在米伦湾爆发了开战以来最大规模水面战
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42* K% ?2 |. I) U, U
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft% B; b9 J4 k1 z& y9 q0 x0 U# k8 M+ U
no flights/ O8 t3 o* w8 p( N( Z
/ I. Z+ d% J% W% ?7 D, DAllied aircraft losses
. T6 G! R& ~- w1 D7 o SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed7 n1 x7 S; p3 f n
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed/ y- c# s. ~9 b" n# y
3 H/ x: }- q3 pJapanese Ships: P" I# m! U5 y; a
BB Kongo
& z& A1 W5 ?% B% A1 H BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
+ l5 k3 K, a5 f7 U" M. s BB Kirishima+ w, w) `$ _0 f, M1 w4 u2 j1 U M
CA Tone0 U6 D& M$ v" k2 z
CA Chikuma! D; i+ P7 Y2 ^& N7 O- F$ M
CA Takao+ A9 y" Q- `; @( |. D) O' i; Z: I8 a- ]
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
( K6 r- O+ b: f8 v, R DD Maikaze
9 W# L& |8 a5 b ? DD Uranami6 d: t, `5 S! }7 m7 z9 C' a
DD Shikinami
, J1 C z/ ~! [8 b! { DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires% B8 y K0 o! y, P2 i
DD Asagiri: G4 b$ ~' `3 X3 {
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Allied Ships$ y; g; E" i0 `
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! ~8 @1 R! Y0 {# X+ ]
CA Portland9 t. n( K6 U# ?8 c$ J' U' Z- n
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& y# w: S$ d5 s5 [5 @3 @% }2 b" S
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) h7 i/ z! p2 p& H- k O8 K DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
E4 R2 c$ z; e' @" g% ] DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire
# V$ c! _6 `0 \ DD Farenholt
: y* ^9 t* p1 a DD Sterett
, @. U0 ]% L) ?- i" O9 v' A DD Balch# q2 D4 x) L2 b4 m
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
- A# f0 e+ p1 s+ v1 d" |* y BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2& M' t5 [+ X( C5 h7 c3 N, c6 V7 q
CA Atago
+ ]- |8 u! p! K( ~) W2 c CA Maya9 ]3 k+ Q. w4 c! T4 [1 l. K1 x8 h
CA Kumano1 O4 ] R9 |8 l* ?- Y& l
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1' l* M: H) h2 f/ b
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
% `. g- u, O6 P, e F; d" e DD Mutsuki1 w7 _0 ~ F) w" D$ c; K. p; q5 |, e
DD Uzuki5 O! O/ A: ^" L; A+ ?0 D% z" a
DD Yuzuki
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Allied Ships+ U& Q- o4 }/ p: z) Y6 F, g
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
2 q3 R. f$ G J2 v2 C DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk$ K' [, @0 K" W8 G# d
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk# `/ M5 r7 l; |& B
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
" t" V! C- G. e# m AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 {+ y& U' e- L AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 H* D" {- E& e! f
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 J9 j" _2 |8 Z AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
' J- S, z P/ Q, ^- S# P xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
/ i p9 l% J `1 T0 X0 _" m6 V xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk3 T4 Q( Y# H0 X+ P* o
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
, j' O4 r2 _! g. F0 s7 e0 h xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; ~; o# N- @* n- g8 S w
xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk* W+ n7 T/ g4 P2 J
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# j" ^9 ~5 L+ y2 S* L, P/ w( }+ Z6 I
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 L) [1 c2 L. c5 \! _2 P' R
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& N* d8 h% j8 q+ {' q3 a
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Allied ground losses:. |7 ]8 r8 _2 K8 a' Y: g
136 casualties reported: W9 G1 k, e9 g" ^/ ~8 N
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 X. D' [1 n# z6 V4 u! L. l) @ Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
3 A2 @1 s% O) }$ F' I/ T* z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ ]+ e$ N9 d! n# w5 d5 P; t/ n
% k6 _ [$ I+ XDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
s- t4 Y8 G+ B$ F2 c BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
0 e& m" ?" w0 f$ D CA Atago, Shell hits 3+ A8 n, ~1 L( f8 y* J: G# s
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
\. T- r. |3 c6 g) X: A* M+ z4 c3 | CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
( i* p' q6 s5 n% s0 W \+ ~ DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
4 g) S% X, ~* L, j3 l; l DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage$ m7 b+ ]# r* y# J9 Y* ^
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2, C5 }: c- z0 u
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
- {3 c6 v9 W' d$ b# R DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
: \9 n' N1 K- g5 h0 c DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire
+ o! W5 [; [* o/ J DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 H6 Q1 s( t3 O) g/ Z @; n 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$ [- H1 ^% P4 G# t z
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
& l& ~0 i* R7 J% fEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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$ O. J/ m2 H- L1 T P-39D Airacobra x 16
[, k8 Q; ~) Q2 ^ SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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( u' o& S4 X- {- _1 e& @+ _No Allied losses
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% Q( Y3 V a3 T* z6 h CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage2 g/ X$ G4 @( }( W' _# L7 n; h
DD Ayanami' V% L% D! @4 y1 |+ s7 D2 f" `
9 P7 h F4 x7 W1 eAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132
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Weather in hex: Light cloud4 D! y. d4 E2 E) N* @ I4 ~8 M0 M
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.( p. y5 l' x/ t# K6 w1 m
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 1
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No Japanese losses
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* |+ I) e! p1 o3 K; T# l; Q DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
1 |: d2 H6 M! s/ t5 E DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage5 V% U% y# C# W1 }
DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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( \9 b R9 O! e3 f0 y( e [3 T) L0 wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136 U" p4 Y; \. n$ {, \5 I4 t. P% K
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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* Y! i& E, V) J5 H8 ORaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.) ?: p# f) ~& ~4 n, Y- l
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes! m3 K3 S. X" f3 A- p8 j, M/ S4 Y; Y
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Japanese aircraft
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- [# [+ `; r8 Z/ K9 ^+ D# E1 qJapanese aircraft losses
4 T+ {4 o$ `) v* W4 d* b2 B2 l4 A B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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- \. d' |1 T& J, @% \ CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage7 y, ]6 j% W% s3 ?0 L. }+ Q s8 _& M) \
DD Balch
3 G- n' a4 ] S3 T" ^ DD Sterett, and is sunk |