在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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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
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
5 M3 q8 |2 E2 X5 b6 k1 z SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed/ I. ?; g( Q0 l
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed4 g% t, A1 h9 v! q9 d* X7 u( J# y8 c
# u" G+ H; Z1 u9 |) yJapanese Ships
4 K; {7 k! r) Q z BB Kongo
! L: f2 I- k+ `3 `# @ BB Hiei, Shell hits 75 C7 ], j) C9 K7 ^; S) `6 l
BB Kirishima
# ?8 u' q/ W+ u' m CA Tone
: _1 }) W" F p3 `. E: _* b CA Chikuma
2 E# d0 |" A3 } CA Takao" \! x$ y/ H/ L/ y
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 28 x& z9 `/ @0 y0 V; Z
DD Maikaze6 E* j5 \. A$ `! E
DD Uranami* B) n& R# \6 q" P: f0 X
DD Shikinami
$ q, l# Y8 L) U) `% i% q8 @ O DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires" X7 y$ t8 o3 f5 O4 b
DD Asagiri3 ]) C9 i" R( U/ y# F
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Allied Ships
, h) b% R0 d( z: Y4 V4 l BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 Y6 j) L/ |& X4 i1 y CA Portland+ p3 c4 B" v; G% `$ C+ C; X# E
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk T% e* k: x8 j% M7 M
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( x4 ?% w) c3 k/ F+ Z DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 Y. x# G9 x) o$ q6 k8 A DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
* D: l F. D( c$ D DD Farenholt
* H! s9 f3 f+ E) u' r" ? DD Sterett l4 v8 @" c6 @! \! |
DD Balch
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. e$ t$ Z+ O; P0 p7 O& ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards2 g- o. H- e1 A! ~# z% k% Z( F
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Japanese Ships
' a! p! {- ~ m, A- { BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2: H$ s8 C/ y7 _! y6 }/ R
CA Atago
" C8 J& B2 P8 |! E1 S: N, F6 G( q CA Maya5 h( T" |& c K2 W) r/ g0 [& ~
CA Kumano
9 s& }6 ^, F" t DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1" Q2 | A$ }, a( V& N* L
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
6 F3 _6 Y1 h' l" x7 b DD Mutsuki
X1 s4 U! |- ?/ F/ g5 n! _4 W DD Uzuki( D9 [2 L# d9 ^3 e( H8 t7 j* F
DD Yuzuki
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( r# d4 v- Z2 C8 ] X DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
. Q9 J5 v' R: l& ?# N DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
) Z, ` O& O4 t7 r. c7 K% F/ h( e& v AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
% ?! L+ j: v, V AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* C2 w) g+ U( X! B+ T
AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ w+ E; q1 ^2 t4 n* W AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: @( x+ B9 b8 G4 l
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: Y$ A3 [- Z" v/ n. y9 p
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk2 y1 U9 S4 x) H7 }8 u5 i6 T0 f
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
) @- [/ i0 ?9 G+ b! C xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
( S" N0 R3 s. U! ~2 D4 B) ]1 h xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk* J& c' D; e# z8 L0 G! J
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
% ?0 z) q( d* O4 U2 {9 m8 F+ O2 u xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
- D$ k6 |3 D4 D; z0 m' \ xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" w# n [9 A- ^6 o" F5 t xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 C6 ^9 W; c" d ]: [5 E, n AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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4 L. q8 V: J5 \: U4 S7 WAllied ground losses:
0 J7 H, h* J0 A2 z7 Z5 V4 Q0 |9 R. G7 C 136 casualties reported
5 e- _5 N' @+ J( r7 G& Y Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, I" \8 x [" J1 I, F* ~9 X% d
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
4 h; [" ^" W j Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* ]$ F) C! F n1 c( ~
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards. t& V! u" Y; U7 p& |$ ?; F
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Japanese Ships
- f3 E4 E$ y$ q8 U BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
5 i( [- P! U1 m3 l2 [ CA Atago, Shell hits 3" q1 l. X. y4 n8 H1 T2 g o; }
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
0 ?# N" L$ u) I V" t CA Kumano, Shell hits 1) P/ [) O2 o$ R! e& u! ]% t& C, J
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
" W/ r/ e6 H' k9 r" b, R DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
- l1 U2 f- r( E" o( ` DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2+ p7 [$ h' u7 s' u9 h: |; k
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
& L# X4 x2 z8 K. i. n DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire3 R# E# H r6 n7 z, C/ L1 g
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
( t7 `' ]9 O7 X8 B: x3 q2 Y+ Q$ w DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire" s+ O4 M7 s8 W$ i; F
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage c- ^) h- F8 ]3 r
/ U1 M# y% x: I/ D/ S, m8 c+ lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain( M( z+ C& S/ R8 {7 }( w) v
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
) S# r- s! n& g( s# M& H) {Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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# f( ~/ V* z$ c4 U- y1 `% N2 ~. HAllied aircraft
* z) H- l: M; }% [- b& I P-39D Airacobra x 162 g# p, b# V" Y
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7* ^# E2 f5 q3 q7 ]6 G. g, {7 Q
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Japanese Ships
$ O( V8 w( J% ?- E0 u CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage6 w* Z& x8 i6 G2 X
DD Ayanami" {# s) k/ h# m. m$ q
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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$ N3 C# C0 \$ hRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
9 c$ i$ A0 N9 X8 u Y; e1 gEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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No Japanese losses9 X+ X2 J' I4 [# A7 Q+ q
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Allied Ships
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8 v, x9 H7 K- Y' B' e5 h DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage' W, G2 e8 d x
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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$ k- ]3 A- f9 A. d/ xAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136, @7 D5 `0 @7 o2 n. V1 P( I0 s. I
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% ~0 x$ b: S. c2 b! T" t4 l0 e" hRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 f! G# n0 V; f1 U3 F1 P1 Q$ jEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
) G; V( `! }: L8 J. y- `( h B5N1 Kate x 18! \, {" {- _+ v" y! @8 T
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B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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DD Laffey
c; A! @. _" B# M% f3 |5 V CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage5 w j5 q7 l% c" k+ n
DD Balch( K( V9 N8 e# T; k
DD Sterett, and is sunk |