AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42/ P% V4 A/ f5 t+ y9 `0 X+ q
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Submarine attack near Rabaul at 107,126
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AV Kamikawa Maru( Z$ b1 @+ e4 s/ C. h
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Allied Ships
1 Z$ l( p/ U* T$ x SS S-47
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2 ]: J) W6 W: K3 p1 s3 ~AV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-47
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/ z5 s# p/ ?: n- W7 O' GSub attack near Rabaul at 106,128
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/ w; Y( d. f2 LJapanese Ships5 x# y! U+ g ?9 g/ W
E Asanagi2 W. ?7 W1 O& t* D
AMc Fumi Maru #26 v$ h! Q6 }* b+ y
xAK Ikushima Maru* z, d; F% L* J' p/ G& J
xAK Asakaze Maru; C8 A) F8 `; L T- I
xAKL Hagoromo Maru
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Allied Ships
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4 h+ |. p7 O$ M, M% q# NSS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi
' F: B, z( g( ^9 L OS-44 diving deep ....( s. K$ T* n% w9 q# ]; r- M
E Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
5 e% \- M: t) f4 I( U8 O, rE Oite attacking submerged sub ....
: r! q7 a8 u; f! T5 Y! ?SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep9 z" c6 t. i5 f% V1 l* ^! p
SS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite : }( t. W, L" v& }8 S: j
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
0 L) |) m% K, g; @' [E Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-44 B5 h" F- F- z1 s( a) ~: X7 i' ?
E Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search" D* Q3 }$ `. {# s# X1 b
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
# v9 \# G: s8 e, `$ _E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
" y& ` F; o" E- F; iE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
8 Q( W: t7 [6 N2 G% i; L3 SE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
- c: Q/ G y& ]E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...4 Y1 F' t" l; F( M: ]( _
Escort abandons search for sub
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+ q. i9 S" R5 |Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125- g/ H: K6 ^/ l1 u$ t5 \
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.) U" b( f0 D8 s! y" x8 r# `
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
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3 N) e0 K, N3 F2 w# o, w PBY-5 Catalina x 12 p7 e% i0 I8 N' Z
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No Allied losses% H+ g+ J: u' K8 Y$ D
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CL Tatsuta
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CA Aoba
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Aircraft Attacking:
2 C6 d* `! W5 ]& z( u5 S- [ 12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
0 O \7 Z: \$ D Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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! j" T6 V* t, f* Q: nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125+ P F) b9 S1 d# y8 N* ~7 g3 B
5 x: \( i4 D& O& N% `& @Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.( W; V" v9 B; v+ x T
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses. N* l7 u# z# h5 h
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
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CA Kako
" i' A8 p, D% C CA Furutaka
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CA Aoba
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* \/ |1 A4 K, A1 gAircraft Attacking:8 A) A6 E/ o( |1 E4 w3 v1 d) ]; P
12 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet8 J0 Q6 B4 g- T k2 K* M
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb# m; a X3 T* O' H$ C D
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129
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5 H% c8 Z+ H. Q9 {5 r4 cWeather in hex: Moderate rain' e( p$ ^% L$ H& N0 \% ~
& K/ k2 b$ H0 V% r, @Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
! K0 L0 a! V4 ?! S9 IEstimated time to target is 2 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ [8 g( v. ~8 }! R% b2 r0 I
B-25B Mitchell x 48 _4 d K, j0 s3 S' x$ ~6 q
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No Allied losses8 O8 T# f' _- p
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Japanese Ships, d; f5 [, M4 h4 y: r
xAK Kamikaze Maru: p# s/ V! V3 ]( Y
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Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb. }* f) M' f3 ^% D
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kevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!: ^7 i7 F; A. d8 G" L
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