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盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。8 u1 L& b9 o$ b& n
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
* Y3 N9 y) i1 O$ r% h# U- z$ E8 ^ PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage( f1 }: a) z: p4 T
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Allied Ships6 Q3 G6 d. R3 R! f5 o c0 `5 w
CA Indianapolis
- g& i. P8 p" I" }6 k DMS Southard
2 g/ u+ Z/ z y j- U9 j E* b DMS Hopkins6 N6 u6 Z) p" ~4 Y
DMS Dorsey
7 a" P7 _# k5 X0 S& R DMS Long
, K) Z0 z( t5 M/ ` ~3 u DMS Elliot
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: d4 i7 H. R$ j% b! Q帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。8 K& p0 p: A$ s8 ]
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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9 S7 {8 V6 t# ?. {' }# s; LWeather in hex: Light cloud
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9 ~* i6 r" x" r4 M& n" `: S- A zRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 h, F- V u) \$ r0 bEstimated time to target is 22 minutes; f n( n/ b, `* S
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Japanese aircraft+ r0 A3 R4 h/ y8 n/ |' u
A6M2 Zero x 18
, {/ j6 \3 Z; [* u2 L B G4M1 Betty x 59- ?: A7 X3 e! v9 i; s% Q
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Allied aircraft" R4 }; E) y5 t3 t( Q, ?
P-40B Warhawk x 4
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4 q L2 H2 B2 C4 {" ]' nJapanese aircraft losses
7 Y8 ?9 ^- {& c$ c7 V A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
# N0 q0 I9 ]. {0 j" D0 ~+ d; O G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged9 |7 x" p0 C, F3 [1 m; V6 V
0 t* }* H. c. l! _0 ~2 F9 ^No Allied losses1 Z4 U- q2 _, z, x
, T% g1 v" p7 O+ \: JAllied Ships1 ?3 o/ g7 {: {1 E( F7 c
AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage8 R0 V* {% o) S" J" @7 [3 ^2 m
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage) g) \$ u q( I: f, i1 b. m
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage, x" i+ q% T& R1 P* {$ R
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage* @7 R6 A+ l) q. ?0 c
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( G6 n$ C) @6 x) y- `! o1 X5 @+ n6 J
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage X9 E7 A6 C' h' [* l) X- U# l
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
* e1 C4 G- q! k' O5 Z5 M6 i AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage% |! [3 N5 Z: B) ?
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 w U v/ f& B1 I( e* P AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ ~! m* i( Z: n. E; M
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, n i! V; ~1 C; C5 g) E
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 q4 U, J4 E# J8 C, a( |+ \ AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage* p$ R. y }7 }0 z
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Port hits 62 `2 `, q" T; D- S4 e: L3 y
Port fuel hits 2; C2 x$ A9 D& L3 h1 S7 R& m9 `
Port supply hits 2 |