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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉0 L: ^! y3 X R- _, P
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
% P4 l' \$ I, v p; x no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
+ s9 P* g9 q% e: W: Z- ?No Allied losses4 h7 [* `, Z6 B+ V* J/ C3 P# |2 F
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Japanese Ships* ?- w x4 Q4 y/ n
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
$ u* Q. e: z a- W CA Aoba7 [6 m# {6 T" I j
CA Kinugasa
0 Z3 |& v1 P9 n* v: ^6 u' U CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4+ z* `5 c2 H2 s% Y5 A& z$ @
CA Kako
6 U, b/ d& D* d4 C6 e CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
+ E$ J% j- o7 s! v, w CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
* `3 j7 c$ S N6 M CL Yubari
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3 F8 O: ]" x7 d& X% b& QAllied Ships4 x, \+ ]- ^* u2 M, v8 Q6 m4 q5 a) t
CA Salt Lake City S7 C5 C- W& Z0 o5 S: g# ?! I
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk$ { A, Z5 Z& W
DD Grayson% `. J h! F, ^9 t
DD Monssen
7 t4 z7 ?0 ?. a1 C DD Aaron Ward5 `; g& M4 ?- j2 M. z( k5 U# L
DD Laffey: I2 r. D: g$ [1 D" b& Q3 \
DD Farenholt
8 x) z/ Z2 K; C& r0 Q7 b' o& `. ` DD Maury
1 h" q6 s5 F7 t3 ?; e DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 R; l6 v4 @& A& z" S
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
/ \4 l& {3 N, O) m0 L! [# s DD Stack# e) U4 ]5 o5 H) Y6 r, I1 V
DD Sterett, Shell hits 19 v9 B+ E! C2 Q& Z7 m
DD Balch
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8 \1 u( j, p V7 X2 q9 B i" _Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
- u: C$ q( A! {, bMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) A3 Z2 G( @$ [1 {( @6 V# z0 ^9 DRange closes to 20,000 yards...0 q3 m: ?2 w6 |- N/ m! ^3 U% d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 T. Y6 @: X1 j( z! [Range closes to 8,000 yards...
5 V& }+ s- I$ {/ e8 ?+ |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards! t4 G% A- K; v8 Y
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
- x& F2 e. _7 a/ v' F, |Range closes to 3,000 yards...
: J% I. {" d! M: b6 r: c# q9 a" ]Range closes to 1,000 yards...
9 m, L: H2 l" eScott, N. crosses the 'T'
$ x- }" Q$ q$ D% u4 xCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards5 n5 j8 o( P; n4 N I+ E
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
9 Q9 {0 }* A' iDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
6 u0 e% O) N0 {CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
$ b' g2 \* d2 T" ~7 T2 ^1 J3 ^CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
5 w9 D) U, L8 p6 C7 NRange increases to 2,000 yards
/ u: y6 C [7 p; e; nDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
# J& T1 B* V1 |' \CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards4 U& s- S0 S6 ~; H' D) o
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
2 J6 r3 U- F! t5 wCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards8 @3 x* i) x$ Y. h
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
E; g6 O( o# C& m7 qCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards0 T0 p* {4 N& W2 k
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
% Q4 Y( y) J* x# p4 }6 WCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards8 y; o, s- O0 ~; P. \$ ^" ~
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
- ^9 G1 F+ ~* D3 o0 [Range increases to 6,000 yards
& ?/ [/ A0 B d8 r8 d- b+ xDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
U5 a8 ?. p& ^8 a ~! p( MCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards5 N4 W2 ]2 f j. ~/ |7 a. m
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards9 P" D9 \0 d& j2 v# l
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards$ [2 Y4 j9 f2 M7 n( ?
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
. B! Q0 D1 f1 f: ~2 f0 u9 pCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
% y$ j6 ~+ R& t. @CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards# [# T4 G( I1 c
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
; Z+ n, b4 o8 n, J2 s( VCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards+ X( w9 l. H3 |1 Q
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
5 A$ _+ F( B) R7 qTask forces break off...: V5 H: z2 m1 ^7 m
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4 z3 g/ a1 I! a& ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards8 m7 U0 N, ]# R0 Q% P
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Japanese Ships2 J9 D; y+ x" ~0 C, E8 a, X
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
7 \' d* l9 P K' I- H" x8 y CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
, I( g: W% V# m# M CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
6 |/ E; F9 W, I: \5 P) J CA Kako, Shell hits 1
1 x" r, i* b/ F9 v- ~ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
0 g( Y; ]. @( x' w& X CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
' F* {8 \, P+ ]: P; b- l+ J CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire9 e2 Z: y% I% m! R
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Allied Ships7 m8 H( @; B: W9 `% P
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire9 V$ b) ^8 [) {0 x' ?7 {7 {
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
X0 k. I' k& L7 A CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
( ~& \3 w4 J9 g) v3 h; O DD Mugford
, `# A. p8 {+ ^+ P DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2& A P, ~3 u+ h. p9 ?, d ]
DD Patterson
. }( @& Q" m- I/ P; R+ ~ DD Jarvis+ o1 g P, r( d+ g
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight3 T; K$ H/ ?+ X/ d3 c3 D ^+ V
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
2 v4 r$ J# ]$ R% gRange closes to 20,000 yards...
2 x. _% h y2 @' b d fRange closes to 14,000 yards...
* E5 F3 w: n2 t% w5 u% Z. |Range closes to 8,000 yards...
- M7 N- `5 b, vRange closes to 4,000 yards.... Q9 F# W) L2 s* o! M
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
; K- v B, q, g! H5 |CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards. Q- Z6 W- L$ ~" l+ f6 a# L/ I8 g4 w
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
h) L/ F" t% _$ `9 V6 x9 \Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'' [% w' q% a |6 O8 ^: A, M, i
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
8 s+ {' y. A5 c0 B8 `CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
% ^/ L0 Y$ }$ mCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
: Y- J6 m: Z [$ VCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
/ U! W) k F$ }! {DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
& w* y e7 E% @8 B7 y4 N( PCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
% E& x0 ^0 J- `( I# `* P3 qCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards! o8 G" V$ G7 z. e
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards. I+ [/ }3 E) W" _9 H3 O4 n/ X
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards f& {& s3 A" }
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards2 C* ?* r9 T; o
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
, i/ U6 M! w! _; [8 _CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards" n" M# \1 v7 x! z8 W& S
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards d& Z8 _2 J5 h
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards Y4 P& X; |6 P, |; u8 s3 I
Range increases to 5,000 yards& f* o1 g: `9 `0 j
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
4 u* w; d$ {# F3 \( ], y, pCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards' E5 J1 C7 b" v0 S: {
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
( c7 U- b& a2 C" g$ n4 c' ?8 iCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
: c8 s s. w4 J6 _2 hCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
. ~# P" `3 `0 U u _: b8 N1 yDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
8 m6 x: @+ o8 U5 dCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards" N4 l4 g3 H5 s' J) _
Range increases to 8,000 yards
' p" Q- Z* S0 t9 PCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards3 \$ X: U( V. s, W8 J' J6 W: ^
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards5 \/ U: J* _7 a/ _0 U* Z
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
' L1 v6 E& a( R- ^CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
& B5 A! ~; S" i4 q1 ?' KCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
# ~4 R6 [" t, u" v- x2 DCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards7 d3 W& Z* c; _4 |3 D+ Q
Range increases to 9,000 yards
, i; V' \# T* | DCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards" K; N; c& u4 w5 R. u9 J- f- L
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
8 ?. U0 u( w0 j+ i7 ACA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
" z4 m4 G: V1 G! k8 SCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards, J& @2 \- [9 I% g. ~% M. p0 D3 y
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards8 J1 o0 h8 M% E' Q9 K
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards c6 i4 U- t& T% d4 H
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards( @, x& [4 U+ l% E' V/ D- {" Y3 _
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards# x8 i9 a) F1 m" W6 Y; w g
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Japanese Ships# _- l8 t ^/ |
CA Aoba- A' t# I: C4 t1 M) Q: x) c- q) E
CA Kinugasa
) |9 I' e) j' I2 {: N CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
7 N) E7 M& f9 R- \0 x CA Kako, Shell hits 16 R7 W/ w$ } H, s! {8 _8 g
CL Tenryu$ G2 @* f7 c( B% c7 J; e2 g0 ?( h6 w
CL Tatsuta# X. l- C5 _5 w- i! p2 Y
CL Yubari
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* `, a7 Z2 `. d' W8 B8 R! |8 z DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
& j' F0 P/ ~' r% p, k DD Balch& ~5 K! y. [/ u: h
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* _9 G- c3 J! I7 Y# YReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight1 z% g/ f9 Z" J( |8 Q% ]4 _) b
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards0 R$ o4 v- P3 P( D: S- q
Range closes to 24,000 yards..., u& E3 E, S! J% n
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- e8 C7 I0 d2 u4 d& `Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 W( \7 w T9 A' u& w* B% G( z& J
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
; g$ B( M3 |! Q8 @4 yRange closes to 16,000 yards... h( _( E. W2 D1 |9 H8 i
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." R, N* D) A* |: x V ^& ]
Range closes to 12,000 yards...* M: D# @; R6 \* a1 ^
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
% J/ `) z7 i, l+ r1 x8 P" A1 L# aRange closes to 10,000 yards...' d& ?' j( Y C' n" Y5 c
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
7 x( w& b- \. W: DRange closes to 8,000 yards...; I6 V# }8 D; J! J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards) M0 a' R2 v3 r0 i0 l7 h9 @, u
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
3 n# m9 n/ b6 G: z$ B$ mRange closes to 6,000 yards...0 c. W( ]5 n% ?0 H
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards. G1 R$ g( l5 A; b! ?
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
0 I" z) x, o: d) b: nRange increases to 7,000 yards$ H0 s" |! ~# Q3 R' N* _' ?( B
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards( Z% p: W7 v7 \( J
Range closes to 6,000 yards
2 i, z* ^1 {" \9 BCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards' P6 F& R+ W2 ~, v8 N: y/ E
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards2 E2 J% t5 G m& r
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards! o8 D4 _9 W1 D9 ~3 L
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
4 k; l2 J; L% v! n( G# gRange closes to 4,000 yards
" }$ x5 ]) h* n+ a& {* tCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards+ Z$ _& R% ^& Q- P
Range increases to 7,000 yards
9 ^ l* d; `3 g2 cCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards# ?0 _; z2 x* Z; ~/ O0 U. C; r' N
Range increases to 11,000 yards
( Y4 L6 _3 J+ H6 }8 b7 w" qCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards% V" _9 V Y6 ]* |7 c7 m9 r
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
2 [5 E+ T4 N; @& ?% ?- ~/ sTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards* y! t$ h+ T/ @3 c( M
* b1 Z7 K) q5 h" X0 [" {5 |" TJapanese Ships
, d* Y+ a2 [) [% K) r" Q: [ CA Aoba6 C6 p% J6 H$ s/ A( y0 a+ Q& O% S
CA Kinugasa
6 w. Q; b# B1 r5 ?& @& \) t% ^ CA Furutaka
/ I# R' R( z0 V2 t' Z4 |$ O5 b CA Kako, Shell hits 13 X& k; C/ D3 s
CL Tenryu9 W% L0 p: n5 e m* z; F) [# R
CL Tatsuta
$ t5 |4 P+ a: ^+ G CL Yubari: N* U3 `3 n- H2 P/ l
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DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire: W$ | A6 S6 w9 N9 x
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
x6 @ s+ A* Z/ M$ J8 W2 gRange closes to 24,000 yards...
7 k! |- L/ p$ W: ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards# |& o2 b1 n' F
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. Y2 z1 `0 [6 K5 DRange closes to 20,000 yards...8 j7 J7 _! D* k6 d7 G2 j
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
8 Z% \2 ]: M X" |* ~$ _0 @Range closes to 16,000 yards...
; _$ |7 o' [0 JRange closes to 14,000 yards..., A! B2 X8 U" J d }% F. d7 o
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
+ w, s7 c, Y+ bRange closes to 11,000 yards...
" }" E1 g" j# \" @4 g+ q, BRange closes to 10,000 yards...
/ C* A; D# i" |- }Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 d$ Y8 ~4 Z( |/ CRange closes to 8,000 yards...
1 e3 s5 f% ^! h/ _! c4 SRange closes to 7,000 yards...
( U. m& k2 h2 Z; I! d7 \- n2 }Range closes to 6,000 yards.../ {! I/ H( `) d) B* v, O9 k- J
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
4 D6 h W% h8 V! N$ f% x, x7 _Range closes to 4,000 yards...
: ~+ o: T, s+ K7 k$ |Range closes to 3,000 yards...
+ U- u5 B; ^# i' Q7 \* C' zCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards! @" i( J& A& _' Q2 O6 J0 z
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards+ _/ n/ v0 v( X& v
Range increases to 4,000 yards
& ?0 [+ ~; ]$ C7 ]4 kCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
6 x# @8 a% x) C" q& D3 v9 W) LCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& j5 m1 v/ C7 o
Range increases to 5,000 yards" F0 @: u. l* l v5 Y- G3 D3 L
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
7 H% M) g3 Z6 xRange increases to 9,000 yards
- H8 z& Y% e3 J) ^2 F# r; Z2 LCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards" R9 @4 h) Z, w/ E
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape7 ^. o/ C% m6 g& d/ ]5 j x
Task forces break off...6 G7 Y" q% M0 [9 ?+ d% M4 m7 G
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3 J) v6 o4 o" C+ {" ?' [" z: t0 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% ~; e- }' \. [. S
CA Aoba6 ^7 D& U" @' Y0 C1 o* [; F$ e) D, M
CA Kinugasa
7 B6 f& m% }5 L Q% g w- i- H CA Furutaka
' Q4 Q) |4 ]* }5 x4 f CA Kako
9 a1 v5 L! y* k7 O CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire7 I* [. r4 x' W% p2 |
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire8 y1 X; |" T( E' T5 m6 a/ ]2 h
CL Yubari9 G6 X4 n2 z( M5 p3 m
5 Y q9 w; |2 Y4 V% g% a2 zAllied Ships
7 r6 ~8 Q8 X; f u APD Colhoun
$ H! k: q( Y2 d% u% ], F APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire0 g/ H* m5 {8 Y$ G. \
DMS Southard, Shell hits 16 O! Y; }0 y8 U2 c
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
; M+ }+ @5 \3 }. p# p AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
/ y& f& A3 @+ S" L! p AP Harris
4 a8 \" Y b6 J AP Zeilin
3 K7 N1 i# s5 C0 T+ { AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
( A3 ]7 R f2 B AP Heywood
+ g' n2 S4 k) \. l8 G AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire5 ~& D8 s) D, Y% j2 {( c* Q
AP President Bowen0 C$ U g, A6 p$ ~6 z: E s, q0 o
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire8 ]) x5 m" o1 M9 A! K3 b1 e0 T
xAP President Wilkerson/ _9 o6 U) s8 W1 i4 _$ _
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$ F7 r, A. V, j* K" S% K: d* ZAllied ground losses:
( {" v6 U8 V* l3 b 105 casualties reported
3 U5 O' H" H+ T* O( k) {% O* b Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 ^3 a( }: G% X( Y Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
& h8 _1 u6 B Z8 S& Q R Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
' U( Q$ b. P" k6 ]% nAllied TF begins to get underway
5 h% O( _: A7 M2 o) |0 S+ yReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight/ P, G" z9 p6 a' _$ u
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
7 k1 \* Q8 r0 T4 a V( c( l3 G0 Z" GRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- ?6 D! c9 M* iRange closes to 13,000 yards...; |+ ?2 H# w' q6 k& q/ k
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 K% e! W( O; g1 z( N# x
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
" }# P1 J4 a' a v6 H/ I& e& QRange closes to 3,000 yards...
1 Z5 V) j2 ]4 v6 n1 \Range closes to 1,000 yards...3 N1 A z! M4 i) | X, G
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
) j, k: K$ S% g. W7 t8 f9 RCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards1 Y/ K- r2 N s b
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
. ?0 S' H/ n* nCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
( P* }) Z0 Q1 @4 x9 JCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
c) s, a) H6 ?8 iCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards2 e3 O; B4 e' z7 Y
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards9 C' ~! q% b1 q5 l4 e3 x
Range increases to 2,000 yards- W* u( t$ I& t% q
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
& M2 I. n. V2 X4 M0 o5 y5 s! mCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards2 M' ~; f7 C: P4 A3 z
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
: I m4 d7 t/ DCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards1 m+ I* F3 L V, N
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
" `* ?. Y/ y' X2 U4 U( H; KCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
' E) r) V% I& A) E7 O5 p! T0 DRange increases to 4,000 yards
& Z$ H; M. t3 j5 v+ Q- eCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
7 {2 M4 N4 i4 A! R$ \9 uCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
& ~5 @" U: C$ d' N# v# l- T. P9 dCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
7 \9 N, W9 m' I( K1 \9 b& ECA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards5 e, B$ {6 i9 V& P
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
" i/ A" T# ?! s% r1 Y) DCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards5 r7 ^" V/ j" T/ I! W4 T* K7 c
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards% y0 {& \, ^4 x5 l; E) u
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape# s; H5 r* t# F
Task forces break off..." ~$ Q" A; u6 H' e
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$ @6 D: G1 U" |第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
8 Y7 v8 ?' `- \3 Q' E1 p# b万恶的58!!!7 C; G8 O, ~; I: A9 @. ~* K
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134/ S- [; f7 ]* T8 _! }+ [1 B
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Weather in hex: Clear sky7 V9 [' @: |# |$ T. a* j
2 I1 a, b( c8 D6 Z2 WRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
# v: t4 r+ N1 k' C" N- GEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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( M6 N& P' F. |% C1 A+ c* o MJapanese aircraft! X" Q) |9 w: b! D
no flights T' n' R2 V# ^
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& p% ^1 G/ A% B- ]" n4 }Allied aircraft
; i: i8 `" }; A F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
) d) F+ E8 h6 k8 S9 g2 B% Q/ Z, n$ g SBD-3 Dauntless x 82; X# w) v4 I. J0 h9 L! t/ n
TBF-1 Avenger x 393 Y, M3 f9 G! W9 V
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Japanese aircraft losses
9 b8 \- i2 d2 }( ~No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses8 k; h N. B0 J {' e- t
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged5 O! V/ C- R) b5 K8 j) U
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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9 k) c# C" u$ z, G2 c pJapanese Ships8 A4 r3 o1 s. e7 R
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
2 b0 X) C5 T4 B CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk% ?$ T0 f# ~* |. q7 @4 p2 n
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage' f. R* g& `/ D' L8 \. ^% v
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk" ]7 G0 `) \4 ]+ j1 d4 `
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