AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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% R5 m1 A7 R2 a! f+ H7 eDay Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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no flights% K" |" l, p2 U# X/ R7 N7 R; Y) v
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Allied aircraft losses! \2 y2 p' D7 E9 q- J# c) J
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed" l( L) {; F* S* f2 F
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Japanese Ships
8 m4 F& I, L) X2 _' z; V; h' Y BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire5 G5 d! c+ Y8 W6 S
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1! T0 |( }1 I o, r
DD Shiratsuyu) q- ^$ b% D" j9 @; |, G
DD Shigure
) d) H6 u3 f. ?) c" r& X DD Hatsuharu1 F8 X# |/ p" X
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3, n6 g8 m3 m! u. j) S
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire6 e) p! `, E% |+ O0 t
DD Oboro
2 t+ z4 U! z- d/ Q- p4 c- r DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire( S. a6 n9 s% U. _2 J
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 Z2 x1 @- P @2 j! n( ] DD Hayate( z6 ^& O# N* g
DD Sawakaze1 E9 g1 r7 j+ A" V1 j5 ?
DD Yukaze" e. ]' J, `# n/ A( T
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires* l( R/ ~0 k+ P* {! a) r4 F/ `# ^/ v" \
DD Tawakaze/ J% T# C4 y! o" Q: M
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Allied Ships( Q9 d7 d8 k9 y N2 Z: q2 z
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk X; q8 C; ?* a. p6 R+ U
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk9 y% I' d- o+ v2 u) Y: G
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage+ Y5 r: O% o7 c
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage p, Z. n# V$ E! N
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
& O' a, N$ q- A/ A2 [" Q, r DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage1 R, _) N1 o9 B7 P" A2 {( {2 b" a
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; D8 l" v5 A! p58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭
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( j& S( h; z3 U4 A, R c) y6 {Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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' h( E5 E7 H, b, \7 B- HWeather in hex: Light rain" v( `9 V8 ^9 t0 n- l
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.0 h7 w+ e: x) W. j9 ~7 l; Q
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes% D! K; G$ u6 i9 K( _# z
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Japanese aircraft
. @( J% L+ M, U A6M2 Zero x 45- ^2 j" {/ l- G; |% i4 f
B5N2 Kate x 50+ J% V" P) ^) @' }4 v
D3A1 Val x 59, J& k$ [$ ^+ s$ ]* b7 M
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F2A-3 Buffalo x 20. n, t [1 G, e( L; f
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% J: ~2 M6 S; H5 v( N9 a* P3 q A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed! k+ S! q% Q% t5 m/ C
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
5 P0 j- e, c0 o& B9 ? D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
A$ C( D2 p) v+ x6 I( R: k D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak/ D% _1 W. Z4 W
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. q/ |. O. |1 Q2 }! I+ f0 o1 ]* D! v- p F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
) j/ N- I9 M' x7 R CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk- {. H* b3 _, }5 a. F7 {
CA Chicago9 F8 U/ L1 M' X. K2 b0 G: u# u
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage; \3 ] {5 j/ [9 Y: t
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire2 J8 J/ d) j q; E, W% `
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' `2 W( g( e5 I( G DD Flusser% _+ S; g4 ?# h. m, u$ E
CA Astoria+ K. G8 f/ X& E* v ]. f" G* c
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
2 X. d! X: V/ {& ?8 n DD Benham# l6 z* T3 x9 @& e7 ]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155# U* I6 I k* {7 \( y& M* E
9 n6 ]+ x) ^* Y8 K! qWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.+ \9 N/ f1 b8 i* m0 P# m+ `! }
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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* X) s' ~! B- s& ]- X, Y5 g* DJapanese aircraft
6 t/ G$ G' r5 {$ p8 Z } A6M2 Zero x 32+ ^7 C. V. \$ y
B5N2 Kate x 10
! f6 @0 N- p0 p+ a, V D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
* Z+ ^" a! e$ @- s D3A1 Val: 4 damaged. G" X- [9 I, p- N
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Allied aircraft losses
, u2 S2 N& X O' t4 t SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed3 W1 v/ W7 B6 H% m: v- o }4 X
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Allied Ships
- H1 ~" H q) y2 z' A- A: p CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
* N- \0 a$ h# i0 o+ _ CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk* G7 I8 w/ i# R" m& B4 O3 t
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
) f) j% r. f& U6 g; [% _, P CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
& U( k' b8 h" P* e) `9 X CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
w; l. L7 _% ` DD Gridley
' c) A# m: O$ q2 b DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage+ b$ ]) ~) U4 n
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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- m5 o* M6 f6 ^2 A- HAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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( y& y0 r% ^4 @Weather in hex: Clear sky
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5 ]3 W+ @! M0 s1 H) cRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
7 {4 X w+ g/ K2 s# R3 v( fEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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D3A1 Val x 186 x8 I6 |) s/ h7 g3 c/ @5 Q
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7 J+ y& H, {) ?3 G) U D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
0 c4 T* K w; v D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak' I4 R% @" { l
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Allied Ships! ~4 }$ Y9 y/ ^5 T4 j9 w2 X! i( X# T+ S
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
% p$ W; r' l8 J0 L CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire, a0 @$ C1 B% ^) z' o% [
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+ ]# D6 h& f( Y6 cGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)9 a' D& k: P [ z6 E
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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% c( P0 ^5 r; ?/ I5 l0 R0 G# ?3 gAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022
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- ?+ X3 Q9 K+ W7 ?9 ~Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39, j4 J$ Y7 S; W* j+ q6 O. ~' N
2 I/ ?/ |: K& A7 F; iJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0* A! j0 @' P7 X: y) z0 z
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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Allied adjusted defense: 5 8 V$ E# b4 f" ~4 b5 m- c$ @6 p$ k
. C1 n& @( M& o5 f3 `8 vJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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" L, d% p4 \+ e9 jCombat modifiers
4 ], I5 Q2 D+ E# i5 qDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)8 ?) {- D' [& X* @7 ?6 L+ j; r6 E4 j
experience(-)2 J5 O3 Z0 {( ~- e" I
Attacker:
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) q0 D7 V0 U( g% |7 O3 T5 I8 i" xJapanese ground losses:
. B9 o: O1 V' l) ?! a0 \( t 134 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 x" e7 `7 o; S& v, Q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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2 v6 i+ Q% C/ ^6 n) }Allied ground losses:
* b2 p- j% z# [) S 812 casualties reported
8 N+ Z1 j# G: o3 ] Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled1 }( G" A+ G4 N. @
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
* b, k' C0 v* e l Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled* c4 D9 f* y/ [ A0 `: D
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
1 F0 b } q: u, O8 \& a9 b, [ Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
7 r4 R9 }7 K3 P Units retreated 1 T) U7 ]: o# [8 O
Units destroyed 2 |