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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 446 H7 d+ {! Z3 c }
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东京快车出轨
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) X B2 W) C/ u! q2 s1 r, x4 s" Y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。6 ~) b+ W {! _1 }# a: R, m; q
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战,盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击,不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精,炮击组织不利,人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训,刻苦磨砺水面战技术,积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗,打硬仗,打胜仗”的号召,争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后,巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来,准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收,击落日本大艇和运输机200余架,大获全胜。8 ^ ~% v% V0 v
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0 K2 k6 W1 m3 s3 v/ p% xSubmarine attack near Ponape at 119,113# F9 L5 d4 a' K z8 `
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Japanese Ships) a& ]8 A M+ u5 T
SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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% P; ~% }8 f) N2 t0 X CLAA Prince Robert
% I" R! O+ s8 ~$ Y DD Saumarez1 I9 I/ E) r6 m( J
DD Nizam2 c; g# f) j; u! m( G: k
DD Ellet
" p8 {* l/ O- T+ z! o2 I' t DD Waller
" G* s _* J) e DD Walker
$ S( {5 p8 R1 a. _6 z7 U- Z( |1 ?3 y DD Wadleigh- ?3 z/ s# G1 d' c, c
DD Uhlmann3 k' | O7 W4 V
DD Twining4 {8 Y/ R* K; o8 i+ U* M
DD Twiggs# l5 h" T- Z( q5 C
DD David Taylor" H M/ M# `! ^( e6 U2 V
DD Strong# S$ j/ ~9 v2 r
DD Sproston! P% Q: a1 u$ i, S' h
DD Sigsbee3 v7 C7 o) L0 T. K
DD Sigourney
# ?# }# l, X8 {) @# _ DD Schroeder
X% v0 W# C. W6 ^3 q" _1 D( w5 l DD Benham II1 R% t- m. `0 C; ?7 ]- ~
DD Cushing II
; R2 Y( C6 j C* M U DD Urchin
( u7 u0 S( t4 Z+ n& k. @4 b DD Urania
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% t7 `' k8 T6 {2 T' A" J) [SS I-48 is sighted by escort
0 c' C9 E: a) V! x' PDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
2 Z. f6 K% I& Y: x3 Y5 n& N, {, |DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
# c7 n+ ~( c" o2 f" bSS I-48 forced to surface!( j/ g! N8 {! S$ A" O( ~/ I$ ^" r
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
# ?" _* [; [2 NDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
3 l% u c' v2 B2 S5 Y9 O6 g, _2 {DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
9 ]( r8 x( Y H# P8 K, r; tDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
" i7 ~8 X' b7 hDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
: ~3 q: y& u: c; S7 x! a, [Sub slips beneath the waves& ?# P. A/ d! f# g5 m( m
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' A& P1 V) X5 _! a2 n. bNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
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E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed! { @: c- S) d2 M% R! l
3 Z/ y" Q' T8 t, |# d. w# wJapanese Ships; A* A' j0 }2 { d: n, D
CL Agano! V+ Q8 U( l/ l9 Z+ `# M5 n
CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
8 ?6 |6 j2 X4 W$ Z+ u7 E2 p1 p1 E DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ [ { j, N# e( c
DD Hibiki" J- C1 D$ X. H3 P1 ^
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1# O7 }( \6 _. Z& ^
DD Shirakumo
& R X+ `& a2 K" |' G DD Isonami
' @- G" L' v. Y8 Q9 L$ c DD Murakumo
3 R0 R7 B% J" o, y$ Q CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk& b8 A, j( \9 B# S
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Allied Ships
' A1 _3 p" E8 L( ` BB North Carolina
% @8 o- X! e" q7 ~5 ]3 [/ Y- k BB Washington
9 n& U5 m$ R, _( ^( R- t, b; Q BB South Dakota
9 h l: f0 L6 j8 { BB Indiana, Shell hits 1. \5 L" J' F8 ^* A8 L) }0 v/ @
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
8 A7 G/ V, i$ j% V6 \ BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
; E( N( S" N; o$ F+ Q. H6 k& T DD Conner8 S3 g2 L/ \/ {- o2 W
DD Cotten
% Q/ K5 Q# U6 @% }' ]% Z9 e DD Cowell
; g0 K4 x6 j+ j! ~/ T9 q- }- y DD Daly3 F( S( ~( M {3 z0 F
DD Eaton1 o5 |9 s1 [1 k, {
DD Heywood Edwards
* g) Y& d3 |2 p% Q8 b. z) R U DD Erben6 o h& ~, s) d4 |
DD Evans
. A1 K0 b5 o- @/ V: W* W DD Foote( I9 R/ ?( @; }
DD Franks
/ }9 M6 n3 g! Y9 U# t' R DD Fullam# e1 O: F* d8 n+ E
DD Gatling5 d3 A8 [1 C( ~ K5 o! g
DD Albert Grant, i' Z& p1 h& r }
DD Gregory' `; v& v' D7 p1 o' d8 b
DD Guest
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DMS Forrest0 T7 N8 F: Z9 X" B7 D' @
DMS Ellyson
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1 O' m# |$ |$ S0 r; h( F2 a% WMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
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CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
- P# g8 @+ p/ F# L7 TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
B. i: @ _: d. J/ l3 zRange closes to 26,000 yards...( m6 E7 v) ]/ V0 G3 q1 t9 n- w- {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
6 k" j- Y; f9 Q4 Q9 }Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) o- y# ]- @8 s7 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 v* ^* o* H+ ?+ F9 G$ v5 h
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
( s9 S+ X6 ]) p# q, ?. p! C" P# `4 hRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 j: E" `+ c* j) c6 Y) E2 h! `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards3 g& o v! n, _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
! T5 b$ _' \' X6 ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% \7 p* s* v7 }; \6 N# p" a1 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards7 s' X* X' w+ \ d7 q7 S6 ]
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ y7 B5 U9 k# T% ]' K3 u3 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. K6 `( F, t7 D2 @Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, Q' [0 b! R/ `# @% q [, QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards1 n3 E3 Q' n, \& \0 j1 c
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 v# j$ B: U( W$ Y; iCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards3 E" y1 g6 T. ]- C! I \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 w4 k7 C5 ~5 R2 g4 ?1 |% b3 _1 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards! U7 X& |3 W ]' P( `5 {! S
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards Y) p+ M; @2 m, V# B/ _7 b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( X) T7 h" o9 G9 L- fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards9 v) p& m7 C$ z. f) T5 {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
+ l+ R; S+ @/ R& w3 w$ YRange closes to 10,000 yards...: L* D7 J* C/ O1 O; Q4 F% d e( J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" J. V! n& P* t; X% K2 y) e" V4 f: _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ F' D0 D3 E9 I/ H0 j1 y
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards/ b5 v9 u5 M. U7 d W0 t: E
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards' {7 l3 W( i+ d6 I- T
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 L; e* }1 A% s: [# c$ C, I% a1 sCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards" O: |4 G; {7 C( k/ H
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
3 y1 V# r2 r/ d$ ` |% x6 v9 ABB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
! h9 \. u9 C7 ^1 wDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
7 M2 D0 L6 C* F& e1 S- O8 ?DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards/ y6 J9 V: A4 j7 R, b2 D
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards& i* O" f9 B I8 x
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
2 |3 t! b! j& Z% wDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards! |: b8 ~1 P" e/ P. ]8 T; d2 s _% [
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards: G! R( c( S1 Y; p
Range increases to 11,000 yards
8 H9 Z A8 |, H8 zCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards& a# r: ~% L8 U* {$ M
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards+ I! |$ x8 P8 M; V$ _9 t
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards% s5 j, `- G5 P }! ?$ Z! F! E
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards( v# B8 \6 Y2 @; j6 P3 ~2 D% g
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
$ w* ?: z" u* {8 w7 R+ c, XDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
& c: a. ^# E3 N. o: oCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
( N, [) [: y5 V! ]4 h. pBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
6 f8 R, [* `7 O9 k' c8 wDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
/ g, a9 `1 A7 Z: W% jDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
7 a4 j" ]7 x, m+ \DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
4 F& J$ N) E& B7 GDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards5 R! ?$ r# t5 k$ w1 J; Y3 g' u1 a
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
! m2 T+ C1 u. L. x* ], L' BDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
3 y/ R) A) K ]* sRange closes to 10,000 yards
+ J6 M1 ] Q9 }- oCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
3 ^0 z: S( U6 l n0 `) R6 H, L6 V4 aCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
6 v8 _/ h5 s8 P5 O0 n; GDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards4 l* z4 K% c$ g- n: ]8 S) Z6 Q
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 S" s8 S4 g/ t7 G( B nDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards# S3 [( ` q$ o0 `6 D
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards1 o& E) w. p' ?" F5 ]
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
& H0 \6 s/ U5 {6 ACL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards+ V" n6 {( {# |/ i# D
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
/ }. }4 v& a, j' y6 A# |" K' qDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards/ h! M6 F+ W& w
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape- t5 f; Y4 ]7 A2 W' j# d& k! @
Task forces break off...1 K+ M6 a" e* e3 N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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DD Hikokaze
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DD Tagokaze1 w$ I! Q" M5 v/ M8 U! Q& R; J
DD Takatakaze
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$ K/ b" }3 F& K9 g: T( t% XAllied Ships
. j5 {' S! A' a BB North Carolina
6 W2 T. r6 q8 o& H BB Washington& v+ _; Z( J7 b/ I
BB South Dakota
* l) y) x9 a( l' p BB Indiana
; f$ L# p4 n$ B6 R' r4 { y0 ` BB Massachusetts
+ j) Q! i8 T* n! m+ x3 T" L BB Alabama
; ], |! a9 w- Y; U# M2 m# K1 S DD Conner% q+ Y; P5 B- U* p
DD Cotten( _6 Z1 J- Z% R# `6 b, Z2 s
DD Cowell; s; f5 f# E t, V( {" d. P A
DD Daly
8 i; p+ k# j- m* W1 J# W9 L DD Eaton) e7 V d$ f1 V/ {" {2 j9 _
DD Heywood Edwards7 [& d& P8 U/ |; ]3 X( _/ K/ j
DD Erben
. r" D6 j) L; @& U: G DD Evans$ ~" S; s( s7 S/ ^
DD Foote0 j& \$ T( V ]: G6 z2 T% |5 v8 ]
DD Franks
, `, J# F$ N* z/ F4 Z @6 | DD Fullam
2 Q9 G, |, b) k1 k* ?8 o+ t; ? DD Gatling
+ P: w2 r) R6 m, K% X/ H DD Albert Grant
& e2 A! `: C* K K$ |. f DD Gregory
' Z' W2 u N7 I4 `9 Z DD Guest
/ V1 P# c) d+ L) B( ?+ I% d DMS Hamilton# F1 C4 [+ c% o) p3 {/ G
DMS Forrest
" E: {( ?$ x a/ z4 k DMS Ellyson
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2 j2 E: R& `6 b8 t) W7 N6 Z8 E( ]: V$ BMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 ^/ l9 P) g! F S5 b0 ]4 V+ ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...4 ^6 L0 ~, ^ ?8 i
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
2 w7 M2 @' B; vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards1 [8 O# [ `9 M! y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
- Z% A$ b- m* z, ?2 yRange closes to 24,000 yards...
+ R2 r" F2 s/ Z- x/ FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ l& V! a y& D5 |$ `" e
Range closes to 22,000 yards...5 X8 J. ^- K. I" B
Range closes to 20,000 yards...8 H3 k. O/ p+ R
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." }' t! s1 f2 c* ]1 U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards4 U& P) ~0 S* ]% I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...5 l* P9 H6 Q/ O' M* t1 w2 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. Q$ x' X( Q* _. H) d% b6 {$ l7 QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
) R* w2 b7 T1 Z7 I W3 LRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# b& d) a8 Z" u+ q. nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ A6 Z& J' |% P0 B
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
: N, R0 }, ^9 t- |" v, O' ]Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) q7 M" r- C- P9 [9 ~5 F/ LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
0 _1 l4 B$ A& ?, j9 ^& ]( SCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
* {/ a; @8 y3 C1 I5 bRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 R5 p8 h( N+ J
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards* v$ D1 t: d9 i+ X# a
Range closes to 10,000 yards...5 h* z4 j# V6 q% ?. e: w! `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ e6 G" n( V. B% _0 T
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
& \' e% f d$ v3 T& C. g" [" JRange increases to 15,000 yards...- ~! ^6 n$ {5 x' Y4 Y
Range increases to 20,000 yards...; O) N$ l! E& g7 S* c( \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, C e+ M f$ sRange increases to 25,000 yards...# c. s; J. |/ p5 u5 h( N
Range increases to 30,000 yards...9 I+ I, y, i$ l, ?1 E, D
Range increases to 30,000 yards..." U& p& M% B! P" e$ v( n
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat: a# g; Y" B( y& \$ {" p4 ?
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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+ m6 n% \' m6 m5 m; X5 w APD T-1
1 T- S8 E% a9 c8 D4 Y3 q" n% B: I APD T-2, Shell hits 2
2 j( _$ R5 l' l* c6 B3 [, D APD T-3, Shell hits 1
$ X/ |$ n3 [ @. _/ q6 ?) T. @1 L APD T-4- C- ?$ z/ A7 u: Z9 g4 a2 R
APD T-50 d; K3 @2 j( W
APD T-65 b) ]+ |# ^8 P9 |1 m$ H4 e
APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ T* k) ~9 j) B$ p, b1 D+ D
APD T-8, Shell hits 2, on fire" B7 E1 E" s' S; q/ o( D
APD T-9
+ K2 G$ i3 }. g: P. A9 J APD T-10 F: P8 w; r3 X( a) _
APD T-11, Shell hits 4, on fire8 j5 W/ Q& m9 {" X# u5 Z9 L
APD T-12, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage8 g- ~* i \# O# F' {3 f
APD T-13, Shell hits 1
' G" }2 w7 V' p! B APD T-14, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
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$ k6 H M: U$ H BB North Carolina
5 L" r# L; c5 k0 V5 X4 }% s5 C BB Washington
, J4 q- _" p- m2 i; e7 y3 _ BB South Dakota- i6 j/ }+ y4 U$ Q1 f
BB Indiana# t& M( M0 i( T+ F5 a
BB Massachusetts4 a, U' ~3 p0 W2 x) f* ~; |! \" j
BB Alabama
/ l0 H& p$ h) \" h4 O+ k DD Conner! d4 f! o' I; l
DD Cotten% b5 Y" G$ i, i8 G' ?
DD Cowell
* }; ^- e+ Q z DD Daly7 D8 X. V- f( }
DD Eaton
$ S b% a$ B* S/ ^. _ DD Heywood Edwards
! W6 T9 x! u( ]( }! p DD Erben
4 S; Q+ ^7 M9 Z/ ^: J DD Evans/ M# c5 u% d+ ?/ J1 x0 ?# e3 i
DD Foote
8 i9 H4 o, `+ ~$ Y- s0 G DD Franks* _* E; z r$ C Y& D; E) I
DD Fullam3 \# I; i/ W+ T u' U
DD Gatling; y: N+ Z3 I8 h/ O( m) R4 u
DD Albert Grant5 }3 p9 h% K5 E+ o# I U& ]2 g) j
DD Gregory! ~8 v3 t D& L9 m8 ~) W6 j
DD Guest
; a% ^8 \8 v8 w DMS Hamilton+ N6 T0 D( M& E9 I% V& u
DMS Forrest5 n! K3 S" f- A' L$ {% q
DMS Ellyson
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" V' M6 A- U$ U) M+ mMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
/ w7 a; B' B5 |1 dRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 C" t2 B2 b0 |* L# o
Range closes to 26,000 yards...) y8 ?( t! M/ `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards$ O) K- n( l2 C( p: @; Y e" Q3 i
Range closes to 24,000 yards...% ~( p5 t1 }2 f! v" [% T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
( C" E% B( u* G# zRange closes to 22,000 yards...6 s: M/ M: i9 {2 l" t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
( n' k* h* \' g+ f$ H2 yRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 `9 s% c* T% B( G) b( n$ g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! {2 j8 ?; n) Y- Z: rRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 g7 O2 h+ ~! u, I; i. g3 W8 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards$ J7 B% b, v+ Z- Y$ K ^7 S/ M8 M9 r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, O) \: c& c; G5 m2 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
; N' c; }3 ?- Y5 B0 H1 {& k4 FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
+ k! m% e; U# H3 [1 j! S0 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 ~. M! P; n5 V0 H( h: u
Range closes to 12,000 yards...# u; G+ `5 Z0 l5 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards' [% _, H: M5 z9 e4 C% s
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 W1 [! A( F7 h. x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards. y3 s0 w6 J @; U
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% O1 F( v+ b1 u3 B& s' O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards; L$ s* x9 l# X% f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...) A. y& c& i. |# w4 h
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& g6 E- s" v8 L2 |% \
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards4 f7 k0 r) I e" x8 K6 I, Q
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
* P% }2 r7 R8 v2 U; a3 D% r- U- c' g6 ZDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 V1 v1 G5 S. X- ?/ l& l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards2 L& D( V; J+ G/ l$ n
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards- n; I w! P& T0 E/ W% S
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
, I' L* D- l7 y; \: W9 k+ D: \- fBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
9 \8 a; {0 L& I5 Z8 s- P* p) R. lBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards7 @2 H2 r- A% {, ]+ P, r
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
" k6 ]5 t. ~) p# T" P' E3 mDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards1 v0 U! r# w5 h0 L9 k& o" M& s6 b
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
t: P& h3 w! V# z- ^DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 W- m6 r6 k4 y$ w/ m4 K. a% IDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* e+ Q) r, c1 y5 J! @- q, t' u+ K
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
5 H; m: @ |( \DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards# s: G% c( V# z0 X! f
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- Z( d) G' I3 ~+ U. s# x
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards. l$ i: ^& k- v
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) k7 k( N' p4 I% ]1 j3 @. U( T
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
r5 p4 _: Y% v/ G! ^: x1 @Range increases to 10,000 yards
! G8 L& I8 i! Q o7 BBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, Y2 Z$ }+ S o- VBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
& i3 z7 B9 u0 m* M% yBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, l, m8 j& w, L% N% g* v/ @( t
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: k7 e4 ^+ ?5 r' K) }4 ]7 xBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
0 R4 [" p; ~8 Q; F3 v+ VDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& k( w6 |. m. U. S- q$ lAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
' ?3 s" m( o y- T0 @DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# S1 D( ]8 d# r% v
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ s* y3 @9 ~4 {0 S
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
% n& a6 _, D0 X: F' e& HDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 ?) H4 r: ^6 \# l2 r4 mDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) d) ?3 k2 U" e
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
8 Z& _6 F( `# ODD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 m9 G; B+ C ~* d8 @' gDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards6 o% g% u3 y1 V$ p7 d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 J- x& F& Q2 d$ z( xRange increases to 11,000 yards: i6 |0 c* m; K( g# R8 `- \) N
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
' D2 N, Q* `8 {1 H3 p! NAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
! p# U% c' r" pDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards+ {* Y4 U6 [4 b
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards( G, L4 E1 o/ x1 v5 b
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
' L: a: I, E" Z1 U. y$ `APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards$ u; A' b: i; `( T: J( O: G
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards) r# I9 l, ?3 J# I9 |+ v
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards9 B" Q. l0 ~. B; f& F
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* M* N, W* y3 ? S, ?* F
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( a. e. U. O9 t' F0 a2 S7 ~. `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards: d2 Z, y8 |7 H, z
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
4 F7 @( d! _& Z# U& LRange closes to 10,000 yards
8 I) k, \2 ?- t: HBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 D. C9 o, H1 u) U) TBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) A0 ^. o y0 f
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards5 ]5 w7 E3 y$ f5 y
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards. [6 G7 Y% K/ H; v
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; m- I' q& i1 W, a2 s2 z
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( L9 s' \% J6 rDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 H _! _1 X+ O% h( ~DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ U* @5 W7 Z* `1 z! I. Y2 gDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards+ W( Q6 ]" _8 n7 s G2 D3 D. g
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards* \+ Y( m/ j; }1 W0 o
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 _/ {( O5 o' C" s" N3 K" ^DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
6 Z% F1 R/ s3 W% w% y, L4 h8 m+ ]( bDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! n3 y( t( s6 s2 ?/ Z; h
Range closes to 8,000 yards/ |7 W4 U7 K, L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards5 u, t6 A1 \6 }
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
' {+ N: n. I8 w/ ^: K- C0 hAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
& T+ j4 B- k* b# C, Y3 A- GBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
' W6 r0 ?+ Q6 IAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards8 G& F8 y6 a+ {5 b4 T9 d
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. R: r9 {' F& G& r! q# g
Task forces break off...( ]" @- q' ^ N8 r) @( p/ J% N
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APD T-1, Shell hits 12 z6 \/ f3 t3 q
APD T-25 Z. `0 W( h2 I0 o- ]! s
APD T-3, Shell hits 1
+ m! A7 c& y5 G' \) V APD T-4, Shell hits 1
8 O4 f ]9 q# h Q& ?. k APD T-5
0 W+ V. W" j) K$ C APD T-6
# j7 i1 G6 w/ f% N4 L, l APD T-8, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage3 m; q6 k) _) j9 f" ~7 z( h( n
APD T-9, Shell hits 14 ], k) P n# b4 L+ t9 h8 h
APD T-10
& z* |5 f- w& p: R( w. s7 k0 S APD T-11, on fire% w" }5 e( C( b+ ~; E9 C( k
APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk/ m* q2 C$ u& h9 G% g
APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
2 L. K6 q2 H9 P8 |* G APD T-14, and is sunk
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) U& c. g; u" f. jAllied Ships
8 V r8 N* ]( K, I* }0 [ CA Portland
% C- F0 a+ C0 M- _ W CA Northampton
: r7 t' l; t; J, W$ M8 ]% i CA Chester; m+ L: Y" H. [
CA Louisville
4 R: m) c! d3 J* J: U: Y6 T CA Chicago
! c% w9 d8 W/ c+ N2 g CA Astoria
5 @: ]' G' M5 N* G. w CA Minneapolis
) {9 D- Z+ i6 w; f/ p CA San Francisco
4 y3 m8 F% \8 ^ j5 |7 E4 J/ _ CA Quincy
8 i: L+ q0 S% Z% L% J6 b0 M CA Vincennes
$ Z% J/ b1 @- Z" f- G% }+ G7 l8 V CA Wichita$ x! D+ o# U' ~/ \8 D" O
DD Bennett" U1 B. ~# t1 N( M# U8 ~
DD Bradford2 g3 q2 E1 e; C# I6 ^
DD Braine
- F4 ^% W% \: y& U3 L& r7 z6 D$ ` DD Brownson5 ? c5 _0 {4 c; b& Z/ U- _
DD Bryant4 i: `$ t v. w3 A& `, F
DD Bullard- Q2 N( i) c& V, h1 S- h4 R
DD Burns5 T2 T" f+ m, {; L
DD Callaghan, E$ s' ?. ^* Q; v0 ~
DD Caperton, Q; }( X5 p4 K& i& J5 D c
DD Capps- Q; C7 N, a- q# Q8 u
DMS Emmons
5 _6 _/ O! {2 V. Q) }" b DMS Macomb
( o1 u' K7 W7 `+ q K5 N DMS Rodman
. R" g6 c+ m: n2 U+ i7 q. @ DMS Gherardi5 k& H7 ^3 y7 [7 c. H; ~8 a
3 O8 K6 h) B2 U1 B) e: X) ]: U
# }, d/ n* d# R; ~Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
5 Q$ L7 n0 t4 ?4 c7 [Range closes to 28,000 yards...
. I- L0 b$ p4 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards( G$ S9 _% Z" k+ ]: y/ r
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 {, O0 O( n5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 n6 Z* i" n4 A9 zRange closes to 24,000 yards...
0 v2 U3 ^; @7 o8 h; @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; J0 H' d2 x# {8 c7 `1 h) t
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 t) {8 _9 g+ K j% ]# _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
2 x2 W3 s3 g8 a) ~* d0 _) g5 TRange closes to 20,000 yards...; c/ f# t, q0 [) @0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. r) L$ E, y& Z+ @8 g6 N- fRange closes to 18,000 yards...
, N- O% \, P# X. I& e& R" uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
3 y0 a1 }( ~2 }8 ~+ m9 RRange closes to 16,000 yards...
/ C$ G. }; V9 y- C: rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards/ i* s' N; X( p+ b! h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ | t: w9 p3 t( F' ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...8 M& H% H" G4 E3 j; M- E/ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
+ N& j4 s% P8 L2 ARange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ K; c9 Q3 e3 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
4 `) |" `1 ?1 s( s+ w2 @( ~1 NRange closes to 10,000 yards...! n* \( i& o* h; ^4 D2 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 V$ f0 J2 I5 x! X- s6 D* H: U+ |CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! |1 v" B: D% b. S) q
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% s: a7 n5 S3 j, U5 GRange increases to 11,000 yards
1 F2 l5 p2 |7 }9 E' B' ^ X6 NAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards' q' B2 r6 H7 W3 F' z
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
1 f! {# }, G3 x8 ?+ ]/ p5 sCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards1 R0 z [ T' ]* S Y: p
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards* P/ \1 M& z0 `
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 b d& D) r4 |! _! d ^
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards n' j* C9 ] K1 v% ~ c' a
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards) h- h- }! N3 O+ {8 |7 P. y
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ r+ n. l' Q0 d6 [+ S) P
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
- e! O& X; o; i" uCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 {# V8 v) l, [7 H$ V" CDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
^. ~8 L2 F9 _1 LDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards' M- o! ]7 u5 t4 Q6 i4 Z1 `
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards2 O. @: S1 B. _- v/ Q8 m
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards# K1 |* `6 i0 I2 C9 O
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
. n( v' K& M' ~" uAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards$ a. J& N" l/ F M' r: K! B, l
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards+ L! {. G6 p% d! r/ A4 [
Range closes to 10,000 yards
8 Z, {+ @' d5 w+ E+ J7 J! Y kDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards6 i$ v9 g7 d0 F3 I4 R& e7 Y- g
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
' j1 k3 j1 R: I$ X6 m" U7 a2 kCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
; j1 [* L6 p1 B2 qCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
+ t' _; Q9 N* ~CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
; b8 {1 [+ m4 C* G$ n1 o Q+ BAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards) Z9 b( E; |0 G0 `, `
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards \; Y( k! _) i8 g
Range closes to 9,000 yards- m8 E& q4 D- m/ `- o% o
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
% j+ N! |; ~, Q9 f5 |' a" hDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. T! \0 L$ F. B- B
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
5 x" l/ q' `% O) zCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards! ~8 p3 i( G7 x/ \$ y
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ m7 O+ |& _* I0 W' \6 q- F4 TDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! w4 Y3 U% F* K4 e9 g/ Y# T6 |
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
^# ^) @ ~$ N4 p% w8 @( D$ DRange increases to 10,000 yards1 y3 h* x- J3 m% _. q# R/ ~ u" \2 V% ?
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
8 t, B' {' _0 S! sCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# [- \: ?, L5 I& f% C
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 X0 ^# k/ u% j7 W: S' QCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards/ h6 T" ~0 T1 c% g6 c
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) r, }2 o$ w. Z( |2 f) D* h9 `
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: T& o! Z4 X( E" h: X
Task forces break off...2 X3 J4 o7 u1 L7 {
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards" \) j: w5 @5 G( r. ~$ w) I( N
2 @! e" ~. W8 ~* v0 I R' kJapanese Ships
% d8 v" e {/ K: g! W APD T-1
; P* P+ E* K2 h- ~. T3 P) U APD T-2, Shell hits 1, on fire- b1 M- Y4 j$ s, v$ A1 v- l6 T/ |
APD T-3
5 n/ g+ f# C! W" ?$ d APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
- ^! q& e- W# N; J2 B APD T-5
* R3 q5 G _, V APD T-6( r% \! \/ _1 `1 O. ]
APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk8 e- T9 ?) J* I* X1 v3 d
APD T-90 `6 S$ O! T3 k6 T5 C7 ~# s5 R6 X' Y
APD T-106 j: F. q: i P9 X, b
APD T-11, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships. A9 D+ V/ d D1 @0 D
CA Portland! D. T& P2 x: S* W- T/ q F4 M
CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
& v/ O" W6 N; X5 f+ G! A1 ^( F [" E CA Chester! i5 Q7 f# `. f, c/ T6 `) Y
CA Louisville9 Y u A# l5 K
CA Chicago$ a5 ~* a* E) s
CA Astoria
' l. w$ D0 ~8 F: A CA Minneapolis. k& f% @( d# V$ D
CA San Francisco
L& f- t9 v% a9 D CA Quincy
* J! w8 ~2 H y5 B/ S5 @ CA Vincennes/ f6 c! t* m* ]2 `/ |, q! v% Q
CA Wichita
1 N" l- b4 V6 F DD Bennett$ Z' @8 Z$ U! ~" `4 r3 R3 a
DD Bradford1 j8 e: G- m# F5 w6 z
DD Braine
' p6 ?: U3 o# Q) n" \3 q! K6 i, s- k0 x DD Brownson
) Y9 L. h- q8 I' a8 q1 } DD Bryant
1 ~4 b, @6 ^& ?' X) y6 b. n6 h DD Bullard
2 b6 @0 g0 t, g8 D! \/ h0 J DD Burns, r! |) n! c, o8 d6 b8 G
DD Callaghan
} G0 y6 C; f# t l7 h+ l DD Caperton
# _ M' C7 D2 B. ~$ K, K DD Capps
- _1 |9 a9 h {, u DMS Emmons
. q) W5 ]$ s" Q3 |3 H DMS Macomb
- H- P& ~5 v3 P- k- n$ ? DMS Rodman
) @5 @6 H0 ?3 V" L" L) i+ L DMS Gherardi4 l1 G$ w t+ m7 Z$ t: b
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 |1 o) X2 E2 I/ U$ }! |# D4 ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...3 A( S: C3 _% h! E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ |' ]! s4 G) a( n5 _' Q" |Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 ]8 U: N* c9 e/ @0 k+ ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
3 E+ o6 a H7 w# tRange closes to 24,000 yards...1 a7 T8 O4 z6 U
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ w0 m* |7 P9 P% }' `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards5 ~* ~9 ]( R4 ~# j4 ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* }0 l. n5 {1 H" L& v& ?2 HRange closes to 18,000 yards...
8 x% ^% k, G" \0 v8 {1 \# P1 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) ^$ I1 m1 n* T9 r/ W. B/ y( m
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 M& h% T+ ^" E W' m t) |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, P' o& y9 I" w: f; L! lRange closes to 14,000 yards...
3 }+ W! d. V* g; Q% k7 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards, E7 k# _6 x' a5 r$ T& g( k- O( Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
- z- x" L4 }( |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; J3 Q2 @ r3 X
Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 j! Q% E) o% t+ Z$ r9 x* }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( y6 ^- i2 E( G& K6 F: i
Range closes to 10,000 yards...' T# s' L! H' a8 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards$ C7 t0 q& x6 I/ H
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards& f- i# L+ x( c% `" T1 e
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards5 n4 Y- D5 A4 X
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
. b7 A6 y: ]; C9 i6 C2 mRange increases to 12,000 yards/ `: s$ Y' V/ ` L
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards, Q; Q* m/ V# ?* S, v7 t
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards, L2 I1 d; \' l P
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
$ I: q2 a0 @) E7 ~) ~$ xCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
1 n5 H- R2 U3 ^: K5 C s. k mCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 ~/ b$ S+ E' o7 X) g- d, G, {CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" P* N6 L( S# A( C4 J# u7 I
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
& \9 i0 n( L6 T* |- X! HDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 }9 L3 Z9 i @8 l7 u, c0 G$ M" H
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( |% t- G/ ?$ o; E' R% |# n
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" L; q" |6 H8 i5 cDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
8 A$ p: k( {' z8 b8 hAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards3 |8 x% T3 K- E8 D" }: v
Range closes to 9,000 yards$ } l- s2 O# t" G
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
, x- F4 U! Y5 h" X ^APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards }9 w# W! x) v( L0 \
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards4 t: I M' ~' {$ e! l
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards. M7 x, C& c7 l
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
6 w8 g6 i _/ T; y+ D% Y5 X2 k7 KCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
5 |0 s7 ~! f) g _, L) ?' [APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards4 k) g% e' k8 C+ Q. I( T; n
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards/ E `7 `! C$ `0 \6 u1 ?2 J
Range closes to 7,000 yards+ D6 `, i H( r3 n, p6 Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
: c4 R( W) \8 S- ]7 m4 aAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards6 [! r" J, g/ X) U# N5 ]; a4 ^! i
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
9 D$ M4 W6 X0 p- m& KCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
4 I& `& F4 n2 hCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( ]9 W ~3 v. x, n& g- b' {
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 d! S7 d! j2 E% E1 F7 h
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ [2 n& U; N6 n; [ C8 d8 r. YCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards m/ F* E9 u) ]; H v8 z
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 e: a& ~( U! P# C) ~
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards6 F4 P i( K! X2 v1 ~& X6 b' |
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards5 E" q1 e" V3 s6 e* v5 Q0 h+ x% B
Range increases to 10,000 yards/ p, o& y' A. n/ H
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 l8 M; e/ E% U6 h8 W \1 {CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" h% [7 a: ^# N2 d: AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
3 w4 b4 c( I- `; d1 {+ t9 NTask forces break off...$ {& T/ k* Z2 x6 S+ X
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: _1 M+ w$ V: W; i$ b* F3 b1 VNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships6 H8 v4 S) W# Y9 p0 D- g& s. L
APD T-1
$ n8 u+ n: c- O X& Q APD T-2, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 ?, O+ r W u: A- S APD T-32 E8 D6 u1 m8 [6 i" W) e% I
APD T-5
! E( {+ q) H# N1 f* |, Y! F APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! T) O" k4 [, A+ K+ G6 H+ p
APD T-9' j7 P/ X' V8 t* {- _) [3 h& M* y# ?6 H ^
APD T-10, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage" J Y& {$ A; Y0 b
APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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: U" @. D8 J1 I$ l7 `' L% i9 YAllied Ships. `. l& ^" W; D9 N+ X/ a% T
CL Swiftsure: C5 q4 ?5 a( j+ d
CL St. Louis9 T6 F. g L1 s& O
CL Phoenix
; s4 u0 e; D7 X- T* y CL Cleveland# j, X+ ~8 Z5 o/ ~
CL Montpelier
* X. V/ ?: H# u% g: }% H CL Denver
* a% J/ t3 o( ^) h CL Santa Fe
+ e8 B; }& F4 K: W: q4 P; B CL Birmingham' n/ K9 {0 P ^. J& S. e
CL Mobile
5 ^6 J3 u9 H: k$ Q! k( u7 T- n _ CL Biloxi5 }. {. I, Z9 X" u
CL Miami
. ]/ G2 \ r C5 x+ h/ `. D CL Pasadena
* t* M2 b2 C# {% d' S DD Allen M. Sumner
4 c5 V9 C7 n- A DD Ault
' I6 J- ~0 [+ x9 _0 l Q DD English* F& A( E& g+ x, C+ l$ F/ m% }7 h5 g6 q+ c
DD Haynsworth0 \* l1 R6 H2 S
DD Maddox2 n' Y$ ]2 B- p0 ~, f! W
DD Mansfield+ R9 ]5 V2 n+ b4 d
DD Waldron
( L& F) A# P! O, X& H0 d DD Haggard4 Y2 S, }7 O4 _! L8 s& K& V) P
DD Hailey7 A; T6 }+ {" |9 T9 \
DD Hale& {& D- W, m# R
CL Vincennes II
_, N' M5 V! w/ W; v CL Houston II
! S( J' @" z! B/ f CL Astoria II
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& Y/ Q+ j0 B1 U7 ~, oMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( T7 @# M- k2 O, [1 v' K! G$ `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 V& k0 L p) E' E# N; g2 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
}: p& c0 L( Y t3 Z, q3 x* zRange closes to 26,000 yards...: ]1 j% @" H1 k7 T5 D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
. w/ i/ f5 m/ h3 X1 J) i" q0 o2 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 ^# f, J+ ?5 i& lRange closes to 22,000 yards... o) S3 u/ K. G1 C, F
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 {3 g0 ^* H3 X1 ]* {/ |; nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! K& p/ E6 \% f; [1 |+ c9 O3 b% ARange closes to 18,000 yards...
# Y! O7 S. V) D' ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
1 ?: |8 s$ R1 ^+ _5 i8 u7 MRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: w8 F, C- s& Y( a- Z i1 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ a0 w& |; o$ |3 S; o7 c+ _Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: U f* S- S) U1 J9 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
6 k6 F1 a) O; tRange closes to 12,000 yards...
5 u7 a; o8 R1 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards/ y0 L- Y9 V2 l1 F* i$ i: O2 }
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! B0 m+ w$ {5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! x6 ~! B1 ~- @6 E8 Z9 I# \2 o* j, qRange closes to 10,000 yards...
# F. [# m: f9 i7 q& RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# c7 ?: S8 O3 fWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
: ]4 M3 g7 y0 E- x8 [3 sCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 ?9 U$ Q. ^7 S6 ^: G
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
/ _3 ?) O6 n; ^9 ZCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
4 [) g: O0 Z% A- V0 z2 F/ nCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 T5 Z' ?$ d* ]! V+ n
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( e- K M! F4 t2 @DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
G: h1 c7 A ~! w7 ]DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 d" D" {+ F) O: @1 I" d
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards; f0 p! H; ]3 Z) r) l# d
Range increases to 11,000 yards. p" s8 z' m G$ |
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 l/ } m/ _6 ~8 O5 | QCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% }9 i3 ^6 o# U/ d: ?1 ^
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
6 a2 e. v+ i! U2 Y- }! O; B1 r7 jCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
# o+ g$ b- U ^1 X6 z! }0 oCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ S Y8 i8 P. p. D/ h$ ]5 k$ ^CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& A/ L# H, V, a8 r, Y' _
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
( b/ W5 g! Y2 F" L7 S w+ u( o# {DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 c# @0 y2 D8 G# c# z: rRange closes to 8,000 yards
( c+ I- j) t wCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
# N7 ~2 h" I! w c1 B/ |CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& B6 S, w. ~, J
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
8 E& e3 |2 \4 j( sAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
% r& { o, G ]3 `) rDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards; n9 |* T" e- Q) p2 X
Range closes to 7,000 yards
* ]( E8 H0 F8 @2 w( P( m) ZCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 O; M/ m3 \( D5 X3 _
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: G$ _ U4 R {CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 g" B) h% ~8 N; b
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 Z( U/ m, p4 g+ I
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
1 Y; l. ?; e$ N( j m% ]) z+ aCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* f5 x+ C1 y( e; z! _9 y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards( W2 [1 ^4 G( T1 c
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' K0 ~" M% x4 rDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ `, n5 c2 K( h. N/ _7 y" ~) \; a
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards& w6 `3 `; s0 `, y6 W" W
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
- b5 B+ A, ~( Q: GDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! Y, P0 b H/ e z2 C
Range increases to 8,000 yards1 E8 V( N4 f" D- X3 E" X
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
7 T1 D, w3 G3 OCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. G* N9 W. J4 l% D `" D( C
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
8 ~. O" l0 W& tJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape7 t: q9 A9 m) x, C
Task forces break off...
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( ^) q; I" ^0 I2 T, g. t2 A% v* \Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards" y2 R% U: A* v$ r8 t& r
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Japanese Ships
% U1 E* U! M( z# n; Z5 i0 P APD T-1( o! h3 h7 a: O) y* P, u6 A, ^
APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk& a) B/ k% T1 |! x$ T
APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
% W+ k/ j6 _- j1 x) o APD T-5
. j x! c; x$ d7 d APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
' a; [1 T$ W! m n2 G APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk' a6 H; F! }/ G) p' x* x
4 w/ n6 P0 R, l" x( [! l9 bAllied Ships
|, d* @9 y L K0 m: d+ V CA Portland) d( N. K k% x+ |# C
CA Northampton
( N8 `, I8 p( \1 G5 t4 e CA Chester* X1 H, h g$ N" x, x
CA Louisville7 o( Z' ~1 B' p1 e+ ^+ S& r
CA Chicago: D2 J3 ^# N% O$ `/ x0 {
CA Astoria' X$ s( P$ d6 s6 E& F) {
CA Minneapolis4 F8 P6 c' ]" Y6 I+ t( T
CA San Francisco: |0 ^$ x, S* `; }# F6 b- l
CA Quincy
/ m/ e# g# P! o; T- F% K% e. } CA Vincennes
$ \+ T4 } c( ?: m- J" c' I1 e CA Wichita! f& l! ?% }' z
DD Bennett
# I2 V5 `: N: [# k* u DD Bradford9 Z2 u5 k! ^5 X) D3 l7 ~
DD Braine7 ]0 C- N! }4 P; J# `" _: p+ B' w( j
DD Brownson
) c. ]4 w. x; |3 ^: p6 _0 F& ^- p DD Bryant1 r% B) V9 U0 e# R; t9 s" U
DD Bullard
" H3 ], }+ U8 z/ P2 v( ] DD Burns( `; J. h7 Q2 q7 @$ J/ E
DD Callaghan
9 m, v6 ?7 E* P, k DD Caperton
4 S; ?" u: Q) H9 v% V+ v& O8 D# R6 y# u DD Capps
, F3 S7 X, I4 ^* y9 b0 a DMS Emmons
* Y) o# R. e" S( @% c9 Y% {! G DMS Macomb+ V1 E6 S5 Y, E: l
DMS Rodman
$ @5 c, Q% O% w3 @8 T& L DMS Gherardi
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$ G ~6 I4 {* X* D: R/ yMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 n; y, [3 J2 V% K: VRange closes to 28,000 yards...
* G: }6 V8 ^6 z) GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 n5 o5 l5 A& B- {( Y$ r: o rRange closes to 26,000 yards...
7 K% C5 f# r# {* P. {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! P$ h( I) e( J5 Q4 C+ C* T" `, `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
1 X2 a5 O) a2 r; a9 h. U/ {! @$ t+ FRange closes to 22,000 yards...+ Y; d4 t- M. X1 j2 _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards6 e6 D7 A9 N' s; \. q7 p* d, S7 @/ N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...4 m2 P, y$ X+ `7 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ ~2 V6 P8 d6 U) j7 O& I5 ERange closes to 18,000 yards...! c; D: s- d7 d- U0 r; q) `4 ]
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 y/ f- t: B/ @7 e# ^& A$ W7 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
- Z# Y# \+ g; o* X7 b- Y( q) wRange closes to 14,000 yards...2 n9 A6 o) d& S) c2 m0 S, Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...- X" _0 V) Y& I1 f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...! u- }6 Q' b, Z4 w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& j) J2 t' Q! ]. m8 E# ?& oRange closes to 9,000 yards...6 G* {+ U2 ~5 |- V
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
+ |$ |9 G$ S' z' zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
! U. {+ ?1 C! cCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 b7 f M- x9 I
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards- {* [9 J- @& s2 H, o0 U! \# T! N
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ ~4 l( i; E4 @' z% B LDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards) t8 H" o! C9 f7 C) E, o
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards( l5 r5 B) D$ i
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" ~7 y1 a2 c7 r4 n. p+ B7 F- j1 OCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards2 E+ a% F) i9 J0 R$ C
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ V8 I/ C0 ^8 g! v k# RCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards$ F+ g: {" {' p$ L
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 [% [0 O4 H; ?# M4 R& [$ `& C
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards2 b: ~& {- s3 _# |" ^2 ]# G. g9 P
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 c( a' ^1 ^+ f7 F$ t2 bRange closes to 5,000 yards$ ~1 d. p* v/ ?# ?2 C
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 # L! l# T* @7 [. _/ r' g4 X
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards8 e, V% W0 }1 m: \2 @' i
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
$ f2 s% r2 c3 R8 B. m! ACA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
( e2 k; l; a* N2 ~+ T; E6 KDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards% E4 z/ O( @. J
Range closes to 2,000 yards2 O" r Z6 t- f8 J" m1 f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
, J* F* S- K5 q$ B% p6 R FCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards7 j) R7 b5 U3 `& f; s
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards: `3 V0 @5 g" ^; S& o+ F
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards8 X5 c* E3 z" b3 [9 V
Range increases to 6,000 yards
2 W* o+ P; K' ?0 I" LCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards2 Y. z6 s$ V9 Y3 V
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
B+ f: i: I4 v- d" Y; zAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards7 f" H7 C* z9 `+ F2 Z3 r6 S, K4 b8 J
Range increases to 9,000 yards
4 y* N& {) S: e1 n. s; v8 d* p1 YDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; A; g7 @1 J% YCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 Y4 ?9 @: m. Q9 k' U2 B/ kCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: m, d9 w( d, h
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards8 r% m. |4 e# i7 J) L, u
Range increases to 13,000 yards5 C5 Z% E+ ~6 S* S6 _ q( M
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards& y2 ~. s4 O' v/ N
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
) Z* U- i7 x( \, ?+ q2 S# C8 H0 `Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& I4 R. |. r! c7 B4 ~, qTask forces break off...( g" L# ~: w' b3 Z* h- K
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# ~, l3 h1 e8 v! b0 S/ G! T" N& M s8 MJapanese Ships
+ _: V8 k, S+ @2 @3 Q APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
Y# p1 T, f# m/ X* A" r9 @' c! j APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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) {8 g. t. h, @- jAllied Ships
- h4 F+ \: t+ m7 H1 {% ~ BB North Carolina
: f8 {9 b. H) [; _ w9 H) D BB Washington
. ?, g( W! a/ ], ` BB South Dakota
) V# O5 `3 Y# t: F/ f7 t; G BB Indiana
9 I% K; x! S$ R) ]" L1 F$ M BB Massachusetts
+ ~# U7 V% O+ n3 T- I3 Q" D O- h BB Alabama3 X0 V! n% n# B
DD Conner
5 D6 s0 p6 f) K, f DD Cotten! X2 Z0 ?# O; \' r
DD Cowell
# N5 Y- s: y a- l, {# w E DD Daly
# C2 j. v6 s4 [ DD Eaton
+ r5 k& G' \) f" _$ V' x# N DD Heywood Edwards
( k9 @: u( f& u+ u$ n DD Erben$ B* z+ g1 A% A8 S
DD Evans
( b: p5 P5 C/ z- i3 ^2 n# L DD Foote' }! w0 z5 x0 z% u/ b- N
DD Franks, y6 ~2 e3 w7 U% F
DD Fullam
# {' \. q4 x$ k+ A DD Gatling
. m( o& ^. k$ n; K/ u9 E DD Albert Grant' n- h1 a/ v% v$ i9 T# o; P
DD Gregory- P" [8 U7 C) {6 B
DD Guest
8 M* a0 [0 s3 {# T# z, I: v DMS Hamilton
N3 i3 j; R8 J0 D$ g DMS Forrest2 z' U7 M; x- z! ]/ [+ N
DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" l8 x5 _2 m* h
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 U# B" r0 i, |- g+ M! `1 j# ?Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, r1 B6 M6 _, `0 Z. p1 e0 ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 u' l) J2 l1 ]% Z, K: GRange closes to 22,000 yards...
# k! q; i# u, r3 Q2 {2 VRange closes to 20,000 yards...
* g" f$ G+ n) X9 D. E, cRange closes to 18,000 yards...: K* l: t$ F6 \3 c
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 u$ Y) y% R+ G, Q, A# w
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' y2 ?# Y( w0 l+ J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 K/ `6 Q/ h4 f* u, s6 hRange closes to 11,000 yards...5 t5 N7 f5 \* `, r8 j* ~4 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 D( {7 o! M0 T: l- d+ ~' nRange closes to 10,000 yards...
6 C- p4 f' o; k s; aRange closes to 9,000 yards...2 V6 ?+ u) N0 V" `* |% P2 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards1 R3 @$ m- h' n3 Z) h
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards& v5 m0 d: b9 ?$ K% `/ S9 a
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards2 q9 J$ C9 v9 m- v3 F8 ?% i
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 X8 A# k. {# k" H' U8 c
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
1 Q/ Q k9 V4 L; ?& NDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) i }" z9 p6 B+ u( PRange closes to 5,000 yards
! Y( |! K$ R- s# u; q) ^0 A u6 XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' w- ?* T. w0 n a! X e! p3 P9 y8 p
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards; P) |; v0 M) a3 y
Range closes to 3,000 yards
, C- j- S8 j, ]; T1 n0 c l, b. S. yBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
' P7 G5 Q) S* h1 l$ O% B/ FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards% |; S( i+ f5 f; g0 P
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards) F" U4 p, s- }$ ^0 e- p
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 |6 B3 y2 h( w1 n( H# ODD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) c, T" [3 H! ]( E/ F- O* {APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards% a4 g r- I+ w8 E+ y
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! q5 ?$ X% H1 }2 T. O8 Z& j; TDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards( X. E$ X3 }# \$ S
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, \) B1 j8 @2 ]Range increases to 5,000 yards9 w1 B1 s4 ~6 q' |8 r" m( B
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
4 C, D* i/ m7 a5 ^- ~/ v& oDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards" K4 ~5 E4 l" g* ^8 y2 f
Range increases to 7,000 yards1 c1 c3 X- j( V7 Y7 {1 r V' x: Z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% w ^1 R; s( L8 `( oDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
1 P7 E+ e4 @2 h9 E8 Z! FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards8 L8 F# W. t9 d# R, V y, Q
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
, [3 f0 ~' K& \, ]$ XAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards. y# e; w- Q9 F% N8 ]& a5 k$ G
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... |
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