8月9号
L c. {3 n9 w* s第8舰队勇闯图拉吉! ]/ e8 p" U+ S: Q. A* j
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards, W2 D9 ^* m( }! M
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Allied aircraft& B: W. ^. G, V8 B- w( l
no flights& u* B; U* q# \
+ W8 f/ O% S- f; S9 u% a4 B+ m2 CAllied aircraft losses
5 X! G# F1 R. YNo Allied losses
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( e4 i- Y, ]" @* J5 c/ R5 RJapanese Ships1 Q/ k9 _, C1 h
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire) g4 ]" j, J9 c- c1 e8 k: H
CA Aoba
8 W0 K* w0 k5 F4 ^ | CA Kinugasa
1 [. a1 J6 Q# Z7 F CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
, `% M* p, Q) w R& }5 u/ C CA Kako; h9 n& B* T* ?: m7 M
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 13 Q- b; t$ ?, }6 @
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 65 Z% H( m& L, D- V2 O
CL Yubari/ H& Y- p; v }) l+ g3 X
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Allied Ships
) x& {' g' B# \ CA Salt Lake City
( m5 R+ B1 N: U/ K+ }. P CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk$ _! s6 Y8 C8 O3 c, D2 m
DD Grayson2 Y# }. w* i5 C, T
DD Monssen; {! ^7 t* u- u' [# x) ]+ N" {* y- \6 I
DD Aaron Ward, d( e/ n- ^# ?! E5 F V, H
DD Laffey
# | S/ K; Q0 A- b, C DD Farenholt
& P, B. e+ |+ r, f7 r( D4 ^ DD Maury& W. {0 [" v2 N* U5 C8 T; g$ Q* {
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 l. R/ c# _& u7 p: |, n" ^! s DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire: ~/ R) n* v5 s9 b
DD Stack) B6 u# x: I; z8 C3 U# y
DD Sterett, Shell hits 11 g; Q9 N ~. g, Q
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight3 V/ X9 E, F- z& x+ |$ g
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
7 Q% t( s: _! pRange closes to 20,000 yards...- R( a1 H4 v$ D7 y8 w W
Range closes to 14,000 yards...7 I0 w: h5 F* H5 V0 T. y' S8 N z
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
: Y$ s: G: Q$ ?* G; Q; o) ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards! c0 t3 G5 f! d. U2 n% v
Range closes to 5,000 yards..., L' ]. g5 A( Q" m
Range closes to 3,000 yards...5 e- J6 W0 h+ f
Range closes to 1,000 yards...% c z5 a& Z7 G) O) x/ u
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
( b. g# z2 m/ n% qCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
9 U! o+ U9 l4 ~CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards6 e# }1 f" k$ z6 ^& t0 U% V- I
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
8 ~+ o; P, [6 Y( G! r* n8 QCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
9 z( }3 s# R; A* x8 FCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
, V+ j1 L+ f; W$ [/ CRange increases to 2,000 yards
( t% Y: W! W) R& m! H( gDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
) I, v% t2 y1 t! X7 jCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards: G. Q* g$ Y8 I3 m& ~; U; O
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards* A2 b' j5 v, e4 _
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
+ L1 h6 ?, e0 J! h3 T$ m* j) lDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
$ r7 Y: ]# D( K/ C7 e: C" P" ECA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards9 a! ]6 w0 C; w: H7 v0 m
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards( _) ~ ~. W# [. z# ]5 J* E
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
7 F* y7 | ]3 R. W* ]CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards+ N3 t+ a- [* K2 k
Range increases to 6,000 yards
- X" C1 T* ]$ \5 m; [; y8 q7 QDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 2 Z1 a2 H" u/ i k4 }
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards0 m5 ]6 l b8 I' G0 u$ c
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards& }* s2 s* ?! y/ F ~* d: l
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards# L! l& X' e [
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards9 ?3 \+ Y- L) ^" A
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards& N1 a5 Z. @; ?
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
2 |0 h( J X# N* FCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards# g1 }: w+ \" p) b# {3 M
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
! E; G+ Y9 L% z; I$ XCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
* C$ ]" v/ c$ }9 p# \Task forces break off.../ K+ \/ p: {; b _) P$ E( u$ s/ }5 @, ]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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M# ]6 I. O# z3 E" a) V4 j# ] CA Aoba, Shell hits 2& u1 |' N* I# D& ]8 V/ l+ P. U
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
& Y8 i+ v" W) U7 @5 \3 M CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
5 h0 e0 }( P9 U0 G* F( `+ R$ B3 m) ~ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
: m% x! `% U7 V- l7 Z CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire5 H# ]4 g! p8 I9 S( S+ A+ w- o
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire* _3 I/ c, Y$ {
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire. s0 V1 H* S2 y
0 C9 g: W3 L5 V H2 m; M. LAllied Ships
' d; D2 c0 j; e1 ~5 W) a+ U CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire* ?9 R, w; h- z) K( M
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage* {5 T7 I- g. L8 t. h' }* ^
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
3 z8 D, ^$ x8 s DD Mugford
{% f5 X4 {: g& ?' E% ?' b+ ]3 u, @ DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2$ s% Y+ e H6 p) E; _+ j' ~' h
DD Patterson" t# R0 ?/ R! J* p3 K' q+ R
DD Jarvis' q0 F& q' k: x% \0 Z t" Q
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
7 u8 J) b$ P; R9 u; vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
2 u$ E" d" i7 g) I* i |( F8 tRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% S( H3 g* _* K! I( {7 ]2 o1 CRange closes to 14,000 yards...
' d" a; r" {4 k& k$ R V- kRange closes to 8,000 yards...
9 w ^/ W1 M9 ORange closes to 4,000 yards...
: ^( R+ B& A' sRange closes to 2,000 yards...
! l4 o0 i' V% |. b$ V% YCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards) J# {" u6 b$ }, n3 G
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards5 x% ?8 o. @2 ?' X& @/ e" ]' t
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
2 F2 A% [- m; Y+ XCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards* D. V$ h( u. N* f. q1 ]% w
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
( y7 F6 R! D# N' i% J# b- i4 rCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
6 T9 E/ z* ^& j6 t U# A) uCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
- k8 Z1 c# a$ x8 V. x1 HDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
) L3 i. t* t: E, j' qCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
$ S5 u* E# `: I( P7 `8 W# g$ vCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
- q0 {0 A" t, M. `( w7 `CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
, p( r7 X+ E# |2 G4 LCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
: g" @1 y5 q4 s) [9 M/ y* d% JCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
. A' o% E7 w) q# b' u! V- W) DCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
9 k: {' k% Y! p$ \CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards9 B Y- w' ~- D: _6 H
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
7 k4 J1 J8 g7 }$ vCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards, t3 E7 x" S- D! u2 c
Range increases to 5,000 yards
" k& L" f2 V2 [% f x6 ~# KCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards/ L4 y4 m, r# @4 }9 p
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
. `% S; Z% w: {7 `CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
3 V( V- |) y y- F. ?CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards0 Z9 G# Q# t9 O# t
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
( p; Q t9 V j2 @: TDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
; O7 K" a" Z% ^, c; `/ }( ^: LCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards* V) [" {+ B! j% H, L) U) @ @5 H
Range increases to 8,000 yards9 H+ ?: {; {* l
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
9 i' ~0 D% Z& U, qCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
/ q" l: V' [$ r) I" FCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
- y% V- A! F2 q& f0 w# t5 WCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
4 z) g, A+ u8 n" y& Y0 a4 gCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
9 }( g1 |1 g! {: mCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards' z& \1 ~7 \ W
Range increases to 9,000 yards' ^' X& f8 A/ H0 u g* @
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards) i( |' l' H0 O# b3 g" [' A
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards$ t% }+ B3 }* k( m& P d% ^ U
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
q. q5 M H' ]' i% J, CCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards% n1 s6 Y0 X3 S; q# B, ~: z% f
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
1 o9 L9 ^) L3 j7 \! J i7 S \5 PCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
# ?4 v2 g$ J, \. cDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards v: L2 N6 c- x# P+ ^0 Z, A' ]# u
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
! X: v& r& e$ _/ z0 O6 WTask forces break off...# j3 r5 L3 ]7 a
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards1 R) `5 x! g2 c( A0 b: s
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Japanese Ships' R) @+ @: w' q) x/ J, ?: s" e1 U* l
CA Aoba
, _3 Y- v# g# {' h CA Kinugasa# ]5 Y$ ?7 n, i
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
% ~" ]3 {' a6 S4 C CA Kako, Shell hits 1
3 X2 \7 H4 ~6 |- v) m) Q CL Tenryu
! \) w: B* S J- | c! |, X, \0 ` CL Tatsuta k9 M" S% v8 z+ L, K
CL Yubari6 V. B5 i) a# R$ w& V3 N5 s$ ~
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Allied Ships
' }; O; O" L7 d9 l DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
0 u! b) ^* @0 q; |9 b8 ^8 [7 R DD Balch) Y+ |9 s. Y, z# ^1 g
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0 [/ j. ^( Q7 a" L2 CReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight& x F) q; d9 @
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards) }; ?6 q8 @( o: N0 J8 J7 ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...4 k% J& f3 c! Q9 l- f* Y( i
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
+ E$ j y! \' gRange closes to 20,000 yards...
/ c+ w3 I% ]7 v. Y5 V7 Y: lRange closes to 18,000 yards...) ]$ g8 o$ i* u/ W/ t
Range closes to 16,000 yards...8 t; i* z6 c$ w6 H
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
$ y$ }: P* k9 f; m9 G# p/ aRange closes to 12,000 yards...
- l% N3 O |/ ~* |Range closes to 11,000 yards... ?4 D ?: S% i* c
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 U. _/ ^) z5 N; Q% d. \: G8 O6 w
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
3 n! N/ q$ H' ?, g8 [6 b) DRange closes to 8,000 yards...
0 z; r/ j' l% f2 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
4 y* F5 [( y4 _3 q7 QRange closes to 7,000 yards...
0 `# f3 s( V1 A% M' h; A* LRange closes to 6,000 yards...
6 I& C5 u5 Y! Q0 _: V: ]" GCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
$ X& f& X4 |/ q$ ]# s! X, kCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
4 ^7 _5 K6 A, t1 K0 ~Range increases to 7,000 yards
: c/ q+ E4 a/ G9 H3 cDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards5 e! F7 Z- U/ v1 y
Range closes to 6,000 yards
; a5 `9 H4 q$ ^) m( {' QCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
6 x! k* n% R! yCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
0 [' J& y7 n# Y6 u" m7 g4 F! ?CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
) t& G% Y& H6 m( T. G' [DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
. |, e& \: ?) h0 yRange closes to 4,000 yards
, c/ n8 A( _0 i9 n# dCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
) K2 G0 V& o' \+ I( \# MRange increases to 7,000 yards" f, S& W" M- W+ O) W1 c" x. t
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards6 N4 f7 Z& g: V# S% A; p
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- M4 r4 i2 i4 ?; c4 rCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards! D# K# j) S* I* w& o
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape- p( p. |4 y% c$ u
Task forces break off...* H M8 a# F) I2 O4 \6 a
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! ?1 P& c0 @; {& V7 c+ T0 ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards3 S& H) O+ o) L2 q* N
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Japanese Ships- X2 B+ a0 ~2 r6 c: M/ m
CA Aoba4 @# q9 R' |# G, Q
CA Kinugasa
# [ ~0 d$ ]. e9 ]7 |7 `4 b) h CA Furutaka) c: }. O- _# Z2 k3 v8 [4 W
CA Kako, Shell hits 13 h- d. e2 ~3 Z+ r; Y
CL Tenryu
% y0 f" ^3 g5 S6 \ CL Tatsuta7 d6 i) o s( {, a! l9 f
CL Yubari
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3 Z; Z5 A& L% J* L+ ~4 Y; x KAllied Ships
& P; X+ {; O$ L3 z% k! C) T# G! ^ DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight" _# _4 h! Q1 P
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards8 g7 D: z/ C" m6 N
Range closes to 24,000 yards...2 J& C' T" y' e, Z# P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 X, \+ U, S; L& _$ l6 k* {; Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards..." r# }- ?' p* j0 ]9 T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 s, L! |& Z) K4 X: wRange closes to 18,000 yards...1 w' I2 ]; q, c$ o/ h& `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...0 S. x# G" a$ C' w* U6 X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
; W) e/ X" v- \ q0 F+ } QRange closes to 12,000 yards...
6 M/ U, w. i0 i/ K$ i# GRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 i" x0 N8 z* Q4 I1 Q4 a8 j$ E% R
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ T/ C$ U& w( S1 N, L
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
" {9 X% d- \/ a- i' k, f4 h. w( a. iRange closes to 8,000 yards...$ J) {7 `* ^6 g$ T9 X7 U
Range closes to 7,000 yards...& }/ d! g) Z2 P8 f, x
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
" v2 e& j# u Y8 C" N; k, hRange closes to 5,000 yards...
@; ?7 A5 A" G9 `3 Y: aRange closes to 4,000 yards...; H0 S6 c. x, J: L2 [
Range closes to 3,000 yards.... O* Q8 k; L% A, Q
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
' e3 ^% O1 U$ m g6 n% h K& p* UCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
. O: _ Y( t" u. p$ `7 w$ w3 H$ yRange increases to 4,000 yards
; \% Q( @3 z8 `CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
7 v) O3 O6 m+ w ECL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards$ U: U8 M$ _: x8 e
Range increases to 5,000 yards
# b" a" l- F; I+ X- W' u4 y! d1 JCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
5 S% d1 v! ]6 Y( V3 ^7 H' m) VRange increases to 9,000 yards
- D9 O* ?4 a; ~CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
( w/ K9 [& ^' d; oAllied Task Force Manages to Escape3 Y: E t# ]+ m
Task forces break off...& {6 Z& \4 i$ `/ `& R
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" \' e" D" f+ @& N- z( \0 dNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
2 s: O0 C/ d/ u& M6 f6 y CA Aoba
3 j7 t1 Y& F) {. l CA Kinugasa- N* k! l6 I7 j8 m, K4 \3 V9 Z2 ^
CA Furutaka
9 t/ ?6 l, D6 V/ [( q5 n& G CA Kako
. a# r3 M9 U6 T* g CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire6 p, U5 \, l8 [' ~1 J
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire L% @ A7 f) H+ u* ~
CL Yubari0 V% q. l+ ~0 g9 i, ~2 |7 n
; c( [7 v! s4 h% h& L2 o0 t1 ]! KAllied Ships2 f% j# _. A, D0 Z# X
APD Colhoun
, N d0 N3 W3 E& j APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire+ U3 E& s# }) ^. k* G
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1! [' ?, }3 [; W7 s( G0 s! _# `5 D2 m
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 E) K) v, i: ], H$ D AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires; i! S3 g2 T% @" X/ P7 y; b
AP Harris& P0 }6 \& J2 m5 Q- V5 T$ c
AP Zeilin5 v' N3 z! I7 ~1 g1 O: @
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage. r. Y5 f3 D- O- }. o* K
AP Heywood& x$ I4 {4 W8 _1 e+ H% R
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire C; ]7 q' X% {) @, f. W! y$ c( @
AP President Bowen
2 |( y/ V, b7 \( A' o AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire7 { h3 j0 K2 z0 n( i5 `
xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:
- q1 o; U- ]" \4 a3 T# H$ c0 M$ L* ] 105 casualties reported& I5 s* G. z7 I; p
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
k3 h# X9 J9 c5 }3 ?: y# Z, U Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled" G) u9 E3 ^! r2 x% u; c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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- [$ P( T( e" o$ d) ]Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!1 ~" ~# F: J o+ R0 _& K5 H
Allied TF begins to get underway
( M! z( g+ ~# X4 C7 s) kReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
/ v$ x2 ? B7 y& iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards* ]8 A% Z4 @5 {6 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...( I3 b4 |6 Y" x. `
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
. x* k6 @9 s2 _Range closes to 8,000 yards...6 O0 m5 U% U; _3 ~9 x
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
0 U; A% |2 ~+ O$ |Range closes to 3,000 yards...
/ V$ a7 t. u* r& g& N8 JRange closes to 1,000 yards...! H( u1 u% r1 I7 L
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
5 A- V6 G5 P" R2 ?6 Y9 Z7 lCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
/ ~4 Y5 j7 j: G4 |CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards- @' _+ I) h# z7 ?' o- @( i9 ]
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
) [6 [) Z1 y/ F$ iCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
8 @* F2 H4 z, h% u4 NCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
) n# G! y: C% f& qCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
6 i4 K, `# U& L$ |- dRange increases to 2,000 yards+ F7 |" S& M' a6 s0 x
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards: b& h' _6 q0 i) z4 U
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards) J. A& `& [0 d+ Z
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards5 P0 H+ F+ S9 [+ D5 N( F6 R# L
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
, B& `& K' M: r2 PCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards3 [7 _0 K5 r J. J c( c* w
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards0 O! E1 ~7 H' _/ G' q' P6 v" N
Range increases to 4,000 yards
3 T; }8 m9 U" ?' _# `( t; q" `CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards5 X4 j/ R) t/ m5 @7 o
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
6 |" v/ k1 i2 g! S' ^ VCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
* b! |8 ~' A' W* i: e6 R+ aCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards1 {4 x: f4 @/ G! F' b M
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards7 \$ r. K- K% w" V/ O& L& t% J4 g
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards. T. p9 b1 a7 l6 G
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards; A; O5 n# x& I
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
T; u# h$ m7 u/ p7 Q0 U& f" u5 j6 KTask forces break off...$ j' w: d# x# n% E* b: Q9 h
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134. j* n% h% f8 B1 K! e
: m- u# [5 W8 H* L& KWeather in hex: Clear sky; H5 M, q" O- D) F
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
9 W3 h5 I' @8 i2 U- ?# HEstimated time to target is 12 minutes; _" r& u$ N; d" c9 X
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Japanese aircraft
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! c7 i! c- ~$ ^" ~3 s4 KAllied aircraft
- Z# U, {' g/ t F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
1 C# d1 s! ?5 {, P0 V SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
' d$ I. L" ]4 i C' g- c( u7 z4 x TBF-1 Avenger x 39& n: ^. [, G3 `6 y G, q
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Japanese aircraft losses6 y( k2 i$ U$ V, p$ a3 q2 c
No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 Q4 O( q3 \' c, F2 |- [( [ SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
% [2 W4 P4 R9 L" v$ J2 \ TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships9 d: \6 a) R6 i* |; ]9 d* i& J
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
0 w; J& |1 u; l, Y9 C3 U CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk8 L7 Q% s' o; v1 H
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage1 }; R/ j% N4 e' q& @" ~
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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