Bullwinkle58
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May 8, 1942
Subs Used Sub-Optimally
The Dutch didn't get the memo.
1) Sub attack near Phuket at 48,70
Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage (Sinking sounds heard.)
CA Kumano
DD Yunagi
DD Akebono
Allied Ships
SS KXI
Ammo storage explosion on CVL Zuiho
SS KXI launches 4 torpedoes at CVL Zuiho
DD Yunagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akebono fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
The Air TF above is more evidence that Sabang is a likely target in the near future.
2) Operation SWEET POLLY moves through the bombardment and initial landing phases. First though, and a surpise, the DMSes find and sweep 85 more mines just before the first of two bombardment groups move inshore. The second group is part of the carriers' escort force; they will reform to add AA even though main battery ammo is depleted. Both groups stand off at 15,000 yards, which may have helped avoid any remaining mines.
Night Naval bombardment of Palmyra at 170,133
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB California
BB Nevada
CL Honolulu
Japanese ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 13
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 1
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB California
BB California firing at Palmyra
BB Nevada firing at Palmyra
CL Honolulu firing at Palmyra
Naval bombardment of Palmyra at 170,133
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 19
Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3
BB Mississippi firing at Palmyra
BB New Mexico firing at Palmyra
BB Idaho firing at Palmyra
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado
BB Colorado firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
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The first wave's escorts hammer the landing zone:
Pre-Invasion action off Palmyra (170,133)
25 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Northampton
DD Conyngham
DD Case
DD Patterson
AP William Ward Burrows
Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
CA Chicago firing at 53rd Naval Guard Unit
CA Northampton firing at 53rd Naval Guard Unit
DD Conyngham firing at 53rd Naval Guard Unit
DD Case firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
DD Patterson firing at Maizuru 2nd SNLF
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
The first wave is only the Marine Raiders and a combat engineer unit. the heavier seocnd wave, to be a back-up when recon showed fewer defenders, is a day back.
Amphibious Assault at Palmyra (170,133)
TF 216 troops unloading over beach at Palmyra, 170,133
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 56 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
10 troops of a US Raider Squad lost in surf during unload of 1st Marine Raider Bn
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The supply TF comes in:
Pre-Invasion action off Palmyra (170,133)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Worden
DD Clark
DD Phelps
DD Selfridge
xAK Steel Seafarer
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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The first wave holds, largely due to the bombardments and two days of DB attack weakening the garrison. It would hhave been better to wait another day and coordinate the landings, but the activity at Kwajalein is a good indicator the KB is coming, so speed was chosen:
Ground combat at Palmyra (170,133)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 1231 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82
Defending force 2617 troops, 36 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 88
Allied adjusted assault: 15
Japanese adjusted defense: 32
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
840 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
377 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
1st Marine Raider Battalion
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
53rd Naval Guard Unit
2nd JNAF AF Unit
3) Allies bombard at Bataan:
Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 34143 troops, 631 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 1462
Defending force 48620 troops, 472 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 1542
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
4) Chungking is bombed hard, but the Allied bombers have been moved, as have the fighters.
5) Port Blair is swept and bombed lightly. One Beest is damaged. Most of the air power from here has been moved to Calcutta to regenerate.
6) Sabang is swept and then bombed twice with many Sallys. Allied surface forces are still to the west, mostly re-fueled, waiting for a landing force. There is a chance a port other than Sabang will be targetted, either on the west coast (Sibolga), or the east coast south of Medan, but Japan needs a port to extract the oil from Djambi, and eventually Medan. Sabang is the classic choice, however, assuming Japan has sea control at the mouth of the Strait of Malacca. Right now, it does not.
7) Ramree I. AF goes to 1.
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