8月9号
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft# R/ P! d4 X" E. w& t. Q. J- ~
no flights
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( x* c' m( r. F. y: P2 L& oAllied aircraft losses1 ]+ P) L% i6 q7 ^- ^4 f7 A
No Allied losses
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! d3 q' j% ~; F% b. K4 {Japanese Ships
w6 A3 z5 {: @: C CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire" d! V% q: C' f/ P% Z( f& g, P8 V
CA Aoba- R1 \: z* {' T. p; c0 H
CA Kinugasa& {- i% q, Z2 k' f7 ]
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 48 R! T& t+ l% y/ P
CA Kako. Y& |: X: ~* f' K: }5 W8 x. v
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
( i' ?4 `* X+ j# v CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
# L4 S: y) e8 ]* ^! ~: C CL Yubari: }* T! @- x( a% T P- i) K
- @* w- A3 u0 g# X. n; w2 VAllied Ships& F' p3 t0 S, d
CA Salt Lake City2 X( u/ F; P5 \* ]/ v0 t* V
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk4 o4 X6 I F3 @8 d* u
DD Grayson0 @/ |9 u" f) ?: n; j
DD Monssen0 K- T0 ~# m* Q2 Z# c9 b7 t
DD Aaron Ward
6 F% i D) B; m% h5 i$ {5 P, B DD Laffey
4 m4 M/ R( F) M1 w- }4 ` DD Farenholt' |6 L. [9 [$ L: r
DD Maury
0 C9 k3 r6 F! r0 a% K' e DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage# g& Q5 x, d$ b8 Y5 v
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
+ R T7 N! q- I3 i: p. h DD Stack( a5 x8 W j* Q% Y9 L) _
DD Sterett, Shell hits 10 e, D# j) `5 }. o# I; n4 L2 A
DD Balch
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( r! I" N, l8 ^# kReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
& `( y* }% e4 F3 J6 k9 c( T& {Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards8 _# g& {0 u% B) V9 o6 v8 p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...- a1 L |- K# V) q2 M5 X5 E: T
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 u' d2 f1 w! \9 }0 i7 v% y
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
) P4 y/ k% b9 ?8 y5 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards' A% E2 O* c8 {) |8 Z. Z
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
; | {7 ~9 u2 @/ A. R) SRange closes to 3,000 yards...% N) m. R s+ Z: S3 x
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
, C3 b: w- R, v% ?# a8 v$ rScott, N. crosses the 'T'
- n' O% ^- v0 Q6 \9 QCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
' x/ D6 { p( a4 O- }3 XCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
$ h/ r, S9 ~7 h& S8 H. H3 m pDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
- b% {" N: @( W& I4 Y- jCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards3 [6 \: K; \1 _! Y" U" Y: ~8 ]
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards% _. b( @ ]$ k- M& }/ G9 m
Range increases to 2,000 yards
7 `! p" G H, s- ^DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards$ Y- R! r( ~3 q7 z
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards- T1 d0 A" o) S0 m ^
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards9 s, ]' B' j' |3 U. X
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards" N1 B, R" a6 c
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
5 }. Z( H# q ?, T4 ?3 d2 mCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards& r# I. I. u2 B" I' x% [
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards g% W" i$ ]" `* y6 G7 H
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards- J `! H& y$ D: ?
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards9 D/ n$ c8 w( V
Range increases to 6,000 yards
& Y2 ^1 R2 C; @ ]+ YDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 J, g: e m$ t/ y6 f- |& z
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards" v% h2 K" [3 @( ^3 K, M
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
4 {9 o% o) |' S% M* kCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards. C9 c, b3 [9 _" Y
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards' z3 p6 g+ {) K4 K
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
: \9 T) D" e+ j# q) `CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
- f: H! ^7 c5 A# r3 m6 L" ^CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
: Y0 B2 b+ G- s6 i) r0 U! @' VCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
2 E/ E l( I3 F& U3 N1 lCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards" @* z8 Z/ Q5 ~6 _# g5 e
Task forces break off... y- J6 }7 E2 y, h u) w
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% u9 k+ M9 f& O1 l+ @4 ~. N8 F7 NNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards2 d' S: H& e5 p
6 w4 d$ d& B+ U5 t* j$ n5 TJapanese Ships9 K9 l7 H+ G+ u
CA Aoba, Shell hits 20 q' e% U8 P, v: Y3 c- p
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
; H n& {, b) y$ J0 J CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
+ S0 m; ~. \4 Y9 w CA Kako, Shell hits 1# E3 M. j. i u. `) z) q) v
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire( W* ~5 O: z$ L q+ j
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire& X1 L9 b; L1 V; k; W
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire, v/ q+ L5 e2 O- g
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Allied Ships; [( w/ S+ p9 ] u$ v3 g2 \7 P
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
8 p, _/ Y$ y( V) {* w CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage5 D" h, w m" Y( A- D1 [% P
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, G7 Z$ p1 G2 j: r4 ` DD Mugford
' y' x. O: P5 S+ E7 I' {3 y DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
4 C' K7 t- E/ z4 V ~' L- O DD Patterson# |6 A. O2 k. U
DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
( v2 g8 N M" g( }* UMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
0 \# C2 o9 ~" m! _Range closes to 20,000 yards...) n9 |4 j3 }. s. b9 j$ C
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 ]6 \3 T4 Q, u) |$ @( K0 F- kRange closes to 8,000 yards...
) @: Z$ P5 y' B) CRange closes to 4,000 yards...% T# @; E" b1 i: z
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
+ E. U& h7 h3 g9 @( U. qCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards3 K8 U, K1 e9 }/ I- Y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards Z3 y% O$ V3 Q
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'6 D ?4 R. {7 B! ?7 C3 x
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
7 \1 O" m( L6 Q6 C5 bCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards5 h4 B- \! g$ T# B3 K+ _
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards: i, z6 X; M4 }
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards4 v" d$ k% g7 R# M) t
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
- d( I+ k3 j! ? F7 XCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards/ W( z5 L" U6 U8 E- }
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
" t: T4 U; o: ]2 h2 `( dCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards& l7 L0 N; G7 P% f
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
2 ~1 C& w0 {2 Y2 q. T JCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards8 [; q p0 I) j1 V( T
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
! N1 {8 t/ b, _CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards7 O" |& _- f3 W8 Z7 c9 p
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards2 r( S* a {* g2 ?
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
( k8 `# R4 E9 L2 e) K" iRange increases to 5,000 yards+ p9 x3 q& ]5 y# p
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
* O$ \: W0 R4 }8 k xCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
2 H& p" b6 o% E2 \7 Y5 E6 fCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards8 i) j0 p% }3 k( L* H% p- E5 y
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards7 B6 [/ r" `+ w8 @$ w2 F6 `
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards- @3 ?8 D! {7 }/ Y, f( [
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards Z8 j0 Q, g* G3 d! W% E8 |; T
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
/ X( E' S: U8 v7 S r7 PRange increases to 8,000 yards
# ?, F$ Z+ M% n- ^% Q8 J& DCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
9 u, _2 c- Z, r; lCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
, L" a, u0 F" q0 SCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards, ^4 B( J. I- v* F) \/ M+ {, }& j
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards! Q3 I3 Z+ o0 \ m |2 u& r9 O
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards" k% w2 i$ }' p6 ]
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
5 b4 w. v. p _# s9 R4 _) x6 lRange increases to 9,000 yards2 d) R7 M) t7 x& P. `
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards. _: u) T0 H# B: z. w3 ]
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
6 o+ |: |& S5 d8 zCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards$ {! ?" E( g# y- [
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
1 Y; C7 N. ~6 H1 ECA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
% u3 B) ^, r" R! kCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards, b* ?4 e+ _. Z3 j" A" Q7 O
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards" |! v7 W- Q# Z5 o9 J$ _
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
; q8 [5 V7 J' M! Q' i- ~+ |. mTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards; m0 T! @' @. _2 Y2 H: y
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Japanese Ships; O( ]0 w- s {
CA Aoba9 M( {( B, v# z. Q3 r4 s
CA Kinugasa1 B3 y* S$ m% `9 ]1 D# v& B
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
; e1 r/ s# ^! `! P4 z# e" \ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
o1 S7 l& h) y6 T8 D, i B CL Tenryu; o4 K( |+ T7 r7 z
CL Tatsuta
# i$ ]5 G) J+ `1 g CL Yubari
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DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk, c2 v. l0 l5 k) d* z0 P) {' z
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight9 S# D+ C" A1 F4 H( t6 r& {
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
3 N( L3 O, F! w0 |( ]5 wRange closes to 24,000 yards...
# v/ N$ }& L2 D7 N; @9 aRange closes to 22,000 yards...
6 w* ?# F4 _$ V& ? S( pRange closes to 20,000 yards...- {3 W1 s Y; T# Y. p6 a3 a, ]) c
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ R- `* u" x9 H0 y; P$ m8 e
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
# y5 k1 d& h' F) X: Z% pRange closes to 14,000 yards...
5 C. @* }2 W4 D6 t$ H- RRange closes to 12,000 yards...: O3 {8 h) B* V7 Z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...6 a0 r+ e% n7 S6 I' d$ l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
k. r( b6 G/ T4 S- x1 ?Range closes to 9,000 yards...
+ z N. M4 ^( c( r% oRange closes to 8,000 yards...: R) n W% w+ I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards+ i: O( @4 Q' A7 I* j
Range closes to 7,000 yards... N' @2 g+ }4 C/ v, s* a# @
Range closes to 6,000 yards...' v" ]# E6 l7 D' f( y+ Z
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards. Z+ S1 c8 S5 N& N8 H
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards' X' `! L9 q& U. l
Range increases to 7,000 yards
# [) S9 h% z3 `$ \0 s, s0 _) PDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards, K# E( h. o( {8 X
Range closes to 6,000 yards
4 [+ u' u9 j% S2 r& oCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards5 F% m& u( m" G
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards; y" c! j Z8 r) u
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards# P/ C4 n' s0 R8 M) l- T
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards. t6 @' L5 \& [' m! R1 G
Range closes to 4,000 yards
& E# m9 D" R zCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
; h/ ]- X, o4 e: RRange increases to 7,000 yards0 _( ~6 M0 [9 z: Q T3 T I
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards# h2 [7 b, g: [8 ?4 g5 M3 v6 \3 K9 s
Range increases to 11,000 yards: O" z, V5 e2 [- I' x& s
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
; ^% B/ G: ]% {# t' q% o4 h1 ^; XAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
5 P8 z- N7 B5 i0 J. H( fTask forces break off...! O7 Q* d8 d, P
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- t6 Z% J! ]' NNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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CA Aoba
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+ B0 i% x3 q% x% M# M1 T CA Furutaka
" ^/ w' x0 R6 \ v& q6 f" Y$ F CA Kako, Shell hits 1
- M' Z" B( y. m3 } CL Tenryu
3 i) W2 b# w/ z2 C ?7 B. s CL Tatsuta
3 [1 ?" G1 G' c3 O; }! a) \, F CL Yubari
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% ~* i ]- z) g; e) o9 }) ]0 ]Allied Ships
, v( p6 j' V; v2 y8 _ DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
, F6 J, O9 m/ yMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
- \3 d3 w* H. d9 DRange closes to 24,000 yards...; x0 k2 p: I) l3 m# m7 Q: r0 G' T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; {3 g- g. q$ X0 {- H/ b# `& q) A& w
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
" W! F0 v& X& s. l* Y% MRange closes to 20,000 yards...; X/ Y1 K$ x0 y s+ Z( x
Range closes to 18,000 yards...% C& J a2 S1 b
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 _% T7 s0 Y3 b8 ]" p) b
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 i. K+ `: I L1 J9 O( w3 SRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ U9 T$ ~5 Y L$ R ~Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 T9 \: m) H1 z5 M9 F# S1 L8 y4 cRange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 g6 H7 Y# p( F1 J3 e, e# q% URange closes to 9,000 yards... n5 {) E8 M% s
Range closes to 8,000 yards..., q, i& Q8 u+ u, y
Range closes to 7,000 yards...) r- M/ [3 r# ]- {/ k' N5 m2 E x
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
$ w' y' [- g t4 \6 M/ E W kRange closes to 5,000 yards...
" V- n, F" B3 c5 a* N. |Range closes to 4,000 yards..., _' R9 H4 W) r! k
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
& p9 c4 x% a" DCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
# I6 `7 i% p1 ^; y9 Y" ]. q6 N) s _CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards. x: K8 v0 |8 v% A. \8 R
Range increases to 4,000 yards; C% L, m- J8 m3 X$ q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
7 K5 b+ A# }. V0 r3 e- iCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
# v$ Z7 }) j: x1 e0 x8 ^Range increases to 5,000 yards
& K$ o6 C! n( _CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards) U, G9 q1 o/ Q
Range increases to 9,000 yards
2 A. n/ N( P0 n |' kCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
. a6 x- h, W% N. gAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
$ L# @9 i4 D Q }& ~/ B; nTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards4 f8 u" d$ @2 w1 Z
% b6 `: O' s+ O, \+ \Japanese Ships
1 r* B* X* Y7 l0 S$ ]2 { CA Aoba/ ]8 l" O, k$ v8 n$ S* k+ S
CA Kinugasa& d4 i- e0 a' u8 k2 A( R, Y% n
CA Furutaka B- E4 p" u. @) o0 t, k
CA Kako
% F" y& v$ Q8 r7 k! D CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 P1 W, H1 Q5 s CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire: T7 y4 c- A* m3 ?4 l, {/ D
CL Yubari& f: S9 [2 u5 A1 C9 y, ^
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APD Colhoun
. u4 r" N9 [/ C4 M8 u9 l APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ M' i4 s- X' y% g1 [0 i5 {* `+ C DMS Southard, Shell hits 16 I. _ X' @. d' e5 `) t% O% b
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage _# _8 M0 F' W2 X# |& \
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
% U3 k$ R" ~) W/ @* s AP Harris
; l; @4 [3 Z5 O/ n' H: s# H3 \4 l$ ~ AP Zeilin7 H t- Y. w3 Q% S$ F5 A$ Z
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage% e7 ^8 E8 C4 A7 K7 E
AP Heywood3 g; B& K J2 u3 v
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire3 q7 z! _. b) K. B( C' }% ~
AP President Bowen
' k7 r% s0 k+ ^9 @5 I! e& q ~ AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire( o2 _& G% g) o$ c6 }( R
xAP President Wilkerson
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5 q# v \2 d0 q. \9 F6 GAllied ground losses:
; p# |' ~( \! z 105 casualties reported: Q- h6 H6 T* A- J% G
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* ~, l" M% {( x% E K$ ]1 j Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled4 w2 x* q3 k# u; a. f* m6 q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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$ E' O5 h* {5 n# q3 V& zJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!. J- G( _- Y( I2 K! c# v
Allied TF begins to get underway
/ @9 k6 e, d, PReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
' t$ {6 C6 V* z Z1 K/ UMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
" C7 L0 `* u8 { }0 ^6 }; b8 |: yRange closes to 18,000 yards...
5 u5 a* O8 T% l3 J8 u( ORange closes to 13,000 yards...
) W- l8 Y1 Z* m U3 Z( }( Q$ o* SRange closes to 8,000 yards...9 c* q. z5 N- g# F6 @/ [8 Z( f
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
8 f# @! `; g' h7 p' }Range closes to 3,000 yards...
3 D+ ?; W8 K- O5 C* ORange closes to 1,000 yards...
6 a5 c6 S+ C) x/ J1 C1 U+ V( hCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards- ~( E' F: @: i8 } _3 ~: O, W% S
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
' t; Y1 m" \ ?! d2 M/ HCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards* k8 q3 m% ^2 f' ?/ y9 ?
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
" G) a# }( F( L- X( p# fCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards5 x' F1 b) ]' ?% I2 b b% q6 V
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards& Y6 S: h7 R) ]( o* J3 a5 B: J
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards# c" q# ~0 d& ]( b9 L
Range increases to 2,000 yards2 j& e# [8 y; S% X7 M
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards/ f4 R% p9 ]4 P' C% b4 F E) I
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
$ {- y' m1 j5 c, l1 @0 bCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards: W2 G! g' n# r I) V# ^
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards4 s) b3 M6 U i8 a1 O. X4 }
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
0 R& S6 J5 y# `CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
6 j' X1 K2 T# e3 f' e2 F5 aRange increases to 4,000 yards
# [. }$ b* Q+ }0 n) XCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
( B; x( O1 b6 e0 CCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards7 X% \7 h; ^, N5 O$ Y: H+ @. @
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards% k3 t0 C* M8 ~) H4 o. _4 i( p
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
! r9 I8 f0 g1 k; ^/ dCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
+ v* R1 i' ?: U3 ACL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
/ p/ O- L8 c* f! G, x1 h% I# h9 RCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
: Z% z& c' p6 h5 H$ I' v4 oAllied Task Force Manages to Escape4 K |' E e: J9 @ V: ^1 P& o8 T
Task forces break off...
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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' W2 x" j4 f3 P& I% C
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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6 R, C5 B' r7 ]: BRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
6 U% Q0 N5 A) f! t, M$ U4 _; MEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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0 g: i7 x0 A$ o. @8 F F4F-4 Wildcat x 86 z4 Q3 U \5 i& ?* P& ]
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
; R& k9 O0 l& e! m# b) D TBF-1 Avenger x 390 V3 _8 _) W- L/ C+ L* o$ B$ t4 d) N n
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1 u' S0 F" g7 z- EJapanese aircraft losses
; \0 a# E: `1 H7 y( zNo Japanese losses
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
% w# V& ~5 [8 V! @7 c, _ TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged- t5 X% ]9 X" H# i4 O
1 u6 G6 g8 s& i' y, D R: Q8 NJapanese Ships
' ], o! {- K) u/ ?) \ CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire; G2 E% f0 O9 Q( {% i* s8 e* l
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk& T4 ~9 e" }7 l' f) a! O
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
0 |- ^; ]- f* Y CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk5 Y7 U' x4 Z" f1 z( C
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