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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 1:59:39 AM

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These flower class corvettes are the best ASW platform that the allies have at this point in the war. I must destroy them before they destroy my subs.

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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 2:00:36 AM

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At least one of my subs got shots off at one of the corvettes this turn, but they missed.

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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 2:02:42 AM

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Here is the damage to I-24 after the corvettes finished pounding her. She will have to head to Yokohama for repairs.

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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 2:03:44 AM

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Here is a quick look at the California coast. As you can see the sub wars continue here.

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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 2:05:46 AM

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the pacific, my sub chasers engaged in several attacks on American subs.
Even when not successful, they will help the crews gain valuable experience.

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RE: Turn 37 12 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 2:08:04 AM

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During the turn I again bombed Clark and Bataan. My fighters conducted sweeps over Palembang and Bandoeng where they bagged a few Dutch fighters.

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Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 3:47:56 AM

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Turn 38 13 January, 1942

I continued my war on the California yacht club this turn.
I-8 torpedoed and sank YP-92 45 miles SW of the golden gate bridge.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 3:53:36 AM

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Meanwhile, southwest of Oahu, I-175 announced her presence by sinking the freighter William Luckenbach.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 3:56:29 AM

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Off the north coast of Mindanao, I had a bit of a scare as an American S boat shot a spread of four torpedoes at the heavy cruiser Haguro. Luckily all of the fish missed and the cruiser's escorts punished the sub with an extended depth charging.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 3:58:11 AM

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While we are on this end of the map, here is a look at Mindanao. I have landed at multiple points and it looks like he is pulling all of his units into the mountain hex in the center of the island.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:02:20 AM

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Off Rabaul, the CL Naka intercepted and sank the AP Macdhui as she tried to sneak in and rescue the survivors of the Rabaul garrison force.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:04:45 AM

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SE of Moresby, Vals from the Akagi located and sank the AP Morinda, sinking her with 6 250kg bomb hits. This was a good bombing attack considering that only 7 Vals were attacking. No Vals were lost.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:08:28 AM

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I will confess that I had thought that I was still two turns out from Moresby, so I was not prepared for what I saw when the turn ran....namely all three task forces in Port Moresby harbor. This of course reduced the number of aircraft that could fly off of the carriers, and that had an impact during that day's air action.

Also, upon entering the hex, CL Yura struck a mine. She is retiring to Rabaul for emergency repairs escorted by one destroyer.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:13:24 AM

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He was evidently building Moresby into a major base, and during the morning air phase he attacked my carriers with 10 A-24 Banshees escorted by 15 P-40E Warhawks. Only half of my cap launched since I was in a coastal hex, but they did a credible job by shooting down 5 A-24s and 3 of the P-40Es. Japanese casualties consisted only of one Pete from the cruiser Aoba.

It was an intense combat that could have went either way. As it was, 5 of the Banshees made it through the cap to dive bomb the Akagi.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:14:26 AM

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Luckily, Akagi was not hit by any of the bombs.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:17:17 AM

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Over Amoy, he surprised me by putting 6 AVG fighters over the city where they intercepted multiple flights of unescorted Japanese bombers. In the end, he shot down 6 Lily and 2 Val bombers without loss.

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RE: Turn 38 13 January, 1942 - 6/24/2010 4:17:55 AM

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Here are the aircraft losses for the turn.

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Turn 39 14 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 12:08:54 PM

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Turn 39 14 January, 1942

After several turns of nothing, I finally scored with my subs stationed in the Makassar strait.

I-154 put two torpedoes into the freighter Governor Wright, forcing her to founder and sink 45 minutes later. Two lifeboats were spotted among the wreckage.

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RE: Turn 39 14 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 12:13:08 PM

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12 hours later, I-157 also scored in Makassar Strait when she put a torpedo into the side of the tanker Ravnaas.
However, the tanker was in ballast and refused to go down. I-157 was unable to surface and give chase because the merchant ship's crew had manned their deck gun mounted on the stern and did a credible job of lobbing a few shells near the submarine's periscope.

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RE: Turn 39 14 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 12:29:58 PM

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During the daylight air phase, his fortresses bombed the port of Saigon. The raid was not spotted until it was 18 miles out. Luckily, the raiders were flying at only 5000 feet, and all ready aircraft that had a gun were vectored in on the four engine bombers. It was incredible watching Pete Float planes conduct firing passes, and they were successful in damaging two of the large bombers heavily, including shooting out two engines on one, forcing it to drop out of formation.

In the end, the American bombers made a somewhat ineffective bomb run, scoring only 1 port hit, obliterating a small motor gun boat with an unlucky direct hit, and putting one bomb into the hapless cruiser Isuzu. Isuzu was already in drydock effecting emergency repairs from the two previous fortress raids.

Nine of the bombers involved in the raid suffered damage.

No Japanese aircraft were lost.

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RE: Turn 39 14 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 12:33:43 PM

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Meanwhile, half a world away, the Kido Butai arrived off the coast of California, where they began the process of disrupting his outbound convoys.

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RE: Turn 39 14 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 12:41:47 PM

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This caught a couple of convoys at sea, including one that had transports laden with troops.
The kates did their work along with the vals, and one entire convoy was sent to the bottom.
With the exception of one freighter, none of the ships stayed afloat long enough to launch any liferafts. There were several hundred soldiers seen treading water among the burning oil where they ships went down.

The next morning's recon flights revealled the seas to be littered with bodies with very few signs of life among them. In several low passes, it was observed that sharks were feeding upon the living and the dead in large numbers.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Eureka at 208,78

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N2 Kate x 36
D3A1 Val x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK West Portal, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Walke, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Makiki, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK San Anselmo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
248 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK West Portal

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near San Francisco at 213,74

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMC Prince Robert, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val bombing from 2000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Turn 40 15 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:09:07 PM

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Turn 40 15 January, 1942

Off of Port Moresby, the Kaga and Akagi continued air operations in support of the landings taking place.

Around mid-day, eight American Fortresses appeared over the fleet at 11,000 feet and dropped bombs on the Akagi. The ship was able to dodge all of the salvos by maneuvering at 24 knots and placing the helm hard over as soon as the bombs were seen leaving the bomb bay of the attacking aircraft. The only Japanese casualties in the raid came when one of the near misses showered the port side of the vessel with water and shrapnel. This wounded 12 brave sailors and blew a deck tractor with two empty bomb dollies overboard. The driver of the deck tractor went overboard at his post behind the steering wheel of the unit, which landed upside down in the water and quickly sank. The driver never came to the surface, likely killed by the impact.

Meanwhile, in the overcast, the zeroes had been harrowing the four engine bombers, pressing in even through the flak bursts from the ships below. All of the bombers were heavily damaged, and one blew up directly over the carrier when a zero hit it just as it was about to release it's bombs. Evidently the 20mm cannon shells struck one of the bombs, detonating both it and the fortress, killing all aboard. Unfortunately, the zero was forced to fly through the flaming debris. Unlike the movies, the debris cloud contained several large objects which struck the zero, crippling it. Observers on the deck of the Akagi say that it appears that one of the bombers engines hit the port wing of the zero, destroying the outboard eight feet of the wing and also clipping off the port horizontal stabilizer as well as the aircraft's rudder. The zero, burning heavily, cartwheeled into the ocean where it sank beneath a pool of burning avgas. The pilot was most likely dead from the impact with the debris from the bomber as no attempt to exit the plane was observed.

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RE: Turn 40 15 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:15:48 PM

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Off the California coast, the Kido Butait edged in a little closer, but poor weather prevented the scout planes from spotting any ships at sea and a strong weather front with towering thunderstorms just off the coast prevented our planned recon of the ports and airfields around the San Francisco area.
This weather also prevented the Americans from spotting or attacking the task force during the turn.

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RE: Turn 40 15 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:21:14 PM

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In the Makassar Strait, the tanker Ravnaas, down by the head after being torpedoed by the I-157 the previous day, stumbled into the path of the I-154. The submarine quickly dispatched the tanker with two well placed torpedo shots. Despite the fact that she sank in less than 15 minutes, two lifeboats were launched and it looks like most of her crew will be able to make landfall or be rescued.

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RE: Turn 40 15 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:30:54 PM

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Off Yokohama, sub chaser 23 reported that she sank an American submarine during a three hour engagement. Early in the battle, one string of depth charges evidently caused an oil leak and damaged a propellor shaft on the American sub. After that point it was easy for the sub chaser to track the sub by both the bearing squeal caused by the damaged shaft as well as by the ribbon of oil that was floating to the surface marking where the submarine had been.

After making several more passes over the submarine, a large quantity of oil and debris came to the surface including several sections of slatted wood decking. The sound of the injured propellor was not heard after the waters calmed from the pass, and the trail of oil stayed at the same spot.

This marks the first victory by a Japanese sub chaser over an American submarine and demonstrates the effectiveness of our valiant ASW forces.

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RE: Turn 40 15 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:33:26 PM

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As a matter of fact, the Admiralty issued a press release stating that three American submarines had been sunk in Japanese waters that day by the combined air and sea forces of the Empire of Japan.

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Turn 41 16 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:37:49 PM

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Turn 41 16 January, 1942

Just after 2 am local time, the I-10 torpedoed and sank the cruiser Achilles 110 miles south southwest of Sydney. The cruiser was unescorted and was relying on the cover of the moonless night to protect her.

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RE: Turn 41 16 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:50:35 PM

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Off the California coast the weather had improved somewhat.
No ships were found at sea, and a small raid was mounted to bomb the Golden Gate Bridge using 7 Vals escorted by 7 Zeroes. While still 20 miles off the coast, this raid was intercepted by several fighters operating in an uncoordinated fashion. The mix included P-400 Aircobras, P-40B Warhawks, P-36 Mohawks, P-38 Lightnings, and P-43 Lancers.

The zero escort fought valiantly, shooting down 2 P-400s, 1 P-40B, and 1 P-43 while losing 1 zero. However, the number of fighters was ovewhelming and they were able to penetrate to the bombers and five Vals were lost. The remaining two aircraft pressed on to their pushover point but neither scored hits on the bridge. The bridge, even though it is long, is actually a hard target to hit under fire as it is very narrow.

Both of the surviving Vals escaped into the scattered cloud and eventually arrived back at their carrier, where they arrived just as the the American's were attacking with a group of twin engine B-18 bombers. Circling well away from the action to avoid friendly flak, the Vals returned home with nearly empty tanks and several bullet holes attesting to their bravery under fire.

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RE: Turn 41 16 January, 1942 - 6/26/2010 1:58:33 PM

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As mentioned in the prior post, American bombers attacked the carriers in three uncoordinated waves. Since I had taken care to keep the KB out of range of the American fighters, the bombers were unescorted.

The scattered overcast hampered the effectiveness of the zero cap, and all three raids (one by B-17s, one by B-18s, and one by B-26s) made it to their drop points. We did manage to shoot down some of the bombers including at least one B-17 and none of the carriers were hit.