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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6 }& M. m5 d5 B) D) Z# j7 lGround combat at Ponape (119,113)% N% p! ]- t1 ?8 V4 O( \
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Allied Deliberate attack
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( t& n. i5 j/ d' s# EAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336, [# Z6 z! x3 q5 b2 Z

/ Y$ A6 C+ n; C$ l7 g- pDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15813 w  }& n6 \( ?6 d$ a

2 [! ]! Z6 n: l7 c: \5 M( N( kAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 . {. J1 ]) s  @1 o7 z3 u

( T0 x& E. Q4 U, c: v. x! nAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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5 Z, j' z6 ?1 x5 T: @9 iCombat modifiers
/ p2 v" o, t" J" jDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)& {4 ~  V4 R& T
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
/ j, @: y7 V. I$ ?% t' `( D      3386 casualties reported
3 |. h* E& v, r& @. p+ n' I5 @( F         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
) N( ]. Y3 T$ H# C         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
( e! Q+ a4 f, w( A5 r! o, E5 N         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
6 x0 l5 u$ m' p! K( U) f$ E      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
! X  }+ w0 `2 f" V) r1 o      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)  D6 m8 |* N( P/ K5 H0 W" v
      Units destroyed 14 r# ?0 f# s( f, u0 J' r
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Allied ground losses:) s! G( [) ]% f# j; g  ?( r
      5163 casualties reported
' f0 w1 o* Z* T: x% T         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled9 Y" E" z& i# q( w/ i
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled" I- C6 N. \& J0 T$ i2 F
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
1 a" B3 u$ _: b9 w4 C  n; x1 W1 m1 e      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)1 m8 }( r" I  F) S
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)8 B+ U" V+ I6 M: |4 d# n0 I5 g' H; w

; b# T# R6 b$ E' n0 CAssaulting units:5 P- h- Z+ a8 o
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
- S9 |3 `* ?$ V' [' s    710th Tank Battalion( Q6 p$ N; K; c5 x
    6th Infantry Division' {4 g8 ^% S& j9 q; W( X+ A! W
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* q7 U( e/ y( l- n
    44th Tank Battalion( @  o2 |- V% ~& ]/ O
    81st Infantry Division
0 n, G1 j  K1 X* C% ?; S( ?    762nd Tank Battalion
  }/ l, E! K8 `& o% y2 d0 g    767th Tank Battalion5 f9 y' s/ C  W" e# a7 J7 J/ d( y
    711th Tank Battalion
. F3 v% Z, |3 V0 h    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment. l" |' l3 d0 B* i
    5th Marine Division
1 s" ]  N3 @0 x; F1 f; ^3 N    716th Tank Battalion! |! @+ X* K6 D9 Q
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment; X0 H# `6 d/ x! c( T* {
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion. o, m3 [, |$ R
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
* A: }4 D3 W2 I0 z0 N- u    706th Tank Battalion1 K2 S: ]2 |8 E! w' S5 n+ @+ k6 T8 s
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 B2 E, C3 v0 M% g8 O& x3 f    96th Infantry Division
/ K. e7 A" r1 r2 I6 I* G8 [' N4 W    31st Infantry Regiment
1 o& T  ^( n0 r; o( \& a' X    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ A& S* d2 [* D8 U7 |    I Corps Artillery ) U& @3 f2 R# `* d8 c: d
    12th Marine Defense Battalion8 R. {; B- e( q$ r
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& i: a; ?* f6 N/ q    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 f. |% a& v; f+ ]
    XIV US Corps
) Z2 [0 q3 }' l2 [. [    14th Marine Defense Battalion
+ I% {5 K. [, B9 B: L' B    5th USA Defense Battalion; D4 K: l. F/ \
    8th Marine Defense Battalion1 d% r9 w% d% I  |6 J2 C6 h
    738th Coast AA Regiment
! p( X/ o6 c2 u4 u0 L3 d% V$ E    X Corps Artillery / E+ m1 G' V' j$ V
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment- _/ i* S* F! i( K
    96th Coast AA Regiment
2 G+ v# b% V! H    4th USA Defense Battalion8 t" q* d# z  P) o' |/ M. L0 x6 I
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 t$ o" E. p) F% d# B! z- t- _: Z    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:7 W# _, M& C0 ?4 T
    Kure 7th SNLF
. D( T& h! `8 J& t" C8 i    81st/A Division/ L# n6 j3 M  x4 T0 A- f
    Kure 3rd SNLF
$ M2 ]! G# o, \( H    33rd/B Division. T6 q# Q& ?" t- b8 B
    33rd/A Division
3 D  p6 d1 E2 y' u" \1 k4 Z1 `    81st/C Division  A' X# ]3 ^8 d4 ^2 J3 }
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment" n& [" {! G4 Q  I% k
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
0 u. x- B$ U) o    138th Infantry Regiment
8 B$ V/ g4 K% i4 ^0 T% V+ O8 r    Sasebo 7th SNLF5 [$ C( x- c! c: ]
    144th Infantry Regiment
& j2 |( D8 k4 L: `1 D) D9 O    81st/B Division
0 r  r- Z9 x' _& A2 S  ~' [- L/ u    33rd/C Division
3 R0 D- \+ a3 J; P" a8 N    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment1 E# J7 `6 O* A$ q: [
    18th Army
- H& H% v- ?% I* ]    60th Field AA Battalion
( W8 t) O( i# I+ N$ e1 ?    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 z  r3 j$ B6 C6 D  q$ r8 |. Q
    Ponape Naval Fortress7 \) j5 m4 o; L! X% G
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 h% f, n; E6 ]& K1 W& Y/ Q& @
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! D: d- ]& d, R    53rd Construction Battalion
" b) @$ G3 {! b- a7 g! o% y    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
9 w3 U6 S4 o4 k: @    18th Field AF Construction Battalion4 L% C( h$ C# G5 D
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co % F; }5 y1 W7 |9 r7 k
    19th JAAF Base Force
2 @" n& D+ v( K8 M    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
! A% {0 W9 ?7 W, X9 S2 A6 k5 L    14th Area Army /1  M0 P! d& K$ o( ~  P$ @
    63rd Field AA Battalion
3 J2 @5 d2 Z4 @$ t+ i0 }1 z    11th Ind.AA Gun Co ! v. N, @* I$ L3 L, t1 ~
    3rd Base Force0 ~' e2 o# ]6 l* G& h
    12th Air Fleet, y* Z% ^7 v" \9 G( T
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 |/ N, d" w4 T0 O* J
    61st Field AA Battalion7 `8 e) A; F  w9 Z% h% K
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 h  x4 f, q8 @* i+ W* }
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
/ [; H1 U4 a. {9 r3 t' [    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3( L. q! l% p# l) }$ D

5 T+ F- r, T  W) e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。2 u, L5 V. X4 L$ M2 Y9 r) N
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)/ l# u( R5 k- {
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Japanese Shock attack
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) w( w$ L7 L( ]4 lAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761/ ?1 H9 Z* u: f

; R9 T. E- k+ U0 NDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67. i8 T3 r  X0 x$ G7 r0 \

* {6 M/ [& y% C# h% V; sJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 & [: S( x* d8 ^6 H6 s

2 r- [. u. ?7 V& V' ^; G6 mAllied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 6 }8 I9 K9 \: X- m+ H/ x
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Combat modifiers* B. w4 y) U8 c* `; @1 Q
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)4 ]! s3 K3 m# h6 Q# L* I. a
Attacker: shock(+)
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: n. H3 Y- s% r# `3 }  YJapanese ground losses:
" s! z6 _: I6 H; t$ n  m1 [      530 casualties reported) e! j1 C! m& n# K# R) m1 W
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
. f& S( C  k0 f" @% ]$ z         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled; T5 Y* p% v* i, |+ h, m6 Z" ~3 A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% Q' `* H5 H1 S- d6 ?* O# ~
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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! V7 L& s/ O# W5 S) Y& m7 U7 XAllied ground losses:, M: V+ m& X& d4 K% ]7 b
      891 casualties reported
: g" M7 J+ r; t' b: m8 K         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 n8 W* e9 r/ B5 W+ w" `8 u         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
9 S+ t' s/ h# n/ n+ C2 j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; f( S, Z4 d  v' |" ?" t/ h# _      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)) F2 R- J$ p7 o

- L2 i' u( P% V& I6 i; ~+ P% w0 d3 bAssaulting units:
6 C  E1 D$ I$ U; C! w/ j( Z9 j    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade% ]; _0 }/ i' Q) H' Q
    21st Division
& s; \; ^) Y& h1 k2 h0 R6 a    4th Division
2 }+ c+ a+ O3 u9 l# g/ g    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment2 U: u# d2 M' }6 k+ `
    23rd Tank Regiment7 L( Y( k/ n! b4 A/ ]; _0 R1 R
    32nd Division5 ~4 r& h+ f$ {3 T" H
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
( c! A/ a9 {+ c( R7 I. f& f1 R    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
( V$ Y0 f1 e' B2 m5 y% H    6th Area Army3 r  \+ Z. c$ G- e& s" O
    103rd AA Regiment
& B6 B( N( U1 [2 @; f    1st JNAF Coy . c4 c1 \, y$ i: D% D7 n  k
    13th Army
, a2 b& m: {' O* P( ^# N; M    141st AA Regiment
& m7 U; U$ L" S, n    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:
, K/ m! C$ {4 j7 ^2 n    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 3 P9 v4 f9 Y" ~: [1 ~/ W2 h
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
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载: G, g, y; u# i& s

! H4 x1 k3 k5 g# g: m5 }  u/ J: i- ~AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 443 W6 H# g, O9 t' N4 i  K; A6 t
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2 M1 F# U* Z; t2 j8 G' W9 _) D2 PInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
9 x9 @, H  b. Q, Z; x" w% C" TDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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0 j, [5 h$ T, g4 _1 |& w4 w89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.2 _: b' M; b4 n6 ^/ P* H; E5 x

$ a. M2 x$ V( }- W% }+ z7 G6 gAllied Ships$ P! p2 y& n' D0 V$ u! ^
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ n$ K5 n# x4 n! a$ p! D$ o
      LST-81
' A! z4 W, {! h5 e* s1 I$ n; m& C      LST-74, Shell hits 37 ^, c1 V5 G9 X9 S6 G5 @% @
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage' V2 C' @4 D' \% n
      LST-78+ [+ c$ }9 v' o$ ^0 i1 R! V/ M
      LST 209) n1 P" g- z7 Z) j3 ~
      LST-889
3 v, f8 J8 r+ L      LST-246
" g: r5 b( A# G( S# h4 U8 b2 e' E      LST-240
  [( O' z( Y8 Q* z7 w      LST-204
$ k3 P7 l& {  n3 t: ?. ^' ]' a1 r      LST-202
8 L& K) B# j+ \      LST-123
8 {4 s! d6 c# f& q0 T      LST-121
5 e9 ]) o- n' ~6 N/ G      LST-120
& e9 O) k+ o' Z7 ]      LST-86! O# e, }$ m  q" b0 n/ |1 f$ m
      LST-85
( X3 [' L) U8 S7 X9 c9 X      LST-848 t! R$ R. T. v' F4 u9 Y

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/ Z# U. B- X! u7 n- }% U  t/ XInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)% C+ ~& b/ f1 t  L; R- U
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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: M4 S* U: E% h$ U0 y% n4 oAllied Ships$ @, N7 D; b/ J0 C" X* }
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' p: X" G0 e# r      LST-83, Shell hits 3! g" o6 s% o3 u$ L3 u
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* ?. [- ]* p1 u3 a. \& l      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire& H" r' r9 H5 u* q% [6 J; x
      LST-84, Shell hits 3, s$ g. X6 C1 H8 H; |: ^
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
' P( a5 c6 A! l3 x      LST 180' c6 M6 J# y& L: H+ g7 o. n
      LST 157
* D1 m! w1 P/ o      LST 2
/ R7 L$ W- }; c7 F5 k+ c      LST-8849 P! G4 Y' A/ q+ ~+ w2 U  [
      LST-882
" T$ N( U( M4 {5 T1 b      LST-397
$ j2 ~  q/ S: A2 z7 W      LST-395
" |: G  ?% [. ~. F3 K      LST-2747 D: \" V  x/ C: w9 F
      LST-273. P$ P( a- W; V" e. I
      LST-246, _% t" ^3 v% h* H$ R. H
      LST-2448 L: t/ F' n% t' `# l2 E$ G( a( w
      LST-241% Y; u/ R4 w  M6 ]+ u3 e) ?
      LST-218
+ g) _# d" V0 O# @- ?9 B& z! g      LST-216
( G) e0 ~1 k% ]/ |      LST-2027 ^7 i/ B5 Z! O$ ~7 d; U
      LST-171
8 H  l  Y4 Z- ]7 C; j      LST-166
& b9 {) j, ^5 m  `- c      LST-124
' B3 r4 I- ]2 m: W0 z: o+ E& z      LST-121
* c" T2 N1 m3 g+ g# V7 y. |5 |+ ?      LST-88
; c" p' D1 w7 A7 |# e) ^: ?- l      LST-123
+ y+ X9 S: t) J1 P4 x8 K      LST-86- f3 f, J2 A  n% k
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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- H# ?$ N2 J. W2 I3 ^) Z
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113): J" [8 V8 L0 @$ g* a3 Q9 P& m% |

, @6 k! b; j9 C' [8 W- ~Allied Bombardment attack
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9 U  K# s: U8 D/ b* a; i6 CAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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- b8 P5 t6 o1 T. q0 V9 |  MDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13610 l, j" E; R) J) F! E
! `7 r: Q3 W# z; \
Japanese ground losses:3 Z# {& j" o  T' W& W
      406 casualties reported
- n: Y# g0 V9 v6 J& E; Z# T         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
$ o" i% s7 E* |3 |& w4 [. f, r) M         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled8 u$ r! d) i+ r9 B: F5 ^7 v4 s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled' _. h- {7 T( V) s. L# E1 b8 k

1 q  [' {1 d: \Allied ground losses:
" r8 p0 k8 r1 M5 F& B5 N; D4 q      21 casualties reported5 C( y1 y/ }: D! U  M4 S* F
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
( r* G# O1 v( Y         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled) V& q5 a5 ?' X8 |# }- W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 G" F8 W' f( B( l      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)# g. P  D( M) p4 [/ j  \- I3 b
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:6 W) X& z; |! X
    5th Marine/B Division
5 a8 q+ Z; g2 Y+ @    81st Infantry/B Division
! y+ O5 r$ c& L3 L- [( Q0 @- R! Q    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
' }* |5 w- f* W. l. d    5th Marine/C Division
# o6 k% D" {3 S  Q9 u, @+ O5 [    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
" g  \7 `- r1 q8 u$ f- c    6th Infantry/B Division7 K- Z4 a. G( H( h+ D5 B
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment% E1 ]3 w& ]: z4 n
    716th Tank Battalion. M, w+ Q/ A3 K, f0 L$ o3 N" B
    81st Infantry/C Division
* }! {) M. `! Q% G' L- G( M    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion# O0 P4 |8 n. B) o7 G
    6th Infantry/C Division
7 I3 r' |5 n. r& O: b& I7 `8 I    5th Marine/A Division+ h1 z8 ]& s! z2 `! N9 u3 Q
    767th Tank Battalion
3 o3 i7 C8 C4 M" I    96th Infantry/A Division6 X% k, t- i! b2 y9 I4 |' G
    706th Tank Battalion
  [% i. j, T* X0 \$ ?& C( P    711th Tank Battalion
+ A/ K. P7 w) L) E9 L4 P! ~    762nd Tank Battalion. ]) I7 G+ E+ j$ q6 O
    96th Infantry/B Division' f- j) f* K: _4 ^# [
    81st Infantry/A Division" }, |/ w2 G5 w2 Q1 d
    44th Tank Battalion0 I7 Y: S4 [2 w; ?% M
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment' F( T( F( g5 A
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment3 w2 R& W2 w8 j) @# A
    31st Infantry Regiment( L. x/ f* T  ~3 \0 @
    6th Infantry/A Division- B/ W; ^- V- `
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment( j! w& e% q' \  Z
    710th Tank Battalion
# N$ `! u6 \% Z/ [$ c5 U    96th Infantry/C Division+ z9 Q* C0 W- X
    5th USA Defense Battalion. q- w2 y* j6 P$ N5 B4 _' m
    4th USA Defense Battalion# K+ v4 \) |6 W/ T, u( M
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) A% J, M; s# x/ V    X Corps Artillery
) a1 J6 w, a. O  m( f" C    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! O: [: J: ^  M; p& {5 s
    XIV US Corps1 L. h+ u9 ^, C: m
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment. x6 S. J! w7 @9 v0 s# R- S/ w3 B
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  G; l( {+ l! s. C    14th Marine Defense Battalion
; G# m& @5 |) z; {    I Corps Artillery ) F* d; y8 m. Z0 ^
    96th Coast AA Regiment; E% d  p. e0 u, V( s
    1st USMC AA Battalion( F4 ?* v: f7 l* X4 X' O; D/ z7 [
    738th Coast AA Regiment/ K2 D5 ?$ i$ b- I
    12th Marine Defense Battalion9 _2 Z) ^* ^8 i: R" c! v* R
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 o, }/ ]8 \% ]7 x+ G" n
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 z' |. g% C5 P5 t$ [( O

6 F/ a/ e! v; S4 WDefending units:8 b, j, d9 D7 F" m
    33rd/A Division9 N; `0 Y/ j$ s5 u7 }9 r& E% \
    81st/B Division
. V4 l% q5 o8 u# m# H/ z    Sasebo 7th SNLF2 ~7 }- ]/ a: N) |
    81st/C Division
2 I3 N0 i: \1 C! l& q+ h    138th Infantry Regiment
5 k  j. i* g% q: H( B7 m: n; o9 \% H    Kure 3rd SNLF
. F3 r; h% H7 z( G9 f- ~    6th Guards Inf. Regiment5 G6 g1 l" l0 j6 F1 Z1 ~
    144th Infantry Regiment
7 I& L$ S) @8 Q' o) `    52nd Naval Guard Unit
8 ]+ b4 E2 N: M  D; d* x; n    33rd/B Division5 ^, g0 W. r' Y2 D& k; `
    81st/A Division0 h) W& e' M+ W8 Z
    33rd/C Division' n. o! }2 M# j( }5 c
    3rd Base Force
. x9 a- U  D  C4 E6 u    19th JAAF Base Force
* ~! Y1 M  [- G+ n% O    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
5 n# ?' s& ?# [2 D    60th Field AA Battalion% y! H( o  B8 O1 i4 k0 J: B: b
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion+ A" }2 s/ i$ E, v7 J) u
    53rd Construction Battalion
1 X4 O( t% _0 E7 `7 D+ z    Ponape Naval Fortress
! ?# e: k+ z2 `* O( Y, Q    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
  |2 i/ l, t7 ~% J& u$ p2 r& t    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment: c6 U+ |& A( o7 L' G( D. }; U. g
    12th Air Fleet
; b, [0 x0 B/ w1 Z# ^* S8 V1 J0 y" j    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 J, q$ _# ]6 B' ?  Z
    61st Field AA Battalion' D4 g; K. I* ]. m# j5 y# B
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
3 n) p7 Y- n9 F" A/ a1 _, }1 ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion) B" ]0 G# t2 f* O
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
; R6 w- J9 H2 G' v& Z! @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 C; F4 v5 L1 h- ^: n+ W% H) V
    14th Area Army /10 D& L8 i" o' d3 N
    63rd Field AA Battalion
0 t  d4 `  H1 J, ]2 J3 M- N  |    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
( J0 B( [' O$ j% x0 W9 [5 G    Kure 7th SNLF1 }9 ]6 B9 ]) e  q
    18th Army
( p9 z0 R9 ?0 Y- b- X. K    23rd Fld AA Gun Co   I- O9 S  o7 e$ o6 o8 ^
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /33 @0 G  x- f9 m3 o

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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘9 X! t% y/ d! Y" F
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106. T( \; z& j- Q2 O; R3 L# \& e) \
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Japanese Ships
! h0 v6 }* u7 M* R1 @9 l2 F0 w      E No.544 |/ y$ A- X- T
      E No.50& G0 g7 |! ~8 {; U1 s
      E No.68! ~0 R1 q0 l  _1 v
      E No.52
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Allied Ships
  b: ?: l/ [: z% e  ]6 _, _) I, T      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
6 N" h$ D' |9 d0 U0 C" [# k- x  _4 W6 Q- @
重创另一艘
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships- R4 D# K/ x5 @6 Z4 @1 J; i
      E No.8
* @+ m8 c8 n3 G      E No.6$ I* c# C# p. ]

9 h! A- B, v- Y: q1 M4 l1 D$ V7 wAllied Ships
6 ?; O4 v  r- b8 w% b5 Y      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44* D% j! i/ G; X" \
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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- Y' A% V, f& C
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% Z6 X" a# c9 \2 ?Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!5 i" Q1 i2 a8 c& M2 R
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships+ z# _6 L, M) Z
      CA Wichita
/ w# s8 C4 l, e3 [, D3 e      CA Vincennes* h  S" ]$ Z% V8 T
      CA Quincy* x! m1 ^- V) l& G. }: \/ w
      CA San Francisco. `" w& L3 N% S* K( A- x
      CA Minneapolis
; @% k$ [+ F. R- w      CA Astoria
, ^6 H& `4 B! q# t9 @- N4 R- B+ `! o      CA Chicago
/ D! L" z  ?) k! _) c, i# P2 j      CA Louisville$ z, E, ?& s+ r1 ?
      CA Chester4 O3 u- F) {5 `+ P
      CA Northampton
: V8 l: _: ^  b0 u      CA Portland+ m$ b* k7 y5 D& v

* K8 {/ k0 Q: w# H3 g0 JJapanese ground losses:7 t+ P9 q7 L% |; y: A
      71 casualties reported
. z/ z% Z2 W: U9 b& s         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
% y2 Y, F5 N/ F3 P4 N2 w. c4 I         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled% k0 p, M! X) k( Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; O& |. h3 b0 s. W2 w
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)2 K. N0 j, R2 J8 X- _* e0 f
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Airbase hits 28 z6 n2 V4 r1 ]. ^( D: e( }
Runway hits 10
# E4 N3 m4 h& T  ?2 C: X/ SPort hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape 9 p* j6 L" y/ m: S3 ~5 p
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
! _2 Q% `! a; J& S7 O2 j+ S( BPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes, ]# k# Q" C* g0 U; t- s8 U
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress) d- [! s* P9 y3 \- q
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
- P3 H. @* h6 n# ZCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division: c1 G0 I; v% O3 w. n9 y
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, n, K( Q. z7 Z4 U8 d8 \- Z: S
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
: f/ r5 N, U# i9 o4 [6 O1 @& ACA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress0 M: Y$ `! L5 I+ @
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
  |) S" z; [6 |2 z6 nCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force% Q7 ~4 i" T8 _: G
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester/ c! }) [% t0 S9 U
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ r! Q; |% j& b, j6 L# U! ECA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
  {5 |( ^: }; j  y* u' I) ZOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland/ l' _4 Z! D. k
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113# p9 V% r& \# A* ]

+ v9 `# X" l# }9 c8 @1 LAllied Ships) w3 j- f. X* l# Q! e( p% M' R
      BB Alabama8 t' w$ I. O0 B$ j% y* i
      BB Massachusetts
: ]; D; B" P9 Q# d( A      BB Indiana
5 n2 C/ R: d" s5 D. e      BB South Dakota, s5 s2 n; y; z1 W' g2 ], ]
      BB Washington" v5 I' f+ I' G6 c% i4 f6 [
      BB North Carolina
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- C) }) q' w& N6 ]) RJapanese ground losses:
2 P( @% @- r* d' P( n+ @! F( K      275 casualties reported
2 ]' A6 h3 l# F' B" q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled+ H  j% |) Z9 x6 g' q
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
, i6 R+ l" l3 @7 k9 R         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ c$ f5 N5 i! N+ X      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
5 z5 _/ ~6 |$ b" j+ ~      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)- L$ t! T7 v( |
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Airbase supply hits 1$ T! D* B3 H& [/ H: t
Runway hits 74 S- T" U1 k" Z: o2 S/ E2 p2 i' N
Port hits 3
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! }- ]6 b% e5 n6 ^; b& |( fBB Alabama firing at Ponape & v- G' A- d) L. T3 H# D% ~3 O
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 7 m6 W5 H% t# }! ]3 {2 w* ?
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
& Z8 {4 k& Q! S% N$ `- {OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota2 L' @# N% u6 G( r: b/ }
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 7 _& d3 s1 O3 r* U2 P
BB Washington firing at Ponape
+ g7 R" e' s" f( A. o) BBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ [- s" M% J3 J- E* N5 V  l' q

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$ S: Q5 |, B8 {8 \Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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' w5 M8 o& j3 m+ X; l13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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7 i4 w4 I* g0 H, uAllied Ships
% j' M& V- e# S& X      BB Queen Elizabeth! \/ r9 D% W) @0 ~4 X
      BB Valiant
4 }* U, o' Y6 t7 E3 L+ }      BB Mississippi
! P: G4 C$ K7 R      BB New Mexico
" K; a9 M& C$ ~/ j      BB Idaho8 o9 @/ h- c0 @  p& m" i
      BB West Virginia% v1 r0 O) [6 ~- g" ~# Z
      BB Colorado0 C, A" \! Z, f* N& `3 J+ E

( n' m3 F) Y- z" HJapanese ground losses:
1 |3 H% Q% L; b! C5 {      117 casualties reported
/ ?! Q, `$ w' f! v( K# }         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
; t. Q: z) Y( N& z$ K6 T2 N( I( [         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
$ F  Y0 ]) K/ i0 \2 C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled& j6 v, W% E9 n( G: Z+ S
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)7 \. i4 K# j) `0 z/ a2 R
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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2 d/ J8 M; B: ]- F% |. ZAirbase hits 23 }6 Z* Q" }# i) x  L
Runway hits 2
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8 z- [8 a1 J! ~4 ]5 q, G0 V$ s& uBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 t: y6 D* J2 @$ {0 s1 ~9 j
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment- d# p5 U& X2 {
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress/ t; T2 r0 ?9 Z* }. g
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi& T7 X" s" {' ?6 M* g8 V5 G
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
; e- J, L% @) x1 `. }3 G' l; s, [, \BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force( y- [8 n* L5 T; [
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
# K+ P1 t$ H/ E8 y& ?- UBB West Virginia firing at Ponape . W( F9 g3 d5 T- ?& u" |5 p
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
7 u3 z" }7 w+ d( R$ V! E; J; M; X2 {3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado& V, A# q/ A2 \( b7 p6 ~7 S

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% ^% s  a& @' @4 gAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)1 v, c) a* N, y$ ~& P
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. I$ [/ K2 ]/ k/ ~Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
; [% ?: [$ d! k+ j' Z7 s$ SEstimated time to target is 34 minutes9 O; t) \% l  ?$ d- S1 f7 P! W* v) t
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Allied aircraft
( r" g7 p" ]/ j+ d      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 V' q- L9 K% i      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
0 l+ |: z( H1 @0 S      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses
* C/ R# Z5 h" z7 P+ B( _, l7 e( X      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
+ @: i) h6 ~1 ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak0 J) h9 M7 r! _4 C" z- ]3 j. V
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
. v$ x1 d* R; e# }2 n0 J      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:4 A! }% `3 @1 b; o. @1 a
      159 casualties reported
6 L4 H, c" X7 A- K0 M7 P4 E6 g2 r         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
+ Y  x. h8 b" q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
6 W- a; o( q' q* o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)7 O0 q# F6 x+ @7 l2 Y

' l; A1 ~* ]1 ~7 r5 l" A* K, j* iAllied Deliberate attack' R/ [2 l8 ]( c

& A2 V$ W# y$ d8 w6 @- ?7 s$ PAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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# |4 j$ K' B  \Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344# ^# w7 A8 U" B: q0 ]2 Y

! K7 Q" j: M+ f, t0 ]+ \Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7- N7 T9 q. e2 V* P9 g

7 X/ J; D; o  \$ ^2 I* oAllied adjusted assault: 3406
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# r# f: L- [4 t( A+ n# DJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 2 R. E6 e5 v& r5 s7 J- {& ?1 P
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Combat modifiers
( W6 z' Q  H* }; {1 a) G! z. O% v! o( mDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
" f, F  t4 V) `( I0 CAttacker: * X# [/ M+ l- Z/ O8 y9 _) w$ y
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Japanese ground losses:
3 k3 s3 h4 X: v) ^, K+ v% n, [! m      3539 casualties reported3 X: y& M% L6 C9 x4 j% G" _5 o
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled/ O4 V) a7 ~- w6 Y% [
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled+ u" d. \, i% O
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled& @7 _+ F% g, Q$ p( A
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
1 |/ y/ e( W  X  ?' P2 M: U$ i      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)) _+ c' f9 O% d3 o5 O& {; p  H
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Allied ground losses:* S+ g" @. x& S9 K
      3552 casualties reported
4 s! ?' H# b9 A1 P4 r2 \# j& _         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
& T! R% d7 q! G9 P( x         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
% ^& U6 j9 U+ u3 L4 Z0 B         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
/ _2 E5 r7 y6 H( L6 D, w      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled), G9 S6 _0 a6 V+ {
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
7 h7 ?1 W( g" [# U$ R$ H      Units destroyed 1* q0 i2 J1 h$ ]3 m. N7 g" g
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Assaulting units:0 s$ p( c0 I! J  T0 C7 ]
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion' [) _2 t* S& D
    5th Marine Division
- D8 k1 j0 A# {  Q0 ~$ @8 T% v% ^' P    716th Tank Battalion% z1 \! Z- O* [* y
    706th Tank Battalion
# s5 ?6 @8 ~7 J% F/ `    762nd Tank Battalion" a7 Q  O: o# b0 e9 n
    710th Tank Battalion
3 t4 v: k+ p4 C' x, P    767th Tank Battalion
  T1 z" R( ]/ N- f$ O* ^) L    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) f# U2 S) ^. R& |! y" {8 X$ J
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
  i  u+ d$ q* P) \! ~    81st Infantry Division
5 @0 p' }/ R- I; }" ?1 Y" K    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
: i4 x) g1 ^- I: _    96th Infantry Division% L/ j" J8 ~& Z+ ?. h! F
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
% j$ o) o4 b. y" l' }7 B2 v    711th Tank Battalion; S1 k3 c# q* b& r. @# B# m
    44th Tank Battalion) ]% R9 I) _% ~2 p: ?
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
9 y/ j( l  v9 Q, y1 k1 n* }    6th Infantry Division
, @4 p2 Q1 l2 Z+ @    1st Filipino Inf Regiment2 [7 s: _# Y+ R1 l7 H0 s
    31st Infantry Regiment( j1 O4 A- c/ N. D( ~
    XIV US Corps
3 r% N( z. W- A    96th Coast AA Regiment. A! u0 [9 |5 K- k
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
0 B, l, {0 @8 t$ G- Q5 q8 `    4th USA Defense Battalion; @7 s5 J- u" W0 @
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ c1 ~7 S, e- L* j    1st USMC AA Battalion1 }6 n9 i4 e5 t' w5 T
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion: e+ T- Y* Z6 k7 ^0 V
    5th USA Defense Battalion
% p( t7 p* f/ f( p3 e; y: x    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment4 J7 q$ Z' k. }& I+ b: P
    738th Coast AA Regiment
8 R1 G5 m$ L7 Y    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 _; R2 D7 E% u5 A: I    I Corps Artillery ; R7 U/ N5 Z5 O# D& n1 L$ O7 D3 ~
    8th Marine Defense Battalion6 m; F* y$ R4 X9 x6 @: ^
    X Corps Artillery
' i! [$ p$ \! X8 z- ^0 O    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  {1 ^) P# Z; X( S    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 D$ K/ ]! a6 l
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Defending units:, M7 }* ?3 X0 P  W# g! _
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
5 V- k4 H; C; o) s' f# u2 j    52nd Naval Guard Unit
8 }2 D3 n6 _0 G4 R! ^    144th Infantry Regiment
3 }8 @$ [1 i" B1 z    Kure 3rd SNLF/ I- _% _/ F- N8 a$ ~( [' G' X" C
    Sasebo 7th SNLF0 i3 q. C: h' D  d" M
    33rd/B Division
3 B3 ?& W9 @: c- X2 x$ j    81st/C Division) _" `  u% R( B$ ?/ n2 O- l" D" p
    81st/A Division% b& `; Z- W+ A2 h8 U- o
    81st/B Division  q* P+ E) S; Q/ z) u
    33rd/A Division
, d3 j7 G0 {. j. b    138th Infantry Regiment
4 C4 b% x5 Q" T" l+ ^( _( ~3 v- d    33rd/C Division) m0 F: y- y& _1 Y3 @3 w0 F" g
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 W5 V6 q% q4 G* k7 x# |    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion$ i, L. J- o7 s7 h8 o" c
    19th JAAF Base Force
6 m6 H; G, _- B6 ?4 D7 _( u    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
1 G2 c& y2 B- x3 w3 s, a5 s' Z3 b    12th Air Fleet- {; J" ]2 h0 N6 R9 B
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
0 z& c# ~' Y3 S( a# l    23rd Fld AA Gun Co / D6 W6 A; f. E$ v5 ~4 a
    63rd Field AA Battalion
  ?% _. R# }. E  T$ c- H    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; S: j# ?' A$ R8 J' u; E7 b    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
( E; W4 V7 ?8 X) G$ Z6 P2 J    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" u2 |0 r5 Q4 I( Q    Ponape Naval Fortress- s2 z  Q; n, _6 V; M- b% W; f9 j
    61st Field AA Battalion# r  h& h% x0 f+ x/ Z* z' u
    18th Army- h7 }: z  S% l
    14th Area Army /1& w) G; r% I5 H) Z8 J: |' ~
    60th Field AA Battalion: f. G6 h4 k% r7 w
    53rd Construction Battalion
* N. ]0 q4 M/ @& c0 N    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion( ^% ?/ f0 ?* O: v# ?* o
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
& O% D7 `, ?" u6 b    Kure 7th SNLF8 w' ~1 _) y+ n3 {) @( P; {  p
    3rd Base Force
/ j7 R+ }. z5 R+ P( v$ [) D) [. V    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! O% i2 N" i; g9 A
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s* H3 ~3 V5 Y7 r% e
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes8 l) X$ G; z4 }+ S1 q, L8 |( p# J

0 u0 e1 ~* H6 o- fAllied aircraft
" M4 q1 p! ~& e8 G      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
7 h" Z2 k; ~. K& |& s, F* {! Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
1 S- V( v9 O+ E      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
; @  k* C. h# ]( c0 YAllied aircraft losses$ g, }6 C  F4 s# u

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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, r/ H3 p( P% p, b
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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3 b+ |/ P% D" o; J2 p3 k- j
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  ^0 Q# [. G) L3 l- J- sNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!  Q2 F: W" d* A; ^. J; q1 q
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Allied Ships
' R% `/ N1 D7 ^) X1 W) d& T      CA Vincennes
, d* M9 d! U; k* G8 _( H; \1 A  V7 \      CA Quincy
: T) t' ^5 ^9 U% d" i      CA San Francisco1 p4 @7 Z4 \  |1 x2 D7 c
      CA Minneapolis
1 t; l# X# i1 n/ T) ]0 J, C0 E  W      CA Astoria
# ]$ S! J5 g7 v4 m* `      CA Chicago
, L4 V8 G' d3 s9 \      CA Louisville
; a! `) P7 M& C9 w% v6 r/ n0 x  n( L      CA Chester  o7 W7 |2 I1 W* d4 h" K$ ~
      CA Northampton
7 ~$ q( P" l( O1 B  V% ^      CA Portland3 W) E9 N9 `+ P% g! R
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Japanese ground losses:. \8 }" _6 D( X& \3 A, ]% \1 I& G
      112 casualties reported
# D/ Y5 x- T! D) s0 o% I         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled/ X  u4 Q" s! m
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled, \' c% s( L! h- k6 e0 |
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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9 V' [4 Z* _( a, ^" ?' p; jAirbase hits 54 j0 o. y9 `! ]* D! s  ~
Airbase supply hits 23 [  V1 k: ~4 n: Y8 u
Runway hits 21
# t7 A& Q- o; ], U2 z: k1 {' a( ?5 Z% VPort hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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- z9 M4 {: S, aAllied Ships
9 t( D* O5 B8 ?$ h/ s2 B      BB Alabama
/ C. {* Q4 M3 H3 I. m' p      BB Massachusetts
$ Y2 N3 l: Y2 _- q( ~      BB Indiana
. f+ R; Z% J$ m+ M      BB South Dakota+ p" _! z3 p) o5 Y& I- Z' ]. ^$ E1 C
      BB Washington& B' ^' s7 K7 W0 d8 H
      BB North Carolina. n8 @. Y$ X5 D7 E0 `9 B. Y1 ~  C& i( o4 W

: K  W8 x  i( ^7 O: r: KJapanese ground losses:7 X; Z5 T. ]/ d3 L" l4 X$ k! t
      398 casualties reported
3 p/ w( |1 H7 @& p& W/ A         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled) T7 |2 {7 S. ^9 j
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled( }2 ^6 n, K8 v! J
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled" Z4 q( z; l. A8 @5 D$ w
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
1 n8 t/ a" {& Z      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
9 g$ S! b/ _+ @, WRunway hits 9
( N' H- m+ n! {Port hits 21 M% P9 a' h4 J7 |3 @
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
* B: ^* H1 n. h6 g2 qBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
& X3 {' V, P' m1 z0 YBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division9 p3 q! S; u6 l0 [% Q- `
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
9 V) Y9 A  ~6 r: ~  D$ k' iBB Washington firing at Ponape
* Y" w6 [# p, ]BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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6 |9 O; g  z3 ~1 d8 Z0 K! QNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 I+ p1 t9 C% s" B" x( Y* S7 `

7 I; t$ F- d4 s& B+ H* w- pAllied Ships
7 x, D2 L7 g% e4 J0 Z; f8 W      BB Mississippi
/ m( O9 }8 b& r+ L( h, C      BB New Mexico* C4 f8 r% E7 k) X/ t
      BB Idaho) X* I6 P% G. ?+ X4 h2 c

6 V9 \5 W' o# o* v! s/ \Japanese ground losses:
( k* H$ g; U# N( c, \. B- p0 R      195 casualties reported
8 R6 u$ A: U+ }, F) B% c# y4 k         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 l7 v( H' b% u" {         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled" }) G1 s* b# b" h6 k+ V
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled( V' j: S( m+ I, v5 O
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
/ i" w- {2 s6 R. k2 q0 v$ v5 S1 \      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)8 V, ^" b' ~/ M$ e, ^. ]5 K2 P
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Airbase hits 30 V" q" D& i! @2 m7 T4 o( K* D
Runway hits 14
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0 C4 k  i1 O# O+ \BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
) C; L2 V- F2 t8 H, T; f0 GBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division! D6 v  v$ `5 X9 s# U+ z* H# C
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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: {$ {. j7 U8 w) e  d) lAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms, q8 V: K5 V0 q8 Q9 w% X% O! E& o4 G

. ?% A/ m. G9 M  g3 k' N9 `( a! I! Q" ZRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
+ `5 P) @* C4 S9 F$ K2 ?# c$ [Estimated time to target is 34 minutes; A- F' `; s9 Z$ U

8 P* ~+ q6 ]) q' {% x$ mAllied aircraft
% E/ K' ]& A( Z      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 M" s3 w$ f1 t' ^6 [, F      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
% H, n* z8 r0 |( o3 k; e      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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# F% @& P6 L+ @0 y* ~! aAllied aircraft losses4 q) M) A* X, N3 o; i9 @" _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged. ]8 K) P% _+ f
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak* q  k8 A  c& ]9 n3 H  V2 M& b
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged+ N% u. V( Z' b) l

: W; c9 P$ V7 k" ~. L0 q# R/ JJapanese ground losses:
2 g% `: d( j' X3 z8 x% n) T      121 casualties reported2 X1 O4 c7 t" p  y8 _
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: E3 \, l1 s1 ?3 d1 O6 F         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
1 z5 I) X4 z  b9 l4 l         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)& Z; L' \% b' U; G
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 62 Y0 H2 L" b8 N) ~0 _' ?
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 + Y+ Q# a' D' n9 ?7 T

) d; Y: E! y& S, y1 R& fAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 4 }8 H* c+ A' X/ M

3 ]2 Y( R5 O4 L+ UCombat modifiers- ]( K3 ]7 ?6 V. J+ i0 h% ^
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)- `$ S, {5 P* D4 _+ Z
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
: {0 q& D( ^8 a! W* }      2305 casualties reported4 r( h% L' k5 O6 o# ~; j
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
8 E: N5 b; H3 k4 a4 [. [5 A         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled4 Q% A/ @- j0 e4 z/ F; e6 k
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled  g) t; @. y1 E: L: N
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
6 g8 c& P% z7 A8 Q7 D; \      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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: t) z8 X6 o4 x8 M" nAllied ground losses:
! P  l6 w% p. \' l  V& e      3064 casualties reported9 B7 m+ W8 v: E' D
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled  {4 h: q: p1 P2 G
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
* a9 t  ~# V; _! j# F8 m+ \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled, m/ K7 I: l- _3 W% y* Z6 z4 `
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled). F7 Q2 t; ]; M/ C1 n
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)2 U; u6 v+ k6 B. @7 Z  V

3 Z) b$ X5 a# u- M+ E4 [Assaulting units:
$ [# |. j6 W& s; i7 o    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment+ [2 ]) [) L. ^9 ~+ D$ ^
    711th Tank Battalion
& K9 W( `; M0 E! o    716th Tank Battalion
2 V5 @" ]) a! T+ u% u0 I: u    6th Infantry Division
8 W& N  J/ b* T! w8 g7 x    44th Tank Battalion$ j6 L/ c- c# t% ~% u- A9 ^- u
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
. v) i% C/ ]* F    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment; P% u3 F3 d5 e, Z) z- A3 o: d& \
    81st Infantry Division
  g6 X& c' {" d( R$ v+ q  I    767th Tank Battalion
$ I2 D* f3 h% c  I9 d/ @- v2 y1 Z; c    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment0 w$ F1 @  o: q7 ?! ~
    762nd Tank Battalion9 @! u: b0 |/ _* _
    710th Tank Battalion
: K) ^( @  m* V, y9 q1 c0 a: c    96th Infantry Division9 |8 _3 y1 a8 C4 c6 l# [
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment5 u# k3 g6 i" g  `" }8 T2 |
    706th Tank Battalion1 d" B7 S- }4 c8 v
    5th Marine Division
& ^  ^* G5 d9 _    31st Infantry Regiment+ O: V) z) p. b$ R' F
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 r; w( z2 ]8 B# k5 B    1st USMC AA Battalion0 w* q( P% e4 n) U; o9 b3 K
    738th Coast AA Regiment! D( o4 Q5 l2 d; l2 b
    96th Coast AA Regiment
8 _$ B% N4 w" F2 y+ S* V  g4 m8 c    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ B1 V1 q& L' d; U; S/ [( [" h    12th Marine Defense Battalion2 Z/ `" Y: G, G( l
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 K4 t: A2 l0 q' h5 T7 \    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
8 E, x# Z' w$ I+ r* h4 a    XIV US Corps: F. s5 j) s! b
    X Corps Artillery
, q$ k( y' i6 C2 y    5th USA Defense Battalion! R8 P$ f- Q3 M/ c* D% A! Q
    4th USA Defense Battalion
% z7 z& D: ]' h3 d/ Q    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment# n" {/ w) S+ T6 p. z
    I Corps Artillery
+ d  H% m$ H7 `: p' z$ G3 r( I    8th Marine Defense Battalion
/ y4 H  q' J5 d3 F' V! e, i- {' ^    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 E4 ^6 x( T! j" @9 K" X, N! V% R: D
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Defending units:$ u+ @* T# t+ t! J+ T* g# P
    Ponape Naval Fortress
/ ^! Z" C1 G) A1 @$ c2 g. ^& m    81st/C Division8 x5 k7 Y. c/ B7 y/ \
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
7 K4 g4 B' J) H& _    138th Infantry Regiment
2 a; Z; Z/ K1 _    6th Guards Inf. Regiment  \3 u# P8 Z1 F) |3 [; N" f) z
    Sasebo 7th SNLF/ f  l! M% a3 l9 W9 {" f( A
    144th Infantry Regiment
. n0 u0 q+ z; |* r7 g( o* ]$ k    81st/B Division
+ P& @2 y" T  Q* l" j. o. q# [    33rd/B Division* M$ e3 W. t' ?5 a! H; x9 p
    33rd/A Division& V7 O- z1 W, m* U2 u# J* Y! {
    81st/A Division
8 U9 K& x# f% f* f. m+ v6 p* `    Kure 3rd SNLF4 F* |9 p+ r: T, G$ j
    33rd/C Division- p1 @0 R# p/ j0 B9 b
    53rd Construction Battalion
1 J; f. I. `0 S0 K    18th Army
$ E; J1 t2 K7 {8 f- F    14th Area Army /1
  x; O8 B4 N: A2 f1 d    60th Field AA Battalion# |! n5 N" v& a  I: P4 }# b
    12th Air Fleet  ]; f  U( ~9 {! Z! `5 e
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment" B* ^* B; Z  b% e3 K# i) q
    63rd Field AA Battalion
! W0 D- C+ L) n& d+ V) {9 L! v    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment/ q$ L5 ?4 q. z  l
    3rd Base Force9 H# v4 l4 t4 l+ S) V0 F
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
+ V2 p6 B* h9 W% u7 w. v1 b( v    Kure 7th SNLF& R3 w% S. i6 ]/ i* N  G+ K" m0 W
    19th JAAF Base Force
3 x! L1 I/ J* @' U; P    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' W8 F) {: R6 h/ R    61st Field AA Battalion
& y, M1 H# p0 [" }    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
+ q& o7 z7 V$ t" U, l# I8 s    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment* `+ ^. V0 }* j
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
$ J/ d4 O9 ?7 O' U    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3 l1 G4 y5 j$ t3 `9 \, Y7 I" h    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion; H8 \# _1 Y, P; s. J. m
    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, 44
; ]- _# X9 k9 |6 k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/ L- ]6 Q7 z& E/ P. o7 c5 X
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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
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; s: u) _$ w" V( CMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,601 _5 e" A2 F% A3 g; T

) u3 S% Y( y+ j5 W" Z+ I: YWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.! b3 P; c  _: Y, L
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes# T6 s- {( B/ q8 v, F$ I1 }4 {

4 [  m0 I" q/ Q7 x( w0 s7 eAllied aircraft
  t' W* {+ F  R* u: ^% [      P-38L Lightning x 230 {% E: {6 v4 N% J: d. ?- s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30& {/ M7 C5 `- c( `- }

* c1 f! v2 }6 t  ?: D$ I2 NAllied aircraft losses
2 {5 X$ x5 @" w) }/ j      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
. g- p9 g# D: c* Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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2 I9 m4 ~: M3 P2 m+ m: s0 Z% PJapanese Ships* }( z2 e: W$ ~3 ^
      DD Suruyame
8 V4 e9 H9 x  h6 `      CL Ninaru
' `' ~1 ~4 D" Q3 o& N      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! H( I4 m$ n2 S' o8 D* {# r( e
      DD Yayoi
% y" ?! h- ^0 L! J7 ]! R; X      CA Kako5 x% c7 G! ?4 W# Y3 t5 \/ ~8 f
      DD Asagiri  X. }! ^0 K7 S4 o3 d
      DD Ayanami
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% \7 F9 [' N2 Q5 G" i      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
/ V( t$ n! z: m) q  m0 j! i9 P               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
+ r' a, |" ^4 z& Q( r3 A       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
6 O5 A6 h7 e% ]' Z5 b               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
. T$ m2 v- {! C% s       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
/ e: `3 ~  g! l/ B               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb% ^5 ~7 ^4 F4 P; q
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi$ V2 |. u9 C  b
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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/ J& |' w0 ]' \2 ^Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)1 C6 ^$ [0 ~9 X: _% }( }
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.3 t/ l; s" i, a
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes% C: ^- Y& X- `6 R1 s! Y

7 e$ ]/ s: H1 O8 ]( P' T1 IAllied aircraft8 h$ X0 \  o. s- [5 N
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) \1 [: K% |' P
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326; C2 P4 N7 U- M( V8 ?
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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% V' X7 v3 i# [9 @8 K7 @Allied aircraft losses: c$ |0 Z, P3 _2 x' X0 V) }
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged6 \! Y* I& G& U7 I
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
" s: m* p# q; M0 E      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged6 _; B+ q: W* n2 j

. Z. x  j. U3 M( M+ yJapanese ground losses:
; f9 ^2 w! Q9 o) N2 B      276 casualties reported
6 |  S3 x2 K1 T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
* Q1 D- E3 H; o' m         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
/ `% |, Y/ E1 t, ]* |% ^# X- X9 p. \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  K3 h/ N2 s! q/ r2 h      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)3 `4 X$ d- S" a5 S: r; ^- \

* e9 `2 t4 K/ RAllied Bombardment attack, S- t, V0 ^1 c8 m5 m/ C
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22637 q& Q2 Z. [; G, c" [

; w# x+ f6 N) j) t3 B- L; E2 dDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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4 [! ?0 @  v4 V' K0 VJapanese ground losses:
' S8 g9 W- D: N      1082 casualties reported
+ F/ }( h1 s! r2 t         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
$ m' {# j! i3 h5 k         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled/ E! P/ o# K. F3 d! A8 m
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
3 `& X6 p3 a. H2 {& ?9 X+ k      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)$ Y; _# r7 I# {) Y

" j) P9 j% E  s3 J0 }Allied ground losses:1 D6 @3 O5 l) m5 u( v
      23 casualties reported
# m5 ]3 \1 s3 @9 Q1 z. o" z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 q( T. L' j) J! E  O         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 N) }+ {2 X% C$ N8 a& N- @' R" N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 ?. A; T" ?8 `9 G& d8 A4 F* d      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)& p1 D3 x; I5 q1 T" G- s4 l
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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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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4 [/ S1 s- J' K& G: N7 @" J- {, U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。. p; d" z/ N5 F
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk: B8 N6 \; R( A/ `4 @

' s  B4 V3 q% ?7 W% D9 K& }4 `Allied Ships* [6 p2 F0 V7 P5 _& g: u7 [4 \
      CLAA Prince Robert
  q7 Z; G: w- `5 j, P+ A      DD Saumarez
* j# O7 N2 w5 o1 o, G+ L8 V      DD Nizam; P* G  S* n. R" q2 c- b
      DD Ellet
6 V" D# Q9 i1 U* L& e( M- {      DD Waller* `' n* s: j" u7 K  Y' s! F+ |
      DD Walker
  ~5 v- M, Q  x# I1 |* ]! S      DD Wadleigh
- r" a9 f6 o, `8 U8 ^/ q      DD Uhlmann
- _% Q1 R2 x: H  m- `  {      DD Twining
5 S" k& s1 W/ r2 N% P      DD Twiggs- l( Z# H0 A( e
      DD David Taylor7 `) u) W  W/ t' ]6 p1 i  P3 |$ @
      DD Strong
7 \% B, K9 l3 b      DD Sproston. N! @0 b  I- b& j" a) C
      DD Sigsbee
: U$ a* A( I/ n4 P5 P      DD Sigourney+ z8 }" |9 Q9 `& q
      DD Schroeder
) e( D2 {' S' u1 \/ y4 k* E      DD Benham II! j* k& {: y: a
      DD Cushing II' t/ q/ a, W$ ?8 }
      DD Urchin
; O! {( m, @# d- G* C& P      DD Urania
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1 B/ D7 M" r! G8 V3 R- p. v" mSS I-48 is sighted by escort/ I7 J4 k; `* N+ g! W5 T* l
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
/ A  b( [: }# x# k. R& _  ]DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....3 O0 R8 B% {2 v1 B
SS I-48 forced to surface!% P0 J* c4 w0 v- b. f0 ]5 @2 L# G
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
- f, k" m8 O# T4 G# B- W7 {DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....$ k- D! ]( Y9 L  g, F  M3 I
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
! I6 Q( j7 t" n4 s2 J2 ZDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....: H$ ?1 v$ @! u9 ?. a
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....( O. w+ M, X3 T  Q
Sub slips beneath the waves' Y( G+ g* {6 m/ M0 O( G0 r7 b- O
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4 M& I/ V: A  P- g, a* GNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
9 @1 d; a7 p! D# o/ q' ^# \  C      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed% \- G6 }! F* s; F& c' j) S
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. R/ D6 h1 T: Z: K      CL Agano0 `1 p& p& k  R+ V' h
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
' B5 F4 u) v' s: b      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 R. h, y/ ?' Z0 c5 |0 \
      DD Hibiki, S5 |6 f5 T/ o6 w3 s# o& j- k
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
% u) A, Y- G7 k$ Q+ |* W) Q      DD Shirakumo
: o' D5 H- H) U! g  w% y      DD Isonami  ?) i( c7 F+ E' A/ I$ e! {+ P) @7 Y
      DD Murakumo2 f3 s) z9 j! k( o0 V1 u
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk" [$ ]8 p! c% v9 @) F7 n

) S' L9 J# D2 Z2 s4 Y5 kAllied Ships3 P0 k: F5 a/ h* s
      BB North Carolina* l. D( x0 ~; ]  z, r* M0 p
      BB Washington6 [8 `4 l* o$ X# G5 g( Q( k
      BB South Dakota
1 Y( \, S  V% p1 U      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
. P# s' M: m' ?( x6 M2 r" v      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
( v* f* s$ {& q( x2 [' e8 \! M      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
, E5 J3 h, W* h      DD Conner
% K2 r: v2 o* |+ b( J      DD Cotten% j* o) n- A0 @0 X
      DD Cowell
% ]1 V# n8 \# @9 M      DD Daly
, Q' {( _& m+ i$ ], p5 [" Y6 E: g      DD Eaton
9 M2 P& d/ N# v6 k5 ?0 p3 _4 C9 g4 B      DD Heywood Edwards( v! M# S- O9 y5 H0 w  e0 v
      DD Erben
# m" P' E1 C6 E3 z0 {$ Y2 X# R      DD Evans
% D( A! y& n% s9 F9 A4 R- }( o      DD Foote; ?6 L. y) X. e9 Y0 f
      DD Franks5 I8 M' s3 n) \/ ~- b
      DD Fullam3 l/ H4 ]% }1 y+ ^# ~9 \% v9 u, g
      DD Gatling
) w$ P, I* x1 \- f+ l% X      DD Albert Grant
' x$ {  ^% ?' [4 h4 t% A; K      DD Gregory, t- j1 c! C7 f+ X& v
      DD Guest' s% F3 ?1 {' W" f
      DMS Hamilton/ L- q2 G1 C2 F+ n) b# C8 C) M0 ~6 H
      DMS Forrest
: T: t) F5 I" j: u% d" n% _      DMS Ellyson
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  M, e  E: h7 C3 e8 cMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards* x* o: i" N! ~0 Q
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 c& H) a+ D  f7 c! P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ w* L3 y+ d/ e5 z  e. L& W4 P
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
% M5 W- y6 T% t$ q; Z0 B; b# uRange closes to 26,000 yards...
3 U2 ?% A+ Q- N8 i+ I( bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' A/ U  H* A# Y) nRange closes to 24,000 yards...
& H5 L1 B! m0 R  Q( F* QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. b3 r0 C! F; s0 r
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
/ F! F+ n+ x( _" U# q" XRange closes to 22,000 yards...3 {6 h/ ~3 w3 F) ?! [% g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards* D, I) g- O% G6 R5 H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
2 X, u4 y3 T; X6 P( l) @8 X5 ARange closes to 20,000 yards...% I) b! C# m+ n5 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. a( J9 a% e+ D4 K9 J% @Range closes to 18,000 yards...7 R) |; A! _+ z0 ~* Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
) W; x6 ]4 r' s5 U' }6 @Range closes to 16,000 yards...
+ U4 I% ?8 h# H8 A0 }- V$ b$ F+ y3 RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards+ F$ @; c* U+ K* ?0 @( U0 `
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: ?' ^5 i; l- jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
' T& R6 p5 l9 q$ \( I# |Range closes to 12,000 yards...1 `$ j' l  d5 m7 }3 L1 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! e4 g1 }; E9 J' _$ ^3 t4 UCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards+ {" Q* y' ~2 s! W1 b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  z6 z; {4 k5 l! b5 DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
+ i  v( m/ z& t7 c: X8 e% ?0 ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
! {* U1 E$ Y: M/ GRange closes to 10,000 yards...; G; ^  |; s5 F0 F1 U$ z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  S, k9 F) U; L; ^, j! i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards7 e$ R0 x- K; a' w9 r; b# |
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
6 F. q' P( D4 W; ]; S; r3 {3 ~' VBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
' S$ h% w( O4 Z* |BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards% D+ V' d1 k4 Q2 Q; g. g9 T
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards2 w( k' @3 m1 d5 e
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
: J) p$ D: D$ o; g0 XBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
9 x2 q9 [0 @  p1 d* j6 j4 ]9 `DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards$ Y6 q  y0 [6 n# b3 n8 N5 f4 D
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards) y1 ^. N  h6 h* |5 M+ E! f
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards) N5 _9 e/ ]  X9 l& ~
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
; ?3 x7 _# y4 n9 A9 pDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
/ Z! I$ t& C4 j+ J7 D" ^CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
/ J% I' C% u% n7 T2 f. QRange increases to 11,000 yards2 i3 _( y  F2 d; F
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
$ m0 B1 Q6 F2 m& ?: sBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
2 F0 [6 ~& t) P2 D  dCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards0 W4 j3 D, C. H. [4 Q
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
9 u) ^3 G) T. @" K$ r8 p5 PCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards  m* O' f1 y' f' J5 F; J5 L
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
: V- G! N3 n! [CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards3 d. [+ t4 S! ~$ L/ o1 R. K# z5 ~
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
: b/ p: N' y, f, |% b6 P, wDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards2 S$ k7 F; }) {2 j6 i. s4 j! g5 `
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
- \# f  F% X( y' [! L0 o. P* _/ wDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards- T+ B3 D: d: o0 q9 I$ M$ `
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
* P3 S0 }( @& A& U/ ^6 R! uDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
' [. e. I' G; ^4 s$ JDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
3 _# ?) n5 g/ HRange closes to 10,000 yards
+ P( w$ ?; h- E% @  A, k! ACL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards. x9 o9 E8 j' D2 F
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
2 a; s% B. n  oDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
" c7 [' j$ U3 S" Y  n3 oDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards9 x* X+ k& W) U  w1 X6 F+ U
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards2 ]  i: W" V# k
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards3 x, U6 |2 J: Q% T0 s
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards( U! w+ D5 n/ `& [5 K
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards5 S' h5 E* V2 R7 N4 A6 Q
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards: S; k4 ?' M/ ?, w6 K7 G# f
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
0 @  m1 C- D; H4 }( A2 F9 c; @Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape; m) B/ A5 |: ~/ F
Task forces break off...4 I' w4 ^7 k7 O4 z) g3 q

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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      DD Hikokaze
' x6 @+ X$ _3 p2 f7 [      DD Ishikaze
* i1 d+ f8 @" p0 K      DD Tagokaze
1 d+ F! s' Z7 Y/ }8 X9 d& N' m      DD Takatakaze
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      BB North Carolina
7 p1 K) g2 c* H  L: V      BB Washington
  j+ H& c# ]% m" H* g, ?* c      BB South Dakota& ~/ |- g' P: x. I# [% s& d
      BB Indiana8 Z8 Q. F1 M9 c& s
      BB Massachusetts
6 b+ x: c& l, r# A5 V      BB Alabama* A8 D* m& O1 D6 ^) ]7 K: x
      DD Conner
% [; g# d7 r; e8 @8 E: V$ b  R      DD Cotten
9 |# T- @9 m! j: h/ t      DD Cowell4 f  j- E6 Z8 R5 x) H
      DD Daly
% T8 x% Q  t7 E" C9 H      DD Eaton# p1 k, Q) c$ G6 f
      DD Heywood Edwards
- q% [% R* X4 a* ^* f      DD Erben
: G) s% k9 b9 P      DD Evans
: ]& {& S, \  k% @* @3 }! _6 T1 Q  D      DD Foote
5 q6 [6 w& T7 q3 Z$ `3 o      DD Franks
3 o. ^2 Z! g) v, H1 I      DD Fullam
* v% h+ `9 |4 }, x: w0 A      DD Gatling' r3 R/ A& X& u. F
      DD Albert Grant, P/ P2 E! N: U; m& A  U
      DD Gregory  A9 o2 G9 a3 q1 S* X
      DD Guest
1 Z+ i# m- X* Y1 c# X      DMS Hamilton% F! h5 w1 M1 Z! p7 C) z
      DMS Forrest
; t  X3 [( w, F6 k+ R3 c      DMS Ellyson
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...* y& j$ E8 s- Z% {% g: C
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
+ t& d) d$ g2 U1 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
, z- W( P2 H( ^, P( ]; D; wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
  L/ z" O3 B+ ]7 l) w- ^9 h* m4 ~Range closes to 24,000 yards...
3 o  Z' {" X( U% aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 }% Q% D2 J3 e* I) Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 |6 Q! _, M: X/ T! W! m+ W$ ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...8 J0 K0 `& s% F8 j6 p3 J6 k
Range closes to 18,000 yards...$ I6 k; x+ ?/ \4 n1 k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards: l; `1 \, C. v' F/ r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...2 J' g, Z: I- q4 a, z1 Q- n0 g+ T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
& e# N( G9 h5 _4 XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards1 g/ W7 @8 c( N/ D% ?+ C; r6 P+ u
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
. \  L( q' }" k1 Y' e+ {% B3 oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
- e0 L; ^+ w" m* H8 oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
5 V" |! e. O1 ?; IRange closes to 12,000 yards...' y; A6 R/ t" V" C' ?1 v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards$ A* c- [3 n% V) ~
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
8 l- u8 L/ w  T, Y- H. X$ n) A5 \Range closes to 11,000 yards...
8 k7 M3 W. ^$ `0 QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
9 f1 s. z5 v# J- O$ YRange closes to 10,000 yards...
1 x4 k' B8 V# r3 e9 I' J3 VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards8 L9 V* s  {3 L/ F2 T
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
) m. ^' @  t. x% ?Range increases to 15,000 yards...' ?9 x* z# U1 [3 n
Range increases to 20,000 yards...6 {' m6 V" j0 o) c" W% J  {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, ]" I# m- O. [' U" k' ?Range increases to 25,000 yards...
- z) N6 D. b0 W, z5 [- m4 e) t$ kRange increases to 30,000 yards...0 S% y! f4 J0 K/ N$ ]- z
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
* ]9 S8 N5 q" k( rJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat3 B% C& Y1 B8 W* k- M0 X# K. s
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* \, ^: E+ _0 I) V" NNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards$ B; m0 L( e: ^* e1 W
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1 u  S1 S* M+ E5 `- |- m      APD T-1
# y, r9 `- Q/ f% j) d# n      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
- U4 c4 r9 I3 c$ M; J5 I2 B: ]      APD T-3, Shell hits 1& b% H5 w  X8 F  u6 `( P% j  c
      APD T-4; A) N( p% A; A
      APD T-5
+ H$ Z* x' X# [) x, e; p5 h  B      APD T-6* F( V5 a9 |- G" y3 F$ Z6 e
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! R  J) Z6 k3 L7 O$ z4 @      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
$ q, \5 C5 b  R" D* s: j4 m      APD T-9
/ \* z+ I, D+ j1 Z& n# K      APD T-10
: R3 S; Q$ @- C0 G% x- K0 ?) D8 I; y      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire4 b; Y9 R/ @' N% d6 h% k/ D
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage* R/ H) B) _" g
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1- Q1 [6 C& {1 P6 N! j* Q( h& X3 T
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- x( |' u0 T& S
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Allied Ships
5 t3 k' l" J4 q/ E/ D0 A, L8 G- @      BB North Carolina
2 P0 U  a3 ^/ \+ {0 }      BB Washington
3 d- W0 C  p! w' H' G3 W      BB South Dakota
, Q1 \9 B6 I( D: F      BB Indiana
: k. V- k8 |. T% t( ]0 k/ a      BB Massachusetts! W7 p8 ~9 k6 r5 y' b) q0 H9 O4 h
      BB Alabama
2 u8 _1 |' H7 v9 _' @/ Y) d( |      DD Conner: `9 v  d: M% C- S7 t
      DD Cotten1 z2 O6 _. B( Z+ G" I/ ]: U+ I
      DD Cowell1 N2 V1 z0 o, W" O( @
      DD Daly/ R% K, E5 g  q- ]# }# x
      DD Eaton
4 {: }- h# i; R0 A; J6 H      DD Heywood Edwards3 h+ T* `. H/ N# \: s
      DD Erben; O+ d6 e( X$ B2 D& |
      DD Evans: U( h* }- [. n$ S$ M* H! v
      DD Foote
' ~7 x/ m, _; I2 T( c( L' P      DD Franks" J; D9 @1 l' h5 Q9 ?8 H$ I
      DD Fullam6 M' }" A/ I* ]7 Y" z3 q9 Y
      DD Gatling: j2 p2 C' t. V, h) u
      DD Albert Grant
7 _3 ]5 e0 a7 E4 o2 M$ M; ~$ u      DD Gregory' B5 [, D- P; Q
      DD Guest
/ l6 z1 g( c2 ]7 |3 g      DMS Hamilton
0 b' O; m6 _# p7 Q& s- A0 e0 ^      DMS Forrest/ \+ z1 {0 N$ L. r" g& Y2 T
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! o$ R8 j: _* Q, f) E( T- X* ^Range closes to 28,000 yards...* F! D' O* d' P' G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
" @1 C( G! t/ h) rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
/ J" J9 @0 m8 R8 ARange closes to 24,000 yards...  T3 X! |7 Y/ n& E- |' `! q! v2 m) m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ {6 F3 n  k5 S1 d
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 a$ ?% `1 J/ P# @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
- \, m6 j- M$ O- qRange closes to 20,000 yards...- a. {+ Q0 F. c" |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
- V" |% t$ t" X% {3 XRange closes to 18,000 yards...
* |8 p* o1 Z; Q# l  WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards0 x5 J( ?) O3 k# Q% k9 ^: m) W
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
6 R( ~/ D/ `9 T5 L2 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards$ n' ?; Q+ V4 h$ s; N" b" A
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( ^! |( r# T7 ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards7 }, A, H1 p, Q$ K3 U7 B/ V; g
Range closes to 12,000 yards...' T% t. d" I+ `1 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards1 F5 c5 U9 F: X' e( ~
Range closes to 11,000 yards...% {4 X9 B( U8 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards1 ]# k/ e1 i% E% r9 V' m( L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
3 T, P/ @- B) f3 w( yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards% s$ M% c: P! u# P( ]% v
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
4 v& s3 X& K: X- ~; O' _) A; J. [0 p" ^BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% F  \2 l$ l& F* FBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& h6 p) {* Z! l$ H+ H
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards' L6 P, Z) M7 j4 e% ]
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( B% d$ d; ^. \$ K
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards$ L* v$ H' g7 ?9 |0 s
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards- r# ~) X2 @, w0 z0 q+ T4 l
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards  ?* P+ v6 o2 n. w
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
+ N. y/ U2 ~/ OBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
( X3 I  D  n# i! _# ~DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
+ }# ?; }' J; O; b8 T/ v2 u0 WDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards' v- E& ?$ P* m, _' O: @" ~9 s
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards5 S+ B+ r5 N2 ^6 t
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
" r/ X* l) @# {, R  E7 MDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
% ], W: E, c; Y- DAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards! m. v* v# i$ Y. \% L, H
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards+ D7 G6 `5 j+ O7 v3 W" J
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
+ A$ |' ]0 {3 K+ d) A) G7 FDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
4 Q' x  o( e5 E0 o: d6 U6 s. gDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- }, p8 f) ^9 Y0 M
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards5 {5 h) z) W: E- r( ?8 j. c2 f$ X
Range increases to 10,000 yards
% E. ?1 t, z( }BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. g1 u9 v. a, D* _, P$ R8 UBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards* W" u0 M! \1 ]  P& N2 n6 z( ?
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards8 z/ M; D+ `+ a$ y5 t7 Y' y3 k
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; q; m9 {) D! S5 h0 tBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
* p* |1 F4 @) O) t8 s- G: c% wDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
$ q. H! n/ H. L  |9 z( fAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
) v8 J+ |5 n9 c/ @DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards% s, x: w& N! h8 C; u6 W, M. K
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 O+ f9 ?" n' x. Q# B* k9 y! I) lDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
* V; H  L7 u! H% y  F+ \DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" |3 A9 ?" F3 x& C2 \DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  X  _; d) W2 c' }5 z$ Q7 d" A
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards3 x! S% v1 b4 S6 L+ T0 B
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 S) c: A2 K+ QDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
$ p5 p! K, h, VDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, L/ a' {5 h4 R2 k4 f$ D- uRange increases to 11,000 yards
+ m% H7 N6 t7 v( [- ^+ M' {APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards4 B7 k2 j6 ?1 f$ w# b. a3 L. {
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
: U/ h3 J$ r3 `DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 I1 u0 U+ {: b5 l( p
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
8 u! j% l/ r5 s) o9 u8 PBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards! P! |3 U8 H% V" \( s; C  a" N& [
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards% `, e4 M/ h! J3 b( q- c# s& U
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards: s. t9 _7 V1 ]; c8 q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards; D& o* [  x, J# B) M) |. t6 ?  o
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 t' g! B+ |4 J2 c1 I) E+ v: g
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
* H& s6 X+ x' o3 ^4 H7 l9 ^" }; vDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
$ V0 d! H, Y4 ?8 Q" E" MAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
  }* J- u- |" q9 r. o. pRange closes to 10,000 yards. Z. _/ K4 s7 P$ D6 t- R9 X
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ N0 C2 o$ r2 [( j
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" b* U  O) j7 @' z* eBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards' G/ l' {: y. u8 }- c8 i+ s9 Z
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
( J, u! F; Y$ x# jDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" e7 F5 g7 y' G- S( N/ c2 l) q) ?
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards! u" {( Z$ p7 M2 l
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. w) M9 A7 T: B6 b& M7 S
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
4 w1 {1 E7 c7 k9 r! t0 I6 e& B. ZDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards4 a6 y  h# N# [! k8 B6 |6 A" ~
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 A& d6 v' S) q- c# TDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards" u) K) o( D7 i
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
1 p! `/ U1 s) b/ v$ z' d( X' cDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards1 N3 O/ s+ [  X/ F. H/ _, I1 |
Range closes to 8,000 yards  m2 q1 w0 [: M& U  a$ t1 ]
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
% l7 f8 Y3 `. Z" I  }  B$ SBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
/ V/ o. v9 I2 I' ?. _' ~; q$ FAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
7 Q" }1 A7 y3 zBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
4 N( ~3 ~# |& |0 S* B7 }: v/ ]APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
  ]; v& d  C3 z1 ]6 {( X8 w3 PJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape) s- ^/ I3 d1 m" h/ k) Z
Task forces break off...
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- D- n  H: h6 UNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships! k" Z* \2 ?3 N7 Z, X8 v
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
' [( s$ Y$ ^  e" l      APD T-2
, q* R( X7 a/ F1 U      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
# h- P, v  z: R, I      APD T-4, Shell hits 1: @1 y1 D+ d) a, i
      APD T-5
( C# o1 [1 W: q' ~      APD T-6
+ g* v2 h7 f% Q, p" P  A* \      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage% l" I1 A3 c1 X2 T( S
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
& }% k/ [) O, A! n( B      APD T-105 r. g- O# H" S6 L: W3 ^+ \% k
      APD T-11,  on fire
# X4 @  U4 B! a4 ^) E$ s) K      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
0 {; Q9 `9 B/ i      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk1 ?* O. F. H$ W& v+ ^4 O
      APD T-14, and is sunk. E. z) t( B: S. l" m6 z7 a
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Allied Ships
, w8 l$ d1 ]7 U9 D! v# S6 t      CA Portland
: y* p9 l3 y2 |4 V8 U      CA Northampton0 d$ C3 e7 n9 c( ?  T( P
      CA Chester
5 i' @+ A/ E& t+ o      CA Louisville
6 D" y7 ~5 {- C! p% G      CA Chicago
1 }# m1 _( ~/ o, x' q      CA Astoria
* E/ S% k# e7 h/ C! |      CA Minneapolis$ `- `5 d: l8 m# @3 H+ I  R- A
      CA San Francisco
8 e! f: u- V. e+ W2 G- C      CA Quincy& U8 O9 q; S+ c! `
      CA Vincennes" Z3 v% n! j$ p
      CA Wichita
' p9 C# m  P8 V8 A* W      DD Bennett
; P% D3 ~1 ]" N0 l$ d" }, g      DD Bradford
2 `0 l% w2 O7 n      DD Braine4 `; U( P$ }* B# E  ?0 g
      DD Brownson
# g& ~2 P2 ?6 g( g& i; j      DD Bryant% g6 I" |# V* W: p* z( g2 H# F3 J
      DD Bullard
+ N) B, B( j* w6 v1 t) |' ~      DD Burns
- C7 o# b" A: v' r! L      DD Callaghan4 z- v8 G4 G& @" ^4 O. n
      DD Caperton% u6 H! K% a; D9 S, f5 S% g6 A# W
      DD Capps
+ g4 `. E- e1 U% a. d/ L      DMS Emmons
9 j9 r  t3 y% B/ [7 K- w. f      DMS Macomb
$ S) d5 H6 V; O* B      DMS Rodman
9 U! x0 z$ O6 t6 Q      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
1 H7 n+ U7 E  d3 f, N4 ]Range closes to 28,000 yards...* Y- N3 `+ T) Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards. _. T- r, v% \# B. q# M: |3 D
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: l+ J7 R0 w3 e& yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
  F7 s; t' ~0 t* X" j& SRange closes to 24,000 yards...
& S6 h. i, o6 f/ F: _9 X  |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards8 ]/ U# h/ u2 l& M* j$ C
Range closes to 22,000 yards...2 x+ {1 j# b& Z& ^: C+ \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards& m4 f- T" a: M' q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
- m; O# @0 _) f7 ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards  M4 D: _* ]; ~
Range closes to 18,000 yards...1 f, n  r) `# o1 Z; F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: v- E5 b9 W! cRange closes to 16,000 yards...* m5 s3 i+ l4 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
; G: n4 ]  N: Q5 Q0 x5 bRange closes to 14,000 yards...3 U; s6 ]' ]+ M  t4 Z+ z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
* H5 ]( L% \1 x8 Z6 X% `: wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards0 P9 a  h) |& V% g8 t
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 g* `; l0 \0 k0 I! v8 O4 w! BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ _% w# E: N8 z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
- `' D2 V1 ?% f* Z# y3 f! _" L/ m: NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards& J. M* d. d1 ~/ |) B; W8 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards$ d, P+ w0 K9 g3 s
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
6 _5 f& Q5 N$ g( kRange increases to 11,000 yards
2 t0 J/ `4 S9 `, ]# D7 qAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards0 u/ C& G) g) K2 t
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards1 w" j/ z; V7 s& @$ J4 e
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards4 U+ o7 g) `% h9 m, a
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards. D7 K$ G& k' I1 \6 A, ?1 N
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 Y9 a* {2 U' R! o9 H) |, }DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
4 z  ?: n4 ~9 }4 ~* k9 z% S6 t9 Q" X, v  fCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
- C' ]+ b' f" f9 b! ]1 n- [CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards/ V' g+ m9 j0 d2 e. k" f
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards; U0 n6 A% z1 r1 I4 C# j  A
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( Q5 p; ]7 [. R  O( B; @DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
8 U# j8 ~. f. M* {+ B% q! h  `0 QDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards5 j& T+ p# M; N; {+ }6 r
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 M0 w% c1 @, j- ?* X+ ~/ ~$ K, t
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards/ [' c% }" @% _( ~: u
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards9 C4 _; j1 D$ q6 w2 G9 B8 u
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
" {: k  D+ F/ p- p2 r1 MAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
% A9 S; p2 T5 c4 G; Z$ Q: FRange closes to 10,000 yards
& ^+ i: _0 w  g% y- n7 HDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards3 r1 [- y& ]* |  `# T9 r' n
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( E' F& j; A0 c7 P) \2 jCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
: T" K: ?( K. L% T7 q, S- }CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
. t1 R# F- F8 t, f* ]) O  XCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards! h0 m9 i5 `' h, X
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards0 X- [. ?# o7 s" f0 b! P) q) u1 d
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) f( d: Y1 X5 c9 Z* n
Range closes to 9,000 yards
( L. I5 W: e0 xAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards) v& C6 j8 y1 J+ x' h% Z. P- ~/ G8 P. J
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards/ N5 ^- b; W* N" D
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
' d: x+ {5 K+ S9 a# W) W0 [CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards# S# P. e+ P5 L' a( x9 m. `9 S
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards8 ]# }. y" [/ e* G% M* V( L5 b
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards2 S9 I5 |; T) E( H$ L- [; j  K
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards6 }  m/ R9 V+ d- z3 e4 L
Range increases to 10,000 yards
! y( j5 s' w7 Q5 V- w7 I& t  ?+ sAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
& K3 I; D5 z% @. e7 O) yCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 j. m, ]- s5 g0 xDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
. S7 @! e7 C  `# VCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# x# K( ]0 r& _: W: ?! Q. z5 R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ Z3 F7 o: [5 GJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" \  B4 H/ A/ ^& wTask forces break off...
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0 ]! f! d& P( C4 f$ C4 cNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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, p! |6 |* N+ A7 f* B# q) tJapanese Ships
2 U& x. [" H: s# t      APD T-1
- ?6 x6 p+ P# X- Z; R) `- t) q      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
! }6 z; S1 u9 [- I9 E. L( T% [' ~      APD T-3
! G9 w0 ?' o" X9 r      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk& v, s, j- k- I' I2 i
      APD T-5
' D4 a- v! Z' h" I1 Y& v1 l1 U9 T      APD T-6) W- ?! y7 X* M. E$ h. U
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
4 K0 R; t- I2 b, T0 ]1 }      APD T-9  ?. t8 H! l3 K7 ~
      APD T-10+ q5 m5 `0 ?( ^6 o) x0 f* ]  `! }
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ R% s  U3 |) a' N

& [2 H9 u1 u( N1 [# m. zAllied Ships
" l$ y6 t/ W8 w! i      CA Portland& \1 p* v6 H& p
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1( Q( V& y6 h! n7 m
      CA Chester% _& ]) W; b2 [% l& L- Z/ Y- S& E. M
      CA Louisville
' P4 M/ ]2 k% h8 F- d' x6 |      CA Chicago
& u. D" l1 e4 A& V2 n+ I      CA Astoria' u% C2 H8 p; n5 g
      CA Minneapolis9 ~* U- Z$ d$ N% l  ?+ k. s! x& @
      CA San Francisco
1 c# C$ c5 W) L9 T+ t9 G      CA Quincy
* a5 N$ l% ]0 M5 D5 r6 z      CA Vincennes0 x, t% e1 U3 Y/ n* l
      CA Wichita
4 C( c3 ?2 n, b1 [0 S2 V      DD Bennett5 R8 }4 E6 p+ m- T  F( `5 h
      DD Bradford, A% k8 |' n' }1 K& o
      DD Braine
5 E% M  M! K/ \) T      DD Brownson
( |; O; Z$ r6 w      DD Bryant4 l2 A+ ?/ z$ H* c( J1 F
      DD Bullard! v3 t& P/ r  Y7 D9 {5 A0 @: w  f
      DD Burns/ j% V! O: A/ N
      DD Callaghan
- F2 U! f4 E7 B2 H3 c& A( z      DD Caperton
$ M5 Y1 n$ M$ t, a; L& a0 L      DD Capps
* M+ ~1 [2 S) y8 k+ b1 D      DMS Emmons
/ J7 e6 ^6 I7 H+ x8 s% |( o4 a      DMS Macomb+ ~0 q& E: D: A; n0 G5 D, u; m
      DMS Rodman
# k& H# G4 l5 {1 k      DMS Gherardi& j1 D  f* N6 V" A3 }' q; s! R
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2 H( d# X9 u' e3 B) h, gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ P; s9 K- ?9 e5 Q3 FRange closes to 28,000 yards...
8 `9 S) Q/ G9 }: |6 T' t4 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
& F" \8 f: Z% I$ @Range closes to 26,000 yards...* Q/ R" z; N. \6 A1 [* M% w; w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; @8 A# @' y, R3 A( y4 `+ B1 pRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 y* k' l7 k) l' y7 _! NRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 N+ f5 ], L  ?% v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 x" B5 h$ F& j7 M$ v
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; Q0 L$ s+ M5 u' r) a3 E; Z7 u( wRange closes to 18,000 yards...
0 k& ^7 g6 h' f! l, D  {8 A0 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 g' a1 a7 B' p& r8 HRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 s. s- S& L' x* L9 i# h" iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( D5 l2 a7 V# T: ]. Q4 g! rRange closes to 14,000 yards..." K1 X% G5 E, i, Z: Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards$ R% ?; W5 S9 Y. M
Range closes to 12,000 yards...! f5 M; s1 V( N) q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards  i) s3 h. z! ?$ ^) {- k
Range closes to 11,000 yards...: s: g( t: ~: a0 J+ R3 T% `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
. z! P! I' [  E% O7 l+ l, }  D9 eRange closes to 10,000 yards...
: t  i/ W! h7 z. o* j* ~! DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  `% d( j4 u# Y; X8 F7 l5 m# J5 h/ u
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
( [. y) x* t. N6 b6 W) a. R& o0 [CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards5 ]. d6 N# f+ h8 Q
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards( D  f/ U! V. S2 R- m3 b, K
Range increases to 12,000 yards6 S) F4 g2 P4 }- p
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
4 S8 r6 s2 d  U( m; Y  rCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards3 G6 ]  b: Y( h- o1 A
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
& l7 P' v! K0 M  I' Q% g( rCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards) q8 M- s8 r6 p$ i# }% p
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
7 c# @/ Z4 o5 i& OCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
2 s5 J: W3 X# M$ ^/ k% D/ t7 gDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards- d+ u+ O/ I0 ~6 e
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards* }$ @& S; Y' r! K: ?
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards8 H' w7 J- z7 Q8 p8 b* U
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards& ~1 `9 U; x" f' I# a' m' t
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, n. t1 u+ [3 U2 Q
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
1 E: Z1 |+ i% s) }0 _' ]Range closes to 9,000 yards
+ m, V0 F: E% `& V8 B0 hCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
" I. A( o& G, U! V( |3 zAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards4 E1 [5 t" T* [% H
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards7 c4 v2 S& [# I2 g0 d: B
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
  S% w2 Q- z* Y0 S- D4 xCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
" P$ I5 h; P$ K4 y& M% }6 A+ KCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
6 U1 V! `" A% L7 r2 E, D* K( {* aAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
) h. ?; e$ h6 B8 ]4 ]8 JDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
3 ]5 v) a/ F% }# pRange closes to 7,000 yards0 h3 J& o* P4 _  e4 {  {; ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
# u* _1 O3 d, Z* L, Y/ `APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards2 ?  m+ |( F, M7 I# U, O
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
* b$ t0 S, {( L7 a1 h& J" W1 ?; vCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
+ h0 J6 w8 E4 G: V8 t  j, vCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
5 j) P" S% Z( v' rAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards( B5 j0 P. g, G6 @  t2 p
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
- }0 _( \$ p$ k+ L6 ~CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
5 [9 E' ]/ Q2 |7 ?+ N" N, h/ {CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards2 @4 C/ Q- |2 O. \9 ~* ^
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards; s' O7 u1 z3 ~0 s* L5 w  f1 D
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards3 m/ b) p9 Q* u# t) J
Range increases to 10,000 yards5 W* h6 ]; V8 v7 V/ h7 k
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! H4 {% T! {0 X( x0 b4 H: d
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# k; J2 B0 q- m: j7 E5 C; o$ B9 o2 [/ {Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape, Q4 {6 b9 U/ [3 h; K
Task forces break off...3 V3 q5 U4 t+ j. r6 ]
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% E1 g  Q7 w6 E7 W( B; B5 y- qNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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* Y4 N2 [$ C8 \+ V% j. n/ MJapanese Ships
! O: _* d# }" R' }6 n      APD T-1* w, X: Z4 g6 o6 b$ B
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 Y1 r7 n+ `. i, q$ X
      APD T-3
. p' x; q" S# u- @      APD T-5
+ Z/ H! C. [; m      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) I7 R; C  ~2 a; K
      APD T-9
" p' f( s4 \5 M) D: t) [/ j      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 j, i# F+ I7 @3 i5 T
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships" i. f8 a! A' u% P! Y& P  u% `
      CL Swiftsure; m! c6 \* I0 ~$ X
      CL St. Louis
6 f" a, C! y9 Y- d7 I5 O      CL Phoenix
& c, C) i9 r7 F      CL Cleveland% r8 B) Z9 @8 @, ~: ?
      CL Montpelier
$ q( ?" p" `) F+ I      CL Denver1 L4 v" k8 @: M! g4 X( g
      CL Santa Fe
4 b3 d6 ^- l! V      CL Birmingham' @0 ?7 v6 D8 s( j
      CL Mobile
8 I3 o& e: o+ {/ ?6 B5 P4 V      CL Biloxi; M. c/ I& r0 H" Q7 {; O
      CL Miami
1 }5 `9 @0 u3 z      CL Pasadena
6 ~% w, I0 Y& e      DD Allen M. Sumner
% x8 Z' j$ ?4 r2 G0 y9 H      DD Ault
% n- |% h% C. U' c      DD English
7 b2 h6 n) y( `      DD Haynsworth. x( I2 z9 w* l
      DD Maddox  w' m) ^& v! M% c
      DD Mansfield
9 e0 _8 E5 F2 ?& F6 H/ z' I      DD Waldron' W* }' r1 H7 u5 I
      DD Haggard
/ \+ ]' w' ]8 Q' j, D      DD Hailey+ a. f+ k6 y- {# F$ [
      DD Hale
9 g" B. y, E. Z      CL Vincennes II0 s9 a; K6 Q0 n9 u- [' A
      CL Houston II5 D; H8 L& |7 M# E! C" s
      CL Astoria II
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. D& A6 N4 Q; a2 yMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 b; I& T+ Z& l) A
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
% u- g* C) m  l0 u; d# L# iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards' l7 Q' t% {8 R) \) _
Range closes to 26,000 yards...  {) L' x+ w% Z7 x9 f+ ^2 S
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." R5 W) S% Q( P& S! L, D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards# ~3 H& \% a9 a( _& ]
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 w8 f! O% C. `6 g/ [: R( f6 gRange closes to 20,000 yards...8 a- I' [0 O+ ]- [0 n5 X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
( E& `( n% j! ~Range closes to 18,000 yards...
8 A# m# P- ~; b: r/ T& `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
+ [5 f) o/ {6 ~% Y. f) YRange closes to 16,000 yards...; A. O' c7 e$ I) O( S5 b! |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards. I- y3 T. k" u1 J. {
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' c$ N; {6 u0 r" T# l1 _" q. q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards) p" m: ~; l4 y9 K2 x8 Q3 R
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
+ h0 w5 |1 i/ c( b, J" h) u" wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# m7 q3 Z0 R0 HRange closes to 11,000 yards...  Z$ o' C% l1 j7 w( R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% l& C3 E/ Q" r# U) r$ M( g: u
Range closes to 10,000 yards...# |* y4 D$ E+ D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! Q) |% o' m$ c) r! n
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'. I& b9 U. b) Y( G* [0 [' a1 r* K8 c
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 Y5 `2 W3 |2 @/ u: j1 M: bCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
& F* X- }+ q4 d: u, F, KCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards0 r. k' G1 f  g2 [6 D4 c7 f3 R
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) K0 z4 m. t* f1 H
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ ]8 ~5 e5 t: O- `8 c
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards' I7 T: U6 x6 [- e9 ^1 {
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 Y- H; A! ?. c' \3 oDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards, M1 _6 V) {+ m: m$ K
Range increases to 11,000 yards) ?; m. S- ]# d' ~7 i
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 K* t0 L: P" R5 w9 b) wCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 ~9 m3 d2 n) y' |4 j, n$ UCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards2 @6 Y2 M& C! I0 n' U# L6 ~. K  ]3 g: n
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
. Z% m+ W* J5 \2 J# yCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
/ Q6 C! Q* F% ACL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards/ N. T8 q5 p4 e& ^4 u9 \3 X% e4 g
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
; o* J6 I' H3 o9 N  l3 i- _* N9 n, DDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards# ]7 \& g' t+ `5 d# |9 I1 K8 {1 e
Range closes to 8,000 yards7 y2 F" p/ x" p4 u* I# u, X3 R; F( H
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
* [4 ]1 w0 F8 C- Q" i, PCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards" a$ o% X6 [' t( @
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards' @# x/ S6 Z" R5 U5 \: `
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards" t$ ]) T0 x0 R) o) P- Z2 l
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
8 Q; r' _# `  m! a* V7 s8 MRange closes to 7,000 yards
- l7 j+ L& s# B# Q) m; j" YCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 o) x: O6 X( y
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
6 r0 k9 A4 y. c1 |, n3 H0 O% iCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
4 h+ C  L, h0 o' z) q" VCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 `; o3 [# |) ?1 @& D
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards3 u& a( X9 s5 ~3 E4 l5 a' c# p
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* _7 G; B0 D, G6 j
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 M$ e: p8 L6 h" x3 x$ K
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% u3 q% t/ t, t; s* qDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 `# x+ k( S8 M/ X: l
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
: Q4 g5 \- S- ^0 b9 _APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
4 O  {) ?5 z# u2 u/ Q# j& ?9 |- _DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; N6 Q2 h8 t* i8 b% N$ _8 ZRange increases to 8,000 yards
( S# t1 K& L4 G/ K4 M* b( VCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards0 t) c0 z7 U- ~0 n& B! \
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 E2 l+ r* f) u% K2 Y4 e/ s3 |
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards2 m. G$ k1 D* \1 g8 g' t! A- n
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 r  I) O2 Z5 n1 |/ qTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards$ b- t( o$ X0 G8 P" Z7 x: z/ z
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Japanese Ships
" R8 g9 f: J+ G0 J! O( k      APD T-1
6 C/ T, I, A9 f* j      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 X4 k& {: P. \, j
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
! \* V" ?  b* Z, m3 r2 `& d0 G( p5 j      APD T-5
$ S' F, b3 I. |$ e6 \      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
2 q, V  x% q5 }" o0 d, D5 j; Y      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk# G- Z% u5 m( d* Q9 a( a3 }! U- d: h) u& s
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Allied Ships
$ v6 ]) u' J+ a' ]9 d" ~& ^# r- ?      CA Portland- f: ^1 f: }5 s: B! P& D4 o5 }
      CA Northampton
- }1 K' r- U  x9 B2 K; j) Q6 t      CA Chester
* u9 g& t: q! j4 A6 C, W* n: o      CA Louisville
: a$ K0 Y7 j! d) W( j" R9 c      CA Chicago8 x8 A. _- ?9 t2 g8 |
      CA Astoria
9 B/ v2 L9 ?- p  q8 s      CA Minneapolis0 c  Z6 ~* N, h! e. p
      CA San Francisco
) R, G. x9 r6 {2 l" M      CA Quincy9 r" l" \* ], p- K
      CA Vincennes7 X6 T  d+ F0 U7 A! W! N
      CA Wichita% {& J: r  \$ ^6 t& C3 p! W
      DD Bennett
9 J) u/ ^: E7 i. @& @9 G* h7 {      DD Bradford
' x& T# k& p2 v! n8 L: ]      DD Braine+ X. P, t2 a6 _
      DD Brownson
! h1 t* S3 `! I% G$ x0 J      DD Bryant7 V) E4 C& [3 I+ A
      DD Bullard% }2 j' w% g/ ~& T7 y) K3 |
      DD Burns
3 L3 m& G4 N3 K3 Z; C* y      DD Callaghan
- `8 m2 I. h8 A: v7 V7 ]4 Z      DD Caperton, q' Q) ^& X% N& T5 z  N: @
      DD Capps
3 [7 r6 M8 [& }9 |; S1 h      DMS Emmons
" m) s+ v& W' e4 j      DMS Macomb
/ u/ h1 T* e* O5 Y) f      DMS Rodman
# T# _( X$ |$ G      DMS Gherardi( w: U8 j& o& _
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards% J% j, t( l# A! v
Range closes to 28,000 yards...% v( _5 \- M0 H6 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards' s- Y' F6 F( j
Range closes to 26,000 yards...- d$ v8 ^) i# m, O+ g6 H
Range closes to 24,000 yards...6 `4 f) S! |5 n* {' Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
* T1 ~. ]3 j3 ?  d% N8 D# Q/ m9 c0 hRange closes to 22,000 yards...# H2 U& ]/ S- w9 E, u. M/ K0 r" q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards1 r) E2 W; L* g. C" g+ `' l( R4 O
Range closes to 20,000 yards...- @2 h6 X( O& J$ `1 y# K# S$ K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards6 b9 {( w! U- K7 g! h$ a
Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 |8 u" R# l6 i8 A% a
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
  P4 _7 l7 ~2 H& l  QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
# M6 @3 v& C- i$ ?Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% t8 C* Q, z0 t6 [7 r" g* iRange closes to 12,000 yards...
3 ?8 {* k$ e( U) F1 r* aRange closes to 11,000 yards...* r! l1 w, ?: c; p9 u
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
8 T9 X1 t8 m0 p2 a4 W0 y8 i' dRange closes to 9,000 yards...
8 g& H6 {8 S: K& t) dRange closes to 8,000 yards...  D& n5 _2 ~) |, d& b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards" r  I/ d7 q% m
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! J5 Q* I! q! x, m- z7 }CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
8 L% {8 @/ l- P! w: xCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 u( Q: l- O4 ^6 B' X/ A
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
! F$ z0 m. E4 Q/ ~) pAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
& c) ^0 u# y' {5 T7 [CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ ]" c' j0 x2 v2 ^. }1 }: LCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
" K, Z" o' }: q1 Q& A0 w6 T6 `. MCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 [, a$ S( U" u2 j
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
+ u( T% S; P9 s& bCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! H( S  u7 v3 }6 U$ B, g1 {0 OAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards/ _5 R0 ~. W7 G* j
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards/ z+ h/ Q9 e0 Z0 E1 L! q/ ]
Range closes to 5,000 yards; F$ r6 Z0 O& T% K% M; D7 {  r
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
; x- ?) \' m* D% M! e/ A- MAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
+ s+ @0 T; h$ M" U9 F# OCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards3 M% r7 l" i) k5 U) V2 @
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards' W$ \0 R3 B8 D$ H6 ~
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards' H9 |) ~0 _1 D$ d. I: R! h
Range closes to 2,000 yards9 _; V. n* d6 G
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
7 O! g( @) o5 C2 OCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
5 _: h8 k$ t6 j' o5 J6 x# m* XCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards: Z. J" r, C' h- S5 J; r/ R
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
2 }* a9 _6 t2 m3 g! A/ d0 ]Range increases to 6,000 yards
* T$ A+ F! A- `9 @# }CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards' C0 L/ Y  z$ J, ?! T  ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
  y. i/ ^7 r8 {' S8 ~APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards* G' B# \9 ]1 {5 D. R1 _6 A) D, `9 x
Range increases to 9,000 yards! S- @/ o0 P. H1 Y- A4 N
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards) O5 d5 J3 F: s3 ]* j. A6 z
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards0 Y2 s  U9 Q3 t
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards* i0 I4 L8 }3 D, M2 a* ]0 p: n
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
' k2 R& V9 Q2 W% xRange increases to 13,000 yards
7 r/ W3 g' P; j( E6 qCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards1 M0 }' z% _( `+ R$ F
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
. Z: d& B# y, F1 z$ z& j/ LJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape, A! w0 [+ \  m/ y  c
Task forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
! ?% J- k/ I+ i$ m      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
9 S/ ^  C. m% r1 n7 Z      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk5 ]0 f. d% M. ~
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Allied Ships
  r! N( a0 ?6 X' M      BB North Carolina
2 x$ y+ a9 @1 k; m5 S: z      BB Washington' s2 ?6 S6 @8 D7 X7 P' u0 g- k
      BB South Dakota
3 s' I) r* T  _% |      BB Indiana
' ]8 {6 T3 p2 s3 [0 s1 `      BB Massachusetts" ^7 x7 B5 i3 v, _, s5 a7 Q# n1 b$ K
      BB Alabama7 C3 n: K- j8 E
      DD Conner
& P( O. }- {3 ]5 s0 z- m      DD Cotten
( Q9 G& ]/ u6 b      DD Cowell
, s, o3 i& o" B$ G      DD Daly
# m; h, S& b+ U3 o" D: c( L      DD Eaton6 I7 p' s# l3 @( p. U+ {
      DD Heywood Edwards
2 d( N+ T4 P$ P1 C1 M      DD Erben) i1 ^& i$ ?6 V6 p
      DD Evans  K7 r" z2 Z7 R' i& J# z6 C
      DD Foote
* p6 W" ]( ^2 O* T      DD Franks; F1 q) b* o5 _# [1 a8 t4 s" ]
      DD Fullam2 q  U: w* C& ]* M
      DD Gatling
# @. N# @7 C+ [      DD Albert Grant- T0 A3 f$ `+ p& \3 c
      DD Gregory2 W6 N) s; [6 X( R
      DD Guest
  e9 _5 h- d, V      DMS Hamilton0 z# ]5 W) g2 n! G9 p! B. `
      DMS Forrest5 |4 a2 i; K% q# k% _
      DMS Ellyson, G1 j  h' d) h. M1 K
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 p" R' Q7 i9 f; o) s; g3 w* X
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 ?9 G: t9 y, S3 x) Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  L& d; N  D: P9 O2 s( `Range closes to 24,000 yards...) ]( u8 x$ U% d9 |; r/ K5 I8 \) n
Range closes to 22,000 yards.../ W0 G5 t; c0 ^% Z# i
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 y2 p, G) p2 b2 M
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
5 D+ ~# \, v; C! a1 O9 ^% Q; CRange closes to 16,000 yards...
; o" [- a0 u& d! |# B7 CRange closes to 14,000 yards...
+ b6 v, s* ~- i( R* I8 U3 ?2 fRange closes to 12,000 yards...( U) Q6 i  _8 y& t) q8 n
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
# R, T  E4 X9 v/ _' l8 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# b0 u6 M7 h8 F1 T+ \Range closes to 10,000 yards...1 a; Q( W% y) \0 I) P2 L" L
Range closes to 9,000 yards...* }, G5 V  @% J3 }& D0 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
9 i" u: k% ?" c% D$ NBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards+ {. y: X. ?' A. h2 q# ]
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards+ P; I: y+ Q2 I+ H. [. W" D, I3 b
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
& D" l0 a5 @# q* ^* v9 b4 l' ADD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards( N4 l0 }7 v" ^2 i7 N" v. }
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards5 [( A: i6 B* n% G' K
Range closes to 5,000 yards' i8 X  b6 m1 l% l' K1 I
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards. Q, `( F- D& h3 R8 X
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
! G$ v& S- g! M: L' l. l* i  @Range closes to 3,000 yards( h) U$ q% J# q/ q2 w% M  G! P
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards  P# T; _7 m$ a" o0 v
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards/ N  H5 ]5 \, k3 B/ s& d: q# h5 i! }( d" T
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
- x1 a$ s: y- lDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards  v# A: L2 a  v+ a* P
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards0 E# g) d" `. A7 [1 h
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
' `1 y1 X3 `/ K0 gBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
1 G% t5 q) {; |' C, lDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" S3 B2 w& P# T: r" Q: P3 f
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
: N% {* M: w6 d# i' K* xRange increases to 5,000 yards
4 N. q1 A) [* }  D4 {; ~BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards# x1 d' q- C' ]4 h* f* X2 p0 J
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
0 W9 g5 R$ ~9 Z1 V* BRange increases to 7,000 yards( }5 N( a) c% d% _9 r( a3 f3 |
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
4 |& X) E+ a4 QDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards( [; R) g0 n4 r! ~
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
# [# q! ?: |0 A5 t9 aAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards( \7 G' @9 x4 s; s1 |) H
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
1 N3 J) {; ]; }" o2 ?; A4 G; ]" ZCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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