kaleun
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昭和 17 8月十七日 Day 17 Zuiho’s pumps fail and the carrier founders. Nagumo orders the heavily damaged Ryuju and Shoho to split from KB. Left with a single escort, the two light carriers creep towards Truk while KB increases speed and it, too, withdraws. A group of patrol boats sorties from Truk to meet the stricken carriers and escort them back to harbor, should they survive long enough. Shoho, her fires controlled, should make it easily, barring unforeseen encounters with enemy submarines or aircraft. Ryuju, with 68% systems damage, 65% flotation and fires raging over more than half the vessel, is unlikely to make it back to safety. 昭和 17 8月十八日 Day 18 Ryuju struggles with fire, and water, her sailors fighting the fires with water and the water with whatever systems still work. An enemy submarine approaches, unseen, and fires her weapons. A single torpedo hits, its impact heard by all on board. The torpedo impacts but fails to detonate. The enemy submarines escapes detection and the sailors, shaken, return to their duties fighting fires and flooding.
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