SierraJuliet
Posts: 2319
Joined: 2/23/2009
From: Brisbane, Australia
Status: offline
|
12 January 1943
INDIAN OCEAN
SS I-165 launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 7,62 near Diego Garcia.
Allied Ships
xAK Nurmahal
PACIFIC
Night Time Surface Combat near Marcus Island at 123,85 Range 9,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 2
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Makinami, Shell hits 2
DD Takanami
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico
BB Mississippi, Shell hits 2
BB Washington, Shell hits 7
BB Indiana, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
BB Revenge~, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis
CA San Francisco
CA Quincy
DD Kalk
DD Anderson
DD McCall
DD Dunlap
DD Cummings
DD Drayton
AP Wharton
AP Harris~
AP Zeilin
AP Henry T Allen~
AP J Franklin Bell
AP Leonard Wood, Shell hits 3
AP Hunter Liggett
AP American Legion
AP Henderson~+
AP President Polk
AP Arthur Middleton
AK Crater
AK Cassiopeia
AK Prince Georges
AK Libra
AK Algorab
AK Adhara
AK Alcyone
AK Oberon
AK Arcturus
AK Castor"
AP President Coolidge
AP Matsonia
AP Mariposa
AP Santa Elena
AP Santa Paula
AP Santa Inez
AP Republic~
AP President Fillmore~
AP Mount McKinley
AK Ara
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Allied ships attempt to get underway
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
Night Time Surface Combat near Marcus Island at 123,85 Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Shell hits 2
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1
DD Yamakaze
DD Kawakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
DD O'Brien, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Walke, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAP Clan Macnaughton
xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Clan Macquarrie
xAP Empire Star
xAP Dunedin Star
xAP Bloemfontein
xAP Marpessa
xAP Talisse, Shell hits 3
xAP Tawali
xAP Limerick
xAP Echunga
xAP Ellaroo
xAP Iron Crown
xAP Iron Knob
xAP Macedon
xAP Illisos
xAP Agwimonte
xAP Alcoa Prospector
xAP Exchange
xAP Alcoa Pennant
xAK T A Johnson
xAP Exhibitor
xAP Examiner
xAK William S Colley
xAK Boreas*
xAK Benjamin Franklin
xAK Edwin Markham
xAK George Read
xAK George Ross, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Henry Villard
xAK James Gordon Bennett
xAK John B Floyd
xAK Nathaniel Bowditch
xAK Stephen M White
xAK Thomas A Edison
xAK William E Channing, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK William L Garrison
xAK Pamir
xAK Astoria
xAK Karsik
xAK Straat Malakka
xAK Sea Witch
xAK Exceller
xAK Jonathan Harrington
xAK Delvalle
xAK West Cressy
xAP William L Thompson
xAP Nellore, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Ville d'Amiens, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
xAP Torrens, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
862 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 56 (37 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (10 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 35% moonlight: 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAP Iron Knob collides with xAP Clan Macneil at 123, 85
xAK William S Colley collides with xAP Clan Macquarrie at 123, 85
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
Japanese morning Air attack on Marcus Island – 22 casualties, 2 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 13 runway hits.
TF 78 encounters mine field at Truk – 5 mines cleared.
Japanese morning Air attack on TF near Marcus Island at 125,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 7 damaged
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 3 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 1
BB Washington
DD McCall
Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Marcus Island at 125,86
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero-Reisen x 42
A6M5 Zero-Reisen x 23
B5N1 Kate-Kankoh x 11
B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 46
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate-Kankoh: 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 3 damaged
B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
BB Revenge~, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 7, heavy damage
BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco
BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Washington, Bomb hits 7, on fire
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 14, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
CA Quincy
AP Mount McKinley, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AP Mount McKinley
Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Marcus Island at 125,87
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero-Reisen x 15
B5N2 Kate-Kankoh x 17
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate-Kankoh: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
xAP Examiner, Bomb hits 4, heavy damage
xAK George Read, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Jonathan Harrington, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Echunga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK William S Colley, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Macedon, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Straat Malakka, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tawali, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK West Cressy, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK James Gordon Bennett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK T A Johnson, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 27 (5 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (21 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Jonathan Harrington
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Echunga
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK James Gordon Bennett
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Straat Malakka
Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Marcus Island at 125,87
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero-Reisen x 19
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK Nathaniel Bowditch, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Exchange, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAP Alcoa Prospector, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Jonathan Harrington, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 16 (13 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (8 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Jonathan Harrington
Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near Marcus Island at 125,86
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 14 damaged
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA Minneapolis
BB Washington, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DEI
SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 76,109 near Ambon.
Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki
xAK Kinrei Maru
xAK Unkai Maru #3
xAK Josho Maru
xAKL Yulin Maru
xAKL Unkai Maru #6
Allied Ships
SS KVIII, hits 4
Japanese deliberate attack at 68, 104 near Kolaka.
Attacking force 552 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 70 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 20
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
II/81st Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
Kendari Cdo
BURMA
Japanese morning Air attack on 104th RAF Base Force at 54,50 -26 casualties.
58/46 is occupied by the Japanese.
BB Kirishima sinks at sea
Repairs completed on ACM Wa-6 at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service
D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Akagi-2 has spotted an Allied xAP at 123,87
a APL Line class xAP is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake-Suitei from Chitose-1 has spotted a Pacific Troop class xAP at 123,87
an Allied xAP is reported HIT
Prome expands airfield to size 2
Cochin expands airfield to size 4
Padang expands fortifications to size 1
Okha expands port to size 4
Pingsiang expands airfield to size 2
91/55 expands port to size 2
Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)!
Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 86/56 (86, 56)!
Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 77/56 (77, 56)!
Loss of xAKL Bichu Maru on Nov 24, 1942 is admitted
BB Indiana is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
DD O'Brien is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAP Dunera is reported to have been sunk near Moulmein on Oct 09, 1942
xAK William S Colley is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAK George Read is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAK George Ross is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAK West Cressy is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAP Ville d'Amiens is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
xAP Torrens is reported to have been sunk near Marcus Island on Jan 12, 1943
Endo Det arrives at Nagoya
So, in the end I achieved what I had planned to do. As always, every Japanese ship lost is felt grievously but Kirishima did take it on the chin and went down fighting. Of the admitted Allied ships lost there is BB Indiana, DD O’Brien plus 3 xAP and 4 xAK. After receiving 7 torpedoes hits on the high seas I should be very sound in my thinking the BB Revenge is also lost (trust the torpedo bombers to gang up on the least valuable battleship). It is hard to tell just what became of Mississippi and New Mexico. While they both took 3 torpedoes Mississippi was reported as having heavy damage so of the 2, I expect she is the more likely to go down. I fully expect to see New Mexico again unless my submarines have something to say about her fate. Prince of Wales is having a tremendous war. She dodged being sunk early in the war and has been traipsing around the Pacific since then. Surely of all the Allied battleships she is the one with the most battle stars and illustrious history to date. Of all the merchant ships that took damage I calculate that it is probable that 1 AP, 4 xAP and 4 xAK will also go down. So, for the loss of Kirishima I am hoping that this day has netted 3 battleships, 1 destroyer, 1 AP, 7 xAP and 8 xAK. If so an acceptable trade.
Worthy of the trade too if I don’t mess around and expose my carriers. It is so tempting to hunt down those damaged and fleeing ships. However, I have had to move my search vectors around and I have now lost sight of the American carriers myself. Time to retreat but I am also contemplating giving Marcus Island a good going over as we leave… I shall have to think on that one.
|
Printable Version
10 January 1943 - 
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread