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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/22/2014 7:59:27 PM   
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/22/2014 9:42:13 PM   
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 5:00:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		On the night fighter topic I put this together tonight by looking at the upgrades to path for each night fighter in Tracker. The useful part is the cross-type upgrades since those are hard to find. Once you move a unit to night fighter, then in PDU On you can switch to any other night fighter unit. Note that the Yokosuka unit is actually a float plane unit that can be upgraded to night fighters - pretty useful if you ask me.

The cross-type upgrade dates shown is the available date of that units 'gateway' into being a night fighter unit. For the units that arrive as night fighters the date listed is when the unit arrives. Obviously the cross-type upgrade dates can be affected by R&D.

Hope this helps!! If anyone wants the excel sheet, just PM me.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 5:19:47 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

On the night fighter topic I put this together tonight by looking at the upgrades to path for each night fighter in Tracker. The useful part is the cross-type upgrades since those are hard to find. Once you move a unit to night fighter, then in PDU On you can switch to any other night fighter unit. Note that the Yokosuka unit is actually a float plane unit that can be upgraded to night fighters - pretty useful if you ask me.

The cross-type upgrade dates shown is the available date of that units 'gateway' into being a night fighter unit. For the units that arrive as night fighters the date listed is when the unit arrives. Obviously the cross-type upgrade dates can be affected by R&D.

Hope this helps!! If anyone wants the excel sheet, just PM me.


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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 5:38:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I added the 82n IF to this list, although in my game it doesn't show an upgrade to the Dinah. In a scenario 1 file I had though, it does show the upgrade to Dinah. It could be that I already did an upgrade with that unit and that is why it is no longer showing in my file, or it is a difference between scen 1 and DBB. I'm not sure what units were used to construct the 28th, but I suspect that might be another one that is either different in DBB or else I already upgraded it and lost the NF path.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 9:42:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

On the night fighter topic I put this together tonight by looking at the upgrades to path for each night fighter in Tracker. The useful part is the cross-type upgrades since those are hard to find. Once you move a unit to night fighter, then in PDU On you can switch to any other night fighter unit. Note that the Yokosuka unit is actually a float plane unit that can be upgraded to night fighters - pretty useful if you ask me.

The cross-type upgrade dates shown is the available date of that units 'gateway' into being a night fighter unit. For the units that arrive as night fighters the date listed is when the unit arrives. Obviously the cross-type upgrade dates can be affected by R&D.

Hope this helps!! If anyone wants the excel sheet, just PM me.



It helps a lot. I found two here that I haven't used as NF, the two late arriving Peggy units. The issue is with IJAAF units that I'm already low on NF, so I can't really add more at this stage anyway. To have this list really will help in planning in my other game and any future ones. Thanks!!

The great part with the float plane unit is you can also resize it to at least 24.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 4:06:45 PM   
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The great part with the float plane unit is you can also resize it to at least 24.


Indeed. I'll have to look at its airframe options, but if it can also go carrier capable, then you could resize it to be a normal-size Sentai!

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 10:02:57 PM   
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Glad the table is helpful!

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/23/2014 10:05:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would like to know how you got that 28th Sentai. I don't see an obvious units that would build into it (like 28th Chutai, or 28th Detachment etc).

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/24/2014 4:42:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Also in my game i cant find Yokosuka Ku T-2
I have no time to check in editor, but i suspect that this unit is ordered to be withdraw somewhere between October and December 43

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/24/2014 5:30:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		It could be another DBB difference. I looked at the unit in my game and it has no withdrawal date. I didn't double check all of these for scenario 1, so it may not line up exactly.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/24/2014 6:57:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Obvert -

Can you tell me again which one you have found works better - the Nick d or the KAI Dinah? I see the Nick has armor and higher durability, but the Dinah has speed. Randy has durability of Nick, speed of Dinah, plus radar so clearly it is better, but between the Nick and the Dinah I'm not sure which is better.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/24/2014 7:10:06 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

I would like to know how you got that 28th Sentai. I don't see an obvious units that would build into it (like 28th Chutai, or 28th Detachment etc).


I can't remember now completely, but check if there is an arriving recon group of that name. I think it might be that. Or that it was formed from smaller Chutai recon groups.

EDIT: Checked in 43 and there seems to be no 28th Sentai in the reinforcements or the groups at that time. It's probably a group that changed name at some point.

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ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg

Hey Obvert -

Can you tell me again which one you have found works better - the Nick d or the KAI Dinah? I see the Nick has armor and higher durability, but the Dinah has speed. Randy has durability of Nick, speed of Dinah, plus radar so clearly it is better, but between the Nick and the Dinah I'm not sure which is better.

Thanks!


The Nick Id I haven't used, but it looks about the same as the early J1N1 without radar. That plane was a deterrent, but didn't kill as many 4Es, and suffered the usual high attrition rates.

The Dinah seems to go down even more frequently than others, and strangely enough I can't help but think this is due to it's high speed. It gets engagements most of the time. I can't keep up with losses though. Probably a lack of armor hurts too.

I haven't found any of the early NF to be stellar, but the J1N1-Sa is just slightly more capable than the others.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/24/2014 7:48:50 AM   
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ORIGINAL: koniu

Also in my game i cant find Yokosuka Ku T-2
I have no time to check in editor, but i suspect that this unit is ordered to be withdraw somewhere between October and December 43


I wonder if the name is off on his list? My groups that pretty obviously came from the float plane group is highlighted below. It's been resized to 24 planes and is pretty close in name.

There is another that's off, the 352 Ku-S3. Mine is 24. Can't remember if I resized that somehow.

The 321 Ku-S1 and 321 Ku S-2 also are some of the groups withdrawing in July/44. They do help early though.

EDIT:

I just checked in 43. The Yokusuka Ku S-2 is a FP group that upgrades to the IJN fighter line, which is good. It's 36 planes. Very useful.

The Yokusuka Ku T-2 does upgrade to the NF line. Mine must have renamed later.




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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/25/2014 1:00:43 PM   
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reading up on this, I note that you are/were trying to use the training groups as your kami groups. You can do this, but I don't beleive that is what the dev's intended and that is why you struggle with planes for them.

I beleive the intent is for them to step up the training speed for your kami pilots as when you start using kami's your pilot usage will soar. I can go through 10K pilots in a month with kami's. Those large training groups let you get +100 pilots trained for kami in 45 days or less.

Then you use your regular groups for kami. You dead CV TB groups you convert to kami and those can use all of the KATES that you stockpiled from the early war. 800kg bombs or torps make big BOOMs when they hit. Yes, Kates are slow, but when they hit anything what they hit slows down pretty fast. 3 Kate kami hits is about all any allied ship can take.

As you note, almost ANY group can convert to Tsurugi and like the Kate it has a 800kg payload. And it uses the Ha-35.

I never convert any fighter groups to kami ... I never have enough of those as it is. I need all the fighter groups as fighters to protect kami attacks as well as protect my bases. So while Oscar maybe be a good kami, I can't use them that way unless I can convert a different type of group to Oscar. There are a few recon groups that can ... but I've still left them as fighters, not kami's. With the high SR final generation fighters, I need extra groups to be able to rotate them in and out of battles to keep enough airframes in the air ... YMMV.

A lot of FP groups can convert to fighters (eventually via FF) and that is how I get enough NF groups. It takes time and PP's.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/27/2014 3:38:40 PM   
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Erik,

reading up on this, I note that you are/were trying to use the training groups as your kami groups. You can do this, but I don't beleive that is what the dev's intended and that is why you struggle with planes for them.

I beleive the intent is for them to step up the training speed for your kami pilots as when you start using kami's your pilot usage will soar. I can go through 10K pilots in a month with kami's. Those large training groups let you get +100 pilots trained for kami in 45 days or less.


Yeah, I've been training, but I don't really need to have too many more pilots. I have about 2000 planes that I would want to use in kami strikes. I definitely have that many pilots trained already. So it makes sense to send it all if there is an opportunity. If he lands on the Home Islands there won't really be too many more shots after that anyway.

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Then you use your regular groups for kami. You dead CV TB groups you convert to kami and those can use all of the KATES that you stockpiled from the early war. 800kg bombs or torps make big BOOMs when they hit. Yes, Kates are slow, but when they hit anything what they hit slows down pretty fast. 3 Kate kami hits is about all any allied ship can take.

As you note, almost ANY group can convert to Tsurugi and like the Kate it has a 800kg payload. And it uses the Ha-35.


Not to many Kates around except those flying ASW. But they carry 2 x 250kg anyway, right? Same as an Oscar, George, Sam, Frank, Jill and Grace. Don't all kami planes use their normal bomb load?

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I never convert any fighter groups to kami ... I never have enough of those as it is. I need all the fighter groups as fighters to protect kami attacks as well as protect my bases. So while Oscar maybe be a good kami, I can't use them that way unless I can convert a different type of group to Oscar. There are a few recon groups that can ... but I've still left them as fighters, not kami's. With the high SR final generation fighters, I need extra groups to be able to rotate them in and out of battles to keep enough airframes in the air ... YMMV.

A lot of FP groups can convert to fighters (eventually via FF) and that is how I get enough NF groups. It takes time and PP's.


Very few FP groups in Scen 1 convert to fighters as far as I've figured out. I check virtually all of them. Only about 4 groups used the FF, and one converts directly from FP, but those are the only ones I've noticed.

One reason I am converting many of the training groups to kami F if possible is that they can also fly CAP. So the fighters train AIR and LOW NAV BOMBING and are then potentially dual use groups. Most are only ten planes, but that works since there are so many of them.

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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/27/2014 4:33:25 PM   
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SUBS: What looks like the entire Allied sub fleet moves into the area North of Nagasaki, and some even try to get through the Tsushima strait. That doesn't go so well with a number of subs hitting mines. The Es and ASW air take their toll as well. I'd say the Allies lose at least 15 subs in two days!!!

We'll keep up the pressure in the air and on the sea and try for a few more damaged ones. One tried for the BB TF but was pounded for no gain and only 1-2 made it through the strait, probably damaged, and don't get a shot at the KB. I included quite a bunch of the reports, but not even half of the subs attacked. I only am showing those that took more than 10 hits!

The I-401 didn't last long. It was sunk near Ningpo. We also lose an RO sub.

STRAT BOMBING: Several bombing runs come in but again do little with weather, NF and flak reducing effectiveness.

CHINA: The main Allied Army moves in and hits our troops from Canton with a DA. They do fine, getting a 1:1, with the Allies taking almost double the casualties. I'll take that. We now have a few days to begin moving back, most likely.

HOME ISLANDS: The Allies make a big move to hit the BBs stationed around the NW of Kyushu. Only one TF is actually in range of the Allied CVs during the flying hours, and several small strikes come in and are shrugged off. Only one hit on the Musashi that destroys a machine gun.

All of these are preceded though by massive and devastating sweeps that hit not only LBA but some KB Sams. The KB moves to Maizuro to replenish, and should be back to normal in two days. Almost no pilots (about 10 total) are lost from the KB fighter groups. nice to fly over our territory at least.

A few DD are hit and a couple of E sunk. The DD could make it if the fires go out in the next day or two. All BBs move back as the sub horde is near and the B-29s are dropping mines, hitting Fukuoka, luckily where nothing was posted. Minesweepers get started and take out 62 on the 11th.

Looks like something big is brewing. I'd say these moves preclude some kind of plan to clear the airspace, get some bombardments in and possibly invade Kyushu. I'll begin to shift more troops this way and get the CD guns situated. The 1500 planes at Nagasaki will be reduced and other bases will continue at their current 200-300 level.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 9, 45
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Submarine attack near Ningpo at 94,60

Japanese Ships
SS I-401, hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Miami
CL Birmingham
DD Yarnall
DD Wickes
DD Waller
DD Walker

SS I-401 is sighted by escort
DD Yarnall attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-401 forced to surface!
DD Yarnall firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 14
J2M5 Jack x 11
Ki-83 x 41
Ki-100-I Tony x 5

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 3 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F4U-1D Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 10
J2M5 Jack x 1
Ki-83 x 32
Ki-100-I Tony x 2

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 41

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-83: 3 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 60th Division, at 81,57 (Kanhsien)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 13
B-24J Liberator x 4
B-24J Liberator x 94
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1630 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 218 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 40 (5 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 5
J2M5 Jack x 4
Ki-83 x 20
Ki-100-I Tony x 12

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 624
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-83: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 8 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze
DD Yakaze
DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
20 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 10000 feet

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 1
Ki-83 x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 49,90

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 3

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
LCT-162, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 11
J2M5 Jack x 6
Ki-83 x 7
Ki-100-I Tony x 11

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 600
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-83: 1 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 5 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x F6F-5 Hellcat sweeping at 10000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fukue-jima at 101,58

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 4
J2M5 Jack x 3
Ki-83 x 2
Ki-100-I Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 17
TBM-3 Avenger x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
14 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 7, 45
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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Kuga
E Shisaka
E Kozu

Allied Ships
SS Roncador, hits 3

SS Roncador launches 2 torpedoes at E Kuga
Roncador diving deep ....
E Kozu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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TF 274 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Roncador, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Norway Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Ray

SS Ray attacking xAK Norway Maru on the surface

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Night Air attack on Fukuoka , at 103,57

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 49

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
8 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
7 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
6 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
4 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
4 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
6 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
4 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet
5 x B-29-25 Superfort laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet

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TF 97 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Ray, Mine hits 1

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TF 444 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Shark II, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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TF 131 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Submarine attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Karachi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Queenfish

xAK Karachi Maru is sighted by SS Queenfish
SS Queenfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Karachi Maru

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Submarine attack near Tsushima at 103,56

Japanese Ships
E No.59, Shell hits 1
E No.37
E No.65
E No.55

Allied Ships
SS Trigger, hits 30, on fire, heavy damage

SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes at E No.59
Trigger bottoming out ....
E No.65 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.59 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Trigger forced to surface!


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TF 277 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Pintado, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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TF 283 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Sennet, Mine hits 1

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Shisaka, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E Oga

Allied Ships
SS Jack, hits 19, on fire, heavy damage

SS Jack launches 2 torpedoes at E Shisaka
E Oga attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Yanagi
E Tsuga
DD Kusunoki
E Manazuru

Allied Ships
SS Loggerhead, hits 6, heavy damage

SS Loggerhead is sighted by escort
DD Kusunoki attacking submerged sub ....

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ASW attack near Fusan at 104,56

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
CLAA Tenryu
CLAA Yura
DD Teruzuki
DD Haruzuki
DD Yoizuki
DD Hanazuki

Allied Ships
SS Sea Poacher, hits 11

SS Sea Poacher is sighted by escort
Sea Poacher bottoming out ....

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Kozu
E Kuga

Allied Ships
SS Tigrone, hits 22, heavy damage

SS Tigrone launches 2 torpedoes at E Kozu
E Kuga attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fusan at 102,55

Japanese Ships
DD Nara, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kiso
DD Sakura
DD Yanagi
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS Pipefish, hits 2

SS Pipefish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nara
DD Yanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Keyaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fusan at 102,55

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Sakura
DD Yanagi
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS Trenchant, hits 11

SS Trenchant is sighted by escort
DD Yanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Keyaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Keyaki attacking submerged sub ....

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 7
J2M5 Jack x 7
Ki-83 x 13
Ki-100-I Tony x 9

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Fukue-jima , at 101,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 2
J2M5 Jack x 4
Ki-83 x 10
Ki-100-I Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
P-51D Mustang x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-83: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 32000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Tsushima , at 103,56

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 105
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16
Ki-84r Frank x 11
Ki-100-I Tony x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 11

Allied aircraft
P-47N Thunderbolt x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 12 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47N Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Fusan at 102,55

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 9
Ki-100-I Tony x 3
Ki-102b Randy x 3

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 38
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Musashi, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tsushima at 102,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 39
SB2C-4 Helldiver x 29

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 1 damaged
SB2C-4 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kusunoki
E Yanagi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x SB2C-4 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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Sub attack near Wenchow at 90,61

Japanese Ships
SS RO-37, hits 31, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE McCoy Reynolds
DE Grady
DE Richard S. Bull

SS RO-37 launches 2 torpedoes at DE McCoy Reynolds
RO-37 diving deep ....
DE McCoy Reynolds attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-37 forced to surface!

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Ground combat at 80,58 (near Kukong)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 199987 troops, 3735 guns, 3235 vehicles, Assault Value = 7289

Defending force 108553 troops, 1244 guns, 381 vehicles, Assault Value = 3450

Allied adjusted assault: 4494

Japanese adjusted defense: 3268

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3613 casualties reported
Squads: 229 destroyed, 357 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 80 (38 destroyed, 42 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5578 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 825 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 343 disabled
Guns lost 206 (4 destroyed, 202 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (4 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
5th Indian Division
14th Army Engineer Battalion
36th British Division
14th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
41st Infantry Division
18th British Division
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
6th Australian Division
19th Motorised Division
2nd British Division
26th Indian Division
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
27th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
17th Motorised Division
5th Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
2/13th Field Regiment
India Command
134th (East Ang) Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
86th Medium Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Indian Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Southeast Asia
85th Medium Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
14th Army
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
134th Medium Regiment
55th Heavy Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
208th Field Regiment
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
130th Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
61st Infantry Brigade
110th Division
69th Division
27th Division
62nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
132nd Division
92nd Infantry Brigade
131st Division
68th Division
36th Division
31st Engineer Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
31st Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd AA Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Army
1st Mortar Battalion
17th JAAF Base Force
74th Field AA Battalion
15th AA Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
75th Field AA Battalion
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
North China Area Army
72nd Field AA Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
101st AA Regiment
52nd JAAF AF Bn
56th JAAF AF Bn
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TF 97 encounters mine field at Fusan (103,55)

Allied Ships
SS Ray, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

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TF 218 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)

Allied Ships
SS Bumper, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Kusagaki
E No.18

Allied Ships
SS Billfish, hits 10

SS Billfish is located by E Kusagaki
E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.18 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E No.18

Allied Ships
SS Bullhead, hits 5, heavy damage

SS Bullhead is sighted by escort
Bullhead diving deep ....
E No.18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.18 attacking submerged sub ....

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TF 67 encounters mine field at Fukuoka (103,57)

Japanese Ships
AMc Kyo Maru #12
AMc Kyo Maru #11

62 mines cleared

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Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 16
P1Y2-S Frances x 11

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58

Japanese Ships
E No.82
E No.104
E No.102

Allied Ships
SS Templar, hits 16, heavy damage

SS Templar launches 2 torpedoes at E No.82
Templar diving deep ....
E No.104 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.102 attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fusan at 104,56

Japanese Ships
E No.38
E No.40

Allied Ships
SS Sea Poacher, hits 20, heavy damage

SS Sea Poacher is located by E No.38
Sea Poacher bottoming out ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Reinforcements:

ML G-618 arrives at Hakodate
ML G-619 arrives at Sapporo
100th Field AA Battalion arrives at Tokyo
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion arrives at Tokyo
189th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
ML G-620 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
Shichisho Sho-tai arrives at Tokyo

Losses:

Loss of SS I-401 on May 09, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E Shisaka on May 10, 1945 is admitted
Loss of SS RO-37 on May 10, 1945 is admitted
Loss of xAK Hamburg Maru on May 10, 1945 is admitted
Loss of xAK Karachi Maru on May 10, 1945 is admitted
Loss of xAK Norway Maru on May 10, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk: So far five are showing up here, but there will be many more from these dates.

LCT-162 is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on May 09, 1945
SS Trigger is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 10, 1945
SS Jack is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 10, 1945
SS Tigrone is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 10, 1945
SS Sea Poacher is reported to have been sunk near Fusan on May 11, 1945
SS Templar is reported to have been sunk near Fukue-jima on May 11, 1945
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SUBS: More subs hit. This is a massacre! Not sure why he's leaving the here, although there is a groups of SAGs now hanging out in the East China Sea. One of our subs ran into a big Amphib TF North of Nago too. Hmmmm.

DEI: After seeing a big LST TF at Palembang I risk the three DDs at Singers for a fast run in. They make it just fine and hit several while sinking a few SC and a PF. Not as good as I'd hoped, but at 0% moon still pretty good.

STRAT BOMBING: The B-29s finally break through and knock out Kagoshima's remaining LI. A few shot down by NF though.

CHINA: Just more bombing of troops.

HOME ISLANDS: Something looks to be happening for sure. A large amphib near Nago and on the 13th a clutch of what look like CL/DD SAGs appear just South of Korea about 6 hexes from Nagasaki. I'll rev up the KB and turn on the strike planes, but it could be a lure to do just that. I'll keep back the 2E and just go with DB/TB for now. The BBs will move into range as well. Could get interesting!!

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 12, 45
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Sub vs Sub: SS I-400 attacking SS Ray at 100,57 - near Fukue-jima

Japanese Ships
SS I-400

Allied Ships
SS Ray, heavy damage

SS I-400 launches 2 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
E No.104
E No.102

Allied Ships
SS Clyde, hits 11

SS Clyde is sighted by escort
Clyde diving deep ....
E No.104 attacking submerged sub ....

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Kusagaki
E No.18

Allied Ships
SS Bonefish, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

SS Bonefish launches 2 torpedoes at E Kusagaki
E No.18 attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SC-637
SC-639
SC-705
SC-706, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC-742, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
LST-176, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LST-225
LST-249
LST-268
LST-269
LST-271
LST-272
LST-273
LST-274
LST-275
LST-276
LST-342
LST-343
LST-344
LST-350
LST-469, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSM-130
LSM-131
LSM-132
LSM-133
LSM-134
LCI-24
LCI-328
LCI-329
LCI-521
LCI-523
LCI-524
LCI-525
LCI-526
LCI-527
LCI-529
LCI-537
LCI-581
LCI-583
LCT-62
LCT-131
LCT-134
LCT-135
LCT-136
LCT-137
LCT-138
LCT-139
LCT-141
LCT-143
LCT-144
LCT-145
LCT-148
LCT-163
LCT-164
LCT-166
LCT-168
LCT-169
PF Poughkeepsie, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
E No.82
E No.104
E No.102
E No.84

Allied Ships
SS Sleuth, hits 38, heavy fires, heavy damage

SS Sleuth launches 2 torpedoes at E No.82
E No.104 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.104 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.104 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Sleuth forced to surface!
E No.102 firing on surfaced sub ....

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E No.12

Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 11, heavy damage

SS Trout launches 2 torpedoes at E No.12
E No.12 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.12 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Nago at 94,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-165, hits 24, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD McCalla
APA Lamar
APA Fremont
APA Dade
APA Cambria
APA Burleigh
APA Starlight
APA Winged Arrow
APA Comet
APA James O'Hara
APA Calvert
AKA New Hanover
AKA Todd
AKA Stokes
AKA Starr
AKA Valencia
AKA Vinton
AKA Arneb
AKA Alshain
AKA Aurelia
DD Dewey
DD Baldwin
DD Satterlee

SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes at DD McCalla
I-165 diving deep ....
DD Dewey fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Baldwin attacking submerged sub ....


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Sub vs Sub: SS I-27 attacking SS Bumper at 100,59 - near Fukue-jima

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
SS Bumper, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

SS I-27 launches 2 torpedoes at 4,000 yards

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Submarine attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E No.130
E No.74
E No.34

Allied Ships
SS Finback, hits 16, and is sunk

SS Finback is sighted by escort
Finback diving deep ....
E No.130 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.130 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Finback forced to surface!
E No.130 firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1004
MTB G-1012
MTB G-1013
MTB G-1014
MTB G-1015
MTB G-1016
MTB G-1017, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-1018, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Purdy
DD Grenville
DD Kempenfelt
DD Eskimo

Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards

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Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
P1Y2-S Frances x 11

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 21
B-29-25 Superfort x 37

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged

Light Industry hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Night Air attack on Mukden , at 104,42

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-100-I Tony x 30

Allied aircraft
B-29B Superfort x 29

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-29B Superfort bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 18 x 500 lb GP Bomb


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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 101,60

Japanese Ships
SS I-124, hits 16, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Aaron Ward
DD Monssen
DD Gansevoort
DD Farenholt

SS I-124 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Aaron Ward
I-124 bottoming out ....
DD Gansevoort fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Farenholt attacking submerged sub ....

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E No.12

Allied Ships
SS Grayback, hits 7

Captain of SS Grayback elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
E No.12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.12 is out of ASW ammo
E No.12 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Fukue-jima at 100,59, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E No.82, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
E No.84, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
E No.102, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
E No.104, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Purdy
DD Grenville
DD Kempenfelt
DD Eskimo

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 22,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
E Ikuna
E Sakito

Allied Ships
SS Harder, hits 10, heavy damage

SS Harder is located by E Ikuna
Harder diving deep ....
E Sakito fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sakito fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sakito attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Reinforcements:

51st JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo
299th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
300th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
303rd Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya
304th Shinbu-tai arrives at Utsonomiya

Losses:

Loss of E Kunashiri on Mar 17, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.82 on May 13, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.84 on May 13, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.102 on May 13, 1945 is admitted
Loss of E No.104 on May 13, 1945 is admitted
Loss of MTB G-1017 on May 13, 1945 is admitted
Loss of MTB G-1018 on May 13, 1945 is admitted

Ships Sunk:

YMS-84 is reported to have been sunk near Batangas on Jan 19, 1945
SC-742 is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on May 12, 1945
SS Bonefish is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 12, 1945
SS Sleuth is reported to have been sunk near Fukue-jima on May 12, 1945
APA Callaway is reported to have been sunk near Cotabato on Aug 18, 1944
LST-176 is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on May 12, 1945
PF Poughkeepsie is reported to have been sunk near Palembang on May 12, 1945
SS Finback is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 13, 1945
SS Harder is reported to have been sunk near Tsushima on May 13, 1945
SS Bumper is reported to have been sunk near Fukue-jima on May 13, 1945
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/28/2014 1:42:22 AM   
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/28/2014 1:43:47 AM   
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RE: Wild Sheep Chase - 1/28/2014 1:45:11 AM   
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