Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Dobo: First the PT boats again annoy Jap shipping but they are out of torps..so the LYB's come back. This proves a grievous error. The arc of the ball looks like it will be out of the park. Day Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-9, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DMS W-18, Shell hits 16, and is sunk DMS W-21, Shell hits 6, on fire PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk xAK Kumagawa Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk xAK Tamon Maru, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yamazato Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nissan Maru, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Nagara Maru, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kosei Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk LSD Nigitsu Maru, Shell hits 37, and is sunk xAP Taizan Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk xAP Shanghai Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Portland, Shell hits 1 CL Trenton, Shell hits 1 DD O'Bannon DD Sims DD Helm DD Henley DD Dunlap DD Preston, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 11146 casualties reported Squads: 256 destroyed, 332 disabled Non Combat: 208 destroyed, 270 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 94 (62 destroyed, 32 disabled) Santa Maria! 590 combat squads lost! It must be a whole division swimming with the oceanic white tips.
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