Admiral DadMan -> AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42 to 07/30/42 (7/14/2003 9:52:38 AM)
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese Ships CL Nagara DD Kikuzuki Allied Ships SS S-38 **That had me worried -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 10,62 . . . Hmmm, what's this? Japanese Ships CL Nagara CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1 DD Hatsushimo DD Shikinami DD Asagiri, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Asakaze, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Oite, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Asanagi, Shell hits 3, on fire Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1 CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1 CA Minneapolis CA Australia CL St. Louis CL Phoenix CL Nashville CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1 DD Drayton, Shell hits 2 DD Lamson DD Conyngham DD Cushing DD Smith DD Preston DD Fanning Didn't see that lurking. Time to bring down the CV's for payback, and the bring in the big boys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 38 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 336 Guns lost 3 Port hits 5 Port supply hits 8 Attacking Level Bombers: B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 19 P-40E Kittyhawk x 12 A-24 Dauntless x 7 B-26B Marauder x 21 Allied aircraft losses A-24 Dauntless x 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 24 no losses Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 9 P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 B-26B Marauder x 6 no losses Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57 Allied aircraft B-25D Mitchell x 24 no losses Japanese Ships DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Attacking Level Bombers: B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 6 P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 B-26B Marauder x 14 no losses Attacking Level Bombers: B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 14,52 Allied aircraft B-26B Marauder x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder x 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Asanagi Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet **Those are like freebies. Can't give out too many of them _________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42 Weather: Clear Ground combat at Cooktown Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1181 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cooktown base !!! __________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42 Weather: Thunderstorms IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 D3A Val x 38 B5N Kate x 48 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 33 P-40E Kittyhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 9 destroyed D3A Val x 14 damaged B5N Kate x 20 destroyed B5N Kate x 33 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 9 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 damaged PO1 H.Kawabata of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships CA Australia CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1 CL Nashville, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Drayton DD Preston DD Cushing DD Lamson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 49 D3A Val x 50 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 16 P-40E Kittyhawk x 9 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 13 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed PO2 W.Sugiyama of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 6 Allied Ships CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2 CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Phoenix CL Honolulu, on fire CL St. Louis, on fire CL Nashville, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 28 B5N Kate x 16 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 12 P-40E Kittyhawk x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 5 destroyed D3A Val x 21 damaged B5N Kate x 9 destroyed B5N Kate x 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed WO S.Matsuba of AI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships BB North Carolina CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1 CA Louisville DD Stack, Bomb hits 1 DD Mugford DD Hull DD Ellet **Wow, heavy Surface forces in and around Townsville. I'd better not hang around too long, my planes are getting slaughtered by AA fire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on Allied TF at 9,56 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 45 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 11 destroyed B5N Kate x 15 damaged Allied Ships DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Monssen DD Lang, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage DD Hughes DD Benham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Mustin DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage **He F/T an RCT into Cairns to beat up my garrison. Too bad I already pulled them out :). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 41 D3A Val x 3 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 16 P-40E Kittyhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged D3A Val x 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged PO2 M.Doikawa of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships DD Ralph Talbot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 40 D3A Val x 14 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 3 P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 7 destroyed D3A Val x 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 destroyed P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged ENS M.Abe of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2 LCDR K.Kanzaki of BI-2 Daitai is KILLED Allied Ships CA Indianapolis CA Salt Lake City CA Chicago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **I wish my planes would not attack from Extended Range unless I approve. __________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42 Weather: Overcast Sub attack at 10,59 Japanese Ships SS I-26 Allied Ships DD Meredith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 50 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: Men lost 303 Guns lost 1 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 1 Attacking Level Bombers: B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJA Air attack on USN TF at 10,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G4M1 Betty x 18 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty x 6 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 13 damaged Allied Ships BB North Carolina CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1 CL Leander DD Lamson Attacking Level Bombers: G4M1 Betty at 200 feet **This North Carolina TF is about 120 miles off Cooktown running toward Port Moresby, and there's a DD TF ahead of it. Why would he risk running into my carriers? I'd be scared to death of them ;). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 37 B5N Kate x 32 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 5 destroyed B5N Kate x 22 damaged Allied Ships DD Case, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Mahan DD Mustin DD Monssen DD Balch DD Phelps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 20 B5N Kate x 11 no losses Allied Ships DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cairns Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3110 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Cairns base !!! **An entire 99 strength RGT of 7th Aus (I think) to capture and empty base. I'd like it back though... __________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack at 11,60 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 11,60 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Preston DD Porter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese Ships SS I-174 Allied Ships DD Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **I thought he might press on to Port Moresby, but I guessed wrong. I'll see what I can clean and fry in the aftermath. __________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42 Weather: Clear Sub attack near Basilaki Island at 18,42 Japanese Ships CL Naka CL Yura DD Yukaze Allied Ships SS S-43, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 D3A Val x 9 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 21 P-39D Airacobra x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged D3A Val x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 4 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB North Carolina DD Aaron Ward DD Ellet, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lea Lea . . . Sealing off retreat of Port Moresby Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 864 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lea Lea base !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Basilaki Island . . . Sealing off Port Gili Gili Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 703 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Basilaki Island base !!! __________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42 Weather: Thunderstorms IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 8 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 16 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell x 7 destroyed G3M Nell x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged Allied Ships CL Phoenix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 20 D3A Val x 4 B5N Kate x 27 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed D3A Val x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 3 damaged B5N Kate x 9 destroyed B5N Kate x 19 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Smith DD Phelps, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Preston DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Conyngham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 D3A Val x 20 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed D3A Val x 12 destroyed D3A Val x 10 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Sterett, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Aaron Ward CA Chicago CA Louisville -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 5 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell x 5 destroyed G3M Nell x 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Northampton CL Phoenix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2782 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 744 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 9 Allied ground losses: Men lost 793 Guns lost 1 **Another virtual freebie. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **I think it's time to retire my CV's for refit for a while. Their airgroups have been thinned quite a bit and there are 2 more CV's in theatre. __________________________________________________
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