41年12月14日
' W# Z2 E- B4 L; v* }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。0 V1 U+ W) t7 C8 r- k. f
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards4 e$ }4 W, a+ y+ I4 G+ k2 w
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Japanese Ships* b; k2 Y2 h0 ^+ q
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage; O4 Y4 i5 e7 s' a) D! ~; ^2 `
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CA Indianapolis. n! N" T% |/ x" \) H* E) U. Z2 e
DMS Southard1 c+ Z) B+ l9 Z2 g# |
DMS Hopkins& P4 Q7 l1 O! C$ n
DMS Dorsey" F ]1 l7 P; F5 C+ z6 ^
DMS Long
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, y$ F( t" @0 j, F2 j0 V4 E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。" l2 f ^; d/ W, v: @ E& i
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 * D4 w3 C) D& o' p% e* e6 k0 D
; g b4 C, h+ ^5 s0 T# m. f: p0 gWeather in hex: Light cloud: @! u# }1 C2 j9 }: o% w
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 K- j9 |1 N& c: v# G) UEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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6 |# {* x1 H$ z. _, [* ?) UJapanese aircraft
6 w1 L7 |: q5 d2 f' l A6M2 Zero x 18
/ ?6 z7 ~& ^5 H' J& t G4M1 Betty x 59! w9 }* i j, S, n" |) c
! Z( x% j5 W: \5 G/ VAllied aircraft, P) J1 ?. P# F, F8 x' X4 k' M4 m
P-40B Warhawk x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses; k1 g' B* x( [2 N4 g& a5 N
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
# b, l- e) `7 O6 D' I. m G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged/ `& z5 C3 }( U
`! L; P; `( L+ ^% [' {1 @No Allied losses* q `3 J/ ~9 v3 I1 Y
( b9 r7 `: _; kAllied Ships5 f4 J, M2 l8 ?$ {- A! |
AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
# e) k* M! I( e8 B: m AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
; J; x6 I. x; L3 l8 D PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ ^8 Q0 {- [( i$ b9 y3 _& ~) P3 S PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( n$ ~1 e7 w, \8 l+ J- o AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ f$ Q% Y. |9 b& ?! v0 A
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
% e- b" m5 `; k0 _ AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ s' S. [6 Q4 o. |9 Q C% F* U AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage1 B; M- J/ c" Q
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
, l S7 \# O. T ~* [ AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage2 l& j/ H4 c/ R+ r, R$ v
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage8 t# y" ^, n+ S, V
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. A2 F+ d/ v ? AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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j! N) L7 ^' L$ F$ N( NPort hits 6" \3 r ~1 `! E5 V1 u) ]
Port fuel hits 26 E% z+ b2 Z/ u1 x p8 l* l
Port supply hits 2 |