AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42
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$ N- ~2 O ]% G: d; J# }Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 6,000 Yards
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! ]2 h, `# G3 I- i" Y4 j3 N1 PJapanese Ships
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5 O. {- E* s8 K, C$ u( I DD Minekaze
; i! `+ z' ^0 h" Q6 ]' u1 w3 m DD Sawakaze; q+ t0 ]7 q5 G
DD Shiokaze4 j5 T g' s* ~# _9 w4 v
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Allied Ships7 H! C8 t+ o$ ?0 i; x
PT-31, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
; I7 q, Y) M1 Q; | PT-328 S) a% P; Z' i$ T( ^
PT-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- l7 g! f0 O$ Q" \# E1 E0 P
PT Q-113, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards/ z) L. {4 v& H: ^2 J& U% K
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Japanese Ships
0 M- r. i! b% Q PC Take
' F9 A5 J+ c5 L! n4 e9 s PC Kaki, Shell hits 34 C9 F C( b) Y( j8 n/ F4 h
PC Ashi, Shell hits 1
0 F, b# k! h7 N: [8 S PC Sumire, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 n0 C: J' I9 g, _6 k" Q E Hashidate, Shell hits 18 Z3 K Q( n+ s7 P3 v8 |
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TB Chidori
4 D9 Z& Z3 `3 [' [% m5 W0 O TB Manazuru5 ?2 z& b& c* W7 K8 w) Q4 m: ~
TB Hatsukari, Shell hits 4
& t! \: Y1 n* {" r1 A/ s TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
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1 ]9 h% x+ p! V( l5 F/ p! sAllied Ships2 L5 S; Z- x$ N; ?
CA Houston, Shell hits 2
; g/ @& t! l5 J2 }3 m( o U CL Java, Shell hits 1
" I" d0 }7 N) F" Z( w6 T! S9 R. }6 p CL Tromp& u% l5 h( g$ O( X
CL Dragon4 M- V7 w2 Z/ ~& s; L4 \1 f" E
CL Durban
9 y" q. M0 c: y' g+ |, h5 U- }9 ~ CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
( M) c4 l- [+ i3 i V. n$ c DD Alden A# k6 Q6 P: `) {7 f7 y
DD Bulmer
- P4 W5 R }# N% q DD Edsall- J6 N5 _% g8 V4 V
DD John D. Edwards
' v' J* c5 O0 J1 r& E# F1 X DD John D. Ford4 j; t$ `% l2 Q" {1 ~# g8 Y, ~
DD Parrott
& w3 b+ V" G. A DD Peary& J" V- [; U6 n' N/ n+ \
DD Pope
% l# L3 ]& W. h3 O$ j4 R x" _ R/ A DD Whipple2 d: e5 b b0 j6 Q [+ T
DD Stewart
) S# b" N1 ?( x/ M DD Witte de With! v! A4 _8 q) C' [' E
DD Evertsen* ^( r9 I1 E) H& y/ h0 \0 G
DD Van Ghent
0 `' |% e) \, M3 n8 ` DD Scout; K$ @: \1 v+ q2 _
DD Stronghold; |3 e9 N( r Y$ g" T4 i
DD Thanet
& j. C7 m# D# y0 R DD Express
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! q' a9 ]; W/ l. `! x8 z; ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
. t+ g( J9 Y8 @3 ^ ~2 M& L( q4 Q CL Oi, Shell hits 11, heavy fires
5 o) F' }( Y$ _; V6 m* R8 \$ ] DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1* @, G' p" c" G& D" D0 t2 g; L9 Z' {8 z
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
5 }* Q7 L6 G$ Y# c DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1
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$ e0 X. C1 h: ]Allied Ships
' t* k5 M( i) y0 A) S8 q3 T CA Houston, Shell hits 3
! H* D. J) M- s0 I3 V& g5 t CL Java$ z; q8 S# z, D+ y
CL Tromp4 S3 a; r$ i9 J
CL Dragon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk5 B8 o! D. A' J, n# f) b5 t
CL Durban, Shell hits 1. U7 g+ H; C: a- I" d* u
CL Marblehead- y( f8 m9 f; K/ y
DD Alden, Shell hits 2! ?, A! p% Z5 b
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 3, heavy fires5 j5 [6 w3 Q9 c% f: h
DD Edsall& C+ ~( ?! M0 | J, z% K
DD John D. Edwards
3 E# S5 i& {. g: m) @' K$ B DD John D. Ford
" N2 v4 `$ k" a: b! o8 l, r DD Parrott9 p5 G) S/ c! O/ t$ k6 h: I
DD Peary, Shell hits 1, on fire
; ^. \3 M! v. H DD Pope4 l' z+ u8 m4 M
DD Whipple+ y9 @5 b0 P/ j5 h" t; i
DD Stewart
: D+ p# W# X" E" l4 W DD Witte de With
$ u6 Q( b9 M" M0 Z% S# r [ DD Evertsen, Shell hits 18 A* A( m4 L# S/ ?9 S; j) s5 |
DD Van Ghent( a( K9 l5 K9 B/ n# {5 \/ x! @1 b' M: Z4 F
DD Scout) v! H- F7 V( c) {' Y1 \2 T, m7 b
DD Stronghold
7 k1 D- E" |: O DD Thanet) K# `5 t( z g0 }
DD Express |