41年12月14日
8 X- T- S; \ @* \% M6 V) Y盟军重巡印第安纳玻璃丝号突袭了正在卸载补给的塔拉瓦环礁,击沉帝国一艘大型巡逻船。- [3 D9 u2 m8 ^, @; I& N
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships3 i# e$ f5 g1 i8 J
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
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DMS Southard
" S, h/ V, q' d2 p8 W DMS Hopkins
) l* d2 d* `' ]) E, B1 h: j. k( N2 q DMS Dorsey
% t, x" o( Q( w" w, c DMS Long( E4 L7 G; X6 a! y6 i( J
DMS Elliot" A5 _4 l% j) |1 O4 A$ h$ S% w
# D* { Z6 S2 H/ y# s! N! v+ j" o0 V2 n! N帝国海航驻高雄航空队出击马尼拉,击沉还未撤退的辅助船只一批。 g7 U2 z- F2 s: h8 Z# C' x
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
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: ^8 Q& r# e+ o0 f1 KWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
: v7 v" l4 H! w2 s T; WEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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/ i2 x6 b3 Z3 M/ T' }Japanese aircraft$ S1 f% b8 U& G. m3 s8 `
A6M2 Zero x 183 Y) A. h4 I0 a) {) p. Y/ ]/ P
G4M1 Betty x 59
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Allied aircraft
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1 @! s. z X0 ?' n% ZJapanese aircraft losses
9 v+ ~0 v; o1 K! Z7 W' L0 R A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
# O9 z- U* B3 }9 c% y4 R( D G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged: x8 M* Z7 G0 F9 I0 n& a
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
9 q, f- k# p% f+ u AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
* F2 s. F, a& C' x! E6 I Y1 a AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ]1 e$ O# Y7 {! U' {' v: k PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 C* M0 Z5 x: z PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage- o6 x {8 N, _3 R/ T4 R0 o: p& U
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 W! k( x4 {) b# N' C AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage/ O/ u- e: m0 q& u
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
& Y: ]: g. Q" m5 ]: E2 @) y AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
% q. ?. i- o; b T( _. | AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage+ d( a5 }, t9 _8 d& F7 F+ \
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 R2 w. Z% `! A# b& N AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 `1 S$ n# o' o PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage2 t9 Y" l; o2 k
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage( p2 Q+ Z7 ~4 D: D4 v
( G( U9 G& N, o# n7 FPort hits 6$ y' L2 m' B! ?) s8 d1 x
Port fuel hits 29 }7 `$ p4 h+ q7 _* z2 x4 H
Port supply hits 2 |