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* c6 Y4 A C- sAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 420 N* p+ d, S# _7 L
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. D0 ^1 r9 L4 S4 K6 g: ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards" A" ^* E0 j( k6 S; \( I2 {
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Allied aircraft7 O+ z- t+ G& x6 Y7 Q+ `& d9 E
no flights# I1 ]/ |! r; I6 j. L
( b4 m1 f) |7 f) NAllied aircraft losses8 g, O9 i- Q8 s2 \- _1 x
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed3 J- u- k+ p4 V3 X
OS2U-3 Kingfisher : 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
( ~3 S3 A% q2 k BB Kongo
, ~; s9 K: @6 Q+ ?# ?% c4 Z% y BB Hiei, Shell hits 7
9 z/ b% A9 t, u4 c8 `% v. ]' i' U2 g BB Kirishima* b3 |1 y( G9 D# b; c! ~( `/ r
CA Tone2 F% E0 P3 K/ U _+ v" p6 o, @
CA Chikuma+ M. _; s8 |- i: C
CA Takao
6 L+ @& t/ q6 b9 `& `9 d0 V+ P& F y1 N DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 24 k; u: `0 \4 q6 E- ^
DD Maikaze8 W: m9 O: x( N" o5 I( H
DD Uranami
0 ~3 Q2 z9 P) A; Y* Z3 S1 u" x6 Y DD Shikinami/ o9 T. t( O8 H! R7 u; t
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires d& R- X2 k0 o7 [" {' C2 Y
DD Asagiri
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Allied Ships
~) O6 c1 o+ O/ s$ H. x* p7 v. l1 g BB North Carolina, Shell hits 28, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ x' y0 E( n( i
CA Portland z* |3 X$ B5 Q* i
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: t+ P3 y3 d9 B0 u0 s( |, }& U CA San Francisco, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 M& W5 }8 Q) W( L7 H
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" L1 w+ k: n) Z# u E DD Laffey, Shell hits 2, on fire6 i% ?: G K P4 K; x
DD Farenholt
! K* i3 f4 v- C DD Sterett
9 S( ?, r0 B5 J* `( c3 E5 s* H DD Balch. x& ~/ _) a5 n. a
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards) a& R. t( M) J: j0 P$ S( F7 Y
6 \+ D+ [. n. g( ZJapanese Ships! f' C3 e+ Z; c) U' a9 J2 E
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2
. t4 N( H u- U- ^6 s' w/ w CA Atago
( d/ t4 f; K# F5 P' s CA Maya# Y5 v+ `+ `! N2 c7 A/ }* |
CA Kumano. j) {+ `6 a3 F2 Z# X, D
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 18 ~3 z' g3 Y6 G5 I, h4 Q3 r# b) T! S
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1& S! @- K/ N0 J! k5 ?
DD Mutsuki+ Z8 P5 G8 W" L8 p# N% Q( Q( T
DD Uzuki
' Z, X; y. Z* I V- c DD Yuzuki
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$ E. J# t( f7 l* }8 M4 L! T+ j4 s/ f DD Frazier, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
' f' z2 P ^9 S! [& B' O# { DD Russell, Shell hits 10, and is sunk5 z7 |4 [. m9 Z4 g! t8 a
AM Starling, Shell hits 6, and is sunk1 n. S6 s; d' l
AM Lark, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
! n: ~% b0 U1 D! k AP Hunter Liggett, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 C9 t5 O( N: v" H4 l7 B
AP American Legion, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 Z: _* a( L$ H$ Y
AP Barnett, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
- V* @) {. L$ A$ ^0 O. T AP Henderson, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk! C5 p# t* W$ U2 E$ g9 g9 L
xAP Barwon, Shell hits 6, and is sunk4 S. @. B- P0 K7 u, N6 A+ s7 w
xAP Adelong, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: y1 Y) ]' Y8 }. W) U2 Z
xAP Rhesus, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
8 K/ s8 V- [/ F- {8 g. Y, ~ xAP Mungana, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Z2 o8 O! G! Q* d' {3 s xAP Murada, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
3 e3 ~" U) Z0 X5 `7 X7 L l- q xAP Demodocus, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" |1 D. `$ Y7 \- o% i
xAP Diomed, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 E7 D: {& \0 `$ I7 D8 w% l5 }
AKA Libra, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ t1 L$ j. ?1 T4 \
& u4 N0 U1 [$ }* x& I/ jAllied ground losses:
5 t. T' Z- r0 y W, h8 u+ | 136 casualties reported' Q1 o6 |4 f- m1 X$ k7 a. Q S
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# r' G1 Y( g3 i; N5 Q" k0 p5 U! ?4 [ Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
, f- q9 p' r* Q6 x* y/ f Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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! T, E8 M6 G9 \! O+ d2 A FDay Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards; k- F, j0 s- b+ d; s
/ }/ V, p1 c, f% pJapanese Ships
, ^; B8 Q+ u. \: }4 K' s+ m. M BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2+ O" N3 A( e! m! e) P( L0 L. J' j% q
CA Atago, Shell hits 3% r1 Q5 b" W3 [& h/ E
CA Maya, Shell hits 3# v* B' [5 m2 \
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1$ S, e: T1 E+ \
DD Yugiri, Shell hits 4, on fire
2 [0 u* a9 _4 s& R DD Ushio, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 q0 {3 ^" {6 A" U! G DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 2
& O1 T4 Y4 f5 a. R6 j: i DD Uzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire3 @3 ^1 p9 o9 l8 @& E$ I
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 7, heavy fires# Z5 G# F* x- s
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3 t& {% y: E) f6 w4 n0 Y: w- r1 A ` DD Bagley, Shell hits 4, on fire
7 L: Y( z, A6 y! Y& f DD Blue, Shell hits 4, on fire6 B- n4 }3 ?, N0 m" A; c$ ~
DD Arunta, Shell hits 2, on fire) M4 C6 d- z G
DD Warramunga, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133+ L6 V4 T' o* Q& T* G) u
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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* t% S x6 A# R' u& ~0 S& jRaid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.. C- F& U- C1 g7 s7 J9 j" |
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 16
" D9 y2 z3 L7 x6 ~) Z! ^9 f0 z SBD-3 Dauntless x 77 A9 ~& |5 E b2 |/ S
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No Allied losses5 B& P8 G3 N/ }, g: M2 G/ p
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Japanese Ships
! X. d E. Q; [( o# w CA Takao, heavy fires, heavy damage! |1 A9 Q$ c- F4 B! J) ^
DD Ayanami
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,132+ H$ P7 z( \2 \$ `" h1 @; `8 W* o! \
; i9 ^/ F6 U. I7 y% ~Weather in hex: Light cloud7 r1 f9 Y7 d Y' K6 a
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.# R; s! Y1 O/ Y1 h5 V! k3 V
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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* u$ n2 J9 B& R/ a3 B! P9 f A6M2 Zero x 51
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Allied aircraft
. Z- e& o2 g- I8 v; K) o P-39D Airacobra x 1
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0 U, x3 ^2 p( kNo Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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Allied Ships
. b# i4 M( b% d# F z) W" B DD Bagley, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk- @4 q& C l) Z* R. ?# M0 n) r
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
8 R c H" j6 I3 Z5 P; u% h) o DD Arunta, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 98,136% @$ I4 j3 D0 }4 {! j: L5 d+ @
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms: H; [4 g4 L5 S' B3 ?* k
4 l1 O7 |2 g5 x, ` FRaid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.) m( b2 k5 Z. y& l" p" K' N& z
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes6 R2 E2 M) m# [
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Japanese aircraft
1 c3 Q+ U( H% A+ \5 y2 `0 G0 @ B5N1 Kate x 18. ?; M4 e0 v$ m2 l- B
! U5 c7 S# T+ D* E* [. S1 bJapanese aircraft losses
g% X$ L- g: `0 A4 i+ l1 d. p$ r B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
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DD Laffey
9 ^# R& v# K* [ CA Portland, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
3 B! Z; Q! k8 i+ A DD Balch, ]; S4 t5 a( p t; f
DD Sterett, and is sunk |