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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。
5 t M$ t% W; d, k* T( [. \: f1 RNight Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards# B0 g D# L4 q$ H ]0 k) h9 Y
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PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage" h- N3 u0 T0 \8 ]6 i9 H
# P' k; P8 T% o: wAllied Ships3 ]2 M: k" ?4 |2 B5 s$ {& o$ c' R
CA Indianapolis
w0 H7 R+ C) Y4 Q ^! P DMS Southard
* V, |! l" d" j2 l& `, I- B4 Z DMS Hopkins
6 h# y$ {, c- K- K; o DMS Dorsey
2 S. u3 Y! |/ s8 U' H DMS Long
, K1 c# z+ S/ \* r/ ] DMS Elliot
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! Q Y$ @5 B, ?) |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。
/ G& a7 R: d% t( aMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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/ y x+ S3 G& J* s' L5 w% pWeather in hex: Light cloud7 G& L5 x& S4 l3 f
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
5 q( G. S0 J/ s7 mEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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$ @5 _" t- W4 a1 bJapanese aircraft
% ?* r; m9 S! H A6M2 Zero x 18# m" z1 S1 p8 _, F
G4M1 Betty x 59, N( Q* H$ \3 U( V% z
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Allied aircraft' O7 ]; o' p8 k, W
P-40B Warhawk x 4; ~1 _$ x, T, U4 q
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Japanese aircraft losses4 A( `( @1 {( J% b8 |: p
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
# c" |+ K7 P0 O% N1 S4 M0 X G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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1 D, s! G1 Q+ \# [4 J* _No Allied losses; c2 n# B% {% {3 D
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage; l5 n( |9 k+ ^5 Z) T
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
, V7 I' \2 k: } PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage. X! R4 |0 @3 {$ I: t
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage6 T+ f) Y/ D3 P5 a8 A3 p/ E# ?% t
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ V" D/ ?6 n$ Q1 e3 r2 l/ V; M" N
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage4 y U1 `0 g" B" _. R# u* R& T
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) B/ j2 m# j1 i( x) _ AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
' P2 x* M6 \( `! x* E z AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
% O" [1 {* u1 N AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" B3 ]: S6 z% i: H2 c AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 o7 a9 ^. W0 @9 o) }
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage8 f3 Z8 L* R/ F1 N0 J6 k
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6# C* F1 x$ L8 e8 M$ |* `
Port fuel hits 2
4 t7 r" ~2 ?+ L5 O5 m# j4 T+ {; iPort supply hits 2 |