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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。
) ]+ Y* ^' ?1 b6 v; e8 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards) K! E* a' Y* v: [# w1 m) i. b! l
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Japanese Ships0 Z6 H* M$ q! g
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage+ `, e# h/ l6 C5 b2 ]% A3 s
8 o& }, P/ {& t) H! A4 h3 O5 IAllied Ships1 z: ]1 H# V# v0 u0 l) i
CA Indianapolis3 m8 `9 ]+ U7 H& p6 V/ v7 @
DMS Southard* O& F# r2 h; I; @" K, A
DMS Hopkins, }3 m& j. x' x
DMS Dorsey$ ~; _ x* `/ \) m
DMS Long
6 K2 ^# i5 N# o, |" H DMS Elliot
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, N( f5 i. M/ m1 ?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。
' Z3 S/ S+ y4 X% K* @/ x! B+ D0 _Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 5 O$ j. W; h2 N% ^2 a# ]7 {1 d1 h
! ~4 b) w5 \5 m6 Y" f; PWeather in hex: Light cloud
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% Z% f# E1 x* o4 Q: l- p% pRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
1 p" s5 e. X w) l$ V. y. gEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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" Z" ~! z1 @/ f( pJapanese aircraft, c: D. W" [ R0 ?% w) S) e( e& n. b
A6M2 Zero x 18, o+ \$ L H$ T% S$ J
G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses; F- @1 w9 r& O! h, {. F( k( T" b
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
4 k( l8 K0 }+ Z0 o, @ G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses8 |. `5 p& Z) R2 O/ k1 p
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Allied Ships: H l! ^" z5 O2 I1 J; b9 x
AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage5 p9 }6 L1 w: H
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
\4 L% a* k4 P& t; k. f3 W* V PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 W1 v6 ?% r( q' N& M, j
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. W5 l1 v9 v2 s l6 R4 b3 L AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% H! g$ X) c7 Y2 x3 y
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage, u5 m/ j. f* L) a( g& N. N% i
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ C, g2 ]/ `! d! D! p: V AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 F2 p6 P. c/ { r AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage1 Z% V! q+ d3 z9 b% f- ~7 E# }
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ `. F( ]3 v6 }. u- d s* _ AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage3 J9 x, t$ W* S5 N" ^. l& x
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" ~" G4 s& z9 p! w( B% l8 g
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" ?( b/ T7 m: n2 ^3 D1 e& W
, Y: I! U. q& n2 S" w- x _5 EPort hits 6
9 d9 W4 O0 F* D$ p# t8 T. NPort fuel hits 25 l( t- ^3 p6 C; e% ?
Port supply hits 2 |