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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 15, 44
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库塞伊登陆D+1 day,TF58主动北进波纳佩寻战KB,不过很遗憾并没有发现KB的踪影,盟军舰队炮击了波纳佩和库塞伊,瘫痪了这一带日军日军唯一的6级机场波纳佩。库塞伊岛上日军作风顽强,无奈实力差距太大,盟军首日谨慎攻击打出1:1,给予日军重创,自损轻微。6 p) u O3 }$ |5 X- d; p- n
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5 G! k& L% f, a+ fNight Naval bombardment of Kusaie Island at 125,118
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! U/ { d' M" X( ^Allied Ships
+ y' M% k8 _/ C4 m# ? CA Canberra II
$ ^: v' s( Q; e8 b2 Q* } CA Exeter
7 d+ r, Q! z( h: W! J CA Suffolk
- d6 X1 f. ^0 s5 F CA Sussex
2 y. K( ? y( |) W CA Shropshire6 Q! G6 C! ~& o
CA Boston ?: F D3 o Q/ x+ L/ z
CA Baltimore$ `- S5 a1 j( y) }! n
CA Wichita& b6 l( `6 t% R2 o$ m2 m0 a& ?
CL Biloxi
% t6 q! n( T" h CL Mobile( O" S( w4 x) L% F# w% |& }. x
CL Santa Fe
1 [- o; _$ L: u9 u7 p# u3 | CL Denver; _" f& C3 O# g$ l# l
CL Montpelier
0 ]% v* X4 M5 z7 Y( v$ A CL Cleveland2 b' A, Q& ^ b- d4 h: N3 t
CL St. Louis
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Japanese ground losses:
( @! A- H: m2 X5 i! y 302 casualties reported. n; u& f- M# e" ~
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ I# y s7 Z' `8 v% n Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled1 s7 Q0 n6 h( v% L7 q: ^) s
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled: N5 S" O; F( D% ?& c' }
Guns lost 47 (1 destroyed, 46 disabled)0 c, k* {9 S5 k! d
" a% \/ `' V. O, w5 NAirbase hits 211 a. E7 p' w" F8 X4 ^
Airbase supply hits 10
) }+ K) \% G& n9 H4 LRunway hits 959 {' T' f$ u/ H- j
Port hits 429 Q& @9 D5 x5 s# w
Port supply hits 5- T! Q- q" u" b& R F- ^) e7 W' M3 U
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$ Q3 v; T; n j/ {, wNight Naval bombardment of Kusaie Island at 125,118
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Allied Ships8 I9 C: c0 g" o8 B
BB New Mexico3 J. {2 Z7 j" A& Z
CL Newcastle* Z: M e4 w; h3 s; X; ~
CL Hobart
* A9 W4 \; s( S% |$ F! m! W CL Perth. E( L5 f6 c" b' J
CL Achilles
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Japanese ground losses:9 Z4 F8 Q8 D/ ~2 i6 d
129 casualties reported
3 `. k) a( D7 m1 c! u Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% v, N Q# v v+ `5 Y/ r
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 30 disabled, f: U2 d& P& j! l6 l5 q8 x8 C
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled# W/ s6 ?3 s+ m, V; I. ?
Guns lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled)
+ |9 r* M- _+ I- a2 u Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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Airbase hits 46 w! E v7 F$ i- O; x: ]" V
Airbase supply hits 10 f7 n# G+ k7 }) M) x$ J( b
Runway hits 12
/ P- W/ F4 a9 h) x1 W2 TPort hits 5; f* O [: h0 `
Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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* L8 E& D, e2 h. A' D3 G6 g" mJapanese aircraft# `* Z8 D. f$ T0 L2 }- G* F7 v
no flights- y# d+ w' L- y, D5 E% o5 @; Y
3 A" Y/ }/ R7 } |2 h7 }4 mJapanese aircraft losses
8 u9 W* }3 Q2 N5 K: o& D J2M5 Jack: 30 damaged
& o) W1 h$ f o/ |! H$ n J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed on ground
, Z1 ^' S7 D" v' o* `. ^/ @3 I E13A1 Jake: 11 damaged
3 `, b. V* E4 g E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground; L1 x; g3 x1 q9 p
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85 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
7 q+ Z) X4 c! L7 A7 Z( ] BC Renown, Shell hits 2
8 s8 @- n2 Y9 L BC Repulse, Shell hits 10 ^0 `- X! I2 g, C) A2 e {' X5 P
CA Vincennes
9 [8 L! H2 A9 S j2 D5 @" ~* c CA Quincy+ N& w. z( k" J2 j! i
CA San Francisco
: t$ p! @& E/ z A/ \' c w* | CA Minneapolis
: q* N& g) d; J1 z CA Astoria, Shell hits 1& q# E0 k1 U" k5 O" L
CA Chicago
4 V3 I0 c" c; S5 s- ~* W CA Louisville
1 {& [6 d9 B/ l: ]: |* R3 {0 ]4 Z8 D CA Chester) F0 M# ]; l: q" n7 H& j8 {: N: O- d
CA Northampton
9 l9 r! V* X3 t* R# } CA Portland; m0 P( }" |" o& L' h( l' k+ y
CL Birmingham
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Japanese ground losses:
6 @7 R0 E7 s' n2 _ 225 casualties reported1 \* H. W7 u% C6 E+ J1 U% K' Y; s
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 Q. Y% Y9 _9 g0 i4 M! A
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled( ]: E. V. f w" S% _
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
+ x' }" U: x% F Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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6 [: U4 q( Q/ [3 r4 N* k1 yAirbase hits 9
9 H% f8 p. E) z1 Y9 G! ?/ nAirbase supply hits 5
: [& a& c( V- `Runway hits 61
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- C- E, [, s0 p8 e0 aNaval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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9 n- A- m/ U6 KJapanese aircraft9 H& t; R& ?. R' t& ~$ X0 b4 E
no flights
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7 n7 K2 w# i' X' m3 }% PJapanese aircraft losses6 R* d ` ^, h% A
J2M5 Jack: 2 damaged9 x( ?3 U$ k$ Y: {
E13A1 Jake: 2 damaged& n* S0 Q K, X- j8 R7 t y
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288 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.. O8 _2 ~. o0 l0 f
$ N) ] l4 F* f" V$ E9 uAllied Ships
# x# G. d/ i7 x5 w( e DD Wadleigh, Shell hits 2
: `; }0 s, h+ C9 C _ DD Uhlmann$ z# N( G$ e9 l5 k l3 Q2 e3 M! ]
DD Twining, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
0 N' l1 K! a! Z7 p; Y: N* ]0 Y DD Tingey
; b) C6 S d* R7 k) L DD Terry" m5 \- \. l5 u, _! h
DD David Taylor
& s: H U/ d# }/ }" m' g5 ~1 P, N DD Porterfield, Q7 n/ F- x0 X6 i% ]3 k/ b- ^
DD Morrison, Shell hits 3
& N$ s% z+ n8 W& p& | j DD McKee
" m0 a! D% H) r' Z5 w! |. {) V; L4 x DD McCord1 G; w2 Q; y; P+ a0 [8 U/ {5 c2 e
DD Marshall, z* n$ L( Z' A
DD Johnston
0 O& {8 m' Z- R5 H- r' E8 L R DD Haraden4 I3 c$ _1 E# b( g: T% ^
DD Hall3 w3 ?+ K }- A$ H: v" Q
DD Hailey
3 m- s# j& T4 n DD Haggard- @# d( I# l& |5 u& Z) p+ X2 P y1 X/ u
DD Gatling
" [4 H" L" v2 W4 w DD Dortch# o6 e9 ?, \( _$ m. B1 \
DD Dashiell- h: h3 ]- D4 D9 M [& l2 _3 [
DD Daly' S1 B: d8 J; l# F2 f
DD Cowell( Q4 |) f6 i2 u7 Q
DD Cotten8 H+ y7 @; t8 u5 U: k
DD Bush4 B# L9 G" X8 ?& P b# H5 t6 P
DD Burns
0 _; ?% V5 J$ E M DD Bullard( T1 W6 t: z9 ]! j
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Airbase hits 8
3 ^% O9 \5 [. y4 |Airbase supply hits 2
% _( n1 W7 k9 j/ I, pRunway hits 311 ~$ _, O8 Y8 b6 O& |3 _) g
Port hits 1/ q+ E' e7 R! \! L$ P
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Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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4 S- d( ^4 y1 `- v4 S4 yJapanese aircraft
5 v9 M7 |: g! U) a y no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
; d, G' t3 ~ J7 Z4 o& N1 p" \ J2M5 Jack: 5 damaged
5 ?( i. t; z1 p" _; V J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
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233 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
( E+ i, v* }$ [$ ~$ [+ K DD Queensborough
9 \, T/ R( e& n6 |' w! p& S DD Warramunga# ?- t9 |) X! K* R- W `& D
DD Arunta) F8 j9 L) b+ k
DD Quiberon
- G) j$ x) e* a- w7 C DD Dale1 p0 P! Q- R: B3 r0 f e% ?7 g
DD Worden
) z: {! c9 P6 ^; e$ G5 p/ o DD MacDonough
$ ^( A! | M& M$ R- M DD Hull, Shell hits 5, on fire' Q' z4 P8 }9 q
DD Dewey, Shell hits 4, on fire
7 R& Q# u0 V, V5 ^ X( y DD Farragut, ~8 z% h) K2 y
DD Selfridge
1 C" d9 p# i( a" [ DD Downes* u4 h2 R/ A) B
DD Preston
3 K) L) ]$ L9 b7 M; g: f- \% h/ e DD Perkins
: r8 c& n3 X+ Q1 m7 T DD Case
# c) d! Q" L: ^9 d0 N% f DD Lamson
) f8 h: R R/ N- S2 l3 m) W& ? DD Drayton
7 F3 ]& k# t! p, H+ h DD Cummings
* \& D" o2 `4 |2 ?/ q; s$ u DD Mahan
. h; b, ~ ]0 ^' U @ DD Dunlap
; N: n: h$ ^% o* }% X' E DD Wilson
8 z& I" a; j+ k2 g7 M DD Sterett
% f3 D3 e! S# J DD Stack
0 j3 k% P- L9 p- S! N DD Lang
6 Y. x4 T/ @5 M DD Ellet
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( }" t7 u) [, Y. UAirbase hits 14
4 r/ T X+ ~3 FAirbase supply hits 28 j7 W$ L. p' h5 I& C0 O( d
Runway hits 318 q9 m4 B3 T) l. B" Q7 }1 q# x8 G
Port hits 2& b }6 s) x" X4 p5 W/ N8 j
Port supply hits 1
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* I2 H3 e% R9 I }4 ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 118,1131 I q7 _# B. t
0 } N( l$ m* F( {# W7 OWeather in hex: Light cloud
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) k) v* w) u' GRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.0 K6 l z, z) _, k& `& X
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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+ `: } T$ h* ^Japanese aircraft
1 L# r7 H1 O/ J* ]# y; @' q J2M5 Jack x 113 X. k3 M5 V/ V% A' @
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Allied aircraft) u7 t$ |3 l+ o. I3 I D
F6F-3 Hellcat x 80
6 G2 p/ ]. L3 `: w# H3 B SB2C-1C Helldiver x 34. u: @/ \3 l& A- p) Q( r
& U2 ~$ O" B$ K. @ f0 KJapanese aircraft losses
$ H. B( y( `) A: e J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
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% N5 Y4 {3 P) s, d2 Z6 FAllied aircraft losses
9 A6 O0 ]" x7 c( ]6 k' s. w F6F-3 Hellcat: 7 destroyed
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7 V+ l r+ ~! w+ ?* KJapanese Ships
1 w- [1 _% C/ |5 n1 T xAK Lisbon Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
$ b) e4 F2 i- b$ n v( I9 P$ N xAK Maebasi Maru, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk! M+ t. Z: f! G- F0 l
PB Fumi Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
2 z- X b K. c PB Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) M" I* T2 `$ k8 {# f2 @. H PB Fumi Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk* W* U3 `1 J1 ]( i I5 j4 Y
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Ground combat at Kusaie Island (125,118)$ F a# c D8 {6 H7 I1 G W* R0 F
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 61083 troops, 1384 guns, 1234 vehicles, Assault Value = 2188% A0 O3 ]4 E3 Q0 L' \+ s5 s" i
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Defending force 19941 troops, 225 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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, V; Y& S0 a5 a( `Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
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Allied adjusted assault: 2761 & i$ m+ d# v, ]5 f% k% Y' ]/ D: m4 ]
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1659 9 v/ O9 G* x4 }% S# E) q
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) ! E. D) K0 T L# T
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
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Combat modifiers# f% ?( Y# \8 ^/ N2 p% o/ f4 {2 D
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
+ O8 B$ f; {/ }& f- d( kAttacker: 8 Z& i- E5 J9 x# G9 U
8 O% p) C) f( @Japanese ground losses:5 g h2 y5 p8 i
3165 casualties reported
; E k3 X0 a' s% D Squads: 85 destroyed, 127 disabled
& ?# q2 I" L5 g6 `4 P8 B# a# N Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
2 r5 c8 [ `4 [$ ]( W Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled4 j$ o/ j3 e4 k: S! A- i' E2 Z
Guns lost 47 (16 destroyed, 31 disabled)
/ y6 q! l1 j) n" M0 R8 C2 O. c Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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3 q; X3 O, P- I) w2 q. tAllied ground losses:
- ^6 b; t2 r2 Z* x 1392 casualties reported9 Y9 @4 @ f2 v
Squads: 6 destroyed, 110 disabled
. L. X1 f) _4 e) A Z Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
: L: e5 G) W/ W1 O0 O/ V Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
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Assaulting units:, ~5 c, r1 D& V' u
6th Infantry Division
1 l9 K: N+ J% A3 v 2nd British Division
1 a! M! i2 ~% K+ X+ ?! D% f 8th Indian Division
& z D/ {( }: p, _; J6 Z 5th Indian Division
) [) ^* Y) c( _ 51st Highland Division& z- a+ V# p4 l4 Z; `6 Q. _
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment3 l' L) i( A( m# Z
226th Field Artillery Battalion$ `8 |$ R) X6 q! V! \+ v: e8 J
1st USMC AA Battalion
5 g# {3 k. v0 G. Q% `7 v 198th Coast AA Regiment6 |' s4 y( y- \4 J! ?) ~
XXXIII Indian Corps
, e. G, b' r: [% S9 O- V- u Fourteenth USAAF
5 \" o3 v5 d- p 96th Coast AA Regiment6 f w! G' _- e1 I4 A) i, F
5th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 N: Z8 k9 ^" g7 V6 E& w! F' W, e
181st Field Artillery Regiment" q, M: h# z/ T& l# S! y
168th Field Artillery Regiment% m+ q' }9 u3 B6 a
28th USN Naval Construction Regiment# ^ v2 J$ ?, {
0 S5 z8 K* W: H. f/ rDefending units:
- V6 U6 d) E7 P( R- K' @' C; G 148th Infantry Regiment" Z: S* u" b: A6 a( E
62nd/A Division1 \2 r( j0 d+ N+ g
72nd Infantry Brigade( R" P _1 ^; q7 o; h# Q5 u
48th Engineer Regiment3 ~" R+ [' h7 ^% v1 @
62nd/B Division
! @; j# v$ G# l; ` 62nd/C Division7 V- H6 |; q4 m- `; ] V% |
32nd Air Defense AA Battalion
7 o3 Q) P1 A! ~0 X3 V 19th Army( B; H3 Z+ a( A* L) E
31st Air Defense AA Battalion
: O5 S1 @* {2 q1 Y! U 21st Air Defense AA Battalion
3 J, d, a4 M, c: W 20th AA Regiment5 x4 _) J5 c0 Y$ X# {6 J; c! d
65th Field AA Battalion
" m& o% P! M: Z1 i 13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion7 G& C3 U1 U+ M# |2 q; x
11th JAAF Base Force
) ]: m1 r! j0 h$ Q8 U 23rd Medium FA Rgt /1 |
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