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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。% _, {8 B/ z1 f
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards# _3 b6 o. j: N( Q& G/ \: T6 F
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Japanese Ships
X5 q) J0 B4 @; y @ PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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: _1 i- t% w, _- } P9 @ CA Indianapolis
1 I: w' ?4 I+ l3 v% m. O0 c2 [% S DMS Southard( u7 v4 q3 D8 _& l
DMS Hopkins* f7 H% ?8 I4 X
DMS Dorsey2 e8 r' z4 Y% E) p: O0 S
DMS Long- }! H# W, J, _$ e, D# c
DMS Elliot
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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。
3 b% c. W% V. y$ [Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 0 g# ~: U, M6 ]- ^; q1 X& `# A
7 U1 F, z5 i1 HWeather in hex: Light cloud( G9 w% {- p5 U8 ]
: Y1 I" \$ W' T8 {# XRaid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 t# c5 X" K) \+ zEstimated time to target is 22 minutes: w# ^: J9 a$ e$ T: r
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Japanese aircraft! o% o8 |' S/ @ D1 q
A6M2 Zero x 18- }' J p0 \! f f. i) w
G4M1 Betty x 59
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! D# X9 |; b' H z# z4 _! cAllied aircraft
$ y k) _: Q W4 H P-40B Warhawk x 4+ U+ x8 b: ]. O# ]8 V
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Japanese aircraft losses
' D8 H u, W! W0 y( m8 R, C A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
5 R. A+ ?" e) |' O' d; ? G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged& B |7 C! I6 k7 \2 h
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No Allied losses; x/ g! S* g. C$ E$ a* Q, z$ ?4 N/ ]3 E
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Allied Ships- i9 h+ t; I3 r) v# F7 a
AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage7 D& P( K7 E2 a! G
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 T7 r6 i X0 {4 g$ q y; [* u PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 T/ k5 _+ b( x( `
PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& {: E _* N* c4 S! k) X
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 q; X) a" V: E3 Z
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 ^2 s3 m6 h7 _! c: H0 | AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 i3 U7 L" X+ w8 ~ AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 E. S8 e" E, ?9 O% K" m AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 K0 h0 V, `8 @$ H3 e F AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 _* B3 H6 H2 g0 g: X3 ~2 k( T. h AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 q! E, Z" I0 K8 F. W PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage! P* M7 v- B; x6 y
AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 6: z; f E$ |) X9 H1 ~1 j0 {: t' p
Port fuel hits 2
4 S; G5 y, P0 O" m5 B uPort supply hits 2 |