kaleun
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And a victory is provided. The Japanese launched yet another offenssive, or perhaps a probing attack, against Noumea and Koumac. Their forces were divided in three task forces. One, a battleship force, approached Noumea, with the intention to bombard it. It was attacked several times by level bombers, but they failed to inflict any damage. A second, smaller ,cruiser force bombarded Koumac. It was in tercepted by some PT boats. A third task force, with an undetermined number of carriers stood distant and provided air support to the battleships. The result is as follows AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 66,77 Japanese Ships PG Sozan Maru PG Eiko Maru DD Yayoi DD Mutsuki DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Michishio DD Oyashio Allied Ships SS Whale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 66,117 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 4 B-26B Marauder x 3 B-17E Fortress x 3 P-38F Lightning x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Musashi BB Nagato BB Yamashiro Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 66,117 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 9 B-17E Fortress x 6 P-38F Lightning x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro CA Myoko CA Chokai Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 66,117 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 A6M3 Zero x 7 G3M Nell x 6 G4M1 Betty x 3 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 3 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Colorado -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 66,117 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Idaho -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 66,117 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 5 destroyed F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 10, on fire BB Hyuga, Shell hits 18, on fire BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 10 BB Yamato, Shell hits 10 BB Musashi, Shell hits 6 CA Maya, Shell hits 26, and is sunk CA Chokai, Shell hits 10 CA Myoko, Shell hits 18, and is sunk CA Nachi, Shell hits 37, and is sunk CA Mikuma, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage DD Asagiri, Shell hits 8, and is sunk DD Ushio, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Oite, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DD Asanagi, Shell hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Colorado, Shell hits 21 BB West Virginia, Shell hits 29, on fire BB Nevada, Shell hits 32, on fire BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 32, on fire BB Arizona, Shell hits 44, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Shell hits 10 BB Idaho, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB New Mexico, Shell hits 10 BB Mississippi, Shell hits 6 BB North Carolina, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CA Portland, Shell hits 4 CA Northampton CA Houston, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Chicago, Shell hits 2 CL Hobart, Shell hits 2 CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 65,114 Japanese Ships CA Chikuma CA Suzuya CA Kumano CA Aoba CL Kinu DD Nokaze DD Asagao DD Ootori DD Hiyodori Allied Ships PT PT-44 PT PT-45 PT PT-46 PT PT-47, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT PT-48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Noumea, at 66,117 Japanese Ships CA Chokai BB Musashi BB Yamato BB Yamashiro BB Hyuga, on fire BB Nagato, on fire Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Koumac, at 65,114 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 54 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Hiyodori, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Ootori DD Asagao, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Nokaze CL Kinu, Shell hits 1 CA Aoba CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Chikuma, Shell hits 2 Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 75,70 Japanese Ships MSW Banshu Maru #51 Allied Ships SS Shad -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 199940 troops, 1622 guns, 114 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 4340 Defending force 291269 troops, 1307 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 7154 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kunming Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 304814 troops, 1979 guns, 122 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 5720 Defending force 115101 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 2386 Allied ground losses: 185 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Imphal Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3376 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1032 Defending force 55867 troops, 214 guns, 341 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 559 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 238556 troops, 1277 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 7154 Defending force 208050 troops, 1622 guns, 114 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 4340 Japanese ground losses: 541 casualties reported Guns lost 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Imphal Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1974 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 558 Defending force 60670 troops, 271 guns, 161 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 1032 Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Guns lost 1
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