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。3 E/ Z$ {& D" E, w$ _
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7 ]+ B% I0 U5 O# F  xGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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+ D( Z6 W: M- G1 |$ h: F' c% [* bAllied Deliberate attack7 `* W  t. r  I) I4 k& P8 X

  c8 o6 c3 Y+ ?7 ~5 C$ V" r# FAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336, i" O. @4 j! K

8 {/ T8 h. v  k% U2 R1 F0 DDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15818 p- s# N. x  {& i  P2 O8 u
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8  c1 m  m. \  m% {
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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9 f& r$ J6 E# N3 \: dAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) / q0 }/ ~9 }+ d) I8 H9 {
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Combat modifiers
( {( L  ?4 b% k& f5 E$ Q1 kDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)0 m) R: I* }9 ]" f/ {
Attacker:
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$ K0 y* e! n/ e- Z( h, |Japanese ground losses:
! W9 D  L! s/ h: A; x      3386 casualties reported% p6 j  {! E$ N8 O9 z6 D& j+ k: N' H. E, [
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
) ?: Z4 M( V# N: q; S8 G* n         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled2 Z  h# [' ~2 h1 G
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled, Y. K  f5 q' a. Y: k5 G1 K
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
4 `9 U- }8 ~2 \" |; }      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
7 O/ v  V# N6 u3 V      Units destroyed 1' g7 L, ~) o. i( v, k0 l7 n1 g

1 P+ p. O' R9 PAllied ground losses:! H  R4 I2 V# M7 o0 ~  X( \. _
      5163 casualties reported
0 A! B( v- ?. R2 m* G( X" X         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
2 k3 l5 c4 H3 H: ]' R- J- P         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled3 L  Z6 H- B/ d
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
* ]! k2 R& |7 L, W4 U8 G. b      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled): G) o3 o$ s+ @# E  E# F8 O; P1 y2 e
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
; `- B# G& D# l* C, E7 k% ^    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
; U* x8 l0 [# U% [0 w' b    710th Tank Battalion7 B. h+ P9 U$ l6 K# l2 O" R9 ]
    6th Infantry Division
8 I, e( B3 k4 H$ F$ i    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment. G4 m) X, ^' ~2 W7 g
    44th Tank Battalion
' |; s/ V9 V/ ~4 w- V# W    81st Infantry Division/ a* A# P* r3 p4 X' k
    762nd Tank Battalion4 N2 W$ _8 F7 W: F3 ~
    767th Tank Battalion' M( x3 w8 q  Y
    711th Tank Battalion1 ]: s. [4 K" o# @1 _+ v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
( v, Z1 m  p8 D& e8 H    5th Marine Division7 q) M& g/ }( g! s4 b8 C; |
    716th Tank Battalion' I( F6 G' ?9 L& e& U/ ]) l
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment' J& t  d& E( D9 {7 C6 j1 y% v
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion  G7 o! D0 s9 X4 D% Z
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
- Y. Q$ C' G+ `& w1 Q1 j. E    706th Tank Battalion2 I1 F: L& U8 {# F0 \6 \
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& y" l5 I7 E; u) p  Z    96th Infantry Division  |0 v1 X) l. b# n/ [
    31st Infantry Regiment) g% J" {+ q  |/ U/ e: v9 N, W
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 n6 l# u, q3 O# m: a
    I Corps Artillery 9 `4 N6 g( g, Y, m. G
    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 q) F) z0 {& c) @! y; x* R
    1st USMC AA Battalion( Y0 e0 V4 Y' k
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ J, }5 |8 i/ K  F+ ^5 V6 s' E
    XIV US Corps, ~/ z9 q9 ~* ]3 r$ u/ _  N: Q' |
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
- K) z& A7 v# {" R  D. A" C/ t8 i" M7 [    5th USA Defense Battalion$ g% e/ e" x: j3 G$ u* G
    8th Marine Defense Battalion, P6 m4 D4 y, J
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 W+ M8 o: X4 a9 }" A
    X Corps Artillery
# X, O! j1 _: }. w' R    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
0 X3 ~+ [" w% u$ t! P$ j    96th Coast AA Regiment
  M+ m2 j( U2 F  s    4th USA Defense Battalion: s2 |/ U. b2 F8 `8 b0 }0 f
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* ?' h) E! Z% r6 `    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment  s+ @3 ~+ S$ l, w% v$ V% f

2 c1 T# k. b+ d, g9 H& M- k1 PDefending units:- R$ \4 i8 s- `3 G5 I4 |" U
    Kure 7th SNLF
  M0 d8 @4 {- ?! ~    81st/A Division% w: ~- g' T9 l/ Z
    Kure 3rd SNLF, a7 V, Q' P/ O
    33rd/B Division) Q$ ~! D" R! w  W# C0 J
    33rd/A Division
( y8 c# |9 z' N% ~    81st/C Division
8 ?( x8 T6 w: ]. ?* l3 ~    6th Guards Inf. Regiment7 j4 C+ _9 r" L5 D
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
- x9 y( ?: x! V4 z* B& B    138th Infantry Regiment
2 K- `+ j. i# [' J    Sasebo 7th SNLF6 }) D0 B1 X! X" q
    144th Infantry Regiment
, c0 H5 _/ G( F  q' z, q    81st/B Division
8 ^9 M3 Y5 I$ \& E    33rd/C Division
' X, M0 O6 V) \0 {    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ K2 j/ A% H% F, G    18th Army  V1 y/ B. y: u2 q
    60th Field AA Battalion  ]8 o# N3 `' m0 v6 A2 Z3 N
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co # W$ U# i4 Z0 W5 F& y
    Ponape Naval Fortress) W& |; x2 ~5 B0 ^1 Y
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment9 S$ R3 _9 e6 L6 h: F: x# P1 g8 G
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& o$ _3 ]$ L3 z2 A    53rd Construction Battalion
" q" Z: ^* i! O5 G: G8 S1 H9 n    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
. ?) E! D% B( G* G% ?2 U8 J    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
; z$ J2 s5 D' K3 a: N; @! T* s    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
, g9 _/ m0 r3 Y; g( Q) Y4 I! ~9 ]    19th JAAF Base Force* z4 Y- r9 S$ T8 ^: |0 }/ t0 m2 e
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1) n) L6 L" i6 E* W
    14th Area Army /18 |) b$ z) x" z
    63rd Field AA Battalion4 a' Y1 ~2 O, K( k& U* l
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
1 i3 k. x+ H" z1 v# e9 I0 J    3rd Base Force
& t# L3 {$ A( a7 L9 Y    12th Air Fleet
1 j9 p8 i0 G! X# Z    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, {4 ~* z7 t3 J7 h( b+ s/ M- P8 b    61st Field AA Battalion1 h3 s; {. Z( A
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" x3 |6 R7 {4 B% w" P    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co ' {1 }1 v; W$ h1 X
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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; K, p3 J$ I0 x' ~3 Y$ H8 l- r' V  l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。. u' u1 u* j" L) ?. }8 ?2 J4 h
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0 A+ {9 H& M  F5 |" _6 n! D, i; eGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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- ^; k5 s& a  M2 ~2 g, w( _Japanese Shock attack
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+ g, i. z' v" Z& \Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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9 O: N# K3 a" EDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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( W7 Z5 ]. z) FJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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- S0 G& |# s: q1 t) HJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers8 [5 m6 j. J5 K7 R: p
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)2 X+ X" b& t+ p$ n( M
Attacker: shock(+)$ W  p' M5 f6 k# H# y" z/ D2 y: H; H
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Japanese ground losses:
5 h  [6 ~7 o+ i$ r: I      530 casualties reported7 U% h' z2 B1 \2 X$ z0 e9 E
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
" A# J9 C1 j) S7 `4 H         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
9 v) ^( h, Q# E) c         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
, I/ H% P, D, i) E* O4 ^      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)" T3 m" z; |! u! H- J# V) \& Q

! ^; `0 [& V5 y' W2 k) j9 P0 vAllied ground losses:
) [! F7 N. Q; l" F6 _      891 casualties reported+ ?9 g: S* D( \% r4 e. B
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
/ {# |5 Q& H1 W: W         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
* t  Y5 O! K, l  u' a1 Y; s" o' w. i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( m  g' R3 U) Q/ C; ^  s1 O- X      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)1 Y% O" t' c% u

* d% B4 _8 h) V' w% I4 q# e' [Assaulting units:
; ^5 }, `  ~4 \. E6 y    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
7 ^* T3 X' u# f0 c# i4 c' F6 N5 R    21st Division, r' c! c( p$ S4 y' b) k8 X
    4th Division+ g; D7 ]# g2 X3 ]
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment; N! P8 ~. _' m$ A
    23rd Tank Regiment
! z6 m1 [; j1 L$ g5 A# ^& U    32nd Division
) u7 z) ?% S2 P* ?    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
( U2 Z( U) F& s    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
' K* Z% _/ y9 |& s9 P6 ~    6th Area Army
: ]$ \/ I% Z% D    103rd AA Regiment2 t1 B0 s5 b" _" P: S# {; G- H3 `0 S. G* U
    1st JNAF Coy
+ n  G3 x- v& u% C7 ^: l    13th Army
1 p7 y( d# S6 E* c) K1 F! ]# v# J    141st AA Regiment
8 c- j8 x; H+ K0 W; l# l$ I, V    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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6 B% [4 p2 \! mDefending units:
! g5 r+ }' W) z! z- X3 \    50th Indian Para Brigade
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50th 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 0 R0 R' w4 p. Z4 G# z. q: ?5 m' {
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
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
- o* \% V0 Y; j# X7 M6 ^) xDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force, X7 h" Q1 X' ^& M7 W8 b" {

4 d0 {( g- |# s8 {: X89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
+ I2 k1 ^; P" _3 ~$ Y4 l/ X      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! `& L6 k' O6 c* U0 E  o, ~8 o3 l      LST-81( K* _+ x, m; ]& L; y
      LST-74, Shell hits 3  {) ^: l7 {: L) G& @
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage" i, C1 m7 \$ u' ^; @' q& n4 \3 g
      LST-78' a" `, T0 }' [- b9 `' F
      LST 209
2 @- R6 t; M4 d      LST-889
8 c, |6 ]6 |& S6 q& P9 z% T      LST-246
* O: p1 `4 d' V  I$ Z* f      LST-2401 B6 G2 X1 Q( v& d& [; Q
      LST-204. ~. l+ u7 s( \
      LST-202
4 V; V; u3 O! `/ C3 I      LST-123
+ r. R) U# r2 t$ N% c* n- w      LST-121# J$ f* Q6 x/ Q) G% O9 ~9 g
      LST-120
% U. W8 `3 s9 c# Y      LST-86
. ^( V6 {7 F# C; E# F4 q) R      LST-852 }- {& _4 l' h# i  ?- p1 B9 t
      LST-84( W0 ~) |7 u# B+ \
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1 l( b9 l0 n* O( K0 ZInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
4 m5 I9 V+ `! g; u+ k1 l/ a4 zDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force* e7 G- |$ |2 q9 x: S; k7 z9 {) L
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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% u7 _9 i6 Q7 F% Q: zAllied Ships
9 P. T! b/ W, s4 b% j7 p9 j" X' _      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 Y$ M8 k  ]) H+ ?7 [5 I7 O
      LST-83, Shell hits 3# U- o, R: H1 s
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 W% d) w. s* ]4 H. W( C+ ~      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
) z+ P  F( e! x! D9 ^$ H      LST-84, Shell hits 3
/ U" z1 T; u- ^5 o& |      LST-87, Shell hits 6. _% v5 z  G( c
      LST 180
* J( w4 H# h2 c      LST 157
3 D. O/ T  ?  t, y6 I4 \* {      LST 2
$ W3 u  @) b9 k      LST-884
8 H5 Q" C; D. Q2 V8 ]4 d      LST-882. L3 Y0 \4 u" I# T3 Q1 B+ R, }; j6 t
      LST-397, S8 L3 X- A6 e6 D- L2 W8 F$ o  |
      LST-395
' k% u# r3 Y$ }4 W1 p1 [2 |      LST-2743 Y  y* N2 a- M) k! e, q
      LST-273; h- {5 l* ]* {- I5 b% _1 a
      LST-246% _$ a' P; J7 c" y
      LST-2440 S0 k( S  X3 h3 V8 r& D
      LST-2417 }* Z; n3 z5 [6 e* `" z( O
      LST-218- T; c$ r3 ?( f: y% S8 S
      LST-216
: Y. _. h7 s7 h2 E- A) |% Z      LST-202% g4 h5 o7 P6 q8 l$ @
      LST-171# n* U% `% i5 }* o* X" B; U6 |
      LST-166$ Q/ X% {  B6 M. o
      LST-124
  _3 ?0 C' {# r9 E0 R9 M      LST-1214 s7 J1 D' J& c: v* ?! {" }7 h2 q
      LST-88$ L2 q5 V/ y: _' v  b. x# d
      LST-123
2 T4 d# Q+ M- A9 s7 c; o8 f& e' _. U      LST-864 u! O  X3 @$ d" k; K' @# v, \
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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! I7 U: ]$ R; D" E
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, X+ e9 Y$ M3 _/ A3 C$ S. TGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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" V7 b  @$ X( |# I( T+ zAllied Bombardment attack0 |; Q* J( Z4 p. M
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812% h8 T' ]# r. ~& B/ x+ k; I
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:
$ O  P5 j$ ?$ i$ N5 v5 z  J  E$ E      406 casualties reported9 V* X. m/ Y# m" F- v" f
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled0 o( \( |& V0 V' ?! s( \4 q3 t9 T
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
- H' N3 a  |5 ~' G         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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* `/ {& U' X( r4 EAllied ground losses:7 D& D4 }/ F: n
      21 casualties reported0 M3 V! j. Z5 L. \0 _8 e
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 s- w/ x2 g* [# g7 Y1 T# S1 J
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled- f8 B4 s- @! e9 B' a8 }+ ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 j% i9 l! }' D; T3 v
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)8 B7 k3 o. |* P) j+ ~( f+ U
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
( k" d/ c0 ~# f1 o1 ]    5th Marine/B Division
! v9 [8 V0 N* p% H, e' r& V; r! _( c    81st Infantry/B Division
& L& `% x% W9 j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment  B! g+ k( f2 P$ X" l6 T; q8 @* b6 S
    5th Marine/C Division
! }. t  T& k# z  ~) B7 b+ d    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion: R. v# C0 }, n* ]
    6th Infantry/B Division
( G6 H: P, J" P& _6 R/ g    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
4 Y  Q) r0 F" r& Y9 [9 \' |7 T9 a* {( K    716th Tank Battalion; X* r9 ^0 H5 U. @
    81st Infantry/C Division3 M7 y, n) v. i; V- k  B
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
( n4 a- h2 c& V8 w; Z  P) B    6th Infantry/C Division$ O  u! s* U! w6 S3 ^2 E; Q5 Y) P
    5th Marine/A Division
% R: d: \' x; E  E$ P/ w2 T1 r    767th Tank Battalion. |4 K; W* p  G9 g! |
    96th Infantry/A Division
) Z* w$ W" P$ R5 k6 c8 N/ q1 t    706th Tank Battalion
# c+ V1 C$ K- ]4 a  x7 Z" S- {$ P    711th Tank Battalion
1 I. l2 I7 |8 y9 V; @( _' e! S    762nd Tank Battalion4 m4 W% q6 j* |
    96th Infantry/B Division/ J: o; |, c; T  [7 E5 r( Z
    81st Infantry/A Division
6 A, @, n7 t& c+ g0 Q. T: W! ^& l    44th Tank Battalion
, e2 K  O9 W4 e4 ~# t, W- p8 [    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
$ W- i- c6 ?; d9 S    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment9 ~6 D; L# U2 G2 P' L/ e9 F4 X
    31st Infantry Regiment/ A! p, c+ c" c& ^' Z* a* z) r
    6th Infantry/A Division, p0 _$ p$ x+ n' V! T* j3 f0 ]# d; x
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 l/ y- A7 X7 x9 g. f    710th Tank Battalion
. A) y( f  R: l5 G    96th Infantry/C Division
! o5 m/ V1 o" V7 u& X+ `5 q    5th USA Defense Battalion
/ c1 M+ p# I6 R$ j    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 b3 F/ N4 e/ u% r* L' B3 N    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 V* b, d& U' Q( X" z+ ?    X Corps Artillery 5 z* Z4 e( u7 b7 T
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment5 ]1 _7 t! g# c4 C" g- I
    XIV US Corps( r* r) B% ]! N  E. o: ]4 h2 Y0 A: v
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment. Z1 p2 d) O$ D+ k2 {
    8th Marine Defense Battalion+ V4 C$ Y" ~: H1 L
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
7 ]7 L5 L0 H/ K% T    I Corps Artillery , S! C: T' {4 e3 ^  K, M
    96th Coast AA Regiment- ?( Q6 R2 O0 g' d5 x% l2 k  a
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& D3 c- w' ]2 Q! `9 K    738th Coast AA Regiment  o8 D5 I" X' }6 I5 h  N
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
: G, [9 h' e. k1 R    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion) Z% `' g$ l; v' p8 T1 {+ R
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 H. y& W8 p1 M* k: y
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Defending units:' g0 d! |& O. W. x# b
    33rd/A Division
3 E" B0 v) E6 I* J8 {% ?    81st/B Division
* K3 O7 e: M' E8 ^! t    Sasebo 7th SNLF
1 m, ^; w3 D- ^% F. [    81st/C Division4 h7 Y1 I+ @' C8 w
    138th Infantry Regiment
# ~' J4 J1 Y3 E7 K8 A( ^0 ?    Kure 3rd SNLF
' L0 A/ ~# O8 U; |. q    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
& K4 o' B, G% h* v4 G    144th Infantry Regiment
, c8 l/ I- Q, n    52nd Naval Guard Unit" g) r9 d* c8 E9 d$ I
    33rd/B Division
( [! Y" A. D  N: I6 y8 g    81st/A Division
. d5 v% C+ N  e' ^" v    33rd/C Division
6 ]3 Y  [+ N7 ]( p$ }6 _    3rd Base Force
, B% W5 e" d3 I. g; z    19th JAAF Base Force
$ V0 H1 `2 S+ {% G4 k8 u& y0 b    Wake Cst Gun Bn /14 B6 L3 M* q: A! t$ ~5 ?
    60th Field AA Battalion! J+ F1 l% Z3 L7 c
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 e; r6 }$ f( E5 [5 N
    53rd Construction Battalion. v9 [: y( {' r7 m
    Ponape Naval Fortress
: q' c6 i' @4 m) r0 I( J    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment0 b6 n; ~, M# Z# q
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment. t) ~% [# @& g2 r, y  s
    12th Air Fleet0 o( Q" E5 I  K9 ~# F( k
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( |4 |/ O) r7 J3 ]3 |0 ]    61st Field AA Battalion
: @+ z% B' u3 B/ v    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
- O/ W+ P, m* T1 o, J    18th Field AF Construction Battalion: d* [& k2 l8 f& H2 r
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion, j" s/ g- ?! U; G) u1 t8 i
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, j' U7 T2 P2 G- D4 N4 w' ^' o    14th Area Army /1
; k' n6 C5 t# `" z2 B, u    63rd Field AA Battalion
/ F$ Z6 ^* @! Y$ j! K* L    31st Ind.AA Gun Co , U, d1 N8 e% c! }, v( I
    Kure 7th SNLF7 Y0 i& Z7 J7 X1 l0 ~! S; w
    18th Army7 `6 T7 u2 Q  e! B8 M& O
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co # S* ^9 w5 u5 n# Y' i: X3 U
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /34 L$ ]1 f1 S9 n5 a% r: X: m

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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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4 G. O9 h# A8 gSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships
/ U  C9 m( K0 r# x4 w      E No.54
% D. x9 M% {8 t0 u# D4 v6 @      E No.506 n" h3 E0 j2 |8 j4 ~5 Z
      E No.68
; u. Y1 I4 r5 W0 |5 b) u5 v/ V$ {) f      E No.526 V# S' q- {- F/ j4 K+ t

% r7 i/ G. Q2 jAllied Ships1 p- }- D3 g. B
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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重创另一艘; c! Z* G, l6 X9 @( G% {

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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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! Q9 S3 F6 n) \$ FJapanese Ships
- c4 |1 i6 v5 |3 L! G0 w" t7 F      E No.8
; A  v( H8 w5 @* N0 z# V& @* |      E No.64 b; o! m6 r4 d7 M+ Y/ o

9 G' e/ e% J5 ZAllied Ships
$ N& w1 L8 C6 U- q, t      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!3 j( h  Z, l; @7 t
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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- U7 _! F0 m: K0 H. aAllied Ships
% S, @" u  Y) y  x) J. x% `, _      CA Wichita
  B3 ?3 y2 q, ]3 F; ~6 U- {      CA Vincennes
# h1 f9 x( L- n; a7 w) ]) q      CA Quincy+ x3 @& X+ X0 B7 C( N  O
      CA San Francisco
, r- R, Q7 L4 M/ E0 N      CA Minneapolis- K5 @2 M- H" w9 H, }, Q
      CA Astoria
4 c5 x, C, k3 I8 [% j0 f      CA Chicago
3 s6 K4 j# ~+ \& V. q      CA Louisville' j7 A# A/ v7 t
      CA Chester/ S- ~9 P0 ]1 T& k
      CA Northampton. ^8 `2 I& L' N6 }! j5 x: S
      CA Portland8 w! w% q6 G, @+ y# ^, n

% i( H! N! X7 B. sJapanese ground losses:
0 A% p" [2 ]* Y5 E' s3 ^+ u4 Q      71 casualties reported+ d8 ^+ c8 y* N( A4 G5 q3 j/ f
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled/ R" z" v% p! F- \4 B! n5 @/ d
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled, f  i' }; J0 o$ O) U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; n0 F. D8 k- J. Q7 F
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)8 e; Z/ S$ w- C- x& A# Q$ }; X

% i* X5 n7 o7 V0 cAirbase hits 2
' v) R+ u7 r9 n0 y8 ~- o5 Q- rRunway hits 10" S' Z. I. H, Q1 c& Z1 B& U
Port hits 4
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5 [2 I8 b  v5 x7 sCA Wichita firing at Ponape ! U% K& r6 G# Z  L& g! Z) Z
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 Y" b# B4 G- n: ~, k% O
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes3 T+ o9 [+ @& R* o+ z; }
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 J. g4 v! G2 _$ `$ d& [0 bPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
9 v/ V) b2 l+ }8 E  U' }/ w$ s( N' PCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
% l0 ?6 d$ o. vCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 R( j/ ]# ~' G3 F4 P6 p' y! P: xPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria' o+ N3 R! g) A! Q, U6 s* m
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' @' ?9 m! u/ U5 z! iCA Chicago firing at Ponape 5 e$ j0 t: y: Y' {) p
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
. B: I; |. G" z  ]7 K/ G6 K2 NOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester7 B0 W4 \0 \, T7 G' G
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
; u$ u) Z) o2 s: H) \& lCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division/ q$ n' a- I3 V" v/ F
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland/ m; `1 {+ i/ U6 E% o! O
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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3 U& ?5 }+ h3 Q, y: X1 g% DNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships' ?7 a3 Z4 g) p7 N; q  I1 q; V5 W' i
      BB Alabama
5 @) b6 Y& M& d# b: h" p6 _; T      BB Massachusetts
  h) @/ m7 v8 Z5 S# J$ c      BB Indiana
/ c  E; v1 r2 Q  E* f6 P      BB South Dakota& i8 N0 c- }  p- r* R
      BB Washington
( q$ t7 f7 Y0 C6 `& k: N* G      BB North Carolina- @3 C+ r- N/ W& j3 C  }/ J4 |

" F" z1 c/ c+ b  D" ~4 ]Japanese ground losses:8 `4 h/ U2 E% Q5 D
      275 casualties reported
: m, ~( V. ~: s5 A, z; Z$ g$ H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled6 U) h6 Z7 Z- D  t% D  Q9 f0 T# w
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled; G# F% H0 D$ m! D2 r
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled7 U1 d+ T8 `* F0 ~' ]. j! |
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)) O' x/ b2 I. V
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
3 \# u4 |! U( D$ X% R$ S, d4 {/ gRunway hits 75 L; [4 d7 \5 r& c" m' o- B0 v7 k- X
Port hits 3' R0 B% |- F( F  m- W  Z2 Q5 T

: `: [0 }' M+ @+ b$ c! BBB Alabama firing at Ponape
2 q- p( J2 |& e7 h( `" u2 e& J& iBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
; K% Z( g4 s9 P$ p' S$ h, w1 j) uBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
7 t4 H3 _, h) O* POS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
' u5 I5 L4 I( G2 |BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
7 H; ~- c6 k4 @$ [, RBB Washington firing at Ponape
" J: r: C, ?7 D0 n4 uBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& v* C) i: G9 a2 M: _- o3 {

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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: u2 ?& T4 P: i# t! f+ D) }Allied Ships
) `0 T# |( e# m! A      BB Queen Elizabeth" M7 Y  o/ l6 y+ C- P
      BB Valiant6 I; u+ l! M1 D4 [
      BB Mississippi
, r4 O4 U8 ^+ e! k& Q      BB New Mexico/ t' b6 L% k6 }8 B
      BB Idaho
4 Z- ~: a0 S# I7 v( z5 ?      BB West Virginia5 A/ s- ?5 N1 d5 C" X
      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:
$ r, W+ q; E+ h% }- v( c      117 casualties reported
1 a8 \+ s' [3 E         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled* u% J0 }; G0 v
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled7 X/ T0 l1 K5 B3 u) Z) G/ d/ M
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% \- M1 a( i3 }& O( B3 o% J, z      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
$ X* ?5 Y" Z5 P- P6 Y" w      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled); R$ D9 h5 E6 P) W+ U, p, X
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Airbase hits 2
3 `4 |! x, e" xRunway hits 2
2 L1 A7 f# o3 f  x; z# l0 G2 {5 @8 I8 v; o. T1 u( V) I
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, K9 d/ V5 e+ {* b/ T% l1 f9 ]
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ D: Q/ x. k  ~BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
3 X4 g  M. I1 ~9 c. r! d0 {Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi3 \4 }, U( ?  `7 e1 q9 k5 F
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division4 e* X+ p* p! M+ K: f
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
4 x, |" C& F1 _. u3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho9 ^3 i/ j( O2 H1 u9 A6 n
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 6 F3 j4 {7 C  x0 P' U; ]' R
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
6 O& E- P! ~; c$ i- ^# I3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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* L: H$ r# n. k  P2 b7 [8 uAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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4 ~* ^  ~, m# @8 SWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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$ ~! A- ?6 c9 h/ M) G- x8 q: ZRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
$ [4 _: j6 Q/ T8 G; SEstimated time to target is 34 minutes/ m) k, {0 y) O# V) s" Q: F& q- R( A

) \1 X% I* {# p9 m* nAllied aircraft2 Q3 e  |1 P1 _
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
  H# [9 `# N7 m7 n8 Z, y! h      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337. q* R+ {, W; t, f4 f( o9 U1 }& q
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2831 e; Y$ r/ t' Q6 z, O

  z0 c  m4 q+ e2 T9 J% ]Allied aircraft losses0 O1 J& r- z+ o8 t; \0 u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
0 l, @, Y( }8 b0 f3 t& m) E7 T      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
& `5 r+ \: i1 A, B" \+ y      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged# w. R. [: A7 S! N. u3 }2 P
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak( }+ v3 R3 F+ W& C8 k- d5 m

  O" ]3 R/ i8 H* S1 q$ [Japanese ground losses:
7 q. ~, h  e5 p7 L      159 casualties reported
  m/ [  y* f  x3 @  N+ p; N5 i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled7 @+ |$ K( {% K
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
; R' Q# m1 Y) Y( E  }, A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) q, X4 I8 w" ~6 C- l

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)% w( G6 K+ ?, H! R+ t
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Allied Deliberate attack1 ]! n  E. X8 [" l: c- I
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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" M% t- S6 |& H7 m3 S# \9 ADefending 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
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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" F# l; s7 o6 v3 s% a7 |3 BAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ! @! O  |" n- M$ h1 ~

( _3 U) e  v0 u6 @7 [Combat modifiers
' F0 D* E, {  V  RDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)4 V2 ^% z7 i# o4 p) E
Attacker: 0 B- q# L. ?+ N0 m) ~2 X
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Japanese ground losses:2 Y1 P: C! k6 f; Z
      3539 casualties reported' S+ ~1 s. x; I
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
+ r% x! t8 z1 t- W         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
& Z: j' L$ X- r2 S6 R& z# e+ `         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
& V9 O7 R1 e: @, z9 s) |8 g7 f      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)" A2 i- p9 e: A5 m; K. P# h  {
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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2 z% B1 L* u* |& H0 TAllied ground losses:
. I! U; \  m0 T, e/ w' a( q      3552 casualties reported
- U6 Z7 h% @' P( a         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
" g* y# E) l& d/ f" A         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled2 ^& Y, i$ i; M/ D
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
- s# K) l5 H8 _, f0 x% V      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
; I) f3 j: v+ {* I( M; u& D4 k$ `      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)" \4 P( A( K, M: R6 A
      Units destroyed 1" }/ n* i9 z, P( f; ]! q
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Assaulting units:
3 I4 \% ^, L2 u- D    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
3 ]0 A  j5 G: T9 ^2 n/ V: E    5th Marine Division3 q  i* N. d: e$ k7 v
    716th Tank Battalion( [9 F5 a, x+ u& K$ K6 q
    706th Tank Battalion2 J6 v& @: `/ Q& f. y
    762nd Tank Battalion0 r1 v% x3 \  W. R, k) h! D
    710th Tank Battalion/ E3 Y0 y# i8 W# x  N- j* v$ \! m, D
    767th Tank Battalion8 l3 X- L1 p4 @: K" w
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment% H. H- e% ?0 Q8 ^: @% S
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
3 [% @6 C' H  p7 v3 q3 d9 v" f    81st Infantry Division" N" U0 B5 j) o  a
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 y: L5 \; q+ D. X$ X: j  U    96th Infantry Division( t$ F# e  ]/ E* `8 M
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# Q4 D, I" Y; t2 ~! h
    711th Tank Battalion5 V! @* \% f& {1 }
    44th Tank Battalion
6 ]% f* X5 Q- u    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
' I8 v2 M) D+ z: x/ t. H) r    6th Infantry Division! F1 ^8 t% s' H; z% ]: b
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
0 L3 y, ]7 Z: s8 a7 M    31st Infantry Regiment" G$ v1 x9 m# B
    XIV US Corps$ x0 ]( y/ s7 U: q4 @
    96th Coast AA Regiment+ j3 x9 I* ?5 V' V2 I# {
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
0 x' s0 q$ w8 j# r$ M1 @7 z( b    4th USA Defense Battalion
1 k, m0 ]' ?0 n6 L3 X* q7 U* Z    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. B' O6 d  P9 p    1st USMC AA Battalion
# O* K% w% q0 D0 A3 K, r1 C    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" T* `) }& e4 C    5th USA Defense Battalion
" }* I  J1 n& ^. M) ^    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment6 X1 `# i: Y: p- |
    738th Coast AA Regiment
5 g& I% z3 ?8 p/ Q    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' @5 l. F6 f9 V$ h    I Corps Artillery 9 ~) M, X* N- L6 w1 j1 a3 _% p
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
* }  E: e5 R, Z/ i    X Corps Artillery
- x9 {1 B- s( l! T6 v/ f    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 t8 ?$ O4 `' ]5 A! C- M    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:" ]( e5 u) P& ]" E3 t/ ]- W" E. H
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
  V9 }$ N6 n2 w1 k* Y- `    52nd Naval Guard Unit* D. H" H2 p7 q, l* }
    144th Infantry Regiment
4 y9 H# t3 H; I% M) r    Kure 3rd SNLF
- j9 T6 ^/ X8 t0 s    Sasebo 7th SNLF1 @+ w) h: _* ?2 X+ q
    33rd/B Division
- }+ b, t% |4 H    81st/C Division7 H2 H: ?& m( [& z/ Q
    81st/A Division2 X7 ?, u& \! A
    81st/B Division: N% K+ n0 Q* R- D6 q! A
    33rd/A Division4 o  L5 t. G% W! g" }
    138th Infantry Regiment
# n/ F6 R8 p* D+ b6 s    33rd/C Division+ f) i9 K; C* G! V! m3 N! c
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 x9 i7 s8 R! E8 S3 ]8 p4 r- Z
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& _! k  G/ t4 O' [* H5 p7 L! i$ P    19th JAAF Base Force
8 ~7 h# Y" c+ ~8 n0 O# G; A; c, V" y    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 U- T) r0 p1 B# E
    12th Air Fleet, Z2 a: v; V  B8 U( w
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7 L5 U: r+ @& `+ y& h; g    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
4 w& L: u9 J1 a; _( F/ Z, u    63rd Field AA Battalion$ C" w& ~  U& n3 q3 l0 J
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! H7 t4 y; ^) C- ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
0 l7 [3 y8 E: r# a+ ]+ F5 b/ s    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ N: z7 K$ m7 h) }& Z2 \
    Ponape Naval Fortress
- \( T5 J. x; q    61st Field AA Battalion- t8 D! `" `% g. i& p3 U
    18th Army
/ A3 M- W$ K, f* ?    14th Area Army /1  S7 L+ u+ H( c& G. a2 Y
    60th Field AA Battalion
0 e: |/ z- c6 g! w    53rd Construction Battalion
8 Z7 d' K% {2 p6 t+ L( F! K    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
. |7 L( W  n$ \, H    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1# i, f2 Z5 ?% K: z/ ~2 {; j9 W* z
    Kure 7th SNLF6 I, O6 E  ^2 d0 Y+ [
    3rd Base Force0 i1 C: S- b: [# y" Z
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)9 I2 s# N  d0 X/ H- ~
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms' `+ M1 F; [5 J" ~
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s6 N% i  j% w) y* F
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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- H/ c: i) E5 l6 F+ gAllied aircraft
7 j' ^3 `( |5 T+ F& |4 Z, l( |      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
" p- u) q3 M, w$ D" e      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337# R. G- f3 y2 [5 j4 l
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2835 U& _: l, t0 u3 |
Allied aircraft losses
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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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3 e1 B* x' Y. ^. |' Y5 {. ~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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships
4 s9 X" s% e; K      CA Vincennes% @, R& U6 |4 B+ e$ E; g' z8 |
      CA Quincy5 ^' h7 T' w' s+ e, I
      CA San Francisco) y0 D  p( o: ~: b: v5 U
      CA Minneapolis* K0 h: o7 j1 I; |/ J) Z; u3 r
      CA Astoria/ J# l3 X# n1 z7 U- S
      CA Chicago
2 g; a, l) ]1 {+ {      CA Louisville2 K5 R& z  \8 G" r! Z1 {
      CA Chester
: a; G& u  v8 S. [- f      CA Northampton
4 o" _$ i) ~+ V* `; e  ~      CA Portland
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# k4 i2 `, {+ d! RJapanese ground losses:+ I4 `* {0 ]& @/ [% y7 Q
      112 casualties reported
2 ]4 C$ U( p1 t# _/ c8 m3 b         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ e- ~- ^7 q8 Z0 n         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled& }( G! _* O# }# k+ c5 X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled% k  ?7 z5 B8 d" ?4 `5 F1 ]
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Airbase hits 5
4 n# X3 y+ ~7 e4 ?$ `4 D2 VAirbase supply hits 2& b/ A' P: ]: R) g
Runway hits 21* M8 y# {" m  l, q
Port hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1138 `2 g4 ^4 ~8 h0 J- `" u

& Q4 o5 \0 |( j) \Allied Ships
6 x5 n# h. H% Y      BB Alabama
3 `+ I0 P# Q8 x* t% K, w7 F      BB Massachusetts. Y9 }0 K! L. x! z! d
      BB Indiana8 Y% S& {: w" p5 K2 y2 O* f
      BB South Dakota9 \, y% \) _) t; o
      BB Washington
* Q  L2 L" x5 t9 x      BB North Carolina! U8 v& q9 {" d- q  a0 t

8 w' l0 R! J8 U: Z$ j: z, V0 x4 ]Japanese ground losses:
# b# H: e9 H+ i+ o      398 casualties reported8 O2 {: [( J% Z9 k- R
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled+ Q) W1 x& X% d! Q# P  Y
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled: w' K, n5 q% C- E: g0 u
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
4 p0 H2 X6 ?, \# P, n0 k! ~4 y      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)1 I3 m" q. R4 _" D. [3 O- V
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)" J$ s' p. ]: D
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Airbase hits 9$ @  Q/ C+ e, |( S, z
Runway hits 9
# D; n2 a) ]9 f/ f/ j+ T8 `Port hits 2' }7 v% p; V& H! V$ T8 M
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
$ p0 ?/ d& S# |+ f5 H8 d; O. uBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 8 A' G9 Y' H4 C" @0 H: y2 K7 a
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division+ H- H' t0 Q* q2 z- a) b
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
1 ?" B& N+ V) ?) O2 _+ d2 l: zBB Washington firing at Ponape / t* W5 ?/ G# O5 F! y, ?8 S" e
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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/ z) c# `0 U8 h0 x% j, V8 f: B2 yNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113$ ~* ~/ j# e) @9 [3 B% L; D

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: Y1 W4 W/ @5 K( W& \      BB Mississippi
: ?( ~; f+ }; R  l: [" Y* j      BB New Mexico
/ ]  Q' ]; l" \' q6 t      BB Idaho" e# p- g: w$ D8 V

1 s" N7 r! o7 J& W5 [! MJapanese ground losses:- M3 f7 V; s  S* v, S6 w1 L
      195 casualties reported2 y- W' F- e2 n! y- Q! X2 `$ e1 c' @
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
* O" {. s7 ?& ^( p- j! e         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled. ]& P' o4 `5 z& c: R" L
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 E" ?4 t+ ^2 v$ m" h4 b% \      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)2 k4 \8 g! ~; y
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)3 R/ `! y5 q& J& H" `# W

9 _2 L, T( ~) CAirbase hits 3
6 S* f$ n7 I5 ?Runway hits 14+ Q7 H' @& t' f1 R, a5 W5 }
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape 8 p6 R% l3 V; X8 h& H0 X) A
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division2 E0 O1 V/ F" d
BB Idaho firing at Ponape . v  S+ g, A$ c' O# Q# f1 c  ]

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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/ v$ T4 q" V6 E& e" \" T+ MRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
2 d/ ]7 i8 ~; S3 `" N1 U- R" fEstimated time to target is 34 minutes  M% ^+ I9 f, q6 _" X6 g5 \$ O

9 k+ I- v# J- FAllied aircraft. H3 V- K9 I: f- p4 k. ]
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 ]# r! a8 x2 z5 k0 O
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
7 Y' Y) e! y& d* l      TBM-1C Avenger x 286: V& w: o7 e2 G8 X: h
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Allied aircraft losses( o. n' b7 c; A1 l3 ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
! u* A$ @+ s, k! y0 _      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak8 n  r+ ?% Z" f, C( k0 V
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged1 Z/ D4 H8 t5 S2 _1 j
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Japanese ground losses:7 m7 }/ Z& s3 X6 t- ~0 u, }5 S
      121 casualties reported
! w( v: G5 [/ j3 C( J         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled! u3 ?% W& t) Q3 R+ D: u
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
5 W, G3 v5 Q( y! t2 {! c1 M. s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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# n; E& i! M+ z9 SGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack- h  V4 }  m: z; f* w5 z

" M3 h% q! g  `Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629; h0 Q* b/ Q7 m6 Q/ J

$ t! a; e! F4 s. o2 mDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6. N% L! D, A" t9 Y" b" b
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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  T8 h7 o  }3 a* _2 g+ i, V* cAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 8 }' P$ Q/ w* s
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Combat modifiers
! \5 A7 w% e! w% ?, y! W% x! ODefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)8 t4 I3 r& x& @& i0 F
Attacker: * T2 B& n& d: q9 I/ v
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Japanese ground losses:
8 t  S! q3 _( ?2 E1 K      2305 casualties reported
5 x4 U3 L5 X* M0 U8 n% G) U, d. |         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled( h% W1 C( H$ L: M/ ~6 R: e
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled0 J0 M! v5 M. \  @+ E
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled: \! x" x1 Q$ ~* C
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled): p  K4 M8 [& w! `0 I1 K
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)$ i# u0 q+ t9 a' ^! F# M

% [; u" X) }! V0 q: i. f5 LAllied ground losses:+ @  G% G6 V, _- q% O3 d
      3064 casualties reported
% D* c! e! v* f8 n         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
' q% E) \* q" Y# N. D, K" e- U( x         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
  V; V, h9 n9 W  G: ^6 ^7 }0 Q3 N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled5 P) i1 D# u* ?! M! u# m
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
; I$ F3 s8 \3 o- y      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:4 c- S: U3 S, d4 N/ Q
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
& x2 h1 d& P& D) B    711th Tank Battalion
5 K( A+ J) R/ y* h4 H% c$ o    716th Tank Battalion. d9 u: C( q6 m$ p
    6th Infantry Division
/ v9 o6 Y3 E" W    44th Tank Battalion( L$ W* |# O1 a' I4 h# M  e! E1 M
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment! N+ D( Z  F% `' e) X* N5 \: w: a
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment4 e! C, I( }* e- O8 Y" u4 N
    81st Infantry Division
5 z3 i, a+ Y+ k+ j+ r. E    767th Tank Battalion
6 t% C/ g+ q3 r    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment+ O# E0 i+ E  @8 \3 Y9 x
    762nd Tank Battalion
+ J4 a5 K' T' U% g# n+ A    710th Tank Battalion$ N( |/ ~# s" C. b* N% C5 W8 Q& d# e
    96th Infantry Division7 M" Y5 \, A+ }& x7 s5 r
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3 E0 b( c6 x, d  n; E    706th Tank Battalion
3 [. D* \, H( U) x7 k    5th Marine Division
# o% ]0 o9 h  A( v    31st Infantry Regiment
" p1 }3 n* M5 d, y: E# R; V8 g  z    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
( _  c4 e) a5 ^+ u: N" a! T! Z4 X6 u    1st USMC AA Battalion
1 u: b0 R% s- n8 `! ^' p. `! Z    738th Coast AA Regiment  g6 x! s6 s7 {$ r  B
    96th Coast AA Regiment
$ Q' |+ E( H1 _0 V7 Y    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ {4 M8 a, ~# i& r+ h    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  |6 ]# t, H% `. [- k: a    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 r8 O$ H- R) l% g" c
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* G& D; e5 C- X" O0 A) J3 h    XIV US Corps0 q  Z& `6 \2 Z& u) B
    X Corps Artillery * G$ \3 R, M/ e- |$ F/ ^2 c" I  Y
    5th USA Defense Battalion
+ f! |7 n$ A( `    4th USA Defense Battalion
3 m# \. F* {4 f    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! [: N2 B/ R, t- @
    I Corps Artillery ( a' \0 e/ f  @$ O" H
    8th Marine Defense Battalion% v* \7 i9 e: |2 Q5 B
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 t" C0 w/ ?- h& G5 x# z! K7 A* J% ~
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Defending units:
% [5 ^3 N5 ^, I4 p' f    Ponape Naval Fortress
  g9 E* z, b' @+ |, x; s    81st/C Division
3 ^0 S$ K& C1 a, G  t    52nd Naval Guard Unit
: _& f7 V# I$ q5 L; Z4 ^4 W+ ]    138th Infantry Regiment
+ S  w1 C+ n" i    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
' K6 }  Q* D- R8 D: }; e7 t    Sasebo 7th SNLF$ ?; s5 `, f* R6 k% D
    144th Infantry Regiment
: Q2 J5 H7 b3 v6 }1 q% k    81st/B Division5 j( c' j% a& Q' {
    33rd/B Division
2 e' ?2 [9 H0 Q) t6 g    33rd/A Division
: A: O' a# A/ i    81st/A Division
& P* T1 v" Q# [7 k' q    Kure 3rd SNLF, k6 s; ~" }# Z" e
    33rd/C Division  D7 c. D6 ~2 E
    53rd Construction Battalion
6 \( t; p' @- }2 r3 w    18th Army
2 o, w4 p8 d7 k0 Z0 k    14th Area Army /1
, w% Q. y' n$ z+ P& r$ ]% ?    60th Field AA Battalion0 z& I! F) L9 q4 U; ^) m
    12th Air Fleet
, f' O! R5 b* Y- u' `    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 I% O: R4 _# F4 P- A7 m    63rd Field AA Battalion* ~6 q4 A% }- G1 {
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% W6 C8 Y5 G% O- U' @8 b, I
    3rd Base Force% H8 i* l3 k3 W. e' z6 C' @1 z
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
1 Q9 v$ `% ]. \8 `! J. Q1 Y0 O1 i    Kure 7th SNLF
, b. d/ y2 Y5 [8 I$ ?: L/ ]    19th JAAF Base Force
0 ^0 V! A+ h/ {3 b. Y" P+ J    18th Field AF Construction Battalion* `' o7 t3 P* z) M  G  ]- k- h
    61st Field AA Battalion
# `% D$ f% _# l" S) C% u    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 2 F' `& \1 {8 K$ w+ T+ o
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 M  L) i7 `% ]) O5 o8 S0 I8 |- s: _    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment' @8 B2 s* ^6 T# e5 g2 ~
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion8 t% E: m; g7 S) S- [
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
% b7 D8 C* s% X* |, }# [  ]3 Z    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, 44+ J1 e/ O+ N0 F8 v
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8 o5 r+ g/ H7 A2 W7 D: M
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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& T4 m3 O4 J! K3 K7 E8 f
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& ]) W4 m1 y# r# S, R; hMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,605 |# B$ ?0 m5 e; r9 ]" l& }# t9 b

3 Y" d* h, t' m$ ?Weather in hex: Partial cloud( \4 k$ T* j* \$ ^8 U8 _0 R
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.- n( m4 u; W# h, j7 b# t( g( }2 W
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes' R  L% w( t9 d2 l2 r. `" T# N
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Allied aircraft7 G8 c! ?% O3 r. H) @/ O
      P-38L Lightning x 23
4 R  V! D* j: _: o      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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( y( R. T$ l- f; x* H  C% JAllied aircraft losses
* r6 h! X$ o" |6 [6 n/ c2 I! n      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
' l- d3 w/ X2 d: j2 p7 S4 `) m      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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3 ~. X2 h' W- P3 @  a      DD Suruyame
- s# {" |% V. ^      CL Ninaru: T; _) A' k3 J  C5 x/ f0 @! a: y- e. Q
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, c0 y2 \& [3 a; N5 B
      DD Yayoi
" v* C7 w/ U5 h) {      CA Kako
& i6 Q1 L% v; s      DD Asagiri
' o- u# `4 V* c- s) F' e0 r      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:
: ?9 K3 o8 i" a$ H      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'4 ?6 F9 a6 J/ I
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
) y8 B( T; E( t' [+ p; m7 F  g$ X       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000': s/ O( s3 J5 l2 Z7 ?* }# U( v
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
! b+ i8 x' D- T: X0 b2 E5 [: A* _       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
: o& N3 r3 x$ b+ A( k) M               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb+ f. O7 B3 O/ F, N) h+ m& ~7 P

9 B7 e4 ~1 [* v+ l3 dMassive explosion on CL Tokachi
, @$ ~* e* @' j6 N8 BHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi# G% D$ s, Q! F3 R

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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- \2 u* ~- {5 g" h# |4 Z$ yRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
- P& ~  s' f+ Q' K5 W6 `. i* `Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
% ]  E" @7 z1 ?, d& e      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
5 N. d7 u, h; Y0 o' o- s      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
* z' {1 x" K" A3 ]% |% j5 i      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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; z- u! ~& V  B' _Allied aircraft losses
, r; O, ^* b/ L, Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged9 E- w5 c% |4 x4 ^$ r
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak1 Q3 m4 g8 B1 z& p/ c
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
" u1 ^# e1 x6 s: ?      276 casualties reported
2 B7 O4 N, s5 v4 D& S8 M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled# w( Z6 ]: K* h5 H7 m8 t
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
; b( N( s* B; P* W+ Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& H2 P- t$ N) @      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)2 t8 Y) x6 B+ V1 e6 Z
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Allied Bombardment attack
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9 ~5 d/ N! X; |9 ?$ U4 GAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22630 Z3 y: P% \: [* ^0 `' x
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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" q( [6 ]) z; R8 \% G5 W, NJapanese ground losses:; ]. n3 e; E& r3 {& M. t5 u) J* X5 H
      1082 casualties reported. v1 X$ H: p* L% J7 x3 r, G
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled* f3 u/ p* w' m2 F# ?
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
$ ?* j: J; ?( b: p2 @- b* n' `         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled# r0 r0 g5 B8 u7 o* q9 S
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled): u- ?: Y0 l- D- Q5 [

7 E1 t, d5 p; o2 G- JAllied ground losses:. J; R' H# Q6 a  `+ G: w
      23 casualties reported
) L7 u' M# h. \" f6 x6 A* l6 m         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled$ _4 w; }+ |1 X7 U/ S9 V' J$ z$ Q& Z
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 _8 @: `: t7 e& o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 ]- p6 L& n/ I% m5 i. t6 m      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
# A% H' C; t; R/ Y, e8 p3 a( W$ X6 y      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44* [" T& ^) ^  ^1 E( P8 E6 ^

( H7 B, ?- G5 e. |7 C: Z8 S, H7 W东京快车出轨
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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。  X3 D2 p. q6 F) W7 M2 t  v

4 L/ E8 H, ^5 z  [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。3 q# H/ }) h* u4 k

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% a! ]( V6 Q5 j6 ]9 s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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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113$ T5 k' x1 _  q9 {+ b% q4 Q
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Japanese Ships
' v7 m3 K# \% K4 a      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk% ]. p. o  ~" t- Q# E( V

9 U7 o# v0 X6 T9 YAllied Ships
/ k0 a" }  X2 v2 v5 B      CLAA Prince Robert
1 s- H4 x; x% c/ i& H4 ~& n      DD Saumarez, l% k3 k% h0 t# F6 W# y
      DD Nizam
) a* m' B# P1 l0 v# x# M9 ~! K      DD Ellet
5 V7 m2 ]2 D" e# a: [1 d      DD Waller" ]! V4 O7 z' h! S
      DD Walker& t% ~( G3 I0 S' {! Q
      DD Wadleigh
+ R. t3 x# f* m1 f      DD Uhlmann
" M) Q1 p- G( T9 F, b  p3 k      DD Twining2 H% m/ _0 g6 j3 v4 J
      DD Twiggs
  t- M( T# h$ b2 I      DD David Taylor. i1 K  Q3 O- K* U& J
      DD Strong
. _$ P1 ~+ W( [# @& G8 K+ l      DD Sproston
9 R% P" u2 V, c. P      DD Sigsbee
4 O% ~# a; D; F. o! F& q8 D) c      DD Sigourney/ R- w& c* H  k, }- q
      DD Schroeder
& P, r' ]8 ^" a! g8 X; A# p" m      DD Benham II
# {) l- M) W! x  i' M/ B      DD Cushing II5 }( g# o5 j4 j" j+ u3 \
      DD Urchin2 ]; _1 T' h! e6 S) q
      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
( q1 J8 z* O' IDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search9 E6 p6 L' A" J3 E( a- G2 ]
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....2 o) t* m! u% |! O; Q* s
SS I-48 forced to surface!
3 S9 O2 j" D7 ^: u) ^3 C" }: uDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
9 b& ?  P* t' T" o( a6 n3 cDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....6 \* `" R% g  W! a
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....' h- {* D2 ]' Z$ q" [: j
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
! p. j% W+ Q* w( [DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
( y0 y2 l5 H$ ~( e  nSub slips beneath the waves7 Y! Q4 ?  r. B9 q) J1 T
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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6 J0 h% B0 ^2 r3 xJapanese aircraft
8 O) Z  [' z& a1 R      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
- ^( j( g' K( y8 z" P      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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8 M; Z7 M: C# |: A, [Japanese Ships
3 \9 f/ }3 w9 }" q* v8 u% t      CL Agano0 M: F) p% G! ]0 t& D0 u) |$ M
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2' V1 D. S& @- p! f; x9 Y
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' \4 K6 |4 q- J4 v6 F      DD Hibiki
! F% u$ k2 `$ k5 {8 Q3 ~. e+ V      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 14 C8 y7 W9 f) }
      DD Shirakumo
% T1 j; A; O' p- ^) L" n; ^! g, i      DD Isonami* E, H  I; ?/ J) X9 b  b% {8 ?8 R* P
      DD Murakumo
% d# Q" J, [9 g/ L      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk3 n3 H, f& a# Y  D

" W/ I8 B  `& e5 ~Allied Ships
% i2 U8 Y: y' ~2 I      BB North Carolina
; h# F: @3 `! c1 |0 G  `      BB Washington
/ {$ x, s1 o' T1 ]. w      BB South Dakota
& l% X; f3 w- y4 b! l      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
* f/ P6 r, }& S& J9 x; v      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 27 W' `6 W$ O, _; o& z0 u7 L, G
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
: B0 U! Q+ f+ j      DD Conner, `, Q( R: b3 O  E+ C- A0 K5 T
      DD Cotten
9 Z# Q0 i3 Q8 v9 ]      DD Cowell
3 n( @9 m: Q9 m% z* u      DD Daly
8 Y: K) L! y  a' s+ m* g9 {- C* `      DD Eaton& B& N* R9 F$ R# o3 Z  |
      DD Heywood Edwards7 m) L& Q8 \" @6 s1 }
      DD Erben, L2 \1 a0 n/ X
      DD Evans. _6 @/ E; t1 t5 X* Q5 k$ T0 r
      DD Foote
+ d4 u( E5 [( V- x      DD Franks+ P6 O, x' E0 p9 n
      DD Fullam& x' L, G4 z: ~* Q
      DD Gatling! L/ ]. G1 N* c( s; X' V  \, m' n+ w
      DD Albert Grant3 k  y) J" d6 ]5 n
      DD Gregory
7 E  V4 d$ ]- ^1 l2 s7 B$ Y, J! ~5 w! z      DD Guest$ o  @# z: B% F. [9 i3 ^0 I8 c0 @
      DMS Hamilton
& ?" w# x  P* S9 q" [* I: E8 w      DMS Forrest# A0 d, q" E* ]/ M+ O. w* a
      DMS Ellyson* q$ E& ^9 J8 K/ K

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 Q1 y0 d. i7 K- Q, q* K. n$ CRange closes to 28,000 yards...$ ~% }3 Y8 r2 O6 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) u! {! z+ W# A1 N  e& SCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards  d" O; Q* n4 @7 }% s' K7 S/ n
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
8 _/ t  Q, {( o' x, h# FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards" c! y+ P+ Y. [( _. M, ?% Q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 j& h( x  N5 S" C& \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 w! i3 c1 t7 _# x5 y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
, m+ |5 f& r. p. c9 u$ lRange closes to 22,000 yards...# P& d5 ]- d1 }& h, q, Y% b2 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards/ _: H; p  b! R3 G- K
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
, }! I$ q$ F/ |, e$ yRange closes to 20,000 yards...
3 p2 a/ t1 X7 R7 m) S1 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards( q. h! ~9 X1 i- H# S
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
  A" V: e0 q5 W( J5 Z# \) mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards, C' l/ i+ a$ G4 j( {
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* B; t, F- ~# RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards, u3 D  O- ^2 `1 n
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; T2 g9 i( A- ]% h2 h
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
; e, X9 X7 g" v$ _' J  dRange closes to 12,000 yards..." q$ Y* B6 V1 b8 B  @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% T  l5 b9 P: {( x' m  _! P5 t' k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards0 F, b, ^* D9 P0 h  X& e+ s
Range closes to 11,000 yards...( ^: K1 p( D! U7 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% x$ |6 z* O9 ^3 \$ A0 e) |1 e
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards" k2 v8 D5 a( B: a3 r, W' z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...# ~; V' p+ U# s% H! ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards) k3 f  H3 A8 v. C' U9 k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
$ S, X" @! O' @2 D' KCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards# g) |& X4 L2 Y4 a, V
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards/ s$ ^6 |: G6 g2 Y* S
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards+ {, u8 o* L4 d& Z
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards5 ^2 e5 C% t: R$ T# b) J. K$ j0 p
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards, z0 f% {+ ?- w( [8 X; B
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards; U3 E9 Y. w3 [# i& l& H" f
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards1 d- u  Q5 d% W  \' O; a
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 M: r( p8 _) c2 VBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
/ W3 H: I2 ^  h. S+ c' o6 O% jDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards, G- r1 K  B) `+ |, w" P
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
/ ~0 i9 r' B" u- l+ A, r! N4 ]CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
7 p. @8 A& V+ h" l% q/ y9 D/ ?Range increases to 11,000 yards
5 C: g* a% Q8 W+ Y8 K* JCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
9 L; \3 M- w. y5 R) G/ Q) i* z% ABB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards4 f" n! i# {9 {" {' `
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards2 Z: p% a2 X9 E8 O
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
5 k$ @" B2 P: c: LCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
+ u8 `5 }  M7 K  @1 x( dDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards/ h+ f# o% A& f
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards& o! n' V" t, W$ Z
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
- Z( d8 X2 n" ?6 b; E( Y1 l3 M- uDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards: T1 R4 @2 j. U) u' _
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards, Y0 X7 F1 R# s& n( h6 C; b: \
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
' u& S/ p$ `# x1 a  S# nDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards% T) Q0 L( \  y2 B
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
$ R, C6 g+ ]7 y/ Y) UDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards# }  k7 m* d$ A
Range closes to 10,000 yards
5 d/ [; M" b: KCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards* T8 ?) n' z# k! x
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
) n) ]: w. ~8 q. H& d8 bDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
! X' }% c! C& Q2 K, XDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards) r) Q& [8 t1 F+ r, K3 J) ]
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards- X- B0 I3 g: T1 B6 t2 x
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards, {0 i  _- A2 J5 ?( F
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 h' y2 U; m; QCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
6 Y9 A2 `3 t/ SCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards. P3 g9 h9 T& m1 g# b$ p, f7 e7 P1 T* H
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards4 `7 G) m" N) W3 H7 L
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 R* @7 K; ~% P4 ~Task forces break off...
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2 ^- z. ^# @+ p5 I: XNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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2 g- m9 y5 @: ]% ?9 v6 _      DD Hikokaze
3 @1 n: D- N5 s      DD Ishikaze
: B9 ?6 P' r8 N      DD Tagokaze( M% i5 L* z* |  h* _, P
      DD Takatakaze
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2 v7 S2 y; }" Y# JAllied Ships
" p5 Z* l, |" ~& k/ W      BB North Carolina4 i2 L" ?8 r; w& r! n
      BB Washington+ x/ y2 }0 |* l
      BB South Dakota8 H1 e8 A" Z  V" S. c& M( y
      BB Indiana' W$ L4 y/ Z! }5 \* p
      BB Massachusetts
! O  K4 T* G; y, w9 O! F) ~9 C      BB Alabama% q5 `" I4 x# D- X) o2 V
      DD Conner8 j% B9 X3 x, Z( w' F4 ~" y9 l5 _
      DD Cotten  Y, x0 T# V% h" l
      DD Cowell
/ ~+ j8 |4 a1 ]$ H4 d* X      DD Daly
6 ^* N" X0 ]& b7 F9 K      DD Eaton
# A5 |$ X$ W  \0 _4 j, A      DD Heywood Edwards1 I7 d3 c8 i- N8 ^9 F: ?2 p
      DD Erben
: u+ O+ ]8 C3 I* i9 ?8 v5 f      DD Evans) a" q( A  t( c" N7 i
      DD Foote9 t5 e" g8 r' E0 f5 M& U* B
      DD Franks+ g( ?1 ~5 `, I) r" z
      DD Fullam$ D2 s7 B; h5 V. ^4 `8 O
      DD Gatling) L; G' x/ d& k4 X/ @4 O& ^' X
      DD Albert Grant
$ @% R8 [( J$ ^, y! S( a$ B      DD Gregory
" o$ Z* a# E2 o8 w9 I) P      DD Guest
, X  f1 W7 |1 i; q& ~      DMS Hamilton
  r1 S8 ^+ M; q3 A6 o. \$ c" [      DMS Forrest
7 G. G9 _  h9 [+ F      DMS Ellyson
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3 v1 J) m6 P( |. }Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
  Q' I( w/ U  N' @Range closes to 28,000 yards...
  ?& R* b+ U3 u- i* o! {1 V; F, @Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, N+ z8 i& p4 ~; KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards# I0 u+ C0 L  Z. ~) r
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
; d' ~* O5 T2 b5 P# B+ ^5 hRange closes to 24,000 yards...: B, w4 d1 j9 L" n# p- T- I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards6 }% e1 H5 s8 j6 R" @& V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...# E) m/ H% w+ l+ k2 g: P
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 Q& L! u) ]* ]Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 T. N- W  a- t* H. FCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards* k, }/ n% _  f9 F( K
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
  g" R3 U7 ~- O6 s# Q9 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
1 N7 M- ^0 c. v3 G8 G: q- q- o. f0 eCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
3 R, z% ]: @2 B! B' a9 NRange closes to 14,000 yards...
* U# |8 J" ^* C' _) ~9 L! xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
; k6 K- C: z( N0 F; y1 M* [* ECONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards, y6 B5 P7 T0 r$ d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
: q! T$ f8 ^* C2 L* Z- ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 j: o- Q1 ]) l. p4 \1 V
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
4 J: \& O% t0 b( wRange closes to 11,000 yards...& G7 }( C% D$ \) v. c
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards$ H- e* k* i& O3 {! Z1 V( _. o
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# ]! Y4 K: m1 y1 W9 ]+ KCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
/ X) _4 Z( J( jJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
; Q& R1 n4 U; k% L- _% JRange increases to 15,000 yards...; I# k2 C$ ~' i; F! T! P4 t; ]2 ~
Range increases to 20,000 yards...1 J4 d/ |% b# M6 N& D- P$ D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards6 R* f7 R& w( S. [
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
1 F2 `: G+ X! K! c* |' x! uRange increases to 30,000 yards...
* _' ~4 k+ Z5 |3 d& i$ ^; i9 d0 ]4 {Range increases to 30,000 yards...
) n/ h; d: A- W* J& r! c8 @7 ^Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards) P4 K8 i! O- ^* q
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/ n. Y# W/ L# ?, ?# e      APD T-19 y8 D! i/ O2 K+ C2 C
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2+ L% Y& }$ {. k1 v! X
      APD T-3, Shell hits 18 |" u  p5 L$ x: a: A. n1 C
      APD T-4& w# l; C$ `6 h6 y( p6 N1 `- z
      APD T-5
" O+ O) O* C  N8 H0 R( {      APD T-6- f" h! z) Q, r+ q+ }6 {& Q  Y: {
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 ~$ R' m, g% C      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
6 C/ C0 j/ |/ U! A      APD T-9$ Q. g# L* K. R$ n9 T
      APD T-107 \& s! n8 s# D2 Z- g. @% E
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire' v/ Y' h6 c, p8 T  f  l3 V
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
+ z4 }" Q, ^1 {" ]      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
: [  ~# l$ l2 H      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ b. c, O. P2 v4 ~# l! g0 y2 r
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Allied Ships; l8 V4 z$ y, S6 K# ^
      BB North Carolina
. o6 ]0 u! D" ]4 M1 ~! Y9 {+ z      BB Washington4 N# P2 W) m1 |8 S
      BB South Dakota
- W" C3 n! K0 t$ a      BB Indiana( A) n. M' X, l' T0 o$ u- p8 {4 v3 e
      BB Massachusetts
  \; v; v3 W5 T: T$ n) P      BB Alabama! w! k0 x/ K# h! y; J) b; O
      DD Conner* ?' l: t, P, q8 `% o
      DD Cotten! q9 v+ C6 d' w7 v
      DD Cowell
: G  X% n# @  z5 _% r4 a) S. C      DD Daly
$ Y6 g6 Q% Q/ v# P7 e      DD Eaton6 Z' \* S+ B0 a$ K: r" t* d( Y
      DD Heywood Edwards2 K! h2 z. d7 U5 d
      DD Erben
/ l# Z' t( g) k, [1 c9 p      DD Evans5 n1 ^) P1 p% d/ z8 ~
      DD Foote- l1 E0 `; G9 e8 y  X
      DD Franks
- t, X- O$ g& n7 F5 V2 ]      DD Fullam; t/ ~  P2 h2 p6 c4 U3 y4 U3 `. ]
      DD Gatling5 M2 c3 o3 ~& E) O+ @, i( p
      DD Albert Grant& O9 L8 `! o8 h; `0 U# C- [
      DD Gregory
2 \9 F% J6 a: p0 [7 d      DD Guest  Q+ k, O+ u7 _7 O& F2 ~0 D: ?4 R
      DMS Hamilton7 U& J( `* x  _( b: a
      DMS Forrest3 {& ~+ j! w  l5 {0 n! L
      DMS Ellyson
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4 b) \9 B( D6 o1 cMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
, A) A! \- x. ]" |3 Q  MRange closes to 28,000 yards...! C. X7 B8 `  E" a, r; |
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
! }4 p2 a( T/ J1 {' u- t4 k& UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards) P$ m& K  a2 U+ v8 Y+ ]
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ S! [, _) w" k$ U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards0 Z8 d! O9 b$ C! b7 w$ L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...: y; S' ?% N: f3 j' J; t* w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards" l6 r- @: l% R0 L- _
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 W  [9 l& {. y; `. T9 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; |0 @) N4 A% g, a: Y, m! }6 j
Range closes to 18,000 yards...8 k0 x% K  K' a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
; b) l2 M5 }! L  d" oRange closes to 16,000 yards...
) A0 y0 \5 x4 {0 P8 e, y1 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 Q% T, H2 z% i/ w% rRange closes to 14,000 yards...
8 g! I4 X; Q5 s- t, oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
; \7 j; w  r5 K/ o7 uRange closes to 12,000 yards...
0 G; N1 N6 @: B7 A' \3 s( a( f$ W0 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 t4 U% b/ t* o% E# jRange closes to 11,000 yards...  V9 q! s( E$ ~$ r6 K" s! C& O9 l" r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards- Z( d( U! @) B9 C' U0 o& q
Range closes to 10,000 yards...6 H  C$ m( T- F/ e2 h& [. b8 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
+ Q4 u" _5 M: a4 }6 j. x# ?( @$ NRange closes to 9,000 yards...
% G+ S% V, s* ?- ]. XBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% D1 Z, ~1 d5 k- B- N4 s8 SBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards# E7 n) Q; m$ w! Q2 E
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards3 r% s% ^4 Y9 X* m4 Q
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards  d$ i0 @4 @4 [1 y9 ]' |1 _3 Q3 ?
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& L. a) x- t5 N* A( I
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
  U% n# k) |* C# xAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
2 ?" I# O* G3 [# qBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
, L$ {; A) U% f' o' ~+ s5 Z. s1 XBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards+ S0 b; }. A/ y, k0 l% d& G
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards7 ]+ K: }. K; @' O1 s. p
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards4 V& U$ }/ Z. f
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards0 A9 ?7 d8 t- L/ |$ K5 z
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
& l3 R" N' {! HDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
) w5 k$ q4 F" S" rAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
) y* b- a5 ^( @: mDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 R! [4 f- m2 P* MDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
* o5 d3 ?3 r+ m1 i9 h' fDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards3 l: f- h+ r  b4 R6 a
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! ~6 R: W8 v0 A+ ~2 U" p
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards" A/ ~4 g/ Z$ r0 B, J2 g
Range increases to 10,000 yards
' W& t( ]- }3 v  G8 q: B# V& a# M( R# BBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# v. f4 b+ b& W5 ^5 DBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# s1 ?4 M5 b6 v3 b. r2 jBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards( @6 Y& t, T- p( D$ q9 b+ e
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: r3 D0 U5 o- d. t
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards6 ]' J2 V4 \1 }1 U% \
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- ]! m/ M/ p: K# {# ]! A2 X. CAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
8 h; s  j5 r3 a' JDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
3 Y0 h9 O9 y- |* RDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% X& F) j( V& i* w; ]8 E. q, GDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
% W# i* b0 T2 I% n: IDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 m3 l( P8 F7 n& z5 |$ Z; a
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  }3 d1 R2 I* y: ADD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards* @# R/ |$ ~3 K
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# P* U2 N9 D) Y/ c- YDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards- a# l4 l, ^* M& t$ D9 e) x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ P/ o+ X1 J1 e  T5 dRange increases to 11,000 yards' j4 h' O! B" Q; e1 e
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
' j8 K, ]1 m* I( XAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 b/ X3 J: h0 ^0 m4 i3 r
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 F" j& K& B7 r9 N6 S6 i" k3 W! mAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
! I+ C; b  g! h% g) ~* g& g6 hBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards' E! f, |) N7 u+ X+ u/ I
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
+ l$ j$ S5 h6 x2 n6 ^DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
) u: _. ?/ ^# S) WDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
6 J9 x, O4 K) M: C2 k" h% TDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
: m9 Q; l' g4 v  ^DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards  U& A8 n, P& a7 A/ x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards% ]) I8 x& ?6 _& J
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
- u0 {) z1 |- a# bRange closes to 10,000 yards
& F0 |. q; T; }4 f1 EBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" l% L! N9 i2 ^; p) gBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 [1 F2 b  }  Q7 I* N
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) w# u- f5 C2 x% ^$ x. F0 b
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
4 Z3 y# g* P  N: V# R9 g* `DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards. e' U; P9 c6 w
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
, ?* j$ [4 ]" d2 C4 m" l  TDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ m3 s' l2 Y0 F2 ]5 u3 I3 f/ n( [% ODD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ m: U. I. L8 b: p& c0 C* a" ?DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
2 w1 k: W0 ]: ~/ n, [DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( `, P. V+ w2 Q- d/ \/ _- Q2 v
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' h! x1 I# q2 J* j7 z) b. |DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards; _( z; C6 O4 a/ k0 G7 O. `
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
' {8 J# B0 W* F- Q/ d, i/ z* @: bRange closes to 8,000 yards) h3 I4 r) u9 }' T5 W! m8 e
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards; Q( q- r' g6 h8 y. k
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards) m7 r, U4 L) r) \3 b2 A7 Y
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
7 J+ F6 e  A5 y) E& t7 IBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
/ j9 i1 a- B1 yAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
! Q" c) R9 o9 d5 `Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: b9 e+ w8 f. ^# J
Task forces break off...* y# t$ L3 _( y- t( k

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
8 ?& J7 I+ o4 q' {7 O# s4 t      APD T-1, Shell hits 19 ^6 J8 N% z$ o1 C9 D' l
      APD T-2- e/ D6 V" C) N$ ]3 H
      APD T-3, Shell hits 12 \* A* H2 _, q8 g! _; l4 \
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1) ~' T' T/ ^+ B+ b' |
      APD T-54 g; F2 N9 L1 b% \* A) ?7 l
      APD T-6
. r2 G; T( Q2 }1 ^! w6 v" P      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 R8 s/ p4 i* M# Z, D8 O      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
' k9 Z2 ?9 Q" n* U7 N6 H8 Y! R      APD T-10# |8 y5 L3 p* g( i$ i, V+ ?1 r
      APD T-11,  on fire
( b7 n" j- U+ h( b  G      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk$ w8 Q0 _% P7 L* J. y" s3 y
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk) @* W  k  x8 d- i
      APD T-14, and is sunk' `% a  f0 d$ _0 j% {. Z
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Allied Ships
" _) c6 t( ?+ K6 M/ x- _      CA Portland; R; b: x5 }+ k% _# ]5 f
      CA Northampton
8 g) I$ M; b5 m      CA Chester
- z9 N! E/ t' Z5 H      CA Louisville
, E7 ~$ a2 ~7 h$ j8 n* Z      CA Chicago
* P) s+ m" K  n6 b9 B/ i      CA Astoria- K8 f3 Q0 s% K; v# ^) `' a
      CA Minneapolis' N4 {& u* y0 S
      CA San Francisco
) W, f, k2 d4 z: D  V- v      CA Quincy
8 ?$ f( ?- k9 t  r4 {$ v      CA Vincennes
2 Z6 M2 G* ?# S! \! H      CA Wichita
% E/ `$ N" t  e, Z& ^/ j      DD Bennett* t' L6 W$ V0 @6 T( c! _5 T
      DD Bradford
& n0 x' A# p8 p3 e) y, y      DD Braine9 e7 @3 I& g/ B8 A! \8 K$ U
      DD Brownson  O, Q% v0 z$ Q4 Q
      DD Bryant
; G* N+ z, [+ L      DD Bullard) a- _6 L2 J, i. v9 O
      DD Burns9 W- ^& `/ ^0 D3 H/ W
      DD Callaghan
. }5 J. j0 r2 y5 i7 E      DD Caperton
! p, P: Z/ s7 H' G# d      DD Capps
* ]  ?( T5 f! w% V9 Y& E1 ]      DMS Emmons
1 \! m, V; @" s) y) t1 G      DMS Macomb+ e+ Q) j! z: N
      DMS Rodman# y3 I* t. j* k; [- L& x3 j
      DMS Gherardi
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0 _" k6 t7 ?1 y4 A& S% L/ W/ [Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
- G8 p1 V9 v* FRange closes to 28,000 yards...% _  n  n9 N  G5 w) J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards) B0 x6 W! T: L3 C  O# I; M; j
Range closes to 26,000 yards..." P0 t$ P8 h6 u  S! X. }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 P. [1 X- z# I; y- p
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
3 |' S  I! B. N8 t1 k& Q9 R- q' J. aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
/ f$ d/ B. ?9 QRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 [% W% T; V! J# `" a8 A4 ?. R- VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
( E4 p$ M9 Q. }8 ^) B0 W/ [* qRange closes to 20,000 yards.... @0 j( k+ S  s2 g7 J! a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards4 P9 s; u7 f) B9 v/ v. r, _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...# N1 g) C: I  o5 r4 N( G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 c8 `5 g$ P3 _5 G7 ]Range closes to 16,000 yards...1 \# J( G4 R+ [- ]. g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards4 S  b/ l3 I. Q6 b/ M
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
1 z5 ^8 N6 I' @6 u8 rRange closes to 12,000 yards...
0 R0 w$ ?7 o% lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 z$ Z# l, C+ d+ A. e, f% }4 b4 R/ b* q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...3 D2 @# s2 n+ r9 ]/ L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 B/ t% @4 ?, e. w0 ^1 s! J8 K# uRange closes to 10,000 yards...
% I. t; [' Q" P/ ?7 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards6 X) W6 W' Z+ I) B2 |3 n& r3 Y" _' u
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
8 Y5 z" _$ _. A( i1 x" tDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
- v0 H. r$ x6 `# A; w# I: MRange increases to 11,000 yards4 }- ~2 ?, R6 V1 C0 ]' j
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards3 R+ m% @! ?- |8 Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
, f7 i! J0 R: ~  t4 g/ m3 I  v" T' GCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 S0 B1 X0 L2 D6 k3 n0 h4 O
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
0 G4 w9 r! u6 g" Y: ?0 Q. p" ECA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
+ L# ~9 W. X, X; F+ g! L' |) uDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards4 u4 J* {% X) e4 H) T" e
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
, d0 \4 H7 q8 C% XCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards7 F7 \/ S0 V- C0 l0 U: b
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards- X$ D% t" z( I9 P! q6 {
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 R6 T  c) W' x' v+ A) T4 }
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards. V& _/ M8 x( N1 K* E1 B$ N2 y
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards9 T. ]! M! m5 e1 ~& }
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ s. q8 ~7 w* p6 KDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# g! M# V, y2 m# [DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
3 Y0 r( {+ F* E/ q7 m1 wAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards6 U$ f9 y, L( [, h  c- b1 `+ ?
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
5 m, w- Y% ^5 u) E+ N, t: D/ d' U' m" yRange closes to 10,000 yards' V; A8 ?* r5 D$ |( R+ c, J
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
5 @9 r1 K- G% Z/ W& ^' OCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
' e! H: n- l) d( b& v4 K. l) rCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards0 d( i1 \" X  z3 k' c
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* L$ F4 ]7 d% PCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
! w, Z7 S% O$ R. T  W8 O5 t& ]APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards6 h9 y- [$ T7 u0 E
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, V3 J" Z, X9 Y8 `) U. E
Range closes to 9,000 yards
5 o3 ~' g& ~, GAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
: L( _* o2 z- g- K0 m9 ~) W2 J4 w6 FDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards3 \$ S& e9 {" c+ F
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards5 M2 ~; j& R8 Z; `: q5 n: i
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards$ r9 e$ M. J" d# {; K' A
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards* k7 P* P1 N8 |7 j8 q
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards8 g  K0 k$ L- o, _/ G# J
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards1 O& l  a: v& A5 m( a! \
Range increases to 10,000 yards+ [3 y3 ]0 I. F
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
6 {' F6 ]/ u  ]- c" p9 s' ACA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 i9 l0 r4 d% B$ U! N/ h9 uDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 A3 ?& Y( t8 bCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
, Y9 T" S$ D1 i$ UCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 s+ Y. V: \7 r1 ]
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 `  S' f& P8 x8 H8 i% E
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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      APD T-1
8 `4 r, {) T3 @: K      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire, \( `* w5 `4 k. T/ ^8 b$ r, }
      APD T-3' t: K: R9 b  p
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk5 o# h4 e: }; F4 I$ q
      APD T-5; g  E2 G  P' X3 q
      APD T-6: M2 Z. u7 N- i6 p/ n- x. t$ `% Y
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
& ]" {2 f  u2 R, ^; k4 s! p      APD T-9
, L5 W- ~( w% f* a      APD T-10* K# }$ y1 E' n5 F/ c' Q
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire. I. U, W. Z( U( L$ W2 l

* p% S. _, y& ?2 f  }Allied Ships
8 @! ?' O. m  X  u/ m      CA Portland
* f- n: c& F( c: F$ _      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
/ o! D# s% I* K( W      CA Chester
% W0 K: T* v) |+ \* Y  h, l* n      CA Louisville
& |# T( f# c9 L- ?/ y      CA Chicago
4 ^1 ]7 a- M3 L' A  T* z      CA Astoria
. o* `8 b8 Q1 f. z2 m3 D! u      CA Minneapolis& g. p. P2 O% k6 x
      CA San Francisco
, B9 ^$ i$ i# g, l6 E      CA Quincy9 |! |7 n* q- h2 w  c# A
      CA Vincennes8 q* Y/ F! p* B# m3 C& J
      CA Wichita5 c7 \7 M: k, ]4 ^3 P) Y) ?
      DD Bennett0 e5 T( M% b/ P
      DD Bradford
9 N, T6 d* p1 o4 m# ~+ X      DD Braine3 d! F& F- s  [
      DD Brownson! U5 |2 w, c- w6 G7 e& O/ Y
      DD Bryant
* ?8 u: J+ r: R: ^% D      DD Bullard9 \; ]( i4 [) Y' e) N% Y* n8 U
      DD Burns
0 {: Q6 T/ y6 ]0 z3 ]3 k- O" i      DD Callaghan
0 A# s, B5 i9 M3 s      DD Caperton7 @  }1 E& j2 y( ^
      DD Capps
0 H- D& r! M2 K' t      DMS Emmons6 v% }9 Y& [7 [+ m1 Z( X9 k: @0 j
      DMS Macomb/ i& i, I0 v5 I# I
      DMS Rodman, m3 l! I4 \' @
      DMS Gherardi4 j1 V1 U2 r' e: t! K. x% @6 V

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6 z+ I  a5 e: A- L1 EMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 |# \5 [# D/ x- URange closes to 28,000 yards...; V$ y3 `0 l+ P% ?+ [2 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards3 ^( J/ m  w, e; f& F
Range closes to 26,000 yards...7 C0 z  H% d4 J4 O8 r3 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
( F" h0 h& K, \: C- A3 Y, M9 n; qRange closes to 24,000 yards...
* f- h, [+ p9 B( X+ gRange closes to 22,000 yards...
1 L$ E0 r1 J5 D& ?3 `6 L. Q$ ]% ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards1 r5 n2 i% \+ w
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
! W4 {4 F$ w' bRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 C# \: c0 f, q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 m% X7 R7 n% w0 f2 ?Range closes to 16,000 yards...
6 Y/ t" b7 T+ s$ ]7 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! H6 G, Z: i2 m( w0 v' xRange closes to 14,000 yards...9 z1 N' c2 u: s% k# N5 ^; Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
( F. n9 \3 k7 S+ ^( c: nRange closes to 12,000 yards...9 l3 @- k9 f2 \' y% Z, Y8 B  s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 s3 {( [0 G; w, ]: n
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, x% j' S+ k& }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
5 B, T' I, |( I  \3 B$ sRange closes to 10,000 yards...- a0 e( V7 P9 A0 w! ?: H; C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
( e  }/ J+ G# B+ {; L- M2 KCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards* v8 Q' d' _# A1 g" W: y9 A9 a$ |3 B
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards: \; H* Z, B2 Z' M, S
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
- }- g4 v9 Y* S: u9 t4 YRange increases to 12,000 yards5 z# }5 i: Q0 `: z
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
. c/ B) w: C! T( FCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards/ E" T% V( u8 D6 \& c/ }
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards" P- \% r  c2 g* p
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
: o4 U8 x6 W! h' h( U/ ^. K& @CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 y" l3 a  {& q+ }4 k) N- v- d  T
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards' P8 F/ L. H9 d- P. `
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 R. J2 ~7 B/ t% ]: f/ c; w# j: y
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
& ]# r, d$ c# R# jDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, W4 U9 s( I0 r
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards* N( h- [+ q+ q1 ]9 z
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
% a+ s2 j  J3 @5 Z, O& lAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
) P" e( ?; l1 c1 L  D7 jRange closes to 9,000 yards, y+ s% g, Z- p- t  a4 S
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards/ z  u2 e) D8 S: M3 n' p
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
7 a( r5 |; O0 L: {5 w) TCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
( N$ s( q" h$ OCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards& ~% H6 y! q5 w/ ]' L3 b( Q! A& `" E. N- E
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
6 x8 b% r8 M* [4 z% r4 ICA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards7 E3 E% t! T- ]
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
+ Z  A" X9 h) @+ T$ `: ~! f7 eDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards" R" P& D* o7 y7 t( G+ v  m
Range closes to 7,000 yards
5 l) _  u* a4 m, ~! e) K9 u2 d$ \CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
0 J$ M8 B! o. _& N( @8 _; MAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
0 Z# I- K: a% z  I9 BCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards" q8 c8 Z) j0 T" F4 ^- l
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards2 J5 ~% [9 L9 h4 A
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
9 v2 I/ [' y6 ^% d- E1 Y  OAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 G  c; g* ]! }0 i
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
% N' [- p, K: P" K. ]1 M) HCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards* E: M+ G3 [7 i
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards: N6 ]3 z' d) Q. R: H4 f, z
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards" p5 E6 H' p/ a6 a
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards% R% N. i+ n8 E3 m  e  J& ?
Range increases to 10,000 yards  y1 B1 [2 ?( }9 f* `
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards" m- d# }' n8 |& l& w/ |
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, P3 K( p/ X# _6 P2 [$ y7 m5 m
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ }3 a! @1 ^- {, C2 Y
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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& b7 h9 w7 p( m! a+ p' g. ]$ TJapanese Ships
4 i% V: K8 i" z  E- b& H- ]5 |      APD T-1
8 X1 `- H: E- X1 r! T      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 q$ h* \7 ^( s
      APD T-3/ t2 t  H8 }1 q- S
      APD T-58 a2 y4 X; y) {3 ?! k7 S' z2 m
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ P. N6 ~9 Y  s# w3 I: Z, F
      APD T-9
0 B  j) v; t) M      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" h! g; V- |$ P' B
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk. y0 C+ h; G, T4 Z

) a3 g) L* o1 x! D! bAllied Ships
* m7 A7 Z/ w" c* J( a- E      CL Swiftsure
* A) g! m  B2 w- M! c# \      CL St. Louis4 I  I  s; t6 B8 l) p: C6 o2 Z
      CL Phoenix
+ G; |* Q3 U% E4 \3 @      CL Cleveland! m1 B( L9 g" p  m( Z* O" O6 ]4 p9 P9 P
      CL Montpelier, c* Y  B# \; [& m, E- l
      CL Denver
- v9 t4 b4 ^! z9 Z+ q      CL Santa Fe
3 b  j  Z3 H. W) k5 B3 n      CL Birmingham
* f4 X. K) S( w' g2 l4 u" v      CL Mobile3 k. a8 o3 `0 ^" g* Y
      CL Biloxi3 d6 B6 o' y6 t+ \3 A) A$ m
      CL Miami% S2 N' l/ q- T6 l" E
      CL Pasadena
7 ?) T" e- f  ~, g: I, @* f      DD Allen M. Sumner9 X5 f% x4 a, C) u3 S5 |# e
      DD Ault7 ?  q  p* d- N7 b) M
      DD English
6 ~: l3 o) p2 \. ~5 }+ X% n      DD Haynsworth! X3 U+ c( J$ y4 ?( n  v, k8 R
      DD Maddox, h# f8 i' w4 {' [& `! L; a
      DD Mansfield* K9 q9 J, v! _, c& d( _
      DD Waldron$ L8 e4 V5 X  ^0 U4 f- S
      DD Haggard
3 \9 {5 P" ^3 T      DD Hailey
: [1 f! J. O3 _- m      DD Hale
) A& E, e2 p" _3 Z7 V      CL Vincennes II; C6 }% K/ r( `' R8 U+ w/ ]: k
      CL Houston II
4 {/ q; B" Y- F3 E& n6 r! M      CL Astoria II+ h$ O3 {/ y, n4 p
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 ?- V7 v3 c; s: K" k& `% i: c8 D
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
  l8 G7 A* Y$ U3 {" lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ C% I- M+ `* F  X# k) P7 {
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
# S& E# n+ A4 ^9 t8 Y7 MRange closes to 24,000 yards...* s% O0 g$ j& r& W' I& }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 H5 Q  g& B) \( R( HRange closes to 22,000 yards...
& V' O- }% }& D9 `* r* ?. WRange closes to 20,000 yards...
) y6 O1 @3 A6 y, W9 S! E1 [3 {9 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards% P: x+ a. ~# r8 j+ \  ?# x2 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 t4 B/ |$ E4 ~/ |; QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 H2 I& A/ T- I  _' P# [
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ Y# h7 h3 e+ u* |0 ^6 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- Z1 g( v+ U, z( K/ D8 Q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...8 Y6 l' K# t! A& f& S8 e/ m4 u8 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards- @. c$ ~$ R/ j  }4 d1 z( C
Range closes to 12,000 yards...& s: h. r5 D* M6 b) @7 v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards* ^/ Z3 M1 M/ X; F! L: O$ H3 j5 b, K; l6 Y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" N- u/ `" w/ a4 N. j. GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# G5 k# Q0 z. o, rRange closes to 10,000 yards...
+ `) i9 Y; u& W0 v$ K2 Q4 b  z( OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# S3 D% Z) L$ I3 w; r' QWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'7 B$ C8 c1 I3 S
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& d3 D9 P4 \5 l+ h% m
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards" ~+ ]( M9 Y. a' t4 f) p; p. r
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards; s, ]+ l9 C  f- _' s. X
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ k; J+ h" H0 A$ I- V- NDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% b8 a' ]  C9 H& b  f
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards- J1 J) s/ a/ l# G
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* m3 ?3 `) S: J) X' {0 bDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
0 |5 Y- E  Y8 V/ t( j- V3 [  mRange increases to 11,000 yards( n+ Q" A3 A. W. n) w+ [  T
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
! }# U6 ^% S8 `7 ~9 p8 RCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
8 X# M! H$ z5 ~7 S% a2 nCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
4 @8 i4 f2 L% nCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards3 ^6 L9 D% W5 L2 C+ z, V* _
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ r( ~. v# j) W( A: YCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 P4 U6 x" F5 f: l1 ?8 j+ S/ o
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
$ r6 g0 P- n/ K. J! a! }DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards; }+ Q8 v) L/ S8 T3 I6 U' Y+ D" |
Range closes to 8,000 yards1 H; p5 {9 k; e$ _. h4 Q
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards1 [4 d3 @+ n9 W4 u# Y" i# k
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% `8 N* _: y; [2 Z+ `$ O+ N
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
) n; c" w; j+ s* o. WAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
: ~! U7 s3 E$ o9 [- U' mDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards) C  @; _( e  J, ]9 K5 l
Range closes to 7,000 yards" g  i6 h# J6 j: l' a* z: ?# F
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 ?- i5 w5 t2 |; ~4 h& u
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
7 Q0 C2 }/ |# [% _# i% \  W' @, XCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( T  ~. x$ c* ^, Q" T2 B* o+ z- zCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: o6 ?* E$ j4 J: E% H5 f5 i" k
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
/ e$ N% o9 J8 a+ k: Y1 sCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 b( t# U- ~* r3 x* g+ \6 o
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 `% [+ L* K* [# i8 L
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) m  g( w) q3 |  W& ]! M
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 I; B* t" V8 c$ ~' D( fDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards' c  W/ T$ q6 G, ^) h- N
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards- l% p. ^% q. O7 r& p% g
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards9 O, {7 U) H% ~- D2 }/ C
Range increases to 8,000 yards
2 W/ I) W; G' w% j, eCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 H" x% v" X1 S# Y' N$ }! ~
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards) j5 i) E6 s9 ~/ d4 c8 H% @9 T9 \* d
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards) S6 n8 O$ j4 M' i: x* o
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ F* c  `' q$ O- QTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
8 X/ Q6 i0 d, h* |! o4 [; u( Z      APD T-1+ H* d1 u6 o  w9 i2 R% K
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 y; J) s% v  p2 N
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
" X6 r4 J8 D3 f. l      APD T-5. {6 u) f' w8 S9 E/ D7 o( ~: R: u
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk3 T$ ]  ?7 B! I
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships" `$ ~% t! P$ r7 L1 ^2 {5 {  n
      CA Portland/ l8 h# [: ?2 `& t& n/ d, L
      CA Northampton: C: W' W6 t5 q0 O
      CA Chester4 |" t% x0 t, M: s* \7 n
      CA Louisville
- x2 f) L& P' N. X! o% g6 U. p      CA Chicago8 ^+ O1 X* U. R2 s) R
      CA Astoria
0 j' e8 [& k! r$ u      CA Minneapolis
5 x  o3 j/ S) k; v1 A      CA San Francisco
$ z9 l' x7 h" H: C9 J      CA Quincy
( P: s( G1 e2 p! }+ ~) U. \      CA Vincennes
* D, S# I. U# q" L0 \      CA Wichita
9 p3 q/ A1 ^: ?      DD Bennett
8 Z( y6 {/ j- f: d, [      DD Bradford, V' \/ u: F# _4 }
      DD Braine
5 Z3 g  \0 O! T  W      DD Brownson) [; K3 V' }+ D9 w* M* [& @
      DD Bryant# b8 Z- w; f0 _: K; i  I  r& F& c) U
      DD Bullard
3 X8 y! }/ R! k7 ^3 ^2 w  k, j      DD Burns8 G3 K1 r0 E: a
      DD Callaghan) H1 F1 p  X" J( T
      DD Caperton
6 j8 \4 S7 ?' U6 s) u8 Y      DD Capps
- `0 z2 N0 y2 W8 \* [; T3 M      DMS Emmons
" w1 D; g/ ~& F3 T      DMS Macomb
. Q! ]$ K4 X: f0 h$ t  }      DMS Rodman
% s) g4 y  Z' G      DMS Gherardi
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  l! P* P! W, y6 wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# C2 a2 T* l5 S7 VRange closes to 28,000 yards...
6 R6 P  c& T% T3 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
* L" w8 ^1 P2 S$ h* e$ G8 O6 _Range closes to 26,000 yards...' b, L/ a5 a9 [
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 B$ ]7 L- f" b* p' J& A8 E! w% lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
, O1 }* _2 y; w" `, z0 o9 P! hRange closes to 22,000 yards..., V4 \! a, F: S9 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
  y" [" f3 R) d! J  q: gRange closes to 20,000 yards...
& L% e1 _! i: p  r; l, a2 XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards6 t: e; n( d! W+ Y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: Q  B- {- L7 l9 s6 Y, S+ `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...  D$ p) A! ~' u4 t$ A5 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards% `" H, k1 I0 H8 E2 r. r: [
Range closes to 14,000 yards..., f# f4 V3 C. {2 \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 Y, y+ y0 y: LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
  T! ]9 \3 w/ a4 zRange closes to 10,000 yards...* d1 s+ Z+ B  r! F
Range closes to 9,000 yards...+ e$ {- b7 T! v' H! Z
Range closes to 8,000 yards.... t/ V' R( |$ P9 _* j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
$ q  a9 Z/ V- |; d2 z8 V( ACA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 O; n; ?1 h2 Y7 f- f, `CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards7 F6 J" F! [( q! j, A  O; ]" t
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ I; `# O" l- l0 d3 h  X
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
! f* d& s* `/ t  `5 GAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards; m; {2 f) w! u* B
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
: S0 V+ j7 n2 q- x* o4 iCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards% b6 ?" K, M- @4 u4 L
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
# c! X+ k- g7 @CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
7 D5 y' H% P1 w6 gCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards7 E% H) Q, w$ U
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
+ D. F( N' Y& m9 |DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards' y' f+ r0 T2 V, C$ [! v5 k
Range closes to 5,000 yards
' l5 y6 M5 u( z4 N% G" e" ]! S6 `DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 ' o$ N) U' p; a2 s0 ^; q
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
- H. y$ H7 G$ ~7 XCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards; m$ b% E5 X8 R+ q" R1 _
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards8 P5 v) f+ B  q! O
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards% S! u) D& t2 Q4 g" T" s& L( O
Range closes to 2,000 yards3 M' L3 c$ \- T9 [
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
' H. ?; r8 ~; A* X7 [CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
2 X3 a% L. l9 X7 S$ iCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
' Y9 r6 u6 ]+ v3 R; c9 SAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards$ f4 o' K+ w. N; a
Range increases to 6,000 yards& Y2 X- V5 f4 ?* T- ~) b
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
* {/ j) ~+ c6 H  O2 wCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
* M6 F0 k5 E8 j% d- ]( aAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards" \( T/ W0 Y, L2 z
Range increases to 9,000 yards- q# a2 M5 A. {9 ?0 V
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
) S& ]9 n9 s2 Z- l+ nCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
. B9 D+ t$ x1 e/ ]& eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards+ K' o" ?2 `' e) t6 H1 i
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards+ ~6 d, \" ~1 a2 D
Range increases to 13,000 yards. Z" Z& ^7 D6 \0 P0 g5 B
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards8 c3 h7 @- G2 Z" K+ L  k5 J3 U
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards5 j' u$ E4 K. D
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape! n3 k1 X, Y. E0 B! [4 ^
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards2 ~" O, n+ T5 Q; h  O

4 u+ Q% z: R6 V0 YJapanese Ships2 [% K# Y& }3 H6 o' _" c# Q; O
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk6 C" O# D8 G$ ?) H
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk% e$ b5 D& C! \

/ N, \9 N1 M; M' u- m9 M/ mAllied Ships
! K" x  t; b# w1 }) G+ F      BB North Carolina
3 h& M( u4 B/ ]8 N      BB Washington
; e$ b, o: t1 [1 L. J, d      BB South Dakota
: T2 [8 m: P( q" W) ~! E( e- V      BB Indiana
4 d( R. v* Z  }% E: x* P0 y      BB Massachusetts
/ Y3 {$ |; h3 b3 t/ Z      BB Alabama
% R& ?& [6 J6 z4 }      DD Conner& ?1 R# B, e7 y/ ]. b( @
      DD Cotten6 ]9 ?& i9 F& w3 m
      DD Cowell
' x4 u* W1 j. i8 W- M5 M      DD Daly$ M  \/ @& |( q2 M" @" y8 c9 u
      DD Eaton
" y. |/ |% w" K9 a! V' ]      DD Heywood Edwards4 M+ I! F; {" i. ]$ C" ^4 B
      DD Erben
. `- m" Y2 }( V      DD Evans
( E& J0 H: b* G/ f5 j  }7 p- H      DD Foote
" N5 o. n) n# c. ]. F9 B( ?      DD Franks
& t2 n. K1 g! y7 |2 W& @# @      DD Fullam
, r7 `0 U' R0 e9 r: p+ q1 b) I5 J- _      DD Gatling
( p# W( Y0 H- i0 S      DD Albert Grant; z2 r, ?1 K  `0 ?$ ]# {
      DD Gregory+ Q/ \; c$ u4 X  p, |* l! b
      DD Guest9 d- g8 s# t" m9 w
      DMS Hamilton, i- M; J; l; i6 J# D
      DMS Forrest" u* K1 |. L( i* V2 ^
      DMS Ellyson. P! G* {+ f- ~2 s5 ]" k. {0 o
* b) I9 H: d$ _

1 |0 N/ [2 |2 s4 [9 B4 uMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards  i1 p" k/ g/ [# T7 L' w3 d) {
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
" _1 [( v. J" L% I7 ~# |, BRange closes to 26,000 yards.... p* l0 u" q, i4 Z  n! k3 w
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 u) n. P3 \! L1 }Range closes to 22,000 yards...
( E+ {5 ~9 _; p! [" j+ a- sRange closes to 20,000 yards...7 H& A. r4 p6 o7 m& a& s# c
Range closes to 18,000 yards...( u: `' c1 b4 d/ k/ S$ W( K
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 D& U- I* }6 I: {- l8 c0 nRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 K) K* b/ x& \+ ]Range closes to 12,000 yards...  Z" g) }+ k2 g* ?: J
Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 C1 f; O" T$ U/ b( r- ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ p5 Q* Q( v; t. b' [Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ i: e% p" F8 o4 uRange closes to 9,000 yards...
( l. W' H/ T( M. @  c; M" sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
; s. o3 h% q3 NBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 S5 y9 i1 i8 k. d# A8 I
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards. p) t3 K# m* [9 I6 t  a9 o' V! B7 n
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: O" L5 i- k$ h( P1 V: w8 {% ~DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
7 S2 E: D) l" TDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards6 X6 E" x( H! p. b+ @" [
Range closes to 5,000 yards
! R6 {4 X0 e6 }# q4 z9 a8 u' L* I& }DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards9 r1 y' W: ~8 v7 I( p" K- p9 Z, Y
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards" u) b( _( P6 F5 `
Range closes to 3,000 yards
9 w1 ]4 B+ [1 _7 `3 p( HBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
! X9 A0 r. E# L( fDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards- B; p& r+ z- P" i) d4 C
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards: L) e. }+ a1 y" D
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
& }$ m8 b  [9 C' cDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
: s/ n( A: r0 R' y' A  H9 pAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
7 q% s& d& S# R  m' E/ xBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 _" i  v- `& T; R1 y  \! oDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards- Z/ r( E  f0 t* V/ R. Y3 X
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards$ Q, n" g4 Q/ S/ s9 P% P
Range increases to 5,000 yards% W, d5 t" j4 q: s
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
1 W; p' j/ L) B$ l% GDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
# d% Y$ J, H) B! }) p* ERange increases to 7,000 yards
1 m$ q: K5 f) q  Q* |* e4 M  DDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
& ?* |" e% t- |+ h1 j4 f- LDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: o, o$ H# E! a8 w0 [DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: @9 v2 n( a' E* L8 \APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards+ F8 z4 _4 P5 v- U* R( o1 G; m3 _) o
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
4 \1 O( n9 z5 {0 }( m. H7 E. K. W4 [# eCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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