AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/18/42
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z" V* u z; A$ H- H9 f6 F: iJapanese Ships/ x1 I+ I1 P3 R. S4 }/ i7 n, J. F
CA Kumano2 P4 N5 z! D& m! `. ^
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 42, and is sunk. {- a2 _: e" r
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
& {! n/ G; }& W& ?& zCL Natori, Shell hits 10 b1 g0 d) k, U6 Y% o, I
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
# |. i/ f8 [; U3 t% w6 cDD Natsugumo
4 _6 A7 [; P, k8 U; ^DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 12 S. `% s$ n) x, q# i
DD Yuzuki0 E" w3 l9 |4 b2 o% ? y5 R- |
1 o' Q' {1 E: d9 b9 ?, KAllied Ships1 `5 r6 ^# g$ J1 v
CA Portland, Shell hits 2, on fire
! T6 X4 [) t- ?4 {* @CA Northampton
& R/ ]4 |, j8 y2 p, }CA Houston, Torpedo hits 1
0 m/ M. y- m7 R" z$ @: QCA Chester, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 ^; r; o0 j% o% o- o& WCA Louisville, Shell hits 1( o, H2 ~: q, B% {
CA Chicago$ H1 v* r. A/ p* J6 I
CA Pensacola0 A5 h: K5 @4 j# X' c
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
A! ^% r6 H! {. q& v* l, \6 I' s/ qCA Astoria
# h: ?; a! j/ i1 l! MCA Minneapolis9 k2 T G' V; Z; z
CA San Francisco% k8 s% E% z6 q
CA Australia, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) {! D3 G$ b+ G( q, e4 y
CA Canberra2 |% x0 J$ l4 j# ]" G+ C6 ^" Y
CL Leander" t) o4 L- w$ F% G5 q1 G* ^% }. O
CL Achilles
3 G l& e: w7 q: ]$ qCL Perth0 R' E! _) ?1 i; ]
CL Hobart/ y2 a# y6 Z5 W# B9 ^5 B$ N. w
CL Raleigh
; s9 C0 r+ g. Z: e$ PCL Detroit" R0 o3 B G+ V: K3 I8 a
CL Concord- J( D z; ?6 D0 n" A* U! }5 `7 {
DD Cummings
: V0 W. r* l8 ~6 Z& Z; x$ S/ q9 hDD Case
+ r% u* M. D# B) o& qDD Shaw
( {) q( f- m# h0 x9 p# h( V" d! wDD Downes) \3 k- B5 p, a
DD Le Triomphant
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Japanese Ships7 F ~* I& b1 G0 z& `5 a, V( R' T& V- K
CA Kumano, Shell hits 10) l0 R% Q. h. B; Z& s
CA Furutaka
. n/ k7 K5 q9 d; ]; eCL Natori, Shell hits 12 P8 m' s$ _* H6 }, Y1 i- l
DD Maikaze, on fire, heavy damage
# g1 K o5 r. u, U/ pDD Natsugumo
, B$ y/ p* i9 @0 C/ oDD Ikazuchi
' d* j8 V. e; d' A& h5 s" t9 mDD Yuzuki, J& N1 u! H- T7 U8 B
E* r! K7 I. C, F: N. i4 m4 Q" }- b3 ]Allied Ships
' Q8 C, j0 K% y4 R8 o8 J9 ?CA Portland, on fire# z1 A% c; S2 r( u v, R8 M
CA Northampton% e+ ^3 C+ Y m/ ]
CA Houston
0 p* M( E; G2 q5 x2 cCA Louisville
# C6 I' }' _7 r$ RCA Chicago
' x6 M; f0 y& R: ?CA Pensacola( U' M9 K3 Q0 `% N. |/ ]
CA New Orleans
6 t' `' Q1 s8 M/ G0 iCA Astoria7 B; c' \$ H6 q1 }, H. E8 h
CA Minneapolis& z5 [$ g1 ^- k
CA San Francisco, _: C' n2 Z+ P' R
CA Australia, on fire, heavy damage
1 q! s0 O7 J# R" W4 Z' o6 D* `CA Canberra3 `" w) b" I& |, y9 M+ y
CL Leander
* |$ {3 j9 I! G# n, xCL Achilles
, ^ B3 v4 `4 z' l; I. n. f" z' LCL Perth
% G4 f& r P( N& ECL Hobart8 G2 T; D, u8 M
CL Raleigh! p, Z9 B) l4 W
CL Detroit: J# A8 g; f7 r8 N! h9 l
CL Concord& d. G0 ]; n- l( S$ i* o" {. \
DD Cummings$ i" g' _ q w
DD Case _! j" N# D( C' s; T0 S
DD Shaw
4 X" l u9 I- d: i6 XDD Downes/ c1 n! A* G. f1 s4 i
DD Le Triomphant
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CA Kumano, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 g7 v! }) v, q( P* `CA Furutaka, Shell hits 34, and is sunk
% z) e2 E) ~ N9 l: t ICL Natori, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage$ e" ^) \# b4 T6 h
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk. k4 O9 i; y& t
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1/ g; [0 _$ q( B! C
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 3, on fire
/ [# t) k1 U U Q* R, J# T8 M& qDD Yuzuki, Shell hits 6, and is sunk6 b: ~6 m2 t" z: z/ d+ [2 `
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* g0 U2 a; W: j5 Y9 {% yCA Portland, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage6 a/ k8 P; s# ?6 |$ Y, e x4 i
CA Northampton, Shell hits 1, on fire5 j5 D9 ]5 y* C3 x
CA Houston, Shell hits 13 m# c* p4 j& l* A$ U# b5 Y
CA Louisville3 Y9 C7 Y! z& S3 R
CA Chicago, Shell hits 24 e! P0 u* x; j
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 49 S: f1 \' P# M5 U
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 4/ D6 A' T0 z0 ^! j
CA Astoria
% R7 X; F R q' `; R! OCA Minneapolis9 }4 ^$ |9 J- Y7 Z
CA San Francisco0 q9 O* M8 r3 K: w* U* [2 o# @. _
CA Australia, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
6 s* c- N# B+ Y1 B$ t+ X7 zCA Canberra
7 Z5 w9 ?+ ^# V; g% Y# j4 u! B9 k( WCL Leander5 O n$ {( B5 n8 Z" g
CL Achilles
4 V/ q/ o* D; _: s( wCL Perth
! ^$ r/ O# X5 CCL Hobart d6 I9 c+ `' w8 w% P3 S
CL Raleigh m4 ]: n3 T, G, Y- U/ h
CL Detroit ?0 X! ?# w1 V' q
CL Concord' U4 H5 p0 v% L6 W; l
DD Cummings6 }2 k7 Z8 Z+ t8 w: @- b: g, Y
DD Case2 X3 a7 l( z# o" q% d
DD Shaw
2 C4 K+ `; `9 b* X0 vDD Downes
5 {6 v" q/ `0 v; c7 O% `DD Le Triomphant
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Japanese Ships
! D$ ^0 r- O# c- H8 H3 kCA Kumano, Shell hits 33, on fire, heavy damage
1 I+ Y1 C- F' ACL Natori, Shell hits 24, and is sunk9 P8 [* m" w) X8 T
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 19 `( a: @0 |7 ~8 o
DD Ikazuchi, on fire
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/ P/ b6 t! H9 n. S# J( X, \Allied Ships7 @6 d8 n& O6 p+ s8 v3 \
CA Portland, on fire, heavy damage
( u& g% \7 b# D, d& CCA Northampton, on fire4 S' D5 y k! w, A, ]
CA Houston4 _5 ?9 r' o5 f" J1 J0 i, M# W+ P6 W
CA Louisville; {' F% Z- C! @; h% b, F8 y1 a _
CA Chicago
. [* j. H q8 O* _3 n& tCA Pensacola
& y' z# {/ a) p/ kCA New Orleans
% l3 y6 k& P, R& c; O: lCA Astoria
/ U8 P( \& I, O9 P) y' X$ ~* fCA Minneapolis
+ F! n5 x4 h# s4 a- e8 bCA San Francisco( v, |- M* G" ~' P/ j" B4 d9 z
CA Australia, on fire, heavy damage6 V; L. x8 ?7 N2 g
CA Canberra0 n4 i% k5 B! J6 V! p
CL Leander
* |' Y) j# D2 K, I) m( M( O/ PCL Achilles
]$ F r" v+ i) ^- {+ ICL Perth
~9 t% H$ I; X% A6 [# p- n LCL Hobart7 u- ^% @5 i6 m- J0 X+ y
CL Raleigh
+ w; D7 T4 X, \" n5 h. DCL Detroit
3 K, J* f9 B' m$ }8 UCL Concord& D) s7 i" }6 L5 C& j* z
DD Cummings
O" Y; | b2 A7 B& \2 Y+ t2 oDD Case4 k T' s9 e( T
DD Shaw3 v$ n. A) I6 g/ t
DD Downes
/ c8 s5 D/ y8 F0 L! E" H" _DD Le Triomphant2 W4 H# n/ `, E& O- Z
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Japanese Ships
! ~* l0 T4 N! P: u6 I- xCA Kumano, Shell hits 29, and is sunk
9 F& {7 v8 D1 x% E- lDD Natsugumo, Shell hits 35, and is sunk
, X9 E/ p5 ~& e' `, I6 NDD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 15, and is sunk/ s* o( Y; j; A3 {7 ^
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Allied Ships1 x/ T. u9 @. s
CA Portland, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage7 F3 T, k# F, @% r
CA Northampton, on fire
6 Q. b c8 s. B; kCA Houston
; B* @ S5 m1 QCA Louisville
# t; u( ^( g0 c _CA Chicago
* |, B. t0 S* Z ]CA Pensacola {6 z( Q' w6 {; h
CA New Orleans
! k+ s5 H* j0 @+ ~9 LCA Astoria4 |' X/ v9 Y) H$ {& p1 V1 B
CA Minneapolis
5 L0 p0 b2 S( @ f' ACA San Francisco
- X7 b% d0 |) Y5 wCA Australia, on fire, heavy damage
' w4 K* D1 n, A: g& gCA Canberra/ i. k$ H' D; X s1 X" u
CL Leander8 z) r7 g% m6 s0 {
CL Achilles3 U# j+ V7 A4 s' @4 b; T
CL Perth
& I3 b0 g: L. X5 M nCL Hobart
! ~2 F. T+ r& a5 x2 {: MCL Raleigh+ t+ q: R2 E& u3 i& t, y& E J4 s6 g Q( Y
CL Detroit J- y5 b$ g5 e
CL Concord8 ?7 L/ [5 c3 N# a" V9 B& n
DD Cummings( v u+ J4 R; h" Y& k9 V
DD Case
, T8 v& R/ A" [DD Shaw
) c0 |$ M& A$ [3 SDD Downes4 [3 R5 ?8 m) E! X8 `! q
DD Le Triomphant8 Y4 w4 d& a2 X6 P5 N- o Q
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Day Air attack on TF at 61,91
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Japanese aircraft2 I8 K. U! q0 z1 W& Y7 X
A6M2 Zero x 50
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Allied aircraft( U0 f/ M# @! P6 o( ]( x) u+ p
F4F-4 Wildcat x 42
; B$ _$ n1 z" P3 _SBD Dauntless x 44/ S: q" Q7 F3 A0 e* w1 D" U
TBF Avenger x 16
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% R* m; P; c4 k( ^2 PJapanese aircraft losses3 w, U$ N' n8 G, r& z. x% `+ |
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
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. F* ]2 p; v" q/ B" h. sAllied aircraft losses- A% e2 ^& m) v; }1 H! {9 C- O
F4F-4 Wildcat: 27 destroyed# w: ^, C" s4 c
SBD Dauntless: 13 destroyed, 17 damaged
1 q2 s1 ^1 y5 D. u$ ^# RTBF Avenger: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged+ N& H) r3 e: ?) R% G% B
, j; u% s: T% t5 g. L4 a, z4 \Japanese Ships- s7 p x3 i# \/ h7 g
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
- V5 E0 p! L) v$ U' m/ ~CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire/ l$ o: _% n2 A7 I5 A
CV Shokaku
8 @$ Y* P5 Z' `3 jCV Soryu
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* B( |$ @. i! vJapanese aircraft
; N" A0 I' _9 y: q$ d2 H- qA6M2 Zero x 19
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5 |% u, |1 q6 wAllied aircraft
2 f0 ?5 s0 W1 A/ D4 F b) } eF4F-4 Wildcat x 19. g4 y: p [, i$ ]
SBD Dauntless x 14
3 {( f. V. f) t! ~ TTBF Avenger x 6
9 e: [8 G0 b6 ~0 ^. A7 K( s" b / }# K9 V& |! @/ l6 k
Japanese aircraft losses
' e. f+ H [3 F- f M* q c$ hA6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
, P8 L" M. c( k& ?F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed
& L% D* x( w) ^0 H. ZSBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 10 damaged
9 I6 W7 i% F6 D; nTBF Avenger: 6 damaged
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4 w( r0 \8 A: e' J% wJapanese Ships& o U( W" e$ o
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# O/ R1 M% j: I6 q6 p4 x3 H
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2
1 y3 ~* E5 X! K5 u! J! q7 g HCA Tone G# x: L( V7 _) W* q1 n
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 1
_3 o' H' {) |; o yCV Hiryu, on fire& H( P+ Q0 g6 |
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* m: |# b; E ^Japanese aircraft
4 P/ P' p0 F! \( sA6M2 Zero x 17) _2 P' q: e4 N0 V& a0 ]& H6 |+ N# L" u
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Allied aircraft
' _) o% D0 e0 G! ~9 |F4F-4 Wildcat x 24% H& f5 d- x( m ]& ~& F( @% A4 H
SBD Dauntless x 27$ L7 q7 q& ?9 n- P
TBF Avenger x 7
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 D0 r3 G6 J2 |( ~A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed7 e. t3 z2 ^- A! A% B2 ^2 |5 M6 ^
$ X, t6 m2 Z, [( @9 s3 ]Allied aircraft losses
0 O5 v/ L- B. B9 ~: p' kF4F-4 Wildcat: 12 destroyed4 |" p/ |1 Z h4 {5 B
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
% e9 d) \2 L: S/ kTBF Avenger: 5 damaged* w5 |- N) l, W5 @$ }
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Japanese Ships
) J: d6 K2 g4 i w$ Q' F8 [. @CV Shokaku) Z3 U, U! ]1 Q- c/ d8 T8 D! j/ r, C
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 2, on fire: D" p! p' O3 H5 u5 t
CV Kaga, on fire, heavy damage: ^9 i. s. c( _. w4 Z
CV Soryu3 Y1 ^& h6 E" ^" `0 r/ S
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1( k% F8 q5 A7 \/ j# Q7 h7 [6 F
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Japanese aircraft# ?% \5 Y1 j$ W2 i9 F P
A6M2 Zero x 157 j' [ z* N$ x; O
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Allied aircraft
* H7 n; Z4 v3 kF4F-4 Wildcat x 8' s7 _% e; A4 e8 y" J" _3 v
SBD Dauntless x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ Y& j9 F* p" L0 y; J9 X; b Q5 `0 v$ wA6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
/ {4 f/ j: k7 U2 ^+ BF4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
) I5 m* w8 c0 v$ S+ CSBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
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Japanese Ships% _* U( ~# ?9 m. _2 F4 c9 C) G
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 1
' _, ?" ?) }1 D, k D$ N, ^CV Kaga, on fire, heavy damage
) t! v6 d p3 DCV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
}$ F! h8 \5 D* a3 nCV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, ^; K1 q% y2 I
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Japanese aircraft# W! d# C9 Z J4 u2 h( U2 h5 j
A6M2 Zero x 12 Z6 V5 I# C# ?7 g2 ?
5 L- \) T3 X# u$ G+ n
Allied aircraft: t$ Y/ Z& P+ k0 S
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
: L8 O$ `8 h8 W S2 n( T0 WSBD Dauntless x 9
3 O1 K4 y9 V7 |TBF Avenger x 16
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5 c/ K) S! c1 y, B+ w8 o8 N9 \ m1 l/ WJapanese aircraft losses
A- U! [; h$ h t- q8 n, c4 EA6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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! e+ P% q+ D+ h+ k/ J$ O# _" {# s; fAllied aircraft losses9 r; }. B# f9 w+ T4 m% [
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
. [( C+ {" X. T6 |- iSBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
7 `2 W% s" r- G& e E pTBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged) c; z5 A' N. q: ~- k! Z# G
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Japanese Ships
- e3 n9 Q E, @# P" ]* UCV Shokaku, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
( ]) @$ T, G) p" LCV Hiryu, on fire
& g/ s1 Y+ Q% e- eCA Chikuma/ S, n0 e+ {4 ]. e
CV Soryu" o/ g& K; m7 j/ q7 C
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Japanese aircraft
& r( q3 E! A# TA6M2 Zero x 36
# Y) X# ~ t7 K% n% O* ^( n- J% rD3A Val x 90
1 T4 r) V* m C$ i( a% i# fB5N Kate x 661 I. [- ?& Q4 I+ L1 u" c4 v- z( |
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Allied aircraft a( e5 U' `6 T+ C$ D! W; N
F4F-4 Wildcat x 108% ~2 [) X. G; z2 [$ |5 d' H
P-40E Warhawk x 45
1 w6 A( {( N7 f% _$ |; LP-38G Lightning x 2
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5 c1 s* T" X6 gJapanese aircraft losses( R; A# C# Y0 @: o( A$ p0 d
A6M2 Zero: 26 destroyed+ h" s) @8 |4 V" S- k) V Q0 v5 d
D3A Val: 50 destroyed
; ~9 N5 L2 D- F# T; |5 X1 ~B5N Kate: 42 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
0 Y" g# ]. D$ \+ }F4F-4 Wildcat: 41 destroyed, 14 damaged
, p& ~1 |2 y; Q' tP-40E Warhawk: 27 destroyed
! H; c+ L! m* C$ t. ~P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1) F, a& \4 f- o' E( d0 j, K8 W* F
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire) I% n6 P5 g( G( @' b
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 2, on fire% y3 y: K1 G# u) Z3 _; |( ]. w/ J
DD Benham, Bomb hits 1, on fire
+ c/ V9 ^7 G) H$ R4 o1 wCV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
% W2 e1 h" ?' S6 Y7 o6 [- K* b3 k0 \CV Yorktown
" k( M2 b3 z: F- U+ l2 ECV Saratoga& ~! Q$ L/ H3 P0 ?$ p& L! f
CL Honolulu6 ^6 y/ m, X- P' ^8 V+ l
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 2( @9 H0 } \5 p4 {
0 z+ r' R3 z4 S( a N5 P
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B-25C Mitchell x 3
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships0 l# Q2 `, e5 I9 i
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage8 V7 p7 \9 F3 g! J B5 U
- U( p, F6 E7 F6 DAircraft Attacking:
! D- @; n) ^. w; l 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet& x, b ?% V8 [
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Allied aircraft: G$ M2 X* s; h2 z- v
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
7 a: j' s) A& k: |! \' KSBD Dauntless x 90
( v) V3 F; I# A( |' Q4 i5 S- Q& jTBF Avenger x 33, Y9 L) [- H7 q5 k; c; U
) t: e! Y/ G' j$ m7 CJapanese Ships
2 r6 W2 x, e% P& o9 lCA Chikuma! V2 `, {" V/ B6 [
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage9 i+ h9 x+ Z, U" U: S8 N% h# H
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
( c0 P- \& [% [6 sCA Tone, Bomb hits 1
3 ~% |8 m, j4 T3 O; P+ ODD Ariake, Bomb hits 1, on fire/ N. k' r4 ?& |( R# k) _
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 2
0 r8 s8 i/ h' R2 M- vCL Tama
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7 |5 `, E* ~; R* N) V8 K) q5 ZDay Air attack on TF at 61,91
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Allied aircraft. ?8 R; T- L* t! ]8 H
B-25C Mitchell x 20" ~7 n' w' K5 B/ A
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CV Soryu, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage' d" J h1 U! ^$ w
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Shortlands- p/ x2 C% S7 O F- t& D
3 U' S2 n' w* e/ JAllied Deliberate attack
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# `# }7 u1 b- V; a% f2 L5 v+ BAttacking force 13678 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 322! e+ H# p$ j* c1 t/ R
& Z+ ^0 r9 ^# _- [" E1 nDefending force 1457 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
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Allied max assault: 314 - adjusted assault: 281 8 k% p# u. m8 f! T$ d
9 z9 a$ \$ s4 M1 nJapanese max defense: 6 - adjusted defense: 1 $ I% O+ b j8 s6 @3 l. d' J; F$ a
4 X1 q6 I1 m9 _* N' Z, k+ CAllied assault odds: 281 to 1
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Japanese ground losses:& w7 `6 Y& `2 _
1572 casualties reported
6 `3 L/ ]* z8 D- s# YGuns lost 7
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Allied ground losses:
& g. ]; N' T k) c2 casualties reported
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