9 @4 m  U  d6 HDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards& E' i, ~7 S6 ^0 D( d
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards: e, @6 h8 K. ], f
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
( z# K0 O9 V: \% K2 M) p8 A* Y  SBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
' Z2 m5 k9 b5 J* C7 t- ?* zAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards' E! r- v' ]- w0 |# Q" s
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
* j; O9 U, U! \0 P/ YTask forces break off...* t7 J% V# B4 \
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards5 p( {  P& ?6 D9 T+ O! V

  x7 `- l% a9 w7 r( UJapanese Ships
/ L" U/ }( _5 H# j' b$ l4 K7 T      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
4 e6 {3 I& J! M      APD T-2
* D+ v' R! S9 e3 P0 H      APD T-3, Shell hits 1' e3 m1 w& O- t
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
, c# B/ c' C9 v0 e% H      APD T-54 u6 @& w# _2 g/ v( E
      APD T-6
( _9 E8 N& K2 O3 m2 f+ H8 D$ V      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
5 I) H# R0 r* R5 U7 X+ f      APD T-9, Shell hits 11 z7 h: m1 x- j5 K4 o6 F
      APD T-10' N2 J( |& }, d$ s6 S, \
      APD T-11,  on fire
; f- |0 f3 M7 X0 [, s5 q: b      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk! @1 n" g$ n! z0 V# q8 U
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk$ g, e) l+ C# m$ m" f
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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+ e, a+ a$ y' H) X4 hAllied Ships  x# t  P1 _9 y# i8 u% N* A+ K
      CA Portland
* N+ E3 E4 v& x' j. c  x      CA Northampton
. D1 k; N; _1 ~3 f: C4 o      CA Chester9 k, u7 p9 \; ~3 F
      CA Louisville! L* A, q  {/ U; \8 t
      CA Chicago
; a6 G' G: W0 c' Y+ ]      CA Astoria
5 r  k9 L2 }4 K, _% V( N      CA Minneapolis% n3 Z; U* Z4 A3 S, |7 Q
      CA San Francisco/ |. A+ F  a* b/ B" E* g
      CA Quincy4 H4 v8 u7 l; A1 u
      CA Vincennes
. J: L0 ?& Q: \5 h3 U0 a      CA Wichita
4 d' I  T7 U( s/ \      DD Bennett
5 u# H, ~4 W+ a6 q      DD Bradford$ H+ H4 m2 P  s8 O4 E
      DD Braine
) y3 d% h4 J: F5 s5 R      DD Brownson
& y9 \& x# }$ H. i! f9 H! w      DD Bryant! b: Y8 }: K+ G' a, ^) N
      DD Bullard& }) ~" b1 W) c: _+ ]
      DD Burns
% C" O$ g2 {4 U+ `$ {5 |7 x      DD Callaghan# O/ d  ~6 a! A/ @
      DD Caperton
8 o/ A1 a8 X; M, x9 d      DD Capps( M8 ]6 m" h0 ]/ P# v: V5 _
      DMS Emmons
# p2 Q1 [4 H" q  b: U4 h# @7 z      DMS Macomb
$ t) Y9 ?) ?" a7 t/ S$ @* z( t      DMS Rodman6 R4 v' L2 t# Q9 b* g+ c
      DMS Gherardi
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4 K6 L  N* P4 C5 ]" M- d2 u' p' j% wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( u  \$ E. |6 O( \6 e
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- C- d7 C$ A8 j+ m0 _  i0 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
1 N/ J' R9 _# p1 h  l9 eRange closes to 26,000 yards...
" y$ c" i: p0 S) r. gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
* U8 K2 }4 o) b# X$ ZRange closes to 24,000 yards...
, J8 ^) g: I" w; K( l! DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 l. U& y2 X7 ?8 r5 d
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 x1 e( k, t+ K( ~6 C6 f  z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards; p0 Y" S8 `) n: k8 u" ^( Q( g
Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ P8 h) V" T; o8 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; Z1 t% L1 A; w' @# V9 k' t0 }Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 f6 L7 l0 |: p# v; Y5 _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards& O5 W* a+ a8 m! R! R- A- X
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
% o1 _+ Z' j9 y- OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards1 x) P; M2 V& `
Range closes to 14,000 yards...3 b5 c2 J  W* J7 i
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
- w3 {0 w) v2 _% L* S1 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
: S7 }* Q# L+ r% J; }Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  n# I" j3 \* p2 x( XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards, o3 j  b2 Q2 a/ c% @* B
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 W  m" |6 M9 F7 L: CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
1 Z& y! |, ~# K5 g4 \# yCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* d- m, J, \$ JDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ b0 g! @! |' F3 l3 w
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- {& k& o& U( K/ S' i9 V8 p# ZAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
1 j$ L% K- u* fCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards/ g7 r2 K9 k1 G2 N+ j8 ~5 M
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  Z" j$ Y/ |8 E# ^' v2 A& w
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
4 b. B) }9 U8 K3 b! d$ \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% W3 V  H# i4 Q3 T6 ~9 z& `DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards% E8 j! ~: v! b' _! I
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
: l. h/ D' ]; _3 ZCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( P- i% B, [# {' ^% X- U% ?. B
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
% O# s" B/ a5 v  d# JCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 Y2 x1 c7 g" h. l# T- E/ SDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
5 v. \) L( g# C  C. GDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
+ |( r9 W( N5 Y/ R, @; d' rDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards& }9 q5 L9 \& i2 I! D/ u4 y
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 I  S9 V9 h% _DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
+ w: P$ s3 g8 d" z( c8 k0 D1 ?APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards$ T/ \4 X5 n* b# V* V6 j2 Y
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards2 M- d3 ?1 |- f0 R0 X" M
Range closes to 10,000 yards
6 W+ E) {% c4 |# j. B0 s0 i) n: ZDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
+ F4 k0 e0 W# V' Y& c5 M. s: mCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
+ ^! J- p- m: L! K6 {CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
" d+ H% R( w( I8 {' u* l# X* o- fCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ U6 p$ v* X7 YCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
6 i% y; b  M7 Y; NAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
, f& e2 N$ f& X6 F! R5 J& @: DDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
. P- _$ k$ a! jRange closes to 9,000 yards; R% n. p1 o% {' @
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards. w- ^! d7 Q. ]
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. O: F" Q/ U( z) W2 o4 c: m' f
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) I8 z) r" @$ l% y3 M
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards0 p' o# O/ {, g$ b/ [, M- W
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
  b/ w) q7 \7 a+ s' m$ yDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards2 O! a2 o# g1 G. S  u, a# G; p6 U
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards' \' @# g2 C5 e' |" j7 ]4 ~
Range increases to 10,000 yards
. V- y* D0 D. W: k# d# w# |: mAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards+ x6 w6 Q8 U( B2 c! f, Q* T1 G
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  q# o! b" c- X$ ^
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 Q' Z% Z3 L: |7 U, QCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards9 G. {+ Z. `" N' x, e/ i& Y
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 I$ Z9 ~! s  M( c1 q. _7 B* ^% s; PJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape. m" U( g0 }) T" \% j
Task forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
5 u4 `; j# G" W4 G5 K6 S( Q      APD T-1
4 M! f+ k; a+ j% L) Y      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
' ]' u, T2 [6 K      APD T-3+ Y5 C8 z3 o7 D
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk! x6 V5 g% a) o3 }6 K! s5 V8 |+ O
      APD T-5* x4 G+ i8 J& Q
      APD T-6
8 c- v$ R0 D8 w: l: I# f      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
) u7 t  O; s. ?0 @; a9 k. o. D      APD T-9% a1 |( i4 A. Q& I6 K* q, ]& X
      APD T-10  ^4 x% V0 g) o
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire; M0 j' E# d. {0 \; D

7 Y$ s/ t! a4 Y5 m  }( }Allied Ships
9 J! ]8 e5 H0 v) o- j# w0 n      CA Portland
- f+ o' ^4 r# a7 C2 F7 F" {      CA Northampton, Shell hits 13 |+ M: n. p0 m/ C5 U' ?$ ~
      CA Chester' O" S3 w1 q) [. g) Q- Y/ D/ |# o
      CA Louisville$ }) {. `; B: B, G& P" s! C
      CA Chicago
7 d  `2 f4 r7 i& E& x$ ~! b      CA Astoria9 S$ t3 p; q5 H# h/ E2 w8 x4 [; W
      CA Minneapolis4 C5 B& Y0 P- b$ t$ B% M$ Z( D5 m
      CA San Francisco
! f7 c  o: ?3 I4 A" D7 _2 q      CA Quincy
4 i1 F' {2 j0 r      CA Vincennes
0 b. e; |3 T: ~2 e      CA Wichita+ S! n& F6 z% M5 n* h1 s6 u+ Y
      DD Bennett2 i1 F" X& {; U' J! d
      DD Bradford& }8 {! Q+ c  Q$ S( B* k$ W! U, N
      DD Braine
; f: J# L! l( ]) u5 I      DD Brownson
7 @( d5 V& x0 r" u1 F      DD Bryant
. I' Y, D5 ]( B      DD Bullard
2 j3 D2 p! [8 @' q$ f      DD Burns6 ~) @. N5 I+ }7 g4 h2 f& i& ]
      DD Callaghan0 |- u5 D" V- I2 A
      DD Caperton
+ ?* E8 V! A  A& h" C      DD Capps
% w4 U7 j* q9 U2 O      DMS Emmons
# w& d6 Y" T' b0 x      DMS Macomb
, v, G+ Z7 M) k& F      DMS Rodman5 j) K, x8 L* C$ Y8 P6 c
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards! `* O6 h* y8 d/ e! I# z
Range closes to 28,000 yards...3 G. G5 ^4 @5 z0 r1 z, L* _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards3 {9 C  W7 J1 {! V( i+ N" ~
Range closes to 26,000 yards...' d) Z( B1 Z. B; s1 j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' }: A. }; B" T+ eRange closes to 24,000 yards...
: N" `8 O+ t5 V1 `  W( uRange closes to 22,000 yards.... D' [7 D/ P' R  Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; G2 t; k/ j5 L8 g) l; WRange closes to 20,000 yards...3 F2 l# {: o, i1 \
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: D$ V& ^: @3 q" C) o- ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards$ t7 S3 f$ e3 {# P7 `, Q! K
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
# |7 a2 b6 @3 ?' ?, ^) FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards7 {" c; m: I) c5 ?& l- }) y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; o4 w( s1 ~8 o' R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ |1 m8 J2 }( `Range closes to 12,000 yards...
9 G- D* n8 T7 U$ u7 q2 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. B9 i3 M6 l/ z0 jRange closes to 11,000 yards...5 X! t7 R6 _9 O# h, P; u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
  N# ^9 ^4 C- C  }9 sRange closes to 10,000 yards...% F+ G5 s' I, E' [7 W! _9 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 M: D2 b+ b+ f5 J7 u# XCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
  E8 ]! `+ h! t4 uCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
% }  a4 ~) E, _6 YDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
7 T/ s" l, y. ARange increases to 12,000 yards
$ y: \/ G( V2 i0 L& y& RCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards7 S# G" ~6 j; A% p. D( n4 p
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards" \9 t2 F/ L( ~1 c! r5 J  k
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
; u: K9 {4 E% v5 f/ i0 rCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
/ c  E$ q: [! R+ W$ {CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards/ v  R0 e4 \$ [7 D( W' }
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards4 h* p) J" r" n# D! N
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
% m3 O; d0 ]" |: `4 J& ?  EDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 B. L" `3 i* z1 h
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
8 e% _& Z; K- m) p- L% tDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards; x, j0 v  Y0 t2 T
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 z+ q) n  `" W9 k2 H- |0 A/ RAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards: o8 x* s7 V3 O6 l" p. Z
Range closes to 9,000 yards
& D( m" S8 D" jCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards, l  C3 u6 l2 @! s! G
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards) L( H& t7 q# A8 s" g) Y
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. e+ c4 s4 R' ]- ]CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards3 j) Q/ M# j5 |* r& @- F; R# K) `
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
- D5 k( U7 Z6 A$ [3 v  Q! }CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 n, C/ S; M2 t' P5 k
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
/ u% H6 c1 k( M/ PDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards" @6 g8 J4 p# O
Range closes to 7,000 yards& n4 W5 `: s  d/ [/ M7 ^) ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards, d) a- h8 e: h/ h6 Y, Y& m, i8 a
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards! f" W9 S( v9 T+ u7 y
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
% V3 b+ E0 k$ KCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards" t. ^2 Q: ~2 t
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards9 N- f- C# H% n' T1 z! |1 ^3 R1 O
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards( w9 ]1 q! F9 H- e( K" ^' d' T
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards+ W7 }; a2 E. n3 Q: m  J
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
) _% B+ Z( c2 U' iCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards8 I) M! ^! k$ E! [$ G6 R
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
& m3 N. k/ q. ]2 hDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards0 K$ ~' P* X, B1 B. N% }
Range increases to 10,000 yards& ~5 [# f( {  o' y: @  r
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% ?& r. R8 T" T/ i0 X+ F- P4 [
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* U3 ?1 P. K5 fJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ i1 f+ _$ B2 V7 B2 |5 c! I8 c! @
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7 v' Z7 a2 p' eNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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; m. d9 p. v. y5 L% J1 dJapanese Ships, Z" E5 [4 N& G; @
      APD T-1
! \' }4 b. H; s  k  P, c) K      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ W/ z) `4 x0 B4 t' }8 X5 K
      APD T-3/ r, i5 S+ j! I2 t/ F% j. ]0 A1 z
      APD T-5
$ u( j, `8 X) O  R8 b      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ u2 }: |" f1 o) H( h  T/ `, o      APD T-9. W5 {+ [3 g$ }/ @& E# P: F# q* R* }
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: q7 |4 c# t) h7 [* h( {
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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& F  ~1 o6 b- c, f) R& \7 n3 SAllied Ships) x. n* c8 j9 I. z, S2 q* C7 y5 b5 I
      CL Swiftsure$ K* Q( e5 U0 W
      CL St. Louis
: i/ s1 f' |) U. u0 m5 E% E6 m9 a" @      CL Phoenix
! Q) ?/ k, R7 B* z# }) E      CL Cleveland
" R* Z7 m; @6 H& ~# H- G& d      CL Montpelier
8 @6 V4 Y: n+ ]$ G+ q6 y      CL Denver
+ W1 l( @' ]$ ?9 z0 _' q      CL Santa Fe
/ d% ~) U( Q5 E* [# ]4 w1 H      CL Birmingham) P8 l1 E) R4 ^5 v7 H9 i
      CL Mobile
6 d, w- Y0 n  K" A      CL Biloxi6 s9 q7 W& q' h1 y& [4 j
      CL Miami+ d" A6 |  k8 X7 z# P# n& w
      CL Pasadena7 E; O, w2 l( v7 b/ a& n9 {; l
      DD Allen M. Sumner* K) h2 g  a5 ]) i- I  ?9 X
      DD Ault
6 d9 W2 V+ y* W& A8 j6 G' ?      DD English- _$ H& S( q& p
      DD Haynsworth
# ?+ a  P# Z; T- u) k0 u      DD Maddox& n( f. S( {1 `+ F
      DD Mansfield
) L; Q' L  [6 Y3 K: }) D, J5 E      DD Waldron3 j8 Q1 p2 j. O) l4 @) H/ U8 S
      DD Haggard) ^4 X/ n5 U- H6 V- }
      DD Hailey
* f- S0 t; q. `/ x0 a  e1 r      DD Hale! r. k- }% d* C( Y; c
      CL Vincennes II8 z- v1 o/ n. W
      CL Houston II
* {1 B. {  u" F% ^3 F      CL Astoria II9 D5 J% A: x; [5 Y- ^6 G* L. f

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8 d8 e1 P' S' h0 f6 DMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards7 e: k- _3 t0 j8 U4 F
Range closes to 28,000 yards...9 l% I: O( F2 a$ a8 j4 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 D2 H, |; }/ d2 C# H% G3 ^
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ _; @+ H3 c) {& n5 R/ P1 g
Range closes to 24,000 yards...$ k$ c3 B/ L6 ^. V$ T/ Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& B5 @9 A7 q3 d9 X, v8 ]Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 D6 s( B- e0 t  hRange closes to 20,000 yards...
; i" r% k5 U5 k0 F3 O  K; jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 I- o' J4 L0 `4 TRange closes to 18,000 yards...
( I3 A' \, k6 LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards/ o) _: o' E- w5 D' f
Range closes to 16,000 yards...8 u$ H/ [* D/ L4 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ y7 N; G. V9 }: _. x4 G: pRange closes to 14,000 yards...
8 r2 |" Z% j, L- Y' [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
. B- t1 Q8 k8 l* d4 q* d2 T# HRange closes to 12,000 yards...& _& u* j; x$ G* w1 L1 P1 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
( `7 ?$ F! W" u' z% ~0 i8 GRange closes to 11,000 yards...  x& }1 `- Q0 x! y# p& ^& a% u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
9 c4 I# w$ L1 T$ GRange closes to 10,000 yards..., A% z) l: P1 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 P9 A; O! {* _
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
5 E& W' _$ |6 n# W6 n& n3 iCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 t+ }$ R4 Q" i7 E/ i: B- }! e3 T! ?CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards+ L6 x$ K! Z7 F$ K
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards: a) M5 e, }! T# U- n4 X
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 w& A! D, L' l* E. ~2 @7 S; F
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) s  i( [+ b# ]" _% NDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
+ _- |7 S3 z' ^. t. m9 hDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- k* R0 x) e# V4 \6 [DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards5 f$ ^- H% A9 X; @- a1 Y& b
Range increases to 11,000 yards
2 b. j) L; y; F$ J% MCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 ~( A. H$ l) V. [3 t3 y$ ^CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- Z, h/ |8 J  u3 Y- ?
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards  \9 L0 W2 l) [$ R
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards5 ~6 }5 r8 ~, R* Y, x
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
1 X' B  C0 K+ d! `3 `3 `CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 a6 H) M: f) pDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
, h1 b. V* F) h# {DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
) L  G' S. w) g0 ARange closes to 8,000 yards& f' V% ]8 d. X- I+ t3 j
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
6 S0 ?6 j7 L* A. Z- T+ zCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 U# z6 d% r+ m" ZCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards7 ]& r) t9 o! U# g0 R# X0 D
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
) E3 W0 s! q: o$ ^DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards. E4 t  @( d5 v6 t$ G" c) q6 M: S" g
Range closes to 7,000 yards- ?0 m! b' P2 s3 p
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ o) G- s7 V8 Y; K" t8 E( I
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 v1 H& ]# @0 v3 w, KCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' K! W0 J. `7 y' P7 ?5 K9 aCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& `( V% n4 t+ t9 S" j7 A! @CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards( Q1 O1 b  n( T/ ~! e# F& k  V
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 O  M/ N  b' M) }
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards9 L& {* |( C* W/ u
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ ^0 Q0 Y. {$ ^4 P7 D
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- w% c* @- U4 K* F
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
2 }0 A0 \+ X" v2 k& }APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
3 e* S# S! r8 Y4 p( sDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. U/ K5 D! }" @% bRange increases to 8,000 yards* E% `, @9 p/ c9 F7 s  r, A8 ^' p
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! J# b* T# ^6 ^CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 r; g, a  B8 ^7 ?; Y9 P5 ^
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
& r5 }$ Q6 y* P# S, kJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape' e# w' u, e8 d& X
Task forces break off...! x# q: m+ l" T! \

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      APD T-1
# h( P1 |. O! ]2 }      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk+ o, b; @+ I6 x+ v5 o
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
" a  [8 Y. U" o( E& T      APD T-5
' ?! s, d# z. E* d: ~0 ^! J$ h      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk0 j* I/ T2 o; t  j/ k0 M% y
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk9 x" u! _8 k$ ^! t1 b! ^0 d

( Z# h9 P1 Z; g9 {2 y0 @$ x" JAllied Ships
  A* v- t( @' ^0 g( N( S5 q; _      CA Portland: t+ l! I- @" V- A6 B9 M
      CA Northampton" o! S: p+ f0 S4 K
      CA Chester
& ]6 i$ w' P; J- [7 Y' n9 J8 w      CA Louisville
2 \* w: \2 n( `- p0 d      CA Chicago
1 {2 n) M) e; l, C7 z0 B3 m" I1 a      CA Astoria; S1 \( M) C  f# X! V
      CA Minneapolis1 c0 E& f$ b; P+ a4 |( c, _7 N# j% c6 v
      CA San Francisco- e% U5 X, {4 W7 g' V, b( B
      CA Quincy
5 [4 j& ]7 i' }      CA Vincennes
& `% B' \! N1 r) r      CA Wichita1 {* j( P8 j, N  ]: g- K( P
      DD Bennett, ]! b$ \; f+ w
      DD Bradford- x; _* f" [1 X% O; T( U6 C- Q9 x
      DD Braine
8 G4 v% N9 |) ?$ T' u      DD Brownson
) L' p$ ]2 z9 L' a      DD Bryant
2 h1 Y& V+ c) k( A  u      DD Bullard
3 v  r! u9 G9 @$ T. ?% M      DD Burns
% _' W, r' p) k      DD Callaghan
2 ?8 D& M6 N% m! H5 @4 U6 g      DD Caperton
( _3 p( k" p( }) K) ~8 K$ |      DD Capps# X# a2 g. k8 O( R
      DMS Emmons
" d9 w  Z1 ^; {, \. \) X      DMS Macomb
; Z- K( Z7 C7 L, Z0 S( s5 T0 D/ {      DMS Rodman! \) d( Y3 G9 p6 H: F6 Z
      DMS Gherardi
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- @! j$ X% a% P0 oMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! K6 O9 W5 P8 a0 P' aRange closes to 28,000 yards...
% L9 G( m; ]% p+ u" ^: xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards) V6 L% A: o5 U8 S, c, n
Range closes to 26,000 yards...+ Q0 L; W5 e) h4 j# y7 Y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( x& d+ u! K; U" g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
, r) m" S/ W! h6 _9 J# aRange closes to 22,000 yards...2 V# F: o: n9 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards. i( K; z# V; ^; }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 Y. h" ?2 ^  b) }6 D( FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
5 @  u0 T  X1 O* i2 l+ P3 z6 tRange closes to 18,000 yards...
/ k0 T& `$ Q( m; ^0 Y# z9 kRange closes to 16,000 yards...
+ T% K3 a$ j2 I( aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 o' _- |" O5 r! o
Range closes to 14,000 yards...5 c% u# U9 W8 R5 T  x/ d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( l3 S2 [2 ?$ }3 i8 L$ W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 s; u& M/ R1 d2 h9 L6 i! [3 ?. [Range closes to 10,000 yards...) e, M% t% J4 ^$ h- V5 f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...( \. h$ R7 y  F$ W) D, V  s
Range closes to 8,000 yards...* \/ W% Y! y$ c- Q9 V2 }0 M4 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
6 f' Y: F3 v0 E0 Y* P! g% dCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' D8 d- G6 R# t( q7 ]8 xCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
7 q+ D9 P1 z! y( h) ]CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) e4 U8 w4 G& v2 f9 f& k3 NDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards% E/ q& @, N: V
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards& u5 `0 `% a4 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. A9 C7 y6 z8 H  @
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
+ J9 M* O& x0 t- T% }- w/ ^! yCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
6 Y. b  K$ Q: F& U/ t$ {CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards! y# I7 N! q# c, W- m5 X
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 b( z: F& I. l8 WAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
- Y3 I' i2 L* JDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
) `# X, J8 [2 Y, ?9 BRange closes to 5,000 yards5 o4 Y4 `! |( q: Q2 u8 n  m* [& i2 T
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 ! U# w. Q$ a, o* O' l
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards! B: ^9 Z3 n! b# P: q  f
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
  B2 f( w, ?0 b: t! s* j6 eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards$ e; v# w4 i! U9 ]8 E8 d% X
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards+ ?- t7 |4 x, T
Range closes to 2,000 yards& ?9 x2 L% H- \1 F: d, b1 _
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards9 D  e0 p, i5 C
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
$ k5 i) o! s) F' i% Z8 Q: a& ^CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
+ i" [1 R" O+ n. h0 p1 C, n$ vAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards' d* L# O3 b: v; W! w; A  ^
Range increases to 6,000 yards+ Z: Y# U- I  P5 u2 x
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
) U- ^) [, ?$ Y5 T% V& l, aCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
' s$ S2 `8 a! s( c1 H5 bAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
, S2 K2 k& P/ d& {1 D% lRange increases to 9,000 yards
! ?; c4 }7 \4 z% v0 W4 b) a% }DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
8 g! u* j8 v. aCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 N2 J! {1 v$ @: o4 r0 ~
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
' N+ i( O7 S' `+ l5 R4 [DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards* y9 |8 L3 ~1 X0 V
Range increases to 13,000 yards% f8 S$ T. E. p) v5 P5 ~5 O7 I! l
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards* S. X1 _+ }# {0 n: j3 H
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
. _% Y$ G* Y' y1 r, B+ P$ oJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape- b% I/ g7 V) p; I) ~% W
Task forces break off...' S; i# n1 W" @+ O: N2 A, W) K, o
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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0 @& \" t, c5 E+ s1 n1 B- D2 v      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
% I4 \3 o$ ~5 n0 @3 S9 m1 E9 X      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk1 z$ u* q+ K  D1 b: B) J: s' N
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Allied Ships
/ `) T" L+ o/ ?+ X; c      BB North Carolina
) r/ q7 V. i, d      BB Washington
, v" M4 n: u  {* G2 ?      BB South Dakota
: i" q! k; ^1 x      BB Indiana/ e1 z" G4 N# ?. b
      BB Massachusetts) [4 Q- H( m9 F# D
      BB Alabama
0 e: h$ Y* O' i- q      DD Conner
& e# R  R6 W$ U, u. h      DD Cotten
1 N5 k5 Q) k  M& j! K      DD Cowell
5 T+ V, N; D! o0 \/ j+ z      DD Daly
, U( J+ @/ ^( F2 x      DD Eaton
, B! f/ N4 Q) ]) ]0 m( Z      DD Heywood Edwards
; J- s. s. }" M" L4 l  I" D9 e      DD Erben+ v: x* w5 S; a8 m  p
      DD Evans& C6 V; z8 C  }3 ?
      DD Foote8 n0 j, l0 [$ ~4 g
      DD Franks$ O  T! G% ~' [$ ^4 ]9 ]7 Q
      DD Fullam) f* M0 K* ?6 g6 e& l. @/ W" s
      DD Gatling% `! a& w) j! V5 N0 `0 f7 D
      DD Albert Grant2 `/ E  U: R: _: z1 V# {( f( @
      DD Gregory8 B0 j3 a/ k6 A% H& W& z
      DD Guest
6 o; R, _! `: q. s) R, m% r      DMS Hamilton/ p) [& R3 ~2 T  d
      DMS Forrest9 R$ ^% D! u- V2 H
      DMS Ellyson9 L5 H; t3 ?, e; H
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: u: I' e& g- \& j5 WMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 v0 q1 r4 v2 f0 W
Range closes to 28,000 yards...) {; @" R7 S, S0 M  a2 l; p- ]) Z2 t
Range closes to 26,000 yards...; t0 z( Z% a' |1 j
Range closes to 24,000 yards...3 W% a2 q( [5 B* N- v. E8 X
Range closes to 22,000 yards.../ Z! q: M! M- r
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; |; @4 F5 m3 j) f8 X7 wRange closes to 18,000 yards...
6 B9 Y2 d) G8 p( j. V- I2 x7 ARange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 I3 S9 o# T9 R6 J. V! pRange closes to 14,000 yards...: b) H# h6 V5 P+ b0 J  |
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
! ^. f" x1 z) @& fRange closes to 11,000 yards.../ h; e. O5 W/ P: v/ W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# I; G7 u' \. n6 YRange closes to 10,000 yards...
: U& k, V$ ^: J3 S1 kRange closes to 9,000 yards...
/ ]* G/ |+ i. F5 @1 Z4 k# ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards  j) T8 Y; u7 o, r
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 n. f3 z, u4 L0 v% l) q! \# V+ ~
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
! T3 \9 T/ l( m" {% e& L3 hDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 o! F9 |  j" O$ t
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 \# n7 S9 |4 g# FDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards" j: I& T0 E5 l! r+ M
Range closes to 5,000 yards* V( Z" h. ?: U5 x& Z1 V
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
+ O, M& N5 H3 O& s6 w* YBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards0 Z4 B5 p$ b4 o* F! s
Range closes to 3,000 yards
7 W. N( y$ X. Q) N6 D& BBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards! S' n3 A1 X1 G, q2 s% [3 E/ K  p
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards3 c3 P8 s/ U0 x+ [+ U' S3 ?( @) a
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards; Q; h! o7 s+ w2 Y* F, d) q" t
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' s* [- d8 m7 l( h% G$ X
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
: V; K7 R: e; @6 n4 o8 s* [APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
/ ]7 j; s. {7 x5 _3 J+ n! `; ?+ MBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
2 P" s. z$ ~% D: e3 w- B) N' U; iDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# C, c# c; e# i) @DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
2 |' ~5 _' s5 |3 k+ ^Range increases to 5,000 yards
& b2 U3 H) ^1 D5 @7 X$ S3 B0 ?BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
" w  [* n& `. x# @8 U; I& _! O+ W% ~DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards. s% k3 \$ ?  |. p; `0 ?2 N
Range increases to 7,000 yards
+ F! g+ W- {$ E- q2 IDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards% h" h- G5 y9 e9 j
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards4 V, W2 A; [0 B9 i& U7 C+ Q
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards9 l( e$ t0 }1 d, H( m# T4 i9 a
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards$ R! [% A$ ~. u) C% e% {
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
1 [/ `: v/ ?, S0 v. U2 j' l2 JCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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