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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:19:05 PM)
The route chosen for cripple Astoria wasn't "good enough". She is already a Roman candle with 70% fire level. No DD escort. DD's are for the living. Submarine attack near Goodenough Island at 102,130 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:21:45 PM)
A small SBD raid from PM goes after the cruisers. They have LRCAP from somewhere. Morning Air attack on TF, near Oro Bay at 101,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 destroyed And a few more. Morning Air attack on TF, near Oro Bay at 101,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed Go Boeing!....ahhh..close Morning Air attack on TF, near Oro Bay at 101,130 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hamakaze, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:27:22 PM)
I think Lexington is in a rain squall. God is on our side. Japan-mens itchy to "brow something up" Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 B5N1 Kate x 10 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged Allied Ships xAK Age, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Skagerak, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:28:30 PM)
Poor Gridley. Another Roman candle from the previous day. Morning Air attack on TF, near Buna at 100,129 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N1 Kate x 2 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Gridley, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:30:40 PM)
Another strike group finds poor Indianapolis in and out of the rain squalls and pulverizes her. Lexington is nearby. Morning Air attack on TF, near Oro Bay at 100,131 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 9 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Craven, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:33:36 PM)
Astoria's misery is not over. Morning Air attack on TF, near Kiriwina Island at 103,131 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 B5N2 Kate x 9 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CA Astoria, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:34:48 PM)
Ellet, another cripple. [:(] Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,126 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 D3A1 Val x 22 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Ellet, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:35:38 PM)
JJ has to be getting a bit frustrated at this point. Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Johanne Justesen, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk xAK Anshun, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:36:57 PM)
Snicker Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 31 D3A1 Val x 15 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Herstein, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Cycle, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AM Townsville, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

jwolf -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:38:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 9 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Your CAP did nothing? What was wrong? [&:]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:39:49 PM)
Java-jima: JJ is marching on Batavia. The landing at Samarang is stalled.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:49:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 13 D3A1 Val x 9 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Your CAP did nothing? What was wrong? [&:] Yes, well 1) P-40E has only a 6 hex range even with drop tanks and therefore struggles to have loiter time even at 2 hexes 2) They were tasked to cover Lexington which is in the same hex but a different TF so this is technically "spill-over" CAP 3) Bad weather 4) Zero escort present.

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:51:59 PM)
What speed is Lady Lex making?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 2:57:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs What speed is Lady Lex making? 21 Kts (unless more damage accrued from her fires). We need a typhoon to save her, I think. We can try the same trick of blocking the exits to the Solomon Sea tonight but we are running out of cruisers.

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 3:14:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs What speed is Lady Lex making? 21 Kts (unless more damage accrued from her fires). We need a typhoon to save her, I think. We can try the same trick of blocking the exits to the Solomon Sea tonight but we are running out of cruisers. [image]local://upfiles/14248/748AC99092684FB6A71FC6A55852BBFF.jpg[/image]

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 7:49:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The thrust vector for Kirk's Enterprise is quite obviously not on axis with the center of mass. Every time you step on the gas the thing would pinwheel like Hell throwing the crew in their sissy uniforms into bulkheads and ceilings. If you were unlucky enough to be in the crapper at the time they would have to write a letter home to your family. Don't forget the [tech] compensator which is housed inside engineering. By [tech] mechanism, it addresses your concerns about acceleration on the axial vector. It's been attended to.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/6/2015 8:37:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The thrust vector for Kirk's Enterprise is quite obviously not on axis with the center of mass. Every time you step on the gas the thing would pinwheel like Hell throwing the crew in their sissy uniforms into bulkheads and ceilings. If you were unlucky enough to be in the crapper at the time they would have to write a letter home to your family. Don't forget the [tech] compensator which is housed inside engineering. By [tech] mechanism, it addresses your concerns about acceleration on the axial vector. It's been attended to. Ha! Prate in head get to crose too tractor beam.

rtrapasso -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 1:28:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The thrust vector for Kirk's Enterprise is quite obviously not on axis with the center of mass. Every time you step on the gas the thing would pinwheel like Hell throwing the crew in their sissy uniforms into bulkheads and ceilings. If you were unlucky enough to be in the crapper at the time they would have to write a letter home to your family. This is why they didn't have lavatories in Kirk's Enterprise (true fact!! None were included in the plans!!!) Who knew this wasn't an oversight? [:'(]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 4:16:19 PM)
Every one of the crippled ships from the first day battle was sunk..along with the two CA that stayed behind as a rear guard. Halsey himself went down swinging as he had transferred to one of his CA's when Enterprise sunk. Lexington has her fires down to 20% and can still make 21 kts. She made it to Milne Bay yesterday. One DD will stay behind off Milne Bay and everyone else runs. A ton of transports are bearing down on Rabaul. The fun will be over there soon. B-17's at PM on naval attack...we're up all day trying to get lucky.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 5:55:03 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake The thrust vector for Kirk's Enterprise is quite obviously not on axis with the center of mass. Every time you step on the gas the thing would pinwheel like Hell throwing the crew in their sissy uniforms into bulkheads and ceilings. If you were unlucky enough to be in the crapper at the time they would have to write a letter home to your family. Don't forget the [tech] compensator which is housed inside engineering. By [tech] mechanism, it addresses your concerns about acceleration on the axial vector. It's been attended to. Ha! Prate in head get to crose too tractor beam. Well, true enough. Full disclosure: I'm a Trekkie. In my FTE as uberdork OG, I've also seen several original scripts of ST:TNG episodes. For the 'tech' bits that aren't integral to the plot line, the original scripts just block out the technobabble for later with "[tech]" in the written script. The technobabble (e.g., explanations for why toilets are no longer necessary on Constitution-class starships in the 23rd century) is filled in later. So please consider that my early script explanation.

Chickenboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 5:56:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Every one of the crippled ships from the first day battle was sunk..along with the two CA that stayed behind as a rear guard. Halsey himself went down swinging as he had transferred to one of his CA's when Enterprise sunk. Lexington has her fires down to 20% and can still make 21 kts. She made it to Milne Bay yesterday. One DD will stay behind off Milne Bay and everyone else runs. A ton of transports are bearing down on Rabaul. The fun will be over there soon. B-17's at PM on naval attack...we're up all day trying to get lucky. Sounds like Lexington will be able to make it out of the hot zone unless some hotshot IJN submariner puts one up her smoking chuff. What's the total butcher's bill, Cap'n? It sounds like it wasn't a very good couple days for the USN.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:00:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Every one of the crippled ships from the first day battle was sunk..along with the two CA that stayed behind as a rear guard. Halsey himself went down swinging as he had transferred to one of his CA's when Enterprise sunk. Lexington has her fires down to 20% and can still make 21 kts. She made it to Milne Bay yesterday. One DD will stay behind off Milne Bay and everyone else runs. A ton of transports are bearing down on Rabaul. The fun will be over there soon. B-17's at PM on naval attack...we're up all day trying to get lucky. Sounds like Lexington will be able to make it out of the hot zone unless some hotshot IJN submariner puts one up her smoking chuff. What's the total butcher's bill, Cap'n? It sounds like it wasn't a very good couple days for the USN. Well..that might be true if the Wee Jap Dobbers don't pursue her into the Coral Sea. We received such a congratulatory message on the shortwave.....but it wasn't probable.. not when they knew her only real escape route and there is no way to provide fighter cover over the Coral Sea

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:06:26 PM)
*********December 28, 1941(e)********* Good news:** JJ was so enjoying the blood sport off of New and Improved Guinea that they failed to notice Marblehead and some four stackers sneaking up. We catch a very large ground unit(s) embarking at Balikpapan. This seems too large for a single SNLF unit but is clearly predominately infantry. Very satisfying. It was a bombardment mission which is why the damage isn't worse. Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Kuretake DD Sanae xAP Hakone Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Haruna Maru xAP Rakuyo Maru, Shell hits 2 xAP Horai Maru xAP Takatiho Maru, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer DD Stewart DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1 DD Parrott, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 6909 casualties reported Squads: 137 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 211 destroyed, 77 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 30 (30 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:09:05 PM)
Marblehead taffy was set to retire toward NE Borneo but apparently it was just too much fun. Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-13, Shell hits 20, and is sunk DMS W-14, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DMS W-15, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DMS W-20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer DD Stewart DD Paul Jones DD Parrott[color] And even when the sun comes up. Another 900 LYB's go into the drink. Almost 8K in total. We have a small LRCAP from down the coast of Borneo. This is apparently enough to scare off the dozens of Bettys at Kendari. Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,97, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kuma DD Kuretake, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Sanae, Shell hits 1 xAP Haruna Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Rakuyo Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Horai Maru xAP Takatiho Maru, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Barker DD Bulmer, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Stewart, Shell hits 1 DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 1 DD Parrott, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 870 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 40 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:19:52 PM)
Coral Sea: We leave behind Benham at Milne Bay to cover the obvious exit. In retrospect we needed a cruiser too but somebody had to cover the Lexington TF. Tone was in a fight yesterday but evidently has enough ammo. Probably should have set Benham on "absolute" to eat up some more time and ammo. Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 1 DD Tanikaze DD Oshio DD Arashio Allied Ships DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:24:44 PM)
Benham turns for home and finds a sub. Lexington is now well out into the Coral Sea...far enough? Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 101,134 Japanese Ships SS RO-33 Allied Ships DD Benham, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:28:34 PM)
Nope. 240 miles out from Milne Bay paths converge..Lexington at 21 Kts...Tone at 30+ Australia and the USN cruiser in a SCTF assigned to cover Lexington are picking their noses. Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,137, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Oshio, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Arashio, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CV Lexington, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Northampton DD Dunlap, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Mahan, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Drayton DD Lamson DD Porter The damage is not catastrophic but likely enough to slow us down further.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:31:47 PM)
Another 120 miles closer too safety....crap. Where are Australia and friends? Day Time Surface Combat, near Cairns at 97,139, Range 23,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 4 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 6 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed SB2U-3 Vindicator: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 3 CL Jintsu, Shell hits 2 CL Natori DD Kasumi DD Fubuki, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CV Lexington, Shell hits 9, and is sunk CA Northampton, Shell hits 6, on fire DD Dunlap, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Mahan, and is sunk DD Drayton DD Lamson DD Porter, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage She slips under the waves along with two IJN DD's and one USN DD. [:(]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:33:45 PM)
Oh...NOW Australia and Salt Lake City show up. We wreck a couple of CL's...bahhh Day Time Surface Combat, near Cairns at 97,139, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 3 CL Jintsu, Shell hits 8, on fire CL Natori, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Kasumi DD Fubuki, Shell hits 27, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 2 CA Canberra, Shell hits 2 DD Balch, Shell hits 1

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (2/7/2015 8:35:34 PM)
Oh...crap! Carriers in the Coral Sea as well. Morning Air attack on TF, near Cairns at 95,139 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 B5N1 Kate x 3 Allied aircraft F4F-3A Wildcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Drayton

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