jdsrae
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 190 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Tingey DD Taylor DD Dashiell, Shell hits 2 DD Charles Badger DD Bache DD Ammen, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 DD Tingey firing at 42nd Division Combined 8th SNLF firing at DD Taylor – no reply from the CD guns against USS Taylor. WAKE UP SLEEPY HEADS!!! DD Taylor firing at Combined 8th SNLF Combined 8th SNLF firing at DD Dashiell – finally a response, but not the best shooting by this CD unit… DD Dashiell firing at Combined 8th SNLF DD Charles Badger firing at 42nd Division DD Bache firing at Shortlands DD Ammen firing at Combined 8th SNLF Combined 8th SNLF firing at DD Ammen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Portland at 77,171 – this is the Portland on the Victorian coast, West of Melbourne in Aus. SS I-36 – this sub was on patrol looking for ships on the Cape Town to Melbourne route and was having a very quiet war until it looks like the new CIC decided to relocate some ships without escorts. Allied Ships xAP Kooyong, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAP Kooyong is sighted by SS I-36 SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Kooyong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Russell Islands at 112,136 SS I-181 Allied Ships DD Taylor DD Ammen DD Tingey DD Dashiell SS I-181 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Taylor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Portland at 77,171 SS I-36 – another one from I-36 in the same hex. At the end of the turn a few more xAP are spotted moving West. Intelligence staff assess that the new CIC might be moving xAP towards Cape Town and India to relocate some ground forces. Allied Ships xAK Vera, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Vera is sighted by SS I-36 SS I-36 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Vera -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Army, at 59,40 , near Imphal Weather in hex: Heavy rain Ki-84r Frank x 6 Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 25 19 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet – front line fighter units will need more oxygen CAP engaged: 59th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) – this was a mistake as they were set to LRCAP with range 3. I rarely set LRCAP with a range > 0 and this was a reminder to check. I haven’t changed CAP altitudes to match the stratosweeps, as I want to see if the radars help when the sweepers target a base hex. If not, I will have to read up on the whole layered CAP thing. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 11th Army, at 59,40 , near Imphal Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 17 17 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cocanada at 40,38 SS I-53, hits 2 Allied Ships – unknown if these DDs are moving East or West… the sub skipper will receive counselling when he returns to port. DD Brown DD Tjerk Hiddes DD Van Galen DD Quickmatch DD Quiberon DD Porterfield DD Queensborough DD Quality DD Van Nes DD Banckert SS I-53 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Brown DD Queensborough attacking submerged sub .... DD Van Nes attacking submerged sub .... DD Banckert attacking submerged sub .... DD Van Nes is out of ASW ammo OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 23, 44 Repairs completed on DD Mutsuki at Manila, ship returned to service – all Mutsukis finish their ugprades and will move as a Squadron towards SEAF. Repairs completed on DD Kisaragi at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Yayoi at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Uzuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Satsuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Minazuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Fumizuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Kikuzuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Nagatsuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Mochizuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Yuzuki at Manila, ship returned to service Repairs completed on SS I-52 at Singapore, ship returned to service – this sub has long legs so will patrol off Karachi for a bit to see what it can spot. Repairs completed on SS RO-35 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service – will patrol the SW Aus coast. G4M1 Betty from K-704 Hikotai has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT G3M2 Nell from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking SS Bowfin at 123,60 SS Bowfin is reported HIT G3M2 Nell from K-403 Hikotai attacking SS Bowfin at 123,60 SS Bowfin is reported HIT P1Y2 Frances from K-406 Hikotai attacking a Grampus class SS at 117,64 an Allied SS is reported HIT D4Y4 Judy from 531 Ku K-1 attacking SS Corvina at 100,114 SS Corvina is reported HIT G3M3 Nell from 901 Ku T-3 attacking an Allied SS at 116,70 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT F-5A Lightning sighted over Warazup F-7A Liberator sighted over Pisanuloke PV-1 Ventura sighted over Adak Island PV-1 Ventura sighted over Atka Island F-5A Lightning sighted over Merauke F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay G4M1 Betty from K-701 Hikotai attacking a Triton class SS at 75,96 an Allied SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty from K-704 Hikotai has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Ominato Ku T-2 attacking SS Bowfin at 123,60 SS Bowfin is reported HIT PV-1 Ventura sighted over Amchitka Island PV-1 Ventura sighted over Adak Island PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Kusaie Island 7 x H6K4-L Mavis transporting 42nd Naval Guard Unit from Mili 7 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 1st Raiding Force from Kalemyo Repairs completed on SS RO-38 at Soerabaja, ship returned to service – will also patrol the SW Aus coastline Naha expands airfield to size 8 Johore Bahru expands fortifications to size 5 Taiping expands fortifications to size 3 xAK Vera is reported to have been sunk near Portland on Apr 23, 1944 xAP Kooyong is reported to have been sunk near Portland on Apr 23, 1944
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