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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。5 Z) N/ [- V1 I9 {( W1 C1 A; |
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 2,000 Yards
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' ]$ p& c- ]- z( m. i, I PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
! e2 G* f. Z( n$ {) H, S: J- N CA Indianapolis
& r/ e/ E# i$ C3 C3 R DMS Southard/ ~0 e/ ?0 E& ~6 m! p$ J
DMS Hopkins
3 M+ R8 j. O$ u* G/ w+ u' D& C DMS Dorsey
1 F. a; e! m1 _5 I3 N DMS Long: Q, k4 a' B; L: }, N3 `- D
DMS Elliot
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* a& K% r; i- t5 I% E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。6 R) u# A) L- {) S( H' l
Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 ( l9 W: I) j m2 r
& o T0 H, l) D4 q! OWeather in hex: Light cloud* F `4 R3 K2 `3 W) r) s- o% s/ w
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Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 T6 s0 N+ U3 k8 g2 I x2 gEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Japanese aircraft# R- _% g- `7 b" r/ H
A6M2 Zero x 18
3 b3 Z, C# j. j/ d0 O: g! f( E G4M1 Betty x 59+ K7 S0 e: r! Y) b8 F
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Allied aircraft- d0 Z( E8 t3 [0 W, m! q0 w
P-40B Warhawk x 4" C% u# I& t0 a' S! q K5 `5 V& @
' Y d; F2 i# h$ s! l/ bJapanese aircraft losses
$ u3 E/ t, H9 _% l A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
; d3 K6 t r# F2 b" t7 ~3 j( Q G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged% o$ r8 X- t7 y5 M8 ]7 q# h9 h
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No Allied losses8 B$ W$ ?- Q( A: `4 t
$ c/ y5 E; ^4 i6 S9 q6 t, BAllied Ships
2 m/ B& ?6 s. ]' F6 o+ T8 A AV Langley, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
( N- I; G, G' K/ p8 e/ Y3 J& o AM Lark, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 q1 C, Y* b9 w' J9 c# q: O
PG Isabel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 T) R5 Q7 ~2 ~) Q* b PG Asheville, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' E' p& N" G! N, o AM Whippoorwill, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& E7 T% M) h5 j3 P7 Y6 v* n6 y
AM Quail, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage# N( R$ X3 e4 p5 r- y# c
AS Otus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. ~0 J$ a8 i/ L. C5 t, q
AS Canopus, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 p8 t! F' J, D$ F AM Finch, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage- y( ^& n- j8 @% L: \- _
AS Holland, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 C4 o0 ?1 a% `7 c( W
AM Bittern, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
; ?" W, c* Y6 x# J PG Tulsa, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 p W" C" H8 c6 M! q$ x AM Tanager, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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& | h* ]' u0 ^Port hits 68 C3 k2 Y/ f" t. j0 o! g
Port fuel hits 2
A7 E$ V p' ]' IPort supply hits 2 |