在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战+ I' s& p) F" Q# t S" k
8 B3 k7 l5 x. X2 S& L( @" N: d, cAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42" @; |, ~/ Y) P( X7 _: f
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft F5 E3 j, l/ H
no flights
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2 C# G8 J3 y& p5 s% f" NAllied aircraft losses& k, C$ m) I: M+ a* S/ `
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
; ^) B9 A; g4 I OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed! z( P# N/ A7 r: j8 V! `$ C, ?
! n/ Q9 _+ o3 xJapanese Ships
4 Q, b3 ]1 D* V" e BB Kongo
9 L2 [- z* _" o% O BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
1 M( T$ b1 T' V+ R3 F0 P% A BB Kirishima
% }+ d0 \0 I n( n$ w5 @ CA Tone! |* ~" b( A* B7 b- Q1 a
CA Chikuma3 y# `* {3 |6 i' y
CA Takao2 e1 Y7 z- s4 g" `
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
0 a' P* _8 e8 D3 X/ X DD Maikaze
. c- _1 B1 a, N: z1 w+ X; l DD Uranami" x) y) H, [" _' r- F# c; y
DD Shikinami
; h( n4 {9 h) n# e, ^ _2 e DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires8 }5 t { k5 |" B
DD Asagiri' C9 `& H3 ]2 f
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Allied Ships
" l* `/ b+ l2 \, ?$ e$ d1 I BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 e( M" t+ i- }. z {% U4 n7 p
CA Portland
, J8 ~- D9 {- x; l- j CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! f( @3 T s y; c5 z* L9 x% q CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
6 U# G' N* Z1 r* J6 ^) } DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 Z4 U8 V% a$ b/ {) ?# |5 C/ n DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
; Z4 q- ]" I# n( P2 `7 w DD Farenholt
_- J! }: u7 p6 F3 f5 j4 C: o DD Sterett( `$ l( x, k6 L" ?
DD Balch
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# A$ w N) h! c8 F6 H4 y8 QNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards0 o+ A4 s u8 Q6 P7 q
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Japanese Ships
$ q" |) X0 ?& W5 l8 b4 A BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
% J- c& C9 }/ a8 j7 p1 u& m- @! O CA Atago8 U( x3 s' d5 o' D; s
CA Maya
8 Q+ I4 \) }' ?& N% q7 x* H. m CA Kumano
$ v9 `" a$ k1 y( L$ Y( ^- v9 \ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
- H: g% M; U0 b4 u DD Ushio, Shell hits 17 J( V4 z# o \2 R, }
DD Mutsuki
+ L' n* B2 ?: `, H2 ^0 [1 i DD Uzuki: J X5 a; v% Z: G
DD Yuzuki8 G1 p- b I$ l p! q! K
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DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: L: L: Q7 t/ r" B
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk! {2 @1 w2 b3 w* V
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk1 A7 R' Y' R: u! o. A" C1 H: L
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& w% x) p g* W AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
* c1 I; I$ V0 v, |) h' R d1 e, ` AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 |" D( q2 n+ l AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( ]; Z' P6 z Y. p
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk. }' Z9 R2 y# j, k% h! l" J/ m) ^
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk6 y- y/ ~. l" |' t( l5 Q3 X9 J
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: i* A2 C) K) D! U
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk" q! n2 [1 U8 ~7 J
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
& g" E1 S! `/ k/ ^# z xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk9 i* M4 B% ^1 _& g# v6 U% ?# M/ S
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 [+ d$ h) S6 K! F, g- Y
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& T* _8 P. Q) `5 W
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:3 \/ Z# M7 X; |! Q" d" z
136 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
8 i% v" o- E* H9 o$ B) h Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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: }3 K3 N$ z: M( Y$ ~1 i1 @Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards/ S; V- ^1 N! H" _7 g# k
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Japanese Ships6 x. M, k- h0 E- W( ~0 o( G5 L
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 27 [% [6 v& u Q; Q+ v. C. t4 n
CA Atago, Shell hits 3* \4 N& r5 A2 m& n9 h
CA Maya, Shell hits 3% F+ h& B! N( U7 r9 ~1 G1 {$ p! f7 u
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
3 _/ U: m4 K1 }, q$ ^ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
N. i, c$ z3 b- x8 L1 y; X& h# a DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 D; m$ c% b# P4 _7 E DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2( b! q" k3 {4 o( M
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire3 E. s5 F* x, y8 {+ m5 v
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships6 f7 s( p) q: w" e; o
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire5 a7 H( v& d) A7 P
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
/ V* b1 x% z r- ]" U) E DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
5 [9 [) R' }; x3 y4 Q% } DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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1 r8 Y, U1 W; a/ B0 `$ pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133/ ?3 k2 p5 N. l0 ^, D' z8 M) q
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain8 \, _. }+ A5 [3 h
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft3 S# ?. d$ F- N' S3 K
P-39D Airacobra x 16 H/ h) p. D) C3 ~/ @9 b
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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( F) |* ^! j- f6 U2 ?- fNo Allied losses- D1 [9 O1 p) o7 E$ J' {1 v( I
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
; r6 [9 A# v5 k% x+ ~ DD Ayanami
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3 y n" D* T" b$ X% {Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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9 }: g* q, h. H& o: sWeather in hex: Light cloud
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: h, z* |0 [8 W( y9 {Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
+ `2 Z' o% f P& G) ^$ AEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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) f, ~+ m+ g/ LJapanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 50
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses1 b" w6 ~* p- q, d6 e% K
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No Allied losses
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
1 i% z; k+ l& X; b8 m. a. O7 } DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 d! _* t$ ?! Y$ ?! _
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage8 x g' M E* r( m g+ h
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms9 x$ K- Y, |6 S; v M: _4 F' U3 v& f
* S. s, a2 ^8 h7 O( FRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.( Z: h I% e$ L
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft9 W! M$ H: f- I6 |
B5N1 Kate x 18
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1 p, _! E: t. ]' R. u' q6 h( f* Z B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged R. o) i* e; ^$ e! y) c- ]9 `
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. Y& H- Q( A, c( X! @- L. { DD Laffey9 v; ~$ \4 d7 U. F0 s0 I7 [- c2 O& S
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
* w! k7 L% l& S DD Balch" X5 @& c4 u z3 u0 w4 u' Q
DD Sterett, and is sunk |