lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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- }4 X0 f- W) Z; G4 i: B* Q1 CGround combat at Ponape (119,113)8 n2 p& b8 x" K

7 o' C1 C  X/ ?% JAllied Deliberate attack1 X; G6 j1 m( ~- l/ N- d

" F7 }. z8 K+ A$ pAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336' e; c* H- J9 O0 w# k$ l1 u) I

+ \( H9 ^2 ^5 N3 Z+ ?! B: t( eDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15816 k; y/ {5 ^( m% D) f: J

  K) o+ w% O$ F! e. G9 E/ P+ OAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 81 V% U  H3 x- ^' w" K

% D, y3 B  g# [+ B" D# m! aAllied adjusted assault: 3564 + [( F. E- s8 ]+ f

6 c' E$ G; w+ u( E4 e: G: N3 [Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 3 R8 O$ o: W3 @, T6 ^! X
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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Combat modifiers' ~0 {9 w$ I' b" ~  R" ]
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
$ A# e+ {2 Y" y0 eAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:) I1 y8 |% U! Q# \- ?; ]7 r" i: ^
      3386 casualties reported$ D0 k0 l( B! O: e) A
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled" h* R  N3 I; ?* E. {
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled- W% e) V' e5 O% d1 h3 H
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
* T( H( m' e: x  @* ^/ m      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
% C; b% k9 k/ a3 g, a      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)9 X4 j/ X2 l4 k1 K9 J
      Units destroyed 1% d+ Z1 s% h4 r8 p/ m8 g
% {2 D8 ]: H3 i) D" N3 O6 X
Allied ground losses:
1 p: V0 @/ M# C4 j& [: ^      5163 casualties reported
: {( x* |$ G$ b) N+ P# o5 ~& L         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled4 l& |8 r3 ?+ j) z+ t! d
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled/ K- O' J) Q. C' h- I5 c; H8 F5 T
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
5 P/ v- Z' G+ J$ y0 p3 E      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled): Z. a+ U# ]% G# n; s% t% V
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:2 S/ z9 n$ V* T& @" [9 S2 \* T2 @0 I
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2 n. {9 h8 z' C  U( s3 I    710th Tank Battalion
  ^, N( S: j& a9 J- c    6th Infantry Division
( C( F7 o  K: \* z    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
9 T6 p* V/ R4 @9 E- c% d    44th Tank Battalion# P3 L- ~, b% `+ q4 N  A" @8 ^
    81st Infantry Division
# w. x4 }% s' T7 z- N& ~    762nd Tank Battalion% a/ m! @# r; o% i" ]8 @
    767th Tank Battalion
" h; {# @. a3 h! m2 E* O- X% e6 t    711th Tank Battalion( V! B. @4 k$ P! ?4 w( f- g
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment6 \2 f; k) `( J! N7 e6 X
    5th Marine Division
0 O. @& l* f7 p    716th Tank Battalion3 {; k; E: A( h; N2 X, @
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 O, R8 M( H" I& @- f3 `
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion  Y- v& |3 ?7 j
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 [9 t8 z3 B8 l. O9 k& w" }
    706th Tank Battalion4 W7 `4 Z8 M) J3 H. w) Y; y$ E
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
0 E7 e- z; A5 t! ^    96th Infantry Division! q9 g9 t# H- P+ k9 s
    31st Infantry Regiment# R3 h& I9 ~; Q4 b2 x4 f
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion8 e; H* b$ r" Y( {9 i
    I Corps Artillery
$ }4 E7 K8 _" `) V# D* o7 I    12th Marine Defense Battalion
* Z, k4 x( f& T1 @) B: l    1st USMC AA Battalion
7 O  f3 N' d- n/ R5 e7 p    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ j. Q6 Q5 V2 l+ }6 @
    XIV US Corps# D# ]  u" X" o% r1 b
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; o8 w7 E# ?+ d2 H( w4 D
    5th USA Defense Battalion' U5 G, o- j2 O& ]$ H
    8th Marine Defense Battalion' s, M% T; X. ~( R
    738th Coast AA Regiment+ ?" K( _. Y, I. U
    X Corps Artillery 7 j0 P: x6 ]3 P( y0 s: G' \
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment5 v+ f1 p' U% I% ~8 j
    96th Coast AA Regiment
7 f( e& A; i+ u$ ^$ c8 I" n  U    4th USA Defense Battalion6 b8 |7 n# B% _6 ]7 g2 N5 L3 U
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ W5 R2 I1 D9 k    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment$ F- U4 B* y; k  X& t5 t$ K
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Defending units:$ ?2 g6 k* g6 J0 o. V- g
    Kure 7th SNLF( t4 w- l  D6 g5 P, y1 l
    81st/A Division
4 N; ^7 x) d4 z0 ]4 X+ _    Kure 3rd SNLF
! F" J/ s2 u  O: o" Y/ Z1 s    33rd/B Division- W" c0 E  N* O
    33rd/A Division: p+ P9 K1 X5 G
    81st/C Division5 e+ l$ k2 L$ [; ~2 `$ u
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment; c4 w- P# C) A% C8 A8 U
    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 a+ }% l9 q" ^; Y* M) G) a
    138th Infantry Regiment
0 Y& w( X6 ?( l& O    Sasebo 7th SNLF3 `/ X! J) E  h, Q
    144th Infantry Regiment
1 ~8 X: X' g* y/ w    81st/B Division
( l$ N  n2 P, o6 |( h' l3 w) J3 X    33rd/C Division% X* W6 s' [! r% z( Y0 I" e$ t
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment7 V7 b* f( |' p6 ^( B
    18th Army
' g* s. `- P+ N( z$ Z    60th Field AA Battalion
: X9 a3 M9 z) l6 K    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 W/ E- ]- Y, y0 ?2 ]! V6 ~; g' ?5 F
    Ponape Naval Fortress# J1 d* Z" X# k8 S  Z8 s
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment  B- }# @. j0 n) }) U% X
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 _# U6 k* H; P8 d    53rd Construction Battalion
4 |" u4 N6 x' S9 ?3 j    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion% p5 h6 W- M- W9 K0 g
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion+ m+ f! f& I9 j0 S% X4 T6 a6 \
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ! y% c: ^8 H% M" Z! n, w
    19th JAAF Base Force
6 G' ]+ g/ ~" z3 x' O  p    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
  Y8 l" e4 @: M, t/ U$ Q. q    14th Area Army /11 j) f4 D- |* ?* t2 c- H1 F" }' R
    63rd Field AA Battalion+ R6 z1 Q9 [9 x" n. X8 B
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 1 e$ a% K4 r) \8 N
    3rd Base Force9 f1 n- m: m! N0 B7 B& ^2 I
    12th Air Fleet! e! P2 x0 O* i7 e+ z& y0 B5 b4 c
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment) ^! ?8 |4 o) o
    61st Field AA Battalion) ^& z3 r1 A: ]4 u4 }
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
. A5 n$ _- P4 ?* C+ X    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co % B7 y* ?% O5 {0 d
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /34 ]/ f5 ^" A0 y; I  U% ^. }- s8 z' g* k
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。& K  ~" ?* v; I1 @$ m7 F
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5 n" a9 {% i/ b# M( g$ G) wGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53): ?( Y- z3 C5 B& n& U; y; z

( k7 W: z* @- MJapanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67, m; K0 ]+ H. R" j! l$ l
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 $ ^* |' L: j. [  |2 x+ T' Q. t* e

9 {5 J# u3 {) t% ?" e0 N( s' MAllied adjusted defense: 10 5 c% Q% e7 p- Y3 P

! J- q' X/ ]- mJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 * S! H( t7 a5 X1 a. q7 Z* L

. A  O- A% L! R: |5 bCombat modifiers
+ r' D9 b( ~- i- \  h9 C! R6 CDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
7 }4 ?3 Z4 ~8 J* D) R9 z. vAttacker: shock(+)
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6 y5 R$ B9 u: YJapanese ground losses:+ n/ G, r' {  \1 g( O0 `! g
      530 casualties reported
* {9 @9 F6 d9 l) g1 h! Q0 \: E         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled) b% w. G" e+ H) j3 [2 [! [+ }
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
. a8 Q$ V2 S9 n; }2 E9 I7 f         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
+ k7 Y4 G; S$ g& i+ i2 Y      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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2 G4 O. B6 _. z' \# V4 l' @Allied ground losses:1 E( U9 n7 G- `, a9 H1 B3 _1 x! Z# T
      891 casualties reported6 ?. ?; \3 S* S3 ^
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled5 j- c. A, c; b1 q$ @
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
/ e  F9 r- W, t* _         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 ^4 A  o* M$ J- k
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)/ \: N8 S- z& p" h5 ]+ ]7 k, B& l8 g
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Assaulting units:
1 D" D+ z$ I- [1 X    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade. m/ j8 f/ v9 S% X
    21st Division
. R  O- Z1 `% b: V' s3 i$ Z: n    4th Division1 k  {* w* S6 u. _
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment- @5 G& s1 o2 S) R3 y7 i
    23rd Tank Regiment
+ k5 S+ i6 _+ s7 `) b    32nd Division
  ]8 V; g9 p$ t. v    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
8 y! U- C2 E+ \7 ^+ V" X    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
5 e) W3 q2 Z9 U& U+ @    6th Area Army3 b6 f+ M( s$ j8 y2 }& Q. r& R
    103rd AA Regiment
8 v1 r# a( @/ E3 y9 Q5 `$ F    1st JNAF Coy ( D7 P. C" v9 d( E% J! V
    13th Army- b3 k. ^8 M  e& N( T, F; H/ G! _: B
    141st AA Regiment
$ i3 R+ f0 `0 }2 }$ J    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:
" G3 V- U+ O% ~; [$ L6 B9 U/ {    50th Indian Para Brigade
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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males
% \" n6 `6 b0 ~8 r) F6 u华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日3 ?+ b1 h  ^' @

9 c  e+ t( P; g1 n8 q& v盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 447 q" S* ~+ p9 E, M3 R1 `
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2 K) D  d. }4 ?9 D+ qInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)7 ]! e1 [: h! f) \
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force9 `+ |5 A4 Q" E! C' i9 i

! {; P4 o7 `+ v5 @, Y8 B89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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% v: W: A) D( v" \( C" P7 x' p3 BAllied Ships
! ^& M6 E1 O3 O$ S; w) g9 B# B      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
7 f! E; t$ k( u9 S1 ^& P      LST-81
4 D1 ]3 B- r/ A- m      LST-74, Shell hits 3
: K8 `$ z0 |& j& C; B$ x9 U      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage9 {7 j' L5 a) z, H2 a
      LST-78
( y- p( X+ }' Z9 k4 w) _9 ^& U      LST 209. `5 C/ a# A+ ]4 e. d
      LST-889
! w! |+ q" d$ p5 X2 c4 k9 L+ C      LST-2464 {" p; s2 H0 s# X! O( Q/ B9 _
      LST-240
+ Y  @9 V; z( }1 [; M& J      LST-2042 V, a' ^/ u5 v" v- L
      LST-2024 Q4 e, E. U3 t6 N+ U; B6 D
      LST-123
" _$ p0 S, m( ?- v- ?      LST-1218 {, Y; f+ I( H" ^% K1 o& Q
      LST-120( ^3 g+ `3 \: `0 \; K& P/ o
      LST-86! {% F- e* J3 G4 M" _+ y8 [; I; }
      LST-85& l$ d' W$ J; ^4 i) N! h
      LST-847 b  P3 Z8 e: ]

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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
& ~7 S; a2 _$ z! o4 BDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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5 _8 l1 h- Z! T8 E130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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* b( G# o- A* I' O! PAllied Ships
2 w( i' ]* S: O0 Y      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) }$ M" T  |& q1 F) ?% ^$ X4 Q% B      LST-83, Shell hits 3% K: r$ R- Y- U, n% n
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ ]) r' Y7 u8 Z' b% ~      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
- r" `: M0 x9 Q4 O      LST-84, Shell hits 3
: e+ ^; I4 F. u3 z      LST-87, Shell hits 6
3 y6 }" s% ?( |0 Z# _/ s9 V      LST 180
. Q9 l7 F. q$ i+ M% _      LST 157
$ q6 X7 L8 o9 A' G1 }      LST 2  ^% f/ ]$ R  \$ ^& d8 |
      LST-8843 x$ N: U8 f7 O- [) e
      LST-882* [# F" |: A, i6 @
      LST-397  z; [! L9 G' S0 p
      LST-395
4 D1 }! M+ `. S4 G4 O& @: O8 x3 a      LST-274
2 K) E: X3 G6 H' V4 g      LST-2736 `$ {" n& {0 A- f
      LST-246
" q' I- m! j. q" Q      LST-244& X- {: p8 s- E7 c/ q# n3 O7 X
      LST-241
' o7 r! w$ i; U3 F3 o0 ]# w      LST-218
& {8 Y1 m+ L8 i0 Z9 |3 c      LST-216' d/ U* e. r9 o
      LST-202! \0 @( R) I4 f/ k# `/ Z" b  K8 J
      LST-1712 H4 v- i$ t; m
      LST-166
# D7 _7 c! O5 N2 X# v' k/ i      LST-124
: U+ Z/ Y* n, C) x. C' k/ o! }      LST-121- P8 o# f- Q* l2 O# u( e' x
      LST-88# ^& x4 F6 h" e" @) d& g0 r
      LST-1238 O& m6 `3 o7 v5 q! E% R  T& Y1 S
      LST-86
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1 k) Z( `5 J, @; r' i7 S( q在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力, q* H: K7 O1 |$ H0 i
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6 }1 q* u& \5 e2 EGround combat at Ponape (119,113), _3 U, N3 N4 M- j( D

  w2 [2 ?" {* c, y4 T. pAllied Bombardment attack
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7 V0 {% M( l0 I: \: h* ?Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812( }+ i; D7 O! E& R

1 a* u3 `  v: l" `Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:
) B* ~" _2 @' a! Z      406 casualties reported2 T/ u& I( w! b( D0 E: q7 {
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
7 w  T6 ~  |6 t1 s) e         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled4 a& p6 F( V9 r" s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; y( D& o3 Z. w& p. k
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Allied ground losses:( m/ R( m! a- M; n1 ~) o* I
      21 casualties reported7 g& Y3 q9 H1 C( f; b% R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
( k: }% m& r8 l! L8 p         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
6 I2 _; {+ l2 [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 J6 Z; y* f. z: Q/ m6 T% {7 y3 z: X      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
5 Z" R; q, f# f8 g      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled), j2 |: I; P3 F( N
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Assaulting units:4 T/ x4 L% ^% D; u* H
    5th Marine/B Division3 ~2 o3 R0 i9 Q+ h
    81st Infantry/B Division& s& z2 f: `% F$ T: k/ p
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
: s# t& a3 U# n) H" R, m    5th Marine/C Division" p8 J4 g, F9 w) O3 d
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
5 |; {0 U/ d+ m( H    6th Infantry/B Division+ r' m$ C5 O/ K, P' M; h: N
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment! l3 V+ m- O" l% d7 a5 \
    716th Tank Battalion
( e9 B$ R, F' ~  G/ I% d    81st Infantry/C Division
9 A0 E3 K' R0 ?    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion% K0 K, z# j& f; g% V' X
    6th Infantry/C Division
! A, E7 K$ c- q- a# R9 w/ |    5th Marine/A Division
! |: c; r8 }' {" K, b! l" E) b* N    767th Tank Battalion
* e" n  N/ i$ B2 I1 W  E    96th Infantry/A Division
& [' h/ N' M" E: c  P1 K    706th Tank Battalion
# C2 Y6 I1 U- Z* ~3 E: m9 d    711th Tank Battalion
" R$ o0 x5 e" [1 L) c) v    762nd Tank Battalion' Q$ Z! M8 H* ?
    96th Infantry/B Division
6 l4 A5 f' c/ V8 ]! ]1 u" a0 \    81st Infantry/A Division1 x& o+ k7 Y) B& m2 O
    44th Tank Battalion) |3 x( m0 G9 N6 G! ~$ W+ _" Z( {
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
% D+ K, h$ k0 G& z- i; p& B. B    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
4 h+ M9 f. K9 A) i" @4 d    31st Infantry Regiment8 Q  w8 w2 d7 F( S+ z+ r+ g$ J9 e2 T
    6th Infantry/A Division( S; Z+ ]1 f/ t- o) w/ F
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
( Z9 p% c2 F" A# d3 B& F    710th Tank Battalion
- v0 q$ U# T9 h7 }" |    96th Infantry/C Division
# o/ Q6 S* E* G( G    5th USA Defense Battalion
2 b. i- S- U- p! R1 E    4th USA Defense Battalion4 m" T) X# |1 q6 ]1 u' V
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ D. h& f+ M  o% w4 D: |
    X Corps Artillery ( G3 Q. v( O: J$ x2 x9 o6 R
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
- i1 R# L- B, B% W" L) X+ K, L. p    XIV US Corps
* _  q) }# y' ]& g& M3 g0 F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) U+ d  p! e9 F  o    8th Marine Defense Battalion& j3 U  t5 F: O( x+ s- g! N$ x
    14th Marine Defense Battalion2 C; R5 {# D& T/ U
    I Corps Artillery
8 K' s& H! z+ f7 P3 w$ n+ Y) G    96th Coast AA Regiment, X1 t( k$ ^# k6 G/ b9 F
    1st USMC AA Battalion8 p; u. S3 e4 G  X. }9 w6 C( p
    738th Coast AA Regiment6 \+ {( ~' S2 H+ [/ R# B
    12th Marine Defense Battalion) S. ]7 y' C# [9 z
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 v6 S/ D4 k. x$ Y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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& j, j5 @! e3 u, j* U* a0 _) jDefending units:/ o+ Y$ G3 g6 g0 H2 ~
    33rd/A Division8 [! |6 U' j. [& {4 j# }
    81st/B Division& [$ n9 w+ n) m/ c8 I
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ K3 `. E# s$ h, H( G+ Q    81st/C Division
8 p5 j7 o2 T2 B1 g, i3 \    138th Infantry Regiment( s; y( p- q* ^( I. [
    Kure 3rd SNLF) p9 f& i* \) X* Y0 y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
& L  D- ~# V  g! d9 i$ S    144th Infantry Regiment
; V9 z( ]5 W* m- n/ ^; T/ j' ]    52nd Naval Guard Unit2 a; D3 b3 }( u5 \$ w9 k' z
    33rd/B Division
: |: I) p- t5 J# a8 ]  b* Z4 R    81st/A Division
& f+ Z% N) P& C5 r    33rd/C Division
/ u* x, Y6 ~- }    3rd Base Force
% h0 S2 r* c; ]' ~    19th JAAF Base Force% Z  c0 ?5 x, {' [3 n
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
9 A2 N0 n$ p8 d4 i* n    60th Field AA Battalion
/ B6 s& g: W' D0 \  W" `( w/ x    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
: U3 ~2 g$ z" @' p. i    53rd Construction Battalion, [- z# Z9 S/ |9 Q
    Ponape Naval Fortress
. i8 `* c; l3 K9 f( C    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 I4 c: O$ R& x9 r
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment! d- o, P3 h8 Z, c6 j2 j0 w  R& a* Q
    12th Air Fleet0 N0 F% F4 Q, d7 _
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  a4 E3 A( b8 A$ H1 p& P: |6 d    61st Field AA Battalion
4 @! Q' Z5 v3 k0 F    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
) P( }6 V2 ~7 D5 h+ G5 c/ K    18th Field AF Construction Battalion; s* R- Z2 V1 T: n+ A
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion9 E% \: E/ d+ M
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' f9 h9 s4 ]# H5 M1 V9 }/ N" N    14th Area Army /11 q" _- \* C$ l* g
    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 w2 d4 L. i& z7 K. \* o4 i& k! \    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 0 C* }# Q1 `- t4 O9 h2 T
    Kure 7th SNLF
/ \% @) @4 q' V' t) e    18th Army( q. D6 Y/ S* `
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 2 d9 Y. b' C/ c' B" m& j
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /35 ~+ e  m  p# q
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* q/ A# o9 W0 Q日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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) V8 b4 a+ i% ?! ]3 YSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships
8 [" L* A# Z+ w! k      E No.54$ N9 u! A7 X# g
      E No.50
# o# e; w- {, z: S; G4 _      E No.68: S- a* ^6 H& {$ u& w
      E No.528 X1 Z2 }4 L( s: Q
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Allied Ships! M8 g" a( x0 N8 W6 W# j
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
+ _* ~! w& M  @! I9 c' C4 H* t% I- P; X4 z
重创另一艘
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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! L+ ]; G. u% w; rJapanese Ships
6 |+ d+ I* I' j      E No.8
" n$ L2 E: S/ L0 ]7 z! K      E No.65 P% ^! i/ M& z# }( b' w; A
0 }% v8 d9 x- G2 f: {$ Z
Allied Ships
# F5 N8 ~* W& D5 ?8 P7 N      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 444 ]% p( _' H* c, @* j" [) ]
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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& k3 y, \; w; OAllied Ships6 L' J& r, b2 H$ T; @  `
      CA Wichita
: a% T1 f( C  i0 p      CA Vincennes0 s' l- H# j' ~& C! A3 n
      CA Quincy
* w1 K4 Z1 ]! R! ~' i" h      CA San Francisco
/ e# R' ]% Q) h: m      CA Minneapolis
9 R, b5 n& ?& B7 s% {      CA Astoria
; \! ]  t! c% \5 O      CA Chicago
! l+ [& I! t, E) B      CA Louisville5 V, p! O" w9 B' M5 K
      CA Chester
$ X6 U, ^. o- K: W& ^  `% P5 y. ~      CA Northampton
' D" s  l* S2 d: p' o0 K      CA Portland
6 y+ y- g* G. ?4 ]* s4 f
0 R7 C" m  [, x& k. m' v6 i; GJapanese ground losses:
0 [/ S& W+ {( @: @7 t      71 casualties reported$ M: R% m9 ^! L$ U& z. O
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled! M( x7 f2 ]3 Z2 x6 B
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled2 i2 M; s6 w  ?; K  y9 y! S# S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled. B9 S- W  x7 Z
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
# {' d% H- c" E' ^: b' f
8 V: E( L- Y" ?% c6 ~& c0 J5 |Airbase hits 27 l! H! o3 H/ P8 }
Runway hits 10
. }( ^! C% j) D1 y1 [Port hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
! v0 k* O1 [$ Y; b/ KCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress3 |! }/ ~" |& V& v
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes6 S5 j9 f6 |+ [$ y
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
) ^+ G# I+ r/ y- N( d4 LPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
. C: B$ d5 m% q! a/ kCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division- \) P' R$ j6 }1 E" q& {
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 L4 O$ @$ p5 w
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
6 d0 j- m8 l2 y2 ?+ f* H, J. PCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress& Y1 _6 n/ _. N: s/ t
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
, y( B1 H* w: b( [5 h$ K* r' yCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
5 j2 x3 c0 p' x. |OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester! p; H# n7 g9 G+ I5 X6 q: @! h4 ^/ z
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
- W: m' |: e+ z7 LCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division- b* p3 h# g  I: Z6 R' j
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
+ T1 k1 l& T+ L+ ~" B0 ZCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& w6 y$ U1 ?- l$ B9 A* f0 F

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! `2 [; w. X/ H+ _/ pNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113, Y3 `& @/ j' s1 Y1 }

3 y. P4 q8 V/ b) z9 L$ N; xAllied Ships
1 t; @; I6 A) A      BB Alabama2 c# p# a. b( A) ]; c6 C0 e
      BB Massachusetts$ [6 L* T* g0 Q/ i# |$ I- Z
      BB Indiana
, d+ [: b8 M6 T2 Q9 X8 L      BB South Dakota
% v3 j, G- l1 s8 k      BB Washington
; _$ z7 x. m9 w0 r4 A. Q      BB North Carolina* [9 M6 P4 o- F
7 J9 h' `  @6 W
Japanese ground losses:
! f% _# d2 z6 E5 r) i" A- `0 X      275 casualties reported5 `8 k. G: Q; V; z% H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled8 ?- {: d- d# m6 k+ b9 m5 c& W
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled5 r8 }' o8 d! B- W
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
- h: U4 e" d: ^8 T1 d, Z* S/ d/ ^+ K      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)( ^& }3 O8 \6 k
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)4 G- T) j+ I/ C9 r' V

* G( K# }/ n# o& [$ _1 hAirbase supply hits 1
% ~/ h& A% ?4 i9 A) DRunway hits 7
# O/ c" ^8 j1 i+ ^: uPort hits 35 ?6 W8 C, q6 t7 b; y1 Z' R6 C

9 h# G( s$ U5 O% K4 |BB Alabama firing at Ponape
' t8 Z7 x4 y$ jBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
& ^6 _9 q. M1 oBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division" X! G; v% i5 x4 s) t- f
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
6 o: S: P- n. O, }( V1 A/ WBB South Dakota firing at Ponape $ }8 l2 o0 y' S5 H, o* R6 e9 E: m
BB Washington firing at Ponape : n* i1 E- q* _, O4 D+ r6 e
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ p# y/ X5 O( a
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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8 b6 z. X; j' C4 DAllied Ships
0 h5 y3 W' {! Y5 _" b, M      BB Queen Elizabeth8 V0 n+ `) [/ k& ?* c7 c# ~
      BB Valiant, n1 B* K, m+ Q0 F4 w7 D! C7 ?" @/ ]
      BB Mississippi
) ?7 M$ w6 j% ~  x" X      BB New Mexico
* S+ R0 q, z* |! p1 b      BB Idaho+ }, P4 u) l3 `. @2 V# ]! I; c7 q
      BB West Virginia; E( g: T8 R# `& o
      BB Colorado: ?. M3 m  d: D: a
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Japanese ground losses:
. j, {% E1 o  M2 z4 M# a8 U' }      117 casualties reported, d+ Q# P  q" ~( o
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
: C3 }+ j. S; N! U         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 ?- S8 D5 Q- j- E$ }2 w3 }. V         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 u+ A$ l4 Q8 d6 B& W      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
6 ~  q) B, l, |7 I" z% w: Q      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
! k5 G8 N3 S. G* Z4 U, }' x. ?  g* ~0 ?( ^
Airbase hits 2, _% x) M3 W9 v/ F' s
Runway hits 2: o/ E0 |& a: D" A
2 ^' n6 b6 E0 y/ W
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
5 l% I$ u& L6 bBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* m. R0 H2 K+ G. Y' K7 o. J" |% p8 R
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 Q' l, ~% }' _7 m) o+ ^) D3 nPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi1 Z. C& q% p) c5 M2 l( B
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
$ c5 b/ c8 \# _2 _5 L/ |BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
8 e* v8 k3 Q- g9 W* L4 v3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
5 W: s  k5 _- ~! HBB West Virginia firing at Ponape 7 p6 V1 K  I. o# Y
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force/ h, ]1 w3 q) H, N- I
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado' S4 Y( p# B+ h, {% \# U" i" p

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9 A: C. e% l1 C6 e: `Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms) S  u$ h1 F: d4 d0 O0 A
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
5 u' d7 [! U4 x. Y+ ^4 ]$ mEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft. g0 ~) P  V% `* F: N- P
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& D4 {' u( m3 U/ j" V/ b      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337  l2 s5 ~6 X8 S' J5 c/ L! X
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
9 D+ }6 P2 ]- D0 q7 ^
' `5 z+ }8 l0 D  {Allied aircraft losses* {  r: i( \. U3 e# ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged2 i: d* r' F7 N( ~, k; G/ q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
2 r  F) ^5 P! |* I4 Q      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged/ u1 L0 @' n( n& [; x, Z; W0 V3 O6 q
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak* g9 t- O4 R& c* y5 }9 @) c) k3 ^
. M! e' I: `7 l) N4 O
Japanese ground losses:6 J! z% I  R6 C6 o" J" u  T
      159 casualties reported1 e0 ^7 ~$ Q2 T" M: t# N
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
6 `2 _( R. `1 T         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled. I3 \2 E' x- E; W9 S) k+ A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* q- n' E9 \0 k$ {8 z4 K

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113), H) K6 J5 s1 V9 r9 E/ K+ K' j- C
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Allied Deliberate attack
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% W/ v) g$ @" B$ G* ?! U; zAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29311 q- l# p  @' J" w# i- n
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344/ K/ N, V  e$ q: t" p

% U7 s7 c* s5 s7 i' kAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
9 o  n) G- k0 _. d6 g- P/ g2 D/ {, K! C1 I2 I7 g" d; d
Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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% l3 u5 |) o, x+ |% oJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 7 [$ @4 W) U3 B3 b9 I* f4 m
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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) `2 ^) M2 \) e/ }& y* r, ACombat modifiers' _/ E# l4 Y2 B) N
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-). x! x$ Z8 z: F0 H, @
Attacker: 4 z- k- ~  f, B5 ~. X8 u' A; ^

# I% K# x( D6 H+ k" A/ xJapanese ground losses:
9 n& `, p! U- c+ |- D# h" c/ S      3539 casualties reported
" n3 I, n/ o; W" A2 ]" r9 y8 Z         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled) o- v" F  V1 g, O0 g$ C. |
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled' Q& ]" C& i: \
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
3 y0 s. B( T# r% m0 q      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)2 c# K' ]$ T' }: q+ @/ a' G4 V
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
0 Z! o$ ~7 D' d7 E, ]      3552 casualties reported
; J! J" {+ h8 Q) U8 B: l         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled2 L+ r5 i+ T) S1 B8 g: B  P
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled' k, ^2 J2 I% u- x& E* T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
9 r! d8 u3 |; V+ e% D      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled); p; P9 ?) A5 u$ ?1 C
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)* b+ o) H- H2 m! L/ m0 d8 M
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
/ o: u9 ^& F2 S    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion" o' q- Q1 n1 S) a8 u. _
    5th Marine Division) {: `; U' |! q! B4 V
    716th Tank Battalion
7 V: D3 G/ F7 s    706th Tank Battalion! a4 {4 r3 G1 G3 U
    762nd Tank Battalion
: r8 f" Q! n, \1 p( O    710th Tank Battalion
% {+ r9 V5 E) I/ O) v    767th Tank Battalion  K) s2 l( }2 U% d6 Q
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 U' ]8 D$ ]) w+ k1 i" {: c% z+ `6 u
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment! P  L' W& ^" e/ `
    81st Infantry Division, L9 ]. k# [; F0 w1 b( M/ S
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment. b! @0 Z5 M# v8 p
    96th Infantry Division
, [+ q9 S3 H# L- @# i; A) f    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
6 w6 g# }; u# N7 s    711th Tank Battalion# W+ R9 e& F3 @- c- b& O
    44th Tank Battalion; y: @) t; i8 D
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion5 G. ~5 |8 x9 w# f, f3 H! ]$ D  P
    6th Infantry Division
1 r( F1 |) V; T9 u    1st Filipino Inf Regiment% ]5 Q/ q2 n7 E
    31st Infantry Regiment3 L  l0 c% E/ k5 i' c
    XIV US Corps: E+ b6 _: C9 ?+ F, F
    96th Coast AA Regiment4 n! u0 C. T( b# N8 q
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
3 Z  y, ~* U# y0 b' q  B    4th USA Defense Battalion7 S# E) l0 [! v" V6 [
    14th Marine Defense Battalion9 D* u* ~) {+ n  U8 e5 S. d& @
    1st USMC AA Battalion
% T5 O# y) r7 N" F    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ r" b4 Q. |: m( D8 w
    5th USA Defense Battalion
, j) O% `7 m. _+ ]( C    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ O" ~6 |. h3 ?0 `    738th Coast AA Regiment5 E8 [; i* V* @  K
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) i, U8 @% q9 f1 T$ D    I Corps Artillery
& d' n% z( L4 ^    8th Marine Defense Battalion
5 U* l3 r# y9 k8 }. q$ G, X9 S    X Corps Artillery 1 C( @' H. Y& u: y
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion" R$ l9 M0 ~& z4 u2 B
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
' x7 S  l3 c' \2 A+ ~3 p    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
! f& ]9 F1 u. E    52nd Naval Guard Unit! c" ^+ I+ v; q7 ]/ b. F2 P3 O
    144th Infantry Regiment
( C2 I# }  Y/ c/ C    Kure 3rd SNLF
& f) X: I; m, x( Z" \    Sasebo 7th SNLF
# A9 c8 F, x6 k' v* P  q    33rd/B Division+ `  s: ^+ F$ K. m3 E8 p
    81st/C Division! L0 S$ N7 @* @/ {- |3 l* r
    81st/A Division
8 w2 j: M8 i) e# v    81st/B Division+ P! e! R2 O' f( Z
    33rd/A Division5 x, [; @: h6 Z- @" o7 Q/ s
    138th Infantry Regiment
* E! _. U+ ]' n$ h8 Z4 n7 S- x    33rd/C Division7 H( V7 p8 Q1 Z  d
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 q/ u* w. T( Y7 T    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion0 D/ u% q) p" ^
    19th JAAF Base Force8 V( U( l" z4 C. f' p
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co + `% D% b3 b( I" y! g* Z
    12th Air Fleet) ?+ a  }' ]) i" E
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" n) u8 T9 P9 Q7 ^! i- M
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
8 _2 C4 _4 a( @& @6 ?6 y6 F    63rd Field AA Battalion1 H9 M- F/ v+ e( Q7 S+ ?
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment" n( d8 r3 M; H& B0 R" F% L+ r
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion2 X* b2 X) {. s  Z2 j! a, [2 Q
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment/ U1 N/ L$ B6 \
    Ponape Naval Fortress9 l: P. m" k2 [. {7 l! X
    61st Field AA Battalion
0 u, v1 t9 A" o7 P0 G    18th Army8 X0 h: G1 Y3 G' M  n; {) l8 y
    14th Area Army /18 v% Y. R: P% o/ g! l
    60th Field AA Battalion
) i' i2 A; ]3 F7 x- d* m    53rd Construction Battalion
  U$ f5 p, e" g/ T0 h    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 F( V# H0 K0 O3 {" Z* B0 `* b
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
0 c8 E4 Y, Y7 D3 {) f" G8 M    Kure 7th SNLF/ l0 q( E: Z" t' \6 S
    3rd Base Force4 u/ G9 o9 R* H9 r2 I
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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5 s9 T6 G( n3 g# m. v9 DAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape), t. `2 X& i$ c' ?  D) X
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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) C5 `3 t* s- O8 o! s6 R' B' lRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
4 O) w9 K8 J3 M$ Z* `Estimated time to target is 34 minutes- R" g2 t& u$ z" v8 `0 K5 T$ O

' [! @; f8 x. t6 z" m% ^Allied aircraft
' u" d" E. [% D1 K2 u$ m  s- ^      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4623 p- M6 A) l3 W% D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337! j" \% o- c: S6 a( Y
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2834 b$ [* C: O3 h
Allied aircraft losses$ Q  Z3 _2 j2 H! X) m& |- E/ S
9 E; E6 J- X( r3 v. M3 J0 y) [
5 Q) T, F5 \# @5 N" S& j& o2 E
协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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7 h6 i7 R* P# F% f2 U在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态+ q2 {: S. x& d. G8 _0 n8 N
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!# a. `$ L! v  m" ?/ o
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Allied Ships
0 o+ K& ~# P+ a$ y5 M/ M4 I; A$ A      CA Vincennes
6 E: t! P) a2 G' c, i  M+ g      CA Quincy! R: h: U  w) n7 p5 D. l
      CA San Francisco
8 L- z7 {: z3 Q( D. C: F9 C      CA Minneapolis
' u7 b& n+ f+ q3 O+ C7 Y      CA Astoria
8 G$ r3 d) D9 P" G& t      CA Chicago6 L( b" t: n! W4 d  J
      CA Louisville5 s+ U* J9 }- M$ _7 V
      CA Chester/ T- ]3 L7 @: c; R" t; l/ J! w' o
      CA Northampton+ z4 ]$ o0 u0 T# _/ S- J
      CA Portland
  a) Q# i: @8 Q- a( I8 w% Q. x# p5 c. q
Japanese ground losses:1 @8 `% U% I! r0 i& w$ K
      112 casualties reported6 p3 I# E6 y  ^6 ]6 x0 x' C1 m( N
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
; r+ J+ F+ O) k- m2 k1 B         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
. x9 {1 [$ O# Z% i& h         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
5 a% e2 V& y$ c- g0 h, G( Y& F9 C5 R9 a& n1 d! [2 K. H4 n* A
Airbase hits 5
& v/ p% ]2 r& o, \3 x; ?1 Y; ?Airbase supply hits 24 K8 g% Y7 f$ c0 r9 \
Runway hits 212 j! u( k. ^: P- m
Port hits 7
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% w  M6 M8 R2 v' c" T5 k7 s  e5 ZNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
( [8 w# S/ Y$ u, x3 t      BB Alabama2 ]& v, k+ E! H, E, N6 j8 M. W
      BB Massachusetts
* P+ _1 ?( H) ~$ [; _+ f5 o      BB Indiana, s- N! M7 W+ @* k+ y) G
      BB South Dakota* H2 h2 P3 S% Q6 p
      BB Washington
  y4 T( y$ K, w0 A! r/ f+ y6 b/ t8 u      BB North Carolina
: J3 B( D2 R/ E3 D: ^( C, \9 [$ b- i! [
Japanese ground losses:
' C% M: A0 M8 s7 `' z: ~3 t/ R( _      398 casualties reported
* T  _5 v  M6 f. l: f: C, C         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
9 L5 X0 [/ u9 M( }8 ~; L- {  q0 |         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled: n% b$ j% Q' d) n: B/ N9 R
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
* I. I  m6 V' m* O1 ?      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled); B2 D1 D; ?$ K# U4 H" F% @
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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  L! L9 L( g. GAirbase hits 9: y+ A9 C. e0 N; o: I8 x
Runway hits 9
+ M7 S8 S! A; u; x0 Q# ?Port hits 2
9 }) V. v1 v0 U1 R
/ G# Q& @" _) B6 UBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division8 A9 g( e! M+ l9 B- m8 o! @
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
8 B1 k$ B& z# eBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
6 @. t0 Z  T# j2 x- A* HBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 5 ~8 K# q3 U. B5 Y, v6 d
BB Washington firing at Ponape ! k) S2 j1 S" R0 n8 V. |
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape 4 Q' }1 E  [! J8 _0 J

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. T& T. W; R) _9 U/ `  e! ^# t% iNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113' v8 }/ ?% L/ P) r0 G
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Allied Ships4 ^3 v+ ^- v6 q
      BB Mississippi
6 n( M# e, l: b6 C# b      BB New Mexico! C; s9 R8 x; \( a
      BB Idaho
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9 o/ o9 ]' J$ `9 X! w8 HJapanese ground losses:
8 h1 p; l7 c& r4 i9 {+ i1 J" ~      195 casualties reported
6 x( ^+ b; l* T1 P, l" U* `/ U         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
, |  E3 T! G8 S' D1 [8 ~: \* P         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
* c/ E4 {+ T  O% C" m' v8 k         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 \& _) U# e4 A) s1 V+ ]      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)0 |- `3 c6 u/ M- G5 h
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
! c. {/ Y% z0 d( `- r' B0 J3 a) o! w( @  v# i8 x5 d
Airbase hits 3
% d# n/ u0 y2 T% y! T( QRunway hits 14; u3 b! _+ B8 w  P2 f% f
; J0 W& w, z: E: h+ S  n/ L) p
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape $ i9 r' ?( _  B8 ?4 {
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
; w8 d; I  u, @+ h( a; S. mBB Idaho firing at Ponape
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8 U' |3 k. u2 n7 X, VAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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' H7 Q/ `0 h! t8 bWeather in hex: Severe storms
9 F0 f) p5 b6 Z- a* ]
/ i+ Y( e4 ]! W5 U- h6 D$ U! vRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
( B/ h1 N5 @5 o; w, QEstimated time to target is 34 minutes+ a4 s- U" l: k9 a" ^1 l- `  F
+ ^1 E) N5 ~7 i& S
Allied aircraft
+ z( V! S9 G+ t/ A  m" E& M+ _% A8 F      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
! T3 w+ a" |! y% p/ ^  }      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333% S+ V' O! X' {( g- A
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2869 E4 u  ?) |6 k: [% R1 [
8 a# x0 w2 m7 ]
Allied aircraft losses' S; U4 j, k* l! k2 R& B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged$ @; F. j$ w5 e! l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak: x/ s5 B- G# c
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged( z3 y! ]! u/ X9 E8 z# A+ s: G: B
* s! _: ^4 O0 d& a# b, i# T3 u  w
Japanese ground losses:6 `+ |) p; M  D4 i
      121 casualties reported5 N# A: v7 P- j9 B/ g* D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled. U% r7 G4 F( o; ^: Z1 w
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
- _  |  n/ m: y/ q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 n  a3 Z0 j: e  u6 j* t3 O3 s- O! w- F

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)# N3 Y9 ^, o9 S. |' g' J

; M- l3 p& r/ C5 w" oAllied Deliberate attack4 y; O5 v: J; P7 P7 q4 k9 U$ o
  [. N: C% c; K9 X: d
Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629% y' P( y8 m. ]1 I% S( [

) S) c2 Z) O& q7 |1 L& ?. hDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6; K4 i8 |# l/ o) }# G# t$ E

/ r  m* a( y1 L: h# ?; EAllied adjusted assault: 3228
. z- w5 V  u9 Y
9 \; h/ H+ B! R: y) \7 T- LJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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+ @) k3 w) c( z9 O+ s# VCombat modifiers
9 F! W: z; o( V. ~/ UDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)3 A- o2 U2 P3 `9 t- I8 I% Z
Attacker: ! a/ X9 G# y, E1 ?; S  A

) p' I+ H  A2 pJapanese ground losses:
6 F! n' X+ Z" S4 I% S      2305 casualties reported4 m: A& v/ Y( d, @* X: F3 m- M
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
; ]* ?6 _; T) z         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled8 j& R1 q5 d3 m1 L, _$ s: i) E
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
; n( V( ?8 P7 w* f3 p) v# w! e      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
5 p- K" R1 [) M- J$ R9 K: z      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)* V% ^! y, [& {+ \; l+ Z, f) e
) a+ s, C+ [- p
Allied ground losses:
# z$ h  \; A9 r      3064 casualties reported
3 e7 u& U! V6 {' L" R. J         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
5 ^* C* k, n; b: S         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled6 V5 K% S" o4 a) d2 N2 ~5 r" F9 I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
" y5 {" S6 v* a% Z: M/ J0 L" D      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)' S  g8 }- z: M$ n3 _2 j
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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7 P7 Y+ _& P+ x4 ]% F; a% ZAssaulting units:
" T6 N& z9 S0 U- y+ t    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment' j0 T$ L5 C+ z0 H8 S  W6 @
    711th Tank Battalion* p) o5 `  b- z7 O. j
    716th Tank Battalion  x5 I6 `) L2 v! v0 X8 {! w
    6th Infantry Division
1 P* ~4 i* S8 ^" q3 ~0 e8 b    44th Tank Battalion% @/ c. o9 {4 g* I. ~1 x4 q
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment1 u* y  G; S' E( s, r, M
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment' {% k% P1 Q8 x( U& S3 G$ ^. K( g9 B
    81st Infantry Division
% e& r3 E! l; q: F3 G: A9 a    767th Tank Battalion, e7 Y% |" w; M' f# `8 j, r
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ Y# g7 d* W/ o    762nd Tank Battalion2 ~4 G9 m  v# U! c  b0 C
    710th Tank Battalion; `7 I1 C- I: e
    96th Infantry Division  _1 x% |) |' P: q1 \1 t: d
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& q2 \$ |  V' a    706th Tank Battalion- v6 w7 Q9 D* C0 j2 l8 A( G  A
    5th Marine Division
# w- ~! ?) T! o    31st Infantry Regiment# t1 N8 K  N' r
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 a  n5 d' z  M; v: p1 X+ `& N    1st USMC AA Battalion
3 G  c" Y6 x. |, C3 r9 @0 M, Q3 C    738th Coast AA Regiment0 |* l- I# @4 [7 L; z
    96th Coast AA Regiment& g" E/ t/ l1 i/ t' ?. |+ i) {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion" i7 q% b( F* o+ n. s  |0 [
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
5 K8 h- ~( b5 X5 z9 r3 |' ~; \    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 y" y, @7 B" ^1 z+ {    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment" x, w: }3 b6 g" a" l
    XIV US Corps
" d: U& ]1 A+ w$ n5 j  C    X Corps Artillery & _+ d8 S- u. j
    5th USA Defense Battalion
' T) k) I! S7 Q! U, b, Q    4th USA Defense Battalion8 F0 c$ I% W2 w  @) ~
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
% m4 q+ r4 z5 V$ _8 r: s$ k4 y* f    I Corps Artillery ) }) @& ~8 C/ o% m
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
* T3 L# B1 x4 B- ^% J! ]' V5 O" W    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment  \, j: s: Q! W) J1 l

/ n$ Y  S* K' i8 e' d1 NDefending units:% C5 D+ V' |2 ^( l& t6 q
    Ponape Naval Fortress$ O( ]9 J/ |8 A6 H  q: T) T% ?
    81st/C Division! _* A( {6 O1 K! U9 q5 G
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
; b; n/ {6 r$ H$ G    138th Infantry Regiment
  ?2 `4 V! n2 T: R8 Q0 l2 j    6th Guards Inf. Regiment" a2 T6 y* M9 ]2 m
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
) k( z- v% B; v4 M- Y    144th Infantry Regiment
! W. g4 V  r  y    81st/B Division
9 }1 t9 O" U. \3 A    33rd/B Division
. w3 ]% Y) [, a9 [    33rd/A Division
9 k  ]( U" e5 l! y. b# n) ?    81st/A Division
5 m" E' P$ d9 }6 C2 f    Kure 3rd SNLF
. r- W  K3 z3 C5 K, F# b5 t    33rd/C Division+ {& p5 d9 e4 h5 V  ~, U* l( z
    53rd Construction Battalion
% s- B0 M& U, u2 w4 @    18th Army
- r4 F, C) V7 m9 y' i/ a; \: R    14th Area Army /13 {! [' R* @0 `1 [) y3 H
    60th Field AA Battalion) Z0 T& G2 ~( x* }
    12th Air Fleet. ^8 j5 A3 f$ ?
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 b5 J  y" U, O7 n
    63rd Field AA Battalion6 E0 e& h* H+ t* ~6 w
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; F7 Y7 n5 L$ E( J7 P/ |7 [    3rd Base Force
5 S8 `6 ?  k9 l+ m! _( X9 T( X4 {    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1. _3 k. F/ K, G
    Kure 7th SNLF
8 N0 U" o# {: c, T+ S$ x    19th JAAF Base Force7 ]( Y3 ]! n9 M7 c+ Q) }
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
; [7 `# T6 b  G( M( G2 Q7 r, }    61st Field AA Battalion' h7 K4 S- [( J5 L: M6 |* V
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 3 A) C* p. j0 F
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 U& C  k) j3 w/ c5 F4 _
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 o2 G% L, H9 O0 L  }$ d
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
/ V' r2 r- s' J4 m) l    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion, r4 Y$ u3 ^6 E+ p
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 449 M" t4 C- U. I  u
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜- \/ C; C' c. p

* p4 Z) v) l0 P! W6 I+ Y当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待, }' V) z7 T# r$ R4 F$ x
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3 _: K$ g. I5 k/ U' Z$ z% i! A$ {Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.# C+ F/ K; r8 e# U  v" p# z
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes4 O2 v8 s) ^5 l- O# A4 y

* i& e" J# s5 Q6 q* y2 O8 `Allied aircraft
% h/ \( p8 C1 [0 ^2 n8 q1 H" v' g      P-38L Lightning x 23
& i" i5 w8 C' p. I' ]) H1 Z- p( }      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 306 G' B9 y1 u) ~2 O2 y
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Allied aircraft losses- E5 L' O3 @. l$ {& {; _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
) P9 @0 h: x/ z+ u      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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4 e+ n& w2 K. M6 d+ }7 VJapanese Ships6 `/ I+ U0 U# L7 s, ^8 G' }$ g
      DD Suruyame
" t* d* @5 s" a5 _) p      CL Ninaru
" [6 C) U2 o4 X/ [/ M      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! B! S  j" T  |$ k4 n      DD Yayoi
# f  M" M, m  X7 V9 N: `      CA Kako0 @& c! M# h4 _
      DD Asagiri
* s( T' `; {5 p      DD Ayanami
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: I* a7 E' W! Q4 ?+ u! |% R2 ?Aircraft Attacking:5 m  q- C( ]* E6 {
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 Q4 m" L$ u( R  i
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
3 @$ N- u  F8 g. B% W7 F       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
; G8 q' T' b; q. v' M% ?6 G9 G8 {               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
* v+ L- M" _: K" l% J0 x4 ?       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'/ n4 R' o5 o5 x' f4 a: F
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb& U- R0 [7 N; ^* o1 J
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
6 s7 K1 ~$ j$ N( e- h3 N) _Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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' t4 b: P: [% IAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)/ A; H7 r/ w/ e* e" ]; e

, [( r$ X3 D3 ]6 ?1 Z3 u- F1 E6 eWeather in hex: Moderate rain& i4 r+ W4 ^, Z  P" @6 r

& t" |4 t3 N4 J. f1 IRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
) b$ a% E7 W2 n: s; JEstimated time to target is 34 minutes; W8 Z* S# X" O. P9 g$ d% K

2 i1 s! {$ V% W( i8 P  l5 sAllied aircraft
6 B+ \7 A6 C, J      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462+ j( @1 x9 d) M7 E' j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326/ h+ Z! r  [5 ?! ?$ k$ U" _: o
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285' Q$ G/ _/ |9 A5 w5 U
# [: Y  x& w% J- x8 Z
Allied aircraft losses$ a8 b5 ?: ^5 H& _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged6 K- R, u) g# W2 @( \. m" P
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
! A/ E) v' B2 s! [4 c* H# A; `      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
; R9 S  z% C/ T) K- Q2 I4 V4 A" {; l/ c+ L( \  H) q8 F8 X
Japanese ground losses:5 D! E: X4 v! O  v6 e+ t; M
      276 casualties reported
; w3 T, b" W+ M$ _3 {* N7 a! e4 e         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
. C) L/ y" N$ p1 N8 `  j         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
4 F) t/ l6 Z8 l  R9 T         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' k( E/ j/ @1 C
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)& y* G% [# l; ?4 D* y

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: w; a* g9 {9 u" ]1 r6 dGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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2 D7 Y; m8 A/ J" UAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263% A+ ]( {5 O- q+ D

( e8 E% v' q1 E4 A' u/ `Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017% E) d4 R  o: X, I) d% y' ?

3 f( c$ o8 j6 ]) ~( N8 ^8 F( A8 [: S' [Japanese ground losses:
) Y& f& _$ M, t: c      1082 casualties reported+ P3 j3 A1 R$ U
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled. I  M. R8 e6 j* V  y4 N' V  V
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
# A6 V2 w9 R9 L: {         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled' ?0 [, C$ T3 i7 L5 X; H
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:; s5 s  y. M7 U9 F( X, g8 ?, G
      23 casualties reported- f, {2 h. G1 S( T9 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ e7 ]6 N% s, z4 u8 t         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
% |: S9 m- i, w' Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  T+ t: R( L. {7 [3 j9 C9 p% J* E
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
" K* p0 f- T* y/ [' v: C# [$ j7 x      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44/ c# k+ }( h& ]% J5 ~& J- T
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东京快车出轨
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  E, @: T; V. _9 H+ K+ ^. T日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,1138 q: G' R, l% }4 x' _7 m3 A
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Japanese Ships
; [6 a: x' h* ?. M" I, ^      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk& Y, i5 x0 ~  P! Q

# H) c& w7 l0 Y: M  a; w% mAllied Ships
4 w- B+ P; w5 S/ E: u! z      CLAA Prince Robert: U6 Y6 q! y- W' H$ m3 [5 j
      DD Saumarez
0 Q8 |" K+ a3 R- c      DD Nizam
  U9 W) H+ F% u: J      DD Ellet
5 C' I* V$ A  S3 |4 N% M; v' c      DD Waller# N+ u1 o7 v& A6 G: W* M
      DD Walker
( E! u- ~8 g; \$ r5 X' A' C      DD Wadleigh
" F1 u8 w3 `8 O3 N      DD Uhlmann
% z' L& f2 ]7 ?# T& V9 F/ m) h      DD Twining% t) Y/ L8 \4 F3 I6 Y7 F
      DD Twiggs) U5 e, h+ t! |: `' R
      DD David Taylor
, Z4 k5 C9 i! l5 q0 G8 E1 w- {      DD Strong
, S3 |8 W) G6 s, s; Y. ]9 W      DD Sproston# D! [; e7 p5 I6 G0 S' f. A' l
      DD Sigsbee
2 `$ {0 \/ y, ?6 L$ x      DD Sigourney: }$ z/ K  N1 M
      DD Schroeder
* W0 S3 x: G: O! }7 F      DD Benham II
2 ?  r) ?, D! A# ^6 X      DD Cushing II; s. \: {6 p/ `4 f, c& B& d
      DD Urchin( q) C+ q3 m" Z) z* }
      DD Urania
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6 ]- `8 V, L0 ^; R) h7 USS I-48 is sighted by escort7 o- t$ x* P; ?2 y
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search; c8 H9 s$ E0 r2 p1 s- O9 v
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....5 @( h5 o9 F( g+ v
SS I-48 forced to surface!
# w  s. X/ _8 ^$ x2 s4 b( C/ {% y8 SDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....5 t% ]( ^" F  Z% v4 K% L; A
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....' _& ~! h4 k+ S2 S* x8 @, ^, n; b3 j
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
9 e6 \  N% W1 |! i  C+ `DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
/ f8 R- V0 i3 ^8 l4 bDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
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- S( W9 K+ |- J( m% f7 V; L* qNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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* c' j, A$ K2 u5 B/ lJapanese aircraft
% n( u: h9 Y: v9 Z7 F& W1 x5 }      no flights
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2 {6 l, J% e) T2 c$ MJapanese aircraft losses
6 `2 y  _7 n/ \1 c1 j1 X" G( e      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships, s3 _, z; I* a7 R6 x
      CL Agano, a4 i) ~# B' h  f# R
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 23 ]% k" V% ]1 I
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk  A1 R4 F5 h$ l
      DD Hibiki
2 X( |) Z8 J* b0 \! D) Q# U1 a      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 15 {# n+ F- i- }# t
      DD Shirakumo- m( F, ~7 H- ~* r
      DD Isonami* T; M7 B/ E2 D
      DD Murakumo
2 w$ O. R/ F4 h+ s6 f% |* V! z0 J      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk) {) R  B9 _) C4 ]: a) Q/ D

9 l3 e0 a, W: E$ r1 T& u7 n- W' WAllied Ships$ J5 {! p6 b9 @& k& @4 x8 o
      BB North Carolina
' \0 d9 S( K5 _$ J# r      BB Washington) j* ?. V5 C. {' C
      BB South Dakota
3 w9 ]. b1 a3 Y% V1 N      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
5 p- u# p9 E$ V. P      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2, F4 ?( C- Y8 c* U+ D$ Y
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2/ w/ q5 w2 P" [! t' A
      DD Conner
/ J/ Q1 r& i6 ]0 C      DD Cotten8 G7 o1 u) e6 M, R5 O# w
      DD Cowell9 {5 B! b2 i5 Y6 ]
      DD Daly
9 V5 Y) ]0 `4 ?& F: z. u1 d. A      DD Eaton) s* ?8 q0 q% L; i1 {9 S6 _
      DD Heywood Edwards; h& D$ E" q% N
      DD Erben7 L  @# J% R5 s& X, x- Q
      DD Evans4 P" C/ A0 k8 B# B' p1 C  ?1 X
      DD Foote
* N) M% S3 v1 W" u' B8 }, T# e      DD Franks& @# n6 B; ^7 R! c7 Y
      DD Fullam+ U2 L2 P* E+ d+ i
      DD Gatling$ D3 A1 f: m5 x2 I- d7 ]
      DD Albert Grant
4 N9 }1 O# Q9 V      DD Gregory
  `( n. v9 A. S& x2 p2 T      DD Guest
- R0 S, ?+ K; A) V      DMS Hamilton
+ w! M/ k: c/ K$ M# J, z9 W. M      DMS Forrest7 z0 ~% e) }; i8 i# _. ?
      DMS Ellyson- S, r" |+ q. E' `/ A# N  M
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ ~/ j5 j% A% T/ A( N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 i( }& Y4 h+ W. tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! c( [& \6 U8 ]$ H) w4 I; V
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
# a) U8 p: ^8 t" O9 N( {& eRange closes to 26,000 yards...
  Y. _4 {. |' WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
1 f& d7 k+ w) ^4 \" zRange closes to 24,000 yards.../ a. i6 Q0 c) @7 I8 w6 I( N# l# f. l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
2 I& M9 a% N! x, \1 o0 @6 wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
/ P8 {. V; `# u0 l. ARange closes to 22,000 yards...
9 Q# |( j  a5 b( K+ d1 Q6 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards6 p2 c1 |/ b. N( i7 j
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards) }! P1 j* G( M1 y3 T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- v5 D+ e2 b3 |, i7 f& rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' t& r# r# B' u5 w3 e+ O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
7 I- |6 Z- ^9 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. ?! T4 s3 o* M) Z% ERange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 z7 R! j, o# a( }* F' x1 [1 ?CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards, i; ^! P2 F4 j3 P1 p
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ K0 s# A5 K" V+ t$ E. i( ^2 f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
5 a2 L, \* X( T- ^, ~* @( ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 K! o) o8 D) A, i4 ?& D4 u' qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
; c$ W  C" a5 i' O% J( z& G  n) OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards" _  _" N& ?' ]7 o
Range closes to 11,000 yards...0 V. V1 J: B1 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 r* M, v9 l# r$ OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
+ i/ B& ~8 I! `  `/ v1 LRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 j8 h; D1 B& i' H+ b8 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
: \' S7 U7 L7 ?5 F$ k. k7 r# XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ D/ g; R4 f/ y- U* M: {3 C& M5 Z
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards5 j. V8 u; R3 {) z  j4 q) ~: A
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards, h6 z$ c# a1 o; k+ z* S
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
  g( }6 g9 D# |) nCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
0 d( \% p" t1 C: [3 s' |' ^BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards* T3 v! M9 _5 P$ G
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards& U! d2 A* T% b  }* j2 E
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
5 r4 P1 p1 ]  b, X$ S! t, |# P# L/ uDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards0 n% y6 A# O  N, k& k( @
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
$ g: v8 @4 \2 T% z* I- @- C% k& o, |DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
7 L& ~" U1 V% w0 T$ |DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
* I* ]) C! Z* C7 tCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards0 n5 m" h  @! J+ V, k) m
Range increases to 11,000 yards4 Q. h, h6 [  d) E" O: ]7 Y
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards  i$ i' W; c$ F
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
7 u  b/ X& V8 W. {: \/ M7 DCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
$ d8 C8 j7 f& _/ j5 a" VDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
3 U! g& D. X7 F& L% dCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards1 ]: ]# k- W) j' L5 {
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
0 I7 y1 d+ V6 o! c$ U) MCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
% E2 l' ?" F! m1 H$ eBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
7 J% t+ ^. j) x  [9 z* uDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
, A. k7 r0 x% P+ y6 v1 MDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
/ F7 F7 O4 y6 w0 X, T3 VDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
: M7 w# e6 r* N& }+ |DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
0 C1 U( K1 k7 k+ v* w7 b, fDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards5 a2 Z1 c4 @7 H/ |1 G) d
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
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CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards- a8 L* ~4 U: `: ]- ~* m
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards( \4 L; T" s5 q# U5 U$ n- Q
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
& L2 W1 Y3 M- t0 @2 a6 XDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards6 R8 Y3 B, r5 c7 b
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards+ l& X0 C- t1 N9 ^4 \
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards3 b. x4 }9 v6 B/ O8 [
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards0 C+ \5 P* x; l1 v
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
. z( X* G7 S  g" `, N! {1 X1 SCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards. |$ {* M' B! C( \+ y9 D# [, K
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards( F- v* m! c3 O1 K- ?/ \
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape# Y! X+ M& |( k+ V
Task forces break off...; w7 y7 q* R  o  O

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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9 b0 n  O; X# l2 w$ l9 Z' r      DD Hikokaze# L9 ?' l  I7 n
      DD Ishikaze
4 X' `/ x, @+ G, B/ M8 Z6 L# B$ D      DD Tagokaze
. g; l7 k% [, w! q( {. b. t      DD Takatakaze$ X5 |/ }: a+ O

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( p1 s* i0 b4 }! q: H6 K8 v      BB North Carolina
6 P: w6 A" \) M7 e9 Q$ F- [      BB Washington, L2 v! L0 w' I! D* H3 X( q, \2 X
      BB South Dakota
. I- G; q9 J5 x1 H9 M4 b; Q; Y      BB Indiana
5 E1 d1 Y8 H( \8 q6 j& Y      BB Massachusetts
  }& F5 e. C* [, z+ ^- d      BB Alabama' a! n4 T$ [0 Y8 j! B
      DD Conner
3 K: X) G% B6 d5 t1 Z( B      DD Cotten) q4 v! ]7 M; s  A* z; u
      DD Cowell6 H1 i. E& y. w3 p
      DD Daly
8 ^& o# O. H) C. M9 x2 Q* A3 Q& b      DD Eaton. M/ i5 ]" x- R( Q3 Q5 n! D% g
      DD Heywood Edwards
0 u! e% q/ [$ R! o: q2 H      DD Erben
) ]  J" L7 J8 I. M( f1 T3 y      DD Evans
& w" X6 E* z/ j; V$ V2 v. y      DD Foote1 R+ k+ K5 y" d3 e! o& k# q
      DD Franks% G& s0 H, }; t# I" G$ E
      DD Fullam
7 g! ?( t# d8 [3 A' J3 u; N0 n9 D      DD Gatling# R9 E4 W. q  r
      DD Albert Grant9 S- @9 R  v; \
      DD Gregory
3 ?  Y8 Z. ^' T. N+ O' T      DD Guest4 g* n/ F7 |5 ?% V6 ?
      DMS Hamilton# x9 r0 _/ f* M2 p
      DMS Forrest9 f0 Y; G" r3 c
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards; C: l' [( L. w3 [" Q4 c: E
Range closes to 28,000 yards...  ^0 c+ V* v2 B4 T4 j. h
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( D2 t4 A+ X- Z0 o, Z; t! ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
5 l( i5 g! H8 K1 }' LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards( e* M, x# K! c6 ?5 l
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 z) k4 \( w% W5 N8 e- a$ tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
! x; w! H' _; A& @: ERange closes to 22,000 yards...
  d0 K' ]; p* x* `9 Y" gRange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 A7 I/ T% A" |* c. `/ b- s. f/ NRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: W$ N$ u( T" j( \  ~% }; NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
3 o# P# t6 C4 f% eRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 o7 R! N; m# |. a: m% g7 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards& `3 k+ t. v4 y  d0 {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards7 w$ B1 d8 g" N; ^. ]; m7 k
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
) F  A) T* s; ^# x5 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards# J7 L: P3 |, p" e
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
. A& N7 l; J& ?( A* P$ aRange closes to 12,000 yards...4 l( Z: [7 B, F& n7 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
, p' B1 c8 v, s  D; w5 M7 u: KCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
6 @0 ^; i2 j7 d" O* cRange closes to 11,000 yards...
2 O  R; D* [( [8 p1 JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards1 B( z; I- o  B  V  K
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ ]1 Y$ |: j% z& [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards  K; @* D1 i1 k4 w
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat$ z2 W! ^  O$ Q1 Y$ o+ z
Range increases to 15,000 yards...) b4 X6 \8 U7 E* b6 l; g
Range increases to 20,000 yards...5 ]9 z4 R8 k- I' H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
+ o, g; U& E, N: R8 FRange increases to 25,000 yards...0 n- S" p$ w, J( i7 E
Range increases to 30,000 yards...9 S* A: L! P) H0 v0 E
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
& L% K9 u, ^/ E, {# [2 `9 s  `6 PJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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: o) q* F/ G! k# T  p- M2 q3 t5 IJapanese Ships
  V3 |9 w4 i+ _0 l( Q5 Z* S      APD T-1
) W4 W; a- Y( o- h/ ^6 i      APD T-2, Shell hits 2$ I; V6 u8 m# g3 V1 Y* f! ?
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
6 o1 }) S% s9 \# }+ X0 G      APD T-40 x/ \4 ~' p$ q3 a& I7 j5 l" N
      APD T-5, T: N) M: P2 |5 r( |& e8 d
      APD T-6
) Q& g0 c- \9 o  g6 z7 K      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 s4 X9 B8 p6 N/ m4 O# G, }# ]      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire" G% u9 [: y( y9 X6 U
      APD T-9
+ }8 P9 J; ]3 G+ F& R& o2 J: Y      APD T-10
! a" d, I1 H8 r- x2 R$ k5 T5 G      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire) t1 E- h+ S1 ^) r4 q% V
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage; a; K& L: J7 x: ~# s7 b
      APD T-13, Shell hits 10 k7 g& }9 r7 o! U
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# b3 E5 Z5 h) \/ o. |
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      BB North Carolina) A9 {' G; m7 }% n# q! x
      BB Washington
; U' G1 w' g$ t' j3 ^* H      BB South Dakota
9 m+ ?9 `) a3 n1 |/ ~  x0 w      BB Indiana
9 {7 R7 M0 z- O/ I4 r* d      BB Massachusetts
+ v+ E+ \6 j7 w! s9 n      BB Alabama4 \; z$ ~7 F- Z9 @
      DD Conner; a( }) W( V( j! J2 c
      DD Cotten& x( ]+ A8 t# U+ w% p
      DD Cowell
; Q) g" I- `0 V0 x+ w      DD Daly
5 l) `1 [+ D; v) Q      DD Eaton
7 l+ S6 p- h' W+ }& _: a      DD Heywood Edwards8 K& m- A$ a: X; c2 r; i
      DD Erben
0 D$ h3 e9 e7 _' h- ]3 Y      DD Evans0 J+ r8 J, G" R" g
      DD Foote/ ?  X( Z- c3 @% o9 `, A% e# V
      DD Franks: L) n, \3 M# [8 T( y4 g' `
      DD Fullam
5 s# w' O& P/ ?! K      DD Gatling8 S; u( }2 h) S3 @
      DD Albert Grant) A1 b$ ]+ q8 ?; _' ~: F7 v/ ?' z
      DD Gregory! Q+ \" s- M* d! }0 x
      DD Guest( c" {# W9 e+ r) P! z/ ~# e; M2 K3 ^
      DMS Hamilton" v, P% f) F6 ~
      DMS Forrest' |$ t' c6 R* Y1 r1 b" w4 G
      DMS Ellyson" `! V& v' M' F7 E& T! p
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
0 t5 w( A& B8 ?% q2 `Range closes to 28,000 yards...  o) B; y9 B2 }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
4 J3 G$ q) }; {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards1 M1 K' d" @, D. [" i3 |( Z
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) y) @; ^$ f( Q, i7 n) T4 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 `  X1 `& ], G. r2 n& w" v. NRange closes to 22,000 yards...  z/ V9 z4 ^/ l; m/ U: k! s$ V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
3 _8 @& J) Y0 W2 a2 o  h0 MRange closes to 20,000 yards...3 I3 I8 z' b$ A; B4 }; V4 ^/ K, s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, S0 Q2 j. J  aRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- @7 w7 w$ J! k" r" Z0 L9 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
/ b/ N- `7 p6 Q+ Z' u3 KRange closes to 16,000 yards..., ^- W' \9 z# l9 Q) G9 u+ M: k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. }. W; i3 |: u9 ~/ b! ]( Z3 b4 vRange closes to 14,000 yards...9 X; K% D( K  d( p( M) n" Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards6 m, h& F/ P- D9 v
Range closes to 12,000 yards...' j) ?& H1 T) B" ~. l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards+ b; K0 g9 x6 o# w6 X
Range closes to 11,000 yards...! z/ ~. I) }2 e3 H3 E. n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards, z2 Y* q$ `3 a6 z0 T( z# w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# u5 D9 E: |* {/ P/ \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards7 M2 m- `; ?# C2 E& ^1 Z6 P
Range closes to 9,000 yards...$ C) {- D- }9 e' `7 F# o& l
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  ?4 Q# H, _5 g$ pBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
2 G0 m# }# w% e" G3 Q6 J6 M0 q3 CBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards9 ~6 ~% {& v( f# P) Y; o2 t0 ]
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards4 _3 I$ d7 {! N) a1 c- {, c
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards9 z4 h5 q2 j/ k4 u  h
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards: m) p! }; f8 _
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards' h4 V& Q, T- x  W3 G6 |
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards# z# G$ p  Z$ i3 J: c
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
# W+ x+ v5 q6 |( m) \! sDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
# H5 y/ o- O: A- {DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards% A8 [) M! i6 R" p
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
8 m/ h) N0 \' T8 Z+ w7 l. KDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards/ _  P: v0 A, z3 Q5 W1 Y
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards/ @+ P( i& x) w/ q+ }% N6 D: w3 \
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards7 w4 k5 d5 Z; V" T( O, G
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards" F: N6 E# b! N& X& o. F
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
( v. B7 y+ U  Y, V* sDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
" [5 z6 t9 h  ~4 r" X: N5 Z2 w8 iDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
+ T6 `3 W1 ^( q; A* ^DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
9 J4 a) C4 n& A- ^: bRange increases to 10,000 yards
; O6 ^# A6 E; T9 cBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
! t$ ^9 w) {# }- V* Y3 {/ L5 ]; |BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, ]# l! W5 E5 h1 d- q" _BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ D6 m" f$ P3 BDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 i* }* m6 I4 W5 JBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) C) J% R3 E" a$ e0 V( X: k2 }DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& r2 `) t' J$ ^$ G% n
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
. f! e' S+ \9 q! b+ |* ~# G$ lDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 E0 @% |3 n3 t* G* i+ F
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 w9 [5 O$ Z) K) C( m
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 q9 w3 `/ ?/ c: x4 |6 qDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 s; s5 K8 l& J4 Y
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 d$ S' g% @( qDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards: ]4 k, x$ F, ~$ }' ?& I& x
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ Y  j3 k/ k8 \- g$ n1 [" l8 {DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards4 @# m4 }! O" Z) K% B
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 u/ P* u& F1 S0 L+ eRange increases to 11,000 yards
( v# |/ [2 g8 k, P- lAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
/ r8 n% v  Z+ Y! a! V: m- B0 o  W, D0 }APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards  j  K- ]. \. P( n3 R3 l* W/ u
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 O7 O$ j$ E* t7 j$ Q4 ~2 _: @5 o
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
/ Z6 W% y: Q& f1 WBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
/ d9 |5 O; Z1 w5 CAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
7 {$ n3 U1 k6 d7 @* }DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
7 K0 b( {5 Z0 @3 `DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
) x  l1 o  U3 W% E8 ^$ \" iDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards3 B7 j# I/ L( W8 @* y% O& e3 k
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards, [; Z. x- O3 x2 |. d( I
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards6 s4 j$ Q( ~# Z, Q4 x0 m: h# ]
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards* a; ]6 V% B+ T- h; M8 s8 ^7 Q, a) P
Range closes to 10,000 yards) R" o: e+ D2 d0 {+ O
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards9 f$ |: ^- j; R, E$ @6 y
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 H7 B% y4 r  K
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; Y8 W# s) R1 r/ N
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards8 Q# J, d* E6 @7 r8 ]9 Q
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 g' j- h9 c) Z! N7 W5 k8 X
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards" _0 O# ~. L# n# P; D8 `# M
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 ^/ R0 ^8 L/ u# ?- B. D6 g
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
3 {: X1 G  m9 S: U# `DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards) ~( h$ s; B3 W+ N# _/ Q) q
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 T$ B" T$ I8 |DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  z; o3 r; V% T" E+ Z7 J  pDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
' D: u( Z8 D7 f  z1 x! TDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
+ \0 r; P, L7 Y- J; u. u) D2 IRange closes to 8,000 yards
6 c; K5 I+ B6 \7 H( mDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards8 N( A' v) p* ~6 d  L/ \% l4 y% K
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards- U0 p; Q8 n+ Q/ g
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
; D9 c  y% A. A* k" }1 I( k0 z" iBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards' A( w& n: t* ]+ ]& _$ y
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards0 [9 ~& D3 w! o$ J
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape, e0 s$ z* h" r" d% a( _' A
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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, w7 q: Z" d, }) B7 ?Japanese Ships
' U5 T5 i* x2 [5 L+ W9 F      APD T-1, Shell hits 1' C/ M: }3 d4 k; y, W. a. }
      APD T-2- D4 K. H  }; u+ p  N. E
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
+ n& h+ i5 s; I" o% N      APD T-4, Shell hits 14 E% B: G5 B% E; v
      APD T-52 w2 }# L4 I0 k" |3 ]2 |
      APD T-61 l" ]8 g/ d8 f$ C
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage  D# ?1 T$ w( ~, f9 a  Z2 ^5 T$ q) f
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
/ ?( r2 @: B9 Y& z; x" e      APD T-10  f6 p; t' L, U2 ^% D$ c. T) W
      APD T-11,  on fire) z! `, j) W1 X* ?' F' |1 ?
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk3 P2 m. W8 F* V
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* _2 y$ t$ ~# w
      APD T-14, and is sunk' N7 C7 F: G) _# z* C3 P$ f) A
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Allied Ships4 W  q# K5 D1 r
      CA Portland/ O' _  t/ ]! x4 o! ^
      CA Northampton6 {" l% E3 {0 g# s8 x
      CA Chester% R! H! q4 [/ ]
      CA Louisville9 A6 p9 `& d& i
      CA Chicago& Z8 D& R$ k* o# Z/ F! F! q
      CA Astoria
! m# |0 ^2 w1 k9 @      CA Minneapolis. p. W; R# d" V9 S: F
      CA San Francisco$ q: G! p$ t* Z4 i5 S
      CA Quincy
- l* n! ^. f" l4 G7 Z/ r      CA Vincennes' y6 ^# f/ H: l
      CA Wichita5 z8 v8 T" l% a: l2 ~- G8 ?- s" r% v' O
      DD Bennett# z2 ]  |9 s; s& t+ ]! r" \  V
      DD Bradford' m: ?7 C+ l" i6 e( Q( ]
      DD Braine9 n* |" I* N, @- r5 s+ u
      DD Brownson8 l1 T* O) s/ X8 k, w' @# J5 A# f( D
      DD Bryant
7 j9 B8 y7 B5 G% x6 h      DD Bullard8 Y" d$ ^0 I7 V& [( R
      DD Burns; w# c' {4 h/ k
      DD Callaghan. ?. |  E  `; V
      DD Caperton
  ], i7 @' _0 {5 R  A      DD Capps
, \6 _1 ?/ Q8 b  \8 W! j3 O3 ]$ q      DMS Emmons/ w) N! Q0 Z- Z
      DMS Macomb
' ~1 t# D0 L5 I' M* c" N% P      DMS Rodman( \% t7 z7 J' d4 |, o- u
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( ?; u$ f. }8 q2 m! `  _/ I& i; qRange closes to 28,000 yards...
! Q9 V# n# O6 d$ N5 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ C. {: m# d0 E+ e; cRange closes to 26,000 yards...
& ?- i) {; }- ]9 \9 y0 K. C) uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards* \( z$ d8 A9 E& I% o; |6 ?& Y0 m
Range closes to 24,000 yards...5 S6 @: M7 C6 Y0 y% w" q) Z$ O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
, K+ r4 M( s; h8 d5 |) d/ [Range closes to 22,000 yards...
& x, r: k* ^  q$ h+ e, F7 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
) l' S) W, o# R/ ]6 a: CRange closes to 20,000 yards...
5 A! U  \6 M. b5 @( _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards2 d# y" `! B& b
Range closes to 18,000 yards...# G. \5 u4 ?+ E6 h2 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* r$ M& p2 Q  E: B/ O5 ORange closes to 16,000 yards...- R4 q/ w4 Z% I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards! }9 d; ^* ?, q3 X1 t; l
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
4 D7 B" n" I* @Range closes to 12,000 yards...
; o# F7 J( ?' v' v, E9 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! V, E; C, l  q9 JRange closes to 11,000 yards...
7 \, }8 `& k! V9 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
' i$ v3 e4 f4 z! xRange closes to 10,000 yards...
; E* _1 V# I7 V* `. B$ [& ?2 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards' \, U4 E9 Y6 m  ^7 l8 s2 `
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 I$ [& f  `/ X2 q" s6 C
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" _* t5 Q# H; v* p2 i7 ~- P2 jRange increases to 11,000 yards# _  ~/ f/ \' ]5 g  P1 D/ j
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards+ I; Q, F0 A5 h& o
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
& e1 ^$ Z; [( u/ P# {CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 R1 e- i' ?) B8 b3 y2 T  g+ tCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards6 W9 j& h% `. z7 f, U
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 Z, G% E; V6 \7 y7 n
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
3 `$ r( ?( d$ \8 H0 W5 a( [. VCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards2 _' E; \  e. S( o. t& p6 ^4 H
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! k) U" T/ Z6 G: j0 _CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
# G3 K) b! w7 @0 jCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( C& P5 i- K2 b# ]
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
" A# ?) s4 _3 i' ~DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
( D( J7 K5 q, b1 ?( k3 fDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
0 }3 [+ t1 p- \2 k8 W6 d- C, ZDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ {9 R5 O& `/ ], I2 l
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards! b, C$ o% M! V$ ^
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
  l, U  y9 E9 L2 m, n% ^APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards$ o" S9 s5 W) V! g  ~2 T
Range closes to 10,000 yards% e$ q0 R  p. _; i: v1 K
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards7 r5 E: Q2 Z- _4 `  Q6 x- X
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards9 P0 q. h$ b3 T- m! O( K% {
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
8 V. _1 }6 f/ k8 Q) RCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards2 h0 m2 X  L& h9 J  @
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards% O. C8 C. U9 \1 a0 x# V
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
5 V0 N5 y, b/ [; kDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 o  B/ p. u  ARange closes to 9,000 yards: B! h- D& @. F0 x. c: t8 m4 M/ O
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
* }! O/ c8 A( y( x+ zDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
3 y( K0 Q% K3 s: W1 d# RCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards5 ~: I. |4 s  X9 f; Y2 K" B
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
& m! j, a) ~4 N# FCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* J# n2 m. v/ s) JDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards+ o, H7 F4 C, S" q. w
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
0 ~# U' \* b5 k' v5 f( BRange increases to 10,000 yards
! l5 n3 V8 U& U! ?4 b- |APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
) b; v& U, i+ s! B# U' B) x  T9 j2 BCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 S$ I- ?4 _% D  [2 X( SDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 L1 w9 ~9 h) _CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
5 G+ F. v* s) Y0 ]CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- p6 M. _- \4 d: w) G
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape5 P6 p- N6 a* y0 D& ^# p) ^: C
Task forces break off.... c( G0 Z8 j+ L
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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/ \% E! a, v: ~' N0 ]+ e, m$ D      APD T-1# y& u' x9 v& k6 q, S4 a- B
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire" O4 E- `2 r' ]% {
      APD T-3/ ~0 v4 i5 E3 v; G4 r) L9 ?5 C
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
) Y0 ^3 {& z: S/ K      APD T-58 W. ~$ |1 i5 z9 h6 X
      APD T-6% c$ ?- Z0 @$ ]( ~) e1 }2 f7 ?
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk) Q6 K; S* J2 V4 T, K0 I
      APD T-9
4 M% i7 ~8 N6 g; i0 R      APD T-10
0 Q  @6 W, ]: I- _: m7 P: t1 \      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships8 L6 ]1 ?' {# V6 Z
      CA Portland
$ J7 }/ z# X6 a% x/ Q7 P: D7 ~2 I5 L      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1& z4 Q7 F  D( Z( n; y8 o) v* }
      CA Chester9 ^& ]7 e: U5 t/ M
      CA Louisville/ l7 H8 P/ Y6 z" ~8 n
      CA Chicago
) t7 D& a9 V; \8 N$ b* b+ B      CA Astoria
# l/ N2 |2 ?+ S      CA Minneapolis7 Z: B! c3 ]1 ^- G* q9 ^
      CA San Francisco1 @; P' _% b3 m7 B4 a
      CA Quincy& T7 R) e) W) R2 ?5 `
      CA Vincennes
, l: ]! S+ g8 Z! d5 \3 F) I9 @      CA Wichita
  S. i0 y) o! B+ g' l1 A/ b4 v4 V& Y      DD Bennett
* g' Q7 h8 A. [: L5 X; @$ w      DD Bradford
5 l' ^8 x/ o9 r" b9 ]! R      DD Braine& F5 ]/ r0 F8 m
      DD Brownson; M) g  B% g6 b+ r( \
      DD Bryant& ?. p! n1 e  B) h& k! z
      DD Bullard8 G6 g; @2 F& G( l& g' d7 {
      DD Burns/ e" L+ R& T  P# b' N
      DD Callaghan( K3 h6 G$ `. L2 ~0 p! v7 Z
      DD Caperton
; _$ j3 Z( \' U# ~# s0 z# ~      DD Capps1 X  C9 _, D5 h( e3 `3 _% _
      DMS Emmons
4 O; g' z/ m- {# p      DMS Macomb
( [: X8 l) @0 B4 u3 M3 S      DMS Rodman
' V. i$ T: K3 a: m: r0 W: ~' d6 C      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
  O6 @1 |! }0 ]. i7 d9 uRange closes to 28,000 yards...+ B4 B: Y4 u- x( Q# [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ G2 I  w: c/ x  B0 x9 KRange closes to 26,000 yards..." p& `# p9 [- |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
$ O' R' R! U1 I( FRange closes to 24,000 yards...* x# }8 {4 t  p& ?9 o! U; V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 a* X9 A' l. t* ]3 z5 C! a# |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; y" ~. _6 }  W* _: nRange closes to 20,000 yards...
  e3 w4 `. y; `+ H. T1 J. pRange closes to 18,000 yards...# g- E9 B. x/ t! H; S, Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
  k& N: ^1 j3 `! A" G3 g6 Y; Z; `& [Range closes to 16,000 yards...
' b+ `4 ~$ F+ k0 {6 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
  q9 D4 M* @* n" }9 aRange closes to 14,000 yards...$ q3 r- s/ w0 E* N+ O9 ^9 o& _9 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards3 \2 c3 Z  v, N2 l
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 w7 J6 J8 A. J& _2 k7 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards# k# N. t1 ?/ j, L
Range closes to 11,000 yards...% Q( F6 R) A9 ]$ G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 Y9 X+ G. m6 [0 m$ w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 ]2 v8 `  M# s# K8 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards) y5 z9 g9 J, Z9 v9 [* H9 q
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards$ o/ A; O& j9 P/ r& M( D
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards2 y8 s8 l) M  k; q; K
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
9 S5 Y( g* ]/ J* Y  L2 r9 eRange increases to 12,000 yards8 h/ K& V" m2 s( h7 I8 ^) H* _
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards, s( ]" h% l; k9 U0 s
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards. V& b( T( t3 y$ S  O
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards! v$ U5 b8 B2 G
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards8 q  q4 D, I) H. d6 P
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
7 V9 I' c( i! f( L; RCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards* u; N# H% f5 S, v
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
( g6 E6 U" h, c# D& R2 DDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards: _2 G4 _5 H4 Y! O
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards  y2 p8 Y" k- |1 q( Z1 y, z
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 P/ h3 v' X+ g' X: Y8 ]DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards$ E. A5 L0 P6 r2 b% t# T( r
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards% T+ l- e( C$ G+ H5 b& m
Range closes to 9,000 yards) |6 X. i8 G6 t
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards2 _# f- ~( m5 a5 ], M- I
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards8 e8 l& |& w: g; B: L6 T
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards# T/ p0 I4 W- G, Y  C- T2 r
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
; N2 f, j+ k* R5 j# p0 m) HCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
% c* X# m% r* ?! a+ NCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
7 P2 W; _7 [7 c7 M1 S. @) A  mAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards- w& `8 n. O- K* t6 N" w; G) _
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards- n7 l4 V- M- Z4 b, T! h) Y4 H: _
Range closes to 7,000 yards- z7 i* v) K# J; n
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
) D- O/ u; _7 X1 r; t) bAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
! D. r" Z# U3 hCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
9 p* g) k3 @6 f- H( ]5 @CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards* V. {' q  Y$ e# v: t( E  M
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
; y, I: s) A$ _9 q) I3 u4 pAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards  Z/ |" b8 Q( s9 h7 g/ K
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
/ u* r" K$ h' c1 n) P! k' l  L, i" VCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards6 d3 {/ c9 i  \; G4 R% d" V
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! K( ^+ ^! |- z- D8 f/ SDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards. t; F  F. p7 D
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards8 ]1 c( r! e' g2 j8 A* M0 Y# e* {
Range increases to 10,000 yards
3 Y/ j4 |% Y) H, {% rDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; N8 p6 X3 {" F" r0 ?CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' _* @, i7 m5 x- t: V
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ _' @  C# K5 A7 @6 k# \& y1 ?- {Task forces break off...* L$ x  ?1 j6 M3 `4 W2 y

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards$ ~. A1 y2 _% Z, {* a4 \# ]$ X- C
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Japanese Ships; S* N. s9 Z! f! Z% s* s
      APD T-16 x; s$ [% {, z  {
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) f9 _7 Q  m, B+ e      APD T-36 ~2 K9 Z9 S. B7 v  ~0 j
      APD T-5
' N2 T# [  b, \1 ]      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% D+ a- ]2 ]' ]4 p8 e: q      APD T-9+ J5 G$ _3 o+ y7 M/ W
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 i, }- c4 ~9 T      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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; X6 R' ~1 a; q0 _( _3 bAllied Ships
5 y1 S/ N; y# e, V. l      CL Swiftsure
' l) c4 s& e- ]% C4 K! y9 ~2 {7 M. E      CL St. Louis6 E$ g, Q9 ~0 l9 [6 k: x  F
      CL Phoenix
/ c6 @: L% U3 s. z) E      CL Cleveland8 v! Q& y7 g4 t7 c
      CL Montpelier
5 q, }9 R& c9 `. M8 }      CL Denver
8 ~0 {0 ~4 ^# ~% Q% t5 u      CL Santa Fe* r6 ^1 C+ h2 k, {
      CL Birmingham
9 e: y2 d4 E9 B/ {) M& h) C      CL Mobile
; |5 \9 Q' f+ b8 H* I, g      CL Biloxi# F$ C8 _4 ^; `( O
      CL Miami
+ _1 F  y; ~1 P. L( f( q3 \      CL Pasadena8 @/ D8 |2 V! ?0 N) m
      DD Allen M. Sumner
, o) U" ~1 n3 u3 m# f      DD Ault
: G9 q* P% P( v" t7 A      DD English
4 M  \, o5 v& J6 o2 U4 [      DD Haynsworth
/ Q) z- T+ A7 ~7 I% {% i- Q5 r      DD Maddox
: `6 e) Q! j# ]' J8 w      DD Mansfield
1 S! A  O% E. H5 z5 x9 W      DD Waldron
+ \" A7 E" z6 W/ a0 w2 M      DD Haggard
) \. N. |5 E' {: R) B      DD Hailey
: l1 \" i2 u* W$ o. y0 z      DD Hale2 d+ X8 h& m- R
      CL Vincennes II, w# ~* \5 `3 N- {- ?9 }
      CL Houston II3 {( \0 h: R+ r
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 Q' J( T( H4 F) E9 g4 NRange closes to 28,000 yards...) D9 u7 h7 e0 \( O# ~1 ^$ w& z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
$ \  `" V) }' _% [Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( @5 M# V6 Q6 C& ERange closes to 24,000 yards...
* ~( @3 Q8 o8 f' t3 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
! _) w1 u9 ^# X6 C. GRange closes to 22,000 yards...8 W8 E# N/ ~3 d, {! f4 o
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: X. W. x. y' [1 v" |: |' lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
/ E$ ]8 f) @4 L( e' `Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: |6 H- k1 i* Z6 a/ J1 w2 I& w+ @( RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards; ?2 q3 N: L9 o) ?" l
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
' K9 m- ~# T) e9 Z7 e3 A0 [. BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: u8 |% o+ o% H7 ~Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  {( s  T9 F; r  U- bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards2 H; c! w5 |4 T% s% e# v7 {
Range closes to 12,000 yards...6 t: o9 D, a, r" c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards1 E# E  K: l7 H; _' |
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 j3 E* i  ~3 ?+ G9 d. b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" l7 R! A1 z* A3 P+ y( P9 Q
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
  s4 u. H1 i0 r6 z) N) XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
) E# s* w$ \- W* S, T# s; ?9 yWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'2 D/ S- m# A# T9 C: F
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: s' \4 ]5 P% C. {7 i; C
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
7 y3 [3 Z! f4 E( |CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards! I4 D" O. R5 i  N/ U( E, ]
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 y# e# h6 E5 T1 k2 U6 C
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 r$ I# {' S1 w; V8 l2 w
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
9 _% T' g$ U# f5 |0 m% vDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards: C6 q' N6 m0 @# K; H
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
; n# b# s/ j: p  J3 QRange increases to 11,000 yards* @  c0 I0 k( U/ j: x% o
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 u( f0 X7 ?$ X7 b/ \% L) H1 U+ U, O
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards  T% r% ?; w" l  X- e$ b8 r
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
) C0 q7 P7 G& c0 q$ m, hCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
  x, u- N( H: @2 K+ f+ xCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  \; d7 Q$ j" p' ]" k2 KCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 R6 s; C$ n4 N, m7 ZDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
# N. A. e. W; L: x; _' FDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards# L) F# h9 ]6 m9 N8 T1 o) T
Range closes to 8,000 yards
7 _* |+ q7 D4 S" i: ~- d) g4 d" iCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards8 @. N3 m4 m) p
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 S, Z  Z2 v( T
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
7 P/ }& }. {/ d9 ]; GAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards8 q9 E) |5 y) i$ @& U; t3 Z+ U
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
9 h3 m8 N% |, [. B+ ?$ W* h& N7 MRange closes to 7,000 yards
3 @: ~4 I. t4 A$ W! eCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' o+ l+ [6 c/ R# D$ }
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 F9 @8 Z5 {5 |. R; QCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. k1 Z  D9 ^4 {: A+ |CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; o# F+ `" X0 {* f4 bCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards  P5 I2 T$ s4 X) |
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: F* c$ d7 \) wCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
4 I# g5 D+ a  C# }- @0 [; iCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards  z; b" C' _6 D, g, B$ V
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards& s) ?1 Z5 m: @9 p! ?, C
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards% |0 U" J/ S3 }+ z
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
1 j& a, P" w! x8 [8 O; @" XDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; e4 E0 Z8 U0 P( Q- O+ X, k4 _
Range increases to 8,000 yards
, c1 O/ I! T/ D  C5 `+ q- eCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards' R6 @4 ~+ @7 ?0 N' s
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
# r' j% k9 Y! [9 }) _: \CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards/ |$ N8 I3 M2 z; S$ g! K1 r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 n6 |8 O) q9 a; S
Task forces break off...
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# |: ^% d( N; T2 U3 ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards# t( ^+ H) V5 [5 k5 e8 H4 H; h

, J& ?+ c) C/ EJapanese Ships
# ~' P  \% i2 M- q7 K9 b      APD T-1
2 H# r( \% \' H) f      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk) s: p' X( a5 o  b% k
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
7 x. X  y  L' y0 R! C      APD T-55 f' n, C' ?. C7 A  L
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
+ f, m4 n( l6 v0 V4 I1 T      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk5 H( t$ x2 l; M8 v
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Allied Ships
7 L' |7 L& y" j6 l/ |! O+ z      CA Portland
  K& J  Z# \+ X2 r, V      CA Northampton9 o0 m) l% ?- p1 j  B
      CA Chester
% J$ v. e6 k" y- Z. S. e# l      CA Louisville8 f- ?( P* U3 X/ H2 B1 x
      CA Chicago
" E6 r- L- _$ R- Y) k      CA Astoria
2 G6 u" l* h& j: [8 f0 i$ e      CA Minneapolis
) [3 x9 f% x! i5 `- R8 Y" c0 P. u      CA San Francisco5 _; p# |9 X) G' i" t( S
      CA Quincy
1 i% c4 F; x7 B; h# f$ j      CA Vincennes% E+ j; e, q4 e
      CA Wichita
) m1 z4 \- z& y, }      DD Bennett
. H& f$ _# B3 V7 H: n: B1 H      DD Bradford
& V; s9 g. @- o9 v2 s: E* k$ ^- \      DD Braine
1 H- @" d# G( p& N" h. d, F9 D. G/ p      DD Brownson
/ |& Z  T1 I  c* G" C; G" w      DD Bryant! u' Q# `4 V7 G6 c  g) ^4 o/ z
      DD Bullard
- T6 s  p# Q7 i$ m5 `5 M      DD Burns+ x/ D, z4 L1 ?
      DD Callaghan1 X  f' Z5 T, F: R' f9 t
      DD Caperton' \7 Q2 w* a! l" L" c6 L* N8 _
      DD Capps
5 g- l/ K* A, K) u7 d' |) n      DMS Emmons
' l: ~0 k, s- K" a$ L& A      DMS Macomb7 Z- Y$ v8 X3 @9 R* |' s
      DMS Rodman
6 w; i' O) c( o      DMS Gherardi; C$ q7 p0 Y/ N

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
' X& V* ?  x" v% z6 o" \Range closes to 28,000 yards...
) b5 W5 I' G7 X5 R* N9 o; dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards) j' N0 c& r- `% U8 L- `
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( R. g* F; M! B0 s
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
7 j" g* O# J+ hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) y* P. U( M4 O
Range closes to 22,000 yards..." _9 `  I  \9 }+ b6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards! Q. `$ v! \1 R6 J
Range closes to 20,000 yards...6 V/ j' n+ a7 q/ i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
3 M+ j2 e/ J1 W+ ^3 ^* rRange closes to 18,000 yards...( e2 o5 U: F! L: ^& P
Range closes to 16,000 yards...$ w- [0 C, S' p' q' Q6 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards. O/ Z! k5 H( ^
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% u7 W( a% {( y, q) H, f9 t2 q; j" sRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ K; @2 o7 M& H& d' `( zRange closes to 11,000 yards...' [# a: ~4 A0 o/ M9 L* S
Range closes to 10,000 yards..., h( ^4 q, M+ F2 g+ o5 S. h2 i
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
1 s- L8 T$ N- {& ^! H* j6 Z. fRange closes to 8,000 yards...
* Z9 Y! f7 v4 W. {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
3 }8 l1 b9 }) o/ jCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' j7 }3 k" N2 r( A! LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
/ N1 L, I( Y7 ?1 b% W) B+ A; y" jCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 r- l' \, P% ^1 L
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards% b3 A7 x4 B; Y$ j
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
; a/ n0 X( C7 w! q; X3 ]- p5 zCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* B; d: j2 J2 x9 r7 \CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
  e4 p. v3 g7 BCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
1 h9 R# D5 s; R+ i' c' [CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
3 x+ F6 K9 i7 X3 K( rCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% h- ]+ s9 Q5 l$ m, r7 gAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
/ j: _& K6 N% i0 f9 U& d% f8 V* GDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
# k7 _3 g9 f6 mRange closes to 5,000 yards
+ X- {+ {, j- `3 U6 b0 }4 o8 v  ]6 l" aDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
, X5 Q- X8 [8 P6 ]5 Y, T; }APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
. [9 L. I9 S0 m3 b# t0 _4 s' iCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
  Q/ ]6 w" O  I& UCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards) M; Z: i1 s0 v
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
+ J$ r2 |8 [' Z5 I3 @  ARange closes to 2,000 yards
6 g5 h: S0 Y3 q6 ]& s1 A& LCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
) D/ _# }# A2 z1 f* j* F! BCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards7 Y) a5 Z- Y2 u0 `* w, q' T: q
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 h- Q$ }$ R6 WAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards4 K2 \% k5 b( i2 ^) d2 ^
Range increases to 6,000 yards! I8 @  R' f2 N8 T; s; }  k
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
4 m7 S8 M4 N% `' vCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards, ]' ?+ S/ R# Y& Q8 S
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
! R2 Z: s$ ]# n5 _! K+ Z/ MRange increases to 9,000 yards, H! h; E4 l8 k& J9 }0 x
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
+ L) x) \0 ~9 g  R9 LCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards% _5 h$ {7 G& @% J
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards. Q/ c8 U! D8 F; ]& L
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; C. G6 [1 t7 tRange increases to 13,000 yards
1 P* ?) ^+ v. }* Z* oCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
" ]% w, Q  w# R/ ]APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
' t3 A, |7 X* zJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ Z' J1 r4 w4 ^Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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% x* y8 p- L; G5 w0 {4 \6 {5 z8 l' L      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk; t& `4 v3 I/ n
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk) @% Y9 x6 D( L( x

& P3 b5 {8 g( s  }, A7 _: x% w0 G2 Q6 K0 m, vAllied Ships
/ D( M5 U! d. H! [; F; z0 ~5 y      BB North Carolina8 m' k' F1 B$ m3 t8 ~3 R
      BB Washington
: a' C' m& w$ l) \' R      BB South Dakota
3 F5 F! \3 ~- l      BB Indiana
5 s+ m- y5 M4 k8 ]5 N      BB Massachusetts5 Y; `+ B" q& P& S! R  X2 W1 R! z3 ^
      BB Alabama
' ]% z( a0 d" |- `% c' z# q) ]      DD Conner- v3 L3 [2 K7 q% B9 w/ p- e, ~" x* r
      DD Cotten2 [( a% S! e3 L% R7 @- S3 t3 h3 t
      DD Cowell
- {8 {7 m( N  z) h      DD Daly
8 n! J9 t% o7 V      DD Eaton: q! c3 |$ y2 m: G/ ]! s* A
      DD Heywood Edwards0 x8 I: k0 _% w) t8 G- z+ a
      DD Erben# k3 I- z- H! C+ r+ a
      DD Evans5 Z% [" ?0 M/ h
      DD Foote
8 [9 s# P$ Z. M$ K- Y  x" I      DD Franks$ h# ^2 A4 j* V, E3 w
      DD Fullam
6 f8 T+ d$ X9 C. F. y6 T" }- @1 l$ I      DD Gatling5 b% l( z3 z) v
      DD Albert Grant
( o$ r& E; p9 y6 f6 n3 u      DD Gregory
# _' m* H4 h  b8 c+ }      DD Guest+ l  x/ C' C2 z5 a+ o
      DMS Hamilton
* V, w: j* N/ X8 \1 H5 [      DMS Forrest
" d4 q- w$ V* m      DMS Ellyson
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7 y: ^) `- R8 \5 i6 m% T. n. {Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards/ ]% a4 l. E. F- M* `+ Y) v
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
$ b) c- V* N/ X+ d) x4 A4 aRange closes to 26,000 yards...
- z8 S5 C( {* D' {$ C# I) A8 MRange closes to 24,000 yards...1 ]# a% m3 M: d/ A
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
1 r, J1 b# }* b5 g% O, h9 p! @) k' |Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 r& S1 a6 Q# O9 mRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 t8 n+ U9 ~- E  N: z9 t3 |: q1 ^
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
: i3 f) R; s2 D( ^/ A0 A7 t8 aRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 y$ X2 a( F9 p' {; bRange closes to 12,000 yards...
& g6 ]% s4 |  B, g, m: @) b4 PRange closes to 11,000 yards...
2 G& z/ H9 N/ N& oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
& z& S; q! D$ [5 s3 ?Range closes to 10,000 yards...
. N! _- B' m6 D3 b, d0 JRange closes to 9,000 yards...
" t1 \/ A5 n$ ]  D4 \7 B  U/ FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards" t4 Y6 ^& R- J* _
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
# l9 P) Q1 U% FAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards6 K6 N' [+ V( K+ u. v! r  X% a8 u
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards8 R3 A( \% h( |( s
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
( V/ m' g- z- ~/ a4 S( zDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
  p3 ]) v: C) S! W' H) E8 ^- s3 QRange closes to 5,000 yards0 y5 N; `! S4 c; |
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards: A0 t9 F. B% }$ ]
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
, L7 d. L( Q. K& P* G9 V5 gRange closes to 3,000 yards# Y9 U8 i3 M# }  m
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards3 L3 }! i' S. l8 k
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 `; F* t. @4 b) h. h* f& }DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
# u. `. P) O: p+ S! Q5 VDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards! B4 d0 J+ p7 \5 y
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' O: w/ m8 _7 l
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards( y( m. p& I" X$ h
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# Z. l& B0 q! t& i7 `+ y
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
  O3 J2 `- h8 s. _7 N! a& oDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ d1 K$ J" N8 o8 ]) I. Q' w' X
Range increases to 5,000 yards
. X6 I. [" L1 f0 W5 UBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
/ {7 V2 w2 ~1 X' k; ?1 a0 m0 \DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards- {2 G9 c; P  p9 l8 I( v( h: g/ O
Range increases to 7,000 yards4 f( X  h" J/ B0 M1 U; `# U6 @
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
- q5 q4 h5 ^7 U& R2 Z9 jDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
$ Y  e6 M( j" t9 CDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards/ {. Q9 o+ A6 D
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
: E9 B) O5 _& s+ `9 D  H$ `APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
& |! u) k8 f9 ~+ ?Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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