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- Q, Y. s: R5 O5 Y) F( Y! m8 hAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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$ j5 P$ `. O+ P& fNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards$ \' s, I ^2 @" p* ?
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Allied aircraft" ^( H, j: j8 [
no flights) _# h9 F2 w# |9 v( K1 ~ X. E
4 ~. r( L' W0 i/ JAllied aircraft losses
. U8 K2 m" Q4 {! P7 D. F2 L SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
( y% b1 E* L3 b3 Z; r4 I( x OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed6 a% |" ?0 E& H- N- r; ~
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Japanese Ships
8 c4 O6 C' z! o BB Kongo
9 z5 W+ D _$ Z b/ b BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
0 L0 z7 P1 W( ]5 o, I BB Kirishima
- O1 H8 a; b9 ` CA Tone) x$ h+ v5 V# l, Y2 x) ]
CA Chikuma
1 a( D0 q: d( V8 L) Y, j5 v CA Takao! W: Z: P( o$ i/ q
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
8 u: z* F6 l( V6 t1 n6 S; F/ B DD Maikaze8 d" C9 g$ v" m" P2 x
DD Uranami, O8 F; |/ w1 b* R* u, }" ]3 M" U/ R, f
DD Shikinami
% i1 h/ p# e# A5 h$ b DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
% W8 G0 p" U; f7 P9 v3 a3 E+ r DD Asagiri8 @% K! p$ {2 T
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Allied Ships
* g( j5 c Y% F6 K' @- _/ B, @ BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ r- [. R/ O) u2 z; t1 R! y: W$ A
CA Portland
' w4 u5 g% c1 j) E CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& X( c$ p; p% n& O- R6 G2 \+ {
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, I& W* [5 l9 o/ D8 A7 K5 R# U DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! j$ W1 g% M( e: x0 | DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire4 S* h! g. G5 I0 U+ z, g; Q a
DD Farenholt/ \7 @; [9 w0 |
DD Sterett
( r; T4 q2 V6 g( M DD Balch t7 n$ S* l6 B: V
, x. U3 Y2 M7 `* oNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards# o# g) Y B+ J0 i5 g( _* w5 x
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2& \, Z% q/ Z1 \. p- l4 V8 G
CA Atago3 F' J! V9 R8 h7 N3 _1 l6 o
CA Maya
4 e) `# m+ _1 @. }+ o4 e t8 } CA Kumano
/ E( y9 O: u8 D DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
6 F( c" S! c" g, Q: k; z DD Ushio, Shell hits 11 } c' H7 u ^ R
DD Mutsuki
! ]. x# A- h3 |; C DD Uzuki
e5 b+ W+ I; z$ z5 Q% I DD Yuzuki
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Allied Ships
- d* S3 g/ F+ H$ M% Z3 E4 u( R DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk3 q' n, n. D& H* b) c
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk' ?0 n! c5 s K: I
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
9 r" T: \+ J; d9 u$ N2 e8 D* B AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& E& |% q2 q- ?+ _ O AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ { W# N9 E- u7 s5 g) t" | AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# T- O) r s- M, y
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 f& ]; d) C4 G5 L3 _3 l: V I2 d. N
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
" e4 u2 g6 p( T& C/ k9 } xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk/ I9 ]# ?; t+ \: _/ v6 c W+ \- B
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk0 E3 M5 I1 ^; B' C. B- C
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk2 m; S# e, z; q3 u
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk- Y( C1 F1 G; F V Y8 I
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
4 j8 v5 j. m- c& V9 }- I$ \- @" ~' Q xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, K- P0 }$ f! u1 W1 G" i& B
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& a4 s# D8 @ ^0 D4 r4 X% i. t
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! h4 [2 ^+ d1 }
5 y# v0 T+ Z' W3 K" |5 `Allied ground losses:
2 o. G- K2 J5 ~ 136 casualties reported
; w# s e& A) V9 W, @ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, Q4 k. ^- U& a. m7 g( s# i3 W1 t
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
9 r# F3 y$ @+ y. w! |1 a Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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* K: m2 m' T$ N- z d! eDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards% G7 R: m8 a0 q+ @/ _
' u' R6 a: i! w% GJapanese Ships
# T3 c. Y8 X4 L& y9 }+ Z- y BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
0 d% n. r N* A2 c CA Atago, Shell hits 3
3 F4 w& I; ~( h8 \7 ` A) U! h* Z CA Maya, Shell hits 36 r& b% B" S/ J3 Y
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
9 z, j' o) ^7 _4 {3 N5 U; o DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire7 Y# D( F8 o! u" ], o' B
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
* M8 ~3 o/ _( c: y DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 29 x7 a! {8 u4 I, E" V. `, k- k
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
% F& M4 l6 K0 X) D$ N DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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9 |) e9 R) \/ X7 T2 `Allied Ships2 w& y0 ^7 Q) X/ `
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
. h- u% a' v3 \ DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
# K+ p3 ~, g5 j DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
9 }, g T8 d5 ^$ O, N DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- i) ]1 ?7 H. x0 F
. U/ O" r1 W8 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain" W2 ?- j8 o, F* e7 X! \, G5 y, Q
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
4 d* f5 a! Y) G, w3 z( YEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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Allied aircraft
/ a( J# a$ g% O. f( n+ ` P-39D Airacobra x 168 B: u1 |9 \) d0 m4 H
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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No Allied losses3 b7 S" q; f' k; J
. ?+ P1 P; D5 ?1 _* m5 A; QJapanese Ships
( a6 L2 B; b7 z( N5 l9 k CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage* K# l+ Q. \. W% T0 L0 f2 H2 d
DD Ayanami$ ~3 t8 @: m1 _
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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3 H! _4 y4 D' j6 @$ S6 z% ?- _9 xWeather in hex: Light cloud6 }. I' _. `! n0 k
6 \& y: Y) b' B& m' G/ }: D6 bRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
6 I& C* f# O6 oEstimated time to target is 13 minutes( A- ^! ^6 l3 b" [; O; v
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Japanese aircraft
3 t# f( ^/ ^' Q" n: N. | A6M2 Zero x 51
& u7 l. b4 y# n D3A2 Val x 50
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# Z2 W8 C5 A! x8 O# ^ _* X* ]( m P-39D Airacobra x 1
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/ B8 o7 ^% b/ P8 J1 iNo Japanese losses
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4 G2 P7 `. c U5 L9 Z% @0 TNo Allied losses
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Allied Ships& x5 p' H- T; v' r+ _' k% R
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk- U3 Q& e' f4 _: P* g6 a) W$ D
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
4 f+ f7 e# K. ^3 y- {% O F6 l2 o DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 X: s4 w& M; Q4 E
& X# |& c C& d2 s- b) d0 _5 _0 e, aAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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" } |) j# |- rWeather in hex: Thunderstorms( h% x0 K3 {6 P- A
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 E6 B0 U* \$ ^4 a( oEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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" v2 G: h3 y d- H) n- ~Japanese aircraft
4 \; [ B4 n$ S3 ], i7 F B5N1 Kate x 18% `3 g3 A1 g% R u6 V$ V6 @6 n
- W( A! q+ l2 Q4 |% x) {Japanese aircraft losses( z' A' o, y5 u2 s/ I
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
( Z( t9 f; e: N DD Laffey
8 j5 W" [7 S5 l" w9 z3 r CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
$ ~9 t% c- i( I6 o+ m' j9 b DD Balch
2 d% D2 |* f/ z5 G$ c DD Sterett, and is sunk |