在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战& |2 D$ l8 [, r, Y% @' G
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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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Allied aircraft [$ S0 V/ a! P
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Allied aircraft losses: q- `- C2 U, y/ _$ R! j5 j. V( M
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed+ s$ t( Q' ~9 t
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed* t, A. v$ b' y8 T5 m7 R& b; r
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Japanese Ships: m! w! [; T; W, }
BB Kongo
& b* [1 F9 V4 v; V- L% @" S" S- \ BB Hiei, Shell hits 7; g) ?/ V% _+ @" R4 V" H
BB Kirishima
+ ~! L5 }$ K5 X7 e) q2 U CA Tone" E6 [8 b6 x& e* o9 q
CA Chikuma; n. _# o9 y. k) \ P( ?/ E
CA Takao
6 Y& ?' k8 H# j1 r2 w DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
/ ~+ e, K) W6 ?$ ?3 J# k0 ? DD Maikaze' Y6 p" g8 u- i' G
DD Uranami! K; w; @, { Y7 \2 R/ p5 |- [
DD Shikinami8 M/ i3 U6 }0 R0 |) w" {4 T
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
/ m4 B: u& y& N* ?" d. H DD Asagiri0 t. o9 t% O2 Y$ D' }- _
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Allied Ships
k E! ?9 d4 U8 K, T4 ] BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 y7 a( K5 j0 @6 @ CA Portland
; {7 ?; K1 W6 K CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" b+ Z6 U Q9 A+ \/ H. r
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ X' ]8 z# N0 E# j, [ DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 k% ~5 ^; @7 `+ L. L/ \8 e
DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 d& q v J$ l' ?2 } DD Farenholt
# I8 T- f+ r9 T- W* ^+ z DD Sterett
$ H+ W8 c8 N) D7 r4 [, C3 c DD Balch7 L1 Y( I: [6 ?! f3 n" Y$ O
1 e6 X8 D/ i' y7 P* }. r4 \Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards% d2 `! a( p" h; X, [1 o1 M& z
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Japanese Ships# i7 U8 i$ r" h. j# c8 x6 J& D9 W
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
2 o3 z2 y$ c. R CA Atago8 M( R: p7 v5 a4 K& `
CA Maya! B& T* z; C# t, y1 U, u0 V2 L
CA Kumano
% ^; B. F% ]/ s3 H DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
: l. c5 o% @! ?& Z, ~ DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
( k! f. h n2 N$ N/ D$ { DD Mutsuki
6 H. {7 H9 I8 [5 h2 }, u# C DD Uzuki
/ {1 K) Q R, h5 |, K, Y+ e8 F1 [ DD Yuzuki) |/ K0 Q3 _( R" C
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DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk5 |- e" ]9 B( P
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
; {% W" A( b5 U6 W% h1 S AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk+ l% @! N$ C2 {4 R+ S
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk5 u; \0 K) ^: _% A+ j" A+ Q
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' X& q3 b7 N% H- O( b+ A
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) U5 t8 c Q9 Z5 Q AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ V, J- x9 o" E1 L% V1 U AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
$ q- q+ {2 E( o8 H o4 v3 d xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk0 }0 ~2 m) N/ |6 g! U9 |
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
6 l/ T- w" W w xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
9 S4 j7 f' [# M xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk& {, R7 f0 L6 D" i6 D% u$ a; ~
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
. x4 l9 I6 y: N3 a# t xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. |/ n7 n! N* a* c2 d( n* `7 ^ xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ d( l7 ^9 J7 J- z; k
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:1 F; I. ~& Z0 Z6 ~0 _
136 casualties reported
C0 j+ j' y/ H# ]* K i Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 F9 a# ^% A; |: y# }* e
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled# T6 v. X; I% t
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 N: E5 _" G3 w ^1 v( k
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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/ \5 `) o& V( ], T/ \, ^( MJapanese Ships. u& ?4 k! K2 _* {
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 29 w% t. s8 T) _ v% O
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
7 {( V% T/ ?! S/ n4 K8 H# h CA Maya, Shell hits 3& i: ?, q; `3 ] {9 J
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
" `( |0 I% ` g8 O4 L% Q- t) t DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
: S. n# F) Q3 y" U DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
! H( `. _0 J0 Z. m+ ?. j' f DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 20 m: \* X" B8 O* i, n0 J! N
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
- f7 M. H/ j4 @/ ^ X4 z$ H DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires0 W+ V6 p. O9 m
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Allied Ships
7 Q4 J/ h: t' Y; B- u DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire& G; G' W/ l) K: V
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire( }! ]+ L1 Q6 L. s- e' k
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
r' E& b( N" O5 ^ DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage+ d+ |: z' l& R
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
7 u7 K/ E% r; n' W' e+ ]1 uEstimated time to target is 0 minutes! ?6 o g/ X2 u
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Allied aircraft
( j* T4 k( i5 k+ F6 n7 ^ P-39D Airacobra x 16
( ]& L8 |3 M d- j: f SBD-3 Dauntless x 75 ^0 c9 W. P5 L0 A
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships. P+ }9 j0 f( o9 b2 b/ L
CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 |7 v9 c( W, E3 P1 x6 z DD Ayanami- j( q: s( ^1 r/ J
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud* V: i% m5 {4 U: Q: s; d7 y* ~
, m0 |! f( ?. s" [9 BRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 c8 O; Q* { l2 j$ Q: b" _9 IEstimated time to target is 13 minutes- ]' s7 w2 R! J% |0 \- j6 P& j
9 q! j3 w$ u& ]% U& |Japanese aircraft0 }% R) Y' h; B
A6M2 Zero x 510 c, }0 `0 i( G% a6 O3 z2 [
D3A2 Val x 50( v+ I K: B# ^, H4 j
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P-39D Airacobra x 1) Q% e4 E: `1 ?, K3 z
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No Japanese losses7 E& s/ ]3 c3 C8 o) D2 A
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3 J6 a! q3 o! Z- ~/ ]4 `0 `. Y' W DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk8 y9 k" X% G: L" f& c4 p
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage: d7 R, r# m) `4 w( F
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. z7 |7 \( `7 c" U+ P2 m
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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$ D: l4 A% M, I4 q0 ^3 GRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 @: v) E0 v1 C" _: pEstimated time to target is 12 minutes& p: y, s* F$ b$ F8 W$ [7 l1 q1 d; c
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged' a$ K7 E) D( k, t' p* L0 p( p
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DD Laffey, J" e( ]0 J9 S& w7 t
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage( z K* e/ r2 g0 t
DD Balch
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