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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。
! i3 F I: I& J+ u% ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards) @4 Q6 S1 W: W% l$ J5 w
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Japanese Ships
1 J8 m- c5 H7 m5 p* T PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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1 ~7 u. i$ W+ g. {% u. BAllied Ships1 c, x0 ?' q( u! g1 h# U& Q
CA Indianapolis
+ s [8 W0 L4 E; q2 _* F J DMS Southard8 Y' l" o; h! t, @" U
DMS Hopkins8 P0 g: W. q9 S& h& c, ~& u) ]
DMS Dorsey' W9 V; W* K% ^2 q# L. v5 L
DMS Long. t( B+ C# e, S E" r( t' d
DMS Elliot& j9 z/ c9 G/ ?$ Y; ?( X/ X( w
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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。( S8 @1 c( w6 Y! F( n9 ~
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 , F& c% b% Y+ W
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Weather in hex: Light cloud; r3 b: \( T( \2 p: C2 g0 {
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
. [0 X' D( h) T) c3 nEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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, i0 c* d, U! s# X2 A$ U& mJapanese aircraft* S; R; @" x8 m8 j# k% d
A6M2 Zero x 18/ N; Z: N, x. U
G4M1 Betty x 59* ^$ p+ s" V& z& V
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Allied aircraft
9 R ^, j- `5 S# G+ L* h P-40B Warhawk x 4
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0 m$ m4 r/ f1 j: C" M. QJapanese aircraft losses
. ?$ `5 f, x, z X8 P( Z* q2 w A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, a) Y' O$ Z( h/ z
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
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No Allied losses
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. F4 [% {! U0 Q9 Y; oAllied Ships
. r1 x" V Z" [ AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage0 h# p& R u' Y6 |8 _# z# _4 t
AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 \; \. i7 x: ~8 c# U' d PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 Z9 n6 h. Y/ E2 d5 C PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage4 z0 t+ u. V- U) C3 g
AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% h+ u9 E5 e4 ?
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 ]8 Y' o* [( x+ z9 T8 q; N0 i! e AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 U8 O" Z [7 l) }2 q) U AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage5 h6 H U& g' m
AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage' j9 f1 `8 P7 r. d1 g8 F
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* S2 t) d7 b8 P: W2 s0 n
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ {4 Y' |" S+ |7 G
PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
" E6 {: ~( r7 x k8 G AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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* G j/ ?; w% |9 rPort hits 69 w2 Z+ A# q b( v
Port fuel hits 2
, X' L" X; @$ C, N- dPort supply hits 2 |