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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/3/2016 4:20:39 PM

Mundy

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17 November 1944

I'm gathering nearly all of the LSTs at Pearl and also sending them off to Australia. They'd probably be more useful there with the shorter distances involved. I'm tempted to also send the 12 kt AKs, there too, since I have an abundance of APAs and AKAs. Another 20 LSTs are enroute to Christmas Is to help keep the Gilberts supplied.

Missouri arrived at Panama. I see New York is due there in 4 days. That old fossil. Texas and the geriatric Arkansas will arrive within two weeks. I can expect the CBs to show within three months.

I'm seeing quirky things at Baker Is and Tabiteuea. At both ports, I have some floating drydocks, but I can't sellect "ship repair" on the repair screen. A few ships I've sent there need such attention. I'm sending an AR to each to see if that helps the situation. It's nice to have spare ARs. When the game starts, there's all of two in the inventory, which means they're worth their weight in gold.

I'm trying to fly a bombing mission to the port at Koumac, as a coastwatcher claimed that Musashi was docked there. P-51Ds can escort them all the way. (19 hexes)

Over the last few days, B-29s at Patna few a couple raids. They're upgrading now to the next version which extends their range nicely.

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 25

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 20000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 3

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Oil hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
54th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 3

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Oil hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
54th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

Right now, between the three bases he has, KS has about 300 fighters in India, which makes flying antiships strikes difficult. I'm letting it slide for now, but if bombers start to show, I'll have to deal with it. I'm in rebuilding mode right now. I have recon on all three and I'm also covering the northern Burma bases, which seem lightly occupied right now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/3/2016 8:35:27 PM

Mundy

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19 Nov 1944

The Monkey's been speaking up lately.

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1944-11-18 CV Akagi - - is located at Saipan 108,93

Between her and Junyo, it's probably safe to guess KB is in the Mirianas.

Subs are catching KS's transports leaving Calcutta. They have quite the gauntlet to run.

quote:

Sub attack near Cox's Bazar at 53,42

Japanese Ships
xAK Tosei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nishimi Maru
E No.6
E Tsushima

Allied Ships
SS Taurus

SS Taurus launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Tosei Maru
Taurus diving deep ....
E No.6 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima attacking submerged sub ....
SS Taurus eludes ASW attack from E Tsushima
SS Taurus eludes ASW attack from E Tsushima
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Dud torps, unfortunately...

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Sub attack near Ramree Island at 52,49

Japanese Ships
xAK Kohoku Maru
E Karukaya
xAK Nishimi Maru
E No.6
E Tsushima

Allied Ships
SS Sirdar

SS Sirdar launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kohoku Maru
Sirdar diving deep ....
E No.6 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/3/2016 11:15:43 PM

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quote:

Some action over Calcutta. KS moved some fighters in at the last minute as a bunch of his ships arrived.

My first two attacks took it pretty hard, but the last couple did their damage.

Whe all else fails -- call in the Thunderbolts!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/4/2016 12:10:19 AM

Mundy

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Yeah, they do the job, but I do have to rest them. ("Hammer of the Gods")

I'm looking forward to the N. It fights better than the 51 at all atitudes.

He's got about 400 fighters there now, all at Calcutta now, rather than spread out. If I got serious, I could sweep a couple turns and then bomb the snot out of the airfields. A couple days of that usually drives them out. He probably has plenty of engineers, as they do repair up rather quickly.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/4/2016 12:26:40 AM

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IMO staging a Port Moresby invasion out of Australia is very problematic. Main reason is that your LoC to Australia is cut with the Japanese in control of Fiji. What's the supply situation like in Australia? Are you sending convoys there? Do you have enough to sustain an offensive campaign?

Even discounting supply issues, there are many issues with that very long line of communication. Any fleets operating off the eastern coast of Australia are effectively isolated; ships from the CentPac cannot get there in a timely manner. But of course the Japanese have interior lines and can use that to smash one half of your fleet while the other one is on the other side of the Solomons. Or what happens if a large CV or BB takes a torpedo? Sydney is too small to accomodate so you'd have to go all the way around Fiji to Pearl Harbor to get repairs. That is a long trip.

Instead, why not start a campaign from the Gilberts advancing west right through the Japanese to open up lines of communication for you and cut off the Japanese positions to the south? Eventually you can move on Port Moresby but until those supply lines are in better shape for you I think you would waste too many resources having to deal with going around the Japanese positions in the SoPac.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/4/2016 12:53:12 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Sangeli

IMO staging a Port Moresby invasion out of Australia is very problematic. Main reason is that your LoC to Australia is cut with the Japanese in control of Fiji. What's the supply situation like in Australia? Are you sending convoys there? Do you have enough to sustain an offensive campaign?

Even discounting supply issues, there are many issues with that very long line of communication. Any fleets operating off the eastern coast of Australia are effectively isolated; ships from the CentPac cannot get there in a timely manner. But of course the Japanese have interior lines and can use that to smash one half of your fleet while the other one is on the other side of the Solomons. Or what happens if a large CV or BB takes a torpedo? Sydney is too small to accomodate so you'd have to go all the way around Fiji to Pearl Harbor to get repairs. That is a long trip.

Instead, why not start a campaign from the Gilberts advancing west right through the Japanese to open up lines of communication for you and cut off the Japanese positions to the south? Eventually you can move on Port Moresby but until those supply lines are in better shape for you I think you would waste too many resources having to deal with going around the Japanese positions in the SoPac.

There's a lot to be said for this approach.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/9/2016 2:39:18 PM

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26 November 1944

Port Moresby is not on the front burner. It's more of a bonus if he decides to contest my next moves in CENTPAC. Supply in Australia is "okay" right now, but I'll need extra for any event. Three mega-convoys are shipping out of the states with supply and a big fuel convoy left Cape Town.

I've got three big transport groups headed there. The first one, heavy in CVEs (like 20) passed Pago Pago a few days ago. I have to route everyone south of New Zealand, due to his holdings. Nobody's spotted, which is good.

If/when anything runs from Australia, they're on their own. I won't be breaking Japanese lines to support them directly. If KB is in the Marianas, it's a pretty good hike for them to interfere. 20 or so CVEs will still put up about 400 fighters for cover. I still have plenty to cover my other three landings.

I've got a transport group out to evacuate Upolu right now. That island is another supply sink, similar to Coal Harbor. That would leave my presence there down to just Pago Pago and Savaii, as I've cleared out the other surrounding bases. I need aircraft support form my central Pacific Push, as I was running thin on them. I still have a very heavy air presence on New Zealand, which I'm thinking of relocating. Fortunately, air power is something I'm not really short of right now, so they can sit. At the time, an invasion of New Zealand was a very real danger. I still get intel of troops prepping for Townsville or Perth, but I think that day has long passed.

All is quiet in India right now, though he's built up his fighter strength in Calcutta to just over 500. If bombers start to show, I'll have to deal with it, but for now, I'll just wait. I wish my new bases would get supply.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/10/2016 9:03:49 AM

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Well if you're going to make moves from Australia then that's a good place to put your bombers. Doesn't seem like you've used your LBA much at all in the Pacific compared to India. Get them into action!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/12/2016 9:54:36 PM

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Speaking of...

04 December 1944

Still mainly quiet across the board. I did a day of sweeps over Calcutta, culling them a bit. They've built back up to some 575 fighters, so I may have to deal with that sooner than later. I don't need a sudden escorted bomber campaign by him to start.

A RN CVE arrives at Aden with two dozen Hellcats on board.

Coastwatchers have been indicating ships parked at Koumac, so I paid them a visit from Brisbane. The effort was worth it. Nicks can't really stop a raid escorted by 51Ds.

quote:

Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-24J Liberator x 15
P-51D Mustang x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AV Sanuki Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (6 airborne, 15 on standby, 14 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
23 planes vectored on to bombers

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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-51D Mustang x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CM Tsubame, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers

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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CM Tsubame, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Port fuel hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet *
Port Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/14/2016 7:58:58 PM

Mundy

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06 December 1944

Another tanker down. Keep the oil squeeze going.

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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,70

Japanese Ships
TK Kotai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Yaeyama
E No.6
TK Oei Maru
TK Munakata Maru
TK Anjo Maru
TK Kyoie Maru
TK Tonan Maru #3
TK Kyokuyo Maru
DD Yamanagiri
DD Mutsuki

Allied Ships
SS Shad

SS Shad launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kotai Maru
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mutsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Wake invaders at Lahaina are now boarding transports for invasion. They're starting first, since they have further to go. The battlefleet at Baker is headed towards the Gilberts to get that part cranked up. Carriers will be well out front as a screen to the whole event. 15-20 CVEs will directly support each invasion at Ponape and Eniwetok.

Time to get this ball rolling.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/15/2016 12:11:19 AM

Mundy

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Pearl Harbor Day, 1944

Good day for subs...for once.

quote:

Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Daiei Maru
TK Asashio Maru
TK Rikko Maru
TK Gen'yo Maru
TK Akebono Maru
DD Kashi
E No.56

Allied Ships
SS Springer

SS Springer launches 4 torpedoes at TK Akatsuki Maru
Springer diving deep ....
DD Kashi fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.56 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Fusan at 105,54

Japanese Ships
DD Take, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Maki

Allied Ships
SS Flounder, hits 1

SS Flounder launches 4 torpedoes at DD Take
Flounder diving deep ....
DD Maki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki is out of ASW ammo
DD Maki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Maki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Ramree Island at 53,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
E Etoforu
xAK Yoshida Maru #3
xAK Yosida Maru #3
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Shinwa Maru
xAK Konan Maru
xAK Hokuriku Maru
xAK Hokko Maru
xAK Hakusika Maru
xAK Belgium Maru
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Spirit, hits 7, heavy damage

SS Spirit launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Zyuyo Maru
Spirit bottoming out ....
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Satsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Satsuki is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tandjoengselor at 70,95

Japanese Ships
E Aguni, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E Iki

Allied Ships
SS Dragonet, hits 6, heavy damage

SS Dragonet launches 2 torpedoes at E Aguni
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/16/2016 3:14:23 PM

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09 December 1944

Stuff's moving now.

Ponape and Eniwetok invasions are loading from Tarawa and Tabiteuea. Carriers are taking up forward positions along that line, being sure to stay out of range of Truk, though it looks like only about 45 fighters are present there. Wake invaders have been on the move a few days now. Follow-on base forces for Wake and Ponape are loading up at Pearl for delivery.

My troops reach Kalemyo, SW of Imphal and will attack his lingering Japanese troops there. I'll probably push them through to Burma after that, as it appears he's only lightly holding northern Burma.

Massive sweep and airfield bombing missions are heading out for Calcutta next turn. I'll have more to play with, as a couple of P-51D squadrons arrived from Aden recently. B-29 squadrons have healed up nicely since the last campaign.

More fireworks on the way for sure.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/16/2016 6:51:02 PM

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The bombing of Calcutta did not go well. Most of the sweeps happened afterwards, and bomber losses, especially B-29s were fairly heavy. It will take them a few months to recover.

However...

KS did evacuate nearly all his fighters, which wound up leaving his ships there high and dry.

quote:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 10
B-25H Mitchell x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 1
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CL Oi
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 7
CL Kitakami
CL Agano
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 18

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Belgium Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma
xAK Mansyu Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
3 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 25

Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 19 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 2 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
MTB G-881, Shell hits 6
CA Kumano, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Mikuma
DD Urakaze, Shell hits 3
CL Agano, Shell hits 1
MTB G-876
MTB G-842
DD Arikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Suzunami

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MTB G-354, Shell hits 3
MTB G-15
MTB G-14, Shell hits 4
MTB G-882, Shell hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 11 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, on fire
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 11 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
DD Arikaze
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CA Mikuma
CL Kitakami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Susukaze, Shell hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 11000 feet
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 3

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.VI: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Rasin Maru, Shell hits 5, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryoyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Belgium Maru, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 9
B-25H Mitchell x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CA Suzuya
DD Urakaze
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kiyo Maru
xAK Teisen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Shinwa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

Massive explosion on xAK Shinwa Maru

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 24

Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 14 damaged
A-20G Havoc: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Kosukaze, Shell hits 6
DD Suzunami
CL Oi, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Urakaze
CL Agano, Shell hits 1
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 7, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
DD Arikaze
CA Mogami, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1
CA Suzuya
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
MTB G-881, Shell hits 2
MTB G-839, Shell hits 2
MTB G-848, Shell hits 3
MTB G-846
MTB G-842, Shell hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20G Havoc x 8

Allied aircraft losses
A-20G Havoc: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
MTB G-14, Shell hits 6
MTB G-882, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
MTB G-354

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A-20G Havoc bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Mansyu Maru, Shell hits 11, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 15
B-25H Mitchell x 10

Allied aircraft losses
Mosquito FB.VI: 5 damaged
Mosquito FB.VI: 1 destroyed by flak
B-25H Mitchell: 8 damaged
B-25H Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Ishikaze
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Urakaze
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Susukaze
DD Hayashio
CL Oi, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Suzunami

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
10 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Calcutta at 52,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 14 damaged
Beaufighter TF.X: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, on fire
DD Susukaze
CL Oi, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

Richelieu, along with a ton of CLs and DDs are off to bombard Diamond Harbor, and maybe catch any ships which try to escape. My bombers at Delhi were in reserve, and they're hitting Calcutta's airfield. Though losses were heavy, damage was still at about 33% that day, so I'll try to shut everything down. The three B-29 squadrons at Patna, which I hit Rangoon with last turn will hit Calcutta's port this turn. I may have to simply take this as a fact of life that the airfields there will need my constant attention. Medium bombers will probably take this job over.

I notice my covering fleet carriers are currently spotted. Not sure if he'll come out to play or not. I'd rather have our showdown now. If I can finish KB, I can take the Pacific at my leisure.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/17/2016 3:05:39 PM

Mundy

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13 December 1944

Stuff's moving.

Landings at Wake and Eniwetok are a day away. Ponape's a bit slower as it took them longer to load. Hancock's finally out of the yard at Pearl and heading to Roi-Namur. Since both carrier groups out there are at 25, I'll have to juggle a bit to fit her into one of them. Probably cut a destroyer. A CVL was on the way before too, and is probably with them. Recon's showing some surface groups at Truk, but zero info on what's in them. My carriers are a couple hexes W of Ponape right now, sitting tight. I've had steady recon on Truk, Ponape, Eniwetok and Wake, in addition to the long range naval searches. Ponape's probably the biggest target with 12,000 troops there. Wake's around 3,000 and Eniwetok's around 6,000.

Lots of the support ships and destroyers and such I still had parked at Tarawa and Tabiteuea, I'm relocating to Roi-Namur. It's my major sub base now, but I'll set it up as a good staging point for my bigger ships. Ponape's stacking limit is 35,000, so that will make a good jumping off point for the next objective.

Airfields at Calcutta and Howrah are getting their daily pounding.

I'm probably reaching that point in the war where I'll have to figure out what to do with the Russians. I've been pretty good at keeping everyone training, ensuring replacements and upgrades happen for LCUs and so on. Plenty of their fighter squadrons are using later model Yaks now. I have lots of Il-2 units, though I've read here they may not be all that great. I'll probably try using them at 100 feet. I'm eager to cut them loose when the time comes. The manual indicates a sure kick-off date of August 1. I doubt KS has pushed the garrison limits at Manchuria.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/17/2016 11:18:49 PM

Mundy

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14 December 1944

The rats are fleeing the nest.

quote:

Sub attack near Bassein at 51,51

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Torpedo hits 1
DD Kosukaze

Allied Ships
SS Tudor

SS Tudor launches 4 torpedoes at CA Kumano
DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kosukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

quote:

Submarine attack near Diamond Harbour at 52,38

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shakespeare

CL Kitakami is sighted by SS Shakespeare
SS Shakespeare launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kitakami

Landings start on Eniwetok and Wake. Eniwetok's going smoothly and this should be finished next turn. Wake, it turned out, is home to some real coastal artillery, and my warships got raked over a bit, though not seriously. Land units are tougher there, so this may be a grind. I should get it in the end, though. My landing losses were very light on both.

quote:

Amphibious Assault at Eniwetok (127,108)

TF 228 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 127,108

Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)

14 troops of a USMC Pioneer Sq lost from landing craft during unload of 5th Pion Bn
12 troops of a M2HB HMG Section lost overboard during unload of 77th Infantry Div /1
13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 77th Infantry Div
13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 77th Infantry Div /6

quote:

Pre-Invasion action off Eniwetok (127,108)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
CA London
CL Newcastle
CL Ceylon
DD Claxton
DD Charrette
DD Caperton
DD Callaghan
DD Lowry
APA Sanborn
DD Mansfield

Japanese ground losses:
873 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
BB Pennsylvania firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
BB Arizona firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
BB Oklahoma firing at 8th Ind Engineer Regiment
CA London firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
CL Newcastle firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
CL Ceylon firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Claxton firing at 8th Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Charrette firing at 8th Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Caperton firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Callaghan firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Lowry firing at 8th Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Claxton fired at enemy troops
DD Charrette fired at enemy troops
DD Caperton fired at enemy troops
DD Callaghan fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

quote:

nvasion Support action off Eniwetok (127,108)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Oklahoma
CA London
CL Newcastle
CL Ceylon
DD Charrette
DD Mansfield
APA Sanborn
DD Lowry
DD Claxton

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Arizona firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
BB Oklahoma firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
CL Ceylon firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Charrette firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Mansfield firing at Yokosuka 5th SNLF
DD Charrette fired at enemy troops
DD Mansfield fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Invasion Support action off Eniwetok (127,108)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APA Sanborn
DD Lowry
DD Claxton

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

quote:

Pre-Invasion action off Wake Island (136,98) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

132 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia, Shell hits 15
BB Colorado, Shell hits 1
BB Maryland
CL Detroit
DD Charles Badger, Shell hits 1
AK Bluefield Victory, Shell hits 1
DD Bell
AK Elmira Victory
LCI(G)-470
LCI(G)-469
LCI(G)-460
LCI(G)-457
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-449
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-440
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-438
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-408
LCI(G)-407
LCI(G)-406
LCI(G)-405
LCI(G)-404
LCI(G)-403
LCI(G)-401
LCI(G)-398
LCI(G)-397
LCI(G)-396
LCI(G)-373
LCI(G)-372
LCI(G)-366
LCI(G)-365
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-81
LCI(M)-631
LCI(M)-630
LCI(M)-582
APA Custer
APA Barnstable

Japanese ground losses:
1463 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 90 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB West Virginia firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB West Virginia
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Colorado
BB Colorado firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Maryland
BB Maryland firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
CL Detroit firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CL Detroit
DD Charles Badger firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at DD Charles Badger
12cm 3YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Bluefield Victory at 18,000 yards
DD Bell firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards
20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Elmira Victory at 18,000 yards
DD Bell firing to suppress enemy battery at 18,000 yards
LCI(G)-470 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-469 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-460 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-457 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-440 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-438 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-407 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-406 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-631 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-630 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops
DD Charles Badger fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

quote:

Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98)

TF 457 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98

Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 6th Infantry Div /2
13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 81st Infantry Div /2
13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 81st Infantry Div /4
57mm M1A3 AT Gun accidentally lost during unload of 6th Infantry Div
M3 Stuart Light Tank dropped into water during unload of 767th Tank Bn /3

quote:

Ground combat at Eniwetok (127,108)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13306 troops, 265 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Defending force 2143 troops, 18 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Allied adjusted assault: 254

Japanese adjusted defense: 61

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
932 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1174 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (24 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
6th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Arm Amphib Battalion
77th Infantry Div /4
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion

Defending units:
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 5th SNLF

quote:

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 10960 troops, 434 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 679

Defending force 4540 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Allied adjusted assault: 13

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1648 casualties reported
Squads: 98 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 23 (22 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
3333 casualties reported
Squads: 149 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 107 (50 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Vehicles lost 90 (63 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Assaulting units:
81st Infantry Div /7
767th Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Div /3
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
6th USMC Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
24th Nav Gsn Unit
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
47th Const Co
15th Const Co
43rd Const Co
9th JNAF Coy
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion

I've backed everyone off to normal attacks, rather than those shock attacks.

More KB related info.

quote:

1944-12-13 CV Junyo is - - moving to Saipan 108,93

I'm tempted to go over there and kick everything over, but I don't want to complicate the battle with land based air, which is probably heavy there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 5:55:21 AM

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Those rocket gun amphibious craft really did a number on the Japanese at Wake! I've never seen so many disabled squads on a landing or bombardment on a base with level 6 forts. Well conducted operation there. How much AV do you have going towards Ponape?

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 9:23:54 PM

Mundy

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15 December 1944 (happy birthday to me)

I'm having an issue with this particular rocket craft...LCS(L). It does not seem possible to put them in an amphib TF. Only transport and support. Sorta hard to use them in this case. I sent a group to Wake, but they just sat offshore. An oversight in the game, methinks.

Sangeli, I can't really count AV on the ships, but this is what's there.

quote:

249th Field Artillery Btn
4th Field Artillery Btn
2nd Arm Amphib Btn
111th(Sep) Infantry Rgt
706th Tank Btn
6th Pioneer Btn
6th USMC Division

Recon shows about 13,000 at Ponape, and I'm wondering if I brought enough bodies. If it gets bad, I guess I can re-route the Eniwetok and Wake invaders over, though landings will be painful. Landings there are two days out yet.

Eniwetok and Wake are mine. Wake was surprising, as I thought that would be a more prolonged fight. Both shock attack despite my settings, so some more follow-on troops must have charged in.

quote:

Invasion Support action off Eniwetok (127,108)

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APA Sanborn
DD Lowry
DD Claxton

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

quote:

nvasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-470
LCI(G)-469
LCI(G)-460
LCI(G)-457
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-449
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-440
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-438
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-408
LCI(G)-407
LCI(G)-406
LCI(G)-405
LCI(G)-404
LCI(G)-403
LCI(G)-401
LCI(G)-398
LCI(G)-397
LCI(G)-396
LCI(G)-373
LCI(G)-372
LCI(G)-366
LCI(G)-365
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-81
LCI(M)-631
LCI(M)-630
LCI(M)-582
APA Custer
DD Charles Ausburne

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

LCI(G)-470 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-469 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-460 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-457 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-440 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-438 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-407 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-406 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-631 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-630 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

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Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-470
LCI(G)-469
LCI(G)-460
LCI(G)-457
LCI(G)-450
LCI(G)-449
LCI(G)-442
LCI(G)-441
LCI(G)-440
LCI(G)-439
LCI(G)-438
LCI(G)-437
LCI(G)-408
LCI(G)-407
LCI(G)-406
LCI(G)-405
LCI(G)-404
LCI(G)-403
LCI(G)-401
LCI(G)-398
LCI(G)-397
LCI(G)-396
LCI(G)-373
LCI(G)-372
LCI(G)-366
LCI(G)-365
LCI(G)-82
LCI(G)-81
LCI(M)-631
LCI(M)-630
LCI(M)-582
APA Custer
DD Charles Ausburne

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

LCI(G)-470 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-469 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-460 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-457 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-450 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-449 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-442 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-441 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-440 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-439 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-438 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-437 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-407 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-406 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-405 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-404 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-403 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-401 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-398 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-397 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-396 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-373 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-372 fired at enemy guns
LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-365 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-82 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-81 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-631 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-630 fired at enemy troops
LCI(M)-582 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AK Durham Victory
CL Detroit
DD Charles Ausburne
AK Bedford Victory, Shell hits 1
LCI(G)-408
LCI(G)-366
APA Custer

Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Durham Victory at 17,000 yards
DD Charles Ausburne firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards
CL Detroit firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards
DD Charles Ausburne firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards
20cm 41YT CD Gun Battery engaging AK Bedford Victory at 17,000 yards
DD Charles Ausburne firing to suppress enemy battery at 17,000 yards
LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-366 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Invasion Support action off Wake Island (136,98)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-408
APA Custer
DD Charles Ausburne

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

LCI(G)-408 fired at enemy guns
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

Not as much damage this time around. Everyone must have been busy on the beach with their tans when my ships showed up. Final fights were relatively painless

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Ground combat at Eniwetok (127,108)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1381 troops, 18 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 12994 troops, 260 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 5th SNLF

Defending units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Arm Amphib Battalion
77th Infantry Division
6th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion

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Ground combat at Eniwetok (127,108)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 12994 troops, 260 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 496

Defending force 1192 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 164

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 164 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Eniwetok !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
668 casualties reported
Squads: 65 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
247 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Arm Amphib Battalion
77th Infantry Division
6th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion

Defending units:
Yokosuka 5th SNLF

quote:

Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1938 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Defending force 14029 troops, 403 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Japanese ground losses:
666 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
24th Nav Gsn Unit
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
9th JNAF Coy
43rd Const Co
15th Const Co
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion

Defending units:
6th Infantry Division
81st Infantry Division
767th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
6th USMC Field Artillery Battalion

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Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 14029 troops, 403 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 352

Defending force 2081 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2 Emily: 2 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2205 casualties reported
Squads: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 176 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 46 (46 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Infantry Division
81st Infantry Division
767th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
6th USMC Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
9th JNAF Coy
43rd Const Co
15th Const Co
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion

At Wake, the base forces will already be unloading next turn. A USMC defense battalion is amongst that group. I just got a group out of Pearl for Eniwetok, but it's minimal as I can't build that up too high. I'm surprised he's not challenging anywhere, 'cause if I grab Ponape, I can make supply to/from Truk rather painful with bunches of B-25s and P-51s there. I'm just getting supply offloaded at the new bases and will get the troops out right away. I'll probably be able to stage the next invasion out of Ponape, as it has a capacity of 35,000.

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Post #: 1877

RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 10:10:38 PM

Sangeli

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It seems like you made all three of your invasion forces of near equal strength. But since Ponape has a much larger stacking limit and garrison, they should have gotten a larger invasion force. I would strongly advise you not to route unprepped units to Ponape; that's a recipe for disaster. Maybe you can make up for the lack of troops at Ponape with ample application of firepower. Bring up the AEs and start pounding the base with ships!

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Post #: 1878

RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 10:46:52 PM

Mundy

Posts: 2869
Joined: 6/26/2002
From: Neenah
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16 December 1944

Surprise!!!

Ask a dumb question...

KB did decide to appear... against my Wake force. They showed up 5 hexes directly Northeast of the island. My jeeps put up a fight, but in the end got slaughtered.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 136,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 194
B6N2a Jill x 76
B7A2 Grace x 89
D4Y3 Judy x 100
D4Y4 Judy x 29

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 36
F6F-3 Hellcat x 134
F6F-5 Hellcat x 52

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
B6N2a Jill: 15 destroyed, 13 damaged
B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
B7A2 Grace: 15 destroyed, 6 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 2 destroyed by flak
D4Y3 Judy: 12 destroyed, 15 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Sargent Bay, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Munda
CVE Bismarck Sea, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CVE Makin Island, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVE Breton, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CVE Santee, Torpedo hits 1
CVE Kwajalein, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Lunga Point, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVE Admiralty Island, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires
CVE Corregidor, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE Tisdale
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVE Matanikau, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVE Salamaua, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Anzio, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Steamer Bay, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DE George E. Davis
CVE Hollandia, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APA Clay, Torpedo hits 2
CVE Barnes, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CL Detroit
DE Dennis

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
21 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
5 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
17 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
1 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
21 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
2 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
8 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
5 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
3 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
2 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
7 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
10 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
8 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
VC(F)-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-66 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VC(F)-80 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VC(F)-81 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VC(F)-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-83 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VC(F)-84 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VC(F)-85 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-86 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
VC(F)-87 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-88 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-90 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-91 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 6 on standby, 10 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VRF-9F with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 15 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Makin Island
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Roi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Salamaua
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Steamer Bay
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Hollandia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Hollandia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Corregidor
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Casablanca class CVE
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Bismarck Sea
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Anzio
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Kwajalein
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Admiralty Island
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Admiralty Island
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Admiralty Island
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Barnes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Barnes
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Matanikau
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Matanikau
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Matanikau

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 136,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 171
B6N2a Jill x 81
B7A2 Grace x 60
D4Y3 Judy x 106
D4Y4 Judy x 68

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 31
F6F-3 Hellcat x 82
F6F-5 Hellcat x 33

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 3 destroyed
B6N2a Jill: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
B6N2a Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
B7A2 Grace: 8 destroyed, 4 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
D4Y4 Judy: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 6 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Breton, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Santee, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Kasaan Bay, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Barnes, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Hollandia, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Steamer Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Detroit
DE Dennis
CVE Bismarck Sea, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CVE Lunga Point, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CVE Matanikau, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CVE Makin Island, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
APA Custer
CVE Salamaua, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CVE Anzio, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Melvin, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Mertz, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD McNair

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
6 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
16 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
5 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
1 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
9 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
11 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
2 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
15 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
6 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
11 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
12 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B6N2a Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
8 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
10 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
1 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
2 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg GP Bomb
8 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y4 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Raid is overhead
VC(F)-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VC(F)-83 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
VC(F)-85 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VC(F)-86 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
VC(F)-87 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VC(F)-88 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VC(F)-90 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VC(F)-91 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
VC(F)-66 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
VC(F)-80 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VC(F)-81 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VC(F)-82 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
VC(F)-84 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
VRF-9F with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes

Fuel storage explosion on CVE Hollandia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Hollandia
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Hollandia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Santee
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Santee
Massive explosion on CVE Lunga Point
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Anzio
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Lunga Point
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Attacker class CVE
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Anzio
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Salamaua
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Bougainville
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Matanikau
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Attu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CVE
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Bougainville
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Munda
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Roi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Barnes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Kasaan Bay
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Munda
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Munda
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Matanikau
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Attu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Makin Island
Fuel storage explosion on CVE Makin Island
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mertz
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Melvin

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 137,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y3 Judy x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y3 Judy: 5 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Stanly
APA Burleson, Bomb hits 1
AKA Starr, Bomb hits 1
APA Grimes, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
10 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 137,98

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 damaged
B7A2 Grace: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Stanly
APA Karnes, Torpedo hits 1
AKA Tyrell
DD Stockham

Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B7A2 Grace launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Carrier support unable to supply air cover..

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 137,98

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 16
D4Y3 Judy x 19

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed
D4Y3 Judy: 13 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 3 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
APA New Kent, Bomb hits 2
DD Stevens
APA Noble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APA Granville, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AKA Starr, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Stockham

Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y3 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VC(F)-33 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

Massive explosion on APA Granville

My response. At least I drew some blood out of the deal.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 133,93

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 131

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 26
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40
F6F-5 Hellcat x 10
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
TBM-1C Avenger x 68

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 25 destroyed, 9 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 3 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CA Maya
CV Soryu, Torpedo hits 2
CV Akagi
CV Katsuragi
CV Hiryu
CV Shinano
CV Aso
CV Kasagi
BB Hiei
CV Taiho

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
4 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
4 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
4 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
1 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.

CAP engaged:
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Shinano-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Kasagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Aso-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Ikoma-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Katsuragi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 133,93

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 125

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 19
F6F-3 Hellcat x 34
F6F-5 Hellcat x 16
TBM-1C Avenger x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M8 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Hiryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Zuikaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Amagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Taiho-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Shinano-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 32870.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
Katsuragi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Kasagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
Aso-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
Ikoma-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 133,93

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 103

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 7
TBM-1C Avenger x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
Akagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
Hiryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Zuikaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Taiho-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
Shinano-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Unryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
Amagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
Katsuragi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
Kasagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Aso-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
Ikoma-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wake Island at 133,93

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M8 Zero x 89

Allied aircraft
TBM-1C Avenger x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBM-1C Avenger: 9 destroyed

CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
Shinano-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Amagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Katsuragi-1 with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Kasagi-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Aso-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Ikoma-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes

Not what I expected, as I was assuming a direct western approach, if at all. My fleet carriers are moving at flank speed and should easily reach his positon next turn. Hopefully he's atritted enough for me to hit him good. Maybe I can end this show for good next turn.

This was a weird event:

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kwajalein Island at 132,116

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B7A2 Grace x 7

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
B7A2 Grace: 3 destroyed
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
YMS-148

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VMF-313 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31690 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 31690.
Raid is overhead
VMF-322 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
VMF-323 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead

The lines seemed to indicate they came from the East of Kwajalein. I've upped my CAP there.

I've bagged three subs in the last two days.

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ASW attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 23, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE LaPrade
APA Feland
APA Bladen
APA Appling
APA Gilliam
APA Missoula
APA Lowndes
APA Highlands
APA Dauphin
APA Windsor
APA Leon
APA Knox
APA Elmore
APA Du Page
AKA Andromeda
AKA Oberon
AKA Uvalde
AKA Todd
AKA Stokes
AKA Valencia
AKA Vinton
AKA Tolland
AKA Capricornus
AKA Arneb
LSD White Marsh
LSD Shadwell
LSD Rushmore
LSD Ashland
LSD Oak Hill
LSD Epping Forest
LSD Carter Hall
LSD Casa Grande
LSD Belle Grove
LCS(L)-19
DE Samuel B. Roberts
DE McCoy Reynolds
DE Raymond

SS I-6 is sighted by escort
DE Samuel B. Roberts fails to find sub and abandons search
DE McCoy Reynolds attacking submerged sub ....
DE Raymond attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Ponape at 120,109

Japanese Ships
SS I-174, hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Collett
BB Wisconsin
CA Salt Lake City
CA Indianapolis
CL Pasadena
CLAA Reno
CLAA Juneau
DD Cooper
DD Newcomb
DD Mullany

SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Collett
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Newcomb fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mullany fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mullany fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mullany
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fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mullany attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-174 forced to surface!
DD Newcomb firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Newcomb firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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Submarine attack near Wake Island at 136,98

Japanese Ships
SS RO-65, hits 22, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD McKee
DD Mertz
DD Melvin

SS RO-65 is sighted by escort
RO-65 bottoming out ....
DD Mertz attacking submerged sub ....
DD Melvin attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-65 forced to surface!
DD Melvin firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 11:08:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: Mundy
Not what I expected, as I was assuming a direct western approach, if at all. My fleet carriers are moving at flank speed and should easily reach his positon next turn. Hopefully he's atritted enough for me to hit him good. Maybe I can end this show for good next turn.

Against a skilled veteran like KenchiSulla you should never assume he's going to come directly at you. If there is open ocean that is unscouted you have to account for an attack from that direction. Most of the USN fiascos in the CentPac tend to be from attacks coming from the open ocean.

Good luck with your CVs. If you can get a decisive victory against the KB you could turn this into a pyrrhic victory.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 11:17:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: Sangeli

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ORIGINAL: Mundy
Not what I expected, as I was assuming a direct western approach, if at all. My fleet carriers are moving at flank speed and should easily reach his positon next turn. Hopefully he's atritted enough for me to hit him good. Maybe I can end this show for good next turn.

Against a skilled veteran like KenchiSulla you should never assume he's going to come directly at you. If there is open ocean that is unscouted you have to account for an attack from that direction. Most of the USN fiascos in the CentPac tend to be from attacks coming from the open ocean.

Good luck with your CVs. If you can get a decisive victory against the KB you could turn this into a pyrrhic victory.

I agree with the comment that KS is a skilled veteran ... thus I am not expecting KB to stick around for your CVs to come and smack him around. But I will be delighted if I am wrong!

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/18/2016 11:48:34 PM

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That's my gut feeling. He'll probably flee. He's known where my carriers are.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/19/2016 1:09:53 AM

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I would be shocked if he didn't immediately run for the hills. Having hit your CVEs hard (and paid a price in airframes) he knows what's going to come next. The only reason he'd stick around is if he had something else up his sleeve. Could you instead try and extrapolate where his oilers are and vector that way rather than chasing shadows? If he came from the NE they must be somewhere.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/19/2016 3:34:39 AM

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I would be shocked if he didn't immediately run for the hills. Having hit your CVEs hard (and paid a price in airframes) he knows what's going to come next. The only reason he'd stick around is if he had something else up his sleeve. Could you instead try and extrapolate where his oilers are and vector that way rather than chasing shadows? If he came from the NE they must be somewhere.

If there are oilers, and if I was the one playing the turn, I would put them near the centre of the triangle formed from Marcus Is/Midway/Adak (or Paramushiro Jima).

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/19/2016 10:18:25 PM

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Picking up the pieces.

As expected, KB ran off. My carriers didn't seem to cover the distance I expected, either. I was in a quandary on where to put them right now, and I've decided to park them off Wake until unloading's finished. My logic is that the area to the south is better covered by naval search, so I'd have some warning on any activity that ways.

The mystery Graces, I believe are coming from Ponape. They took another shot at ships parked at Roi-Namur, but Corsairs beat them off without result. I'm sorta relieved in that Ponape doesn't appear to be an atoll, so my troops didn't automatically shock attack this turn. He bombarded me, and I'll be doing the same for the time being. I don't think I have enough bodies to force the issue right now. I'm re-tasking the troops at Eniwetok for Ponape and shipping them for now to Tarawa. In a couple weeks, I can dump them into the mix. Hopefully, starvation can also have an added effect to all this.

For all the fireworks before, transport losses at Wake were not that awfully heavy. CVEs bore the brunt of it. Lots more APAs are at Pearl with a constant influx enroute, so I'll probably never run out at this point. Once supply is fully offloaded, I'll get the combat troops out.

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5086 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 300

Defending force 14461 troops, 237 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 493

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
47th Ind. Mixed Brigade
12th Garrison Unit
Ponape Naval Fortress
33rd Field Const Co
3rd Base Force

Defending units:
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd Arm Amphib Battalion
706th Tank Battalion
6th Marine Div /7
249th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
6th Pioneer Battalion

It looks like some tankers are parked at Truk. I've a big group of 14 destroyers enroute to kill whatever's there and their about a day or two away. Something to stir the pot.

Bombers are working over Howrah and Calcutta yet in India. I've moved two new squadrons of P-51Ds to Benares and Patna. Some of my late model P-47s appear to carry bombs now, so some of them will hit Calcutta's port.

Almost forgot, this is how Ponape went. I didn't have an amphib force HQ supervising this one, so losses were higher.

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re-Invasion action off Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

585 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 9
BB California, Shell hits 6
BB Nevada, Shell hits 16
CL Caradoc, Shell hits 5
DD McGowan
DD Hall, Shell hits 1
DD Foote
DD Eaton
DD Chauncey
LCI(G)-468
LCI(G)-467
LCI(G)-466
LCI(G)-465
LCI(G)-464
LCI(G)-463
LCI(G)-462
LCI(G)-459
LCI(G)-458
LCI(G)-456
LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-454
LCI(G)-453
LCI(G)-452
LCI(G)-451
APA Menard

Japanese ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Tennessee
BB Tennessee firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB California
BB California firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
BB Nevada firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Nevada
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CL Caradoc
CL Caradoc firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
DD McGowan firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD McGowan
DD Hall firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Hall
DD Foote firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Foote
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Eaton
DD Eaton firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Chauncey
DD Chauncey firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-459 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-458 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-456 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops
DD Eaton fired at enemy troops
DD Chauncey fired at enemy troops
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

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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

218 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 9
BB California
BB Nevada
CL Caradoc
DD Knapp, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Heermann, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
DD Hall
AP Gen. A.E.Anderson, Shell hits 1
LCI(G)-468
LCI(G)-467
LCI(G)-466
LCI(G)-465
LCI(G)-464
LCI(G)-463
LCI(G)-462
LCI(G)-459
LCI(G)-458
LCI(G)-456
LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-454
LCI(G)-453
LCI(G)-452
LCI(G)-451
APA Menard
DD McGowan

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Tennessee
BB Tennessee firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB California
BB California firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CL Caradoc
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Knapp
DD Knapp firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DD Heermann
DD Heermann firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
DD Hall firing at 47th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12.7cm/50 T03 DP Battery engaging AP Gen. A.E.Anderson at 11,000 yards
BB California firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards
BB Tennessee firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards
BB California firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards
LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-459 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-458 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-456 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops
DD Knapp fired at enemy troops
DD Hall fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
LCI(G)-468
LCI(G)-467
LCI(G)-466
LCI(G)-465
LCI(G)-464
LCI(G)-463
LCI(G)-462
LCI(G)-459
LCI(G)-458
LCI(G)-456
LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-454
LCI(G)-453
LCI(G)-452
LCI(G)-451
APA Menard
DD McGowan

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

LCI(G)-468 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-467 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-466 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-465 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-464 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-463 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-462 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-459 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-458 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-456 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops
LCI(G)-451 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

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Amphibious Assault at Ponape (119,113)

TF 65 troops unloading over beach at Ponape, 119,113

Allied ground losses:
633 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 169 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 39 (1 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (0 destroyed, 74 disabled)

81mm M1 Mortar dropped into water during unload of 6th Marine Div /2
14 troops of a USMC 44 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 6th Marine Div /5

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/20/2016 12:00:37 AM

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"Sorry Sarge, I dropped the mortar. It was really heavy. Hope we won't need it. "

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/20/2016 1:31:26 AM

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More of the same.

Troops at Eniwetok are nearly loaded for transport to Tarawa. When I purposed them for Ponape, readiness was already at 25-35, so hopefully they won't take too long to train up.

Two VP squadrons from Pearl are at Wake and up. This should thwart any surprises from that angle. More will go to Eniwetok when base units arrive. Two AVDs are enroute to Wake also. I started disbanding all the aircraft refugee fragments from the CVEs and boiled them down to about three squadrons. Probably about 100 planes total.

Assault transports and a bunch of CVEs reach Sydney. Two more groups still enroute. I had to strip off damaged ships to Wellington NZ, as their low 7 kt speed was hurting the groups.

I'll probably get Arkansas, New York and Texas forward staged from Pearl where they showed up within the last week. I have ships all over the place right now, so I'm trying to organize everyone. I sortied out a CL with another mob of DDs to hit Truk also after the destroyer group does it.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/20/2016 2:53:05 AM

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Does "hit Truk" mean bombardment? The naval fort there is a real bear - I wouldn't take it on with less than BBs at 24,000 yards standoff, or air strikes.
Sweeping for shipping is a good play though.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/20/2016 2:08:59 PM

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Good point. In my Japanese game I never really looked at what's there. My main intent is to sweep his ships.

Once Ponape falls. I can start starving Truk.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs KenchiSulla - 7/20/2016 8:22:46 PM

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Supplies offloaded at Wake. Pulling the troops out now.

At Eniwetok, troops are almost loaded. About 100 support squads, which always seem to be the slowest.

I've discovered the island of Kusaie, between the Marshalls and Ponape. It also has a capacity of 35,000, so I can stage from there. I'm assigning a token burned out division, a respawn from an earlier destroyed division, to grab it. I'll recon to make sure it's really uninhabited.

Coastwatchers claim Yamato is docked at Diamond Harbor. I'd like to have what they're smoking. I'll hit the port anyway to be sure, but after the beating I gave her earlier, there's no way KS would send her over there. Looking again, Yamato is apparently at two different ports at the same time, Diamond Harbor and Koumac. I'll pay the latter a visit next turn, as that one's remotely feasible, though she should be somewhere with a real drydock. After that battle, she did eat some 16" shells which did get through her armor.

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