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。/ n2 d; v, C$ X" w
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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! C7 ^) _0 ?- }Allied Deliberate attack. X0 F1 W* u! k2 T% F: x6 C

! @- k7 C7 \' Z% Q9 z( XAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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: |" k( J6 m" i6 c+ w; ZDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15816 J% x0 I7 R3 |, G( y

. w4 ?) r8 ~2 W, h2 i3 X" ]Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 83 C$ H% j% N: I( }

3 p$ E% w2 a/ {# qAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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+ P; d  B# `% cAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) 0 ^( `: K4 Q( @# K, X

7 M1 K. `" P! T, [  D% E9 DCombat modifiers
  o( U4 ]* ]9 w* Q! iDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)1 U* c1 Y" s2 ?8 z# ?- z! I& L
Attacker: $ P5 i3 o. s( g# p% T7 q' D  I

0 C0 B0 w8 ]7 EJapanese ground losses:5 {; h3 y/ g- t  k, h7 S
      3386 casualties reported
+ ?9 z' y. L- P. S8 {9 a         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled  u4 Y1 e4 u$ f# e! [
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled& T. i8 q2 f" ?; R5 q; ]* \
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled- i" @' ~3 ~/ L* B1 t0 \; I* L
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)7 Q, B) n5 I! J8 U, W) Q
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)* T2 L8 ?6 l5 ?8 P7 w
      Units destroyed 16 t/ H3 W3 V6 [7 b
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Allied ground losses:
% [" R* n7 P6 {- p3 A, ]) e      5163 casualties reported( i# r; I( B3 U9 ]+ V
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
* k/ P+ j. b' _9 e" R% I; e: i         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
' w8 ~( o8 A  k; }6 ~( |3 E         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
6 r3 H5 _& f2 G, B      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)9 m; q! [6 x9 J) t4 g2 V' a0 X
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
  X+ l( W8 Z! P! I' ]    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion4 Q" a' G3 z8 A, @8 S! D7 g
    710th Tank Battalion4 v  O! f# d- R7 z/ {% P; B
    6th Infantry Division
7 l/ J) b  L% T' }' S2 I; v, p    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1 @& {: d8 y! w/ _2 [+ L" g* c) Y; ^    44th Tank Battalion
( G7 [. \2 s1 w3 [    81st Infantry Division7 w5 c0 F3 X2 [
    762nd Tank Battalion% d- [# ^) V& Y6 G* D5 X
    767th Tank Battalion; p9 ~  M/ {2 H) {
    711th Tank Battalion, z8 M* r' m9 F. s& l; J
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment. H1 @- Y+ B) d5 v; i/ \! z) o
    5th Marine Division  p3 P& B$ z, m( T/ j' p$ ]5 e' C" B+ F
    716th Tank Battalion
: |8 x$ `' C9 {6 k6 O; H8 A, \- K    1st Filipino Inf Regiment  }/ f; n( L' d+ S
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion0 z" S* {# U: w1 W+ O9 |
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
- c' e5 F) ~% _  M6 T8 j9 i    706th Tank Battalion
. z: B0 m  ?* E. k1 v    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
+ X' u8 y! G) x( _" T2 O    96th Infantry Division
1 H; z  X5 c4 p  k/ M  k    31st Infantry Regiment
4 h+ l3 X) V% u$ S: L    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion- J) f3 W5 b+ {5 d3 }; Y$ D
    I Corps Artillery , i! f$ N1 F; V
    12th Marine Defense Battalion7 T/ s' e5 m7 n* v9 F8 J
    1st USMC AA Battalion7 ~/ u+ Z3 _. Y4 n1 s
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion& n5 d! C, B) \* v0 Z: S1 w* d9 D
    XIV US Corps
* k* ?# B; ~7 N0 L    14th Marine Defense Battalion
- J( I1 X$ i  q: K& c* [    5th USA Defense Battalion
' H7 M! K2 V! M9 q1 g6 j+ O    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  X5 e# w) P, ?' h( |6 K    738th Coast AA Regiment
& g0 Z- P3 T$ T    X Corps Artillery
0 H# H2 E' e' L# T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. `' K  D- O' m( f5 Y    96th Coast AA Regiment
+ x. s7 r2 ^, C* q    4th USA Defense Battalion
  I6 C" V5 R- I% T: R    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment/ T$ D* j% `2 c% E+ W% z) ^
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:+ D! ~1 V# O. o, V1 }' }' e
    Kure 7th SNLF' Y7 w' I$ h# N
    81st/A Division  e' x# r( ^$ Q! d2 l" h- |" o
    Kure 3rd SNLF) d% X7 Y- o1 `: m: E: |) T/ D
    33rd/B Division# h- [: C$ q$ A6 `" Z1 e
    33rd/A Division1 i. E9 t  k0 P: p5 K
    81st/C Division
8 u/ _) G0 @' {9 D( z- K" q    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
1 ?2 p4 ]! c% `    52nd Naval Guard Unit  L/ i9 P% e+ I3 s& |
    138th Infantry Regiment9 V  U* q. E( j# u5 r, {
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
3 x1 u! U' u  X3 N  e7 K4 ]* s    144th Infantry Regiment
, l0 m. x+ ]( e, |9 D" P    81st/B Division; A8 B: G! S- s1 u2 Z
    33rd/C Division
; i+ u! h) m. Y  B5 I5 h    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& L: C( a9 q5 O* h" e8 n    18th Army7 q' h9 t$ o3 S% O
    60th Field AA Battalion
+ c/ ~1 \6 J5 D    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ; h& c& q) v2 Z) a  G, q$ w# f
    Ponape Naval Fortress
" O! I  T- \7 P3 q    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ t4 p7 w1 R6 f& Q    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! c# q' Y8 t0 C* B    53rd Construction Battalion
; O7 [6 C0 q% q' j/ ~" R    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
' N8 [9 {& v$ ?0 [    18th Field AF Construction Battalion/ B/ B; P+ }( ~3 F: i
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 6 y" W7 ?( i- T
    19th JAAF Base Force+ c' K% Y$ \8 u1 j: i4 [. V' k
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
$ p9 F& ^) j2 L2 T7 U6 h; K8 U    14th Area Army /1* e  j/ D: X) H( G
    63rd Field AA Battalion& o8 H  ]2 q! H4 d: u
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co + {" r& n4 T; R7 s; f( g
    3rd Base Force% G2 Y6 }% U# M# e4 r9 [
    12th Air Fleet
- M# k" r9 N; L6 m( v    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment* s! v: Y/ d& [* L% z
    61st Field AA Battalion. R# j9 \4 o. G1 r6 \; I8 M, J3 u
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% [  |5 Y( S& ?5 C) P    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co 2 n. C( [  f- _; r
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /36 W& l% ~; E' |' Z# d4 }" Z" Y

0 r3 H2 k$ Z4 Q6 [; o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。+ g0 B( J: R3 V4 r6 v
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53), e5 s' g% u- b: o, w0 J" s: e7 h: L

6 s5 K8 W; e- r. B$ K/ |Japanese Shock attack3 \6 i" C- |4 g, F: M
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17614 z9 o! x+ v5 Y( K& S
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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! b0 ]0 [- H/ d. Q8 J0 zJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 2 R# A' u) r% n0 Q  t

# L' }2 F9 ^8 K( ^3 Z* vAllied adjusted defense: 10
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) m5 \# G& j; c+ N9 b2 C3 UJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers
6 Z+ ]9 \% {- }; i% {" b" \: uDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)" h8 q- Q3 r9 r
Attacker: shock(+)
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. p( D+ C9 M6 M# b! TJapanese ground losses:
; R' S/ c7 L% A% h: N      530 casualties reported
6 D0 k: |; Y2 h/ I& h         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled+ q; ?/ m# _; W
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
8 X0 u/ Y  p8 m         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% ]2 s, U: L+ _: g7 e* e7 _
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled); r" u* J% |) x+ x4 h3 V5 g0 d5 h

. G. H2 g# u* S5 x+ A0 KAllied ground losses:
6 u3 N# {/ M$ x( }, L5 h      891 casualties reported% @0 B/ J+ J4 a0 N
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 s7 L6 j  p  Z3 x* N         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled* }1 k8 F, g1 l! T; v* h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ ^6 a1 A( F/ a- C+ f+ w
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
, I& B; S4 H. m+ a) T* N    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade* ]/ w( L. D3 b, X# t) M
    21st Division
* O& c8 ~7 {0 j% w) o6 Y    4th Division/ ]" p" M" n3 y. G
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment3 S3 c. s" @1 g/ \/ t
    23rd Tank Regiment5 e# ^! o% ~, j, `
    32nd Division3 N  r! @+ Q/ X: B# I
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF" a2 V0 [5 @0 F" O! z; u* {
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion' v8 `7 A, \- l& Y6 [) O+ {# y
    6th Area Army
2 G3 ]$ z0 d7 T$ h6 d    103rd AA Regiment
& V; h+ p! \' i; d* U2 q2 J    1st JNAF Coy
' O2 p' Z8 {) X9 {& z    13th Army  T/ I, t: k+ U+ R( @" L
    141st AA Regiment6 ~9 S2 G! z& {; X0 B8 ]! y% s
    4th Ind. AA Battalion# ^. r6 I6 S# Z' l4 W9 D* |

& C$ j0 o3 \8 HDefending units:" h$ B# k0 @! G3 }  q
    50th Indian Para Brigade
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% X3 ~0 A, c" S! x9 O50th 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 2 U) X4 p. C: z  K
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5 _+ e5 a- E; U% G9 V9 ]: ?

$ k( H3 a  B' b) y盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载# g3 x# b! ^5 S3 d
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
3 z1 Q' p3 Q6 K$ O: c4 d& L- M% P8 B8 Q7 MDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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6 i, k; Z# F  e! J( ?Allied Ships: X5 I# q3 D% D2 R
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage* `% w5 [! R, U
      LST-81
( f/ @  h1 s  U4 N0 N' D" ]      LST-74, Shell hits 3- Z0 d* s  E: F/ O8 N
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
( U% q+ O- n% e3 C      LST-78, h0 ~, l# Z) V6 L2 k
      LST 209
1 ]* X- e* M% y' M# [* S0 n8 Q      LST-8893 z$ e5 T, J1 `2 X7 J& q- Q
      LST-246; [- `. ~7 B: t3 c9 s9 o* O
      LST-240/ y# J; a- o$ J+ g1 {/ y0 n
      LST-204. D1 b1 }0 @' }0 a4 O. t
      LST-202
5 i3 v# x; O* g% i# D      LST-1231 A2 `5 S( y# a$ N
      LST-121
4 v, w2 |: p# j& L( [) R      LST-1209 x- o  q, f/ W8 q  L- S
      LST-866 A) t% D) U3 l
      LST-85% @7 _3 n8 s5 d8 {8 C
      LST-843 y& h; ?, \2 ?* X9 k
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7 n+ R& M: A* z, Y0 E( mInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
% D0 C: U* s% d( X3 z, S! fDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force6 b/ B' U6 Q  Z! K7 r6 b
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.% O  z( q7 U+ D; `# {; H% |

  U; u  G2 m& q# YAllied Ships
0 V6 u( a& H, A+ [      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: e, \% f9 v0 W! @4 w& J! X      LST-83, Shell hits 3
! e1 u9 v  d4 ^      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: b( Y5 V& r* y' ~" g! W
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire( K9 e4 t* ?9 c+ v4 v" @
      LST-84, Shell hits 3# @% M; W7 w: f6 `+ C2 T+ l7 I' g
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
, ^* s$ `7 H$ C/ b: @5 j" v      LST 180/ w! Y' z; v# X- i
      LST 157' w2 M& h" g: c
      LST 2  I  N9 A2 c+ C
      LST-884' e; A( g- ?7 J: o5 O
      LST-882
' r* x& E' f+ S/ U# S      LST-397$ x! A& b5 O, m
      LST-395; N) b4 ]. q9 q/ p2 e. @, k( I& w% G+ z
      LST-274
# \+ n. q0 l/ i3 F6 s0 \" Q4 i$ N      LST-273
7 _- E7 G/ n( f! O$ K+ x& p7 {      LST-2465 `: Q  X/ @+ H
      LST-2446 U: ]6 F$ A$ R* e  [, N
      LST-2412 b# c+ i' Z, m( p8 ^; E
      LST-218( f) t( K$ D1 a. _4 \
      LST-216! U; \# u+ x" n' {5 S
      LST-202
: z7 w- ?( _) V# |      LST-171
$ u% v! H. X$ @      LST-166
: Q  c  b9 D. d- {: o( D      LST-124: ]* R0 \8 X+ J9 B# B! e
      LST-121
/ w8 O/ t) L1 G" C" y. ?- [      LST-888 n4 o- t/ s$ F0 `& l6 R( W5 @; m! L
      LST-123( A6 K; v+ w( [- }" N; v0 i
      LST-86
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4 [8 A8 R7 [% q: z8 @在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)" p! g2 K7 W; a5 @3 L, z4 \

$ g8 ~# ?) }2 Y  Q8 z2 aAllied Bombardment attack  l9 t. s) G' L4 K! V

$ N( S; Y. }/ ?2 _% H" {: Q; ~Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 28125 \- u! {( K5 `, f8 D8 h  y& o

. e2 m+ I4 N! T+ }3 P/ a" Y+ l) i! NDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13616 t1 ^1 w3 u' w7 b/ g0 z

; s% d& `- M- X7 h7 bJapanese ground losses:2 a2 e% E) q( U/ R. o5 D% b- _
      406 casualties reported
4 V8 ~" f. Q; G- D: a' _* ]$ l         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled9 k+ r' S# h  U* ^% u* c
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
# @5 ~/ \3 Y# C9 E9 f* O         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
  [: G& E- ~" R5 q      21 casualties reported
3 G& g9 n! d% m2 T+ c0 j         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" _& s+ i6 l  N+ b1 Z         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled8 }% M# q/ C; t9 l3 v: E& d: A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 [/ ^1 a3 `' e' C( c2 V9 C      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
& O& A! F- J$ z+ T" K8 L: x8 T) C- K      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled), t+ [+ a" |) u  b6 w6 P

; @% [/ e- j: vAssaulting units:3 v; f* R% N1 J  v% _7 |' }0 K% i
    5th Marine/B Division
+ Q  L' b: t5 n% t5 O  n7 x    81st Infantry/B Division
' {3 M$ K1 p, E7 x6 d    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
0 \  Z2 e* z* c    5th Marine/C Division& H4 x: c2 U+ P$ x7 g
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
% o: d: _4 _6 @4 O    6th Infantry/B Division8 {2 U9 L( Y- h5 f* c% A2 J6 [
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment' c4 ^* U% c) @$ d+ `6 m7 g+ x9 _
    716th Tank Battalion5 n2 N: c) t" ~0 P2 O0 T
    81st Infantry/C Division
2 c+ f( z3 {1 a$ z' K  c0 T% J- x    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion1 B; i: \( Q7 E
    6th Infantry/C Division4 w- J2 X( g  C
    5th Marine/A Division9 q, s! s% _3 k2 S1 c( A( ~" O
    767th Tank Battalion
' m6 F3 S4 V  t    96th Infantry/A Division
( Q% p$ d7 X" w. g4 O; n    706th Tank Battalion
4 U1 q3 S# p" v, U( R& k1 y$ {    711th Tank Battalion' A% D6 Z3 S# L
    762nd Tank Battalion
. ~# o/ Z6 o7 x7 ]    96th Infantry/B Division# {; g& r) Q7 y9 X+ V! ^/ V
    81st Infantry/A Division
+ B- ^% U. w: e) ]& n9 I7 K# z    44th Tank Battalion  S6 q9 d  R4 ?0 G, a9 J* Z1 Z$ x' \: d
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 u  {# _0 j9 Q4 Z) W3 c0 t    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 u; M  C( ^, D/ D/ o5 a( n
    31st Infantry Regiment
7 t* B, `9 e+ ?& \5 F! K. v. n    6th Infantry/A Division
( O" F; M. a% \9 |    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment; L4 r: \$ ~; G* f
    710th Tank Battalion
1 n' L' r/ E7 w% O    96th Infantry/C Division) h# }( P3 s* w, H" c3 O
    5th USA Defense Battalion2 r9 q( c/ a* l# D
    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 J  [& G# s0 o4 o1 t' t    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 L1 o$ A2 P6 M7 W1 K5 o    X Corps Artillery 5 f  _  }/ h0 E/ m8 t+ N
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment" S4 b: g+ q$ z% E
    XIV US Corps4 ^5 w0 E6 O: J7 B1 @
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 p4 @- E) Z) {/ F8 K* z2 }    8th Marine Defense Battalion
* ]% B+ X5 I+ p; O1 J    14th Marine Defense Battalion
5 P) t- n( P1 W5 F6 J- e    I Corps Artillery 8 a/ c" W+ ^& W: s1 h
    96th Coast AA Regiment0 ^7 K3 `3 Y6 f( n* I
    1st USMC AA Battalion
3 e" U% Q  J8 ?( a7 [/ y. X    738th Coast AA Regiment- k5 M: N! W& P7 x6 M
    12th Marine Defense Battalion* {2 d! K9 {( l4 o" H4 [
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 G4 L2 n) v% c8 K' I9 h    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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3 O0 ?! L1 I# n- {1 K) rDefending units:  E  }+ Y0 g7 \2 d! v
    33rd/A Division
' R/ a' H" P% E' L1 C* `    81st/B Division$ R( j" Q' e2 v- X% f: e
    Sasebo 7th SNLF) G! h. K5 O: J
    81st/C Division* O# q# K; D% f6 g" O
    138th Infantry Regiment' `+ L6 W2 K7 v; D) e7 d, @' l
    Kure 3rd SNLF1 P+ |9 a: J$ O. J
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
/ n+ }, b/ p( Z    144th Infantry Regiment
) R8 f; o* o6 ~( I    52nd Naval Guard Unit
7 @; x! g, T: V    33rd/B Division( p" N3 o3 ^8 A+ \- I( Z
    81st/A Division
& q+ D- k+ @8 A9 h8 T  h    33rd/C Division# Y4 j. A) J6 f: L7 A' J$ _
    3rd Base Force
  j/ }# o. _* [. ^; C    19th JAAF Base Force. |% G& ~! l; N3 L0 Y" U
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1; R& H6 p+ j& ?: c! N
    60th Field AA Battalion
! b1 d+ h- E" T' v" O' e+ S" |    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion2 m. m/ z5 j- {0 H& a
    53rd Construction Battalion. U+ a8 v/ w6 j: Q& Y* u6 W( w8 y: R- c
    Ponape Naval Fortress
% n5 Q1 u6 j9 s' ]5 P6 a    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ }9 v- F# k  s" F9 C. F( E2 h    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment; @! ?: l7 Q# h6 Y
    12th Air Fleet' U! `6 Z- ?8 t1 h
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
* F  B# W" I7 s' e( v    61st Field AA Battalion4 L  C) b( }9 Z9 H& F9 g+ M& }9 A
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
0 W% X" G' F4 v# g1 j5 i    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
) G0 }( z  U) \    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
" V0 |6 X' C3 D/ b+ T3 K8 X. ]    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ p. I, ]% d5 @' u1 u
    14th Area Army /1
) e( J8 j3 d! L5 Q; I1 t) F, E    63rd Field AA Battalion* o! H& N* _9 q
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
3 j( ^' Z1 h5 y$ a6 y" S    Kure 7th SNLF/ P! ]8 f/ p& G3 w) J
    18th Army) A% v5 c- a2 b4 I9 W/ Y
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co / W; x/ w/ z& i) V# z' @1 M
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3/ t  Z+ h+ d; J' U3 Y5 x3 R( P$ W

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; V3 B& u) n! ]日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘+ W9 Z0 I4 D" ^5 }0 N
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0 @* u$ l0 e/ |5 n2 p% [Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106) i) c" `+ E7 }8 o
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Japanese Ships" o: I+ I& Z' B1 l) W
      E No.54/ Q1 o& [( L# N# p1 R
      E No.50
4 [+ b; r" k# N8 a2 N      E No.68
" u  i2 e( L) K1 c8 w1 V      E No.524 w8 R* X# f, I
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Allied Ships
) e2 f/ j# G) i( m1 _7 k      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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重创另一艘
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  ^" b, n5 a& [+ |* i' ?$ c8 M3 d. _- }ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102/ T* F% i( e' A& _. u3 w. X
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Japanese Ships* G( ?# T7 L# R. Z+ E. A' U
      E No.8
- N. {: b+ K9 v5 Y1 p1 N8 V      E No.6
; ?  \: A& ^% J+ w' H
' b+ g% Z7 U& T5 t3 p' |Allied Ships
; }8 l3 e/ ?' g& S& V      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了, U/ a- e, l% T5 G" b( e: J
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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2 g8 S- N1 V* B- v; ?62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense., g5 n! Y" L8 h' G# ^7 }: o

3 N* H% Y! S) c, v5 T( ]/ WAllied Ships
1 D. i8 D2 u3 k+ F& z7 W3 R      CA Wichita- Y* A6 w3 |) Q: a) W( {9 \
      CA Vincennes
9 X+ e8 a8 S; }* V' X      CA Quincy
. R. w6 B4 Q( y1 G. P      CA San Francisco; Q" v9 n' N9 T1 L0 T% f3 x0 M8 g
      CA Minneapolis
" C( N( W* T* R- W      CA Astoria2 _0 g5 Z& x$ u2 e% B2 r
      CA Chicago
( h$ ^8 \. L5 _, W( A; T      CA Louisville3 `  L7 a. B( t6 r$ u! U
      CA Chester& d1 N9 s$ a8 P0 J  ^) q1 M3 e
      CA Northampton
2 m, k6 e# t% E8 ^9 Q$ n) |5 X$ q      CA Portland
+ i& R! F* C: n7 {! J+ F0 S3 M! @6 }6 I! l5 P* q# K
Japanese ground losses:
8 i  x+ F8 T" Z, [0 f      71 casualties reported
( w$ g3 q5 o: {0 K         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled3 ]5 b: _, }# \
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
0 P5 L% O- b' y) r3 j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled/ a! ]# `3 x! h2 o5 G0 B% K
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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* a  \9 |, A0 ]Airbase hits 2: d  _7 I2 k9 Q, Z0 v- l+ q; T. r
Runway hits 10
7 L4 P4 {* f1 [- O# g/ rPort hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape $ f. S- J8 n! H. o3 S+ N
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
1 X' K! Z" s) h( }Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
* q7 _2 u3 x! O! FCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress3 j" x7 V5 \0 F& B
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy) v% P: _& C5 _' {+ x
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
) }8 B* \7 _3 e: i7 U  D% E/ b* }CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 p/ W& {" F6 L6 N0 {5 {+ n7 s
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria, e6 c# ^/ c8 \- ~
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress3 g3 L: L6 |) L6 z) I; R
CA Chicago firing at Ponape " L: E3 M+ g! G$ I" N0 a' ?
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
; t! V! @! C' f+ k# P6 Y  gOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
# _4 F& v/ {" p8 ECA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
. P: v$ F( v2 [+ J0 QCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
" ?3 H; M9 L8 \* v7 COS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland9 c+ v! C' |4 u' k% @/ Y. k3 B
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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3 |7 x. y3 ?: c3 [5 zNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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7 p* c7 s7 {: I" b. j+ }5 C8 l" \Allied Ships$ |$ E  X2 u) j% f& P
      BB Alabama) P5 Z- }: m! n# m
      BB Massachusetts
3 ?! |3 ^9 }+ g( I      BB Indiana. }$ k, ~. D2 T
      BB South Dakota
; W4 G! D8 W$ e/ x; a/ _      BB Washington
) J; c" P. O! E' O" X1 E      BB North Carolina
5 Y% E- O* [) _- V8 p1 V  w" s+ w- ?% y( }' s& t
Japanese ground losses:
- G6 s- Q8 m: `  S; R" l+ X      275 casualties reported( P+ ]; J' T  H% ^
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
- {, Z2 b: ]' F$ f+ U2 @* b; A  B         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
: x+ e+ v7 b1 _) O         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled, V' Q8 k- Z' ?, M7 j  l
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled). L/ n% D! J) [8 T+ d
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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: v0 I- i: V5 n' `. t0 C1 KAirbase supply hits 1
+ ]; t0 ?9 N0 i# o9 O# m4 p, jRunway hits 7
. {- K* z/ s# Y* @4 ~) MPort hits 3( D9 ^5 P9 t  O
% \% l. k$ ~1 F5 ]
BB Alabama firing at Ponape
3 j  N; d' {5 v0 \0 F9 M! `( A$ uBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
5 P4 k4 b. ]' l' v! e2 p4 t# ABB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
5 U$ z' z/ c2 f) qOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
; X/ @$ I8 e6 a# @8 S3 kBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
3 d+ C) n. D6 w& {: iBB Washington firing at Ponape
: [5 D; C4 w& F; OBB 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!' W/ v% a& |- c* B5 ~
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships7 q: ^$ |  T! q6 N
      BB Queen Elizabeth* @* S1 B- O5 c2 x- l9 p
      BB Valiant
: ]0 }, }' J! q7 `% j8 i3 i& M% @. y% \      BB Mississippi1 U- Q, U; u4 c# \
      BB New Mexico
8 {; V* s9 i+ _7 g' u      BB Idaho6 U$ |: q0 N7 u/ s, t
      BB West Virginia! [- _' m) w- w5 h, n
      BB Colorado$ U  k0 v6 y4 ?3 b( ]

% t7 A. r2 f! Y* W2 c( u2 uJapanese ground losses:& g9 n/ r& U+ h( K/ _* ?
      117 casualties reported# ~' e* z4 `- N
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
. z, ~$ a* o0 C0 L2 L$ y         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled0 z2 ~& ~9 l! w: a4 e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
' I! b* R: ]6 o3 `* o) l' h& c      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)+ R& P6 V7 D* B3 J1 M5 C
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
2 i1 T6 u$ z) a3 E6 r
/ D$ }; y4 I, `0 E; z, t3 w5 {$ wAirbase hits 2
$ |9 P" K2 o+ z) Y" c6 x. ?Runway hits 2
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7 L, z% r% J* R7 ]% O: FBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment1 I9 y6 W1 w, E; O
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment" A: G% q* P5 S. ?
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( L9 i! D) n; C+ f0 Y# r6 yPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
; V% x6 q6 M( DBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
/ v. v3 S3 s0 XBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force6 ?: d% j# z4 f4 @' q% z: y
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho. Z0 E4 i; W8 a5 E3 A
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
; t' w) V/ J" }2 N8 j/ w, mBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force) C/ A) G9 o  h+ {  j
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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0 ~- h, `6 _, E- K$ G; l) dAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! P  J6 E9 W# Y1 K

" A0 z( B4 ~1 H- J+ [+ V) FWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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" j6 u$ e" w! Z7 f! |Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.0 @7 Y* @( b# @2 G5 J; A
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft2 U9 ^! x0 X) S% Q( \7 e+ x. Z
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462, V6 [/ y0 }# w* n  k5 J
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
6 z& m, L/ K/ y5 s) h      TBM-1C Avenger x 283/ w2 Z2 F' D: u7 m

. i0 Y+ Z% G' U  n+ B% V# T; [" QAllied aircraft losses
2 Z6 }9 U- H) L' o: f      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged2 K/ `/ _+ t/ h  u0 [3 V2 c/ x. M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak& r! E' ?( R* h+ W: c; Z& N5 T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
3 O4 w5 q' d  v* u0 a      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
7 Q! a, \3 \1 C; h$ `9 L! _      159 casualties reported
0 t4 Z5 U+ n/ h0 H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled" G" h0 Q0 v/ |$ p
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled  i2 G4 J& ?. \4 c7 w! _
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; [7 u* c# b! b/ n; i

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack) f6 M& d" I" h/ H" X- l! C- N
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29319 K1 R: _4 A% g. T5 e2 T6 f

5 d* `" \2 r. {Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 2 T! d; T7 q2 u( u. v
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ( D3 z- G1 b3 F, U

, y1 i1 ~0 g# ]: g& Q+ RCombat modifiers
2 x; ?# _0 r& [& E: }0 TDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)& B4 ], v4 i. e* Q& e) y
Attacker: , A% t% S2 P/ A4 A* S6 m* O
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Japanese ground losses:8 H/ i& |$ L4 M9 K* e
      3539 casualties reported7 p0 K$ o9 U& K, C8 R
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled9 b  U2 T8 e% k% M% B
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled: Y8 u+ @, w9 ?9 k: u9 I6 I! }  e
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
# a! t6 M( a( M2 R. N! G) R      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)5 i5 Z2 @7 K7 D8 @0 h2 u) V
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)3 E. n- y" Y1 R2 I& l
$ N* X$ }6 s. P" w8 V
Allied ground losses:+ \' }$ c2 @. h3 w3 W5 m3 m
      3552 casualties reported
: T& t1 P3 T5 @         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled& z( ]" a* W2 S# D3 V1 M
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
, [  T7 @0 G9 h5 k* `9 B  I         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled5 ^% W6 R. K5 P9 y" ?$ h
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)7 U5 z& _/ O( U- U9 U) ^% Q6 z: H
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)# W6 V% i8 P9 Z) o  E, M
      Units destroyed 15 [& g1 s! D) _$ ]  ~
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Assaulting units:
  M( ?" x9 A- p0 @    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
" d5 G- v' H. j. |+ m. O    5th Marine Division
/ m" m& k% f% g% C3 r1 v6 r    716th Tank Battalion
9 d( }; t! U* S' @$ V6 T0 {& r    706th Tank Battalion
: k& a' z3 I% \! M3 |    762nd Tank Battalion; S6 N. a# ^  W: m4 x) G
    710th Tank Battalion
* f& p4 P8 u% f# [: X    767th Tank Battalion
/ s9 {1 @5 K: ]! [* A" Y" i1 ?* d    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
/ s: ^1 P5 f$ ]" I8 A8 l0 z$ g    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
; A2 L" f& r7 l+ W    81st Infantry Division# m) b9 L* U  m$ ^" h. X
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& ?0 k2 e" e& [6 a    96th Infantry Division5 N; y% e, f( f! Y1 r3 J
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment% f4 n( ^7 i. \. u' M: ~: d/ {
    711th Tank Battalion
' f' I1 R& y0 z& t6 O    44th Tank Battalion
3 ?6 q# o# M, \2 o! T& N6 o0 o, J    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion1 a) v3 s! n( Y& c# W! e
    6th Infantry Division
! p( M5 K8 q. r  T    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
% P, j, J2 d3 D: z7 ?8 }    31st Infantry Regiment% [$ T! R  [5 R) f4 x2 v2 `: N
    XIV US Corps
" T4 c$ q' W3 p    96th Coast AA Regiment
# Z( \; W1 n% f    12th Marine Defense Battalion6 S( U# O, a: @; A9 K! E
    4th USA Defense Battalion! X8 U% B/ l' f. O
    14th Marine Defense Battalion, m$ I  v" k  s4 b/ ?7 c& Z0 K7 ]
    1st USMC AA Battalion" G: v1 `0 n1 I* T. E* p
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" ~/ s9 h6 ~, m7 v7 U2 F3 M
    5th USA Defense Battalion
" j! i* I7 [6 z1 t& \    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! }% f2 h9 N( {/ O5 g; ]
    738th Coast AA Regiment' b8 `+ {2 j& ~3 k3 ~% ]2 n% w
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! O5 A, v. \) i- V; h, A
    I Corps Artillery * f0 ?; f8 V( `
    8th Marine Defense Battalion6 w8 x4 N$ [; C+ P' l
    X Corps Artillery " N6 e8 {2 u% V# a, f
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
( o$ {; t2 T& V2 v    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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' t$ j/ {; E3 Z3 P. h- oDefending units:) n" n+ T" ^$ Y# e1 Y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment7 G: T; g, z- t4 I* ?5 n9 @
    52nd Naval Guard Unit% x1 i1 m. Z6 W+ H% [- B, G' y
    144th Infantry Regiment
$ z  w9 X  _; z    Kure 3rd SNLF
$ E2 r) u4 s0 k2 T    Sasebo 7th SNLF" `- u  D* j8 z& W4 ?3 D) L
    33rd/B Division4 s: @9 Y; ^4 E+ [! D4 `4 ?
    81st/C Division- F8 w; J0 m8 y# m2 A) f
    81st/A Division, ^0 Z% D6 p" @: Z: [6 d) [
    81st/B Division# j: S+ [2 S) Y' t' ~9 j7 }
    33rd/A Division
& {8 Y4 J! t3 }9 Y$ k, \/ r    138th Infantry Regiment
( y- K/ i( H% H6 |! [    33rd/C Division: w1 w2 F9 G) Y& C; `! V' l
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- O& L+ D" [2 H( P% e" u6 V    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2 p! _% u  h! M# L0 Z    19th JAAF Base Force
; \; g0 b0 [5 ~, J5 S+ n    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ( _* O1 p7 o) Y" l
    12th Air Fleet
% ?3 i+ O: b: w" R* Y! s    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment& a# h: T7 v/ v8 o* Q5 y
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co + S! G5 b2 H8 b' j. F9 l; U
    63rd Field AA Battalion
+ G9 E1 [/ L- f8 M9 p6 m/ r# o    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ q# M! q4 u1 Z6 \( l1 v! p    18th Field AF Construction Battalion% w# N+ v# k+ R8 k
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: p7 b9 I; `$ g2 B% Z& F    Ponape Naval Fortress  D4 |: r* I$ W# b3 k6 [
    61st Field AA Battalion6 ]7 p3 w* _' X
    18th Army, K9 X3 Q- r5 {$ m6 m) L* c. q; E
    14th Area Army /10 P2 K* u- Z; }5 U* G; V! l' l
    60th Field AA Battalion6 t3 z: {% V" u: y1 p- M6 F6 t" X
    53rd Construction Battalion+ ]3 `3 ~0 F4 f. b
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 Q) c! V. o) E2 ^8 u" f
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
% M0 e" J$ n9 R# Q5 \6 `6 `5 R1 ]& m    Kure 7th SNLF
8 w# h: }1 E9 w8 d    3rd Base Force
" y: b4 T+ k6 r2 m    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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# N3 l! g, i" L" V2 j. O) w1 ?Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)' y; F+ `4 L4 `2 m% ^- m3 O4 f, |/ S
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms8 v+ @( Y- z& c% X1 J7 r
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s7 W) T- c0 t$ B
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes/ w$ {8 B4 \( t+ {! L/ R$ i1 b/ K
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Allied aircraft& C9 A3 S6 S" I4 ?9 R
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 L% U/ f4 |! u: T, s! k6 x' g      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3377 n! S4 w- ?% w% H$ P3 s
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283. y1 Q# ~# Z) f. S$ h
Allied aircraft losses
1 r- I4 x- j% m$ c; X4 ~
0 p4 X4 _. K& x7 b
9 p1 a; `9 [0 t2 U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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# g2 `2 l9 a% T在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态! t' X0 Y& N' s/ W
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!  x1 k5 _9 i. s" [5 l, O

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      CA Vincennes
0 G" ^( P& @1 c. X4 [$ m      CA Quincy
4 s2 w; F, K6 ^5 R/ _( c      CA San Francisco
9 ^4 C7 Y' Z( V: k      CA Minneapolis
" `1 ?6 t) ^7 A0 j      CA Astoria
) N, t5 e, p$ o" E3 D' x      CA Chicago
8 \; Q& c6 y. b" f* @      CA Louisville
4 h2 H/ O7 s# u0 z: Z) f      CA Chester
* B8 ^" p% \% {) |3 M* S0 y      CA Northampton
" T; h. n& t5 s" T& x$ I7 ^      CA Portland
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, u5 u1 c* Q7 o8 h" uJapanese ground losses:
- Q8 d' \, R$ s  d# ~7 }. x2 V      112 casualties reported8 {5 Q2 `9 ^3 R4 J* i) n" s1 K
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  Z8 `( b+ A  e# k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
8 A7 |; S4 J2 @         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
) U# R0 }* g* w, Z1 A  l5 K
0 \% H: [* d( qAirbase hits 53 ^9 r* }! }" j4 q6 |/ x' Q# K
Airbase supply hits 2
& p. k# G* m5 e$ r& {% ?% _Runway hits 21
& y6 b$ f( K& I- lPort hits 78 R( i' g1 \5 b, A9 x: W* b- U/ b  H
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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6 W/ l1 ]5 V8 w; V5 o# t% [* X9 ?Allied Ships4 \+ R3 l0 t2 [0 Y1 i
      BB Alabama+ n: g9 ]! T* |  D( R0 h' t4 v# m( [# f
      BB Massachusetts
9 W7 i( g2 _1 c- G! z      BB Indiana
" _' [, }) R2 m# t6 N# T      BB South Dakota
: r5 y. |- d4 Y( n2 ^. M% s; u      BB Washington
! c3 T  Z  n9 L( }: z8 x- n      BB North Carolina/ W% X0 w4 l% }0 }( U  P

. T, X# G$ ?$ |* D0 Z6 ?" cJapanese ground losses:
- a( d# S/ u) ]5 n+ x* @- ^( N$ [      398 casualties reported. d* T7 S% |5 P% e- j( \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
/ G8 l# G4 R: a- Z5 n) e- g# }2 z         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
- Z1 R" z: A) @4 C4 p! p3 Q! y7 r# M& m         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled9 I0 l. }4 p% B0 R& D" s
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
7 v7 f* C! }0 u" f      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)7 Q5 x; I- `) Y' ]' {
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Airbase hits 9
: k5 Y, \- ~* cRunway hits 9
; y1 p; ~! N8 X$ SPort hits 2, v- D% v7 u$ P" _0 Q9 M  ?

. W" c. `, I6 HBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
7 W9 [+ H  F) c! ]/ K5 s5 iBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape + D, s# N! m0 I3 O9 G$ k; K
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
4 r1 }; t+ V" E8 x" [0 OBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
6 x  A) ?7 ?7 o& VBB Washington firing at Ponape
( m7 G1 y/ p! X  L2 n! vBB North Carolina firing at Ponape , a) P2 c; Q9 o3 q$ m+ m6 }  B

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' v' q! o/ V6 ?4 QNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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. I3 A5 d9 _1 ^2 N) D/ t7 B0 f" AAllied Ships* b7 q, T9 |; m) K6 p
      BB Mississippi
9 F) |/ D0 q2 E8 l/ H      BB New Mexico
* o; d( o) \  Q" B      BB Idaho( X0 Q  l+ O  a+ W
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Japanese ground losses:! \; q1 I0 I( {
      195 casualties reported. K2 X6 L1 p& S/ O, ^4 }4 V8 {
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
$ ?6 b) C- z6 i         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
5 {( d% z, t" k4 W& k' h         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
: r7 i5 z; p1 X' t      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)( ^# I' {, k. ~) a$ r
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
" q( v3 m: r+ R$ FRunway hits 146 [  I/ {! @; L

( m4 E: [& K3 }8 X3 `BB Mississippi firing at Ponape 9 u) |; J; S% }, v, f$ \
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
: b9 H- p; X% r* o- ~9 T7 B* i% M" O5 xBB Idaho firing at Ponape % U0 J  g7 v9 ^6 C

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: ~  w3 j8 M- {+ v4 L6 pAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)+ {: J1 ^9 l% J/ a" d

- t/ [/ ^. s7 A" _" X& O; AWeather in hex: Severe storms
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, B; x/ x; N/ O7 _' v4 rRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.$ b, y0 M, G8 x( A2 L( d  X
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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3 J6 W- Y) K7 }) S2 g" [Allied aircraft
6 N( F4 z, R4 ^) o/ T      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4621 P7 O3 D" f* t) a* _8 ?' q# q, d
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
! F3 h) {* M0 T& ^3 H" |) F      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
  F3 t$ r8 ^4 f6 K) r      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged1 m7 z, \! }8 Y, R) u3 g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak8 k8 {( N5 Z- L8 r8 u8 v
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
1 J+ c$ k% T" C8 O      121 casualties reported0 G, Z5 X! }- K) U- c8 H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled( y6 [! ~* x6 u
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled& e. r+ x. z# V  I! C) {, d  C4 b
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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$ b, L6 c& s' ]+ y4 c1 U% ?Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)9 Z) v, U  V4 w# S& I; I
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Allied Deliberate attack/ i# E+ e1 b( V( u
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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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! t" x9 u0 d- |3 B- G- P+ R
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 4 L, \' Q" u1 ]4 H" Z
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers
, A. R5 y2 O3 R# D0 l4 f0 @. pDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)3 y- I4 g$ r! |
Attacker: + T  d2 P2 [* C; i; ?. }% p  c
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Japanese ground losses:
: _8 Y: V6 ?: }3 H, ~      2305 casualties reported
$ @' I9 L% I- `) q9 u         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
6 b' m0 H( J6 H         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled7 I, I4 G3 n( S4 G( X: b/ E7 m; F9 b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled4 p% X# c- }! G: ^- K0 k9 I3 M1 F" c
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)( r) R2 _7 I$ L2 B4 S. g+ G' U
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
( Q, q" k* j( m/ b2 G+ D% p* }. c' b2 x! V
Allied ground losses:) G, A, S* M' V
      3064 casualties reported/ T; m/ x5 ^3 v' M4 ^
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
) x4 O5 v8 j3 P9 d( _1 z         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled- _. u' T1 e9 ]3 x( f' C8 W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled# t: ^# A9 g; l* K
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
) V# V" k* {0 \- S0 T) V/ Y      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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1 S) f" M& h% X) \. f# d" j& B. JAssaulting units:$ f2 r( w% k6 C& b& F
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
  ]  T& ~1 G; d+ k    711th Tank Battalion* z9 }! v4 |% @
    716th Tank Battalion
: [& ^7 Q% T: ^5 C; _    6th Infantry Division; I/ V% _& c& c
    44th Tank Battalion/ b3 n5 C6 y) y. x% s( Z
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment9 V6 v5 l) W5 Q  C: G
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment* N  J) y5 v/ ~( m5 S* Q
    81st Infantry Division
$ p7 w7 W9 T! Q7 k) M: x    767th Tank Battalion
; i( \; [* C1 T, n3 F! l% Z. `    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ ]4 b: u, I/ Y+ H1 M4 H    762nd Tank Battalion8 S' o/ w* J2 Z/ S! }
    710th Tank Battalion
+ N. L( w- E( I4 d/ L& R; o/ ?    96th Infantry Division; E+ \) k3 v) i5 r
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& }- y; p( F% `; c9 U. N& _$ {    706th Tank Battalion
! y. F1 L% b6 o# W2 }    5th Marine Division
# B1 h" A9 P$ ]" X# w( w    31st Infantry Regiment. x# c/ v( d+ h9 ^
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 J% M) |  Y( q    1st USMC AA Battalion9 m# p5 q& Z- y
    738th Coast AA Regiment: G) n2 U* r7 e; A* L' x
    96th Coast AA Regiment1 T" [" ^) t$ z
    14th Marine Defense Battalion0 l" W' O) t/ x: V4 o" W
    12th Marine Defense Battalion  U6 i, j9 K& \* y8 o3 i
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 _2 K8 w3 v" j    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 P/ K$ M4 `2 k5 Z
    XIV US Corps! s4 H/ ]( m; U* @) I! X
    X Corps Artillery ) E7 C) P* \& _2 j5 R# q
    5th USA Defense Battalion
0 i7 |4 x# b& q) @( l    4th USA Defense Battalion+ U+ y' j1 l( H& I0 P) k- k. j+ _
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment* I" Y/ f/ e! G" p$ R8 X$ p
    I Corps Artillery % q+ d$ t2 L6 _& H( Q; F. |; `( y
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
3 z& y6 i* R$ E! Z+ L$ v* I4 y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment" s0 x5 a/ d) T& A9 [$ T, L

+ v6 H  Q+ C1 ]- G2 D* WDefending units:
/ [& i! K6 Y9 F: m4 d    Ponape Naval Fortress
: @; Y$ _1 k. l' o    81st/C Division
$ {! ~6 ?  I& G    52nd Naval Guard Unit! N" S- p! b6 r3 _9 z
    138th Infantry Regiment
/ r" Z4 ]; p# q) F, C    6th Guards Inf. Regiment3 @& a1 h+ j1 F; Z5 F! I
    Sasebo 7th SNLF9 t" {( A* J) e
    144th Infantry Regiment
4 u: P: |5 {0 q( P( @. j! N( \# V' u# i    81st/B Division
4 H; W( G& W3 H    33rd/B Division
# L+ ~- X0 |9 S: ^    33rd/A Division
, @2 p) d2 ~. L& z7 {  E4 j    81st/A Division7 a$ p# Y: I& `
    Kure 3rd SNLF
1 L2 S# v. F3 e! ^, a    33rd/C Division
) X- c: k9 R) B; T+ V    53rd Construction Battalion
) D0 N, G1 h# M. }; e6 s    18th Army
: ]0 P- f. A# x6 h: \7 s1 J    14th Area Army /1  j. A% J4 V- P! Q
    60th Field AA Battalion
) c8 Z' X- D6 r) g    12th Air Fleet
$ g( E+ @8 X; h+ P: `  k/ E    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ z2 `4 c3 S* M5 d8 ?* e, b  i
    63rd Field AA Battalion
6 ^' g7 H! w; D/ X6 O" g  c    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 k6 N- j7 l  s; H    3rd Base Force( b: V( v  [& R2 O& O6 B* B: z
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /19 E/ @. K) X$ O9 A. }( Z
    Kure 7th SNLF7 @" g0 J& E3 d- i# x6 }- Y
    19th JAAF Base Force, R: y. b; Z+ k+ y9 c
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! E: \' f0 I# _! _    61st Field AA Battalion
% L  W9 y# h5 L# z    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 7 F# t8 Q- i# v
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment) j5 ~/ `/ j2 @. \! ^& x
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment: {$ w  n+ E4 Q- E! @
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion, F2 H  B! O1 i) l
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
# G, ~4 B0 f" U# d' R/ L8 U/ x    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
  Q$ G; D8 [+ L# y+ f3 G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
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6 }  T) O# K& i, J0 F6 y  ?; G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$ r& _$ u$ y+ m  x% r. Z
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60: O) V  e9 i, F: a0 N4 ]0 y" c
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 \$ J7 S$ i3 g( \1 X

# A/ L  a7 J& j  j# s6 v! b$ ~) jRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 j/ C$ D; d) C& Z
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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: a  M" M, c# c* KAllied aircraft
. ~6 h: u7 M3 y; g' Y9 `- S      P-38L Lightning x 23
: F( }' I; l& @% [# c( _" Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 303 {% ?; R2 @) S( V
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Allied aircraft losses
8 \& \7 b6 I8 U$ [% \- y. r5 b' V      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
* O- N5 z7 W# m1 }      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
4 d' O- u; V1 R+ _. b! c/ }' D      DD Suruyame
% c5 p6 r* d3 P      CL Ninaru/ F% Y- E( J+ d4 S6 X" o1 _6 N, D
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" W; R6 W  W1 n( w/ w( T6 I, k      DD Yayoi
, {  l$ N+ A4 I- _      CA Kako
% e, `0 {6 M0 i/ }      DD Asagiri
  A* ?' }- H* M2 I  D3 z( K      DD Ayanami
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5 G9 R+ g  i- C& A* DAircraft Attacking:) ^. B/ o  b7 H& F4 T1 F' }+ y
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 t# e: M/ [# @7 V3 p7 `, ?5 B
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb, @- t( D# ^$ z
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'& a: ^, S% ], g& e4 i, e; m
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
) ^+ m8 `4 K8 r; H+ I- E9 O       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
8 g  N2 r0 l8 T$ A9 l! _+ l) |               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi! x7 m1 X. v/ y( t
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)# S& w$ q3 e, u% G2 G7 ^8 K. t

' a! E# a) v$ `5 f$ mWeather in hex: Moderate rain  x; y- `5 C: m# g) i
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.7 d4 N$ ^9 a/ r% i. n
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes! }6 i& y3 N4 n
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Allied aircraft
# J. ]0 K0 i7 o6 ~      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& {, F0 a1 h5 R% G% g& N8 U! Y$ P% ^      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326: o! M* t0 j4 y8 U
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
5 }2 Z+ m5 @. A. f* Y! q
/ P" a" Y' o6 `% kAllied aircraft losses: i8 ?& c2 u& c! y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged/ m; F+ W% z( U1 ?6 }' M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak1 g8 F# k6 \2 j1 x0 Y; K6 R
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged1 e7 x- N" i; M0 H
4 k- d7 ~+ Q9 O0 Z8 T& f+ o, V' g! Y
Japanese ground losses:
0 n" S& c) Q+ K/ \% a! `' P7 c      276 casualties reported  g# A; Y- d9 Y0 q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled5 _8 g1 ]; [2 q, F$ o  u/ R  }
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled0 B: B- f! f( c7 G
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 G/ j1 i$ f  Y      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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  K. n  }, G3 P% g3 k7 ]; m/ oGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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. p6 s) |; N/ x9 s' h6 K* lAllied Bombardment attack
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8 Z- @7 `* c# R! h9 rAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017+ x7 s5 ~* ]3 S$ S6 ]. O, k: @
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Japanese ground losses:
9 v* C& v; N5 z. t* Q- ?6 R      1082 casualties reported
1 z& z, M& [# p. {* |2 w         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
- i! X$ G! T% U* o5 X, V  f% i0 e2 }         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled/ Z" N$ t# \: U. S9 v5 k
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled: a/ }) S8 F& H2 ^# Y& }  `
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)5 k- x6 X5 e$ L4 {7 T
- [7 n/ c7 g# O+ D# W
Allied ground losses:6 Z! i+ ^, f( r
      23 casualties reported
# \; X, o* Q# t5 s         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
. A2 n; @  z' i) i/ F, y0 o7 e         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled4 q; x0 J/ ^! I% g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( g# r% K$ y8 Y1 a* H      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
6 N. t" a! Q/ I+ s% K' k0 s9 ^      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44* E4 l/ f$ q( n% _
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东京快车出轨; m6 J, c% m  j. J9 d0 p

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/ n6 |' }6 [$ {2 Z5 t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。, h( h; {/ e- w4 I
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。, O  H7 g- W' e9 N/ k

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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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. ^. v% p, X: g2 u. O  q7 b; q      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships/ ]& A% W# ?) z# u+ J
      CLAA Prince Robert
# h7 K. g. C4 [7 {" V7 F; a      DD Saumarez
  K  ?+ ?1 K2 G4 r      DD Nizam
- i5 u- ~" d  w+ Q0 `      DD Ellet
4 Y+ q3 j9 T5 P      DD Waller- h" o* ?  R4 c; l, \% X& |
      DD Walker. ^3 M9 S( _9 @: R( P1 K, u7 Z$ h
      DD Wadleigh
6 g5 o* _& K; P; h      DD Uhlmann
& B: y. T, t6 W2 ?6 x$ L0 B      DD Twining
% V: ]4 _- i" x* z      DD Twiggs# I+ V, o0 G5 p! |
      DD David Taylor8 i* V) D+ [5 Y; D! Z/ Q3 k' L
      DD Strong
( c; R1 X/ d* k      DD Sproston$ \3 z- o  C% p0 f
      DD Sigsbee: Y" N; n. E4 {8 }  q" [. C
      DD Sigourney
, \' g* L0 T/ l# U7 i+ F7 K7 E      DD Schroeder
/ k& N& b& h  \7 v      DD Benham II# D3 D& F; ]7 V$ h; X* s! ~
      DD Cushing II
- [% D/ M8 ^5 Y& V8 d      DD Urchin
' C7 ?, w* R5 {- w, v# |; |5 i- _8 T      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort5 T* p$ U$ H8 D8 Y
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
  ^6 b: {: O0 h" A2 O, i6 R$ X1 xDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
7 S1 g! e1 V' p' q* {. SSS I-48 forced to surface!
* N0 T" h. d: Q( cDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
0 Y# z. R# F' a& y) E9 Z3 F, f6 }+ sDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....& D3 n: O& F- i7 e: `
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....- c. s3 `. S7 U4 |1 A; u
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
( s  f' T8 N/ J& b$ f6 M; UDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
( n! X& X# I' ]1 s4 D5 GSub slips beneath the waves
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& I  |5 C: X# [# P* w/ x8 ]" m: MNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
, u8 Q! ]4 v) k8 ^; I      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses, k9 p+ Q! N$ E
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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$ I. }* [0 y/ Y4 t' {8 g1 EJapanese Ships
/ B3 y4 V0 f# E      CL Agano; q9 B8 y5 U9 v* c0 G, L
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 29 _1 N7 }+ q: k' i3 c
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& `$ D2 G+ Z, x# z: A# ?# z& w  _      DD Hibiki
# v0 J5 a, k  p6 k9 \. t      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 17 e+ ?1 t# P9 w) z1 h+ c  r7 W
      DD Shirakumo
4 J5 r+ s0 }1 t3 Z      DD Isonami4 S# }% s  z! d
      DD Murakumo$ ^2 T: H" M) s, V, d
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk+ y" V% h; \% ~/ q

/ @0 E1 e+ y: E0 m/ vAllied Ships
  f$ A& f; D3 V" e/ o      BB North Carolina
% y8 z; i5 n( G+ w      BB Washington. V& s: M/ q+ o1 h& h5 R8 i- w( ]; m
      BB South Dakota! d/ K/ ^" p/ g9 q
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
, ]  R$ T# B8 [( Z" y      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2! O% q, [; o3 n' |) e
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
& d# B: T9 |7 ?" B3 \      DD Conner
* A8 {% g, ?; [5 c+ R1 @      DD Cotten9 x9 I& f$ i" l) R6 S8 \
      DD Cowell; Y5 ^  u4 p9 X+ K
      DD Daly7 p. j, h/ n8 H* s. @
      DD Eaton( L0 n' r. H4 v
      DD Heywood Edwards1 M6 \' x7 y- |* O0 Z. [+ y
      DD Erben* ^& H; O% B3 A3 T
      DD Evans9 K9 G/ f* r3 {+ }! e; p
      DD Foote
& d+ D$ v% {4 e+ |' m& ~- h      DD Franks: N! n/ Y, Q  d0 B5 X! s
      DD Fullam
# Q. h) R4 E: [2 \1 ^. _  ]      DD Gatling+ L& c3 A4 Y# b& N4 U0 M/ D7 N
      DD Albert Grant
7 o/ [" |; U2 G9 y& S' i      DD Gregory
! I+ N! ]: T7 s' W5 L      DD Guest
3 V7 e, h+ I0 |& g# i0 s4 ?$ |      DMS Hamilton) w0 C8 h3 M+ f: Z6 h/ [
      DMS Forrest
7 H9 l; A6 A. v* b' I      DMS Ellyson
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7 N+ E4 H( d; sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 G0 F( J* ~- V/ C* k, A
Range closes to 28,000 yards...7 z7 @0 a* @2 N, Z* ]' M: G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 u& F- p, Q) |1 a" t
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
8 |6 n: F, _( GRange closes to 26,000 yards...# W* k. M2 _) N6 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards7 i4 n/ l# m* T" z; T
Range closes to 24,000 yards..., ?. J' |% G6 F! I, [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 U3 ~+ i! V$ C7 R+ L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
3 `* t4 Y9 V7 g# y) g( M0 ZRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* l7 O" A# I" k, |, @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
* Y$ T% ^- j  l1 \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
: C* l6 P" ]* X8 B8 Y5 ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...) }' g' |. o  z; F: q8 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards  j0 e+ ~% J; x# |& p/ }
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
1 b/ r& M* T6 {1 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! Z# C6 e$ c6 j4 s6 M" Y1 `Range closes to 16,000 yards...
- i6 e3 D; }: v2 _8 ?9 LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards" d! O# e; ?. W# s
Range closes to 14,000 yards...% H2 S4 w' B. @; R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
# ]: ?3 S# `' |0 o' h% RRange closes to 12,000 yards...+ O- d2 j6 M( f) M. J: X( c; @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 v6 }9 R& e' B* V. [4 T& l; TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards" B; ]) Q$ A4 N. r* v
Range closes to 11,000 yards...; o: [4 z/ [0 e0 N- L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ k. b0 S" {% g" i3 P
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
: Q8 e, ]. f8 A' xRange closes to 10,000 yards...
( O: p; j( x, hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% q* m4 ?( [4 J& a) kCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
. s6 a* O# i! F( L- ^CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards2 Y% U/ N4 |- v6 S. p
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards3 W7 \0 ^5 B9 k  C4 p  n
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
* r1 c3 V% U9 [  n8 Y& OCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
( f/ g/ q& k& E" Z! F: e% B8 `2 E! I$ PBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards, ^0 S; O$ N& q  O' k
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
# L9 C' X7 c) L# ]' i! I0 LDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards3 K5 ]6 c9 _. _, v, s! L
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
3 D' q5 ~2 j2 z2 Q5 gBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards1 L6 `+ b0 U! G9 s* C2 \
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards- }! v0 y, m) W# B: T% L& _# }
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards4 m: ^7 B* \7 E. r/ t& F+ n& D# j& Q
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards$ L7 F7 Q' G2 }) U" @9 r& n
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- [" C! `& l2 z+ m2 z; }3 ~CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards  }5 z7 u, @9 Q" s* y! U/ ^
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
# [% E3 ?0 c- YCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
8 w0 @8 q, g! g% X4 u6 dDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards. o# a6 k& M- T
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
9 d2 F! R& ^5 I5 C: ?DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards  D9 U5 z. I: l9 o/ \6 B
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards3 {' z; g' j! W- n4 t
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards' B3 s# ^3 T$ b- P& h3 k
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
; L2 V3 I) @' o, p& S2 aDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards7 j6 a/ |, c, ^+ K5 M6 M0 B4 o
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards5 z7 c, L3 S# l2 i1 u: y
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards! ^; u' P- F- j' `1 O4 E
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards+ @. [/ E" K) k9 N' t  o" K  o
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards# |. K7 x% C  J) x
Range closes to 10,000 yards
, Q. h1 D9 @' Q& g- fCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards4 a% M* U! s6 ~" I  ^- K" u
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards& Z& ]7 `/ M7 T8 d
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards; L1 b- g2 G9 R$ N" g5 ]
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
) @- J0 g) `, C2 P3 M/ v8 jDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards7 |8 ^! ]7 C7 M! r
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards) J2 t' ]5 h9 g/ l2 M! L
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards2 n$ ?; N6 T8 M$ X4 g; h( r
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards, o% c3 P& {8 l* c8 p6 f5 M* y- a
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards1 O; g' n. Z9 K
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
0 A$ V; `8 o  b( k, x8 [. {( xJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
+ n0 y0 W/ b+ S5 H2 {" K$ C) s7 yTask forces break off.../ p" [5 G) s. R5 z- H- z6 J! d

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards; \( g' t; f# F

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2 t! ~$ o9 I3 g- c0 q% ~      DD Hikokaze
4 `: a% G1 c7 P: M% G      DD Ishikaze
* h1 Q8 |' f" y) e" X9 O/ b      DD Tagokaze- K) a, x$ L2 q' a3 b- n( {
      DD Takatakaze- M& T) X+ [5 ~: V4 ?
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Allied Ships
2 B  n/ @2 B  ~+ e4 N. P      BB North Carolina% d8 ^! Z' X  Z0 J1 K
      BB Washington6 K5 `" n1 R+ h7 ^" t9 E* E
      BB South Dakota; C, T7 h1 t5 B' L
      BB Indiana
, f, R$ K5 Y% |' [' C" d3 I      BB Massachusetts6 t9 ]  D8 i: r- X: W- v: J, w* n
      BB Alabama& b; ^% D- e, ?9 @
      DD Conner8 N; L& G  u( @( [0 H3 M7 R
      DD Cotten. x  L# Y$ N7 u, v& P
      DD Cowell
( n0 B! w1 @6 z6 w3 K8 ?( q2 W      DD Daly  d7 Q* b+ K; U) e3 d$ ?0 e
      DD Eaton5 G" l. h  Y( ~) ?
      DD Heywood Edwards* u4 J; u# W) k) g: c5 i0 q. l
      DD Erben! X8 P' B( L) E- A
      DD Evans4 h4 m4 [) A6 o
      DD Foote
3 \7 R" O/ {" q      DD Franks
! @' o6 q7 `  D4 c      DD Fullam5 |  R2 f3 z  B
      DD Gatling- ?0 N: m. \4 \: Y" f  Q7 ^$ @
      DD Albert Grant
; _0 k- E' G4 a; m9 ~. I7 E8 C      DD Gregory
. _- ^8 }; n# k. z, \) }      DD Guest. P; n, J% |7 [/ V
      DMS Hamilton
0 c1 U  Y+ R& [1 x- ]$ m% J& j      DMS Forrest
; [0 q* S- A* }- j+ ?, R      DMS Ellyson
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) f6 }# o$ Q, ?! U- y; [Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 U+ M$ X5 s! o& y2 f- `3 P* ~4 Z, v/ s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...: U, h# y$ R8 L& `
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: O4 F2 ~! E. JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards9 {( {2 K  `4 ~3 U  B4 Y- [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards7 K, c3 S' `" G  N! ~+ J
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) b, u( k. A6 ?0 y& v6 u  bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ e/ g3 ?/ L- q4 H; s1 ?$ P
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
% E1 E8 Z% t0 j9 s  q+ H! QRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 S3 \4 G% r2 x
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 j) T& v) S3 z0 l9 d4 L2 G( p% X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
1 M* a$ q% e; E- h8 _Range closes to 16,000 yards...% e: `2 `6 z+ O' T& z0 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
9 t0 d) S: u8 i- {& h( uCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
" U" u  C, q) A9 i4 M) }* mRange closes to 14,000 yards...
' t: |8 L) @* q8 r+ B$ q+ M! O$ hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
" q, H9 {- M9 \7 o, ~8 n# o+ DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards7 i; d9 \# v2 x# N
Range closes to 12,000 yards...) c9 @# F% A* Y+ I: I- n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards: m5 k% v% K: v# a1 c' y1 ]0 a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards' R+ @2 q0 U* U4 R: [
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
7 b+ U; O8 ?0 |' A3 qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards4 x1 ?; }  \, l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...+ g( F$ @) ^5 G" d' [' T2 y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards1 f( r" j$ d$ S3 n; M7 L8 p: N" _
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat( {, ?$ d2 t3 B7 D
Range increases to 15,000 yards...9 [- Q! k! Y7 S) F' |: c2 _
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
3 R6 Z- \( ~1 }  E! cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ S% h) h' q3 n- U2 y# a3 RRange increases to 25,000 yards...
( S$ K1 t4 \4 iRange increases to 30,000 yards...* i1 Z3 V! u8 K9 P8 L6 P
Range increases to 30,000 yards...5 n8 G8 U' n2 g0 u* o
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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3 B0 ]3 u" B$ o) A" O% v/ i2 U      APD T-1
+ c, g' M* f0 S+ b) z. m      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
6 q) ]( Z3 n4 N7 X      APD T-3, Shell hits 1& e7 F+ {2 ^" a
      APD T-4/ `+ x( r: X' k3 ~- z
      APD T-5
$ J# D' `1 A, `! J# I/ o      APD T-6
& ~& _) S: l6 K" J: x      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 a1 c# P: M' [/ p$ \6 U0 Z      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire. ?. t8 Y, C) @; L2 s
      APD T-93 v; M* W5 W& e
      APD T-10* C5 I% r/ R6 x  A
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
* S* ~' W% p- E0 i1 y" o      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
! R: T8 |% [5 ]8 V      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
( r3 c; \0 Y+ P5 H: [      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 R8 b5 E( g' D6 x0 _" q

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      BB North Carolina
5 y7 c* z9 v" r) d# Z' B( J      BB Washington
! H5 l  _$ D$ Q2 |      BB South Dakota- R6 t$ e+ \  n$ ~6 r& I  C
      BB Indiana
& W/ r% e9 Z- U- Y5 }- @# M' W      BB Massachusetts" w0 q; \( H5 L8 s5 C
      BB Alabama- F( w& i9 o( p( J! C6 O$ K
      DD Conner
  b1 Z) k9 P  z7 F9 r      DD Cotten
# C, p4 [5 \6 `; A      DD Cowell
  N, ~" D2 c! _; m      DD Daly! a4 o' J# \  Z9 p" R
      DD Eaton7 r# S$ ?) ]$ c9 u0 }3 G1 |5 i1 L
      DD Heywood Edwards7 \3 u$ i: v. p2 u. X/ N
      DD Erben% y: Q. C% @# d
      DD Evans
1 D/ j, E$ G* c& O+ d0 p% B) J      DD Foote
" M6 T" h+ C0 g      DD Franks
: K; P8 t9 h* T4 c/ N& C& m4 P      DD Fullam
  d/ m5 c+ u/ N5 m) P% \; S      DD Gatling9 L, e( Q8 }4 R  h, R
      DD Albert Grant9 P+ ^2 {" R8 G+ F
      DD Gregory
4 a+ u' L$ r! _: [, `' @      DD Guest
; g8 K4 D. @, Z1 A      DMS Hamilton
! V( L& ~. I( ^; o! a2 f9 X- D      DMS Forrest
, B0 }6 }; U$ R! G  z6 Z      DMS Ellyson7 k9 J' i+ A  Z

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2 C& N( V  K! @  X$ @. l; iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& p$ V: a# [% }$ }- F/ G, b
Range closes to 28,000 yards...1 V) j. x- S  R9 F9 a) w8 B9 e! d3 s
Range closes to 26,000 yards...9 I' R9 V2 f- A& @7 }* F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
- M" q% Q' I. V8 Y# n* MRange closes to 24,000 yards...+ O1 }1 c# B8 E. ]+ S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 V$ n( r. J+ ]. _. ]& TRange closes to 22,000 yards...3 n, q& ]* ~- z# d" g' l: q3 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
3 F9 K  d) i! }Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ X: B+ ^8 X3 I) ^7 ]( _! }3 N- n. |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: B0 {, \3 i" u' I$ O3 f
Range closes to 18,000 yards...3 R$ A2 [0 V& `" I* `5 n6 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards. j5 Q% G( z' U( h$ U1 t2 x
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." {7 @9 G# Q; n; e) Q, O) V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 \3 g2 O* Y; V( t4 \4 ?
Range closes to 14,000 yards...7 B9 n5 i% ]" F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
) p2 y7 a0 I+ F' u+ @: SRange closes to 12,000 yards...
! j# O1 u* Z3 c8 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards0 k' V- i- R5 w: \: e
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
& _" \+ }( T: A2 f! qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards2 H  ?/ O( I- `/ }! G. W
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: o  }- q. B  j2 U4 C. F% i( }+ a( Q0 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards2 @& U* `5 G. S
Range closes to 9,000 yards..." R6 _! {" a" v- |+ b
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
: E! c" D% _/ ?  e: e6 |BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards$ `6 i% P" z8 w  v$ b0 S) J; x$ R
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
! v, a' y: y. A' Q/ a* p* F+ D" xDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
. E$ H) V7 [" H$ t7 n3 a- JDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
6 |' u' b  e: a7 y6 VDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards' U1 ?4 }: t) ~  D1 o$ E3 e
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
6 M3 `0 `+ C" {9 A4 R( W/ bBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards1 m( D8 k8 O" r- A1 W
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
6 t9 Y* f6 H0 p; uDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards- ~% c7 L/ M. Q0 T- P, j! Z
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards+ \2 @; e; |8 V& ?! R1 o9 P) E; W4 n
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
6 A0 q) S5 p( h# W4 i. Q/ lDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
$ H7 s0 o% Q5 t3 y- t; z! SDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- a6 M( I: n% V) C2 \APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards, m2 V; M0 G' }4 W
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
; `1 J1 d/ Z7 L" o: t3 B( `. aDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
$ A2 U0 b5 y+ Z2 `* c( _+ i$ ]! `DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 o" |+ j+ V4 }  g5 m
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
3 K" Q6 ~" A2 X" k: pDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards% U. S- J7 j) {8 J
Range increases to 10,000 yards
/ ?/ m' B. Q/ HBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
  r9 M2 V# e0 ]5 G! a' [BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards9 `) j( z) E$ y% \& X/ N6 ^& H, y3 Q2 i
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 b' l' H3 f% h
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 x/ Z. E% r1 P6 L1 S
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 S* l* T- H# w  e
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  D5 z# w! V! }) X" |% H
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
" g* h# X; r3 v9 zDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards  d5 n0 ~) _. S
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ }. `! X$ n0 \( WDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' ^7 V  r% [  Y9 LDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 {7 b8 i/ ?# v- n" w; L. d1 z" d
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
' c& @3 C7 e8 B6 }1 S  YDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards/ s5 O0 B+ p; y) G4 B* {2 G' k
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ l8 x% M: t) |# G$ F6 B8 s- c
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
& g: _1 q% S* e5 n* X* j; @. [DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# j# A: G  U& l1 v1 k  dRange increases to 11,000 yards
4 S' K7 M9 P5 ]9 B; n6 iAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
5 t; q. x4 O3 m, P; o% TAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
5 o" ^- K1 g6 R9 t8 ODMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
" }. |1 `; V. K% U; h8 l* [) uAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
/ _: o8 n# Z7 [; cBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards  j1 e( P& j4 O
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards9 P9 Y3 m! d. E0 \4 U
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards0 {6 i. W" j5 @9 a$ h6 @& c) W2 }0 t
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards6 @; a5 b: q3 }
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
% Q) \) `( f. \/ O  E9 j  vDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 Y; A, e; j# ~" ]9 A  @# R
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards" L" @6 j7 {3 j! J8 ]
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards! a& M4 ^* b9 `1 W# N
Range closes to 10,000 yards
/ G% A9 {9 d3 S5 u$ h% ]- }BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& {8 ~1 f! J) T2 p: |# Y  ~# {4 ]
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards$ P: [/ Q3 b" @  r1 ~/ i# X
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards% k2 q) c  a5 |5 G* I
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
) v8 E) l8 u0 z$ v- F5 Y) CDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards0 r1 c/ i" g* I& v
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
2 S' Y3 F' g6 ~# L2 L9 M7 ^/ dDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. @  y3 _# y  k5 M4 Q6 V- Y) I
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; V1 W4 T2 a6 j4 h4 T, r
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
9 U* t0 n1 G" h& v. t8 E* S, A7 XDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards. l4 {4 J" u* ?6 K. E+ Y
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  |0 _7 d6 k4 j
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
2 }" r8 E; \& _! D8 lDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 H8 o- o4 M0 j* `8 F* oRange closes to 8,000 yards
! I5 h1 r% G5 `/ @DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards% T+ z: P9 h  B8 L  h5 f
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards& O* s( ?. Z) c) v6 r
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards) E# ~7 i+ g9 C! m9 S
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
5 v$ _  r8 x4 _% PAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
/ d# U& ^2 h# x. [' U2 u0 g7 zJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
6 o  X5 D  a, k" w) |/ qTask forces break off...
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6 }3 ?; w& q1 }1 yNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards3 _0 D" |! t4 T. b

- Z/ S, I8 V: @6 x8 ~Japanese Ships
) S8 j5 ^2 s. v' t" _      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
: E% L. V0 P- @1 Y" d# r      APD T-2/ t( K) D# |% K% J. w( c; y! j
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1; l+ M: q* @3 d3 x3 O
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
; U- X& v* o. p3 w/ O      APD T-57 z) q% v, s* |. Q: {
      APD T-6
" S0 B/ E  w1 l9 |' U6 \# o      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage9 y' s+ P- Z7 ^8 [9 B! w
      APD T-9, Shell hits 13 X! f4 m( @6 @) |! ]  i: B
      APD T-10
8 u- v$ C% l9 X$ o. ?3 K      APD T-11,  on fire
- C2 M% K7 N, Z, W9 s      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk/ Q% {  a) \9 p3 N! j& \. w
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
4 L2 \$ D" q& L4 s6 W, O; {      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships  G: @! Y* I8 U: |! x: i, [
      CA Portland; G1 Q" z2 s1 L, c
      CA Northampton) ^  Z& o# N) p5 c+ }, i1 i8 @
      CA Chester
3 ^& |1 q8 b+ i9 P      CA Louisville
, e1 ^; l; o) M' M7 p' ^      CA Chicago* T0 Y2 q8 B& k& O8 b0 F- o, d3 l
      CA Astoria" ?* P, G: P- ]5 I6 k/ r+ t3 h
      CA Minneapolis5 K9 G; }) j& k3 F: b/ v) B& \
      CA San Francisco
2 Y2 f0 D, U2 S; ?! \) T/ O$ S      CA Quincy
# p. _) u: g  }. X! \, r7 V$ T( i/ r      CA Vincennes( X3 e9 z& M3 I6 s" v- G- E
      CA Wichita
6 Q+ G. t% D* x: v      DD Bennett
( o! L& k( j) B' P; o& l      DD Bradford
+ v1 \2 C- ?- b) U) I      DD Braine
, l3 q9 p0 H2 r/ _/ y      DD Brownson
. @" B! N) n- y/ s6 \" Q! K      DD Bryant
, q; z8 r( F! H      DD Bullard9 I6 I. g' D7 @6 z* i- }
      DD Burns
& f% }7 Y6 j7 B      DD Callaghan0 _$ ^! ~% M) g
      DD Caperton
; {; D& {; a4 q. j. e7 U      DD Capps. [: v! v( m+ \) B8 ^" N
      DMS Emmons
  f1 |0 M' Z2 @: U2 U+ U      DMS Macomb/ s- t6 `1 B- v9 i% [" g
      DMS Rodman
: a! [/ [6 P5 I5 ~      DMS Gherardi6 G4 S; S1 ~% N5 E6 o+ p

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 \/ X8 u% z& b. Q' R( X5 I/ y
Range closes to 28,000 yards...& j4 s) A) ~+ G' w  Y4 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 ]" V; n$ l! D  m0 J
Range closes to 26,000 yards...0 C& E3 k- Q1 n  F6 g$ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards6 d) }. y* P1 D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! R# d7 i/ N5 b' k" p# Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
9 Q9 P1 V) j4 O8 ?- s% _1 [% iRange closes to 22,000 yards...
0 r" n% }5 Y/ Q4 Q/ aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards2 s4 m& P7 p% |
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) K) E0 i# {1 ~7 j" q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' Q, Y- A) z* i& O3 d6 U& L5 u' r: }
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
4 w, A! F3 j1 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! |; \1 y5 j8 Q9 G3 h. ZRange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 m' p" l$ o; L8 I3 G* j7 d* |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
' v2 U/ N3 F1 Y! N; W3 yRange closes to 14,000 yards...
0 i7 \7 h. x2 gRange closes to 12,000 yards.../ g5 l( _9 V* ~: p4 E: X8 H. x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards1 W' c. \' [( V0 ?# \/ |3 ~) S
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 z/ {$ y2 c+ o2 ^' a  s0 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
- Y6 t& i+ f; N1 W+ ?" @6 w. kRange closes to 10,000 yards...
* u1 G$ h% O9 [3 w+ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards$ E- w2 p/ e. k0 A8 A4 |
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ L1 w' J) e9 U) I7 B  sDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) m2 J. u" _) L7 L
Range increases to 11,000 yards
( G/ U- O% r3 G" J0 S6 q: BAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards4 @1 b  t6 ~. U6 o  t( P& R
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
  c2 l* ?. }1 t. E- x9 aCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( p! C  g5 X: M% _  y% {- S" ?3 tCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
! W5 t3 A  R  P4 c& u/ G  _+ KCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! ^+ B: `1 |# X6 a7 h
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards3 ]& k& B: h& S$ T: m
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ o$ ?2 x0 q! i7 K. CCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards) ~  |7 `( F0 m4 @
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
/ w  }+ X" [7 M1 m; l$ BCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; T) k: q+ {5 X
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards, }7 r! C' _$ j1 M
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards) [2 T" b) [9 y1 X& t
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' {' M9 X+ I1 R) ~! T
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ P4 F% R' P2 c+ ]DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards) V2 t) _2 s9 Y! o
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
! U- S2 J; V% [. ^* c. y8 _APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
3 e- `6 W. R$ i" mRange closes to 10,000 yards' {' w( D/ ?, ]" t" ?3 |+ c
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
: h4 R, S2 R* [3 x' ~, |+ nCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards& N2 Y4 _( X" z. {0 S" E3 _2 u
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards. f& ~% N0 s" J" b
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
8 H% v) L+ E- O+ s- T/ n! SCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards- z; x& @( l6 F9 S
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards/ J, ~0 ^+ Z7 H8 d  r6 F1 y
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
; l9 s& c" c+ ]Range closes to 9,000 yards
" g6 g+ a: H5 Q) V" {APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards7 U0 V( h3 V3 Q
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards) n6 u, Q8 e+ Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
' ]3 B! ?6 d0 W8 S8 k* V( [CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 R9 a9 X. L- `) G/ x
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 ~$ b: E- n  ?; W( ^DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
! r6 y, ~* R6 |  d# xDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! k( p3 A# T( C# \: Q
Range increases to 10,000 yards
$ \" {7 Z- m/ M# D+ E5 j/ W- HAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards9 q' J3 H' a, w  w
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- u' ]/ e) T$ H( E$ t$ {DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards9 \. E/ b0 a* X7 ~8 w. G6 ?
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
( b7 G. S3 L3 ?; C4 F- A, Y% eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 P! O0 V0 x& [1 aJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape3 J- }8 F7 ~0 I, a9 r9 }1 I
Task forces break off...
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6 b1 ~  }$ j; P! @3 t. ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
& z$ e; ~  {. M* q$ m+ Z      APD T-1
: `2 X8 H& U, N' c! {( G; h      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire5 j9 T+ e* |4 v' T/ Z
      APD T-3- D8 x; W9 s5 q$ F" y- [
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
% B' L  i  d& G      APD T-5- S) d4 v1 Y- k/ l) d
      APD T-6
) f; i4 S" t! v% ~1 E& t- P1 J      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
# _* Y! u$ b7 J      APD T-9
( B9 ?% h6 v% I1 ~0 z      APD T-10
  l1 U& R3 G2 _" W  u: o( |% A      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire% g' z+ M6 \) `( f! ^+ r8 l

  E7 o4 Z: r8 `5 U( c# bAllied Ships
$ L$ ]# t& @3 {  _: E# P      CA Portland
9 D* V" A# l/ m8 u+ B- G7 k' T" v      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
; M6 C5 L. u, W2 ^# m; ]2 O      CA Chester7 H" ^( o9 W. z4 v1 H- \" ~, V
      CA Louisville3 R* m' k( f+ ?5 ~
      CA Chicago
/ r0 W; i% l9 |( j$ z$ s      CA Astoria- G- \  G: a# b/ ]
      CA Minneapolis
  X$ e" e1 D. Y# M      CA San Francisco8 _. f9 u3 x! g7 L0 e) D
      CA Quincy
4 }) I/ O% P$ ?, `' b1 r6 k2 i      CA Vincennes
! Q) r1 X# H2 x7 M      CA Wichita6 Y9 ^2 b% p. ]& L
      DD Bennett
# \! M' s2 ~2 A      DD Bradford
) l# C1 X1 Z$ G9 @. h: j      DD Braine: \4 o1 Z% e2 S; Q; {6 [, Z( A
      DD Brownson
) C6 @$ o; U) G5 n4 ?- p      DD Bryant
1 t3 r5 [& N1 g      DD Bullard* }& K; \2 H! h- l( O2 A! a
      DD Burns
  X( W, D; e$ {, H: Z! o4 R      DD Callaghan5 O% ^, }! }2 L1 u9 Y. d0 G' ^, O
      DD Caperton
' j, a6 C! y5 A1 x* n% s      DD Capps' ?) O  U% ?: H  q
      DMS Emmons5 a3 j3 H$ r/ ^. m" n+ e
      DMS Macomb
) N" d- G! L7 m      DMS Rodman
% n' |( c- b7 E0 F8 V" Y) Q      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! P9 e  q: o7 m2 C# h) tRange closes to 28,000 yards...  [" w- L3 U* U9 w" l) @; F5 }4 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 @) m1 `/ I3 j% Y* @. e
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
7 I; |4 N; o" b8 Z- G/ c. jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 R6 f9 V! N8 q& C; e% Q( Z( cRange closes to 24,000 yards...
6 `) i9 U4 Z& e! C$ j8 _Range closes to 22,000 yards...0 y" a; k6 n) M, E$ ]2 T, W) s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards7 u% M8 Y. w7 a) b, `9 }% Z$ r
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
! \! n- T4 H. r/ J' S7 SRange closes to 18,000 yards..." M( E1 ]- w, c  ]4 z! Z" E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
) j8 W2 d+ i# L0 T4 U! V1 Q/ i1 pRange closes to 16,000 yards...
$ H4 [2 N( N" S; FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- z5 q/ u+ L+ n4 x* c* }1 O+ l9 l( X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ X# a. m( R2 e0 ^8 R3 @% N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards9 F# k/ F' C4 a. O$ K5 P
Range closes to 12,000 yards...$ A$ g: T* e/ I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 Y$ Y, F3 q: L7 J7 m% B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...- y! Y8 A, `. @7 l$ H3 \" l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards& i$ K1 k- t" {3 L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
* b5 ~/ F/ l& ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards' K0 Z* N7 ~* c+ d, C
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
% X9 ?# c9 q4 E1 l- H; FCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
+ e& P/ y5 r/ n( N5 aDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
' H9 c2 @6 D* u: PRange increases to 12,000 yards: C" T2 ?: c5 i; c0 c2 G; j) H
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards/ n7 q( Q0 {3 z; L( g. K4 N  B
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards) w0 k7 |) y3 j2 C* T
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards/ h" G/ P0 V: _1 \' I, r
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards' ?3 y) J9 R! c$ x
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards; U. }5 j2 q7 P
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 U6 {4 S9 {2 S1 wDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) B4 ]9 e1 v0 C8 Q
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
/ O  q; r. S5 C8 UDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
, ^; L1 g% `1 k2 d" oDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 r1 y) n# H" aDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 Y" T) }% r/ G" G+ l
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards& O! \; l0 s  F& l+ g" ~; G, K
Range closes to 9,000 yards. P# j+ \/ c. Y& O! N* T+ Z' z
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
% \; t. z+ J' G0 _8 G1 w3 XAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards' f2 `  y4 \% z
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 E$ V" `, |; v% C! Q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
5 I) z) c2 V' TCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
- A7 f( w* p# r/ NCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards$ a% B! A- _' z- v! q. \+ O0 r
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards- f; L0 U$ x( Z' v* X1 _
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
& c5 A$ J8 i% P! a# [) x% R# a& |Range closes to 7,000 yards1 H- N" R% \% R1 i: Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards  }0 T  m+ N- I/ v; H. r0 X2 D+ t
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards8 V* R, c) z" `0 D0 H* e
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
# A0 @4 \: v* ]) E6 QCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards% o2 k3 V% c8 U) i3 M+ ?0 z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards) X, e1 n# T7 C/ }' [' b2 i2 a9 B
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards: Z6 W3 p% }' M+ c5 J1 {2 V2 o
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards# I. N  R  ?* N5 N6 c5 p$ F
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
# |- g# `: S! v+ ]4 [0 A1 uCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 t; O" ?! C$ ?+ [- ?  f1 g
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards) {9 X: a% w* V/ d
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
; @* D4 E4 f% g7 Y2 d, t+ l, d: }0 R7 ARange increases to 10,000 yards2 C# O! a4 g' ?3 A) r. a
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! `2 ~* K# O) c; l" i
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 P; i5 ]9 M) _  _. S* Q1 ]  o8 w
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape, _! X& G# h, Q! ]
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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5 s$ r8 i2 D: J( U5 N( G      APD T-1
, \4 c$ [  `: G: V7 ^      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" d0 F9 M( X8 d6 }  I- O
      APD T-3
4 q- O# c  z4 q, f0 |& @      APD T-5
7 o* r. E4 |5 X. z1 k      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. y& l7 L% W3 x; v  B      APD T-91 y- ^8 v3 u" ?; @
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 x( q/ p1 B; T  K" k: _1 ^      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
2 i2 S. @. H! F; I5 m4 ~      CL Swiftsure8 ?- }1 o4 ~% s" c* D0 o
      CL St. Louis$ \6 c1 r* K* ~5 [) w) `! K  b" M
      CL Phoenix; y, S& a7 _. |1 s; ^
      CL Cleveland. ]& {1 q2 V+ n& s
      CL Montpelier
+ _  E2 s: k# `8 A  m% X* X: _4 K9 C      CL Denver/ O% U) ~  n7 Y; P
      CL Santa Fe$ `) ~4 U$ Z0 {% K9 i$ [/ b0 }2 W
      CL Birmingham
' E+ @6 A2 K( a0 S7 I( E& m1 f' [      CL Mobile
# x, x- A! e( z- T3 |; ~) k. U      CL Biloxi2 {. D5 k, L; K0 l& M
      CL Miami, Z  k/ }6 V; A$ }. C
      CL Pasadena; D" u$ k7 ]" [: P! C+ W0 {. J; n
      DD Allen M. Sumner
$ |. V- H) q# ~: x( V% O      DD Ault) g. O1 c7 w* y; D8 D0 O. s( q
      DD English" T  m3 H- p8 c+ `0 V& S8 f4 ~
      DD Haynsworth. d" e0 _+ T1 `, Z
      DD Maddox+ [1 ^) e2 A5 d0 g, M
      DD Mansfield
7 |8 p. N5 ]5 e/ O& W8 }      DD Waldron
, O$ x8 d  V. I. a7 W8 ~      DD Haggard
! d) k" B, Z2 R1 Q! O! ?      DD Hailey
) M5 K6 o4 E% a4 ~0 W6 @7 R0 @4 {: m      DD Hale9 N6 i. Q+ M1 q# h
      CL Vincennes II
2 G7 x; X6 t, T. `$ Y# s: m      CL Houston II/ ^, y7 b) V4 Q1 a
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 n: E5 g1 W3 K
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 \4 P$ V6 W* x& C. Y/ O3 T. oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) S# e6 j5 q( p9 _3 f6 p- V8 p% cRange closes to 26,000 yards...
& n) X* H- J2 I- ^Range closes to 24,000 yards...; @+ T5 n6 O! j9 y' X7 J* w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
0 e+ {% Z1 T  [, \8 O2 h" KRange closes to 22,000 yards...8 ?; a, p, N& ^& S& a" i- u
Range closes to 20,000 yards...  I! ^. a$ E# z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ b% f8 L, }6 b' zRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: i$ k  L# G  w$ ~& H: q/ WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards. j  I* r: c: v
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
4 n4 p; a! S7 c2 K$ iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
" w/ S' c" I, PRange closes to 14,000 yards...
/ {5 r! m; _1 L8 k" DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
; z% h2 x4 e! _8 YRange closes to 12,000 yards...) u( M) H1 p: K/ [8 N* p5 j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! G) P" V( d' @( a9 z( {: lRange closes to 11,000 yards...
" [. F% }) ]) Z3 LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 k  Z# ?, E1 h7 \( u/ dRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 k/ Z7 v1 e6 x7 w, `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 V6 M( Q9 h) B1 V% Y
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
2 ?* y/ u! n( J/ fCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ V. B/ q+ X+ i0 t2 a
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards1 A/ _" B% m" Z" Z
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
1 r, z) {+ E# w- ECL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards; W5 y" q2 L2 F2 Q
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. E. J, s* w. M; d2 D& e
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards+ N' ~' x' B$ U& S3 T- `9 G* F" V
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
; A! T& Z! G. f8 g- {DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
4 u( F$ X3 m. [+ eRange increases to 11,000 yards/ W2 A1 H7 p+ i! S/ t3 F
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards4 i, h5 c, ?% G& U
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 [& y5 L$ w/ k$ k- C. z1 q5 vCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
- b" X4 S0 O2 a0 ]CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards+ Q  R6 C2 X, q3 V
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
! K% K! v# r0 n: N( ZCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% i1 z$ e/ b: V/ L. k2 l* h
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
6 v4 c; S/ w2 v: oDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
; u- `. n/ D  c0 `. l5 o( {Range closes to 8,000 yards
! V, T7 g8 x) v; M3 N2 V3 yCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards7 C$ n; w* V, O- ^  Q5 b
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" a# s' C$ ^: T3 r; ?" LCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
3 l( g# j  q5 `' c. J# P* h% F, zAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards5 a9 e( n3 g1 ]/ k2 N; i
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards( \/ K  `7 S2 ]0 K7 _
Range closes to 7,000 yards
; `( s/ Z! X0 OCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, ~* `9 B. `6 L4 q4 C6 MCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
7 d4 T# h; c9 c1 eCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: f" g! l4 q+ q0 Y* _CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
+ S) A8 u2 B- E8 Z6 G6 z: R; pCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
( u7 U( `) n: w, @/ M! b* bCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) u% Y: o& e" J  v' t! }' z$ d
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards" i) F: F% X, e  L) q" ?+ r: N
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. s8 {) j. v0 c. j! z& }( S" K
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- H+ Q2 X; h3 A' I) g& lDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
) K8 O2 G( x) [0 r7 ]1 sAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
' q' e9 m) m5 NDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' S1 h1 Q0 S0 }7 [) G
Range increases to 8,000 yards
/ r) Z8 m) C& e# r/ x) b. fCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, O; l7 o: |8 }4 H- W$ v( U! ]9 XCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 V- }+ [4 L2 k4 M& U, J" a0 f( X' ~CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards* p9 q; {# ]/ T) ?1 E
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# |3 c4 m5 @! A) z1 G. [Task forces break off...! A8 z& e/ ^% W* h) u0 o5 W
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# I: z" F) v7 I" M! nNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards! @4 Q& Q# r8 s0 Q9 L7 A) P

1 Q# y+ z7 n2 N. lJapanese Ships( ]7 l% L5 Q+ {3 G9 X1 {1 N; y
      APD T-1
. x$ v: D2 f& \+ t# I6 u* E3 v      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
: T& J. U# e- }) a6 F      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk9 b" N! J4 G2 S5 R
      APD T-5
8 f+ c% g& c, I  _* ^! w+ v* ^      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
9 h& B4 A. e; s6 u" d      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships# a+ h3 _$ T' E) L% L+ M( }
      CA Portland
' S2 n5 U8 N# n+ @" C% G      CA Northampton
! w* R# I6 E# u* {; z$ n/ N      CA Chester, U5 m4 M* ~) M, f* I
      CA Louisville& l8 Y' i  t$ O  R9 f
      CA Chicago
, @0 g% |& B" H8 I% b1 t      CA Astoria9 A! c6 Y1 q$ ?) g- B$ C2 t* b9 J
      CA Minneapolis
6 j' E- s2 B+ G& I      CA San Francisco; n; f* Y( w8 _
      CA Quincy
; @$ Q# d6 R& |% f: L4 Q& U* F      CA Vincennes
" ~0 u8 k5 {% I' B* ]      CA Wichita- w4 d7 _* q% b
      DD Bennett  z$ E: C; x/ `( h5 L. [' m
      DD Bradford
8 r" `: m" j0 Z3 L& j      DD Braine
; n3 Z! p+ z% ?9 P+ X. T      DD Brownson  b. ?& B4 `# K* ^4 x( ?) L
      DD Bryant2 ~* X2 h$ [+ ]5 q) r
      DD Bullard1 @) B& f" q6 |7 b
      DD Burns, O7 M4 B# i! G6 Y4 o/ m2 D% ~
      DD Callaghan
6 X( I4 X% ?# c1 I% J      DD Caperton" P  ~! I7 [1 B
      DD Capps
4 A& |( `8 b- Y! m& A: ^" q      DMS Emmons3 n& u. E- T1 U
      DMS Macomb5 p/ f9 e' ?/ m: r
      DMS Rodman
  T  s$ z, `; M  O9 K0 V, Z, z      DMS Gherardi+ s  t) G3 Z% r  q( R% Y7 ?
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 C1 Q2 U9 s4 v. @. _1 N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 q& \# T- `0 {) R. n' V: {1 d" mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards# ]: I" L# x# w* j" e  Q+ v
Range closes to 26,000 yards...$ W( z2 m4 ?) M! p
Range closes to 24,000 yards..., \. G- K1 ^5 q2 ~0 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& t" B. u4 S$ I: [$ T- A
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
5 h. c8 h, l# q5 L2 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ Q5 Y6 t/ \* Z2 Z5 g; d  @
Range closes to 20,000 yards...% ]1 w9 \  U- U' j; e) |$ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, O8 ^5 e/ z" j4 F3 }+ r/ v
Range closes to 18,000 yards...! N  m/ a2 L8 [6 R8 I7 M
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." M4 A) Q. U* w+ \* W* X  ^6 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! g5 P. n* g2 y) e' d! p) kRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) [6 a' `  z  S- K# CRange closes to 12,000 yards..." |% Q! N0 K! f* ^3 W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 h7 y9 i& a" @5 u2 N! t& ]Range closes to 10,000 yards...) M) K2 y7 X( \. r- X+ ^0 R" {
Range closes to 9,000 yards...8 i: }0 W! y8 E- @% U" ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards...& z; Y/ B+ u$ N7 L- P" h9 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
6 _0 s. U" x; n7 ^CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ L: D/ O& {) b3 d& c
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
4 p5 Y) H) U! E* B: v) RCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
4 q/ L4 @" V+ W# |( r+ aDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
/ V1 }, R$ T' S! L( p! ~! [APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards& u2 d( p4 w! N2 a
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 x" h% r- a( Z! |( FCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards7 \& o$ p& R, ~* I0 \. z
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 n! R: @  W8 r# P# X* r& i9 m- |* Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
( M+ {7 l- O5 \% l1 @CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, g3 a3 \; e' ^+ t2 x2 EAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
4 Y7 L  ~5 U3 \; s% `, b6 z9 VDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
' ]1 i& a7 _' @( ?3 TRange closes to 5,000 yards
' U; @+ U& V4 [- e1 g' d  KDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
$ I- `( e1 a- I# YAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards4 ?4 E* V' O. T6 N0 n' G' Y
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards8 k/ g* ^+ j! W0 s* m4 }2 [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards1 ?. H! l! G- [8 z* q; f
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
$ E: D/ o( q% f- J2 Y( gRange closes to 2,000 yards
0 b2 N( z$ _8 j, _: r' RCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards% r$ V/ ?; a; n- c3 R) N( i
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
1 \( E4 w% s/ V. l8 K' F1 j' XCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
2 m: {: E+ |2 ?1 ?' W# @% oAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
( z2 ^2 \) h: X# S+ cRange increases to 6,000 yards
, |( Q; t2 D: FCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
% _1 ?9 p2 \8 d+ h8 o+ _CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
. Q' S9 F, j6 pAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
/ J- Y& Z* T; u2 p7 C# m8 T1 qRange increases to 9,000 yards
) B2 k7 m! P5 q0 t7 v9 _DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards3 m8 O' L* I  n/ c/ H
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ g4 C  f$ ?; g. \; v1 w' w# iCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
: ]3 M& w2 d; {6 R, U0 J, w. E* \DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' r" m4 K' G/ f9 z
Range increases to 13,000 yards5 r+ Q4 F! e) s8 g
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
3 J( T% K7 A) v6 f3 L2 F1 wAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
8 o. [3 F7 ]" c; wJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 x) F0 X; G( r9 s; jTask forces break off...
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6 f1 a) t) L4 JNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
! r' b7 v; j; x0 q/ q: r; X      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk7 ~; e  }2 a& A5 ?' p: w8 n/ U
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk' g6 l; b2 ^- J) w4 y" N

3 _0 E' E+ o( ^4 ~. @+ J3 JAllied Ships" {: f" n, p' t
      BB North Carolina# O. R( v" L7 W9 H+ K: w7 m% h* g
      BB Washington
, R% @0 Z: k. [- p      BB South Dakota7 f; U3 M' W$ d# \- j# S
      BB Indiana. H( m1 r! j5 P' R4 [
      BB Massachusetts3 @6 S9 U3 R6 w; Q* q
      BB Alabama
, l4 a( p1 F$ x8 h2 A1 ]; x      DD Conner
7 M0 K7 Y6 U( Q$ k      DD Cotten5 f- @$ s) }. D# ]  E' U
      DD Cowell
0 N) e! |. B- |7 G) H      DD Daly( S7 B3 C+ E; A, S7 L$ R, d
      DD Eaton
" R7 C  T* j0 b( k2 k      DD Heywood Edwards
' q5 M* [1 S/ O+ Q      DD Erben
* Z9 K8 y7 X3 t      DD Evans
' {7 j" t$ A3 g, w+ z8 H$ g      DD Foote
2 s/ `; a! `5 G4 N# l& P; B7 D      DD Franks# c7 l5 O. L1 `
      DD Fullam
6 T; j& g; S& A7 T9 w' y      DD Gatling% f9 _7 P3 ?3 K. F
      DD Albert Grant/ J" a) R: f% K2 S: ~7 T& w  r
      DD Gregory
) |+ }! X7 m: M& U( ]  T      DD Guest
( G  S1 E. `' X      DMS Hamilton3 F( m9 C9 _+ L" k/ b
      DMS Forrest# ]0 \* X+ C) k, }- i2 l& t
      DMS Ellyson3 J' W0 _8 a0 x& s" ~
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+ ]0 j% d' x) ^7 a. \
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 g$ s2 w' Y6 c& L  n8 l0 H
Range closes to 28,000 yards...$ ?) s* ^4 V" Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...6 ^  j8 n0 F' a: b4 v
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! V2 {4 [0 {- [7 @' QRange closes to 22,000 yards...
. M; q2 e, ], o4 V* O7 ~: M  E3 }Range closes to 20,000 yards...
, }; T+ ~. E4 ]0 n- Q! HRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: v' B- y3 G8 ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...
/ W7 H& H- O) H1 C% uRange closes to 14,000 yards...; a5 V- i/ c7 o4 Q9 q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
6 [* R" B  U" D5 }, TRange closes to 11,000 yards...
. a# S' x' @$ ~" mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' x) b7 s2 u7 s2 {2 B- T
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
; n, L$ A0 a$ DRange closes to 9,000 yards...( N0 O5 j, {3 l1 X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards- X: K( t# Q6 n
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards9 e+ v" q+ z3 T9 X* U
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
! s' N% E; P; V. h1 C  g% eDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 s  F3 g& l; H; v3 Q- @DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
( v' \2 j+ [  e: d/ CDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards8 H" J% x0 G# S- l. j
Range closes to 5,000 yards
( _; d& k( [6 r) F4 D$ qDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
0 a( x1 A- N3 s$ E2 W$ c5 o! }. GBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
2 I2 y+ D+ `3 x1 F3 @Range closes to 3,000 yards
; T2 X7 H6 h) o2 V! t% D1 s% D* XBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards5 K: p! a$ I6 R1 o' n
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
2 Z: {3 j8 C7 W, Y9 kDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards) x4 I  T6 [0 u4 B8 W" @7 I6 C" T
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards0 N, P& |3 I# X, ?
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards) D1 V! H0 S4 o. p3 K$ j4 o/ [
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards, e) |2 q& E. v) {2 o
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 A) i0 B6 z. c4 I8 TDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; V; Y$ Y4 o8 E: GDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards! x  I7 Q6 b+ i. B! d+ j, U# @0 _
Range increases to 5,000 yards- B. I2 J( W+ h4 x! T1 m
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
( B8 Z9 V; _0 d7 W4 N) [, QDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
2 q8 i4 ]5 d! _Range increases to 7,000 yards
1 B8 v: h' R: n6 q! vDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards2 D- P9 k" ^6 J
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards$ X3 d1 T- ^# E
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards) U: h" x9 Z( M1 L
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
. h  K/ F, W- F- p1 g2 i: GAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
3 \1 z5 I% l* i2 ?3 ECombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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