41年12月14日
\- w# p9 q5 Y! l1 a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。; P/ _. d: N0 I4 g
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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4 ^2 S3 l8 J; e5 W1 Y0 lJapanese Ships
5 x0 X! |4 Q- k PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage2 U( j0 K( |2 V) S& t
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Allied Ships
0 n+ i" h8 u0 n. u# e CA Indianapolis
& w0 F( m: S* h0 Q2 K4 l; y DMS Southard& K, Q* _: [7 N8 w% r# h
DMS Hopkins
3 q9 G& h+ a2 t2 Q( B) S: h: i5 z DMS Dorsey& i7 b; ?# F$ t$ V
DMS Long, l0 l8 B( b8 t' ^( Y
DMS Elliot9 J1 p0 b* k% @. }$ L$ x
$ |. S& y2 k$ D& q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。7 w" V: B( b6 T, M3 `. F- P
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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& } U+ |/ N: V* z$ V& aWeather in hex: Light cloud0 C! s' p _: D( |8 c& \; k5 @" F
# G# [2 E, j' `6 Y+ ERaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.+ q5 F( b/ s. k1 u% J9 n$ F
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft* ]% G0 i& _8 I1 R/ J# M
A6M2 Zero x 18
6 f. m ~6 X: P: b2 S m G4M1 Betty x 59
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8 [ H) F1 R, T8 D) z7 Y7 E- W- WAllied aircraft5 ^6 q; w- A- a( w0 q% A0 P2 V, m
P-40B Warhawk x 4
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* Q$ O2 E5 W) ^0 w, `# _2 A$ NJapanese aircraft losses# y: E6 `( z8 X! G3 c% V+ Z
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
$ W% @7 E# g1 H8 Z5 c G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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2 ?7 o; ^, g$ Q. ENo Allied losses
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Allied Ships
4 E7 U: v8 | |1 d! Y: @ AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ a( W7 R% F& k+ G! Q: l: l2 P AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 `: S, F( y1 |$ I( l- W/ t! C" x
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 i) `: \1 U8 I& W @" W PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage! m+ O; _ S& [- y- T
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage+ S- l0 h0 A j% Q, L
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
; E- b. K0 }; D+ o AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
# l9 G3 s8 B0 Q- ] AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 Y, R/ U5 }, O, {/ f AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 W+ r% h" ]% x" u
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 D+ B1 h; \# Z# [9 S F AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% a# k. p$ [1 ]% @, E7 W4 ]8 F
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ g/ y3 @+ r1 G8 u- V+ q; U. P
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6" A, Q! g: S# G- r0 r# Q. _" }
Port fuel hits 2' m% W) x4 w. H% O7 J# q
Port supply hits 2 |