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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 7:23:51 AM   
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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 7:24:56 AM   
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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:01:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Might be the Leach whom commanded the Prince of Wales, looked good in uniform on wiki.


Wrong Leach.



"Make our speed 22 kts! Gunnery officer, you may make your target that big ship over there. Would someone please put these champagne flutes away?

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:11:08 PM   
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Moulmein: True to form, Rord Admirar Fabertong has a fresh follow-up SCTF. They get in among the sheep. Fortunately, the weather is terrible and we get off pretty light, although Hunter-Ligget is a big boy, as I recall. The RN DD's have almost no ammo because of their amphibious bombardment duties.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 54,55, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Shell hits 1
CA Aoba
DD Mochizuki
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
DD Redoubt, Shell hits 6
DD Relentless, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Rotherham, Shell hits 3
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Maui
xAP Santa Barbara
xAP Durban Castle
xAP Dunnatar Castle
xAK Tanda
xAK Ascot
xAK City of Hankow
xAK Martand
xAK Shirala
xAK Ariadne Moller
xAP Glenstrae
xAP Glenorchy
xAP Denbighshire
xAK Somelsdijk
xAK Marpessa

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:13:34 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 54,55, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Aoba
DD Mochizuki
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
CL Durban
DD Isis
DD Napier
DD Racehorse
AP President Adams
xAP Athlone Castle
xAP Empress ' Scotland
xAP Empress ' Asia
xAK Maldive
xAK Matiana
xAP Governor
xAP Hadleigh
xAP Kohistan
xAK San Alvaro
xAK Umtali
xAP Glenartney
xAK Ima
xAK Tricolor

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:17:55 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Another TF, I think this is newly arrived and full of troops but at least the escorts have ammo. RNN apparently has damage control training to do. Voyager must be a complete hulk if she has not sunk. At least one of the IJN DD's burning.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 54,55, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CA Aoba, Shell hits 4
DD Mochizuki
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 3
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Dale
DD Voyager, Shell hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Van Galen, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Encounter, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Durenda
xAP Gandara
xAP Garmula
xAP Hosang
xAK Ikauna
xAP Jalagopal
xAP Jalaratna, Shell hits 1
xAK Pellicula
xAK Silverteak
xAK Silverwillow
xAP Sirsa
xAP Taiping
xAP Tak Sang
xAP Wo Sang
xAP City of Durban
xAP Clan Macpherson
xAP Varela
LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe, Shell hits 11, heavy fires
xAP Slemmestad

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:20:17 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Sub attack near Tavoy at 53,58

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
BB Musashi, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kosugiri
DD Yugure
DD Susuzuki
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 7

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:23:38 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 55,55, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Shell hits 3
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
DD Mochizuki
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Shell hits 1
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Ceres, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kenya
DD Stack

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:26:31 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Both sides are still around for a daylight battle. Ceres is detached. You would have to say we won this one.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Moulmein at 54,55, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, Shell hits 6, on fire
CA Aoba, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Kenya, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Stack

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:27:45 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Sub attack near Tavoy at 53,57

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko, on fire
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
SS Triton, hits 3

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:30:12 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Some of the transports have naturally withdrawn to the West and there isn't LRCAP for everyone.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 50,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Garmula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:32:31 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 49,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 2
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Durban, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:34:41 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 8:40:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Okinawa: Yorktown is on station near Kume-jima trying to kill any WJD transports. She draws a few Anns without escort. You can guess what happens.

Kume-jima goes to level 3. Engineers embarking for that little island East of Okinawa which I cant remember the name of. 3rd Marine Div (less a couple of dozen 37mm ATG's which are in Pago Pago because the USMC didn't chose the "next week delivery" option.

Fifth Bomber Command (B-24's) moving to Miyako-jima (which is nearly level 7) to begin night raids on Nagasaki in a few days.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/17/2014 11:45:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Might be the Leach whom commanded the Prince of Wales, looked good in uniform on wiki.


Wrong Leach.



"Make our speed 22 kts! Gunnery officer, you may make your target that big ship over there. Would someone please put these champagne flutes away?

"My ship is on fire and I don't know why!"

SNL did a great little skit about him that ended with the devil dragging him off while Leach announced "I'm going to hell and I don't know why!"

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/18/2014 11:51:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Meanwhile at the breastaurant pier side in Moulmein harbor: "look my dear, the harbor is positively ablaze tonight."
Obviously impressed, " Oh Mandrake, you shouldn't have."





DAMN! I love this picture.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 2:37:08 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Meanwhile at the breastaurant pier side in Moulmein harbor: "look my dear, the harbor is positively ablaze tonight."
Obviously impressed, " Oh Mandrake, you shouldn't have."





DAMN! I love this picture.


Imagine my surprise, when, during my fact-finding mission to Moulmein, I discovered Thai girls are quite lightly pigmnented and have large breasesses

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 2:41:50 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 4:39:24 PM   
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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 4:59:35 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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O god, worst AAR ever already hit 500 pages.


Now we know the thread doesn't stop at 500 pages. It's a myth...like the Y2K bug.


Let's do the math. 500 pages..divided by 11...carry the 4... 45 1/2 pages per day of battle!

Sadly, we will never reach 1 million views.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 11:17:11 PM   
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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/19/2014 11:24:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: aciddrinker

O god, worst AAR ever already hit 500 pages.


Now we know the thread doesn't stop at 500 pages. It's a myth...like the Y2K bug.


Let's do the math. 500 pages..divided by 11...carry the 4... 45 1/2 pages per day of battle!

Sadly, we will never reach 1 million views.



Sorry Cap'n y2k was not a myth. I worked lots of overtime because of it.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/20/2014 12:12:19 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Disco Duck


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: aciddrinker

O god, worst AAR ever already hit 500 pages.


Now we know the thread doesn't stop at 500 pages. It's a myth...like the Y2K bug.


Let's do the math. 500 pages..divided by 11...carry the 4... 45 1/2 pages per day of battle!

Sadly, we will never reach 1 million views.



Sorry Cap'n y2k was not a myth. I worked lots of overtime because of it.



Yes, we only realized it was a myth AFTER it was done.

Our company bought 200 doornob light reflectors and 5 metric tons of cat litter to use as a makeshift latrine.

We actually hired a consultatnt.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/20/2014 3:24:54 PM   
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To add an element of personal horror - if you were in the equity markets in any way at that time you (or your manager, fund, pool...) were using those numbers.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/20/2014 5:53:46 PM   
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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/21/2014 7:41:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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I finally opened up the turn. We lost 2 DD's, one RAN and one RNN and two CL's in the last 2 nights. Also 2 AP's with an AK about to sink.


One IJN DD is claimed. One CA seems pretty badly shot up as is Musashi. In fact, 5 Jakes were destroyed on the ground yesterday. They weren't the planes at Moulmein, those were Dinahs.

How many float planes does Musashi carry? Could it be she sank?

The two RN R-class BB's were towed around in circles because of all the combatants nearby. I doubt they will make Chittagong. Maybe Ramree? Or it might be beter to send them to Moulmein and disband and get some naval support up there.

The landing groups were all scared off 120-200 miles to the West. One RN CL and DD still have good ammo. They can probably come back to Moulmein. Does JJ have a third SCTF on its way?

PoW will safely make port barring sub attack.


Operation Sticky Green: Rendezvous complete and refueling of the carriers done. We push off for the Kuriles today from a point about 450 mi South of Adak.

Okinawa/Kyushu: V Bomber command at Horycrappo-jima less a dozen B-24's still being repaired on Luzon. Crews are laying more runway. First night raid over home islands in 1 day perhaps (field nowat 6.91)

Engineers moving by LST to that little Jima East of Okinawa that we already seized by airdrop.

Kume-jima is level 3.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/21/2014 8:06:30 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Ermmm.....ummmm.....ragarding that naming contest...well...it seems that Essex class that showed up in Panama already had a name, an actual Revolutionary War battle (Bunker Hill) and I can't change it, but we did contract with a firm out of Karenko to help.

Word is Yorktown II is still coming.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/21/2014 8:18:56 PM   
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Distinguished looking older gentleman in Milio's Sushi Breastaurant uniform, a black silk shirt with white apron, due to his previous circumstance he is very lean, with no hint of moobs himself: <a group of Pongoes enter> Welcome! Would you prefer the bar or a table?

Pongo 1: Bar, of course.

Pongo 2, previosuly evacuated from Singapore: <astonished> General? General Percival?

Distinguished looking older gentleman in Milio's Sushi Breastaurant uniform, a black silk shirt with white apron, due to his previous circumstance he is very lean, with no hint of moobs himself: Steady on lad. General Wainright and I are still officially POW's <winks at soldier> NEXT!

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/23/2014 5:55:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bit of help chaps. The laptop died but I got all my files of the harddrive. Slight problem, can't find the install CD! Anyone got a copy of the install set on an FTP site or some such? ta.

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RE: USS Baffins Bridge - 3/23/2014 6:15:23 PM   
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