在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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+ J9 E# j% |7 R4 MAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 425 I, i$ d! e$ d# b$ S" i
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! K' C" o0 M) l+ K# U6 xNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards& V1 _6 M+ B$ q8 |+ Y
0 }9 t, F. g# U$ F. b" BAllied aircraft" o, A+ l' I5 b
no flights# Z+ N5 v% J% F4 M7 ]4 H) z5 n3 s
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Allied aircraft losses* K; P6 K# L7 i4 N& t m& b
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
2 g( U* S Y J OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships$ v/ G9 y, y, p) E, D4 a7 z
BB Kongo
* M' N: M: C) o" e4 H4 C BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
- a* i' h! w5 a+ z' e BB Kirishima
' @* X1 Q' }9 } B2 d CA Tone
1 I% n2 f, \5 b( E. C% \7 [6 ? CA Chikuma5 p, ?- h: z5 y
CA Takao7 X9 x4 g2 a6 _5 Q9 n& [
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2 I. N! y% x4 D8 C
DD Maikaze
% L; h8 a6 @. k+ S6 O: X DD Uranami
( @# Y/ q. f' c; T+ v DD Shikinami: v$ {! g9 l4 i) \. ?
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires8 s4 z1 R: X9 N) P; |: r# C h! @
DD Asagiri2 Z3 l9 F" z+ y0 s: V
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Allied Ships
/ `' J" M3 i3 M. O* B: T5 G) B BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 G' _- d, F) p0 I& b* C! _7 E& C, A
CA Portland' H- d+ T" O( I; j
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 S2 u7 h2 K/ O0 ^+ S CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
6 O; R( Z; J+ r0 ^5 Q/ ]# Z7 |0 g _ DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" ^3 [ H6 c9 _3 m# X% i; h2 I
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire- H$ A9 a% f9 V! l8 W: Z
DD Farenholt2 x/ G! i% N) g6 Y% X( P2 `0 l8 m
DD Sterett
/ V% i# ^' q! @0 S DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards4 O6 c, Y ` R [
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Japanese Ships
" ~! P. k4 Q6 `/ y' R5 F BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2! n. s! i2 N# G# u8 g5 x0 P( q: Q- U
CA Atago
7 N- T* A0 n! E& k7 y5 v CA Maya
, C! X+ P9 l( |, M1 h CA Kumano
0 n- O6 }& r6 d, T+ O% o6 Y6 F DD Yugiri, Shell hits 15 }* j6 z3 }8 C- j; n8 j
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
% o% |1 @3 r. w- i* H4 u6 D5 {6 n DD Mutsuki: `/ q" r6 @0 ~+ |
DD Uzuki. | D+ Y' ]' c3 c0 I: ]+ {
DD Yuzuki
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" w$ ?/ Y( O; N. h DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk4 m9 H9 C6 M0 j& w; ^
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
% a' w& l9 {3 Y+ S& D AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
* r3 U5 }+ H, Y2 J! V AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
' C( x1 |$ a( a/ | AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 B9 E# \' T7 V! e9 j
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 z {% }0 D& g9 J" F& t& z0 ?% o4 |; [ AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# {) [6 e/ n: p9 J2 w: N AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% E) x( ]& D* b8 [8 o* U d" J
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk1 D& V L9 `" }5 c# C
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
9 N9 o+ S1 ]( L- Y. {0 g1 Q) ~; y- _ xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk/ |: t* A- T- r3 L% a. w/ k
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
: z, H* B i3 s$ J1 N! V1 }; S# z* @- j- Z xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk4 [" U1 M. ?1 W, h5 ^
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
2 _& K2 y( [* L xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% U V) i8 W& Q3 Z m { AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ f0 z& m& z8 d
8 b& N4 P3 P, ~8 J( sAllied ground losses: X# ]; \8 j8 A: \
136 casualties reported
# B5 U3 o" D$ Y$ M; f& K% d* F( ~ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 b9 {$ ~7 N: j Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
5 I8 E( y! ~3 X* O Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( U# a: g4 t! [( M
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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8 Y/ o/ ^- X2 [ H8 J2 M) fJapanese Ships
& X4 K9 S; `$ B" v. a3 p' H BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2( F2 D6 @- L- k
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
: N3 ~+ s0 E, C8 |) s# O( ^! R* c CA Maya, Shell hits 32 a0 L8 A U7 N$ O" g
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
% d& c5 p+ g8 i* F DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
4 i8 j4 x; N7 L! f DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage0 T" d: ~8 B& }% n+ W1 J. f- ]
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
+ P" P# |0 u3 g6 q( F DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire! l9 u; G" c, X7 s/ F+ a
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships
& `3 c; e' S. F) J/ Z DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
, I4 c! V! j- I5 O( O( @ DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
. ?# F- n2 \" g4 w DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
* R2 t/ H( O# z' Z9 _4 p DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage+ a$ l$ w7 ]9 \, |8 ]/ [" W. ]0 t
@1 g( O; u7 [; RAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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; r* Q/ t9 ?1 p# b' M! v( _Weather in hex: Heavy rain. |2 C4 A5 G2 E& `- X f
" {- z$ g6 g+ S% K5 e: T+ eRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.6 y* c' ?, ?8 b @
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes2 T5 l# q$ c6 ]- {) G% _3 j
. D& K7 E" R: w$ OAllied aircraft7 L& L% \- D( c1 w( W
P-39D Airacobra x 16
2 E: [2 s6 ^$ d5 d SBD-3 Dauntless x 7; Z8 V V" w$ ~' [- {
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No Allied losses
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. ~1 `3 Z& i! d3 v5 [9 z7 XJapanese Ships
+ t# x5 l6 i1 j$ y2 ~ CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 r4 _# W; H( ^& l, m/ G DD Ayanami9 R @/ r! W' I9 ~8 {9 D) T* y
+ k* y2 @3 b+ `. LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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' U; Y4 ` r6 o/ w0 B- P5 ~Weather in hex: Light cloud+ K; \1 L; ?2 h# w v6 |3 V$ L
: ?/ e. I# B0 h% A/ T/ u) ?! {Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
2 S: T+ c2 a+ tEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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0 I z: Y' {" lJapanese aircraft
5 [2 g5 d3 L% e" ] A6M2 Zero x 51
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Allied aircraft/ v$ q" }# U5 B2 O6 L9 j3 r5 s- @+ E
P-39D Airacobra x 1
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. i; }: [* j( |- M0 N: UNo Japanese losses M+ Y- m$ m- e9 ]% a& T( H
: Z' K4 z* F6 Q6 W1 i( W" y2 Y8 E- ~No Allied losses" i( L3 v5 G/ v/ G2 b+ ]8 J$ T H
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Allied Ships7 g* p' a! v l' `# Q. a
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk6 q" t6 K! C/ c! K$ n$ A1 ]
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 S, `! E0 X6 U4 O2 b4 f DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! r# T# o' a- G9 G7 B8 b9 E5 ?# e; @
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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5 O& M8 T: ~: I' {6 h6 xWeather in hex: Thunderstorms6 k4 ]0 i e/ j0 R9 q) y4 d- b
. e& [- H$ I6 o8 zRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 b2 ~& T5 Y- _( g0 g, t% j
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
" `; e( j& i$ F' c7 B8 b B5N1 Kate x 180 X1 C" W! l2 o# F4 k
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Japanese aircraft losses5 B8 B3 N) z6 z$ `: }
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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DD Laffey
( u/ _- H& d6 j1 l CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage8 o$ C) F: b& W1 ~, K/ t- O, s
DD Balch
# R3 V/ h0 S6 }3 m7 I- ` DD Sterett, and is sunk |