PzB74
Posts: 5076
Joined: 10/3/2000
From: No(r)way
Status: offline
|
Here we go! Andy invades Iwo Jima.
Can he land enough troops and support them until the forts have been overcome?
Both sides engage in surface battles and the damage heavy cruiser Pittsburgh is sunk.
The US fleet is suffering constant attrition and our position on Iwo Jima is stronger despite
all their efforts. I'm considering moving a large HQ to Bonin Jima with a range of 5 hexes.
This can support the fighting on Iwo as well.
I'm preparing a reinforcement convoy for Iwo Jima. Will send it in if necessary together with
the fleet and dozens or cargo ships and support vessels. Some men are bound to get through.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/13/45
Invasions
Andy unloades 3 full divisions, 2 HQs, 6 artillery units and a number of other aux units on
Iwo Jima! Think we managed to disrupt one of his convoys.
TF 1060 encounters mine field at Iwo Jima (63,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Junee
MSW Bunbury
MSW Gladiator
MSW Facility, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Superior
AK H. H. Raymond, Mine hits 1, on fire
CA Astoria, Mine hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1067 encounters mine field at Iwo Jima (63,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DMS Long
DMS Forrest
DMS Hobson
DMS Ellyson
DMS Emmons, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Hambleton, Shell hits 1
MSW Success, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Strength
MSW Strategy
MSW Staunch
MSW Spectacle
DE Corbesier
DE Howard F. Clark
DE Kendall C. Campbell
CA San Francisco, Mine hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Iwo Jima, 63,53, firing at TF 1006
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1006 encounters mine field at Iwo Jima (63,53)
TF 1006 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TF 1060 encounters mine field at Iwo Jima (63,53)
TF 1060 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53
Allied Ships
MSW Junee
MSW Bunbury
MSW Gladiator
MSW Facility, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Superior
DE Mack
DE Edwin A. Howard
DE Edmonds
CA Astoria, Mine hits 3, on fire, heavy damage <- this must have hurt!
DE Robert F. Keller
DD Shaw
DD Drayton
DE Tabberer
DE Eversole
Coastal Guns at Iwo Jima, 63,53, firing at TF 1060
634 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Shaw, Shell hits 17, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1
CL Helena, Shell hits 19
DE Edmonds
AK Edward B. Haines, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton, Shell hits 3
LST LST-634, Shell hits 4, on fire
LST LST-608, Shell hits 2
LST LST-602, Shell hits 4, on fire
DE Mack
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
1788 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coastal Guns at Iwo Jima, 63,53, firing at TF 1067
TF 1067 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53
958 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LCI(G) LCI(G)-452, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DE Kendall C. Campbell, Shell hits 4, on fire
LCI(G) LCI(G)-438, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-888, Shell hits 2
LCI(G) LCI(G)-450, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
LCI(G) LCI(G)-451, Shell hits 7
DMS Long
DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
DMS Forrest, Shell hits 1
DMS Hobson, Shell hits 2, on fire
LCI(G) LCI(G)-469, Shell hits 2, on fire
LCI(G) LCI(G)-470, Shell hits 2, on fire
LST LST-335
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
3240 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub/ASW Attacks
ASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
SS RO-35, hits 7
Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Picking
DD John Hood
DD Caperton
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Bonin at 65,52
Japanese Ships
AP Meisho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kume
Allied Ships
SS Hake
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASW attack near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
SS RO-35, hits 7, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Saufley
DD Picking
DD John Hood
DD Caperton
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack at 62,53
Japanese Ships
AP Tenpei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 2
Allied Ships
SS Bang
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Surface Combat
I sent the slow battleship TF south and found a convoy. Damage wasn't too great, but
the convoy was hit by kamikaze attacks north of Iwo Jima later in the day.
Night Time Surface Combat at 64,53
Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Yamashiro
BB Hyuga
CA Mikuma
CL Noshiro
DD Fuyuzuki
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1
DD Momi
DD Kaede
DD Kaki, Shell hits 1
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
DE LeRay Wilson, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DMS Boggs, Shell hits 1
DMS Macomb, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS Rodman
DMS Gherardi
DMS Jeffers, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Harding, Shell hits 2, on fire
LST LST-339, heavy damage
LST LST-457, heavy damage
AK Louis A. Sengteller, on fire
AK Martin Johnson, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC PC-41, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-144, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Lyman K. Swenson
DD Taussig
DD John W. Weeks
DD Harrison
DD Isherwood, Shell hits 1
DD David Taylor
DD Barton
DD Quickmatch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our strike against the enemy near Marcus Island started well:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
CL Kiso
DD Urakaze
DD Natsugumo
DD Minegumo
DD Sugi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
DD Keyaki
Allied Ships
AS Howard W. Gilmore
AV Kenneth Whiting, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AV Hamlin
AGP Brontes, Shell hits 3, on fire
AR Charles Lummis, Shell hits 1
AR George Taylor
AV R. C. Brennan
AS S. Hall Young, Shell hits 2, on fire
AR William H. Gray, Shell hits 43, and is sunk
AR William T. Sherman
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then we met a superior enemy cruiser TF:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 4
CL Kiso, Shell hits 9
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 11, on fire
DD Natsugumo, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sugi, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hinoki, Shell hits 4
DD Kashi, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Keyaki, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Australia, Shell hits 11, on fire
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2
CL Wilkes-Barre
CA Detroit, Shell hits 1
DD Allen M. Sumner, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Burns, Shell hits 1
DD Bush, Shell hits 1
DD Callaghan, Shell hits 1
DD Welles
DD Wilkes
DD Roe
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat at 62,53
Japanese Ships
PC Yashiro, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Nicholson
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC PC-72, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Lyman K. Swenson
DD Taussig
DD John W. Weeks
DD Harrison
DD Isherwood
DD David Taylor
DD Barton
DD Quickmatch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC Ukuru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Lyman K. Swenson
DD Taussig
DD John W. Weeks, Shell hits 1
DD Harrison
DD Isherwood
DD David Taylor
DD Barton
DD Quickmatch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC PC-66, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Lyman K. Swenson
DD Taussig
DD John W. Weeks
DD Harrison
DD Isherwood
DD David Taylor
DD Barton
DD Quickmatch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daylight Surface Combat
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC Yashiro, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
AK Ryuko Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
AK Renzan Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC Ikuna, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC Awaji, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
AK Myoho Maru
AK Ushio Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
AP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 33, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC PC-2, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota
BB Massachusetts
BB Alabama, Shell hits 1
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Time Surface Combat, near Iwo Jima at 63,53
Japanese Ships
PC PC-23, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
AP Zenoa Maru, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 1, on fire <- That's right, sink her!!-)
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1
BB Alabama
CA Louisville
CA Chicago
DD Walker
DD Waller
DD Wedderburn
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bombardments
Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
BB Alabama
BB Massachusetts
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 18
Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Runway hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naval bombardment of Iwo Jima, at 63,53
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CA Chester
BB Washington
BB North Carolina
Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Air Combat
Night Air attack on TF at 65,53
Japanese aircraft
H8K Emily x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
SS RO-35
Allied Ships
DD Hyman
DD Conner
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Air attack on TF at 64,53
Japanese aircraft
H8K Emily x 5
Allied aircraft
P-61A Black Widow x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Conner
DE LeRay Wilson
AK Martin Johnson
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air Combat
DEI Theatre:
Day Air attack on Miri , at 31,57
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 9
N1K1-J George x 31
J2M Jack x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Pacific
Day Air attack on Bonin , at 65,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
A6M5 Zeke x 9
N1K1-J George x 29
J2M Jack x 15
A6M5c Zeke x 7
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 19
Ki-102a Randy x 11
Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
J2M Jack: 3 destroyed
A6M5c Zeke: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 7 destroyed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 9
F6F Hellcat x 15
SB2C Helldiver x 44
F6F-5N Hellcat x 10
TBM Avenger x 159
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84-Ia Frank: 6 destroyed
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 5 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 8
TBM Avenger x 29
No Allied losses
Port supply hits 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Iwo Jima , at 63,53
Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 1
P-61A Black Widow x 54
No Allied losses
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67 Peggy: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 63,50
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 38
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
SB2C Helldiver x 42
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC PC-36
MSW W.8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Oryoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-26
AP Fukuyama Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Shinko Maru #1, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
174 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 74,57
Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Sugi, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 67,56
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 18
G4M2e Betty x 4
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CA Pittsburgh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 65,56
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Mahan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Allied aircraft
SB2C Helldiver x 3
P-61A Black Widow x 23
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 65,53
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 2
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Charrette, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Convoy near Wake Island:
Day Air attack on TF at 83,63
Japanese aircraft
B7A Grace x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-67 Peggy x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
B7A Grace: 8 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AP John Land
AK Octans
AP Storm King, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP James O'Hara
AP Winged Arrow
AP Manoora
AP William Ward Burrows, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The best kamikaze strike thus far in the war! The convoy we disrupted last night is hit again.
Day Air attack on TF at 64,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 37 destroyed
Allied Ships
DMS Jeffers, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Rodman, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire
DMS Boggs, Kamikaze hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Martin Johnson, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Gherardi, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
LST LST-339, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on TF at 66,54
Japanese aircraft
G4M2e Betty x 1
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2e Betty: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
BB New Jersey
Aircraft Attacking: <- Ohka's never hit anything....this would have been the perfect opportunity!
1 x G4M2e Betty ohka bombing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground Combat
Our assault value is getting closer to 1000...Andy will have to work hard to get anywhere
with these troops, but I know he got some more! Will it be enough, and will we be able to bring
in reinforcements?
Ground combat at Iwo Jima
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 38339 troops, 383 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 730
Defending force 52439 troops, 538 guns, 167 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144
Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Wake Island
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 35504 troops, 290 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 763
Defending force 25196 troops, 317 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 465
Japanese ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enemy Invades Iwo Jima!
 Attachment (1)
_____________________________
 "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Printable Version
RE: Yamato faces a torrent of steel - and lives! - 
* to move slowly south and face the enemy again triggered the KBs last fight! 
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread