AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42
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" E! y; K# z. d6 T. `! i3 nNight Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships' v$ l, M! C2 c, O
CL Oi1 t1 N, u7 w: L# L, S, k
DD Minekaze* u$ c5 f5 O+ s; `& |$ T' `9 _
DD Sawakaze
) s- o9 \ ^. P5 h+ V' F9 F6 t DD Shiokaze
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# g) ]4 n9 R" X* AAllied Ships' Z, ?2 z3 W0 m( K. r
PT-31, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
2 ^* `: M: H' i8 K; v0 { PT-32
6 r) t; D8 a# s PT-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 g( X) P) `+ [1 o& b0 R% p5 v D
PT Q-113, Shell hits 3, and is sunk( z! y' p& {+ B; p
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; B- J8 B7 n' ~Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards( ~: @8 E( S" E; a
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Japanese Ships, M) Y/ F- N7 {- b3 `
PC Take
/ K1 G+ W- p2 _ g PC Kaki, Shell hits 3
. N0 u3 a* p& m7 C: w PC Ashi, Shell hits 1
# X6 a- J% L* x& p1 i& a: ?1 L k PC Sumire, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage# Z- s$ g1 [ j/ m( H
E Hashidate, Shell hits 13 r0 I8 m2 i& E) C
E Uji, q" y- y J6 ?" d" b0 m, B
TB Chidori
7 t% h3 ^1 ^$ i; {6 n: a TB Manazuru6 P' B. I# c6 p: X/ K
TB Hatsukari, Shell hits 4
5 v5 Y4 j% |9 F" ?' b TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
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- T, L' Y, v% ~, a# VAllied Ships
: K- |9 I- X: d4 ~+ s+ i7 h# b CA Houston, Shell hits 20 c" D$ l7 ~9 p
CL Java, Shell hits 13 b3 E0 _, F) D3 y- L5 |7 @1 o
CL Tromp
& }2 g9 h' K Z( J/ |8 _& d CL Dragon/ t6 @, G0 t; ]" g
CL Durban7 z- E' t5 I5 q+ }0 y1 |
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 15 h% U- N: O5 @- p( }& s
DD Alden
2 r+ a# n' L% E5 { DD Bulmer9 k3 C: M& ~- a5 ~5 b$ D
DD Edsall
' N2 ~2 u8 p" k& @0 V DD John D. Edwards
+ u' F, y/ U1 V: P- b3 W# ~ DD John D. Ford
/ A: N4 `# }5 W4 n2 o/ l, g! }2 w DD Parrott% }9 m" M/ r$ ]; j/ n
DD Peary, T& b2 ]1 A8 m, T7 u2 r
DD Pope3 v' d1 L8 r" {9 [+ v
DD Whipple
: X$ D2 q* [, M7 C: l) r8 d9 f DD Stewart
; y9 h7 r* J) y; Q DD Witte de With
4 r3 A0 H' W8 l; G* u DD Evertsen
. B4 B/ s2 r% |; [3 ? DD Van Ghent
6 x! D# x- x: [) i* y DD Scout( ~2 \& Q/ j( {! y1 d8 i1 ]
DD Stronghold4 }& D8 s3 p+ d* Z8 V
DD Thanet
% |, }' p4 u& c+ j" L DD Express& t1 v) R3 ?8 l/ Q* h6 j$ h" b
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ambon at 76,109, Range 7,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships' [5 q8 v- w/ R: W0 [; }; b4 O- w
CL Oi, Shell hits 11, heavy fires% a/ W7 ` `. i8 Z2 j# I
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1
. ^8 J& N, e& `4 q, t: y% W. Q DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1
7 B, Y. r& O0 \, t4 m DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1
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( U$ @) p; R9 ~8 Y+ UAllied Ships
; T' X! F$ I4 W4 u3 m CA Houston, Shell hits 3
" a# k2 w. x6 O5 h4 l$ C5 j CL Java
( B5 K, S+ u# V z* H( D f CL Tromp1 ^7 ] k# G8 ~5 o
CL Dragon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
4 C& U8 E- E. I N CL Durban, Shell hits 1/ X* B9 R$ ~* A3 O8 Y
CL Marblehead6 l7 ?9 r; I1 R. r9 d
DD Alden, Shell hits 2
( e2 U+ w$ [0 y0 J DD Bulmer, Shell hits 3, heavy fires& U# ]9 ^4 t! N" S1 ?2 a" N, A8 X( K
DD Edsall3 m) T: [, @" o6 l1 h# T) r
DD John D. Edwards
( X* z# [; p% c j; h! e DD John D. Ford. `6 V" T/ x$ \' k, a1 C
DD Parrott
+ Y& ]% F& Z, B' J DD Peary, Shell hits 1, on fire
7 T5 V: i3 f6 h DD Pope. v2 I9 r6 u6 Q3 R! z! j7 y6 [
DD Whipple6 A6 r) p6 M9 E$ a
DD Stewart6 k/ D+ J l, P
DD Witte de With
7 O* i( F; T: r' k% j. K) ^+ v DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1
3 W! S0 m* X5 q. v8 m DD Van Ghent
, F, o' N* |9 g+ F" N' P7 ?7 U* N# r DD Scout
" B" S% a/ h8 Z0 \& n5 u DD Stronghold
3 T* ?$ Y+ F+ b S8 G+ n! K DD Thanet
- y5 ]5 N& W* m: A0 ~ c3 ~, Z. M DD Express |