12月16日,前一天被日军舰队偷袭的盟军大股运输船队以为危险已经过去,趁夜返航向汤斯维尔,不了正与返航途中的日军舰队遭遇,结果又遭受一轮新的打击,再次蒙受了一次巨大损失,日军舰队指挥官估计,连续两次打击之下,击沉的盟军运输船在20艘以上,船上的人员与装备物资损失严重。 N6 N$ Z: E& v$ o/ s5 _
9 D1 n/ I9 A5 rAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 16, 44& ` v* G8 F5 }% C n
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) u; {1 a6 E+ a( R- x* c" r: L2 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 4,000 Yards( I4 ^( _7 k/ O# U
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DD Myojinkaze
! x8 y9 c9 H: g0 j5 j6 A DD Kosukaze
* x; D/ k8 S/ T, a. x% ?1 i DD Yamanakaze# N& p2 }# U* i- U1 f) Y' H
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Allied Ships
8 j# h8 F) E, V- a2 S xAP Golden Racer6 C' d" v4 E4 W# b
xAP Mallory Lykes v! B& h8 @& z" v9 S0 i
xAP Abigail Adams6 _! a7 j' |9 O0 a% j
xAP Andrew D. White
: C* S, E; [% l1 h. s( I xAP Andrew Furuseth
7 J5 x4 U) N* y& x/ f# r xAP Archbishop Lamy
& Q- Z9 Y" R I xAP B. F. Shaw/ @. y! F: \# V7 A: ?5 P( d
xAP B. Livingston6 ?1 o* X% [. X0 i
xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
7 L/ I5 K, J# h, f1 p# ` xAP Benjamin Lundy
2 B2 c( c* F0 ~ xAP Caleb Strong# ^- ?) V T+ G/ {; T, e3 N
xAP Carlos Carrillo7 l5 X0 T3 ^, S' _( o6 p
xAP Charles H. Windham
8 X% H# t: i' u" b3 ^; u$ l* i1 K9 d xAP Charles P. Steinmetz) l8 a3 \' z( |0 P- U* s
xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 12, heavy fires
# ?2 e( P2 f$ L, k; N3 ]4 @ xAP Daniel Drake9 u/ x5 Y5 s6 B0 W+ [5 ~
xAP Daniel S. Lamont
2 F4 ]3 \0 T/ U7 C xAP David Gaillard2 k! ^1 V. C! N0 Y. g$ ]
xAP David J. Brewer9 v" ?$ o* P2 c3 [: m! `
xAP Edward Livingston
9 f. G/ C/ S; @, ^1 f xAP Edwin Markham5 M6 q% D* Y+ S) g
xAP Frances E. Willard! F) T, R: S5 ~/ G3 j
xAP Francis P. Blair
! h; _4 c- [7 }! ~, D5 z xAP Leland Stanford p2 k# r4 Y: r0 ^& z! [
xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 4' p& G& a8 x+ d. A( W0 l
xAP Lew Wallace+ _6 j" s! i$ f% q
xAP Lewis Cass; e$ `1 `8 t8 `' R9 v ]9 V
xAP Lydia M. Child3 r& H$ t1 L3 M6 E" L. Q1 i) ]5 Q
xAP Stanley Matthews
7 r1 ]3 l" G2 y5 ?/ M xAP Stephen J. Field' s; Y' f3 Y/ @9 h% K, s1 K, _
xAP Thomas A. Edison
# u0 x8 m2 ~/ e xAP Walter Colton
& h G# O$ U8 } xAP William C. Claiborne# n# q% ?4 Y/ a$ w
xAP William E. Channing, Shell hits 14, heavy fires
9 R8 c) @3 k7 s3 n3 w+ z xAP Alice Moller3 d2 O0 ]0 g1 |" n( A
xAP Erinpura6 g4 v# K0 J9 C) C6 ]* S
xAP Jaladuta
3 K1 E0 E* ~2 N) H, w) j: T xAP Kutsang
2 V0 ?6 q" S4 w }" y1 `$ p xAP Nils Moller. m8 ~ `# z1 w" l
xAP Nirvana
}: |* f2 E% s j) C+ c xAP Nurmahal, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage) Q4 o% o2 g' M5 b7 ?& N
xAP Silverbeech, Shell hits 8, on fire; h2 V* F w4 ~" W# m
xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 19 R7 Q% F# t5 n( w! `7 T/ c
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Allied ground losses:$ E3 L- q9 m+ ^- o# T
41 casualties reported
7 R) `8 c" I! a( N Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 M0 O3 O3 a3 _1 n
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled
C. Y: Q8 p, j( @5 [ Engineers: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled1 z2 k* `9 _. p/ y8 Y6 u
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)( f! _+ n$ I; h+ S8 ]8 ~
Vehicles lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)
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?) K4 |% M1 x$ T. dNight Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 4,000 Yards
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CA Tone
5 g" c; ^$ k, c' X+ t I+ r' G) i CA Chikuma
~0 i; T( w7 X% s8 _; h) ^- y8 u CA Mogami( Y5 ?$ {4 h5 g! Y
CA Mikuma
+ K' M& J* N8 a: O; u2 x+ H& C CA Suzuya
5 T& e9 s: c- D CA Kumano ^% p9 k3 K! J$ h5 a
DD Haruzuki
1 F+ K1 w5 a5 m DD Naganami
4 |) o& \$ O9 u) s$ F DD Urazuki3 v- @2 U6 @/ H% _
DD Benigumo* x) M* ^9 L4 K: a
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Allied Ships
/ g, k' G( I; D/ t8 r# f9 Q xAP Chief Washakie, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# `" L3 q& K' P) l. b xAP William E. Channing, Shell hits 22, and is sunk! {5 V) E9 Y9 o; w; d% j
xAP Nurmahal, Shell hits 11, and is sunk" v2 T1 S' K' j& ]( y* ~/ V0 |3 R/ [0 V( W
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Allied ground losses:
& \0 I, t6 c9 ?8 y4 I 148 casualties reported E2 _/ v; `( J A% T
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 O e( ], s. J# G3 p& j0 @9 X( [ Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 8 disabled1 m6 i1 q3 E/ i
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 14 disabled
, {6 T9 V. q4 {! r" g2 ^ Vehicles lost 37 (27 destroyed, 10 disabled)) f* n4 I9 b* e) G2 f: [
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8 q& b4 Y7 e# E9 Y. ?& ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 3,000 Yards
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8 h7 Z% a& W7 b% }' EJapanese Ships
- ~& e$ U% s( v0 k4 z: w CA Tone, ~% r Z& g, I4 r2 Z
CA Chikuma
! g7 _: R6 \5 q2 F& P CA Mogami
& `, n. W( a2 X CA Mikuma( [# p" X5 I; o/ Q8 J* d' O3 i9 V
CA Suzuya
) D _4 s% t8 ~* u CA Kumano
( U G. H: K8 k( `$ c2 V DD Haruzuki
h1 {1 g, x% P. d' @ DD Naganami
0 p- _, l9 N! O* ?2 Y* V DD Urazuki
4 U0 X! Q6 B3 O) M/ J' m DD Benigumo% `3 j, P7 G3 W0 C& c
. X7 D5 m" ^6 r- \# T d3 P& Z' AAllied Ships
- S5 r; [# G: }& A xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
* t- q" g/ R% E, y6 a0 C+ \; u- j xAP David Dudley Field, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage- v1 B9 V- M8 l t
xAP William Dunbar, Z( ?/ [2 F2 D, {* j) U
xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
; V3 X/ G$ r6 W6 ?- I, k$ F6 v1 Z xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 48, and is sunk) Z. \# L$ [/ ?- M& ]2 [' p ?
xAP Jalaputra
) V" N- A6 q1 V: V5 u% ] xAP Singu, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) e) L+ J% `: n& h3 I; d& k, W; c xAP Varsova, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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* {( o I& y# }* {5 v8 BAllied ground losses:7 s% E) Z' B) L/ C
657 casualties reported
8 b7 J5 ~; f# y. z4 S; v/ W: ~ Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled
, b+ P8 l# A( R4 l% n0 F Non Combat: 139 destroyed, 84 disabled
+ Q% ]( ^: T) M3 D6 p( ]% l2 d9 g Engineers: 18 destroyed, 2 disabled9 H% t. H8 X/ Z9 ?$ B- I
Guns lost 23 (13 destroyed, 10 disabled)
3 ]7 c' C- k, J% Z8 u( m Vehicles lost 109 (84 destroyed, 25 disabled); {/ Q' I1 J& K$ e. [# K8 d. _
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6 S+ m; `% @/ f$ P- u- O/ I8 R$ |Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships; Y D: o; @% z7 A6 H
CA Tone
6 ]5 |0 M% N9 y# ]: p7 d CA Chikuma
1 m0 P. B- l. h8 J& Q7 C$ U3 i CA Mogami9 }4 _3 Y' [# }; `" h
CA Mikuma
" l- E9 t8 n$ a$ f/ U, g CA Suzuya2 k% s- F4 \0 @! Z4 q5 x5 V* B; Z- ?$ ~
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1 w0 x8 ?% R0 N4 l) Z! M( a
DD Haruzuki
: _* ^+ y% B* |4 X1 |& o DD Naganami
' j3 q( @8 d; q DD Urazuki4 S# }$ \4 X6 i) S
DD Benigumo8 e4 D3 v, b! }$ }: H2 E8 W
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Allied Ships; x P. z$ v& c9 R' _8 A0 B0 W- V, H
xAP Adoniram Judson, Shell hits 44, and is sunk
1 P4 Q* `6 ]; Q; j& @& W& _ xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 66, and is sunk
8 H! A0 x& F6 I! i7 x xAP Elihu Thomson, Shell hits 38, and is sunk- w4 r5 {# u) n' T
xAP Vitus Bering, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
/ T7 {( k) B" y1 [( K 1958 casualties reported. y1 {4 F% j( Q
Squads: 61 destroyed, 90 disabled
; R5 d" N$ f4 o& f$ Q Non Combat: 177 destroyed, 165 disabled
. K$ l/ }( B6 { Engineers: 55 destroyed, 23 disabled+ x, ^" j% k* M* W6 Q/ Q8 o
Guns lost 140 (109 destroyed, 31 disabled)
( r- y% D* s6 I! [& x. V" f. \3 u Vehicles lost 182 (126 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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# e9 X& p4 j6 M) o) w当天日军驱潜舰队还重创一艘盟军潜艇+ c5 D; u' G6 v, N+ l6 v: N
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ASW attack near Satawal at 104,111
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- }& V2 R+ P$ }& e; zJapanese Ships6 ^. H6 C+ n# o0 z
E No.637 b! s0 I. Q3 x* _* ~5 u
E No.614 _, C, W: y' U6 @7 ~( ?3 I2 B9 P2 V
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7 c+ T) [( z3 w, H" X/ ? SS Segundo, hits 54 ^& C9 n/ \3 h+ w
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4 A( N9 g6 B n% Z: GASW attack near Satawal at 104,111
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. M9 [$ x( `; B8 g9 jJapanese Ships
9 S) [+ E6 r/ Q, j E No.5- y$ Z3 C8 p" i6 P1 @" {
E No.27
5 k! J: a$ c; s+ n4 B E No.25
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Allied Ships
3 m2 F4 @" P1 O3 o K( ^' v SS Segundo, hits 13
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+ M" Z7 j& W# i' k# Y而在同一天,波纳佩岛上的战斗进入了尾声,面对盟军最后的攻势,受伤的日军官兵纷纷自尽殉国
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( ]1 e8 d1 @( e; uGround combat at Ponape (119,113)9 E! A5 g- f* e. o N. w/ a; r
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Allied Deliberate attack
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9 f9 H/ h# T# Q2 a, U% O+ P* QAttacking force 54057 troops, 992 guns, 1942 vehicles, Assault Value = 2285
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Defending force 12018 troops, 52 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 29$ ?! Q6 F, S0 h7 L4 w, t% P
2 w3 o8 W4 K: sAllied adjusted assault: 2701
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Japanese adjusted defense: 19
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/ Q3 g8 |# i# yAllied assault odds: 142 to 1
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Combat modifiers- T( k7 b1 y$ I+ X" w8 C
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-). V7 N! C. o" `# I, U0 u* a
supply(-)
3 w, J, ~6 \- g, d n% x; TAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:2 b2 A4 T" B( |/ j; y
6501 casualties reported6 u6 T: Q( s6 j [
Squads: 327 destroyed, 0 disabled2 l. F( `( V' A3 |2 z+ o! l$ s" R
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 477 disabled
- d! N0 k- P$ C2 x2 r1 Y Engineers: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 {: H. A9 [6 M# r& }; { Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled). T; e3 v- d9 ~) _8 {
Vehicles lost 61 (3 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:5 A& O& G* z1 L9 H& g; y8 b
59 casualties reported
" i1 j4 W, o9 V7 W8 v5 | Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
/ l0 ^# J0 |( b4 K Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# X; a$ a4 U2 D0 b! x. D7 O0 ?: ^
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
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Assaulting units:
! A; X' m$ s: R' `) y 81st Infantry Division
" w8 a! L8 l" n: j8 N6 c 1st Filipino Inf Regiment7 t. `3 V8 D1 K& a1 G
112th Cavalry Regiment5 g2 N. C8 i0 v8 S8 i& s
716th Tank Battalion2 E8 J. _5 G4 i; }! ^# y. _
767th Tank Battalion/ H( O) j" T: j) F( G
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
! c; l' R/ d, n& y 710th Tank Battalion
$ J+ N9 b- m( R1 h/ Y XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) O& }9 N" F3 d9 m* i* j
762nd Tank Battalion H2 G) S8 _9 @9 D. E
711th Tank Battalion! C( l) @7 [' N4 V7 i; F
5th Marine Division& W1 Y: h0 y7 X: l2 m" X. {% Y H
6th Infantry Division+ O+ @& g4 g a0 @& c, E/ p/ Q1 [
706th Tank Battalion
2 ?5 M7 P/ g* L+ j0 K6 p, y9 [: T. t 44th Tank Battalion- m8 ^; c% @1 T! E$ J0 {2 y" V( F
96th Infantry Division
5 l' @8 q S- N" s! r1 H' D B 35th Aviation Base Force4 P M% ~; F2 H" F- R
57th Coastal Artillery Regiment: M% w$ C) t& a) K6 l" T
96th Coast AA Regiment1 m. G& [! W* R1 E; r/ {1 }9 {7 G" S
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion# X X( @% T8 F- ~" |. V" n
XIV US Corps; x3 A, G3 P- Q, M6 D8 c7 k
8th Marine Defense Battalion
# H8 e( G5 Z4 L8 f, P( U 4th USA Defense Battalion
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1st USMC AA Battalion, t0 a- T* \& I! K/ {) t
265th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 N- ^( ^$ X$ D5 |& b% l% S; c
738th Coast AA Regiment. N1 p4 I( |1 z4 V. K _# J. ~/ I/ I3 Q
I Corps Artillery
4 Q% T% d/ M) w1 N# l- C \! u) s 5th USA Defense Battalion: E8 K5 u/ V% `0 \/ D* B( N
12th Marine Defense Battalion
. k' }( i$ G/ y# L 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion# h2 Q4 W' f0 N) G# \
14th Marine Defense Battalion+ ?. g7 G Z0 i8 z! N+ i
28th USN Naval Construction Regiment# r; ?7 A; G; Q( `% a- X: w
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Defending units:
8 k3 l$ A, k$ p* A( Z 33rd Division) [9 o/ Q% |, F, H+ K8 f7 t
3rd Base Force
5 c1 y7 q+ c1 W 12th Air Fleet3 j# n6 `/ ]( I
19th JAAF Base Force
# a, J) c2 E, S% q2 g 18th Army' N) J2 P( Q, y" h3 @( R
14th Area Army /1: A( W7 p, o* c. v! z- K
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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Ponape |