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。. m  e, r" u, B( f& k

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/ S3 G# r4 y3 {- Z& Q, aGround combat at Ponape (119,113)4 V) |9 u# v4 A% k1 v3 z

. L  ^* N9 K5 PAllied Deliberate attack
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; e: f9 d! g" c0 oAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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7 |! a+ C; |! m6 c  e  F- E1 J/ SAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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$ j  o9 v2 }; S) @Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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7 C0 H, c3 c) N: jAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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Combat modifiers
8 ?" p* R& _/ e: z- {' DDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
0 F4 M2 h, D2 R& W9 _& _Attacker:
5 }$ ?* f  Z: o6 Q- D7 J( N ' C- ?' P/ v1 ?
Japanese ground losses:
3 N& G3 {0 q# z9 W8 Q      3386 casualties reported# h( T8 r: u8 q4 G# E, d( y
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled* B' x6 C" z- b$ I: C$ w
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled* c  Q3 y6 m; M( V3 A: Q1 ^
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
  a* o, L) d7 f3 A% q7 z# m      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)* p: c5 p" X; v" R: K
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)& R7 p8 q, Z" Z
      Units destroyed 1# }8 _$ s& [  N0 v( f  k2 R( f

4 n9 J8 K$ f) V. L# q' I7 sAllied ground losses:
: z8 ]3 t5 K) k3 Y/ y; c5 o) ~      5163 casualties reported( a2 k) W+ Y: E! R  x( |0 X) C
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
/ V: P% t) W! \) Z         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled6 i+ o/ j& h1 E, g; ]( c0 [. A7 Y
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
! O$ j  \7 C. c5 P( k      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
. s! L+ X2 Z! M, u$ r      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled); ~3 k2 l( C3 T( i! r- L

- B, a9 o( z; _: p- H" YAssaulting units:1 Y3 ?7 T& ^% `9 F+ m
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
: ^% g* x; A4 E8 n- m( o1 {    710th Tank Battalion1 L' o" v, ^3 x
    6th Infantry Division
6 t8 p( r. Q& T) P+ D9 k    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3 J8 a; F) S6 X% [* }+ v    44th Tank Battalion/ O+ t+ H- \0 H& _2 F; O
    81st Infantry Division
$ U6 S  Q% N$ v" R+ q, J    762nd Tank Battalion
$ a, U: b9 q- r& K: H7 Y. K( E    767th Tank Battalion
" L1 K8 c# [- U% T! x& c3 m    711th Tank Battalion9 f1 j, t) R! Z. @8 d9 Y/ d
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment8 \% |, i# q9 P( j" A, w& m, U
    5th Marine Division
; }7 U& c: C' c! W' @/ G+ w- D7 Y) G    716th Tank Battalion$ l7 A* B( L+ i0 ^1 W- p! t) b
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: Q5 S, o: m. q8 c
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 F* w" }9 j% P: m1 B7 w8 V    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# Q2 B4 P, _9 h$ s. y. D: d* w! Y# i
    706th Tank Battalion
& a, o; I  E; ]% I: H( O8 t) a3 ~    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
8 `0 Z% t0 m6 g. u    96th Infantry Division
# w& |, I1 t7 o/ x5 _    31st Infantry Regiment
  I3 E  u1 P4 D  k' k  a# Y    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ K* C, x3 t: O
    I Corps Artillery 3 K( X3 y0 @2 A
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
3 x* N# a' U8 z3 M7 M2 `    1st USMC AA Battalion, H7 a/ k* t7 h) n; Q
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ n& P5 N! `" F    XIV US Corps2 }8 n6 I$ X7 G0 m/ @
    14th Marine Defense Battalion  M9 o9 _4 k# d6 @: x* r3 s  n1 I
    5th USA Defense Battalion
* X6 r" [& ^: `1 M  Z" h    8th Marine Defense Battalion- E. v( g4 M7 B0 a( t
    738th Coast AA Regiment
& Q. M- _( F) U    X Corps Artillery 3 S/ x# p' M8 O) Y" i3 I
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
, ]$ n2 a& ^1 N" o$ M# V* k% D    96th Coast AA Regiment
* S9 w7 b: M0 R1 q8 e! o8 e% e    4th USA Defense Battalion
% ~! A# r& s2 S% @) }, u    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
8 I- Y8 ?! Z3 f. J& x: f* P    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment. `, T' A# O' r- E- h
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Defending units:
5 w/ M- `6 p8 Y    Kure 7th SNLF1 b+ y  `2 E8 j/ ]- r+ {- h
    81st/A Division) X( F( n# d) e0 v, i$ D
    Kure 3rd SNLF& U' m9 q  n; t3 ]
    33rd/B Division
0 @% }* K% s5 d, \3 b: G    33rd/A Division
& z/ C8 S; m/ \* N, ]8 _1 ]" z4 Y    81st/C Division
9 y7 y' d4 C* `5 \    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
# |. d% T" B0 p2 |# n% t- L9 o9 ~/ S    52nd Naval Guard Unit" Y5 N* b0 u+ [
    138th Infantry Regiment. N8 S/ y, _4 \' l2 f8 R- N. U
    Sasebo 7th SNLF# n! T0 x# d+ B- X% L! ~- ?
    144th Infantry Regiment( C) [6 h) n6 @, {% N' |
    81st/B Division
/ z* m1 M8 m/ D1 S) y( Y4 q6 K' w    33rd/C Division  t8 p5 G) i: r" i" }
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" T$ S! @1 ?% P" Z  F) Z( {
    18th Army
3 i, [" U& }% A- \3 }$ P+ j8 m    60th Field AA Battalion; G& ?9 P. i6 f* ]9 {  b9 o
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 a6 C. ~8 S3 l7 ^( o: u! W    Ponape Naval Fortress$ r+ G: }5 S( O) o( ^
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
" O7 ]1 n9 J# T1 ]7 s* I    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
% Q" P' v5 d) C2 F9 ~    53rd Construction Battalion# w2 ~! o" Q% ~; f0 M! J
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
% e; g4 y; t6 m9 [) o5 }/ [    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' K3 _0 R4 q. z    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
  `  f0 e3 R9 E3 d" C. ?1 c    19th JAAF Base Force
* z8 }' q  A3 ?/ G$ P    Wake Cst Gun Bn /18 T( s* U8 Z% ]- j
    14th Area Army /1, k. I* c# P7 y# t! s( }8 R2 C
    63rd Field AA Battalion
8 n8 F% O+ L/ S5 |* W8 A5 u    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
# m) d4 b* ^+ f6 T& c- q$ n! e# n    3rd Base Force
5 F9 G, z, @. _5 p! ~    12th Air Fleet- S5 k* N& B$ G8 V# E
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment" S: k: p7 i% V0 }: O( P
    61st Field AA Battalion7 L6 ]. M* ]4 j$ U( ~9 c- H
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, h- [: k! P% \! h    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co   q- k4 n$ z4 l7 e  v  ]( Y
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3; z( \/ I# K* 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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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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' ^. s% l/ b+ @( @, {, ?Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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( T3 Q: v# Q+ P3 [0 @9 _# cDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67% P. a! g5 t3 i) O; ]8 x
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 - F3 l" E: B4 E# g
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 8 e) C( W+ h9 v) N  t, H

( l. D: W1 _! jJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers9 ^% k) b3 g$ J. t7 Z$ ~$ B
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
" s8 `, h+ M; U! L" PAttacker: shock(+)8 K  Y1 }: `$ O- F$ s0 g
2 q; R* f; e' p7 F  p, y& G/ ^
Japanese ground losses:
) W; P% z( S; g( h% g3 S0 `8 A) W      530 casualties reported
3 ?4 S; |5 M4 L( J7 H         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled1 p) `* g) L; o  M4 _
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
- J& H2 _3 T3 A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled* O! b; ^) d9 ]$ B" S
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
$ b& y% i, T, Z      891 casualties reported
5 P. O5 R$ r4 }' C" H3 e         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled& M- z/ e! E4 X' J. e. v
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
! I: a/ w' x+ K! ~+ k& }         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 x) b2 B+ C# B$ ^' {
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)8 m  D" I2 s+ E" e! t: s$ q2 P

0 {6 v/ Q2 q8 R& TAssaulting units:
' z* Q2 x- ^: I' l( n9 A/ E$ a9 m    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
/ z) N6 o% b: q! d4 Z! p% d    21st Division3 ^2 C& C' g9 m5 M, c
    4th Division
- c/ h3 b$ M+ b) B+ r; c" E! s    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
5 M) z' h$ ~$ e- h( O    23rd Tank Regiment
8 b/ a; X9 }6 v# ~+ L" n( X    32nd Division
" i9 x' _3 C% v) M* V8 N# R: e    Yokosuka 1st SNLF* U6 N7 T5 U, E: x( t( |
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion8 m# k; N# J6 a6 z1 ^/ Z
    6th Area Army& s2 i& O% X% q* w
    103rd AA Regiment6 V& q0 t" c8 N# _' Y: |
    1st JNAF Coy
1 `4 g- u8 M% J9 Q1 i    13th Army
- O' j: P& v3 h, w+ ?5 ~9 H    141st AA Regiment
6 N. c8 }9 l! M1 A6 G    4th Ind. AA Battalion4 b& Z5 G* X, N+ v
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Defending units:( `  i1 r1 e& d3 Q7 c4 f0 f2 }
    50th Indian Para Brigade
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6 K* ?+ q1 @5 q; Y  Y# N50th 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
8 c: U7 l/ [- _, G: ~" Z0 E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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0 U5 }4 R8 u! F: I, T  ^" y盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载4 x) Z) ]# G2 l% e7 b. K- h
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
+ Q# h0 w# D5 B2 U8 k" `: v9 \Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
5 w! B4 y3 ]% `' I$ i# ^+ s      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 x* ~2 c% V6 K+ S; b
      LST-81/ w1 v- a' W5 }: H5 {4 }
      LST-74, Shell hits 3, }+ O; U: ]2 f; J2 a. p6 F( _1 P
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
, f  x6 Q, L' |! e# ^+ S      LST-788 ^% W4 s/ z, l: o  g& ?
      LST 209( V9 z; m$ n, J9 F% ^7 [6 [# N  ~
      LST-889/ E0 R( B. w! M
      LST-2461 o4 h4 E& W! P9 i- v: Z
      LST-240; q, y$ g) @8 N! C# b
      LST-204
0 n! k4 K) D+ v" u      LST-202/ I* n; ^! m8 u% ~; u; s, c& k
      LST-1236 g. P: g4 O5 N+ [0 C
      LST-121# E3 k7 V: ]0 [! |: M2 Y6 b
      LST-1209 s# q8 G- J0 Z" ]: Q
      LST-86
6 E- H% a  l: S7 p$ Z( V      LST-852 Q6 z# B' Y2 N( ?& h% O& F
      LST-84& H+ w* C* H) N9 ~+ ~
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
: `! J9 h6 @/ L  H3 X7 oDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
2 E* R$ b/ P" i; q" S/ Z2 x * t7 S! m6 _2 L2 P0 _5 V0 T' k
130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.8 q1 s. R. p: b
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Allied Ships7 _! r: d! v. t7 ~# `( p. D6 o/ O6 ~  r8 j
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 l5 R$ D. ]3 h# m, {3 Y: c, I
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
# |) d% i6 T0 P      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' F" T6 }+ u' P2 p      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire, R: a+ W3 `$ ^1 D- ]6 g* [6 A) r
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
& u% _* r; {: S/ q0 g      LST-87, Shell hits 6
/ c2 W( u9 L! U% U; f5 J" h& G      LST 180, z7 z  w( T5 T# s! a% Y  n) f
      LST 157
! ^: }% Y) ?/ Q: m$ O( E      LST 2% P8 @. U9 n/ X  G' k: _; T. J
      LST-884/ L  D; x" l) A9 W9 q. o) ~& q
      LST-882, s& O; q+ z6 ]: ?3 l: ^
      LST-3971 n8 t) o, s) Y4 B( S: b
      LST-395# F$ U" ]9 u/ L7 O4 B4 ]  v
      LST-274
9 A6 p* t- T7 U2 K2 j      LST-273' {# i9 y& H3 o) V# Q; n
      LST-246
+ y. b4 h& T( [6 W      LST-244  J1 ~! X7 y/ a3 Z! f3 k2 {
      LST-241) u0 d; d* G4 Q! _* e2 c
      LST-2184 E7 g; D6 X" N9 f8 O8 A; H
      LST-216
% @% ]3 O* V, N: ?+ Z) g! x. P      LST-202
: i8 e+ a) W) Z1 w" w# R      LST-1715 h5 J" @" r) ^2 Q- ]
      LST-166
$ @8 n3 B0 @* d) s- \      LST-124
& U7 S3 L/ v  X9 {. m      LST-121/ U: v) D. L& w
      LST-880 D5 @8 m$ a% u+ V/ m) h5 C( s- v
      LST-1237 b, m' |) l( Y6 q) I
      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力4 P8 z8 ?( u, e* T8 {7 i4 [% S
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  }' q6 j7 F9 i9 O% L: P2 r$ eGround combat at Ponape (119,113)) X4 w" [- {3 a
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812) W9 S7 [+ g& A

8 B& r$ p7 W/ `Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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2 O/ S( V  R2 y% ]Japanese ground losses:8 x& J+ W" w, _8 ]
      406 casualties reported" H7 D4 M0 H. F7 m
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
  X) ]; I+ A2 @2 P- N# I         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
3 i+ p8 l; V  S& A7 ~% J2 c. H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 R& _* h/ C7 n* z2 z0 a
( S) a9 |6 s. P- dAllied ground losses:
8 y5 ~7 S0 N: c1 y      21 casualties reported
4 t: K0 U$ o( V4 F         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ }& F$ c8 |( G5 D         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled. `, D5 T/ b' _7 c' t2 Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 f9 @4 n/ S4 ^      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
. J1 y5 V. B- q  Z( _      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:- G/ `3 J8 B3 d
    5th Marine/B Division
8 G9 |! [4 M; o+ E  \    81st Infantry/B Division
3 C8 t8 T1 y/ }5 a    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment  R1 h( O: E- `3 [
    5th Marine/C Division
7 m2 R% J! P- ?    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion& f7 b. |- B5 n/ y2 ]# a
    6th Infantry/B Division
4 }5 U* e# }! G% r0 X6 T4 ?5 a! l    1st Filipino Inf Regiment( a& o' _/ G/ A4 R
    716th Tank Battalion, \. e) W! [( r! N1 a, z
    81st Infantry/C Division
" W* f' P: }. [5 M  Y9 C    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion$ A; }( R7 S' H* l
    6th Infantry/C Division
6 P2 o, d- t7 ^* C* E" W. T9 Q7 g    5th Marine/A Division! r' a7 Z" R/ u$ `0 _; m; z7 [* K
    767th Tank Battalion
) r. Z- Z  M' C! R4 }7 |    96th Infantry/A Division
: a# [) R; Y0 A    706th Tank Battalion
3 y0 l5 f. K& z/ F    711th Tank Battalion- A* @" N8 Q0 u; V5 b7 p5 j+ ^/ F
    762nd Tank Battalion
' r/ L! f  F! p" }    96th Infantry/B Division
3 N$ B" [2 A! ^1 V3 q    81st Infantry/A Division
, `2 n" {0 ^2 n    44th Tank Battalion
, m& w' n) `% X% n) K- v    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 {1 I: ~0 E- u- Y% G: H6 g; H
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
, q. a9 S6 a7 [# Z+ I6 V% d) g# a    31st Infantry Regiment2 j, s0 E& m( t* C/ w
    6th Infantry/A Division; ?/ @5 E$ G4 k7 Q
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment0 e+ E2 Y* x; R5 W$ g
    710th Tank Battalion
9 X% o& _1 i* e. V/ x; t    96th Infantry/C Division
* R) J& _6 i9 G% ^    5th USA Defense Battalion2 s/ m7 H* y  P5 j  J# @, A
    4th USA Defense Battalion
+ V) d  K" I1 C; a$ v    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 C' T; E. y3 z& \; B" M; _* S
    X Corps Artillery
" H# D3 e" J7 D- F    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( r& H/ z; H& O0 S6 L    XIV US Corps1 c, C# c, f8 R# O
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 D8 c% X  \0 R2 }+ D- |! J; i    8th Marine Defense Battalion+ p' G" e8 j& [' e' i% Q' H0 f
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. I6 c% P4 K/ L$ x+ h  H    I Corps Artillery
0 ~6 a) `6 V9 ]; [2 G    96th Coast AA Regiment# v# ~) H$ m4 z5 k; G  \" L' v
    1st USMC AA Battalion6 d& O/ N& _& H6 L+ r; E
    738th Coast AA Regiment
( [% E# w# ^. Q0 b  H, G* r5 m    12th Marine Defense Battalion
/ W% {7 k& r( d, `4 k3 k    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 \, T: I% Z5 Z3 }) \# [
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
' s! p& V! x  P1 Z0 B & O& P  S% H, `3 W9 s
Defending units:3 x1 p7 P* k6 r! K+ b
    33rd/A Division
0 r7 n$ i5 J! U% i8 U    81st/B Division" k, h% U5 X& u! c
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" ~7 h' |' J9 r' w! ?- B    81st/C Division
* o$ X4 j" ?: B6 i' e  h/ R    138th Infantry Regiment
' x3 S5 m2 Y- z$ T9 W    Kure 3rd SNLF
; O6 p# ^) f8 C, `& b4 U    6th Guards Inf. Regiment* b0 s5 U: n. ?+ O$ |4 Z
    144th Infantry Regiment
- w0 N/ ~% z/ |/ [2 K% @$ A    52nd Naval Guard Unit6 t) u. N& [2 j5 T7 ]1 [7 S) F
    33rd/B Division
- [/ K4 S, F# B6 a3 j5 \- |    81st/A Division7 O, t; c* s* ?# C8 O8 q, s6 e$ k
    33rd/C Division- @8 ~5 e4 S% \, [5 a0 u8 _
    3rd Base Force
0 B, M3 U1 ^2 f" [/ a7 w' s0 m    19th JAAF Base Force3 n- t. t1 V' n7 w
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
4 V, ]. L( F0 Z8 E+ |. S    60th Field AA Battalion. Z/ M) `9 d$ F* q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
) d/ n& T, l: R* d$ n    53rd Construction Battalion
# c$ R3 i2 j1 s- P; H" I! E, j    Ponape Naval Fortress# A) R3 P( l- j: k
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. L! T, t1 N% l) j1 F    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) Y7 }. T, p( c* T  u$ ?9 K' e
    12th Air Fleet
7 E* v" T* N0 p  F: L    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment+ G7 r# P) w  B- l* _
    61st Field AA Battalion" y* p) V9 v1 h! Y8 N8 B% h
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
5 u  |! \, G) B" G/ `    18th Field AF Construction Battalion8 f" l+ E  q6 s" R
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) G8 S; _5 K7 C9 ?6 S2 w" ~" f    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 C3 [% D: n; S, ^
    14th Area Army /1& Y/ p$ J( I" |- B7 W1 Z: N0 k
    63rd Field AA Battalion  b  K+ x) r2 l, Y; B
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# N9 k& P# l9 w, P* a; ?" M8 g; A    Kure 7th SNLF1 X* p+ \8 S2 g5 ~; i4 Y
    18th Army
% C0 }9 q2 u% G    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 9 G  b' c! ]+ {1 J7 n$ ]  w
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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. d2 r* s( H; f1 ?" u' }. d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' E# I0 G% Q2 [- R

7 H( B# E* S" Q0 ?9 [! `" }- RJapanese Ships' T5 i! J, G/ F/ t/ l  R6 f$ R1 i' ?
      E No.54
& l+ R4 M7 u+ v: I; R6 c      E No.504 i' ^; `3 P$ [& W
      E No.689 F/ |! N* c+ ]) M: |
      E No.52. x7 j2 [. m/ z( [5 r0 j. S
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Allied Ships0 j7 B1 u' I. ]5 `
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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  V8 R! e# O. D重创另一艘
  d" ~7 s) a7 A: x% d) k/ l
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102  \% }% F2 L# E& i6 V3 O
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Japanese Ships$ X9 U: U5 |( C! ^7 }
      E No.8
7 ]( b# L9 ~. r9 `( |      E No.65 G: Z& e/ z% t
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Allied Ships% Z+ q/ p; Y3 _3 E. I" ]. @2 x
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44, \& A. u4 z0 `4 U5 s
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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% {4 |* x  x/ R4 x! B
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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$ j* [2 C% a0 G# I62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships) o: k" T7 l6 e; G
      CA Wichita7 v( {$ k: R8 a0 r, M. O5 m
      CA Vincennes
- h) ], y5 ?4 F# _3 Z; o      CA Quincy
" c7 x0 }# [; }% d# `' _      CA San Francisco6 t, i. S2 |" o, V2 ^6 t) S
      CA Minneapolis
; _- N5 j* x, X* |) _, {      CA Astoria
2 O% L' N! i. |' X, ~      CA Chicago8 q5 U! a% \; S1 ~. b7 ^: n$ T
      CA Louisville# {8 q- h& ^. q  H0 X3 ?/ L) z
      CA Chester* k8 c$ N% r2 V7 A5 C) ~
      CA Northampton2 p4 {+ d5 s: M5 S4 ^# A( y, J
      CA Portland" j2 [! p* l' o. M& w6 p
" S4 V) _+ p. H5 l8 R) ^
Japanese ground losses:3 w$ S3 H- W+ H! U" m' Z8 L
      71 casualties reported- b/ E+ j6 f; @( Y: J
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled" B5 y, v- H( u
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled- v, t1 x' Y. D  a( }+ |3 e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: C, Z3 q. j" j  d3 C( K- }8 [
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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% C4 I; M9 d* ?Airbase hits 2
. |  c0 q- w! V6 ]- ]/ GRunway hits 101 s7 Q  w/ k' ]
Port hits 4
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2 y5 B% A1 o% T+ l! ]4 k4 jCA Wichita firing at Ponape ) C( c0 ^2 K  K* ~7 d$ s" e4 u7 @
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
+ ?6 p3 e# e% \& ~4 M' y5 t  x% |Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes/ H; M; f3 _4 b2 e+ e
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress9 n1 X; u; @% V- }$ _/ Q8 F
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
* o8 r' I* `4 x+ k5 N$ S4 x: dCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
, d7 Z( G: e8 Y9 R7 B/ t" t: kCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) c+ I; }  ~5 J. E5 L3 t
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
7 N: h$ h2 _. _6 G* ACA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress1 Z# s& W/ }+ y7 r
CA Chicago firing at Ponape % M8 A! G9 V; L/ {# L( \
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force7 v5 ?/ ^* `, v- N% ?# H& L; P
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester, x. Y4 u5 n2 v. K7 E
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( B0 }6 |3 E  gCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
, M$ N( N. u5 h4 n7 kOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland2 k6 K- C9 L8 r1 z
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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" J  T0 }$ v0 O5 K5 ?* t- xNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113  T0 s! r" X# M* F

2 X9 E& _7 N! c) pAllied Ships  x8 m. e/ ^$ |4 X7 E  Z8 Z
      BB Alabama" [& e7 A- I* M8 W5 \( U
      BB Massachusetts1 Q0 ], W- s; I  i
      BB Indiana
, M' u5 Y" i* _& F) Y      BB South Dakota
7 z! C: h  i- I9 Y1 a& r  P      BB Washington1 ]1 ^, e  Y3 K# `& O+ X
      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:6 q$ n0 l& `) s  o. `. f' S
      275 casualties reported
& a/ x0 b# c3 n, T+ z7 j2 T9 u         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
, I- K; d0 |" u5 {2 E- q         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled# M. a# L! K. m
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
- V/ O8 p/ [0 ?/ g$ q+ u      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled). u( a, j$ p; k' k; s
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)1 C1 I( x0 |  m3 Q. F
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Airbase supply hits 17 m& L2 x  W( c# b( e) J
Runway hits 7
. s% f, i" N* N2 e/ {0 F3 B5 _Port hits 3  b* F0 B4 S! I) i5 U9 @9 c7 }

& L9 i; d/ J' vBB Alabama firing at Ponape ) c# d1 G9 f( Q, d7 `% n" G* D
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 7 T+ [' A  N; p0 _+ E
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division) w: S2 M. J# s" d7 l- X2 z
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
3 S6 c' F6 C2 o( _' ]% s: I% `BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
2 i2 Z1 v% ~" R  ^BB Washington firing at Ponape / T( h" v9 [4 @) _1 g
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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: P7 y( J0 d. y3 K8 ]7 i1 c13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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! \6 ~3 ^& q8 T3 @- ^Allied Ships
0 j3 a. d3 L' i* H8 h, ~      BB Queen Elizabeth
) d; m" E. V  t( y) u  w& c      BB Valiant$ w6 A. S) J; _+ n7 x6 {9 O
      BB Mississippi
5 {! s& u8 c# f, @      BB New Mexico
& ]+ P' g$ @" B5 V6 n      BB Idaho; j3 {6 A) M) F+ o4 K9 h
      BB West Virginia/ y" T- Q( e$ }( @/ k- T
      BB Colorado. ^, p6 J1 L; {( `- ~4 X
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Japanese ground losses:
* a3 h% e' e' n; m2 i8 O      117 casualties reported
! O' w0 D/ q$ h; E: j         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
& k' `, \) e, z' H         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
& z! Z; m5 k7 J- d# B) H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 S( ~( B" o9 |- q      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
8 O/ z' w! k) ~/ v3 s! \. l  i      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ p8 }. [% x5 y
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Airbase hits 2
6 d6 z/ ]/ i: R0 @- QRunway hits 27 K3 e" P8 f2 V% H9 e+ ^- k
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
, N+ f- G  W  s- N" k& ZBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; j! s6 u" h5 KBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% d, u+ Y; _1 h3 e: [7 A7 `+ x; n
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi& e" ]/ D! p. e% V) K* T
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
, C% z. z9 x* f0 SBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force$ k, Y) j6 v- a8 j
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
( Q' N& w  R# N7 t: G7 UBB West Virginia firing at Ponape ) w% F) O" d' }% c9 e& d: w# O
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
/ `( m2 f, e8 J- P3 y' E/ D9 J2 c3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)( p# n% {5 B7 f2 B- q. `% a# y

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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.3 k$ Q8 U2 F" ^% \7 _
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes( B. ~" V; ]1 }8 q3 K! P
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Allied aircraft
% Y) W0 g+ [9 I/ P* ^      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) d4 [$ y' v2 _/ Z0 Q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3370 e" Q  s9 I. g1 q' P+ o
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2836 r2 m4 g& e/ n$ Q& A, U" f

2 a, Z7 {. U$ t) Y' ~7 K6 R$ s% a% `Allied aircraft losses
3 n$ u! I+ n' b2 L: l' l      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
" ]7 M" S- N; x6 n3 O! F! Z      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
9 A+ l7 v6 B2 a2 L) a      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
' K2 u) P$ v5 B& c" G% V% l$ p      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak: F2 F/ E4 v7 w- B- T) b$ \4 i+ A
, {2 K6 ~1 E* X& V  O& x
Japanese ground losses:
" {8 d' ~( u/ p) ^# T+ ?# v1 G  Z) @      159 casualties reported" g- w) S! Y, o* q+ N. a" r3 P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled: _/ l1 O2 @; ~/ L) `
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled+ o: E1 p- z6 @; r  }
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. w9 I: j' k; `( c& [

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)6 i$ N. L4 F  P4 T! S# [

- U. x$ i  w( t2 [1 |. U3 `& WAllied Deliberate attack
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  V% H+ L& X3 m7 u+ W! H3 ]7 fAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29317 p- C$ u* ?1 b8 B" n* v) l
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344* x9 K) }: y* \0 S) h, y1 o
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406 + Z3 i9 k* s" a) `4 ~
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
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  ?6 _1 k+ F9 ?' jAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers
' K' p, w( H- oDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
# S2 l. Y/ r4 G( ?. wAttacker: 2 t5 Z, Y7 _  k/ P, ^" m- M3 d
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Japanese ground losses:
( E# f  [6 d4 ~/ {, w" [      3539 casualties reported& u, B  F  r. `: a6 I5 _/ n
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled3 h+ K. {0 \! }( n& o, S
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
& p% ?" @; `3 v% [1 I         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
+ I' G7 w! Q; F" |, j- @" j      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
6 r! \2 L+ ?; ^- C) Z4 P! U      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:  J: d/ \5 c8 E+ Y
      3552 casualties reported6 H3 o3 L; ^# B/ \6 O
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled+ e' X* t& O$ q0 T. p4 ]. W
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled( C/ ?* o  F) q5 U; O
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled. ?4 z) a4 e3 y$ e; _
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
% o2 R, I7 P- q$ A      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)" u3 _4 P( t+ N
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:8 E/ a) M2 _/ H2 q" c1 o! k$ |
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion, d# _/ [5 ?( b, I
    5th Marine Division; e- e! S: H9 X9 G" I
    716th Tank Battalion! X1 D: G) y2 T( }6 @( u
    706th Tank Battalion4 o. s6 q+ q2 x& z
    762nd Tank Battalion( F+ e  L- j0 \: u
    710th Tank Battalion
$ E7 Q. O4 J, L3 h/ U, |8 b. \3 z    767th Tank Battalion
/ \2 z5 |2 |8 U) F1 q4 H, n    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment7 U1 M$ L9 v' V' H0 ~* ]& f
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
/ e, E! b7 \5 y5 k- M* k% _8 W    81st Infantry Division
% l' ?; {5 z& D$ {0 \% R4 s5 X    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
% R4 I; M3 @9 i    96th Infantry Division
8 D1 F8 B) k4 t8 J. B" A* g8 ?/ X    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment) F2 S; v5 l' m) N! x
    711th Tank Battalion
8 b/ ]+ c: R+ V4 J6 y/ y' q    44th Tank Battalion! M6 ^& E( w% V! A7 @  i$ l2 T
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
6 I, i8 X: K5 g/ z" S* |+ h    6th Infantry Division) n' g# i  p- `. W, \& v* E. |& z
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
$ F) J  o; y0 M9 U% S/ O( ^; A    31st Infantry Regiment
3 ?$ u, P. d+ }0 S3 ]' Y* y& S    XIV US Corps
% R. L' U/ H) M! o! p, q    96th Coast AA Regiment
2 B2 r! ?: m' |3 @/ q4 k    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 W/ p& n  \* o. R    4th USA Defense Battalion. b0 v) o' L$ a9 d! g, n- I
    14th Marine Defense Battalion, V; U+ S! y* R; I% T, y+ q  i
    1st USMC AA Battalion
7 @) P, D( |% g9 i    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion. g& t$ C8 d" T" D
    5th USA Defense Battalion
' V/ V  w- j# j3 F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment8 s+ i) J# R* W# W5 t) o
    738th Coast AA Regiment
, Z; Y- S, U- V    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment& s9 T2 m& q6 K
    I Corps Artillery
4 |" N+ J( }) \' e    8th Marine Defense Battalion
& O* J# w; p4 w: H    X Corps Artillery ; O; T2 b9 A5 O+ B% g, l
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) D! x- U! h) g) Q# T; c    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 L$ M. `, v. L; Q2 ?; R' T
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Defending units:1 N" a6 m# u8 u/ e7 m1 m$ \1 Z
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment7 w" c- C$ t; Y- H: B/ S
    52nd Naval Guard Unit5 j2 ~1 U' ?6 Q( a% e. f
    144th Infantry Regiment
$ K# p& k: i/ M" F9 F    Kure 3rd SNLF  ?6 G$ z) X4 @" p: H
    Sasebo 7th SNLF# K! i* h' C0 G" l+ `3 E* W
    33rd/B Division
$ b% M* R5 X5 z    81st/C Division3 u3 j& v# C8 g1 j( l
    81st/A Division
5 g# T1 p6 f; I% {: `* N* h    81st/B Division
! e. `0 e% L% t: E2 v5 f    33rd/A Division" t- U3 w7 E1 u8 C0 J$ ^2 d( @
    138th Infantry Regiment
, l4 p* n1 r7 I% d    33rd/C Division8 m+ [  W) m  D7 t0 R
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment" J. u$ \; c$ {- ?
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion) I- N8 o! C# k3 X/ i" U
    19th JAAF Base Force
  k! u) P) N+ L8 r% W4 _0 x    31st Ind.AA Gun Co , Y+ p9 Q. F0 ?/ m' x
    12th Air Fleet
9 s2 h  H3 v0 Y. ?7 k+ p    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment% x  C' N, h, E& s; v) w
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 j5 h+ `- f* U0 t/ I! p
    63rd Field AA Battalion! c5 p. t& `5 g9 T. C
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment: m5 c2 M, K' e8 }9 M  A" w
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion) j/ e3 G9 L- o5 n4 N
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6 |, b2 |* e9 s3 A$ J    Ponape Naval Fortress: s. X& w& ]! d& `
    61st Field AA Battalion# Q# _( y9 Q" h/ N
    18th Army
% }# Y2 N" g( v; v5 D    14th Area Army /13 E1 c5 W- p- {$ i8 W  l) Q
    60th Field AA Battalion$ [2 Z- o( j. {* {- W: P( }
    53rd Construction Battalion( D) n0 r/ L0 Y3 j4 v1 R6 p5 d
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
# J! V. i' ?: z: c    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
. K# }) C8 L* L. K/ q1 U- f3 i1 _  L    Kure 7th SNLF5 Q) r, [% d% Y$ t- ]! D
    3rd Base Force
: d1 a) w/ H; ], t/ s) E' O    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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3 Y' W5 E! R/ bAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)/ G; t& m- E6 j) c* N' Z( |
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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( r5 i/ D& M1 YRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s% g6 S+ y5 }" `, i1 S
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft8 M6 J" ^( y7 m
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4629 X& d) b! R9 j; z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3378 a0 ^5 |( i' f7 i/ G5 |
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
+ o' \9 a2 m4 p" S  F* `. W8 ?Allied aircraft losses4 G5 Q! }% v. ?

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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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0 `& d2 c( j% [) `Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!$ h% B+ V5 {& L' F4 ~2 S
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Allied Ships) e; }" ]6 G* M4 A
      CA Vincennes' [" @( Z6 a" ?  E) {; h$ B; K+ C
      CA Quincy; `* {4 P- f  v$ ?
      CA San Francisco. O3 A- j7 v8 H* l
      CA Minneapolis
3 F2 c( Q( C3 {# r: J) M9 N2 _8 x# f      CA Astoria0 o" `' ]5 ~/ D7 l
      CA Chicago
& A, B. }7 `% R3 V# R      CA Louisville; A. ]/ \( t& _2 t
      CA Chester
5 ?9 @7 u. a2 C7 `& U" T      CA Northampton
; s% O( ^1 u0 f) N' @2 D! f& f      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:* N9 e; Q9 y8 D4 S
      112 casualties reported
( b* G' o# D2 Y% F. D7 ?         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ g9 U3 c/ b1 b2 R( W         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled$ w% ?7 g+ E# S, t) g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled( h+ w. t' D3 {" X/ q' V: E

& _' r7 Q5 m( K; S& uAirbase hits 5
* p6 g0 Q- p$ h* i; _Airbase supply hits 2* G, H3 k3 y$ y' J3 t8 [. u
Runway hits 21
/ ]9 R; R1 y% _0 W/ G8 cPort hits 7
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1 W0 c0 V% L8 ENight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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9 s2 u% c$ E+ eAllied Ships! P! D9 m3 Q4 Q5 Y7 q
      BB Alabama
# s" w$ j1 \+ O* L- Z& f" q, s* h; p      BB Massachusetts
+ I  @* x) B( g/ y, D0 u2 |      BB Indiana9 A  `3 B% c# h7 `& J  X
      BB South Dakota8 \" g4 x5 b* B! e* j* k6 e$ j
      BB Washington! O8 [0 ?- {2 d* `" o
      BB North Carolina
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# ?! h8 w$ W$ PJapanese ground losses:
' e& i6 C. e1 u/ V, m4 B% h      398 casualties reported2 z. k  M7 F5 L5 o, B8 o) {
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled1 [9 z/ n( r( E0 t9 }( H+ o  X2 A
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
* K+ i, e% V4 _# }* W- E# e: J$ ]/ M         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled' z& D. n) Q9 H' k2 ]) y! k
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
- x3 x! ?7 t7 @; I9 ^+ B7 A      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled): X# y; y) ^3 A# A

' o& K: {# X* G  |Airbase hits 9
8 m* E( V4 |8 ^2 s; qRunway hits 93 V4 E, |# X- s3 r: h4 n
Port hits 2/ }: g: o3 L* v1 [6 B7 E

4 j) X, c9 N0 [% h6 FBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division$ o2 [$ f0 K! g  Y
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
- N; m/ L" C: j9 [  H0 @BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division$ M! j& Z+ k$ H% Z# ]+ K% ?# Y; p
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
3 h& ]' x1 i" g) s. ?BB Washington firing at Ponape
: @1 w. P+ j, Q6 D/ c4 ^7 y- q% kBB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
+ N9 |) U+ v  w, q) B& p      BB Mississippi
7 l& f8 B4 V" j& w, r8 {      BB New Mexico
$ W1 W5 G3 X* n- B' h      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:6 M) s9 j' A1 P/ P, B% m9 d0 d0 ]
      195 casualties reported
6 I1 o. a+ B1 U0 R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# O2 V" m% {" I) ^/ C
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled! q, h; j$ R' u, A% b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled- Z' v$ j2 m2 p
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
6 u. |. u$ }6 t& ?% `8 w# N4 I      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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% a% {$ M. P% i$ ?. uAirbase hits 38 B* R+ u+ N8 @4 E% p
Runway hits 14. V* O3 K  M5 {4 x( h1 Z& V* I# U
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
( f$ m) ~: H1 s9 m% \BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division/ _) m: D- ]7 Y2 ~- @' Z+ L
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 3 L- }$ m4 s1 I* ^" [) p" f
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/ U2 p: @% v  X( ?5 KAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms1 \6 b6 F9 W; m4 \) R/ p& M
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet./ D5 f" W$ s( a! e9 q2 m2 Q
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes5 _+ s/ i( }1 K, b# Q4 @
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Allied aircraft& Q1 x9 f8 A, {3 A0 a! Y, m, Y8 t
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 M) ], L4 Y+ ~& Z  L; j& J% n      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333' Z3 {( f. S7 w6 m9 J; Q5 v
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286  w% w+ J+ P, y; `* i* _

# j6 c2 r# ~, U) c3 `Allied aircraft losses
5 F0 ]6 h  J+ w. f2 k( w' k1 t4 i; D      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
2 R" r  w0 n  c* a' y: D! j      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
1 o1 \, F  J8 n+ G+ k5 Q      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged& F, p& q% S/ L+ r' s: u+ b
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Japanese ground losses:
# |  B2 S/ k* w( m. S      121 casualties reported
& r1 f) D: ]8 J         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
1 \: d# T3 Z! r         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled9 Y6 k9 Y! A( D5 }+ W8 _, s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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$ C7 o  o0 T% N- ]1 tGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack5 t( e9 d& H& g! \* L0 f6 O0 s7 A
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26290 m0 V( j/ E, |( y. ?; G
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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7 C9 [. E( {" S8 f/ X  ^/ F. ?Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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8 y1 D' Z9 ~# X% xJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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0 X! [3 A7 [) H' C. w- z' n; N$ @Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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: j! d! B8 t1 }# bCombat modifiers
7 U4 u& k" E" g( JDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)- u* C* x+ ~7 T4 P# L9 J
Attacker: - Y* M4 D( N6 X  l+ N

3 P% E4 q/ \' @Japanese ground losses:
' u4 R* b: |4 Q( {# V      2305 casualties reported
4 Z6 W) X3 C2 ?. a- i         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
3 d7 q" A) ?! S& d         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
9 W  T: F" G, L3 P: c8 ^         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled2 w5 j) U/ w" t! I6 _3 h- P$ R6 Z
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)8 X" {: h( a6 p# `$ ]  |; _) d0 j) l5 b
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)" K: ]% Z' P" y
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Allied ground losses:$ u( P. e: d0 O) F6 u
      3064 casualties reported
& I  ^1 u1 R8 C$ Y$ V0 @         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
3 Q% Z! }4 [9 I* ]         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
2 r& G. w4 @( a* g- k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
+ P3 V" L& V: ^+ C' }  C& x) y      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
0 P. j/ B. l, ?3 y! c' d" f* @3 m3 z      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:  X/ @3 n8 @; `5 F3 Q  Y, ~- ?
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment  W/ Q& @/ k+ M0 c" f" y$ k
    711th Tank Battalion6 P7 R$ }6 g) ?! ]$ b$ t% o
    716th Tank Battalion
8 ], ]& R& m# x, m. Z: g    6th Infantry Division; O+ Q3 D* E! ^4 G, R9 p
    44th Tank Battalion
! }. {2 |2 a  w; ]    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) {$ r+ D8 s; R" Y
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 f2 j( w# b' P3 L1 d3 u: K+ y9 V
    81st Infantry Division" s/ ]5 Y$ U! A$ ^
    767th Tank Battalion6 C1 u, y) h( G, r3 J9 ?0 @) `
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment& `3 {2 e$ H' F6 k5 E8 [! }
    762nd Tank Battalion# g) |0 K( l% e# V
    710th Tank Battalion
2 D4 @/ H$ |+ f8 }    96th Infantry Division
+ y8 x6 `- I* ]1 p    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: Y6 m/ T/ `2 Z( A7 F" K( q
    706th Tank Battalion
, U' b9 z8 Z  X+ m  n  c, q    5th Marine Division* W5 c7 h: i& A. T1 ?3 C
    31st Infantry Regiment, ?, W2 a+ O6 N" N
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 H8 u6 A" P4 z! o; I0 P- Q  x    1st USMC AA Battalion
) }1 _# W: F! {! b5 Q3 \    738th Coast AA Regiment
0 X  r% E, j, M: ^4 h! |9 X    96th Coast AA Regiment- v8 d- \& G; c( q8 y
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
# W) Q2 [9 p  T2 [6 T' {$ T/ o% q    12th Marine Defense Battalion6 c7 W3 @1 l6 ]) J- D+ b
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 W0 O8 T* m3 n8 H4 G- |
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment& I& g4 `: u, Z1 A) @/ R: x
    XIV US Corps
& I5 W2 F3 M% }8 B/ Z  R3 B& ^1 h, H    X Corps Artillery
, r1 v+ {! ]3 |% |    5th USA Defense Battalion
2 H% m( H( x# J    4th USA Defense Battalion6 ]5 X% Z9 v$ E
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. a5 g) G% M1 p% @! w    I Corps Artillery 1 X9 n3 b1 D4 l: L* m3 `# F  ~' N
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
5 u+ G1 ]% o- q, C. o    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
* C8 `& @. d' U* `" P    Ponape Naval Fortress( E$ P3 A3 X$ U
    81st/C Division
% |# l" `1 y7 M8 c    52nd Naval Guard Unit
9 x& x0 B8 V; {    138th Infantry Regiment
  F( m- t5 o4 L5 \8 [; l' ]  T    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. P0 l+ a+ w5 n$ ?: @
    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 c, b1 O* j, [1 y/ Y& Z4 L
    144th Infantry Regiment) L5 v  Z: E- G) G/ ]
    81st/B Division4 Q' O8 P! ^% p  ]/ v
    33rd/B Division
! M) h; H0 K" e% G# x6 `    33rd/A Division4 f4 W+ i/ u0 j6 U$ N  S
    81st/A Division& m% C, o* r, {9 [
    Kure 3rd SNLF
6 H+ o4 s7 r. n% x: O- d  v& Y    33rd/C Division' D  f% @# N$ b+ B
    53rd Construction Battalion2 i: E* W3 I/ O! B" z9 P% l
    18th Army
3 G. F) ~. E6 E5 f3 O0 @    14th Area Army /1' ?7 I8 X4 j0 K& y
    60th Field AA Battalion  ^( W5 U& G: w
    12th Air Fleet
) [9 m% g# j* R; ^5 ^  d! b5 Z" v    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ g0 a3 I& @4 N+ q: X    63rd Field AA Battalion( N" S: e- S" [
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 X* i. H" Z4 S
    3rd Base Force$ p' q6 ~! r) t  k$ u0 h3 e
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
. P! [' W- L' v' H+ J& g0 B    Kure 7th SNLF2 S2 G) H# a& f* P9 Z& I+ v1 N
    19th JAAF Base Force
! G: T$ {$ p- z# k    18th Field AF Construction Battalion, ^6 \8 }  `6 |
    61st Field AA Battalion
$ r# n5 e: }2 e' h: T$ I$ E4 O! e( O    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 9 J* Z1 j, I' ?0 U
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 W9 W9 ]9 T) x5 H* V: {: ^- F
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 i- i- e5 w  x. F; @. r    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
% K  S1 L3 R" O( n: E2 a! Q    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
: p1 h4 [, ^( w% H( K8 ?- e    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

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

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44. p7 \" I6 j. c4 s% T
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- p! k" \4 ?. R
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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* c! l. P' u6 \& qWeather in hex: Partial cloud* H! u5 @; Y* B9 W: V. [# u
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.6 |# [  x1 L4 r5 }9 Y; w
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft7 X7 w& C# y3 H
      P-38L Lightning x 23
% I* c# z' A7 L6 i      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 309 a" M/ S$ R9 A& M" U1 U5 f* u& @7 O! X
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Allied aircraft losses, m% ]# \9 Y" y6 ^2 R
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged4 ]7 I0 a: I3 J9 C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
1 c& p8 [) L0 D6 b$ v* ?% A0 F* u% x+ k      DD Suruyame" }' D( ?7 ~$ h
      CL Ninaru
6 @4 V9 k2 e5 J  u" E/ j: O/ k+ y      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 p) p; b& B0 X6 G2 F
      DD Yayoi9 l- `8 H4 N5 Z6 `" b
      CA Kako
) P5 d' ~- q" t' [8 V' R3 P9 c      DD Asagiri/ `2 I# C; W0 I# L3 I0 g
      DD Ayanami) d' s: q5 f9 P% @* W" ?0 }
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Aircraft Attacking:
, P! l* G$ I: G& v      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
3 f; G) Z7 T6 x0 t$ B               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x: l% t- ?- u2 s/ i       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
& q& U" X* k% o3 W" c+ G  E% i               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
  O+ r0 F0 T0 y0 K5 F/ f; b2 j       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'0 i4 ?" A; J( Z$ m2 f! E# L1 q! X1 O
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb7 E& a& B9 g( J' Z( R, `

2 |' l8 Q& O8 W8 {) b  xMassive explosion on CL Tokachi; W% }- ~( o# z0 i2 l
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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- i' Z) f" Z$ H8 g6 K) Q2 |% RAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)' {6 s" g: g$ P
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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3 |0 r% r* S% X9 M. GRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
7 D" H. o  ^4 K7 EEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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$ i8 {; r  U8 F# O2 A- YAllied aircraft
3 G; n& O: }5 `1 H% o      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 i+ h" W3 e, s# q: F      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
% S. G# n  E. n4 `9 j2 u0 h" O      TBM-1C Avenger x 2855 `, i. k5 J4 Y" J$ }2 O# c

, a$ L4 ]1 J/ C& m: XAllied aircraft losses- O* u, D; x! E0 h7 A2 Q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged8 R; z+ O5 z( ]+ Q5 ~, Q' }* v6 l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
8 k" ^+ V. i6 v7 K! r2 m      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
; e/ x4 A9 K, g! L, h' x      276 casualties reported
0 z' Q  N+ ]) w( U' U) Z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
; |( }. [7 E0 i" \5 {$ V         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
; u( G0 M8 v8 J, m$ G+ @         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- I. f& b+ [: `3 D! C# r
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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4 z) v+ {: _% L! W# }  HGround combat at Ponape (119,113); }( b' Q' m9 G
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Allied Bombardment attack' y# l5 a9 I4 ]* H+ Q" b

8 r2 {4 M. V" _/ ~! R/ wAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263  z. G* ?9 E( Q: T' D* j
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 10170 r  e6 {2 y1 @+ e% }" q# s
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Japanese ground losses:" l* m1 X- c& P) i8 r
      1082 casualties reported
. Y* C* x( c: f; {$ ], i6 [7 {         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled9 |/ P. o1 w& h) L- C
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
: Z1 G7 I8 S6 f. [' D         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled, z0 Y$ j4 Y& X( g5 Z$ Z
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)5 @) W1 s2 N8 q0 S2 D+ j

" m- w) {( i3 C% ^Allied ground losses:
, }. {! L- T' t: g* `. O1 b      23 casualties reported0 j$ d, _; @- @- {  ]( p
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" g/ m# b9 J' q- H         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled+ W% q* R+ a* w: N- J
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" s, X  r/ A2 L- l% u      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
( G; V( q+ e8 P. j* O: i0 x/ O      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44. D8 Y$ j4 z) E

1 v: l) |& H9 ~; n东京快车出轨
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2 h; W' \" x- S% z) `3 O$ j/ L日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。, T" T. j( |) x7 c$ R

+ G3 Y. V! _: K本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。) `3 ?; k. D; B; Z0 H6 S

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: ?! C% y' Q5 _. \. q, ]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。! i" K7 D4 b! x! h/ A% Q" x+ P! J+ f* J
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113- {& w- y+ e/ A
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Japanese Ships9 g3 J. m3 k! G1 s2 y6 y
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships! C6 M. @5 b+ N- K
      CLAA Prince Robert
; W8 ?! f" X, Q7 S! G      DD Saumarez
; U; f, u: E( ~4 n4 K/ _      DD Nizam% T4 q- U* j8 Y+ B  n
      DD Ellet
: y: G# S0 C3 c# t3 w      DD Waller4 [! I, D) q4 e$ V! s
      DD Walker% n/ X/ D# m( T" v
      DD Wadleigh
  y0 q# T  C& u+ S      DD Uhlmann
9 d& S( D' U/ b3 u* `: R      DD Twining
+ c4 m+ P" p% e6 Z+ A* s" y. w/ w      DD Twiggs# |7 O) ]& a  {  \' N. t
      DD David Taylor
$ w3 K0 f- P; p) C3 Z# S$ n      DD Strong3 _8 B5 k2 B9 q
      DD Sproston
5 _( \8 p7 Y2 S+ s3 H! T      DD Sigsbee
! q9 x3 e7 {% q      DD Sigourney& g+ W+ u3 T/ U7 w0 C2 K( d
      DD Schroeder
- b* @: ]/ I  G      DD Benham II
( r* g: z. j: \! ^; ?3 x      DD Cushing II
$ t# I7 C) E- W/ P1 q: O      DD Urchin
. V9 J3 g! G7 j/ y* Y  U      DD Urania
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2 K( J# {; {* R1 s: [$ |SS I-48 is sighted by escort" h: D- H% F! e
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
7 d# W0 Y# |  X/ X2 e# `- j+ VDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
% ~+ d2 e8 i3 m3 Q: YSS I-48 forced to surface!
: k! L. A6 L% o; X- yDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
( r) ?# \4 r7 p# U6 ZDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
0 B& `5 x9 N( ^3 N4 _$ sDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ..... U/ V* x& @% o
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....) E9 f8 T$ ?0 F9 T6 K* `
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ..../ w4 P) y/ W# V8 E7 U: ^, p
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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/ r1 A) N7 }" S) y2 ~Japanese aircraft
9 x% r! s1 y. K4 A      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses" l- B# v: K  W( s; w
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships2 j% V3 ]( }' t4 A3 L# t6 J- x
      CL Agano1 i! d* i/ a+ N$ T' l1 M6 v( O
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
( S1 f  \& A5 J; I9 _1 E# J      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 S6 z) i2 p) t. Q) y
      DD Hibiki
( q( D( d; T% l  A" ^( d& P2 t& M6 F' r      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
8 a5 q( q1 U- D+ s& O/ e      DD Shirakumo* T. b+ O; Z; t' d/ n3 c' \
      DD Isonami, r* j* e  c6 D5 g& h
      DD Murakumo
+ d+ W1 ]$ u( K4 H! W+ q& i$ d, e      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk/ B: |* z: F4 ]% Q5 m* h% {

0 c" e5 l; J- T8 ^- k* [5 Q. IAllied Ships
1 D0 }0 @. Q7 w' u$ l" w      BB North Carolina/ E+ F% N: h+ K4 m2 C2 w
      BB Washington
' p& Y6 M* @4 @  H  S6 b9 m      BB South Dakota
( r! W* O. l7 P" @4 ], U      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1; O; Q  Q" B' c
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2& ]2 p! ]! l) n1 U
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
5 L; X" K8 O% }( J" N& Z1 F      DD Conner
/ G. z; E0 l( p3 T      DD Cotten' T" ?/ ?) k* @
      DD Cowell" P% @0 W0 e8 N& x1 k2 e; i) S: A* D
      DD Daly& k7 \# v' Z# J; O- |  P, y
      DD Eaton, H* A5 x- e$ a% T$ n) U
      DD Heywood Edwards% K: W7 O6 J3 I. s/ X+ Y/ c
      DD Erben* F% R6 V% b+ C4 b' Q+ p
      DD Evans$ \1 O2 `3 ]6 n, H$ ~
      DD Foote( D& f) R3 s5 l7 S$ w
      DD Franks' p; v( F$ `! [  b2 |# a
      DD Fullam& P% t; S9 h0 }9 K; X5 V( u
      DD Gatling/ J/ G2 m& f& ^8 `7 M
      DD Albert Grant/ l' ^" O, B! f, C- a& C
      DD Gregory
2 M# \( \2 x) K9 u- ?      DD Guest3 ~9 Z/ V5 x2 K0 W8 p- o
      DMS Hamilton' U' b3 o) l1 ~1 W) G% B
      DMS Forrest& M- P* a# p  I2 n
      DMS Ellyson" S9 R  b/ X( G2 K2 Q
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; d% j$ R$ e  q7 j# F+ Q5 R- oRange closes to 28,000 yards...
+ ?2 h. ~! `4 K0 lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards- w5 H% d) w, F; h  L) [1 p; W6 r+ `8 q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards: Z. o: ~! a& O; ]+ D: |# j
Range closes to 26,000 yards...- a3 U$ l5 Q7 a' r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
9 ~( V' l, w5 W( d, X# YRange closes to 24,000 yards...
& }3 |" z6 K4 _# }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 M3 |! s& e3 E) }- n, Z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards/ r! S, W* e% ], j0 p  H# a
Range closes to 22,000 yards...0 |7 r% N0 ?8 v+ ^! u! y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; |. ~3 e) K' `0 ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards% L; n& ]9 V( l  s# a( a  `
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
' q, q$ v2 q8 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
3 v4 J8 i2 _% g4 KRange closes to 18,000 yards...
# p2 D# Q! @( Z8 O/ y2 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% O, E7 V; y- C' _5 ]* @, yRange closes to 16,000 yards...
& D  U9 {/ c9 y1 H! i+ @1 l1 hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
/ S  i0 m. A: A0 SRange closes to 14,000 yards...
1 E4 v1 H2 n4 Z; O3 V" b/ OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
& ?- @& c# r5 `) s$ ORange closes to 12,000 yards...9 c& c7 m# w9 C/ A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. q" R8 l; E) wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
( H0 K; O' l/ u) p3 X' x' ~Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 W8 W+ N7 J6 f# Q5 {/ BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards- ]& w7 B) v4 w2 `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
" _1 V* s3 M/ n1 e& m% G( _" T) yRange closes to 10,000 yards..." C" h& B. ]8 D6 b. _5 e, G( @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 t# j! o) [& S0 T  B6 a% X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
9 t: f; \1 C; `: C* v9 ZCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards/ T2 T0 k  o* D; d" B1 d% m' U' D
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
5 U& I# E- k$ P/ Q/ K* ABB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards- k: l% n5 G2 o! |
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
# s& q* g5 B" g8 x# a" ^BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
# L7 b* w: T7 _BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
8 a; ?2 Q8 g+ o: U! Q" zDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards. L# t6 t" t, b, B
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards& t0 l1 ~3 B$ |# e4 i9 M7 f
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
, H8 |. Y7 p# P7 B4 b. M* S' U6 GDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
5 N; f0 r8 J4 x; MDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards; u: s( `8 x& Q+ Z  K
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards, a# _  Y! P. }4 k5 H
Range increases to 11,000 yards
4 i0 R+ ]" S6 }- WCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards% b  K2 t* \  J! t
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
, E; g' `5 [7 PCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards9 C( ]1 f6 d8 u$ {7 P0 p7 ~
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
& P1 i) Z& G; JCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
5 C: r2 B2 e: @! ?7 I" _  o* pDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards! `5 J# ~4 x5 ^
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards  P2 B9 F: s4 X# N: W; b) J
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
4 g) g( _# j0 h3 Z! }4 r! ?% `DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards/ Y% Y3 Q) l. ?2 ~9 i6 W
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards. Y$ m9 b' Z7 x5 S
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
& O( ^) H* Y, E9 G" Q* @DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
# c& v% R( F1 T4 e3 B' e- N( bDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
  p# _5 x, p1 K& y( F- E. p: hDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
' S6 ]  L: g4 O) z% C/ t; uRange closes to 10,000 yards
3 N4 x) U) w0 P5 _+ g7 e$ XCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
% T3 s$ A* _4 h; x" nCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards/ ?2 r* q& O0 F) H  q! v0 K7 X
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 t: |7 {, M, e3 _) zDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards! K1 R3 |- V. b& c/ Z* V
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards# A; N/ W0 J( n; W' T# J
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
- c' Z! U" Y. Y3 m$ [DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: i: z. _! r+ y3 {% T* f* r- u( mCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards. N( S0 N% i6 j7 \( A2 h
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards2 j+ o( T% |1 X- ~
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards4 {; u' e2 E- B6 _9 p
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
$ C* R. Q; d! D3 r4 T! 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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9 x, M4 G* o$ N' Q7 _# k3 U) i" nJapanese Ships1 a3 o( S2 I0 Q  E( _0 o
      DD Hikokaze
4 B! w& l( A3 V: u* `4 z2 r      DD Ishikaze
6 @- a2 ~0 h1 X  O: ?9 ?      DD Tagokaze
$ c+ c; B; D' S8 l: R1 g      DD Takatakaze3 X: s7 \- }' @# u9 z4 F% Q) B6 n
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Allied Ships
( _5 s% B" c+ I( S      BB North Carolina  x& Z! N5 R% ^
      BB Washington
" q1 S/ f1 B' G4 W$ }      BB South Dakota( m9 }! [" d1 x! Y2 n
      BB Indiana6 X- U! f8 Z! f! g3 \- H% P0 a) ]1 w
      BB Massachusetts
! {6 L% m; s8 l/ Q. ^      BB Alabama
% b8 t4 ~0 W! A4 k      DD Conner
) k8 R* j0 s* H$ M      DD Cotten+ {* B) V. B7 Z+ I3 b7 o: p$ `
      DD Cowell
: s) h% _9 m1 z      DD Daly
( N. J! W+ A2 @      DD Eaton
. T) I- i. V+ U0 B1 `5 R+ L/ c$ ]+ K1 ?      DD Heywood Edwards* Q  ~% Z4 f  T6 p6 x4 |& b
      DD Erben6 o5 W: y" a5 I; G
      DD Evans' Y8 g0 k& B9 n
      DD Foote
0 }7 u% `' E  ]* H: S! x      DD Franks
0 r5 K, E" ?" m' U' m      DD Fullam
3 t7 t+ U5 V7 n$ ]$ }3 K, W1 L      DD Gatling4 K$ P" d- a" f2 _8 R4 K5 v
      DD Albert Grant8 T3 J) o0 G: V# t" i2 ^1 H; Q
      DD Gregory2 Q: E3 J# o6 A* ^# Y$ s, F( Q% ]
      DD Guest
+ z: C& l9 |8 h      DMS Hamilton# @$ [' Y: s( [$ j6 c& c. B
      DMS Forrest
  N2 o% f# G/ Q; ^  g# ?8 H      DMS Ellyson
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8 l) q4 L7 p* l- J8 U1 u5 Z; b$ H5 hMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. I; O6 V  u* r2 ~( c; k  CRange closes to 28,000 yards...
, l4 z8 o2 \- i1 PRange closes to 26,000 yards...3 e* X' U, a6 r6 s* e1 C7 ~) I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 Q; |, l0 b4 s5 N$ `' r( B, L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
4 j$ A* R% ]6 ~8 S, {9 _" Y- O4 ORange closes to 24,000 yards...
% a0 K) S. X- L' `; D- X" k# v1 i; lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* L  B" `, }" p& `2 o7 G0 I
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
  T! N# [6 Q; h& ~4 F- LRange closes to 20,000 yards...
4 V# r* N# Q2 ^/ D4 WRange closes to 18,000 yards...+ ^  F8 z+ c7 `6 l. A4 H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards7 C9 k3 O! d, o
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* h5 q* u7 T' M+ R7 m  }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards% Z: n( r4 o1 H' _1 x# M
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
# _3 h& ~2 o, e0 i2 DRange closes to 14,000 yards...- `) E1 ~( O5 f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards, \" a* `9 g. q0 ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
- d( x! m3 @; ERange closes to 12,000 yards...
9 I& S) a7 s) ~- A8 `+ P7 zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 i9 Z. H4 y9 o! s+ C5 V
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
" h( {0 S- V/ M9 J( gRange closes to 11,000 yards...* G9 z2 i4 L4 l
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards6 ?6 n) r* e+ }2 J8 a4 N+ p
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
; D; P1 ^6 x% I. J1 M. RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
: l5 b8 ~' A5 K- M# o8 kJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
1 f$ c, Q: x# s" cRange increases to 15,000 yards...
0 x4 k# B9 d* [! ORange increases to 20,000 yards...
* V1 S, [5 y$ U( r: F, jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' x4 z: H, D7 ~/ }
Range increases to 25,000 yards...7 e9 Y2 V; b9 ]5 K7 j
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
# }6 }: {/ c* n3 C1 S" {Range increases to 30,000 yards.../ `% i8 t1 O. }7 M4 y" u! T
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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' W1 N( P7 f' g( Q. HNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards; q  w& ~3 h$ A8 V; b, M7 o5 g

8 ^; Z9 g; W0 y3 zJapanese Ships
& \( a8 K5 `# H+ P: m      APD T-1
3 @/ \; z+ G5 ~6 ~. X* _' J      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
: U& F0 B2 K) p: p4 [7 j  N6 J      APD T-3, Shell hits 1* O3 n9 i7 y9 P! }/ T+ d
      APD T-4) t9 p; w$ k1 Q$ y- n  ?
      APD T-5
# X2 |; n8 b+ A* p. D      APD T-6  r( j5 R& J. ?6 ^1 s% `
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk  b0 \# ?( s, a0 E/ ^0 @* L, S# G
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire. D0 ?8 c( X/ M; n- V& n
      APD T-9% w  B- M( \6 k1 L
      APD T-10
5 B/ v( g* v0 K5 k  G      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire" Z+ A3 L6 x; T3 ^
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
% A$ A7 ?2 e+ [1 \3 ~* f: s      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
$ N- t6 B8 ?" X/ U  h/ x9 e7 q' e      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships5 [" V9 I5 P* u5 G4 \
      BB North Carolina0 t5 X1 G  q9 v# U9 @4 t* G
      BB Washington
& G* K6 ?1 _: E& F6 O2 v0 |$ o      BB South Dakota. V0 a: J+ R, A
      BB Indiana* l: C, q& V# q/ Z, d
      BB Massachusetts% R! Y! Q+ E, z
      BB Alabama
/ ~( n& ~& S1 n) H( ^% {! L      DD Conner' u. h: s" e! r2 [
      DD Cotten
- J) B4 J- O1 W- A9 {      DD Cowell3 Q! s9 Z, f+ z2 h) \4 ^) n* e
      DD Daly
. x. s7 ]2 T: Q1 M' Z! N      DD Eaton, M4 E  p  J6 y# w, ?
      DD Heywood Edwards
* i0 i$ z2 d, y- z      DD Erben
2 X8 D9 O9 k0 g+ q      DD Evans9 u3 K6 h( ^3 _, M
      DD Foote
% l2 m: T0 n. I$ O1 d      DD Franks0 \- D  ~1 C( W* P$ _3 O3 {  g
      DD Fullam6 j6 O" {0 C) T; t' C& H9 L- H
      DD Gatling; n3 ~* U9 f' X) j+ a, Y
      DD Albert Grant% T$ o9 f/ B( s
      DD Gregory
  M* {# l3 Y5 n& G3 v      DD Guest# K$ b/ e7 G& ~* z( k0 }7 u* l5 D
      DMS Hamilton; L$ B8 t; l5 s+ ?2 b
      DMS Forrest
, ]! _1 w) p4 }; W      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 W+ w! ?; B" w' x6 y! S% N; u( N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( @9 d* a8 W; }/ q. `Range closes to 26,000 yards...( Z! D5 B* E, l: |% M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
$ n9 ?+ s' q) U, }3 V' U  CRange closes to 24,000 yards...
* i' O/ ?4 i$ Y! ~  O" qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. {# \( A) t5 T
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. ?9 D, D7 Q% VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards; R7 E2 k% Z  i' m" F  J- H
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 b1 i, @( |0 T. t$ v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' I+ R$ j$ l1 i) I+ h0 S
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 Z- F$ e: n4 l" }( R* @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards7 `$ j1 x& V0 g( V# b1 |
Range closes to 16,000 yards...' Q* k* j5 Q; G$ N# i& R4 X# @( ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards, a# Z5 s% S3 o4 M
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 \/ \/ B" \& d, H! c. w( {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards; A1 c2 ]1 J( Z' B! v& i9 P9 T% [
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
. e3 a( V2 f+ g. k+ A, |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards( M* }9 ~" ~+ N
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 y5 Z2 b. t, x% j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# V1 f  B2 h) f+ y! Y5 a3 R' hRange closes to 10,000 yards...# b& m: c0 {. S8 w5 K% t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! s+ a; l9 ?1 f8 M
Range closes to 9,000 yards.../ b. h+ j& Z& z
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards6 A+ K  F9 K: S6 Q4 X
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
3 P2 s# O$ p  U& u4 ^  fBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards$ P0 R8 n; K0 O+ Q5 o0 K
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards4 L' C3 w  P! b) {
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards! X2 f+ K& m/ B3 S( S- f& E" ~0 j
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards: c+ I8 \& b/ F0 _; |. a6 b9 C) `/ E
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
/ o# i8 |: k: m! ?BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
- T' `. \+ |# J6 \: l0 nBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards+ \, H) d, i% {  ]4 U- q0 `
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( W* O, F4 s( V6 ?- P
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
/ Z0 ]/ V% A0 F$ h2 n& `BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
, E  y7 B/ T* ^! L. R4 IDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards* y  |; ?$ e$ M7 W' O, B
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ D. H- p8 b+ Z
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards/ G' o7 a3 k9 Y2 c
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
' A6 S) ]9 Y  R, y: j, ~9 iDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards$ {' j5 H7 Y. T$ L2 `
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 x/ d9 z# U. V8 Q8 V
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards' ~. [' g3 r$ n/ j% v2 a% [
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
6 J% a' _. U) C$ mRange increases to 10,000 yards: s. B' m& D. ?. S, B
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" G9 n, s) _5 e' E0 s- ^BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards, L7 m- i& a4 B
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 {: B9 J# N9 k: TDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 Q8 s/ |6 n  a" bBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards4 o% f" x9 c3 N5 n$ f
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
3 T( d" K' ^, l# _APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards! b5 o- h. {. F$ \: x$ Q9 z
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
0 R) h8 w3 V6 E# ZDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ f( C$ r1 o! }7 A: ZDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' g! h/ y, G* DDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- m9 e- ]/ M" ?- @* B5 C) P7 iDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ U1 a6 `3 w# w% W+ _! ?3 K$ z" S( L
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards& |7 y3 \5 y- I4 H
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 w6 l* |( ^3 J0 s5 p5 J
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
3 J1 k; Z+ t: I# E- X) iDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. d$ z3 n2 ^  t. s' L  @) _Range increases to 11,000 yards' m/ G+ L9 K: {
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards, K! Y& @8 D7 @' g
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards+ i! _4 L0 o& V( U4 R0 Z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards! v8 }8 k, P: @; C" k: o% T1 [5 Y
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
- m9 X7 D, j1 [7 _4 LBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards# j: p- R! `( a; u
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards: [0 f( U- M! B0 Q) V8 q: o
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
% j' E/ W0 t: b" F) a( y# gDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
/ z8 t( P9 n: F( c( @+ L) S3 jDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
* J/ u- J+ w  W2 i* m, a3 Z4 RDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 _2 \- \( ~" ~, d; V) xDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
+ B- T/ E. u! K/ z% lAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
) G+ t4 D9 M2 M$ iRange closes to 10,000 yards: `& V: Z5 S# Q$ j( n
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards. S8 A# z% K1 F7 r/ O
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards% T( E) b  D8 O2 r& c& S- R1 A
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards  ^7 `  S' m* S9 o
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards! F/ z: `, D/ ]. O$ K3 O, ~
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! s' S' x" b- {1 h( Z& g6 Y
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
) N; S5 c8 \! `; B1 L. jDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) x, ~$ z1 U5 a, u5 Z3 w0 {+ B+ N
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" K1 I7 N7 M# e* }$ W; O+ k' \- i8 {6 hDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
+ q- ^$ Z" m( j  L0 O; T) nDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ I2 I* m  q; F2 H& `
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- X+ I$ c5 P% P' v6 n2 }- Z& jDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
7 N! Z- o& L& Q* RDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards: l, p- c$ |6 @/ e1 n
Range closes to 8,000 yards. s6 v: H& s4 h4 A/ x$ B( a
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards) N" F; _2 k5 u9 [* W3 Z8 e' g
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards& w5 U$ t# _# u$ g' x+ |3 `
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards' v4 ]6 |4 b3 K, k
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards5 C0 F0 c5 f+ a/ L+ g
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
: b7 c* J4 ], K" Y" L% I/ B: DJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" [5 V! @3 C  C, [9 wTask forces break off...
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- P  }5 {7 o0 d3 b3 k. jNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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3 n2 w: Y  E; }6 q: I  C. ^+ q/ mJapanese Ships
: c, U. ~, S9 Q9 B      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
6 z8 b) \8 b" S      APD T-2
0 h; w) n/ o- w      APD T-3, Shell hits 1+ d, v" K" _. N* W4 s, U
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
* f& v" w0 ^' J. g3 t6 e      APD T-5
& ~/ M% J" ^: P3 ^, I: V" n: z      APD T-6
- M. @% o0 ?  q- i7 E0 Z3 R      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
0 p0 _5 d; z% @8 p      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
$ g8 B: `. a, O" o* K      APD T-10
' S8 G9 v, T8 [0 U9 [$ e3 M      APD T-11,  on fire
3 V. j, j+ g( Q& Q9 M! `      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk; }9 L" D/ c+ p0 r/ r" @8 }
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
; e) G3 g5 C6 h2 F# z      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
! Y; M% m5 n! f) E8 u      CA Portland4 p, ~* t4 Y& p, r/ L1 n3 j
      CA Northampton
! q& Z  k6 u1 b' f      CA Chester3 Q9 c, z" U4 e* l- O3 @7 S2 I8 n
      CA Louisville
/ a0 q* W/ n" u& c/ }      CA Chicago. ?" g& v) O6 L0 g
      CA Astoria
, G2 D) W9 w' o: O      CA Minneapolis2 A/ ]$ R9 y# f
      CA San Francisco
' M! Y; {* w1 K$ r2 n      CA Quincy
, A+ [9 e" _5 H  p$ [      CA Vincennes
  X! E8 D, t1 X. T5 u1 X' b0 W- F      CA Wichita
, A. `/ u: b' c7 A- T      DD Bennett
. H& E1 @. F. ^0 {- }      DD Bradford/ }" i" A* p% D& G1 L* p
      DD Braine  }" }' f) Q; Q; V  b( X# [( o
      DD Brownson/ Z* Q: h' m3 t+ V1 K; j
      DD Bryant
& o# u5 I8 g5 c' a' u1 M      DD Bullard& Z$ O# C2 T. R* ^# `' X0 d, ]7 q* ?
      DD Burns! }" B0 I; b( ?) \2 l
      DD Callaghan3 ^  _5 }+ f4 y" L
      DD Caperton1 ~( \( F! t$ Z
      DD Capps
& ]( k* Q$ Y7 U2 B3 ^( |! c      DMS Emmons
+ @& u0 V- [7 s( ]. {, B# d      DMS Macomb! b4 S) Z6 S4 G
      DMS Rodman
3 f  X) f0 h' M! ?/ N7 c      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards, Q  e0 Z! b7 m& m& `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...! N$ B' d: R9 C! s; m" [7 s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards# f( Z( r4 y7 z6 ?$ T0 S! L6 C
Range closes to 26,000 yards...4 u% s' E5 f' F+ u/ c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards* S3 M' y8 P8 m" O
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 v+ S0 W6 v' i) ], C) v# s* j1 K1 {. {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 n9 M1 Y8 p- {" j5 R6 V* u
Range closes to 22,000 yards...0 T/ d: Y: e7 {: x+ Q6 Z" ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ ^& F7 T  z8 V: J7 l8 M
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; M" ~: B; A. a3 |7 r8 \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards9 {3 B, W8 E8 }
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' X4 U1 y" E6 _& Z, B! w8 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
- b% {7 _, K) D: r( f1 jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
  x" F9 c2 ~$ o$ [- M$ }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards6 e4 J# z0 v5 {& f1 O
Range closes to 14,000 yards...9 j4 U8 p" g' i8 u
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
7 e; k& Q) P6 R$ R( r; p8 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 }, L# ~' Q. p$ i6 q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...6 F1 {3 ~: c# h. L3 ^. h8 K% @1 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ ^; y$ j5 G: k& ?: t; X  `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; v4 X' [/ n; X6 Z4 {" F, N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
8 e1 x$ L6 P0 R" _* i7 S$ qCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
: N/ L6 T) g( A; {DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards' M; v7 r+ ^/ _; O! p5 w
Range increases to 11,000 yards
9 ]) q6 q! ]* S( X3 aAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
0 T% _8 ]8 E4 yCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards* g9 N3 i3 q0 e
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 l! r7 Q1 r5 u3 s3 P$ f* b
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
8 d. i$ @& M5 _" r1 cCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 `( D1 M- a3 n( z( K
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards% d* g7 Q' e/ G9 `* d
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 c' L& \: v! c) @2 r! X
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ v  w! c* [8 b( x9 ZCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
: m- k0 C' x% n- XCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# n, H  q- u* JDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards  S5 K4 @9 R" b& C
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
/ Z- p# G" T3 D: _9 K' j1 i  I8 fDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# ~& r- L* O/ \* c9 LDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! U* i: ^7 m; _3 j$ f8 {8 F
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
6 H0 s' _6 ~3 c9 k# G& tAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
8 D0 K+ A9 {- i% I, u9 t. @1 |APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards& ~$ m4 D/ N! `! O1 {1 j
Range closes to 10,000 yards
2 w) F! g; B- e) A: \- {$ N# g9 \  JDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards( |5 t/ K3 ^3 {, \) G
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards* o& c4 c1 l0 L& U0 t/ f8 B' N
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards" ~# v# v) \, J+ D: Y7 I1 N0 |' j
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
4 L+ X* w: H4 b* LCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards# _; V- T) N  I% w; V3 h
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
9 k+ V; }% @2 Y" x; ^* UDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; _8 |0 a6 {% W" @# P. q
Range closes to 9,000 yards
; c5 |8 n, t& MAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards% K1 m9 [/ I% t2 M0 Y
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards( H: w6 a: r, ^7 J" q5 N
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards% q" C0 g& w8 A7 U9 `
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
( i5 V; z: u# `4 l8 D3 ?CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
& C( W, O8 O* E* o" B8 b2 f1 rDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards; ^" t9 U% r  {5 w
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards; ?, q! ^/ d! \9 x
Range increases to 10,000 yards
6 H! N4 A% \0 l5 S# r* VAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards& k) j% N( r% B& a% K# `+ F
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 L0 c- ]4 b1 G' A
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( i2 Z" E0 {9 j  X
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards  i. G. h- E" ^" V
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 r  n# M0 ~4 s0 d: n+ OJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; W) g3 ?- W" T  s% `Task forces break off...2 j! b3 u% I5 c( s
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards" i" i; C4 u* U+ A0 V( a! Z
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Japanese Ships7 k6 o6 D) v4 I& h2 }4 }. v+ ]
      APD T-1- Z  R% Y2 A: G4 g1 ~) l6 Z
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
& e$ v1 @6 N# ~6 i      APD T-3
+ D% C* W8 f- l! B" c9 b5 T  |. Q      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
1 c4 S- m! B2 C! S) A: B9 Y4 h      APD T-50 ^% f5 \1 T: O; l+ Y
      APD T-6
! v: l2 P$ y4 `$ }) w      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
# o# S* L# _; _# r      APD T-9
1 U, l& s1 a& e0 x      APD T-10
: [$ G) f) v+ ]1 I      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire1 D: [; E  ~  p! b: \4 ?8 S
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Allied Ships
& z" e3 b, b0 u8 |( D( {      CA Portland
: r! w  O, C) Z  M' c      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
; `1 F% Y8 [3 p: {4 i+ A- r- m6 a3 m      CA Chester+ z' A8 I. ^& [
      CA Louisville9 }4 Z8 n# x& H/ D$ K- Y0 L
      CA Chicago& s0 ^, G/ n: S  v: I$ y1 ^; X
      CA Astoria
. ~1 g  ^: n$ T( `      CA Minneapolis* C) q9 Y) G7 f( q
      CA San Francisco
6 t* I+ ^6 Z, \1 p( e      CA Quincy
7 ^$ y  c) g2 y      CA Vincennes
; @9 I  P- e% ^3 e- t8 ]: w7 W. {      CA Wichita
0 k+ U8 f" @( B3 M9 V3 l3 D0 w; {. p  [      DD Bennett8 M* s! x2 S- O* [. F
      DD Bradford# n2 U8 J4 I- @+ B+ i
      DD Braine; N( t  U+ I+ x4 p1 }0 |& J
      DD Brownson. u& g2 S8 B) @
      DD Bryant
/ r3 s/ b% q3 c- U+ H- `' W! i      DD Bullard7 I% Q8 z: j* O- j" v" d  l
      DD Burns/ L) v$ ~6 G- K6 X( U5 r
      DD Callaghan* t% f0 J. ~' x9 T# c. r
      DD Caperton# i' V. d  {- }
      DD Capps
% b9 u5 \  M# p0 i5 E0 v2 Z      DMS Emmons
8 l) g4 Z+ X/ u0 e6 U      DMS Macomb' F9 p0 i& \9 `3 [, V
      DMS Rodman% P6 z5 t3 z3 u  O* M
      DMS Gherardi
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4 s2 Q$ e+ Q* V9 vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ \( ^' [) V# x% V3 cRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 t* e, C3 q3 t, I- b4 t. ^8 m2 V* Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards+ S  ]3 b' `7 I3 a
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
7 A7 e; V/ @+ R  CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
" d8 ^7 g" l* J2 i6 TRange closes to 24,000 yards...
; m- A, s' N' k6 tRange closes to 22,000 yards...& T3 j3 r# X# `  L, V9 p; _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
+ U+ [$ I. |! N" k2 A& G1 vRange closes to 20,000 yards...
* a# I3 G2 v3 jRange closes to 18,000 yards...' f, [& @1 }$ H0 _- p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: W3 J- R: e5 P# ?Range closes to 16,000 yards..., w# c8 b1 z9 Z- U  M2 }6 P0 s+ [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( K2 m' W: ~% v3 h  g
Range closes to 14,000 yards...& x- `+ F1 D: J3 J2 I5 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
3 g1 s# @+ L3 D( _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
# C$ m9 Y0 |  I# Y0 [8 j$ C7 DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards* r( w- t! F8 w# I0 `% C0 H1 `
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 u# o7 U+ E' I) u% i3 P, `- _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
. f) O1 F6 V( t' e* L* M0 vRange closes to 10,000 yards...  V( D- m. k/ e, R& E. L* T; R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 O9 h, a8 ]1 l) iCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards0 {7 f  t9 c5 t: z" I% r/ l+ o0 l
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards9 g9 I5 K* j3 q0 X
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
* s3 K4 P( r. o! M' C( [9 V& wRange increases to 12,000 yards
2 P; w( H* s% `# nCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
9 {3 l+ t, ]6 m. Z4 j2 R" A6 ^CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards& n5 e. Y9 D. F% E$ v
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
, S7 I4 i& w7 [6 h' P* RCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards; G* E6 |0 D: _9 c& e# s% ]
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards4 J, i; I5 y9 Q
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
$ {: {" U# Z! D3 i+ K3 ~7 }DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
/ A1 g9 ?+ I$ ^# pDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
. I" G1 ~% m: `  C, c1 RDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards- l. |* ~6 Z" t4 N9 R# X" m
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 m: p4 S; _! LDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
; o) A: l  R6 XAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
. L6 d  M$ P8 x: A/ Z; G$ j) SRange closes to 9,000 yards
, y& Z9 N& _, }0 s* N! GCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
+ C/ ~* [( }1 xAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
7 E6 f3 F7 q& Q% l2 j$ hCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; K% g% n7 W; v
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
4 N) `8 o8 H9 ^6 h: `CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards1 g7 m* }1 @/ e3 `
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards- c! j9 S: |2 e3 P- w0 D& Y9 e
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards" |! C0 ?5 E1 ~1 Y) ]( r4 U
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
" Z; H# P4 c* ]# |5 ORange closes to 7,000 yards
/ s8 c) z! y# {6 KCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards2 S; D' x& v( P! C+ i- @1 Z
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards  z! \. y/ R7 a( X
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards/ d1 R  M/ e$ m2 B7 l+ d
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
0 }+ Q' T" M& ^! LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
' {! j7 \$ N1 n9 ], j* q6 DAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
8 q( e- \* F( i1 w3 K# `4 kCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
( O% ^/ b2 }/ |* J8 u0 MCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
4 s; z6 |8 k1 p( s/ w. s3 m' I1 xCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
' n7 s2 p* S; QDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards( V: ~5 f3 ?# G+ ?2 y6 `
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards; m8 C" i! h0 f5 ?  u; x
Range increases to 10,000 yards
! ^% p7 h& k% XDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& e# Y+ K- L( f% q) GCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  Y! a  E' w1 a  @Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape' P# a1 t3 O- D
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( a8 N0 j7 s. x- K& Q, E
      APD T-1
6 n  ?+ V- f2 b& I8 Z: L      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) v& W+ w7 L' C  h+ y      APD T-3" ^1 `" E# g0 A/ q4 B2 ^! u. A5 r
      APD T-5
$ y, R6 S( y* B2 U* B; X& k% X! b      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 c# z7 l8 K/ @! S: P
      APD T-9
' O! S, f, _/ y$ }      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  |. K% ~" U. i6 y1 a' g
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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4 s4 Y/ S- o' x/ g$ UAllied Ships$ T8 U6 `* Z$ x1 k, a
      CL Swiftsure. X. a( ^6 ]% m( L
      CL St. Louis1 B, c! a/ ]+ M) r  Z9 U7 o9 h9 l
      CL Phoenix
) |2 ^( h+ s# x4 E: ?      CL Cleveland: j: ~2 i3 e3 R. T
      CL Montpelier; b5 L5 y7 W8 b
      CL Denver2 _2 @6 X! [& C6 r- K& c; b
      CL Santa Fe
- q+ [% h7 q3 m* h5 g      CL Birmingham+ d; X+ X( i3 Y' A: R: _9 g
      CL Mobile0 V/ L1 e# i% ?# o( i5 N
      CL Biloxi
4 q! e- _; G! Q; {" U      CL Miami
, S6 ~) Y, Q" T7 y  ?$ D, M      CL Pasadena
# A4 d# J9 z6 i      DD Allen M. Sumner' i. ?  K6 U( L/ I: m
      DD Ault
. t: i5 `- T" n$ r( S" a  I      DD English# j+ e  J! L( p" x
      DD Haynsworth
" v8 N  m5 }2 E8 f& V      DD Maddox/ U3 z1 s) {3 l$ G/ Y  d' l
      DD Mansfield
+ S; S. y% w( _3 `* ]& y      DD Waldron0 p* w9 N5 l: n. ?  W$ P( ^
      DD Haggard
; {* m5 v! c8 Z! G4 W" h% Y; q, b+ B      DD Hailey
6 X9 f! e$ F6 J" H* r5 z, l      DD Hale
. l7 Z+ n/ T% g      CL Vincennes II3 G5 z0 F8 o& [" E, U
      CL Houston II
  @  S/ \2 ^7 b9 O: n      CL Astoria II# {5 e% r: E5 P0 q! i% d- H, r* ~

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: d% B( s' ?9 v8 u' H3 HMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
1 [$ a9 r7 C( ~6 x. ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( }. ]4 p! B. R, bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  V" \7 R# `% ?3 X2 e
Range closes to 26,000 yards...9 |( D4 W' x/ ^( ^- e1 a
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
/ G8 M( R* [1 j& `  ?1 @! N3 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
4 G, i3 z1 o) I: e) F' V8 z1 XRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 r* Y6 b3 ?% t$ ~Range closes to 20,000 yards...1 C, ?8 }6 }* F. z) r0 K2 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards5 Y9 Z! c) h9 t' X  N
Range closes to 18,000 yards...4 n7 r' z! Q( A( r7 b0 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards! k  C$ E! f- ~& j1 }7 `, I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
% ?9 n" k( g/ a& MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards+ ?3 F# a% `5 [  ]7 Q. V
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ |" m; X9 g9 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
8 c) n% n/ h7 M0 l& s- D# S1 _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
  Q0 f( H2 k" F5 ]# mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# M, {* t% x+ B5 yRange closes to 11,000 yards...7 I  P& f. u) B" m; }. X+ p+ O( H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
/ N: F/ a- R3 J6 I0 e5 Y7 O) kRange closes to 10,000 yards...
( W1 W. L% W5 N# J- M  P- rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards7 o3 ]' e3 W# O1 Q" l+ m- Y# I  @
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
# `: B) i4 e) [2 h7 b. q! ACL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' b. d2 [! e6 N3 m6 X( x
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
% @9 ~: R" y" ~6 B5 C& k# c! K& A  bCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
% h* _+ j) y2 O8 X; z! T, O# bCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, M; q& d) |, Q+ R0 u
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- N( ~6 H: t' S' w: d) |( r
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
0 c0 {8 F/ u4 v& J% b% h/ i+ eDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 ~8 E- r, V+ O) Y  `DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
3 i5 S6 n' \% a( K% JRange increases to 11,000 yards
1 f8 Q1 `8 R3 g: h" t  eCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
! _2 i) T) N$ A; e8 ICL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 f! A& m/ R6 E: HCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
9 T4 @' T8 s" E: l2 FCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards3 Z4 `/ L% @7 {+ W4 x
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 [- j6 f( C! C( Y& V& [! X' UCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 j, }, I/ k$ i! ?8 M) t+ \' y" E1 sDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
& F, o1 s! R7 d! {8 S. m1 |( tDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards" l4 Z! s5 M& `
Range closes to 8,000 yards
' j3 [- F. B3 L0 i$ R, U% K( s) q7 JCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards( Q9 h5 a5 K) h' q0 A6 [
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' ]& U" c9 x) G: E
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards& Z; `& J1 |: g* g% n
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards. F( P$ F" D: b% E
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
5 F5 z  l1 n6 C5 eRange closes to 7,000 yards( V# k+ O0 `, H! Y
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
4 s5 s! X* m  ~% N- W6 j5 xCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ z% }: t/ g2 |0 |2 [) f' q) YCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 y* \/ n6 j$ Z: Y
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
7 \6 s1 G9 W3 n0 XCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
9 x* e# @) t0 T  tCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: G4 s6 S& Y5 b; G' [CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards7 u6 @( P, `) I( S2 t4 {
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 S" d1 N. }# e+ F" k2 b: j6 b
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" K+ D$ m; v1 X/ uDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards* C9 ?# G& R6 ]9 M) x
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards& U9 G  k. E/ l% H
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 |" V/ @. P. u! W0 p
Range increases to 8,000 yards2 S  p, a4 s( r2 ]% m( Y
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% J  H- r; Y) h: Z. X1 b* p4 E
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards" e( T$ i$ k" A# B' r* w8 i7 }
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards/ N4 K. B3 }& O1 `+ Q
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 n3 @' W7 j' S
Task forces break off...
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% N. }$ p% ]6 @" C/ s) G' Y. w. yJapanese Ships: n7 \6 @/ E8 ~) L) ?
      APD T-1
  u' e! ?- \/ E1 P$ I1 M. ?      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
  g$ ?- Q" d4 l1 F2 t0 J      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
6 Z' @* n$ ~8 ~% I) H2 j1 [      APD T-5
' S5 p' P7 T5 u/ j5 F7 ^7 Y. A  n      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* ^5 z  M# W: w$ ]- S
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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      CA Portland! R+ d: [9 I% {) g6 j) M
      CA Northampton
7 V2 ~7 w9 I5 y  W7 _" ]      CA Chester
, M. S0 v. j# c4 y7 I      CA Louisville
# r9 b! b* }) b& l3 w      CA Chicago
! W5 c9 u% A' r3 v( U; ]1 a6 I4 e      CA Astoria
7 t" M! k5 W% A7 p, H7 h      CA Minneapolis5 }5 j4 [, z, H* k! }
      CA San Francisco
+ R# U; q1 c2 o5 S! N6 A( A      CA Quincy5 s7 N  C6 s2 |/ M& n1 |
      CA Vincennes) C3 V6 Q3 i* H. z( X+ n  [
      CA Wichita. Z3 F! R8 q5 A; e9 f0 P- W8 i
      DD Bennett# [1 u" T0 v0 |! }# B6 [: z
      DD Bradford5 o) w2 _% @2 D- p2 c
      DD Braine7 o3 |, M% I$ ]" i0 I" c
      DD Brownson
! S" Y! ~/ B$ Q/ v      DD Bryant
4 y; {5 S2 ]. X4 t/ j8 j      DD Bullard
3 g$ y" O) G% N6 _0 e' }! j      DD Burns
, `7 L) a' A2 g8 z# ~      DD Callaghan
% i" `9 d3 Q  x& W( j      DD Caperton' i- X8 @% Q1 k+ g
      DD Capps
9 j- d8 Y" @0 y* O      DMS Emmons" D* R2 |8 W5 _& T" Z0 f$ p
      DMS Macomb
8 v- D- m, g7 z' w      DMS Rodman7 \* L, m/ @+ `2 T! r
      DMS Gherardi1 O8 g9 X3 b" t1 N
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/ L& _) X! K" D  @3 \+ d8 ]Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" [8 r. S- P* H; KRange closes to 28,000 yards...
2 @2 s, ]+ t. I& \" bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards2 k: p2 {: t& e% f( s% ^
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 p+ y- ]* m( Y9 |Range closes to 24,000 yards...
3 P6 N7 }3 U0 f$ S+ WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) A2 @5 n) T9 R' d0 s' w' u
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
& P: K$ H# \# @8 @- qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
: T0 D$ E5 D  e+ @& f& uRange closes to 20,000 yards...
# v1 K' e9 q- Y8 `/ X3 G0 `& ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards. H# g1 r4 R+ h, n9 B+ X
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
. f6 f" C  c5 A: {. v4 aRange closes to 16,000 yards...
# r' Y6 u( I9 x" i  f. R7 uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. x% J7 ]- f/ \1 IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
2 u: @$ k  g. O( Q6 XRange closes to 12,000 yards...
( |- a" D  p. @Range closes to 11,000 yards...# U7 d3 f5 p7 L) T
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ c9 [" Y1 l; f6 m- K* x3 J
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
: s  w; U* o, y: r  M3 kRange closes to 8,000 yards..." |4 X9 W6 x5 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
+ i0 _2 {. ^) b4 ^8 n% Y; j- g% LCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 m5 C. x. `9 M1 Q/ Y8 \% tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards: ^8 w- ~+ k" A+ K$ Z
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 A. _( }6 c5 [' F7 }
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards. T6 G" I3 L1 t+ L# H2 t0 F
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards' `3 {5 Q% s' M0 J" g9 ~8 [& {. N# Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards4 j' a2 `- ]7 K( G4 Y3 m. ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards+ H+ I: `- k% S; A$ [
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' ?" u! T) i( l8 C6 _
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards2 E; H* [+ G$ \& M; ^
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 i2 g1 ]: `# j( z
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards, f* F/ Y. E* H$ u( W
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards1 x- V; h7 ~- |  n. K# x3 z
Range closes to 5,000 yards
1 V. J9 G; u* K! `4 ]: f2 C% ^DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
+ f+ H$ D* i0 O& d) w0 yAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards( x9 J6 ~! K7 c: P/ j- v; Q/ \
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards% o/ ^3 J$ K  o3 A+ S/ E
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
( |2 F2 c% C- i! f8 {; L0 GDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
4 w4 u6 ^9 w. |1 ERange closes to 2,000 yards9 v+ a* e: J) w( D8 J# e0 M4 I
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
0 m, V# h- {- m) pCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards/ v' r+ N) s+ x& a: N& p8 g5 _/ H
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 [2 h; T5 V1 ^( `APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards. [8 e: p# \: T+ K0 K
Range increases to 6,000 yards
$ d  z6 y- W/ _% D0 [! k. b) A& JCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
  ^! Z3 S* i7 E2 F, o) b  YCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
: E6 V- \) R4 S" JAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
: z! O: Q1 H  u" ^0 ]Range increases to 9,000 yards
! u1 y+ |! y  {& F" ~+ gDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; @# l; c1 k  i: I7 x. v7 iCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 e" \- ?) k* e/ a* u3 FCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
1 \- z0 `/ G% }% mDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' b& k0 P: r$ I  A3 I6 C+ ], Q
Range increases to 13,000 yards
# z5 [) Z, j7 c: YCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
2 D" Q3 o: V) x( E1 u- Q! O( wAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
8 [7 N% m/ }. c9 i; v0 a' jJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape0 ]: {6 c- F. e
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards$ Q! _: @1 D! ^
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Japanese Ships2 P4 X, z& ?8 |. H* v
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
/ x: x# A3 Q0 m4 p$ f      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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      BB North Carolina$ f( h3 \& _0 B( L- V
      BB Washington
% ^; V, [% f% C) ]- T      BB South Dakota
9 t3 A+ w8 J' ?9 f1 m6 t5 |" J      BB Indiana( j' U! Q2 j; T8 b3 e
      BB Massachusetts
$ W* q2 L/ N7 x( f      BB Alabama
3 }8 B: }4 A9 R      DD Conner
% B3 D) ~/ @% {3 r$ F      DD Cotten
2 m2 U9 u* X. r/ J) n! ], G      DD Cowell8 ?& ]/ c7 ^0 z" M  X: _
      DD Daly
' d+ h9 t: x7 q  H      DD Eaton* q( g6 Y5 R9 I4 ^- e3 e- u
      DD Heywood Edwards- m* u# a$ L) N; l# |. C
      DD Erben/ w% M0 @3 n+ l) Q
      DD Evans  p7 M2 @" I# h  L: ^7 Y: T
      DD Foote
4 r' `; l4 T$ K) K6 y      DD Franks
6 q( a9 N$ u# r      DD Fullam6 h7 n- c9 E+ k( u  A
      DD Gatling
8 e; e( V! z) `      DD Albert Grant
' f) t0 m. W4 m" G      DD Gregory
( u+ P/ {* c. X( C! C9 C      DD Guest
# X, Z0 ]( d2 V1 ]' F# Z! ]      DMS Hamilton: P/ f% v9 K, i# @- {0 ]  |% c7 s4 g
      DMS Forrest
' [- j( ^) F1 a      DMS Ellyson
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1 V8 }7 h: w$ y. e' k$ @Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 H6 e7 C. i; J! B! D6 J- S
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
+ r$ z0 k7 }$ G9 A4 jRange closes to 26,000 yards...& B! \& D4 V/ P) K& y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 [$ t' ]. z+ Y8 a* m" j2 r- wRange closes to 22,000 yards...3 Y  e% t9 R" v. {! M
Range closes to 20,000 yards...7 b3 o9 @/ @% x; ~& I
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) U0 Z( @  \! `- v  R& f
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
. Q" E) r# E7 e0 B1 L9 I3 m) aRange closes to 14,000 yards...% Z- {6 d8 ]  A8 A8 r& A
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
# N4 f4 U1 O4 l6 p0 [% zRange closes to 11,000 yards...( o, T" B( c+ V  F- F) e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# P0 O  C+ d) w& DRange closes to 10,000 yards...
& ~0 h: R1 g! r: s8 tRange closes to 9,000 yards...( e: d" o  B/ ]2 L; x, V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
% Y; K5 y6 o0 A0 M" o  RBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards. m" Y0 G3 _2 o0 U! a
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards  l+ V$ I- v3 @4 m
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards' N& s3 O- w' j) W+ S
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, M( z7 X+ D3 _' M# t8 {DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards, b' w5 G0 r$ d* r
Range closes to 5,000 yards7 w* M$ b0 K' O% M+ S4 ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards1 q0 U0 t7 W' ]/ D
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards8 m3 z0 N) P+ B4 z
Range closes to 3,000 yards9 _) o( ]+ E: E0 b0 [
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
( P/ J% Q3 D, p# ]DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ y9 T' a% ?: k6 P0 y, M0 D
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
! r7 f! b4 e0 O" g$ O( @DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" C4 K+ k* r' g! H, o0 V# @
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ f: v$ Z0 A( C/ O
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards0 R9 v1 ?5 i* _0 Q6 k7 \; E5 y
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 j1 D. a( U" _2 K' S4 g/ Z6 GDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
- a" d; E( t0 w7 [' eDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards/ t9 q* H0 _0 p# x( q, ~' B
Range increases to 5,000 yards
- E4 W/ p3 U2 B, `* D8 ~2 i% zBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
+ B- I1 Q5 W) n4 Z9 F9 ]( WDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards  B/ Z. z) i1 c) E  D
Range increases to 7,000 yards/ t+ I. h1 p$ u4 \1 C4 l
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 |1 f# ]6 B+ f" [, |7 p1 X. bDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
1 }6 @& g% g: c( R( HDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards7 n& k* S' M) t
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
0 Y' k: ~6 h) k4 m( ?1 @APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
$ x) t" m$ C: F+ G+ Q' DCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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