SierraJuliet
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Joined: 2/23/2009 From: Brisbane, Australia Status: offline
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It is daytime at Milne Bay and the Japanese fleet is busy disgorging troops and supplies for the assault on Milne Bay. That is until they are rudely surprised by CA Chicago and destroyers Perkins, Selfridge, Farragut, MacDonough, Arunta and Warrramunga. A cut and paste from the action reports is the quickest way to tell the story. Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Kashima, Shell hits 50, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Kashii, Shell hits 34, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Kagero, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Yugure, Shell hits 7, heavy fires DD Ariake, Shell hits 14, and is sunk DMS W.20 DMS W.21, Shell hits 2 PC Ch 5, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PC Ch 6, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PC Ch 18, Shell hits 4, on fire xAK Sagami Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Sakura Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires AMC Akagi Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Kano Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires xAK Keiyo Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tatumiya Maru xAK Toa Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yodogawa Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires AMC Nosiro Maru, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nissyu Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Nitisan Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yamahagi Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk xAK Takaoka Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tatuno Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Yasukawa Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire xAK Venice Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAK Meiyo Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tangyang Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Chicago, Shell hits 7 DD Perkins DD Selfridge DD Farragut DD MacDonough, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage DD Arunta, Shell hits 5, heavy fires DD Warramunga Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Surprise was complete and the Allied warships were brutal in the execution of their orders. A battle is the wrong word to describe what happened here. It is carnage. What happened to the Japanese covering forces? They failed to cover the transports and for that the transports paid dearly. Todd is not happy with Tanaka!
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