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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
& A& g6 B* v8 O* M _7 ~' qNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards( y# p: c1 x% g, E- x5 l% E* O: h
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Allied aircraft6 a C3 x( m' n+ |" ~
no flights
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* ? L9 J, R. JAllied aircraft losses/ p9 g1 r# Z- d0 \1 z3 G2 D
No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships3 G3 h4 M9 w+ V
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
7 l% H H4 a5 l4 |$ f CA Aoba
9 y4 w. G9 m! b- x( v CA Kinugasa- e! f) i# X# T& D8 y# f% F, i
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
p3 B/ c1 z4 {5 }5 ~/ @+ e CA Kako
" a6 ]! p: s' S8 L) q* @! h CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
. }+ z: I' F0 C$ j& ?- x- ~$ v7 |9 S CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
; J; s; j* z, k4 q3 F* [ CL Yubari
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) H, K- j- D/ Q2 F+ v, `( y CA Salt Lake City
0 E: F2 h5 d2 D$ J CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk, Q5 S9 ^* ?* H, p0 y
DD Grayson! C7 M6 C2 ~; n% h. x0 Z
DD Monssen# u+ t! m; f& D$ p9 R2 `) G0 H7 r
DD Aaron Ward4 H7 w0 f# f4 `( l
DD Laffey
7 ]1 w8 u6 f9 W2 v3 h9 D DD Farenholt8 D9 m; n3 n9 `5 w
DD Maury# z1 c0 w4 J% f( P4 p8 w
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 ^1 ^& @3 {, }: T5 x
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
3 X8 j% a$ B- @" @4 z DD Stack
8 ^8 I: S- w( E, X& S" A DD Sterett, Shell hits 19 G5 s) j$ @& ?8 S2 `/ K: O
DD Balch7 B9 U) s3 V$ G- V$ }1 o7 ?
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1 E" ]2 l* ]+ J9 N4 B" t. L7 R/ zReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight/ F- E0 d8 i9 T$ \8 q$ _
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards/ e! z+ H' N R$ r( M. F
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
% [# a2 _" O2 I5 I5 W; e( W$ D; VRange closes to 14,000 yards...
; h$ ~0 o9 |: N$ iRange closes to 8,000 yards...
; S$ b! F) z1 x8 S7 ^$ SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
* f2 u0 `- ~8 y" GRange closes to 5,000 yards...
$ c8 D% i( z+ P9 i" n6 E+ ~Range closes to 3,000 yards...6 z" d/ y& d1 p8 j9 P* a( |
Range closes to 1,000 yards...5 Y2 e: x7 r/ `4 P! l0 z" j0 ? n
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'0 {% D/ G5 Q! C/ H, k# ~" b p
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
/ Y8 Q9 K0 c* R% }0 }+ rCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
. z, Z( [6 l! S' r$ DDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards4 |. Q" a% Y9 w! U
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
3 u' F! D& J2 x6 W+ \- c ?7 QCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards8 f/ _) Y& U9 J" g. B. t
Range increases to 2,000 yards
$ }* o& D( S5 j J2 Z/ `DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards3 W# Z* i; T- G/ q. L, ]
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
% u% S9 [0 `5 f4 O+ G& |5 QDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards; n) ]: T1 H# Q
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards4 I( {& U' A9 f; h& A- Q; Y" ~
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards: i( M* X; c' U7 F
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards, C4 V, C3 Y5 _: ^* x
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
$ x0 c+ t- X5 X w+ w% N; ACL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
( t1 l3 h. F. }, i( X% G6 ZCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards: _0 k# o9 }; s P! D
Range increases to 6,000 yards( a7 c- H" D5 J# y( d3 P
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
8 s7 S g" F$ y8 R$ p: h8 d9 V! ~CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
2 r& h2 w2 i. HCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
c! o- X) \- d* X1 ~+ H% FCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards7 t! @; h* l" r- T, M z8 s
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
3 a3 v* T: V( cCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
( V7 q* C* }3 Q- i+ j9 ~CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards B0 Y% J' ~; }" n( L
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards& w0 C2 l5 Y0 z, H% z0 `3 J) x$ k
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
' X' K; M$ i4 r0 d- f& A0 g9 ^CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards; l0 I$ r4 @% T6 d' Y2 M+ u
Task forces break off.... d! q5 h6 G- E( c2 m) }
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) s0 c" q0 t+ n+ x2 lNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships0 G! o% A# |% Z( h+ G' E
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
& f8 J* Q' `$ J& y CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire) N# w M( Q" Q" {
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
. @! L5 c: M6 `8 n) ~ CA Kako, Shell hits 11 S& `0 f1 G: N% Q- t8 P
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
E/ S& O4 T& m7 k CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire# Y( ~* N" M l% t: v6 l
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships9 Y, v/ \. G3 w- M5 T2 n6 T
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire0 f/ Y: u) ?* m8 O8 {
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 @" J( E- L0 d- ~8 }5 b
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
2 P7 J- h( x0 O DD Mugford0 s, b7 m E2 ^8 y
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
5 j, J" V! K7 E" w( l. G# } DD Patterson9 A7 X8 d+ i1 v% U6 p) b0 x
DD Jarvis: `; n/ C7 F; `% ~+ d# v
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; c/ ~8 }; g" ]) N$ \& [0 ~! EReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
& s' k. t: Q& I% A& i, G# wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
" r1 { o# I' c; C- @, oRange closes to 20,000 yards...
" d* A- ]7 {$ W; MRange closes to 14,000 yards...
6 @; _) p4 a) \. E" K4 GRange closes to 8,000 yards...
# d. H# v2 @0 ^ V. T6 J9 jRange closes to 4,000 yards...
' \7 Q7 v5 ]( L4 sRange closes to 2,000 yards...& ^- c+ A; T8 h6 N
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
+ G) a5 y" ]" m2 D3 e i; MCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
) Z" [4 b8 j5 B- E3 c* j* a' Z1 uCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'4 \' a) P% a7 y$ [- O& M1 F
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards2 H. |2 b- z! J3 B7 ?0 B& t
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
. j6 T) K# {4 u3 ]2 o- t+ D2 l; WCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
0 t4 d2 o7 G# R+ vCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
4 s. { j, h2 u% e! G \DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards6 p+ {# A2 R- q* X P
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
' K/ |" ?6 {, ]! o, g8 FCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards+ u5 v# L; M A& _! D/ J
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards/ F) z6 i; q7 {' ]" z$ `
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
+ j0 [- u) ]. ?8 z) I ^( kCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards1 |) q9 y1 s+ ~& u, t+ K
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
' v( i# h5 ~ X/ y6 `2 mCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
$ S( z W; q( s- dCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards- s. b1 ?6 |+ C
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
; z/ M) E r, ~9 T3 h$ l, z0 [Range increases to 5,000 yards/ u) R. Y4 n2 G$ e! ]0 A4 M
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
: v: L/ j' L. mCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
$ ^# n/ o8 c5 Z7 M3 e1 oCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
2 H/ t6 V8 \1 U- I9 MCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
. c1 m4 i# U( V OCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards2 \+ g' G6 s( ]! w$ |2 r0 a
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards6 u ~% A2 b5 w% O) F# \9 H
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
8 O1 i: D# o( L* f+ i7 `" nRange increases to 8,000 yards
1 a% }, ^' F T8 z( q; I: vCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards' }- b9 q' q, ~1 V& x A0 B
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
% s, V3 T) w" l u/ K: YCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
# @( E2 a# ^) e, \7 HCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
( E; r; }/ B' P+ h! C) L. u* X5 @CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
4 r7 k/ }) x, n! s/ pCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
; ^( d" Z- _3 z$ d; H+ N! B. qRange increases to 9,000 yards
. t7 ?, U& I. N& l V SCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards. t; N8 H) ^% Z- r- n: u
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
9 Z2 V0 _+ g6 @CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards) Z3 ]9 x( t% p8 k
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
r- G6 O0 l9 O# F' L7 {* rCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
p% Q4 m1 Z! d5 C! @1 m) ZCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
, T! G$ }5 ^4 m. M- X7 x# mDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards b; t% S( _2 M; \
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage2 {5 X& S! \8 i9 a" A6 i; f# D6 B
Task forces break off...! H4 j ?. G1 X
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships6 e( \0 G4 W5 `6 l% J3 Y/ A9 C
CA Aoba9 g' g. T; M/ m7 Q5 j
CA Kinugasa5 {& ?) r. |/ ^7 Z
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
+ [% E9 I$ L% m! z CA Kako, Shell hits 1: m& O7 k& o5 S& D0 @
CL Tenryu% X3 J1 r* P/ }# b/ @
CL Tatsuta c: V z5 _3 b. Z3 x: N
CL Yubari& |# H" x3 A$ ?: X* a1 G6 ^
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Allied Ships
+ l! V. m+ C) P; Z% H$ y4 z DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk7 b+ v% p/ @, D) |6 F+ l0 w( N: d' a
DD Balch* F. T9 [. J6 M4 g- o" ^
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* }6 U f6 d1 VReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
8 B3 E- H, m% [5 i9 D& [ w- n RMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards& P; X- D6 e/ ~$ E
Range closes to 24,000 yards... ]% q/ l) j1 q) @6 e& r
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: D' c4 P" Y! E6 J B0 gRange closes to 20,000 yards.../ A: Z$ w, X, J E
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
9 Q- e% R1 E/ GRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 e9 g3 ?! q* s0 |; Y, \
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." r# Q9 `4 E! Z$ G
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) a L6 A9 ^: ]" X' Z9 w0 S! mRange closes to 11,000 yards...
1 R( U" _6 V9 A2 p2 A: G9 e4 URange closes to 10,000 yards...0 P, `% a, j4 G/ q# w
Range closes to 9,000 yards...7 `) w* ?+ I: L2 a8 J
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
- i$ }: @' u6 Y( O6 h1 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards' O. e, k: U. ?2 L+ P
Range closes to 7,000 yards...+ N! w; I1 {3 W( H% P
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
. q, j' D; S+ f# SCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
9 X! Z% d; Y3 P- E* l. j9 ^9 P- GCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards( i, j4 H+ K) T+ `
Range increases to 7,000 yards
* V. E5 N% M' V }# J) ^7 ]DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
5 H* @: T" _7 w2 k$ X( b, H' U. W- GRange closes to 6,000 yards
( l8 F3 v5 ?& T2 L8 J/ Y2 g4 J! f6 i0 rCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards: G, p3 I/ i. V8 T! Z2 |
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards0 @# x1 M8 g" W$ @/ x
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
9 w; t- Y# N1 ^9 F' O& Q4 ~DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards a+ H1 o6 ]/ ]7 O7 q
Range closes to 4,000 yards
5 s" d: B1 K( D* G# [" R* ACA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards9 {; W; L/ g( ]% m s
Range increases to 7,000 yards5 R- s5 t# M* K
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards- \8 n0 U5 }8 n, x" W6 R
Range increases to 11,000 yards0 G0 }" w4 T* l# t
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
; t. t5 h; z* J( oAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
. U& B9 _0 r$ J) z% k1 FTask forces break off...
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* n0 Y; t! w2 B9 y% j" m( qNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
9 j" F7 k4 K# W0 z6 B) d1 W; C; j CA Aoba0 S1 n3 b* y' w. _/ F$ T0 G
CA Kinugasa
# a' ~& S% z5 b' m CA Furutaka+ j B( M# R' ^0 n9 ~9 T
CA Kako, Shell hits 1* N6 ]# y7 W8 G2 h8 \1 ~; r
CL Tenryu! J% N$ H( f1 X0 [' M
CL Tatsuta
. J0 r9 c. Z" Y; S0 z CL Yubari+ ?# ~5 J3 u" T% t
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Allied Ships3 P" S" ^, w4 l" d! P
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire O2 v2 h2 I8 R- V
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
, r# v' e+ k8 D1 iMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards1 p, A. Z f: q _: V n( C
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
( |/ e+ r% n f$ x; Q q9 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 b* N4 F" }9 l$ eRange closes to 22,000 yards...
9 N _6 R/ z" o( }8 Y8 R- gRange closes to 20,000 yards...! L. _+ V3 i( D- \) A& P
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." B& g/ z' K( x" b% p# e
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) ], ?0 C( [2 y# [3 K# z/ c& X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ V" E* I: _9 Z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
9 }0 f3 }* B8 r, }2 A% DRange closes to 11,000 yards...
; g, [8 m8 P1 P9 i- C' j3 T2 ]5 Y8 fRange closes to 10,000 yards...
/ r1 ~" U& K5 m% ]Range closes to 9,000 yards...
1 [' w: h& g$ t/ \8 BRange closes to 8,000 yards..." d7 g! y8 B1 @! V2 G: d% ~: i
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
" V; A/ g7 \# b6 _4 a# b) CRange closes to 6,000 yards...) {# }% Q" n- c) G) W
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
1 A. z9 X$ n/ X+ P, qRange closes to 4,000 yards...' b) B4 _4 S8 m' R& @' W
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
( ?1 }! P! z1 ^& _CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards1 V' c9 o' C1 |: {, p
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
9 Z) R% W* `! t4 @ l# LRange increases to 4,000 yards) v- p, L! u$ C/ `
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
2 `1 w b) r! p0 C5 ~, WCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards2 V* u* p, ~. J/ c `, r3 I
Range increases to 5,000 yards, E V: ~5 b7 X3 U
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
! M8 I8 W$ g: C. s9 `+ d. iRange increases to 9,000 yards
! F$ S1 j( D( sCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards+ X9 Z7 b( G, [* s
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape( b' ?! e+ |6 f5 K7 W7 @/ d
Task forces break off.... U, O2 @4 S7 a' F
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5 J8 m) C" {2 }5 E# a$ {6 TNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards( A, v; [' y/ K0 w' x$ }2 |) |
* Z5 @* ^. }4 y. I: k( k9 jJapanese Ships" i+ }0 [1 B7 e. ]. O1 n2 x* ?; W
CA Aoba
) J9 J! k8 G5 b9 a CA Kinugasa0 K3 J. U2 D, x6 n' n2 ^
CA Furutaka
4 E7 i2 p4 d/ I( m: I# S9 `# q CA Kako: x& y0 F/ O) e+ q! g7 @9 }
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
( r: Q7 |0 c" M- H2 ]( ? CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire2 |# L% p; i8 F; M( J( _
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
6 e5 u4 n. K: } APD Colhoun
; P* ]! y6 v6 e. k* @% D( x APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
" M- ]) b9 I6 c6 S, n DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
7 f7 Y+ U* P: L1 J+ q6 A- [9 t DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage; C" I( ]2 g# R. I9 J
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires7 `' V! K7 P. k* K. o
AP Harris) ^' X" s3 M/ \4 L' c
AP Zeilin2 }. ~9 m# T! F- Q" i% P
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage+ v+ s: f8 O$ _2 q' M; E
AP Heywood2 Q; u' a. O5 y: b w1 o
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire2 Y; Y4 Y* \8 B, l1 ?3 D. F# W
AP President Bowen9 D k- z. J4 E
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
& D9 ^) d5 y8 j: ~ xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:( u" i Z1 Z$ Z7 G7 _, k, K8 d& v
105 casualties reported& U7 r& l9 _& n, J
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 u+ f$ A2 x) z# ~/ V. f$ O" c
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
$ L& J7 I* \9 T& l8 }' z) F+ Y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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3 k4 b. v" A- |Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!8 ~# D( n3 i n# a3 _ \
Allied TF begins to get underway
0 W6 z6 v. O( J6 C9 I8 `Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
+ z8 Q$ J8 k; sMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
8 I& n; I5 k6 N" v) T, z- f7 d* ~Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 T8 c" p. F9 P, u b# _; O7 PRange closes to 13,000 yards..." ~4 l3 g2 M4 L W( W
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 U) J; ]7 {% qRange closes to 5,000 yards...0 K+ I1 v9 o* O! l
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
@6 [1 T0 B& Z/ x( z7 zRange closes to 1,000 yards...# k) _$ Y5 a; p6 C- Z
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards9 L, i; s6 D3 C. a8 G$ D3 O
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
$ e" f+ Z) S, z; VCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards; L u" B1 l# \' ?
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
3 ?. j. }! _) _3 qCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards' m! }4 T6 c$ j! Y
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards+ v$ G6 E4 E$ D: {1 z% S
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards3 h9 X0 @0 F! X, \" u6 }
Range increases to 2,000 yards
8 c/ H) u ~/ ~& F; U2 [9 ]CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards/ g" ]! B( O0 ?* r/ [6 V! \
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards1 L* ], s5 y* c8 N- P; [
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
& c1 W1 F+ F. |' f/ zCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
/ Y# A1 g0 F4 g! `CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards5 m4 k2 g& B- I8 r: f
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards$ N' T) I- ?/ ?9 }! q
Range increases to 4,000 yards
* p5 ~+ P* D: ?CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
( W3 u! l: j# qCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards; i& ~" ^, D$ C) L% u6 q- p
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards# [, ~" r% `" P l$ m3 b
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
y% T( E3 u) e7 j, nCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards4 c5 e% @) G, A; v' W' f& j, Y
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
* O; f! Z# A% L" b6 gCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards* A) z% G+ o' ~8 ?& D- Y
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
1 w2 B& d8 S$ ~" y6 k" ^( v$ A fTask 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。
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* E8 z; Y# k& |0 ~+ IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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3 I' o9 c7 } dWeather in hex: Clear sky2 {9 G3 Z- L3 o: u/ r
9 j; M {: e1 {1 W* }) BRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet." f7 ?. N$ J9 C y4 b' w/ C# h& O8 i
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes J* i0 `8 R+ t/ L5 R+ U2 Z
& M3 D: V4 t7 [/ [8 \4 DJapanese aircraft
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' P, x: _' r; g9 c4 VAllied aircraft" {5 S; E. w3 L! ~; I
F4F-4 Wildcat x 87 ~ u0 E9 `+ z: w9 V0 s
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82! ~ [% p3 P. G
TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses
Q5 H4 P1 b7 t/ qNo Japanese losses; t4 o: Y0 [" a+ v, Q3 N& w
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Allied aircraft losses8 X5 v7 c6 B) p$ R2 ? A5 @
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
$ m) [6 b% r- }2 s6 l CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
9 X5 V" \1 X7 J* y, N% B/ o/ l, B CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk$ x$ }! R7 E1 y8 T9 @
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
' ~! q6 A, ?. V9 z; l: I CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk/ t! N9 k) M. x) X; R) C
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