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日军舰队突入爱塔佩滩头9 K, E5 z! E2 [6 F+ U
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 2 C+ {% j! [# ~4 _
; f1 I2 U& g. u3 OJapanese Ships % w7 d* b9 E! @+ r/ S' ]% o
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
; S- o- y$ M$ H; b( o: A8 jCL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
: r. x* K' t- r8 f5 X& fCL Yubari
! _# H! W; o x+ KDD Natsushio, Shell hits 2
: T- m" h- O! @( c8 n) N6 w0 [( }DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, on fire
+ `, r7 S5 \, o3 Y- x- D5 \DD Urakaze
0 x. n. }) D4 |* \8 Y2 d4 VDD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - G$ a' r/ p5 W2 }" [; z: d
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
. q% \& \( S& O- ^# e4 fDD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire 6 v& w" M! E' _8 h; f$ n6 u2 H' J
DD Shinonome 7 V4 Q+ K( O0 f2 f+ s5 O3 O& W/ O
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Allied Ships
6 V6 E4 e/ y9 x7 qDD Hazelwood " y1 k$ C% W0 G( Y6 H( y8 S+ d7 i
DD Hickox
* t% u) ], Z' u6 ~. C6 JDD Hoel , {# | f# x, I0 ]5 s! _
DD Hunt * h# t& `8 i- _% Y0 f
DD Mullany 5 p( f" |6 I# X. _
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 1 % }5 E/ A$ s0 ~$ h. k
DD Renshaw 2 u0 V" s0 L( n, y8 |, M9 q
DD Wickes
" ^: b; l5 q% ~: k5 |1 p- c; A, m1 o* fDD Stack
* b, q8 O) o+ T( p% z9 A7 bDD Wilson
: }) L5 M- T0 z0 gDD Hatfield 2 M! A {, S8 w4 e9 Y
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Japanese Ships
3 i) Y6 m$ L+ L: e- |4 c# tCA Myoko, Shell hits 2 # A' A. Y ]8 u
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 3
: ?) D! X, n8 J9 [% K, f3 q5 @CL Yubari, Shell hits 1
( J/ |$ }# D# C0 Y' b# G, PDD Natsushio, Shell hits 4 1 [! A9 a) J; j+ U. e3 a
DD Hayashio, on fire
9 G3 m% K5 o. m1 u& Q* V3 @DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1 3 {7 O: y" a& `5 u( T
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* Z' L* u3 {1 d VDD Natsugumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' e5 \/ `! l! Q h$ iDD Minegumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage P, P# K$ M9 {9 b: H
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2, on fire
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b! s4 J( Q* B7 c! {2 z* ~9 PDD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire # @/ o$ c: F V- w
DD Hickox, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire ( u8 c5 t! M' `& \6 x8 O
DD Hoel
7 l x- z7 V7 R8 r$ `) E0 MDD Hunt 1 U, E, p K6 ~7 J6 A1 W, ]1 ^
DD Mullany, Shell hits 1
! q+ ?7 M7 @) r; ~DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 3 & E2 S; I1 |$ u/ ^
DD Renshaw & Q: t2 U: c' B' \8 i
DD Wickes
( ^# n \4 K$ e- q3 H" s- ?DD Stack
+ K2 \; F5 K$ y. ]* I1 qDD Wilson, Shell hits 1
1 a( L% @: Z% l; i+ yDD Hatfield
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80 * j9 G0 S" a0 w1 E5 @8 z( ~$ f
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CL Oi, Shell hits 3
/ D0 ^. U. C( ~( i4 K0 @2 WDD Tamanami
) B4 {3 ^. z# b; [. R3 s$ I( TDD Onami, Shell hits 3
( ?0 f/ ~+ S: x" GDD Kishinami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
7 v, S9 V9 G* XDD Hayanami, Shell hits 1 1 U: g# h$ c) ~8 Y5 T
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 2, on fire # H+ K+ K$ |0 B" w. r+ ]4 v6 Q
DD Asashimo, Shell hits 2 2 j d6 W) G" M9 @8 P
DD Hatsukaze
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DD Hazelwood, Shell hits 1, on fire
e" i2 l4 n9 u: g) H8 U5 } u; |DD Hickox, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
9 {, E! V- D9 q* O; ?1 {5 DDD Hoel, Shell hits 1
- j) ^+ j9 J v5 ^% I+ J% {" {# SDD Hunt, Shell hits 3, on fire 5 v! W1 ~* ]( U8 ^) R% n
DD Mullany, Torpedo hits 1, on fire 4 T( ?, Z1 C2 o4 w+ o( A4 L# ?0 F
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
! _6 C& h. Z) v8 HDD Renshaw
& F: _; D# e6 w! @( ^( DDD Wickes, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk 8 v! P; W' J5 ~! h7 C; T- R) F
DD Stack
' C) F+ {0 Y0 J5 nDD Wilson . w4 P% h2 @. d2 Q% U
DD Hatfield
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Aitape at 51,80
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BB Hiei
( J1 F3 G6 y( b3 @* O' QBB Kirishima + z* P0 l- e& p/ y7 ]) m
CA Aoba
5 s! m" ~; U! v8 F1 T; hDD Akizuki
$ u8 |+ u$ ?( c E% F1 VDD Teruzuki 3 a% U5 y; @% x* c6 m
DD Amagiri - I; E3 r8 }4 d5 s- j* E8 b. D& E
DD Hayate % R( I: d* ^, ^- y6 T
DD Yakaze $ o% T6 B) \4 |: E% T
DD Numakaze 5 V! \6 Z4 |8 N6 u' O/ e# V3 h; f
3 j, M. g. D/ Z9 f) y0 M7 gAllied Ships ; m! L( [& {- } Q
PT PT-129 # D9 b$ s8 L# S) { ^- A) V
PT PT-130 9 z% O7 Q$ J! Z0 w/ ?3 B/ z, f0 x
PT PT-131
/ q+ s! |- x2 P" CPT PT-132 / x0 F n2 u) p
PT PT-133
' z; L U$ J, J% S7 Z8 N4 pPT PT-134, Shell hits 25, and is sunk # k# v6 i9 k& G- z4 f8 [/ l
PT PT-135 . e- {4 B/ t7 E# x* S/ U. N, g& E
PT PT-136
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Japanese Ships
+ m: J/ [ j% C5 @3 @/ qBB Hiei - W3 f% X7 s5 z% o- k1 t: C. m- A
BB Kirishima ! S J( _8 @( I3 n0 [
CA Aoba 4 x% D: |* a' V; X
DD Akizuki
: D7 A. }" S1 f" mDD Teruzuki 0 H4 T, x' }' n" E: H
DD Amagiri
E1 j( X/ F: p+ c5 cDD Hayate
, M8 C2 f0 d4 f% H) L* qDD Yakaze : s7 F( S/ m) Y9 \: |
DD Numakaze 5 o7 F8 n" M, J& d
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0 g) Q# {- T7 H* i( n# Q7 aAK Benjamin Franklin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
: e9 R8 V: D3 Z H" T. x7 C& S: Y4 tAK Francisco Coronado
. F0 ?1 {/ u. mAK John C. Calhoun, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage & C/ L8 R" W5 E% `6 r0 o! W5 ^! M9 `
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BB Hiei
: ]- c( N" x l4 g# yBB Kirishima 8 t/ M) \3 P' d$ D+ B
CA Aoba
8 F8 a- W6 |; ]. \DD Akizuki ' y0 h; V% z0 y: B, X/ c1 B* k
DD Teruzuki J6 L* s$ L! `' I
DD Amagiri ) r7 U' x, P* d# o9 O& E
DD Hayate 5 S/ M& S$ @) x% O( m2 M! g' q" J' p2 g
DD Yakaze
: P2 z ^( ~# |, e" Q! K* NDD Numakaze 6 N8 Q, f; H1 K3 P# J
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Allied Ships : B* M% C9 A, G- c6 e
SC SC-1063
. y( L6 M( v& W/ ]0 Q# `) B% o+ XAK Floyd B. Olson ' X% g" E/ `' }9 \ d7 F
AK Stephen H. Long W5 ?( J' q Q( U! B8 }1 A( c1 l
AK Thomas M. Cooley, Shell hits 1
6 r2 v8 S) S+ M. M7 WAK William W. Campbell, Shell hits 2 , f8 e9 a: d" q, b- R
AK Empire Zephyr, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Allied ground losses:
2 q' N3 K7 I0 g% c26 casualties reported
+ f% R3 M6 Z- r) @7 |- i2 r5 jVehicles lost 2 _% ?: c+ R; m+ w2 N+ z
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CL Oi
+ R+ b# p- F# @' O4 E: _3 Y; G, mDD Tamanami, Shell hits 2 . \; @9 `- k% O4 z) b( h( `8 P
DD Onami, Shell hits 3, on fire
1 ^5 ^/ J5 b# q6 b/ ?DD Kishinami, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk & ^0 S1 g( j2 c7 P
DD Hayanami, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage # s) u8 j3 J" w3 F4 P6 l7 `
DD Hamanami, on fire
$ ]7 S# y# q. _! XDD Asashimo, Shell hits 3 5 {0 m& X' y/ t( l$ R) f& y
DD Hatsukaze 0 _& {7 z! E% w1 M7 Z% g
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Allied Ships
( ~# T, J$ F! A: hPT PT-456 $ e( _' ?2 p. U4 R; d* d' f
PT PT-457
$ t& b1 Z, u8 G/ q4 yPT PT-458
6 J1 F" r5 y8 GPT PT-459
# r9 z& @2 ?6 g6 w% V& uPT PT-460
. h( T% c) r6 d! bPT PT-461, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
) w+ K% u& Y8 o- sPT PT-488
: u# E# `/ j: Z, b7 _+ n. X9 M' TPT PT-489 3 R/ C" p+ d9 o9 ]8 W9 J* |
PT PT-490
+ D" y) `# \2 f9 M8 m. fPT PT-491
5 Y5 h5 J! v' A a, M) ^8 FPT PT-492
8 e y) Z$ K$ @3 i: P3 h! G; c: W: MPT PT-493
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Naval bombardment of Aitape, at 51,80
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1 `, F. f# i: b4 bCA Aoba : o' N6 z D5 y, y* z2 x. v' ^
BB Kirishima % O5 V, e3 i, U L2 B
BB Hiei " I4 {3 t) m$ M" |& |! y* ], ^7 T1 i% C
L; r; G5 K/ `3 _/ XAllied ground losses:
5 Q, L3 A) _5 R4 d" W3 P# y218 casualties reported * O) b7 D2 Y- i& L/ p/ C
Guns lost 5 |