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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42& z! o9 v, _1 N! ~
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% ~3 y5 ~4 |5 E+ |Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft# H6 k: x3 ^' L. a \
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
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OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed8 U* ?7 X) v( ?" R0 c k5 z3 M
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Japanese Ships H/ S/ c* W& R9 d- V4 y+ E: B
BB Kongo& [# ~% i; Z. w3 K
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
6 C! ^# |( V2 E$ l. D4 m% D BB Kirishima! l1 C! x, o& u, e3 [
CA Tone" a9 X2 v2 b; Y
CA Chikuma( S( @& t; ~% ~$ ]) a8 X- r
CA Takao2 T g1 D1 ~6 l) h+ B, B: x
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2- p9 |7 @* c4 \ `
DD Maikaze
3 l' l6 C; [5 f( ?% P DD Uranami
; w- u4 r( w* ^0 h* y ]2 O y DD Shikinami
- V* W7 b" V/ _0 ?$ U! ~ DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
4 e" G3 K$ S5 \ DD Asagiri0 ^, z( B5 `# r J5 l, T
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; V1 p7 ?2 u% {0 H( x! x BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# @3 n) ~( W! k; R1 W. b2 K, O) O CA Portland
4 j2 ^' ]' S {- p2 f/ C CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# T* R3 ~2 j9 P) g CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, `" u( t1 e" X! ^. ?* O. _2 I
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ s$ u7 K3 e) Q" U0 J$ \ DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire/ `+ h% e$ e3 m8 D+ \6 e, i
DD Farenholt8 X( k& V& l: s8 B- h, ~
DD Sterett2 r( Y, o! F# |- h7 E
DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% ^" [ I. J5 a( h- _5 t8 R3 ?
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2. S0 Z; t# X1 W& U, ]! A
CA Atago
0 o+ G! Q8 _& |8 [6 {0 s CA Maya
0 v9 {' l# R. ~( U2 k# q2 N4 v CA Kumano6 `0 O1 R) H$ _7 Q _4 R; R/ T
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
* e9 E8 K6 M! g DD Ushio, Shell hits 18 N3 w' d4 {( p
DD Mutsuki
: ^: U' L) F7 R0 R n- W1 _ DD Uzuki
; \/ c6 D' b$ w8 }0 ^* l) z DD Yuzuki2 J0 |" N0 `, K" h, T4 K/ R6 c
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Allied Ships2 M( z4 m/ `: x$ {* l
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
8 }/ t7 D7 F) `, v8 ` U DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk$ n/ U" g) D+ F3 v; O/ y( F
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
4 N5 a4 C- c/ ] x; X& k AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 N* \! i% X, h! E$ I
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% e q* h; U4 K+ P1 k) w
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 z5 a4 Q5 w1 p6 p" A6 a6 t9 [+ @7 A
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 Y' B; X0 n! k; }0 L- [: h AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk& k) `% ?8 t" e, Q) w* j
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk. }+ ~4 V# f2 \" r5 r U/ n
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
( r0 k- v: P( F; c: k0 Q xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk& D" K4 z# k+ d; \( c
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
, U9 |2 J2 b1 e5 c: |$ _ xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
/ I4 ?3 H3 }+ Q xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' x0 I7 C- B# Z: ]5 `/ S: ?) z
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 @+ Z" u/ `* m
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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6 H" i1 i! C" J, [9 sAllied ground losses:
) k+ F% p% n; X4 W! E 136 casualties reported6 F' \, U7 x7 r% L' s
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, ?+ g, }. R1 U+ b! W2 Z+ h) t
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled( ?- p- X+ L/ n! T; b6 D1 L: s* E
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- E: O$ u( I2 E, o% P( r _
* {* I- G7 f% q% i- N9 U9 t3 gDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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: o" a3 M! H+ A- |5 t1 v" J$ G; M( B BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2+ E- ]' V3 d9 N2 U: u' o
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
I3 P5 l5 X0 M CA Maya, Shell hits 3
0 d, }5 S, u! K% {5 G) [; v& y CA Kumano, Shell hits 1, I4 H' s6 v; f6 ]
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire6 {- |, _ r( _& [. O
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
( U0 u- R e0 \ DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
$ a9 m$ s4 t, q9 ^. u) F DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire: ~% B2 U2 i# u# z, G
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships
. P& R0 u1 u& W DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire P/ T0 q! c+ ]8 ^( o3 M% j( ~
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
v! [9 s% h/ X0 P. Q. I) T DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
. P. j# |1 F$ e DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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. J3 d& O0 R2 q4 U6 v1 u# i+ wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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0 q3 k' W- E2 _- F4 cRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.: N% p& J5 M Z/ H6 n# T
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
/ e% O1 r2 v; P( K1 N! l SBD-3 Dauntless x 7/ G* O6 R/ z" R6 C4 W
( D* Y' T" q/ E1 N( R9 aNo Allied losses
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 V `0 y- T$ I- F! X' P- X* T M DD Ayanami
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.* G4 {3 @9 |+ E
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 51$ j. L; v+ W2 y* p
D3A2 Val x 505 v' G* c$ X0 v: ~2 q; i
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P-39D Airacobra x 1) s/ ?4 q0 v5 j# ]9 J2 G' z/ }: V
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No Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships/ Z+ T, c" t* \4 {- h* v
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
( {: f C. D: t+ P7 K# r& S DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
6 S: f- H- ^# }; p DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1369 c. t. d/ \8 O& @( {0 T* P0 g: V
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.( h4 v0 n- w7 H: Q8 j( V$ c
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged* m0 N& N' A. O4 f! T
& T, t' w$ F1 H* VAllied Ships2 ?8 J; d7 u, |0 G8 C8 ?
DD Laffey0 p' o$ b, K' Z t& I
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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DD Sterett, and is sunk |