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4 - 6 August 1944
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S/SW PAC: All CVs get away from air strike range but still must make it back to Manila, then the HI> luckily the subs in the area have been greatly reduced lately and we got one or two more these three days.
It looks like Jocke sent out some SAGs to hunt for the wounded but he retired his CV fleet back to Morotai almost immediately. Are they more damaged than I'd thought? At any rate, our strike power is limited right now, so that was a boon for us. He could have moved up near Jolo and wiped out 3 CVs for likely no loss to his own fleet. I've got Frances still turned on a Manila but the rest are trying to get back in fighting condition. My DBs will be back up first, then the TBs. The fighters will simply up-or-downgrade. Pilots are fine. I didn't lose many surprisingly as most of the fighting was over my bases on the 3rd.
Jocke takes Sangi by para-assault. This'll give him a sweeping base soon in range of Mindanao.
The Allies attacked at Manado, getting a horrific 1:4, disabling almost 250 squads for them. Nice. They also shocked at Sidate after a promising DA earlier, but the shock came off 1:2 and lost 1/2 of the tanks disabled. So in spite of the CV losses, the ground troops are looking good here.
At Talaud-eilanden a DA got a 1:2 with even losses for both sides, favoring the Allies, but not lowering the level 5 forts. I'll try to get more in here i nthe next week, but I've got to fly it out of Vanaimo first, so it might not be in time.
SUBS: No contacts with the Allied fleet passing directly over 4-5 subs. Too bad. Took out a few more subs in the Sulu Sea. At least one confirmed as the brand new RO-50 hit the Rasher with a spread of two from 2k. It had been lit up for days and hit by ASW a few days before. Another free shot at a sub too long in one place. At this rate, 2-3 subs sunk per week, we're most likely beating out new production!
There are two more easy targets in the shallows waiting for my cripples and I've sent three ASW TFs plus some minelayers since it's a base hex, just outside Manila harbor.
NORTH PACIFIC: It's August now. Three more months until the winter. He could still make a play up here pretty easily, and I occasionally see a TF at Chirikof Island, but there is no effort to stop my daily bombing of the port at Dutch, which should be inhibiting any efforts to build a field there. I'm guessing he'll let this go until 45, thinking that perhaps it's just as useful not to attack and keep my forces waiting for him instead of elsewhere. Truthfully there is nothing up here!
S DEI: Still no sign of loading troops. I'm moving my ships back a bit so no quick dart from the Molluccas catches them with their pants down. Sitting off Lomblen.
BURMA: Jocke continues to bomb fields, but supply has moved from Bangkok and all troops are flush for now. More is on the way, a steady trickle now of about 20k every week. He tried some bombardments again with little success. He did open the hex side toward Meiktila so he can walk out quickly and try something else if he'd like to, but instead he looks to be moving at least one more unit in! About 2k AV has left the theatre as well as most air support. It's heading to the PI and I'll get some air bases ready at Saigon and Cam Rahn Bay for the inevitable breakthrough into the South China Sea.
Jocke still has a huge amount of air forces here, and that is good for me. All they are doing is hitting empty airfields and taking losses to flak and ops. He'll go for Bangkok at some point, but that still has some 240 Franks defending, and it's a long reach so he'll suffer for it. One mistake he's made in this theatre is not hitting rear bases occasionally to slow fort building. Everything is getting near level 6.
CENTRAL PACFIC: Nothing new here. Just bombing Tinian. At some point he'll have to resupply, right? At that point he'll either have to bring it all or risk being vulnerable.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR August 4, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Sangi at 77,96, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
ML G-201, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML G-209, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML G-211, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML G-213, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML G-302, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
ML G-304, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
ML G-305, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Fletcher
DD Charles Ausburne
DD Beale
DD Schroeder
DD Trathen
DD Monssen
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Night Naval bombardment of Talaud-eilanden at 79,97
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB California
BB Arizona
BB Nevada
BB Maryland
DD Stevens
DD Stembel
DD Sproston
DD Sigsbee
DD Sigourney
DD Norman Scott
DD John Rodgers
DD Remey
Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 24
Port hits 5
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB California
BB California firing at Talaud-eilanden
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 37
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 2
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 19 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 7 damaged
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 5
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
SBD-5 Dauntless x 2
TBM-1C Avenger x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed
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Ground combat at Sidate (75,100)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 731 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 73
Defending force 5058 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 188
Allied adjusted assault: 58
Japanese adjusted defense: 112
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
449 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
Defending units:
74th Infantry Regiment
56th Naval Guard Unit
3rd FF Const Unit
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Ground combat at Sangi (77,97)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 245 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied adjusted assault: 3
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Sangi !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-), shock(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR August 5, 44
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 28
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 3
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 31
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 10 damaged
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 22
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 10 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Talaud-eilanden (79,97)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 19864 troops, 328 guns, 649 vehicles, Assault Value = 818
Defending force 12237 troops, 130 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 431
Allied adjusted assault: 457
Japanese adjusted defense: 1089
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1783 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 130 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1013 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 105 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 70 disabled
Guns lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5th USMC Tank Battalion
147th Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
38th Ind.Mixed Brigade
49th Infantry Regiment
54th Ind.Mixed Brigade
90th Naval Guard Unit
14th Naval Guard Unit
28th JAAF AF Bn
1st Mobile Bde /3
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18303 troops, 497 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 764
Defending force 24050 troops, 262 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 699
Allied adjusted assault: 140
Japanese adjusted defense: 695
Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
481 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2067 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 296 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 84 (7 destroyed, 77 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (2 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Assaulting units:
93rd Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
80th Infantry Brigade
78th Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind.Infantry Brigade
109th Division
103rd AA Regiment
37th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Gohoku JNAF Base Force
44th IMB Artillery Battalion
51st Base Force
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Ground combat at 55,51 (near Prome)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 117689 troops, 1581 guns, 608 vehicles, Assault Value = 4926
Defending force 115296 troops, 1514 guns, 2289 vehicles, Assault Value = 3988
Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
434 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)
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Ground combat at Kiriwina Island (102,131)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 10 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31
Defending force 1815 troops, 10 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
Assault collapses, survivors seek cover
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
Units destroyed 1 ??
Assaulting units:
2nd Fiji Commando Battalion
2nd Fiji Commando Bn /2
Defending units:
51st JNAF AF Unit
8th Area Army /1
22nd Ind. Engr Rgt /1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR August 6, 44
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ASW attack near Morotai at 80,101
Japanese Ships
SS I-37, hits 16, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Warrington
CLAA Oakland
CLAA San Diego
DD Lardner
DD Aylwin
DD Dewey
DD Patterson
DD Henley
SS I-37 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Warrington
I-37 bottoming out ....
DD Aylwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Aylwin attacking submerged sub ....
DD Aylwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-50 attacking SS Rasher at 77,83 - near San Jose
Japanese Ships
SS RO-50
Allied Ships
SS Rasher, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SS RO-50 launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 30
N1K2-J George x 36
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 24
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 13 damaged
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 5 damaged
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 14
Liberator B.VI x 14
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
B-24J Liberator x 103
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 79
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 162
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 74th Infantry Regiment, at 75,100 (Sidate)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-24J Liberator x 30
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 26
N1K2-J George x 36
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 71
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 5 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 18
N1K2-J George x 21
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 3 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed
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Ground combat at Sidate (75,100)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 695 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Defending force 4626 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Allied adjusted assault: 14
Japanese adjusted defense: 46
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 38 (1 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
Defending units:
74th Infantry Regiment
56th Naval Guard Unit
3rd FF Const Unit
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Ground combat at Rossel Island (105,137)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1284 troops, 34 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Defending force 668 troops, 0 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Allied adjusted assault: 14
Japanese adjusted defense: 195
Allied assault odds: 1 to 13 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), morale(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
N Force Detachment
Defending units:
19th Tank Regiment
3rd JNAF AF Unit /1
44th Road Const Co /1
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Reinforcements: My overly expensive recon plane moves ahead one month.
ML G-326 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
104th AA Regiment arrives at Tokyo
MTB G-349 arrives at Shimizu
MTB G-350 arrives at Nagoya
52nd Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo
E Daito arrives at Tokyo
LST T-139 arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori
Aircraft Ki-95 advances R&D (8/45)
Losses:
Loss of ML G-201 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-209 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-211 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-213 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-302 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-304 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Loss of ML G-305 on Aug 04, 1944 is admitted
Ships Sunk:
Previous report of sinking of SS Tuna incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
SS KIX is reported to have been sunk near Truk on Apr 27, 1944
Previous report of sinking of SS Muskallunge incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
LST-28 is reported to have been sunk near Sarmi on May 06, 1944
SS Rasher is reported to have been sunk near San Jose on Aug 06, 1944
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As shown here from the day after the CV clash, a lot of ships were sitting ducks had there been a pursuit. I've now also had to route them around sub patrols and they're heading up toward Manila. I may assess the state of them a few hexes out and keep the CVs heading up to the HI to repair. There are no subs in the main channels right now and it might be as good a time as any to do that. If so I'll send them toward China to be close to bases just in case something starts to go badly.
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I'll stay in the shadows and pop just far enough that a long strike might catch something. 
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