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Japanese Ships
0 m8 F, A7 H" J$ [2 NSS RO-35, hits 7
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) n: i$ l9 ~ z8 O9 hAllied Ships 7 v$ @2 |, G' f6 [0 g6 a) @4 \1 i# F
DD Saufley
! l3 L( I6 J0 ~' aDD Picking : i! i* X4 q$ G' w$ E
DD John Hood 7 a8 j2 r: L4 }% @
DD Caperton 4 `7 V0 ^/ ]" d3 h) c+ T8 Z2 ]
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/ n2 R) U7 A& K' t/ [Sub attack near Bonin at 65,52
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& U% c" V# m, \' R; N- c+ K/ l4 `Japanese Ships
0 p/ g& j# A! a* bAP Meisho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage " b1 R7 Y; I* @
PC Kume
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Allied Ships 3 W! X( [3 e& j2 T" K, g: p# a+ i
SS Hake 3 O. I( @! i% ~6 H" x2 B9 u/ r
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/ g3 h/ ~: k- |, S( A# d4 rASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53 " n* g% L+ e! ^7 B; w% ^
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Japanese Ships " j3 h4 A R8 N9 H* q
SS RO-35, hits 7, on fire
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Allied Ships 1 K! w, S V2 F+ @
DD Saufley
- k0 P8 H. Q2 I7 t" p. PDD Picking
0 |: m$ D. A' |; W" f- dDD John Hood - U% f3 A/ A- E; K# ~
DD Caperton
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Sub attack at 62,53 $ _2 s- J# k+ ~ V* h; u
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) G7 g9 u% s+ H7 l$ y3 h* b' ^AP Tenpei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage 4 C0 {4 a( X! o4 e+ P
PC Ch 2
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Allied Ships ! e+ w9 z8 d3 x9 [2 t6 x4 r4 ]7 v
SS Bang 5 v8 B! B) K. q: G6 `2 ?* L U- v
9 s$ R: _8 m3 A+ e& p9 ^! e `
Japanese ground losses: 4 k9 S3 V1 m6 E3 ?" ?; L' ~
88 casualties reported
: D' _9 C% {9 y6 A" m7 _5 q: ~Guns lost 2 7 h, J/ q: `) f% n: r; d
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I sent the slow battleship TF south and found a convoy. Damage wasn't too great, but
{& q+ q1 x( r6 }& I- othe convoy was hit by kamikaze attacks north of Iwo Jima later in the day. 9 f9 z6 D" n4 z( E
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Night Time Surface Combat at 64,53
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0 l! X7 \* Y1 F! TJapanese Ships
2 @1 [ Z" s* |) g1 L' _BB Fuso, Shell hits 3 % V5 a, N" s J) X6 J9 r* s1 Q
BB Yamashiro 7 [9 `6 Z' a! I% q4 }
BB Hyuga
3 G- A6 M$ f1 Q, N, ?3 y4 PCA Mikuma
, {- t3 C O- M7 ]: a6 jCL Noshiro
' X4 v" ?( g. a+ V. ~: ~DD Fuyuzuki ; N) y& }5 s e8 c/ ?9 K
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1
8 N+ z2 ^- h4 M; \1 Z% YDD Momi 1 t4 k6 _& y! c9 Q
DD Kaede 5 }9 e n" y8 {# b4 H3 Q' W
DD Kaki, Shell hits 1
1 ^1 H8 I, t5 L4 _DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1, on fire 9 }; Y$ c; x1 s+ g a% t
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Allied Ships : w! b* Z" S& ^; ]6 h" C
DE LeRay Wilson, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk . T; L: }$ N3 D9 ]: C- ?" @" b" G
DMS Boggs, Shell hits 1
0 {% ~( ^/ j. h" yDMS Macomb, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' r4 e. r- t8 j, r* Q5 A: NDMS Rodman ) q4 W# v5 e1 R' h$ `$ X8 A$ M7 M
DMS Gherardi : q0 O0 q% _. i; D# `1 x: X3 J3 O
DMS Jeffers, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage 8 H$ d' |7 N* S' M5 ^
DMS Harding, Shell hits 2, on fire
2 B6 X t& H6 y/ h4 DLST LST-339, heavy damage , D* x2 `: s3 k. r2 k6 n0 J o- q
LST LST-457, heavy damage
! z& j0 Z. B$ L- QAK Louis A. Sengteller, on fire , ~5 c1 S# D6 `1 t$ p) q
AK Martin Johnson, on fire, heavy damage - P7 U. W6 |& Z7 Z
. W; }) l4 \# @1 l: m. uAllied ground losses:
& `9 c/ U* F+ P. S, p1 l54 casualties reported $ c3 ~- m4 v2 }/ N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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Japanese Ships
+ s" C9 ?& J3 [- r; GPC PC-41, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage 1 `' M% u( U+ K$ _; f; _; g4 s9 N
PC PC-144, Shell hits 17, and is sunk / C. n7 q- K7 s# t- S2 I) F2 }
$ {& S3 z9 Y" n9 p: I/ aAllied Ships 8 ?3 Q/ L- R- j9 z3 f( D( w
DD Lyman K. Swenson
, _9 \2 x; G# t# uDD Taussig
K6 }6 @. B) k9 W3 E9 t- GDD John W. Weeks ' ]+ \* e: p* D4 z$ C2 V
DD Harrison . ^) [2 T7 N# |6 T. z* k, @
DD Isherwood, Shell hits 1 ) l3 _# ~' K! D' s0 w
DD David Taylor
6 N5 `1 h7 G1 P! W& C4 ^+ qDD Barton
9 Y9 z# P+ `; c. {! aDD Quickmatch
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Our strike against the enemy near Marcus Island started well: 0 l y/ s# g3 z
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56 1 M( N8 j1 I: _* b, g7 M
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Japanese Ships
6 c# x+ P5 K b. RCA Kako, Shell hits 1
* \7 J4 O" Z# B+ MCL Kiso
3 R% \, ?/ J. S6 _ \DD Urakaze , N) o- F6 G% u( q2 U$ V
DD Natsugumo . Y3 n: X' L. L; X- | d9 v/ S
DD Minegumo : n5 X# q @- G' j% m0 ]! W; z1 S
DD Sugi $ {) m2 P' {' t- t/ c; S
DD Hinoki
+ w9 m) j3 I0 ?/ \- J* ZDD Kashi
! E7 B' F* n5 Y" \DD Keyaki : q8 l8 u. r2 \% U4 ]/ ]% b" X4 Y+ T! B
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Allied Ships w7 J: Z# X0 M3 ~! p
AS Howard W. Gilmore 8 G$ |! g8 u3 j" M, ]
AV Kenneth Whiting, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
: P5 S9 C2 W/ |1 `AV Hamlin 2 |3 ?3 D9 }/ z: n
AGP Brontes, Shell hits 3, on fire 3 X S! I4 t4 ~
AR Charles Lummis, Shell hits 1
2 ~3 s- J# T. v# u d. HAR George Taylor ! g! |2 I3 b& R. J
AV R. C. Brennan 9 ~3 S* O" }: K( Y
AS S. Hall Young, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ u. F- I0 |5 ]8 W3 A4 Q' b( gAR William H. Gray, Shell hits 43, and is sunk , c0 V( |& E1 c% D
AR William T. Sherman $ B% d! Q8 O" F
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Then we met a superior enemy cruiser TF:
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56
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Japanese Ships
2 x# z' t* J9 }6 F0 S3 gCA Kako, Shell hits 4
- A" @ I/ S5 v* g# z2 _CL Kiso, Shell hits 9 0 t! `4 q4 W) h2 ]
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 11, on fire
: s% [0 m5 x, r( gDD Natsugumo, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. t) a( |! u ]9 b" ~DD Minegumo, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
4 f; S( o8 e) M6 y. o1 }DD Sugi, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
! t; t4 a7 w* KDD Hinoki, Shell hits 4 3 K. y$ O' I3 \8 B5 L
DD Kashi, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( M1 i. y# F+ ]DD Keyaki, Shell hits 3, on fire / ~# l$ U* \/ N
o# ]2 D/ [2 tAllied Ships
6 d, M- ?; @+ @: M' jCL Australia, Shell hits 11, on fire $ V2 k y# Z0 P- f9 D/ @
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2
$ a- d* M+ A% _CL Wilkes-Barre 3 b" b; I6 b+ @; a
CA Detroit, Shell hits 1 6 ~* M6 S9 c- k. Q) c
DD Allen M. Sumner, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ Q2 d& [$ M: X1 @$ P0 t+ \DD Burns, Shell hits 1 , q) X2 }7 x( M' u
DD Bush, Shell hits 1 `- [+ T, u/ a
DD Callaghan, Shell hits 1
9 C0 j+ T% {4 v0 z0 k7 _+ f S5 m' T, LDD Welles ; X4 r6 {9 V) V& a; _$ L' i
DD Wilkes * v8 Z9 I, q) i5 W
DD Roe
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' K7 m# G0 k# Y( I) N7 DNight Time Surface Combat at 62,53 1 I, j+ n8 {/ f
8 x! N- u7 A0 Q% z) c" }7 _% C- ?Japanese Ships
3 o) g: S( ^; X/ m# ?# pPC Yashiro, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage 3 A8 ~1 @0 [" Y V' |6 x
" Y3 q d# o# u6 G& OAllied Ships 6 t7 k$ {9 Q0 b+ B5 H1 `
DD Nicholson b& D, P$ y" i. m
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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$ ?$ z$ J# B8 ^7 s: J W$ e' iPC PC-72, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied Ships 5 E/ ~3 r2 s, E0 G
DD Lyman K. Swenson
1 l9 u4 G0 Z9 i+ O) U/ B* hDD Taussig
" E7 ^, p0 x/ L+ E" L6 LDD John W. Weeks + }! B! Y; g1 z
DD Harrison a6 L: U2 C( X
DD Isherwood P4 S) B! k: W* c9 n( E% O( x
DD David Taylor / y5 o/ S' Q; I4 H6 M
DD Barton
% u; @. o2 g3 j( l1 [, f7 c& _3 s7 |DD Quickmatch ( @, k% A# O/ e) t6 c3 E0 W
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# M$ B: z. f4 l3 v6 c: ]. T: }5 sNight Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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Japanese Ships
b; n4 X% E0 ^0 B; C1 f" @' W+ bPC Ukuru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk 7 J8 i5 p3 A6 v% D# F: m V
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Allied Ships " E$ w4 x: K( S$ l" g/ ^% v
DD Lyman K. Swenson % D3 R7 ?; {2 b. |/ `7 K
DD Taussig ( O/ a5 m6 L. S' P6 G
DD John W. Weeks, Shell hits 1 ) G0 A" m. h' L4 ?- e l6 D
DD Harrison
, v8 A6 T/ k. y8 l6 FDD Isherwood
, X- o- {& O8 z; RDD David Taylor
3 O& g! f* l$ L' c2 d/ w) ]8 d! kDD Barton
9 u2 b/ q7 a6 J0 mDD Quickmatch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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PC PC-66, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
5 @1 r% W: G- h$ T. c: ~DD Lyman K. Swenson 2 h& X) C% _9 H3 _: `1 N
DD Taussig 0 O: N+ F, @1 a4 [$ X
DD John W. Weeks
; P9 O: y) G" c8 j: E1 B/ L: qDD Harrison 8 Y, @; L% w5 g2 A/ ~
DD Isherwood 1 |# D) A7 w2 [! b: d. q
DD David Taylor
6 h0 C3 A8 F. S- `( ]1 ADD Barton
, C' T# p# x/ z. B \DD Quickmatch S3 Y8 @6 I- }& ?5 n
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Daylight Surface Combat " H! }, h. }: p
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 : u b0 _% S) O) P$ ]6 M+ {
F. ]- H% W* V: x4 bJapanese Ships * S. e' E) p$ N# W4 r
PC Yashiro, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1
6 t6 i+ M Y# \4 h* P: Y+ ^BB Massachusetts
7 l+ q$ P8 \% A7 z, |BB Alabama 3 }8 p' c4 {2 c& l" ^& o
CA Louisville : ^7 j! }; W' c7 ^
CA Chicago 6 l- n2 ]0 ?' d: v. G! H8 f+ f
DD Walker ) e$ x. R9 P! D3 J& ?( [
DD Waller
( d, Z. w& ]8 j$ uDD Wedderburn + f+ R) q, c% _( ^# B& `
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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AK Ryuko Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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$ V1 i2 t( M6 P; N' ?4 UAllied Ships - |0 K- e4 o( @6 d) d' {% J
BB South Dakota
. V! t! K* Z! m9 L1 \3 bBB Massachusetts
5 t1 V0 E9 X5 k6 {; z; cBB Alabama
{5 U& `& q5 a$ n4 g* k8 aCA Louisville - s' Q! _4 }/ ]5 _
CA Chicago ! d0 O9 I0 a" U5 P! O1 O% U
DD Walker
7 `# Y3 S" x! V* n0 PDD Waller * E; E' L8 l$ ^2 C/ ~5 |
DD Wedderburn
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# u+ i: ] V/ e% |1 E) h6 {% }/ cDay Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 3 E8 v9 \- `7 C- U0 Z& T! B
( _8 |- p$ w2 [9 v t* LJapanese Ships
1 _( i1 o0 h, {' n. t( | d7 WAK Renzan Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk 8 G& @5 D+ e$ ?/ v, W: s6 z: P6 ?
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Allied Ships - ]4 F. Z- K3 B N
BB South Dakota
1 h: i; a5 v: h4 s0 m4 TBB Massachusetts 0 x+ K( k& K- N. ?% O' M0 k9 b
BB Alabama - ~/ [/ a, D7 x6 R; k8 b
CA Louisville 8 N" T/ l3 [3 g4 X$ J% {! u
CA Chicago
2 E( z* x* N6 I+ G3 t2 tDD Walker M% P5 l3 ]; L0 l3 i6 g
DD Waller % p. g* a7 w) K9 ]* l$ l* n
DD Wedderburn O% t. j' O8 q' n
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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Japanese Ships / S% z$ @. z+ \- Q3 |6 Y
PC Ikuna, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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Allied Ships # ~8 d8 w. ]- P/ _; [7 {' t1 D$ ^
BB South Dakota
4 |% A* |* ]. W2 {" N! U0 ]; k; QBB Massachusetts , d8 i9 w( a, s# [5 ?9 @, E
BB Alabama
! d; t7 r8 l/ KCA Louisville % q# z( ~" @! {- A0 F6 y. L2 i) M
CA Chicago / Z8 \5 m3 x7 ^% l6 x$ V! M
DD Walker 0 v- r, z! R% ^" @/ z
DD Waller
) y$ B2 G2 b8 B* c2 jDD Wedderburn 0 I; ~; D6 Q7 R
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' S. w8 ^( k z, q" E, [( ~Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 % W" ^' y8 C9 H& o _# _# S
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Japanese Ships
9 _6 r8 N( C* rPC Awaji, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
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3 O7 z' L6 h7 L3 F1 p7 e6 ~Allied Ships
8 g* X3 b4 R* w6 H0 T, hBB South Dakota
9 Z, K0 I4 M- h3 B- _. VBB Massachusetts 0 s& {4 C4 k* a( b' d4 A
BB Alabama
7 W, C1 H9 U. S: T5 FCA Louisville & b" \' S# F4 D! W$ F! N! e
CA Chicago " Y9 y+ t. ^5 U9 j) R j. `
DD Walker 2 K, }2 z/ k, I! m! w& ?6 U4 t& R
DD Waller : ?; K3 P) H# ~
DD Wedderburn
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4 q. Z( ^! r- X, A8 EDay Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 & k# [; m: ^ e% L* ]+ ?
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) i$ O3 M3 p! t( \0 B- TAK Myoho Maru
" M6 q1 P, @4 c2 D8 @AK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire 1 Z6 _7 X, R9 F2 q/ E& U
" f1 k$ g: b @0 o8 x/ A- [( i. JAllied Ships
9 g4 g) U: z; P1 a: ^4 mBB South Dakota
2 m* b& z7 j, n/ sBB Massachusetts
3 p+ }/ |" T4 f% u9 ^4 d: }BB Alabama # E, V7 I: G8 C. [) h
CA Louisville 7 t1 |1 P0 J0 P# ]1 x& C
CA Chicago 8 j2 ]& }# L7 @8 C* d. [: `
DD Walker
! V9 x3 [ N# [0 B; kDD Waller 7 k; T0 l! ]% o& h% B" f
DD Wedderburn & [2 d1 ]8 ?2 _+ n2 J
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8 H9 C& R$ z* @- B1 iJapanese Ships 6 b! M, m0 I- t/ i% @9 h+ H; c
AP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk 1 S! S9 u& I, a' A3 M
/ X I8 c( t! \; e* p: M9 l: HAllied Ships ) ^$ H t' Q) | Y0 J9 S
BB South Dakota ; }7 Y0 U' @ T4 ~
BB Massachusetts
3 A0 B" }) B" K8 L& YBB Alabama 3 }( t R7 v* j! O$ d5 n& V& w
CA Louisville * E7 v `( I0 G- o* l' M1 z
CA Chicago 1 ]$ M( P+ Q/ \# v, k }, C( Z+ q
DD Walker
9 b$ }4 e- ?9 C# EDD Waller
" ~0 [# c. q7 o' g0 r# ~# r% x- `7 N# |DD Wedderburn
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$ X: B0 L4 n. ~4 R- lDay Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53 M. _1 R* j3 Q
Q" \& {0 g m0 J }Japanese Ships
8 [% y% R+ b0 s Q+ q% _PC PC-2, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage / R0 c6 [; t. |
* @+ n. T' k9 L, M1 gAllied Ships
) x/ [0 ]2 f: r& K8 h: }* Y$ j$ tBB South Dakota . Y. Q4 l/ b1 v' Z- c# y
BB Massachusetts # V2 I* a3 o6 U! o$ H
BB Alabama, Shell hits 1 4 L6 z# o* L/ M: m3 S
CA Louisville 3 n5 t" @! E1 }6 ^+ \! v( [! H6 E
CA Chicago ( x/ O5 a% P6 L1 z$ n3 O+ Y
DD Walker
\& D0 N/ l# I) c# ~DD Waller . S L+ e, R; @, p/ N- X% ~
DD Wedderburn
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
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PC PC-23, Shell hits 20, and is sunk & n" i: f5 F4 i0 g
AP Zenoa Maru, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
' u, O5 m# E& A8 eBB South Dakota, Shell hits 1, on fire <- That's right, sink her!!-) 2 v) \- x' c! X% ?# ^
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1
1 t& w3 c. a5 @BB Alabama 5 B t" V. @8 r7 o8 g7 s8 \
CA Louisville 5 H- m: ^& `; m( l6 p4 P1 ~; W) ]
CA Chicago
6 |# p5 T" S6 GDD Walker
! o8 ?+ @, x" d; U( JDD Waller - l7 Q0 W& ^# J4 b7 O) {1 P! ~
DD Wedderburn
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3 }2 K& V; | v7 B/ b6 }5 tNaval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
: g7 {% _' j8 Q; n! c( s1 |23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. ! T; c' S9 i/ K; J6 g+ `* Q/ A
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Allied Ships : @' J3 Z+ Q% e4 d
CA Chicago 7 v2 f( d5 c% ~( k6 ]: P/ @0 \% Z
CA Louisville
, a; v3 v$ D$ PBB Alabama % ~. q; w: F2 U" k* ] y
BB Massachusetts ( Z8 h Y5 a, u; m4 L) H
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 18
4 W( L& b1 H3 I( X
7 {9 |! x' U+ aJapanese ground losses: ! }1 a2 s4 e- V6 d' @' b! ~
184 casualties reported
5 B7 ^8 y6 d2 V+ i$ c0 @Guns lost 3
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6 S6 Y1 @ H2 [4 W% S0 ]Runway hits 1
9 t) C# S& i7 J4 i+ oPort fuel hits 1
4 o, X0 A# P. v7 |3 tPort supply hits 2
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Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53
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Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed A1 n+ D6 x6 t0 E% b2 x
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Allied Ships . n. \: j) _# l7 @; a. {
CA Chester
5 z) o$ `9 i# X3 hBB Washington " x8 K4 @" c$ o$ _$ e
BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses: 5 n8 r5 ?- d1 o( A8 S2 l; M$ w
85 casualties reported 3 q. i* e& `* N0 o9 O3 u
Guns lost 2
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Airbase hits 1
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Port hits 1
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Night Air Combat # _9 y0 k2 i" @$ n' l
9 `( l+ j1 j$ J4 `2 KNight Air attack on TF at 65,53 1 x4 b. a* H# t* X8 u( z
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H8K Emily: 5 damaged " q/ a* o2 w* }9 O- H
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SS RO-35 , B' @6 j9 Z u& L
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DD Hyman
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Night Air attack on TF at 64,53 3 A3 a2 K) H" q2 K9 D9 G5 Y
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Japanese aircraft
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P-61A Black Widow x 2 6 X; `# Y* P( S7 c% a
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Japanese aircraft losses : i. ^' b+ H, G( @' \6 Z" I3 R. [
H8K Emily: 4 damaged
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Allied Ships
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DE LeRay Wilson
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