41年12月14日
# b I7 b4 q o! Y& d' s( U8 v# F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。
! h" r6 c" S# i% m; |Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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, Q- r& h' `/ Y+ p/ nJapanese Ships/ T" l6 c& y% j0 ~) q- u
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage: U& L3 H' {6 t1 A: @
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Allied Ships
2 z s3 S% W- N( [( d CA Indianapolis& B5 {. i. q3 i; Y# l* L7 j
DMS Southard9 w& Q/ ?+ V6 e
DMS Hopkins. S. U, L4 O% Z
DMS Dorsey5 n, t+ ], B8 @* D
DMS Long2 A% R4 w$ C, P l6 E( `9 z" o
DMS Elliot
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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。
6 }) s. G9 Q2 f6 P5 g3 Y0 HMorning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.! @8 s( L0 Q7 u2 u! m C3 Z1 l
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 18
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2 Y' P, @. A! q! Q- `3 P$ L/ }" EJapanese aircraft losses8 J% K8 k, K6 V) Q% W
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
& J6 g; X" z$ @5 Q* D G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses( p4 V! L9 z* T+ D& [* h
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage5 X: g/ C( g. U! f! p& O
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ R6 W+ S- K: k; d" q4 N
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: k) |# F1 y8 J* o PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 D! S5 I0 P; `' a( R0 ?/ D AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- m! T7 X. S4 i7 ?
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 Z* k9 G1 i4 O# m AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage2 f# Q5 s* ~8 w1 x/ G
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 N A; H& Q, n0 ?$ \
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 ?8 P* c+ {) L% g# @3 X AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
- E' Y2 n! y6 }- T; K5 o5 [ AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage* l& \. U! k0 k
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 v* a4 Q" N+ T( H- ~
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage2 r5 z$ W- j( {8 J" H4 J$ {4 v% t
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Port hits 6
* @ x" q0 b7 _ f( LPort fuel hits 2, e. ^6 `/ _- V2 j
Port supply hits 2 |