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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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: M4 x! F# I; n, s2 KNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards( B- D% e. P! O- y% v5 R% ~
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Allied aircraft1 f' n9 ?8 Q7 r$ H" d3 |* u
no flights3 Z# C' I7 `4 k1 H3 E/ B+ n7 C6 N! |$ `
# D: ]' Y5 m0 A$ j* qAllied aircraft losses8 z _% F- h4 w* o' `2 ]2 _3 i- Y! K
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
5 j6 p" I5 {2 R- ^0 H OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships6 S( Q+ \& ?+ h+ ~) c
BB Kongo3 }8 M4 d4 K3 z9 k
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
9 k/ M9 l4 _5 w: M3 l BB Kirishima
_, A% }3 U1 `+ ^- M! N CA Tone
" J! [# }. d# a7 @3 @( t CA Chikuma
7 g; H3 f; f; W9 P CA Takao
$ y( n2 U4 w/ ]4 j* c; o; v DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 20 |. y: s- F1 ^ B8 U' ]6 Z
DD Maikaze
# V8 D* B) T" |+ Z8 o9 l: w! s DD Uranami* ]7 O3 H! C& v% l$ v
DD Shikinami
8 |; A* S+ N: t' Z! v DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires& s% Y5 |8 C8 c$ p; O
DD Asagiri6 V8 j$ {( l6 G: V7 D) |
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Allied Ships
! a: M' ^8 m. C- I6 F BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ B# L" o# h8 T" W; b- S9 F CA Portland# r0 T0 Y+ _2 s6 _ O
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 |2 T5 p: L% B0 M7 m- v# o CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk U5 u* z/ I, N4 O- f" ?5 q
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 V' C$ Z6 c( B DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
% _$ |4 ]: N8 D2 e0 U9 |! O2 R. ] DD Farenholt, |1 j) p. ]8 D& x8 B1 Y
DD Sterett
! z8 F9 l, m( X# } DD Balch) N8 @% \1 x$ y" [* F: P
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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6 M2 _3 X( N& D) q* l2 W+ `Japanese Ships9 W8 `0 t) \* F* p8 t$ ]# f
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
, e4 H% B" s4 Q: k( m6 Q+ G CA Atago1 z/ @! A# a& d; X0 H' N
CA Maya
) ~4 c; R8 i0 A. `1 T) d* I& P$ W9 @ CA Kumano
; h7 W) P/ Y& O) l7 O& }! F ]7 ^ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1
9 U% e# O. l L7 B2 S* s" } DD Ushio, Shell hits 1+ t* w+ u7 e2 }. g* n* q
DD Mutsuki
& [- G! x1 m, T" v2 }7 w2 w DD Uzuki
2 e' t, Q- X, ]1 t. Z ^, P DD Yuzuki
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$ Y$ L7 t% [2 g) ?0 I. W& t/ p DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
1 ^% [ ?' }% `2 a) L) p: c4 R" N7 W DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
- h+ Q5 K" }" ]2 _0 f, ^$ S# Y, A. ` AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk, Z- a& `( a& [" q
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
: |7 c- ?# c0 O6 { AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" z u9 f# i; Y- }6 ?( B, N; m
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
- s3 {7 N. L; |! h7 T9 c, y AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 {9 t! w, n# L* f- x# W1 p, j
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
& ^/ e" `" `$ f: w- f xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
- O! u2 t, ~- L4 d4 V. p0 { xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: ^" t( s% c/ V9 G- L1 P0 s& g! C s3 }
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk& r6 S. S9 M) K" r Q* Z6 b
xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk& k# w5 w; c5 U$ ?
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
+ ]1 j2 d4 _( p) I xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" l$ [7 L: v5 z" J' ]* e
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ I |2 S, [5 D1 e8 K1 c+ ?' t AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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7 m$ n% T/ r% O. o" }9 F* KAllied ground losses:# u3 l# E4 W5 P9 l" F& s/ F% ]; o
136 casualties reported
: s" E' J% _5 `5 } Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. M& c4 e' |9 D, W/ ~' d( \
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled3 O8 R* |* ?$ o: f2 P, I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
5 @: m- j5 p5 D) B! o BB Mutsu, Shell hits 21 I- M5 p/ q- w8 b
CA Atago, Shell hits 3
% }- \: x( \$ c CA Maya, Shell hits 30 Q; {# m `# P1 q6 U
CA Kumano, Shell hits 18 r$ y2 X# t; ~3 I8 Q
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
; `4 ] G) Y9 i& e5 G% c DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage" l4 b% r: p4 x5 A; N9 @
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 28 Z: g6 k( a+ T5 w F! I
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
1 g: S* L: U1 r% ^1 P/ K4 o DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires1 T3 P3 o+ n# M9 z" Y
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Allied Ships1 G" X6 ^; S1 P
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire; r3 n# M# ^& [; J4 A. _
DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
1 K- _1 A9 v# j. C5 l3 S; t DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire8 [9 b# z% [/ Y" |5 u& q3 c, y0 l8 a
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.6 q" K1 [( o) \
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes4 n' c; _. s0 q5 {+ m8 v
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7 {& L5 Q5 F3 h6 ~! f4 \; K P-39D Airacobra x 16
+ S1 D* P0 X K) x SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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% s: |9 s* D8 P- KNo Allied losses
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8 `4 ^" y1 A, w! oJapanese Ships
) `/ H9 Z$ o+ V$ E2 q CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage0 W$ d* a) o! `, e
DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1326 T3 A. [$ Y* ?* s& [: }' r i
* ]7 ?" N" E: ?( c, ?+ D2 JWeather in hex: Light cloud6 Z. J/ g# E7 C3 I1 D8 t; D, P. x
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet., S5 Y1 k7 p) D8 W8 @
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes: h9 R7 |) B z: |) v
0 B9 S4 o: N; P/ oJapanese aircraft
1 q6 J- m0 s8 D7 ?4 z A6M2 Zero x 51
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8 O$ I B! u% m+ KAllied aircraft* }7 D2 M$ ~6 V7 w# q: p9 o1 Z
P-39D Airacobra x 1' F. G2 d1 n2 z4 K& m
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No Japanese losses( [) k8 W( f2 _
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Allied Ships e7 k: m" M" g7 g9 ?
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk. o) L7 J, Z7 o! J# @7 X
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
5 m! N6 U5 `. Z* R7 b3 P DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage6 Q4 S7 V1 P+ X7 b6 J, s7 F' q
7 t+ G- `, I8 d; v, v$ pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136. p4 a' z' |5 y% f( h
6 {5 h- Q' A( ?! e# KWeather in hex: Thunderstorms1 [) ]8 a5 V; Y0 Q+ X
. ^6 O# c6 h. Q( |4 x# qRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.0 T. B2 A5 a f/ ]0 b
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 r; X+ z0 K4 z* C) ^% _, f6 L2 g8 o) G8 Z B5N1 Kate x 18" a* E0 u) E: T3 ~
3 N8 W" o. ]1 f& V) PJapanese aircraft losses
# t+ Q2 U0 Y( A; b U4 o B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged- x m% {6 l+ D4 e
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Allied Ships' z. u) k1 e9 j( t2 F$ p7 [( w0 N% p v
DD Laffey5 U, ~( L7 ^: P- t" l" n
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
9 K. M0 ?4 ~9 h9 H7 X DD Balch& x( |* Z0 u% M% ~! k, i% ^
DD Sterett, and is sunk |