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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 16, 42/ k- t$ ~) T" t/ W- S0 n! J
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. m9 z3 `: ~8 [/ i; U h血腥的一天,日本在南太的破交舰队避开了重兵护航的一支船队,突然截住了盟军滞后的一支运送高炮和工兵的船队,盟军各种高炮和工程车辆损失惨重
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而在莫港附近出击的大艇再次把近4000鬼子送下海,珊瑚海的鲨鱼又饱餐了一顿
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南洋战场上日本首次空袭了泗水港,盟军战机已经转战澳洲战场,爪哇的天空已没有盟军的话语权
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Submarine attack near Exmouth at 40,128' ~$ P! E" M2 O1 }# I: r. L
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SS I-23
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& B: y, K+ K9 D6 f" N TK Athelduke, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Raoul Island at 133,185, Range 16,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
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DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1, on fire
u2 a9 O) g& K* Z DD Natsushio, Shell hits 3, on fire
' D+ F8 [* Q+ U) ] DD Kawakaze
* Q. R. Z! h- J" ^9 \8 v DD Umikaze, Shell hits 1* L3 @6 h% U/ @. U7 X+ y
DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 4, on fire* Z/ U+ p& S) z/ v, P/ q+ \
DD Tachekaze7 ]1 o. G) p( s9 W* V* r1 U5 r
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Allied Ships
! }: S- l% R9 |: O9 _% ?' K CM Oglala, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 K7 p7 W! a/ n8 Y5 R7 i2 T9 {8 u- F
xAK Mormacdove, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
' k, q. G. J' }2 h$ e, v0 r xAK Sidney Hauptmann, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
, k8 W5 Y) b& H* Y' B$ d xAK West Notus, Shell hits 7, on fire
! x: C' o# Q- o7 j xAK West Portal, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 ^$ l8 Z) M' p! s xAK Wallingford, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage a6 z* t3 q! O7 e0 l# ^
xAK Am. Press, Shell hits 2, on fire8 D" Z; q2 A5 B0 g$ c; Z
xAK Nightingale, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage( _% k3 @# m% u" W3 U) y- x. O1 @/ T5 J
xAK Sage Brush, Shell hits 2% C) `+ {0 z- t2 j1 t' k
xAK Alcoa Polaris, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 J1 v9 }( S( Y; h/ v xAK Alcoa Pennant, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage1 @ G! W& a6 l( T3 M' ^' B" ~
xAK Meigs, Shell hits 4
. j9 l/ l' K/ R, r" f xAK Vito, Shell hits 43 V9 ~7 U7 e7 Z/ G3 n
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage# b. y6 D) E5 d, U
AM Chevreuil, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage) _: X* E. O5 M; d
xAK Iron Baron, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. Y! G B: t0 ?2 ^* L/ ^
xAK Iron Chieftan, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% x: Q/ I8 W4 A( i8 P& | xAK Evi Livanos, Shell hits 2! b# c& x+ F, [0 k5 q6 z- s6 n
xAK Theofano Livanos, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# `% Q- K7 j# p W4 X KV Edmundston, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
8 B! I) B* g* A( \' m6 O7 u( H KV Quesnel, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage$ v2 K: {2 U( C- t C5 `) {. T
KV Wetaskiwin, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" l5 Y l Y$ A$ o1 \ KV Chilliwack, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:: ]' N7 w; S) t+ f0 A0 i" [, W: h
504 casualties reported
1 w. Y' ^4 {/ h( }! v* ] Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
, f9 N% |' W0 q; x x9 U Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 122 disabled1 ~: |2 f: i! {* p
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled6 A0 w7 E6 K' x* l- i
Guns lost 181 (134 destroyed, 47 disabled)
: [/ x' z8 Q, y Vehicles lost 76 (52 destroyed, 24 disabled)# |) ^* a! ~, R6 F
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) _$ q- V& q2 ?8 n3 m5 D/ uMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,131
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Weather in hex: Severe storms7 I, S6 f7 o5 p; n
! t7 s' o @. L+ b6 Q8 X; bRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
+ c% Y, h/ F8 A4 t! G. eEstimated time to target is 12 minutes, L2 Z1 O# {; G2 e2 S
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A6M2 Zero x 12
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Allied aircraft
0 b6 l- l+ z$ ?: I" ]) a PBY-5 Catalina x 148 o" j# v6 R; }2 `
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
, X& J* p3 h) ?* S PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
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; `/ [! j' h$ v6 e G/ z, z5 BJapanese Ships5 C1 e Q# r( z- n8 g( N/ q5 \
xAK Myoko Maru
1 n2 A/ g7 @( m% C0 O D0 w CA Tone: t" `/ L0 T% N. |
xAK Kaiko Maru
4 K8 j: U. D+ J- Q* S& w# a xAK Amagisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 m9 G' s; [) e5 o5 _% f, U8 `3 w3 k
APD Hagi) k, e3 b" {- ~; E2 A* z4 a) {
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( S$ z2 {" ~8 P' @! `; T9 ?
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 F. q7 m- q8 ^ U8 s4 n! c& O Engineers: 11 destroyed, 12 disabled" n" v# k/ n; x# K8 p( F: q
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8 G+ S% h/ @& x! N, e& U( dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,131
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.2 g0 L0 v5 g, s0 l& \
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes' g/ Y8 Y% z5 n7 Y2 a: ?8 t& T
+ o) V ?+ X5 [0 r# J. IJapanese aircraft
5 b, t# g5 X0 @6 ^- {, ^2 z x A6M2 Zero x 27
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No Japanese losses% ]* O% d) _: ^; |0 w: I
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PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged2 Z( e9 c, Q6 G
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xAK Daisin Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
; | j- `* ^9 _! Q TK San Clemente Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk+ s* A* _9 H, ]6 [
xAP Ural Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& `& B6 _9 _- p( I5 E BB Kirishima
, X; G" x; b4 a d2 L xAK Syoryu Maru
* { k; S* ?' V TK Kaizyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires- ?# b7 [3 v; \
xAK Zuisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk7 B1 c/ _8 N |5 o4 Z z
PB Takuna Maru #6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk P/ N$ a: [& T) \
PB Shonon Maru #110 R: A& ?* m8 z1 f
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3622 casualties reported; R0 |' a, V# `- p
Squads: 58 destroyed, 17 disabled
" }- Q% ]/ a1 F, [0 G Non Combat: 153 destroyed, 41 disabled; u3 l1 P, R' M0 A6 f
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 11 disabled
; V1 G7 S) a2 m& j. u, ]% B# _ Guns lost 95 (92 destroyed, 3 disabled)# S0 { L4 s% }8 E. r
Vehicles lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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. s) d) ^8 e5 l1 e9 c5 f( ^; t# YAfternoon Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104
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/ _5 G$ b0 D; t% x: c8 G2 @2 UWeather in hex: Heavy cloud# d) L/ B3 S& z. a- m
6 K1 c& {, s7 bRaid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." E, b* W5 |' L9 A7 p( `
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes! s4 g6 K2 z& g1 o8 A. C
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Japanese aircraft; l2 r/ [# F ~$ \5 p7 e) i4 c
G4M1 Betty x 25
2 o9 `( h3 n$ K Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38
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6 Q% w/ Z) n% X; L( IJapanese aircraft losses5 D' C% w: `- W# |
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged# b4 p9 f2 Q& `& ]5 M9 }6 D; n
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1 q9 u) | {! ]- | SS O16, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk# g6 C$ X3 e1 L4 @" G$ x+ B" r$ D# W
AVD William B. Preston, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage3 ]! ^1 z: R0 L6 ^) s
SS KXIII, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage6 J& N$ G" P1 K1 H |' \
SS KXII, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
]2 z% }: ]3 t3 z! m SS KXI, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
& ]5 G2 _( |4 ~% U0 `" ^( n DD Tenedos, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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! P* J) N$ I; w" t4 P! |, T5 hAllied ground losses:! f+ P1 n3 C; j9 c5 A$ _) T
5 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
c. I! |0 ~4 q% S1 A Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Repair Shipyard hits 8
2 b( U/ ~! b- a9 J) CPort hits 10
3 p( S: @) w" m. j+ E$ fPort fuel hits 2, Z# V- d+ H' w) A. D( e2 q! @
Port supply hits 1 |
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