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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉 
' E( i: N. _' L. E' bNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards9 g( w- u; t! Z$ `0 n 
  
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/ |1 m: O' b/ [  @      no flights1 U5 ]7 b; c! n# @; s# | 
  
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No Allied losses 
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2 y: L# o, x3 D' oJapanese Ships* r' Z4 k3 c9 m3 B( I- |1 S0 l 
      CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire 
7 m4 y( X! z4 ]  }      CA Aoba 
% j- y( e) U" j: C: X4 |      CA Kinugasa2 j4 m# n' ~2 j5 U! L+ c 
      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4 
1 I3 ]; c4 R; P4 s% y" B' o1 K      CA Kako 
% ~+ a! c( z. ^8 H5 O. i9 P      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1$ r/ [+ x: Z  l3 q0 j( ] 
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6 
+ U# w5 }' f0 @# K0 t      CL Yubari) T3 N  j2 `7 m, ] 
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Allied Ships6 M( A2 E% q) `/ }! ^8 k 
      CA Salt Lake City 
6 v( ~; E/ [8 I! v5 e      CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk 
3 r; Q# r( [0 A( g      DD Grayson( Q6 j% O/ m7 a3 K6 Q 
      DD Monssen 
7 Y8 s; Y7 b5 S9 D0 }3 z      DD Aaron Ward, b/ Y. G- A. q0 S5 d 
      DD Laffey 
  z' Z1 {" P, l, l      DD Farenholt 
3 N" L7 j* {8 G" o8 K. A$ B      DD Maury 
3 {' F1 B, \2 N/ ?) }      DD Benham, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% W; c# l4 h+ M; X; K 
      DD Lang, Shell hits 6,  on fire+ \2 U6 o* D; @6 b 
      DD Stack 
4 r2 w6 E; G: Q  B, U, y      DD Sterett, Shell hits 1 
6 @  g( S% i- i; S0 i      DD Balch) d4 |( t2 F8 Y. s$ z$ B! u# X 
  
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight; ^1 E( }. @* E& G- Q4 l* [ 
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards; A9 z+ W" [6 k6 y+ T 
Range closes to 20,000 yards...0 `4 p8 R9 R6 [4 C2 a 
Range closes to 14,000 yards... 
6 U6 @$ K/ w5 RRange closes to 8,000 yards... 
  A- ~% ]2 f# R& C/ L* t( x: TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards 
$ H( J  u; m. h1 z8 ~8 ^  LRange closes to 5,000 yards...  T! C) V( U# O$ W8 r# J  |6 _4 x 
Range closes to 3,000 yards... 
7 i3 _3 z* E5 NRange closes to 1,000 yards...  `6 y( l2 K2 @5 j2 r7 C$ U0 L0 l 
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'/ x2 w/ X5 E4 }' J& v5 N' G 
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards 
- B. N7 J. J2 w5 KCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards9 n1 I) I  ^5 e. C* M* b: i" Z1 J: [$ o 
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards 
& }4 d5 O' e8 G8 N+ W3 Z+ k' FCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards 
2 H+ W! p& \7 OCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards& z! F1 r- f8 l9 t, n1 u 
Range increases to 2,000 yards! Y! `: G+ {6 L6 { 
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards 
( F$ x$ k# Y7 H* }CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards, N( l2 \) r2 |+ x6 r 
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards 
: X. I- L! o3 gCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards 
# |: C/ K( t. K/ X( w% M$ yDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards3 V8 |4 J8 y" G7 c# ]5 b9 [! ? 
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards 
4 f6 v3 }4 u7 l! a- a4 Q: |: @* O* hDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards# m4 Y. o  A  G9 h# |2 F  Q 
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards0 i, z7 Y! N* L5 p5 M% j3 E5 a 
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards6 B7 `3 w* m2 c( e 
Range increases to 6,000 yards 
3 r) p6 p/ u/ G8 |DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137  
7 P1 D/ \  Z, L. M$ c" D0 qCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards 
! p# D- t* s. }# ZCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards 
( L  m& k& Z# Z8 B) X+ Y6 F, O" dCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards3 \. m3 p; n( H" M7 |( j/ m 
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards. z3 o3 u- \; O 
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards$ [3 M: _) G7 B 
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards 
, |  _' U' i' c8 W1 {CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards 
" {/ b; D& ~, Z0 A1 k6 bCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards 
( o- Y4 @5 B  s" V% X. uCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards5 g2 b: W" m' ]. c/ ~8 j 
Task forces break off...+ P( W" I4 J9 e5 }+ a 
  
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards 
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Japanese Ships 
1 J: f! W; O5 I9 [      CA Aoba, Shell hits 29 K# ?4 n, ?& {% V 
      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6,  on fire 
6 B( c( A% g1 {6 i      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1! d& x* E/ g1 |4 u+ S3 F$ M( f  i5 H 
      CA Kako, Shell hits 1 
5 a3 r" j/ e! Z( d% B      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire 
' E* P2 \( y6 Z      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2,  on fire 
) E7 I9 S5 x8 j& a- h; j6 d      CL Yubari, Shell hits 1,  on fire 
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Allied Ships* ^9 p/ L. a# W4 G- f0 Z 
      CA Australia, Shell hits 6,  on fire" o  ~4 \: K1 X9 O- j3 }. d2 { 
      CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage 
' S, E0 j! v/ x. z" z; h% J      CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage  x0 O+ ]; B) i9 a 
      DD Mugford# m) B# ?8 k' i9 Y, F" C 
      DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2# L4 |! N* }1 l 
      DD Patterson0 f% R9 l6 U! H& L+ L$ h; L. A7 H 
      DD Jarvis+ ?8 W$ q$ n/ F0 c; } 
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight8 S4 y( x$ R$ P7 F; ]) t 
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards 
! p3 e7 |) }5 C0 b; y) U6 C' eRange closes to 20,000 yards... 
- r+ k' R  J5 I6 m7 v  e$ V6 Z- |Range closes to 14,000 yards... 
# [- G$ M+ u7 ~' fRange closes to 8,000 yards... 
( t4 n. }' f% W* IRange closes to 4,000 yards...9 L8 V. k" L2 ~. y 
Range closes to 2,000 yards...9 A. q6 C: Q' m" Q9 P# P' F 
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards 
0 ^8 z  a8 o3 s. K0 ^$ SCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards+ P. V+ ^4 M& B* a9 b8 R 
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'! b2 `1 {" Q: U, g4 w, t6 Y  Z% Y 
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards 
% b2 k$ A9 M( G* f) ^2 o7 vCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards 
2 o" G7 p( B' Q8 n% i  CCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards, A. @" }7 h* P$ g 
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards9 c) L! |* V" G 
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards: d' a& u3 l6 f6 _1 V: ]5 @ 
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards 
1 l3 z8 X5 u% ?8 Z; H8 V% o; SCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards 
9 \  u0 |* z: g8 Q, rCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards 
4 d; a3 g: z4 m6 y3 ?5 U/ QCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards6 \! ~$ \3 a9 x' |! W 
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards2 W+ J7 j' @! p$ R9 O5 X( b$ b 
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards 
" V1 ~5 _5 p6 j9 I1 o5 [. tCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards 
3 N% F' S2 {, ]CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards7 H* }8 D% Q2 L- ~$ c 
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards: G; C- N# @" W4 k5 X 
Range increases to 5,000 yards7 m% @2 s+ k0 E5 k 
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards 
1 F+ `  o( v$ }# v  s7 w# M& t# H' @CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards 
: W& M) q9 {" O/ SCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards( F# c3 h' b5 Z$ S 
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards 
& ^9 w" y5 s- j1 lCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards5 ^! L( F1 {6 \+ o- p3 M 
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards5 B* R( \3 H- ] 
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards 
& M' }2 E8 d5 G1 G! TRange increases to 8,000 yards 
; s3 c$ [5 |* t- @) B! n4 mCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards9 a6 g7 D% f* t& F, W( n 
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards2 H) N7 s" M( D) ?) e 
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards 
3 h! ?4 P1 s4 L1 O2 r) W# ~0 W* z* RCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards# b4 S5 u/ P/ q9 n2 }2 G* l& {8 i2 t 
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards# m. v) l( n" n$ d  W( @ 
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards: G7 p; j) {6 L5 q 
Range increases to 9,000 yards! B. Z2 ~  B1 J; V9 g 
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards4 U$ K4 J* P# _ 
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards 
9 B8 V9 C; T3 N7 B2 J( OCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards, h5 z0 W( Q* F/ p8 }9 v# L; f 
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards2 U4 J  D4 \, r* v* y  O# b' X. X( L 
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards 
3 l' u, m: r- X' w4 H# T5 kCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards 
1 d, H& W0 W9 N* S. TDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards 
, O8 J2 U2 s/ |2 u: A# fCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage  M: X: T( e: O. n8 i 
Task forces break off... 
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards 
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Japanese Ships" \# v/ l9 Y' k1 \ 
      CA Aoba 
# p+ i  x8 R4 T8 \& n( Z5 A! b      CA Kinugasa 
3 o$ U4 }! p4 B& W      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2 
& A; P/ w' b# O* B/ t      CA Kako, Shell hits 1 
; i% I  [; [* f% b) S7 l, |      CL Tenryu 
. E( p# M5 `& _* n. t8 E1 e      CL Tatsuta. V; _( c) Q! @8 O/ i 
      CL Yubari 
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      DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk 
' f/ ?, \0 X; b; v* z* P: f      DD Balch0 d; d2 l5 c. C3 S( a, S3 r- e; r7 Y4 Q7 a 
  
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight: X% g% X4 K! a5 m4 y; h6 H5 Y 
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards4 ^- O/ X3 o1 F6 s$ y" M8 t( H 
Range closes to 24,000 yards... 
$ F& _% X3 c- B# p4 ^& ERange closes to 22,000 yards... 
0 U6 S4 [8 p3 Q9 j9 dRange closes to 20,000 yards... 
# I: {& C* M+ b+ [! B) k, U0 d5 zRange closes to 18,000 yards... 
' i( g2 k3 a: H5 y4 HRange closes to 16,000 yards...6 U, l" {% _; ^: @2 z7 t& g; k 
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' Q; S' m2 ?$ e. S) x# T 
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( S2 W9 m* H9 J* T* K: h# d: ^ 
Range closes to 11,000 yards...9 h; [! k& ]- l: T' ?5 Q5 Z 
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ Z5 y- ~4 N  f- C 
Range closes to 9,000 yards...2 O' v* |& s, H2 j* C+ ]3 B1 v3 G 
Range closes to 8,000 yards... 
$ U7 k, V: z8 F+ g  ?2 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards7 [7 F/ u' t/ J, A: @6 L$ n- | 
Range closes to 7,000 yards... 
! R$ S5 j( e6 [Range closes to 6,000 yards...8 T* z. P; u0 U: N6 k6 B 
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards6 l4 T7 o+ x$ |! g/ n" c 
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards 
4 B1 e5 H4 F$ I' p$ e5 gRange increases to 7,000 yards$ r; b/ ?. |9 K 
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards$ H6 A7 V# A4 x5 ? 
Range closes to 6,000 yards% V3 D) n1 k; @9 \* L 
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards 
+ R) C) v) ~7 Z. {, a) b3 p$ fCA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards5 v8 {8 y2 V+ o7 g& [ 
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards 
; j; q  Z1 S9 VDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards  L9 ^, A8 |" \7 p( y( v4 F 
Range closes to 4,000 yards; A% F. M8 j* e: p  ~0 e# G7 a3 R 
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards 
* S# ?" u: h; U$ xRange increases to 7,000 yards 
7 H+ w1 B# N+ i# U9 J0 M7 PCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards 
9 Q& d5 h& K) U$ }# BRange increases to 11,000 yards 
3 r6 N2 V! m8 T% s3 M1 u2 W2 `CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards 
! a) ~3 i  V% }1 c" n0 A- |  GAllied Task Force Manages to Escape 
2 `& h! [& m$ KTask forces break off... 
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7 o% y, T( z7 E& \- c/ u+ KNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards" H8 K' G- z  E5 j 
  
& K3 O7 Z: r7 z6 JJapanese Ships3 y. G7 i5 G: D. y0 D 
      CA Aoba$ W; O2 E1 V8 i6 O 
      CA Kinugasa 
; t/ u" F8 a: @) o7 H8 ^" r6 D      CA Furutaka: S  z* @# K$ x9 F9 e" h 
      CA Kako, Shell hits 1. N1 g. Q( w; Y" ^ 
      CL Tenryu9 K' A; w* i- t+ C- T; a8 Y2 z# m 
      CL Tatsuta: m/ T% B3 Z: ~  U 
      CL Yubari 
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Allied Ships1 P2 B2 Q3 c- A# b2 _# u* n 
      DD Balch, Shell hits 3,  on fire 
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight, n. T4 b2 o2 Y2 M; S 
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards 
- _1 I/ @7 N. V4 o  s9 F1 sRange closes to 24,000 yards... 
. ^0 y' P0 L& j4 o: _( UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 S! b4 E6 d6 H& d$ s 
Range closes to 22,000 yards...0 s# B; k7 e1 d# e: o 
Range closes to 20,000 yards... 
1 J6 F0 h5 Y: S) M- Y# o. hRange closes to 18,000 yards... 
4 S/ M- B1 c" F/ s+ E* V1 R* tRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 |" K- A# L. N$ W1 U( l2 r 
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; ^# }, ~  o' M8 h( q% M 
Range closes to 12,000 yards... 
- v! S8 r- O/ p# iRange closes to 11,000 yards... 
, |8 a8 e' X' [+ dRange closes to 10,000 yards... 
% I9 u( D) r. r  bRange closes to 9,000 yards...- T, l4 B/ |! `2 z0 j$ W% S7 r 
Range closes to 8,000 yards... 
; r6 y' P( M! R2 j2 F2 FRange closes to 7,000 yards...$ k  k/ G, |+ s% [, X. Z) F 
Range closes to 6,000 yards... 
: l6 a9 U3 C9 l/ e4 z3 P6 ]- nRange closes to 5,000 yards... 
" y9 W( |- t% S3 N4 l8 iRange closes to 4,000 yards... 
; N' G: i) S. g) W! N7 E+ fRange closes to 3,000 yards... 
7 ]; I6 ]( k$ @0 zCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards$ M/ ~9 t1 P; j; j- X' r" s6 z 
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards 
  b$ G7 U; L( Q' m& I2 ~4 vRange increases to 4,000 yards 
% l& ]$ T7 P2 J0 R1 E+ ]7 JCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards 
) K( v) c  L4 a/ V6 NCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards* ]3 @6 M0 [4 E6 X 
Range increases to 5,000 yards9 s$ Q- Y8 M+ V3 @9 _5 c 
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards, D% P' F: j0 V4 ?) i1 b 
Range increases to 9,000 yards 
& L3 O! d9 ~, Y" r  X: }* FCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards7 c0 J4 S8 o5 T6 Z 
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape8 k1 B' M  g2 _+ n 
Task forces break off.../ Y* [$ t2 |  E# ^1 y. o( t 
  
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards9 B6 X7 V) S4 k, y7 j% ] 
  
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9 |6 ?  Q( t& O% b9 {9 a$ l1 r      CA Aoba$ X/ \$ H; Z' H5 d 
      CA Kinugasa 
& _- N) V" L% ^, F      CA Furutaka 
* ~- u! j- D+ z# E) {6 q: H2 @      CA Kako 
, K4 h: y+ T+ y0 L: d! v* v$ E      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire; v3 Q5 S4 j# t) ?2 I" Q( A 
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3,  on fire 
* U& ~* f! @5 f, H. ^2 b      CL Yubari; o* K) ?7 A; l5 X7 S 
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Allied Ships/ X% F7 Y% P! r% P& j  `, [ 
      APD Colhoun 
# k" _' g4 @, b8 n      APD Little, Shell hits 2,  on fire 
% r1 n% |0 y% M0 S  q1 u      DMS Southard, Shell hits 19 R& R! r$ J' i  m 
      DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; y, w" W/ m( Q% j" X& ]6 }! l 
      AP Wharton, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires 
( d, j4 S& f( j4 T      AP Harris 
# t2 g: ^2 Z% H% ?; P' x/ Z5 _7 _: X      AP Zeilin! t6 G6 t8 F4 H 
      AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage 
# x. L, G) l& R0 ]9 q$ U0 Z      AP Heywood. M, L$ E9 N* [8 A0 ` 
      AP Neville, Shell hits 1,  on fire 
- ?9 _7 b& s. ]& `' ^) t7 s      AP President Bowen 
4 C  ]& o8 c: F( K      AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3,  on fire9 g% R5 i$ C7 o/ O$ u 
      xAP President Wilkerson 
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Allied ground losses:, z- A$ X8 B3 r# Z/ R 
      105 casualties reported 
+ m1 J- ?. _9 `# H+ ?         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 
  ]! Z7 n0 ~# i% p% U9 u         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled 
! u7 P2 ?' n+ m; k% a% Z8 y5 q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 
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Allied TF begins to get underway 
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  B( V) ?" J! J" {8 N) _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards* q4 Z3 r4 g' z8 G$ q0 W 
Range closes to 18,000 yards... 
: u" O- b) f2 r% r2 E! {, O4 _Range closes to 13,000 yards...8 s9 h4 \  C2 _ 
Range closes to 8,000 yards...0 X1 Q. \  n5 P( I 
Range closes to 5,000 yards... 
9 N& Q( l7 s; H2 \Range closes to 3,000 yards...7 |' U0 r' H; c. N 
Range closes to 1,000 yards... 
4 D' I, F2 v% \7 y1 }CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards 
$ h8 J7 G$ c& rCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards! n/ [/ Z3 E7 [; p& C% U 
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards 
! [- p# d) E7 bCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards5 [/ i& W9 G- U# ?2 m 
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards 
! e; W( ~- u  r+ `; T* |$ cCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards( h+ n4 b% z. W9 r$ d 
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards 
1 l5 _& m7 z  M3 V1 ]Range increases to 2,000 yards' s) F9 W% t+ d! \, ~ 
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards 
; l: {6 `# N( D9 BCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards9 |* w4 o/ g# }9 Z  t/ F 
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards 
  a8 y$ Y3 h2 v2 c: u' p7 nCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards! t* b, M. }' w! y" v 
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards+ N. M4 g0 Y" s' h4 t 
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards6 B' x7 s- w3 e" O7 w; m8 s 
Range increases to 4,000 yards: F# H6 s" V: h. V4 i. W; l+ C 
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards. r4 w. Q' A9 {9 U" l4 y" ^ 
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards: e; h( t1 n' O3 @: W; l0 B' E 
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards0 p8 v# W  S$ s! O  ^9 J$ }/ r. d 
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards 
( t( w8 J0 F# M( z1 OCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards. y/ u( g# X" J  r. `0 n6 I- E' O0 J/ C 
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards 
5 n* b9 l8 `) F2 H/ T" KCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards3 @1 U9 k2 c# Z; ?+ N& Z 
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape 
" R  G( t! j: V/ Z% m- k4 k6 KTask forces break off...4 R+ n2 a* c# L1 {6 y; Y0 O0 { 
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% k0 b! j# [3 K* A' _$ G) U第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。4 K- g2 T. t0 g& e1 j% S0 d 
万恶的58!!! 
) d' q: B* K* l* P' \: GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,1343 ^# y/ R5 Q$ W" G0 N 
  
. V1 U+ n% C0 M1 |$ x  \" }Weather in hex: Clear sky4 n  w! T" Q( d. W 
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.5 y# s9 Y+ D0 a: A  }( h 
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes3 X' q4 n; Q; O$ g4 P2 o 
  
% x; ]. H) }8 Q: b2 X6 b. p3 iJapanese aircraft 
! a, D5 Z2 D* r9 t% \3 m: @3 M      no flights 
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# v+ w& P- \/ L2 \* N; a: {Allied aircraft) @5 {# B% w( W% O1 x  u 
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 
' B) w* o8 [, [1 @, d+ s      SBD-3 Dauntless x 823 P* y  |, h2 x9 o' s8 X 
      TBF-1 Avenger x 39 
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8 s: [) c8 U5 M& K* l" _# WJapanese aircraft losses) Z5 H) D9 p. |% g7 w: `- { 
No Japanese losses 
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$ A( K/ S- z3 }. hAllied aircraft losses( p2 u) ?  n: h% ], { 
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged 
5 _6 n5 P3 V! h  D; g6 m      TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged# @# n5 b" |3 o! R 
  
# q. H  d4 I- x& X+ X# c" F0 MJapanese Ships 
3 t/ X1 d" ~' z6 v; j8 l      CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3,  on fire1 w! W% M0 \: r 
      CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk 
4 S& K! p7 ~# @8 h6 _4 F5 `, s* f! Y2 w      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage: F8 ^# L/ ]# w' _ 
      CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage,and is sunk 
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