lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)' ]' P% V, x) X6 A- J( W8 [

- f* `# O& g+ v6 j- `+ HAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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+ }: R# z$ P% K4 d) F: Z4 GDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581+ |' Y$ X) g' \0 L

; v" q& _+ t4 AAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564 8 K; {3 d, ^. P8 v" T( m8 {7 S
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) 4 H! R4 F3 A& V/ B, B) ]

5 d, l0 t0 j& F0 R+ N7 v! a  ~Combat modifiers' O% C: z" V1 P9 n
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
' [# V7 r3 j. tAttacker:
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" L# w; n8 i& H4 h% v: ZJapanese ground losses:3 X) o) I2 K4 U2 y# R2 j8 C
      3386 casualties reported
: r. X4 ^' p  ?         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
2 g# v1 S8 k8 ?6 G; P         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
* u  w2 h1 s; `9 O9 I1 B- a         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled2 D0 q' x' o( m; s- R: M( i2 p; W
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)( Y% n. x- X) r" _. \! e# ?  B
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)! \+ F- n3 i0 Z0 M
      Units destroyed 15 k/ F, u8 ~& }- K! d; O

; ?; I5 ^+ s1 M# l8 FAllied ground losses:2 X9 ]1 q8 {0 D5 E" ^8 R. s
      5163 casualties reported
8 N+ l& t' O3 ]& s. i9 H$ @( L         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled; H4 r( ~  ^) m
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled8 g% V' j" I$ W$ j9 ?* o- p
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
) q# ?. u0 n5 Z) s" I      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
! r+ q* g/ Z$ m# \3 \( X7 z$ l      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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6 v! q+ @7 q# r0 ZAssaulting units:( e6 N+ ^- B, S) ]" [. P3 L! W4 a4 z
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
: D7 ]4 A( A" S% n' e2 G    710th Tank Battalion
0 m; m! V0 y3 R$ n0 H    6th Infantry Division
- ?. ]8 C2 Q4 |. c0 R/ f* V; \3 e    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment0 S9 b: A0 k) z4 B% q
    44th Tank Battalion5 k! n- Z- P. F' N: ~/ `* ]
    81st Infantry Division% v4 d8 z/ Z, _/ H
    762nd Tank Battalion# Q) m( P! t- V3 H( r; R# v) @
    767th Tank Battalion
# P- i' q% {4 i- @  \    711th Tank Battalion
( w1 I; r! e! F    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) H* s: @: z2 Q7 U4 }' h) w& K" Q
    5th Marine Division4 h* Y/ ~8 s& V+ i; S& `9 V" [
    716th Tank Battalion
4 H) w8 Q! `7 }& j, l( F    1st Filipino Inf Regiment; A0 Z2 r3 \& V& i, ?& V# p% ]
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion5 L  [" f* j# [% e) N; q" p
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment6 b( P% C7 M, K" I' V
    706th Tank Battalion$ j; [  V5 Q. e4 w( ^" `/ |
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment! S6 d4 ]8 l0 j' g6 U6 B% ~
    96th Infantry Division+ m4 ^! y) `. J* Z4 V' z; D
    31st Infantry Regiment
- r! l& T, D2 Q: y* C- m    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion* V' N- q1 A# J; ?5 R/ J, q
    I Corps Artillery 8 W. L8 U% h5 e& n
    12th Marine Defense Battalion* _0 f5 l9 r, w: }3 f3 d
    1st USMC AA Battalion
0 K  M5 A, A/ v0 L  L, P    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! r2 d& l( F* O; K    XIV US Corps% @! C/ y" C2 H* o
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
2 ?" b% R6 Q0 N+ R6 I. L    5th USA Defense Battalion, F, H1 G6 f1 X( X
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
$ L" A8 o1 H$ K2 V% n1 L% w1 T: q7 A" N9 t    738th Coast AA Regiment
. V9 M' ^: n9 S& j6 G' P    X Corps Artillery # U6 r$ n, G  l' R) O" r
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
0 Z" ~2 U* k7 t1 g  x# E    96th Coast AA Regiment
& ?9 b9 e& A* u/ J0 T) ?    4th USA Defense Battalion
2 L! j' C% j3 H& i* f( a    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
0 u. O! i+ \- r1 N    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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2 B' c0 _- }7 s2 H5 V! [& eDefending units:
* w! O, h+ y# u: X  f. T" X/ i    Kure 7th SNLF
* Q  J+ J1 K, g6 D. _    81st/A Division/ I4 I" g/ K" m- Q- E
    Kure 3rd SNLF
' x$ x1 @; Q( g* |6 G% I    33rd/B Division
  j2 g- n2 i* a0 V6 \0 P1 F& f    33rd/A Division- n# Z7 _6 W! w8 ~2 u, t! C) e
    81st/C Division
$ T" Y- [/ R8 \7 d4 g* _: O$ M! \    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
+ \. G" F) T+ k1 U    52nd Naval Guard Unit) r+ i0 B7 u, I
    138th Infantry Regiment, P. |/ h' a: V# K3 N$ V5 q
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
  w) n5 Q' M- m( z5 \" {4 p    144th Infantry Regiment0 z5 V4 v5 G5 c
    81st/B Division8 b( h( {4 v/ h) }& N8 B: [% w! V9 u/ b
    33rd/C Division, b% P. ^, E& m% ]4 R1 e8 ]1 Q
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment# d$ i% W) b1 N7 _
    18th Army
: s, o( {6 m( s& j$ l    60th Field AA Battalion# @4 ~& X3 g0 Z) ?6 S# k+ R( U* g
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 4 f  V; k# N/ N5 u6 O! O# p3 w8 t/ h6 H) B
    Ponape Naval Fortress
- ]9 m- r, d9 w. G9 {. p7 c    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 N3 y2 R, `* ~! P) r
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# L1 [, f. O1 l% ]6 y0 R. w3 T( T    53rd Construction Battalion
! _7 q; a% A* f8 X    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
; M# V5 Q  {& D) Q3 ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
) |) s$ \# L8 `% z    31st Ind.AA Gun Co - D' J! V2 o4 d( g0 _3 l+ D& ^' I
    19th JAAF Base Force
$ k3 f/ \' K  l  I2 n7 r    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, I# F, [( u  {    14th Area Army /1
6 o( k' }4 z1 @$ r    63rd Field AA Battalion/ F# ]1 T, |# V( b; x% v4 [3 D% k
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co * I* P4 k0 h; @- H. ^. g- \1 t; u
    3rd Base Force
$ A4 D+ X4 q9 E    12th Air Fleet- h$ X8 w5 a/ @: ?2 z& z, `# m
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment* J. P) ?; \2 b
    61st Field AA Battalion9 c1 V8 x9 ^6 G" \  F$ ], G0 t: v
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ g. z6 t; D& y& g1 V  y    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
9 o) ?/ G% F) o% `1 n6 |    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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' j! r# ~) M* C  M3 S, s. w( E同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 676 f0 [0 c8 d3 H8 w9 B* ~* O: W
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 $ x8 c5 h7 I# X7 J" B

- C8 c; C0 N3 a* u: N+ _Allied adjusted defense: 10
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# @: l3 I" Y& RJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 " F. p+ t0 u5 A
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Combat modifiers- a/ z! s0 T* V" V# o9 w
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
- O# V5 W  Y- R4 t% C6 QAttacker: shock(+)4 X+ l4 I1 }4 Q+ W1 _5 _; t7 ^
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Japanese ground losses:
, }( V5 D4 O, f# n0 A+ R      530 casualties reported. u$ z/ P3 q. r0 a# V0 \! x
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
+ K" b; o1 ?5 X         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
* X- [3 b- F5 g7 C( M! d5 f! q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled& Y/ r7 ?+ f3 L+ t  R
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:. d) [0 k/ F; V2 e8 C# m! n- L
      891 casualties reported
4 q, Y9 C" T8 y$ l6 F- g$ p         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
! M9 C0 e' _* n& c         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
8 s7 `' g. q, x& d! m         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 |0 N1 C+ a/ ]$ D* F: [
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
# K  t1 p9 R; M; |; r6 {/ C    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade' W) y# [& o& K% u& f4 |: `1 z: ?
    21st Division2 l; C2 g* P6 H) x; j& E
    4th Division
, x' b" I+ `; J    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
3 O0 u% o" ]7 a, B) S    23rd Tank Regiment
( F" M) \6 d" C' G    32nd Division6 q8 l0 i. i2 N& y8 G* |& X
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
3 M5 Q% p2 K9 P0 t    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
4 F* v. s9 X; A2 z' ~7 V) i    6th Area Army
; A% k% U( V2 q- r    103rd AA Regiment4 L) x9 T# p8 k' ]7 U3 U+ I
    1st JNAF Coy ! Q" [) w+ Q; S+ v+ m  [
    13th Army4 z$ ]) `5 R' l- |7 o5 N8 p
    141st AA Regiment
+ P  t! [* a* }+ P% w, S* r, x    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:
! P! z/ ^9 F: H" N. Q) R- R    50th Indian Para Brigade
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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males
' \  _, b# {& ~. i) D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* [: e7 c, j6 T3 y4 k- {
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载8 `- q- y% ^2 ~. x3 _, I5 ~+ U

0 t$ d9 m: d: M4 M/ v, h! @. ]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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) P( C8 @3 |  ~% oInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)+ J" G- `1 m5 ^$ j1 q
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force: g% r# z, `$ A* k: w5 v, x* h3 i
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.) d) p( b9 _9 J$ a" Q

5 j- c: \# F# \* U7 n0 @Allied Ships
7 ]' M. g0 X, f" W! |      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# _/ H* A8 s! d  }" ^
      LST-81
3 o% M) _( k" R3 ^5 N7 Z# G7 M, j- \      LST-74, Shell hits 3
2 q7 Y0 S& m' C, Q$ B      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ r- G; I" v( i      LST-78* C( ?: r" y9 Z4 ]. ~
      LST 209- t1 k8 R; [' n1 {
      LST-889! k: E( P; ~+ Q, X. x
      LST-246, a) Z- R0 N0 s$ a
      LST-240
( a8 ?  K( @. C  p      LST-204
8 r( `6 _- c9 z0 B" v      LST-202
: \" t; H# V/ Q& P3 F$ A8 h* J  w      LST-123& |6 U  o/ l: r9 K2 \9 q
      LST-121# d5 a8 D9 q$ f8 Z+ }
      LST-120
: g; e6 _) ?* C, R) o      LST-86) h, [( s2 |# a8 Z) p
      LST-85
" d% ?. e6 _. o9 |      LST-846 w: T: d3 _/ m& L! b& e! d1 V
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)" q5 [8 l( h. p& V9 N: {
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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8 G$ Q4 R' @, UAllied Ships
6 f% Z/ _; ]) P      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. B3 M4 K, b0 Z: I, `6 ~/ s
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
0 m% R1 T, p8 n  p8 ~( s3 t      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 M/ E  ~7 o$ u
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
* {/ s, y1 K2 i6 f* w8 a! h      LST-84, Shell hits 3, e2 j. a, W; v: j9 p) k* L
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
  ~2 V( O7 \) E  c6 x      LST 180
4 T# i6 N2 ]' d1 @) k2 A0 D      LST 157
- e- |" n& {3 t, u      LST 2' f' t; C- P* S9 @# L
      LST-8841 I4 M; v3 u4 o! C
      LST-882
( I7 @$ J; r, L9 h- G      LST-397
, F" ~4 x0 c+ Q7 e6 y" h! Y" B' m. b      LST-395
5 y  L* x* M( X- m& p3 \      LST-274
+ G: r) q, s: G      LST-273: C4 I' o8 [  X# U
      LST-246
- S" T7 c* b4 K8 M5 N      LST-244" A: Q  x' y1 _$ m3 T0 B, p
      LST-241
8 n5 o8 s, d( T7 K+ h; z      LST-218# o& a" K( a: u7 P  W% I' A  v
      LST-2165 o* a; V4 d! K) X
      LST-202
* W: b; H& B5 ~      LST-171
. m: m, Q6 U: X, P. g: X) W/ W      LST-166: G2 a  r! N0 R) C2 H
      LST-124+ t9 C/ c8 {* D( _$ J
      LST-121- S0 {( \2 ]' ?: s# a1 V* L
      LST-88
' Y* [( ^* q3 x+ V      LST-123
4 g, f+ X3 _2 s* F* f( y      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力& o) B  {: Z4 M) I( m* l
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)# ~3 k. z. r# s  [( W" E1 p9 a

8 b, k  \  s! q6 u- EAllied Bombardment attack5 C8 P: w0 q: o2 I( p" b

, O: Q7 f$ c- N3 r& oAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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3 z7 X2 H" i( c* T; S& rDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:
5 U( U" b& o/ E      406 casualties reported5 d( u2 m1 y: g0 v
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled  ~" D# ?+ g# J+ Y+ ~
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled( s$ O! H$ v9 i" c& R+ h1 n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled6 t. u5 _. I4 M' V. @
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Allied ground losses:( y! A! f/ J/ \/ K# d+ I+ g; \
      21 casualties reported
1 Q" J6 g1 M( k* c" n% ]         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 ?8 e- [! N0 s* G' q- ?         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
: ^, X* G. E/ S9 I; P0 l  Y6 S         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 g0 }1 I' F* E6 m2 ^* K. |' L      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
' c  d, r. {8 ^6 F      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)8 k! F+ Q) T0 B

7 n- j5 U# K& b2 h5 A5 K) oAssaulting units:, e9 c' h$ K) S( U) B2 E: M
    5th Marine/B Division9 R: {  w  L5 R. {. S
    81st Infantry/B Division$ [$ P- A* Y) A* j. E
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment- e8 y: p# x, y* O& ?) b
    5th Marine/C Division1 B1 V; g6 }) a# |- H! d
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
" z; Q1 b% ~* p# J    6th Infantry/B Division
! r8 f( p" c3 F. t/ \' f" A    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
' N+ ]& i; S: S, Q    716th Tank Battalion
# |( o. y# g. ^    81st Infantry/C Division+ Z8 N1 [/ F0 I% q( I# H  r- v
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; p/ W$ t- G1 I% Y% y
    6th Infantry/C Division1 K7 e2 o% W0 l" r: X1 Z
    5th Marine/A Division
7 Y& A: }3 H- R    767th Tank Battalion* H& s* s) r- a& z( P+ H5 G6 u
    96th Infantry/A Division
) d" C( W, M  f) p8 c0 R* [  L    706th Tank Battalion
4 a8 G* v) `! p( P9 H    711th Tank Battalion
, b% O: C* T1 v% j: C    762nd Tank Battalion
3 e  X; {/ N5 _0 ?    96th Infantry/B Division
' m, ^' g0 V/ k8 W# [5 ~! o    81st Infantry/A Division0 @( ^9 U7 ^& ]( J
    44th Tank Battalion
& Q. S  p7 ?- F) M. v    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment' z5 C3 `& |" o% S
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
# P- \7 O% J1 D' X9 o0 _    31st Infantry Regiment6 e9 Q1 i, ?, y8 k' _* O
    6th Infantry/A Division) U4 p& C6 S2 n- B0 |
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
! ?+ n1 Z4 [9 T8 I$ V    710th Tank Battalion
, i* j9 V! o0 r/ F' x    96th Infantry/C Division
1 I8 R! U( o/ Q/ L* |8 L0 _1 j9 Q    5th USA Defense Battalion
* D# q/ Y. Z( q& w/ D6 D2 L9 i0 Z    4th USA Defense Battalion
# X2 \( L! m7 w3 {6 c/ o    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ k: t: a( Y* s    X Corps Artillery
, d- M; g* X( w% ]    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment. y  C6 F1 \: T
    XIV US Corps: J+ [8 L4 T' Q. M/ v
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ m$ c: G% G" c7 f3 J/ m2 @    8th Marine Defense Battalion! z7 k7 }" ]; A" [6 I4 o- X  D4 ~
    14th Marine Defense Battalion3 C% m8 F, G8 Y5 ^
    I Corps Artillery
/ ?& W; g3 M& g, N+ F( t& C5 `    96th Coast AA Regiment
% J6 w8 P* w5 f6 e    1st USMC AA Battalion7 L! R! _& ]0 V" _, w$ w6 n4 g
    738th Coast AA Regiment
. t" s2 ]0 s3 w- l9 |9 X' b    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) M2 C  \# x# u% L  b+ Q    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) `# v5 c/ C$ F* Y% ]" T9 Y) k    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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- V6 L5 |( R/ _% _Defending units:. o8 g) ^8 i. q7 f3 ^4 Y7 E5 I' R$ I
    33rd/A Division
) u: t; c* m7 q1 z/ @; x    81st/B Division7 d8 h! o4 D0 z% l" p6 c  f0 {; Z& Y
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
- C/ p$ ], E; j& }# a    81st/C Division, v1 k. T! ?5 t9 {) Q4 D
    138th Infantry Regiment* f! c" z# p- A) h# ~5 J( J8 e& }% J4 d
    Kure 3rd SNLF
% ]$ H! I4 u3 A+ I+ g7 k* n' G- U    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
+ a3 G, r2 w+ B' B& v. {    144th Infantry Regiment5 f2 U! L; a# a* k7 ]7 n3 j: U
    52nd Naval Guard Unit' e' j, g, T. ?8 r
    33rd/B Division
; v7 @3 S* x' j# ?    81st/A Division
1 ?$ L9 S& [  J    33rd/C Division3 {: A0 f6 e4 }7 F
    3rd Base Force
$ @  t4 Y5 L5 w" p    19th JAAF Base Force
9 ^+ F2 N9 S$ S* z5 y7 l8 n% t    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 t1 C2 y3 V' I4 Y& W
    60th Field AA Battalion
) ]- D; G7 z7 g7 a6 e1 E# A! G    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
4 {* B* K7 L# W% R: O6 v8 B    53rd Construction Battalion
. A' Y9 d. }# b0 K! Y: w; z$ j% v! ~$ `    Ponape Naval Fortress
6 {6 h$ |- s3 z& F$ l* R9 H    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
( p7 ?7 ]8 V& j- C. D. l& V    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 a- }0 J) {* s8 W  F0 P
    12th Air Fleet
% n: G- N. K% `# r    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment  R1 Q" m+ N* [1 k# V# ]
    61st Field AA Battalion
" n8 b. Y8 q* g+ G3 g    11th Ind.AA Gun Co " X1 @& @; d; j
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 U4 O) U) E! e( v' H! |* A; l# G    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion7 D4 b" ]# I. n" J) Z8 f' j" j7 @
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment  K& A2 @( c  A# i
    14th Area Army /1
3 b' s$ `: |! K5 a. w9 |    63rd Field AA Battalion
; o3 |3 N& V) y5 U4 X; G    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ; K, b1 V9 E8 ]9 P; F4 r* C$ g
    Kure 7th SNLF- v2 M# W- K  f* c8 i
    18th Army
8 O* U" f7 V! a# W    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 2 l% l3 [8 O( }
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3+ w8 j1 x" Z5 H6 E9 g: q

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# f! [/ K4 g9 H日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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      E No.54
- u$ j# p6 C/ r7 H6 M      E No.50
; N# Z) L% Y8 S, J* N0 d3 e      E No.681 ^" [) A0 U$ z& J
      E No.528 M( \% f8 j% G1 I
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Allied Ships+ {3 Q/ \2 H' o8 I
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk/ X7 z% n, ~- X3 s# C# v

/ A0 w+ _1 Q' h7 O6 M* X' d1 Y. U重创另一艘' s/ J' t; @) ]% C: K" j
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,1020 F) F- b4 Z/ T- [7 R* A# Y. W

/ s. _" ^& M! q0 G; i0 \- J! N* b+ aJapanese Ships
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      E No.68 u: o% {0 S, x# K+ |& O

( ^- l8 o8 X+ ?+ TAllied Ships
7 F$ T7 w% m1 d8 }      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
) _; m+ E2 Z/ P2 g) Y* A3 _      CA Wichita
  \/ I: B9 _7 ~; T7 t6 k      CA Vincennes
. G5 J* U+ ?$ ?! j" d& k      CA Quincy
# p' a  r7 q4 @8 k% {  c      CA San Francisco$ V$ v7 ]8 h9 Q
      CA Minneapolis
6 i. e. s4 d: D, \      CA Astoria- }6 b, ]  I$ G: L9 {
      CA Chicago, r9 _" B5 [* @4 _. Z' J* [9 R
      CA Louisville$ L% A. ?0 V$ h* ~
      CA Chester
# L3 I1 x; |6 k/ ]. A0 p      CA Northampton  q6 L( G) I3 ]( x/ U( u
      CA Portland6 `5 `5 u% ?6 B! ~5 S

$ Y! q9 J; c4 [; x( KJapanese ground losses:
6 ^: W9 h$ x/ v  f0 @      71 casualties reported1 i$ v8 T& }; I# u: S' B2 K
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 N/ c; J; _9 S( i2 H7 S' ~         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled& A5 C- F/ Y0 |
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
- ]. B5 J/ E; M" R  r2 F2 r      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
, q' y9 j: c) H+ [; V; V' f4 n% }- G' P2 q) j6 I# S( M
Airbase hits 20 s# ^7 v! Q4 ^/ K2 W) ?5 f
Runway hits 10
' f) E/ Y+ w: v% c1 e4 _Port hits 41 i4 o( s2 N: W- c, {
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
% T* S6 q" m; s0 n% {, M6 V- \CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
; n4 d+ X; p: @" i6 t& k" A3 ?. SPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes( R2 U% D# _- E! A# p+ }
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ L( }* v' O  ~. ^5 r( EPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
6 h2 B- P% i# K# r0 fCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
: l- S6 \; c" w$ [6 \  d% aCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; @. `) m" ?& |9 J7 sPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
0 l( A  H: @+ {7 Q5 P; QCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress9 H* P/ {5 z# [3 n
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
( B8 d0 w: k! t; [' cCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
! E& d( b+ w% {0 x) {; {. L% ^OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
) k1 t- s& [* CCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress0 J  R4 O! d/ G8 K: M9 e& P
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
6 l5 o( y& y  R7 ^( s9 H$ x. O0 dOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland0 r5 b9 u2 z0 v+ ~# I
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 C+ m* y- k. U" a$ r. m  ?  _& |

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4 K) }# l. O3 T4 c% \; qNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
" j0 h/ d9 e9 ]. O4 J      BB Alabama* K8 o9 o0 @6 p" Q' \
      BB Massachusetts
+ ]/ K% E9 V8 P  |! c. V      BB Indiana
' |/ ^% S' C& g      BB South Dakota- [% x6 X, w2 s7 x
      BB Washington
; o. R8 {1 G9 A: p      BB North Carolina
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4 p1 i  Y& u" K! v- DJapanese ground losses:4 A& \) r2 h, e) w
      275 casualties reported
( i& u8 G0 B: G         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled  g8 \* s$ ~) }1 F" C5 F
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled1 ]) O( \8 Z: n5 l! D
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled. b0 S& i! G9 v: R2 o& f
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
8 l0 g1 g- {' O  F      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)4 O. _8 ]) Y& i7 f) I+ _

9 e) A3 t5 C$ J7 _Airbase supply hits 14 ]* E7 E1 b7 a8 ^# c
Runway hits 7
1 a) }6 A2 X$ Y- A7 ], q* P* F/ HPort hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape 4 W! c; `) |3 \+ a' r5 h
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape ! b4 I" h' n- J' J
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
$ [' P; P6 C8 I1 A, ?OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota+ Y" e* F+ S$ R+ p
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape " Z' Z0 E* F) e2 @/ G( w$ i0 M
BB Washington firing at Ponape
+ ]( L' N* V/ E1 A9 @BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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8 e! n% Q. y. z' V4 ZNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.* w5 _8 ~: h4 r$ i7 p

. H! R! O" b7 ?" F; `3 B# rAllied Ships6 [- a% p$ x5 z6 m9 w% Z6 K
      BB Queen Elizabeth9 c& M$ e9 W( O' k' @& E$ j
      BB Valiant. z% I( l: l6 \- N6 E6 J: W! b9 o7 s
      BB Mississippi/ R: I* y0 m, q
      BB New Mexico" [$ r  K" u: z* C# h
      BB Idaho
1 y- F+ F! X& Z1 D      BB West Virginia0 q$ @* J5 `6 j6 f- Z
      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:
0 W7 q' j5 L( F7 R      117 casualties reported8 U- B- K* s0 ]! B; |* l
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled6 U- q( x3 E4 t
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled. w" n9 S% _9 s4 W6 x) y* P
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 _! e& [" G% Q! }5 `% x$ E: a" c      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
; b/ \& \, ^0 _! y/ ~7 U/ u      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled); I- \& Y+ p1 i

1 k1 o7 B) N, f/ z, i# ]+ j. eAirbase hits 2
" P3 y0 Y6 n8 K! ~: J: Y" I- KRunway hits 20 }2 ~. g  L5 }6 l! I0 r

, f, L$ B7 P2 x6 O& f6 z; gBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; C2 H9 p9 u) v6 [, [BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 A2 \2 x) b. ?# `( P  R
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* I2 l& N2 z7 H: G- L: E
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi0 C( d$ H5 I# ?  @4 s9 N
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
+ x+ u6 w4 O% D' \BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force5 R$ X& E* z- [! @. S# b
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
( [, V( W3 X2 W+ r, ^BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
: i# v1 L6 ~, o# u( Y. q6 UBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force2 k' j! A6 P2 @0 \3 s
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado  R: R7 w5 y9 H

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" r5 O8 p; H& gAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet." G5 R4 \. M, q  U
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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7 m" ]9 @% h' f: C; e7 Z% V* o' HAllied aircraft' K, |7 h& E4 I, x( e1 |
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 w, h. Z" z9 I6 f4 C5 e      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337  P+ z; l, V, F5 K
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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4 K: `9 N; N$ E$ `Allied aircraft losses' D4 K. P" t# Y5 W8 V+ ?' j, k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
5 J1 @) X6 f: L" [& i  D# \" m      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
3 G+ r1 d9 d8 K/ M6 Q, V      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged& ]2 I# O* d1 V- y
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak" T. _0 a$ y4 m; G1 u# J
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Japanese ground losses:, T' a, e; j* A5 s. l% P
      159 casualties reported
9 D! \" B- L7 F. Y" Z, N4 f" f8 t1 P         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 P( K6 a2 M# a         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled+ j- G4 g* J' ^7 `$ O' _
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 r8 p6 J7 l  y# d& A" H
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)& f& N0 u+ i% ~' c9 A4 D

& K+ X- R7 i3 H, x5 S% }Allied Deliberate attack; _- }/ z' _) }, i, A* n

1 d5 B4 B- g/ A5 OAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931! M. V/ i; g; z
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13443 [1 c$ m* o' M) R. S* l  r1 M
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 70 p1 z$ v6 k; I

. m" J( q) `6 l. ]Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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' w  D* d( y  I+ i4 q7 p& uJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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& y5 `0 J. {9 r, ^  zCombat modifiers" O6 a5 M6 U  z: [
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
, B$ M/ _3 ?- }0 j( C/ FAttacker:
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6 u2 x7 W3 D# GJapanese ground losses:
2 d( Y( r# {- g5 o* o      3539 casualties reported3 s) D$ F( _3 E! V+ |; B
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
% M' j/ r( q* }. Q         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
- D) a' ~* r% h- |0 Y- s         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
9 |0 V0 \* i% N      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
8 T( [4 J9 B8 t9 t  ~1 H: N      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
2 X* F4 v9 @/ e9 q/ n      3552 casualties reported
9 D' m5 [- G: F1 d) t+ K1 H: R1 \         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
- w' h* @( r- G5 j0 p' X         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled+ n/ S$ R& j- c
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
! [" E4 Q& l0 ?( M/ g5 J      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
( Y% h( O  J! s, G8 [% w      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
- [; c, @- J8 F) ^      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
6 d) P4 ^1 c% N4 _  Q    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion4 D/ ?: Z7 }+ m% ?# l  _( v
    5th Marine Division  @* ]6 A$ c; k
    716th Tank Battalion" c  ~5 n9 b" N/ R* z8 M; ^
    706th Tank Battalion
$ l! ^9 V( C7 t/ A    762nd Tank Battalion: M5 I; @0 n2 M8 _) M/ \
    710th Tank Battalion
% X; b/ c, E+ R2 t) O    767th Tank Battalion
9 [: h: m, R1 r; {' W    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment9 {1 m; v  m' S) `3 N" C
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 K5 ~/ B1 ?0 W/ T3 `
    81st Infantry Division
8 B+ x* l# j7 k3 E+ [8 \5 ?    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
. @( J* C+ _/ q9 j    96th Infantry Division7 ^7 C# n% M" }6 a. b0 v8 a0 p$ A
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment2 L  u0 S% _( [" u& @$ ^* _
    711th Tank Battalion4 g. Y. y0 K- J1 D& v6 V4 X
    44th Tank Battalion! e" Q) w" Z/ N& E7 j
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
( Z7 V, r/ K  [3 ~& K    6th Infantry Division
4 ~' A' C' X  g6 u4 q( _: p3 T    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
: S/ u2 H7 C( u) w5 f* L    31st Infantry Regiment" M0 Y  ?: W* L3 z/ n$ h! M
    XIV US Corps
9 Q  q- e# o" O3 B$ @    96th Coast AA Regiment
; n8 V+ g- O* g# w, {2 e    12th Marine Defense Battalion+ Y' B2 x: u6 V/ A. r
    4th USA Defense Battalion
) o2 f$ W+ z  t  {$ z8 B0 b. Y$ ~    14th Marine Defense Battalion! q: S6 C3 D, a8 K0 @6 u, L
    1st USMC AA Battalion
1 m6 d: D' X5 ^+ Z% i3 n* U5 \    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion* }0 X2 C4 w/ `) l9 X) z
    5th USA Defense Battalion
" {8 i7 t+ n) h    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! b' Y9 l* {/ a! n0 V: L  j7 N
    738th Coast AA Regiment7 ?+ I: v% p3 L( B. b6 \& a
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; x% ?! ~5 u8 L8 k" @* r/ n
    I Corps Artillery
, ]# O5 _% Z2 L- Y    8th Marine Defense Battalion9 L7 H6 Y. f# N9 b: i# E: \/ {
    X Corps Artillery
+ l7 k" \% p8 N4 X) U0 c$ w    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 X* |2 C) g  S( t1 U+ I& h* {    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment4 e) i7 |4 Z0 a9 j+ M
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Defending units:
# c3 D) V) I  S( j: o7 O  Z7 @    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
0 h% r  n. ^* r* s  M7 U. J    52nd Naval Guard Unit
/ n' c$ P4 K+ j/ f# N8 d    144th Infantry Regiment
7 n' _3 T8 j2 W# N( O8 l    Kure 3rd SNLF/ q8 g6 p( N4 N7 k1 ?5 h6 W
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
4 m; F1 o! N+ s) a, L! u6 K    33rd/B Division
- S0 U$ z/ d/ D    81st/C Division
% o( X4 _5 g$ D: u+ D, m    81st/A Division
- t# e  Y# ?0 _; K0 E5 T    81st/B Division
- G9 e" b7 O8 [8 s' P9 ]& ^    33rd/A Division. C+ ?1 t: q- c: {1 u0 \* K# G
    138th Infantry Regiment
9 ~/ s9 K; H  P* ?9 x- \8 K: v    33rd/C Division- i9 ?8 Z6 z' s$ j1 F( Q0 J$ I9 e
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% l" x, I. S% }( O+ ]' e    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
- ]- ?1 `8 f( \    19th JAAF Base Force
. O) b! N" C- }' s% I6 i$ {( U    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 2 C+ _1 D6 m8 j* |* x( e/ k! D& I- Q
    12th Air Fleet
; M7 ]) t$ m9 V6 O9 L3 e( U  A) _    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment- {0 r) [/ m8 w6 ~5 |
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co . R' [) Y) {' `4 ^8 b7 Q. p
    63rd Field AA Battalion; t: v* U6 {) K( I5 e. {* ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& ~2 G4 q* [3 e6 f) J% [
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion- _- v4 m" r2 d
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment  s2 G: Q: C7 z) b
    Ponape Naval Fortress' p2 @) K* c" \$ q3 [$ X
    61st Field AA Battalion
( l; P# ~' y; e0 Q    18th Army
5 u& I; O/ d- r6 a4 V) p3 p    14th Area Army /11 Y; B* _) Z, [* S. F- }, V
    60th Field AA Battalion2 }0 J8 z; O2 H% S  G' h2 _
    53rd Construction Battalion
6 i& Q( M/ a* L" M( m; ?3 X    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion$ y: B6 P+ \. j3 Y1 d
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1& [  M$ b  ^  G
    Kure 7th SNLF9 I' t2 D! Y7 H; ~# J/ r
    3rd Base Force
/ o/ O. s$ _  _9 o0 [0 J& Q+ x    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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- ~# R5 b' B0 C, e# E- gRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s; X) z5 v* r, C/ y9 c$ n$ T! m
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes4 O4 o3 T( E1 W- l1 A" X. V2 h

8 H9 y8 O* h5 q3 y$ j) A8 Y6 OAllied aircraft8 U3 n! C/ }, D, F4 W7 D
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
* V/ h5 X- K! |9 h& S( m6 x9 M# }      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
1 I! n1 F% R  B9 h8 J      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
$ d+ P  u: N# c! c4 w8 @Allied aircraft losses. _  o* R7 l: ~' g# F: \
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  S9 ^0 Q3 R7 y9 U5 H( A! h
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, 445 c! {) f& M7 m+ j' L3 S
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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9 {8 {0 p5 _3 y4 b: u; {
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships8 v" ^: {4 I. M
      CA Vincennes  b* m6 j$ O9 m
      CA Quincy0 l. a  ^  m5 [
      CA San Francisco
; ]! J7 R5 A; o& H% [      CA Minneapolis& v4 r; }' Q8 f- T5 ?, L( ?& @) A# p
      CA Astoria. n( G; f7 l- f* @
      CA Chicago
# ]5 ?% C* a/ e9 \      CA Louisville
' n9 f( o( [! o. z) t) O      CA Chester5 H, e5 G5 P9 y: V  \5 @1 x
      CA Northampton# [, ?" c8 e! T/ `: Z
      CA Portland$ T4 @  T% T; b+ T6 h; k! U
9 W6 U2 Q* ]  N3 w# W8 w
Japanese ground losses:1 w# ]( b, U! ]
      112 casualties reported" C" r' ~- E( ]1 [' \. ^
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled9 r1 U1 L8 [- t5 B% E- @
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
& t+ ~. j. G6 L; O  P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled" [: N. ]8 B6 Y& j% B
5 @; O5 x: n) K2 }
Airbase hits 57 b6 u% A; b  k2 R5 B5 G3 s. k
Airbase supply hits 2
/ r: Y. A8 _% D& i  v, J6 PRunway hits 21
: A" G! m% ]+ O- f* {Port hits 7
4 w: I4 C5 K4 j/ Z  k5 N. B8 h2 P, n1 J7 G! T( y6 J
6 m2 r2 }- [( |  ?, W' Z' f9 c
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3 ~+ i2 q$ f$ o3 t2 y/ k. ~  M1 _Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1138 d) i. @+ X6 ^
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Allied Ships% u$ U% _* q* s. n8 z- V
      BB Alabama9 K# q; r& e' W$ D; L$ g. N
      BB Massachusetts# x6 b# R& v' z8 _! k! F4 Z8 F
      BB Indiana. z; X2 C" q4 f5 w7 ~+ @1 W
      BB South Dakota
0 B* x) D+ H$ d+ F( x      BB Washington* j  X% k5 R% `' a6 T1 B, i
      BB North Carolina
8 }# e3 _4 P6 C  G) N! \
+ M& Y6 q4 [( EJapanese ground losses:
8 c; ?: R) m7 T      398 casualties reported
: R0 v9 ~9 C* R; ^         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled- i+ _+ I7 X% K! v4 N) z
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
8 r; R* m$ J3 w1 O, L: n2 ]         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled! _3 x  B4 ?( Z4 z8 U
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled), q! l! b  i5 z0 @" e
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
# S6 D4 Q; B! v. L; Y: J# S! S! I# A! f* o0 u0 ~/ E, I. T$ u% f
Airbase hits 90 {. e7 R2 }4 n+ M3 K
Runway hits 9) P( s# f5 q( p! J/ {
Port hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
; A' E3 c' \) s' n- @# ~BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 8 a6 u' H5 T" s5 X& F! y) x' M
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division0 I" c/ ]3 ?7 V3 s5 R9 {( G
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 7 R: [2 c1 ]) B/ y' k/ T% _% \# ^% N
BB Washington firing at Ponape + c& p, U) e. ~1 V5 b/ G
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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/ Q7 s5 U$ a" z# b8 UNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113$ o: |9 J2 {3 w5 _& @4 b

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, E" K9 [5 L1 e" v8 `: s# b( A      BB Mississippi
5 f# t6 r" U/ |! w+ k      BB New Mexico5 K: Z$ M4 `& u: _
      BB Idaho
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2 T0 a4 \& V* g+ `Japanese ground losses:
# T' ~- t( d  R( d1 s6 C      195 casualties reported* L7 t! t! @' D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
  |: G, m  a# X5 Q         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
2 w3 B4 H  A2 C1 F! t; A& x         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled4 i8 J5 K; }+ n* d' v' V- A
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)  a, U% u" ~8 f4 F
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
! F- l; p( t+ F1 ?/ x; b! a
4 E# [7 h* w$ x0 p1 n0 R  aAirbase hits 3# ^) E" |# \$ j. L
Runway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
* I0 Q- W3 ~0 V3 S0 d4 GBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division5 C( i: Y( E3 s1 q+ T# U
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 6 o) x' T2 l) l4 B1 x2 ]+ o' k: G

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) g- Q! C& c3 ?Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms5 Z3 K) |9 f0 h

  s+ k; r, [5 M  f1 dRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.$ J) _! Z; O1 U" ^5 G2 u( X
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes' d& S' z/ {: q3 q, L
0 U% G# q& A$ B% q# ?7 M
Allied aircraft3 ?& ~% i& c" p% S
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& v6 q0 B+ u: n5 q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333! p1 N7 U+ F7 H& E0 T  j6 w
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286: i$ C1 Y+ ?3 L3 ?
( q% ~' w' D8 m, E/ D
Allied aircraft losses
0 W4 W! ~( `& a& m! \8 b      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
5 o: g! W) G/ s' c7 i  g" p      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak$ K% C; Z* K: c" {
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
' ^! `. s0 M1 K4 H) E4 a4 e/ a# K% V% E9 I# Z, @
Japanese ground losses:
4 m9 s: y( y4 y1 F  N      121 casualties reported
8 \7 Z# ~$ P2 V  r3 r         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# v; b1 w1 E! o
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled; X* R# B! j# K3 x5 ^9 v: v
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 A  m4 m& X( K3 j1 W
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3 x9 R( S4 L5 ?% V2 `& `Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)7 i/ I2 S0 C; [  S& N

, ]2 C1 C; q$ K! t8 e" `Allied Deliberate attack
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& [5 Z+ f9 D3 Y$ ]5 c* H4 \Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26290 l" g$ Y& \$ F) y' ^" G* J( L! \' U
. \6 {% H0 p8 z5 F
Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121% G4 s5 A, ?1 `0 M
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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* u- D/ Y( W7 {- |" i$ gAllied adjusted assault: 3228 0 ?/ P( D! S) [0 b# a

1 f' m: Y: C/ \6 {# GJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
  d. ?& _+ f6 r0 t# t' v1 g
- H3 ]! ^5 Z/ ZAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers0 o, w4 V5 |* R; ]' H
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
6 C4 N4 J! Q7 E3 t" b" P0 O( }) {Attacker:
% F. ~, N8 A% T% h6 D
  `3 L0 U' u+ j# a( e4 B2 j/ p7 VJapanese ground losses:2 h1 c5 x: U0 h1 i5 c" u6 o& T; l& E
      2305 casualties reported5 D/ w  A. c/ ~- p: }& |
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
; @+ [' `8 u0 {' Y6 u         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
3 J7 V) t4 w& Q5 E7 A3 u         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled8 t7 ^0 r! I: j* U, z" ?* `% x
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)) z6 A/ M4 o" A7 ~
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)4 v, `& i; E  p1 r

5 s  f% l; ^: n7 kAllied ground losses:
/ i" Y/ w% X* ^3 l) Z! n2 Z2 l# w      3064 casualties reported0 G* B! \' A3 l
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
# E! f+ `- B5 U         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled4 k( n  I& j- r- q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
: j6 j/ J. |8 C7 [$ A      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
: r" X( R7 M: }0 V5 s  u+ t      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)5 U5 y9 |0 F- x9 x
5 O5 V: k* F( ]" s8 c0 X
Assaulting units:
$ t: a; }& [4 B3 t# [    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
8 F# H# I1 d+ p+ I    711th Tank Battalion
# L0 K  }0 t$ ^# j: \9 j/ M    716th Tank Battalion
1 d) C4 L) |4 [; H; P    6th Infantry Division
  d3 b! N. c+ I5 |    44th Tank Battalion
  Q: u: \& Q6 M6 Z3 j: J+ F    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
* Z$ X: e, C6 N8 p, X/ t    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
/ }$ }* W: k  \+ H) q6 U6 S6 ]    81st Infantry Division* O" X" Y7 ~, z% ~2 W
    767th Tank Battalion
9 \2 K6 q' v5 B8 m/ x/ F    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
+ w2 o6 ?# Y/ p    762nd Tank Battalion5 ?6 s, M' r2 \9 q4 |
    710th Tank Battalion
" U/ @2 |# }# G, F, N    96th Infantry Division/ X. ?- F2 T: g* t
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
; s0 D2 Z3 p% ]) w. E2 c3 |    706th Tank Battalion
8 Y) |) t8 A) H8 k, W1 W# ]9 |! d    5th Marine Division) e4 M, i/ Y4 V( F/ l, g
    31st Infantry Regiment, {2 g5 |- ?1 t# U% W6 y. b
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" P- @  W% e* C" v+ c# c9 V    1st USMC AA Battalion) f% l% m: K3 I+ Y% e
    738th Coast AA Regiment
6 \, l- [3 i  X# u" K3 ~; f    96th Coast AA Regiment& \6 y3 }! R8 W* h6 P1 p
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ r# m$ q3 G8 [* r! J" ^5 F    12th Marine Defense Battalion* d4 R* M3 {8 ]1 ^; u2 T
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 _7 |0 ], A- l8 ^  ]! ?  F/ N
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
, c: [3 V: g/ B. m( K! x    XIV US Corps6 l: G' a- f* Y- b7 V9 H
    X Corps Artillery 6 w; ?( p( g4 I( }' Y( r, |# \& x
    5th USA Defense Battalion* K# E( z4 ^" i/ N
    4th USA Defense Battalion
$ _% i1 m! U& ^4 F$ e' ?/ C. }5 E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: \2 `+ E# D- g( N  r, p% T3 T    I Corps Artillery & b: V" P4 D! w& S" F2 h3 f
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
' `/ N$ n# Y8 ^7 h, d8 d9 ^( k2 [    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
2 \$ r; y- s* y6 @, {6 _& N+ A    Ponape Naval Fortress( q! E& G8 ?7 Z8 t
    81st/C Division
$ R: `) o; o' m+ G0 Q, f& A    52nd Naval Guard Unit+ @( D  Z$ t# n2 k
    138th Infantry Regiment/ N  W  N+ ^0 G8 t  @3 N8 p
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment$ o, Z; U4 g7 C2 z4 P: R7 R
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
4 N# }0 r- q: @* ~7 L- R    144th Infantry Regiment( `& b' C# {' H; J, J) J& t' g0 j
    81st/B Division
& X  h6 Y( g* }. E  K6 b- z    33rd/B Division$ g" d3 @" L8 T6 K4 u+ t' `+ L, q' P0 q
    33rd/A Division8 ?! }; \1 L' M1 V# E0 `, k
    81st/A Division( q  a; @8 y% \, Q$ Z5 X2 V
    Kure 3rd SNLF) E6 Z+ G  i4 @; X/ N
    33rd/C Division6 ]6 F6 _3 w* M, y( t
    53rd Construction Battalion0 X1 ^) E- Q* S0 a$ Y
    18th Army- Z! c: Y! p5 v4 ~. S
    14th Area Army /12 r! e# [5 Y; y- p5 J3 \
    60th Field AA Battalion3 U) H+ ]9 }$ E% W- @7 q. K9 @
    12th Air Fleet
9 k5 c. j" v0 k8 i4 K& }    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment! ?& R9 J8 g  U" f
    63rd Field AA Battalion
1 r; e. B  x8 W9 x$ n    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 Y& N- m6 p; C0 k2 ]0 ]+ v5 T    3rd Base Force: {& y! h8 w6 F8 a0 \6 d0 w, _
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
# J9 a( Q- I  T9 a" `    Kure 7th SNLF
: G5 `& A; g7 x    19th JAAF Base Force8 N, O% R+ N- D6 o: h7 V2 V
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
- L' v) ]2 a+ I2 u3 K    61st Field AA Battalion. a1 `; ?2 M4 d0 R+ \; f
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
/ q3 n/ {! D# [    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 f+ p( N# v  [' d  U
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
' }; m' w3 R7 G& q    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
/ O7 L# j) q! C+ v% o; F    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ d0 N, H$ d' N6 S7 x& g! d    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
1 ]3 i5 d* _; ~% Q8 R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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1 u% x" ^: G8 c: Z, X2 C当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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1 Y# K( q" |6 w7 N+ R1 UMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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' R6 Q7 A# x' ?" l, nWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 U& r0 |0 N  c' x% _" ^% g
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes5 @( O! ~8 N' z: n9 V8 f! B+ K, [

! A2 C- [0 c8 i! hAllied aircraft
& K6 E. e( v; n. s7 t      P-38L Lightning x 230 N" _- }# @+ L7 Y. l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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. v/ q( i/ S! ^# x5 |+ dAllied aircraft losses
  x* @) Y: h2 H      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged" C8 v' G7 A& Y5 F
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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6 ]; U# S: T- ]' J9 p9 c5 D4 BJapanese Ships
  T( M5 c0 K; C. S0 k" Q" W" Q      DD Suruyame
/ q* P2 D! Q- L0 V: `4 q$ d  B5 p      CL Ninaru
2 h) U! ?  |4 R$ I% D      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ i9 d, t4 A$ \5 K) d      DD Yayoi- q7 Y9 m# f2 s9 Q. z; h3 G
      CA Kako. N) d4 X& `, q% S! X* i* T; z
      DD Asagiri0 K- A& Y! Q* d% V
      DD Ayanami7 U+ U- u; m- r" N8 ?8 U& j

# Z3 T* C' s; a& `: u1 l  [2 }
) }  {: b/ B- N+ r6 Z2 e9 sAircraft Attacking:/ o% [" P0 ?* A; i* C
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000': X4 \7 W( R6 e! W* J8 {! D
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb$ }7 {7 x' ~2 v* e, J+ Y
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'2 c; P- J' V% ]. _1 m  m3 X
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb/ j, m; ^! g. P7 T  H
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000': I% I7 [) _) H/ t& d' l. e7 h8 F; V
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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& C. I* S8 C6 c1 t' i# I' ^Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
- y0 |( a$ D/ H: l5 f0 SHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi; u/ L2 J2 J7 b2 e
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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  Z; Y" L/ L7 c5 h& j4 L" WRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.( Y$ a9 h# x9 k' n
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes! p/ O; w" z' V* m3 b' E+ i
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Allied aircraft, F' b1 Q& E8 z. L5 [
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462: Y' F. ?7 N( V2 \5 I* N
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326  e* h( l4 N# `& U( G! U9 [; v% u
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2858 R5 e0 A( q4 u# p; J. P
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Allied aircraft losses
% `& T3 e7 ~# H) G      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
' w7 p3 s  ]' p0 x      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak: R# c) T' s& ?# g5 N: W
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged: b6 g/ X. e2 h, U- l, `

8 Z0 `0 k6 F- [& SJapanese ground losses:
. X" Y% u0 |3 ^3 m  H8 M7 y$ H      276 casualties reported
$ l' K! f" I1 f7 i4 T! ?& ~& d  S         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
: X3 e0 R1 u* }7 w" W3 ~         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled; |+ d/ S8 }& l6 [' M: @
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& ]  }: ~* I$ p: z1 o; Z
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)# P* g. k+ Z4 M  F/ ]9 v
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/ Q+ {& K  N) h) V# ^; aGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack, j) Q/ N. Q+ t/ e- I
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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7 e2 ~) F0 H7 k& r* z" cJapanese ground losses:
  z- @  W1 y& f; E      1082 casualties reported( w1 G9 k9 X) d
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
' a9 |* ?+ }9 I& a+ u* N         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled; N$ E, t; y4 C+ l1 c- W
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled5 S* z% ?! |, J9 t4 H/ S
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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4 z, [( |& w6 }% ~7 z$ V5 TAllied ground losses:
" V2 ~  k# U: d# m% y5 [+ G      23 casualties reported  V, y9 X' H2 |8 Y" `3 a' D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled6 V  K8 h0 l( o8 O" u9 a* S& b9 r: r
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled5 K( P' q/ s( u4 W$ V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* R! P6 D" ~, b4 L
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
. `, y( q2 T4 w" Y0 v( ?      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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东京快车出轨
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3 `& U2 B  f5 T; G+ ^, _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。
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4 e# Z' R* `5 j% X! x+ I0 A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。, t' H3 q- j" N1 k. d# T2 U6 G

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& W4 r0 v/ V3 R$ w! S$ s  d. y) S5 u天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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) {+ Z3 q" T9 ?: bSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113/ @, R* ^  X# ]. M' U9 X" @5 \9 M
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Japanese Ships+ p. U% N( w) @0 p- Z
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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* A6 g. {5 L& q+ e3 kAllied Ships9 }' J7 \) [9 v7 U7 b2 ^" j* F
      CLAA Prince Robert
8 j; ]) s# R' b      DD Saumarez
) l1 K3 @4 ?# k  ?: F0 v7 \8 S      DD Nizam
8 N0 m. W/ y8 {$ F1 M      DD Ellet0 Y1 W7 p' b7 A! C- R7 A
      DD Waller
1 d) y$ V3 {4 ]      DD Walker
! a9 Y4 B$ i4 h0 ^, ^* L9 Y: x$ L9 `- y      DD Wadleigh  M2 _& @+ q  S1 [8 a; Z+ \
      DD Uhlmann
/ p6 b2 u( I+ }' C* H+ i% L. X' {      DD Twining$ X# x' e  e+ W# W1 N! `- |
      DD Twiggs
+ h2 \( g. V' E9 _1 S      DD David Taylor7 z% ^  E, H, o
      DD Strong- f# M. h& K' f0 ~
      DD Sproston
8 o; M6 `6 n7 I, x7 Q! o" Z5 K      DD Sigsbee
. Z5 t" o4 o9 r! ^      DD Sigourney
8 h0 u/ a: k/ a' A      DD Schroeder3 `' ]# Q! I/ A4 K
      DD Benham II
8 y7 p5 X/ l/ @! a      DD Cushing II8 N+ C: M7 [3 [: V
      DD Urchin" ?4 j: g5 ?1 i  U' z
      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
9 w0 |  o# d& b, q8 U  U3 H. Q8 }DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
* y( t* y" N5 Q5 V  lDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....0 n. {7 l0 W  D$ F) {
SS I-48 forced to surface!* N9 o' U8 O; z8 E1 T' |8 \
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....( {. I' R- f1 [4 o  W- o4 g) K
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....7 H' }% G! O- U" h
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....5 O  d/ z! i7 Y
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
! n; s- t# y5 A2 t) }DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
0 w1 i, ^+ d% D) PSub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards5 W1 W  |) L6 p. ]  p
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Japanese aircraft
( Q$ T4 y. y/ F      no flights
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0 ]6 G3 r! ]4 YJapanese aircraft losses: R3 h9 s7 W2 o9 D4 X
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships8 O, ~' B9 `* `' X
      CL Agano
0 {: ?; D' ~8 W! x+ _; n" O      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2, `; q& d0 Y  {- I. _" t# z
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' J5 d1 X0 s8 a: b( S- H4 s. V
      DD Hibiki
  P/ X: p0 ~1 N6 u+ m      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 10 e- v  Q5 K2 V# c! q
      DD Shirakumo
0 f. _1 G( _3 M      DD Isonami
) a& H' M" I' m      DD Murakumo
0 Y- a! _% i; \& X. o0 a1 L  L      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
6 O0 q" K# Z/ P      BB North Carolina! _2 w2 G& W& R/ I4 e
      BB Washington
. o$ T/ A4 r4 A" k  T* d      BB South Dakota3 |3 n; y9 o7 M9 J! e0 e
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
+ R: P: e; t4 X) \) u8 }3 j      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2" j0 K; Z- v% `7 _+ k8 `
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2, _$ T! \8 S( o4 x6 D/ z
      DD Conner6 Y& y4 o( R' n$ ~2 h. K' K
      DD Cotten# N2 b6 Y! y4 ~/ G; v
      DD Cowell
3 _, n/ R( ~8 q  @+ L; ^5 m3 G7 Q      DD Daly" V' A) W7 {9 G, G
      DD Eaton6 ~' ?' }. p9 [( a9 O$ a- v
      DD Heywood Edwards# N+ r1 |( _7 I4 }8 w" w9 X
      DD Erben
$ H& y8 r- t4 v2 Y      DD Evans* w% p% c: o, o0 W
      DD Foote
2 x& [& c% }6 V# Y/ {3 s) y      DD Franks
; L/ K! F6 X- M. }$ T      DD Fullam
' J; S; E, ^# X/ E% j      DD Gatling
/ Y& ~" M, [9 v9 q, b! s& J* o  y      DD Albert Grant
# t2 z0 N, c3 ^# E+ P, b% u      DD Gregory
" u3 z5 o# f9 c* v6 B; g      DD Guest2 C; V) R" s& [' _. b+ v* Z) t  w
      DMS Hamilton
$ J- H* w1 u6 Q  J$ d      DMS Forrest
# O( F: M+ M& l3 c" N1 [# {# g      DMS Ellyson# F( V1 h& O1 m- N4 v

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
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CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
" l% @" J( d( k; oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards7 \9 Z0 |" d4 \/ U1 w3 x+ ]: |
Range closes to 26,000 yards...; |" O8 p1 g' _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards, C* K  n3 m- }
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 j! q% C$ E6 {, v' S) W! YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" W" t+ V* B7 i6 P! JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
" ~: m! f. ]. u7 F. }: zRange closes to 22,000 yards...0 J; @4 @4 j3 c: k( W: N+ L: @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
1 z! e' {# h9 D: A  r8 wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
- n0 B  b5 Y9 C( VRange closes to 20,000 yards...
+ @2 i$ c! W+ q- B! eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
8 L* w& V9 A/ ]9 b( ^Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 |) H6 ~: A: E; _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* w  E! n7 ^* Y) {2 L: E1 ?8 pRange closes to 16,000 yards...
' p0 f! S$ M' b7 c- vCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards- K* ~% v' u% Y" F
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! J7 x& h; u! ~7 gCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards- E( K2 O7 T% f  U, \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...7 r: F& Q) P6 G7 J( C" T9 v. x! r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
, _8 W* `4 u9 ~0 X$ X- ?5 DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards: O' J6 c* s* G& z3 h* B, ]
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, b/ L/ _* B, hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards) [- N5 b( \2 }8 t
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
1 ~" @8 S' r6 ?% L+ V- X0 C* jRange closes to 10,000 yards...% r! A9 n3 `, r2 ]/ ?8 |! U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards$ T8 W7 D# N9 e3 t3 w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards3 e% [( Q: n, V
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
$ X; y! g0 |0 _% RBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
, `" @; n/ B& Y8 fBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards8 v3 O4 Z4 T5 [% c' e8 U
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards+ h& z: Y9 l! Q
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
7 R1 p2 V, l5 q1 [* u) UBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 X# v5 N- L0 c* J* m/ `DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards6 h6 ~8 E' _" j8 @: l
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
+ {6 ~# H1 S6 W" k& aBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards1 U, a. q+ v0 d; C+ }- [
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
7 H5 H9 i: A) u" u- X" b8 N2 {DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards0 N6 o  \+ l9 D& i6 o7 I3 k
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards/ s; {7 @% t. n' D
Range increases to 11,000 yards( C+ D9 o/ k* V. a9 X' c; g: [' h
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards9 G" l* ^! b. R5 M# n
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
" `: i/ E, `$ U0 o0 h# `  HCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
8 v  a" B# w# l- Y, |% ?" D0 {DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
) [9 ^! ]) U8 b* ~; D7 W9 hCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
. Y- y0 j1 O9 p1 yDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards5 [& A2 z( P' b4 i' v7 B, f
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
" i2 R8 ^% [* e* I& ]( z" @: jBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
+ a; }; q2 `4 v$ j. n7 iDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
/ J- I5 P& V/ s1 q7 O6 x6 H# ~DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards2 g3 q5 q: a! ^" S' y% c) j/ S0 F; B
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards" A* z# U3 ~+ j9 m# X- C* F7 P6 u: `
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards& p3 o% Y. K" P& a7 E! p( F6 ~
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
" _# \, ?8 q" E: Z/ C4 V5 @DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards( u# A& c0 l2 J$ v2 G
Range closes to 10,000 yards
# ]; t1 K# F9 W. a2 E/ QCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards, {& [( \% l5 D( a  y& E
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards1 R7 k. ?" B: {5 b8 l. R9 _, N
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 e/ R( ~# o0 B6 ?3 S9 ~/ [; Y' S- J4 xDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: }" \5 e2 m  p& ^. @DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards% y8 w; X4 h. G3 L, X+ |7 J
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
6 ~; r5 F( p" w, n) ^8 N% E+ kDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards, A0 x" m( I' C/ |" d% f
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards" m6 U& s6 O6 X, q
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
$ _5 |: @: i. z& X' CDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
- R2 n; d: d2 k% a" h6 R, _Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
* q2 q4 V; S3 j* ]( t" FTask forces break off...: W. N, P5 m2 P8 A: q' o  a8 j& A
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards- C# ]: @. @5 p7 B* O

7 G1 I% `# c7 [' }Japanese Ships
  q, f) \- X% d% I0 Y) U. w' G0 v8 ~- z      DD Hikokaze
7 r- E1 q5 Q' s- j2 W8 w. i4 r      DD Ishikaze- n1 U/ q, g1 H% }0 ~" b+ ^; _* [
      DD Tagokaze
/ j) w6 r7 d  c      DD Takatakaze0 g  {0 |* ~4 B" e. o
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Allied Ships6 x  f+ ^- o) [4 h5 L
      BB North Carolina) F6 f# }( r9 N. c
      BB Washington
( C& D3 ^3 m& N2 F& q6 w      BB South Dakota
3 }, G* L% J% y6 X/ P' x      BB Indiana" R1 ^2 |0 {) f/ S
      BB Massachusetts" E6 J# {" u3 r. h% K
      BB Alabama
6 M; c6 G% U. D5 _) v1 Q% D      DD Conner. h, v3 [! O9 ^& U  U6 b) L3 {
      DD Cotten
0 b* G0 ]+ w) f      DD Cowell
( |  E; c( v  v* u! ^      DD Daly
0 `6 C; u! b0 K' Q      DD Eaton
) t3 `- j& X9 B) j2 U      DD Heywood Edwards
4 z' i% R* ]2 M5 l- L" ^3 |      DD Erben) n+ B0 P& h9 K$ o! M7 \
      DD Evans
1 `! k2 F9 ~: e2 w& o: y      DD Foote
: ]/ ^5 w7 C/ F      DD Franks% u7 ?# {4 ^( g- L8 Z+ \' \
      DD Fullam" c2 R( v1 K- g. h+ F$ f
      DD Gatling
/ y" f' W2 n- p* a( F4 K  J* e      DD Albert Grant7 T( M! d( c' v5 {& T* s3 a: @6 I
      DD Gregory+ s3 b. @- q9 f4 N: j  A8 c% }- [
      DD Guest& o9 m8 {: r( X. C+ h! z) ]
      DMS Hamilton
6 v) y) L- v  A' `* l      DMS Forrest
6 K; _8 j( E& h5 G+ \* a  v      DMS Ellyson
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; B6 }# ]0 K  S3 G- u. F  E9 kMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 d; [$ j6 X, K- V' v: B: ~' d* s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 Q' s7 i; Q; N; G0 j7 \, X0 xRange closes to 26,000 yards..." E: p3 u+ P( w# h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards. \0 H9 A4 A7 i' J* \
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
( `: l4 [4 \  i$ HRange closes to 24,000 yards...
5 l& t+ |! |. Z( s7 H. v% ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards4 y& b( o$ D# \5 r+ C* e0 Q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
) `: M$ L  y% g# j7 F" e; yRange closes to 20,000 yards...+ C. a7 S( N9 V, B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
% Q. i; E! ]& j5 ?$ N/ QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
5 `8 R; Y0 [* h8 Z% P1 wRange closes to 16,000 yards...
, h! J' `" G, d6 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 x8 n% }4 ~+ B% T3 b; |2 z: `/ eCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards7 W) Q! m4 ^8 f) B( V
Range closes to 14,000 yards...* z0 {+ e; W% b  @! B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
: Q5 [* ?4 }& [" h/ OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards: w6 m' `3 N+ G6 j, w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...  k  k1 I1 Q; Z! I2 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 [+ H* ^: K( _/ @! X  q. tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards$ D9 ?% w7 Q( S. u
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( D3 T( A* l, F5 n: D" yCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards1 L3 ^- u) `3 t& _0 ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...  {3 y/ Q3 v9 Z- d
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
5 i+ J0 o7 ]! N% [. @) g$ u, oJapanese TF attempts to evade combat# p7 F+ ^# C" I0 \- G2 L7 b5 l
Range increases to 15,000 yards...- T" k. l3 H+ |" X) [4 a& g$ f
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
  M& {5 W' s! T, B: r, P$ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
9 q" {! Q) i! k- s8 qRange increases to 25,000 yards...; g$ M: N* g7 M, |3 z* c
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
- l: {0 Q( X& \& Z' P+ nRange increases to 30,000 yards...( ~% v7 d- F0 M9 K' _" u" i8 |
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat6 _& y( K) l  p4 k: c/ u; Z

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards9 X4 a! ]& `2 ?- G3 ]1 E  I. P

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      APD T-1% h( F8 Q) _8 e( M4 c7 {
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
. r# g% o, h' }0 I      APD T-3, Shell hits 11 l% {) Y! ^* e  E& G3 F' }: r
      APD T-4
. e; x( \2 V( Q( d6 ]! t6 l" y      APD T-5
! {4 B0 f) f* h- k$ M+ `  j: V      APD T-6
  e& Z; u3 N. _/ b2 g      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 p* |) a0 O- r9 c/ T% G& H3 G. R7 X. Q1 I7 x      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire. O6 g4 v* X9 h1 C  a" B. X
      APD T-9
# |8 B, I# m" h4 J      APD T-10! P/ t* s% b( c) S  \/ X
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
* b. w( Y6 [* q. c  r; p0 z  m5 J3 u      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage! \+ N4 ]5 K# a: g. U" O
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1* ^! Q5 N& F/ b, \' k: v) m+ z
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& f6 X0 C+ u$ }8 r# J& c

' J. ~. C7 W7 W8 W* r% b5 hAllied Ships  u* R# F! u3 n. v+ K0 o
      BB North Carolina
9 i5 s8 r1 k) y% B, B& n. @      BB Washington
- a3 j3 ?/ E2 l3 \& L4 [      BB South Dakota1 c' p3 z& A+ A9 A; M3 r
      BB Indiana2 i/ T" h1 O2 Z5 A! E
      BB Massachusetts3 X. C; ]% t5 ]  B- m  E4 t
      BB Alabama
6 s  f/ F: H6 K; p% H      DD Conner
2 s$ ], W7 }$ q* _      DD Cotten
; Z; \9 k' C( K) [! p: k      DD Cowell
( a8 f" U; T" n- o  L( ?- `      DD Daly
4 o+ c+ w# X9 Z7 d7 {/ e      DD Eaton3 T5 [% O. O% X
      DD Heywood Edwards# l- U/ R7 C0 O, u7 r) J0 b
      DD Erben- X# ~: p6 k4 f  m2 ]4 i+ p
      DD Evans  z5 T3 _" s; r
      DD Foote
3 }* D- n# }: ~+ s' k      DD Franks/ f7 z: t; a# g/ f
      DD Fullam* D  H+ R( @4 f) y# l: {; q
      DD Gatling
  v9 U4 K- L. h  q% M$ E5 p      DD Albert Grant. ^) c$ e# @: _0 u: u3 I6 @% V. u
      DD Gregory
1 Z) |0 o3 u( N0 G9 G8 \      DD Guest' ~- ?& w* a6 K# m+ x5 k6 c
      DMS Hamilton
! W- _% l. E5 I  y6 V9 p* S) W      DMS Forrest4 Y% N/ E( q4 E" Z# a
      DMS Ellyson
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0 u' l9 \# k2 f/ C1 iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards% G( s/ n% f, k: ~- N* a/ ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
, T& C, u7 ]+ p% R. t. E& k2 mRange closes to 26,000 yards...
* X3 S3 r* p/ Q, [* p) NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards+ c+ o8 B$ l9 T6 e$ M; |9 R
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
. y& D$ q2 v9 l: p, {! ]7 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
. w- T) t" @$ k' c4 lRange closes to 22,000 yards...) o% m/ V( a, J. h! [+ m7 i# E) l, W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards6 b5 W* T4 [, s
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 e1 ]4 I$ S( B4 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards! M0 j5 n3 L" f' q! d! x" C6 M' `
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 l1 N" e8 O7 l) l$ w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* g0 c$ t9 @- w" ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...1 r& O7 A; D7 M  o. c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards; f1 K7 i+ i( P- W3 Z/ n2 C
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 g. t7 {' x  a/ J2 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards8 C: B# |5 z- Z# [9 k& u
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
& L# l8 Y# _, z8 ?5 jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards4 a* ^4 [2 R& n# d" s' f- ~! W
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
5 X3 f( P2 L9 P! W9 K! L! n- RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
- }7 r/ Q9 D8 ]Range closes to 10,000 yards...
: A/ @; X& Y; p; g) F, u! fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
1 _& A; K6 {( b$ t' k( P3 C& v9 B' sRange closes to 9,000 yards...6 F$ t  j/ T! u4 r8 H; ?9 b
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ _4 a, E4 I+ x  qBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards+ y) l# h+ l/ |- S2 Q6 S
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
. A# `$ Q6 J% \: N) e9 vDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards& S! d6 X# V' z& U
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards  k' O  A! n- ?6 Y- y6 i; @3 I
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards3 {0 Q2 |3 e' P  o$ f' M& H
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
' P; U0 I" b  t, u  gBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards7 U; Q; s+ S; L$ V, ?3 j
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards/ c7 }! _4 Z! e' H! X" V" A
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
* I* V, @# X$ n- s  nDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
( o8 x" S& @$ BBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards% }8 j. {( B6 |6 P
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
# ]4 R4 b+ {4 o+ ]& R5 LDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) m, e0 U* L4 R% p
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards3 a' [) U. B; `+ h
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 Y# q# n# N6 F- [
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
; q1 b; X# D! j0 aDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 {% a( G6 j/ w4 Y1 i
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
6 v5 x% H: C$ [* l3 ]! W& cDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
+ O: b) R# v; q; ]" D) n+ ~6 dRange increases to 10,000 yards
& p/ c* b8 t8 _/ m8 z$ J% QBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards. l: W$ B% I$ a( N% b
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards# m' n9 \1 Q( o
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( [% ]; s3 J5 E( K, dDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' W9 _8 s( w2 r; ^% z
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
/ |, {2 `# A! P2 U4 bDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
, K4 @. r3 w, N, F5 VAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards, _* g1 R& ?5 E/ w6 C3 ~; m6 A
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
$ G2 g# Y+ A; k3 l  L0 a" IDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- J7 V6 N3 F; N& B8 `1 }/ @$ G
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards, b/ M7 S4 Z& R3 e# \' G+ X9 K+ F
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ P; ~, h6 r/ q& V( ?  TDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& P2 C! T6 |. D
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
, D9 B& U- n! E3 `DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
. V1 I9 b# r( Y- T2 ^. [3 ~DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
: v2 n4 t! r- \; tDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ H* V$ i' }: o6 K7 `
Range increases to 11,000 yards
6 U+ d! }" @) n) S$ {: \APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards7 j& \6 z' S: E! X, I
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards/ h# b/ c2 Z. P6 A2 l0 Q* m
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards5 j/ q* @# Q3 y1 d% w3 L+ Y
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
# {0 ^2 y- v3 g* ]" r7 ], B" v( yBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
8 \: h7 J* O% n! B3 j$ U, l$ oAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
+ K1 g/ {# S5 x. H6 F; p  @DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
' q" f1 h" w2 ]DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
3 R/ ~( E2 T2 u  I, }+ e3 _- oDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 u, ?* _5 W, o% K$ s
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
; ?" N3 h) o# N& z& b. K3 |0 EDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
8 O" u6 i6 ~# S; ?+ @+ _APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
+ H' Y- w  C! @6 R1 n. FRange closes to 10,000 yards: i/ a. O3 a+ ~  }; s  F- I, q
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; v/ Z/ I) ~4 G4 ~# h$ |BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards0 S9 v1 A8 J: ~$ J- O, b  o4 b
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' i, `% y6 u' Q" i! WAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards2 J$ g7 t7 y6 i/ x/ b9 e
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: X- v) M1 x8 Q2 k! b) [DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
& X; b5 Y9 p" JDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 r# a9 k1 {& `; e; `DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" _/ q& L' ]0 S" T1 `DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards" {* i7 q8 S- I
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
5 Z+ p& D) S! U- ?DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 L) d/ f/ k7 [3 a2 hDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
3 V$ e! l' r) MDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" V: }. n5 d- e2 C8 Y
Range closes to 8,000 yards4 e) p) _& [& R0 @! E) A6 L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
8 @8 }# Y, D8 o+ NBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards; {0 Z5 ^5 I# `7 N, t0 s
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
$ Y0 }; g( W0 }# W+ ]$ h) E: F6 oBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards- P) X; V. i2 z& P
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
2 m( ?% c( m2 cJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
' `. S! C6 P: ?$ K& H& _0 _3 PTask forces break off...4 L6 R5 ?7 t1 q
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards* T, Z, \4 j' i7 o" B
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Japanese Ships
: P0 R! C; q' S! j1 I2 |$ L3 T      APD T-1, Shell hits 1. g: i. G) L$ U3 A) a8 e$ P
      APD T-2
' h- v9 e! z0 W# S) Y      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
3 B2 `" A$ C3 F$ C. {9 n2 p, |) [      APD T-4, Shell hits 1' q# \; M* b1 I( ?
      APD T-5; i* r! f) j3 C2 f
      APD T-6
- ^7 G' u& F: W      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage$ g# P/ x: A$ ]  }8 i" `
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1" h/ v+ `8 V$ S/ \8 k
      APD T-101 y( e' V! ^- _! ^
      APD T-11,  on fire
" C# |" S. H4 `3 @) h3 U9 r* r      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
5 l+ w- ?" Y& Y/ I9 F" G6 J      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
- K' w9 U" T) R2 o9 N, V$ U      APD T-14, and is sunk' i0 p7 a: ^3 @4 Z0 l4 _

7 X9 n  \7 Q% v+ ~8 R& h% p, ?Allied Ships2 k9 ^# J6 h* O- j, c
      CA Portland6 x6 h/ b! k: H" j1 y) K. n/ t
      CA Northampton$ ~/ S& p$ r, P+ E- e
      CA Chester1 u9 n$ x+ d; x$ ]$ [
      CA Louisville
2 z% R( r/ n  B" p* I      CA Chicago
! c: |( N. n% `* V4 ^      CA Astoria9 G4 K' w. x2 L3 L6 u1 m3 _: c
      CA Minneapolis
( Q; j$ w, k. g' ~      CA San Francisco2 \  ^1 l3 ?' S
      CA Quincy( Z) ?; K4 h6 ?- A% x# U
      CA Vincennes  w" x' ]7 N+ R/ r% _2 C
      CA Wichita
8 D# j1 k: E% v3 \' E+ Q+ ?/ f      DD Bennett3 u4 q& S- b! n+ a- r, c) R
      DD Bradford
/ i' G9 e7 z( @' E4 a      DD Braine
- p: j/ H: Z+ ^  M; h- [. s      DD Brownson
- _" `! D: W7 ~! G' ^/ u      DD Bryant/ f) Z4 K9 v. `* j$ M
      DD Bullard
& u( n" \1 X% m3 h      DD Burns8 n7 a2 }8 M3 o6 w3 B; A/ V' v$ n
      DD Callaghan4 A% ~1 s* ]) N4 M* B$ W
      DD Caperton4 ?7 K9 Z  ?! e
      DD Capps- N; a" u/ b0 y7 [5 ~1 L$ `
      DMS Emmons2 _5 v9 e; a3 d4 \
      DMS Macomb
9 J0 ~4 R. R; P$ I( @7 O      DMS Rodman* _! j7 ], R) Q6 s0 O$ o( q
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( |  w' O, N3 x0 R6 gRange closes to 28,000 yards...
  I% ^+ V  g, @$ |* }/ `) P. R, XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
4 D7 G( A8 e, S) _( G0 ]Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  r( k. }! Z' `$ P7 K# l3 t- uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards/ C7 w" h+ J+ ?: x1 T8 O
Range closes to 24,000 yards...3 `( j4 T" L! ~2 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 m: g% ^7 R5 lRange closes to 22,000 yards...
  j" b- x  C$ C5 W7 P( qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
0 C  C3 F) P$ }6 f) X- kRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 ~' Q; o9 [7 `, B; y, |3 P/ X* ?; J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
0 F" s' U7 n4 o( y: ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
' R) t( G% \! f3 j1 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( `. e, W' y: R& j  kRange closes to 16,000 yards...1 C' q: T, H- A$ h8 X3 u- V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards' U& o2 K* B7 o+ y" V/ A2 G
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ U8 |) Q$ Y$ j2 T5 U
Range closes to 12,000 yards...4 i( w- E) \: B! `% g. e. B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 z! b# q6 z0 Y& kRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 v4 B6 ^# H* s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ N$ P' K7 g, |9 G# T$ l8 d- cRange closes to 10,000 yards...; ?; x% Q* |, X- T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
- l* m. F2 m3 jCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards9 j' M6 W+ g9 A1 Z1 d
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
, |# z) u( D3 ?+ b9 sRange increases to 11,000 yards
# ]8 G" V4 q& }" gAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards* L/ t" K- S. p
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
% y3 Y& a; L( ?. |9 I2 P/ Y5 kCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ b# R# e3 T+ s; ?CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards* X# l! L0 T! ^! Z8 t. Y6 ?
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 {. q, u7 Y( V7 @) n% ZDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards7 ~2 ~$ J" C9 F/ {7 X
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
9 m8 v1 }5 V, f8 wCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
, z8 \7 E8 @& [; m0 a& f7 KCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
% s1 N, \! U; i8 T3 P  fCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 G9 J  O. C8 R& YDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards1 Z, H: ~8 z9 V" [& W# i
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards7 b2 r- u  \/ v# {# B: d
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
: A. T5 C9 o* F0 Q+ I$ }/ N3 pDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  H2 j1 Y0 A1 J9 n+ Z  y, YDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards& J: a- S* B5 F" O- N- h
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards8 W5 I( O4 h9 Z. S
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
5 r0 s' v5 |5 @& O, P2 pRange closes to 10,000 yards
  _1 ~+ i4 X: N6 Y# U; EDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards( J* M/ ~7 v* w' b6 z! ]
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
# T0 m/ i- I& D" e) h  a" eCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 Q( d3 R9 W4 b: M
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
. u& b# B" T$ x) u8 E. YCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards! O9 i/ D1 l6 F2 W
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards% r% T8 ~5 M/ W
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 c1 S5 q" e' j9 d9 d, }! d
Range closes to 9,000 yards
/ |  I0 K6 @$ L1 v" uAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards9 P+ k4 F9 M' h; W. i  v- ]* @
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
( d2 e. b! P2 Q) e% qCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
0 ]  k/ ~) L- Y! Q  @6 X7 f7 nCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
* n" Y( `, ^, D/ K( \  ~1 ^4 XCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
2 A3 m& e, E5 {# C( j) SDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
% Q) D) W* B3 o4 D9 {) xDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
, k2 m0 u& d4 d  y5 ]- l7 O( ZRange increases to 10,000 yards
# d% t" K# L# r: G; DAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards; T( Z4 o8 _( `7 v+ D3 e
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: y* j3 r3 o- I3 e' O8 s5 _$ j  gDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 `: e5 g, @0 D' DCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
$ u0 A7 q: j$ e7 E( oCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 n" R% f" w; zJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape- p4 m# V* x' B6 f& l+ m. N
Task forces break off...4 ]$ f* k2 G8 D$ k  k" ~' E) M4 {

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 r: x2 K( g7 Q4 ~

8 ?4 k' m; M) l- J7 E6 aJapanese Ships
' s# Z3 K2 j4 A      APD T-18 Y+ r" X! i  O) C/ Q
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire/ y& m( b% j; a* F/ P/ U; k1 m/ r
      APD T-33 R2 R3 O5 t. y
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk3 y$ w/ s% S: H2 ~
      APD T-5
  ~& {! x9 Q* d. q  a4 o' v      APD T-6
  x. y$ n0 C# |      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
6 v# `1 p% |0 F- e      APD T-9* j7 K3 o; e7 k1 b  ?! B9 q
      APD T-10
& H) j* n& e5 |2 }5 J' i      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire: L- i9 U$ u7 N, U* h, M

; j: e0 A" l2 A1 OAllied Ships4 H, D! Y' E" N) [
      CA Portland' \5 E7 b; H1 y
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1& K& v  s' P" F6 ~2 C: j
      CA Chester8 s, y$ V: x3 L) k
      CA Louisville5 f! e# `( G0 c' d( [/ m
      CA Chicago
( h8 J$ a1 V0 u/ f* x& K( N2 a      CA Astoria# Y3 l  o# s. a8 l! k  {
      CA Minneapolis" p8 ^2 F3 N) V5 f  m8 A. ^6 X
      CA San Francisco
: I/ d5 d  G5 Y5 f+ n& M+ z; D      CA Quincy
, D  C2 m' t5 U      CA Vincennes
6 Y1 ~8 G. M6 ^) `* [      CA Wichita
6 M  }+ x" r$ l: L0 `      DD Bennett
' B0 ~: \* T3 h( A9 X/ H5 a, z  c" `      DD Bradford: r/ A/ |* X$ \9 T* @2 G
      DD Braine
/ [" |' {6 _; y      DD Brownson
5 R2 G+ B1 j6 M. }9 i" [3 h0 o1 @; }      DD Bryant
) }% V5 ?  }9 X/ @7 O+ O      DD Bullard
" ]4 l0 u3 J- s3 F      DD Burns; q( Z$ z% y: i) B: c; B
      DD Callaghan: v4 f  ^) Z# c2 ~  D
      DD Caperton
3 W# g* o2 Y9 t% |1 O      DD Capps/ ~! [  C& N3 D& B" M) ]; J
      DMS Emmons
& j& s1 ?3 r& }; \  R! X      DMS Macomb
! Y6 ?+ D& A+ F      DMS Rodman
: M( B- L6 @* d$ h0 Q/ e: V+ @0 R      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
% M  g" s) L3 b: kRange closes to 28,000 yards...
7 P3 W0 v) I! J7 X( ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
4 o/ O( \7 t. z( CRange closes to 26,000 yards...
7 S2 I7 w7 ]$ h, `! ?' y% {% \. h# aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 x+ |$ P" F' D9 [& V3 VRange closes to 24,000 yards...% \  }# m- t! o0 R9 f3 U
Range closes to 22,000 yards..., ]! `0 k5 q0 V9 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
. r+ z' C- r2 n$ ~7 {8 N  a5 ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...  T! j; j3 K: c9 \
Range closes to 18,000 yards...; f3 \1 b( Z  X( Q' T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 K. K% H# `# A" o& g1 TRange closes to 16,000 yards..." q" j3 Z7 b6 k# i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
4 N% N4 h3 T1 K3 [Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( ^8 E6 t' f3 M8 U7 RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards- i, t$ v3 W' V
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
, v- M. C3 S3 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. I  ?/ O) f) T. A, _Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 F* x6 X& v! J, M/ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
3 k6 ^9 O8 K4 bRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 J/ W( L) j; L$ Z3 \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
, Q; W" z. V" u2 N0 HCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards6 M: W( E- j5 f
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards$ w6 J  A& P8 E4 U  |$ l6 V
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
2 Y' C4 l/ T2 p, X1 Y( cRange increases to 12,000 yards
1 U3 b0 n# {& vCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
& u; H& x; ^$ O, i- xCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
8 O$ M  h: I% B7 S" zCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
. g# G1 w  I1 D# P) HCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards6 W8 {8 U* v; ~% Q; J+ i0 N7 y2 M
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards$ l2 P% Q4 c" P" u3 _0 V2 O" H
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
( d! t. G1 v1 G/ S7 e. g# T( ^+ W' NDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
/ S8 Z* H9 a$ C) @DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
% ^! w$ n$ y/ Y+ I5 [9 YDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
4 g6 h5 Y5 e# O5 E( [0 e( S3 |DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
! X0 t( U2 w% ~- w: u6 f: J: ?# J7 Y) p/ fDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
4 K1 e6 P) R. s/ ?APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards$ E4 T# ~* `0 w# |2 c. \0 B7 Z
Range closes to 9,000 yards
2 @/ \' Z. I* w5 g% A- B4 WCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards3 _8 k2 D* B$ L8 y" |. F$ H
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
) P  s8 r1 E; x+ k* o+ P. yCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards5 J# }; H$ ^4 G9 i
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
: y5 u5 j0 Z3 X' U4 `5 wCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
( b$ A- g8 H) T; O2 T7 y5 B' Y6 hCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
5 D8 j# @& H+ z: b  aAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
" G6 w( \% s- }* p. mDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
) C$ y5 A3 z6 N3 V  A6 E8 O0 p- yRange closes to 7,000 yards/ F4 ~$ [8 O# N: l) _
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
" H' @' x% O! n; _0 H" T5 ]/ l6 UAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards. a$ [  ~$ m  i7 `6 e0 p3 Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
  R5 y: |% ]& h1 ~6 Y+ D$ PCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
6 i2 P: I6 B, S. P. B2 h1 zCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
& T% |1 B* p0 w4 E, a+ [APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
6 {. I, E$ @) w+ ]! o, O$ |% Z# ICA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
* o- ?5 q- ]% L8 g- o$ r7 K6 D" QCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
1 C# N: j0 _5 d4 l2 j$ U% A. GCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards9 v- b' U( |6 |6 x
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards8 D! m( Q6 C: k4 k
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards: N! b* W! w; k. j! e! n
Range increases to 10,000 yards
4 `/ x1 A8 G9 k7 x) H6 s6 u3 ]0 `DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: E9 ~, V9 q" }) B! e% ]$ j) V6 ?7 cCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ C9 Z! b5 I' pJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 {( Y" G4 u5 n) I( t& P) }$ dTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 x. n7 Y# f6 @2 m# f' J
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Japanese Ships2 R4 j' T) G* _0 s  ]2 t. p( e
      APD T-1; N+ a8 ^4 Y1 H* ]* }& O3 L, D
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" M6 {2 t4 f: F      APD T-3! V( S8 p# P* i" j& d2 W: X$ c
      APD T-5
* V( d+ E) w$ |2 L/ B      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 }8 G. u- X$ @$ C* d  |" ]# L      APD T-9
$ n" U3 M# Q; K4 B) F/ Q3 Z      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 r7 W& g# _4 s7 h' ?      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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) x) w' I- r6 \Allied Ships
4 N5 F( i! P( o8 l( B      CL Swiftsure
: R" z" A2 W% Y* a& t      CL St. Louis
' E5 J# `& j. I5 J      CL Phoenix0 C7 ?, l2 E% {2 R2 R4 d. t9 O
      CL Cleveland9 ~, k$ o! e7 U1 L: ]* k- p* W
      CL Montpelier: i% f* ~+ X; @3 \$ i' U6 i
      CL Denver. s+ V. v9 y7 ^" p: H' S
      CL Santa Fe2 t; U5 t) q# `7 Y( \  Y0 K% e& x- n: @
      CL Birmingham2 |0 v1 C% G3 Q8 ?: I( J) w
      CL Mobile
$ X- ^' x1 C& |" S/ {3 j. e4 B      CL Biloxi: _% G  g! F& |
      CL Miami
" a% y4 P4 ?) X( F! L      CL Pasadena
  z% T& D# |! e7 l+ \- O3 ?      DD Allen M. Sumner$ B- V; E1 C/ [( C; K
      DD Ault
1 }  D3 L* s& \0 e  P      DD English& e8 R* t  F$ j: i
      DD Haynsworth
( [' {  I) ]# w, Y9 |# }+ k7 f' }      DD Maddox: }' G3 @3 O0 k  \) E* S+ `& r
      DD Mansfield2 d& L2 W+ P3 U/ E8 k' |
      DD Waldron/ D: }- U- X2 J
      DD Haggard4 t/ z! N& i4 o; J
      DD Hailey$ ~9 [+ v$ L" G* _
      DD Hale
$ ?. t: ?; O: a, F      CL Vincennes II, k- a# N! t5 `
      CL Houston II; H4 p0 c( l2 G' b; a& N( `( Z
      CL Astoria II
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6 g' e8 J5 M, J# ?Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( ]9 J; L4 M6 ^6 MRange closes to 28,000 yards...
1 l+ \: U6 M1 K. `9 n, P+ pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
4 k$ f0 m# Y! C: V; o( xRange closes to 26,000 yards...% {6 Y9 m8 J, @, s- i& f& W0 r. \
Range closes to 24,000 yards...4 b4 F: R+ y, [  F9 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards8 z  w; h6 ^2 B
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
( K' t) |% T0 Y- |$ JRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 p) j5 s3 x6 e5 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards6 m& \5 f1 C4 d9 @8 Y2 _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
, w3 M, Z3 N) [6 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 g# {2 C4 Z7 o! {- D# _Range closes to 16,000 yards...2 _  w. e+ E$ O* _$ h0 g. x$ F5 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 F; F, M" P3 @5 e) _Range closes to 14,000 yards...) N4 u  k$ F6 x0 G, \+ ?$ d* M! @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards6 R" {2 j3 D( y/ Z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...* g0 \5 l& p) a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards' D% K4 ?9 d4 u
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 W! O6 [( U, A! ~( bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: C! Y/ ]2 L; |+ j3 c; a1 J2 i
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 E+ N3 Q) f* x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! `6 R0 V) G- ^+ }$ A
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
% J8 X1 R/ Z$ aCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 ^. z0 n/ O1 M4 l& i- aCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards6 s# A# t2 \; c
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
% r, B  R7 \5 D8 j" PCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 I( {3 |1 J) _DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ l2 {  C( L# y) uDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
# `/ m0 j) Y6 K7 A  ?DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards4 z0 a5 x2 Z* Z7 u; ?: q  C
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards* u0 M( e5 `7 p$ K7 y) L5 L
Range increases to 11,000 yards
3 d, d& T: R! d. {* wCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards# k1 [2 y* s& ^! V7 e/ g% h
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
; D3 I8 g$ I9 k2 A; r1 V% vCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards4 _" o( e* |; |" P1 K# `
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards# \* w% m3 c8 R1 x
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% E9 N% r% |$ H- Y- S. B  K
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 o' j/ i' r+ F1 N3 a& m% rDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards. E' m, W& H# d4 E" t
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 v, _' j) L7 h8 {3 J3 q! x0 eRange closes to 8,000 yards1 W; F- R0 l8 m( X
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
' F# O& H9 ]" J/ U6 zCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards# l; A; V2 x5 U* x# h9 [
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards) V# q% C5 @! j. K* n3 U; C
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards7 ]; b, F- W* H2 E5 n
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
- N2 k4 b- u0 S3 \Range closes to 7,000 yards: e& L) b9 e0 `2 j
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 l, r5 L0 n& o4 e7 E$ ]
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
2 i; d6 c3 R8 r* YCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 L% r' G0 u: |: v' _2 c
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- T7 l0 _2 Z" ?3 ?" x
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
2 O7 c& r' T- ^8 p# H9 C6 tCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; j0 n# N9 l1 I1 j, {  O5 VCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" h5 Y; j# Q: ?( _/ q6 NCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 h. \8 Y- q# w) }1 \$ }$ t0 TDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 o. |  H, {0 B& E' X. A6 F/ x3 k" {  L0 @DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
9 l2 p% K+ P$ E5 L# SAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
2 K* q( C8 x1 W/ C$ v3 TDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
2 v" d% b) `. I4 v) \0 z* |Range increases to 8,000 yards
) W( I1 M  m. V* P" K% c+ ?CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
4 @$ r) z9 `  M% `CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 L0 d+ a# i8 O  v/ U, R' L7 ~6 {
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
4 _. |  I( ?, YJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
! I' L8 q- b5 eTask forces break off...
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5 B# V; j4 j# ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards, j9 |  d1 ^. S
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Japanese Ships$ S0 Z+ [( E- b: f- C7 W9 L4 h
      APD T-14 _7 T+ V8 ?5 \, V- Y
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk- x6 b' T1 Z7 v; V9 L% f; J- A
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
* B7 O' p: T/ j- q      APD T-5
5 V9 E7 ^8 O) P" u$ b. p      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk+ ]. U7 H  F7 j/ U
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk1 R7 g; v; m" `! c+ r# Y* O5 Z
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Allied Ships1 A, `0 @- e( `. a7 \2 ?
      CA Portland1 F0 @5 T# D9 s8 K" m. O1 f7 s1 e
      CA Northampton
% r$ F: r4 Q8 _! {0 B      CA Chester
8 f; G  u# R. A      CA Louisville
+ F$ q+ @  D& ^9 y: q: J      CA Chicago. ^  r  S- [( M0 C) f
      CA Astoria
* N; X* ?' T0 M; k/ O      CA Minneapolis
. @' r9 H2 W# r2 d      CA San Francisco( V0 z7 W0 F6 Z. i/ K1 o, U" r3 R* }
      CA Quincy
& d3 M6 B$ _/ _0 i# |      CA Vincennes7 b  X6 Y; L6 a6 v4 Z- n
      CA Wichita  o0 L/ E4 h5 c1 F6 Z& T
      DD Bennett
$ E& ]2 L" b( b- s      DD Bradford
) S0 L4 z5 P7 E+ T5 o      DD Braine# ]! O( N6 {! p3 m9 f/ X
      DD Brownson
9 S: \$ H2 P, B      DD Bryant
# N( d0 c4 h! X7 Z1 D5 w      DD Bullard
2 ]2 J5 l+ C6 ?0 l      DD Burns
. b! x* B+ h3 P      DD Callaghan4 r  S. i& f$ s9 H% V1 y9 A8 t! D
      DD Caperton
+ w; S0 ]8 ^# h9 F- ?: c7 @* q      DD Capps
" X1 S: X2 U5 X1 R# i      DMS Emmons
9 ^+ X3 q: F1 _9 M      DMS Macomb# W% k8 d" I7 h
      DMS Rodman
" P) F7 S1 m9 Z+ l3 i9 Q6 I$ [2 [      DMS Gherardi3 U9 ~+ E% u0 W" b% b& F$ H1 r+ }( B
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...' l# g1 {' l) m! Q( C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
. c: J" T% D: \* V& y9 ]Range closes to 26,000 yards...
8 J  D: m4 o% E- NRange closes to 24,000 yards...
, B" c: o) U  v4 }$ r& ]+ G. wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- K/ j8 E2 X3 ?3 ]& [8 _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- v( u8 }( W* P5 U" QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
" P( Z9 N/ q! WRange closes to 20,000 yards...- h% c1 T9 f/ [. G# J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
# v. x) n. b5 ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
0 d3 L7 ~  p$ [8 s% x/ ARange closes to 16,000 yards...: E) z, h: K5 W! ~8 n  r0 s! X3 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
0 f+ l* }  H& U6 Q3 B: G- IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
  j  \  S# W/ m( U, Q) r. p5 x  PRange closes to 12,000 yards...
- D- K6 R- Y: M. wRange closes to 11,000 yards...& ]) p  }0 z/ i  `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
+ t# Y" k3 m* aRange closes to 9,000 yards...
% q- R4 E: w$ N! QRange closes to 8,000 yards...) W  t+ f. j  w8 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
- y- u' I6 U; N. L5 PCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 y+ a- e& U: Q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
! W$ L4 x0 l& Q$ e( O  N( PCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 C2 t% t: ^0 t5 T9 uDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
! ~. y6 y( H) C& G: E, e- ?0 XAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
" e* F- P5 ~, MCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ ~( ~3 Y4 ]: s! z( }3 q; Y' t1 vCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards* W4 J. R% i8 s! k( |2 E. q
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards, h, a# A$ J- P. i" D
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
5 J% s* ]' Y& q5 uCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 Y, m6 i5 Y4 U+ `
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards; Z2 x& U; l, N3 p- t* P5 ?% F
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards* i- _0 h1 {7 L" f. U2 g- E$ i
Range closes to 5,000 yards- [9 \, z, X, Y8 \6 f4 w2 ]" R
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
# m; o' H) X  g0 P8 jAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
9 @" D0 h( I2 gCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards) _0 `8 H' s0 b* {3 U
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
. \5 h. D8 k0 N( Z3 c& o+ U9 ?DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards2 j. R9 z# X  B2 m
Range closes to 2,000 yards
# H9 M' A5 l! a9 i" SCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
6 f  }0 I; d4 B0 T9 ?* x- `' D7 |9 @CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: E" J, L9 G# ^CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards9 i/ c3 I" b1 b1 t$ d
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards4 i  _5 y$ ?& _9 h
Range increases to 6,000 yards$ t; M6 y0 m9 d5 m
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
7 C  o8 r" u+ \  x5 _" c2 T  FCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
. m  N2 l; N: a( h! ~APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards6 a( ?; e6 u$ J1 ]! A! E
Range increases to 9,000 yards
2 @! n$ g3 D$ ]: `1 Q$ IDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
4 j7 [. V" K! ?CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) O) R( a6 ]9 a( K" ICA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
3 l. p9 h2 R4 Z( _0 YDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
% n& j# @" p/ g  O5 J% _- k) ?Range increases to 13,000 yards# D: u& y) O0 j3 h
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
. T- M* T0 t6 g+ RAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards9 u. L' A( P! d/ }0 [
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 A4 K7 n/ E6 S; W+ F  D, tTask forces break off...6 o: ^* L- @, i. a/ ^1 o2 q; ]  f

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: ?9 K' n7 n+ lNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards9 D- P, C! d. c' N; b# t2 A" C
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Japanese Ships
. t2 [% H& T9 C) n9 l1 H; p+ B      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
2 o0 c0 o  e3 h5 a      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk& _! b3 ~0 b. g2 H5 l! d( b
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Allied Ships
# A/ G3 y1 d: n' Q- c5 z% h- z      BB North Carolina
; c" I. @- [; x# `: B6 q) {/ D; M( j0 K      BB Washington+ ?8 k9 A" ]0 g( \
      BB South Dakota5 w* F* c. D8 U# ^& V& i
      BB Indiana3 z3 j3 M$ k. X7 t  z. c$ _% y
      BB Massachusetts
1 N+ E# Q1 X* D$ O      BB Alabama
% `4 R- S% C' S      DD Conner9 r  p# ^- z8 D. B
      DD Cotten  d% t3 F% X, n- p6 ~2 m, @2 q
      DD Cowell
1 s  d; q3 g) S' S1 ?      DD Daly6 ?2 _9 u' R7 p2 P. m+ ~5 g  s1 f
      DD Eaton  E5 e9 y+ E- C
      DD Heywood Edwards  Z9 h8 _6 }( P# S& {
      DD Erben
9 x# a) O4 y0 B5 C& w! E7 X, `      DD Evans4 V. P2 b- e; T8 J. |* u. b& y
      DD Foote& @5 G( R1 c8 e9 ^
      DD Franks
9 Y. K. E+ w/ n      DD Fullam, z( O7 \! ?8 I+ a& u
      DD Gatling
. Q! }' D" W- M" x, c' H4 n4 f$ f      DD Albert Grant6 a+ y# A5 ]& ~3 c0 {6 [
      DD Gregory. N4 l" z2 e  h" O4 y4 M, v9 g
      DD Guest
, _( N! n9 ^& j* c      DMS Hamilton) L6 c" X' A( z# H
      DMS Forrest& `8 H0 S$ @( {2 f* o
      DMS Ellyson* }2 _4 Z  U" K0 D
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* ?; ^1 _# z- F% n- AMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 U+ S  ~. x2 s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
% k2 Q0 U8 E: P/ c: o8 nRange closes to 26,000 yards...! y; X0 `8 ]/ l* h5 H  C/ r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...- z6 T; d' s$ @9 K5 O3 m' O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
; b  a% z; x5 ~! O  L; F) z  RRange closes to 20,000 yards...
$ b5 C# Q8 k% z4 a) ?/ A0 L7 z% t$ A! cRange closes to 18,000 yards...
3 ~1 ^: ~# d' a5 i' W" ERange closes to 16,000 yards...9 V6 C9 S) `5 _( u: A) w
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& [  c2 w% b' A5 [6 VRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 y. M9 _2 W3 R( D/ k; W0 ]. O% V
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
7 X+ R  e, E! I# [& O! C8 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards9 F# ^2 W& F4 A4 G
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; P1 W. u2 b6 X  L7 I; S' M" E2 Z3 M
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
: I$ o8 U: S7 N- D2 u, ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
; |& B3 K" f+ `/ ~0 A* wBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; \. [, B1 Y& s8 m9 RAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards/ f# M, w$ D0 y+ s: V$ |1 ~
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
$ x. Q5 p* W0 G' e9 d: F" WDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards& V, R4 w5 l) f5 W5 o/ _; ]7 l5 Y7 c
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards! J5 Y1 @- q" s3 f) m$ x0 ^: _
Range closes to 5,000 yards# I7 {+ Q# Y2 o- [1 U8 ?5 Z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards/ |1 p! _5 L, S: l
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
# h, ]! W2 l- W, yRange closes to 3,000 yards2 z% K( c- Z9 m# I7 c' e7 `& f
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards  A- r9 b9 J$ V: @2 _2 D* O2 ~# j: a
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
' L# j: E: v- l% @- FDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
! z, ?; P1 U1 r: ]$ \DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 r- A  u4 K  a
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 R3 C$ T8 w/ h# ?  Z7 {  }APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
1 d' W  h& b# {! |) T$ JBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
8 o& w8 X- \. K. ]5 r) x  h% iDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ X" P- E; ~- d/ S
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards7 ^1 j4 d/ p# L; ~" L3 K' W
Range increases to 5,000 yards7 y4 K( d* V: L& ?- {/ f+ W2 W! x
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards- y0 A0 k& b* L. ]
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards: Y! ?/ f; s% c- [0 s' B
Range increases to 7,000 yards7 X( ]3 B( G) x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards( J' m) X* v, A- f
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards: _3 c5 k, N1 \- Y! ]
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: s# ~( t; o# c7 W! Q9 k7 p8 _APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
  ?+ ^+ ?  ~! r7 T& E$ ]: w* p" z& \APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
" s4 @) n- p4 e: WCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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