Speedysteve -> 20th September 1943 (7/11/2006 9:30:48 PM)
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Hi all, R - LOL. Apple Island[;)] Well at last Operation Kestrel - the occupation of the Gilberts gets under way. At least the transport side of it does. 4 x transport TF are leaving Baker Island. 2 bound for Apamama (containining 147th RCT + Seebees/Base Force). 2 have left for Makin (containing 53rdnd 138th RCT's/HQ/Base Force etc.) Each invasion target will be covered by 2 x CV divisions and 1 x BB Division. I expect no enemy resistance other than submarines and maybe airstrikes from Maloelap/Kwajalein. --------------- SS Skipjack let me down big time today. She missed not 1 but 2 ships in the space of 5 hours. Firstly, she missed ML Nuwashima. Then later on she missed PC CH10[8|] SS Capelin had her 4 torpedoes fail to detonate against the hull of Tanker Tennan Maru 120 miles ESE of Batan Island. SS Muskallunge did well in penetrating an escort composed of 4 x IJN DD, 2 x MSW and 3 x PG before putting a fish into the loaded AP Hasuna Maru in the middle of the Phillipine Sea. --------------- CVL Bataan, SS Archerfish, 1 x LST and 1 x AK arrive at San Francisco tomorrow.
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