GreyJoy
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ORIGINAL: Commander Cody
GreyJoy: You've done the impossible: you've made this even more entertaining. It's tough to keep up with this fine AAR.
When it comes to retiring due to naval threat, have you tried putting those TFs on "direct" and "absolute" movement? Also, you've probably thought of this, but I put my TBFs and SBDs on 20-30% search and 20-30% ASW when transiting behind the front lines in an attempt to minimize sub attacks. Once somebody commented that 8 or more DDs in a CV TF will keep subs away--I usually try to use 10 or more, which of course isn't easy early on (with plenty of DEs in the CVE TFs). Also, a few DEs are great in slow BB TFs since their speed matches.
I would use your CVs, but only in a situation where you know the KB's decks have been swept of a good chunk of airframes and out of Nettie range. As Elmer Fudd would say: "Be vewy, vewy careful."
Cheers,
CC
Thx CC.
Just to be clear: i used every possible mean in order to keep his subs away.
The CVEs TF had 120 ASW points (more than 15 DDs) and was followed by a dedicated ASW TF composed by 1DD and 3 SCs. 27 TBDs were flying 50 Naval and 50 ASW at 3 hexes range and had 6 Kingfisher flying even at night on naval search... but he simply had too many subs in the right place...i counted at least 10 of them in 3 hexes .
Oh and i had 18 patrol planes flying at 1000 ft on a 30 degrees search arc covering exactly the corridor of my CV+CVEs.... nothing seems to stop those subs...nothing
My CVs are covered in the same way...but now i feel really unsafe...he will be looking for them and track them all the way wherever i'll move them... and, God be good, i can never do the same! Everytime i get closer than 6 hexes from one of his base my sub gets sunk, no matter what, by his Helens ASW.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, Feb 01 43
Ok, here's the report of the last 2 days.
At Karachi he has completely taken controll of the skies. I'm abbandoning any possible idea of fighting him back. I'll leave my fighters there as long as possible - and if you ask me why i tell you that it's because i cannot let those 1400 enemy planes to get back to the pacific! - but without P-38s it's impossible to stand those hordes of Zeros and Tojos...
At Tulagi he sent a number of fighters on sweep, followed by an heavily escorted 130+ Helens formation. We did chew them! .
Tulagi supply depots however are suffering badly...we're back to 13k supplies cause we're not able to re-supply the base by air no more (why????)
My 4Es levelled again Russell Island, preceeded by P-38s on sweep mission that killed at least 6 or 7 zeros and oscars on LRCAP.
The KB retired to Rabaul again. For sure he's refilling again his air groups.
I've sent subs around Truk following NY59Giant suggestion...till now no contacts.
My CVs will be approaching Suva tomorrow. Heavy Air ASW ordered (more than 100 LBA planes dedicated), minesweeping too.
Now i'm 2 CVEs short (lost 50 fighters and pilots too) and the odds are again badly against me. I'll have to be even more cautious... the sense of feeling unsafe everywhere i move is really a bad feeling...
At Tulagi the last week saw no fightings. As far as i can tell he's not evacuating nor resuppliyng his units (didn't intercept any transport plane so far). For sure he's getting ready for another big push and i have to be ready. Gotta find new solutions to resupply and reinforce my garrisons.
I now ordered to 2 DDs to go and station at Tulagi, under our CAP (100 fighters strong). Let's see if my xAKs will so decide to enter in Tulagi waters (till now they've been refusing to do so despite i gave them precise orderes to go directly to Tulagi and to not to care about any threat...)
The situation looks worse than last week. The feeling that i was gaining a "new grip" melted like snow in the sun with the last naval debacles (just to remember: i lost 3 BBs, 2CAs, 3 CLs and 5 DDs in the last week, plus 2CVEs and several xAKs).
Rader seems always to be focused and determined and he always has the overall situation under his full controll.
However i need to hold on to the hope of a brighter tomorrow. Things cannot always go so wrong!
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TF 305 encounters mine field at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Ships
DD Ellet, Mine hits 1, heavy damage 
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TF 416 encounters mine field at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Ships
DMS Hopkins
1 mine cleared
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TF 63 encounters mine field at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Ships
DD Helm, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Anderson
3 mines cleared
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I'll post this to let you know why i cannot anymore fight for Karachi air space...
Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 40
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 26
Kittyhawk III x 4
Kittyhawk III x 7
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 170 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 56
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 304
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 42
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 59
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 248
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 19
Kittyhawk III x 4
Kittyhawk III x 5
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufort V: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34
Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 162 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 51 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
Kittyhawk III x 3
Kittyhawk III x 3
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
Kittyhawk III x 2
Kittyhawk III x 2
P-38F Lightning x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
And then the aerial battles over Tulagi.
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 39
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 18
P-40K Warhawk x 25
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
F4U-1 Corsair x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 18
P-40K Warhawk x 23
F4F-4 Wildcat x 33
F4U-1 Corsair x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 30
F4U-1 Corsair x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 18
F4F-4 Wildcat x 29
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 142 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 119
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Spitfire Vc Trop x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 13
F4F-4 Wildcat x 28
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 13 destroyed, 15 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 28
Our sweeps over Russell agaings his LRCAP from Chouiseyl bay (which is operative again)
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Afternoon Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 5
A6M3a Zero x 13
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on Russell Islands , at 113,136
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17F Fortress x 5
B-24D Liberator x 28
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
the fatal day for my CVEs...
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Sub attack near Pukapuka at 159,160
Japanese Ships
SS I-18, hits 4
Allied Ships
CVE Prince William, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Colorado
DD Bailey
DD Cony
DD Kalk
DD Gillespie
DD Gansevoort
DD Bancroft
SS I-18 launches 8 torpedoes at CVE Prince William
I-18 diving deep ....
DD Kalk fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gansevoort fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Bancroft attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kalk attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gillespie fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Bancroft fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kalk fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kalk fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kalk fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Pukapuka at 158,160
Japanese Ships
SS I-19, hits 10
Allied Ships
CVE Copahee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Colorado
DD Woodworth
DD Kalk
DD Gillespie
DD Gansevoort
DD Bancroft
SS I-19 launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Copahee
DD Kalk fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gillespie fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bancroft fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie attacking submerged sub ....
DD Gillespie cannot establish contact with SS I-19
DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bancroft fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gillespie fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bancroft fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Gansevoort attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-19 eludes ASW attack from DD Gansevoort
DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Gansevoort fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Efate at 126,154
Japanese Ships
SS I-156
Allied Ships
xAK City of Dalhart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Dalhart is sighted by SS I-156
SS I-156 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK City of Dalhart
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Sub attack near Efate at 126,154
Japanese Ships
SS I-156
Allied Ships
xAK City of Dalhart, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-156 launches 2 torpedoes
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