在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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+ K4 j- {% t0 M, K' cAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 425 A) A0 [* j' k; p
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, @! E, e2 Y' b2 W7 a" rNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards$ t; e l2 k# O6 {/ B
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Allied aircraft# X0 ~/ z- I* ~& D: b- d
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% I4 M6 I$ u) V* W7 c9 Z, ]Allied aircraft losses
7 n; u [9 v3 l0 e) Z- q SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed5 _' m e3 [4 N. N6 O; v
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed }9 P6 k5 R8 P
1 Y/ Y/ S: n* p7 a$ r, l' XJapanese Ships
) P' X: g. z; ^) \/ y& ^ BB Kongo
`8 Z( }: C& \" d S BB Hiei, Shell hits 7" }& ~4 c2 z+ Z8 U: Z% f
BB Kirishima
; W4 n1 b7 y1 y; U! A CA Tone
8 F; V4 R. S* z0 D" _$ o3 @& Y CA Chikuma( A; M/ @ A; f% L! ^5 B1 V2 A% Q
CA Takao
8 R9 K( f, V& f, @0 |) V3 v/ z0 v DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
4 }6 ?9 s& \, C0 f7 W2 _ DD Maikaze
3 F4 Q7 i& o! y5 B; L& p DD Uranami2 U% H5 p! X3 q$ H2 M
DD Shikinami
3 S) R0 X: t% k' r; Z DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
4 \1 f X8 A3 a1 L6 m( K DD Asagiri1 ^4 e0 [4 i T) G* s+ L
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Allied Ships1 Z% N$ U3 L1 i4 B
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' e: D, Z5 w8 D! G" f7 S" } CA Portland
4 C6 m# A6 X% Y/ N- }+ Y/ z CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' ] |. M* r" e
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" Y% s4 e# D" P5 F; O5 { DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( e1 F( d1 ]( p2 Y; V! x' k+ X1 M DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire8 _) k4 H9 B" ~- E
DD Farenholt N. k4 m; K% @: n6 k& C
DD Sterett! g5 i. O" e' r% @# }" T3 t0 F
DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards, v1 q& `" h( Y& p
: U5 b0 ~4 G2 m* A5 uJapanese Ships4 Y: P! c1 Y3 [2 {3 _
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
1 ^$ Y- T B% r* P( H CA Atago) U- K9 z' Z8 e2 j5 A) P# i
CA Maya
6 e* @# }6 P- O) q5 R CA Kumano. d' G) H6 ~9 D N! Q9 Z
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
7 C# l K! n0 | DD Ushio, Shell hits 1. Y6 E/ T8 v4 ^0 e2 ~
DD Mutsuki( b5 @. U3 {0 Z1 k* h# p: Y
DD Uzuki' I1 o7 I2 e: W! o
DD Yuzuki
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! f3 J# g/ k* d) F% d DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
: R( B# v! {' i/ O6 N* W DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ @$ v9 l! V, [ w$ m' ] AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
' l) I4 T% _5 b3 Z1 n8 B/ ^% S" g0 B$ k AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk& ?; j( K) Y4 v( D+ E6 R
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" h. D: j2 s& ?9 S% a) { AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ x- c5 f# b1 c AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& R4 O4 {* W0 ^1 E
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
$ J8 Z3 Q0 T" t& D xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk+ n; ^/ x1 b0 E- c# I, k
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
% G% I( v) o2 |0 C9 N/ r xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
( _$ S' l7 L5 [$ d& _ xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk. B, |! T* n* l, j) j, c
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
0 s3 x* u# S# K# D) ` xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 l, v2 O* T. E
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( | J9 s2 i- F! c AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ H. O( |. w8 ~! L* R5 j2 _* G* b
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Allied ground losses:7 L( o# i- R ^8 ^/ O! v
136 casualties reported
* H! q+ K" h9 l3 E" V- i Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 |* L' x* L" K8 W7 n9 X5 V Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled, u0 @2 X2 l2 Q8 v" X: N! C
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- y( `, q4 _) P
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards2 |* ^8 D& s$ M
$ ^3 s! M( j4 ?& MJapanese Ships. E# ]# z7 g9 [9 u/ [
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
( u) j; P: a7 Z% e* V* Q- G, Z CA Atago, Shell hits 3
. g @: [! G3 |7 D8 ~# z CA Maya, Shell hits 3) L; Q. {3 O4 L+ S
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1* {1 m/ A' y1 X
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire+ T2 P' O! m! Y" A. K" N ?
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage; m" {" z) w7 P0 |1 H- k
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
6 |. L. F5 b0 c; t DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
+ _. K u5 Y: X8 D DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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+ b+ p; `( ~) \, u5 mAllied Ships
) V! Y1 f3 h9 Q, ]% R2 U/ F DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire' i" r' v! Y- D- u H
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire, }& C' l4 @6 e
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
1 Z/ c" v9 |) H8 T: G5 z: m5 `" }5 a DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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8 \9 A9 ]# W/ `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
3 \+ P0 o; B/ s% C0 cEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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2 V4 J. k! W, k6 O0 l+ JAllied aircraft9 r0 `. U. N& l) Y: l& d
P-39D Airacobra x 168 k7 W. _& H' O
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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" X/ t5 F5 m( e/ FNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
" S* x: q: u1 z E, V2 ` CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage# [9 o8 v/ y0 ]: i
DD Ayanami8 N8 T: y8 K. \" K" v/ y9 V
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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5 [& a- U7 p/ z% Y) NWeather in hex: Light cloud
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( ~+ W% ^( |- S# P$ E8 E) kRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
% h' J% s) U6 M! v" QEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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+ |8 |6 ~! Q3 C5 Z$ DJapanese aircraft
+ c+ J9 ~" F- k9 x. {4 z A6M2 Zero x 51
3 q" z9 O2 g) G" R, b2 [ D3A2 Val x 50/ `. R% Z# p) H* o
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No Japanese losses
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) A2 w# V" X! P# ?3 T' b, mNo Allied losses9 A; t4 N3 B% W* K# W1 ?& a
! J) W/ c* m. C+ n+ XAllied Ships! ]( q8 a' l- b: D" {$ q) r7 e; K
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
2 W# H( B& y0 N+ {/ b9 S1 b# ^ DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# R& C+ M$ m" l2 R- y
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136( a0 z; Y+ H7 x
, b9 d8 Q5 z' R7 UWeather in hex: Thunderstorms+ ]) _3 `, Z. {1 S! q
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
/ f5 ^6 a0 h0 E1 V4 OEstimated time to target is 12 minutes, Q# ^. e/ A4 V1 c
! @! \; M' ^3 l! I8 I- m t% [% hJapanese aircraft, q; ]* k1 G. {' c. X
B5N1 Kate x 18
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" j- b" i9 Y% C, JJapanese aircraft losses
" U( T9 L2 U! `) o5 Y( P* p1 v B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged; r, s- ]$ i( ?
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Allied Ships
5 p, U4 i9 D% P q0 p DD Laffey. d# N3 E# B% R' y' T$ c; w% S7 j) k
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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DD Sterett, and is sunk |