AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
& x c, V2 V8 o上个回合侦察到盟军在米龙湾和莫港分别有运输船队出没,估计是增援米龙湾和莫港的,莫港的船队鞭长莫及,设置了陆攻对海,而米龙湾则派出了一队水雷战队前往袭击
+ [' g1 k4 X8 e9 b结果全歼了米龙湾的盟军运输队,而陆攻出击莫港的船队战果不大,仅击伤2条运输船* F9 R v3 X' h
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( r) p# p9 T, ~4 z7 e; pNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ y% Y/ o. j3 h. }# s. ~
CA Chokai
: W( J% K6 e3 w7 p$ y% K+ Z CA Aoba H \1 L# ?6 I' G+ R; w
CA Kinugasa% |' p7 k0 g2 G0 V! ?; ~
CA Furutaka
7 s# U5 H7 e3 \! o E4 l" s, L CA Kako, L2 }. T2 u- r$ D& D% K
CL Tenryu2 D& h; T' |9 N2 ^5 j" F! `: n
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1) `: P$ |, g1 a' U5 F/ i4 t% k7 I) j/ z
DD Mutsuki
6 z1 t! f9 j9 o, g DD Yayoi
: _/ q4 ?3 K2 r2 z0 d } DD Uzuki$ \" u3 m9 D) f2 U7 T
DD Mochizuki4 o- s( ]2 o6 N- e6 y9 r
DD Hakaze& a! P" N$ X+ y/ D5 P6 l4 i
DD Akikaze7 ?# E/ T2 L3 ^% a+ H# H+ T0 u
DD Tachikaze
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; M# y0 j+ C+ A+ {7 M8 k& mAllied Ships
& _' D q0 q h PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& s: \1 p1 R' s# G! }. A6 ]" s A
AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk) f4 a+ d% m: a4 ?2 e: b8 G9 Y
xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
& L1 @ W& {0 y, c6 q+ u# A. O! @ xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ m8 R/ N% ^" J* B: V
xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 t- v# Z) S6 p" v4 l) w. B xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# u! h- y' i/ a7 I- x0 a
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
/ @9 C0 U/ w4 t! A+ C 4647 casualties reported
5 V0 ]( q M. H1 d, f O Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled8 |; [0 J# F- S/ | d7 H
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled' U7 U! _7 `8 c2 m4 T+ a3 w
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
, B: t4 j$ P/ u7 q4 \' U8 ]5 B+ f Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)) Z/ f q* }8 s3 Y- ^
Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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5 `! e3 G# p2 l* q2 Q4 s. y% qJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!7 F* T2 p: [' C' ^" k# _
Allied TF begins to get underway+ c6 T3 D' S$ O) ? ?
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
8 p8 I: d8 \% O h$ QMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards0 S, j8 N* S# W( @) K
Range closes to 10,000 yards..." F+ Z/ p o5 Z: X0 { W9 n
Range closes to 9,000 yards...5 R; Y2 U. R1 C( i
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
0 v% v% _( d% B9 a h0 o/ hRange closes to 7,000 yards...
/ s' S- z- z( v0 k2 f" kRange closes to 6,000 yards...
" J) a% q, A! s- Z9 E8 u: \/ ]Range closes to 5,000 yards...' \* c& _& P; h3 u
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards
- _' L) u f( B1 T! uCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
' k4 E" Q4 }/ u5 c0 iAM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards" Z9 x: p! M9 l& h2 L
CA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards& Y0 W# W8 j% B# w
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards: P* P1 y# |3 f1 n W7 K% z
DD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards4 w( K1 S6 W$ k$ x' }" E
DD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards0 G# C$ ~3 b, D4 q6 c$ f! p
Range increases to 6,000 yards
7 r, x: F* ]6 A! N# ?0 L3 YDD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133 ! g0 D( V/ G: U5 ?6 b3 M7 n
CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards! t/ S8 u r' }, K- t; O8 H$ a
CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
7 X: Z3 @4 l; k: u4 }xAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
0 L. {) X/ G+ V* U! ]/ M `CA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards
" C3 p7 A8 E% X; g# j% I, ExAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards3 W. t4 G) s7 w4 W4 ]& |2 i7 `
CL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
2 \: L: A, L. |4 ]4 w4 Q1 qRange closes to 3,000 yards
" U( M+ A$ [! ?) vCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards2 c/ O5 U1 b' R) K4 d7 z0 |
CA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards7 O; |5 h% S, W4 a! L9 Z# h* J* c( r
Massive explosion on PC Warrego, \* [; F9 F6 `) x6 l3 ?
PC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards7 t8 I6 h$ ^+ i. v- P- m
xAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards
9 f( e: v2 L' N6 M2 f! E: ~Range closes to 2,000 yards
0 \. `+ Q; y% ` Z2 nxAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
+ S- }/ Y+ X& z& S8 u( hxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards- N: E5 {; c' ?. ^. ~; p- x
xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
. I; x; S* _& r% @) ]Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...; J2 L' X+ U! r# j: I R
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% C7 E4 P7 V( @Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Severe storms3 ~* g8 Z" Y O- _+ I7 O5 d
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.: y8 ]) A/ B1 ^# @9 K: H2 `) F7 P
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes% _# F) D6 C. \) l k; s/ [2 S8 |0 r
2 K2 F; E& z9 \6 P( }Japanese aircraft- X5 p0 d& W( L
G4M1 Betty x 427 \. |8 G. d# E* I6 G
! V- R- e2 n$ H5 W0 C+ v: @; RJapanese aircraft losses3 h" ?: s+ z7 ^7 s9 Z# o t9 O/ l5 Z# F0 a
G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged3 T% a- b; z8 H5 Z1 d& r
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Allied Ships. b& D7 R1 c8 z$ c& |1 L$ m
AM Bowen
: {, ^3 [" L/ L' N3 y xAK Mundalla
/ ~- h( s- \. o, o5 s9 [- w0 X DD Aylwin: I% ^1 f, \- b. g, E5 `
DD Monaghan
+ z7 ^$ d b9 q' P5 U xAP Cremer
; w, M% H4 Z2 f$ M xAP Idomeneus
8 w p6 {/ @) K" B6 a7 m' H xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 1: f9 T( R$ w9 B& a; ~2 W" v
; |% @9 p8 V* n/ ]0 R0 E: hAllied ground losses:
, \$ f; C. \* K8 i 16 casualties reported4 }# _5 E7 q+ _& q0 K* ~+ o& F
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' }# F; x, u, i8 Y F) x0 S7 f9 H: L
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
8 ^$ J1 h7 z8 e9 s* s0 a Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, O! J, e% x! `8 i0 N
1 H4 p; W! }1 [2 JAircraft Attacking:
Z. z) ~) Q, s0 o H3 ?2 Y' d 18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet( } V# z) r. k/ G" D9 }0 J
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
! v# e4 V" Y8 y5 {& z P& i4 K+ m3 N% ? 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
6 ?, ~( H1 K" S. t2 N Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp4 J( [) C; T$ y+ ]1 N- a& H- p
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet* ]9 ?; H! J0 f9 b
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb: V+ `' o: h% Q. J' |5 Z$ N& d
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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& f, `5 C' U: Y8 VRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
) q, s4 q6 k3 b( ~) ~/ V8 k# rEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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G4M1 Betty x 34: V0 ~" a4 B2 m. q" \9 ~
: n+ `" G+ i& T1 fJapanese aircraft losses
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Allied Ships
5 _1 l7 [$ ~1 \ y5 n' R* _- G- Y xAP Cremer
5 N3 `; I$ S( t+ \% p- b DD Aylwin3 ~& i, j' n# z, O
DD Monaghan
# N A! f; E3 Z$ G# ^ xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 c- d0 ?& u" f: d( h; L$ X, k) ^' D
' n- J) s% \9 d# SAircraft Attacking:0 U4 e( @) x! x
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet5 L5 u- ^/ d: ^! x6 f: [' D4 G
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp2 `. g. h! C. J: o' L+ Y( o
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet5 F, H. ]; i- K* R& f1 Q
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
& V5 ]2 L X8 O! A1 \: s4 p 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
1 G( W7 N% Y, U* L& N Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
$ ?6 J5 S; S9 { @' a9 a W G4 \* w0 [ 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet: k I/ L) n+ g5 P5 A: e9 h; | C
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp0 W9 Z# Q, o+ l, \& W3 t1 w
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
1 ~, P& h+ N* t( C. C Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |