FatR
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Naval Battle of Hawaii, part 1: Hawaii Light CruDiv Action
Well, first of all, miraculous survival of CA Australia apparently is the result of CA Canberra being misidentified as her at Shortlands. I love this FOW.
Anyway, my light force found her and rectified this oversight in a series of night and day clashes against the Allied cruiser squadron (due to many separate engagements being fought, I'll show overall damage to the taskforces):
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 16
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Detroit, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Reid, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Downes, Shell hits 1, on fire
However, then my exhausted cruisers were bushwhacked by another Allied squadron:
Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Astoria, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Bagley, Shell hits 1
DD Shaw, Shell hits 3, on fire
DMS Lamberton, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
Overall results were not pretty:
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 9, on fire
CL Noshiro, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kiso, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Oboro, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kuri
Noshiro sank after the battle. Kiso is crippled but will likely survive barring further damage, she is very close to Lahaina, after all. Agano and DDs can go back to action, as they, except two DDs detached to escort Kiso, reloaded ammo at Lahaina after the battle. They are not in top shape, with reduced speed and Sys damage in 30s, so they won't do well against major combatants, though.
Naval Battle of Hawaii, part 2: BatDiv4 Action
Meanwhile, my heavy force found a huge Allied convoy at daytime. Knowing that escorting slow transports makes warships vulnerable, I expected a mighty slaughter, but...
Day Time Surface Combat, near Pearl Harbor at 176,115, Range 15,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Fuso, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kinu
DD Hayashio
DD Minegumo
DD Minekaze
DD Wakatake
Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 6, on fire
BB Mississippi, Shell hits 24, on fire, heavy damage
DD Crosby, Shell hits 1
DD Humphreys, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Kane, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Rathburne, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
xAK Steel Exporter, Shell hits 1
xAK Steel Navigator, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Steel Ranger
xAK Steel Voyager, Shell hits 1
xAK William Luckenbach, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Liloa, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Mahimahi, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Makawao
xAK Makua, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Maliko, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Manukai, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Mokihana, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Onomea
xAK Mormacmar, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Mormacrio
xAK Admiral Cole
xAK Governor Wright
AM Bellechasse, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
Poor visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
Fuso has extinguished fires by the end of the day and retains limited ability to fight. But Hyuga, unfortunately, is doomed, with both fires and sys damage over 80 and little ability to move under her own power. That Isuzu has fires contained as well (after a couple of 14in hits) and might survive looks almost insulting in the light of this...
The decisive factor was American battleships having the safe killing zone of about 4k yards against their Japanese counterparts, where 356mm shells bounced off them, while their 14in guns scored penetrating hits freely. This deprived my force of opportunity to cripple Mississipi early in the battle. Very, very disappointing. I haven't realized that Japanese old battlewagons are outclassed to this extent. Transports also absorbed much of Japanese gunfire, and my ships wasted their torpedoes, as usual in day combat.
Naval Battle of Hawaii, part 3: Japanese Airstrikes
I had one Sally group on skipbombing duty and three Betty groups flying with torpedoes. They found a metric ton of small convoys all around, and four more slow Allied battleships north of Hawaii. So many strikes were flown in small packets. Overall results against warships:
BB New Mexico
BB Warspite, Torpedo hits 1
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, Bomb hits 5, on fire
BB Colorado, Torpedo hits 1, Bomb hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Four xAKs also were sunk or left in sinking condition.
I'll be extremely surprised if Oklahoma survives this, but other Allied battleships might well only have their paint scratched. Mississipi was not seen from the air. Either she sank, or was detached into escort TF and covered by weather.
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RE: Ocean of Blood. FatR (J) vs. yubari (A) - no yubari... - 
? While FOW makes unclear which battleships were lost, I'm pretty sure that 3 were desroyed in Pearl earlier, and 4 more lost in this battle. Add to that 2 slow RN battleships (Royal Sovereign in Andamans and Warspite now), plus about thirty cruisers, and things are looking good for the gun club, at least until 1944. 
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