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+ D7 o3 X4 G( N/ ]: ] |AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards. |- \& x, d! L
+ }9 ]* B2 n7 Z( w4 fAllied aircraft* b0 b! l( q- L5 R9 r- Q
no flights: h6 V- N( y( s
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Allied aircraft losses8 ? O3 {- N& ~$ q! Z
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed7 A2 n: K9 c: J' a( w
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed% F* e3 p" I" g* s# W z6 C
% Q6 N7 p/ Q$ ~" f) s# CJapanese Ships
7 D; |4 v9 ?- O BB Kongo
9 F5 g3 w) w: i, v BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
. q- M; e$ z) R: k: } BB Kirishima
& N5 f3 Q! }& F/ L6 h. H4 H _" Y CA Tone
/ R3 j( I0 ^& k6 \ CA Chikuma+ N- A- P. D0 `7 ~5 b# m+ p" o
CA Takao1 m& Q5 ~8 u7 g1 T' ^' A6 H1 f
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
! u5 p9 ]; p$ ?. Q3 S! W DD Maikaze5 E" l0 b, Q+ R r; R1 c4 u
DD Uranami
( W: O9 A, m% o2 N" _+ ^1 l# P DD Shikinami
" p9 H- K$ f3 L# a" f0 w, q# S; N7 n DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
; Q$ g0 P. p+ }( A( M' Y DD Asagiri
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6 l' b/ P8 u; I' D$ I5 e, MAllied Ships
$ G7 I0 b) \# B% A4 j7 W+ t: D# }0 \ BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ d0 Q# p$ j3 k
CA Portland
. F" t* d: }$ l$ O( F' a* p7 J7 f5 t. | CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: P g; T; f" a- }. G1 W& |% ? CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% X8 s1 X3 g9 k0 J0 ]! } DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; ^1 g! x/ G+ u+ [: V5 ? DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire8 }/ y4 ?3 r$ B- @
DD Farenholt9 ?. i0 h' r- S& L* k
DD Sterett3 z# u/ l; r- e) G
DD Balch; S0 E# z Q! d: K& L+ v, M
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards- p: v2 ^; Q e+ O/ o
3 i# o7 H; L$ T- k' zJapanese Ships
' x# ^* y) O8 z( k5 L7 R* G BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
. U. J0 K% u8 K! Z; Y CA Atago2 X& U0 `/ O- ~( v
CA Maya
0 Q f: q9 i6 G2 U9 `' F3 _" Y CA Kumano
# j2 j* [$ a2 [- L) P DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
5 y7 |+ y. f6 w3 f4 w+ y$ Z9 \4 D$ b DD Ushio, Shell hits 16 I$ I, _ D$ D& Y# V. g
DD Mutsuki
; N* b- s- h* S# V5 U DD Uzuki1 L+ m _2 Z0 V& r/ ]! V
DD Yuzuki
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Allied Ships. Y @# |* X8 y$ X
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk7 S+ U1 D4 Z, T% @6 n3 x+ g
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
Z3 g& X7 S! k2 Y$ @# r- U7 K1 G AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk- |: N' s+ j/ C3 \3 H8 |
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
7 e! _8 o8 e( m ] AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, Y9 W/ N# M) N" Z4 ]2 z7 }
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& h, G; m8 ~2 O6 s AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" i5 S$ W- D2 l# n; @ AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk" H0 k' U( k) h' D
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk0 F/ P1 P2 B4 H- l; `/ A
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk& ?+ ?# L! }& C& R5 ^! R1 x
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk6 B+ d/ O! A W2 G9 g7 O" ]1 M
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk' m2 e; h- t% v$ _1 L" e
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk' t: l2 q& e" B( p3 |
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' m& X( a/ Z }+ a# u
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ ^( m) j2 I' P; u1 a; t# q- j1 x AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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1 x: G4 p t! {; [. wAllied ground losses:
8 o+ M7 B1 V. j O 136 casualties reported {+ V! I, Y, [& r- r
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- x; ^) V9 N! M
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 S+ M$ V; ^0 \6 h/ { Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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) W9 m1 C% K" i. a% hDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
% e! b3 A2 F) m! r" |/ o BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
" u9 ]) m3 B6 @8 S I3 G CA Atago, Shell hits 33 ~$ }8 ~5 g' o8 x. i5 l$ A
CA Maya, Shell hits 3! H: g- h8 m |0 S5 |8 i( v
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1! G; h7 W; _3 t. ^/ E
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire4 F: p- q8 D+ }" E8 M$ D4 P
DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
& ^4 g9 G( X7 e2 k7 u$ y3 r DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
: p8 F `' e `! u! {/ ~ DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 L, }- k0 I: p; k. K" D: S' k4 d DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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7 k. q6 T- E7 P3 ?Allied Ships4 K8 s# q/ j- q/ c. f
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
. i- i" S5 P; F% \0 E DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire5 W6 `' x' p0 S- U0 n
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire1 C) c0 ]' s* G, [3 W
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage( T2 j+ @ F( p
, q9 c: S* S( dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133$ y/ i1 S, d8 v" {& w4 r5 m: p8 ^
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain* u* e! s, H+ V* P
! I7 h! [, g5 Q( F. }, f4 ~Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
: M' _2 U& B# n- ^( E6 H* G7 q/ NEstimated time to target is 0 minutes7 U% O' M) v4 c6 j% @/ b% P* e+ ~
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Allied aircraft
1 W5 \) m, R# A8 R4 I# c P-39D Airacobra x 16' t9 `# q, v! Q0 I# _% Q( O V
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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/ z! K1 e M9 L% q/ cNo Allied losses/ U; y+ F$ Z7 ?1 y# O' M+ w+ ?
6 V* R, C. D2 n8 l/ M* O& eJapanese Ships8 ^8 k% }& O& b+ g4 X' O% \
CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage: r/ q( m$ B4 b' |/ U& ~
DD Ayanami* \; v$ ^; W& h* j
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1327 q+ g& b% Q E6 A& {8 C3 O8 o7 Y) y9 D
, v& o" m1 M6 ?; xWeather in hex: Light cloud7 `3 |# I8 p" b
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.- p% \) E" ~ S8 M' ^
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% t! r( D5 N3 x: P- j A6M2 Zero x 51
6 d0 L$ w8 }" E' y D3A2 Val x 50
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9 _5 K& H" e' F) @Allied aircraft
; H" }5 H' k( ^ P-39D Airacobra x 13 b( X% N3 u; U$ h: Q5 v
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No Japanese losses( a( o3 t2 y- Q) N3 y* a/ w* P7 }
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
( x/ r$ ?' q4 z) M DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
/ [# o( f# D' u& k( n4 q DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
8 J/ T+ ?4 Z0 Y9 C; o DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms0 d7 I6 ?# n0 [3 _! B
' K; E2 P& w) P$ \5 |8 }Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet., s C: E% z4 M% d, w" S3 h
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ T( p; z9 z. k- s! P, w2 U8 @5 ~
B5N1 Kate x 18) Z3 a' w V; j2 o5 h: p3 X
. G7 \* } f& n; iJapanese aircraft losses* [8 e V( _, [/ j
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged8 x. [- @& c" z' A4 H
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Allied Ships+ R H* I) E; E$ n
DD Laffey$ w* A5 t" e, e' ?3 d/ I. `
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage( R5 l) L: \( H' K& @3 I
DD Balch
0 t6 _5 u1 ]' ~ DD Sterett, and is sunk |