saj42 -> Oh Sh!t (8/6/2006 2:26:13 AM)
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There was I, enjoying chasing down some cripples from a Tokyo Express run when this happened: [image]local://upfiles/16324/5150D3F22A7F496BA2768089C9D90A44.jpg[/image] Not one of my naval search assets picked it up til too late [:(]- 3x PBY squadrons at range 9 (50%) and 8x carrier SBD squadrons (10%). The surface combat took place in the day pulse after PM air phase. NO strike was launched from CVs [:@] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/43 Day Time Surface Combat at 79,94 Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 2 BB Musashi, Shell hits 2 BB Ise, Shell hits 1 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 5 DD Yugure DD Yugiri, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Ushio DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Kuretake Allied Ships CV Saratoga CV Enterprise CA New Orleans, Shell hits 3, on fire CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 2 CL Honolulu CL Columbia, Shell hits 1 DD Meredith, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Gwin DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Duncan DD Lansdowne, Shell hits 1 DD Lardner DD McCalla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 79,94 Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 2 BB Musashi, Shell hits 2 BB Ise, Shell hits 1 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1 DD Yugure, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Yugiri, Shell hits 1, and is sunk DD Ushio DD Yunagi, on fire DD Kuretake Allied Ships CV Yorktown CV Hornet CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 5 CA San Francisco, Shell hits 3 CL Nashville, Shell hits 1 CL Boise, Shell hits 2 DD Mahan DD Cummings, Shell hits 1 DD Drayton DD Lamson DD Case, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Conyngham DD Shaw, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Cushing DD Preston
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