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SoulBlazer -> Thread: PBEM Battle Stories (3/13/2003 10:46:50 AM)
In light of some recent postings and other threads, I thought I would try a thread encourging people to post their actuall battles from PBEM games. Can be of any type, any size, as long as you feel that it was a major battle and one you and your foe talked about for a while. :D I tried to post one of my own eariler but the note never sent, so I'll just open this now and add one of my own later.

Mr.Frag -> (3/13/2003 11:04:29 AM)
I had this fantastic turn where all my superior strategies paid off and : AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/11/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy I didn't loose a single thing!!! :D

Raverdave -> (3/13/2003 11:07:04 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr.Frag [B]I had this fantastic turn where all my superior strategies paid off and : AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/11/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy I didn't loose a single thing!!! :D [/B][/QUOTE] Ah ha! The AAR of a coward!:D

Mr.Frag -> (3/13/2003 11:48:13 AM)
Would you prefer the wet dream of every Japan player? AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/06/42 Weather: Clear Night Time Surface Combat at 39,38 Japanese Ships CA Myoko, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Haguro, on fire CA Aoba, Shell hits 1 CA Kinugasa CA Furutaka CA Kako CL Tenryu CL Tatsuta CL Yubari DD Shiratsuyu DD Shigure DD Ariake DD Akebono DD Sazanami DD Ushio DD Yayoi DD Uzuki DD Mochizuki DD Yuzuki DD Kikuzuki DD Oite DD Asanagi Allied Ships CV Lexington, Shell hits 87, and is sunk CV Yorktown, Shell hits 81, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Raverdave -> (3/13/2003 11:59:21 AM)
Ok, THAT aar has impressed me!:) withdraw the "coward" comment:p

Mr.Frag -> (3/13/2003 12:07:37 PM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Raverdave [B]Ok, THAT aar has impressed me!:) withdraw the "coward" comment:p [/B][/QUOTE] What do you mean, I was playing the Yanks! :p

Weathersfield -> (3/13/2003 12:13:49 PM)
Seems like all my PBEM major battles end with me losing a LOT of ships and sinking none. It is too embarassing to post them.

Raverdave -> (3/13/2003 12:29:43 PM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr.Frag [B]What do you mean, I was playing the Yanks! :p [/B][/QUOTE] Swine! I was drinking a coffee when I read the above post, I laughed so hard coffee came out of my nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D

Full Moon -> (3/13/2003 12:35:28 PM)
How about this. I just had a major CV battle around Numea in one of my PBEM game. I'm playing IJN.:) Air attack on TF at 51,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 110 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 SBD Dauntless x 34 TBF Avenger x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 26 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 11 damaged TBF Avenger x 12 destroyed TBF Avenger x 4 damaged PO1 G.Fujita of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Japanese Ships CV Hiryu CVL Zuiho -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 51,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 SBD Dauntless x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 17 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged LT M. Suganami of BI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 LCDR C. Fenton of VF-42 bails out WOUNDED and is RESCUED Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,69 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 43 A6M3 Zero x 11 D3A Val x 93 B5N Kate x 56 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 5 destroyed D3A Val x 13 destroyed D3A Val x 24 damaged B5N Kate x 13 destroyed B5N Kate x 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged ENS S. Komachi of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CA Louisville, Torpedo hits 1 CV Lexington, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 13, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Laffey CLAA San Diego, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 1 DD Cummings, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,69 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 38 D3A Val x 56 B5N Kate x 38 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed B5N Kate x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged PO2 O.Sugiyama of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage CA Louisville, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Tucker CA Minneapolis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell x 3 destroyed G3M Nell x 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City Attacking Level Bombers: 2 x G3M Nell at 200 feet 1 x G3M Nell at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 12 G4M1 Betty x 44 Allied aircraft Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 19 Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 28 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet 9 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet 3 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 6 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 12 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Koumac , at 47,63 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 8 Allied aircraft no losses Allied aircraft losses no losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet 5 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 11 Allied aircraft losses B-25D Mitchell x 1 damaged Japanese Ships AP Kenshin Maru AP Hiyoshi Maru AP Arimasan Maru Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-25D Mitchell at 1000 feet 3 x B-25D Mitchell at 1000 feet 4 x B-25D Mitchell at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 33 A6M3 Zero x 4 D3A Val x 16 B5N Kate x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 36 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 8 destroyed D3A Val x 8 damaged B5N Kate x 8 destroyed B5N Kate x 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 damaged LTJG H. Fairbanks of VF-8 is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships CV Enterprise CV Saratoga CL Honolulu DD Lamson CLAA Atlanta -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed LTJG J. Topliff of VF-8 is credited with kill number 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 B5N Kate x 17 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed B5N Kate x 9 destroyed B5N Kate x 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed LTJG G. Kirk of VF-8 is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships CV Enterprise CV Saratoga CL Nashville -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 50,71 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 D3A Val x 26 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 11 destroyed D3A Val x 16 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged LTJG S. Ruehlow of VF-8 is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships CV Saratoga CV Hornet, Bomb hits 3, on fire DD Preston CV Enterprise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 92 B5N Kate x 97 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 7 damaged B5N Kate x 12 destroyed B5N Kate x 37 damaged Allied Ships CA Astoria, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Leander, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 8, on fire, heavy damage DD Balch, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire DD Fanning DD Maury, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Drayton DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Porter

SoulBlazer -> (3/13/2003 1:15:48 PM)
Here's a old AAR I still have on my HD. One of my first PBEM games was with me as the Allies playing Drex as the Japanese. Starting in May 1942, we had something like 12 major naval battles before he finally threw in the towel in late March of 1943. Attacking Lunga and Tulagi, I ran into heavy Japanese resitance, and several major battles like the one below were fought with my cruisers aganist a superior Japanese force: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/07/42 Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 7 BB Kirishima, Shell hits 5 CA Chikuma, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Myoko, Shell hits 3 CA Mogami CL Naka, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 9, and is sunk DD Kagero DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Hamakaze DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Asagumo, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Suzukaze DD Oboro, Shell hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Chester, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage CA Louisville, Shell hits 2 CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4, heavy damage CA New Orleans, Shell hits 2 CA Astoria, Shell hits 1 CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco, Shell hits 3 CA Quincy, Shell hits 7 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1 CA Australia, Shell hits 1 CA Canberra, Shell hits 4 CL Hobart CL Honolulu, Shell hits 3 DD Fanning DD Porter, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Selfridge, Shell hits 1 DD Balch DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese Ships BB Hiei BB Kirishima, Shell hits 2 CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Myoko, Shell hits 1 CA Mogami, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage CL Naka, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Yubari, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Kagero DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Oshio, and is sunk DD Suzukaze DD Oboro, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Chester, on fire, heavy damage CA Louisville, Shell hits 1 CA Pensacola, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA New Orleans, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Astoria CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CA Quincy, Shell hits 1 CA Vincennes CA Australia CA Canberra CL Hobart CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1 DD Fanning, Shell hits 1 DD Porter, on fire DD Selfridge, Shell hits 1 DD Balch, Shell hits 1 DD MacDonough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese Ships BB Hiei, Shell hits 2 BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1 CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Myoko, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Mogami, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Naka, on fire, heavy damage CL Yubari, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage DD Kagero DD Kuroshio, and is sunk DD Hamakaze DD Suzukaze DD Oboro, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Chester, Shell hits 2, and is sunk CA Louisville, Shell hits 1, on fire CA Pensacola, on fire, heavy damage CA New Orleans, on fire CA Astoria, Shell hits 1 CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1 CA San Francisco CA Quincy CA Vincennes CA Australia, Shell hits 1 CA Canberra, Shell hits 1 CL Hobart CL Honolulu DD Fanning DD Porter, on fire DD Selfridge DD Balch DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese Ships CL Naka, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gato -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 D3A Val x 7 B5N Kate x 3 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 2 damaged B5N Kate x 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: Men lost 20 Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Attacking Level Bombers: 2 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 36,41 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 45 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 SBD Dauntless x 28 TBF Avenger x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 12 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 10 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged TBF Avenger x 5 destroyed TBF Avenger x 9 damaged ENS J. Halford of Enterprise VF-6 is credited with kill number 2 LCDR E. Lindsey of Enterprise VT-6 bails out and is CAPTURED Japanese Ships CV Shokaku CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1 CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 1 CS Nisshin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 36,41 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 SBD Dauntless x 28 TBF Avenger x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 damaged SBD Dauntless x 3 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 12 damaged TBF Avenger x 2 destroyed TBF Avenger x 10 damaged LCDR J. Brett of Lexington VT-2 is KILLED Japanese Ships CS Chitose CA Atago BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Ashigara DD Akatsuki BB Haruna CA Chokai CA Kumano -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 39,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 23 B5N Kate x 26 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 7 damaged B5N Kate x 6 destroyed B5N Kate x 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 damaged LCDR O.Handa of Hiryu BII-2 Daitai bails out and is CAPTURED Allied Ships DD Case DD Blue DD Russell CVE Long Island, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Lexington, Bomb hits 1 CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 39,42 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 18 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 30 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 18 destroyed B5N Kate x 2 damaged ENS E. Conant of Enterprise VF-6 is credited with kill number 3 LT T. Ichihara of Shokaku EI-3 Daitai bails out and is CAPTURED Allied Ships CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 39,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 D3A Val x 25 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 30 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 10 destroyed D3A Val x 16 damaged LT M. Yamaguchi of Shokaku EI-2 Daitai bails out and is CAPTURED Allied Ships CV Lexington CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2, on fire CV Enterprise, on fire CLAA San Juan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 37 G4M1 Betty x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged Allied Ships AP Arthur Middleton AV Ballard Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Allied aircraft Hudson x 6 B-25D Mitchell x 11 B-17E Fortress x 6 no losses Japanese Ships DD Okikaze DD Hatsushima, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Fubuki AP Kano Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Kenryu Maru Japanese ground losses: Men lost 12 Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 4 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 3 x Hudson at 6000 feet 3 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet 3 x Hudson at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 G3M Nell x 7 G4M1 Betty x 19 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged Allied Ships DM Tracy AP Ormsby, Torpedo hits 1 AP Neville, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Barnett, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Betelgeuse, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AP Hunter Liggett DMS Southard DM Gamble Allied ground losses: Men lost 10 Attacking Level Bombers: 2 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 3 x G3M Nell at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 2 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged Allied Ships AP George F. Elliot DMS Southard DMS Hovey AK Fomalhaut, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: Men lost 27 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 40,41 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 D3A Val x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 6 damaged Allied Ships CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the end, though, I somehow kept a surface fleet off of Lunga, and drove the Japanese forces back in defeat. Kongo sank from her bomb hits about a game week later and I'm pretty sure (if memory serves me) that several of those Japanese cruisers never made it home either. Pensacola sank to her damage and Salt Lake City was also torpedoed, but I held the base. Never DID get any of those heavy cruisers returned to me, though (they ALL had to go back to Pearl by the time Operation Watchtower was finished).

SoulBlazer -> (3/13/2003 1:24:02 PM)
Here's another one from that same game, the 'battle of the battlewagons' and my worse defeat in the game. In trying to clear the way to invade Munda, I sent my 'superior' force in to attack the Japanese navy (everything Drex had) at Shortland, with nasty results: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 48, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamato, Shell hits 2, heavy damage BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2 BB Ise, Shell hits 2 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 10, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Kako, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Akebono, Shell hits 1 DD Minazuki, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 1 DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 6, on fire BB Tennessee, Shell hits 5, on fire BB Idaho, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 2 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1 CL Achillies, Shell hits 1 CL Helena, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville, Shell hits 1 CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 6, and is sunk BB Yamato, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 52, and is sunk CA Kako, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Nowaki, Shell hits 15, and is sunk DD Akebono, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage DD Minazuki, and is sunk DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Nagatsuki, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Shell hits 25, on fire, heavy damage BB Idaho, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 1 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1 CL Achillies CL Helena, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire, heavy damage DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not good. South Dakota and Tennessee sank right after the battle, and Idaho and Helena the next day. Maryland and Colorado made it back to Lunga, and Indiana was heavily damaged in another surface battle soon after. On the Japanese side, besides Mutsu, Yamato was also crippled and went back to Japan. Still, Drex now had three BB's to my one, and it took a rag-tag force of the Witchata, several CLAA's, and DD's to defend Munda from those three BB's a game week later. I lost several CLAA's and the CA but two out of three of his BB's had to go back to Japan after that. Shortly after that, my two new BB's and other ships showed up and started to shell Shortland, along with air poundings from Munda, and Drex admitted defeat.

SoulBlazer -> (3/13/2003 1:29:04 PM)
And now, from that same game, I'll go from my worst battle to my best. :D In November, 1942, after the southern Solomons had been mine for a few months but was under constant presure from the Japanese, I lost the use of one of my two BB's -- North Carolina had been crippled by two Jap torpedo hits. It took Drex some time, but he finally came down the slot full force to crush my fleet at Lunga. First, though, he ran into my PT boats, which got a torpedo hit into the Musashi and forced her back, leaving the Yamato and three BB's aganist only the Washington and some lights. I expected it to be a tough fight. Yes, I had several things going for me -- a lot of experience (the Washington alone has seen more surface combat then any of the Japanese ships), a good commander, more ships then the Japanese, and a later date (December 1st 1942). Plus all my ships were fully healthy. During the night, his fleet engaged mine, my saving grace, I thought, being that radar detcted the Japanese first and the Washington opened fire to start things off. Even I was surprised at the results, however: Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 38,40 Japanese Ships CS Chitose BB Hiei, Shell hits 21, on fire BB Nagato, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage BB Mutsu, Shell hits 31 BB Yamato, Shell hits 15 CA Haguro, Shell hits 9, on fire CA Ashigara, Shell hits 14, on fire DD Hayanami, Shell hits 35, and is sunk DD Arare, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DD Hibiki, Shell hits 21, on fire, heavy damage DD Uranami, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Washington, Shell hits 5, on fire CL Leander, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 1 CLAA Juneau, Shell hits 9 CLAA San Diego, Shell hits 4, on fire CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL St. Louis, Shell hits 2, on fire CL Helena CL Nashville, Shell hits 1 CL Boise, Shell hits 1 DD Gwin DD Monssen, Shell hits 1 DD Duncan DD Lardner DD Farenholt DD Russell DD Blue DD Mugford DD Henley DD Perkins DD Balch All I can say is WHOA! Make that guy a Admiral, because he just saved the whole war! And the battle was fought at the incredable ranges of 2000-6000 yards! Needless to say, Drex ain't a happy camper. He complained how three out of four of his BB's now have to return to Japan, with perhaps other ships. A third DD sank right after the battle. Damage on my side? The Washington did get pasted, but American BB's are tougher then their Japanese counterparts -- I would send her back to Noumea and Pearl if I did'nt need the ship to stay on station so badly! Those are the ONLY ships I have. Two CL's and two CLAA's got crippled and will have to return to Pearl. Bad weather scribbed my morning air strikes from Lunga and by the afternoon they were out of range, hence, Drex was saved from a total defeat. My subs made sure Nagato never saw port, though. The crippled BB had a small escort and two seperate attacks on two seperate days with two seperate hits finally finished off a BB. Washington had something like Sys damage in the 20's but she saw more heavy fighting before new BB's finally came and she went back to Pearl (in January 1943) with Sys damage at 50. That's ONE tough SOB ship! :)

Raverdave -> (3/13/2003 5:41:21 PM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by SoulBlazer [B]Here's another one from that same game, the 'battle of the battlewagons' Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 48, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamato, Shell hits 2, heavy damage BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2 BB Ise, Shell hits 2 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 10, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Kako, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Akebono, Shell hits 1 DD Minazuki, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 1 DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 6, on fire BB Tennessee, Shell hits 5, on fire BB Idaho, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 2 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1 CL Achillies, Shell hits 1 CL Helena, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville, Shell hits 1 CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 6, and is sunk BB Yamato, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 52, and is sunk CA Kako, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Nowaki, Shell hits 15, and is sunk DD Akebono, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage DD Minazuki, and is sunk DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Nagatsuki, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Shell hits 25, on fire, heavy damage BB Idaho, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 1 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1 CL Achillies CL Helena, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire, heavy damage DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, on fire, heavy damage [/B][/QUOTE] Hehehe, that is [I]really[/I] cool.:cool:

Raverdave -> Me as Allies (3/13/2003 5:42:29 PM)
Hot of the press....I am invading Truk ! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/04/43 Weather: Thunderstorms Night Time Surface Combat, near Truk at 20,2 Japanese Ships DD Susuzuki, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Shimotsuki, Shell hits 2 DD Hamanami, Shell hits 6, on fire DD Oboro, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage DD Sazanami, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 29, on fire, heavy damage DD Oite, Shell hits 7, and is sunk DD Yukaze, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB New Mexico, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 4 CA Shropshire, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Honolulu CL Denver DD Stanly, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Cony, Shell hits 2 DD Foote, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Bagley, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Truk at 20,2 Japanese Ships DD Susuzuki, Shell hits 50, and is sunk DD Shimotsuki, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Hamanami, Shell hits 44, and is sunk DD Oboro, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Yuzuki, and is sunk DD Yukaze, Shell hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships BB New Mexico, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1 CA Shropshire, on fire CL Honolulu, Shell hits 4 CL Denver, Shell hits 1 DD Stanly, on fire DD Cony, on fire DD Foote, on fire DD Bagley, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships DD Shimotsuki, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Mississippi CA Minneapolis CA San Francisco CL Hobart CL Santa Fe DD Fletcher DD Balch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Truk, at 20,2 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses no losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 39 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Truk, at 20,2 Allied Ships DD Fletcher, Shell hits 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 13 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 20,2 Japanese Ships SS I-2, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 2 CA Salt Lake City DD Spence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 23 Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning x 1 destroyed P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 45th Regiment, at 10,40 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 6 F-5A Lightning x 1 B-25J Mitchell x 72 Allied aircraft losses B-25J Mitchell x 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 120 Guns lost 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 6 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 5 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 3 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 14 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 3 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 3 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 9 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 8 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 3 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 7 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet 11 x B-25J Mitchell at 100 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 21,2 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 18 no losses Allied Ships AK Arkab, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Antrim AK Bootes AK Seginus Allied ground losses: Men lost 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 21,2 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 A6M5-B Zeke x 23 no losses Allied Ships AK Antrim, Bomb hits 1 AK Autauga AK Ara AK Alamosa AK Seginus, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: Men lost 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 20,1 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 39 SBD Dauntless x 32 TBF Avenger x 37 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 5 damaged TBF Avenger x 3 destroyed TBF Avenger x 23 damaged CPO I.Kamisaka of F2/252nd Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Japanese Ships CV Hiyo, Torpedo hits 1 CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CVE Chuyo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 20,1 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 SBD Dauntless x 32 TBF Avenger x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 7 damaged TBF Avenger x 1 destroyed TBF Avenger x 5 damaged LTJG O.Kawamura of F2/1st Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CV Hiyo CVL Shoho, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Truk at 20,2 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 D3A Val x 20 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 13 damaged Allied Ships CA Astoria, Bomb hits 1 DD Spence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 25,2 Japanese aircraft A6M5-B Zeke x 23 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 84 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5-B Zeke x 12 destroyed A6M5-B Zeke x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged LTJG M. Byrnes of VF-9 is credited with kill number 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Truk at 20,2 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 8 Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete x 3 destroyed F1M2 Pete x 4 damaged LT H.Ohara of S1/938th Chutai is KILLED Allied Ships CL Santa Fe, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Truk, at 20,2 CPO T.Kawakami of F2/252nd Daitai is credited with kill number 2 Japanese Ships AV Akitsushima, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CA Astoria, Shell hits 2 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Port hits 6 Port fuel hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Truk, at 20,2 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 21 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr.Frag -> (3/13/2003 8:55:53 PM)
[QUOTE]Swine! I was drinking a coffee when I read the above post, I laughed so hard coffee came out of my nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/QUOTE] Glad I could make you laugh, I wasn't at the time ... Thats when I learned about the TF follow command, to keep the CV's from doing the 2 step. I had the thing wired the wrong way with the other guys following the CV's, zooming ships up from Noumea to block the landing at Lunga & Tulagi. Not only did the both CV's die, but the following turn the rest of my ships going creamed by his CV's that now had 0 air cover :( Out of the whole group of starting ships at Noumea, I think 2 DD's made it back to port. I think if you go back months, you can still find my bitching thread in the Bugs section about stupid CV's :D I doublt there is anyone who did not at least once have their CV's trashed by having their fighters on LRCAP and stepping out from under their own fighters.

Luskan -> My Epic Surface combat (3/13/2003 11:04:24 PM)
Couple of things before I post my battle - my CR is long forgotten. 1st. Raver's invasion of Truk isn't in his game against me (disclaimer disclaimer etc. etc.). 2nd. We've all had those nice damaged CVs put up in front of our big IJN guns - nothing quite like it, is there Raver ;) ? 3rd. Adm. Arctic has pulled off possibly his 6th or 7th mid ocean intercept against me this game. So far his surface fleet has used their deadly mid ocean intercept maths formulas to sink maybe 30 transports, a CVE, 2 tankers, uncountable SCs and DDs, and has badly damaged 2 CVEs, and slightly damaged almost every ship in the allied arsenal (Yamato got a single 6.1 inch shell hit that has just put the Essex out of action for the game in the last one). The mid ocean intercept stuff is really, really frightening. Especially when I don't leave my ships sitting still anywhere, and never move in straight lines etc. Ok, onto the battle - the names of all ships invovled are probably wrong. Just as long as you understand that it was 3 old, slow USN BBs raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbour. To set the scene it is late Feb 43 or so in an IJN winning scenario 17 and I'm the allies. I lost PNG and the Solomons early - during the fighting I sank the Zuikaku, and lost Enterprise, Hornet and another big CV (Lex I think) early, although I put the Akagi back to Tokyo for almost the rest of the game and Shoho damaged. Then there were a series of pitched battles, between my CVs, Luganville, and my surface fleet and Adm Arctic's CVs (all still in pristine condition and it is now June 43 . . .) and his BB armada. I got lucky, and sent 4 or 5 BBs to the ocean floor after a month or so of constant bombardment/surface force engagements. After a brief rest, I land troops at Irau in order to start my drive back up the Solomons - but AA is fortified to his teeth there, and mined to the heavens. His troops were not strong enough to eject mine, but easily supplied and defended enough to hold on without any real losses - and exhausting my troops. So a massive siege battle of attrition begins, with both sides occaisionally using CVs to lend air power to the fast transports and transport groups that go in and out of Irau every night and day. I reingofrce, he reinforces, I supply, he supplies etc. etc. His only (at the time) big BB is the Fuso (or Ise??? one of the two) and after several succesful engagements, he drowns almost 500 army points worth of marines and tanks (the knock out blow) off Irau. The sharks had a feast. But all of my sunk DD s and APs have taken a toll on his DDs (escorts and those doing FT) and so the stage was set for the first pure BB battle to proceed. His forces: BB Fuso (pretty sure Ise is still giving me headaches). Me: Two damaged DDs, and 3 BBs, The New Mexico, the Indiana, and the Nevada (old ones, can't remember if it was these three exactly). My DDs didn't engage and the battlewagons closed to 5000 yards for the duel. Those surface combat replays go a long time and this one had me glued to my monitor for over half an hour as unbelievably, the Fuso gets opening round honours with 14 or 16 inch hits on ALL three of my BBs, and half a dozen smaller hits on each ship (wrote the destroyers off). Lee, aboard Nevada, brought the USN ships into 2000 yards with the IJN giant and the New Mexico got slugged with another nasty big shell hit for her troubles which pretty much finished her, as well as the IJN AA armament getting fifty hits on each BB. However at this range even my inexperienced crews couldn't miss, and they landed about 50 real shell hits and 200+ AA hits on the Fuso, which rolled over and sank. This marked the end of Adm. Arctic's control of the waters around Irau and lead to my eventual resupply/reinforcement FT groups getting through unmolested to help me take Irau. On the up side, I took Irau, and sank a BB. On the down side, the day after the crippled New Mexico was caught limping home and was sunk by an IJN sub, while the two damaged BBs were also attacked a turn later by a sub which torpedoed the Indiana. Fortunately the Indiana and Nevada made it to Noumea at about 55 sys damage each and were sent home. Best battle I've had in any game so far I think.

Admiral DadMan -> (3/14/2003 1:32:14 AM)
An epic 2 day surface and carrier battle around Gili Gili and west Coral Sea... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 3 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 14 B-26B Marauder x 4 no losses Allied aircraft losses B-25D Mitchell x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 51 Guns lost 2 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 5 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 9 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese Ships SS I-121, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Woodworth DD Wilson DD Tucker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Shell hits 30, on fire, heavy damage CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Yugiri, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Sazanami, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Louisville CA Canberra CL Leander DD Gwin DD Aaron Ward DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 11, and is sunk DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 20, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Louisville CA Canberra CL Leander DD Gwin DD Aaron Ward DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Shell hits 69, on fire, heavy damage CA Kumano, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Umikaze, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Northampton, Shell hits 1 CA Louisville CA Canberra, Shell hits 1 CL Leander DD Gwin DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 3, on fire DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships CA Mogami, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Louisville, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra CL Leander DD Gwin DD Aaron Ward, on fire DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships CA Atago, Shell hits 137, on fire, heavy damage CL Kiso, Shell hits 12, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Louisville, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra CL Leander DD Gwin, Shell hits 1 DD Aaron Ward, on fire DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships DD Asanagi, Shell hits 22, and is sunk DD Akikaze, Shell hits 14, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Louisville, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra CL Leander DD Gwin, on fire DD Aaron Ward, on fire DD O'Brien DD Cummings DD Conyngham DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships AP Yamakisan Maru Allied Ships SS Cabrilla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 17,42 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 5 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 2 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 18,71 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 3 damaged Allied Ships AO Cimarron Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 18,43 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Louisville, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,45 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 22 G4M1 Betty x 7 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 88 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 23 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 2 damaged G4M1 Betty x 7 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 9 damaged Attacking Level Bombers: 0 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 19,41 quote: Notes from Mogami: (OK keep your eyes open. The escort for the carrier strikes flew off escorting 10 SBD to a differant target) Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 53 A6M3 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 137 TBD Devastator x 15 TBF Avenger x 35 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 88 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 72 damaged TBD Devastator x 12 destroyed TBD Devastator x 4 damaged TBF Avenger x 31 destroyed TBF Avenger x 5 damaged Japanese Ships CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Hiryu CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 1, on fire CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Yukikaze CV Akagi, Bomb hits 1, on fire CV Kaga, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 2 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 61 SBD Dauntless x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, on fire, heavy damage CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 13 no losses no losses Japanese Ships CA Mogami, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 1 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 18 no losses no losses Japanese Ships CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 15,51 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 3 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Leander -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,45 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 65 A6M3 Zero x 8 D3A Val x 70 B5N Kate x 90 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 78 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 25 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 6 damaged B5N Kate x 7 destroyed B5N Kate x 30 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 53 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 17 damaged Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage (sunk) CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 8, on fire, heavy damage (sunk) CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage (sunk) CA Vincennes, Bomb hits 3 CL Nashville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire quote: Notes from Mogami: I'm not going to comment on this. &^% (I could't help it) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 13 B-26B Marauder x 4 no losses Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 10 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships ML Saishu Allied Ships SS Cabrilla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Cairns , at 7,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 25 P-39D Airacobra x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 6 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 2 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 7 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Cooktown , at 6,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-40E Kittyhawk x 20 no losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 29 TBF Avenger x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 11 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 10 damaged TBF Avenger x 17 destroyed TBF Avenger x 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 SBD Dauntless x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 18,71 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged Allied Ships AO Kaskaskia Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 8 G4M1 Betty x 4 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged Allied Ships CA Louisville, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 14,54 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 D3A Val x 22 B5N Kate x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 27 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 18 destroyed D3A Val x 6 damaged B5N Kate x 5 destroyed B5N Kate x 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington DD Lang CV Saratoga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 14,54 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 19 B5N Kate x 16 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged D3A Val x 12 destroyed D3A Val x 10 damaged B5N Kate x 11 destroyed B5N Kate x 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 damaged Allied Ships CA San Francisco CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CV Lexington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 14,54 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 B5N Kate x 12 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed B5N Kate x 5 destroyed B5N Kate x 7 damaged Allied Ships CLAA Juneau, Torpedo hits 2, on fire DD Ellet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 A6M3 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 9 SBD Dauntless x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 18,71 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 14 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged Allied Ships AO Tallulah AO Kanawha AO Cimarron AO Tappahanock Attacking Level Bombers: 1 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 4 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet 3 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 14,54 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 A6M3 Zero x 7 D3A Val x 6 B5N Kate x 19 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 3 damaged B5N Kate x 5 destroyed B5N Kate x 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Sterett quote:* Notes from Mogami: Just keeps getting worse. Glad I had some fun before this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 4 B-26B Marauder x 4 no losses Port supply hits 2 Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet 4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 13,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 A6M3 Zero x 20 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 54 P-400 Airacobra x 13 P-39D Airacobra x 24 P-40E Kittyhawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 14 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 10 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway x 11 destroyed Wirraway x 5 damaged P-400 Airacobra x 8 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 6 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 10 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged Japanese Ships CV Hiryu CVL Zuiho DD Makigumo CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 13,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 A6M3 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 SBD Dauntless x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged SBD Dauntless x 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 10,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 A6M3 Zero x 16 D3A Val x 25 B5N Kate x 21 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 7 destroyed D3A Val x 13 damaged B5N Kate x 10 destroyed B5N Kate x 18 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed Allied Ships CV Lexington, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CLAA Atlanta DD Maury CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 10,61 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 B5N Kate x 6 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed B5N Kate x 2 destroyed B5N Kate x 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged Allied Ships CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Cairns , at 7,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 2 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 2 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 13,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 A6M3 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft Wirraway x 35 P-400 Airacobra x 6 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40E Kittyhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wirraway x 5 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 damaged Japanese Ships CV Hiryu CV Akagi CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 1, on fire CVL Shoho, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 13,55 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 A6M3 Zero x 16 D3A Val x 14 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 10,61 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 4 no losses quote: Notes from Mogami: Yike it keeps getting worse. Wish Lexington had stayed put in Townsville rather then reacting one hex. (she was in range without the react) Well I'm pretty much crushed. Going to take at least a year to recover from this. I think this might be the fastest turn around I've ever seen. But it proves it's possible and a person should not give up as long as they have forces to fight with. Guess I should have ran when I had the chance but i really thought i would win any carrier battle.

Raverdave -> My worse defeat. (3/14/2003 6:49:49 AM)
My worse defeat was against Luskan, when playing as IJN I tried and failed to take Townsville. The complete AAR is in the AAR Thread under the topic "An Aussie affair", as so I will not re-post. But I will give you an outline of what happened. 60,000 troops were loaded onto 10 TFs of around 10 ships each, this was just about all of the IJN AP/AK at the time, the IJN CVs were in 3 TFs of 3 CVs each anlong with a number of surface TFs that also held every combat ship in the area. The first fatal mistake in the plan was not to take any MSW ships, knowing how poor the allied ML ability is I judged that MSWs would only slow down the fleet......turns out that Luskan had mined the crap out of the east coast of Australia. Mistake #2, remmember those 10 TFs packed with troops? well they were all set of "retire allowed" and promptly scattered to the every point on the compass rose as soon as Luskans CV steamed north. This had the effect of speading my CAP so thin that even a French bomber could have gotten through, and delaying the invasion by one or two days while I rounded them all up, during this time the enemy were flying in more and more aircraft, and starting to have a field day with the "target rich" enviroment. Mistake #3 I had my CVs divided up into too many small TFs trying to do too many things at once. The hope was that by dividing up the CVs into many TFs then it would water down any attacks. Not a bad theory, so long as one does not have land based aircraft to worry about as well. Mistake #4 Luskan's fleet was still intact (as was mine). I should have made better efforts to engage his CV and surface fleets before committing to an invasion. All in all this was a very sobbering lesson. :(

denisonh -> (3/14/2003 11:46:50 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by SoulBlazer [B]Here's another one from that same game, the 'battle of the battlewagons' and my worse defeat in the game. In trying to clear the way to invade Munda, I sent my 'superior' force in to attack the Japanese navy (everything Drex had) at Shortland, with nasty results: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/27/43 Weather: Partly Cloudy Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 48, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamato, Shell hits 2, heavy damage BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2 BB Ise, Shell hits 2 BB Hyuga, Shell hits 10, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Kako, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Akebono, Shell hits 1 DD Minazuki, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 1 DD Nagatsuki, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Maryland, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 6, on fire BB Tennessee, Shell hits 5, on fire BB Idaho, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 2 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1 CL Achillies, Shell hits 1 CL Helena, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville, Shell hits 1 CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 6, and is sunk BB Yamato, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamashiro BB Ise BB Hyuga, on fire CA Kumano, Shell hits 52, and is sunk CA Kako, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage DD Nowaki, Shell hits 15, and is sunk DD Akebono, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage DD Minazuki, and is sunk DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Nagatsuki, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Maryland, on fire BB Colorado, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage BB Tennessee, Shell hits 25, on fire, heavy damage BB Idaho, Shell hits 23, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana, Shell hits 1 CA Wichita CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1 CL Achillies CL Helena, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage CL Phoenix, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Nashville CL Boise CL Columbia DD Chevalier DD Saufley, on fire, heavy damage DD Aulick DD Ammen DD Mullany, on fire, heavy damage DD Bush DD Brownson DD Nicholson DD Gwin, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Duncan, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not good. South Dakota and Tennessee sank right after the battle, and Idaho and Helena the next day. Maryland and Colorado made it back to Lunga, and Indiana was heavily damaged in another surface battle soon after. On the Japanese side, besides Mutsu, Yamato was also crippled and went back to Japan. Still, Drex now had three BB's to my one, and it took a rag-tag force of the Witchata, several CLAA's, and DD's to defend Munda from those three BB's a game week later. I lost several CLAA's and the CA but two out of three of his BB's had to go back to Japan after that. Shortly after that, my two new BB's and other ships showed up and started to shell Shortland, along with air poundings from Munda, and Drex admitted defeat. [/B][/QUOTE] What a dogfight!:eek:

denisonh -> (3/14/2003 11:52:04 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Admiral DadMan [B]An epic 2 day surface and carrier battle around Gili Gili and west Coral Sea... [snip][/B][/QUOTE] ****, I would like thave seen the loss column for aircraft lost on those days, must have been astronomical

denisonh -> (3/14/2003 12:02:31 PM)
Here is a massive surface battle at Irau in a PBEM game that is still ongoing. It was a bad turn in that I was losing my expedition to Irau, but my opponent was covering the area with CVs. So I slipped 2 US cruiser based surface TFs under Scott and Callghan to wreak havoc, which they did. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/14/42 Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 4, on fire CA Chikuma CA Maya, Shell hits 1 CA Chokai, Shell hits 13 CL Naka, Shell hits 1 CL Nagara, Shell hits 3 CL Tenryu, Shell hits 3 DD Urakaze DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships CA Northampton, Shell hits 1 CA Louisville, Shell hits 3 CL Phoenix, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage CL Honolulu, Shell hits 2 DD Meredith, Shell hits 1 DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 1 DD Henley DD Patterson, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Porter, Shell hits 4, heavy damage DD Selfridge, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships CL Kuma, Shell hits 16, on fire, heavy damage DD Yayoi, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Uzuki, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage DD Minazuki, Shell hits 28, and is sunk DD Namikaze APD 35 AP Hokko Maru AP Kaiko Maru AP Kamoi Maru AP Katsuragisan Maru Allied Ships CA Northampton, Shell hits 1 CA Louisville, Shell hits 4 CL Phoenix, on fire, heavy damage CL Honolulu, Shell hits 3 DD Meredith, Shell hits 1 DD Ralph Talbot DD Henley DD Patterson, Shell hits 7, and is sunk DD Porter, on fire, heavy damage DD Selfridge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships AP Azumasan Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Indianapolis CA Pensacola CA Salt Lake City CA Vincennes CL Leander CL Nashville DD Bagley DD Helm DD Mugford DD Jarvis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships AV Kimikawa Maru CL Tama, Shell hits 38, and is sunk DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 13, and is sunk DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AP Chowa Maru AP Heiyo Maru, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage AP Kashiwa Maru AP Kembu Maru AP Shinkoku Maru Allied Ships CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 3 CA Pensacola, Shell hits 1 CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 4 CA Vincennes CL Leander CL Nashville DD Bagley DD Helm DD Mugford DD Jarvis Japanese ground losses: Men lost 154 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships AV Kimikawa Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk AP Chowa Maru AP Heiyo Maru, and is sunk AP Kashiwa Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage AP Kembu Maru AP Shinkoku Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2 CA Pensacola CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 5 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2 CL Leander CL Nashville DD Bagley DD Helm DD Mugford DD Jarvis Japanese ground losses: Men lost 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Shell hits 2 CV Soryu, Shell hits 4, on fire CV Junyo CVL Ryujo CS Nisshin DD Yudachi, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage DD Samidare, Shell hits 1 DD Wakaba, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Murakumo, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CA Indianapolis CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4 CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 1 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1 CL Leander, Shell hits 1 CL Nashville DD Bagley, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Helm, Shell hits 1 DD Mugford DD Jarvis, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Irau at 42,43 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Shell hits 2 CV Soryu, Shell hits 32, and is sunk CV Junyo CVL Ryujo CS Nisshin DD Yudachi, and is sunk DD Samidare, Shell hits 48, and is sunk DD Wakaba, and is sunk DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Murakumo, Shell hits 22, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Northampton, Shell hits 1 CA Louisville CL Phoenix, on fire, heavy damage CL Honolulu DD Meredith, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Ralph Talbot DD Henley DD Porter, on fire, heavy damage DD Selfridge, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Lae , at 9,33 Japanese aircraft Allied aircraft Beaufort x 15 P-400 Airacobra x 45 P-39D Airacobra x 48 P-40E Kittyhawk x 21 B-26B Marauder x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 243 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 20 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: 9 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 12 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 12 x Beaufort at 6000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet 3 x Beaufort at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Irau Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20634 troops, 214 guns, 34 vehicles Defending force 3554 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 54 Allied ground losses: Men lost 4513 Guns lost 41 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Raverdave -> (3/14/2003 8:58:52 PM)
Hey that is a fan-bloody-tasic result for the Allies in a night time surface battle !:cool: Even more so when you look at the date 14/7/42! Those of you whom have been on the receiving end of IJN night attacks will know what I am talking about.;)

denisonh -> (3/15/2003 12:24:58 AM)
I think that leadership makes a significant diference. Particarly if you use TF commanders with higher surface combat ratings. And aggressive skippers will press the attack more, and continue to attempt to engage while they still have ammo.

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