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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 17, 43
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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 86,68
Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa
E Kari
Allied Ships
SS Amberjack
SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at E Hayabusa
Amberjack diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
not one torp exploded in 43 after hitting one of those E class escorts... 
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ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56
Japanese Ships
xAK Syoryu Maru
xAK Hamburg Maru
PB Nichiro Maru
Allied Ships
SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon is sighted by escort
Seadragon diving deep ....
PB Nichiro Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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OUCH! 
Night Time Surface Combat, near Gasmata at 103,127, Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Maya
CL Abukuma
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
Allied Ships
PT-178
PT-179
PT-180, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-182
Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 92% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Stankowski, C.F. gains tactical advantage
DD Natsushio engages PT-182 at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages PT-180 at 6,000 yards
PT-178 engages CL Abukuma at 6,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-179 at 6,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages PT-182 at 6,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages PT-178 at 6,000 yards
DD Kagero engages PT-182 at 6,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages PT-182 at 6,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages PT-182 at 6,000 yards
Stankowski, C.F. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages PT-180 at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-182 at 2,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-179 at 2,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages PT-179 at 2,000 yards
DD Takanami engages PT-180 at 2,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages PT-179 at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages PT-182 at 6,000 yards
PT-180 sunk by DD Makigumo at 6,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages PT-179 at 6,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages PT-178 at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages PT-178 at 10,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages PT-178 at 10,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages PT-179 at 10,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages PT-179 at 10,000 yards
DD Kagero engages PT-182 at 10,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages PT-178 at 10,000 yards
Task forces break off...
this of course is very bad news... not because of some PTs lost but because I know what else is at Gasmata...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gasmata at 103,127, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 1
BB Mutsu
CA Maya, Shell hits 2
CL Abukuma
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Danae, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Durban, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AM Shepparton, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AM Stawell, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
AM Townsville, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AM Wollongong, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AM Oriole, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
AM Tern, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
AM Grebe, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Missourian
xAK Montanan, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Ohioan
xAK Oregonian
xAK Pennsylvanian
xAK Puerto Rican, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Virginian, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK San Angelo, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK San Felipe
xAK Maine
xAK Admiral Laws
xAK Barpeta
xAP Centaur
xAP Chilka
xAP Clan Maciver
xAP Congella
xAP Ellenga
xAP Erinpura
xAP Gandara
xAP Garmula
xAK Halizones
xAP Haresfield, Shell hits 2
xAP Jalabala
xAK Jaladurga
xAP Jalagopal
xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Jalarashmi, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
xAP Jalaratna
xAK Kauri
xAK Kekerangu
xAK Ping Wo
xAP Taiping
xAP Tak Sang
xAP Varsova, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Whangpu
xAK Yochow
xAP Clan Macneil
xAP Nova Scotia, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Autolycus, heavy damage
AMC Hector, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Siberoet, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PG Charleston, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAK Koomilya, and is sunk
xAP Matua, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAP Nairana, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Malaita, Shell hits 5
AMC Corfu, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Taroona, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
xAKL Koonda, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAKL Canopus, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Silksworth, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 92% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
xAP Jalabala collides with xAK Koomilya at 103 , 127
xAK Woolgar collides with xAK Lowana at 103 , 127
CL Durban engages CL Abukuma at 10,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CL Danae at 10,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages PG Charleston at 10,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages AMC Hector at 10,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Tokitsukaze at 10,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Amatsukaze at 10,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Makigumo at 10,000 yards
xAP Varsova sunk by DD Makigumo at 10,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAKL Siberoet at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
BB Nagato engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages PG Charleston at 8,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Tokitsukaze at 8,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Amatsukaze at 8,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages CL Durban at 8,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Oyashio at 8,000 yards
DD Kagero engages AMC Hector at 8,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages AM Townsville at 8,000 yards
BB Nagato engages AM Stawell at 8,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages AM Shepparton at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
AM Grebe collides with xAK Goulburn at 103 , 127
CL Abukuma engages CL Durban at 5,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages CL Danae at 5,000 yards
CA Maya engages CL Durban at 5,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages AMC Hector at 5,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages AMC Corfu at 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Natsushio at 5,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Kagero at 5,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages AM Townsville at 5,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages AM Stawell at 5,000 yards
AM Shepparton sunk by CA Maya at 5,000 yards
DD Takanami engages xAK San Angelo at 5,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAK Virginian at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
xAK Era collides with xAK Koomilya at 103 , 127
xAK Aroona collides with xAK Koomilya at 103 , 127
BB Mutsu engages CL Danae at 3,000 yards
CL Danae engages CL Abukuma at 3,000 yards
PG Charleston sunk by CA Maya at 3,000 yards
AMC Hector sunk by DD Tokitsukaze at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Tokitsukaze at 3,000 yards
CL Durban engages DD Amatsukaze at 3,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages AM Tern at 3,000 yards
AM Wollongong sunk by CA Maya at 3,000 yards
CL Durban sunk by DD Takanami at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CA Maya engages CL Danae at 2,000 yards
CL Danae engages BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
AM Grebe sunk by CA Maya at 2,000 yards
AM Tern sunk by CA Maya at 2,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Tokitsukaze at 2,000 yards
AM Townsville sunk by DD Amatsukaze at 2,000 yards
CL Danae engages DD Natsushio at 2,000 yards
xAP Matua sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Nairana at 2,000 yards
DD Takanami engages CL Danae at 2,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Malaita at 2,000 yards
CL Danae sunk by DD Yugumo at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Haresfield at 2,000 yards
xAK Pennsylvanian collides with xAK Aroona at 103 , 127
AMC Corfu engages DD Amatsukaze at 2,000 yards
BB Nagato engages AMC Corfu at 2,000 yards
AM Stawell sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
AMC Corfu sunk by CL Abukuma at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Taroona at 2,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAK Puerto Rican at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAKL Koonda at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
BB Nagato engages AM Oriole at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Taroona at 3,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages AM Oriole at 3,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages AM Oriole at 3,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAP Nairana at 3,000 yards
DD Takanami engages AM Oriole at 3,000 yards
AM Oriole sunk by DD Makigumo at 3,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAP Jalarashmi at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAKL Canopus at 3,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAP Taroona at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Malaita at 3,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages xAP Silksworth at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Jalaratna at 3,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Jalarashmi at 3,000 yards
xAK Montanan sunk by DD Oyashio at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Nairana at 3,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAP Taroona at 3,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Malaita at 3,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages xAP Merkur at 3,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAP Silksworth at 3,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Silksworth at 3,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAP Taiping at 3,000 yards
xAP Silksworth sunk by DD Takanami at 3,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAP Jalarashmi at 3,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAP Jalaputra at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAK Mundalla collides with xAK Autolycus at 103 , 127
BB Nagato engages xAP Nova Scotia at 2,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Malaita at 2,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Merkur at 2,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
first off, a very nice attack by the enemy... there are a couple of things I want to comment on though. I call myself stupid for sending in a nearly 100 ship convoy without having it covered by a strong surface combat force, I thought about it but decided not to do so because I would have called me stupid also if I would send in BBs covering this convoy while putting 200 fighters on Cap over Gasmata and the KB pops up together with some 100 land based aircraft that just fly through my Cap like KB´s air arm did in our carrier engagement to sink our BBs and halve of this convoy. Not KB or land based aircraft showed up (I had a strong Cap over Gasmata btw) but again a huge surface combat TF steamed in and out (heck, those were the slow Nagatos) without being spotted and that´s once again what pisses me off. The AAR is behind the game at the moment and there was some discussion on the forum about search archs working or not after this actually happened in my PBEM. I clearly said they don´t work and I say that again. Just like a dozen times at Akyab when huge enemy TFs steamed in and out without being spotted by dozens of patrol aircraft focussed exactly into the area where the enemy was going in and out, we never spotted them. Now here in the area around the Bismarck Sea, I´ve massed around 40% of the available USN patrol aircraft and backed them up with radar equipped bombers, all with decent crews and focussed into this area. Nada, we don´t spot the TF going into position, we don´t spot them going out again... wonder if the enemy TF would have escaped such a search force in real life after attacking a target. I once again went totally mad about how things in the game turn out and now it was too much, I started fiddling around in my AI game with the search archs. Result was clear to me, search works by a couple of times better without archs than with them, while it should be absolutely the other way around. So after having search archs for 14 months of the war (I liked the feature for some time) I have now reset all search archs on the map and now what do you think happened in the following turns? Yeah, I started spotting shipping North and East of Rabaul like wild. I didn´t change the numbers of aircraft, I didn´t change any settings, yet out of a sudden, my sightings of enemy shipping sky rocketed. Single or two ship TFs over halve a dozen hexes East of Rabaul are now spotted daily (heading into the Solomons) while I never spotted any of those TFs in the past having focussed my search ac with search archs into that area. Is that happening by accident out of a sudden or what? No, for sure not. My conclusion is simple, search archs don´t work the way they should. Due to the high number of patrol ac around the Bismarck Sea I now spot more or less everything that is in that area while I never spotted anything with archs before. Never spotted anything is of course an exegaration, I did spot some subs now and then, sometimes also a TF when it was at a base. Now I get halve a dozen sightings each day.
Btw, including escorts or light cruisers in such a TF doesn´t help at all, not a single hit was achieved by our light cruisers, they were just targets for the enemy TF... corresponds with the reports of CV TFs being shot to pieces even though they got quite some surface forces as escorts... wonder how Taffy 3 would turn out in the game, I guess the destroyer escorts would be able to do nothing to an attacker and the CVEs would be shred...
Learnt something new for my next PBEM (if there will ever be one) but that wasn´t the only thing that totally pissed me off today... more to follow right below...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gasmata at 103,127, Range 11,000 Yards 
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Maya
CL Abukuma
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
Allied Ships
xAK Missourian
xAK Ohioan
xAK Oregonian
xAK Pennsylvanian
xAK Virginian, heavy fires
xAK San Angelo, on fire
xAK San Felipe
xAK Maine, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Admiral Laws, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Barpeta
xAP Centaur
xAP Chilka, Shell hits 1
xAP Clan Maciver
xAP Congella
xAP Ellenga
xAP Erinpura
xAP Gandara
xAP Garmula, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Halizones
xAP Haresfield, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAP Jalabala, Shell hits 2
xAK Jaladurga
xAP Jalagopal, Shell hits 2
xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Jalarashmi, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Jalaratna, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kauri
xAK Kekerangu
xAK Ping Wo
xAP Taiping, Shell hits 1
xAP Tak Sang
xAK Whangpu
xAK Yochow
xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Nova Scotia, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAK Autolycus, heavy damage
xAK Lorrain
xAKL Schouten
xAKL Siaoe
xAKL Sibolga
xAK Woolgar
xAP Merkur, Shell hits 1
xAP Malaita, Shell hits 3
xAP Taroona, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Aroona
xAK Beltana
xAKL Bidelia
xAKL Caledon
xAK Moonta, Shell hits 1
Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages xAP Nova Scotia at 11,000 yards
CA Maya engages xAP Nova Scotia at 11,000 yards
xAP Nova Scotia sunk by BB Nagato at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
xAK Kekerangu collides with xAK Lorrain at 103 , 127
BB Mutsu engages xAP Clan Macneil at 12,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Malaita at 12,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAP Merkur at 12,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages xAP Clan Macneil at 12,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Clan Macneil at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAP Clan Macneil at 12,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages xAP Jalagopal at 12,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Jalabala at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages xAP Clan Macneil at 8,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAP Malaita at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Merkur at 8,000 yards
xAP Clan Macneil sunk by CL Abukuma at 8,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAP Malaita at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Jalaputra at 8,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK Halizones at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
xAK San Angelo collides with xAK Lorrain at 103 , 127
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Taroona at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Merkur at 7,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Taiping at 7,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAK Admiral Laws at 7,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Jalaputra at 7,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAK Admiral Laws at 7,000 yards
DD Takanami engages xAK Admiral Laws at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Haresfield at 7,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAK Admiral Laws at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK Admiral Laws at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAP Malaita at 9,000 yards
xAK Admiral Laws sunk by CA Maya at 9,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Jalabala at 9,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAP Malaita at 9,000 yards
CA Maya engages xAP Jalagopal at 9,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAK Maine at 9,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Jalarashmi at 9,000 yards
DD Takanami engages xAK Maine at 9,000 yards
xAP Garmula sunk by BB Nagato at 9,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK Moonta at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
xAP Taroona sunk by BB Mutsu at 8,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAK Maine at 8,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAP Merkur at 8,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages xAP Haresfield at 8,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAK Maine at 8,000 yards
xAP Jalaratna sunk by BB Mutsu at 8,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Jalarashmi at 8,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages xAP Jalaputra at 8,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAP Jalagopal at 8,000 yards
DD Takanami engages xAP Jalabala at 8,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK Maine at 8,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAK Maine at 8,000 yards
DD Takanami engages xAP Chilka at 8,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
I´m really sick of those glitches in the game... ship movement in AE seems to be just borked... first, there was this fast transport bug that has made me lost more or less all of my APDs the one time I tried to use them (also made my opponent lose lots of ships already), then there was my damaged carrier that just was frozen in place for a couple of turns without moving a single hex. Now today, we have a convoy being destroyed because we first get the message that the convoy is able to escape (after being hit hard) and we get back to the map getting the message (TF retreating towards Milne Bay - home port), noticing immedietely that the TF didn´t move out on the map... what followed was this second engagement... I really love it, but it gets even better...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gasmata at 103,127, Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Maya
CL Abukuma
DD Yugumo
DD Makigumo
DD Takanami
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tokitsukaze
Allied Ships
xAK Missourian, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Ohioan
xAK Oregonian
xAK Pennsylvanian
xAK San Felipe, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Barpeta
xAP Centaur
xAP Chilka
xAP Clan Maciver
xAP Congella
xAP Ellenga, Shell hits 1
xAP Erinpura
xAP Gandara
xAK Halizones
xAP Haresfield, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Jaladurga
xAP Jalagopal, on fire
xAP Jalaputra, heavy fires
xAK Kauri
xAK Kekerangu
xAK Ping Wo
xAP Taiping
xAP Tak Sang
xAK Whangpu
xAK Yochow
xAKL Schouten
xAKL Siaoe
xAKL Sibolga
xAK Woolgar
xAP Merkur, Shell hits 1
xAP Malaita, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Beltana
xAKL Bidelia
xAKL Caledon
xAK Cardross, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Corrimal
xAK Era
xAK Goulburn
xAKL Hetton Bank
xAKL Karuah
xAKL Kindur
xAK Mangola
xAK Mernoo
xAK Momba
xAK Moonta
xAKL Mortlake Bank
xAKL Mulcra
xAKL Mulubinda
Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 100% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 9,000 yards
xAP Taiping collides with xAK Whangpu at 103 , 127
xAK Halizones collides with xAK Yochow at 103 , 127
BB Mutsu fires at xAP Malaita at 9,000 yards
BB Mutsu fires at xAP Merkur at 9,000 yards
DD Kagero fires at xAK San Felipe at 9,000 yards
DD Takanami fires at xAK San Felipe at 9,000 yards
DD Makigumo fires at xAK San Felipe at 9,000 yards
DD Yugumo fires at xAK San Felipe at 9,000 yards
DD Makigumo fires at xAK Missourian at 9,000 yards
Kogure, Gunji* orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 7,000 yards
xAKL Sibolga collides with xAK Yochow at 103 , 127
DD Yugumo engages xAP Malaita at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAP Merkur at 7,000 yards
DD Amatsukaze engages xAK San Felipe at 7,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAK San Felipe at 7,000 yards
DD Oyashio engages xAK San Felipe at 7,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAK San Felipe at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK San Felipe at 7,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages xAK Cardross at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Mutsu engages xAP Malaita at 12,000 yards
BB Nagato engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
CA Maya engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
CL Abukuma engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
DD Tokitsukaze engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
DD Kagero engages xAP Ellenga at 12,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAK San Felipe at 12,000 yards
DD Yugumo engages xAP Taiping at 12,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages xAKL Oorama at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...
after the second engagement I again got the message "TF retreats towards Milne Bay" and again I immedietely noticed that the TF was frozen at Milne Bay and did NOT move out... result of course are more ships sunk... the only reason that I don´t lose all 100 ships is the fact that the enemy ran out of ammo, our ships were already attacked with AA guns the longer the one sided fight lasted... I guess at some point there was just no ammo left...
and you know what, the convoy was stuck at Gasmata for another three turns, I could not move it out!  I created new TFs, didn´t help... I transferred ships around, didn´t help... it always showed moving to Milne Bay, but it just didn´t... thinking about all the times my ground movement was borked already because the follow unit works as bad as in WITP (most often the lead unit moves but the rest just reverts to defend 0 miles for me) I now also complain about the ship movement being borked it seems... at least that seemed to work in WITP... this glitch costs us at least one and a halve dozen ships more than it would if the TF wouldn´t have frozen in place... the only positive was that the convoy was able to completely unload all troops and some 60000 supplies at Gasmata before the enemy battlewaggons showed up... probably a dozen ships didn´t unload completely, therefore the convoy was caught in the end... with my now better working air search all around the map I expect not to be caught by surprise in 90% of the times... note that my ship based search ac never have been set to use archs and they usually spot the enemy like wild too...
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Submarine attack near Gasmata at 103,128
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67
Allied Ships
xAP Malaita, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Malaita is sighted by SS RO-67
SS RO-67 launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Malaita
some of the damaged ships were split off the main convoy and immedietely retreated out of the hex, now being picked off by enemy subs... only the main convoy got stuck... 
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Submarine attack near Gasmata at 103,128
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67
Allied Ships
xAP Jalaputra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Jalaputra is sighted by SS RO-67
SS RO-67 launches 2 torpedoes
easy prey for the bastard...
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68
Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa
Allied Ships
SS Amberjack
SS Amberjack launches 6 torpedoes at E Otori
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
hey, why should a torp explode at some point with a 50% dud rate... we´ve sunk halve a dozen E class escorts with non working torps in 42, with more than a dozen hits in 43 already, we didn´t get a single exploding hit just once with semi working torps...
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 48
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 23
F4F-3P Wildcat x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 22 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 18 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
the enemy moved fighters to Rabaul again and kept them there after we spotted them, so we´ve sent in everything that was available today... one out of the three available P-38 squadrons begins, not possible to send them in together... as usual so to say...
39000ft dive orgy, I guess we had the dive for 80% of the fight´s duration, the Tojos really took a beating but we suffered quite some damaged Ligthnings and lose a total of 4 in the end...
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 41,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 7 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
the Lightnings had reduced the enemy Cap by 50% already when the Corsairs from Gasmata show up for the first time to meet more than just a couple of enemies... being ablo to fly 60ft higher than the Tojos enables the Corsair to get the dive on the enemy... anything new that I´m reporting here? Yeah, the dive isn´t important... the result here was taking out over a dozen Tojos during the dive while not losing (or suffering damage) a single Corsair... the dive ended in the end that lead to some more Tojos shot down or being damaged, with also a couple of Corsairs suffering damage but we only had one written off in the end with no pilots lost...
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now mark this date in your calenders, what you now see is one of the century happenings of a couple of squadrons flying together in a sweep...
Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 56
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
13 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
14 x Spitfire Vc Trop sweeping at 37000 feet *
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 35800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
four Spitfire squadrons at Gasmata, all of them fly together to engage the enemy over Rabaul... as there were only 3 Tojos left it was a wasted effort but interesting nevertheless... I must have hit the jackpot probability in this attack as it is the 1 out of 10000 die roll that enabled four squadrons from the same base to fly a sweep together... haven´t changed anything in the settings of course nor was there any condition different than usual...
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
here comes the second Lightning squadron, what worked for the Spits today, didn´t work for the Lightnings... and the third Lightning squadron completely stayed at home, another example of having WWII squadrons deciding to fly missions or not on their own... same base as the other two squadrons, no fat, perfect morale... doesn´t matter in the end anymore, just pointing out what happens...
it gets even better though... that was all happening in the morning, the Lightnings were coming from PM, level 9 airfield, nice weather and everything else in perfect condition, I would call PM the best airbase on the map... and it´s also the base where over a hundred 4E bombers should have flown an airfield attack in the morning... but the morning is over...
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Afternoon Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 13 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
now here comes the afternoon... that is not an ordered sweep, here you can see Beaufighters from Buna trying to escort the bombers from PM... something I don´t like anyway and they failed to do so, so they went in to sweep Rabaul... obviously my bombers attack in the afternoon, there was no reason not to attack in the morning... while the enemy´s Cap was whiped out in the morning, there are two dozen of Tojos in the air in the afternoon of course... hey, that´s great...
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Afternoon Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
No Allied losses
Resources hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 35
No Allied losses
Resources hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 8
B-17F Fortress x 25
B-24D Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
here comes the first wave of the bombers, again with a Beaufighter escort from Buna...
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 8
B-24D Liberator x 10
B-24D1 Liberator x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 30500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 69 minutes
more of them...
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 36
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Resources hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
hey! That´s the main part of the missing Lightning squadron that didn´t sweep in the morning... it´s a good idea to have it sweep now in the afternoon AFTER the bombers though when there´s nothing left in the air... I really miss at least basic possibilities to give orders how attacks should happen ala BOB... no need to implement everything from BOB as this would just go too far but giving orders to attack in the morning or in the afternoon, with escorts or turning back before the target if there are no escorts, etc would be nice because the way the game handles attacks is just rubbish. With the attempt to make it better than WITP it´s now nothing more than a complete screw up of daily operations, no matter what you do... the fact that squadrons do what they want in terms of flying or not was there in WITP too... pilots in WWII weren´t asked to fly, they were ordered and if there was the order to fly then that´s what they did... something that seems to be missed in programming the game... and it wasn´t the case that all attacks got screwed up, in the game, you get things screwed up in 90%+ of the time...
I´m not complaining about losses here, heck, I came away without suffering real losses anyway, if the Beaufighters wouldn´t have decided it would be good to escort the bombers, I would have suffered more or less no losses at all... I´m complaining about how things are turning out... if there´s no reason for the bombers not to fly in the morning with the fighters, then they god damn should fly... war wasn´t a "are you willing to fly thing"... there should be either the possibility to give more precise orders, going into the direction of BOB, or the game should be able to handle things better, as it is now, it´s just a daily series of things being totally screwed up that in no way is realistic... as it is now, it seems in real life there were no briefings, it was just "pick a card and then let your pilots decide if they want to fly today or not"... if you play BOB bombing the Reich and you would do your attacks in a WITP AE style, then you would be told that you completely miss how it should be done and that you really perform poorly... the enemy would just shred you to pieces if you do attacks like this...
with the loss of all those ships from the Gasmata convoy, a disastrous turn of course...
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ASW attack near Hobart at 82,181
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
SC-704
SC-702
PC Kimball
SC-706
SS I-21 is located by SC-704
I-21 diving deep ....
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Hobart at 82,181
Japanese Ships
SS I-21, hits 1
Allied Ships
SC-706
SC-702
PC Kimball
SS I-21 is located by SC-706
I-21 diving deep ....
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-706 is out of ASW ammo
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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