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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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no flights
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SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
0 [- B" J8 O/ |, Q2 i OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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7 M7 I0 @4 i( Y$ h, uJapanese Ships8 E' X* ^' [" Y6 m# D8 x2 a2 t
BB Kongo4 E" L* {4 _9 Z! {3 L. {% c4 C" X
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
; Y* x' `+ f( E1 T; I BB Kirishima
6 @; k: k# c2 l, i; H ] CA Tone6 q1 |# Q: \- y( R3 _7 n
CA Chikuma$ R% c/ t+ Y) \' l0 P
CA Takao% [; T% L+ u0 R f. I- k8 Q
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
% H2 C) F5 V9 T DD Maikaze
: K5 f! E* a/ I2 ?5 u DD Uranami
s6 \+ e- d+ e) v5 `3 P2 t3 p DD Shikinami
4 M7 R) f5 D" ^4 a. Y DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires9 [: `! I* W$ R# D
DD Asagiri
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1 Y# P( r! ?2 b3 l- T BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 D& Q/ l" x1 {
CA Portland6 J: y2 j: z! g5 Q! B3 B* g0 z
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 K6 s# W6 S3 A8 o5 w0 A CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
x) `3 O4 u1 y7 \+ f! O DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 ?& i* d! H" U4 b6 E
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire p5 {2 M+ k1 A
DD Farenholt
) }; t( D( {2 T f DD Sterett
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards; N, e, `" p! F, Z4 ^
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2% h3 \1 [( q6 H( n
CA Atago
$ h$ k$ o" r7 }. b: f4 q CA Maya4 t. l( z, c/ x' W
CA Kumano
6 `/ _( _& ]: r% k DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
6 M& |2 P$ @' b3 t+ ?. h* t9 q7 G1 N DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
5 V- w# x/ w. f9 e/ B" j+ Z DD Mutsuki2 G. y* G1 z% A6 Y: [- w, s+ a, r
DD Uzuki4 E8 R) q6 B' a# n; C6 s: x
DD Yuzuki2 p+ }# U/ C( ]2 N: o4 W0 }5 x. V
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8 O% P/ F; L% U5 Y1 j* o% G( ~ o DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk% R0 | ?) P. v6 A; N2 H
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
9 y" O* H/ U2 p& ]( m AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
% r6 X2 G3 F" A7 w AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk0 z' j5 p9 R! u, \
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( i) L7 Z/ E2 \
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; _3 t9 K7 A9 R
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' ~4 T4 c7 Y1 U$ p' j, ]* C$ f
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk* G7 r0 r5 Q9 D3 a! S% p
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
" ]4 G$ W0 T. D3 i& t3 D1 I xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk7 P9 `8 | u' b# v) R
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
5 B B' ]8 |& h% T' K xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk, {( ` Z1 W5 J" c0 n. Q# u- Q
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk4 F( G b! I- s1 I8 `3 m3 y# C
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 x) H+ W% ?6 e j
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 @4 x: A" Q/ r/ ~% y3 w AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( d& ~+ `! l) I9 ?$ P5 B# X- t
0 ^) `% T# F2 `6 l) [) k$ L$ F; @Allied ground losses:' y; X' ~4 Q1 N& v6 N0 I
136 casualties reported# ~3 }6 K7 r# n0 s; a
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 W, E" |3 u3 G2 z6 I" Y, g
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled: ]% F1 l- [& B4 b. B* G
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
3 C! } L4 k! O- v; `" h4 d CA Atago, Shell hits 3, r9 a" O& H6 a: A3 k% V
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
5 X* n& o' T2 ?2 G# A6 n5 }+ f _ CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
. e5 S L: Y' [$ y: s DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
$ N) f" S. _6 P1 I; R! K DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 a+ b4 y, @3 y' D+ A DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
w; ~3 Q0 q2 E DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire( y0 L' {7 R8 d
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, i. U. M( b- e) C: _( ]4 W
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' I* }, f9 L4 I( w5 c' Q8 A. V DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire3 x1 p3 B" ] L3 {4 ?' a
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
3 S! {! b- l8 e( Q/ `1 V: T8 L DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 v A+ S6 E3 D; b. W6 t4 t8 n$ D DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- M2 ^0 x L4 ]: ~
" w" h9 h8 ^* \0 f% DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133, S+ n. N1 r( K8 ]
0 x6 i% U8 }' q" LWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.3 ^7 x: E# F8 \" P
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
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2 }0 \3 H9 I; {# B& m6 U! uJapanese Ships
$ B) d n4 \9 z6 a! w3 C CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 H, c$ n4 F$ U/ l8 O DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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4 D( H( w4 s0 hWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
( l& ~: i# h( ]Estimated time to target is 13 minutes& e, A v/ Z* G9 |& g% k$ Q
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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9 i X4 O/ k) ~( JNo Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
% P$ L' a( A5 b DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk$ m1 T- I0 l9 }1 s, g% Y9 H/ j
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage: ~ B* y* t. C+ V
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage1 i+ p! M% @/ B& H! n/ N
' \( j, R- N6 r& N" fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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/ d" T+ w: r, k. C' u8 y. r+ L iRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 F `% o: F2 `! V6 O4 t
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged+ t3 }1 u: i( Z+ e. l( {
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DD Laffey
5 g- r9 `% o4 g7 A CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage$ c5 z% S k5 h) w; }9 u
DD Balch' P6 A/ D$ Q8 K2 |2 m
DD Sterett, and is sunk |