lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。1 p& _; O0 W! ~( |1 a- J1 E

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8 E7 s/ f2 b8 e8 Y( [
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113). z8 _" }; P1 \5 t; g6 h+ P7 a; ~, u: |

' W  A+ p7 h1 p) S( l: jAllied Deliberate attack& s2 H/ f4 g+ u! X" l, j' ?
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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, a1 c, p4 F5 u5 o& j* F1 G2 YDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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6 P0 @+ n3 e3 EAllied adjusted assault: 3564 $ E$ I( V( A5 l2 Q- E

. m1 E9 n- m, O3 B/ l1 t4 JJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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  \+ Y, j: ~8 E/ A6 w* v' ~Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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+ _) U' O+ b# F$ I, HCombat modifiers  @8 V3 t! b& V7 p
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
$ y7 u5 c" i# }/ hAttacker:
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: S1 I1 t$ p# z  N# q2 U0 iJapanese ground losses:% b' v8 X+ ^2 m2 _( Z* N7 B
      3386 casualties reported
+ K% A& c+ g7 b         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled1 p% v: |$ r1 `! N& \) i' w
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled4 r3 e* M' E- ?3 L$ ~/ t
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled5 f2 X5 C7 f; y* ?6 [1 Z/ i
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
7 `" G7 Q- j0 G: q      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled), F; S# r6 H- D6 q7 e6 R& K
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
6 D; E3 o3 K# i2 O      5163 casualties reported
4 ?+ c2 r$ z9 O& F7 n2 C. A, J, s. f         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled, q( @: t. k: g0 ~+ n7 E
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled2 q- Q; K; e, @2 M0 G' \+ j
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled" e  q! k0 l* o9 R, _) S- |2 S
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
8 ?  U$ g  l) s0 {+ i5 _      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:% ^) `) K& G5 n9 e
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
0 u  C/ N9 @4 ~6 v! Z6 q4 y9 w    710th Tank Battalion
- u# s7 q/ Y# b    6th Infantry Division
$ ?6 G$ N4 @' Z  G8 z7 ]    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, i4 [1 I0 ?) x# N( b0 F( `9 [) c9 [    44th Tank Battalion
: O/ y# a$ D# b    81st Infantry Division+ T2 e& i7 c: u; {: F3 N! W
    762nd Tank Battalion6 C# W* G! n2 N8 b8 ~
    767th Tank Battalion
/ C6 B/ C2 c/ W8 l6 ~: ], C8 ^    711th Tank Battalion1 Y! D* v8 \0 C/ f: J! X- l- L. v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment1 E8 k/ [9 Y2 p8 T
    5th Marine Division' ?+ L$ P. d: R5 ]1 O! K8 y6 w8 F0 s
    716th Tank Battalion
' q# V' L+ K% |& `    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3 e1 S+ k9 g6 k/ a5 r3 ~    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
% D: `4 \- e) q1 p( n4 R    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 O4 }; q5 B! y4 e( X5 {3 _, @    706th Tank Battalion
* ]) i6 `4 J4 l    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ {# C* i! M: n6 G0 q    96th Infantry Division
0 R' {) ^& B$ M( ?( }  F0 i' A    31st Infantry Regiment
5 x* y, q' D8 p5 D    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ [4 I; v9 j2 T: j% f8 g" G
    I Corps Artillery 3 ^0 ^$ _4 u5 l' ^! a
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
: Z$ B* A! a4 E2 r! [    1st USMC AA Battalion9 c7 X; A* P' B1 k$ s
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 _0 U3 x* Z, M# D2 N    XIV US Corps  }) d  b3 z7 |9 h% P
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
  w/ Z% i) D4 \9 h  r    5th USA Defense Battalion5 H- h5 |( }6 O. m" R
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
4 D4 l: u  j+ u1 Y( _' w7 t9 |" M, m    738th Coast AA Regiment
" E9 M- j) i/ F: g& C    X Corps Artillery
% G0 u3 c6 y; A" K    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 C( Y, `: i6 ~5 s8 o& Q; G    96th Coast AA Regiment
* f  s& @) M0 I    4th USA Defense Battalion# ]3 S+ v0 Q5 l  N8 F( K
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 D+ N3 }. m1 m+ P: I* c
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:* |3 _1 W2 ]' N2 T; o
    Kure 7th SNLF
/ k% ?8 O8 }* Y    81st/A Division
0 g% [& ?# B: ^% N8 p+ C  P    Kure 3rd SNLF
7 C2 Z+ o# ]1 S+ g- g  {# N    33rd/B Division5 x$ X# \" ^% z5 r  n8 J9 a
    33rd/A Division8 n! B  V9 n; j5 K4 y5 ]
    81st/C Division
: s0 t: y* H$ f! F    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
" w, f& d- r* B& @* J1 m    52nd Naval Guard Unit' A7 C. v1 j' s
    138th Infantry Regiment2 n) c# {7 H& v) ~; k) w8 Y8 n
    Sasebo 7th SNLF0 U) T+ t7 F5 k" e6 z$ U
    144th Infantry Regiment
; _) n; O/ g! F; D* v    81st/B Division
1 `9 w, p! |( l1 w, [6 `7 h+ _    33rd/C Division4 K4 h! O) b1 p- }! m/ E2 I
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment* \" A5 x& c/ s4 X' t$ Y- Z
    18th Army
' |+ a5 w8 ^- J    60th Field AA Battalion
/ h2 I- C% E9 m0 t* n: }% g    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ) V( C% j: n, X$ ?7 c' [  U2 D
    Ponape Naval Fortress
3 v+ M, _) L1 y8 G6 q7 q3 w6 ^    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ E% `' c% ?' u& U% B+ \    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion4 `! L% n; A0 w( ^( z
    53rd Construction Battalion
. F3 l& R3 ?5 H1 _1 b, _: V5 n    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
' m3 s# u" C! v9 ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion; X" ^7 Q  n& q5 |1 ~- l6 S9 k: b/ s1 V
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
3 {; _+ ]; F) l- |1 _% e$ u    19th JAAF Base Force
$ V/ I$ C8 q& l5 e  Y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
% N; l7 Q' k# s! d& E    14th Area Army /1
9 j9 W1 d! K: t6 |2 w# y+ _    63rd Field AA Battalion
% ^2 t" a8 @2 ^3 E    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 2 x" [( C- `0 P$ D3 p( Q# ?
    3rd Base Force  z+ r& a4 r/ e! `1 {7 z  |/ {
    12th Air Fleet
& ~4 {+ o) m! t. B* q/ D7 e( B    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 g! [, G. _5 n- o) A# a2 \    61st Field AA Battalion
: p( g% U$ @0 Y    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
; l+ r! }* D# T0 k    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
  r+ S' ]! `9 C5 n; I9 }: a    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /35 G2 X3 j( r% C$ n' D

6 B$ `9 i- p: l! W- l9 N# ~" `同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。0 R% X* [6 U  X- P# k: `
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0 D9 y1 R" R- ~Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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' B7 a- d! B+ F8 S# ^0 JAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17615 Q& E1 G/ o8 k: X- t; |5 e( Y9 u/ V
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373
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  W9 S( u1 e% ?7 R- B8 x( ?Allied adjusted defense: 10
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2 q9 \; Z' M6 ^# m# ^Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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/ p4 e  P, p% U# M/ ]3 E* jCombat modifiers, z2 a4 U8 I; ^  i: x# W& `- g) {
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
& |/ \4 a! v; Q, {) n* k3 M; iAttacker: shock(+)
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+ P# z  [/ ^* y: u% }& qJapanese ground losses:! M% I  B3 W! l" I" ?* c: n! H
      530 casualties reported
8 Z, w/ O+ U6 W; F* J         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
6 C+ A, M' V1 h- {; Q+ {         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled. o) `: D4 M" v- S% Q8 d: v; H% w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
. i$ w0 b  v# o      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
$ S1 g: k8 Q* U  r      891 casualties reported: ^2 |- k, z# C( Q1 @
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 e+ e) Y0 [" Y, L# m         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled3 [+ q! t) L! @% h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ H) d1 K  @( @5 y% e8 z( r7 u
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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1 ^: Q& z( {9 P0 W# NAssaulting units:$ x9 K. j  d3 b$ G
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
1 h  Q2 i* |3 F5 n    21st Division, a/ G" X4 Q- b" I0 L1 p
    4th Division8 e- n8 h" P8 r6 a! t) {8 `
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment9 B7 B, S' @& x
    23rd Tank Regiment+ y8 l8 |1 [6 J9 q+ v% U
    32nd Division! Q+ p# Q$ X( E; l2 @8 |9 _
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF; K7 @, q- j" v5 \7 ^) U+ ?6 R
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
. s; g% ]6 a. _$ Z. t: S    6th Area Army( r& l1 N) R, f6 U" A. U& s! c, G
    103rd AA Regiment
0 i. l1 j5 c3 t    1st JNAF Coy ( ?1 D! C% T/ L6 @# Y
    13th Army
# \+ S' L$ h9 y: J) \    141st AA Regiment
7 ~! m: x3 ~$ l. q. l# I6 T. t$ r, D    4th Ind. AA Battalion* Y, Z& F( d" u3 C) [2 `3 b/ A

; a# I* |% n3 [6 HDefending units:
1 ~/ A& L. n' u2 X    50th Indian Para Brigade
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: S) l. M8 f! z1 ]) a50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males
3 C+ y. Y$ U9 w8 [: ~; ^华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载0 R" h3 g4 l5 j' b* ?

  _) m  ~: i+ hAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44  C  _% Y; \4 E% i) E8 y/ h
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, x- V* `# i( h# eInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)" t2 u/ l0 Q8 G
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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5 y: O  h7 P- i& E89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships- M$ ?9 e% }" e2 W
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 m8 y; z% d' y0 E# P; g8 {      LST-81
; _5 X& O; r# e2 ?# l3 E      LST-74, Shell hits 3
" D) T9 F: P. K3 w3 l# L      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
& y9 G/ G- M+ F  D4 A$ X      LST-783 I* s5 ?  {6 L- X: w  p" g) ~  p
      LST 209# x$ Q1 F" r( E% Z
      LST-889
/ M- a6 ~+ R0 M: b/ A8 o( m' @      LST-246
3 z" C* f. I" i  H  l8 f8 D      LST-240
2 K  h0 o: [. B/ Q8 x+ U      LST-204
# O0 N5 M3 j. R5 a* X; ?9 P      LST-2025 x4 J1 Z5 W  q* z9 i0 H/ R
      LST-123/ I  m" c- S' G! R
      LST-1213 Y( Q. H; T$ x; F7 T
      LST-120
# p9 _: I1 v4 e; y6 b! p9 k      LST-86' w+ X0 c4 r9 v" u5 Q/ c0 l
      LST-85- j( }5 I2 n! P9 v( i
      LST-847 U: b4 `( {" T0 p; e
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
* y) {$ @: n* E' U: U8 B- c  @4 gDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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  j; q, a5 @4 \130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships- r# _' m# E0 I0 p
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" L; V% L( I& z- w  C% S
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
/ G/ b; \" u: ^# }      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage( x0 k9 o6 ?6 c4 H" Z
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire( B6 T* K/ P; t" D  t5 p
      LST-84, Shell hits 3+ @/ j7 }3 Y0 W7 v; [7 b
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
- P+ E! A$ |4 v8 C' u. `. Q* j      LST 180$ {- C5 I/ Y; n. h' H- F; ]8 s0 ^
      LST 157, @8 ~3 F  j# X3 E. w
      LST 2
2 o, N0 E; L, u, s7 r      LST-8843 {! u! Z+ g) {/ z5 M
      LST-882! i! M. s; p8 ]. @% V3 p
      LST-397( J9 X% |' @$ p7 H) l
      LST-395
. L5 ]! l- B5 Y. L      LST-274
) Q) T: W+ b5 O9 U6 H+ r      LST-273
& W! b" }7 q& P9 p$ Q& e      LST-246
4 e/ {( z! O( u+ J      LST-244
9 ^; w& V0 c. f      LST-241' c6 E1 C5 O4 o  Y
      LST-218( g" _7 L& s. f: e  Y3 s7 C
      LST-216: ]: I2 T( f3 n. \: ~! ^
      LST-202& L4 F3 m' ~8 x8 r$ k& `% R( ?
      LST-171
6 c9 F5 h) ~5 {      LST-166$ e& E, o) t( N: i7 b
      LST-124
  z2 S3 ]" E" A      LST-121  y& K( h. _( O9 H) W% x
      LST-88
) }# Q0 A- Q" f* r      LST-123. ^8 H' W; F) z; r6 g, n# t
      LST-869 ^: w: W% F; B1 w1 O1 H6 S
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7 _  A* _7 U% j; U! J; z5 S在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力5 e5 |. ~$ _5 M
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' Y/ Z+ Y0 D# bGround combat at Ponape (119,113)5 n1 ^7 F& h. B" X2 a2 l

& [$ z. I( l9 t6 `: {, I. D" UAllied Bombardment attack0 {. m. n' o( w' H: L* }0 ?' _8 T1 u/ l

2 J" y& Q+ k& X4 n# H/ aAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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8 ~7 @+ x3 R/ j% i: QJapanese ground losses:
. W* Q& p* D% X  q7 g# M. u      406 casualties reported9 P/ j, t0 @2 P
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled8 `9 f( _& ?/ g3 x! _; y. D
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled" Z' J1 q, k1 c9 v% p& W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
4 h8 f/ V& L) I      21 casualties reported
0 Q2 A. |6 Q! ^) C2 N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" p9 U) L6 _6 _7 P8 J6 ~4 J
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled2 J% |' |- Y7 _* F& _$ |
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& I, U; U6 v' r" ?# \6 n, ~$ B# N      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
8 F" ~" w' w, o. v1 I! f      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:5 x  G& n. B8 g
    5th Marine/B Division' f5 d9 I( T& F+ b! q
    81st Infantry/B Division
/ t" v% g# K2 E: z' A, A    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment; N$ x, l* f6 W1 B4 a
    5th Marine/C Division
. ~$ ~5 E0 ~& k    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion4 ~9 |. m) m8 g3 o
    6th Infantry/B Division9 s; g, {# O9 R$ ?( b) G" M
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
7 n* [! }( L+ n/ p9 ?4 M    716th Tank Battalion
) d; H3 y6 I2 E. ~0 X4 {    81st Infantry/C Division+ q/ n/ o$ ]+ ^6 E& j
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion, a* G/ C# R. M
    6th Infantry/C Division
( ~' Q8 [# D% C    5th Marine/A Division1 p4 j7 o  B7 r
    767th Tank Battalion
: u1 c6 _% M5 v# W5 k& N! H    96th Infantry/A Division! u0 {3 h5 K2 u% t
    706th Tank Battalion
$ T( m: T) a; b' O9 M; \0 y2 y    711th Tank Battalion
; u' q, r! V" N1 y0 s& l    762nd Tank Battalion1 k1 d9 \& E4 ]) |8 Q% ]0 h  @& }( ?7 D
    96th Infantry/B Division2 r! W) E' V4 x' X( c, p/ z0 m$ l
    81st Infantry/A Division
. ^' T" _$ D" L* D  U    44th Tank Battalion. R6 _0 }) H& y: W3 I, Z
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment/ C& `7 c2 P# }5 P2 |+ T: x, i
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 a  U0 d, t2 ?6 {: _    31st Infantry Regiment0 v* G5 f5 l3 Q1 W4 ?
    6th Infantry/A Division
1 Q0 {4 z; ]2 Q+ n( S0 }  n+ I    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment; V* U% K  b! ?8 Y* l
    710th Tank Battalion
9 `  G3 [0 x4 G$ W0 F4 i& Y: z    96th Infantry/C Division1 @: o1 k1 f  f+ b; o
    5th USA Defense Battalion! i/ `$ a' V; k2 _: R6 t% |# \! ]
    4th USA Defense Battalion
' K! q% t4 ]" z$ ~: ~    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 u. ]9 W# S3 Y. U
    X Corps Artillery   Y6 ]% m. ?. @# P0 ]) [, A
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 r8 `; \9 u( r+ e    XIV US Corps
. z. {, ?" Y% |/ Z3 r2 w( V! s    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 y) i4 y- Z* v/ D0 n    8th Marine Defense Battalion
2 ?( ~/ D' L- h( O: f7 V% L3 B    14th Marine Defense Battalion% @$ f6 X# f; l/ d
    I Corps Artillery * E6 D, @; c: j  k
    96th Coast AA Regiment0 G& x' Z  Z& o2 |! P' Q+ K
    1st USMC AA Battalion
  P& g+ L+ L2 `9 P    738th Coast AA Regiment
# N0 O9 z8 z) a" v0 u    12th Marine Defense Battalion% @1 ^6 V* p6 p2 H( h) W
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, w# B, h, U+ x+ H    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:# J; r2 `# t  S& W+ W& ~- {
    33rd/A Division4 V8 c2 v) v5 \2 Z9 y4 u$ {
    81st/B Division& \: b5 L0 X9 |4 J( Y' F: L2 R' E
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 u2 ]2 p7 h6 o7 v1 k    81st/C Division
& h7 y. A7 R. a7 H$ m# n/ b4 M% L% z    138th Infantry Regiment
) ^' D1 t2 x4 c    Kure 3rd SNLF
) c7 v$ M& w) `. `2 @2 L2 X    6th Guards Inf. Regiment, G8 i3 f5 ~* w7 s9 a: n8 O7 M
    144th Infantry Regiment
9 p& B9 ]% X% J8 X    52nd Naval Guard Unit+ Q2 @* }' c6 s. ^" A$ d
    33rd/B Division+ i+ B5 v5 }( m! G
    81st/A Division
" B+ q" l  s( }& |    33rd/C Division
* \4 ?+ d% |2 u9 S    3rd Base Force6 j9 i# u0 D% G( m- J
    19th JAAF Base Force
& a- k- M+ e3 y8 V% ^- p    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 `) {0 b1 [' E  ^( C. F5 L+ w: T
    60th Field AA Battalion) c5 h( G' N; h& r
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) z# n" m% w( }1 t
    53rd Construction Battalion
" r# J: B! A0 V    Ponape Naval Fortress8 u7 ]4 f8 p3 p2 m% s5 X4 d: k$ b/ ~
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 D0 J/ b$ W) U' h3 O
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6 Y* i' M9 S3 E+ v  V, x    12th Air Fleet
% `( S5 q4 O; q3 Z2 q* @5 G! @. e    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
5 ^, u: n: p( o    61st Field AA Battalion7 W9 \, ]; x" v9 L4 }; E. K( T
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co # A$ G6 C1 K6 C0 ~- }, }
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
  t3 H2 t5 T! F3 l: s0 K    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
% h5 |: ^2 K3 k$ o+ d0 q5 g    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment; H2 d# P6 Q* u' M8 Y5 n2 L
    14th Area Army /1/ \& p2 O# V" K, k# D/ ?2 ?1 D
    63rd Field AA Battalion8 l6 @$ v0 t! W4 Z* V' \
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
7 I9 {$ W; m; e5 ?5 C& }    Kure 7th SNLF1 m! o1 y0 E, i' Z9 q" r9 f
    18th Army5 @5 y; B; x$ W: ]7 k
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ' n9 |! x6 [7 K* v! d* y# `% u
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘/ X$ R' ~, e2 g# [# J# v* K5 G
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106/ {( E/ T: B' w0 l- b: _
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Japanese Ships
2 V6 o) _7 u0 {9 u4 ^; z      E No.54" b9 D3 G% U% }9 r
      E No.50
) b( W3 t# @, U2 |' R* h' Q      E No.68' R. d, H# P$ ^, [4 [5 [" q4 g" p
      E No.52/ K$ X+ B: M3 {

: J, Z( w4 y0 R# d8 lAllied Ships
( H9 t) F  w% I& }3 k* a      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk# u% Z7 B, f) o" }. R- j

* q1 q' t. Q+ |  x. u' U重创另一艘
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. L) G6 f) }! N, G: e" O0 S  P2 nASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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, {) k4 _; H3 \: B0 G9 R; Y1 \Japanese Ships, Z  h! H: Y: M/ m2 I# [
      E No.8
# I9 n. p# I4 n      E No.6: Q9 k) `0 T+ }* `! _7 ^
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Allied Ships. t6 {7 ]  x9 ~  ?
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44; L4 t9 p+ X, }+ D5 n. R( u
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了" G  @6 q9 \0 l

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
8 C# ?6 E" R; H1 k0 {( M- `! d4 @# r
3 _- u) ^* a) ]8 X& G62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.( P- }9 s7 |. u0 M2 K
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Allied Ships
- ^- i; X# I5 c3 g$ W      CA Wichita
) m% W; a# D5 S  g. ]8 S3 u# F; \      CA Vincennes
8 \7 x6 r; ]. k. n# J# g4 A      CA Quincy  L2 o5 R) N' Q' p/ {2 F& s5 K
      CA San Francisco  i5 J( R; |6 K8 y8 c. N0 V
      CA Minneapolis1 R1 E! k  A- ~0 o
      CA Astoria& L0 s, Z. P* h4 W# A2 _
      CA Chicago0 }$ [- I# q% ?" @8 }- T
      CA Louisville6 g( m+ v$ [( N, x" \3 y
      CA Chester
  o+ E' q5 _0 H0 X      CA Northampton; I- w; a% \4 p9 ?" c' K, B0 [
      CA Portland+ \4 b) N( X: c( r7 z

3 D4 E9 e7 \' b: c1 ]$ qJapanese ground losses:9 E1 v( p+ q, }; \
      71 casualties reported
, \8 w8 u4 L0 a4 p         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ A! |: D4 w6 `         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled4 `4 d6 h' e+ K0 R" l
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
' H- j- R" R) X: m' W      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled); b; J' [3 c5 \/ y4 g
/ W; h! r/ m7 ?  Q8 h# ^
Airbase hits 26 w- a/ y+ _; o" I5 H! h4 z
Runway hits 10
1 C) A" O  T% D( }0 |4 d& \$ W, I6 _Port hits 46 _. I5 C8 w( s" R

' V1 x2 M* h& \7 f% [$ {( fCA Wichita firing at Ponape
3 z- s* C: U; eCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% k5 g9 d7 b1 i7 K8 H& m
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes7 T1 P7 K- L6 B% ?" ~
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
6 B( U- c3 ~2 HPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
6 U* m* ~# I1 a* W1 {; s( T3 iCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
+ t( r* `3 \. S& N4 ]3 s9 {6 Q; c! ~CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; h+ w9 K& `% N3 m% n& @5 h3 yPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria: T2 G  B0 n' R0 B
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress1 t2 q3 |& u- ~3 Q- g) I( _
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
! V7 R$ t  B% b8 b) ^) n+ g) wCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force, `8 J' c* x2 m' u) W: Q# ^* G
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester" g, ~" g4 T' s% g( |. N8 O
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' o- [8 f% N3 v& C0 YCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
- A* D& T' t6 a9 ?. y# uOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
! V1 W" F# }: w. \' D1 b, ECA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment. K1 s/ z, R- a* x. L; H

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
: o& L. ~1 U1 o; ~* I8 N      BB Alabama
5 [% w7 E7 r8 J; N      BB Massachusetts; s" ^% E; T7 p" v" n
      BB Indiana
/ W1 f; x0 o) C& K. Z; ]4 a6 X      BB South Dakota
! |$ e) p( r3 Y& `, h2 `% x      BB Washington4 f7 ?! H0 m6 V6 C1 U
      BB North Carolina/ E" C# ]3 H; ^0 m
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Japanese ground losses:% W" O4 d3 l' x8 j; o
      275 casualties reported
4 r. C  N+ y; N+ W* Y         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled0 i6 e; v2 {$ a' n2 L$ N7 ~
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
5 U* N* K1 U( I/ p; i; Y! b         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
; Z) c5 `5 o. ]% Z" V% A1 {      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
" E" x4 B9 T3 L* _      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)- {5 s* T" b: ^  C9 j

* O& N; {/ X8 v" j- [Airbase supply hits 15 X4 z* h5 w  \* i9 e. [' ]# j
Runway hits 7
8 K1 H4 u# Z3 yPort hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape ( i( J4 H" h( s: d4 S. c
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
1 }# h* I& X' O# GBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
5 o7 P+ M9 P) l% o0 O* e# cOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
7 y: O) q" C2 V! T4 h" ^; dBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
  R0 `( G: Y) a/ Z7 f* ZBB Washington firing at Ponape # d7 S4 V9 i( U2 H3 m1 R7 F1 w
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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/ k. n+ n2 t5 C! a+ \4 S8 NNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!" a% x/ t7 N- H! l) q" ^# o1 M

% A& ~* T; ~7 J* j13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.6 |! y& `0 W. h/ i1 K! x

2 o: h+ A2 L' l+ v# T% o- KAllied Ships% X6 X6 l  |3 Z9 @
      BB Queen Elizabeth: L5 k2 D2 o/ @+ a5 r) ^
      BB Valiant- @8 n# |! R' E3 ?. W( c
      BB Mississippi: `! V6 Z% e0 n1 L( j5 ?
      BB New Mexico4 G1 p" m; F! y4 S' M
      BB Idaho
1 b$ M( V1 |1 y% C1 t2 T      BB West Virginia
2 [# F5 Y' d! l, y9 p$ j+ s, ^      BB Colorado. G* Q5 ~; L  B

( c! s3 A( B9 ]+ I/ JJapanese ground losses:
! n. x) M8 A% _1 ?  m. C! a/ r      117 casualties reported* j% W* \( y, B3 |1 x% c4 h5 X$ }
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
6 c; l. P0 |3 N  W* `+ I& F         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled- M4 c. y# I$ ?3 p" D8 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" V6 w' f0 z' w. j6 Q
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)" ]# B1 A0 S7 m: f! _3 E1 P, X2 J& e
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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7 f- e/ n( ]- V+ y# Y* L' {7 [Airbase hits 2
0 c7 s9 A6 ^; Y$ u3 _* hRunway hits 2' M& O  d4 ?) l/ E

. e4 d9 s( d4 A+ ABB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 k" E- H7 ^! _7 `2 OBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 t' a  K5 {1 ~
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress# [1 h8 D' o+ v
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi! }4 _6 _3 X5 e3 A
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division% Z; y% G, i7 m8 x3 a
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
& Z% h' M. _3 {; q. M- W3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
/ P4 ~4 z4 m, `# F* T" N  aBB West Virginia firing at Ponape
0 R! t" ~$ f7 Y, n7 cBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
$ O$ I' ~+ u3 j3 [1 s3 W# _; C3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado1 Q; ~1 b7 s- s

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, J, e1 e" \1 y6 Q3 V$ [; qAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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# T- u- i% ?8 P7 x1 M* Y' Q1 uWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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6 a2 `, F4 E8 R, g+ n  _2 B& j- eRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.* `" Y4 {. s1 ]6 \9 a7 O
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes6 L- R3 d6 B1 L# D, Y& z

! O0 c1 ?9 v' D. j, s, AAllied aircraft
* v  o- q$ y: k& K1 U2 X( y0 ]6 S      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
+ S# V" ]& ?' O      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337* U5 D; U$ |+ @! L. X* I
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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+ d( F" p2 X, c9 oAllied aircraft losses
  c0 r6 I  ^* I8 L  g      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
/ j' h+ o  a" S6 U) o  F  n5 M      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak4 |' _9 b8 T+ _1 M! a/ G9 r
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged* }/ U  x( \' ?7 y* C( E2 b. S
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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) [9 T# n% @! m" i, |/ nJapanese ground losses:* M) k; F( l; C% L. |; S* U# S. b
      159 casualties reported3 m5 Q% C" w2 r6 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled$ P) n' S1 ^% A& d: c3 X( G" a
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled/ l/ H, P' v+ q' c
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 e2 s5 E' L4 T

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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, q4 F( f6 f  r4 d, G$ BAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931% d; S, `# s, x
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406 % ]8 X! Q% E. R9 N" _% q
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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! W# U6 u; M0 N; x- ^8 B: R: DAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) / y- e9 o1 ~! ]% Q  Z, h9 B/ i

" E" [. E# N. t8 ~, Q7 z1 s7 iCombat modifiers4 I8 D' Q( [) `
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
4 Y3 |' q0 [& u- I" g# u+ }4 |Attacker:
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- e8 m) z( T" Q8 G, j! _6 a4 PJapanese ground losses:2 e" V( G! l. F) ~
      3539 casualties reported+ T! I0 o3 k9 r( |$ Y8 O
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled+ W5 y$ ?8 p) ]9 L4 m! ^: }
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
% M" K3 K- H' d: R, S5 j5 Z  T         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled! X; {7 C5 _" V3 `$ V, R7 }
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
3 {* S( b% s4 F- ^( u, t% Q, c( z      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)6 X/ _9 a3 A5 U4 \7 x
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Allied ground losses:
! v- M5 c; ?8 G      3552 casualties reported+ O! E% w, f- w' h9 v7 M
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled! G! x! n! @0 z6 d! d$ b
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled, K  E- o& {+ h0 j4 }0 j  n
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
: t" e# Y. O9 a- @1 r( L! \& g6 O      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
$ k# ~2 r( b- U/ N      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
+ W6 ]% H8 U, w      Units destroyed 1
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) X5 Y  g( e- b4 f) xAssaulting units:
+ f( q  Z& v1 _    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion: K# j. a5 s& L4 D& I) U: U% Y
    5th Marine Division
5 X  O+ |. a8 g; S    716th Tank Battalion
) ]0 [7 t: c! p) g$ i, f    706th Tank Battalion
( H3 g( H/ s, V    762nd Tank Battalion
9 C# k3 c+ r; ?2 T# I    710th Tank Battalion" X9 C$ j$ n$ b5 K
    767th Tank Battalion. [1 i! I$ r( u" ^3 V
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
$ F$ v0 K$ q( {$ @    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. Y- t! U* |6 P    81st Infantry Division
( P+ B1 P0 }3 V    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment" Y9 z2 O7 w# I6 x
    96th Infantry Division
. ]% _8 c$ w7 a5 v    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment* x# S/ m7 {- K2 X- ]
    711th Tank Battalion
$ j3 P1 ^* l2 i' H8 y' a0 Y0 r    44th Tank Battalion
1 \0 U2 I  t# ?: B6 s    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion( P" a3 E% |8 Z) d' ^8 V, ]
    6th Infantry Division
: L$ M2 c9 B# l2 b* N    1st Filipino Inf Regiment1 e% [. ^) v% G; ^7 l. l
    31st Infantry Regiment5 B$ k  A. @6 {9 X6 k+ b
    XIV US Corps7 R. {' W+ w' ^2 L4 c
    96th Coast AA Regiment
# j: W2 A7 f4 u7 T    12th Marine Defense Battalion
: n6 j' s; s4 v  F# m  D    4th USA Defense Battalion
+ F- J4 U, Y0 r" g+ `3 Q    14th Marine Defense Battalion
5 W9 s+ @' o. a. i! z    1st USMC AA Battalion
, h" ^- d5 y0 F* p4 v    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 L+ R" M9 |& a! P! [
    5th USA Defense Battalion5 b0 i5 V% ^- j8 {& k- y6 }
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, l0 I8 ~- x0 b, o9 m* b+ W  O
    738th Coast AA Regiment* Z" x- {0 P1 @- e
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 z$ M4 l3 u( V8 X; }    I Corps Artillery
. z: ]" I  d6 f( I4 z    8th Marine Defense Battalion
, v' ^1 G: Y6 q: ^    X Corps Artillery 8 d# c. T/ A" o/ g* U
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# `8 ~5 \0 S, y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
. B7 w8 l0 q: E1 e! _3 j; I/ b    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
1 }; w7 j4 V/ [. B2 ~0 Q- y- a    52nd Naval Guard Unit
( y0 Y5 S) ]; d3 t2 |    144th Infantry Regiment6 U5 z3 C  Q+ [! [9 P/ [; W
    Kure 3rd SNLF
! t" e: s. u. v    Sasebo 7th SNLF
! ~, ]- O7 ^4 d' `7 n; R3 P+ j    33rd/B Division7 P: @9 T4 I+ K/ q
    81st/C Division
( m0 g, |5 G2 [" Z- E& F4 X- T8 ^3 j    81st/A Division
, Y. F  ]& n  E' X$ K7 s    81st/B Division
9 m" h  V6 t2 a    33rd/A Division
1 F+ ]4 Z+ Q. q    138th Infantry Regiment
- B6 A1 V1 {. ?: R# d, H/ k8 S    33rd/C Division
- {$ W1 g1 `6 c6 J/ N% {    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 }4 Q8 j* V5 e7 z( D+ J4 s9 Z* b    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& {- c( ]+ a+ C2 ^; g    19th JAAF Base Force
; Z, m! [- t- h4 M6 K5 l! o1 _    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 1 `7 e* |- c+ U- |" |
    12th Air Fleet
2 n2 H  h( [7 m* }    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment& f" k0 n' w! j6 @& ?4 U$ u
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
8 g: l- x9 w0 O) q. N    63rd Field AA Battalion2 M3 R6 G9 @4 @% E+ Z# r% x* S
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment9 j( P4 z' \! t! }5 y
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion% T: m6 X( l7 L) X
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 d4 G' ]2 s% J$ V
    Ponape Naval Fortress
4 g4 C( ]) O3 F) M" B6 [  t    61st Field AA Battalion2 K5 m) o) x/ U2 X; N6 ]# k% l
    18th Army/ E% p8 D' c$ x' o$ a
    14th Area Army /1
  ~  ?" m0 A, t- u) {, j    60th Field AA Battalion2 r9 R# p# X# Z
    53rd Construction Battalion3 h& h3 ?% b. d7 Z2 \% ]
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
: V- s! u  D2 S, E( h. d    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- r" V: X2 w3 J3 v; L3 b* Z
    Kure 7th SNLF' W) L1 d8 M0 b6 [
    3rd Base Force
6 a4 z# o6 y: p4 L# X. {" t% y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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7 c% ^# U5 F" q% {Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
6 e- w3 H$ E/ S7 ?$ ZWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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$ R# a! F$ g  W: \Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s( q, Y6 K) E8 \8 V8 a. V
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes( o7 L9 t! K5 g' B2 Y

/ S5 p9 x6 @& N& qAllied aircraft
) \7 i( M$ I% r" y4 h* q& d8 t  n1 `9 r      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
7 \2 |0 ]* W7 X- c; [' z+ t      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337; Q6 L8 b. T8 D0 Z/ U
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
' x6 \% M- N! ?  ~, x3 zAllied aircraft losses# |+ I/ ~% u  E& a' I* N

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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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% B( n  D$ l4 I7 T) g在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态8 H  p! w; C$ X6 K% t, ~( `
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: L* F, {& f% U: r% u9 {* _Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!, n6 Z" a* p3 i/ g* r" F

) A. K! n" C  W) {2 T! x% zAllied Ships
3 J  z' w) \/ Z3 v& M, R      CA Vincennes1 {) U" A& H& ]* Q$ @5 Y
      CA Quincy
: {* T; Y. C; T0 I      CA San Francisco- b# D( R; o8 E) e
      CA Minneapolis
$ u8 c0 d! O2 M# s: ?; Y      CA Astoria
8 @- w( M8 n6 A5 V- X  @7 }9 G' `      CA Chicago" m1 n, H5 J1 s# R& a2 {& z
      CA Louisville
) M2 R: k1 N* p1 x) B      CA Chester( |9 R8 w3 K# C# t  h3 M& i; k- m: o9 e$ x
      CA Northampton! A  G6 r. e8 I! b0 U- T3 {& Y
      CA Portland0 Z  s2 _& ^9 ^6 u8 \! _

5 Y! m, Z) G8 y" ~" |Japanese ground losses:
8 x; l" J0 Q  S& f4 U2 b) p; M      112 casualties reported
$ ]1 P0 y- D# O' x8 x2 a5 N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled, L' m/ M2 e, _8 H7 d0 {1 ?3 k8 Z
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled/ g, }1 |; d% G7 a; o2 ~& a  N+ h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
$ o6 t# f# [7 B% b
! m$ c$ }7 w3 m- k! VAirbase hits 54 |& v  S* q5 l# l6 P% r2 {5 E9 h% Y
Airbase supply hits 24 k6 ^) @' D9 l. Z% W/ s
Runway hits 21
, W1 _! U# Y2 A2 WPort hits 7
9 R' C, Y$ a3 f5 }+ g
6 ^$ P$ Z# S3 H: p; w1 t2 B" O$ }' y2 u
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1130 E' Q  ]# Q* i* G& K

* e8 ]2 E5 t; _Allied Ships; ]; c  ]- n5 j/ o. z) E
      BB Alabama; v( M5 I( V! X! x+ t. \
      BB Massachusetts
+ [) |* q* v8 m* `6 g6 H      BB Indiana
* B, R, u' i6 a' t$ J      BB South Dakota
% B3 a0 N  o; f, }1 y3 @      BB Washington& i9 Z4 ?7 J& |, L
      BB North Carolina, ?: T' g( M% v9 h
! \3 `  S, Q* J. J+ {
Japanese ground losses:
  ?8 b, u& O3 K/ N% d      398 casualties reported: b; ]( i# @0 C1 w) A6 Z* U5 D
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled8 ^' o  x: _4 n4 |9 l. j
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
) o- m0 \8 O( x9 b+ j         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled! F2 \$ L0 E$ p) @0 I6 w
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
8 Q% a/ K0 B" I% M% Y      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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; \7 a6 i' j$ _* U6 V( t4 WAirbase hits 94 y# ?; B3 R8 `% z% I
Runway hits 9
+ W0 U5 ?1 d# a- oPort hits 2
2 N0 X2 R/ E2 V( b3 F( Q8 Y& ]
% s# k* c2 |$ e; PBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division. w( m- N- T5 D2 Z' ^
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
( ]: [- c% F0 f4 V7 z  {BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
; O  C" P/ b9 J4 ?BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 3 D& t. |, z) s0 d; c
BB Washington firing at Ponape # R# |* M; Q; [  a3 h2 I- O8 Q
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
7 {4 q; _. @& C: X0 f% w& ^5 q" L
8 Z' Q1 V+ d& ?8 |. Q0 p! WAllied Ships) ~, Z: @9 G0 Q: }# E
      BB Mississippi
2 u3 G; J5 Y1 }3 g& L& L9 p      BB New Mexico
2 Q8 Q% d1 o5 A      BB Idaho5 S& ]% Y( S4 y
6 i; o: j; c5 P' }( T
Japanese ground losses:
: U/ E- d# b+ @( ^+ E      195 casualties reported7 d6 b. q- {$ K* j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
( R8 B# G7 R- {4 i2 y         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
! [& J1 u; [0 W' O         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled. u4 ?* z7 N& E" m% j& U9 Y
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)6 `( k( T0 f) Z- M3 g- e( G9 t7 ]
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)/ r% R* s0 B# i! w6 A
) @) q; x+ A  T, ~) b" T" e
Airbase hits 3
9 j& D1 {3 v8 k- b$ ERunway hits 14
9 ^3 o+ ?! A0 B  g- A2 j9 i0 `
% N# H( b& {3 q; N+ N( E3 HBB Mississippi firing at Ponape 2 C, d  c/ z7 b7 n3 a/ j# I7 }
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division2 v: M% S; K! S0 Y! b2 a; X# w3 |
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 5 F: e3 i1 W6 D  ?2 w4 v* g
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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+ y! \3 z% d/ |, _Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.6 ]0 k& T& M0 \1 [) j
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes% O# V4 x+ @0 S+ ~7 L( d& ?
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Allied aircraft* t, Q4 P5 T. h7 m/ y# |; I% o
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462; a& p4 p! u$ I; X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333  m5 W9 g1 q. m. {) Y9 p
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
1 w9 `- a6 t2 P9 w$ b6 a5 \9 d/ V; ^! V& t! ?: C
Allied aircraft losses* R; x/ \' Q$ _5 \# a
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
! [4 r  h" q2 ?      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
* h" H+ N; \" W. O$ N8 Z      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged& q  W; E* S# o
9 w, g' K. A' i% _
Japanese ground losses:1 I( F3 J: i, @% a3 p3 J7 t( r5 a" p
      121 casualties reported# G# u. h) D) [" ^9 e
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled. @% Y8 ^: a6 ?, o! G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled' J/ P3 M# y8 s& E% l! g, y1 u
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 m" Y8 H1 d, I+ Y0 K" U) E- C6 h* W4 i* h8 M3 x5 s

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)- [% w- V' t% i5 ?  h1 N8 u6 _

" k9 V) z" H& h. P5 |; `1 p& D2 T# EAllied Deliberate attack
- o. K- y  ^" C: L! B6 X7 x, `0 y8 z( V; O+ Q" ~8 `
Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629* U1 B: _% d6 Z2 Z

; m  H) \+ Q5 J2 s) kDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121# {5 s: H7 u) {7 H
1 R% n3 u8 ~2 _7 u+ H8 p- \) e' W9 n
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 63 X' ^1 H' u. _. h
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
2 e2 y; T! K. z, O! H
' d, p6 w/ k4 }- {- H3 V$ W; mJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 6 r9 U! R8 b1 H+ s2 T
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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5 \# `4 j7 h$ _+ KCombat modifiers
- h* }* u7 y& H. Z4 z! WDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)1 j3 T6 U3 D- u+ n- R% H7 U2 k8 w+ T" D
Attacker: 1 L" h6 T" |4 G6 a( F, U. w* o) O

. r" g2 K: Y; l' M2 M& `  C: N8 xJapanese ground losses:
- d  A1 ^7 [* Y4 ?# X& [7 i      2305 casualties reported; T$ @" O# x7 @/ ?* E
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled! R- x/ r% G8 z$ D
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled2 }4 I5 p# E# S; m
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled( E2 b7 \) ]2 d* J. q& B- N7 r
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
5 \4 ?- H2 K- ~      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)' g1 R% t5 Q- a# w
- `  [7 j  R( z6 W8 p
Allied ground losses:* P* o& X: X  [7 V" j/ g
      3064 casualties reported
) R) U7 Z$ ^+ {* A1 |* F         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled# A/ U2 x) B8 P  z0 L# h
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled0 g4 t% U& Z% W7 `) M" d, h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled$ U: l3 R+ V+ p
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
: i5 \1 _+ O) S( m5 i3 E( z      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:6 T4 d& j: N" h: j  O4 }
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ e5 a& |: ~8 M6 p% N; \    711th Tank Battalion, m4 L5 C5 T& |" a4 ?! n' c2 ~
    716th Tank Battalion
; C6 B3 _2 l* ^4 T+ [    6th Infantry Division
2 _9 Z+ T7 B$ v1 Q    44th Tank Battalion  G0 O. u6 j$ T/ ], O8 {4 u3 P; M
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment/ L& R4 N8 k# Y, ^
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 l/ E, X2 z) o" h    81st Infantry Division3 @" f$ T* S. l, z7 M( _
    767th Tank Battalion$ Y+ e( L& K; ^3 ?" o2 X1 u
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment% e+ c$ l( m! q$ }7 P
    762nd Tank Battalion
: I' O! ^' p; p- Q7 F    710th Tank Battalion
+ B# }1 I! }+ K& W8 G# |6 [/ x" Q    96th Infantry Division
: q8 `2 V2 a# u0 O    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
! K& O  U" N+ f+ z    706th Tank Battalion
: m4 s! E; u: s9 I3 H& Z8 i    5th Marine Division
" Q! g$ g- k7 y% z8 H6 y( U6 y    31st Infantry Regiment
8 z+ L# K( {8 f0 a% {8 ^7 u! b5 Z; c    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 k  g+ X5 G, Y0 h; S- Z! i    1st USMC AA Battalion) p- P8 Y/ N  p9 {* H7 k* `
    738th Coast AA Regiment! E4 y8 A! S- S5 D+ k+ k; e8 D$ ?( t/ i; G
    96th Coast AA Regiment4 ]# k8 d) a1 I- r- w
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
) @/ h. e  @8 M/ U# r( a% A    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. G: \1 Z& W& A. o: r    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ X- Q+ ?& y# x5 d
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment: R" ^- j$ D& s# Q1 b
    XIV US Corps
! W9 c# Y- ]: V! o3 U    X Corps Artillery # C: k- ?9 `. H; `- P3 r! |
    5th USA Defense Battalion) D7 T4 q5 V8 j7 L
    4th USA Defense Battalion
) S! }7 l& I# }4 w1 A7 w- X) b- d    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ K1 @- x$ D8 F4 g" J6 m4 E    I Corps Artillery # L: ^: M5 s: i1 M. U
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
5 j) P9 @" L# l. P! e    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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6 W0 L- C( P' Z6 b+ [5 aDefending units:$ d8 {6 |% O; W
    Ponape Naval Fortress( s; `% A# |8 {1 ~
    81st/C Division9 U- j$ ^/ j, z  V/ E7 j
    52nd Naval Guard Unit: t0 Z7 }( G9 x
    138th Infantry Regiment
! i3 c/ R% e# w    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
! n& ?2 R# ?6 S. T* |    Sasebo 7th SNLF! s% d9 O) l0 B2 r  @3 V
    144th Infantry Regiment
  a- [/ t6 ?$ m2 D    81st/B Division
" c2 w7 e- Z6 S: O' a    33rd/B Division# Y3 ~& N$ \5 U: k! Q% {4 p
    33rd/A Division
9 z5 \. u8 l0 Q    81st/A Division' K' [# X! a9 ]$ Z$ j  y; I) S; o! ~
    Kure 3rd SNLF
) D7 e! `6 K3 w! ~    33rd/C Division
4 T0 b: D5 b4 H0 a8 y0 h    53rd Construction Battalion1 E' V4 g7 B/ q  i$ Y/ n6 v  P
    18th Army
7 Y8 B# |" i2 `# D! t: t    14th Area Army /1
; u1 f3 T6 M& Q0 C  [  {) c    60th Field AA Battalion9 y; V; t  D( d2 A
    12th Air Fleet; h3 F- N) F, P* e% D" z7 [
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" p' ^# g$ Q4 X% k. p; g5 a9 S    63rd Field AA Battalion8 f! e- c+ X# g( X) ~8 B0 @" m
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
: F* F$ _) i! b3 |    3rd Base Force
/ ?$ O. ?7 g/ C2 N0 @  j    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ G; r# v4 A0 @- T' r( ?( u
    Kure 7th SNLF
- t) x7 W5 x" T$ h; _    19th JAAF Base Force
2 y" N4 Y  v" U    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
) |+ p* O2 u( U& [    61st Field AA Battalion
0 R+ W! r$ Y4 x; r8 T7 y( X, w    23rd Fld AA Gun Co + h) c+ e/ W" j" Y: ~! Z
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
0 y# [; }) Q. f2 T    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment& T3 d* |+ W; g) J. B3 P
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
+ J- \- }) ?( v- a$ I    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
! [& c* h. |2 C# }% h  g    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 442 Q( Y* z, S  n  X
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜1 W  P: d# s$ d7 Y# N
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待, G1 F' m& g/ w/ t2 K
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60- i3 h0 [$ t- P9 b0 i4 W/ h" e6 G3 P
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud/ v3 W1 S% |+ \( t$ w/ ^) M

" r4 y4 g& w+ ?# q. zRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.* x* A" }8 \: c0 d/ g
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes/ H- {' G9 o6 h* M+ `3 Z8 _! r; x1 N; |
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Allied aircraft
# Q) ~& w# A0 z0 L& F" y+ r! ]      P-38L Lightning x 23
5 q7 h, i- J$ Z/ \0 B      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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/ k; F. {3 s+ F- _6 S* zAllied aircraft losses  a9 k$ j( ]; Y7 c  D6 T
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged9 m1 l7 L. ^' Z3 D8 U( u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships: v# N3 m+ \# c& {6 Y- z; l
      DD Suruyame
: i; I4 C& Z3 v% ^$ i* n      CL Ninaru! L' y- G/ \/ C8 e  @  P& ^2 \
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 i$ r+ Q$ M$ w+ W
      DD Yayoi, J* ~" N; G# x
      CA Kako) C9 f+ f/ a+ j% P
      DD Asagiri
  G' y6 A' c$ ^' N& P; [% v4 B      DD Ayanami
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+ A/ R) D9 V0 b+ o# |Aircraft Attacking:2 o$ |% G/ ~- P+ |! [2 V* z
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
2 r, I' a& ^4 B               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
; r9 x+ [& o# F' i# A       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'4 |4 X& s1 m) W8 @+ [( G
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
0 b+ J) h& a& T; t/ B       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
* P9 k, H  x: l- Q' p6 V% x) F               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 m) Q! {9 ]# u/ B6 J; W  x, j' F

- c8 J% i0 N( [6 WMassive explosion on CL Tokachi* m2 ~& ^* ^$ v
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi  i" p6 U  e& H- V% T7 h

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape): P* m: m' b6 M# n! C

0 X; ?+ W7 K" SWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
! }6 D4 S4 u( k: {/ O  ~9 r; z: [( xEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft( j- }0 |! B9 Y7 ]
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
( A. r* j, M+ }6 y5 |      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326: l. d4 a; I% N! g% \: D
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285( _5 @& q- `3 V+ E8 q
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Allied aircraft losses4 Y6 K0 m& x- S  T3 a  J9 L
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
0 K  F% {" ]! o5 F& X5 ^( K  o4 y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
9 k* B6 \# y4 P7 t1 o      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
# d% N: `& k0 d/ @& X5 P7 I5 s5 i% f  C$ B$ s
Japanese ground losses:# G; B$ P; ^2 p) F3 n
      276 casualties reported
0 W2 V8 k$ P  N( L" L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled& y! l% ?  F# d. f0 f; L( K
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled  {: H) C( F! u( I+ Q9 f3 n2 {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 {0 a; Z* H6 n      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ A9 D8 y9 j! M2 G

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)' s! f2 T. ?9 |( J- y$ f" |

7 s* W" S7 C/ i, t- AAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017  I( m5 g) y: `' k; j% b
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Japanese ground losses:
. _  B5 ]% f6 b& r4 j      1082 casualties reported/ x3 }& r4 O9 x+ ~( s1 t* ~
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled! s7 Z$ u+ K1 @
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled5 S* w5 Q. p) _
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled" x* }, o; ?3 @7 g& }
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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+ ^7 A* x3 j1 \: p: @% ^  cAllied ground losses:
0 `, _: a9 }0 a  V      23 casualties reported
2 {* d+ c0 Y! L1 H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ f  e, _/ X; w+ M/ v& p! S         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled1 w  \  g! i& ~! {' o( j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% C- ]8 W2 \- ^      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)! Z- b* _% `; v4 X; d# [. i
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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东京快车出轨
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! y: y; B* j7 |1 b: Q+ T8 |日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。) s/ M, k8 r1 L! n$ U% b; C
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。4 a4 Q7 `- N# G9 x$ ]

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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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  `  j  L" ^( a' D' b! Y1 i2 {Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
  @* K, R5 Q5 ?, S      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
8 p% o2 J" A) k1 Y" S7 S      CLAA Prince Robert# L: G. D2 ?( I
      DD Saumarez
* J, g$ d7 |6 w      DD Nizam7 ]% E* {. U5 C/ p5 Q
      DD Ellet" l' c, c7 b& {2 `+ e3 |! x5 z
      DD Waller4 K, O" a1 t7 v6 a0 E3 D: {
      DD Walker0 ~6 [  b2 V  H! s/ H  t
      DD Wadleigh
" S1 d/ [0 s, I! c0 g1 B      DD Uhlmann. u) `; d' u5 ]5 x6 A
      DD Twining* ]2 D8 `1 z8 e8 \1 [
      DD Twiggs& J' R+ \) S- K2 Y
      DD David Taylor
$ |7 x. Q% Y( V" E, G* \      DD Strong" }! r( z0 I' @' d# ?3 h2 C6 G0 G
      DD Sproston
3 y2 ]  ]) h- i% V      DD Sigsbee/ @+ u$ k5 e, X9 I
      DD Sigourney' b. F% `8 i' w0 }+ l# \  o
      DD Schroeder
: H7 M- f/ U) P6 T# K% d1 H$ x      DD Benham II
9 E) ]  U# O' l  K, U      DD Cushing II' h' P9 c  \8 ~5 B& a- W
      DD Urchin
/ _% Y" G# r" V/ c      DD Urania  W( ~/ P+ P, N/ _( W) `  A

- j: f, V2 {: h$ FSS I-48 is sighted by escort
# m! Z! b6 u: L2 k- ~3 EDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search! @/ L. J) E4 h0 T) \% b
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
& `9 M- i; g6 H3 u! VSS I-48 forced to surface!
; M6 `$ Q% O. B, R! _) N5 qDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
' x! r& D2 @6 V" ]* aDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....9 P! G; C% D) W0 z& ^4 E+ H1 T
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
% J$ Z: y, A1 n7 P3 KDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....; e3 o0 [' Z+ H' t
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....3 M8 B. X' \7 B0 e7 G0 p
Sub slips beneath the waves5 s, Q: d; s. R# i+ S% j

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9 W  @; `- w6 {; N; J7 T$ ^' ~1 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards0 R1 ^0 y6 s( s: l$ `3 X8 b4 v
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Japanese aircraft
$ T) ~- [! k. V% L# b      no flights
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, G6 ]. ]3 T  T1 |7 S# nJapanese aircraft losses& x& ?$ Z; j& s
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed( b8 a% {4 K1 d, }+ s* U( x
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Japanese Ships( H9 L% g0 o8 j6 R; Y9 E
      CL Agano9 ^% S8 D4 ]! |1 a' x
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
) n- N8 X0 `) X      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! V2 h; D; Y% \2 [" n! a- H      DD Hibiki5 u# ^1 N6 c+ T8 R2 R
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 10 |; {/ _/ _3 |  z  Y+ d6 ^
      DD Shirakumo
; t6 L+ }' q0 X( b; C3 L; b) Z      DD Isonami
- c- @) P  N7 Y% j      DD Murakumo8 q. w) C/ d3 c7 v
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk( U9 d3 b/ }, r9 y) Q3 f( ~  ^5 P
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Allied Ships1 q, h) B* ~3 M2 x
      BB North Carolina
0 x1 {. w1 w  D8 S4 W' Z      BB Washington
8 l& r5 w' Y! H; n& b      BB South Dakota" ^5 U2 S* B! N3 v' q; h; n
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1  l$ t; F! f, l* w; l. C3 H
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2. n8 M% l0 o5 S  d
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
! E% [/ l7 w7 D% k      DD Conner
6 d! x& @, k( a. l      DD Cotten
5 V; C9 b* [3 R7 h      DD Cowell* k5 Z/ ]+ A4 {! W4 }) }1 \, k9 o
      DD Daly) r8 |- T+ w' X- m
      DD Eaton
9 t1 W" U# a9 L" H0 d      DD Heywood Edwards, L- d1 ~- U% C6 Y4 {% F
      DD Erben
9 j% X5 O& A8 \      DD Evans
/ j/ `& T3 h( ?/ p+ ]' d      DD Foote& K5 _6 E5 m3 b2 O% X1 c
      DD Franks
3 E+ ?# \& ^  V9 [& D      DD Fullam3 h# m- j3 e! E: x4 b! j
      DD Gatling
; g2 W+ B0 W6 y  Y& I5 D      DD Albert Grant, p# S* B8 r$ i' u
      DD Gregory' u1 G' O) y* X/ H9 r8 u
      DD Guest
- l7 X+ ^+ V  K, I8 l/ j7 P2 ?      DMS Hamilton. U: {- o, Q- b9 Z$ W( N
      DMS Forrest
* W; E# z% ?( W3 ~3 _( U6 v  f4 L      DMS Ellyson1 Y$ `+ H3 k) V5 I

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! Y) @7 {3 u6 @' D- `Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards% T# ^1 u! G; v0 |
Range closes to 28,000 yards..." g# P& K# Y4 Z3 c5 ~8 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards) P$ @, o4 R( K1 B& f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
; U* u0 R4 Q1 H7 j$ X2 HRange closes to 26,000 yards...8 y1 G1 {2 I1 x& `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards: W9 z+ Q  t7 @6 t* e
Range closes to 24,000 yards...3 {% e$ h4 U1 z0 p1 o. p' h6 u3 K4 F! S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& {2 V( T) B/ F% J# K
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards/ J- M( h! D; d6 d! }' c
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 b/ ~/ O2 E! h, d: s; _7 W7 DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ u- z4 C6 C5 v; R% \4 H/ ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards/ W/ W0 T/ Y- p: o! K6 h
Range closes to 20,000 yards...0 r( f. z2 ]' x# Q1 n' ]4 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
' X* x1 a/ J( r' @9 Z  zRange closes to 18,000 yards...
& U6 s% R! ]( {7 i0 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
4 w) [* i) _2 s, K6 BRange closes to 16,000 yards.../ @; j0 {0 \, R  A, |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards! l8 u1 T, k4 H8 m$ ~& D- a# u: U! r
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." k9 d  B" D% }! T
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
: J4 Z8 [$ f- Q3 f% v8 p2 FRange closes to 12,000 yards...
* B8 r$ p, `2 h9 }; Y% M* ^/ wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 {5 q9 d* H2 x( @4 X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
% {* p+ u/ }2 j3 b% LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
8 v& {  w4 z2 B+ F1 \" [' `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards3 a+ d+ W1 f: I) @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
. K3 _6 L, p  J2 p8 I9 \Range closes to 10,000 yards...5 ?- F$ ]0 [( s1 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 A. b! t+ P2 t( I: }CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards2 \3 }/ z7 S: ?( O( O" a
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
/ t7 T" h* _, [- T  j/ ]- yBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
2 ~* V# N$ i; f1 L. MBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
' h3 t3 ?7 V* Y5 n" C& P/ YCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
  G, C' m! P) F1 hBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards0 g, g4 X0 U1 O7 H  Z* L2 u* `
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
( L, ?( D9 }/ p; SDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards7 {3 Z! V/ l2 q% L/ e# K
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ Q% v' D+ o+ y. a" E
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
+ ?/ H4 E4 Y9 NDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards. |  J4 r) h4 q. c
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
8 d1 S- `/ ]. F/ h: t8 f: ~CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
; x5 a, z  h6 h' \& N4 @2 G# ERange increases to 11,000 yards
3 S& o* F0 X* a9 r2 T, ACL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
) B* h( _% K; d0 [3 g! mBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards$ d  u. ]& g* s2 Q* @8 }) H& S
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
, b, q5 i4 B, I7 w/ P6 z, `# g1 Z* CDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards2 d  }0 f9 ?" ]& X% J
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards0 ^; a1 `5 I' ?7 N4 E/ V
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards, z: [+ ?( Q4 \0 K
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
3 F# U( G. b+ ^* v7 ~2 A  SBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
% [7 Z1 m" M2 D% s0 M5 YDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
) d$ r1 Q6 g7 n2 u& qDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards$ |% e5 r- P- I+ p2 z" j7 L! I8 a- K
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards+ N# _; p4 v) D  t$ _7 H4 C- Y) |
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
3 [$ e9 Q; h! {$ S( `DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
# `9 @/ o) b- D# m9 tDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards0 k" s8 Q0 E* u! M; f- k' i; A  v
Range closes to 10,000 yards2 I* m6 L! j( m' d' }
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards9 j: ?3 B7 m# h& ~) n
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards$ k2 I% m* v8 H" L* v4 g2 v
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
3 C+ Q( b3 W* K) d2 L/ Q5 j) b$ [; HDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 ^! f& V6 I: X) P7 q( y$ rDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards2 k7 Z5 g  i( |, R
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
$ F% r9 F! ?1 s7 L, jDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards& z0 J9 U" S% ]
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
8 o- `& |. c, J5 f: z* RCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards. l7 \7 }5 B8 u* t
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
2 l: ?+ E. C0 E' T4 KJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; @5 ~) j9 m9 O- DTask forces break off...
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8 L: h, Q+ W2 k7 Y! Z6 @Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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      DD Hikokaze
6 Z; O; r; i; A: d: k      DD Ishikaze& m  l7 ]0 e# T/ F( z9 _. F
      DD Tagokaze/ x3 c3 T" ~! C' _  M" Q5 n$ j- n
      DD Takatakaze
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      BB North Carolina8 h1 r# c& e! K5 c, Q$ l1 m. M+ c; w' j
      BB Washington
6 Q2 G$ M* v% t8 {, g' l. r      BB South Dakota5 R+ H- n2 R+ M7 A: I/ `
      BB Indiana
* _3 ^# V* D6 \# V1 {6 m$ U3 s( y      BB Massachusetts" V& E/ j! V# q
      BB Alabama
9 `5 N- W' |: X  X& o! U      DD Conner
- w/ w3 _9 ?9 u. \  {4 b; S# l      DD Cotten4 |" `, |" a1 y5 C7 Z/ X9 P
      DD Cowell" `5 Y( w' J$ S) |1 F: R
      DD Daly+ H' @2 R5 l  i$ P2 H
      DD Eaton
/ X2 p/ A- T' @' b0 E      DD Heywood Edwards. s8 l3 Q( g; B& k
      DD Erben
0 d) @1 P6 e, H) j* [9 k      DD Evans
  y) w1 o  I' s9 m, l: x/ I9 C      DD Foote
, P, `+ }* d1 ?0 }9 X      DD Franks
) Y/ r! W" K1 |! \      DD Fullam8 R. ?+ a3 U' ^9 D8 Z
      DD Gatling
4 p  Y9 D! p0 x& \      DD Albert Grant$ r. {8 t4 n5 P+ }: x7 T/ g- t
      DD Gregory
6 ^; t* _+ g" D: e0 I3 s      DD Guest( S  @6 `6 E3 R* O+ d( y3 C
      DMS Hamilton6 C9 o9 _, V. e) i  [; M
      DMS Forrest
( H+ B8 Q; g' y0 y( g4 m      DMS Ellyson7 }$ B% ?3 M# U( q3 z
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 p3 [2 `4 S' l  }
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 h2 e7 u% p  ^6 N5 z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...! W: K& `! ]6 P) R( T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
, l7 Q; o1 c+ fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
2 ^4 ~' V" L7 v  S: W2 ?3 @; _4 dRange closes to 24,000 yards...: n% [  `7 Q, ^6 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 N' Y% l0 ~; d; C8 q# |- v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
0 D+ x  S# H# ^# y  M. x% NRange closes to 20,000 yards...
0 Q9 v8 N* M* r% O; z- ZRange closes to 18,000 yards...
# R6 i) r" [  _+ D0 b) DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards$ N/ v3 T* x- @& A5 v2 l
Range closes to 16,000 yards...- ~4 l% G" u) d5 z5 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ S# A! B" P. H. t4 X# V1 R: [CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards4 e6 I1 j! s' J( v
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' V0 \; Y7 B* D. I! zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
: ~& L6 [0 C% u: O( @CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards+ l3 O! `' t, m* L4 w2 B  N
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., j4 `2 r3 Q" y( y( j7 Z- ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
  A2 U% P2 u' e! ^4 o# aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
( d  y4 S8 J: l/ r9 \9 F% e7 IRange closes to 11,000 yards...
% k8 b& H. Z) F4 W3 fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
- ?9 v4 K5 y: \/ }( O! P* t: K& URange closes to 10,000 yards...
2 x; ^  T% r. ~* Q6 S; m+ nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
1 r& l7 R2 `3 @- |4 S6 AJapanese TF attempts to evade combat" D$ q# }5 P4 E6 n+ D% D$ J; C6 q
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
! y& O3 d- P7 l% R( ~Range increases to 20,000 yards...' t' G; h. y( B; F" R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; [- G$ n/ r6 HRange increases to 25,000 yards...
6 H6 O4 l" _7 ^0 ?Range increases to 30,000 yards...
& w/ l- m5 n4 g0 t! Q) |/ |: XRange increases to 30,000 yards...
, y( R& M6 E- p3 ^; `* KJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards1 g; ?3 D% @  t; G& R
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      APD T-1
' \7 ~) z& h5 h7 }      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
# Z4 S0 w2 ?! K      APD T-3, Shell hits 1  s, r, y" a" ^) _
      APD T-4
) ^8 L3 o! k# W4 K' N, d! r% E. }      APD T-5% ]1 h1 D* `. C& n: j% s& e
      APD T-6. }" i( q% L, M% i4 T
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 \, `2 z$ m+ q/ f8 h+ \2 a/ |) A      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
$ k, h- l/ ~) g- R5 [! @' H) e# g      APD T-9) I/ y7 f$ {. `9 g
      APD T-10
7 F; |9 x7 Q/ k8 J* p      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire" {" Q; v# P7 M! \7 p& U
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
- S) t) K* S) [# A      APD T-13, Shell hits 1' H& i" y$ V- x
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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- B3 a) c0 m7 ~* o" y/ TAllied Ships! R  v/ g0 G0 r% {" B  X: Y
      BB North Carolina1 n' a- }4 }) T% r
      BB Washington, T) d( E9 Q5 U
      BB South Dakota0 H: H% Y2 m1 D# |  t8 K' K
      BB Indiana
8 I3 H# Z8 Y* X) }      BB Massachusetts
  d1 a+ C5 I4 C% L1 \      BB Alabama0 ~9 \4 \' G, ~' S% J/ N
      DD Conner
, X3 v4 X) p5 s. I: Z0 p) B      DD Cotten5 X4 U2 b/ U5 w  F" w; S# j
      DD Cowell
1 j: k2 K! Y8 u2 V      DD Daly  @- d2 b1 Q: ~& H2 U! n! W7 Z0 ~
      DD Eaton! [+ R- ]4 l( j$ y5 E- o
      DD Heywood Edwards6 ~* P6 N- a& y4 G( k& i2 Y
      DD Erben, h+ v- e$ L  C5 g& U# D+ R% |
      DD Evans3 y1 w$ j, t- v
      DD Foote
- p+ p& U* z3 q, U      DD Franks
# G9 ]5 q( [; \5 P) ?      DD Fullam& T0 {- d; q: n) d# Z$ l+ x
      DD Gatling, A" Q, ^: R' e0 ]7 h
      DD Albert Grant
8 {* k- b5 y2 l0 n7 B- e      DD Gregory
4 `& W5 t- e- `; T" f/ |6 g/ ~; S      DD Guest
; f3 l; D7 E! G; c5 o: `; m0 a      DMS Hamilton
) {5 X6 f- I' A7 {      DMS Forrest! L# y5 x8 C$ }: v
      DMS Ellyson
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+ {- Z, e0 K$ W- ]2 R! }# \Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards; ]; S0 h) W+ O& l4 |
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 u8 E: w, b2 B6 _- z) v( bRange closes to 26,000 yards...
% X2 ?6 G  A! L* l/ Z. N$ DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards4 c- }4 D! \2 e7 G0 J
Range closes to 24,000 yards...6 `) N' x0 L- h) T. k& k- O1 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
9 o  z+ p2 \# m1 s! ?  t3 GRange closes to 22,000 yards...
) n$ p: Y# Q% fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
9 y5 O' U4 K- C( l% r8 G/ WRange closes to 20,000 yards...
7 n5 M  f9 m9 r4 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
* M7 L1 ~, l+ E( zRange closes to 18,000 yards...
& ~4 H% i. @1 t' \+ i  nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards, ]6 C% Z4 [- T# u! d2 P
Range closes to 16,000 yards...' A+ F6 U# Y+ U) H# h8 p! Q' G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 \3 x2 P7 d# f$ `4 N. z
Range closes to 14,000 yards..., e5 p6 P! i( _2 ?9 \( E8 z5 g) r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
" ?$ Z; w* s% Y& a8 u3 hRange closes to 12,000 yards...
4 B" j' @9 @6 z! {1 i1 N/ q2 q& pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% c7 u; \$ F5 O" ]0 {- t3 E  b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) E9 A% y1 X; J# q! d) X' q" N0 {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 z& l" {8 v2 |& |1 Q/ {/ \Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 Z# f3 h1 ~2 S  H2 m$ h) zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards7 _3 }. f7 v( {: ^; d
Range closes to 9,000 yards...# A5 ]4 Y; A" w' x9 R$ e
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
9 b" Q6 J& @) c3 H) U6 E7 BBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards3 |& T" c' F5 J3 F; D
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards# k  u; Y! b1 @
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
" {2 l4 Y- p4 E& j8 k0 |4 XDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards5 I& z; Y% i0 x( `% H- P  q+ l
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
% T6 |0 M# U7 T" l$ r6 F- sAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards$ W+ u* Q# c; P1 d! |, z
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
3 P7 b9 Q0 q2 P; M! ?" I. PBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards; A0 `8 g# H: c6 \9 A* D
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards' [4 K8 B( a2 d* {3 j5 s; A( o
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
/ r6 E# f8 B( JBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
  U1 ~+ w* v1 t- m- `+ _6 S) w( F5 Z4 dDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards0 S+ v3 P5 ]1 J
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards/ g' C  S0 [0 F8 ]
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
) e. ~  l( a9 cDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards; m; \/ J$ i* r2 K2 r7 s# g7 ^- I; J
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards. i3 }! A' s+ p- k0 S  k  n& \. i) K
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
% F( D/ x( w5 E; S+ xDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
% H0 S" y- ~& H& W4 {; G" l0 vDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards* ]$ w- [1 L4 u  ~" b
Range increases to 10,000 yards
, ~) y' j# W; {% K- Q, LBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
6 ?0 v/ T, Q- W/ U9 {& iBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) [7 T) w" v+ b* G
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: |7 |$ n6 {% `# QDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
! \" P- L% L2 g! T  rBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; L: b# |  _! hDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! J; u% r4 `4 I0 f; o  Y
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
& M# c0 {; ^3 p$ x% @% j2 ZDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 X; a' a) j- ?/ }: s2 g! A' D! j
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: f8 P- O) D* c7 ^DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 N+ j  N0 o2 t/ j% |7 |8 YDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- Y, ?. u- u5 s* I. t! s
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
$ a# Y) k& n0 M% l- c  ?5 T/ jDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards9 q: n$ s% |8 U1 k
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 {# s5 Q- b! ?$ ?; T
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
( `) h3 S" R2 ]0 y, QDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards. a$ Z$ N" m6 c+ e2 o1 D
Range increases to 11,000 yards
2 Y5 E* A% F4 C: d4 y& xAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards7 o/ x6 I. R) b7 |" v/ @% e. T
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards! {# H6 X$ O6 I8 T
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 h2 K( ^' n* `& b% zAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards0 R1 y6 {* L. L+ c# X% e5 h/ X
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards- a9 D% T, q; Y" f2 B7 ~3 ~: ^( G
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards8 t: u2 x" i) g/ A. J: N
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards% [2 u# v, H* u
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards8 ~" x( @; Z3 c- }* d8 ^6 m
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
" O5 L3 p$ k, R- v3 ]DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- S6 M! r9 ~0 X8 w5 i3 D" D
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
% L% w/ \. P( S: {  [) I2 @3 zAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
1 t1 ^6 B4 m( f( ^+ D6 c( j, r/ h0 `# PRange closes to 10,000 yards" _9 H; I+ C) t& Y3 s" W- B
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 s' \  _* U' d
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
4 c" C" \" p; o; Y  {  n  Z2 i% nBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards0 _, F$ q: t7 q/ @( W% ]
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
7 N7 w# p! H  c, _' T) `/ J" iDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 w, V4 Q0 w( v/ {
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards. s# ^8 y8 S/ A7 ~% [. f& \: w
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 N" p. U# l; W. U
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards0 U: s) P/ ?* }3 P9 N
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards( a0 i: z& e5 H4 w. f, n8 @
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 T# v/ o! U9 s$ YDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 _  [3 \7 \# g
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
3 f2 L- t. W4 `DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% W8 [! f+ k& e- M* cRange closes to 8,000 yards
: d7 L% J, B$ n8 |% mDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
" G2 z0 x! ~; g: V, g, v; RBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
; E" V& X7 u8 y" B7 BAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards4 S# Y5 T8 |( N4 P3 q
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards: R, d6 q( u0 ?. l
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards0 @. k+ @" _, G
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ c/ k: ]- G% a
Task forces break off...% d9 `6 z4 M$ T1 d& ^( M
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards0 }) P! }- ^, i: c! ^% y/ J7 N! ]' {

8 u$ }/ O6 O: c. O. U% ^Japanese Ships; X4 A1 {( R, l8 `
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
1 S' Q5 T& J4 b% G) W      APD T-2
* g, s- `# o3 Y: c" V3 G      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
) c: |) [6 S1 ?) s9 Y4 ^      APD T-4, Shell hits 1% j* B# Y, ?$ Z1 S1 b
      APD T-5
8 U2 \% w6 O: D      APD T-6& a" l, l3 a9 e0 O: _' s( X5 u3 C. Q
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage1 v9 J9 Q- ?. d1 s
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
# o7 T: M4 i7 x3 D& q: c      APD T-10: m. y* @  i3 j" G2 I1 ^, B4 M9 l
      APD T-11,  on fire
8 Y3 l( d& u' N3 ?7 P9 b6 F      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk8 k" X) T9 p% A: {9 L# I9 ?
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk4 o7 W% w+ b6 R* x. Z& d" F4 U" g
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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' g  E0 U# Q$ q" [8 _1 M" CAllied Ships/ n% D' r3 y. S6 m. }7 i
      CA Portland- _; L" g  ?( T0 B( P) k
      CA Northampton5 i, V2 ]+ @5 y6 P# y
      CA Chester
+ O  _& l5 u/ _' E; P! X+ E4 [! O      CA Louisville
5 m1 @& D4 p+ L  i+ E, W      CA Chicago, Y( ^3 ]4 b+ J# U  f# c# D
      CA Astoria
, [% a  a  E2 W! v) i1 w* o      CA Minneapolis
; T0 O: a9 e( `/ o      CA San Francisco. q8 ]% `  x+ _6 q  |& F' Z
      CA Quincy( c: a, E; Z; Y" q+ A6 B* a  P
      CA Vincennes' b- Q. Q3 B. E; N" B% A1 n) K; a, {
      CA Wichita
# W+ P% I: F& i      DD Bennett
& n: E0 O4 d8 z/ P: O      DD Bradford0 B# G, r' K+ \7 m" s7 D
      DD Braine  m+ U1 b, o5 X" k9 S
      DD Brownson) C; O$ j. e) p9 f
      DD Bryant/ I$ |* ?+ b# c: U4 m
      DD Bullard) }5 D8 c! l  M4 C
      DD Burns
- a' i- S. ?4 `; g! I      DD Callaghan- r/ \+ n# s" c) A+ G4 G& @
      DD Caperton
7 x9 R3 Y3 ?4 u7 e9 q      DD Capps
  @. `$ B/ T1 y0 C3 k1 }      DMS Emmons: r/ ]2 D& p; Z2 |# E1 b
      DMS Macomb, e  h. ^; {. Y$ Y3 m+ n4 I
      DMS Rodman
- B2 g. r, F7 g4 K+ U' A6 B% C      DMS Gherardi0 z; y1 {1 }; v# E8 I0 c
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7 G% I* H* g( J7 sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ \9 }6 }4 S7 x0 ]0 R( yRange closes to 28,000 yards...
" j. u  z1 C; T1 \! F" i  q3 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
7 n3 P( g/ F5 o6 g$ r3 ARange closes to 26,000 yards...  X# V/ `+ ^* |9 T. K% @5 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards$ `& C! A& [; ]/ O
Range closes to 24,000 yards...* n4 x6 e3 [* f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards6 \2 T2 Y1 P% A3 P7 L3 s5 q* c4 m
Range closes to 22,000 yards..., E  n5 R4 g- Z( u& z7 |' P% |4 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards5 l8 \/ N( C$ p( a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 M8 D( u$ Z: H5 ^* fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards  G/ B: ^: ~  Q, t
Range closes to 18,000 yards...  v! C* K: }/ V; {  f; B! F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 ]8 U" P" b! Q# PRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 Y6 D& M7 k- z1 F5 ?% K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards1 t* L, Z/ J, |9 y5 v8 B
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- L) d6 M& Q* F8 s/ j2 M) B  Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., E7 J. A% @* j2 O/ O3 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
; ~. E8 b6 A) ], h* s+ e2 zRange closes to 11,000 yards...
% ]" Z3 n; y6 N4 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
5 a% T* {' d8 L, f/ W/ b/ bRange closes to 10,000 yards...0 G  P6 Y! g5 \* Q9 q. D1 ]% i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
! D' A: u$ S2 j1 C8 aCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards+ F7 k& h6 ~) m8 H9 O) J+ e
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
0 E* m8 ?+ t* n* k- {Range increases to 11,000 yards8 l+ |6 s% }# ?* `
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards: [7 J) D$ Q: @2 m
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
% q9 K' w1 y& F4 a3 v9 FCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  \  m2 w! ^7 u& g1 y% j
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
( a* P) M- v$ L0 E5 RCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 `% g: z2 T8 S- v; Z: V5 x8 F1 Q; VDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards8 C+ Z2 a0 i6 E9 @  u6 b
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 M. R' H+ j0 v6 D8 b- ]8 v* s9 R" n
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
1 p' S7 T4 L& W. q7 \0 aCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
4 ?# A# F9 m, F9 KCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  G! _1 B, N$ o2 f1 x
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
$ K9 O- D& T$ z: Y' `DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards! U% i; Z4 J4 i+ @& J
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; L3 H5 q/ N. ~. t' ^& |% H
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 y! {' D' N/ F! T
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
! X4 o( k  a7 \! X! A- t, JAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards$ o. D# _3 d+ ]8 }; e+ s
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
" z9 T9 j/ q  j! N1 {6 u# h0 U2 jRange closes to 10,000 yards1 `" v( q7 v) X" k% N! i: ]9 f
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
/ n& X$ S# q' H* i6 U2 S5 G- Z# S* ACA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards# m0 h0 Q; `- T+ O6 ?& m% Y
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards) L  X+ v, ~8 Y* j( [, q9 \1 v4 \
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
" s- E% Y0 @! \# @. dCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
8 H# a6 I: L+ J/ M# K* k6 Y; [4 O1 gAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
# O8 h% H2 s0 I' \" g) m9 KDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards# ]0 W6 l) }8 G+ p1 \2 r& z5 w
Range closes to 9,000 yards7 w  |, l; U' {4 c
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
; K- W  J9 U/ K7 v" m+ l& k- oDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
  B: C! A% R" A- V) j; O7 fCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards. y0 T- t  c: ^4 Z: U& g, y
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
7 U# _0 K. p! E0 m( T( PCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards. U0 |; _- w' K4 m! B- J
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards2 \- s+ w" k! V' T/ x3 C$ u
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! l9 x& U+ _: I$ M; X' d
Range increases to 10,000 yards+ D* F# {" d2 {" Y9 l1 W# P( V
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards( i( P* ^/ j+ x# t+ K! }* Q' D9 v
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( k" s2 d( `$ V8 u; C) dDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards1 j" L8 F- H/ G
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards! r- s, f  s- j5 {! ?6 y5 _' Z- j0 s
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
! T, o( Z- j2 |' W2 \4 J7 wJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 A0 d6 F8 z- a$ |2 I( g+ i; ]Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards) c2 x8 J! c. c5 I
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Japanese Ships
1 V4 V) \) z/ s      APD T-1
# l/ C# n1 T6 D$ f6 b      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
# @$ d( Q4 h3 T      APD T-3
$ A! k0 L/ ~( r5 B' Y      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk, i* }/ E1 g8 U
      APD T-5- I  y7 W4 v. u& X/ @
      APD T-6
3 \7 G# g  ]8 ?5 C3 i- u0 x      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
6 ]2 Y8 [3 ~/ f) X2 k: o! ]5 W      APD T-9
1 L: Z9 i# k* F& r3 r      APD T-10
" R& P0 g$ ]$ \1 P/ l5 S- `      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships
' b- W0 ?% Q& ^; L6 V( }      CA Portland6 d+ q$ K* n# }0 t" A/ z
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
! m2 R/ L' Z2 H9 T( _' v5 s# Q      CA Chester
% |* j% y6 G# G& m8 L      CA Louisville
' x. t; p( |6 A! N( l$ M* t( t5 O      CA Chicago3 V9 j- \9 y) v3 i: `, N/ e3 Y
      CA Astoria; K9 [$ [9 e" @" _5 O5 j" h
      CA Minneapolis
2 {# F* k! a- M& D      CA San Francisco
+ v& r* }+ i( Q; x) u$ w* I6 X0 c) c      CA Quincy
( h3 f+ e6 q: m; S- \  B6 E      CA Vincennes
- S% t5 M' w" G( C      CA Wichita  u: z' L  M/ s
      DD Bennett4 |$ c/ p# F; h$ x: c% w6 l
      DD Bradford1 `% |; Z0 F2 k& c+ ?
      DD Braine
/ {4 `' r1 A# ^3 Y      DD Brownson/ h4 l3 R  K9 Z5 }: m: d5 h; `, O
      DD Bryant
4 ?& d+ q1 u2 E" t      DD Bullard
# }% a! i7 ?! x6 I7 ]& C, a; |      DD Burns
0 C' C( T% ?0 ?3 ^# u" q      DD Callaghan2 N8 S! g2 ~* R4 x) m
      DD Caperton5 j6 P) p4 q! E( @; h. @! [1 L' A9 |
      DD Capps
6 G0 f) M9 E- T8 |* |' ?- L      DMS Emmons
* a) ^* g1 v  A6 o7 }      DMS Macomb
2 Y3 `9 ~. S3 w1 l- U6 W      DMS Rodman
. f5 Q2 i4 t6 s      DMS Gherardi/ a/ \. }8 e! H6 z4 S: O7 R' t. D
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# B/ D3 b1 Z7 L9 oMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( C' t; y& x" H: T* j; Y0 C
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 i* X$ o$ k7 W- S# M4 c, \6 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 \" k6 h, S+ ]6 U/ ~' r) k& I
Range closes to 26,000 yards...! h5 c( x$ G. x2 G. N7 ~% T- c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; k$ d( v9 }0 a3 W5 x! URange closes to 24,000 yards...
5 ~/ y/ b8 N% ^1 T' I3 D" t% HRange closes to 22,000 yards...
4 ^3 A/ J8 O  KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards2 z; r- s: _2 r; v3 J
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
( }4 ^* B: y* E7 ]Range closes to 18,000 yards...
" R* `$ R7 u6 D) HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% g) t+ L. D& t+ ORange closes to 16,000 yards...7 f. P6 p3 q6 Y/ `! y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ ?; A3 X& a# XRange closes to 14,000 yards...  `; d% _/ a) B5 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards* J, ?. S% f, U
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ N6 I6 G3 z" [& f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 P" C' I+ C1 u2 @
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 ?# K  s. b( d2 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
+ `! Y& n* b. }; R) Z( k; ?, bRange closes to 10,000 yards...: Z1 z4 S/ Z2 v* Y8 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 Z  e  X5 C( K0 jCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
  d1 B3 p: j6 R" UCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards. n/ r& y0 b9 u6 b6 H  u& H- {
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
# u, H+ a8 U2 WRange increases to 12,000 yards
/ l  J  g( W7 c' [: E  x- z+ @CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards& j3 \2 }0 D* H3 X$ l" m
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards' d9 A5 r" F- ^# g. A
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
8 W2 n: M+ Y6 yCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards8 s) F! }! X0 o; W
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" y/ V/ z, F; g- [$ y5 lCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards  `9 d" G2 E- I( `* i* T
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) T6 C% A' e( t% Z+ r% d& T
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
1 e! _( B  L$ V6 ODD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, J: D& D5 W" C1 N) N
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
) \& z. j$ ~/ f! ~% ZDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
: {1 P8 i( N6 wAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
- B" ?% ^9 x. }7 B2 o  C$ O' I3 VRange closes to 9,000 yards
6 a4 X# @0 M& C! v( NCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards! h( p5 m2 N: U! i* c2 t1 C
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
4 O! H  L1 N3 C5 f4 W  h" L7 D# QCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
( c, v6 d5 H* ^/ U8 a7 [3 l3 vCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards& [# q6 o" R* k" Y, a
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards7 ^1 M, H# u+ p  r; q) U
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
0 R5 x  S3 H& x4 D' ^2 gAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards) }! y5 V$ A, E" d, Y6 S7 U3 {& K
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. z4 d  j4 S' \% Y! ^
Range closes to 7,000 yards3 @5 l9 Q% a. e- ?7 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
6 E3 Q+ x5 o( f, @APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards/ @- ^# n  T( H( K- W% @* @$ H/ O6 ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards- D- F8 D) ]0 b7 F* x) N; Y! w  s
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards1 Z1 D9 ^; @$ i2 w6 i# k& @
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards2 ?9 n: w0 ]8 W6 W( c' j) U
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards/ F. Q( g1 D6 x8 `" C3 Z8 q8 [
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
4 `3 E3 k; C" SCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
, i( D0 P  A& q0 Z" R; o% c/ D6 O$ vCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
) H2 y- ^5 @2 E9 o2 z8 ZDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards; [) B- B# Q" _7 S- g. L# d
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
$ y7 G% E) B: a" E1 K) oRange increases to 10,000 yards' t6 u' [  \7 j
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( f0 p" X3 @2 }
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 l/ ?4 D& V8 ~' ^  E$ q) t. r4 p. aJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
' J4 b7 k( t0 N- x& k# dTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards* G5 J% D$ i4 p# y. t4 J

& F& h- ]2 w; E9 H! M9 Q0 x/ S4 ]Japanese Ships- G: ?: o. @8 p4 I6 g
      APD T-1# ]( @9 b- ~  A3 f5 z
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 h' d7 x' s" C9 p
      APD T-33 u3 [6 u$ W, y3 d) v
      APD T-5
* i! o' M5 Z- A& o0 n      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 c  b% x. P1 ?, F1 x; H+ l
      APD T-9
/ l8 ?4 @$ s9 T9 k. A      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 f( ~7 e7 Q4 ]$ b. w& A( ~
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk) A" d2 ^) n  J
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Allied Ships( d3 |9 R8 x; f
      CL Swiftsure
1 K7 w  ?# p5 Q$ D, t7 M      CL St. Louis* d% N) G3 o' V# G1 x8 A
      CL Phoenix
* p6 C' K2 l9 Z. y5 r) }% o. R5 I      CL Cleveland
/ }8 I, B9 E$ u3 y. S      CL Montpelier* y" h& V) D  ]/ o, y2 X+ v' N* Y8 J" L
      CL Denver
4 z7 W0 E7 o. ~8 J. j7 a1 M1 |      CL Santa Fe2 J* ]" V! e' g' Q3 i6 f
      CL Birmingham' \+ I+ I) j2 {; p' A0 X
      CL Mobile
: R: y& g  ^$ ^: M0 R* b$ r      CL Biloxi7 m- \' J8 d3 M9 t. m
      CL Miami: H: ^0 J1 C/ H' w9 l5 ]' B, G' Y
      CL Pasadena
( k4 R/ ?' p4 G      DD Allen M. Sumner8 W( r5 v- d0 p9 h, I- m
      DD Ault
* i  k% f( c9 V/ }  N. }# k% |8 y      DD English
6 f  o4 S) h. C) y) ~' [      DD Haynsworth
9 ?; T5 I3 @. x) t* t      DD Maddox
$ C& q- w  w1 Q6 K+ F, V      DD Mansfield% }2 T1 f; N9 `7 ^3 N) S/ V. s% N, x7 b
      DD Waldron  \% p% a8 q9 l/ y" M  n4 ^
      DD Haggard
; j& U$ a. y$ w$ H6 V5 k      DD Hailey$ f+ m$ I& }! t" m' y) ^
      DD Hale! `1 N- R, U3 i. b2 O# P' f! w
      CL Vincennes II" ~, {7 u9 Z) F( r! [6 T
      CL Houston II
4 Y( h3 `- E. B      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
- N& B" z$ i+ t( f" q( ]7 jRange closes to 28,000 yards...
) `( y7 M4 }& h% S! i. A1 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 p  i: x9 v4 a
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  C* D1 q0 U) f& JRange closes to 24,000 yards...
  Q& q  ~+ y& NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards( v5 V& P. v, }' G: G
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
) Y: m3 B) C0 n" P' T8 b) I5 b' sRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 |0 S* q) }1 z- M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
  {' |' O! ^5 [# N$ ]$ NRange closes to 18,000 yards...
' z8 e' `5 h% `, FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% S9 B! a; ^" J9 z* [4 F) ERange closes to 16,000 yards...
/ v- }; O# L' J# |7 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 R0 V( z  _, N- z( d; C) N* N( M
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, A2 I7 ^/ F2 f+ |+ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ B! N3 |" e' M! j. D' a: r9 `' dRange closes to 12,000 yards...
8 ?7 A9 y" h2 I& p2 N" rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
$ m+ K  p7 @  L: yRange closes to 11,000 yards...+ u' N- g; c7 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards6 b# q* \3 x. m  ]+ ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...  s" ~* _1 v* E- X( u4 `6 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards3 ~% G  p+ U. `
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
) @. ?# I$ s7 v0 x+ `CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 D4 _: ^  i4 I. ]' u: RCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards4 c0 f1 @+ D5 F: ]3 m) A5 C) \4 L# `
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
. T5 T6 u* O. M: w% d/ uCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ B2 O2 m8 }$ m  Z/ l% c
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; r8 }* P: [& u- ?DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards6 k0 b: z6 H" r& i8 n
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  z! s- e! D, o4 q1 a( dDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards- b8 ~0 ], M3 `6 ?# `
Range increases to 11,000 yards
) X( t, M- A4 P* Y+ T4 I1 ?, K5 jCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' N1 y$ b- {/ ?/ z; ]
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards, W2 C7 }: G7 b  D9 P; D
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
* P$ m5 G% b8 y2 o/ s3 C7 iCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 E  X+ R. d9 b& k* M# I4 JCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 m6 c  Z% N) ]  U' I: z5 y5 zCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 q4 X- N/ b! b# z9 q& b1 r: FDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards4 Y# b8 C* y  W. K) U( }8 c6 {
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards5 c' f9 l8 `2 |' B
Range closes to 8,000 yards* h* O' _* ]/ E; T
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
% U5 {/ Y, ]0 g  PCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* d  {& T2 v  P7 u6 s, LCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
  R7 _1 ]( W6 H7 d2 Z* EAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
9 H$ {3 w$ J+ m" v! gDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards. t3 b" \. Y1 E' Y
Range closes to 7,000 yards' E* F  O2 v' v1 Y) u. ?
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 M- @7 L5 e5 t! k( UCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; V' e# E+ W8 h* CCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( l7 T& |3 o% W5 p  N8 k9 eCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 i1 u# P$ c3 B5 h
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards6 u) M: A) j1 i- w$ Y  @- C- ?7 D  N
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 ^9 g2 V5 }9 NCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
$ @3 p  M3 ?2 Z) m9 fCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 _# m; u" g9 [8 o8 {
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 g6 f* t, s  WDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards+ n/ v$ ?1 ]; e, h4 f! V
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards0 j* |$ I' f6 |3 W8 a( m. U: w
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards# ~& `% e( U$ K
Range increases to 8,000 yards  a8 c1 V9 Y, A$ h
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards7 ?) `& d  D: \
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% k( |6 u) r  q8 o. E
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards% Y4 s6 Z/ Q6 L2 t4 n# u; ^
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
+ b0 W0 ?  v" i3 F- S9 aTask forces break off...* O! p! ?, O) i, a0 _  J2 L
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; G/ ^$ ^# l6 _Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ V/ o" a6 e0 v* w      APD T-1% T  Y6 j( j; v' H7 j, ]
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 {* o$ }+ Q8 O) Z8 x      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
# `' k7 E6 S+ h$ ^2 Z7 ?      APD T-59 o" r* K/ L% [; @( E
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk3 U8 {) I6 ~. l# W2 `+ q$ b
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk4 d$ m, r; Q. E/ d1 a7 X
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Allied Ships
7 H, ?3 K/ L' Z  e" u      CA Portland! R7 y. v1 {1 Q; ?+ B" `1 C
      CA Northampton
, M+ e9 c. @( V7 a/ _; R4 I2 |) C      CA Chester
7 V( P  M. L8 P! `7 M* v  [      CA Louisville
3 ?* a9 r2 I) b0 H6 x" i      CA Chicago- P$ R1 \/ S9 I# T1 e' \' u3 i
      CA Astoria
9 Q. t9 L, u) k  w      CA Minneapolis4 u7 `2 V- V2 ]1 [7 t% h0 `
      CA San Francisco$ F( G/ s+ b8 @/ P; o) o! b! q! q
      CA Quincy
! t" y3 D/ L3 v) c1 {! P      CA Vincennes* Y' ?( R3 v. ]1 }! D$ B5 s1 c
      CA Wichita; b" u' Z* h$ H7 S7 I9 `: Y
      DD Bennett& i5 `1 F$ {9 {0 l% F: P
      DD Bradford
( C5 f9 Y& Z8 T0 h9 N6 a  `, O3 ?  W      DD Braine
: p  P, {0 s* g9 E; k; `  `% _# b7 t      DD Brownson  i/ b  w! m9 {  F) C
      DD Bryant
4 D' ?- ~8 i7 G) w+ `  s      DD Bullard) v# t* [0 y  _8 U: C
      DD Burns
+ D- }; q3 e7 I% ~# Y      DD Callaghan: y3 {1 [$ g& ^- X7 M
      DD Caperton
& }; f! D9 b) Y# i0 x5 N      DD Capps# d' d3 ~( I+ S+ G1 C6 J+ u
      DMS Emmons
! j, }4 j; N* R- Y6 C* }      DMS Macomb6 |/ z! w) f! {2 d2 }# Q2 P7 a8 w
      DMS Rodman
+ q. v7 m; y) w" A9 i) f      DMS Gherardi2 S% I6 t8 r9 L  A2 }2 A1 {

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. o2 M' d8 M- o' t$ O$ VRange closes to 28,000 yards.../ Z( t( T3 L1 V' x1 |& ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
0 f$ p% B4 U/ E8 D' h% R0 e$ n; ]) M7 oRange closes to 26,000 yards..." T1 i7 Q0 w9 ]; g! x
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
( ~/ i# j. p. A7 P' CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& x/ p* }" M( m$ r& n1 o$ U
Range closes to 22,000 yards...) g( Y; v+ }  G0 ]& B  f: o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
: A" Y0 J4 {  z, {% F1 H6 D% fRange closes to 20,000 yards.... w( c, {) }! k! r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, E5 B* i6 i( V
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' m1 u( M' o' f9 T9 E) nRange closes to 16,000 yards...
9 p, O( Z8 @3 [# @( KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards: a" J; y. F- U
Range closes to 14,000 yards...% \0 I. n+ D: E  Y+ E
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 _! _8 w. b) U1 X/ o5 LRange closes to 11,000 yards...8 x1 H( c- I7 E4 l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& Y- S% k  g9 {9 d+ W3 l" w2 y2 _Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 I+ J' q% u* h' `Range closes to 8,000 yards...5 T% U. a1 E$ b) j$ s/ M4 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
- A7 l) _3 C# u$ p& [0 j& v6 JCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 [6 d0 A6 z3 |9 g* N
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards1 G/ ~  V- V" |. V8 x) k5 s
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 X/ L/ Q' W+ }- i; O( p$ N+ |
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards- h' j6 q, L& S2 @9 {+ Y
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards1 o' e4 z! h" d( t: l! p  ]
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- V' `  O' J3 @0 w: [% K1 K7 FCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards" o/ t& W6 N" T& B* A$ [
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
$ ~4 J) x4 Y3 a  QCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards( h* R# n1 a6 {& V( y  t
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& o% y0 k. A" m; A, P
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards6 H- R" f  }5 Z; \" A$ l
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards) W7 V: ?6 V1 J- \: e
Range closes to 5,000 yards
5 v6 h) H- z4 {9 p, rDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 / a8 A3 b" H' @; P# V( B# @
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
6 G/ r/ i% {6 L' @CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards2 t" o- ^) q0 Z0 ?, R# n/ N+ u
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
1 t) S" j4 N/ WDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards5 ?6 N( k' \4 o1 J* s4 h/ g" W
Range closes to 2,000 yards
9 k. i: F2 U- E; w! f* Z5 h) uCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
# B4 o& K8 n, ]) ^CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
4 M4 a$ I5 `' wCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
- [2 Z, a% @8 ]* U' _APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards) }) P& e1 a0 [$ d
Range increases to 6,000 yards' A2 A& `% O- C0 z
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards- e2 _- \  _6 E# D7 F$ K4 G, v& X
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards: U7 L* B( C$ y- N  d& C( ?
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
/ \: x1 r  y3 b1 hRange increases to 9,000 yards
7 |3 R/ \, u: x* X; P' T/ SDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: X# q2 o0 z' z* E* }+ m% v5 J
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards+ U1 o9 M; e2 U8 F$ P
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ w- _! e/ Q; u) U7 u. ^4 U4 t: P/ p) [DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 a* `# S- t5 Z3 h. [
Range increases to 13,000 yards
3 J; Q  M# n  F2 z+ \% pCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards+ q0 P2 N$ f3 T# ~
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
8 Y; B9 Q$ t8 W2 n4 i( mJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
% B- y$ }  J5 \' c% y. X; UTask forces break off...
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; p3 I+ K& d, ]8 e  p# V( G0 `) tNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk! h. E) C2 _6 _  N& C
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk" ], j* \$ Z# B3 s/ c

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( i' m# g2 S/ B- F( l      BB North Carolina4 t: U+ S# M8 C
      BB Washington4 g% f( y* q- j2 V1 v9 ]
      BB South Dakota
1 Q3 T( {5 {& n      BB Indiana
5 I+ p. P6 I- {6 f$ Y      BB Massachusetts7 ]- k9 K- S  n* z
      BB Alabama  _/ J; Y. c3 X  i
      DD Conner
6 ?+ c+ `4 l, r! k      DD Cotten
6 H' X: M) X& B' p      DD Cowell
/ k- |7 s1 y1 e9 t& n      DD Daly* I) w; [, R2 @# G5 r- `
      DD Eaton
$ ^, T9 F5 @6 n( r5 L+ c5 A" r9 Y      DD Heywood Edwards. P9 W! Y, Z: Q8 R
      DD Erben) O* K( N. A, A, k5 O% y) h+ |. ?
      DD Evans
/ y3 {: w1 g0 h8 o' r, G      DD Foote& r& C' r: [3 T# u& r6 `
      DD Franks; X) w. ]' X0 ]+ L. y
      DD Fullam
7 }# d% z4 D3 g+ P0 O7 C1 `      DD Gatling1 f. V6 f$ Q  ^: s
      DD Albert Grant2 |4 U3 J, ]3 M' p) Z
      DD Gregory
2 U7 v! t$ C" a! ~, \9 c% U      DD Guest
5 F7 k  ~" j+ `$ }; J6 B8 Q5 D* v7 M( h      DMS Hamilton
7 C: ?( w) W. r3 c      DMS Forrest0 T% S) n# w6 n6 I
      DMS Ellyson
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8 I1 c5 Q9 s+ `- ~$ jMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 y; \: j5 a) [1 e( i7 L) v
Range closes to 28,000 yards...$ N4 S5 b, C% [, a. b
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
3 B+ ~" [3 M, R% D) SRange closes to 24,000 yards...$ ^* N- f! e  U$ _4 e! m
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* c2 _3 y8 T, U9 fRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% H4 t5 M1 K* U) w# K6 D7 `3 _' ^' PRange closes to 18,000 yards...
! L6 n$ v) N- M1 b$ QRange closes to 16,000 yards...
, o* a8 c/ c, f! X- ?Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 S7 D8 @* s# t5 E0 h' K$ s& ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 J/ K7 P' f6 a; L/ @  \5 rRange closes to 11,000 yards...4 A% h- g$ d6 l  Q3 [0 w5 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
- ]/ H# D9 Y5 L9 rRange closes to 10,000 yards...6 w0 K# _9 o4 I: n1 _+ k% p
Range closes to 9,000 yards...: X- i& _2 G$ c2 n+ \; r  `- Z- p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
9 E1 C* y. \# X' ^+ l9 k, C+ L4 @& nBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  B7 @- ^+ T  S: o) e
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
' ]5 O1 W, V+ X6 f" d. D$ cDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
- t3 I/ O# Y: D$ lDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
- f! _, o* ]1 w) l8 UDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards& y/ o  a- f+ @" ^
Range closes to 5,000 yards
0 o6 O% t- ]3 F4 O! b# I. N- cDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
! H6 Z  H2 O0 e: {BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards2 s7 A2 Y( r0 U0 Y4 r
Range closes to 3,000 yards
. T3 i% T& H# H6 o: fBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
: D% a, L$ `, W* y' m% X9 I9 ADMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 E# i9 Y; r! _/ m
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
& l. Z3 ~( R. N$ P( bDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
& Q- N* g1 P1 |) r4 \0 i; hDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards% W2 n5 y0 \+ v1 ~- V
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards3 r: }$ c* G. }" V) p; b3 y
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
( U* ^1 h( ]6 `/ pDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards6 }% D- ^4 I) I" z1 D3 T) j
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
8 |  R6 K; B0 n5 e8 N2 `; qRange increases to 5,000 yards8 P- G8 A* ]* Q9 |, ~1 F
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards  {5 m9 d+ F" \0 h6 T8 H
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
4 N: o+ @& I2 n  T/ N4 k# o4 ^2 s' JRange increases to 7,000 yards
2 t8 {$ y; _6 D; UDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
5 B4 M* c5 E, K5 Z1 L& oDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 M2 H" O& v5 m% k. W" Z( R# aDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards+ i  Y# n6 U& y* g2 [
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
' w/ t0 G; }: H( {3 d1 p7 q* u1 H' [APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
5 C8 f* P: F% a5 cCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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