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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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* \$ y" y9 d3 y% I1 R6 jNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft1 \/ _* g/ i9 `: K9 ?. L5 {) V
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
9 j/ A) J }9 Y, W0 D \5 H SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed+ L( ]0 P! m2 Z- r: }
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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) R' @% e7 o! j* Z9 ^0 iJapanese Ships
" [# m! T- `4 i, J& T+ ~ BB Kongo
2 q/ O1 P8 m! X/ W7 g: w BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
$ b0 x: x! P" M% C* U f& W3 h BB Kirishima' e' X: r2 @+ R
CA Tone' @: T' y0 Q9 |3 t! t/ Z
CA Chikuma
/ d6 ^: [4 F# j; Q0 x- [6 b CA Takao
/ k. a9 ?9 S/ s3 e+ O DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 21 I+ ?+ h) N, c9 I7 ^0 c$ F# \
DD Maikaze
) {6 q/ f j( I% h8 u DD Uranami
1 S r- t" k, i4 v4 x DD Shikinami* Z* r: s3 D# a! I
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
7 D& C/ F6 j0 E1 v0 Y5 \$ G& G DD Asagiri; n$ G4 ? f/ T- h o
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BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. w: m* Y& ^( U& z5 G$ a CA Portland( c/ u9 p# r: C+ m7 u
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" B% b# L+ O5 H0 Y, p, J7 y# P9 A
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 k6 {1 W1 Q; S- v7 R DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 i/ {7 n6 W* B: L% H: y* J- T$ J DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire8 O1 B8 R9 s, o
DD Farenholt7 {0 F7 z, P! S# a
DD Sterett
4 g8 e" A7 [' b b# C DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
9 p3 o; N- p6 K/ P- ]7 r* R BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2% A) u/ a' [+ O( q2 j
CA Atago
! _/ m% z' m5 C1 m$ E CA Maya
0 H: M- }$ D* E; {# C6 `+ J* G. Q CA Kumano- Q4 m$ L4 a0 z
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
0 }4 R# @7 N5 [ Z. ~; o- [ DD Ushio, Shell hits 1: e7 I4 @. i4 O+ o( F
DD Mutsuki: \9 M) d6 U8 ]* V8 O$ o# J; G5 T
DD Uzuki
2 l0 h# B. ~! k3 y DD Yuzuki
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* V! v$ ^2 w5 r6 r- K# { DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
: g$ P: X! N) f+ l1 P6 ~! t1 v DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk2 ~* N( R* M( @7 H8 k7 k
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk$ e0 B2 r% o2 L( \8 J& w
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
' d. K- G) d8 G8 J, A g AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( |/ `' }" @0 K0 ^* v) w9 f+ r
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: Z3 s. `6 D5 D) G D; K
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
- p% M7 O7 q }' s+ @. {# p AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
: Y: j: _& j( Q' t# C7 a xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
: G/ \ j( ?. j5 ?( f xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk$ t' N1 i1 L' A5 Q ?$ \1 [
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
/ V6 _& w& Q: x# ^% X xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk+ [0 W* J# P/ |6 ]; C, ^8 m% q$ B
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
' E3 R$ F/ l8 ?# U xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 t/ f# {+ _+ N3 @; e) a& U
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% v! K2 j% N% d4 d) p$ L! h2 h
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
9 s6 U# Y5 I' C7 K; y& a 136 casualties reported
: _; a. c3 m3 g Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 F4 F: C1 c5 { Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled- k: g. }1 n. W5 X' s% t* M9 ^
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 d1 r; ` F+ l8 K$ w
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards# k* ^. j2 j8 c3 a( ]
6 _; D9 t3 ^2 Y0 NJapanese Ships
; u3 _1 T6 V7 Z _ BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
4 i9 b# Q" f" d" r+ x0 v3 ? CA Atago, Shell hits 3
# C4 B a- P. ?8 \1 [: \, i CA Maya, Shell hits 3
0 e0 `5 X) I1 v2 b CA Kumano, Shell hits 1! e# r6 G7 I7 y7 Q+ v8 p
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
6 Z% a* w3 o& e0 w DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage: T$ a9 R& K9 K: c% Y2 @" u7 j! R
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
) [+ ^. n& ~& f3 w/ D" T/ F% v DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
3 O ^# \, p0 E' t% h" y6 I) b DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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/ H7 G( p4 c) @+ y/ ]3 P J DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire+ k9 t3 m, o- v* w W. z3 R5 N
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire5 Q8 m, t- H' J" O* T
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 H' m/ @6 {3 M% `, s3 a# l DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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# m" f; Y2 {) i% z) x, lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133+ p6 v) j1 g; }* Z2 E
' |* W) c! m. s) A" J5 LWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
* l3 d0 C, @& z- fEstimated time to target is 0 minutes5 O) z( `+ N& j2 C
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% n* O2 A' L: s; ^9 Z P-39D Airacobra x 168 U% N2 p3 A1 ?
SBD-3 Dauntless x 71 m0 m- J- i; ?5 y5 O9 J
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CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage
: m# L5 c/ _2 y% F+ E DD Ayanami* b/ y# S) X, a/ t
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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3 y1 C" b6 t5 s a4 o% z% i3 pWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 k5 \. p& \# QEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft" E' r6 m" h& J
A6M2 Zero x 51- X! B3 O# ?$ t/ X3 g$ M) V
D3A2 Val x 50
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P-39D Airacobra x 1# }# R; n3 u6 o% H$ _. M
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DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk+ Y- R7 Y% t( ^
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
s' z& E7 ^" [/ r3 C! ]: t DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- f9 D& ]' H' M% I6 x x
, h7 H; d% j; j2 W- Z9 d, ~Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,1364 U6 r: h) X4 B
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms( n; `3 d i% l1 N* D# e
4 I3 _- p) j, b8 Q3 i/ x0 oRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.. R/ z n1 F @6 O) i# g
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes7 C" C: {- I+ G+ M# t: N
" P% K: k1 _, [7 BJapanese aircraft
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, T7 r; W. W- |4 A! u. EJapanese aircraft losses2 k* d; ?" G, H7 D( z# a$ D
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged- I; `4 j9 C H, C1 r/ k
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DD Laffey
! h6 r9 t1 j) s. X0 x& X1 {0 K/ m CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
. Y& @. }2 ]( M$ ?+ a DD Balch, e0 n! p) z$ A+ F% E5 N
DD Sterett, and is sunk |