12/14/41
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* Y8 o" D7 D. I; C% S8 x3 _8 CSub attack near Amboina at 39,73) m' M6 c; s1 J4 d' e" ^& z! U
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Japanese Ships
: y4 V `$ a: OAK Ehime Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage( T5 d5 s' Z# M( C
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- r B5 W+ |% [% V4 J9 T3 ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Cagayan at 42,59
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Japanese Ships
7 f& e- U( P+ U$ G# BMSW Ataka Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
- S, |" f0 m: s7 }# _& ?9 xMSW Takasago Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire' T6 @- E- J a
PG Edo Maru" I. S. S- t* e3 E- n- U
PG Saiko Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire2 y: E9 i6 J2 s$ M' |; M t
PC Gamitsu Maru #1, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
! g. i Q! c' Q9 y% W6 }PC Nichi Maru #18 ~ Y- M( B0 v
PC Showa Maru #3
5 b4 f' {# U: I$ j9 l4 N, d) x+ Q OPC Showa Maru #5, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage9 g, f$ { a% Y7 Y5 n& W+ Z
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Allied Ships6 h/ d2 @+ o; F. {( T; x& r7 y; E
CA Houston, Shell hits 5# y' k7 R# ]* U5 t2 o! B% T1 u
DD Scout0 D7 F; c0 O- P1 l4 |
DD Thanet, d4 p; N7 o; G5 ^0 R
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Night Time Surface Combat at 41,72
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AK Amagisan Maru, Shell hits 2
' f9 P3 y7 f2 m) wAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 5
8 I6 t8 J( M& sAK Naniwa Maru, Shell hits 2
& c6 x) I6 j- ~; }9 m1 iAK Nozima Maru, Shell hits 63, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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CL Marblehead
% o9 X) a, H( t$ z7 A- j Y, ?CL Boise& Q8 J# [6 H6 C$ p/ Q& u- r( F
DD Alden
1 M+ D! E1 }) e! iDD Barker; y* i$ D+ O1 f# i
DD Bulmer
, T& o: ]& A" p8 D$ V$ R, BDD Edsall$ b: H0 A; r$ V0 s8 g) b* t
DD John D. Edwards" {/ b7 T# ~" `" [% [8 W" n
DD John D. Ford
6 z( w" E( B% G: c, s* DDD Paul Jones
' ^. ?- |/ j& b8 gDD Parrott
& v# y0 h, ^% b3 U% QDD Peary, Shell hits 17 @( X9 n' Z- b; i( H& O) ~
DD Pillsbury
: J/ K: {0 r# j; V! Q2 qDD Pope$ t- T6 T* d8 g% q
DD Whipple
2 o, O# t: o- n" h4 DDD Stewart
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TF 17 encounters mine field at Kuching (28,56)( g3 k) G- B& f& j9 _
. Z# P# z8 A& b% CTF 17 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 28,56& C, G" W1 ?% V8 C
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3 q8 A) ~3 A! {3 ePG Saga
: V* R2 K* @2 g2 c% P8 YAP Josho Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire. |4 k+ G: P0 o% K8 Q! `0 D
PG Hashidate1 ?" E2 W9 }/ [% }
PG Uji1 F3 N2 T2 O& L( Y
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35 casualties reported
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Coastal Guns at Kuching, 28,56, firing at TF 178 Z, N8 U4 h9 k4 S2 S
102 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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* H) D8 M; o _6 mPG Eifuku Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
: J1 o3 e* @ x0 t: j9 K7 S: pAP Haisho Maru, Shell hits 2# a0 u R [) A; \" ]
AP Giyu Maru7 S2 [( `- m6 e! l% w; v
PG Saga, Shell hits 1
. U) v9 }# O% O* v. e* ]* y8 BPG Uji, Shell hits 18 n) B0 g, d' `
& x7 w) X" E9 }7 EJapanese ground losses:5 ^% T3 T: a0 R
1010 casualties reported
- v4 e" t3 q& Y6 S2 \/ ^6 _& e( tGuns lost 18 z0 \6 u' i4 l% k0 s2 F. T/ H) O0 ^
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Allied ground losses:7 N& ^( l" w9 |
20 casualties reported
! M4 L, s+ j. Y( ^. w, o0 XGuns lost 1; {. _3 V8 l+ [
8 R) U3 A8 q/ T- DDay Air attack on Kuantan , at 24,47' u+ I, |3 N! A- Z$ X
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. l! ?: A8 @& @5 {8 jKi-43-Ib Oscar x 194 M! |7 D; B4 n% k# D2 T$ P
Ki-21 Sally x 123
2 P$ X: _: @" D VKi-48 Lily x 28
1 p; O$ `, y- Z0 f# M3 oKi-15 Babs x 6
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' B; A/ S, `0 R# l8 EBuffalo I x 12# [' U) j [) \) ~& ~+ B
P-40B Tomahawk x 19
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 P' B* ~3 I$ W' g5 _Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 7 destroyed
! Z" S0 x" J% i1 OKi-21 Sally: 17 destroyed, 24 damaged
5 ?1 Q7 N3 O7 H. {/ O- pKi-48 Lily: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
, |# u3 v' I2 c8 w" {Buffalo I: 2 damaged4 g9 V/ V+ d: v7 H2 t
P-40B Tomahawk: 19 damaged
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1 \7 z! m! ^1 k0 m/ W& H1 B0 @Allied ground losses:
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4 W& X" L& H; W; @Guns lost 1) t0 n2 U9 T' m/ d9 q! [
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Airbase hits 5! i( _6 }6 `) z! D; y- `
Airbase supply hits 4
& @0 b9 U: ]/ k9 @; @# S( hRunway hits 685 b. o# z4 M' ]3 Q2 g
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Day Air attack on TF, near Kuching at 28,56) e1 z* a1 Y# E
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Hawk 75A x 38 a' _/ l1 e0 O3 O1 b9 k; a
Martin 139 x 12
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No Allied losses
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2 p. V- Z, B- V; \AP Meiten Maru! x9 N/ R9 h8 D# X' f1 x: z6 l
AP Teiun Maru
3 a+ `. m/ i8 e6 M4 j1 BAP Meisho Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
% o3 S% e& l- F9 ~' bAP Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire0 G( c: L3 R8 d$ j- y
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3 H1 p$ l1 o3 C26 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Amboina) ^$ r6 u7 a9 z, F
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Japanese Shock attack
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: d- l, q v7 z! c0 Y: P% _Attacking force 11448 troops, 99 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 2945 w1 ~) s. I8 f8 @, n
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Defending force 4540 troops, 54 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1180 w, ^- S% l2 C) [! m+ W. R# F
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Japanese max assault: 562 - adjusted assault: 156 + l7 `: [2 N2 P+ V% S8 B
5 S! G! A J/ F2 IAllied max defense: 107 - adjusted defense: 91 ) x' O0 k1 M. P8 C8 b" \- p
# n9 F! N% H; ^5 @Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) 9 F: H* v5 b6 v- d
: y s# h6 ]' x! X/ [Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
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405 casualties reported
' \4 `9 L* J" h0 ]Guns lost 11 ?9 D' t+ ~' ?7 M8 b4 U
2 h& F) M8 l; l2 fAllied ground losses:
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Guns lost 1 |