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。
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- O) B5 h8 K6 W7 D* o0 |1 ~0 L+ Y$ ]Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)& a. ]# T/ p4 T* C$ Y0 _

# _: p& O8 S' G1 gAllied Deliberate attack0 |( Z, d9 q, c( O- z" p3 F1 j
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336& h5 ?& b+ l* I, A/ }; `& h" z' c# x

  Z5 ^8 a9 v, uDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581$ N6 G& m% K/ t$ r' q

! v3 R2 o" Q$ MAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8$ S: N0 I- o1 ~# f1 r0 C% S

) ^0 b$ X1 J. S) mAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 / d! L% \$ d' D' w

4 u' }0 r, k2 pAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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Combat modifiers& m( o  H! v: P9 }) v! S
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
( l" ?: o8 p: a* |  YAttacker:   E& S. q, s, v+ S7 |

( F, z6 [% P+ u) M' \  _Japanese ground losses:: J* o4 ~  f: f* I  J. W7 S7 J
      3386 casualties reported' W" O) z6 H" ^
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
, F1 E: Y. X$ G  ?$ K( `5 \- m         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled( C+ y% f7 `( H  p
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
+ B# C7 @  u) w* Z8 U      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)  Q4 l  \0 Y0 E. t) _
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
: C) N6 [' Z* g$ ?0 f      Units destroyed 17 ~2 W, t+ @7 Z2 E4 [0 Q* R8 {: t: q
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Allied ground losses:
+ r8 Y* B/ x. _! J      5163 casualties reported
3 N3 I2 X3 y( N' c9 E: c$ w         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
1 `& B8 @. v' ~2 y8 O, ^5 b: U         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
, z$ C9 F9 y9 @         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled! F' r" q( h/ [
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
' ?9 K* E  u! t* ]! ~7 A9 k      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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' u* g; i4 C1 dAssaulting units:
! t( @( q1 Y; ^6 ^. N5 ~6 ~: g. m    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
0 H1 s4 `5 c( H  x  s    710th Tank Battalion, W6 e& K& N6 ^9 q8 {. k
    6th Infantry Division
! O$ x" M6 `* r4 t+ x+ {9 W    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment. M! k& }7 R1 I) }( S7 X9 j& I1 z
    44th Tank Battalion% \& O) @/ A) O( @6 |8 Q
    81st Infantry Division+ w6 Y! W3 ^! h8 A) y- R# X7 W
    762nd Tank Battalion( S' |+ ]# C9 }  j
    767th Tank Battalion# Z8 U( Y5 D) i% @3 b
    711th Tank Battalion* l1 ~3 W' {7 S% e. P
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment7 T5 p' Y5 }5 S5 R# x& N, v' j
    5th Marine Division% o- \1 j0 Y4 Y  h: w7 o$ w
    716th Tank Battalion1 a2 S/ e' ]5 N( g( G, Y- \) y6 Y/ k
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment$ P* d; m! h/ N8 R
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
! Q* W! ~1 u9 ~: p& }6 z" ]    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment9 Y% X$ o: S1 y1 R: g
    706th Tank Battalion
% C; @* W" u9 F    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment' p% ?- Z9 X' M+ a, |
    96th Infantry Division/ m! Z7 ^) _$ @6 ^3 V9 _1 J% Z
    31st Infantry Regiment2 y6 R% k& p, ^- b
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion* Y8 U* z) s( M1 K2 v
    I Corps Artillery
8 c; o6 V- i6 D    12th Marine Defense Battalion
; Q3 y9 N" v+ I6 s    1st USMC AA Battalion
7 S5 K/ S4 m% [$ }    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion' i: [* J/ G4 w4 H- @' M6 H- ?
    XIV US Corps
0 K8 e) U5 h" \5 p# N: r/ A$ L    14th Marine Defense Battalion
( E' t7 y( f5 b- W3 C    5th USA Defense Battalion
1 O& l6 I, p" o7 A    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 E$ J" ?) w- ~) V3 M0 ?3 }- S0 O    738th Coast AA Regiment" d4 i, d1 j: e3 {! w
    X Corps Artillery
2 O$ K, D- D) F- r    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) _# ]7 o, |) `    96th Coast AA Regiment
- {2 z. Z9 O7 ^) N9 H7 `    4th USA Defense Battalion
; a8 \6 m! B3 D    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment/ b8 h& K' \4 T$ [; |
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment& T# g* R- e% g5 M' a. q  L1 [* I

% G; Q6 i+ w6 BDefending units:1 S2 \- n+ d! I) ]: r0 P
    Kure 7th SNLF' m! K" {  P/ W5 t- @
    81st/A Division
' T, h- c& D+ X& r6 r    Kure 3rd SNLF
% k2 ^" S3 q, J" h! L. ^    33rd/B Division
$ m8 |; Q6 F! N/ J; ~% U    33rd/A Division& ^7 K- v' n8 v( P# x! q& j
    81st/C Division
8 y5 B) ?! D+ E* s/ U) k  H& B9 p    6th Guards Inf. Regiment0 F! v- ^6 e' r
    52nd Naval Guard Unit' Q" Y9 k8 C* ?. l1 s& A$ U
    138th Infantry Regiment  S" D3 x8 D) e2 m0 r4 E
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
/ r! Z& m4 W0 U; p    144th Infantry Regiment
- w+ h# ^& O. ~* s8 S9 S% w$ o    81st/B Division
. R/ P4 S) u1 B: K4 b  G    33rd/C Division
9 i9 r5 s$ E8 \5 h3 \    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" i# i7 Q$ m2 F, _) [
    18th Army) L* V  e/ s  x1 h2 R
    60th Field AA Battalion8 ?# C' i, J; t( t* C7 T: s
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
$ ~# R  i& u3 N1 [* `+ d, X    Ponape Naval Fortress
- R! k) e  x: U8 G    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ O/ T9 M1 f( v5 G) }% Y    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
6 {4 X6 b6 Y! c  n8 R    53rd Construction Battalion3 H" F7 i# C0 ^( x2 i
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion+ Z# I8 I" m0 o" j
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! a7 F  \+ [+ }6 p0 c& x    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 Q+ K2 S* h& N& F/ ^
    19th JAAF Base Force& s0 ], Q- E4 T
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1' q8 v! Z# L! \& e
    14th Area Army /16 H! _5 q- E1 o2 q8 x; ^" w* F
    63rd Field AA Battalion
; N$ S( S: q; Z* R    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
( [5 L: h4 ^* v* K3 m    3rd Base Force
4 M1 z2 \% ]2 z0 b$ @5 j    12th Air Fleet
$ Y* }) J  n  P5 t* m1 A    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, s! Z2 j( g5 K1 m# S0 _9 r    61st Field AA Battalion' Z$ F# N$ f. d+ ~5 S
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 c+ k" A+ b$ F; i
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co 4 ]4 h% V+ |7 X, ]! W) i: c
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3  D# n6 _7 s& @" `* Z
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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。
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2 h$ m% I4 o# I8 EGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)+ M  z  K& Z$ W) t: }

4 b: _. k4 B2 SJapanese Shock attack7 Y  z3 `6 g$ S% ]
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17611 m# [+ c. ]" r' g+ |$ Q& J

, |/ e4 {+ I  F" bDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 674 k% r% X% b  o8 r" ^" P8 Y% z

8 ~1 U( W; [- W/ a/ N8 ?7 uJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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: g6 y8 Q  o# U: M" B4 _, y( iAllied adjusted defense: 10 5 B$ n+ V# R) c( L

/ p% m, d& B( L8 s  V3 s" qJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 # O3 g$ Y4 ~8 j
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Combat modifiers% o. o' i5 O% r5 B1 B; Y( g
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)+ X6 M% }) n6 u# A) U
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:6 K/ {) S$ v# W" g
      530 casualties reported6 a; \( `, _1 ]; p
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled' B5 C0 w; q, k2 g
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled( c3 ^) c- K$ n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
7 T2 |( t" @* A      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)+ P. V, P/ M& K3 W/ x

4 U8 B; L/ x, Y+ FAllied ground losses:
" |9 y7 l9 t" D0 t6 b- m      891 casualties reported
1 h/ j# K8 p5 l# [9 Q         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled, o9 |$ p6 g6 s, G
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
0 y$ U) F+ }; z6 ]7 J& L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; b+ f6 N% e! Y' S/ g      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)' ^  b* d5 T2 d3 S5 F  {

7 K( A6 V; G' o) s, n' E% DAssaulting units:
7 Y: J0 k$ S# o' A) {7 Q. s    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade" }5 X/ f! k2 z* w
    21st Division4 `3 Q- n$ y, S4 {; ]8 ?+ ~
    4th Division1 }6 S6 t7 ~: |& ?
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment" b1 a# L* M1 V: Q  `: h% n& s; `
    23rd Tank Regiment
8 N2 t$ S9 w. |    32nd Division9 `. u7 s4 O* s6 M
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF/ f3 P$ s/ b; ~0 L
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
( s3 a6 e, f/ `2 e& _& S* }    6th Area Army# ]+ N& x% v& Y: T4 E
    103rd AA Regiment
/ t! f/ H2 b% K, O3 d5 k    1st JNAF Coy
1 y$ k) l& u) _  `9 g6 ^    13th Army. L/ ?. c! T+ Q; H) X
    141st AA Regiment
* M7 v  U, \6 K( L8 t    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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. {% M3 n1 j9 `5 U; T8 MDefending units:) r6 v4 f$ a, M. q. ^8 y- }
    50th Indian Para Brigade6 c& \- p& [; P& h
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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 " S7 I6 n6 d5 ~: I/ H
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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7 s3 k7 d$ ?7 {6 B* I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)
# z, |0 w' b" b0 R+ @Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
8 M9 j: |  G' e4 R# N8 V7 Y
9 [# c4 L4 D. D/ R4 @89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
9 R1 k+ ^8 i( H      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- o6 Q8 K0 L- V! ^7 O      LST-815 ]& A: H. B/ d6 L- o, D
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
8 m- ~/ {$ R6 S, w+ _- V! Q% [      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage/ Z) i. Z! T$ q& {% v6 t5 T+ {9 F
      LST-78
  s7 @1 b+ e# E# s3 C      LST 209
2 p7 Z8 @7 {0 t      LST-8898 H3 h, @" H$ M4 f
      LST-246
3 x, e( G0 _# G8 o6 F5 p      LST-240$ d6 r( m9 [7 g- B  Z
      LST-204
- s4 s% r9 U" o8 ^' V5 T& G  y      LST-2027 Z( }# k! h. B& R3 Z' U
      LST-123
' c! Q3 {! D" v: ]3 G# k: K      LST-121, F+ r# T, U* [9 |; h4 i( |& ?
      LST-120
0 C  Y& l9 j2 ]0 A: v      LST-86
0 {: L% H/ a4 q+ h" Q      LST-85
# q- W( q$ F" @* i1 X: Y# V0 b; F      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
/ q) b! t. @! N% p1 M6 T; h. CDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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* m& y- m$ C' |130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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7 i8 v) U" z2 {% fAllied Ships. z! K6 @# J, s% i
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 ^- X& O) I, k' W+ t: }4 u      LST-83, Shell hits 3
- @! ~) n# P- P$ r% p. o      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ D& L5 [6 d2 S- {" U, o/ {% F
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire- z7 x5 \/ a6 [
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
- `* E  g  Y; V* S      LST-87, Shell hits 6
1 b2 J  {7 z* R, n( y) `# |6 q      LST 1809 a, Z2 e5 @0 G: m3 |8 U9 P
      LST 157
" _& ]6 J. y: i      LST 2" ^6 z$ Q$ Q4 a9 u
      LST-884
* `2 b5 G: |8 U7 S/ _5 r      LST-882
0 z5 _6 \+ p8 |, {3 q      LST-397! x& t: P- J7 b$ K  y3 }
      LST-395( X1 w3 G% w; i' C( c0 X/ |. @) R' [) a1 y
      LST-274
  u7 X3 p; q$ Q, E8 B      LST-273- I) J; o& {( C7 h8 u) d: j& Y
      LST-246* N  ~+ i* ~" Z$ {0 y+ o
      LST-2443 U3 |1 H  W) @7 [, R/ q$ N
      LST-2414 v) K. e- f1 K: }( K" G; }5 x
      LST-218
! m3 f5 \, M6 G0 ]) }. p      LST-2168 X: `* V- Z2 [& J$ T, u
      LST-202
# A+ v2 I6 H6 x: C5 {3 i5 q      LST-171/ ~9 B: Y% ]$ P/ s6 I4 y
      LST-166
! h9 t8 N& c0 l4 o; i* B+ y      LST-124* G  o/ \1 n- p4 z7 J8 x: D7 g  c7 y
      LST-121$ C" l$ c* F# l8 J" C( v
      LST-88/ l/ G+ e/ q0 {8 S# u% m
      LST-123, J2 w& p: W. Q5 A
      LST-86' ^0 Z" l9 T) p! O

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! X, C1 k) v3 T. R2 s8 h8 L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
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812% M, L8 X" M, U) Q' u3 [
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13610 A/ s6 F8 V5 _% S

6 p' R5 ^% e) Q* ]5 }' D) s7 x' xJapanese ground losses:* t# X5 s! R. \  |0 s4 v
      406 casualties reported
7 Y- a$ k0 b4 p( o5 \         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled3 A# D7 F0 I+ H
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
# D) [% p1 Y/ g% a6 k8 U         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled6 D& j( R$ R( {* E/ l

% _' [2 U0 h5 k7 f9 R/ ~Allied ground losses:
1 x# j5 V; s, B8 u" E& Q- v      21 casualties reported
, A$ `3 W/ K0 _4 k* u         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 F; Q9 T* j8 D" b  D% |9 h3 t( C         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled, R; |5 O8 Q  n) U! Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ y" r0 r% _+ j3 c* J
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
  Y' v# v5 c! ?; ?/ p: h      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)" t9 t8 q5 R) X* u

* s$ w, G/ G" wAssaulting units:5 L3 V1 o1 P6 H- K& q; j9 w. [
    5th Marine/B Division
" @( j$ q4 |/ h$ ~, n) ~    81st Infantry/B Division3 I0 S, ]% V  D: W9 B6 `/ q
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment+ q" Z5 @3 u0 K$ A
    5th Marine/C Division. G( U8 F* r, z9 l
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
5 ^+ d* B6 }. [4 H# [/ r    6th Infantry/B Division* c4 n) ^! J. ^6 R
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment% e8 _( a' N0 K, _
    716th Tank Battalion
0 ^# f9 D, w, w- A3 ]    81st Infantry/C Division
  {' e5 ^# b& g4 W) @0 V    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion$ q5 E1 Q2 w" Q- t9 E" l1 N* C7 v7 T
    6th Infantry/C Division6 n! x: ~, w" Q$ N4 ^4 I
    5th Marine/A Division
/ b4 H. Z9 Y* Q! [+ s! A% k+ U% Y# F    767th Tank Battalion
$ H# r& o0 N& p: p) P/ m    96th Infantry/A Division
. H0 k" c; k: l* f    706th Tank Battalion+ s+ i+ Q, W  S( H- V
    711th Tank Battalion
) \6 N) Z5 A. q; A    762nd Tank Battalion
3 B& Q7 v% Y$ u5 s% v0 J    96th Infantry/B Division
8 }' ^( ^$ w' L7 {/ [5 Q    81st Infantry/A Division% {- _4 Z+ |9 O4 ^1 n
    44th Tank Battalion
: h9 f1 w, P' {( G. Q8 ]    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment, b- y7 ^) X" D! }+ K
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 ~$ I& v. S% G6 C. X+ a
    31st Infantry Regiment8 m  c8 A9 W6 G( r4 _* k
    6th Infantry/A Division* F% c( o. [% G) f6 h3 D
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3 @" {) l! e) b, k. X    710th Tank Battalion
" @: }" n8 D4 S+ i, \% g    96th Infantry/C Division
8 I) {. V; Q8 S# C; X8 o    5th USA Defense Battalion
5 u" ?3 N6 G# y5 M0 W/ s    4th USA Defense Battalion" R& J# `9 ?$ o, \
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 i" e  Z7 h! R" g* I1 R9 }2 q    X Corps Artillery 4 O% r/ ?# V' e) p( M0 @
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 d9 S! a: f( X* q& E, D
    XIV US Corps
  h9 u! t0 q" H    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) j1 x' @# p8 ?. B2 g! w6 d+ E# g    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 q8 n) F* C  j$ Y1 L    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ X( H$ \0 z9 a# }' i$ i- w    I Corps Artillery
) f/ F2 a3 x4 x4 q# E0 P/ z  E    96th Coast AA Regiment
# B$ c/ W# f. }# w: n    1st USMC AA Battalion
7 o! a5 g* q0 A' g! `    738th Coast AA Regiment: N: b) I* @# G! O6 S2 r! W* s8 G
    12th Marine Defense Battalion" o( Y8 A% @9 `. b8 N
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! g5 e/ k" B4 j8 |* |& Y1 ^    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
6 n/ o5 u) n0 V' l6 M : }4 x3 d0 r$ ]2 S
Defending units:
7 n4 e$ c1 V2 F    33rd/A Division
( `3 u: D* o1 r    81st/B Division
6 Z  g: _% t9 u% m1 B3 U* `9 ^0 |    Sasebo 7th SNLF
0 h8 H4 J1 Y% D% G    81st/C Division
8 T; r9 q+ Q. J% b# q    138th Infantry Regiment0 C& D8 H7 _3 U. e$ }' M9 x7 }
    Kure 3rd SNLF
, Z. \  f( a6 |1 z0 ^+ r: [% e& x    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
: F. X( g. T* N: Q1 A5 Y    144th Infantry Regiment
+ j: I  ]2 `+ z9 Z7 b    52nd Naval Guard Unit
& `' F+ Z# G6 `  ?, l    33rd/B Division
, ]1 `( [; U0 E5 N. a9 n; C    81st/A Division
3 i4 U# A6 r! O  R    33rd/C Division6 f# b% E7 E4 V/ U  U, d( _
    3rd Base Force- ^  f3 x2 ~. `+ f5 R* w
    19th JAAF Base Force# q+ d" t- N/ P
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1% f/ M3 d# L/ {( F% b# `% Z
    60th Field AA Battalion
1 G5 y1 E# g/ {! n    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion; z2 Y+ d- A0 x; a7 u: ]
    53rd Construction Battalion# B0 p1 _8 o% [! \/ g5 Y6 U* N
    Ponape Naval Fortress
0 Y, \. F  E* z6 k4 H    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment1 J9 w3 _8 Q3 ?8 U$ |( m
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 b5 Z3 b7 R0 D& b0 z5 w    12th Air Fleet
4 L& H6 a' a7 ^7 e% y. `    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ O( W' m( f' r: v7 T- S7 `    61st Field AA Battalion
$ a$ C: ^: ]  [% W# N% k, }9 K7 |    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
7 y4 x( `& l) [& o& d% K+ O  a    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ K  _; Z$ @  L" i( a    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
: J, c: V( K0 E: P# i2 E    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
) O/ B, C! T8 @2 J. V# g; p    14th Area Army /12 A' K+ P7 R. k& z- N" ~3 a
    63rd Field AA Battalion
; A  T  S. n3 J/ X8 p3 Y( O& C3 W    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ( k3 _# l" B/ G/ H4 y  E
    Kure 7th SNLF  V2 K5 G4 o  p7 Y$ m
    18th Army
5 ?8 ^/ T  Z+ l0 R: B    23rd Fld AA Gun Co $ j. S8 Q. |2 g$ B% P1 s
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106; n: d4 T0 G" V% p
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Japanese Ships& l% ]( C4 N) E! J( F  y' O
      E No.54
& V9 _$ F4 ^! {4 g      E No.50
! ]1 S* ~# R' {      E No.68
% G  B4 J$ l8 F3 b* F" g      E No.52
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Allied Ships
' p  U3 A$ {/ \$ s5 N8 B, U7 i+ ^      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk4 U& D& Z+ T$ s' f9 l/ G

$ G7 y. b2 r$ S' c$ k/ ]重创另一艘' v8 m) O4 I6 X' s/ F/ j; d
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships
& m) ]8 N, ^# @2 ^; k' ?! a" N+ v      E No.8
  @4 I: ]$ Q4 M# c  Z5 c* A! }      E No.6
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Allied Ships3 W5 B! g( O; P
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

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% f8 G# i+ F# W- d1 x

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0 I3 n) s4 @4 z% G0 f+ NNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!* ]6 c; F/ T! Y
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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) Y4 @  _# b- ~* v: i4 s' IAllied Ships
, U5 C( B# [+ w. c1 ^- n      CA Wichita5 ]" M& k8 t: \
      CA Vincennes; ]4 l5 X# r. u# @) g! ~; {
      CA Quincy
; d* t7 ~; m/ I# [      CA San Francisco" d4 P) Y2 s5 G* E
      CA Minneapolis5 O, S/ ~; @( I+ ~6 F1 E: ^. ]( V
      CA Astoria6 C1 Z. C  ]! h9 w, F# b" \
      CA Chicago: p( \' x# C2 Q
      CA Louisville
) A* S4 K/ V' e9 Y' \( l7 P  k      CA Chester8 F" I: C. J/ S
      CA Northampton6 O9 r+ \2 o2 ~7 x4 {
      CA Portland* s8 Y; M, i% L# S+ j
; m( `* F1 c/ v, z  |- z6 y
Japanese ground losses:! b5 U: B1 p6 x* Y) h: S  K
      71 casualties reported
2 D3 Z* C/ C/ f- a* ?/ q2 P3 r         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled* [: o1 j, V. ?; W0 u
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled: ~6 @) k5 F4 x% k7 M4 K+ N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled$ s) y4 M* E8 ]9 Q5 O% u
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled): w* ^% K; L3 U: r8 J7 G* u, y8 I

. W" ^0 E6 o& w$ x5 A+ S1 d9 YAirbase hits 2, [) \* N& j" m' g$ U9 s# k
Runway hits 10
6 l$ b7 S' L, KPort hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape   U0 b! @4 `# m, N# n; v, _% m
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress" {2 h3 Z0 f8 v, m7 \. Z
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes! x. q" R9 N( s3 l4 ^
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress# G) ~5 z9 f* {7 N1 V9 Q4 W2 l
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy( j9 i0 p+ _0 h3 j: @* ]. [# [
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division8 `6 I* n2 J6 I
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( S  y9 I9 N3 D/ k/ ~# E* \Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria9 [7 k1 m$ N1 |; ~
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ d& x0 e; E8 vCA Chicago firing at Ponape ; Q  Y- ~. W7 C% l& i
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
8 E/ f3 e- |+ Q  v* H4 P& }0 ZOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester: k  Q! O% ?& \3 X" T
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress! _( V/ O/ w' d4 G! i9 K7 Z% E9 V
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division4 x  P/ B& \4 s  b
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
- f5 @! A. L3 D# iCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113( Z" Q# H- k! a6 b
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Allied Ships$ N# C5 Q9 @8 \0 g
      BB Alabama
% L9 r# C5 D9 L. `) f0 @      BB Massachusetts, Y) d& S% P2 q- q8 D
      BB Indiana
- E! E' C9 T' y1 \& E      BB South Dakota/ V  G' O: p3 q; O% j
      BB Washington6 V' V7 x' h+ u% ], m( E
      BB North Carolina
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0 ~2 g, w9 i2 G+ u( S3 UJapanese ground losses:: u, c! v3 L& u4 B+ e% J
      275 casualties reported
0 K4 j2 V2 X( [9 j         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled; {: T# B- D  f' N6 A% E5 a
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled  H" o1 B  ^/ S& h" W
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled2 _' r' c4 `  h, A- F/ n0 Y% h3 R
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)5 }) \+ N+ P- q4 ^' t3 B$ S
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
7 C& p1 a( x9 U6 f6 l/ J% Z
8 @& }* h, x9 A: LAirbase supply hits 1
8 Q2 m) m, S' m7 {/ }' i. `$ K, P; YRunway hits 7
4 v' P2 V; Y6 G( D# k8 VPort hits 3
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( i* E) f( d7 l' f" a( V" {1 VBB Alabama firing at Ponape : J9 E$ y7 p1 V: r( a$ p% c% o1 ~2 x
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
2 v8 L, u8 V# G# q4 k' X; QBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
/ o' @. Y# G7 d: m! wOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
& W( c1 K8 Y* a6 s8 T$ T* \BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
% L( ]1 u& V2 x- C( z2 WBB Washington firing at Ponape ( N! o/ {! P# ^
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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# t3 U1 |. m' yNight 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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: E" l/ q  \* f% SAllied Ships
. U9 ?6 O2 f8 p: Z& v: ]  n% Y3 P      BB Queen Elizabeth
4 L- t; A$ X- T5 e      BB Valiant
3 P$ J4 p% \6 r9 r7 N! q* {8 K  H      BB Mississippi  a* `6 q) y# c, G0 q0 |' h/ W
      BB New Mexico
0 f, T4 {. {7 D2 ]8 p      BB Idaho
$ X* P. m7 g0 [. a9 o      BB West Virginia; [2 W; ~6 L% O7 v2 W& I. ]7 G
      BB Colorado
4 Q. ^2 v6 P! J9 V% ]  x# ?( ?( w- T) U% ~
Japanese ground losses:
2 y: B. I: m: m, N9 W      117 casualties reported
9 Z$ }; m2 x/ o' O         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled, i' y+ _; I- }( k7 c2 }  M3 j
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled; Y8 A4 \5 J2 R( h2 R% ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 e3 r$ c: q) m0 n& T8 E
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)# {% J" v1 @  y. d" p- \
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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7 \. w5 u, W' T6 ]7 L6 o+ ]& _Airbase hits 2
' P! ?7 C6 H& s" Y* g8 v/ d" D( pRunway hits 2& p( C2 K! f3 y- I+ g& k4 y: [
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ M6 K! C' i* i& k2 k; j  qBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 J* {0 ]' |$ {, Q* l5 z. f: u' u
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress8 r2 J( f8 C( b5 y9 v2 W' L& X. w& \
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
' J! y, J7 q) V: I% ~: `BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division: t. e; V" d0 k$ U; }
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force6 W8 E" r& [4 j! d( J, Y4 @
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho+ e, ]% u# D$ b% Z
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape " g: Q/ G" C+ b! G$ O/ p
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force" l) t" h9 x# D3 j1 L4 @
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado3 ^- D9 X' H  g- ~6 d4 v
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& j1 S# y& R' v0 Z3 G3 NAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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+ z  V8 T4 _, o+ P' g1 ^Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 }  x" i$ S, _/ I4 o( d
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes, I/ {/ c; D% z% M" N: Y
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Allied aircraft3 z" Z! M- z7 G9 \  F3 `
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4622 P7 U* T0 X3 u, t
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3379 L& K+ S6 I* M7 U
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283$ U0 G3 F& ]" [2 D' f9 @3 I
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Allied aircraft losses" o2 `9 @6 H; j% j8 g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
6 M+ X+ }2 H! p' G+ h" X) v      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
* E" O9 j7 d( a% }4 ~3 E4 M      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
  g* v5 J; h3 O5 z4 `      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:  K& v9 e: J7 ?4 A. x3 m4 W
      159 casualties reported6 |! x" |; R6 b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 Q, Y; R! N+ M: Q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled; o% z& P5 A6 r1 S0 _
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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$ x) x. L( b! I: S! DGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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2 ]( p# j/ r, d- H5 [& ]9 W, e8 m! CAllied Deliberate attack
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! ]& u5 x' ~$ I& K  l' V. {, qAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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6 Y) R0 E/ ~/ Y0 T' GAllied adjusted assault: 3406 - f0 I& ~& ^, c" }$ @. b2 [3 T

% ]! t8 V, O8 ]/ v5 GJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 6 X- s% I. P6 @
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers
- Y& H  |6 h/ Y- r& T' tDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
6 F1 I  ]' G" {1 v$ `Attacker: 6 M* Z; w. W: @7 T

$ Z5 j$ r) N# n# I$ o; f* BJapanese ground losses:
, ]0 w5 n5 K1 F5 ]& h+ H      3539 casualties reported0 e: V  [/ l$ [; X) i
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled$ W, }! c5 r4 c
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
: m# F5 c$ Z; r) C1 q* g$ A         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
/ c; J* f* {5 `1 `: R% b      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
9 J+ A3 {, s; q) a0 u  C      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)5 O+ @# H( k" y+ o6 W/ O( n0 n
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Allied ground losses:) ^, E/ e7 A; p0 X% G
      3552 casualties reported
7 m% C& ~, {7 l! C% `2 n% ]         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled4 H% {7 J6 a$ H) T/ M& C/ c
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled+ R; Y% Z# T& t1 d" ^2 c
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
( w( T& B/ n6 G  \0 r      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)& C) A( h; X5 I( I2 P
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
& R0 U3 M3 _8 z" }2 X5 [. i' i      Units destroyed 1
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+ }/ M# y- Y7 hAssaulting units:0 @7 H" S9 _1 o5 V4 ?
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion7 w2 X/ ?- F' d
    5th Marine Division1 n: t# F5 [# [: ?- h  F3 v5 M
    716th Tank Battalion
+ N8 D9 a6 ^3 e2 L# |    706th Tank Battalion6 M% G" c- h& Q' D1 @8 \5 J+ N* y
    762nd Tank Battalion
" f3 Q5 [" ~. F' [* b    710th Tank Battalion) Q& w! d& j% T' v2 w
    767th Tank Battalion9 M/ t6 D  j$ ?
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
; S/ f, D9 S& n    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
9 h" c/ c9 y4 S8 X" M3 K6 y    81st Infantry Division
) s; o2 u+ q0 Q, U# o" I    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment: _7 r7 C3 K4 S; p$ T9 N/ v& N1 K# v
    96th Infantry Division: Z+ Q% C5 v# }1 i
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment2 x% w1 X/ K) M  V: C
    711th Tank Battalion
+ J' w2 l/ h/ C  w' Q    44th Tank Battalion
. c3 V* T5 x% y    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
7 N- Q; K6 w. V" Y$ v    6th Infantry Division3 Z& I& ~8 `1 S% b( \6 Q9 X
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment, d2 \7 I0 U  S+ |. O
    31st Infantry Regiment
- y4 I0 U/ F, f% r    XIV US Corps, S/ R, A# b# w# t
    96th Coast AA Regiment
9 d5 [$ M2 Q9 `9 [  l    12th Marine Defense Battalion  [% G( z* M0 m2 l; S4 ]& M0 ?
    4th USA Defense Battalion/ N$ ?. _) y7 R: L" {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion) h9 e- K% i5 I. r  e1 [
    1st USMC AA Battalion9 V. S7 g5 J' N; M# i5 @9 ~
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 j5 ?2 t  t/ h    5th USA Defense Battalion0 Y+ O1 }# t! o7 ^$ \
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment2 |- U3 I2 L; i' L) J, K% p; k
    738th Coast AA Regiment4 u' Q% s' E( f' r3 n% X
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 N+ O4 N- q  Y: M+ U! a' b1 S
    I Corps Artillery
5 ^5 m; u: J4 w2 [- a* t1 }    8th Marine Defense Battalion0 Z* ?. V6 u6 w# A/ i5 ~( f
    X Corps Artillery
  w$ B& k" l. C, i, k7 a" `' e2 y; @9 W! M    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion. [( ?, {9 l+ J7 z: k0 @3 }
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; Q0 M# V$ d8 h4 p3 J( _
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Defending units:
: D' d2 {4 ?3 t0 x$ K+ v0 b    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
: ?' t. g* z/ Y7 I% g" @) K8 |    52nd Naval Guard Unit  x% Y# N- h! n  b) ^' R5 u
    144th Infantry Regiment
& V/ z) `, B# Q' I  H    Kure 3rd SNLF; d7 l: u+ G( u  p% t* O9 U
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
6 Z- F7 M$ Z- P    33rd/B Division  c+ E& R) ^# s
    81st/C Division+ o5 E/ I. W3 l# r# k/ ?  W/ |  s
    81st/A Division& [8 R6 ]( s. B
    81st/B Division
7 @' W, G7 h. U( l+ |: Z* F    33rd/A Division& z' x2 C6 i2 X: \: W* \
    138th Infantry Regiment
$ v8 c9 C  Z" ^/ a    33rd/C Division
) V( n& g$ \# z8 Y* M" B' `    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# ]8 k( d: P+ w' v    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) C* W9 \  `% M* _  [    19th JAAF Base Force6 l* E' t! s/ k  G) N$ V
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
5 E1 d1 C, O; x  \    12th Air Fleet1 F8 c2 |9 v& w7 w# ]* D* U
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 Q6 {7 j+ t4 p# G    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ' K: [, C4 }% I# S# |
    63rd Field AA Battalion: }" @2 U6 v! ~4 _! ^
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
% P% v# J2 B& ^8 e" Z$ J+ }    18th Field AF Construction Battalion  {- w& `( n* P+ T
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment% I* m" n8 [; |( L  V
    Ponape Naval Fortress
1 r4 P8 Z: g, i    61st Field AA Battalion
" K9 a, m8 Q. g+ c3 Q1 H8 l/ r  I    18th Army1 ~# @  i6 L" d6 y+ e4 p. }6 `! Q
    14th Area Army /1
# I0 @5 O3 C5 }% w; w    60th Field AA Battalion
; x' k) z2 i7 j    53rd Construction Battalion- |8 ^8 b$ w, Z/ k6 B
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 @# T7 |3 r0 q  s/ e+ M
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1, ~  z! a$ V$ f- Y" _1 u5 F
    Kure 7th SNLF
' W. k: Z( ?) a/ h3 E    3rd Base Force
" `6 z* |. q1 \/ h- t9 q    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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/ y* D7 R; a: O! @# _0 s8 \Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)7 v) @% ]* G3 l5 }# X- v0 y/ Y' c
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s3 E0 n* w* ?; m) W" l$ [
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
, m$ d3 A9 s: z, e2 e* A      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4628 @; J7 v+ r7 ]% X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337' u& R0 U5 p5 s, u" f( ~
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2834 d) i2 e8 q2 d- S& y6 O/ T# E
Allied aircraft losses
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5 k% x# W  R, d" b! H  j" z2 V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; T& @. w1 X, V

7 P9 A3 j. L- }( A+ J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. Z( K- q( q: x% E
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- W$ R/ C7 O, ?1 r4 ~Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!4 f4 ?1 o* J3 N; i

5 Y8 v2 x2 T* q/ Y/ K  |Allied Ships
( ^# l' v5 ~5 }& v      CA Vincennes
9 H( Y- p3 F; ^+ r) \4 N& g      CA Quincy+ v3 K2 b7 _# @9 P# B, D3 K; c
      CA San Francisco
2 r. b9 k7 p6 u+ ^& {- k      CA Minneapolis' G) I5 J) g2 C
      CA Astoria
, v9 q0 e" i- Q. [( @  c  M1 \      CA Chicago
. ?4 G5 o/ D* K+ O      CA Louisville. L/ X$ p# F! B6 y$ h1 F4 S2 E
      CA Chester& D5 Z) _3 @" N! J
      CA Northampton1 J) X- p) F5 A8 n0 U$ T
      CA Portland$ f; ~% U) M/ ^8 {* C) U
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Japanese ground losses:
2 {( N6 F; S2 i      112 casualties reported
  w4 m3 Q3 ?8 @  @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 D( G& R0 [, P+ c- U# z3 ?; A! y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled5 l' M2 c1 p0 N/ w8 x% b
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled4 O2 f# D" w  O7 x$ I- e( `# {6 b
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Airbase hits 5
8 ~" [6 Q" q$ C6 pAirbase supply hits 2
3 d1 q# [  N7 jRunway hits 21. I$ F+ g3 i* @% f
Port hits 79 G5 w  H0 j5 Y( Q6 e& \. P

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+ i6 j% o; S3 E5 u6 |, iNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113# z9 |% `, y7 L( I' t

" r  ~, |9 c  ~! N4 i' i! h' o* QAllied Ships/ |8 t5 |$ Y& w7 n& o3 V
      BB Alabama
" Z; b. B: j2 l2 r      BB Massachusetts% Z. T; [0 q  |
      BB Indiana2 h* ?( J9 |. T$ w$ R! Z
      BB South Dakota
, }2 m7 Q% O" v; [      BB Washington
7 ~! @$ u* _0 j, ]      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:# v" {: I7 h8 m" |7 H
      398 casualties reported
% F, b" Q. T  L2 U, o         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled/ C+ [2 e7 i* v0 I9 l' ]0 q
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
6 _- E; k( D& A6 M         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled3 `$ i1 j5 e& {9 y- p
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)0 \2 L$ Z/ p& i' m- E
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled). a$ R+ d9 F0 O' S
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Airbase hits 9
# k: Z8 b4 q2 s& zRunway hits 9
2 z$ {$ `! ~: `) r9 i' r4 O/ oPort hits 2
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1 u' L+ t- y( l  e8 I" m* KBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division1 D! B0 D. q3 f& p
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
, S. e& {! h3 u0 wBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division, O. v. s$ }" L; `& m
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
' ^; e% B' w$ Y: F$ h$ SBB Washington firing at Ponape ! l8 ]  k, o6 C; y. K- S
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape 1 Z0 ~6 d1 {+ @$ V' `; r4 I
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113& g* \7 M2 H% V2 s
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Allied Ships
: z0 @  m7 K4 L5 n# g& o5 R$ _      BB Mississippi$ @) ^9 g$ U4 x2 L) }; X$ B, |
      BB New Mexico$ C& t0 @' O- x2 O0 l
      BB Idaho& K4 i0 O( u( j- O5 o

2 l: x: \. S1 a% Y+ eJapanese ground losses:7 p! h4 p  x( k
      195 casualties reported' F. A" i& X! g6 D) V# n
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled$ P# S5 L9 h+ @. e
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled. l( ]7 N' [# O8 ^3 x- n
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled$ {- [2 K- Y0 X( X: O9 N* ~1 L
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)! `' z8 b8 _9 j( c; R! `. t1 z
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)5 G( L( O: f6 `; {) c
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Airbase hits 3
6 s+ [; B& b4 m1 IRunway hits 14& W) C/ [; n' |7 J7 ^
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape - S' G; G4 z2 v4 t
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division7 H( Q, m$ e! a, W8 N6 R
BB Idaho firing at Ponape & a" c$ ]2 f$ g* r) e& v: Z$ b

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7 _! Z. V' f7 f& B- w0 [1 t* sAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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6 X- e% x/ p; Y" [( IWeather in hex: Severe storms! j; u- b" S1 C, I* b9 {1 R

1 h5 w# ?: N3 a/ _Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
: I+ e6 D+ @* ?" `% o& f7 dEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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5 s7 S1 a  u, f5 R- K5 T  X- DAllied aircraft% C) J  Y  b+ |2 x
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 l& t, r9 u0 J  p      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333# D! m% ^4 J! [% g( h- \
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2861 u- c3 Y$ X2 R/ e2 Z
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Allied aircraft losses
' d2 V! K2 r4 p/ R3 s6 k. Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged7 a' Z" k: B8 F5 e
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak) E4 h$ B$ v* J  R0 n
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:, s" V$ E4 A2 ]* F3 @, U( \
      121 casualties reported3 j. q7 i# p* ^7 o) j, n
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 D. ]3 [, y! l4 _$ s
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
$ `4 b, T) m& t3 H! T5 y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# X7 j4 Y* z5 {- Q: }

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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, n8 v: c  T3 H1 E3 Z3 P/ pAllied Deliberate attack
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# s& N7 ~6 c- i6 O* B2 WAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629% y9 S& u0 n7 n5 J& A4 U3 G2 c
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121+ k8 u+ X: ]4 j# \4 A# Q" C

0 C; }5 m" M1 L* r. AAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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" V7 v) C  S9 X( rAllied adjusted assault: 3228 4 p# N( G5 s) ]# C9 ^& i  H8 i
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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+ U; n* B7 T+ u5 y8 ]" EAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 9 k5 O7 S4 v! \

) L4 {) b  a! r/ }; i3 g, vCombat modifiers* B6 s0 g" |+ }/ {( ~. g" o
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
' B( c- ~+ ?$ R  rAttacker: % u* \- c* ~* @( g1 o! {/ e' F5 v
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Japanese ground losses:! y) [! p0 R- |& I
      2305 casualties reported7 N, d/ f' i7 G0 Z" S
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled7 E  t5 U, o0 J; t0 Z0 k
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled6 M# I$ e! i! i' s6 s5 k0 z# j
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
2 U- u1 {" G# q& k+ [3 B+ B      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
, n; s! G6 b. p7 Z( M* l      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
$ I2 P) F! E4 E# b      3064 casualties reported
+ ^$ {( h9 Q2 k( p  i' e6 f2 \         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled& G) a& E& k4 D- w3 E. T9 v* L
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled. l6 r& ^3 ]+ [8 u
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
3 y2 W$ j. T, _- R  h  N' q) j      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
$ k) c$ N8 P( S& @3 w      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)" n3 d8 P4 Q/ l" Y/ x( {

1 t/ [& J+ e7 Q. Z% sAssaulting units:
6 z% U" _5 S. x, d: o    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 h& ^6 H. U# X    711th Tank Battalion& m' ~" I) o6 Z6 O& k
    716th Tank Battalion
3 ~- S! U) K( b  G! k1 k    6th Infantry Division
  K5 o' Z% c3 Q) o% f    44th Tank Battalion# U: V; F. y: z) N* ?
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
% F8 x) f: {. \- v    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
" z* K% O8 B; T# J5 W    81st Infantry Division
7 Z) D; u2 n* ?0 P    767th Tank Battalion
$ m) N( {3 ^& t1 ?  ~/ f    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment( P/ b' [) v* `3 }, x
    762nd Tank Battalion3 g* }2 E! {% h) ^2 e9 M
    710th Tank Battalion0 f9 J4 P- |; z. a
    96th Infantry Division
: B4 V. W$ H& I/ U$ {    1st Filipino Inf Regiment  K& [5 J4 F8 N9 {) {! d
    706th Tank Battalion" ]) f& Q- n$ {" g( q& n6 ]
    5th Marine Division
/ M2 W2 U+ F9 f9 K8 w    31st Infantry Regiment. X' k. G4 q/ e& G- ?
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion. d, k0 G8 [9 c9 H
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. ?- s. J3 s2 h4 h5 {( m    738th Coast AA Regiment
3 D9 Q9 [( ?% @& f8 X. }7 F    96th Coast AA Regiment
5 x) T6 ?2 z$ [7 J2 Q7 L5 a    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ ^, A; q$ h. Z    12th Marine Defense Battalion
; i+ B+ R: l9 A4 M$ j& d# \2 v6 p, e    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ L& a/ ~5 }. z4 k  e9 }# Z% l    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ \3 Z% x$ O- e1 N' Z  f# p9 b    XIV US Corps
, W) k1 c& o/ ~  v    X Corps Artillery : Z6 B8 Z+ f) f# T
    5th USA Defense Battalion; X' |4 n) a! P9 O
    4th USA Defense Battalion
9 N) @% j0 d; }& B/ C    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 H; z2 n# v: }8 G1 f8 [/ E# u, H    I Corps Artillery ( {+ K* f4 k# H( I
    8th Marine Defense Battalion, M+ @0 m* c8 j& C$ C
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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$ j9 b0 V+ N, T' |Defending units:4 h  r5 t& c. U0 ^
    Ponape Naval Fortress
( y0 r1 ]" ~% U7 k7 o- ^, n    81st/C Division
; e0 @1 z3 z' ~; y- N# E* b2 p    52nd Naval Guard Unit
9 \( }2 b! ?# S3 p    138th Infantry Regiment5 [1 X# z! ]) d! R3 L
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
$ ?$ s) p9 z7 k) g& {0 M    Sasebo 7th SNLF
+ L7 n2 {* _4 C* A3 ]! g3 Y% H2 A    144th Infantry Regiment
2 y3 h: @: H' H2 n" N/ M3 n    81st/B Division6 Y, n8 k9 ^0 I: D5 {# L' U5 Q; @% a
    33rd/B Division
* [0 b4 o1 h! _' v6 R    33rd/A Division
8 b7 Y' H3 f( ~* P0 L8 @+ r    81st/A Division' x5 s/ b" [# T& J5 u
    Kure 3rd SNLF
5 c- }6 j9 T6 d8 h  `  _3 ~) x    33rd/C Division
% `* h% i1 O. V; F0 X8 D8 r    53rd Construction Battalion4 S. e% S$ X: j& H- S# }4 |" s
    18th Army2 ]; c6 Q9 L6 T! m  R
    14th Area Army /1  v6 h/ |5 o2 ~+ o: r5 `* ~
    60th Field AA Battalion
" ~6 L# K8 }% I    12th Air Fleet$ [5 `9 q# B: B! r" A
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment- s* J9 A; g+ m3 W3 X6 a
    63rd Field AA Battalion
* j  s6 g5 m# e    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! p& o/ L( H! h4 a; G    3rd Base Force
% Z' V9 V7 L3 P+ _1 }1 L    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
8 m7 E% ?% b2 e% y/ k    Kure 7th SNLF; w' q0 O$ W6 J( j
    19th JAAF Base Force
3 g: b7 Q+ h' V: R6 C4 [6 K    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! T2 J- O! x/ q+ P6 R2 w    61st Field AA Battalion
' i+ t- @0 w, L$ r: e2 ^$ E    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
, `5 ?' h  X& y4 _% \9 R0 o* O    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: @. G3 H: r- u  @3 B; [( @    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment% E1 {# ^0 K8 K, d1 s' |
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# `2 U% Y0 d8 R2 j$ i. M. _6 [: K    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
. Y5 `# _* u' y: Q/ j4 ]+ X0 s% R1 L    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

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

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 442 `' i! U  n) w0 ~
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜1 `0 y# v3 w/ c: w; _7 E

) t' M5 {3 i$ G  L2 U* @) e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
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1 l4 S; x- ~9 y/ \* L/ `0 ?/ V5 zMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,605 i' s3 G% n1 i3 `
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 |; O# N+ v( @- j  M* f
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.6 G6 x4 j. ]) i6 Q- t& {& s
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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$ M* y3 S4 q/ c- u1 m# G/ E& bAllied aircraft
' j0 Q& R6 Y* @) D8 ~5 w$ U" c+ U9 e8 W      P-38L Lightning x 23& K% q, @' [0 M6 V, `; C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
. X4 L' @* s7 W2 z      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
0 ]' g; n# c- [' v* I      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak: e+ V8 b; P8 O3 X* l6 X9 @: {8 t7 w

# u+ c* }& c8 n* |' z3 }+ `- ZJapanese Ships. R' c4 i  n' ?
      DD Suruyame# O2 \9 F$ g: p4 f; N; }% [+ c
      CL Ninaru
# e$ B  f" P) H9 A- p# ^. e      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& h6 ?1 k% }2 @9 a" y) P8 r( [      DD Yayoi
1 ^/ m8 e; ~" Y. x0 j( w. v      CA Kako: |: D5 v' u8 W2 `
      DD Asagiri4 o3 d+ t. i6 |1 g- b
      DD Ayanami% O$ A7 }" r! \
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" z* T8 x( ?" r6 p8 }8 @6 jAircraft Attacking:7 k8 @# F3 @  x1 k3 s
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000') ~( P" m  w$ t
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb2 G& h6 \: e/ b0 T! d+ w
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
5 R  o$ g9 i0 U0 g               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb9 C; k9 ~: f! [3 I
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'+ @: G  W9 x; ]8 j: z, M5 d
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb- F* Q2 `, [# ^5 Q$ p$ I' [

% [# L' |4 T* W; MMassive explosion on CL Tokachi+ N5 d: R- a# Y( g+ m7 `
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi; `; F2 U" A+ J/ V) ^6 Q
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0 }! T; C4 Z. e. @1 BAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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7 J3 `1 {9 U( w* M7 ~  q; i# H. LWeather in hex: Moderate rain# X; A2 A7 N- t0 b5 l% k

6 R2 I7 r, c. @+ h! ?Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
4 K) c, ~8 F% O# r8 H% J2 F  qEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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" e/ |; L, ^5 p& TAllied aircraft8 X& A- g, k2 h0 B3 h7 c
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
0 R$ a7 K- R- Q4 K      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
6 [3 m. j3 l/ B% @; o" J+ `      TBM-1C Avenger x 285& `# m& n* _3 q  q2 B

0 _+ r+ g8 }# J( ?  S: ?( iAllied aircraft losses
* q9 i( U# U' H6 L: K, B      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged! X! H  f- e' g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak: C) D* ]) Y* T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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( |" T6 g( `0 C4 E# _' K/ yJapanese ground losses:. |. u( O- r; F  L9 C
      276 casualties reported
- s0 g8 i4 Y: c! ~0 s/ W+ I2 |& w         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
0 E! T# ~& h4 u) e1 }& H* x+ A- s! N" ^% x         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled7 s& p' K' f# w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. u) }- o, P5 U& h& S5 s      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)1 L0 Q+ J8 T+ e3 a" f

' C4 D0 H  C/ ^, fAllied Bombardment attack+ B- h- N( m( G  |  f7 l9 Y
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:
  g, ?2 a* J0 U/ H) ^      1082 casualties reported+ t" r3 g6 ?$ v8 \
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled  q5 L* ~, R* N  q1 c  C5 i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
, m$ r" i% n3 J         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled0 {& I- }' W1 V8 p2 c5 b$ Q' h0 v
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)* d! S1 b: j6 `$ g0 P7 v% _
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Allied ground losses:
4 M3 F8 ?: e6 F* A8 T" q      23 casualties reported2 Y9 v0 v% `0 s) L) m/ \
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: X4 I. J' v7 n
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled# i: Z4 ^' |6 F; c) c! I+ F; m9 q1 t
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 f1 E  _' M& F, N+ I; N. A      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
) w: T; m, A1 {7 f      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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! p8 \! Q) @( a# g0 q: q* A; b* bSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,1131 y. K, ~# O, V/ r- M; \
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Japanese Ships0 M" A( {4 L, H: [! R
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships5 @* [$ R6 T/ S- ]* p) i
      CLAA Prince Robert
7 ]: V9 q4 g6 p( Q: s& G- |6 h      DD Saumarez
* N2 O; u2 h% F' p" S      DD Nizam1 [; t5 k& \' l
      DD Ellet" J+ v+ }  M2 ?; Y
      DD Waller! k3 P# X$ R, H6 _2 n8 M9 g( k
      DD Walker
! }2 `. Y6 S' _- v+ q      DD Wadleigh% L0 a  v* l# L+ ^8 u8 |3 m) F3 v
      DD Uhlmann( w9 U+ h6 l1 g( Z; a! K
      DD Twining
& m' x8 E) u+ D' G& j, `      DD Twiggs1 H3 M2 H& ], m3 Z
      DD David Taylor
8 z: N. V% \* D" X  `7 v5 d( D      DD Strong
* ~, b7 L, Z2 |2 }/ g7 O      DD Sproston6 W1 Y% p7 T7 S' F) F5 N+ B9 l
      DD Sigsbee
- O8 ~: @+ M- m+ r' a  I5 ^      DD Sigourney# \' C8 ]* g7 O' \) U& Q& U$ G
      DD Schroeder/ r  \2 X/ I' M8 u% C3 Z, o
      DD Benham II
( ~7 ~( l: z8 T/ |; g2 F$ h      DD Cushing II( t; x5 _* L! K; S( o0 E8 o# Y
      DD Urchin! x+ f* Y) Z% g3 `
      DD Urania; X) ~6 [8 Y' G- s8 c# U' k! J
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
% A# M' M  _+ Z5 Z' @9 ~# a" TDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search* u: Y$ b6 N- }9 K# a: n
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
7 ]- A* t9 r! S2 X4 u* J9 PSS I-48 forced to surface!0 t, R- K( ^+ m* e) Q
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....8 i" P& e. g' h4 N. k
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
( _! I8 j  s: U$ s2 }DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ..../ j, Q5 V: c, B0 B1 j
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
$ D& M7 j% e( Z3 uDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....* p: C* F, |8 G' Z# R
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
0 s/ |% J5 R, h1 g* Y5 w% `/ K# c- h      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses! c  p6 \. y4 g# z6 s/ j: A
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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* j) L% I4 |) j3 G$ W# {Japanese Ships
1 }$ i- H$ w/ L      CL Agano9 n# T4 `& D( ^: O  ^
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 26 l/ H: u; B* V$ m4 l
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 q( Z( \+ S& f5 j
      DD Hibiki+ F! g1 N6 Q! m8 l8 q( n
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1" b7 J& K: w" [! ~7 K% j6 e
      DD Shirakumo
! ~# B2 H; h, Q, \. |; ^$ ]1 y      DD Isonami
- Z/ ?' Q& T# @  f$ T: |& Y      DD Murakumo  y# V( F# n( }$ ^
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
8 R" h) a; S7 _/ D      BB North Carolina
1 x$ r: K  z) h4 R& o' Z      BB Washington" i: T1 a! z  j/ h+ Y
      BB South Dakota
+ u4 L, q0 k) C; v8 `3 k      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
% U, O0 q: X- b! H# @% L) p      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
  J* N8 D, P! q' k/ V      BB Alabama, Shell hits 24 y' S( ?. Q& G  R
      DD Conner3 ~, n4 l% i) i; v; B
      DD Cotten  {5 ?0 S( E5 ~; l
      DD Cowell
) e* C0 z# a9 l$ F' W4 u& V      DD Daly7 T1 i- k, @) R. m& G2 \* n
      DD Eaton' F) z, H' |$ @
      DD Heywood Edwards; H# S2 d- S1 I$ ~
      DD Erben  T% L3 k5 C1 r4 H
      DD Evans
4 R' I& j0 }1 ~' t* Q      DD Foote' _) I: V; F' b. H  o' X
      DD Franks0 s+ Z* H0 ]6 k2 p, H
      DD Fullam: u/ C; a2 R( F) p# Z
      DD Gatling' N5 K! E& O: C! ^7 z
      DD Albert Grant
+ C- j7 \% v" I, l0 Q! w- x      DD Gregory
4 q4 b% j. T% a* {3 _      DD Guest! ]" X, @5 K% T# S
      DMS Hamilton
- [9 J. j7 Q  P      DMS Forrest
: M' y& F, V2 J1 Z' U      DMS Ellyson
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4 Y' Z/ F. u( W- `Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards, W) Y( ]$ e( \$ W5 t$ z
Range closes to 28,000 yards...% I2 g. p! t# ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
- T  L/ u/ r9 T& t# V" {" PCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
7 m/ M# N. v) h3 {# A. YRange closes to 26,000 yards...; [0 D8 \% b8 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards  y: b8 M2 V2 g9 y$ G
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! U% H4 \: m8 E: WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. T! x( s1 `; l! N9 Q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards* C2 I( i3 R1 B' i. H
Range closes to 22,000 yards...3 O0 L8 X' S; w3 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; ?1 t9 h4 e+ X0 A( NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards  E3 l  C6 {9 o( P' B0 m& R
Range closes to 20,000 yards...! m+ Y! v& c% A/ ^; B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
# ~# a% j7 j- a9 w$ p* \% d7 ?Range closes to 18,000 yards...  r5 f* x+ f  Q0 v. q" |! X6 j  Y3 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards. O2 M: _! N; {0 Z
Range closes to 16,000 yards...! j9 e6 y" F" w% b* X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
5 ^+ @9 b9 Y  LRange closes to 14,000 yards...- T9 U6 _$ B+ x5 Y! b% y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
: K- V4 O1 n% O9 C! m! ORange closes to 12,000 yards...
- m: J* H6 L5 g2 N" `1 q, PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. x% [4 k" ~8 [, MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
( A, j' |" C4 Y1 S7 BRange closes to 11,000 yards...
0 B/ v) Q% }; |5 Y  O( G5 X" ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
' A: \' p( c7 e# f# r( tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards6 a$ x1 s# S; V8 L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...( O: @1 \1 Y' U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
" ?0 @2 y* A: u3 J0 K& C( zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards* `, }  M! c+ `1 @# l& B5 x
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
0 o2 e' X" ]( q& E5 E! r4 z5 OBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards. T7 m- X: e: m  N6 G0 _
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
/ l' u! k3 n  [% R. ]CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards  {% L6 A* A; W( Z8 H5 H$ c2 c
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards2 W2 {/ F$ O( ~. C
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards; H* f; V) U# O( f% x0 m
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards! ?/ ^3 W  c; P' O
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 H$ x. |) ]; a6 M7 W# ]$ G
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
# s/ J1 t" ~" F: j3 yDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards9 L% [7 P9 B9 ]+ A; @& W! w
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
5 S; u2 i8 V; F( ECL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
$ z+ u) f! D% J, H% b. TRange increases to 11,000 yards
; W/ i) {2 U: \5 _) X$ ^CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
$ o# ?( a) \* Z4 ]BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
' @2 t" B) y4 h6 O. jCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards1 V% P: C. M1 G* T
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
& i% y9 \$ D2 R2 b# |CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
( F4 [% X2 }9 q: ]' U( J& g6 n. ^DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
3 {0 Z, W" n/ R& n$ k, L7 W4 fCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards) M% E  B4 ^6 |
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
3 d- R/ Z4 s' [" s5 B. CDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
: b' Y& Z5 W" S5 aDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards. B" p5 k2 Y5 A
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
& S# ^8 L  d, y& c+ U7 ADD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
$ t+ w& i) N/ e  ^2 \DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards- w' @2 Z  H; E% N- [$ P
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
" A' F0 C* d$ I* m* }: }Range closes to 10,000 yards* M3 G+ k& H' B9 A' r: K
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards+ y: G8 H& o1 h, q/ K
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards/ r" k+ M0 t: F  [
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards# l! P( E. `+ H1 ^6 |( C- m" ^
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
; r. l; ]7 M; g. Z6 F7 bDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards' z) V- D  z4 O: J
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards5 t1 Y& A8 V+ k! E& E* K% x
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: Y3 m" z6 Y3 w) h7 h% ?8 t% fCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
) d- _& w5 E4 Q3 s: qCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
+ n/ d" d( |7 H1 R) g6 oDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards& }5 b9 R  `+ U9 T! Z! Q. m: @4 R7 G
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
+ Q9 ~$ M! s* |+ s3 K* W8 s4 GTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships  A' h3 o3 F  Z+ `$ g
      DD Hikokaze
: M. u3 p: X) [8 y2 ]4 [, f      DD Ishikaze
; i, b/ ~2 \- f) j5 ~      DD Tagokaze. Q& `# y# h0 C& F/ d+ l+ ^" ^* [
      DD Takatakaze
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; u5 U, v* D! ]/ Y+ YAllied Ships: P4 y+ {" T, [0 W7 ~. `4 j
      BB North Carolina
! n# L5 c! S+ W      BB Washington
! G5 J$ i1 \# O  s- Z1 z: v      BB South Dakota& c& d* ^' h  _# q
      BB Indiana: V5 P7 w/ Y/ ^# M( n
      BB Massachusetts
" r0 q. x( l6 b      BB Alabama
( ~" e8 ^0 _( e) K& u      DD Conner4 M( f1 I: M! g; X
      DD Cotten0 Q6 m4 b* e. _' M  p) q' V$ X
      DD Cowell
; B; w8 f5 `5 J, n      DD Daly
6 u% a* X8 c5 Q9 R% r9 P" e( o$ T      DD Eaton! B$ z4 a0 {5 C3 T6 u
      DD Heywood Edwards
6 l" v9 f# p# _7 \; z9 s      DD Erben
( M+ d) U$ d9 s- V& n; K2 d; q      DD Evans1 C2 U9 ^8 h) Y) m  c( M0 @! z
      DD Foote
0 n. x6 z$ B( A& |% _  z      DD Franks
  x+ m# P! @+ T( [. l" K; p7 H      DD Fullam5 s5 e" s3 s! @$ `9 E
      DD Gatling
9 `( c6 j, L4 _3 u- f) t      DD Albert Grant
4 f4 r. k+ ?' J      DD Gregory
% t- y4 B5 i+ v* |. |/ q1 k6 R% R      DD Guest
& _- R& e' w/ _      DMS Hamilton' v) N( b$ o% g# h% P
      DMS Forrest! M- A1 m) s% q: @" X( Z: n
      DMS Ellyson5 z3 w- o. v% `1 e/ m1 @- D

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards' r: G1 a! m: i$ F
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
- ^" f$ E# d2 D) oRange closes to 26,000 yards...8 R* |/ q* d7 x$ W6 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
0 X$ n  h9 |$ c2 I6 A/ u+ s2 CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards( ?" v% X( v% o. f* Q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: s- C! U( V  b2 x8 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 r: c$ y0 @2 |0 w& o/ z" o, }  |Range closes to 22,000 yards...( ?: K8 q; C8 V. e
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 a4 J3 D9 y. S* c! T; P+ e0 KRange closes to 18,000 yards...
/ L) @, r/ ?- K4 {; GCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
) S# p4 E: ~8 ]* Z. q# J; C/ lRange closes to 16,000 yards...+ \) `& i' L: D2 \+ r$ b8 }9 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards, z8 U; X& m% h3 M; E
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards2 ^2 p- Y3 f1 L) o' A
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- T' C# H: ^! C* a( T& h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
- l# @; K8 I7 nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards# `& |4 J2 R& e( u# y6 f; v
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., ^$ v" b: m6 s7 z5 q" I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards/ v6 V+ X$ K% Z- V, M7 r
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards- D2 y1 ]4 V- R2 Z6 |$ x/ m
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
# B; t! _+ Q: I" ^+ LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
+ O9 f. |8 p0 P$ @4 V# r3 ORange closes to 10,000 yards...
6 ]4 E: y' c1 d! _+ ?0 MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards% H! A7 F, t0 |2 f9 C
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat9 H; S4 w3 S7 @/ R( p" Q
Range increases to 15,000 yards...6 @5 V7 O, a) I9 Q' t
Range increases to 20,000 yards...7 B( {" |. i! i- D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
( s' p! A" `; ~Range increases to 25,000 yards...# T6 P3 E7 @! ?0 p; I! H
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
. X* i& w9 |' w8 J* TRange increases to 30,000 yards...
7 y. g% I6 {. b0 dJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
& y8 z& B7 P9 w% J, P( `9 x      APD T-3, Shell hits 11 j6 b/ d  h+ h8 w) T1 k& x. B# v
      APD T-41 t: ?; i9 i- F: |7 S4 ]
      APD T-5
2 r( [( h2 W6 V) U1 s/ z      APD T-6
& q: l' v! w" I      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 O5 _8 @$ T( E
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
! T7 t0 {; ^' l! ~      APD T-95 z# j6 ~5 I/ y! D; i6 p/ v7 {
      APD T-10! G2 i5 s0 t1 l; ~
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire8 J* G' O" \/ m& w1 o; w: ?
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
* k+ t$ b! @$ e* B" ]: Z      APD T-13, Shell hits 1/ V' C+ m# f( m4 R) {; E( ]* j) C
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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      BB North Carolina
6 g+ q. P' X7 f      BB Washington
( t" t* H; a" W- v      BB South Dakota) Y/ M1 d# b8 e, C7 t; i- y
      BB Indiana
9 z% f  j* i# v; e8 `      BB Massachusetts
, J9 v! A7 r' m: S' F7 I1 k' F  y      BB Alabama
( W) P4 g  I* U      DD Conner, |2 j$ E  ~4 F. \' ^
      DD Cotten
1 c" }* _1 Q1 e7 C6 e8 I      DD Cowell* S2 r4 q% T  z; @# B
      DD Daly
7 A* P7 c' S0 E$ T: E+ d2 r7 a      DD Eaton8 B/ L8 f7 J9 \# _  V9 x
      DD Heywood Edwards6 J( s' A& k) m( p' e( j8 v
      DD Erben* X* S( A( V( N% s) s& C
      DD Evans  m% \) k2 M) W; w9 T6 o
      DD Foote
: ~8 |$ {, b2 B) n      DD Franks
: w6 Q( b. G# N" b( w0 {/ M3 J" B      DD Fullam
% g" l( F  G0 J0 O2 R- t      DD Gatling$ ~; v9 b- f$ y4 h5 }
      DD Albert Grant
. B. g& g" @+ m% y      DD Gregory
! w( D! a; y! P1 \& R5 b9 N      DD Guest5 Y# f( i- s' v) p+ ]) g
      DMS Hamilton
. S* n3 n6 g" F3 ?, [7 ?; Z: Y9 {! I      DMS Forrest
' C0 B* j* H: G% L6 M      DMS Ellyson' k3 K6 O4 Y7 u& B* U
9 G, C! Z  H' V" R

6 i5 q! W; E, cMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 A) a- Y: x/ [; U1 V9 O  s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 P1 z# R8 m% U& aRange closes to 26,000 yards...
) y. q' Z" w0 R8 }1 v9 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards7 \8 z5 i/ w$ ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...) r, ^# S% h4 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 F3 [6 R/ d" t8 aRange closes to 22,000 yards...# K* m, W% M, n% U0 `# z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
  f6 Y! D. t: ~Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: r9 b; X5 P( tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' a3 L& A( j* w- C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 A: x1 R8 C# G& B. }' r6 M+ W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards2 q( A, }! Q- x: F4 H% x
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ t, ?& P+ r7 Z3 C2 @4 N$ [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! @6 L) `. o- ^/ ?. _' s1 ?( ERange closes to 14,000 yards...1 |1 m/ j" f! A7 w# ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards7 c/ [9 _/ b  [% Z, M) ?
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
1 Z& R/ u3 j* N# LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 L- l3 E8 Y& {; e4 D
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( ~3 i1 \& B7 t9 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# d2 r( a: n% k! @' e& O0 JRange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 Y3 F6 h5 a6 B: p1 E# o, oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 t; g3 o" ~- ~. j
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
* J; x1 `6 }' b- Y5 x, N) TBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
' o0 ]# P. a: q$ r9 i7 |0 }BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
* [" Y9 x; c; b: ^BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards$ F# z" D% x  i( m7 X# d# \6 W+ S
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
$ g! t2 V( J4 o- r6 v9 aDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% C& }, i4 Q& D% G+ x* [* H2 D# MDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards2 d: \9 m! Q! a4 m
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
0 S+ f! ?, c! N; qBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards  m4 {% @' O! v7 l
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
; |! _3 }  @- m5 M0 E8 S# _( n/ z/ `DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 Q: I) h% f, }7 X( R; }
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
! e& H+ ]* `" FBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards$ G% {7 `3 b8 E) h$ |. z- d' _
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards; g; p' k( F, B( O
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
/ Y9 l; a. Z! d5 q6 CAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards7 r0 h0 E$ e  l
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 |1 S/ P4 b/ r8 x' O
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards% v4 N: w1 t6 _. \5 o
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
( x& v( B5 c8 k9 ODD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
5 h1 M/ x2 r$ Z, {: MDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
2 D! [$ [- s; x+ |) QRange increases to 10,000 yards8 m8 p6 u, B7 ~/ p
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ d% W$ ^/ O7 C
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# V' [9 G- G' s# I* a! {* mBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( s, ]- a" l9 j2 `5 O, H* ?6 }: UDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 E$ e1 E, ?$ W, t
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
* b+ p" r+ X3 J9 z" `1 {DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards# q8 x) [9 n8 D! g) x. f* A$ O
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards$ V4 i* S1 K$ U
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards1 U) U- ]! v& Y: G
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" q( d0 m! {1 \: wDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards  {% @( G8 G9 x- H, c" M! L: D
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* ?$ H! R/ ?& ^1 q+ p$ o6 o
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* {3 u8 L9 I: `* }1 o; H1 RDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards3 `5 l* H6 ]3 M* B  V# e
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' O. z1 `" b% _* pDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
( j! }. V$ @3 q1 y! N. gDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards3 ~. N  r3 e& o0 C
Range increases to 11,000 yards3 s% w2 ]6 {/ H. X8 x& R0 x2 _1 S! T
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards  F1 @3 @  m/ ~  c" V4 k/ S
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards3 N4 E9 H- @  S
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% p) q) @/ y6 n0 I
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
$ i/ ~2 {3 Y$ h# Q" F1 R% fBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
0 h! R# I. Y, A5 W: K& {APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards6 ?% L9 H, C# @, u
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards% Y4 q& ~& ]3 v4 O- A
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
: B- k9 L( Q5 E0 g, t& `) VDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 J3 O/ E7 n3 T  m* a+ ZDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
; p4 S5 E: t" s: w( {0 PDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards) ~, @6 j2 J* d$ f/ R; Z) }
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards5 I! L5 z" k* o" G( N2 Z
Range closes to 10,000 yards
1 w4 `. }5 ~# l9 l( yBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
2 E. \! w: V! d9 wBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ P$ `9 @) O, @5 m1 u. z: ABB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards! e% \" Q2 `" w4 o4 O+ l% ~7 A
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards5 z& t& ?. _: \. h: ~
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 s, C" G( S' f. r+ _
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
. p, V" E+ z! S! J  r  ]DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; E  a2 a- R2 s3 c% RDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
- S* w: `) |* ]8 k7 R" [0 K4 GDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
! S7 ^/ w# ]3 i0 t: G! }DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards$ Y$ ~6 Z$ G# {8 y& b
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 D; x% J( R. U% q5 dDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards( a' m: P0 U" V" g# t( `
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
3 \# u  b5 z1 d. XRange closes to 8,000 yards3 I8 n! }3 d+ |
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards# A% ?$ Y. _3 ^0 r# B1 r
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards; z9 u& B- y+ Z
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
9 _" H$ C- T) N) O; G8 i8 jBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
, x+ ?. B- V* k/ G) ?4 r/ VAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards  e1 l+ B3 V1 I
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape, {6 T1 K! W' E/ \: C& k
Task forces break off.../ D* R' N. `: X* _# ^* E, e

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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2 n; C" E; j$ f! ~( aJapanese Ships
1 J" [4 F3 N: J      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
" J" D. n. y% [" J      APD T-2
6 F# x$ {3 ^. c! m! p: r7 Z, u) ^      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
/ M- k. [* x7 q- z) s( u      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
( G& d! z" D3 i; X7 Z5 |( s      APD T-5
* l# U6 H, J4 L+ ^: j% U% a: R      APD T-62 H7 P# t, Y" z( `6 U2 U- I
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 h4 C: C  d( j1 _      APD T-9, Shell hits 1& y% k3 P: C1 R$ m3 @1 x
      APD T-104 U% J( `9 L; t/ D' ~5 a& h
      APD T-11,  on fire
& }/ t3 {$ z' k8 R8 G      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
, F) }: s6 ?" h( I7 T6 `- H1 V  Y      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
6 T  {, C' S; f. t, ^; \      APD T-14, and is sunk% i1 d( x+ f0 V* L- G# G

* C5 @* I' I5 b5 ]" eAllied Ships2 ^3 ]3 \: U# z# a4 x; ?' d# ?
      CA Portland+ C' J4 B- `+ Q7 X( k
      CA Northampton
8 h# n0 E- }* z2 U  K      CA Chester! \1 ]4 t* j1 r- N0 \
      CA Louisville, D8 I1 w5 r' v2 R" o. c+ N
      CA Chicago/ R5 X; S7 q3 Z8 z- p8 n+ l: t% f0 _
      CA Astoria5 i2 \, x* H4 D9 M( X
      CA Minneapolis
. ~, W6 f2 E' t      CA San Francisco
" _& s& X- O  T# }+ P      CA Quincy4 J% B/ h1 _! p) `$ z. C" `
      CA Vincennes3 F+ O* H( `/ _+ u
      CA Wichita; _# H& x4 S: h, q7 a
      DD Bennett: e9 l/ R) p, F8 h  V6 X
      DD Bradford
2 s0 ?9 R0 o& O      DD Braine  P2 Z& S5 g8 h8 ~- P  t' \5 t
      DD Brownson
9 N: C; s$ S* g) z$ T% h      DD Bryant4 ]2 e7 [0 v6 i$ ~
      DD Bullard5 b( @# O. D- C9 g) {; V( j- ]
      DD Burns
: B# ?: ?$ E1 }$ @3 j      DD Callaghan1 S, ^2 w, Z, B* K  X4 b# z9 [! ]5 |
      DD Caperton" @1 Q5 P1 ?) @. l" _  B5 F; g/ }, {
      DD Capps
. U$ u5 g* _: ^      DMS Emmons
  m  Q3 G& D  C8 c: t2 L: }      DMS Macomb$ J9 a8 V" A. ^0 Z# P' O
      DMS Rodman
( X  p, U9 a- M- a- |7 u5 Z      DMS Gherardi& d' D+ M2 @+ k; |0 a* E8 Z
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, E+ h* T) k; |( i% N- j1 EMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards$ w5 |6 k$ I5 I6 T
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 V1 T3 C4 m+ b4 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards) Y) g; q/ Z$ H7 m5 c- U1 o. F
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( q+ `# \* ]2 W) ]2 O0 t% F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
. s3 O9 M& K9 x, A' sRange closes to 24,000 yards...
- u/ Y! G* U! b2 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 M8 d6 a( l7 Z% \. G8 J7 eRange closes to 22,000 yards...
, p. A+ k: X1 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards) E$ k# z! Q# o2 C
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; D* Z. U: r2 r! G& B0 s9 Y: yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
2 a( }6 k6 K- {8 @3 {- J. cRange closes to 18,000 yards...
2 S" L8 c. d' c# R5 Z. SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
7 Q$ O  {, h' b7 Q. p$ t: I4 ?; VRange closes to 16,000 yards...; E) I$ T" n4 P, \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, e9 S! A1 j! d4 QRange closes to 14,000 yards...
: c5 c6 g- A# O$ @( k0 B! y0 K5 XRange closes to 12,000 yards...6 K& F' D% f4 Q- f5 [4 [/ p% @7 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 U, n" r/ D  `2 s  B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 u# S6 @: J' O/ W& @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards; j* ^. _' N. O  v2 U8 f- L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
( Z) b" \9 u  J) I* A, W1 w0 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
  ]" a& Y+ t! }( k2 \; ZCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards7 d8 a8 w& i/ L% ]7 A# ]# V+ U
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
0 \! |8 X$ x3 z& @- ]/ lRange increases to 11,000 yards
$ Q/ ~$ }0 c9 A# e( ^$ }) s( hAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards- ^7 k7 v* E5 C
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
7 Q8 w1 Q0 L& S3 l9 ~" k6 H3 yCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' j5 D- r: H" |/ u8 a( z  W  YCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
+ b' n- h  D5 ]( ^8 OCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' E, T) D8 |1 r( R! [8 ^
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards2 b6 y# V; b$ D! T
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 M0 u6 t# z2 t: K
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. s& V! p$ B7 j% }" B
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards: R, y' E- Q9 R, t& `$ T# H
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 c/ j9 ~7 }( t- V4 T; \
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
# C) j  e  \/ \7 |+ w% YDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards9 K: O% x+ l- X6 w( }. p
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 K* p" z4 |* cDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' @6 r. |1 |0 tDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
5 @5 V& E. |4 E) JAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
8 B$ K9 D" i$ n$ A& X' G/ F# R3 z3 H# NAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards2 l6 [' R9 ]8 g4 ^2 V3 E( l& I
Range closes to 10,000 yards# Z6 J& X% ^8 {, S6 v( c
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards9 `" i8 Z. ]3 G8 j6 c% t
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
& l3 H% p  n& G2 C9 s* i" }CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
' d' @# d$ {6 V8 O3 o$ Y, X# zCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ W  }0 m4 I: e  [* gCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards. ^- D7 Y- Q0 V* S) L; Z+ e; E
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
! s7 g6 v* x9 z: t( \, [3 j8 dDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& O8 u6 G2 ]/ M- a, U7 T' Q& H
Range closes to 9,000 yards/ s) e. I6 H9 O9 u, q& Z+ y
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards+ ~1 O5 A2 Y0 c! e
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards5 P5 Y% }: X7 V2 c" v$ u
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards' S2 P, F0 M  i
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
: V+ _8 x  S1 f8 n. S3 M' t1 T3 aCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards+ ^& b3 g/ \# j, V/ f
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards4 H- y; g& \% K- P4 F0 \- S0 I# Q
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
" E0 {0 i* S4 I8 tRange increases to 10,000 yards
, ~& K& m+ t, NAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards% ~  @# n6 {- E% M+ `
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: I; T& @- j" T( ?# HDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 s& n2 a6 N0 A% U( E$ g% iCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards! v+ {8 h& {2 `! r
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' u4 ]: C5 M/ }1 q4 J3 Q$ ~: J5 X3 T& rJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ Z2 C/ u: p( j& p6 p
Task forces break off...
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+ q6 t& g2 y6 k6 ~: kNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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( `. j2 Q+ P4 ~& @9 q$ \% uJapanese Ships
5 r* `$ S& I9 l. k      APD T-1
" M% i& m8 G+ A' M6 n      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire: O% c  Q. a" ^; i$ S3 R
      APD T-3% T  o$ ^6 K+ L" S% c
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
3 q6 R. ^* I1 Y4 E" u+ c4 [      APD T-55 z- L! u* M- P; m- @9 f. W6 M
      APD T-6
  a7 \, X6 Q6 {# t$ K/ L      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk& y; @# s2 e+ M
      APD T-9
5 Y: g' O0 g! R+ _  S( N      APD T-10
  m2 r3 ?, H9 F      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships( d2 h8 A' V/ h3 z( ~
      CA Portland
  D( ~1 A2 H/ l/ t! k      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1! p% H" \) a& H4 H1 y4 r
      CA Chester, E, Y7 y1 H) z. i2 w+ S4 y* j
      CA Louisville/ A. h, l) F) e
      CA Chicago2 e# U; |  t! i, P& J: E  e2 _1 ~
      CA Astoria
+ U0 K# N: \* S) p$ {; E- q      CA Minneapolis
9 E2 n$ G" z7 F6 c1 _1 v      CA San Francisco
$ n; f2 v) _% v6 Z3 N$ l3 A8 J      CA Quincy
( \; O  m; X, O9 [4 L      CA Vincennes! [' J& ]. c, {" r! p) G
      CA Wichita
) {9 ?" r8 C8 c7 R. d- R      DD Bennett6 J$ U, w# c7 U* P
      DD Bradford1 I; j! ~" i1 j$ m
      DD Braine
6 E2 R; w1 y5 G& J      DD Brownson  {7 i, Q- w: P: G9 |& x
      DD Bryant
% \. e1 q3 E" ?$ d) Q( }: v      DD Bullard& e# M: Z& ~4 z) C. k) |
      DD Burns
, |( `9 S. j  p# Y- \      DD Callaghan
* w/ {: a- H3 N+ h      DD Caperton, Q1 ?! a4 G6 Z2 ]# }) j
      DD Capps
0 L  i6 ~( L. [2 F2 G4 M7 L      DMS Emmons4 o' i5 Y# o; b, Q/ Q4 M% l0 Y
      DMS Macomb4 h0 L4 Y8 L  _: l/ g2 a& W; }& K2 @
      DMS Rodman8 Q  m3 ~: ?0 [2 D
      DMS Gherardi, s5 G: O- ?0 t6 Y! Z
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; \7 j: j5 k, }# r& O0 k/ GRange closes to 28,000 yards...
: H3 h1 a  Z/ `' e. O" c) |8 J: s4 k6 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
9 j. S; u4 w+ }Range closes to 26,000 yards...
+ r: I: T+ P4 j3 c. NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards: M* \& D  d8 T/ x( l/ E
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) c2 Y4 w1 C" `! ?; ^  ^Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 }& V# c  R3 T0 W* ?) Z- I: v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards; V6 \6 g) s1 Y! L5 h4 c6 W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
, d$ T# t" Q. j+ ^' M# KRange closes to 18,000 yards...
4 h- B1 J  z) k) O0 e6 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
- v6 g$ N. c0 A& o  p# Y0 a1 g2 aRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 K! y5 t& u* j( vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
% v: _0 ~; H, W5 [Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! o, i0 i/ v3 f1 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
' X7 e& E. ~6 E+ }Range closes to 12,000 yards...& Q, N, ^$ ?" T. U/ |4 ^/ B; o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
7 U; e3 m' Y. TRange closes to 11,000 yards...
7 l5 r4 T  P; e, D9 i5 o  JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" a; ]* A7 T4 m) Z6 A" p! H3 f
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ c6 [  u7 I3 R( Q3 P: WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# B6 i9 h* W7 K! }6 o' i) pCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards6 Y- Z& S4 E7 u2 u: B
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
# x' c6 U" r8 W3 h1 TDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
' P) C. F% U/ k2 {. u6 fRange increases to 12,000 yards  o" v$ h6 u  q$ m
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards: G4 F( V7 T: T
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
8 V# W" K& {! ]$ P0 j" C5 VCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
4 \! ?7 ?  G# s8 n+ OCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards* G; c3 V2 y) j) x
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards8 ^# _: H; q; H6 K
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, k5 \8 y  M% I9 QDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
1 Y  o4 S0 R3 C. R1 eDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards% V& i/ [' A, h+ B, k" ?) s5 b
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards/ Y6 r" N2 G% B( w& n
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards5 V: l' f3 O: U; f: D
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards' @/ Z( ]: m+ H0 y* x
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards4 s% {3 S4 |4 x. g
Range closes to 9,000 yards- c0 E8 D" ^6 M2 s6 z3 N/ Q# J; Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards% K) q2 c8 ^( [3 i' ^5 ?! j
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
  j9 {" K: t# m; u$ A; p+ @CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards2 }9 W  o( k: M: x  A# l) w8 B% H6 G
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. C6 }0 q% M; F3 l# YCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
* N' [, D9 {+ u; j9 P1 ~  ]CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; t+ ?+ n# q0 _- \6 ~4 x/ N
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
" F1 J% o! N# q9 q+ f8 W9 ^DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
5 ^7 E( C& h) Q4 v7 ZRange closes to 7,000 yards5 L. v9 m6 V; j. U  O
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards6 N' z: D# \. J) W
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
( Q" B- d4 U& H4 C: N+ V& W4 V8 UCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards1 C+ C9 m3 C. |) J# L! w
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards1 Y% L& Z2 \& R9 r
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( D/ U. P1 W' W$ W$ {0 {0 W
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
% G; E; F! W+ u  KCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards/ Q" z& t2 u6 `6 g+ P! a% C& k+ [
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
# V+ I& I& C% o+ n% s7 \CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
' q) u8 }5 Y' Z2 k; [$ t2 zDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
; Q# v! e: Z! xDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
/ u3 S, S& \8 B3 MRange increases to 10,000 yards8 |  [. L9 h- C# t$ u
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  C5 b3 O; \0 F. e& e1 l5 F, kCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# G* M9 D9 [4 W1 p- E& s$ \! XJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape) ?+ J$ r9 o3 L" P
Task forces break off..." K# ]1 G! n$ F
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' ]5 N7 g& b9 ^( F: G6 j* Y% ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# q6 K* q- V% q: K  c5 c, H5 G
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Japanese Ships
3 z) C! S  f# @! }) L      APD T-19 t; ?$ K/ j7 l
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# ^, F: i3 Z) i
      APD T-3# f# x2 Z8 v9 U7 a; S( i. o
      APD T-5
3 _2 W! @: R& S' g8 Z7 \! P      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* L8 `5 ]! r* G- ?1 f& S0 J
      APD T-9
3 J# v$ w. J! L+ f0 a6 {      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% e) g- O/ I# ?7 Q  ?& Q      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk6 i3 j# O  J9 g; M1 m. y# E7 j( Q
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Allied Ships
& F4 s" [5 a. }- P      CL Swiftsure
6 m- G2 @- K& R, [0 s" o9 l5 w      CL St. Louis: J- V$ M5 \$ c& y, r6 l, [
      CL Phoenix
- q, K2 H' r1 p. W3 Y2 }" Z      CL Cleveland
8 x* j0 W9 D; e1 m  A  M      CL Montpelier
. w. G" M0 |  o6 }8 G6 p      CL Denver+ P, Y4 Q: N% C$ t5 Y( [0 g
      CL Santa Fe: T. @- z2 O- ]) n2 U# a' q
      CL Birmingham
& @2 B4 w% O) g* E      CL Mobile$ w/ N3 l* B" D- A1 e/ p
      CL Biloxi9 W3 P3 G9 g2 p; F& w4 j2 g
      CL Miami4 |  e' W4 q3 {5 X
      CL Pasadena# I" s& Q3 d" _" `
      DD Allen M. Sumner3 ^* H0 y% V* P( B5 o- t  X
      DD Ault
/ Z8 L3 L" ^# I7 G$ h5 m      DD English
1 K1 F# V! Z8 n7 V" n. Y0 y- A/ F( X      DD Haynsworth
' t4 r7 C2 e- L) G2 ^) B: a      DD Maddox  I6 l' j/ g$ `3 f9 M9 W" _
      DD Mansfield
/ E4 [8 E: e; H7 ~" y      DD Waldron
0 e# v5 q! `& [; y/ ]4 Y      DD Haggard/ @: Z# d/ Q5 w& q
      DD Hailey7 d4 s8 f3 r+ {! n
      DD Hale
' r6 p, j& m8 l      CL Vincennes II! b$ Y: J5 c; d: h+ M, Z- l- }/ }
      CL Houston II  p, B& g0 R* V  K0 E1 g3 o
      CL Astoria II
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1 b+ r! I  \* a2 C# Q+ @" O2 M: sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( p* n2 C) o  M2 I5 [
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 L  k) F7 T, zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 S% ]9 `, t5 e  o2 v) g
Range closes to 26,000 yards...6 f2 U; y; e3 A* T4 o
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
  \$ r. m' S+ B* ^# Z" w5 Q! x7 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
; i4 J% {3 f, Y  N7 _, URange closes to 22,000 yards...
2 u' y! ], b. KRange closes to 20,000 yards...) P6 z; L# }7 w* O5 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
( v  t1 j4 P0 P& M& q, ]8 rRange closes to 18,000 yards...! T- y, a" Q% Q: x$ b8 }; i' P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 P6 m8 G5 ?0 L7 e! q  {Range closes to 16,000 yards...) C. p) o9 R8 x# b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards$ Y& u% M$ W0 z
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
$ D* U9 J' w: J, \& Q; G/ v- ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards8 n8 ~) H+ ^8 Q  q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
/ [6 O  P6 D+ Z" q; ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 r+ _  W$ o7 Z* [/ t9 G6 CRange closes to 11,000 yards...
8 p% i8 U0 j( `8 g, VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( K7 B& @5 v" }% Q
Range closes to 10,000 yards...! }# `" Y- A2 l5 a8 j$ L# V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
. v! k* m: y- N6 }! o0 cWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
; E3 P' a& @$ j. o8 @: bCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 w6 p6 o3 Y/ v; B  A1 R& {0 j
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
" J# Y! ]& W) _9 b, |/ `' ECL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
; S  l4 p  e6 R$ K& F7 }7 q7 e+ z8 YCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 A# C% j; r, ]5 ^
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 S( A* O# q: |1 s
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
$ k) }, F' W% [: N4 a9 fDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
4 L0 ?1 p' h- @' [0 e( WDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards3 S9 R. A0 K6 S( m
Range increases to 11,000 yards0 w3 }; i: s: V+ H0 B4 F
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 _3 u. A7 |8 N; X+ ~7 x3 i
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 p( B- t/ [: D5 g+ w/ |CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards9 N5 U* h) i1 h5 D
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
$ J7 z( M5 i5 ~" v( JCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards7 V" M+ e; h; F
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 R" \& ~) c) d. q4 \
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
( I0 @" S  P# g2 ?) S+ J2 gDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards  }5 x: ]/ L7 e% z/ h. ?6 X; f4 K
Range closes to 8,000 yards
, y  \( G. Q" i# s5 pCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
* m# c! |( b1 r% E# `" mCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards/ Q; y" ?- G& P- d" U# ^
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
8 g9 I3 G# [5 a0 oAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards  x& e. L4 d1 ~' X; S
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards: m3 N* y/ v  N* ]3 b" V. p
Range closes to 7,000 yards9 @1 O) u* c. ~0 O8 `
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ T% f; `2 L9 f1 M) q7 [& C$ A& _CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- a$ t5 o; L0 S5 D8 B( YCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 j" Q. N: i. {4 V$ RCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
3 I" |. L5 r8 y" v7 UCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
) L+ Q# U8 ?! ^5 d, @7 FCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
+ z* K: l+ \7 H! |CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ T- m0 U; P, z1 i/ ?" a# t* O1 b$ L
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ F  F3 O" v  J% m2 h
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
$ v  T' C8 e7 N) m+ S! RDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
% I( W6 R, ~6 u- }$ ^APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards3 [7 [3 u3 D! `" j# M" T! }5 t
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards2 d, X0 p. f& N# t* y( y
Range increases to 8,000 yards
& J% u/ C5 i3 qCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 M* |! v  R' ~! f8 H8 _CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards" X+ S4 |5 @+ ?
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards1 o( L+ F# I' `& X" ~4 }; u
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards8 T) v$ }# r* a0 g$ W. k; ?) }

" \" b, H& v3 e5 M3 j: r# k6 d1 rJapanese Ships9 Y. j1 s  U4 ~8 `# l( v( {
      APD T-1
; k) o- q9 m* E( I9 P! x1 a1 K      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
! ^" {) V9 d5 o7 M      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
6 Y$ s& @& u' \* n6 t; f  t3 _      APD T-5# D/ D+ N9 z# P' e5 \
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* I1 m  y6 D1 T" H2 u5 M  I/ y
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ N# N9 C* Q* D6 C! a  `+ `
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Allied Ships: L3 B. X2 p( C6 q1 d
      CA Portland
  N; L8 s  D8 l) ^! s) g& I; l      CA Northampton+ X% A/ {1 l: U6 w: ~
      CA Chester
# }, Z% {% g8 w  z" x# w  s8 h  N      CA Louisville
0 x! `) o& @. w$ c2 R5 A) ^6 I9 [      CA Chicago
' z" L) ~' r9 f& y7 K, w: j* K      CA Astoria
6 E% Q' P& }+ v+ i      CA Minneapolis
3 w: J9 _( v, f4 M0 ?- S8 R( Y      CA San Francisco
0 U  }% M( H1 {; z7 B      CA Quincy- ]# X2 o0 P3 a) [; Q0 {. P
      CA Vincennes
: c( R' L* j0 d      CA Wichita
  V+ J& Y- U- M) [. o( x- \  c      DD Bennett' |- l+ C+ V- T3 E& k& B
      DD Bradford: O4 {. }0 b3 Q& F: E
      DD Braine! q+ G  y; e# C  X
      DD Brownson
; c6 X' ]) M( s" K      DD Bryant6 z! h' h4 `$ I. p" {
      DD Bullard
% ^, O0 m5 A3 W( x: X2 b$ g      DD Burns& A4 U" J6 M1 P* J& B; X- n9 J3 `
      DD Callaghan
6 Y: Y+ u% a% L6 g      DD Caperton% B0 W/ p- c) [" J. o: d
      DD Capps
, l; n( k+ E3 v( @      DMS Emmons
% Q0 w" j0 V1 |! J  p, j' V7 c      DMS Macomb) _, H( b8 J1 O1 T! t/ X, w, L
      DMS Rodman$ y3 G% r! l4 v! X
      DMS Gherardi3 Q; K& u$ Z. m" |

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 y8 z5 m+ Z; X! y$ }9 N$ A
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
# _. g* Z: n; g7 X; CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ [9 v9 D6 n0 R
Range closes to 26,000 yards...+ L  Q8 J: X( e( H4 z) c; N/ B, `
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 X+ w4 D/ |" C" C( C" N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
$ B" D# p$ b: y. pRange closes to 22,000 yards...7 \2 E- B( Y6 A7 n7 N8 L4 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards3 |4 V- `8 F: O* H; L  o/ G' p1 W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...& l" E3 ~1 H1 m/ _1 O* d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards- ~. v  K' m. O5 |1 J3 m3 |
Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 V8 ]8 v0 H8 p! Z9 I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
# c" p4 g5 }$ I6 H# ~% P4 F* lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards7 T2 L2 Y- [. Y" z( D1 G0 k  M
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; A$ h' k+ v, e# C) V( {% N
Range closes to 12,000 yards...; Q8 m/ t; F+ r+ ^. W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...! d8 c: _9 k/ f5 ~" L- A% n9 T' S
Range closes to 10,000 yards...8 J% W  y$ G3 Y2 K1 ?+ H$ m
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
% N8 ?) b& L7 fRange closes to 8,000 yards..." I+ m. u- [' D0 n" `- K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards1 \7 s. X. ?& `: \' R8 Q
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# q) G' Q1 \; y! N2 ~8 T- c0 z. }: G
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards8 x* C" A9 h3 l
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' I1 _/ l( U* @( FDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
4 R" U* }. g1 z7 n6 G. p" aAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards* x5 M* E6 u5 ]: u/ n+ [
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. G  D: L8 t- h
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
/ e, v/ }8 L0 D1 D2 k" H; ?1 UCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# t+ ^6 b7 D; [
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards; Q2 \4 W$ Z  Z+ `6 C9 j
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 Y6 i4 A2 k: W( ~. {
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
5 e$ [6 b+ e" G3 qDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards: K' U5 [/ _0 a: [
Range closes to 5,000 yards
6 ^2 W1 A* E5 W( V. _! |( X3 bDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
' V( }' s9 \# mAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards5 ?8 j- h  `8 D/ R, i
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards0 T' A" U- e% u& s7 x- c& q6 n
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards' c, x: K( @: [1 [/ G
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards0 t+ G, f8 \/ [' T6 V4 y5 c
Range closes to 2,000 yards& w4 H* |3 r: @, z
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards* D  `: }( l7 l& n1 Z; e; h+ P9 B
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards8 b0 ~, f, ~; C
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
* m3 a* P2 E9 i: b5 sAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
. `1 u! A) ~0 T) l- rRange increases to 6,000 yards( L; ~4 @( \$ N# l5 L
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards& N; ~# A: n# Q1 u: S
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
8 w# C' h4 k8 |9 i3 fAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
4 t, x9 p: k5 p& L. I! fRange increases to 9,000 yards
. m7 x, Y- Q" T% R; IDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
+ F! t: r" L( k  JCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, M9 S$ ]$ G# u; ~9 Y- ~: PCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
: x8 ~4 X8 s- JDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
0 P0 Z% w0 P% m. U0 SRange increases to 13,000 yards' |9 h) M$ O3 v, k
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards1 }$ R7 x, w( Y7 K% G% b/ @; _; T) c" B4 B
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards; B! {+ R; a5 y3 c% x
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape& a# p& D' a6 E# B% J& |1 Y0 E) D
Task forces break off...4 n; P$ Q1 _  ~" K8 J
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk, A1 G* d  V2 L  a. \+ ~+ m
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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4 T' f4 O% u6 k. r6 L3 h  \& k      BB North Carolina8 |1 J  x" R7 E) S
      BB Washington0 Q- Q6 `* {& t' O7 ?- z8 c5 w. V% M
      BB South Dakota
. F" u! U' _" `" c2 U, c      BB Indiana( b) i4 G  Z' l: C
      BB Massachusetts( j& k- F' l0 K& O. @; m2 Y5 L
      BB Alabama+ [/ g2 `; x5 y8 [" I: q& X3 V+ L
      DD Conner
. f9 g" a+ N! C+ o      DD Cotten
! p7 \: W' T9 b% x      DD Cowell
- |9 k0 ?4 \0 G. U' `. J      DD Daly/ w3 }$ L) K2 Q( a. ?/ Q" c
      DD Eaton3 r8 W9 j# `+ \, Y" _) b3 a5 |$ ?2 p
      DD Heywood Edwards% S  g- s- y' _4 \
      DD Erben: h1 x+ k/ J- B, C1 v$ M( c( c/ \
      DD Evans7 E- q2 d" C5 D# {" M, D
      DD Foote
" k" o2 ~% ?3 c6 C      DD Franks
' f+ c/ {7 Y. V5 E      DD Fullam
/ `1 s+ L3 u  o7 r      DD Gatling8 Z1 P* f8 u0 c4 v6 K  f- [
      DD Albert Grant
( g8 s2 E- ^9 M8 x      DD Gregory' f" J6 z6 h% Z( P+ S4 s! T$ d% }
      DD Guest: O/ ]! g% Q3 a  I) J
      DMS Hamilton
% h( A2 c$ S8 v% f  d- r      DMS Forrest9 s8 Y0 c8 ?0 S6 `
      DMS Ellyson# j7 P5 R5 z( q( b' I( I4 u
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9 d' ]3 }& G3 _; Y: ^& t& q+ D& AMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 f  J% Q$ A, V8 ~" H3 D3 oRange closes to 28,000 yards...
9 C0 G: m, B$ XRange closes to 26,000 yards...
. R: ~3 O' V6 C! M5 R( ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
" J# \3 ?5 @, K/ s* s6 ]# t: \Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 n) \- p5 @5 U( M+ ?: F: \$ {Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; }* ^1 R1 w4 x6 D3 g  y* wRange closes to 18,000 yards...
% U' D  X' t( h* m, L2 ERange closes to 16,000 yards...7 \4 M' g9 U: B& l6 J
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ N" A* p# }) S6 JRange closes to 12,000 yards...
9 N7 W4 Z3 L$ M. v& l' I  K9 sRange closes to 11,000 yards...) n* b# K8 `* u6 S$ l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" ]; i1 s4 T5 _" u( d3 B
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 m) V* X5 F' Q( R1 dRange closes to 9,000 yards...0 L( J3 I/ _0 P9 A6 V# l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
9 c5 a$ {$ h9 @3 k! `BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards# b0 X( F+ G& N% k4 _
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
, o5 z2 h" H! x% i/ W% p) `7 [DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) i$ X3 b+ V* c& fDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, @) z( B7 j/ J8 F1 bDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, G% q$ T( d2 FRange closes to 5,000 yards7 }1 g# C+ m1 A2 Q
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
+ Q, w& g$ J2 |) t5 r' b2 wBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
+ J3 `( i+ x' _: c8 ?Range closes to 3,000 yards
& m8 Q2 r& z9 Z: h, k- YBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
4 X+ ^$ s& `, ^* U; ADMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# q, _6 a% Y. {' S9 @" o
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
. f* X- I2 f4 k+ j/ T* O% J+ YDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
& d/ \# j4 H; n5 `# P- |DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 F: |- I$ K/ l3 K8 U2 D
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards, u7 B5 m$ W) U  s0 ]  b
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards& `2 C8 @% R* N4 d) f
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 ^2 G" S) Z/ h# |0 a- BDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
. C5 W( j) V/ H! R! H6 HRange increases to 5,000 yards
' N6 M# L5 e" hBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards/ N4 }/ s3 [" Q" r- H
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards4 H2 V& Q+ a* ]) ?$ T! g* q; a) U
Range increases to 7,000 yards, m/ R$ Y/ D' B0 ]# E- i$ L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards0 D+ }. Z; I* l
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards0 J" t& d" z& v  P; {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards( J, _" n# J5 z/ L% e7 A
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
) L, K7 ^) v! K  g) J0 U' J( E, H! `APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
8 i2 [8 v6 o) t/ VCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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