8月9号
8 Y+ c: _: M1 z2 j* y( V, v5 i第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
6 K9 z" R# a. X% b" F- }Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards# |0 I' z, h9 E4 D9 P
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Allied aircraft
5 |4 O1 s$ R1 F" n9 Z O no flights4 b- Y# M( e% }# {3 X
1 Z, A. X% Y0 O! Y& ZAllied aircraft losses
0 D) s5 j+ X4 @% pNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
9 W6 V6 m" w( u5 l8 U CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, C4 q% M% T. I b. Q
CA Aoba, h9 C& A! S- u. D* Q
CA Kinugasa1 |% ?4 _0 p) h$ G
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
7 ?& A, {6 E+ @4 { CA Kako
9 d. i/ m8 Y, ?3 C1 M1 x CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
8 _5 X( p6 n' @ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 64 e; ^# u( v; G
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
+ @6 ]! Y' T" @. v CA Salt Lake City0 e+ L, d, r0 b6 j* _
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
0 k. n+ l6 j7 R, c; e& Y DD Grayson
8 X5 E9 I' e) R" t3 L DD Monssen: W3 _% J: Q) f. ^
DD Aaron Ward: a2 I2 J0 ^' L
DD Laffey
z* j4 f) E# k7 b+ R ^) s DD Farenholt- u7 R h+ @/ F z( Y( ^: n5 `+ J& ?# |
DD Maury
' J" i, C3 c- E9 b+ x" A DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage! u8 p1 t9 b* H5 x
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire! k3 k2 V2 y$ L( @0 k5 z
DD Stack5 `+ z/ d" C. v0 h1 _
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1, F% ^7 N- O+ f2 `& G3 K
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
' X" [( t ?& A, K+ |/ XMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) t- j |5 x4 k J. T( tRange closes to 20,000 yards...) t# r J8 S3 Y( I: j/ e+ l. O9 R
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' i, x+ G' L$ `1 b8 N U
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
% r# [1 h3 S8 }* s8 Q* jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
! k0 U6 [- c* Y3 n: R% [ ?Range closes to 5,000 yards...
* [7 O H# B9 W2 e- ]$ S" JRange closes to 3,000 yards...
% ], V9 k6 V6 A7 Q/ F* m* I! cRange closes to 1,000 yards...
" K8 L; }: n+ d0 H. l b4 oScott, N. crosses the 'T'
B' s2 B( T/ T. p( ?! nCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards$ j* J2 r- Q" A% u! r& g
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
8 D% z. _- ~1 A/ g# [7 ^( zDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
5 {, s% G. m4 N7 b# T, S: jCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
9 h+ ~% P( h9 r, O3 kCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
K }& P u0 h" C+ Z! a: D% `Range increases to 2,000 yards* h4 @ v4 s. b0 W& `0 U& H5 c" H
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
7 m! d5 o( G* b7 J. a# aCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards! i# v3 j/ m4 S! N4 z
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
. \0 u# F& D: r% q$ w7 @# N @/ C6 P- nCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards/ o6 j4 S& Z7 z8 W7 I
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
8 Q9 O% [ O$ S, H6 r9 UCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards0 y; N3 R0 O5 Y$ ~1 W# s4 J
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
/ S ^8 Q% V1 ?2 E' QCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
A! a* j( E. i s( P5 r2 YCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards( g: T+ l) O6 C, M7 F- ~; O
Range increases to 6,000 yards& O0 h) |( L# U0 B; f
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
4 i- k- l$ R8 |CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
* S! o2 @' g ECA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
* A+ \/ X% |/ [" ACL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
, o' K! v: B2 @3 b1 w4 x+ UCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards5 x3 } P8 |% A/ @
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards9 }9 B' Z! F% A6 W! o% X' G7 W6 x( \
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards4 O$ Q, n0 r5 \, q3 E5 B1 O
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
' A0 d1 N3 Q6 yCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards( y3 c% n/ i* R2 B: d- @! z
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards4 `6 y& {8 }& x! T! [
Task forces break off...
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1 c! g& H8 Q; t# q! [; _& [* F% FNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards) [& H- a! S' A3 ^( k9 a) j) _
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Japanese Ships
1 ^ H( B! s9 r* X$ D% ^! b9 Q4 z9 e CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
" r# ~, X0 j3 P+ _& b0 A CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
+ R3 t& m+ {% f7 R" q- W CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1! ]3 i( ~; k5 C3 d3 b. R
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
a& }" k1 q1 ~# w( R6 Q CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire& l) d- ~" Q8 t: p% t9 \& G* G
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire1 c, {* ^4 P% Y4 d1 K2 n/ C
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire: i4 k m" Q8 _1 B" z
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Allied Ships
( L. q( I* g( h( P: |: Z! V6 h8 ` ] CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire( z# d6 f1 G- Z$ @: ~0 s# s
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 p9 g7 P1 E* n! x CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
# k& N& J3 H6 S2 K DD Mugford& Z1 H( W" E- D% }% u9 Q
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
z2 ?" L0 S& R1 P6 s, b DD Patterson
, J0 L6 u* U4 h0 k" `8 N4 i DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
4 l C' F* }" o& q( R) eMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards) n* k' W, @$ }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...% T# x" b. x; c9 q7 x' o8 }
Range closes to 14,000 yards...* A4 o) x/ _. U& H. r( ]
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
4 T0 q0 ~$ E/ Y3 }, jRange closes to 4,000 yards...
) u' u+ N; ]& B% VRange closes to 2,000 yards...
: M4 Y% p. q3 Y* p) ]# [+ ~CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
& j% D" T, K; {0 o) J* E& eCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
% ~" a7 Z! \* i: R+ Y) OCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
, Z$ d. \6 E U5 U @0 p2 L% V- z! jCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
" Y$ O- l" n4 Y/ O2 O0 XCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
$ _ e) N2 {( D* D9 [( Q* g2 b/ vCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards/ M1 ^7 V& L5 M5 |: s* C) X
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
- G' P3 n( }/ \" MDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( X- @' v7 ]) P/ i9 K, U! g* s. Y5 ^
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
F2 H" N+ V7 f/ b( f' X. O1 M& o: I$ wCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
; i" b" W' c6 eCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards8 M# A) }4 S1 O; Q
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
6 X8 I& n0 t/ PCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards3 ~: @; K1 i8 Z! i0 |/ f
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards. b7 {: h% w! Z. l6 {9 T, f3 }* M* p
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
6 i6 @8 e% O$ Y- XCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards0 B$ X$ E1 |2 W3 t2 y
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards5 l1 |* S5 B1 Q/ ?# T7 }
Range increases to 5,000 yards
& s$ m- @. l# a& x- t4 TCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
: `8 G2 v2 }/ @5 OCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards% X( T2 s3 n, d5 q& {
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards. K) I4 R2 S$ ?" P2 N3 b+ \
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
4 [) N& x( j0 G% _CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards) v7 V" y9 h/ f! _
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
' }' q: b) X2 G" n& K) P9 fCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards! S- C+ n4 f( S% J* W
Range increases to 8,000 yards
2 u2 N `0 `; t1 {# s. n. fCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards: y+ c3 c' Y9 v7 H) ^% J+ k
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
9 ]5 e# M8 u4 B& ^CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
, a7 ^% T3 M+ A n1 _CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
. i1 d3 z5 ]& O) \! M7 J! V( wCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
# t! u4 i+ @- k0 v& x+ fCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards6 o, X/ X: z5 X$ k3 U5 ^
Range increases to 9,000 yards' [9 m; p; P) @3 K6 c+ ?7 b4 i
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards. J) f, s% {- L
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
$ { a+ N- p e( VCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
( c( d1 h4 Z! A* c/ w' ZCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
* c1 ~$ a7 S6 a+ d4 H7 b$ ?CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
- e* A, q) G7 U; H2 }CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
; m# Q, W; s# z- e+ O; vDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards4 R; N6 j" F) ]5 ^7 E
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage2 x0 w3 S' x( P( ?) `
Task forces break off...
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- _9 q3 l6 n2 }- oNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards# F2 `1 C( U+ e4 l- z! Y. g# i
$ k. c, e# u; c o5 TJapanese Ships
' f# ~! ^/ |3 t: u' n+ t CA Aoba
6 P4 [, a0 I- n# Z3 a4 C% _+ c) n CA Kinugasa
4 A, _- M. p ?4 q CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
+ ]% k* r& L, q CA Kako, Shell hits 1& ?4 z4 B- ]3 } S/ P( C3 J
CL Tenryu
" Q( H& j; C- ^: `% N2 s+ h* n- o: j+ [; e CL Tatsuta
! S: w! Z3 S( G CL Yubari5 e# \3 f7 |& H6 ~0 ~; D4 h
! @: F/ h: |9 p, L2 m0 l" w* ^Allied Ships
7 Q" Y& @- W: _: n DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk0 f2 f! `6 Z" C% e4 d& B. s5 U
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight& @6 Z B; l6 K# S( a3 P- z9 x
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
* `$ {4 g0 `8 R% J0 K: [' j0 uRange closes to 24,000 yards...% W% O& M) ^" Y1 V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...6 v4 }' N$ F, ?6 _% D
Range closes to 20,000 yards...0 B. p) C& w/ ]6 }4 J, K: v D
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* Y3 a3 B+ g4 u; ]9 Q7 ?$ jRange closes to 16,000 yards...# u& L6 U/ L. U. a. K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...7 J" @5 |- D0 v
Range closes to 12,000 yards...2 |8 p0 b' N# {9 L1 m
Range closes to 11,000 yards...6 |! b" J" Q/ K
Range closes to 10,000 yards...- Y- c- Q8 s- `- Y8 Y# C1 O
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
9 T5 O7 a! l$ R1 i1 j5 q# zRange closes to 8,000 yards...
- V) ~5 I3 v8 X" d- RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards/ P v+ d3 K# _9 I: t
Range closes to 7,000 yards... q0 X: ]* `' D0 [! g" d& K
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
" O/ Q# E h% K& j% d+ ^5 P, vCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
3 y- J. \" K: M5 H. ]CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
" A1 R' `$ Y! n* BRange increases to 7,000 yards# k2 T% t! H2 w$ t) T
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
) Z2 k6 p* A1 a/ s' IRange closes to 6,000 yards3 T, } o8 Y" u$ t6 b8 H
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
4 Z4 Y F% w7 Z2 B: I/ N, K$ `CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards# s2 s4 I2 b/ E$ Z8 _
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards+ u' Z7 f2 }9 [6 b4 n( K
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards+ c0 E3 o8 F* L& S
Range closes to 4,000 yards5 K. v% e, l. g* [
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
7 o' Z6 ~8 L N$ \4 u7 DRange increases to 7,000 yards' [* A; L# x5 f; u& W' x- \) t _
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
7 ^3 ~/ E6 [& g4 m! P5 R7 @& N6 ]Range increases to 11,000 yards
( L3 H% j3 Q3 F8 qCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards/ [9 q8 O- ~9 b9 C) g, ^
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape8 g' C# y6 X6 l) b0 h4 r1 O
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards$ I7 e- f8 u9 t
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Japanese Ships
9 J* g) C6 Y+ K) ]5 T# @8 @ CA Aoba
6 o0 A. V5 X+ `+ `; Q" \ CA Kinugasa
; d' z3 D- | Z6 R, Y) n6 ` u CA Furutaka
: _; L2 {0 T) q" z/ P1 n CA Kako, Shell hits 1
! @2 Z: Z- d- ^* @ CL Tenryu
" _7 o" d2 s7 g CL Tatsuta
- D! e5 d9 m2 ^; P9 E+ M CL Yubari
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Allied Ships; L* y. J) }8 d2 w% l! i8 D; ^) k
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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( N" R- z, d$ N% v! OReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight E$ B9 F x+ \' T7 H3 P! ~
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
" H: G8 O# J: V" n5 g+ vRange closes to 24,000 yards...
U- Y5 N5 H$ XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards2 G" i) P- i8 M2 b
Range closes to 22,000 yards... T/ e; A0 m& p1 m Z$ N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* N/ p/ R0 t1 _5 a J E2 DRange closes to 18,000 yards..." {! {! ^& C J3 l0 U$ }
Range closes to 16,000 yards...' \1 V; H* X7 A w1 M) E0 Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; D* I, R) @; X+ O! x" I% `
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
& i' U+ z! V% x* @Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 z1 B# X A5 V+ o1 m4 V
Range closes to 10,000 yards..." g9 c0 s; H; J. f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...) N+ u: h5 O f7 `& _0 _0 M5 a0 S4 n
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
6 Q, s$ a" S8 S) X2 W' C, o+ ]Range closes to 7,000 yards...
$ f! K2 P6 ^7 J8 m- y9 b8 k+ BRange closes to 6,000 yards...
7 V! s/ l, I/ e$ l- W: DRange closes to 5,000 yards...
* V& ?" ^& Z0 u w' V. O1 @, @Range closes to 4,000 yards...) M: O% F# x; n( F2 ?: P
Range closes to 3,000 yards...: a) o& b' l$ x$ Y
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards2 |" B9 M4 L1 z7 N8 G, B" i* i
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
% |. ~6 x) b0 q$ I# ~Range increases to 4,000 yards
" K: @: K0 s) }! S ]7 x- x0 MCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
+ Z! a( y* v! bCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards7 H% K8 J9 b! E* c9 P
Range increases to 5,000 yards
, d* ]# b- a% CCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
+ r3 Q ~& r2 g2 X f4 n( WRange increases to 9,000 yards( X, f7 i; P2 e4 p
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
+ s! ` Q+ M$ d- ?' D5 U% x3 AAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
; k4 O7 q" z0 q- c' K$ Y* }Task forces break off...* M# J" q1 O* ^# n& |; L
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, G/ X+ T% {. F7 q. ?9 XNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards \3 C& J, I$ n0 u) Q
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CA Aoba
) c+ v' `3 [9 {; e, D CA Kinugasa! f7 i3 ~0 v* k& q$ X% X/ Y
CA Furutaka# X, P7 @7 [0 J+ E2 E8 n3 P; c
CA Kako, M' _9 }- i. ]; `3 i
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
, [' y/ [$ \# N9 k: @1 ^ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
$ e9 e$ p: n& r5 ]5 q" b3 c: B CL Yubari. K- j; n: \/ K2 Z
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APD Colhoun3 o8 T# |0 Q1 b3 `9 T
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
! P3 B. M9 y8 I R1 H DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
: ]* Z9 e1 m/ P0 s" O* D1 f5 }: } DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage6 Z5 h- m: v. I0 \, a8 K6 w
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires0 g8 ?: ?" c' e2 e2 c% {
AP Harris
1 B) Q9 P/ q3 U8 X- F+ \ AP Zeilin
2 g/ _' K9 {: S' o. h' Y5 Q m AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage% \' m$ H& o& A" N' v- N& j' [
AP Heywood9 Q* m3 g7 ?+ m1 T0 a
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire( B& f( ]4 ^6 w' f" l/ W: y3 U
AP President Bowen; P; L; [; f, ^( ^
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire |: \& j( n% b3 Q7 C& d: G. T
xAP President Wilkerson
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R: k2 I, H) M0 N u9 { m# JAllied ground losses:; |4 B2 a+ m" i; a
105 casualties reported' H. ]5 b4 X Z: O
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' s8 _1 v/ m5 B8 H2 x% a Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
' y3 c. L* q- W8 g Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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& w; z# r) @- L+ X" D8 QJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!" F2 W$ z: M$ K" t2 Z2 z ~# e
Allied TF begins to get underway) G) @& z- X9 Q! g5 }
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight/ ]+ }+ v" S- g5 B
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
$ x% ^6 S9 D4 G! f9 O! R$ yRange closes to 18,000 yards...' w3 l6 c x: s! X8 ^. R
Range closes to 13,000 yards...2 U& b4 T$ v6 P1 V: A" ~9 L3 S; H4 ?) |4 G
Range closes to 8,000 yards...6 A b) S! m- t. C6 X! n( o. F
Range closes to 5,000 yards...- |1 G+ Z7 h& _1 x) b1 c
Range closes to 3,000 yards...% v, e9 B! s$ r2 m" z$ z
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
* Z" \/ ~. `3 z& ICA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards+ N1 W* h, H. h% W1 p2 @
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
+ P5 p0 i. b; g! K; [: e" ^! cCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards, ^7 x; a( ?, t- c5 C
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
0 r4 n i: F9 t% x1 |: _CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
" b2 U3 I$ t1 oCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards$ s1 \0 b! W1 T" [
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
/ X/ z/ ~' s2 m( j5 g9 URange increases to 2,000 yards2 w1 g' q1 ] D
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards* g5 _; U( ?1 l
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
) @$ G8 `. ~" Q/ g# N7 RCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
" k. E7 o) A2 ]' @CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards" L" ~: A# @( N) Z& |' n
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
1 }# B% U# l0 Z0 V# MCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
# a4 S4 j; g7 p' s7 GRange increases to 4,000 yards
9 ~4 h4 [7 q, u% zCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards- d& t# ]1 z" z; F- a1 F, W/ t
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards6 e& h. b2 x1 q; n' P$ _' _
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards0 a! p! _' s/ Z: a- `
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards0 c0 \5 w: E/ D5 a2 W( d- P" a
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards( b3 N! G& q5 f& g" Q8 G: _
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards+ F" V/ A: C- Z$ e7 M) h
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
3 V4 F7 `# i& y) ]% |4 @, {Allied Task Force Manages to Escape' L1 s2 G, O8 w5 S; a
Task forces break off...0 R5 e! k4 f {( [6 S
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# c4 [: [2 A1 k% ?) E; P J' C第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。" J+ W5 N9 Q* a' v2 L, Y
万恶的58!!!& U' o/ E/ ^7 q
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,1343 z! [" d! d P- c
$ c: e k% D" d# n6 RWeather in hex: Clear sky
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+ ~. |3 G2 |# T$ j5 x2 v2 W7 RRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.3 v5 `5 t: q# t
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes7 u0 R9 G; T, O" |# N1 w
# y9 Z8 R! m C; {1 nJapanese aircraft
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3 t! q) U+ P/ ~: ?" }5 Z) Z8 g5 HAllied aircraft
( I8 F4 n7 N4 v+ K5 U F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
: R6 V! A, H7 N z/ u9 L$ T SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
& x% _ E/ Z2 j% J TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 P- c2 W! r- A& j" l8 @# z% u; i zNo Japanese losses
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: B3 s& N n8 n$ { ?Allied aircraft losses
. l# _0 Y$ o4 d3 `5 v9 |+ a SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged* V0 V* c8 @* G8 \+ \1 E
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged* X8 E$ a6 C0 p; D7 s: i4 m0 m
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Japanese Ships
3 b K# G1 ~1 x: R1 f0 J* a, G& Z CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
0 d" E6 G5 n7 e; j4 v CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk& ^1 B2 Y4 q2 }3 |! h# q# \4 [/ [
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
n; `% l1 I3 ~5 o- s9 H! G CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk9 O% T# g! t) r
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