41年12月14日
% M Y9 h- V$ A% K; P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。
% v/ s. p2 @% |7 S- B. wNight Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards# ~' u/ c$ y" D9 s. f) c0 E
' |; k. V) I$ yJapanese Ships
& z! @+ {# ^# m- ]: n PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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7 g7 ?2 k, k% D2 @# t3 JAllied Ships( B+ O! U- |5 d
CA Indianapolis
! b& a. ~! a! P# q' M DMS Southard
( H" y7 n# ], M6 v$ q DMS Hopkins: H5 d6 w( v8 V! n6 ?7 j
DMS Dorsey/ \2 F! S8 y& y- Y" F' y0 U
DMS Long
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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。/ ^* C, H6 W# F: e1 q( q
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 2 _+ L0 l: d2 j) A8 V( g$ L$ }
$ a, @4 g4 c2 ]# c3 c( B& SWeather in hex: Light cloud
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3 r/ a, ~5 l: [9 fRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.% E* G7 P, {% @1 }
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes+ m% n1 p4 T& J8 K
' B" X( P/ ?' u. e* zJapanese aircraft
9 L: U4 `8 P9 i6 o) C$ a' V A6M2 Zero x 18- P2 v( }( L8 | [" h' b0 ?
G4M1 Betty x 59
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# G$ ?( t: c6 {3 Y _ P-40B Warhawk x 46 c: s( K7 e- d0 ]9 G
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Japanese aircraft losses) J+ M+ O, k! o5 h, E! |
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed/ M# ~$ ~# F$ t, P g2 l# o
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged* i% b% G: o1 I& P9 W+ u9 e
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No Allied losses: v8 g! K/ L( N' o/ n; J, C& {, z
9 z! _. {' q2 g. B! b3 o! WAllied Ships
, p! p5 r- N% w. u' ?( @+ T8 p' Z AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage! z7 |; T+ s6 h/ y% p
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' f# S( _/ G: s PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage8 \+ B2 L* P2 Q1 V2 s9 D
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 h7 |/ j- \2 J6 E AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage5 V6 X& C$ k5 ?- A q
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage l2 ]0 D4 G3 F, v# o/ w0 g
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
, y1 ]: W' e9 r AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage# O" B- w* G/ Q/ N& `4 ^; P
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 S+ W* W* X4 Q3 E _/ q9 _ AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage2 t6 l/ t, l! D9 Y/ X
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage$ [: H8 @6 c2 ?' E6 n
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage6 u+ J- Z5 \4 l$ L" z. d+ d
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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1 W/ g2 m! Q/ S' r6 |& IPort hits 6, }7 ^2 v, D2 o; f/ k, F% y
Port fuel hits 2
. H+ H5 a2 W- B1 M) }Port supply hits 2 |