Rysyonok -> December 2, 1922 (4/9/2006 9:34:54 PM)
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Those were not subs or DDs. IJN threw its best of the best - 7 modern CLs. In 24 hours, 7 became 5. 2 USN DDs sank; 4 more had to be scuttled. R-17, badly damaged at Ponape, was scuttled as well. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/02/22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 81,83 Japanese Ships SS No. 30 Allied Ships DD Hopkins DD McFarland DD Stewart DD McCormick DD Stansbury DD Elliot DD Jacob Jones DD Lamberton DD Philip DD Mugford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Tenryu CL Kuma, Shell hits 3 CL Tama, Shell hits 2 CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1 CL Oi, Shell hits 1 CL Nagara, Shell hits 1 CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships DD Philip, Shell hits 1 DD Mugford, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Lamberton DD Jacob Jones, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Elliot, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Stansbury DD McCormick, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Stewart, Shell hits 3, on fire DD McFarland, Shell hits 1 DD Hopkins, Shell hits 5, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Tenryu CL Kuma, Shell hits 2 CL Tama, Shell hits 1 CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1 CL Oi CL Nagara CL Isuzu, Shell hits 3 Allied Ships DD Philip, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Mugford, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Lamberton, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage DD Jacob Jones, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Elliot, and is sunk DD Stansbury DD McCormick, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Stewart, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD McFarland DD Hopkins, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43 Japanese Ships AK Norway Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 81,83 Japanese Ships SS No. 30, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Selfridge DD Melvin DD McCawley DD Palmer DD Greer DD Aaron Ward DD Babbitt DD Radford DD Hazelwood DD Chew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Shell hits 2 CL Kuma CL Tama CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Oi, Shell hits 1 CL Nagara CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Idaho, Shell hits 1 BB New Mexico, Shell hits 2 BB Mississippi, Shell hits 2 DD Evans DD Hamilton DD Tarbell, Shell hits 1 DD Crosby DD Pillsbury DD Morris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage CL Kuma CL Tama, Shell hits 2 CL Kitakami, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Oi, Shell hits 1 CL Nagara CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Idaho, Shell hits 4 BB New Mexico, Shell hits 1 BB Mississippi DD Evans DD Hamilton DD Tarbell DD Crosby, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Pillsbury DD Morris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Tenryu, Shell hits 2, and is sunk CL Kuma CL Tama CL Kitakami, on fire, heavy damage CL Oi CL Nagara CL Isuzu Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Idaho BB New Mexico BB Mississippi DD Evans DD Hamilton DD Tarbell DD Crosby, on fire DD Pillsbury DD Morris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 81,83 Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Tama CL Kitakami, Shell hits 2, and is sunk CL Oi, Shell hits 1, on fire CL Nagara CL Isuzu Allied Ships BB Nevada, Shell hits 1 BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 1 BB New York BB Texas DD Meade, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Moody, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Sumner DD Corry, Shell hits 1 DD Stoddert DD Woodbury, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 81,83 Japanese Ships SS No. 30 Allied Ships DD Woodbury DD Stoddert DD Corry DD Sumner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 81,83 Japanese Ships SS No. 30 Allied Ships DD Greer, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Selfridge DD Melvin DD McCawley DD Palmer DD Aaron Ward DD Babbitt DD Radford DD Hazelwood DD Chew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Maloelap Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 7122 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2968 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported
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