8月9号
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* S8 A f% r2 |* V8 O* QNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards$ S8 w2 t) m. S5 k
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
' t" N5 i3 f" u( |2 k. S% N) U& FNo Allied losses* ?1 Q) g5 X+ H- Q$ I7 L
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CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire/ J+ Y M! |* H9 H+ |2 {
CA Aoba! d' y2 C0 q1 @( @: \: Z
CA Kinugasa, ~/ p8 ~! g# O. {1 F5 w
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
6 s' B1 T$ c+ x CA Kako7 D$ v" Z9 z) Z9 z& r4 p8 u8 t
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1. o6 A7 R% l8 t! A$ Q) w
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
{- ^0 Q( T) q: E CL Yubari1 @" U+ c! }/ b. p
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Allied Ships
$ p2 M# i* ~* F9 C CA Salt Lake City' }/ u6 e& m: L% A" }0 f) {
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
( w6 g3 O* `2 Q/ O! U DD Grayson% G4 `7 v% y5 M5 T
DD Monssen+ s- C5 i) v/ @, c. C* ]) l* }
DD Aaron Ward) B; X6 p. H x. i# h: I
DD Laffey9 Z2 \* U, D1 p0 a* `3 \
DD Farenholt
5 c5 l) Z* d% \3 k. n DD Maury
& Q# t0 Y- U) U% V4 G* f6 m4 L DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage6 S: U8 b4 }; X1 I% r, P: N* U
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
4 _+ f$ C0 [& H- |. T" ` DD Stack
% _. U1 B8 r) z" J# E1 U! |" E DD Sterett, Shell hits 1: r5 I- m" ^# |9 k) Y
DD Balch
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6 L' M. C* _/ |7 K9 W$ J* yReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight0 @; {) S& ]# ~* ]5 V
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
; l/ L( W' G* q( i, ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...9 Z+ ~; U; V& r1 N( v% c, S3 K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ H) P7 r9 p- G7 Y
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
) w: a u7 X% ]6 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
& T* l+ M0 c; k# F1 L0 A6 K. @( JRange closes to 5,000 yards...
/ v% a5 A h( w6 r7 o2 C, |Range closes to 3,000 yards...
: I8 v/ n4 C- {0 ]/ wRange closes to 1,000 yards...
( [# t: E& } F9 _5 h0 X7 |! HScott, N. crosses the 'T'" E6 S4 @9 Z" P6 G+ w7 T0 j7 W$ ^
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards8 |% Y( m& n" P' ?3 Y- ~) V1 R
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
) K% E* q3 a% [# LDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
7 G' M3 N6 o. n0 h. ^. M4 ~4 a3 HCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards/ [1 z, A2 D, ^
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
7 T: D# g" \; O$ F" kRange increases to 2,000 yards
2 Q. M- w% A# UDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards+ U0 ]! u( R; j. L
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
* T. I4 |3 G1 _DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
, i6 c- L, `# H6 s! \) h5 {CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
^3 v4 D/ @1 }DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards8 d6 {, C% J; L1 M
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards+ n+ v; E) J3 ?1 ~
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
9 G& g+ c' [8 l- V# l0 S) {8 QCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
, I T' ]6 a# m. CCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
. L7 k* ?3 m3 l0 B8 u) s: fRange increases to 6,000 yards
- W& O1 ]) h* m# BDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 9 [2 l4 X5 b9 E- D, N0 W
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
/ W9 m5 X U, s4 F* }7 w; M# OCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
5 V; |" E; o1 o. o0 pCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards/ p4 F( G* `- ?* T% c
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
X8 J! p: v6 s. CCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards) Q4 m, h7 a2 _8 b, F! K
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards' z+ n' x; r- s, G+ Q% V% M6 f( J
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards$ C" t1 C' o! P
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards/ m# T" r; ~: v* q3 A+ E
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards/ @! e" t' o: s# X+ W
Task forces break off...
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8 n m' M( M+ l1 ~# wNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards7 c" f( g* @$ e0 d' U9 ~& S
; F/ P3 s/ _% Y/ M7 h4 i* R/ k2 pJapanese Ships" o' N4 {1 j4 Y# U! z4 V: K
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2$ A- O$ V; M; E0 @7 e/ O
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire# G T9 C- ~7 v* l4 s4 M: S/ m) T
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
" o; h7 m! ~9 c CA Kako, Shell hits 1
. k9 h0 O1 W* `& n" p, u5 {2 Y CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
7 w! W# C6 k3 y' m) G( z$ ^ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 Y( c, s/ G- l, s) X; r3 v CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire& |# X* N" A1 ]
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 E( @- F( g4 n; U3 o% d
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Z* _% O! l; B0 D
DD Mugford1 ?$ z$ y- [2 {! Y' ]
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
) P$ y' x( t% m" u4 O DD Patterson
' t- d* W0 V1 F DD Jarvis$ W% f# P! }5 B' R- S y
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5 @9 N5 z6 j( ?+ ]3 pReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight/ W: N2 h3 Y+ I ]) D
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards# g! J, v F7 r' M$ l6 ]; G& `, n
Range closes to 20,000 yards...$ z- c, y: T! R% b
Range closes to 14,000 yards...* _3 H* @: B" {( V
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
+ E6 k3 _9 z2 ]5 W& bRange closes to 4,000 yards...
4 D9 T8 [8 Q4 x' I/ P& l! M4 kRange closes to 2,000 yards...
X! _% Q7 V/ f, l9 b2 JCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards, V, b& V& l3 o* \) }
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
! X/ |$ t9 Z$ WCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
2 G* F# r4 t9 ~9 J6 E" a6 `CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards2 k2 ~4 w& G/ F8 N* a" N$ U" M4 J
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards# d) w2 ^9 C* {. P
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
% y0 N i9 |" j( ?6 R4 U$ P0 ZCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
! L. C" F, R. B4 T: y/ D6 Q9 ?DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
% [# |* {. @3 L# {* _* ECA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
( y) r/ a& O( x1 P- d# H& tCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards" h; S* Q4 }( m6 V3 ~4 `: I
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
' n# O5 k0 k) [0 [CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards/ g+ ]4 r" b9 C8 ]- v% C
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards6 V% }% {9 h* R3 D+ F" E. `
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
w+ A, z$ r; r; W* P$ ^ xCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
6 o# T, `5 N& o- l$ p4 Z$ r }CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards+ z, D5 o+ p2 v3 E( o
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
7 |- M/ V+ C1 Z5 W: CRange increases to 5,000 yards1 |, x+ V2 p' e7 [
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards9 S) ^# v2 ]% f" P" o f
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards! i. K! A2 ]6 b2 x0 O: B/ \! Z
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
! F( @$ D& n7 X1 r# bCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards2 E) ?4 Z" d) Y6 N1 K
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
: Z0 C/ r% o y* \+ Z2 t, s! ~9 VDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards9 x7 l4 D: G) c3 N6 X( @
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
; N+ @( }7 v2 k' PRange increases to 8,000 yards. @0 _$ `8 G9 |7 t
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
$ G) ^7 Z. @; E; `7 h5 r) k; a- R& TCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards$ y8 w+ K/ q+ i9 U
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
& X e$ Z1 C( s# K: N* d$ MCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards/ I+ K m) T! a* ^* Z
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
: z$ T' |' ?. y1 ^* cCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards5 q$ x/ T6 R, V
Range increases to 9,000 yards
3 j3 s$ W9 P% S- M" h7 |2 SCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards) Y! N6 J6 d6 c- Y" b
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
! a( c0 r0 _2 d7 B3 w& K" qCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards3 f! _6 M5 `/ `, Y8 _' e5 q) K7 w
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards' e& l0 p8 S7 U r1 P
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards# X# T7 ^* N- N5 S! [# E' O
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards' i5 o3 ?" u' e
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards- T* ~2 n8 C+ \: g$ j/ u4 @
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
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8 r/ Z9 i& O0 |/ y4 M k# D/ Y" y$ rNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards; K! R5 r* E: `! y4 C9 n o1 S
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Japanese Ships" l) z$ ~8 e9 I/ k4 i; |, ^& Q7 |
CA Aoba" @; L0 i) i$ B' l+ M
CA Kinugasa5 ]& |4 J' I8 ]! j
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 23 p! x& u' l0 p$ \# a: R' {. s
CA Kako, Shell hits 11 u8 D- U/ l) ^. g( p9 s
CL Tenryu
1 h. H7 I% s- x$ c5 Z \% V CL Tatsuta" ~" W1 H; m* G; F6 ^( f( P
CL Yubari, z* @% ?5 r1 l( `: U1 D
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Allied Ships, a! W& {' p1 ], j1 Y/ `9 w
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
: M9 m' D- b* v) `: R* S DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
9 d; {) h* U' b! k2 c5 HMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
9 S. E9 O9 y. L C, V, ]1 \Range closes to 24,000 yards...
- W% |+ m6 \ @/ R; [0 jRange closes to 22,000 yards...3 v1 p5 {! ^. N% M$ w
Range closes to 20,000 yards...% L# |5 E7 t% t2 W. m9 Z" u' `
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) E$ h7 O A4 s6 }% {6 ^
Range closes to 16,000 yards...6 S( X$ C7 J( P d7 W7 K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; O; n9 J. E% ~% U- Y3 k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
$ T7 B/ y& a9 z- m6 eRange closes to 11,000 yards...
4 s! E" W) T/ |1 e5 ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 Y. k3 B& g# J7 K! E/ u, j
Range closes to 9,000 yards...# e6 g7 l/ m# ?, t. ?
Range closes to 8,000 yards...% a* I( i3 u/ w9 @& c3 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
3 R) b! v4 x4 U X5 {: I& D+ |; rRange closes to 7,000 yards...3 S+ ~6 ~$ k$ v- q# [- w& h, n
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
/ U1 }- W' v3 b5 F. x( ]CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards- ]5 m2 j T# K7 U9 m( {# w
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
) p5 |, S) L$ d" a3 H+ _Range increases to 7,000 yards
" N% j; r. K5 F2 \( ]& o& \8 EDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards; S; _8 z. _+ a: |% U9 }
Range closes to 6,000 yards" d' o$ w. l; W
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
0 V" T. B/ _* d4 n' F+ Q$ \9 V1 y& D4 g' eCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards# B4 L4 e8 `1 l+ a' B" F) Z
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
3 @! k. x% M1 @. o2 s4 Q9 i: ]+ eDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
; |. y- W& Q4 V' Q, \Range closes to 4,000 yards
, W% p5 |- M8 T- _CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& p0 c1 o0 F% s! ~
Range increases to 7,000 yards; Z' [$ I" }3 A; P5 [
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards6 Y* Q N& u K- n* z) e
Range increases to 11,000 yards
4 J% r/ X4 s3 n4 U( Y1 D. B. ^CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards8 H. E5 ?. ^( {! a% _6 z8 T/ h
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape4 o+ b' N; ]8 E8 n
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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. s+ t o/ O+ d* X( x6 k, wJapanese Ships4 i! s2 I- \) @7 V& y
CA Aoba
" s5 h: g! [9 z1 Z% I5 U CA Kinugasa
+ A8 ~8 k# i/ z( }2 l! _8 @0 E' e CA Furutaka
7 }, m8 t" X6 y* a CA Kako, Shell hits 1; ~ O( V* n2 \& ]* v" G' N5 d* M+ u
CL Tenryu2 w% k) k4 ]/ T# h
CL Tatsuta
9 T. Y$ h: C( I4 ?0 J CL Yubari5 q; D$ Y, k$ \+ B) `# {
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DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire( ?* j0 ?2 Z3 Z- o. w
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
3 w7 |+ O2 P" d SMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards3 u7 X1 i8 [1 h! p" l! _1 n
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
, s' l2 F7 q8 p2 j2 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. l3 o6 b2 S, E4 [: y
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 a- S+ \" e9 k; iRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 J, w" c: D: [: e* r/ \1 x
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
0 q& H' m; r# }1 ARange closes to 16,000 yards...3 o8 U) ?$ ?8 K; C- Q( c2 K4 W
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ v) C# u/ ?8 c% ^' X) T1 `% f+ q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 {; n' }, @8 i! L6 z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...4 G8 O: X1 h! P M8 u
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; g8 u9 S1 O9 [! Q, M# V& \
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
) b' p; b2 a+ m4 G4 s6 FRange closes to 8,000 yards...
, K j H; t' h# T. n( ^Range closes to 7,000 yards...$ ^/ m1 Q+ O: c/ ^0 ]* V j
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
* k& Z+ z; z( u) L2 ^Range closes to 5,000 yards...) ]4 M# I! O' W T/ T
Range closes to 4,000 yards.../ `2 t& Y6 v1 X' G1 Z' L+ q; [
Range closes to 3,000 yards.../ [) T' Q1 B( J- ]. ?- e
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
1 [ \" I) n) x- j! r1 t" mCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards5 E0 T- a, `3 e8 q* r
Range increases to 4,000 yards
9 h( m2 |9 M( j$ Q; ?5 G% `8 _5 hCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
; y }1 t4 L: M' l: U5 ACL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards; [! ^2 s7 @0 Z/ B, ^
Range increases to 5,000 yards& {" O, k, i5 Y; p! V+ l
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards6 y3 J8 w' Q& q4 _4 k- x8 A
Range increases to 9,000 yards
/ [6 U3 N& F( x) F' |- B3 WCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards) x3 ]- G8 C2 o$ I: ]; f# M" _
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
% Z8 d# m& D) b1 l- CTask forces break off...
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( J+ ~( h' H. _' ~0 q6 hNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
2 b; ?) j! g) y' `; O2 l1 [# a CA Aoba
0 V& l& Q- x. ]) V' n CA Kinugasa
|: u9 b0 A8 @ CA Furutaka7 L7 W0 @; ?* |% o$ W: F
CA Kako- {1 }7 v5 ^$ B$ ^/ U
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
4 V; M/ C: A1 X" w CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
) x3 D: C) L9 M0 m ^" [8 h CL Yubari
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Allied Ships/ Q+ }' U8 e. R# M+ L
APD Colhoun' }) K2 K. z8 r8 H8 {: L# Z1 Y
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
- d) [& t! [9 T( B4 h: v DMS Southard, Shell hits 1# I* u8 z8 C0 X2 W9 t2 P
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 A% q' q) q: y) h# } AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
; c) i& L$ h/ A, k* X+ [0 x AP Harris
) L; L0 {0 d) r+ a3 T1 q( x AP Zeilin" Z$ |$ e" }, c9 U: F
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage1 A0 X1 h' s4 d
AP Heywood
6 |! m+ ?5 @6 K AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire0 ], U" Q( G, y2 `2 O
AP President Bowen
3 c: @9 Q# b8 `. @8 K0 h4 R% C AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
' |7 i- z% s# y0 g$ b xAP President Wilkerson: s" s/ J$ v. \5 m, z7 z
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Allied ground losses:
0 i% `, E( V+ H 105 casualties reported4 s) A! W/ W) t/ d; G) {5 c" d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ c& S5 I! r1 `6 p' M Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
. B0 R4 H7 h! l9 v: i* P Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!$ g# Q, s9 Q7 R9 s
Allied TF begins to get underway
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards) ]! T5 D7 C8 X- }( E: v4 D/ G
Range closes to 18,000 yards...- e) |; F3 @8 J, I
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
s: q( ?2 Z4 MRange closes to 8,000 yards...
6 D t. D. g* i8 ]; L+ gRange closes to 5,000 yards...
% x/ X4 @2 o3 i3 ~2 B% QRange closes to 3,000 yards...
: P$ n7 a% r8 _* J) w ]Range closes to 1,000 yards...0 o& C& d7 g& O: G+ l" T3 j! K
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards+ G% v* ~( m+ u2 f9 @: t$ b# X1 y
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
( r, Y( w9 G, l9 nCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards0 t1 {3 m8 p, D- a3 j
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
+ D. a; z! J S B1 y- a8 xCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
/ l! w# G$ R4 X! ZCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards- {8 o( [) M1 G+ s
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards$ W" y! V( v% |$ ]
Range increases to 2,000 yards, ?; L: x& H. D( N
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
4 ^& U3 r" i* w: m) {& j. r5 xCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
$ c% ]4 Z/ x! X1 i& J, NCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards# }% `% O1 U" x V$ o
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards7 t, N( d3 T: F
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards# }! a9 z+ X; U! ]
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
& J! v2 r+ m6 Y" |! y' X% b# eRange increases to 4,000 yards/ K/ y; J0 {5 z% r/ F
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
4 G8 A/ V% |. oCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
{# C+ f+ V4 v! b% }# SCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
1 l! a. Z& @3 \$ w8 \5 |1 mCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards- h' g1 r1 E( X* g2 C A
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
/ T- a% B4 y, }2 W8 @CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
; c4 N- k5 z/ X% q' }, O* U- R. h( OCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
+ z! q1 K* S( q+ G7 |Allied Task Force Manages to Escape1 ^) ]3 [8 i0 J" J7 X
Task forces break off...
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+ V" k) n0 x& y% Y- \第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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, |* Z7 G1 }) ?* N: QAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,1346 x! _4 n- f5 x5 m1 L y
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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T$ M7 R7 \/ ~) i$ xRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.* O5 m% Y, q" j: v( v3 W: e
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
6 _5 G1 H* P1 X SBD-3 Dauntless x 825 G; U# m, d/ L. ?4 P$ w" o
TBF-1 Avenger x 394 X# s5 P& w1 Z9 E9 ]8 P
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No Japanese losses
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7 i4 V J: P/ C* v SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged, l @2 w2 R5 e& n7 e
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire* B) e" C3 h$ C: s* F5 Y0 ^
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
" w: d, s) \1 T3 ^) _ CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage, u- K3 q' W( s6 g5 F
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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