AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/45
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1 heavy cruiser, 10 destroyers, 3 AOs and one AE were mined today...
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& Q; Y( t8 q! LTF 1054 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)0 D+ O L/ } x+ m
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5 P" C; I2 |4 uDD Uhlmann
6 X- X" I" |) N/ ~8 kDD Stack, Mine hits 1, on fire! H% [4 g# A0 P! |" B
DD Stockton2 `: u, ]; s3 D9 R2 H7 q
DD Gillespie, Mine hits 1, on fire- M1 ~* A: ~- l1 I3 R/ k4 @- t
DD The Sullivans
5 m6 h# E0 f% g" hDD Taylor, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage/ W8 r8 G% l# f7 r' J( R& n
DD Wilson
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TF 1148 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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/ \) e& X9 b* M6 U% H `, UDD Johnston, Mine hits 1
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TF 1161 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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( e4 l1 R: l. q* |9 BDD Harrison, Mine hits 2, on fire$ @8 h& l& W7 K2 ^/ `
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TF 1162 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)4 V' _" y# z& O( \" `; U6 [9 J
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DD Swanson, Mine hits 1, on fire
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2 `8 v" M1 ]. k; Z3 w3 F2 D- ^' OTF 1164 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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Allied Ships
( E: c" T' @" |& b6 t+ m6 kDD Cogswell, Mine hits 1, on fire
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0 p$ D+ z; h9 L" N4 w4 b- VTF 1088 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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Allied Ships
' S0 @) m {4 p4 i& R$ XDD Valkenburgh
( j% U. K1 E3 i; Z9 E! J5 ?DD John Hood
7 ?6 u1 h3 J5 Y* h" f: x1 Q7 PDD Black
; d; J/ U" G% r _# P+ z, QDD Bennett ?/ s0 X! n" h
DD Bell, Mine hits 1
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)$ y- s% y- T7 W: l: C
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DD Callaghan. t% H" i0 E( ~
DD Clarence Bronson, Mine hits 1, on fire) Q' u$ }" N( U
CA Chicago, Mine hits 16 c* N% P0 L2 J. y0 D
DD Waldron# |+ b, N2 ?. l3 V! m
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Somehow a replenishment group entered Bonin and started unloadin - fuel?!
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Bonin (65,52)
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TF 1092 troops unloading over beach at Bonin, 65,52% G8 F; d" U' r+ h, [$ ^- N9 y
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DD Bush
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DD Aulick
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+ T. ?6 Z) e3 [6 a& ?DD Callaghan+ Z0 y e6 G" k/ |. X0 V: y
DD Clarence Bronson, on fire$ n, L( ?0 e1 V z
AE Mount Baker, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
4 m0 L6 O% f) L. k! j8 R$ g6 zAO Caliente, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage& ~( l/ t; R( C. \
DD Lyman K. Swenson
: ^. C j! I" y2 iDD Waldron# q1 S i) k& y' C
AO Ashtabula, Mine hits 1, on fire
( K0 O+ O" J% ^ E2 |5 m* |3 `4 nAO Mississinewa, Mine hits 1, on fire }8 ]- D6 C: P" }& P
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哈哈,请看!! |