8月9号
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+ K/ p, [* G0 M7 j/ mNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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' ]5 o8 B, [! X1 l. T$ M" \Allied aircraft; ~( c c6 f6 M" ?' |% p" m J
no flights. ~% I* k- W4 v: H, k! k
$ `- y4 H0 M* e1 S. f0 \ s" v- y2 i+ d* gAllied aircraft losses- z# |: b% |; y7 b
No Allied losses7 ?" h# s/ F* N6 x
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Japanese Ships- }! R& f$ [$ U) R+ G
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
# z7 X9 q% L8 E/ g CA Aoba
+ [+ }; |1 h+ p+ f ]& e CA Kinugasa
( {& \2 _' w% d$ ? CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
* F% @2 y8 P4 L; x/ e$ X; ]& l CA Kako' C& ] X: k1 w# t: y
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 14 G2 Q' a+ b. P$ i/ f# q) _
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
n3 i4 G. c4 A0 S) Y+ Z CL Yubari: _$ _2 }; i; Y9 L
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- l( \& o: r" }$ [4 N. a* H+ c( l2 j CA Salt Lake City
+ M& r$ s) S% Z: L. k CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
: c. F; M( N8 Y. R( Z3 o DD Grayson5 w& J/ }" s! W/ K9 v( Q. c' w
DD Monssen+ l+ u- ?7 s8 j% w7 ~
DD Aaron Ward: b4 g2 ?" y: P- a
DD Laffey" Z7 S$ x& x0 w7 J* m) k" r. `
DD Farenholt
8 k5 t2 S0 m$ e DD Maury* s6 K/ x& B. n, ?! u
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: B, r( l0 F& ]9 i1 a; s1 x DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire8 g6 q. {$ t( `6 _
DD Stack; B x8 t8 X O! b" I Q2 h
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1" N/ h7 g. S0 k: G! C3 k: M
DD Balch
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$ M/ O4 p7 N8 M SReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight5 r# W; U7 |% W
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
7 {) M! B; ?0 r6 LRange closes to 20,000 yards...
( c0 ~& K" m5 w9 g K9 b* t0 WRange closes to 14,000 yards...
! m( k8 S- F$ TRange closes to 8,000 yards...! j& q) Y4 z9 Y! W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards3 ?2 v7 l' A, M
Range closes to 5,000 yards...' f! |/ b6 q$ ]
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
4 U) Z$ E' { ]2 j; L: e! V+ c, dRange closes to 1,000 yards...
: ]4 A5 n2 I) r* m- J( RScott, N. crosses the 'T'6 A! ^' e5 s, w% i3 O
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
" [2 W. T& K, d0 }3 J- p8 YCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards9 a3 E7 [0 F, R, k% F
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
" m* v, g8 _: DCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
4 k& i8 B" I! [+ h; m8 d$ sCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards/ f3 A8 f7 r3 H7 x
Range increases to 2,000 yards
( y0 v( n. _6 r0 BDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards% d% R) t3 y3 t/ J
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
' g3 m* Q' e+ MDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
) J H7 k: f9 z. QCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards% ?" g, ^4 i. y7 v* U( ]" `( D
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
8 {+ f' l! V8 k% W' e" y) NCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards. [' W; K/ R' z
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards- s- k. U# U0 [1 J% G
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
+ E" d7 x0 t# m) G( E7 LCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards$ u e( I4 _: B9 s% o# K+ m
Range increases to 6,000 yards
# ]# b7 e0 {8 o+ B9 p% P9 X" ?4 |; IDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
8 i c5 T( |( F% jCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards) }( B4 E2 I) E) t
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards; ~ e+ _, y- }: m
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
6 f8 @7 d. f+ \; T' _" w0 S' V. v7 OCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards" o: l2 k5 ]- l: J4 B6 L& `( P% ]) V( y
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
, t$ J% l% T0 BCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
1 Y& `4 N& V7 D. P+ KCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
; K* s) f/ J/ A4 E8 X m( A" ?CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards$ N) h# @+ U7 N/ @& \
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards! [: z& L) e i( [" n+ h- ~/ T
Task forces break off...9 ^" @# }0 ]- B* W* I
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* @# V* T1 G, u3 F$ bNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships" t- q- C7 Z+ e4 s3 o
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
1 F/ Z$ W* K: z9 H0 J; y. s CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire/ U" e( C7 Q/ g/ q4 w2 t$ r
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
/ ~ d/ S5 w4 p6 G1 z3 c. a4 Z- O( P CA Kako, Shell hits 1
% n% e9 d. ]: I2 I CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
; K9 b( S; s) T CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire2 n* S# z; G7 A; {5 _) }4 k: [, x
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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( Y3 ?8 @! g4 W+ GAllied Ships5 ?4 M% N c0 P3 I% B
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
7 t) ~5 t& K. T d( O$ w CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage4 n5 t' r% g) ~* ]6 }
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. {6 Z h0 T8 G$ h& |6 F, L9 \ H
DD Mugford; J" J0 S7 B. ~6 x* u
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
! D1 K: ]- O8 [ DD Patterson
# N2 U8 I% Q. ~' }! {4 ?* T) f DD Jarvis5 L/ m: w$ P5 h" c! Y' o! {/ k
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight* `5 K* j: G6 j q% u( Y
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
* K* t2 s, l: }: iRange closes to 20,000 yards...2 O7 p0 N% R0 _' u: u
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: U- N; d) y8 a( q2 K0 ^% W' DRange closes to 8,000 yards...
) K3 Q/ f. u3 S/ _Range closes to 4,000 yards...5 `, r0 s3 E3 ~) U1 A9 q5 T; O4 m$ D
Range closes to 2,000 yards...( A4 X; g( L( j( O3 A+ M( y
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
* E+ L0 m8 y N- H* [4 e3 Q4 e" w4 YCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
4 A# H' P: B& }0 c, C: zCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
1 M3 I1 A/ {% b+ Q6 R. iCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards5 i( z& Z: j) [7 k: x; O. g3 z- c
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
6 f) H% x" A+ s. v1 |CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
! P$ K2 o0 C6 b( {$ e5 z2 LCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
9 C- P8 v3 s* U) dDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
_/ w4 j8 G4 A( f1 z4 b/ gCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
4 |, O5 Q6 y- F5 e9 k4 wCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
9 Q; ^2 O1 w3 ^( u# tCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards1 E' i4 T$ ^" ] X/ C5 J* C! F d
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards, K ^, [. g6 a& V
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
: C8 x* _' G5 jCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards! i7 I0 h/ [6 g: B; I5 i
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
& e+ j' a {' j" gCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
) A5 ^0 f" P ZCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards1 j" ~4 H" A4 h$ n; V4 b5 x7 m2 d, t
Range increases to 5,000 yards; y6 G9 i+ ?+ w0 E9 M4 A- t& q
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards" W' e/ V5 @) T# K' U" ?- y. [
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
* H6 C4 r- I3 I @6 U4 P- WCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards ~/ y: H: s, C) r" J" F: {
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
: a5 i: ?6 s `: \CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
9 j( _' J/ K, l& c$ XDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
: @, N9 w9 N% N1 q! `CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards- N# W# d [% q6 n1 z
Range increases to 8,000 yards
$ C6 b" o. x, k/ V7 ICA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards% {! U3 K8 ?- k" f" B
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
& p' q: ~/ r" Q' iCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
4 y$ U. u# {8 DCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
( ^9 d$ n1 g$ l, \- `6 nCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards0 }& v: n6 I, `: `" e
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards$ _8 w( x, [6 R+ ~! H }: ]* \6 s4 n
Range increases to 9,000 yards2 e3 X; n1 d, P$ n/ r8 J, N
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards& s- p' n# x2 I/ u8 E* A
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards' F7 K9 e% z1 x+ K w- O, [: |+ W. |
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
9 R$ B" A1 h0 Q+ n. }9 z$ qCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards, F* ~6 B& J9 X% p2 X; @
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards# W4 K0 @, ?$ a6 x! `5 ^$ I
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
: s. X2 Y/ l& @+ c% E2 PDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards9 s" e: Z" a% B( d7 Y: r: _( H0 g
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
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" e4 r7 s9 u6 i) q, ]; f8 TNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards5 P. T$ d: R; O% b8 z
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Japanese Ships+ M7 d L; a5 k" m2 A9 E! x7 |7 T
CA Aoba) p& L& x! S$ M( C+ a
CA Kinugasa
& K# U2 F$ S$ e% h: e CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
6 k1 ]( ?7 x. x+ s4 | CA Kako, Shell hits 1
; f; K2 u& m* F, ? CL Tenryu. U1 e+ W1 k* H4 L
CL Tatsuta2 s7 y% F$ T$ ?$ J) X
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships! }$ |2 D5 x2 u: W& U M o. C
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
, D- z" |8 y2 e+ X0 {' B6 j DD Balch1 A' M! l% i# i* I
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; }5 D/ n5 E$ F# MReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight; G/ B H: \- `8 K) j" N
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards5 M/ H* \- W' q/ y9 z( a* m
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
_0 K* }. J0 i' bRange closes to 22,000 yards...: B/ J2 C: s0 h) @$ _. F* M
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
4 }# X) E4 i4 pRange closes to 18,000 yards...
) E; t/ K( {; J4 K5 \; _- r; jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
7 }' [3 c6 S9 V$ q- r5 \Range closes to 14,000 yards...( o) F4 j4 t K" z, R
Range closes to 12,000 yards...2 F" ?, M; s6 g7 O' z/ y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Y' E5 D6 k* @2 D7 T! oRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 U$ n; x* ~8 v8 D4 iRange closes to 9,000 yards...: P9 k/ o' m( o. g- M7 s( R! e
Range closes to 8,000 yards...9 N9 {( {. C( D5 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
. y4 q/ j: V- S, |) \8 ?" p; iRange closes to 7,000 yards...5 I. {6 E: b* S! a3 }
Range closes to 6,000 yards... f7 }8 d: n* ]4 Z8 Z
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
9 ^/ j! ?: Q/ c# f/ pCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards! y4 s* y6 u0 ]
Range increases to 7,000 yards
* x- t5 I7 N% Q* ~DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
/ \2 m- Z9 I, l qRange closes to 6,000 yards# b9 @. z% k& B. E8 L/ H( M5 y, E
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
: E' V7 v( ?/ o: L( d& FCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
# \! Z% ]& r% | ?. o. l' [5 qCA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
& p' _8 S2 y% h' aDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards3 Q& L% ]0 G. L/ h: o
Range closes to 4,000 yards" W' G9 B) |: S: M2 J% _
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards: a- U3 Z$ S4 }* o5 a5 k
Range increases to 7,000 yards
0 a/ ~. B# ~( g5 Z- r4 h' fCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards. G4 h* A0 Q( H+ ^
Range increases to 11,000 yards
5 B: H% U" X% z* S1 HCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
; t$ ]3 h+ o' S7 ?; TAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
9 r, X8 X! X+ ?Task forces break off...- ]3 C: b1 z8 \! a- I* c/ B( ~
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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6 \9 \9 p: [5 D8 V- `0 j) FJapanese Ships# C: {6 m1 Q: e5 v" I, e; r0 T. Z
CA Aoba8 R) e& L6 A( \6 U1 Y" ~0 D7 E7 N2 b
CA Kinugasa
: Q( R: L4 A1 B CA Furutaka/ x% X* Q4 V2 U8 z: {5 D
CA Kako, Shell hits 15 q% k' r F4 W- T0 l" M
CL Tenryu8 m v3 ~ Y, M- G
CL Tatsuta4 M! B- D9 h* a% }1 H2 m
CL Yubari/ n q5 {2 T; O' d( _
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Allied Ships
1 f; g8 L4 J6 I; \: D DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire6 |4 a, h9 Q- ]" V) k0 ]; D+ ^# _
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight# j- K4 x0 k, J# T' N5 e
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
$ _' c/ e! ^( p6 k% L$ f: wRange closes to 24,000 yards.... r) W) T) X( D/ x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
; P& E7 }* Z$ p3 yRange closes to 22,000 yards...5 {/ j3 \$ r$ g7 v
Range closes to 20,000 yards...7 U# A8 r, _; R( I; o9 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...6 I$ ^' ~/ c- Y' u; W5 l! q7 W
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ y( M- v7 m5 }! f
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." Q: y4 `4 p6 `# R8 J" }
Range closes to 12,000 yards...5 e4 }/ l. j; v! b/ n5 {; i( w
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
) Q7 {4 v/ S1 w* b+ LRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 b; X# q7 d6 H5 e6 f, n! Z5 ]" f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
! i5 D5 h. Z5 p9 k9 X: n) S& xRange closes to 8,000 yards...
& g1 L3 Z" Z6 T1 uRange closes to 7,000 yards...) D$ w q% y" ^- g0 Y$ z7 E
Range closes to 6,000 yards...& s" G. r2 \+ e: E/ x& o1 Q3 |
Range closes to 5,000 yards...# n4 C9 s& m: c
Range closes to 4,000 yards...( ]" u' C" \8 G
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
' p* X3 x/ O+ Z e# R% kCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
/ U( F4 W! ?+ W# G/ ~CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
3 @8 y* y* [0 c7 l4 c3 G3 q; qRange increases to 4,000 yards" j0 v4 G/ \% B( b5 }: _
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
+ C6 _1 x: U( t' p2 rCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
/ X/ h# e1 x7 V, n2 sRange increases to 5,000 yards. P$ e' h' ?' i, m, A
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards$ V% p" v8 D2 X. ~1 d# h, J
Range increases to 9,000 yards2 y. T* ]4 ]' [! O
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards, I" }6 E# W6 d1 K1 E/ l8 V4 Y2 t0 t9 `
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape: C* V& ?! [/ D4 `; e
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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" f; I1 K3 D6 l% u+ C4 q4 D+ zJapanese Ships& W! N& u% {. A1 v" s
CA Aoba
' ?) G7 _' f" x( L CA Kinugasa8 k( H. f8 M3 R7 v2 }
CA Furutaka) T4 O5 n4 W+ N
CA Kako9 @* _: j T6 o& F, `
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire# K/ e m! P/ }5 l" k7 I
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire# O* n1 t3 y( \3 H' |
CL Yubari: C" { x. Z3 c8 r( T$ h* \
5 c7 k. X$ e7 o" ZAllied Ships
; R" F# P% B( U( j% T; i8 E APD Colhoun
( z9 }* w; T. @ APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire4 s$ q+ @* V* C1 r+ |
DMS Southard, Shell hits 12 f" v, |6 C, H8 U! |# N
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
H$ t E- b4 _5 M5 g AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires! E9 d u# J2 D" U; ?) ?$ x
AP Harris
, ?( l6 B9 I: z1 K- K AP Zeilin# ]2 [6 ?2 k/ e2 K% v! G
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- c6 l* _% A; q. F* J+ S
AP Heywood* \9 r: ]% M* f% b- M- g
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
4 a# Z, H$ |7 O' X9 F0 R AP President Bowen( O$ F% L0 w8 J( r
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
p* t9 r8 p: Z: i; W$ n! F3 ^ xAP President Wilkerson3 b8 n1 D5 J4 O- g! {0 e; _
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8 R8 [% w/ Y1 rAllied ground losses:% m7 T& o# e5 o9 C
105 casualties reported2 ^& n8 J0 b3 ^' I4 i$ i( z8 O
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, A+ @0 }4 D. y/ ~$ v, E
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled7 r/ h, U' y0 e/ v8 ?
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 X- S* y. X4 T
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6 D5 |5 ?$ F7 {/ t, tJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!' y. o; p2 Z/ w
Allied TF begins to get underway# q3 L3 b6 |5 |7 I, `5 @# P7 C
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
: u/ ]- d' Y: o. B4 ]- H% W. sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards; R0 v+ V, B) J( W$ F
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* P) X( G8 ~1 _9 t* i3 \7 RRange closes to 13,000 yards...
' \! A1 h% O6 J, ]8 h8 v$ ORange closes to 8,000 yards...
& X, {( ~8 ^. \8 VRange closes to 5,000 yards...
8 X8 Y# J0 S4 {Range closes to 3,000 yards...
; s' H( W' f' ?7 p( F9 f5 DRange closes to 1,000 yards...* o+ Z7 ?. s/ q: w# h2 R L
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards3 F0 i8 r) u. o G0 ?4 R6 b
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards6 J! h: _$ @9 M3 e9 ]- o5 e s
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
4 M! Q* |9 |3 i3 e5 PCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards5 V5 g7 _3 N$ N' O% {
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
d+ B2 N1 _+ @6 N* ~CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
5 ]& Q/ ^- v7 U$ ?% `9 xCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
# |, M) N9 V: F% f& Q( o- qRange increases to 2,000 yards( g7 D2 L6 u7 Z! x6 h9 d! `" K3 M& ]
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
3 x0 e2 \" g6 X; ~CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards2 h2 f9 p( N1 U6 Q' b, }
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
4 T) M2 e( U4 c4 g" |, FCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
: N+ ?1 ^1 P% s$ @* ~6 WCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
2 I+ j) D$ w- f0 A; h5 b" ?CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
, X. x. @+ Y* _* A+ rRange increases to 4,000 yards
" h' f' x% }8 q$ W5 qCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards* |: x1 t5 \: U8 }, f. T
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
. \; n" D8 u: g$ XCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
2 V2 _+ ]2 a) O3 ^CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
( l# }. X5 S t- `! H7 b( Y. HCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards3 w) g) x8 f: {7 H* c/ l
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
( T1 H" O) Q* T* W @' `CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards% @6 M5 w7 C$ l, j6 V+ {, A
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape# t( X/ ^3 C [$ }/ e
Task forces break off...
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第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。# X o7 k# t. k! m! s: \
万恶的58!!!9 _( z/ N. D& d, I" g2 B
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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" S4 \) d2 V8 m5 O# ?' |5 MRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.# ~# N+ |+ ?+ ?; H0 B5 @
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes8 A" z! g* O; x' \
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no flights
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Allied aircraft4 E' p7 |+ D# A
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
# A, w8 ?, V9 T ^ SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
; L, Q. d8 {0 L, Z F$ [( Y# h TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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No Japanese losses
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2 a3 A2 g: n" F3 K$ KAllied aircraft losses9 b+ A& E/ I) M6 i' @
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
, j2 ]9 o% s5 E) @ TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships1 P' T7 K+ }8 r: |+ l
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire: E; I0 M v8 A# t- ^
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk) [) |/ d- I4 j
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage+ `: _" M' v8 R
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk; K3 L( j: Q' K0 ^# O1 ~2 O& u3 z
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