AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships; ^+ F) s4 t! x( M
CL Oi+ e& R. R1 m- E6 o Z0 ^2 i' u' d
DD Minekaze: |7 S* t" `: g' b3 a
DD Sawakaze/ R2 j z) ^6 M) E$ q
DD Shiokaze
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Allied Ships
" v, D: @% L- n. h6 M PT-31, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- z: d' o5 ]9 G$ D1 M, ^4 g
PT-32
1 U; O1 M& }- K1 d/ Y PT-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
; O9 N' u* u# O8 D PT Q-113, Shell hits 3, and is sunk2 ^& v7 C; s9 Z" D
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Japanese Ships
# w) _$ \4 t4 v" ?/ J PC Take, g8 C" i) \# E+ Q5 i3 V: G& ^
PC Kaki, Shell hits 3
+ W% Q3 b, K" K PC Ashi, Shell hits 1- W( C: f# P9 R) C6 D
PC Sumire, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! p, R5 h! Z# U
E Hashidate, Shell hits 1# y$ y5 i' O0 h) R
E Uji
% M7 r0 I$ A. G" z- ] f4 _" Y& Y TB Chidori3 X9 F2 P8 O6 f& g7 s
TB Manazuru3 ?" ^, `+ q) `, z' ~
TB Hatsukari, Shell hits 4
5 z/ C% `6 e0 H" K- B2 I w TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk* f" w! B. T( m; [% W4 e
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+ [/ ^* t* r$ _% J9 ~! i: T CA Houston, Shell hits 2
4 h! \( _9 `: y6 } }. ^: ` CL Java, Shell hits 11 ?" ]/ J* ~7 i
CL Tromp
j w* o" D" n% p1 U CL Dragon: `, K/ g6 N, @# C- M( L+ c- {: i
CL Durban
9 }! [0 s: R9 b CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1: p3 y) V p0 [' g" f
DD Alden
5 z; m( D+ V' Z& v) Z1 d& c ~6 n DD Bulmer6 A$ [1 c L( g$ _$ ], B
DD Edsall2 X& k- Y# F$ z+ L) N, ~( F r6 i
DD John D. Edwards
: }* P! i) _4 Y; p- L* D3 C5 ^ DD John D. Ford
; p" [4 P$ c( R$ w, G1 F: { DD Parrott
5 U" ?1 _! m. `: Y o: H DD Peary; j7 l' n* |6 v' C0 @( z1 x
DD Pope
9 W+ A, _. ~# T- @4 E DD Whipple
$ B; e, [, z& a% E DD Stewart
0 ^9 U6 s( U" j# w# j6 K DD Witte de With6 h. j5 ] |; x! J: r
DD Evertsen9 y- j) q! g* b5 O
DD Van Ghent3 _' M6 w1 a' j( g9 f
DD Scout
5 f2 q x& c9 @- P5 E& ] DD Stronghold( O& l/ I. T0 @# W1 k |
DD Thanet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards! p; C; M8 N( E' n9 R
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CL Oi, Shell hits 11, heavy fires5 W4 x* O5 @, V$ l2 y0 b
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1" n* L( @# o6 L; g6 `! B! z
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
; {" z5 @7 n" ~5 G3 ] DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1
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Allied Ships# G- c4 h$ P2 w9 d" |% m2 W
CA Houston, Shell hits 38 {% V* Y+ l% S \
CL Java P1 z4 ^. J* a8 z& H
CL Tromp! m( j( k/ z) ?" d& W
CL Dragon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk l7 g/ N+ J2 ^+ A- Y4 g0 t
CL Durban, Shell hits 1
3 ?7 l( B, i8 h. x A+ h. }) p CL Marblehead
& W* m, p3 v L- y0 W' l: h# b) i DD Alden, Shell hits 20 n1 X) ^& J/ e9 _$ r: s. ~
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 3, heavy fires/ O3 ?/ h2 h8 W% [( ^& j
DD Edsall
8 V( s+ A/ p, g/ b; h6 T DD John D. Edwards9 W; ?3 x' c5 b& X) V9 P
DD John D. Ford! m+ m$ H, W# R/ S+ y9 C- c$ S; n
DD Parrott
" W0 @" U' \/ U2 t DD Peary, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 k& b7 V' D% O DD Pope
# ]4 k! l x: d2 J DD Whipple
& v: t$ |" j1 B ] DD Stewart( |2 f5 Q; S9 u$ U
DD Witte de With0 }- r6 x2 X/ E7 q$ \ D$ w
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
/ o, X% `1 S' L DD Van Ghent
" {# q+ K& a+ d4 h$ \/ R DD Scout
1 A& s H4 z! J8 l: ~! i DD Stronghold
6 B8 G. L. ]8 n* u DD Thanet
. O8 @9 g7 E0 i' ^6 R* w( b DD Express |