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NorthStar -> Lucky Dogs (10/18/2002 9:06:29 AM)
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OK, this is one of the most surprising set of results I have personally seen in surface combat yet! I think I have uncovered a hidden TF Commander statistic - Luck. And these guys both have 99!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/06/42
Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
BB Hiei, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Mikuma
CL Naka, Shell hits 1
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Tanikaze
DD Asagumo
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Monssen, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Mustin, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD O'Brien
DD Blue
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
BB Hiei, Shell hits 7, on fire
CA Mikuma
CL Naka, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hagikaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Asagumo
DD Ikazuchi, on fire
Allied Ships
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 23, on fire
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 40
Guns lost 2
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Both allied TFs were on Fast Transport missions. The DD's were evacuating worn out troops from Gili Gili, and the CL was bringing in the Heavy Equipment for the relief force (the rest of which had been airlifted in previously). They ran into a Japanese Bombardment force on the way in.
Mustin sank shortly after the battle, but surprisingly neither Monssen or Phoenix were all the badly hurt, considering. Phoenix had about 40-odd floatation damage and 30-odd system, Monssen a bit worse. Neither was in danger of actually sinking, and were able to emergency repair in PM over a week or so and sail back to Austraila.
Naka was later chased down and sunk by a sub, and while I assume Hiei wasn't all that badly damaged, I haven't seen her since.
The intersting thing is that only a single hit on Phoenix was from a BB's main battery (14"), which probably did almost all the damage. The rest of the hits were from 5" guns (including the BB's secondary batteries) which failed to penetrate her armor.
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