Cap Mandrake
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***************April 19, 1943(c)************** Iba and environs: XXXXXXXXX was indeed inbound. Arried High Command (hehe) anticipated a night raid on either Iba or Lingayen so we sent all the women and children over to the arroyo for safety. North Carolina and Massachusetts stayed behind. We spot them coming with radar...we have 18 x 16 inch guns....we cross their "T"...but we are not impressed. Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 78,75, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4, on fire CL Tama DD Teruzuki DD Makinami DD Onami DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Harusame Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 3 BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2 DD Gwin DD Barton, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Frazier, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Maury, Shell hits 1 Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 100% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 23,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 17,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Lee, Willis "Ching" crosses the 'T' BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 7,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 7,000 yards DD Maury engages BB Kirishima at 7,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 7,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages DD Onami at 7,000 yards DD Makinami engages DD Maury at 7,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 7,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards CL Tama engages BB North Carolina at 3,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Maury at 3,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 3,000 yards DD Makinami engages DD Barton at 3,000 yards DD Barton engages DD Makinami at 3,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 3,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 4,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Kirishima at 4,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Maury at 4,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Barton at 4,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Maury at 4,000 yards DD Makinami engages DD Maury at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 7,000 yards DD Maury engages CL Tama at 7,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 7,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 7,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Frazier at 7,000 yards DD Makinami engages DD Barton at 7,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Teruzuki at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 9,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Barton at 9,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Maury at 9,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 9,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Barton at 9,000 yards DD Gwin engages DD Makinami at 9,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 9,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 12,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Kirishima at 12,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Hagikaze at 12,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Frazier at 12,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Gwin at 12,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Teruzuki at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... I'd have to say we lost that fight marginally though I don't know what caliber the hits on the two USN BB's were. Then the sun comes up and they are still around. Realtively short range fight for daylight. It appears Massachusets was AWOL for half the fight. One IJN DD sunk and Kirishima hit twice more. Hard to say we won that exchange either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 78,76, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kirishima, Shell hits 2 CL Tama, Shell hits 1 DD Teruzuki, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, and is sunk DD Onami, Shell hits 2 DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Harusame Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 5 BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 5 DD Gwin, Shell hits 1 DD Barton, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Frazier, Shell hits 2 DD Maury, Shell hits 2 Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 17,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Tanaka, Raizo crosses the 'T' BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 11,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 11,000 yards DD Barton engages DD Hagikaze at 11,000 yards DD Makinami engages DD Barton at 11,000 yards DD Barton engages DD Teruzuki at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Makinami sunk by BB Massachusetts at 7,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 7,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Barton at 7,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Barton at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 8,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Maury at 8,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Barton at 8,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Maury at 8,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Barton at 8,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 8,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 11,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages CL Tama at 11,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Harusame at 11,000 yards DD Frazier engages DD Teruzuki at 11,000 yards DD Frazier engages DD Onami at 11,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 11,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 11,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Kirishima at 11,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Frazier at 11,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Barton at 11,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Barton at 11,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Gwin at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 12,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Kirishima at 12,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 12,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Frazier at 12,000 yards DD Frazier engages DD Teruzuki at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 11,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Maury at 11,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Maury at 11,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 11,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Gwin at 11,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Gwin at 11,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB Massachusetts at 12,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 12,000 yards DD Maury engages DD Harusame at 12,000 yards DD Gwin engages DD Hagikaze at 12,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Maury at 12,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 12,000 yards BB North Carolina engages CL Tama at 12,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Maury at 12,000 yards DD Frazier engages DD Onami at 12,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Gwin at 12,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 13,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 13,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Maury at 13,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 13,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Frazier at 13,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 13,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages BB Kirishima at 15,000 yards BB North Carolina engages BB Kirishima at 15,000 yards BB North Carolina engages DD Harusame at 15,000 yards DD Frazier engages DD Hagikaze at 15,000 yards DD Gwin engages DD Onami at 15,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Gwin at 15,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards BB Kirishima engages BB North Carolina at 14,000 yards CL Tama engages DD Gwin at 14,000 yards DD Harusame engages DD Maury at 14,000 yards DD Teruzuki engages DD Frazier at 14,000 yards DD Onami engages DD Frazier at 14,000 yards DD Hagikaze engages DD Gwin at 14,000 yards Task forces break off...
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