8月9号
4 R. c6 S5 ^* s+ Z' s第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
) m1 M9 F+ N3 _; D- N; vNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards/ o9 n& O5 }' `
$ g$ [( Q" i' L, H( _( wAllied aircraft
& S4 p) U/ { V# x1 a* Y. z no flights e. A+ S; ?$ P! L. g# ?
$ m5 y4 \# S" T0 [* m/ m/ V1 XAllied aircraft losses
1 c6 a( }" a1 h/ a* b* m$ |No Allied losses1 A/ J* b1 ~0 ?* y: H# l
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Japanese Ships3 k" s, k o6 g1 ~3 h- x
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
/ P; S$ o, x) I: q, F CA Aoba
; @+ _% `1 E! i- A- ~' i& l CA Kinugasa- a. j0 u: J% Y% o; T- [
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
( P" D5 V7 I* c- c CA Kako& c! z: y& `6 A- D
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
) U6 v, L8 e# A& i* o CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6, B f5 B5 T& j! Y0 i5 l, H2 p
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
- b8 e3 h, j$ R5 z8 D' ]5 s CA Salt Lake City+ g. R! `, N# D0 j0 B" u# E
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
$ P8 T8 ~" ^; t/ I4 _ DD Grayson
, s2 r( j- P$ F1 A6 f DD Monssen8 L/ ]% x: [. L" O& ~0 A
DD Aaron Ward3 L3 G8 ^) `, R# O
DD Laffey2 N4 b7 S# V( `5 f4 T, M
DD Farenholt
8 }6 ~2 _8 x0 a* a4 H% O" P DD Maury) T# q$ H0 Q& |+ V" O& N, a
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 c ^0 J( b7 D4 K5 I R1 x$ T
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire8 c% z7 i0 l) y0 m4 p# Z$ s/ n
DD Stack" s) Q( M" I* R; _, m% E
DD Sterett, Shell hits 15 p' Q# f, N# C G/ i% s u4 P
DD Balch% j5 d) H3 E& F ^6 D" p
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight" d# r4 \) d$ m/ X% f/ [6 y* o
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards/ s& ^2 c# h1 w0 V* h
Range closes to 20,000 yards...& f$ d2 [: T' ]3 F
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
" j3 e( v% e* a1 ZRange closes to 8,000 yards...5 q9 X/ q& L4 t' k/ ]7 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
$ p$ M' |) C& k8 _/ E q6 w$ j3 ORange closes to 5,000 yards...
! y9 k, S) z! _Range closes to 3,000 yards...
" \; D1 L) h- K: Z$ B- VRange closes to 1,000 yards...3 T) g7 w$ ~" H& v( K1 N7 V1 Q
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'5 Z, Y; [3 ^' F+ ^ |
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
$ J) t+ s+ J- N2 F$ L& h2 p- `CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards8 H! o& Y+ \3 Z J
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards' f% E' t! Y! h3 R1 B. f
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
! ^( w' J1 e) P9 H3 rCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
7 g4 L! S5 F: v- h- jRange increases to 2,000 yards- i: ^% v& I2 _9 z- b
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards& i( V D1 |, R; j2 T/ ]$ D
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
8 z8 u! f. t* s. i z6 ?DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards; R3 @* M5 a* h+ U
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
6 g0 O0 O( N, c2 n3 Y7 E9 {DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards% j* Z, d0 M8 X. y7 R
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards2 ^, O6 w! T) x( q: W2 x
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
9 z- M3 r( }7 X2 @* _( e0 {9 UCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards) K1 y9 B/ y6 W; [$ i+ ^6 o
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards1 _+ V9 H" j% Y* y3 M
Range increases to 6,000 yards
( E/ N6 n1 X1 DDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
: Y, ^) @3 o9 YCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
/ k% I. W9 a. d$ E( x) HCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards+ C3 M/ _& e. ~. [. W* R" \
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
/ R# p5 b( h0 WCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards. H' `3 @' ~$ F9 E7 n0 p! o
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
# V- o- J6 y4 Q/ @$ rCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
2 A8 U6 `4 E+ R K/ GCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
- A6 j9 H# C6 R9 XCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
8 W! ]7 N, @ b4 P# S3 oCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards$ J: P2 W! \% S+ C; A
Task forces break off...
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( b$ i* c8 B: F7 w# [. d; l$ j( wNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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# \' f; x+ y }+ d6 g |) QJapanese Ships
" C, c5 s, f4 g* U4 v/ `7 L4 J CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
, ?* _8 ]1 n; z CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
$ i* C+ R7 _. f& u CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
. V) o- n5 U! h CA Kako, Shell hits 1* Z8 E+ Y2 \: L* v4 M
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
7 J3 @: N( M+ u# ~. W CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire* S8 v. d* v9 f) W/ C+ C7 N9 X# p) [
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire8 ^/ r: n( j m, w$ G6 i
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Allied Ships
6 t6 K* W8 n$ F( V CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
6 p# k9 x: V/ S+ q6 W CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 M3 I+ M9 V0 N" d( z1 w
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage( C, R6 r1 P- L
DD Mugford
0 D2 c( k0 F8 d5 A8 V DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
( y. K5 s$ D, C( q! h DD Patterson4 N; K+ r: @1 w. t+ W' }2 B. l
DD Jarvis
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2 H+ \2 }- J& _Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
" {7 O( [ M/ g% tMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
" y+ E7 O& `. L# j1 ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...$ F) r- u* P' J0 ?0 @- d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 T) B- `4 X% F9 e
Range closes to 8,000 yards...; Y4 s1 Z: v% X; L8 L4 O9 N
Range closes to 4,000 yards...; t8 T% {9 {! q3 Y
Range closes to 2,000 yards...0 E2 g* Z0 p3 K+ U( ^
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
# \+ c2 u$ Z$ ]6 o- } @" {; wCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards+ S: ~: f( N) f$ T7 T( e
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
4 R% U2 }% `3 k4 o$ ~CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards& i }8 v! q. h f
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
+ t; Z" a; v3 f% h# C: B; {CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards7 [2 p- E2 k( V" [& M! Z! ^) X& t
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
1 }) Q4 m2 o" q+ O( uDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
& F, J; X# l- w7 Z$ f M- S. A1 YCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
3 Y9 W3 e- r' V/ o# o2 hCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards) F1 A. J; n [: v
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards# i( u' e# H$ \% H: b
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
0 b; c5 T- ?" L+ n- bCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards/ Q# m( S J K$ z
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
# i* a/ M- W" p# nCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards7 D, r. B$ V; t5 M3 j
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
1 x& ?$ ?: p2 ]% m' TCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards8 g9 i4 F8 X; T) q V& K- J
Range increases to 5,000 yards
5 P1 P0 J; a# |CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards7 h/ y! {! v5 u( P- F) L( S
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards# n$ E: i! v1 e. I! {0 A0 |
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
7 D3 B, @( k! `) w6 T8 Q7 ?; ~6 tCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards. L I4 `) a J! v# f7 \
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards/ D' S- Q, Y6 ?7 `0 [+ D
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
$ ?# v( j5 A) C. f$ e0 r+ X$ l' lCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
8 j% L, v$ D8 SRange increases to 8,000 yards
% J% R& O' G8 i+ w; w |% |2 ?1 z+ dCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
( j8 e( J# D0 @) b5 P. g! ^CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards2 ~6 }: G. I# t; j3 t: [/ U# B
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
4 K% ?) Q9 A( S0 TCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards) t# h. |8 d' I% Z" Y5 X# y" H% @
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards* C7 S/ J' j: @9 h
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards% H9 J( E# _1 k w; I
Range increases to 9,000 yards+ o+ W& h) s9 \( @6 g @) O
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards: P# `, [: T1 ^( r
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
) o; w; S% t7 C c& Z& o) xCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards0 E+ J9 H4 F# Q+ o. ?
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
* D6 h& P9 ~) _2 S% E8 I+ TCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
' h5 L. i$ g Q- y6 KCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards9 i0 W- G) ^* E3 i* i0 ]& T
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
! J& O; r& D( yCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage: \' C7 e8 W; B+ @: Q& d
Task forces break off...
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7 g7 V6 F5 E a0 V$ ONight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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' {7 c" [0 v. B- ^* I# |Japanese Ships% P2 y! u0 o! R6 n$ }0 o( X
CA Aoba% h/ x4 o$ L9 g, L! T$ Q/ }0 y
CA Kinugasa" z- ]* x8 H6 e$ e
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2- x( ~( L3 @# K0 s7 R
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
/ o! Q2 z$ b8 U1 T+ c, R CL Tenryu2 d& H5 F, K8 Q) V; f: Q
CL Tatsuta
( T, r+ z# ?' K CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
# K, ^, q2 k- s0 X; g DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
. r3 q) d N+ q) ^& X DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight: u+ }4 b" e$ g2 }% J+ y( A) Z
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
! X( s1 D& M; d7 ARange closes to 24,000 yards...
5 K$ u' W, X6 o; vRange closes to 22,000 yards...
) L1 r' L3 D7 o" M; H6 t% ~) XRange closes to 20,000 yards...
3 i6 f! S/ l1 vRange closes to 18,000 yards...0 _" ^" O7 R' V6 p% p: @
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." I/ P n7 L o9 D$ L
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( n4 S5 c% v# yRange closes to 12,000 yards...8 k: ^# m. z3 R7 y: S% A
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" S8 b0 d: B; q4 S- aRange closes to 10,000 yards...3 B0 ^8 S0 z! K* {7 v1 @
Range closes to 9,000 yards...7 T% Z* H0 s- \; T: ~1 q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...8 B I x+ E! m9 F4 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
7 }! r8 [& L0 N5 L' _" @8 t5 zRange closes to 7,000 yards...
: S5 X& n" g" V0 v& y2 vRange closes to 6,000 yards...$ [$ r( B: S5 c/ r
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards/ u9 G. v8 z2 g
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
9 g0 l- A. z. @ [4 [0 TRange increases to 7,000 yards
3 `6 J5 ?# G( Z/ O5 D7 ?DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
7 h5 O G- Z- CRange closes to 6,000 yards* h* }6 K% m9 {" i
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards2 k; H0 Y# }5 _5 \" s: U
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards r. f& a( x, z- \
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards) Z, N6 S8 Y: z7 _3 r
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
4 o' s, v. \5 H2 N. w) XRange closes to 4,000 yards$ s% W! [9 b5 k9 S: Z/ m
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards& D3 q- G# E. d$ i A! o3 W* I* w
Range increases to 7,000 yards% j7 _. u, d7 `( j9 u* @
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
' q, X1 P) Y- w/ J/ sRange increases to 11,000 yards$ [8 r: e) p9 F7 ~0 G( E. `& Q/ N$ ]
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards) `7 m$ f) ^) l. A) ?
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
' @, @- j) i% R7 U gTask forces break off...
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/ j# v% t7 x( g& x( h; K' @8 L" UNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards6 _6 @# C2 C( y2 J0 A5 Z0 z
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Japanese Ships
) R# Q6 D' R) M/ } CA Aoba
& T$ O" |2 e* s( P+ Y CA Kinugasa+ l! x! a$ l) R9 H3 X9 h
CA Furutaka+ x5 f: K$ s) V1 _
CA Kako, Shell hits 1$ m5 l6 ]+ y/ x9 D! _; n
CL Tenryu0 F7 ?3 i' V3 T, y5 ~
CL Tatsuta w( n2 @2 v- K$ v+ u
CL Yubari
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( R/ m, v' ^1 G' j: kAllied Ships
& ]4 H1 a- p: F DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire3 C; K( y6 Y6 G
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight3 P$ h5 F4 h! U) Y& x
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
; _1 V! f) v2 ?8 T: l. PRange closes to 24,000 yards..., T% [7 r+ N- k U) @/ f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
. ~6 s, G) A7 a# e$ ~Range closes to 22,000 yards.... a: U a9 p4 {0 s
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
& o" z9 m- g) ^! QRange closes to 18,000 yards...
+ z3 `) C$ e4 {. w) w" qRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 ^+ O" ]) E: ^% M; m0 @6 ^& zRange closes to 14,000 yards...1 \4 C! H5 g" G- m$ [
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 I" q9 i3 z7 i5 `, k J) KRange closes to 11,000 yards...
2 |- o- h; j1 m2 r% |" N' V& }$ v$ Q! [Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 a# s: y6 k% S$ V' w6 b4 xRange closes to 9,000 yards...
* e& f1 B) j" X8 g0 I. ~Range closes to 8,000 yards...+ N. K8 F% J/ h f
Range closes to 7,000 yards...$ k% [; O; E9 b$ \! E
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
( W( ~$ [1 k& Y( ~) v0 y& b) A. nRange closes to 5,000 yards...
: X5 |' G7 ]0 w( f( WRange closes to 4,000 yards...
. A: O9 U3 U5 F0 U& PRange closes to 3,000 yards...
& Y! P4 r( N$ o |3 ?( Z5 R0 [6 oCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
* d! n2 a- @5 h* t% zCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
, u. Q/ @! Q2 z4 A; gRange increases to 4,000 yards! z. D* }* K/ B3 t: C9 Q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards6 `( q- y2 @( M1 k$ C5 c$ V/ r# N
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
3 c$ m/ q; e! y& DRange increases to 5,000 yards, ~5 ^+ z: I) |3 ^; o, P7 O
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards9 Y1 S4 z! v; ]* ~
Range increases to 9,000 yards' o6 y# ]* B( E8 e9 o
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards+ c, w" K# F0 X9 q. O6 f( ^, M% a3 |
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards: k I$ x2 X9 }# P) M* n/ D7 @+ C
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Japanese Ships( `' O5 l1 K( N: d1 S: J
CA Aoba s' _* y+ T1 a. _4 u9 l2 n* k
CA Kinugasa
$ q$ n, @2 ~$ |# D L CA Furutaka; t( ?/ }4 M! [- D
CA Kako+ ?3 p1 ~+ |; X6 ]
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire3 D/ s2 r" j( }) j
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
; V" q8 x8 U/ O& i7 `/ v CL Yubari
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Allied Ships% [' ]1 ]6 [& ?% `) Q4 V
APD Colhoun, | f& Q, y) m3 Y1 S
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
* u* m4 Y4 B* i6 V$ G DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
. p8 F1 h5 Q9 x4 M DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
- v( O: R; z& E* g& \ AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
3 T3 G6 F5 Z- q AP Harris
2 V% M4 N4 M, {$ ~7 L i AP Zeilin
; t* Q8 k5 a' H8 q. j8 t AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 @/ p6 b* \# ^! `% ?( \ AP Heywood
2 [; o3 O* K8 n5 Y# [ AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
C0 D5 |& o) s! W2 h2 S AP President Bowen) B! M; v4 S7 a
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
/ J4 S# {0 {$ l! G! {1 s; ^/ r/ o xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:0 K8 h2 G# q4 `6 w' t7 O, ^4 ?( N
105 casualties reported
- Q3 l" z2 r2 N. H Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; J \& p: {5 l8 ^ Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled% Z, W9 p. ]$ _0 z4 ]/ N
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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]$ `* W8 W6 {5 w4 sJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!6 m# J" _8 D) S1 ?( ^% s7 x
Allied TF begins to get underway
2 k; e5 [; r/ }4 @7 b% u0 Y: _! qReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight# F! m' U3 z% C7 f& l/ R. e
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
! H% N' R. f6 O) Y* m' y; |Range closes to 18,000 yards...# o8 J) d/ l9 l# T, g+ D/ \
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
, V/ M5 E+ M1 `) q3 S! c4 x/ mRange closes to 8,000 yards..., x3 N' G6 R) {8 K' X) J; n6 ^
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
7 G! Y4 ]. W# hRange closes to 3,000 yards...
O" `5 a: W. d( LRange closes to 1,000 yards...( M- H) u( L4 w( G4 i
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards& v1 y" ?! b0 m( X9 J1 _' S
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards' U% D$ f3 l. L; ]7 }+ Q& {
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
# @0 l* j3 X" r( aCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
6 T) e! y, o5 ^9 n0 l3 XCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
' a3 W1 Z3 K7 S s# b1 fCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
7 r1 r; J& t+ z0 ?3 Y! }* zCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
/ l: z& l3 ^' VRange increases to 2,000 yards2 k9 T$ k% V# Z/ m8 O3 [: f
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
9 W8 t" t% N/ bCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
% ?3 F* W" P7 k/ QCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards- _0 f: K# i4 |1 \2 X0 q
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards8 C8 _; L: H' ]7 ?) I! N0 p: N
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards; g. {& G0 C9 o+ k$ y
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards7 v+ s. @: F& Z& m1 ]
Range increases to 4,000 yards! F* @- Y+ s5 p9 U4 I6 F
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
, G1 L n' ^, N( [. a" g. UCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
2 A( q# _, W6 I3 mCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
( ^/ h1 Z6 L+ N/ d/ m/ k& qCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
* |7 X/ S9 O! r$ v$ V* S9 T2 t/ GCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
/ k. |+ E0 x8 m$ n8 q3 ^( pCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
2 g% F& m0 R( z3 n/ `CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards! N# N- v/ P3 k# o" t& e
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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% G; d( d" a2 T. \# X; i; v3 Y8 a第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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" K% s Y; H- p- {5 g- j2 wWeather in hex: Clear sky
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* d P/ h$ E* b7 H. hRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
( p5 N1 ~! w* [+ IEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
/ B+ W1 @" ?# S) ^ SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
2 a, q! ?6 r7 U3 U* G3 Q TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses/ W+ X# \7 Y8 v ~) `6 ?8 o7 r
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
1 G% z' u8 [# B' ~! }: A' T TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships# N7 v' p8 c0 m4 U
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire! K: t+ \6 I5 @: t `
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
' e k! _# o4 D1 Y3 B! d! h CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage4 }. S! ?, a' x8 e( c4 X. }! W! i6 Y9 ]
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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