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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  S! P) k9 l& o: B0 P8 O8 xGround combat at Ponape (119,113)2 b- W1 m8 H% L7 X/ o1 f

6 c  a2 L) @5 L4 Z1 F8 _1 d- cAllied Deliberate attack2 M" F" @: F8 M
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 33361 B! o; n: j9 \1 v' P# i$ z$ @
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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" N4 _' \9 P' ]$ E/ k+ o* y# @  tAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8/ {  C2 ~; B/ i8 \

+ U. C* P$ x/ J9 \  SAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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: w% ^+ n8 s' [+ E( S- A- kJapanese adjusted defense: 5583 , n; d+ `$ Q* W6 ^" y" s  j
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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Combat modifiers
: G# Z6 A; @5 i4 n. l" XDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)6 Z2 d, s- c8 Q2 ^1 y' Z
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:# g' t8 ?/ ]- K+ R! k, l' G- t& V
      3386 casualties reported/ k# a* \, ~8 u2 ]
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled$ ~0 s1 K! ^6 ^0 ?4 P
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
0 c  B4 h+ D0 B- e) p0 Q3 W         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled, Y% m9 d0 h  b2 P( s, }4 l
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled). _2 |" h5 E, _, t1 f
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
9 Z6 O# n  J% v* w& v      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
  Q0 t7 z5 O7 K0 ^, R( F6 b      5163 casualties reported
! e* q- g" G: U         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled# e! |% d- f9 |* d' B, }
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled% \: {4 C; a  w
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled: A. z- x0 d2 d" r  L# T
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)3 F+ l5 G% W  o
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
6 {6 x- x7 e5 X    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion/ M) H" I1 t$ r4 X
    710th Tank Battalion
/ a' x1 [- P) H. F    6th Infantry Division4 @; {. u4 Q/ `
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment3 e$ _2 N  [- b1 ^; v$ {# E
    44th Tank Battalion
% q! ?+ `8 @, i* e. P    81st Infantry Division
" E, j6 p0 ?* l6 I8 s  _    762nd Tank Battalion
+ H) E6 l, T5 y3 [7 f    767th Tank Battalion
4 C: y1 c4 f- F3 _    711th Tank Battalion
# [* s6 x2 g' {$ k    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
* y" \6 R7 b& a( @    5th Marine Division
9 j3 z; e& B* ?5 `    716th Tank Battalion# i$ ^2 S" R6 C0 o- n+ g
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment" u3 }5 i3 N. m
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
% k" D6 O. [6 [/ [- V- l5 s    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 J4 G: m7 q4 M, o; t8 m    706th Tank Battalion
; @' O2 l1 p% [    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
# a8 U5 O6 L* {' R    96th Infantry Division
: c7 a' M' a0 Q6 ^    31st Infantry Regiment
# R/ N0 j0 g7 o! ]# P& Q    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 l) |$ a0 ~% p8 c    I Corps Artillery / U" x! B/ |  \6 |
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
5 `' r2 r1 Y( g7 t    1st USMC AA Battalion
8 m$ b6 D# }& o- ?2 O2 e    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- y; |8 ?9 \6 H1 L% g: w3 |& {/ b    XIV US Corps( l2 k/ F) ^- e
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ z6 O8 d  o( o. S1 u) R    5th USA Defense Battalion) ]5 @5 s' `- }7 b- V' D" a
    8th Marine Defense Battalion- T) }: s( J! e- c1 R
    738th Coast AA Regiment
3 y" ?4 g. o, o1 U# v    X Corps Artillery
, u6 x5 i8 N4 V, j  \8 H    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ A) L; l  m9 ^: \- y. q    96th Coast AA Regiment) D, g7 K2 X( {' p. z0 e, j0 O
    4th USA Defense Battalion! ~: R& f6 }, ?3 w4 S: A4 P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ q: h4 `8 I, A' P0 W    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:! E$ J- M6 a# q3 @: m6 |0 D$ G
    Kure 7th SNLF5 U1 W8 Z- H0 n% A8 o8 k
    81st/A Division8 v$ h( v! v/ `  K" ~( M3 `& ]
    Kure 3rd SNLF1 U8 |0 r2 Y  I. @5 I6 _8 Y& M% b
    33rd/B Division
( ^) r% \' G6 x6 R; ]2 P    33rd/A Division6 H( M$ q7 {; F8 l# _
    81st/C Division
# U9 l2 |( g7 C5 |    6th Guards Inf. Regiment: l) a. Q, K! a0 f/ |
    52nd Naval Guard Unit* S( |) |0 `. `: x1 B. R8 v
    138th Infantry Regiment5 S+ Z: x, E# c
    Sasebo 7th SNLF+ s& \1 [) w/ M3 ]) ~  L
    144th Infantry Regiment
6 I, c- [: d1 a8 b    81st/B Division
4 L6 r" B$ \/ ~. h4 M6 }  s    33rd/C Division( h5 X8 A6 S7 B+ D! w
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment1 d8 G+ S% c  u* M2 q9 j2 E
    18th Army
/ j* [. A0 [; V! a# ?! x+ p; {    60th Field AA Battalion3 T0 r) C& A, u& k0 _
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 4 F8 J5 x' Z, p1 h) M
    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 n5 q# t: G; C    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; T' E  T0 v$ o6 y/ r/ ~
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8 J1 ^. Y! R8 i7 s+ w    53rd Construction Battalion0 ?; G0 L  v5 e
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion* f9 ?# e! _+ s6 |" G- k0 m
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion* Y5 [5 n! p) S4 J
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co # Y. r1 {( ]2 W$ D/ u9 k+ a. g
    19th JAAF Base Force
4 k& F+ N% {% {2 [0 N! ^' t8 q    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1, Y$ e9 B& s8 j4 K7 @
    14th Area Army /18 O* V4 v, z- O) ~" I: I( j% A7 M( }
    63rd Field AA Battalion$ K2 x( O1 `( f# Y2 Y8 u# ^
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
& {& a* F; s6 H    3rd Base Force3 u6 M/ E0 D( G7 |& O, u  {1 J0 ?1 A
    12th Air Fleet- |" [9 W+ L- |) l8 W1 {/ [
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 P8 S3 n: E' }& C. ~! ?    61st Field AA Battalion
# q5 Q, H8 @# x    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment# K4 L" \0 f8 J
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co ; l5 e  e. d0 O; y9 t$ r- y% G
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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# y7 d$ j: k1 X  QJapanese Shock attack6 e9 h' B* |7 A. \

5 v* }$ v! i# B9 T) b4 ]1 x9 zAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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5 u6 U' D# M: J0 S+ w& _/ d0 B( |Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 671 g" g" h- R/ _& Y' i4 S: l
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 / b% K% t3 L% O$ S  y$ C
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 " S4 |; J, m/ e5 J, t, [

! I+ ?) [7 w. k& E% vJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers1 l& b. d0 s/ y
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
% s9 G# u8 U0 f; @9 m- JAttacker: shock(+)& }3 x4 w. C4 v- {( F5 p

& l: p/ U4 D3 j$ J, wJapanese ground losses:
3 p3 m3 ?# W0 s/ [6 z1 \0 l5 _: v. y      530 casualties reported5 H) I5 t0 U' G: f% B
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled4 ^3 ~4 Y* G" w' y) m/ r; S
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 R& K$ d# O9 Z+ P* u/ H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled* S" q3 w) N$ l+ U; r# w
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:7 x0 `; y0 C. @: ?& ~0 l
      891 casualties reported) y0 K+ A7 m  u) w
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled2 d0 j5 U+ |- Z7 f1 Y& y$ J) ~$ r) v
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled* h9 F& h- Q6 a2 w# A  _' G
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 t$ A' K; {5 p+ _" [$ x9 J
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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7 S7 {! [( u% D( Z% t' V: VAssaulting units:$ b& P1 D) l# I9 E- L8 K1 S5 M
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
) h/ q% q) f6 r) R5 _    21st Division
; n9 t3 O: E: Q  w    4th Division$ ^' m# D& k; w( b9 L0 c+ H
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment8 I% Q! s* h3 g
    23rd Tank Regiment
- x* N' [4 M+ n# v8 I$ |1 G9 Q* A    32nd Division
% |/ Y/ w; ^% B! e$ ]/ m6 H+ G    Yokosuka 1st SNLF6 S/ L7 ~- I6 A# s- @
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion; H# E0 J) i6 o- F+ _0 l
    6th Area Army
/ X7 E0 @( ~; T; r    103rd AA Regiment9 s& ~7 x  \6 K( K9 z" M
    1st JNAF Coy
6 h! u) P% P; r6 w- \' N+ X1 P* i    13th Army
4 M( x( E& D. S    141st AA Regiment
, b' ?, Y$ t) r) G$ i7 u    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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+ K0 ?$ J9 X7 s& zDefending units:* }- j; v: b# \: @2 A
    50th Indian Para Brigade3 e* B1 G+ {  T1 g

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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 / X7 t8 Q9 }! }$ ^8 _
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载/ i* l9 Q, W* |- \6 I# g; y

: g- u- E$ z8 ZAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)7 k% k! H# ?) P: S$ I5 G
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships! p& {. I/ ^4 S
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& U# D" b- y  w& k2 T/ f; Q7 D) P      LST-81
9 |0 x3 ~; v% l& ~; b- `      LST-74, Shell hits 36 w- O# P& Y! |1 `3 P+ g+ c# L
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
0 T+ U+ a4 ?5 s: j, `5 R4 |      LST-78/ M7 }! ~( K* h4 w: C8 g! m4 T
      LST 209, N# w2 n8 x/ i- A
      LST-8892 R* h  b( [7 H4 ]+ I0 @: T/ @
      LST-246. F+ D# Z2 Y* T* @, G8 q
      LST-240/ P( V9 i1 ~/ g+ Z
      LST-204
+ ?+ H6 T& K( X9 K$ Y1 a* x      LST-202
2 ?0 \/ z4 s/ L* w      LST-123! l& F# |' g% G4 l8 p: V
      LST-121
3 @8 t/ V$ l& h9 J      LST-1200 d$ w: U5 Q$ e/ M  P
      LST-86
& c" {* _! z! B* E6 F      LST-85+ ^) o0 D8 A( w
      LST-842 w: r8 P  y( d# x7 S" C

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) H5 o+ {/ V+ D; hInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)4 [8 ]* ~5 F# |! Q8 a
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force" ~5 y: D: X( h% b+ U2 d1 J) `
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.% D; R" `2 a0 S& d, k

4 z' K( y6 G, P4 b9 fAllied Ships
3 m* l% `' x3 r& {* V) I" m& z1 D5 t      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 ^. R+ j: N3 s* i: d      LST-83, Shell hits 3
- T0 i3 g3 ]3 V* n      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) M1 I9 ]0 A1 Y- I& o
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire- J. a2 N/ N+ i
      LST-84, Shell hits 31 d+ u, w+ u' V. |. P; [
      LST-87, Shell hits 69 n# F9 Y+ [4 V! |' C! B; P
      LST 180
0 O& r9 q' p$ S+ V+ K5 w! Y5 m) `$ v      LST 157
/ ]" q8 B9 D5 w0 T      LST 2
$ \4 G$ \* u$ l- ?7 W      LST-884
% |9 `) A& {! U) B# V; V      LST-882
$ Z' x, l$ c' P) l: W      LST-397
9 J4 W  k  W& n  @1 Q      LST-3957 d% p9 m. b0 \) o
      LST-274* e$ P' q0 i  _. y, q
      LST-2737 r) I" O5 A/ b7 k& H- v- s
      LST-246* ^, T" h4 k$ R) d! u
      LST-244
8 P0 e. n, r% s1 O7 |8 r$ z% ~      LST-241
0 J8 |) z9 q6 G- m" y      LST-2189 d5 |+ R& u7 W$ {' S
      LST-2162 X+ S" C4 q8 O2 j
      LST-2027 f! D. H  H/ L! ~: V! B, H5 V
      LST-171) W* e* W0 i( B$ L6 L
      LST-166
( o0 K( U  e9 |) W$ W% W, N' Z      LST-124
& R+ b' N7 K6 ~4 G      LST-121
1 X1 L9 C. u5 q      LST-88
4 F  R; F! P/ c+ ?& L5 [6 f      LST-1231 A( z$ p9 ]) g) m6 w
      LST-86
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& L9 I5 k* y' ^/ B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7 G( H; {7 p# U! }4 [, }. O
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9 ?6 R2 W7 m/ h+ A1 sGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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0 ?2 d% G" o: [4 Q# ~, DAllied Bombardment attack' J# t1 t! v5 n! `0 w1 S

. a0 P! Z) z1 Y- [Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812  e; C' B) b! K) r( B

) m4 O% L1 m8 e5 JDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:5 z- I& i; {4 B' }" W
      406 casualties reported
* x& d% o* H4 s5 x8 _: [         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled# o0 P+ X1 p* h
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled- i" ]5 n7 j1 S7 |- A8 G
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled1 C/ i5 e% G4 O  P: @6 L' P

- s& n1 B1 a! c) B: ?& W- [6 R! KAllied ground losses:
8 d" b/ m) f% T0 }* I      21 casualties reported' u) G9 L6 J! y' P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
# Z9 M8 X# r# C         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
  f* l+ z( _1 k' A# Y" N0 \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- j0 e/ J$ r8 W: X) s8 a' ~      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)3 `! M! Y. t& i9 ^
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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+ P( p2 J& E2 }6 w9 ~; @Assaulting units:
  }- k. l$ w$ J% d    5th Marine/B Division
% E, m% L) U7 _9 @4 }. w- z    81st Infantry/B Division
1 C) T- ?. J% ]% i    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 ]7 Q0 ?! C5 \    5th Marine/C Division
! L% ~' y* X8 v1 m+ c7 \9 [    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion3 i" k; F+ Q7 g0 A7 U+ N
    6th Infantry/B Division
3 Z. I" w9 J7 m; H+ v- _( U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment4 C0 Y8 Q, @4 B
    716th Tank Battalion
9 @& w0 W0 u, P# r/ L" |    81st Infantry/C Division
9 n8 y/ P+ u" T6 g    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
% I+ `3 G0 \0 W$ L' n) }$ t, V    6th Infantry/C Division
/ y! _  z) r3 _( V+ ]    5th Marine/A Division
( V# X8 l% \1 c. y' G& j! `" ^    767th Tank Battalion) T1 }5 Z5 `" B+ L
    96th Infantry/A Division! r7 N; Z0 C+ G) c. w
    706th Tank Battalion
" p) D" f& R+ |+ I7 C  g    711th Tank Battalion& w* e/ I) c$ S$ Z" t% Y& {
    762nd Tank Battalion
6 @3 E) F+ C- I    96th Infantry/B Division
% c3 D% p% s6 I. w/ N+ T9 y  c    81st Infantry/A Division2 S; q& E. q4 `  W
    44th Tank Battalion; m) b$ i  }0 l* v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
/ \1 [8 T+ }  h, j/ R! s3 I    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment3 s5 s8 q: ], p& J  m  X/ ?
    31st Infantry Regiment
1 s& W$ h- h4 B    6th Infantry/A Division
( P% L5 |; V: F    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
* y8 @  j2 L9 m& p    710th Tank Battalion) T2 Z5 ?0 N4 K- w0 C: S4 u" Y
    96th Infantry/C Division9 G1 P+ O; z+ N2 u' Q6 @
    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 m& m- e/ Z0 H' U2 J    4th USA Defense Battalion4 k! P$ ^' h+ ~& A1 y! {/ g
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 T* s7 t' [+ n9 x( ~$ G+ r    X Corps Artillery ' q. J4 y1 W; Q* }6 A
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! q& Y  Z% Y) Z    XIV US Corps
$ ?1 ^  M2 h! K2 m5 N    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment# ]5 o; T% o5 f: d9 f1 C
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
" R5 Z: o0 ~# C' A+ i    14th Marine Defense Battalion
! w' m6 J/ p+ l! K& P    I Corps Artillery
  f3 a1 ]" J7 `! s/ s: x5 n" p& a    96th Coast AA Regiment
8 j: H( R& D: _" q' i. _    1st USMC AA Battalion
$ k* [( z. q) y$ T$ @: Z+ u# ]& p    738th Coast AA Regiment; `- M; M, ]" e# P! Q6 N
    12th Marine Defense Battalion$ y5 u, g$ s0 w0 ~" v6 Y  a. N) h; i
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ J, t) F+ u& U8 I$ R4 `
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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+ p: b4 o3 v% ]+ O0 V# @Defending units:
3 ~3 L5 q+ |2 |! l2 F    33rd/A Division8 i6 I' O# J; }: z2 l% Q, u% }
    81st/B Division6 m0 V+ n" a5 r# ]
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
' H2 ~1 g" p1 \+ c( `) {    81st/C Division& T% N! p) T" V3 E3 ?: n
    138th Infantry Regiment" K' M7 S5 P1 n1 S
    Kure 3rd SNLF
3 o: i' m8 S3 {& R+ |6 ^2 I( B6 L    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
6 a* A! n) \. Z2 [3 B' k    144th Infantry Regiment
1 k; Y0 P% O9 M# L) `    52nd Naval Guard Unit! |, l# ^. D9 N& f4 s
    33rd/B Division
3 |* U5 J3 \- c- h9 c, f; D5 c. M    81st/A Division
% J4 ?9 \+ R3 a8 d0 r2 m! \    33rd/C Division+ Z' X7 e& b- [4 f0 M
    3rd Base Force
! v6 b; v  c9 J1 _& n' {    19th JAAF Base Force4 d* X+ m% D( g' U; r9 H4 I
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
: Z5 y& N6 ?7 j/ O: N    60th Field AA Battalion
: w5 ]' ^# i4 f/ n) Y$ a+ I    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion8 |8 H! ~2 y* m2 P3 [
    53rd Construction Battalion
, v: V3 }( l, o3 y9 a, `9 k% N' i1 }    Ponape Naval Fortress
! N5 G2 Q. z7 S    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4 L) B) [/ H! M% j1 r    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 z5 ]4 f$ T3 o. [# H2 a) Q    12th Air Fleet2 {, J4 B% p. A, }! j: l
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
3 w4 ]/ Q6 f; O- E# N+ F  O- J    61st Field AA Battalion
. G1 J( j! ?" z( k. u    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
1 `7 S: W# m! M3 p/ R" j8 j9 z! V# h    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
& m4 L5 d4 k/ A# N& \* e. W    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion7 E7 Q4 q! ~0 q. I5 e
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment* B7 h2 U2 Q$ X2 v$ t8 f9 K
    14th Area Army /1  \% t. O7 ^8 }7 O5 k
    63rd Field AA Battalion1 B. k6 _4 f7 ]$ X9 N+ _
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
1 }* K, \' O9 B/ n. y: s    Kure 7th SNLF9 h+ ?1 ]# |2 |3 u( j2 Q' l
    18th Army) I, H& O  D0 m" F' t* W
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
% _; l" a- j+ E' q    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3+ e, J: x4 e$ j6 z9 G

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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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1 P& |5 m! u  Q+ G2 B8 |9 x  N& tSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106* c; i8 e7 o# O% F3 _* t% d

9 K4 [/ E% `" P2 [Japanese Ships9 n* I8 R9 c% V# V4 N
      E No.54' U( {. u! U& F  }( W( V: i2 z# f
      E No.50- d2 y) m  l7 W" S3 C! d8 q
      E No.68
/ U" `5 Y$ @$ h: M  [! Q      E No.520 t5 _1 {' c* B6 D5 Z' R2 R
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Allied Ships' V$ F" h3 ^, k$ V5 b
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk0 q# `+ k# x6 U& b$ r0 y1 \
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重创另一艘+ P, A/ s/ y/ t
7 {  }. a! X. ?1 n/ H+ l& n
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3 y: i3 }6 R1 G7 }# y4 U1 ], \ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships  c; ?. V, \/ A
      E No.8* a$ s8 {& ~* a9 F6 x1 P
      E No.6
+ E6 G: L( O- M0 z4 C2 H! H3 f* M
, ?: {5 S6 J+ c* a( D4 J  N' A5 FAllied Ships
4 l( N% Q2 `1 q+ C      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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& y+ G; g1 L' {) @6 Z8 @* \7 SNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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' n- @( {3 t) {# k" l% T9 @62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.4 ^2 j: J' f6 b( n

3 z, h7 Q" o7 t/ sAllied Ships
( `5 ^* ?8 \6 L; A: ]" I3 b      CA Wichita
& b& {4 M6 h  }! g      CA Vincennes* Z3 {! {4 O# z1 [% ~& h
      CA Quincy
5 R+ q3 ?* O/ y* ~- {      CA San Francisco1 {7 S$ m3 U0 m8 ]6 e, {3 x; ~
      CA Minneapolis: v7 t. m1 Y$ F2 m# |
      CA Astoria
, A0 F8 W( {- I4 |2 r, @      CA Chicago8 b, T1 g+ O- b( q6 |; {
      CA Louisville3 k2 B! q  u2 E! Z2 ^& z$ a7 p% p1 k
      CA Chester# I& f7 ]& g" C6 a3 @
      CA Northampton4 L: Q/ W/ H/ ?6 T, Z# j0 s* r
      CA Portland
" N$ R( B3 W+ }' H8 v8 o8 M9 f  O  D$ G& X2 r
Japanese ground losses:: j7 w: S& y/ u
      71 casualties reported
) g- o) m" ?" P. S& A; w5 K         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled/ J, ^5 C8 F# j
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
" D* U+ w3 i% S8 V7 q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% }/ [* t5 x. W7 G$ z6 d      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)' b) Q0 S9 T' j4 B4 {# m

5 L7 m% C) z! ]9 ^5 h/ K; IAirbase hits 26 {; d& {( S+ y6 u
Runway hits 103 Y" C3 \+ r3 j5 N; g
Port hits 46 z+ Z+ Q7 ^- G; C% p0 i* i( @

5 j( X% e( p, ]' Z0 b+ y; X' nCA Wichita firing at Ponape + ^' x+ u9 O6 ]3 m8 @8 u
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 d) C" d$ A6 U, [5 R) A  bPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
& q& W! O$ u) jCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 y" X. B& H* o) [& GPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy; c7 U+ f- t' D) i9 {; ]
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
9 P- C6 g9 s' hCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
. C0 i8 K. D: ~Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
6 C3 \1 I1 o' wCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
% |; A7 Y- x) X  `+ O0 xCA Chicago firing at Ponape
) F' ]( C5 G0 r# e1 o9 ICA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force8 ^4 ?4 Q" E- |3 \
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
5 E( R. C9 K$ }7 GCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
) d' ~, K9 J! f# e( dCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division' [5 K- O% b* Q9 V  A
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland! t' u2 U2 e2 B3 m( E4 {7 B
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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! s2 X# K0 Y/ s+ f* q* V) [Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1132 s7 w& p. G: h& {
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Allied Ships
# U; B' P5 b0 p# @7 l      BB Alabama7 p5 A9 y+ S) n# N# R- B7 ^
      BB Massachusetts
9 ~4 W, F) y& ]      BB Indiana/ A# u8 t4 }2 X, i
      BB South Dakota
0 O) I3 u. @- F  }+ w' s4 [  w/ k3 ~      BB Washington
6 k4 k1 o! C: l4 t      BB North Carolina8 B/ E  H; k9 N  v  n: j( C5 m

; x) O7 ]5 f" y# J$ jJapanese ground losses:
( j5 _5 n5 }) O      275 casualties reported" V' k: ]% f3 G/ F
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
  _7 m( {. f& S2 F/ P         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
5 M7 N, `) H6 W         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled7 C  {: I2 K4 |
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
* z- O2 u. G( }) p3 l% y6 [6 e4 b      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
0 j" y- u* i; {  f7 V. HRunway hits 7) E* @' O) j5 N( O  Z. S, Q
Port hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape
0 n. W; A: _$ KBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
4 l/ O! }) m. o" @9 mBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
  ~, B' u4 j' G$ d; l' \3 gOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
) g7 M- S' o) WBB South Dakota firing at Ponape : O: ^, x* g4 b# M! W7 s/ y3 i
BB Washington firing at Ponape
, F# p) L2 j- M  f; NBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment: s: j% S* t& v0 q; T; w) J
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( `% f: `* \0 ^7 wNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.  v+ {7 v/ q: J5 y8 B+ m

9 l! f8 a+ N  _3 i9 G2 v& O' c& ?Allied Ships% `" x8 d. E- J+ v4 h
      BB Queen Elizabeth- O$ ^% K( P  J. ]% Y: z3 C
      BB Valiant
5 W! K7 {. L/ |) O4 D+ f5 d      BB Mississippi
% d& F+ U5 C+ n/ F  V      BB New Mexico
  h1 C+ k( o: n' e6 m5 B! o4 \      BB Idaho/ m9 f+ M$ R  D9 P9 w0 k+ Y
      BB West Virginia5 ]& X2 H% h) Q8 J6 W2 Z0 t
      BB Colorado
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5 R+ u/ h$ f) i9 hJapanese ground losses:
; M$ r- [' b9 X2 B3 ~* f' i, z      117 casualties reported0 s2 R4 q; n& A2 h& j# P- q4 ^& v
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
( V2 t3 P3 `: M: {0 e( i         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
* I* I* b! a0 N* N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" z) [. T3 w! Y7 Y4 X+ \      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)- C4 y$ B. U. y* i8 k6 W2 V% H
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled); l# q. _: ?+ y8 a9 F
8 x+ A2 Q4 D+ ^' R  w3 d
Airbase hits 2% u1 W5 u) |4 Y; h! Q* e( |
Runway hits 2, E4 n9 v# q# ^
5 O9 A1 q+ p. ]1 y
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 v2 ]* N/ r& {6 M2 ~; ^. X
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment9 r! o/ ?8 H# G( j0 o5 v3 C! S
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress1 O/ l0 G- s- l+ n3 G
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi. V9 e+ U# q+ @" W) S2 R
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division5 M: o* B0 G# J8 {) I% @) Y
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force# m% |: Z6 n3 {5 l8 Y7 }$ q" p, t% \
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho6 y9 u7 g. S$ m& s) W2 }/ P& F
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 7 o; [/ v4 F6 H' m" G3 V1 T
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force) |, \' |/ t7 p6 |
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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# S- {( O# g, GAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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, B5 ]. x) L8 Z% Z- \) `Weather in hex: Thunderstorms7 z% n2 d+ P) k0 {- S3 ]

0 u' W+ A, d" n( i! vRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
) I( `; H& K+ N1 kEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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' a2 _0 L- c4 L6 y+ c9 D" JAllied aircraft
9 J! e2 J6 l9 N! @7 r      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
) _6 u: z' x9 v' P3 a  X; _      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
9 d7 _# d7 I. t& k  c, G      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
2 W+ k9 L0 @2 G7 Z! H
) V4 E. ]/ }$ V4 m% YAllied aircraft losses! ^' P) z% b  H% e8 }, \2 V9 e& i
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged  N: a/ \2 @3 B3 M3 e. ^2 |) z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
# [- q" t4 g+ C/ l      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged$ k, i3 _% D* S% s
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
# ~9 {( g) l6 J6 ~  K7 N: O$ q# N7 D* g" v- ^! e" O
Japanese ground losses:9 B" m- ~+ e# C( N7 G) Z" @
      159 casualties reported
0 \- ]% b- w6 P/ Q- I9 g         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
5 ]4 S$ k8 H7 D8 e7 }8 c4 s         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled9 X3 K( R0 j* [; U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 C: `: n0 a! M1 t' v# z
2 Y& L; W! p& [7 B

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' I  {( m+ d8 X* x7 a  e8 a- w
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113), `0 ^5 {' z5 Z* ~! t
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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( A. j1 r, I2 i" q' kDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344' [  U! C8 V* _! e

: d( {; W( A- W& Z( M, AAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7$ h  h% Y+ g+ L; Z. c

1 m% c* s& ~- B# g3 [. QAllied adjusted assault: 3406 / m+ @5 k9 {2 }. y

! x+ j$ y* ~9 y  l: yJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 ! Z$ b5 Y( n3 _4 O9 q
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 6 R- l" W1 u- U8 N3 _

: |) l& h+ S8 C1 \" n: m2 XCombat modifiers1 Y$ f/ g3 I; x/ K8 q6 H7 C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
( o: _7 l& i$ \4 a" MAttacker: 0 m8 |0 ]7 \- s0 b1 |
/ X6 N( p0 B$ }0 a0 |8 c3 D6 y
Japanese ground losses:
( v) f/ Z8 X, P; ~: N; l      3539 casualties reported- |8 h) L5 Z- S* Z' i5 x
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
  [+ a8 ^1 v5 v& v8 Z& k6 K- g         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
  ?' i5 D& M7 \" l* B) {         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled9 j- p# ?# u8 k' r' v5 y/ L
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
, [4 t* r2 ~% K7 f/ Q      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)  F0 {) h0 x4 V! i- \7 l

) \) `6 b5 y0 \% `6 h: jAllied ground losses:
7 A; }8 ?; {/ _( ]3 v* T; e      3552 casualties reported3 \2 L. h& j' I& c$ p; Y
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
' T: l5 m, F/ o" k  W) F# {         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled9 X3 H. W* X8 d" n! c, c' l
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled1 a6 p/ R6 W1 M  A
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
; o  J  Z& V$ n2 B$ `4 Z      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)/ S. e; N: i8 i+ O  G4 Z  c
      Units destroyed 1  Y( X: ]! y, V3 ~- X

& I; z) n+ G  D- {Assaulting units:
  h7 {$ c, _2 Y1 b& @    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
# N. I; }' P/ Q, c5 P$ ?5 Q( z    5th Marine Division
) ^5 o4 S& q2 Z0 P    716th Tank Battalion
: [4 C4 @* s6 o# A    706th Tank Battalion4 I6 C9 _; a. l! ^$ i) Q
    762nd Tank Battalion7 H1 B$ d. f& U$ ]! r& H
    710th Tank Battalion
  b9 T' T5 I4 f: n  F( b9 b7 s  p    767th Tank Battalion
: F# U- j% _7 i) s% ^: g0 w% @    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
7 W# ]! [8 g/ w! X! e$ |    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
" T7 y1 O' g) m+ _6 [7 P( x5 E' p4 I7 O    81st Infantry Division
( H$ I* g1 [6 @: j/ p  t    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
, x9 n! R$ ~; R# I* e5 R' Z1 K    96th Infantry Division
8 K2 @( M3 l3 c* l5 Y    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
# {: w6 B( Y. N$ O9 O6 E    711th Tank Battalion4 S' A6 Y' f8 Y( E& U/ `2 a
    44th Tank Battalion
# t# a9 |$ s9 k4 _! |+ Z    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
' L) Q( \( D& k- r  K/ p    6th Infantry Division4 J: ~  {9 A# i0 k
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment+ V0 U5 v2 B9 u0 ~  Z
    31st Infantry Regiment
& x! c4 w! p+ L0 D9 Y    XIV US Corps9 e  R9 C1 [9 V4 A6 Y
    96th Coast AA Regiment
4 \' s: A+ O, z- B  l$ [0 O    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 }. q$ U* ]3 o  M5 j" E    4th USA Defense Battalion. Z  G1 q& ^5 C7 `9 v5 x# {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' j  C, @( U  P1 m; o% O! B/ I
    1st USMC AA Battalion+ ^. l2 V7 ]& @! K
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion: Z, f$ v5 f$ m" i4 O: Y; t
    5th USA Defense Battalion; @/ b/ g+ a! I$ P6 q; j
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment" Y/ @) |6 x9 ~9 ?  F$ H* Q* `
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 y8 s9 ]6 V) Q! O9 W5 w; R; \
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 ~2 H( ~& @6 \. p9 x7 j7 l! f% e. E
    I Corps Artillery $ Q  ?6 Y4 p- D7 r. Y( j* h6 _
    8th Marine Defense Battalion+ Y7 j+ u) F5 J1 E5 ?
    X Corps Artillery
3 X. K: {: J' Z! E8 L& x2 t    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# h- l. x/ D- |0 `  Z    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment  u  `$ G- B+ t$ Y5 {1 ]

9 Y9 ^  |: x1 J6 b( ODefending units:( r& @8 I* `* D' e/ U+ ]
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
5 ^1 C6 q1 \, v2 c$ o    52nd Naval Guard Unit( u+ Q& P9 M3 f; r8 [/ d: R2 |, p
    144th Infantry Regiment: v! S, v& N1 k/ G
    Kure 3rd SNLF! ?/ l( B! i# U2 g
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 Z1 R& `& ?# ?; K; D7 T    33rd/B Division
/ H! B' m! G- z: V) P    81st/C Division
, E7 a% B/ f$ g: M/ K3 S& w    81st/A Division
0 b4 p; a1 Y- |    81st/B Division
& a% S" i3 ~+ M% f, V# I% E    33rd/A Division' m1 R- G" C. X: l. ^& A
    138th Infantry Regiment8 _& w: b- v; ~8 x+ P3 v1 L2 x, e
    33rd/C Division4 Q# |3 e: E. C, D
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" {" Z) J4 `. A    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion) \, X" n9 t+ n0 t
    19th JAAF Base Force
. N0 `0 M0 P. Q6 Y' I    31st Ind.AA Gun Co - b/ s! G/ Y9 n0 I
    12th Air Fleet4 u; u! H: e6 q
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
# g. _5 Y6 m' l: {  v    23rd Fld AA Gun Co - |# B' l, [: a4 _6 t
    63rd Field AA Battalion/ B+ E! M' M: t; n; w- F. g; K
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( E2 i, d0 u$ ]; f7 ~( L  e! L# D    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
( c: A) S) I% w' O- Q: H, I    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, @  \1 p8 b3 O; f+ D" q    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 x) `9 [& M& e' s    61st Field AA Battalion
/ o* i( Y6 B& v1 Z1 e    18th Army
" I6 v: G- x2 F8 T: p- K! U    14th Area Army /1% e  h% G% F, n% I2 G& {2 Z
    60th Field AA Battalion8 ]3 y+ O' Z+ r. ~4 m
    53rd Construction Battalion
. u0 l7 R. r6 S, C" p/ F    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
/ k2 v6 a: C' p% a    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1/ c: ?- R" t& r! Q( L
    Kure 7th SNLF, G( T. _2 o9 K9 ~8 W
    3rd Base Force
6 D" ?: G7 E0 C* O    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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! L  ], t1 m+ X& `  i0 @4 _6 k1 wAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
7 v! q/ y: K; }" CWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s$ @3 R% {# f  R& M) s6 S
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes$ I7 Q# |- z4 O* k

& N* b( }: p: _$ }( CAllied aircraft/ X- ^- O# ?. o1 O1 R- Z
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
/ z) D* N$ o( V$ R8 [      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
$ Y6 ^/ _+ S) O5 k& _; i$ V      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
  I( e: T: j* o3 h) \Allied aircraft losses
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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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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) s8 `: p' P/ u  X. ^
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. F* A7 f2 ^, LNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!% ^; U6 J3 `: }: o# w
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Allied Ships
9 v- y6 Z( w; D% B" V      CA Vincennes7 f  h4 b, q2 F' l  e7 B- L
      CA Quincy
6 S3 J" _. f6 U3 M/ x      CA San Francisco
/ p( E# _5 Q8 U/ E      CA Minneapolis
9 ?0 c" V) S3 w7 v% X: k/ v      CA Astoria
! l- X8 Z! R& H& e, g      CA Chicago
1 r, ]1 ]% g" I8 f7 j      CA Louisville
7 H- E- |& Q  j% H      CA Chester  T; D3 y( d; J# V. F
      CA Northampton
/ Y3 x+ y1 c* q  x  y      CA Portland9 u! K$ o. X: G8 J9 [' w3 |

# i' V- J1 e- J7 t: }1 Z* @/ {/ uJapanese ground losses:9 n% `/ G( v1 w7 D
      112 casualties reported
( Y2 L, w, k' N2 q  i. j         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 ^. o4 a$ q- \4 p         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
4 e% t, T7 f7 t& b) X, E         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
) m4 O( R1 w5 p/ ~; a& a+ Y. ]& N" p# z6 G8 ?  N7 n- z* W
Airbase hits 5) ]% Z8 s+ G7 j$ b: {4 H" ?$ ]# @
Airbase supply hits 2( J; W, b4 E& G
Runway hits 21
) x, \9 J4 q6 `/ vPort hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships  b6 l% X. v* c
      BB Alabama1 \0 _7 k8 X8 |, O) R1 K2 c9 r+ S- W
      BB Massachusetts* o+ z0 Y2 I  y2 M/ x! h
      BB Indiana' \5 i2 P$ U/ V, R, E* {' d  O+ p
      BB South Dakota
# t5 f4 w! ?) H% V1 K- e: T( B      BB Washington6 \8 L" h. k( I
      BB North Carolina& J, Z& M- a2 M/ }

2 ~% M3 }2 H- v- z* f5 C& IJapanese ground losses:3 o; l7 f( T8 ^$ S1 |: o
      398 casualties reported' q+ c/ r( ]0 P. \* e% R: n$ q
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
1 I3 W1 q0 m5 |2 H. Q: f0 d         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled$ `2 A- i1 I! Z0 T! ?5 Y0 Q4 I
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
% T  c7 k6 Z# u/ t* d      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
- ^- d5 n5 }+ B      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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0 S1 C4 v: G3 v, EAirbase hits 93 W* n" p* x; k. m, o) X+ E0 k0 s7 y" ~
Runway hits 9, M' {4 m( F! w# E! ~4 h: D
Port hits 2+ \% K+ _9 u1 ]( S1 }9 ]* Z' w: [

! g) j6 h! g& v4 ^! S% HBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
* L! i* k: h. U) `8 wBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
# n. a; o/ D; S) P( U0 eBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division$ z& n7 b+ N  |
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 0 p0 ]: y( q& |; ~
BB Washington firing at Ponape 2 P* u( w4 L& k  s- i3 s. h3 L- ~
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape & E+ K8 r1 i+ [5 i# ~' w# L! d* J

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 _) P) i% }, b8 v" u, T
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Allied Ships
* E1 j: Z+ P0 f      BB Mississippi* s# e' X( H$ M/ X3 l
      BB New Mexico
2 x/ `/ v  U" b, W) p      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:
% E- A5 ?- K8 k      195 casualties reported
9 S! L1 `- c. H+ f         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled' D, C$ i! t/ K4 Z0 U1 e
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
# K/ J2 U$ Y  E5 x, E' s- J         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled( _3 B" L" G5 h3 o" a$ Y, c
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)9 v  L: x0 Y) D( F' s
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)# f& e$ j$ A( {4 D" \  j0 f
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Airbase hits 32 k2 |4 i/ f/ V4 X
Runway hits 14
: ~9 z1 F  n+ n% U  G0 H( o$ D; s/ B% |- u8 A& r3 d. x* O
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
2 ^. z3 M3 A! m( m+ i+ T2 wBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division1 U; S5 {/ }0 r
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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& P: V- e2 k8 o' C+ Q1 [: ?) PWeather in hex: Severe storms
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( E' T/ x4 ~+ h5 L% ?Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
8 D. G1 l9 h( y. d) J0 rEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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: o" F: z; I  }. O5 @( N- kAllied aircraft5 L  a7 p7 A, H! H% `. i5 l
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
0 Y. b% \( n: B$ F+ i& ^5 C6 U, q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333: T2 r$ w& }' N. g
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2864 M5 {2 _. x3 Y5 D5 \. M

$ b) R$ ^; i* bAllied aircraft losses8 O- \" I% {. c5 M0 T! _; Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged3 ]9 U( X7 W6 q5 W- u- Y1 P
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
4 G: u/ }5 L3 L) ?      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged* S+ m( @* S! W, }9 F
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Japanese ground losses:8 G* w8 i5 B" ^$ B
      121 casualties reported0 y' y, m) M$ Z, N) p5 \8 t6 D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
* A1 ]' \' I: I+ F' ]9 q  A         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled( z8 `& `3 Y' r) B( ?0 x
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; j1 o) s  X7 P

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/ ~, V- T" ~" K3 ]' B( R" BGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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0 B! p; B: {+ @/ ]# {# V* QAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629, K" F. f/ a3 h- z" M
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11211 v8 ]. v+ c5 d5 n! ]8 ]
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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, E5 C9 t6 m) C5 g; P. C$ mAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 * D  L4 T7 u& o0 x
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers
. C! `1 O% \; `+ P, f1 iDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
( a" `: b( z) YAttacker: , t$ C5 J0 X+ }; _2 d
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Japanese ground losses:- b, v+ a; j$ |! l& t
      2305 casualties reported( j6 i' {, D& W
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled: S. |. C: i: Y* w
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
# ~$ s" [5 V. Q         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
  l6 v, ]9 ?( L' d# z3 f      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
/ t8 J( `0 r# X( V* p      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled): g1 x8 B* |, Y$ w/ b7 b. N( x5 \
# \9 S0 e. T0 E8 o. \
Allied ground losses:" _1 ^, j$ ?/ j8 H" ]- s! i, Q+ n3 _
      3064 casualties reported) J; z' X  E( ], {9 |. ]
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
0 S1 K. s/ u  v5 M         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled" S& b2 X2 f- p' j, ~  C
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled. @: D8 B  E) T; a9 s
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)4 c4 j. Z6 `4 V& p3 ^% E4 }! Q" o
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled), V4 D) i; N1 W. b

5 }9 X6 c& Y+ T! a7 qAssaulting units:8 K. [) o* T8 m* ~6 u" z7 A
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
. U0 P5 O+ o8 }3 a9 }! |    711th Tank Battalion
1 T7 L( b) i" c% h  E    716th Tank Battalion5 I1 [" B- R6 y' E" y5 T6 M( V
    6th Infantry Division6 `" a0 k  ^! l
    44th Tank Battalion
# P( e0 V6 z+ y; H; M    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
. e' |- N3 W+ v$ @+ A& B    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment' F8 q# C) u6 p5 J' G
    81st Infantry Division
  ~% A( y, A8 r0 I    767th Tank Battalion$ s7 W# `! `8 b' j
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ {9 h4 {5 x# d* E$ S    762nd Tank Battalion3 p- e% n5 B1 s" b4 N# h. N
    710th Tank Battalion) f! ?# B% O. f0 _5 d  ?
    96th Infantry Division
, G) G1 k7 w+ n1 v; I2 U; h# `    1st Filipino Inf Regiment7 O+ M: j  U* _$ ?1 s
    706th Tank Battalion
  c9 G" d4 e/ o9 W    5th Marine Division  f6 p& K* ~; S
    31st Infantry Regiment
9 B& P- ]8 D- L0 m    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion% a3 l& {1 P) i+ ^# e
    1st USMC AA Battalion
2 t1 L9 V) M5 k3 C8 D    738th Coast AA Regiment/ {6 D0 U3 K" ~; H1 K0 m
    96th Coast AA Regiment
; u1 v2 J" j, M( Q2 h; N    14th Marine Defense Battalion: w( Z: d$ d: p" k$ {
    12th Marine Defense Battalion5 @/ M  |( ~' B- l3 B
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion% ~9 c2 i4 G) E. Z  d
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 c( r0 C, O/ D1 Z+ g- Q# T
    XIV US Corps
; b, _, s% E% l9 Y" L    X Corps Artillery
$ |9 j3 Q' T( m3 B, k# K    5th USA Defense Battalion
; x- z7 B- m( d9 I1 K3 c: W    4th USA Defense Battalion: J4 v; k* n0 j! i" f
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ x0 ]- I/ D& \! v    I Corps Artillery
; M% `# X1 x# d- L/ ^    8th Marine Defense Battalion
4 B! Z* O2 e* Y& |( B    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 n" t, g* Z) T5 G1 G6 ?5 k" F4 c
/ {6 q" P; y" N; ~8 U$ C
Defending units:
, `2 Z/ Q3 S! p5 I; s8 o$ e$ s' t    Ponape Naval Fortress
) e) V8 N4 c: }- G0 m, y8 T! A    81st/C Division
4 z: ^. k% u2 s9 L4 p& v    52nd Naval Guard Unit; i! B# r7 t$ r
    138th Infantry Regiment
" q& `* w+ b* I    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
1 z& o, ]+ Y& p    Sasebo 7th SNLF/ O1 r/ V' [, h2 g. W' x
    144th Infantry Regiment, K1 W, c- g1 E9 _1 K6 P9 p- c2 b; p
    81st/B Division3 s9 ~; N* q& {+ B- x3 L
    33rd/B Division
- x/ A6 o7 q" G- J0 M& x8 U& y    33rd/A Division
$ c# n! N8 g. @& b0 p$ \8 U    81st/A Division
/ f5 c3 G/ E' b. }0 f2 N6 T0 ]: i    Kure 3rd SNLF
. ?( k! L& H- I" l3 B2 }9 T( s4 T- R    33rd/C Division. `. W3 \6 ^  ^9 ?3 K; B
    53rd Construction Battalion' ?0 v) j: h+ q3 Y
    18th Army
  O  O! p% y* J. l2 Q    14th Area Army /1" P5 u* w6 |" o7 _; h
    60th Field AA Battalion) C2 e! t! @1 P( N5 n/ ~( T3 }
    12th Air Fleet
2 Y9 C& l. H2 m$ w  G" K' ?    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  u. {% y% ?2 z    63rd Field AA Battalion
$ p1 m$ z5 o0 N. P3 L$ K    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
' |5 g; P, J9 \' F6 k& E9 {    3rd Base Force
4 q: Q7 S+ k5 `    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1( C; y* }: p) [' S
    Kure 7th SNLF
5 ^/ L; l$ b9 q7 q: L& t. Z    19th JAAF Base Force
; Y' ?) F/ L. r/ n. o# K2 Z    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
% y, v! U$ w$ B7 O) h: P    61st Field AA Battalion( l/ s! p8 V1 I; M/ \
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 0 n# e  {, I" o, E7 P& t
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' p: s8 O3 s* P+ b& d, R& t9 r    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
) t2 w8 s" S2 }    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
; Z% z) H# T0 |. F4 A8 K& A: K    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
0 a( k3 o  i- A% \2 }    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
2 Y* h! i& m. f/ I4 Y, \( T8 C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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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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3 Y  m  Q$ {! b3 `* b- PMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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1 q# f& u: x% L; l4 b# PWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
0 [/ u; g, ?% _9 u8 x  X( \Estimated time to target is 28 minutes' F# I# U9 J9 p+ n) i$ H* w1 u

2 u: Y7 E& ^& h7 q/ V: ^* AAllied aircraft
* t# S, f1 |0 }. X; e: [6 M/ [      P-38L Lightning x 233 X  E* D$ b6 ]+ x
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
" I" X- Q& I  L$ B7 \5 s5 ^% U      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged$ A- a. p1 E$ E4 i  b* ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships, \; j) ]4 B% B( `
      DD Suruyame3 y# {* f( F4 {% p
      CL Ninaru7 f% G9 q% Y: x- n# Y# L
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
+ E5 o9 G) ]( D5 L1 r+ S2 y      DD Yayoi( u  C$ W2 d( [, `
      CA Kako8 c5 x0 T1 p+ M6 R7 }, {2 N6 ~
      DD Asagiri
4 T4 ~- G+ P0 \) D5 u3 q      DD Ayanami' a- w/ f1 \, A* ^  X* s8 t

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Aircraft Attacking:. k: n' y7 e% O, r9 ?; R) R' t
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
& U" A1 M) s+ e" _. U3 P- r1 V2 ?               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
' T- r; X7 Y2 E- V       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
( ~% K  y+ u( X               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb. Z2 ?( ]0 S% v/ F0 Q* n# U1 O& ~
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
* J# F7 L1 I, |  ]( q               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi9 s' f! i4 y  S
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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% H& E) J; l7 KAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)# C" u* X0 @4 s6 G' u1 {( U

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4 Z+ _9 S- j" H4 k" P% aRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
* a. O2 o( m# V5 d; f9 x$ `  rEstimated time to target is 34 minutes% U( I* \. d. j: O; N
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Allied aircraft( z$ Q6 |1 l' m) a; J- L- r) g
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4620 ]7 i4 f" Z7 W7 o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
3 i* V$ T5 u5 O" R, K8 ]      TBM-1C Avenger x 2856 E$ E& ]7 o" U
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Allied aircraft losses  j6 B7 A, d) G+ o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged6 ?/ ]' S) j+ c3 J8 j' M. h3 Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak  g- J4 l. a1 d/ z/ O1 _0 m' `
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:" j- g  T( N, a5 p( n  Y6 `
      276 casualties reported
$ }( {7 W6 p5 E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ k6 F9 W6 i- G         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled6 N4 i/ B, K5 t2 z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ w; F9 I. u' m      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)" z1 W5 k& z2 b" M

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8 I3 k4 S7 m% L! A2 R+ h2 OGround combat at Ponape (119,113)* O2 t5 _2 k7 P, L0 v+ |" p

  N' K- z" q. p8 W7 A& ~% X( IAllied Bombardment attack3 V  C; c0 ?' \8 I

6 i* i0 J0 d% z3 l9 }0 ?; P- D  MAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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/ f, m2 J: H- [* X" e1 v  x( DDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017! y* l( m$ `9 y! X# X9 {- u
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Japanese ground losses:. S; D2 G# S  q. y  M0 t/ S
      1082 casualties reported
3 T% c+ W, w- X* @         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled6 _- ?: {5 _% j8 Q' L& x! X
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
2 s6 Z6 }+ l# Q+ B( a; m1 ^         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled; U! G# ~9 e* ~6 J2 y, {  V$ t
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)0 v) Y& p( n6 c4 @

0 F5 P% P- f$ T9 t% DAllied ground losses:
+ _5 {, Z  [* C/ K6 s4 t& Q      23 casualties reported6 }% {% g$ |+ X+ z' q+ w' J
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 p  g+ ?. o. |         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled$ Q% g% q7 K) e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: N+ Q# g6 S# `- u! z, J+ a      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)/ `8 S6 g! W0 Z1 I) Z
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 449 w6 x- F. e7 q9 o

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) a% {# A9 @" f2 V6 k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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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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: R+ g; l% [+ H0 l& q) 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。/ }7 C. M  X$ p5 Z$ Q( c
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) j8 ?, {: M5 I' N9 P# FSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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) P2 F' j" i- s) W# W# u: P( XAllied Ships8 N0 r7 y) ]3 w& ?: J% _; p5 U# h
      CLAA Prince Robert
! ^5 ~  f2 R; D      DD Saumarez
* X' d5 f9 N, p; \& u" y8 i      DD Nizam
2 N8 C: D% [: O" U5 ]9 G      DD Ellet
* L+ }: }' g1 L* P  ?0 w% Y. j' P      DD Waller
- i7 o  t' ]5 n4 f8 e% D! [      DD Walker
$ {. ]2 _6 K3 |5 M2 E/ g+ r      DD Wadleigh
4 r2 o* k+ }, h5 y+ f) o# K/ c; l- S      DD Uhlmann
/ L  ^6 f7 b1 F0 V$ v  G& [      DD Twining
# X. c. j6 y: p      DD Twiggs
9 `* v5 @1 d$ D2 O      DD David Taylor) Y/ `  C; T! n# P8 Y7 _2 W- h" y$ q
      DD Strong
$ V7 o2 ]  a# S& K7 p      DD Sproston
/ [* T: {& G+ H) _+ M, x4 Z      DD Sigsbee
( p! V) a9 k; G: {      DD Sigourney# ?6 r; W1 h4 L" t: D/ H+ w  n+ I
      DD Schroeder
. ?# s4 |5 E1 O/ |- |      DD Benham II
' J1 ?: T8 i; y1 D: K      DD Cushing II
2 J* I; I' e+ o0 e) M; x- `# V      DD Urchin
2 l# l/ K+ O# y' O) a& U, C      DD Urania
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( z. g: A3 f3 n4 PSS I-48 is sighted by escort9 P+ Q5 w9 M# ?: @) Y' X" L
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
  k; s( [' O: S+ [: H1 Y! n0 Q% m+ ZDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
9 U* F$ |& U& K" d: x9 ^1 h9 WSS I-48 forced to surface!
6 c7 B$ j1 [' m! y( Z2 A5 h8 @DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ..... j) {' {4 ^& v3 T
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....& F5 ^7 ^9 |7 v7 M; J
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
' M& c& {6 Y& CDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....( ]% C; N& m. }
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
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' e' g7 N( }) I2 C/ C0 E. W# xNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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( ^  c- @. a$ L0 Z3 Y# s4 y+ PJapanese aircraft- Z2 u$ I# i4 D4 N8 x$ r7 s
      no flights
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/ x8 F1 {3 g  Z8 o" U; hJapanese aircraft losses
& X4 W0 B; f/ D' ?6 O      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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# u% ^7 ]/ @6 f; AJapanese Ships
! X( r9 D+ e& i/ z6 \/ ~( x      CL Agano
8 K3 `+ A+ j) t2 I6 `3 L      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
' [$ X- Q0 W7 B9 ~      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! R% m; ~4 C5 i+ U% M' ]      DD Hibiki
  F2 n8 r0 b' T2 E% j      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1! j1 D: s$ \/ P
      DD Shirakumo
/ {+ e, _) O. W" q3 f1 a: {9 R3 {      DD Isonami
' J. n/ W: t' Z! }, U$ v& Q      DD Murakumo6 C4 g) h" z' q( t( z/ E: w; O
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk5 W- k- V' J: t6 l' k4 N9 e

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  X0 O, N0 ]$ r      BB North Carolina
: ^) w) v) E# v& `7 Z3 M; e      BB Washington- b  c' S* u% q$ @5 t, k4 d
      BB South Dakota) @* K* v8 a: T1 t) N; m
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1& s# ]# l2 x( A4 Z
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
6 W+ r  q% Y% e- o9 w      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
5 p; ^% V- ~# c1 _  D, Q+ y/ a3 j6 W      DD Conner5 }) i2 f6 x7 x8 b
      DD Cotten
' Y& s6 z: b, \& h8 N, L      DD Cowell
' m0 i2 A) |: x$ `( l( Z' A      DD Daly9 ]/ {+ ?0 U  [
      DD Eaton) `. g! N8 _1 c6 h6 t9 _
      DD Heywood Edwards
( _2 e0 z% {1 ~- f      DD Erben# k5 j2 V! I# ^1 [3 {1 t% R0 l
      DD Evans7 h$ Q! F/ }2 [' x# m! j. H- w7 t+ d6 `
      DD Foote1 D/ C/ {3 Z: d
      DD Franks! ~- ^: m9 M  ]: m, a
      DD Fullam
% m% \" d1 c: N+ ~, m& Y6 @      DD Gatling
. @3 F0 N& D$ ^9 e+ C      DD Albert Grant0 B  w: q- ?- x: C' X0 J
      DD Gregory
# g7 `5 Y% [+ m' f; E! R      DD Guest+ {: B" Z: U- B4 `" }" \
      DMS Hamilton& e( M  f3 J9 P
      DMS Forrest
/ b# l9 N# F# l/ o3 B7 v! Y4 d# o      DMS Ellyson' Q' ?/ J) G1 Y, F

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; e! M; z) q8 J* cRange closes to 28,000 yards...8 J. Z9 `+ [3 i  ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
7 f& V7 A( G. E( x  bCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards# k- u% |8 ^- g/ ~4 G' O# Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
# t- B1 h1 L: x3 }) SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 Q8 w7 ?) A, u/ j2 _Range closes to 24,000 yards...+ C, ~- A) p1 l: G; X) \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards( v( k9 ?* f9 c2 S0 O9 m, H: H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
, m2 P1 N5 f7 Q. n: xRange closes to 22,000 yards...
5 L: D0 f& M" P# n. O9 z/ DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards: T3 L1 S! x6 N8 n& f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards1 O, e! Z' }' ?+ {1 d+ ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
) J) m: V5 m) y3 B) V9 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards2 Z5 _0 c& a6 {( M
Range closes to 18,000 yards...4 D( c( h* Q6 M8 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) f0 |9 R: @; L. s7 `% x2 H: a
Range closes to 16,000 yards..., U. O9 @) s7 t( q" v# j! ~( N
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
0 ]! t- M: G* ^) a; o' aRange closes to 14,000 yards...
  Z- q5 z$ T& O) u' O: l/ d; HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
- p5 _0 W" T" ?- URange closes to 12,000 yards...: R# `7 T: X+ _2 x( G1 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. ~; u1 C0 k/ ^; KCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards3 l, F- B- \7 a" A; }0 j
Range closes to 11,000 yards...0 j* w8 H- x/ S9 x8 ~. _1 K. T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' l3 p, u. }& ]- h  C6 g
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
  S$ [% K8 j% G' DRange closes to 10,000 yards..." z: L0 O' F2 L& h! T/ t  u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ T/ r+ _8 W6 t6 ?& ~) HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards. B+ i7 z, n- w' U, G1 D. k
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
1 d7 ?0 R  L+ `8 M& v1 m6 ^) r3 {BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
. R# ]: Q: k7 [# zBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
: z( y1 l% o5 {) I( E5 \# dCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards/ A+ d3 E1 }; \+ a, K4 }: S" z; M
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
% g5 z. G/ L& w5 a, y, H! s6 j- h5 ABB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
  s( _  e0 l) |. m- x1 vDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards+ e) R3 Y, S( V! q9 D2 B8 g
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
( N! i& m% u: F' OBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards1 z0 S0 l: B7 m+ Z
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards" x  a3 Z: X" x& A
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards$ {7 e! f& @3 X
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards3 ?' @, J  J& ^' Y) W
Range increases to 11,000 yards
6 j" k2 M7 B+ s6 A' _CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards1 D5 [. r4 J: _6 a! Z" C2 @. T
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
; v) T4 ^8 y1 z2 o' _' C1 sCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
* F- Z- [4 O, v! k. ~# [5 \, p  YDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
1 A: r, [& [& N, j) h( M9 A0 j) ACL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards$ a) j2 C5 G  n7 N! z# H
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
; k8 W0 Z- p1 t/ n; `. aCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; p; U2 B: j8 ]7 Z8 xBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
; u5 n9 d. W! ZDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
; V. y* |' @  ]1 j# uDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards% s) K8 S- T/ \( {' i, E
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
6 Y& A, ^4 d, D  x& s4 qDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
1 Y& j" f" x# G+ }DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards+ g2 O0 a  a5 B+ m( t9 `3 U
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards, e  m+ L+ I9 X8 Y  s; w/ i
Range closes to 10,000 yards8 E4 F" Y% b- X! ]
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
$ ]" |5 ]5 z% r- WCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards' |! H6 _' n9 z( _& x1 [4 {4 Z
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards7 {/ k" y' R4 e) M7 u& n
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 v: h! U! J5 w0 h) tDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards1 Z0 E, d2 Y8 u: m  L
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
: Q& R7 S) e8 R2 B& X/ BDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 y& r0 N0 w" FCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards; R8 S- T: W2 }: P$ U
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards2 A. Y2 m: `$ W3 I& Y
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards: U/ U8 ~0 T* F
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
2 k8 l+ `* @% z- e, q; z4 mTask forces break off...
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% S7 I% x: l- n. F. t! p$ l% uNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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7 d  _4 @9 e! Z6 h      DD Hikokaze7 }# O" Q! }/ u& P% u8 {6 U8 q3 ^; |
      DD Ishikaze+ v3 V* v% v: x0 L4 b+ U4 X# g
      DD Tagokaze2 r5 J4 c! [" H
      DD Takatakaze
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# {( I: ~" A" rAllied Ships
' }  F8 P8 C+ y( Q) U3 P& p      BB North Carolina
2 O9 h4 D$ P9 r0 m      BB Washington  G1 i! [" V/ r# Y( x+ {
      BB South Dakota3 Y( p  }2 _7 o+ R# z: J6 M, Q
      BB Indiana
. R# U0 ?8 U/ p5 }( o0 {      BB Massachusetts
6 t) ~* V! s- U9 J" M5 Z7 C, f$ a& Y& o      BB Alabama
" V  h4 N0 k( F/ V) L- R      DD Conner) h( R# V4 e' X8 h! \, c0 K
      DD Cotten- R6 `! e! k; L  ]9 z* o! r4 p+ L
      DD Cowell
+ x9 _* p# Q6 o5 \+ o) P' y      DD Daly, R1 s8 `5 R! X3 L5 L" H: @
      DD Eaton# T/ Z, h( s8 `: A
      DD Heywood Edwards! f8 C; {. @# U! w) U$ x3 w  {
      DD Erben
: l+ }3 z9 ?0 I2 i: H      DD Evans
' s( e/ ~; f" k! J. O' H- x      DD Foote
  M- v' \& V$ v2 G: O! v0 B$ k      DD Franks
1 u8 \& U1 ~& C, [( _4 m; z      DD Fullam
0 b$ S5 Y, X- u      DD Gatling+ Z( t7 [/ E/ K6 W# e: i
      DD Albert Grant# A9 u; l  k% B& H' j% y# w- W* n
      DD Gregory5 g+ a# b. M' Q# r
      DD Guest
7 P8 @7 h! Q( j; W/ d/ b( n: H  {      DMS Hamilton. ~, T" o: i6 q/ n8 \
      DMS Forrest
) F2 ?5 Q& L$ o. K/ f0 \$ V7 b      DMS Ellyson* X' i0 e0 F! M2 |/ V
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards# N6 X- @- \+ H- C
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
4 X; L5 w* e; [0 G# n. DRange closes to 26,000 yards...
( U# x1 u7 W5 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards. P6 G9 E1 R" Q4 ?' e* n$ k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
, ~1 ]4 ?8 ]" [' E7 vRange closes to 24,000 yards...
% A( o% \" Q# H$ u! h+ L& V$ [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
; Z6 u" Z5 T+ URange closes to 22,000 yards...
+ q9 t  |* n* nRange closes to 20,000 yards...
- r/ ]+ a* E, W& x' h* ]; q+ D6 x6 `$ aRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- C8 i# W" Y& }$ u& jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards5 ]" Y0 Q- `2 n3 r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
; {1 v% \1 R1 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 a* f, A* I5 G5 HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
) R" G0 L' S/ t' S: vRange closes to 14,000 yards...  Z/ B8 |- _. {) g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
: L! E' P. ?$ ]3 ?CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards% K/ ?1 b) J0 d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 F+ b: T9 t3 k3 E6 C8 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
- H0 v4 J, C4 n" i% [& hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
7 X, F# |) |& YRange closes to 11,000 yards...4 n4 M) X8 U1 Q: r+ `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
/ W, q6 w7 J, R. T% sRange closes to 10,000 yards...) Z( b  W  t% i, R  |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
. `8 D3 C# U' d0 pJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
8 ?& d6 W" d0 o6 J7 MRange increases to 15,000 yards.../ a- R8 c. E6 D" e. O8 x( n  n
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
9 ?2 X+ {" Y* e, @  x5 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards- ?6 F) M5 k0 A
Range increases to 25,000 yards...# ]' p. |- u- K
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
9 t  H) D- Z6 W) z' b  |' {Range increases to 30,000 yards...
% `) V3 H8 v1 ^' r- l5 ]Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards/ V* }' w" I+ H- i

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      APD T-1
6 g2 k' A% q, X5 L9 }8 |2 F      APD T-2, Shell hits 2) J) H8 C, o, D5 b' Q/ W& G
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
0 Y$ Z9 N8 h2 x9 a) h      APD T-41 g( k6 j7 C$ H1 E: @
      APD T-5
, r' w# O& m8 d      APD T-6
- t4 p) n# p% n8 i" p2 b      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- ?* f0 P, i$ D& a5 G9 u# D      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
- [6 ^. J6 f) S! F      APD T-91 {# j& N" `9 P8 N/ E
      APD T-10' Q7 E2 P1 r; h  [, p! ]9 X, v
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire6 j8 z8 ^, G4 V; w- [, l
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage* a3 N0 f" k/ Y4 u7 z1 ]
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
/ \. B  f: W  @' k, |      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, S% q- B: Z8 p/ a- \

! x; ^3 _' J9 [6 A, sAllied Ships4 [0 g7 |+ L) v4 Q1 @
      BB North Carolina
$ x( Q" o% Q/ o& B1 {5 c      BB Washington8 Q4 d  n  l' O' T
      BB South Dakota  z! N- I; ~" d6 x/ z* u
      BB Indiana0 ?  y4 o) w, O/ F& R* h) @; i7 `
      BB Massachusetts
2 B) D4 R) u% b& j7 `: |      BB Alabama
0 d% Y8 y- s! e7 I+ |8 j- {! {      DD Conner, w  s' ]. q9 x4 e8 I$ Y) N2 ?( |
      DD Cotten
6 M- w& u6 c. @; X* t& m      DD Cowell
9 T8 m; l. B5 c' e7 q( P      DD Daly  x# {" m& q5 g0 E$ e# Y
      DD Eaton4 Q- r* Y6 a  s( j, ]. m
      DD Heywood Edwards
3 o8 \" }8 [. g1 z6 }/ t2 U      DD Erben
6 L( b4 O2 l! p: z* ~* c# p      DD Evans
; C; O, p/ ^/ V, b7 F  t      DD Foote
1 F/ r& `# L9 O4 ?' o$ T& `      DD Franks
9 W& T) F1 k" R- I6 Y      DD Fullam
, q5 J7 g5 z6 P. k% w: F- [      DD Gatling/ P2 l1 `& q4 T" z/ r; |
      DD Albert Grant
* H9 E8 V$ S9 P. G) b1 n      DD Gregory
3 B/ I2 p8 N. Y. t) k      DD Guest+ Y$ j9 }3 b* w+ S: w1 E
      DMS Hamilton0 q$ G! {$ F3 B' K
      DMS Forrest
3 m: Q" P) u! V7 t" K      DMS Ellyson, [9 B* ]% f8 v  R) o* n1 ^/ m

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ o2 _; Q$ D( Z, k  G* U  n+ CRange closes to 28,000 yards...
7 f7 Y5 t9 X" C6 qRange closes to 26,000 yards...
6 j6 Z7 p6 c/ D! R: GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards- L0 d9 k# T7 V7 w: W4 w
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 }# ~! N4 e: N6 q4 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards% \. B' D, K9 M
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
5 b4 u3 \" M( V  D$ DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
) N. p  `* s7 x7 p# RRange closes to 20,000 yards...
  Y$ c3 W+ ]+ _0 O; z3 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
1 x6 m0 l  X( ]. F; `9 `' `/ ?Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# o" ]  M2 G1 k* i) s$ r. g2 M( P9 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards0 f( n4 N) N& e$ W; @  b, i
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
+ t% j7 D2 v- ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
- K6 c) a9 P2 E( X: w+ ~Range closes to 14,000 yards...! B) S+ A5 j% e7 j) x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
$ A  a1 d6 v2 W1 YRange closes to 12,000 yards...
3 P. {& g8 Z' E' f8 _/ a% iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% K  A2 P; }: B% V/ M# f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
: X9 S  {6 v' a% cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# w' }$ E$ E  |2 ^1 D) p2 eRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 Z* g; O. c4 y. v- x; \1 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
. G5 D& J: c6 @3 M( uRange closes to 9,000 yards...
; e5 k9 m, c( `+ L3 L+ ^BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards# E; \5 j: d- ~5 F5 I  A* }
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards9 A% @6 P! @/ v. V9 |) p! d- b
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
9 x8 k6 l6 V6 |) h- ^: S2 QDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards" i$ Q7 N# R  d8 n* q
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards" w3 P& d: _8 o5 ~/ E
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
  H" b/ O5 M& m* }& g' ~" f  aAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
' x) q5 i3 j7 V) Z- B2 y7 lBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
! O/ ]- k+ L. N4 }: u. aBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& Q* ~& S) q; n
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
! O4 a% P" C- M# x- t' ]( V4 TDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards9 ], e& T% \; v1 ?. I; f- [
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards# f, n# ]' l; t7 K
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
6 g# a  C4 `) EDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
; o) H9 `* R. s4 kAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards0 r/ H9 l7 ^0 t2 w9 \! }; e
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- j3 P& v& ?4 S3 ~9 `DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards0 O0 o. b3 @* @& X8 }. d; R
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! e# j/ a3 [# b! z/ v' t4 U
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
4 ~9 e7 I4 t) a. E# O1 ^- `DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
* ]4 E& j5 j; B. W5 aRange increases to 10,000 yards
2 S: q% d5 S; y2 ]; H( mBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; e1 N" _) s& L5 p3 C2 D" }! x
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ `  ~" r; W4 J
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" m1 ~7 W% ^- E4 c6 d4 `8 Y
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- ^: J+ G& w( V0 ]( u2 `7 A( Q
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 x+ D5 ]  z# P1 z5 S
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 O2 w4 W$ B- a' s, n8 W4 V$ kAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards8 M% _+ s, Y# u$ L* a
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards- }7 f6 n1 ^- v/ c5 c
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# T+ ?+ b' l5 M9 ~  U+ \DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) k# x. R7 v3 Z- e. aDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ w  W7 d' \. L2 y5 R2 [DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
" w7 p) K( |" c1 l  YDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
: x: D$ h5 ?6 ?) ~3 M  d2 IDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 W+ F' x4 b$ x- H0 ]% j6 ADD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards* w- N# y0 |8 r: S0 g. S+ s
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# [7 @9 O0 @! f6 n7 K9 ^$ sRange increases to 11,000 yards/ c* m* l* f5 M& b
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards# U" y* ~( k$ _' J( {
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
- k$ m' s8 [: r; N9 P. ODMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" O1 F0 f5 Q  N' e6 h4 E
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards8 @& n$ q0 l) g" J  J
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards9 J# F5 m( I' Q" o- \! P8 s
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
$ m& b( v9 c+ Y5 qDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
% a* n6 s! t1 t2 U4 O2 rDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards( x1 q' w' k4 ~" l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  U& s1 v9 m# N3 hDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- s* m% B& u7 b! {) A8 t  e' x, H
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
3 q) Y% t# Y6 m: U: A9 yAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
( f+ ^* U" ^+ R6 {5 {Range closes to 10,000 yards
6 z* {+ T4 L( l! G1 z* Q. `BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards* `# q" A2 Z7 ~6 z1 R
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 h# a* O$ d' w: p) I) B  `/ o
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ E3 r4 h7 v- S
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards5 e* s" l1 w7 \( \! l' o4 \
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" T5 [4 b" U4 o; m6 l3 _( P  `
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
" Q3 y. U1 y9 YDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* f; j. k7 ~3 \4 E5 K4 I2 vDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 c  I' V& Z! \' l
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards; i5 c8 e' c1 z  l7 Y2 o
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& s1 M% |4 U6 K1 ^$ n1 o9 K& XDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 n9 o/ q/ \, P7 F5 e
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
4 I. f; I4 b: n  ?+ O2 k5 l) VDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
; Z( o# ^$ \/ l( F: TRange closes to 8,000 yards
% z5 ^" q1 |  [% TDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
2 q$ X* n5 b  Q! eBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards) h& u5 U) ?) c+ ]4 z  ~8 k# @
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards" r* ^3 s% F" ~# w& r0 k
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
1 L0 ]% L) Z2 I. SAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
) i( A+ R$ b& o+ J- K3 \* {) \; AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape3 I, {; S3 N: p% x
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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' A! z& z9 M) ~! G2 m: L+ {. kJapanese Ships7 a. F0 Y' Z) ~* t0 Z3 I9 ~
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1+ M& I) h# U0 x( S1 @! Y
      APD T-2
- j0 q6 u( a5 q! Q5 J4 U+ E6 o) E      APD T-3, Shell hits 1* z+ J% u) k  J0 ]
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1( x/ i6 J$ O  C% T9 i
      APD T-5' J; E! J( n. `
      APD T-6
5 k; [, `1 w( C$ ^2 F/ D      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
1 o: I! c- Z0 R5 C' m8 m      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
% O  |; X  M' v) J1 J- X( i      APD T-10: a  v0 [+ t) V( y2 z$ X
      APD T-11,  on fire; p, T# D, c, U% ~& u0 d0 K5 `
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk# r& u- i3 |2 B0 g  P- E) d
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk- Y- r0 U6 G1 B7 I1 u  y! N
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships) _7 p, e3 |( Q; E- ~
      CA Portland
( e6 j7 E) P% N5 D      CA Northampton
* F- Q1 J; l7 t: a( ]: q( {+ J  {      CA Chester# E2 ?7 B* z8 q2 O8 J$ E1 J
      CA Louisville: N+ T) a- Q3 I8 T  L
      CA Chicago- J1 c- ~9 u" }3 M
      CA Astoria% |3 [* L$ ~+ n  C- u& P# N
      CA Minneapolis
0 N0 X- p; N( t8 n0 I      CA San Francisco
3 R; w# U2 R# O! \      CA Quincy: y( c$ i; D, [' u0 |( A
      CA Vincennes  S5 H$ S+ T' q3 }$ d7 f
      CA Wichita
$ @7 f) G- t& F, Z5 f      DD Bennett8 s9 S  z+ f. N# I2 B( _: e
      DD Bradford$ z3 I7 [& ~2 Y: Z4 Z- l1 l
      DD Braine
' G9 h  R1 f) q      DD Brownson
9 Q% b  [* n1 D$ K# T      DD Bryant: V- z$ Q9 q2 s$ P$ o1 r: g# L) Z, M1 B
      DD Bullard
* W4 O0 i! M/ S+ f      DD Burns
* o( W6 F; I7 [      DD Callaghan% {6 A. R: P* @1 y9 S
      DD Caperton
8 d1 E- }# B5 @      DD Capps
/ K5 T9 ~6 o: s      DMS Emmons( ]/ x8 n$ m7 h
      DMS Macomb5 T: ^/ o* w0 h) H4 Q+ o
      DMS Rodman
7 }# y4 W# C( t. D! n5 `      DMS Gherardi7 Q$ N1 K9 N% R  l

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards' d( {9 C" Z' D+ A+ E4 Y
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
/ l) S0 B( G4 }6 o7 o* nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 y6 K) `5 @( q  Z! |/ m5 g- n
Range closes to 26,000 yards...7 N. V( c* d9 v2 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
7 m$ J1 S7 |/ T# iRange closes to 24,000 yards..." y; E0 o' j0 C. u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards3 d6 N, W+ f8 g  i# V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 J2 ~. L& I9 L1 k: NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
7 x2 L* e3 _. G! o: R7 RRange closes to 20,000 yards...
  u) H0 `* [! k  {2 R0 o, XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; X) n) D; a6 `" D4 P2 ]9 N
Range closes to 18,000 yards.... O; ^$ v0 l$ x4 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards4 N. _1 R. q! F( H2 N
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" b, ~1 H9 t$ ^" NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 _5 o/ `' ]' I/ r% o% R
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
2 U8 F: [% @( nRange closes to 12,000 yards..., k5 P( I, L. p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; y% D( v3 d8 s7 a# X+ G: C
Range closes to 11,000 yards...' K0 k, z# |7 u# U( D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% J" {. i7 [6 ]$ `8 IRange closes to 10,000 yards...4 d1 P6 R& P" I. I  U& ]" |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
8 u7 U& l4 s+ G9 D4 t- aCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards3 |* b3 w0 v: ~1 a, E
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards% g, Q+ z! x/ q1 T7 k+ Z) G+ Z. @
Range increases to 11,000 yards+ y8 i. ^9 \4 h. P9 V5 c
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
" v1 W7 r+ j7 M' {. [% W- n& j+ O* rCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
1 ?4 O$ Z: }& w. p9 BCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( X8 g7 J5 I" }CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
  }5 D% B$ i2 J( Z5 L  ~CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards1 X9 F) {( e  g( L
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
* b% o9 q5 K! v9 P% F6 G% b3 @CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
: z: B! g' ~7 `9 R4 i: g# zCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 T8 L- W- h8 y8 W8 @! DCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards; c- S0 D5 o3 Z
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" i( Q* f+ S8 n6 R! g
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
" Q; E- L, X* c- X5 |2 I5 {5 }6 tDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards# V% f) E- Z% u: T" L, i2 `
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
6 J0 j& s5 @- ]1 c9 x0 SDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards: E% U, Z1 l( f5 R- R
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
5 h+ ~  _; a" ^APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
+ J! x* a: h& ~* L6 K! F7 t4 RAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
- Y4 V  c# ?6 n3 B5 vRange closes to 10,000 yards
2 ~- k# A( T. {DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 B' O! p" a5 lCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards# z& B- P7 `" v2 q+ j. y
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
+ |. V+ s1 R% J9 j$ uCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards. z0 U/ F9 s7 l3 l5 x3 y
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards8 L  X7 N/ K! r( I; u, }
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards( M' T: }0 M, c7 ^  R
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards6 f5 s3 D$ }2 s" |: @
Range closes to 9,000 yards
# [; b, Z) ^5 C9 B% V9 \( ~" VAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
5 w  Y+ p) n$ O( L4 @0 h1 `$ i6 H" C  ODMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards, N8 K& Z& G% Y* l2 W: E7 v
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
# U0 V$ u0 X- \/ JCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards3 m; _, e8 c" ^; h# @
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
3 c+ c2 n: I  XDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
+ J! }6 O9 n& }  `; y" P& kDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
% d* q: m4 B. |+ GRange increases to 10,000 yards# [2 k: ^4 d4 |2 V9 h0 A1 e6 O
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
# o  y) l6 I, W" Z6 H/ DCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) E( ^) m! k1 [+ W
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards+ ~' V5 A" P* r9 U
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards% C0 {. j$ P& v8 K8 z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& r+ S8 a6 u# Y; ~
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
3 U, Q* {2 v+ j7 `9 BTask forces break off...
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% B' S5 I! @- G( N/ _, q4 t8 SNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards; H* W6 W* c; |% h) x5 N" d: D
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Japanese Ships
" e! @2 R- F: {# r& e" {+ c, ^      APD T-1. [2 W3 A2 y* l. B& R7 ^2 }
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
; r7 O% j8 u8 I4 [# m, J      APD T-3. T- ]; C( R3 v% a" Z
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
% X0 n7 r7 b& C: g6 j      APD T-57 E# }1 C* `. B# x9 O
      APD T-6
% a5 x- O5 i! F5 E5 u7 U      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk7 X( E' s# b" q/ L
      APD T-95 I3 E0 j: _2 s% a
      APD T-10& Q9 c* [- ?" ^: u, _
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire, m' A6 g$ u3 b3 W7 E

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      CA Portland
+ g" z  R' e! h7 \      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1" H# e" Y- L% D# m
      CA Chester- Z7 S4 L: u/ d% t5 W
      CA Louisville
4 o# E3 e" u1 L- j/ L% r, a# `6 O      CA Chicago
! r  ]! {/ y# M6 f7 u      CA Astoria8 l& ]3 t/ N( S' L4 W
      CA Minneapolis% i' l7 m; g1 i* {
      CA San Francisco  b" i! U9 Y- I0 W5 j& P
      CA Quincy+ l2 N2 M$ ?- {7 f! A( Q+ [4 u
      CA Vincennes
4 H( m0 S, R- f) U  t* l6 f9 Y      CA Wichita- s& `+ [/ l- y
      DD Bennett, H! {, l+ T+ \9 D0 t
      DD Bradford8 R+ \* E" x+ S( z
      DD Braine
" G  K$ T* k! @) N      DD Brownson
+ H8 H" M" H- M! y      DD Bryant
4 R9 _0 W" S6 ]  I      DD Bullard
. L: ~0 e3 M$ o- v5 K      DD Burns
* ]8 j7 Z5 b5 [. g9 d: D6 G      DD Callaghan+ ^3 l( _. p2 b5 ^8 o. M0 N2 w/ N
      DD Caperton
5 f# V6 j* V: G" `* e2 H      DD Capps
+ u4 w+ r3 k. q+ w) f4 ?% P      DMS Emmons# n# V" G9 c  d" U* E0 q" i
      DMS Macomb0 N) \8 i1 }' A$ P
      DMS Rodman  @9 H1 P. @/ z4 P- u
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
. x3 M  k9 Z# t( T5 ZRange closes to 28,000 yards...
; i/ M; [5 }* Q; r( L8 `8 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
6 ^; {" s$ `- k+ u8 I( }! WRange closes to 26,000 yards...
( f7 O. @1 Z' ^( BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards; \# {/ j" v5 h& M# u3 z+ P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! y% |& {1 U  N& j2 L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
( O9 u. s& B% G! b8 G0 X- G1 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards# t5 y7 ]$ N) j
Range closes to 20,000 yards...  V. X, L+ H/ F. x
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ i8 k; B6 x6 O& U5 u6 J0 J% r2 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards! E! V; ?/ }# L1 u3 Q* ~  h
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
& e( u& L7 `3 Y4 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
' R+ k2 q+ X) J' ^( @Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 ^& V) C+ l% P8 k9 a& iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 S0 h6 a1 w* \. M
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) P' K; F# M5 a5 L) VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards4 l( n  p- q' n8 D' f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
' Y3 @7 ^& Z/ ^2 l" |$ dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( M3 _. A( W6 o  l6 [4 E
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 S! O' c& i- K( s# O# l2 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. f( C# J1 [0 e: x, {4 g
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards& P4 f  A: L6 D! q
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards: t! r( Z- L, |; q' W& w$ z( G" j- Z
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
4 Y5 T$ I2 U8 F! \( o) n2 FRange increases to 12,000 yards  K2 d+ L! r2 M- Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards0 i6 _9 j( a# G$ x
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
/ l' c" H- Z8 |. {7 ZCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( x: g0 m! j" O9 K+ m
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
4 n5 \6 C. j; ]  Q# f/ G3 H+ ICA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards* U0 }" l; N8 U& W- ?
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards* O5 C, L8 Z( T) e& C) ?' v
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 C) v2 W4 a$ C' q+ BDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards7 h2 t: i; N/ T8 H
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
. h3 ~9 A0 b0 A( j! z0 xDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
# P: O* i$ [' n, u, ADMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
9 b9 H3 ~8 R% z+ {8 t% R7 e9 kAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
. w9 r2 T0 R6 @0 o8 |% f$ v# fRange closes to 9,000 yards. T* e% y) O$ x2 T0 e" V
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
' ?% u' r  I, R0 h7 OAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
: b2 J5 C7 A6 h3 t0 M) ^4 HCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards# B, ?# ?0 v* S8 a& G
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
; W5 C3 W+ |; c% FCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
, r% i0 [$ B) [CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
% j. X! {# b  m% N& GAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
7 E5 @! D' ?( @. sDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
& n2 q7 \. E2 W- WRange closes to 7,000 yards
9 `5 f9 f' v0 H6 `% j( UCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards9 s# n# v+ D6 t9 T! r. U) {8 q$ d
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
. C1 U% y8 u5 B' B0 ACA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards! N8 {/ @3 G0 D# i: Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
0 T5 m  G) Y$ k3 }+ e. CCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards* v) @3 K5 z# l5 Z; j
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
/ I; u6 l' Y4 kCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards1 j8 L: [$ Y! S. D/ ^7 L
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
0 J+ p* u8 f' Y7 F7 R- U; J6 f, }CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards3 |+ G! d# {- |3 ?. t
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards6 c% f+ S9 o/ B6 f! y0 ]
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
3 g% c4 Q6 z& g" hRange increases to 10,000 yards! T* P8 F; k) @) l  J$ {
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# e5 J. c6 s5 R4 B" R" K  C5 b
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ Z6 D" b& e- w) E
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. A  h) d; s+ n* O* C. J
Task forces break off...# p7 j1 o, f3 Q) E$ [

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      APD T-1
5 Z9 C4 r8 r  ]* g) a      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: z/ a& m: |" d
      APD T-3
* v* E& n' _( h  B      APD T-5
; L" e- |4 O/ l( l2 Y      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: J1 ~' \& ^$ h: [0 l, U( }( E      APD T-9
' C  m% q0 h, L/ a      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& q2 x  X2 b6 b4 Y5 g
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk2 Y; S2 V5 |; E8 T; a7 \3 c

8 V3 U! Z/ q% P1 ]- w! vAllied Ships/ B3 P( n2 F$ {" @
      CL Swiftsure
+ P' |1 K) N' A: ^- e3 j% c      CL St. Louis- c, B7 [- w5 h3 q# v& o: N
      CL Phoenix
8 a& @2 j2 f9 F, \      CL Cleveland
. T" n( y$ \: L- j! Z1 |- [; l7 {7 U      CL Montpelier! r7 |3 u2 F% A& o
      CL Denver
: K1 l' B- G4 Q+ K  {/ x1 Y0 w      CL Santa Fe
. `: y, g! M1 ?: H. [      CL Birmingham5 v  m' x2 y, U4 d7 }
      CL Mobile
' b* v& c7 W( M      CL Biloxi
. T& G0 X( O. P% B3 o  ?! d      CL Miami
7 Y0 A/ S2 j6 v) F6 v4 o% h# }! q: _      CL Pasadena
" c8 I0 P; f9 g0 d6 a      DD Allen M. Sumner/ d4 _* p: ?# R; F1 ^; F; ]
      DD Ault
2 J5 _" d" l8 C- l      DD English5 H: F0 z6 `: x8 H
      DD Haynsworth
& Y8 z) g! Q  F7 v- K  [9 m/ B      DD Maddox1 b" R% [  M. f/ k
      DD Mansfield6 }4 @# q2 L3 T. K4 X
      DD Waldron
. I2 H- z) V8 R  H* w* p      DD Haggard
- l" H8 E1 f# r1 g0 ?- H' O1 K+ A* D      DD Hailey
& l9 q3 i* e9 Q7 D/ A/ P% \      DD Hale
/ h' ^! m% p; q  I& J% P      CL Vincennes II9 R) {8 O" @" g+ u8 a2 r
      CL Houston II
' }* V' y  X) `( I1 e      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( s" Z  `1 G5 C, F# ]' y
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' @2 s+ z: l8 |& m% sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ _4 X5 a/ f# h' l
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
& j' c0 J9 F1 u8 aRange closes to 24,000 yards...0 h& \3 ]  [( i! Z# \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
$ `' \! q. [2 xRange closes to 22,000 yards...
! F3 O2 l$ N& d% b- v+ J$ ARange closes to 20,000 yards...+ D, G; ]. q7 ?# V! j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; V& }  Q* \* Z: H8 j
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: I8 s& Y+ k3 |) s* l! }  x5 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
; |$ v3 k& S& K. b! P3 @0 Q+ I6 q8 ORange closes to 16,000 yards...( ?6 V: E# B9 E2 e! d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 ?: h$ q6 [4 N% G  }Range closes to 14,000 yards...
3 G# d+ v1 G; f, G  n  HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards. R% O3 }  D& q5 M, }
Range closes to 12,000 yards...& I, G) a7 m- C) \" J' C+ y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
  F. s4 u0 Q* K4 JRange closes to 11,000 yards...
7 z  L3 V6 E' N1 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ M  a! g! I9 S3 L- [Range closes to 10,000 yards...6 f5 z% ?" ?7 D! B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 d! [1 z' ^0 T5 m* E
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'- j* b& f+ @+ v  `, U
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* r9 W6 Y( z! V8 F' b
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards; u0 l, }7 ?: ?- q
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards% y, j% W! {& t
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. o* [/ @, p) u* }; |% I$ \
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& p1 E" n5 j$ c  n7 P" C3 I& S
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards7 X3 a. [4 f7 C/ D# O; X3 g
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
: U1 f7 M* E8 U$ rDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards! @2 H" M8 p4 M% n
Range increases to 11,000 yards
1 E" P( D9 A! S0 @, [% J; W6 u4 JCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 S) j" ?5 S( X* p  Q4 U/ yCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
) E# F4 {* t* y8 ^' t. WCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
0 \8 l% f; a; A/ u9 {% cCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards+ i, K: Z/ k/ ]( C
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 i/ \6 b$ a$ P/ W7 s8 h6 B) y
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards3 p) K5 E: a6 L* u
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards3 q0 s% h. R6 {: f4 o$ }- R& ]
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards  x1 f; H& D3 K: }+ l, [, l# A" Y% O
Range closes to 8,000 yards- r# f9 A5 Q  z' R0 d. u; |: S
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
% k# h' H, u2 i7 @  L: jCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
2 l8 o+ Z5 l+ }; P7 hCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards7 e8 H4 F  B! C( u7 n
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards$ u1 L7 R4 G% j7 s. P( v: y
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards4 {8 X7 ?! F- K, C
Range closes to 7,000 yards
( c  {$ z8 P: e' L2 \+ ~( JCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* u* _% j( D7 i3 b0 t& j6 E
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards, |. d9 v- K; Q4 C( o& z6 l
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 m  ]2 {' ^* H. [: v; p3 `% _; K# QCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ E$ _" `) t+ ~! W& ?, x
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
$ {- b6 \$ F9 d. s' j7 ECL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards2 c, a8 M; C- a0 p5 m, i5 S! T- R4 p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, v, g/ X. G& `  n0 O+ bCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards% E" t% V3 g0 r& L. e3 c
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 h1 o( d! _4 u/ b$ V" i+ ]
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
& K( j0 H8 h, MAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards9 \8 D6 ^! r1 I) T8 E9 y9 O
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 R2 U# M! g2 V: [' a
Range increases to 8,000 yards4 G' V' ]1 K1 W2 b, ~$ B
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
. d* ^6 `; v/ |2 }3 wCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
2 O' O5 S" {7 k: u5 i5 |2 cCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
6 Q( |8 G6 B2 R( p+ G% r8 @/ VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape  ]) F! \# ?: X6 ^
Task forces break off...
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  S: Q5 S$ W+ e      APD T-1
' S6 C: |; e- U' N& i0 W0 s* {( J      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
! ?" L% `# C( L+ d( X3 x      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
1 X9 x2 u0 e6 r. p% q2 H      APD T-5
' @' W; o+ u- C4 x, \      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
& g; t7 h7 [* {: @4 _      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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      CA Portland, S& ]/ s, @0 e5 z
      CA Northampton
' M' V# ?' F! W( s0 a+ Z: N      CA Chester( p8 P, n& b1 N7 G8 }4 v0 R& x
      CA Louisville" Y3 b  F5 L* W9 u3 N, @
      CA Chicago6 @  o( v) V: s8 |! }4 L3 u1 I
      CA Astoria
, e: K% G% c  S" V- C# Z      CA Minneapolis
0 ~' R7 R. A% u; V0 R( O! ]      CA San Francisco
- t  @+ \* i" |      CA Quincy$ B9 K. O8 W5 \# p' \2 l
      CA Vincennes
$ v1 z" S7 y# ~) Q      CA Wichita3 u6 R! r( p" m
      DD Bennett( t2 f: Z* V  L1 ~5 M% L: Y
      DD Bradford* H) E$ z4 a* H: \% b  C# f! s
      DD Braine8 j" _, t" Y: |& o$ n6 K! W0 C
      DD Brownson
/ Q. @4 @" d+ X  }      DD Bryant
" i: m7 f, J5 `$ E8 \9 b      DD Bullard
8 X9 `, t7 q7 r; |% F      DD Burns
+ g$ {% t8 X, V! d+ |9 I* o5 d      DD Callaghan) d/ h3 |) [4 P/ i3 Z- g1 T. A! X
      DD Caperton* c0 F) V5 q0 R5 R: R0 @, z
      DD Capps
- Q) K+ h  u& X5 ~7 R' T      DMS Emmons, L: o- \, {) n* l
      DMS Macomb
, v8 H  N& J6 s- L" N( x0 q$ A& @      DMS Rodman
5 i" t1 J& F. O; y- d) X3 M      DMS Gherardi, `! |( v" \7 f5 [5 o* a/ U. K5 w

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% i3 k* v2 R' K: L5 iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 N8 h* ^2 J6 Y; h: |/ xRange closes to 28,000 yards...2 e/ O8 K; i, O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 e! Y8 E% T9 }+ d) \$ ^) {* m# wRange closes to 26,000 yards...
2 k. g# y( ]* j9 Z/ zRange closes to 24,000 yards...( f2 L/ C3 }. T7 f+ d6 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
/ q* ~5 L; s5 LRange closes to 22,000 yards...' B' k& p" B+ Y% C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards% |% e: H+ b, O, p( @
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 f) B* a- Y) z& [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' J' b) a/ Z  m, I% p
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
" l% o- T% w8 D7 I& P0 lRange closes to 16,000 yards...8 H7 f6 d5 u, ?( u: b& Q+ _! j9 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
4 x% r$ a- K6 H) T9 YRange closes to 14,000 yards...- g/ Q3 |. z( W
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
2 o3 j2 W, |$ oRange closes to 11,000 yards...
, A- u* F, U: s/ uRange closes to 10,000 yards...
6 v4 A/ o0 {# sRange closes to 9,000 yards...! t; H# f2 T9 o
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
2 f1 p# h$ a) R& wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards& H0 L" U# B& u& n! Z. r: ^
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- y; ^7 K0 s$ h% [  f: r
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
2 H' T5 X. o: c" Y: ACA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% \6 u- L. B6 f  [+ e- O" H, p
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
- b) B6 w5 ]( b5 d# m' A( c: AAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
' }8 o2 K" a- P% h2 C) o6 M8 V( qCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ b; E! j9 [! ^! k5 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards- p) }4 E: {$ P
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 \5 u6 a& |& ]$ l
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
! z6 d/ g  m* A. k% ~! X) tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: d# h+ r% N9 F
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
: j" Y: L0 V, f) XDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
9 v" }5 \& F: Y* P* C- p7 T5 RRange closes to 5,000 yards' k0 }, r4 k( d6 f) \
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 , K# ^( A9 F& A
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
( T* n2 ^  A8 _+ T8 o! ?CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
$ @7 |: r0 j. i2 D* wCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
, s8 o8 j+ Q1 G& F9 R- cDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
6 Y" ]/ J: Y; V' R' }Range closes to 2,000 yards
3 j6 ?. _( Q  N' E6 _) kCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ o1 y7 }& ~( N& ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards3 B! l' V* V: A
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 b% T& Q! M: N. o4 s* }APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
1 c6 p" E) B, F% D- [, f% w1 _Range increases to 6,000 yards% ~4 x: x' d2 e
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards% ^* c3 f, K7 t* @6 S
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards# N! J- a! I' M% G# N0 o
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
0 J9 n: f# X+ ^: l, C' zRange increases to 9,000 yards9 V  C: p0 n# A5 b: w
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards# N, w' f) ~. k2 f8 R
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards, K. w! z  e" c: |9 J7 d/ T
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards. X' C7 _1 H$ @+ [. [  a9 T1 z
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ j# t. t+ ~! t0 vRange increases to 13,000 yards/ u' q% e# n! J
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
) I+ J4 I. \4 [; QAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
0 l. L0 P$ K, q/ `5 ?Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 ^; o5 X6 e& Z" m. qTask forces break off...1 X4 B' o( N! U; _9 ~! m( J8 k
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk2 h) T" s) R0 \. F0 \
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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. K7 r, c. C) I  g, H- P! l      BB North Carolina  e/ S2 D( c+ B1 i. m; w3 y
      BB Washington
, ?' K- A0 O  `- i1 `      BB South Dakota
: E3 S1 D) |) n( P2 D      BB Indiana/ ]* o- S4 C. C- T1 Z2 m. k' P8 t4 C
      BB Massachusetts
" X) e  ^, @) q8 r* L+ s      BB Alabama
& T# ]4 S& K5 |  T      DD Conner
' l1 ]  c$ t+ t' {+ w      DD Cotten8 A- u2 c+ W  C/ k
      DD Cowell
- m* r8 Y/ \& g4 [& B      DD Daly
5 S4 V9 z. U7 G! x+ F: D      DD Eaton. m, G1 G) ], f2 z% p
      DD Heywood Edwards
$ b1 g: q2 o- Q! e      DD Erben
( X/ I+ T6 x- M" t; W      DD Evans& d- G% K& c. {: N3 v! b
      DD Foote: c: g" ^& [0 t7 u
      DD Franks" ]' w- J5 |: `5 \) Q. C' N
      DD Fullam) n  ?0 T/ f" R% Q% h
      DD Gatling
9 J; l: }+ x7 Z+ w6 [$ s      DD Albert Grant
" G; k, |  H9 G) |. X% r% i# o: K      DD Gregory
% n( Y6 n( K+ X. \- |+ N  ?      DD Guest3 S" A2 U& K1 J( P) z, _
      DMS Hamilton
# ^) N) j7 V- C0 I      DMS Forrest; N6 H9 `$ }5 c$ K4 w$ k
      DMS Ellyson, u( c, m% y% Y

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$ s$ X* D+ D, {; }& w$ b8 p# LMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 q  D6 C! b. }) s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...5 O; D7 j/ v1 t( W0 I' z0 s, D1 Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
& K7 G6 G( K5 p( [6 y$ c- pRange closes to 24,000 yards...4 V( N1 V3 C6 Q2 W) d- n
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
& X; `* O' N/ O$ [Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; q) T, d( I: v* y/ N( B6 FRange closes to 18,000 yards...
! g: X6 s( \$ Q4 W1 t. V+ o( rRange closes to 16,000 yards...
9 V" `5 h/ a: z/ Q. @' r+ L8 c8 ?Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 n1 f( T' W. QRange closes to 12,000 yards...
* `* j( t8 A3 I; n& q3 d( NRange closes to 11,000 yards...
& ^8 Q) y9 ~0 \5 W  eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards3 H* |  Q3 D+ K8 @0 A4 b( k
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 z- H9 @: T, V$ {Range closes to 9,000 yards...
0 p* f  h* F  aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
  T( O5 `4 m4 Q# A* p" z; iBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards5 \7 o5 Z+ L9 w3 E
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards4 E+ L& a: o# e# }6 {: R8 J: O
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
# t) F& J# z  Y' n7 u, ]# mDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
" H0 e3 I( ~: ?1 O0 ^- u6 GDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards& ^9 q4 v& J+ U# Y7 d/ a' A1 _
Range closes to 5,000 yards
+ I; I, \' J! _6 y$ M' sDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards( r4 p, x; ]' l. J8 w+ ?2 s
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards  K7 S* N7 S7 {+ U: h
Range closes to 3,000 yards
0 w* k; ^  c5 s4 }" JBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards/ q% P8 v2 _: v5 M2 }# Y
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 H1 \: [( {/ {- T+ A) _! B& d! XDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards4 z. z2 J1 l8 Y. @  y* u
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# b; D: o6 D9 z0 S; G
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards3 r1 m: }9 r- h' Z$ @$ `
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
& a0 a& [* X8 B: O* e; Y' RBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! ?" f4 [* n/ G5 Y% N! U; SDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 C5 u. s; h9 h. j! N2 j8 |
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards. l- n, ^! w  y7 W
Range increases to 5,000 yards
& j: ?9 z. ?9 ?* c: YBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards6 k7 \; ]% T+ G
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
8 b  v- Q8 S3 w* A3 z' qRange increases to 7,000 yards% z3 u  d$ |: M1 z6 V% O
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
  c4 b& \5 J- `DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
, I0 J6 s2 f8 H! [- \( K* z0 D7 gDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
1 z( ]  i; X* o- r1 R0 OAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
! T6 j* w  C' t/ o9 wAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
' ^" b/ d) w' \# q4 v3 C$ B8 z9 _Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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