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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉, U. i% r+ S' l. J0 c7 z- s/ [2 [ w
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
4 E# @ Y' B$ ^* b: o4 O9 f) N no flights
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' ] o1 E, \% B4 `7 VAllied aircraft losses
/ Y9 R# E2 `) P2 ~: e- x6 H) ENo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
7 H0 u3 h6 K6 h' m5 C CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire$ s' d+ B0 D, {
CA Aoba
( E2 S+ u+ B, B CA Kinugasa' F) w7 K% T( g+ Y* X; n, a( x( a/ R
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 46 J- Z; K( @9 F
CA Kako
. q: B6 Z, E+ K4 O: g CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1- |6 r3 B7 s8 h4 G; M2 }
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
{9 K4 {8 m3 Z J# Z0 `! r* ?! b CL Yubari m& x; j1 n0 h+ r& {& D
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Allied Ships9 j" }& `% ~' H/ _: q N2 N
CA Salt Lake City
" F% Z+ V' ~% X' z7 Q CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
& F! @& z% u6 M DD Grayson p& B( Y% x" D$ Q
DD Monssen
8 ^# K8 l8 N! e5 P6 g DD Aaron Ward
3 ?" u" C; C4 F5 I2 C) z DD Laffey2 u3 s+ l! K5 g; H$ x' y
DD Farenholt
^- C% i- R7 k- i DD Maury
, J! ^: U0 X) _/ E DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( H6 p6 Z5 @3 P1 x% Y) q DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
( E% V- ?% y+ }" _4 b( E0 ^1 c9 M: I DD Stack. S2 Q0 Y( o$ W8 ?* [. X+ }
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
6 l- `1 S. F2 S DD Balch
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$ ?" G, h7 u2 zReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight2 ^7 e; }% k, u% h2 W7 K7 ]; Q0 k
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards0 s) r/ ?! A7 E* u# d$ P
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 h4 G% p% c+ C2 NRange closes to 14,000 yards...
& v# r& r; d( D) e7 {, W% IRange closes to 8,000 yards...
( y1 B5 m8 u4 y$ ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
; \+ g/ p0 v, b+ z# g2 X6 H2 Z, dRange closes to 5,000 yards...
0 @( ~" |9 A4 c# O( lRange closes to 3,000 yards...2 O9 K* t" o4 v2 H6 i5 q7 I
Range closes to 1,000 yards...$ O0 u) t! S; T4 K6 l; K2 m
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
! {" n; r. o& K9 o& eCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards* s7 [7 u/ k" B; |" m3 \7 w/ l
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
, F7 B- K3 g& \+ [+ ^DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
: c+ [8 l! Q( n* }CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
- {1 K# O* A0 I. MCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards( e, ]. }: |1 c5 A
Range increases to 2,000 yards3 B/ I6 N8 y4 X( p
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards1 M! C7 R# S2 [ f2 ^9 \. l
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards: ~) V/ r$ i! L" L9 O; l
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards8 S6 q! g+ s. m$ p* C' w( m: C" M0 `
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards; G! L; M0 I' p- L( p/ Q- l( u
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
2 p h r: J" @, P& P9 F, sCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
0 N$ Z5 q% _5 k$ P7 n5 s- {0 FDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
- m/ e- ?- `3 O4 x- SCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
! h! d! x Z! W! G) xCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
- `: ?# x) _+ h; R' BRange increases to 6,000 yards
9 ^& `# ?8 w! q' z% SDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 1 L, e6 V8 `- l% \
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards( u5 H0 P: c8 \; x4 g8 }
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
! e6 }6 X- h7 jCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
! r, I0 p/ u$ _8 s4 o( tCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
* t: m# ?+ `1 yCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards Q3 d- E3 n5 n+ v1 i; {0 |# v
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
& N' P+ a" s4 D! T0 |CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards- v" d# v: A+ z! T* n/ q
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
F7 V2 W( K$ K% WCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards' f3 F2 A, `0 u/ x
Task forces break off...' X. ^0 \5 ]% @6 s* x
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
1 O! D) j* A$ }8 ] T" w# J CA Aoba, Shell hits 2) k# i6 e1 b9 x4 a2 f% b5 X3 H
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
& @9 ^' O; h# m. f, d$ G, O: D CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
; _# e1 \3 [; V3 J1 q CA Kako, Shell hits 1 O3 n" |4 x: b, J4 j
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire; x% v; Y# X) x/ a, b
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire# m) u+ B& D# m& ~; t& t) u- m X
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire0 g$ n' q) V _' C3 M
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Allied Ships
Q3 ~2 X& I$ x0 {0 s# D' g CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire2 K+ f. F9 [& @! D5 ^: J
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage8 Y7 q3 @6 p9 h9 K9 v
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage( L) t: A: I" s$ S5 u4 g0 {6 N* f
DD Mugford0 c* x! r0 K) X
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2# S( M$ R9 {! U7 }# I
DD Patterson
4 A7 g' z) x7 I0 d% E DD Jarvis
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; e E! I- q' Q# Z/ d5 OReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight5 ?6 k7 s# P' s
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards. }. h# p1 _( k) B; ^+ X3 O2 l
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ Z9 V" c/ n! @0 Z5 z7 `Range closes to 14,000 yards...
. H) X3 P. w$ i* LRange closes to 8,000 yards...
) {2 t4 u0 I4 E' r) t ARange closes to 4,000 yards...
' I/ R2 s9 ?$ e( qRange closes to 2,000 yards... P% ^& y% S5 R0 }5 p4 Q: e" {2 s
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards0 Z0 u% G0 j& a2 \/ Z% f+ D
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
- o9 B; ?7 D6 @. e( NCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'. l, K2 b! B$ \" r# J# f, |5 v" e" y$ C# d
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
/ V- c5 K9 r( `# P' w. ~% {* wCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
( L6 h2 b8 }4 m: S5 r! xCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
# }# V: E& J- G; {8 a3 mCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards3 X& R1 r' Y" |; _
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
; Z) |9 V( A4 Q$ D1 G8 XCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards6 V8 n# ^& L2 U3 g$ n& b4 T& q
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
# t4 S1 N( U+ q$ ^$ a- P/ v7 OCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards* P$ c$ p* Y0 l# r0 h4 y% K
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards: M a; a. }! ~8 M: q
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
+ @6 p6 u' |4 V( CCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards! u* d) @. `9 X! K( y* f2 @4 S
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards, u( E( x! }* ~4 z( ~( k, s
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards, I& `% {+ ?- G: K* C" h- o
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
. X C: S' L3 U% `* g7 A1 jRange increases to 5,000 yards. @6 w: S$ C4 l9 R
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
- b- q5 O- Q8 g; DCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards. R) ` m3 G8 M2 C
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
, n. p# [; X. B' g* q( y4 ^CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards$ [+ |8 s& N/ e1 K3 w- R" v
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards! }& E3 Z" _) a( I, R* Q
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
* w3 Q6 r- {5 {5 m: }: JCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards7 S1 S3 v2 V& P3 u( H% N
Range increases to 8,000 yards; s0 x& e7 c% p+ O, h
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards6 X7 l* o7 j9 a; S
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
& D4 v9 I% P" V+ lCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards+ x4 g0 h0 P0 ?6 H1 |$ }: T/ h8 r8 x
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards4 u J) z9 v" E9 j$ ?2 v" r7 ?
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
- t+ o* V2 a4 E* w2 a. @& U5 \5 ICL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
+ \) a- w& T8 J2 L1 s; ^Range increases to 9,000 yards
% f8 O* ~, I* p7 ~; d' l4 C8 [CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
. v) [6 v0 ^# x! _: YCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards+ W7 ^# l! {% x. S
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards8 f! h$ ~' d( {0 m
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards2 {8 v1 A: }% e `! e
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
~+ E2 |; o3 d) h" X& cCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards1 P6 h, L. v8 l" u1 o7 q$ I8 \
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
. f* _) p. Z! z1 YCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
% [- b1 b2 M- J: k9 WTask forces break off...( c) d/ Y& a. |. u9 d% h
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4 q" n8 ^# D; Z$ V T6 D: YNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships4 G8 m8 \) O& A, f; c4 v
CA Aoba8 g& v3 r) y$ z) I
CA Kinugasa* O9 E% i1 h- G. S. E9 i" ]
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
3 {4 q$ c Y! B2 Z CA Kako, Shell hits 1
4 E+ ~+ {7 E; q9 J CL Tenryu9 i2 |8 v2 y0 E% n J: S: I
CL Tatsuta* k9 O/ W) ~) g% o$ B0 p
CL Yubari, E: R5 o& c0 @. Y! a: x
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Allied Ships( K0 K7 R9 O! w% K0 p
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk1 u$ d3 h, |6 x& V s
DD Balch: d0 u: z2 z5 c
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/ y& t7 e, Y0 E! s/ wReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
, c( {: G0 a, o rMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards! R# W* }, ~( E8 L" u1 a! s
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
. i6 L) a* p6 r u* j0 k3 K* dRange closes to 22,000 yards...0 `' x9 A2 E8 A: @' W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...1 L4 d6 _4 L, J( ^
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 [! _+ a4 i0 G/ r- C8 yRange closes to 16,000 yards...4 |2 [8 H. k& T# Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards... N$ P) u9 x# H( r5 w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
' a7 y9 q J' [' x# d5 P, XRange closes to 11,000 yards...
7 f. O" U5 y# p! FRange closes to 10,000 yards...
- }6 Z: i" \, P$ ]Range closes to 9,000 yards... Q+ S7 @ t; f4 f
Range closes to 8,000 yards...8 K) M9 C3 t1 [0 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards* E) `6 W( v$ Z& s5 r$ S
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
! O2 A0 S8 R8 }; [# G fRange closes to 6,000 yards...; K: [$ L8 E# w8 N* A
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards# j5 B- m# S6 d( g- b! V! F
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
# T# M- P- \. _5 JRange increases to 7,000 yards
3 E* l# u8 e$ D" l* G4 T% rDD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
; C+ F- P5 m T2 X5 |) [( mRange closes to 6,000 yards) }# X! \: A& @! s
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards0 u7 l% f+ y' O' R9 P( B4 ^
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards! i% m: X2 w* \. l- E; f' @( d
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards3 k V, w6 f/ }8 X
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
# I6 J. E" q3 N& hRange closes to 4,000 yards
$ K2 U0 Q9 g5 d& z- N4 lCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards0 {6 v+ }/ p& |( K
Range increases to 7,000 yards
) N N7 v0 t- Q! a' k& X fCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards/ L0 E/ R/ s, ~+ p8 _* p$ C7 f- A
Range increases to 11,000 yards- n. L/ h5 Z! [
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
4 f U# a3 ]1 {- d% a* \Allied Task Force Manages to Escape8 G8 q' B4 V5 Z* l/ H, y8 J0 j
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards' [$ K; z, ?) @- o' q
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Japanese Ships" ~$ l( l& h& Y& o r% _7 P
CA Aoba8 I0 G4 R: ^3 n; v- E$ ]
CA Kinugasa- O ~4 z8 m* s/ E v
CA Furutaka
5 ^: i. N/ I# ~7 H CA Kako, Shell hits 1
' {8 k4 Q# T2 Y CL Tenryu
. ]9 R# a& F+ e9 F CL Tatsuta
- J4 [" M8 n3 `5 } CL Yubari5 M2 I& g; e8 N
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DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire' h- [$ h" w+ v9 l. K6 z9 H
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight) W( E8 r0 H' k% {# h7 [' B
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
5 n- D) c, l1 w. w1 u" qRange closes to 24,000 yards...
; p0 D1 a7 Z/ K1 M0 V: qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) N7 ^& y; Q) n" {9 q/ E5 u
Range closes to 22,000 yards...3 A# P0 d; Q; z5 ?3 y+ ?. g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
7 j3 G4 ^4 ^5 ?1 r# b& Q" XRange closes to 18,000 yards...3 E2 G- S8 ~* M. {5 a
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
6 r0 [0 _$ x8 m) e. u# xRange closes to 14,000 yards...
3 M5 E, ^; W$ i. {4 }/ F2 hRange closes to 12,000 yards...
/ G3 y; c& u8 O2 N: ~2 Z8 ~8 \Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 Q! ?, G8 g' u# |2 C. a8 ?Range closes to 10,000 yards.... o( N' S3 r1 J0 w
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
2 |! J o$ `8 p" m2 zRange closes to 8,000 yards...
' [# B" U% o8 X0 C( w kRange closes to 7,000 yards...5 D% O2 p7 ]: I* w( _0 }
Range closes to 6,000 yards...+ R* P* M; u8 f& s8 j+ c1 r- f
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
/ D! J/ S. N8 CRange closes to 4,000 yards...
; ?/ D( v& o8 c; l; r" \8 P) ]Range closes to 3,000 yards...1 g% y8 r" x: K3 B3 w \
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
/ ~" g" }" U% o2 G7 B& v4 }9 fCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards: ~! G' y1 B( g& [! M( b2 \
Range increases to 4,000 yards6 y H# C3 L5 |- ?' \! r3 E
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
+ c; L. U$ k v. W! zCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards9 t+ b' ~5 O; X
Range increases to 5,000 yards& \* p8 v+ }3 B2 v: x% {6 O
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards- r7 \9 x: B; A# n5 w' b: U
Range increases to 9,000 yards$ y) r4 ]# S2 ?2 D
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
0 l3 \ ~5 P* b, r7 e. j0 V2 CAllied Task Force Manages to Escape) H& h+ \$ }7 U" t. ~
Task forces break off..." G- |( i5 L2 w4 ?5 Y R! H
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' `; d2 Y9 T! p! v' M, \Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards+ n' m4 {$ b/ s: ^9 Z+ W$ @! `
+ N5 U( K& g! RJapanese Ships
6 z7 {1 l) N: M) f2 H5 D! X+ o I CA Aoba, b( ?2 B# Q, z" ^4 V$ ] T9 K
CA Kinugasa
8 e9 a. _$ a5 P6 t; `$ J CA Furutaka1 H8 {2 t1 [% R. ?* T8 l
CA Kako
+ t; d" D1 g2 o( q& w$ V1 V$ M& D CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
) X* v& [# y8 I8 ^ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
' C- T. t. V7 ` CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
9 s! `) v; W' O0 p: Q APD Colhoun
" {9 ^) S+ e3 k% |4 L( N APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
9 u2 ?1 {5 g) z [" N) S7 C8 } R DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
; k7 ?7 E% ?% U/ R. u DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 G% h6 S, w+ C0 l( F AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
2 V+ _2 c9 N* ~1 z! C j AP Harris" {7 _+ m- y$ Q
AP Zeilin
# U6 S, X, M/ O1 g AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
# u* V) N4 Y5 w/ }' Z0 ]" R AP Heywood
^ A' \) |1 c- D3 r6 J AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire; s& ]8 s1 x: \" A4 u9 L
AP President Bowen
" |4 M' l( R6 n+ r h: \1 \0 | AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire! J' E: U! y2 D$ V0 A% G
xAP President Wilkerson
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* R }/ F# Z# M+ n4 \ C, MAllied ground losses:
7 I1 B6 P1 L9 s/ O$ N9 g& x) V) q) L/ F 105 casualties reported
8 V: F1 ~) s, Y9 U( C( F: G Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 y+ u/ l: {! I/ w, X0 c: f
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
3 x+ v8 o5 P2 u: r6 m% ]' J Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 G8 I2 O( X" G) I
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
( p L/ [9 P; c" B* k; QAllied TF begins to get underway6 ~$ v# d% g( c3 W
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
* H$ v, m) L9 ]. B- W- SMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards# _ G( n. W1 W' t6 ~
Range closes to 18,000 yards...3 ], u& K! ?9 g7 `: @
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
7 W6 F: d' D7 }9 U' j$ b* s# |7 DRange closes to 8,000 yards...8 C# K$ L8 e- e; B& M
Range closes to 5,000 yards...2 i- i* ^2 D, X3 ~) N
Range closes to 3,000 yards.... e5 T! ?5 v" b) X6 [- O
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
3 O& T6 b+ c5 xCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
# R- ^( F- z/ q, ?' eCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
7 t( w4 a& ~6 p" C) N) ?% [CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards2 ~( w9 p; `9 _3 m' e- H) S# z
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards4 W9 h8 a& L1 s. o+ D2 {; p
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards' s8 h9 s# J) O8 B8 d
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
- u; g# |. g! G$ r# ACL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
2 B2 p1 w* U+ b3 P3 j1 a& {- Y! |7 wRange increases to 2,000 yards
* |( N( \5 v* \8 u, t; CCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
4 X9 G+ |+ Z3 p: N3 ?CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards5 r0 _) G( q0 z0 }
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
! d( m4 I, ^ q, p8 h A w7 P2 sCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
7 {2 P1 `% x' j6 V4 Y" Y% M0 cCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards: a' X9 {4 f* q
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
9 W- l$ V4 h6 k( Z2 B/ xRange increases to 4,000 yards
' A4 ?; _. }9 LCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards' m/ s* p- C3 ]1 V; B, i; M
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
' m! [- Q! x( F, }" ]CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards4 Z/ M* r. c$ {% k4 m8 ]% W X
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
9 y' w" j8 Z k! _5 wCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards5 p L5 `3 `. i
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards' Y7 i$ a$ ~, ^3 v
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards1 x! K! F/ T6 }6 |# Y# v: e3 c: g
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape' m$ S! p7 P! v: Z4 l/ r
Task forces break off.../ r( F7 a$ Z+ G
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2 K: A4 P8 S k第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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4 W3 m' F0 p# L1 a% P! `0 FWeather in hex: Clear sky
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: H# o2 _# p2 t2 Y6 w* mRaid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
$ U7 ~" l7 ~1 uEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: \1 h4 n+ Y3 j: S
no flights
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) Q% r) _. w; G! xAllied aircraft' h$ D- j% I. |* N7 T" {. O
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8% W) F1 `8 i: E9 i! U. ^
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
S: n U% Y% e4 ]1 f- r. [2 B TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 ]; o4 K% M- Y' b$ oNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
$ g' W! L* ?" a$ y. c8 S SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged% r4 \ {' g- M8 m
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
1 L! ?5 p7 A* A8 o, @! j CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
( m7 g# _, P4 {" N8 m% J CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk4 n$ {+ E( j$ d' S8 Z
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage" w2 \, w4 ^! Q2 Q: \9 B
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk
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