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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft9 g% O% ?! ~/ g8 }
no flights/ z. ^# p6 a, w) h1 A
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Allied aircraft losses: T& h) Q O/ W: Z; r
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
9 y* a7 y/ Z2 u0 l6 h& j OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed2 P* A: ?! |: L% P1 y _5 B
. r6 |+ d% k: j$ u0 ^2 QJapanese Ships( |9 U9 _7 S" Q9 m
BB Kongo8 Q6 H" p4 l# e5 x9 O* |' V
BB Hiei, Shell hits 79 X# T) a* T. e2 M; A6 M1 F! U5 R- j
BB Kirishima
- B, A+ j2 D% {; |7 ]0 W- l CA Tone, `) b: \* {/ }% g% U" z
CA Chikuma
9 O" V4 h; N/ o: A# ~ CA Takao
) I5 k: Q7 v- m4 E DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 2
$ p4 t. S5 f( [3 V, k6 g0 r/ \; k DD Maikaze- H- t+ E" C) o6 @' ]' @3 V% ^
DD Uranami
+ b7 ^: ], |' j* |# @8 U' l DD Shikinami6 ?' `7 G) M: l# H4 B+ M( [4 C
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
/ a/ \& h# _3 |8 a3 }2 W, t& g DD Asagiri0 e3 r4 r% e2 w; w& f0 r7 ?
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Allied Ships v% T; N- X" |- u9 z7 y
BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. S1 a6 B" j) Q D CA Portland
% U( p/ T1 g6 P* c6 |+ a CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" u2 n7 @# i" o L! [, U CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) @; P9 l, s! @. C% ]
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! }" D( s. s" f7 y. t' Q* F7 g DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire9 P& H, z1 b* G9 n
DD Farenholt
( B8 J1 Y3 G* z) ]0 p9 W DD Sterett
1 j( A5 n/ Y( J; a! S DD Balch
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships* O1 B6 @; n% F E# U1 ~" s' X6 V
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2+ v, X9 V4 Q& U# B: Z* E" t
CA Atago% n: P3 @; b: |: t1 Z+ m Y: [& ?! \8 \
CA Maya" d, t; b3 Q7 K9 G9 S8 D- b
CA Kumano! F6 T6 N5 `9 X5 ]. J% h* M0 r
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 11 a! K% D6 |5 ~3 ]8 e6 L
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
4 s; o# Z* D7 _1 F" i7 o) [ DD Mutsuki5 i! L- n) \: z; b) D$ j
DD Uzuki+ r3 r8 r0 l" C" p! d! N
DD Yuzuki( [+ a! w* k# B% g% A7 S b
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Allied Ships& S" H* D& t! B# W0 i
DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: A2 m6 t$ a1 \, t! l b# G
DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ o. f$ |! N8 X, y- y6 O AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk/ E, T3 n9 W+ E/ _5 L- K, I" X
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
* ]2 ^ l: j: F. @ AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk J4 C j: n, M- O) R# ~
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 ~- m" w; `/ A3 k# _, X3 X8 L
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: _' e6 C" S, Z/ C: i" R' f# w
AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
6 @# G' E! j$ M j2 u } xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk& o# L. W; t1 K; a2 ~/ f
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk- B7 q" T- h" a9 \& O
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
& M# r9 E: i* \9 ~% g8 h" R: k; c xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
: L) i) I9 r" r xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk3 c1 y# i/ w/ M8 o1 A7 ^2 j5 A
xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% h/ Z* G4 J. I
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' ^+ ]$ Z6 \) C8 ?" a7 G. r' w: g# ? AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:7 ^6 u3 d& ~$ V+ N4 n
136 casualties reported. h. q6 r) s4 j( y ^+ c/ S
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ p8 q1 \( l w6 {1 Z% v+ ^
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 p8 w$ ^# r9 M& j Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
. A( k8 e( _# l- W% E% b. y9 i. j BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
~3 p* d2 T# z8 Z6 N CA Atago, Shell hits 3* k. i+ X' Z8 I; {1 z; {( T) G. n
CA Maya, Shell hits 3
& {+ f, j* P: _6 B- z: D. H6 r CA Kumano, Shell hits 1! |9 I6 ^ u' _9 o
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
, g9 e3 s4 n$ S$ Y- H DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 L" T; }+ }: V/ N9 G+ _ DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
! r" k3 R# D1 I8 E9 p% @ DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire
7 T( k/ S7 Q5 I/ L, I" m" \1 r DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
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Allied Ships) C$ b/ S6 ~: S+ m! x9 {, O
DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
( g: _0 m6 `6 d/ W+ [, Q5 G* C( v DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire7 I' t3 q. a' p
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire
: n9 h! m, n- h# h# q8 O DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage) m3 k5 ~9 G+ k" ?" }" L- N
5 y' ~6 [6 _! `6 H- T5 H! YAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133% y" a# [! J- d" ^- C
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain; J6 n1 J* L5 ^9 ~4 E, @5 N
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Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
, M ~0 q$ y5 q; h, xEstimated time to target is 0 minutes
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5 m! W3 l7 {/ V: X: } P-39D Airacobra x 169 R. N9 _: {" ]$ }( ^$ B+ O
SBD-3 Dauntless x 7
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! d I8 Q6 |- ~" F" \No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
y3 c6 ]& B% t/ l2 k% T CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage7 k+ j. q9 z: \( N
DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132: n6 x$ O, t' |) c% @' i
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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" i9 z& _% w4 B: w% k% c; x$ ]Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.# w3 ~8 t9 |$ ]( A/ ?9 @' {
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 50: ]2 S" @* s: l
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P-39D Airacobra x 1, l; Q0 x2 y7 p/ j7 B, k/ I
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No Japanese losses) {+ z: D3 S, w6 s
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No Allied losses8 _8 t+ f/ S* t9 A
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Allied Ships/ e% u2 O" B3 \' I& {. }
DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
2 R! ?; g) \, @6 b& E6 V, h2 f DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
) i8 |( Q1 r" a4 z$ N- u$ Z DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136( M% x+ r& z' f
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.$ h' f c5 v2 ]' W3 o
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft4 _+ E/ k0 M( d" @: s+ N2 P
B5N1 Kate x 18; s6 ~# p+ ]+ i2 w4 Z
7 B, j7 R& b* k) k$ S5 PJapanese aircraft losses
: E- }) z4 l& R B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
9 L! W( `8 P* G; [* A7 w! ~1 y, h1 \ DD Balch( Q- E+ Y( l/ [5 J7 s: H) i
DD Sterett, and is sunk |