Mike Solli
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19 Aug 43
Sub War
There was a supply convoy headed to Dutch Harbor. They had to run the gauntlet of Japanese subs and the I-159 took out an xAKL while the I-38 sank xAK Walter Luckenbach. The only damage to our ships was a .30 cal hit on I-159 causing 1 point of sys damage. 
Down in the Balikpapan pass, the Hake was hit by a DC.
5 Fleet
4 Fleet
Nothing to report.
SE Fleet
The cruiser raiding force (1 CA, 2 CL, 3 DD) caught the supply fleet at Namatanai in the early morning hours and did a pretty nice job. When it was all said and done, our ships took no damage and an AKA was confirmed sunk with heavy damage to 3 of the other 5 AKAs and varying amounts of damage to the 3 escorting DDs. For all you Japanese CL haters, ALL of the torpedo hits were from Kinu. Every weapon in the Japanese arsenal has a use.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Namatanai at 107,125, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CL Yura
CL Kinu
DD Ayanami
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
Allied Ships
DD Wilson, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 7, heavy fires
DD Preston, Shell hits 2
AKA Bellatrix, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKA Fomalhaut, Shell hits 29, heavy fires, heavy damage
AKA Betelgeuse, Shell hits 4, on fire
AKA Alchiba, Shell hits 7
AKA Algorab, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AKA Titania, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
I heard multiple sinking sounds after the battle and throughout the day so I figure other ships also went down but there was no confirmation.
When the sun rose, KB saw US TFs all out of range scattering to the south and SW. KB is going to head a few hexes to the SE tomorrow to se if they can catch some damaged ships (or anything else for that matter).
Finally, the Allied air force focused almost exclusively on the Japanese SNLF just north of Namatanai. The losses were minimal and it allowed the airfields in the area to repair a bit:
Manus: 81-59-2
Kavieng: 83-97-77
Rabaul: 49-100-52
Talasea: 0-97-50
I’m still pretty confident that this region will never recover.
Finally, a group of YMS entered Rabaul harbor to clear mines. They got 75 mines but paid the price:
TF 305 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
YMS-217, Shell hits 3, on fire
YMS-216, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-128, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-273, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-272, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-138, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-217
YMS-217 firing at 3rd Base Force
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-216
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-128
YMS-128 firing at 3rd Base Force
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-273
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-272
3rd Base Force firing at YMS-138
75 mines cleared
Rabaul is down to 42 mines remaining.
SRA
Nothing to report.
Burma
Nine British 2E bombers were shot down over Warazub today. My Panzer Army is still crawling down the track toward Warazub.
China
Another bombardment of Chungking netted only 6 destroyed squads. Not worth the supply expenditure. I think I’m just going to go with deliberate assaults periodically with daily bombing with ~135x 2E bombers. The bombers usually do much better.
Of course, the bombers didn’t fly today. I wonder if weather was the culprit for the dismal bombardment?
Other Stuff
Reinforcements:
521 Ku K-1 – IJN 2E bombers, training
521 Ku K-1 – IJN DB, training
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RE: Once Again into the Breach - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 
Unfortunately, the Hellcats did their job and held off the Zeros long enough to allow most of the bombers to get through. Only 6 SBDs and 1 Avenger were shot down. Talk about stress! None were shot down by flak. Sheesh! When it was all said and done, Akagi took 4x 1000lb and a 500lb (the Avengers were all carrying bombs), Kaga took 4x 1000lb and Zuikaku took 2x 500lb. Finally, Hiei had 2x 1000lb bouncers. I thought Akagi and Kaga were finished (and I’m pretty sure Ted thinks so too from his comments later). Kaga had heavy fires. We all know what can happen to Japanese floating torches with just a bit of fire. I was concerned at this point. 
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