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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉, U0 f" z/ e$ `/ p8 W9 S: A
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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+ d) ] f# w+ C8 PAllied aircraft
5 ^- S) ^' u$ W7 W6 |& u+ Y no flights2 m1 H( Z6 f- d) C
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Allied aircraft losses N. c' F8 J$ ]" n5 {0 c
No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships3 @" F' \) c/ ]' j1 o" u F
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
- M; x g) t K5 W CA Aoba) R% @- I2 S9 H8 o) `
CA Kinugasa4 Z! R! H& J9 R2 |3 @( i* E+ t. F
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4! O# u, E( Y! @- M, [- h0 c! U
CA Kako
; U) r8 p, r0 ]; [ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
( S, M4 G) @% d+ ` CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6, ]3 J4 x2 k. V; J
CL Yubari
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0 u, {, o" D$ f% N" ^& w CA Salt Lake City, c8 X% }2 D. [5 \# [* B' k: P
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk H |: Y0 o5 d# d4 l) t1 P% m/ E
DD Grayson
7 t# }3 G# O8 c. i2 }' q DD Monssen, s. y* j* c9 n
DD Aaron Ward& |# [: N; ]9 @1 E6 D9 ]
DD Laffey. \$ S; F$ }: S8 m& G9 `
DD Farenholt7 @- C" W w/ T3 F' b+ g, ^
DD Maury
# P" I. @0 N& b7 I* J8 e8 Y+ E DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 y( U8 z% E4 R) o5 [+ S
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire' Y1 W' Z3 I' h0 N
DD Stack4 K( j/ J$ q& N2 i8 v5 k
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1/ \- s- a5 w" l( y6 \1 I
DD Balch
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5 y3 o' J- M7 T1 T, N) U7 r+ g+ P$ _Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
2 _6 n' ^( D0 B! N7 VMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards8 o; F. G0 W8 n; L O
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." G1 n' d" y0 q% _
Range closes to 14,000 yards...6 ^& {) `, r/ C+ R" p9 B
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
/ X" z& {! P- C! XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
9 t" Y7 ]% m! D6 w- M6 |& `+ A( |% ERange closes to 5,000 yards...
- F) t) F8 M, |- I2 qRange closes to 3,000 yards...; A7 P3 [& k& o& O/ w$ t6 J) c
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
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CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards; R7 C0 R* \) z% E3 y
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards! @8 t* Z5 U3 N- C
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
, R$ ^+ t% l0 B: I, NCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
9 e) s0 ^9 _; s \& }8 FCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards! G, K( t' ~$ \! }( }
Range increases to 2,000 yards
' \+ |% ~% ~( A8 e0 e6 _ X( e" R: W- CDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
$ I2 l3 b& E; J4 U9 z& GCA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
9 n' B7 Y/ e/ M- V3 GDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards' b- d! K8 F# k2 l; Y0 p
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards- P9 P4 h9 U7 e) M$ R, L% R
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
, s7 k7 i1 H3 v2 ]2 X% `CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
% H: R" y. V' \2 ?3 [4 DDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
5 t; n; N1 F7 kCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
) j% }% h5 P0 i SCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards0 S4 Y& D! c; b# ~5 }
Range increases to 6,000 yards
, N) [# J0 V O: q w7 [6 S6 EDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 9 M# ^' O( g- O3 i. v
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
1 K. P d- a, U6 R; d7 JCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards" y( t4 M( d' f9 w
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards' y6 @ U5 O: H9 D) T
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
1 S% V3 f# v6 [$ I* m* w/ B7 E; ?CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
. ?" u! d. N/ g3 U" l% s2 q1 OCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
+ q0 o d0 h! BCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards! A. P6 u9 W- {% Q; A3 d$ N9 T0 j5 c" t
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards. R* d3 I9 c, P1 u7 _. y
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards" h1 _( k- B* w* T" U0 s) W
Task forces break off...
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* J2 n" N6 z+ }0 v- J% oNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
# _$ \9 D& ~; N4 P8 H! g CA Aoba, Shell hits 2/ g# f; A# k& _& M: T1 Y
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire# X. @9 m8 U: N* R. P
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1, Z/ L4 y; R# \2 Q' {0 |
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
! b" G* e; ]- j/ w8 S# t CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire8 F, t! `) E+ g! L$ J1 o W( z7 n" a3 o
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire! j; F: R& o; H& _: t& ~3 ^
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire0 k- x( F3 H9 I- |4 [
3 y2 }# r" T( {) Q+ rAllied Ships$ u5 [0 L9 |' u" R! c5 n
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire1 v1 N- o1 U% ^3 c, j
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
; E. b+ g1 j& F4 B/ _: p CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
/ P: a8 k# L [ DD Mugford
, M, N: ?) e) |7 D. _! I Z DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2% ~8 @" @# P7 }' f2 d% e& a
DD Patterson2 s) L/ S" E, g9 p
DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
. m6 k' n$ f5 A+ ~% }& GMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
# w' j7 G q9 C% XRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 l8 e9 e0 e: B: f, `
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ S8 I9 d( n: U! `
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
% C0 h9 u. t4 k7 FRange closes to 4,000 yards...
( q$ p& [7 ~- eRange closes to 2,000 yards...
; G* Q1 ^" l9 T+ Y2 h5 t+ D: fCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' ^% A# ^5 P3 P+ Q% K% uCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
# d4 {& c( ~9 J6 E6 GCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'8 u9 s/ Y2 J% ?9 k) r& h: g4 C* Z* P
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards9 S- a/ P3 B: S! y G
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
% O8 i) b0 D0 y2 H8 GCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
* B/ F: K0 q% x9 ^CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
4 c+ L, ^- d3 ^3 I6 r- MDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
, D. t9 ~) g0 Z8 P6 z; F- rCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards, U$ R- E% `; X$ T1 H- S
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards: o- p9 x+ I7 t3 f4 u$ { l9 a
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
* R! G* `4 Q: L6 @CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards7 E I( W2 D$ K3 W& M
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
) B; \- _( x, D1 k+ jCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
; r* ~$ I. e% s n4 gCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
9 J# V- d0 R# M! B8 BCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
5 }& s3 J' a1 N' W5 I# t6 r" \& TCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards( R8 R7 A ?9 p6 p- R8 B
Range increases to 5,000 yards- r- `) ~9 @* C( r ~
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
2 _4 H7 G, U- a, t0 cCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
7 t! G2 f6 T# s. PCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
3 ?1 g& }: N p) M7 oCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards" g( i% F0 V7 u0 j1 \
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
' F2 h% n9 s1 f9 p4 {; X* y$ RDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards$ ~0 I! z/ k1 n: u# b: T* v( T
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
8 L; ~/ g; `" ]% q, F9 ^* iRange increases to 8,000 yards
& h& B/ [$ w7 l, {CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
- r" f9 @4 ]6 oCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards4 T$ F3 ?- p0 ?. s
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
' S Y k& b0 r# N% ZCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
$ |2 j" `/ V/ q6 e3 qCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
; z3 Q" } K, o: P: k/ S2 oCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards1 d2 e" D& x- D/ G/ Q! m1 O- ^, |8 k
Range increases to 9,000 yards
; e# \ a3 j. y1 @' P$ P, m! g9 kCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
, B6 B2 o; f7 j+ C8 LCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards2 a5 _4 }+ T8 b& g" o& ^0 M
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards1 b; V6 K: F0 J- t
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards& d3 Y" |0 x$ [$ I; z# M* z
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards' [* U+ E) U% T1 G* i; I
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards4 p4 r2 Q2 }' v0 B0 [1 O! b
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards3 r( C+ X) F5 @/ b7 N# T. j5 u7 L) n0 [- p
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
1 F+ T* M5 n4 D' r: sTask forces break off...
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6 n$ W7 _6 [. h5 \' WNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
, b- g( {. s7 F% M9 ^' K# \ CA Aoba2 Y: ]6 K/ [4 e' W' q6 V6 M
CA Kinugasa
1 Q& B& \2 J1 l CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
& _( X+ b- ?) W: w* B+ l" T+ @ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
. k! {9 }0 y( V0 f CL Tenryu
/ I! z) i6 x/ Y; E+ R CL Tatsuta' S, x* Y0 h; ?3 [# p/ t, f3 y& C
CL Yubari) x/ d* c' ^( i3 u$ G! U5 A
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U ^3 Q% I' I( f DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk+ S% p' Z1 @1 S( K2 y
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight7 `" A9 M/ h! ], k" T& S" b6 K
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards' Y2 A0 m$ G8 J( D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
6 g! k5 f5 h6 ~# x# rRange closes to 22,000 yards...7 H% X+ K! d, |3 L6 G! ]9 C
Range closes to 20,000 yards..., t7 `* G( [/ \. K
Range closes to 18,000 yards...7 w2 u& j$ X7 V6 J$ s
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* n0 M% \( d& M( N5 s* yRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# m6 V1 `6 t' o8 Y# f8 C# dRange closes to 12,000 yards...
' g1 C6 n' F7 o0 u9 R! t- BRange closes to 11,000 yards...7 k& r" @) u4 Z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, q' i! @% m; o6 M4 A% tRange closes to 9,000 yards...
1 ]. ~" H# \: E JRange closes to 8,000 yards...: p% h# v* U6 F: H: F2 }5 X7 B+ o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
~- Y# G8 h- K( bRange closes to 7,000 yards...$ J. S- W5 Z) O$ E! t: c& U
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
* N. t4 d, z/ c0 T1 w* w; rCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
, z3 z! t8 J' v3 R( ?$ c QCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
0 O" [$ d% @/ Y K1 WRange increases to 7,000 yards* P: ?) o* S. S( U! ~0 P# i7 E/ H
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards# B& |1 u* e F, O3 S( B6 }. b: \/ P
Range closes to 6,000 yards
7 ~; P9 a- U( _8 P5 e$ [# fCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards& l2 L$ `4 z8 T# y
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards8 O- `) V- W0 G0 z0 C9 A
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
# h, s4 R! _, EDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
! S0 I5 O8 K1 P7 g3 \5 X2 u' H) O9 YRange closes to 4,000 yards k# E( o; X$ ~# c$ G: v4 R& o4 d
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards. v3 z8 W- |# _ d
Range increases to 7,000 yards
( s1 c" c: A2 z$ Q- xCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
+ M) a8 w# y5 x5 j3 O3 SRange increases to 11,000 yards- e* {$ o2 Q( [1 P9 L3 K- E m
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
3 H" {( _! |/ T1 i0 z$ r; [Allied Task Force Manages to Escape3 b0 G" J6 s2 n( P4 h% l
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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+ \& [/ l! _$ F& |+ q( w CA Aoba- {4 D4 u, Y) v2 S% X4 Q9 F5 l/ Q
CA Kinugasa
4 j0 f) {8 m j& y4 a CA Furutaka* _: w* `! Z, ^0 Y' g
CA Kako, Shell hits 15 l" B, I$ h* g+ X3 i" x
CL Tenryu
8 A3 ~% H# w. i+ ]$ q' _ CL Tatsuta; F3 W2 l$ U8 v& U
CL Yubari! g- l4 d, K, |) _
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Allied Ships
, L$ V2 o& N# v" r8 N7 X7 V DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire% R) b3 H! s2 `$ ]3 X$ |
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3 Z+ y; L# z% uReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight5 y+ @) {6 A- N. o* s" [
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards4 U- ^5 Q& Y! W8 Y3 t5 u
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! L/ K7 G# p0 g+ E" x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* o9 j7 x: D0 {. F p, ^
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. X3 V: k! j; l$ ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: r, u5 S8 G6 O1 r. O. FRange closes to 18,000 yards...
8 q- U- G, N( @' `4 X LRange closes to 16,000 yards...
, I2 W# o8 A) `+ k6 S4 L wRange closes to 14,000 yards...( g' ~4 ^& r- r! a5 D1 o& Q& o) R
Range closes to 12,000 yards... B5 k* f( D3 C% e8 \3 a" w5 P3 B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...: K0 v3 l4 U- I
Range closes to 10,000 yards... S" Y0 t/ C- W0 ^0 G( k
Range closes to 9,000 yards...7 u6 a9 v: R. d8 t
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
$ @, J4 k# @; d1 ?( o' iRange closes to 7,000 yards..." Q2 q* t0 S9 J+ e
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
( u6 L* e1 U' H* LRange closes to 5,000 yards...
2 @( K5 Q2 B: {Range closes to 4,000 yards...0 G5 i/ f% R; X: u
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
; |) z9 ]* b% ^9 `) TCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards* W" V- S& p7 i" ^ M- u
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
5 ? L1 m3 N! R5 FRange increases to 4,000 yards( @: J: E1 X) L1 ^4 n, j- Q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards' d v5 K5 w0 |0 g/ ^' x' u
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards6 j; a M- X. ~, g7 ]4 m
Range increases to 5,000 yards2 v& ? Z9 H/ S/ n0 t9 Y* {
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
1 x% l$ S. [6 Z" `& F) LRange increases to 9,000 yards4 z! [! d3 r6 h4 N
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards+ L6 q1 ?. N" }) r' \
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships9 o B3 c: n0 R# H3 [! F% ~! K
CA Aoba' w1 B; X- z9 D1 g8 [# s4 t$ g
CA Kinugasa7 g4 ~$ E. r8 q
CA Furutaka
8 W4 A. d& _* i" p s" M/ @ CA Kako; N$ n8 H/ x" |4 X
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
7 |* t0 K! u, P4 v: I) H: D CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
) a! P$ v" V* b3 ]3 v( Y CL Yubari
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3 i2 x2 l7 W- @$ x; G9 A) ZAllied Ships
2 C: j) `0 O5 j8 i APD Colhoun
8 A! Q( Z! L7 T, m/ \ APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
9 p7 A U( N, }) _ DMS Southard, Shell hits 17 f( G k* L8 y- }
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 H3 y" x& M/ e6 ?7 h& I. F AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, E! C: k' d5 P9 j8 q" @1 u+ y
AP Harris+ J1 N6 F) z8 c
AP Zeilin0 B Y( Q, Y6 Y3 m: ~
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage% G/ U4 C& {: r
AP Heywood8 u. b9 U O! v: B" M+ b
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
5 S, c, R$ q( q2 x6 @$ ~/ [ AP President Bowen" N6 A# s! Y9 Q
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire
" }5 ?' y) V! W+ p/ z& D xAP President Wilkerson
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; I3 I i6 D t4 FAllied ground losses:5 X% B( x' n; N6 X, ?
105 casualties reported
& i9 {' u6 m, s3 M* K: c" i# | Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 c* g+ F; y6 M* `* S0 X Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled" ~5 A+ Q) q: b; A
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
( A* F: M; }: f- A# W) B8 jAllied TF begins to get underway
% N1 Z* G( M8 K' QReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight7 q, r) h p+ ]0 h& K* f }
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards. ~: V }7 t7 k
Range closes to 18,000 yards...5 m( v" g4 G5 L/ _* R: G
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
& R8 Q% P* J5 B& W- q" \Range closes to 8,000 yards...' u. ], Q( C: x, U' U5 @
Range closes to 5,000 yards...: T7 [, J. R U
Range closes to 3,000 yards.../ T5 }% I3 ]* k" q, |8 @
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
, b4 P/ t2 h) E7 p5 ]6 O2 ~# O2 j0 ECA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards/ [# L8 @# x# g; H$ F/ ^+ K( m2 N
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
' O2 [4 V& h |( T; r3 ~/ ZCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
1 ?+ C. [8 W8 TCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards2 ^) _4 O$ z! _: ^# I0 C$ I
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards3 W6 e' R5 f0 V/ ?; h2 q& T
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards& Q) y2 I9 S$ D' a: X
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
+ m# f1 [5 y' E: [- w& bRange increases to 2,000 yards
# J y8 y4 |+ ?CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
: z: m0 H3 x5 A8 `8 M/ OCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards( [, [# h2 l* H. S1 y" P7 Q; R7 l% o
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
9 M# f% P4 k# S/ B J% LCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
0 u0 }7 T/ u/ ^ N Z2 o5 u4 jCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
$ ^" s0 w, @/ m3 B5 }! O: YCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards* _* ^1 y3 }7 O N& T/ v
Range increases to 4,000 yards
7 S2 [5 H& ?/ `* \- sCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
, [* V- X! w- _- ^4 d: DCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards' w" c( M9 D+ Z ^2 F4 [' R
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards# O7 ~& J+ m+ @% p" f; ~
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards: L' D, T2 q* |0 k
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards+ D8 a- f2 w$ q
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards3 E$ s4 B' L. q8 \8 E4 Q
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
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Task forces break off...6 i! _. }& `: H# t g
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. L8 [4 K2 ~, s1 G! u第2天早上,受创的1ca1cl被58击沉,另有1ca1cl重创。0 z- d: l/ h3 A, D/ X- d
万恶的58!!!
, P2 p4 k4 V- i1 o$ I# m* uAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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$ u% x% v* M. @3 V5 }Weather in hex: Clear sky% Z8 F& ?8 [ t, J& Q0 _! e
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.4 R8 E# F4 J% n) p; t) w- l- X. k
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes! u7 J" ?" P: h
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Japanese aircraft5 I7 E; l. g: Q; D! z
no flights
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$ ]3 U/ j. ~, V7 L4 v0 j: xAllied aircraft0 a3 `/ Y* k7 Z4 m' z+ H& m: e. }
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
. o# D3 t% D. i SBD-3 Dauntless x 82. M8 N" g: r# e5 g( c
TBF-1 Avenger x 39# J) a: \' a0 J6 l$ R/ i
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8 a! Z& a8 f7 t& `1 ]" W: _9 ?No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
$ q |4 s# d# S. N SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
0 q' p# d. Q8 t) Z9 R TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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# o/ W% G. A) g; d" q4 p- O* hJapanese Ships6 ?2 L5 b( g0 f# ~! B7 Z% e
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
& B% @2 B" U- s' T7 D q+ t CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk; @% a! R6 S% W" D0 \$ f& G
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
; D6 L$ V! y; |4 A8 G CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage,and is sunk! R1 j. m: x$ V% a* b- |# g0 m
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