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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。+ m- _) _% x. P3 H, [" p, ?- l& G
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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' p3 C* x2 t3 S9 DJapanese Ships
& o. U0 j! \+ _$ K5 m" F" q PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage& x ]5 {( }7 Q0 W$ N+ e e( ~
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7 u4 {7 w) T) x* N& X1 x1 l CA Indianapolis+ h0 u6 k9 `& C5 ~0 V" x
DMS Southard! e% `( B" q6 h% S& X
DMS Hopkins
# E* E0 t- `2 _: x! y DMS Dorsey4 o1 f$ a& x/ O! t* d# y0 @
DMS Long) ^9 p% G( y# x7 L* j
DMS Elliot
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& Y j: C8 E% G( w9 F6 S! D3 C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。
) J% ?$ h8 [, d" g5 G; o. [; c/ ~Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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Weather in hex: Light cloud' o% x0 W5 @, A: i8 \& s& q& j
+ r7 q/ n9 E; DRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.9 \7 M( r$ D! g
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% B# p( {- t: R( O
A6M2 Zero x 18
% s. }( n' u1 A4 ]1 {( L, I G4M1 Betty x 596 b0 I6 c* o3 h8 A% R
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Allied aircraft
# G8 s" M8 l" V' ^ P-40B Warhawk x 4, q& s* y5 h% J) {# j0 f
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Japanese aircraft losses
3 x' j0 X B% V1 s3 q A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed) Q7 D, E9 F+ w5 e) v- ~/ d
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged2 G; Q9 d/ S& z) I) T
0 E+ s, r; L' T; s. }No Allied losses
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AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage, L+ T# ]" [3 Y& e
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
; [) j' Y$ c, x8 z- ~ PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage1 |' t3 R1 g1 H# m
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E' Q t- k4 z3 f$ J% d AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 W. f/ B+ a2 i* N/ m [6 {0 h AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage5 v4 c) Z, M$ p% i" s" w6 S
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage5 [7 O" w- J8 _9 j$ j# x
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage) v7 v$ T/ k8 M' b
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 A2 r) K4 n" ^. s& p# } AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 ~7 @ _0 }3 k) ]( g AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage+ ?" W2 J- E1 `6 T0 |$ ]* ~# z: [" N
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: I, n+ E5 i& L' t/ k AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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: v* P8 F8 S# s0 b- w& Q7 W4 T, GPort hits 6: r3 D0 h \ E% L2 k* G2 S W# ^8 F5 P
Port fuel hits 25 M1 v+ s) t: y" s4 K# ^ z: |
Port supply hits 2 |