8月9号( {; J T1 {' I* h
第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
8 [! h( f0 f2 M5 {7 ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards" v; L# v- ? C
4 q- z9 P5 I$ A; SAllied aircraft$ T( T+ `; c& i; R# Z1 X
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses0 O% G9 Q! @; y* B% a. b
No Allied losses
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* |% B; w- j# F& [( BJapanese Ships
6 @' J( a0 N0 l CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
% y1 S, U8 \8 x CA Aoba x7 G5 D8 j3 `6 V
CA Kinugasa# N8 f4 @( `& H5 W$ Y8 q" y
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
1 Z# j# g+ P! V3 _- W9 u CA Kako
5 o' I. r. V* ]' O9 y0 \9 x2 u3 \ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 19 @1 [0 } z5 k) q' \1 I A' k8 ]
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
; k. o" ?* j6 G, ~# G/ z CL Yubari4 V6 r: y6 A, U- E+ m
5 u0 [% O1 Y, {! n& _Allied Ships8 ~ x* _' A: [1 w- T9 t1 d
CA Salt Lake City
) G% R* l1 j/ _. R CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
- o. G' J* U0 I0 I4 | DD Grayson
. L2 v5 u$ e) l; W9 I DD Monssen
4 ?7 D( S& ^" n, U2 U$ x/ } DD Aaron Ward/ f9 J, t) z; N. |9 a6 P: @& o2 \
DD Laffey
. ]) v7 r' W3 M9 |) P DD Farenholt
* }" {3 \1 T5 T/ j0 i" l$ Z* Z0 f DD Maury" ~( w* S, o: W
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ R8 |9 n* @2 @" Z DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire9 t- q4 E& |8 ]9 ^
DD Stack
9 W" L- g* [& _$ c9 o DD Sterett, Shell hits 1: R0 `& f( G; \
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
8 _3 `/ U# k' Y$ c* }9 hMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards$ ~% i B- Z# Q2 m
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) O8 ~2 q7 n& s7 T8 I) m0 F" S
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
8 Y) T# E. w1 E' n6 [* M wRange closes to 8,000 yards...
( K9 x$ m3 H+ u4 o( k1 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards; q6 i) C2 B7 [$ f& s+ a0 f) o, ~. p
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
5 g2 C! V$ b2 V5 wRange closes to 3,000 yards...; G$ K( I9 ]% S. w3 B
Range closes to 1,000 yards...1 e* m- J8 A, D' d! \
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'2 A( E- t2 M9 e8 Y
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards3 I* Q' v; y! @$ }4 I) |) b# x
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
9 k4 W! E1 n+ m8 P. dDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards7 `- d6 B6 @' p5 M2 U% ]/ j% ?
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
) E8 P5 m6 v( sCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards) ~! L! X e; d
Range increases to 2,000 yards
: R$ c. v! f4 d3 w u6 N. \DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
' l3 q5 c. V# q6 DCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards7 g2 F: U0 o2 v2 B
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
, E# P: ~& x' E9 ^' A1 vCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards$ ^+ X7 T ~) t8 ?
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards h# F$ }( F9 }
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards' x' z3 v J/ U4 d0 {/ \
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards7 E' J" z( L* C: \
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards- j/ c4 k! @2 u1 b+ e
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
% g$ C# s3 U) h/ M( u5 x6 URange increases to 6,000 yards( c7 K+ Z4 Z9 q; Q5 s! n7 ^ I1 v) i
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
, C$ Q6 I# p2 l6 K; nCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
9 D- c& i$ A& a' eCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards( J5 S# w6 h) N$ I p% P
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards% D$ p: V- j6 q% L0 J; g: E" e' `- h
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards& E/ F' f& \% y- ?7 P% u
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
% P3 J5 ]2 F' [0 u# S1 A* ZCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards2 u1 v( `) }' r6 T7 f% r
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
' I( k7 X# L8 ~ x+ |CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards* S, p3 j: C: T/ `+ \
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards m3 F2 k. M% z$ I! a4 w* c( n: H
Task forces break off...4 |) u8 Y% D& {, @- M
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% |6 O7 |9 g& b/ }7 z8 V: e8 Q! J1 J* bNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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5 t0 K' j" u" G) ^) \, HJapanese Ships
3 K3 [9 O( C; P2 t. Y! e k; K& U CA Aoba, Shell hits 2, U; G3 l8 `0 M: a# s4 m
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire- D' Z4 x; P7 c0 c2 O3 p$ O
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
1 m' t3 F% S" U) U; u! l' N CA Kako, Shell hits 1! a$ Z/ m& r- @
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
1 t3 [0 x0 q1 [4 @; P, j& r CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire7 `" H) T4 x- `( z, s; [; j' T! S
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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6 B6 K/ Z. |4 I" f' q9 t. i+ jAllied Ships. t1 _3 c+ `2 [! W- L
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire+ \- g7 y: ` o7 O9 {! R
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
. |. g8 B3 M3 r' L# H) L, N CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage4 a5 f$ [0 @: f) n' _1 n. z
DD Mugford4 }' C8 l. Z5 P& J, K8 u) W, L- i
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 22 H( F3 J& b t
DD Patterson
, p% |( Q; A# X% J, I% b DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
+ j2 D, Y. \7 {: N% R. ]/ G- {Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
% o( m. P4 `) I& F& A6 ~+ [Range closes to 20,000 yards...
7 U6 B$ G4 s, Y# ^9 CRange closes to 14,000 yards...
8 p8 T7 |( M9 d; u3 Z) [Range closes to 8,000 yards...
4 f9 U: R1 d% T. Z4 a; jRange closes to 4,000 yards...* ^8 T( c9 e8 k
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
7 B5 o3 }5 N% w4 b, T% m& _- c9 eCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards: K5 j1 {! Q& i( n" t6 W- z9 I
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards* C) n4 `) ]9 ~
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'+ z; w3 p i0 i- c: `/ @6 W- @ q
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards5 Y2 k) _7 X9 s6 t
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
5 m( i7 W, \7 r) yCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
" T& i; P1 t. q x! q9 cCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards2 x% ?9 v6 i; w3 ^; L6 Q
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
P! B& j9 K, ACA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards8 y7 ?, o3 G3 d& z( h' N
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
8 A+ q+ w, a# J2 A }# ZCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards9 p) [, Z( X/ ]0 U2 ]
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
: \- B" ^2 y( VCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards9 K1 x) O7 x5 v' L+ V4 G0 V
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards m" N, p, g4 N7 r; C
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
8 f+ Z2 \, w' D. b3 \CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
) M- C/ _8 a4 S8 m! ~CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
# e* ]4 Q6 r# l# K/ r2 C& R, k" gRange increases to 5,000 yards* ]8 d: y+ d* n
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
$ I2 f9 q. c1 H J" KCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
1 w- p1 [5 z& u1 |1 GCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
w- U) D6 e7 M3 ]3 P" GCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
1 h9 K# u* S* v& S, Q* q3 yCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards! N1 m# y$ a3 j1 z
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
" a" _$ d: |' F9 b' gCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards6 r* H& e, N5 X& x# @0 C9 p- Z
Range increases to 8,000 yards
l( I0 E7 i% v6 H0 jCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards% S# c% ~% T9 n( r3 m. y& K$ y
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards; n, N3 o0 ?! w+ c) r" k" ^( V2 a" l
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
- d) U" [+ M- N, f$ j7 tCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
- k8 T( Z8 r8 m' I2 KCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
. j% i2 o' p- }# }6 D1 JCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
) }# y3 o) p; P# F8 W% d$ sRange increases to 9,000 yards& c% W, e' t& _- x( t$ t1 V
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards! o* ]9 [% k6 G$ R0 N2 f8 Z/ m
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards$ |! F/ G8 F0 O1 G' c
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
" E6 Q* Q& K) N, h6 o* b& l: nCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
$ C6 l: ^ F8 L1 p) P1 cCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
9 C. X( w/ S. G" YCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
8 k: Z, n! y4 \, H; n/ _1 ^& SDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards! O7 N- H8 v+ K0 ^+ I7 c
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
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1 d% k% f& R3 P- @: ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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+ R" I; P. w3 c' Y \Japanese Ships
/ c: n) `$ M' ~0 e2 i5 C CA Aoba+ ]4 J! |: N5 t' e, J
CA Kinugasa9 Q9 o9 d, U% I0 j' }
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2% ^3 }& H% Z) P3 U! x
CA Kako, Shell hits 17 o% O- K m; M( }1 B, q: F
CL Tenryu
' e* J: R/ }: E6 U* H6 Z" h) b: e8 J CL Tatsuta# G7 U0 h3 M- |- W: y
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships4 O% |. F, c! F
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
3 p. A F4 r8 V5 S) Z DD Balch6 Z5 L% o6 }' \. c% H1 x8 J$ w
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) c7 q7 E! m0 [Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight! E' j) T' q; B! q9 w0 L0 u. \
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards" i) h% g! N! P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
7 y% I& [! M0 W+ E/ g. u6 {Range closes to 22,000 yards...4 C0 x, b: A, n) Y) l' j) D
Range closes to 20,000 yards.... T4 S0 X( g! r: W3 O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...# x( e k' N, s6 B5 }, m+ t
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
$ f/ r% w$ y( I2 uRange closes to 14,000 yards...5 S' g6 [7 r. i! {! J' O
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 t3 V# e* W- B7 O0 x ~3 tRange closes to 11,000 yards...4 b0 r5 R5 {4 I% P6 }" c3 x5 f
Range closes to 10,000 yards...# v' B' P8 F R+ J
Range closes to 9,000 yards...6 M+ [7 |8 C8 R; `+ Y5 z
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
. A$ T! S# @$ E& y6 F# A" dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
9 N0 g8 K& }* l( L. v( }4 mRange closes to 7,000 yards...
$ \5 J4 z! @& s- I" d |, H( B9 gRange closes to 6,000 yards...4 D7 A0 R- W$ o) X# k1 J9 G
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
: m- t4 A. i) k7 S/ R+ b- M( LCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
8 x0 j, J. k$ s7 W1 k4 S. xRange increases to 7,000 yards1 H" ]" i7 h6 _4 S& c
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
7 ?" j/ z" Q/ jRange closes to 6,000 yards0 _- \: o5 p1 E) \; f! j
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
" i. C3 ?. t0 H+ l) e1 D" h+ i5 xCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards* I5 a0 U; F& S% M# w; z
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards! D# u6 ^9 c9 q0 S& [% p
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards5 b" t; K& N3 L
Range closes to 4,000 yards
0 ?) j: Q+ p' U$ ?: u5 mCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& O8 T# I6 u% d9 S7 F
Range increases to 7,000 yards* Z$ X# S2 @: x+ w2 s. {
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
6 Q) p# V1 e' z* }0 \Range increases to 11,000 yards0 T/ Q' f0 a- N: m
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards2 u/ G: o E+ F- |9 z
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape6 I! c; ?6 W# \1 a$ R0 G+ v0 d6 S& I
Task forces break off...
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* ~, q( {2 G7 l2 e7 l" @8 T- ~( ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards# I- ^% ^ y1 z+ L2 _0 l& X! l
( R/ G* |! C2 |6 {4 NJapanese Ships! t W' K& ^5 j5 O
CA Aoba
) v6 H3 m" i" M, \/ a CA Kinugasa
0 }# Z6 v. B4 `" l2 T0 G CA Furutaka" Z9 k" U- ]. D
CA Kako, Shell hits 10 y! v; p t8 D! F+ g; w- E
CL Tenryu/ b0 o" x9 o, {
CL Tatsuta& e5 x; O: S7 P+ `. v
CL Yubari G- R5 t% m6 m3 p; O5 C
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Allied Ships
R! x" W+ V9 o: ~$ H, J L DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire/ |# ?: s) t/ F2 x) d2 {3 R
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# f# X( ] T/ NReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
! c: c7 W6 \. sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
$ f' v9 V6 J2 y( h) S/ B `Range closes to 24,000 yards...
( X- _8 n! M$ q- c c# bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards0 c" Y" B" e0 g7 n3 c
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
! I, k( x( i2 ARange closes to 20,000 yards...
8 J2 i/ K1 C5 c" z! [( }Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 a6 r! V' J. v G( I6 S" I4 DRange closes to 16,000 yards...9 o+ K# g. L! z7 ~
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ ~* o; J3 e9 oRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 q- l) M1 F1 t: \2 h4 _
Range closes to 11,000 yards...# J' G( j% G J( m, ^- c' ]
Range closes to 10,000 yards...+ f0 U$ c8 G! @1 Q0 C5 @8 y3 }8 B
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
& s6 e7 P! N2 [+ b5 TRange closes to 8,000 yards...
( v; G7 ]6 E# x& O" @Range closes to 7,000 yards...& N9 O$ _8 d8 v& d
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
+ _) |4 C: N- XRange closes to 5,000 yards...' F. Q& Q6 Z+ X. a3 c) P% _
Range closes to 4,000 yards...: T. H: Z, O" ~
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
, C8 J+ I# i6 j( \' PCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards. c2 L( Q" A7 h; q. s
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards# s/ P) r2 ?. ]& v
Range increases to 4,000 yards
' m" C8 v5 U* X; J( pCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards p$ Z4 n6 ~ l j! D
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards9 d5 B/ c! w D* H9 p& E
Range increases to 5,000 yards: w6 N' ^; W$ j" J
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards* \2 A7 Z" Q' x1 ^2 r3 c
Range increases to 9,000 yards
# p3 e) Q' a2 t" B% w4 j; ECA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
7 t& f8 n6 r% gAllied Task Force Manages to Escape% s$ ~ I! p+ w' G1 ~) D
Task forces break off...- i9 J' ^( \ z! z7 t8 }( t
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships3 _+ b7 h' o! g
CA Aoba
5 |4 s( ], R: s6 b, K% ~. g CA Kinugasa1 s& o& c' n+ L$ T7 Y0 Z7 P3 F
CA Furutaka
+ o/ P( s1 H( c5 V CA Kako
/ h. H1 ^6 L# g' x. l! N CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire- M8 Q. ~7 G9 }! p
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
- A0 w& K( U8 M" f9 | CL Yubari
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; J; @" I; S1 CAllied Ships
) i: X* p+ M W6 u" I APD Colhoun& r& P: h" Q9 j7 u
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
/ ?! }- Y/ [8 y% L8 w8 [; I DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
9 q" ?! Y) o: g& E; S1 m4 z DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ u& y, T" l. H4 F4 l AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires4 W+ d& O3 x# V: c
AP Harris
) p* u5 P% ?+ g0 @8 X3 | AP Zeilin* v O; ^4 C9 {0 r9 w$ J
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
) t6 z1 e+ I$ @% M7 K+ G AP Heywood
; m5 `1 n% f- Y* h6 B7 o7 W AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
' d r- c5 y; _4 |+ l9 N AP President Bowen8 J! n' k- M* d8 d
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
9 ` f. R- i8 ^ xAP President Wilkerson8 f" x' b4 s* i, L! B
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% a# P1 N' k, q; PAllied ground losses:
/ A2 u+ z( i' v/ h/ F# Y6 A+ A 105 casualties reported% f, e9 f- g% S/ k8 B. }' D/ _: ?
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 F6 U: P; X! _# @) D( Y
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
$ a7 s- Z- p5 J3 ^* i6 i Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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" @7 G' I1 c, OJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
# X2 [5 `. j2 Q: Y0 |' e% RAllied TF begins to get underway: M( I! z5 c: P" @- k
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
7 z( G- L& w- X$ pMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards' w% L1 w7 K+ V; A7 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
+ _6 Q8 m9 s( p/ K2 @Range closes to 13,000 yards.... i" Z0 M0 A- ]* s9 t( J2 d# L" @, a
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
- t5 J: O9 o F+ |Range closes to 5,000 yards...
+ | ?+ p( S0 q, w% h) ERange closes to 3,000 yards...9 \: Z0 b, X. g3 A! H1 s q8 C
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
( K! u1 h* G! `! v0 c* F- U) XCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
' f6 t& c: v2 I# h2 z3 VCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
) S) a( \" |& a6 LCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
" Z" C# p! n$ P( d% s0 v' a* ^CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards, g0 G& X. J9 J+ h$ S
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
5 [$ C4 y. \! c6 O1 Y, {5 S+ y3 NCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
8 I! j1 }! m' ^$ G" |- HCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards- h2 S, g7 ~, N) H
Range increases to 2,000 yards0 j" A* t( m' _/ @' w' C' s. D
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards- G( g6 O) e( I! s% o' r
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
1 n3 m6 r& X4 {& n3 ^CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
4 M" r% ^. M" {& `/ _8 JCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
# { J$ }+ v2 c4 r2 W+ \7 rCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards# r2 X' I7 S1 k+ f
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
& M- P0 r2 l0 F8 V% f) o, SRange increases to 4,000 yards1 u& W( n# W4 }* a
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards3 p% D0 p Y* e6 v7 H8 X4 Z* R
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards3 Z1 l7 d" {) f" |0 w2 x) T
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
; } |' b! c( W/ Q* }7 cCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
% D' \, U. _: kCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
9 b6 w* ?0 a; QCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
" |9 d' s( U3 @1 ]2 CCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
" c" z+ y( N Q2 z0 ]Allied Task Force Manages to Escape4 D+ o( ^ f& C J+ i, v& T( K# t
Task forces break off...
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$ y/ J, k: S. O4 l0 j* _% R" E第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。8 T3 g7 v7 N7 c2 ~' O9 Y
万恶的58!!!
: e3 ?1 K, Q/ G0 D0 c. i& S; }! {Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134) K, s: |, R% w
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Weather in hex: Clear sky: h4 U7 b2 e, j% o' [
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.- `& a1 O8 `/ x; |) @
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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no flights. [4 ~" {+ k3 Y; Z& G! F8 X0 ~% v
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2 ]2 n4 L& |+ `Allied aircraft
) t6 p. l7 ]+ ^/ \ b. v, Z F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
' I* b, N ?* W' A SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
: T: r0 m, ^- _5 j, Z) ^8 Y, T8 m TBF-1 Avenger x 39- _( i }3 g, t6 J! @
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# U2 w/ e! j d) SJapanese aircraft losses. D: u; R# B$ Z" K6 ^1 t0 ^
No Japanese losses
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7 W$ k3 s0 S' A, v, k4 X6 l9 zAllied aircraft losses- U) b: S4 |$ ^) D3 I
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged4 R# F$ r4 {$ y; j4 [) ]
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged! V! Z: t+ {8 S" f% H2 X4 n/ i
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CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
7 X) h; U8 ?6 ^ n! ~6 L CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk" `% r0 [4 T8 Z) [/ N
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
( }) m7 C1 L+ @% ]( R1 M CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk1 s( P ^+ W" q9 _
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