8月9号
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6 G Y- g# }2 CNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
! f) f& g5 G# a no flights% P0 N% S2 M. [, L3 n% m4 h
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Allied aircraft losses6 n# ?+ Q- k9 l2 S; Q4 C4 ?7 Z
No Allied losses
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1 a& H' M: n8 ^Japanese Ships$ `+ Q6 `+ G5 W4 s4 T
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
$ P* z9 W& s+ R CA Aoba
* _/ u0 w( i7 b+ J2 X; k CA Kinugasa
X# ]6 d" `, V& {0 {" M( B$ r1 E CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
, |/ \$ C( G: ] CA Kako
7 G5 g: H* T0 K3 h+ ] CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1+ X: k- w$ l+ a- g9 h8 @$ S0 D# ^4 n
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
* C N# d2 z6 L" m+ `+ @ CL Yubari; D! ~8 _' u5 I( r; q8 l
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Allied Ships# C0 S7 W# l9 P7 s' u7 R- d
CA Salt Lake City. L+ C) b1 N9 l6 n4 H2 g) F8 k
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk7 n7 P7 t: \$ e% L5 v. @" X. k
DD Grayson
. ^( F! P, g0 ^1 P1 t) y) L v# X; o2 r DD Monssen
; Y: b; }1 N& R! U* G1 ]6 D$ ]' W' m4 m DD Aaron Ward( D/ n8 w, p q: H# V
DD Laffey
1 q; @/ h# n( h' ^" D$ F2 |# U3 i DD Farenholt
) W& o4 }1 ]9 u8 z0 I1 w" } DD Maury& Y3 {. J9 f+ m# k5 W# t/ c+ d3 P
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage- |7 J: Z3 D' [0 u
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
^+ m# z/ |$ P! y1 @ {! o DD Stack- O; C8 W& |. k0 ]* K
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
: V2 K0 h) q, z DD Balch7 F; }9 e p v5 @2 n& x* b. ?! P
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
( S- y$ B, x, i. z, z, c7 p7 CMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards) H- n# d, H# ]) h) U! s
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
7 J3 h& P5 l9 D5 \4 k* z9 L- Z( ?+ vRange closes to 14,000 yards.... l0 C; Y: \* q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
+ n v0 M7 v$ s6 J- Y$ |: fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
6 i9 X: r/ ^3 w* ?Range closes to 5,000 yards...0 j [6 j6 o' w. v1 Q
Range closes to 3,000 yards...# p- ?( e5 e, ]; U
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
, c( d7 h2 `0 G* zScott, N. crosses the 'T'
! ^$ j% k" d% |CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards- |! k2 c3 \3 r$ _1 o0 O9 y
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
: }7 ]1 Y* t" TDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
" h" u0 y( S1 L- zCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards* Q8 h) B7 v' E- A" A/ K
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
. _$ p$ {" ~: Q0 o3 KRange increases to 2,000 yards
' e/ E2 x, ^" EDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
5 q8 D7 ~) r2 k$ VCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
4 F! l, \% F$ A& LDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards8 B% `7 V7 ^6 i( _/ s
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
% y* a7 S& H0 p0 N3 ]! `/ q hDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
. L2 c& C. @: O+ l' wCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
3 f7 u. t: R+ y9 PDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards" V6 I, j! B6 `2 r2 G
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards8 u: |7 b* m3 T) T y+ r6 u
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards( X; U: P9 M* T5 A6 ^0 P. s: v
Range increases to 6,000 yards
9 |* Q$ m6 a2 d; a, C3 i8 }; wDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
' G' N" @7 c/ V7 c* cCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards% Y: E9 `5 H( V6 p
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
. B* n* g% D$ ~' oCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
9 C7 Y( a' q; W; H7 |5 kCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards* V# N( k" f0 Q% d
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards8 U" w& E; k1 w+ \0 @
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
1 H. k( ~) Z" FCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards" \* [0 C8 k, |& T' y* d: ~7 O
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
/ L5 h; g' Z, M* t o* I I! FCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
# d7 f; _! h& _2 STask forces break off...& F0 y# \8 R" J: _5 N8 h7 x
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5 ~/ q4 X1 M5 l( f. t% R# vNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards. ?% X9 ~) \4 h. @3 t
. G* g+ R7 o! q [7 AJapanese Ships
0 `8 A4 b w* I6 q% T+ h4 t; }3 ? CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
* R3 i3 [/ H# u9 V7 C8 ] CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire' s/ n& |7 g3 F% \1 }
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1# B( k4 ^8 m8 n+ t
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
# b5 @5 o0 g; p% a3 X9 u CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
) B, Q7 t" d: r CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire/ N/ A9 ?3 P; Q
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire% n, O$ F1 A# ^! k8 }0 w
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$ ^$ F1 o4 F" M: N$ y& O# G) H, S CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire5 N% n- K2 d- i% X0 v9 `' ]6 z. W
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 A+ z. J* J+ r' f+ e; e CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage( c- [* J6 M( P! n' V: Z5 E1 L
DD Mugford- Y9 Q+ Z( Q! f" `+ z* Q
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2/ D+ U4 U$ P5 V6 L8 q$ s
DD Patterson0 U8 c! u" O8 {
DD Jarvis# o( O6 c2 I% y# l; i/ y, d" }
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" n+ \0 Q9 ~) d) [Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
' i' r# {2 F* C/ d( wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
; |3 z/ u5 Y H0 LRange closes to 20,000 yards...
c* ~! z5 H f6 ZRange closes to 14,000 yards.... B5 d* a/ Y$ J) @' o
Range closes to 8,000 yards...* B, k, n- H+ U1 R
Range closes to 4,000 yards...2 z1 l5 B. c# C5 O
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
' h. r. x+ w% `8 X8 ACONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' Q2 c" T, q* Z& F3 OCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
/ O. z9 d, g# s" \( E" F' w; OCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'3 q; |, H# `0 B
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
4 m2 Y. O+ }- l; R6 FCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards' Q4 |7 i2 R8 F4 R) q' ^
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
" l7 {+ s, n' QCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
$ G9 g" V* L- _( MDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
+ B7 O4 O1 r; P, kCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards, ~6 s6 x3 S. U1 k/ R
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards! s& g) g( [- f% _% D( y
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
( G7 P/ H. m5 \8 C% l1 l3 eCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
; ~! i6 n; S- JCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards4 J% N. o0 B/ t1 S1 l
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
5 U1 ^. X$ Z5 _, iCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards9 N! w" \3 C3 Q$ w) P Z
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards$ I( b0 |; O1 r$ T) n" J' X( G
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
, A% {% R; Y o& ?6 ^" J' B1 ^Range increases to 5,000 yards
9 h* l; s2 W5 T, p9 Z3 ^) HCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
. l9 a. p; i$ u: I% n2 A8 h, KCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
4 t3 K; ?6 |2 S3 aCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards. f6 Z% h7 u1 n; W9 |
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
7 s( L4 Q% ]- G4 x- N% K0 v+ CCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards0 G1 H* U1 A* j4 n
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards# V& `0 G% `+ i% V' B
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
5 E1 \6 g) K3 q5 c+ O zRange increases to 8,000 yards
+ U9 v# c5 w5 X" c: f3 f8 j$ @6 D+ UCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards# G4 e/ R! I! p8 a" b
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
% k, s5 r. K1 L+ Z0 I" B4 CCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards g! Z- z0 |* F, r9 n
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards* o% p# x) M0 s7 a7 n. E: }
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards8 V$ V* v+ y# | r
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
* w* O# K4 J! d' PRange increases to 9,000 yards
; y/ H; c! v' D. }1 s3 z4 xCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards9 }0 t9 M$ V+ a
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards9 U. {- ]0 e, f& N: @6 s: q
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
V. T0 Y+ Z+ ]* H# m5 zCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards/ X- J6 \! P0 \1 E
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards6 D0 n6 G- Z+ @, q
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards( R, e. Z5 e& D1 O" L
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
- l1 y0 k- T& ?8 a# cCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage% Y5 z: f& w6 h) I `6 p4 q
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards7 ?. [! J- i! c1 r( R3 n E2 u
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Japanese Ships
; @! p$ K; G) P" J8 G7 \9 E CA Aoba
' k# z# l! C3 ]$ N$ [9 ~ CA Kinugasa
8 I' g7 M+ }6 s# K CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2$ _1 L, G; _7 c
CA Kako, Shell hits 1" Z4 c) K+ D0 [% K- l1 I$ k
CL Tenryu
( D3 j7 U: G( W CL Tatsuta
: c0 f0 z% V. ]# f' d% g CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
^0 f7 o4 J& C. E DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
& Q3 z( _" c5 j2 `8 M DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight# X8 g' u3 u8 E! X/ ]8 c0 |* C
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards" _+ H3 B( q9 }+ d( X' z* G
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
7 t$ o5 L0 K+ [, ~/ n; | j0 VRange closes to 22,000 yards...
6 F! m3 { y2 B& SRange closes to 20,000 yards...) O! u1 @* P) P* D E- w
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) ?1 V5 ~* D/ h; U- b. ?# y
Range closes to 16,000 yards...# I1 Z: Z. ^. P
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& A: A9 ]2 S: s( C9 c7 Q2 I" IRange closes to 12,000 yards...
) W8 f6 x: X. ?- n* r% K" U# d5 ~7 PRange closes to 11,000 yards...9 I+ [2 [9 x+ ]8 t7 s
Range closes to 10,000 yards.... C1 z7 P O6 R M
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 b# f! k G- l7 g/ d7 A0 Q: g1 uRange closes to 8,000 yards...
$ n5 q' Z3 f! R9 u \7 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards) O k, k3 W. w1 R) I
Range closes to 7,000 yards...: y: \# a& W1 l( n- b8 \" \
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
5 R, T4 @# R" r8 bCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
3 _8 ], M6 z! ^3 ^$ Z" CCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards, d' ~1 z$ |% y; V# ?8 B
Range increases to 7,000 yards
/ h$ O z# r. h0 D6 wDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
7 w1 [: d" l% _- ?) m1 GRange closes to 6,000 yards. c3 B. j7 D3 W/ ]
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards9 K8 G, H6 z( h$ \0 j- {
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
2 Q [: r" j% i8 J4 H( O: MCA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
$ w& j# ]5 M& y) \3 a2 ]- nDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards2 V6 T1 a9 x) F$ a" N6 W
Range closes to 4,000 yards- r) L; n9 R* y; E" R
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
7 k' p( f; |: p0 Y+ ~Range increases to 7,000 yards+ I- `4 j1 o1 [, A5 b& O2 s
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
1 C w$ G. T' o! kRange increases to 11,000 yards
4 Z9 a/ J- w0 r1 S% pCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards) _# V% R h. ]$ H. h0 `1 Q
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape2 X( c2 k7 K5 a' m
Task forces break off...
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q6 {$ O6 T- j: m, u1 k- ANight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
0 J) T5 ~/ ^/ f* H: R. }( f CA Aoba% z5 S; K$ I+ z+ }
CA Kinugasa L+ Q3 }! S: ~' h! e% r% T6 J
CA Furutaka
( ~$ x) P$ H7 `# w: V CA Kako, Shell hits 1
1 G1 J0 ?( F1 G* M" x; L: x CL Tenryu& L, }3 _$ g2 \& C0 g, G6 Q
CL Tatsuta
7 W6 g. w1 |* R CL Yubari/ L! @2 c- q. x/ E: ^
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DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire( ^" [2 V, J+ s: q% [% ^+ D
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight' t, H- R3 J8 C0 K; v
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards k+ g0 ]- r) R, B$ I- t
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." r. n' }7 x3 r% W7 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ A) u2 f5 `4 s0 S, w" S( m
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
/ s) k9 a& i Q! |/ O) \Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 L& S* D f# }- _& iRange closes to 18,000 yards...
" n0 R: Q4 A- W4 m9 E7 ?Range closes to 16,000 yards...
9 p7 L3 S! z9 l, bRange closes to 14,000 yards...
9 V' c8 n1 x9 O3 RRange closes to 12,000 yards...# `/ f$ o/ K$ I2 |" c
Range closes to 11,000 yards...- R$ ? E; Y, p9 i" g
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& ]. f! t" V3 `: t6 oRange closes to 9,000 yards...; v3 u( `2 j7 W" ^' i
Range closes to 8,000 yards...: F1 a2 `/ w" ]: c0 n4 E1 N
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
) C1 V# F- \' F- r+ zRange closes to 6,000 yards...
! O5 a! x* Y8 |' Z/ gRange closes to 5,000 yards...1 o4 N# G* |& ~0 G8 L1 n
Range closes to 4,000 yards...) D/ l, y8 O7 n& t& x6 I* S
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
: e" i" f$ r1 J7 CCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards0 V9 s ?* c# } R, ~( y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards; X7 F' d/ z- ?2 Y* J( Y9 n; `
Range increases to 4,000 yards3 _+ c* d) Z& n" t* }/ V# p
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards1 R; x* J/ c7 h2 f% T9 r
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards4 y6 a) \& d2 N) {* S) n2 ]
Range increases to 5,000 yards
& Y: k! m6 t0 RCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
. k% C G( z2 v; C6 a; hRange increases to 9,000 yards' P1 L! k3 g7 ^8 X: q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards8 K6 i6 x$ V j! {( D0 b$ \
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
; Y. H- L' E( {( B2 r/ F) m$ CTask forces break off...4 y5 C: q) d6 z/ b; b0 A: ^. g
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+ k0 }" v: h( q/ b& INight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards3 N) G& P% J; D" d: O8 J
# u$ ]7 `2 A* xJapanese Ships- [& n+ C9 S9 _+ k$ o( g8 I
CA Aoba
# `! c# t+ B8 Y) e CA Kinugasa
8 L: a- A" r) O7 _- q CA Furutaka
3 z+ }" w/ [% h* r$ z% T# ^ CA Kako
" C( H: Y* D9 w5 G4 M- k \ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire, ^. C/ W4 t. B0 A: Q8 e$ [
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
% C) a. k+ O4 P: H Q; @6 j1 ` CL Yubari- p% _5 f+ q( f8 T' Z B
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Allied Ships
5 d. Y) g _8 j. f APD Colhoun
& B3 u- Y G7 V0 A APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire9 n. x/ t3 W" T7 H
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1# Q4 g$ \, R6 I! X/ r
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage, z% n. _4 n& l" h$ B
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
! Q6 P/ m* R5 q7 y# u AP Harris8 Z. `9 {1 o p4 [2 L( A3 m
AP Zeilin
' v6 x; l7 V! X) } AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage: Z# ^5 y6 z. ]- g& u& s
AP Heywood; |3 m- u4 S7 S! T* M! {# d) G7 F8 a
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
7 H; }; ~: B5 G0 W, U- T6 b7 O& q3 l AP President Bowen: A& e9 v/ g' ?: b+ s
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire! G3 \" w& k1 _& k& ~
xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:7 f: q' p$ n: K: g: _
105 casualties reported" [* P1 u9 j' ~6 ~" w; V0 c8 R
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
t- U/ j I" O, h Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled5 p; t: m% A- x7 d
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! x" |5 ^& c! q& V/ s/ K9 X
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- s9 d4 u6 r! v& }Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!6 G( f2 S! J! [2 _
Allied TF begins to get underway+ n% f- g( u; |
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
2 o) Q. O2 b) K4 m$ G2 [Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
/ l% R5 x- x1 A aRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; P% `: D4 L$ C1 }- M8 sRange closes to 13,000 yards...
( i' D9 R7 Y/ X" S! ERange closes to 8,000 yards...: [: E1 U2 s- E8 P4 K) g/ G
Range closes to 5,000 yards... L$ o; f' ^; \1 j
Range closes to 3,000 yards...! F Q) J; H5 D# h
Range closes to 1,000 yards.../ i' n ~4 E+ j5 {- p1 s/ N: L$ M
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
2 \! _9 @8 G5 n' V+ ]7 G: o4 BCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards$ ]$ v7 l5 o* E2 m. t0 G; w
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
1 T) c7 J$ q3 H2 XCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards# @( T2 L# x* r* a( D0 y9 b" y
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards5 o7 b& g! t3 ~+ g; H9 P3 _
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards" B% K& N. a+ E
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
& _9 d J% g6 I& C0 o$ tRange increases to 2,000 yards# |& I f3 b2 Y
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
; o5 W; i3 h& l4 f0 ?- Z6 `CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
$ i9 y. J' Z( m/ S4 z! _CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards; F! i5 n! u v) w7 J
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
' p2 u* O8 [: i% u; H, @CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards/ i) h5 T. j$ u! d: c
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards" U. ?9 t* z: h: [
Range increases to 4,000 yards) l; R7 P2 Y- r' Y. A
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
7 E+ a& L$ N H7 |# Z: A! ^9 _CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards `2 [$ F+ b5 {; e1 \& s# E
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
) l; _) U# S Y A5 [CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards4 w; r3 m( L2 z3 x
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
- ]6 q' t- o+ r( D7 R @ }) mCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
4 d% N) \* ^; v: t# GCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards+ l: N2 F+ c& ~& {% C
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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# K b* `7 V. } i x第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。2 ]9 S4 D% P0 d2 O4 S
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134, M R( L& u; e) y/ o
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet./ Q/ {7 c2 L( J/ P# A* w" O
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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no flights
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9 v% W2 a7 y- k& x6 D' l# L3 lAllied aircraft
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1 l; N8 O8 s0 g1 `/ H l SBD-3 Dauntless x 828 `- }; E" r7 J9 l- W
TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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3 S u8 k) A3 H8 uAllied aircraft losses8 U/ Z1 v$ K; y# G
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged1 \5 Z: {* G$ S# E* X$ i i3 B, i, S6 v
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
5 D. ^& [+ i! v6 J9 Q, E CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk; g0 v2 R. q- @3 I' u) D" u& V( b
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage5 W* e$ ^ c) \" V4 S
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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