Lowpe
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Another fruitful day in the the great north pacific, where 46 Allied units face destruction. Sitkin invasion force is at sea, Sag invasion force is loading. Bombardments continue: TF 60 encounters mine field at Great Sitkin Island (163,52) Japanese Ships AMc Wa 5 15 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 60 encounters mine field at Great Sitkin Island (163,52) Japanese Ships AMc Wa 5 16 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 358 encounters mine field at Cox's Bazar (54,43) Japanese Ships DMS W-10 3 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Great Sitkin Island at 163,52 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground P-40E Warhawk: 3 damaged OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 5 damaged SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kako CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 173 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Port hits 6 Port supply hits 2 E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Kako CA Kako firing at 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kinugasa CA Kinugasa firing at Great Sitkin Island CA Aoba firing at Great Sitkin Island -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Sagigik Island at 165,52 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Yamashiro BB Kirishima BB Hiei BB Haruna Allied Ships AE Ruth Alexander, Shell hits 4, on fire AE Henry S Grove, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AM Skylark, Shell hits 1 xAK Makena, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 696 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (4 destroyed, 11 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 59 Port hits 19 Port supply hits 5 E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Hyuga BB Hyuga firing at Sagigik Island BB Yamashiro firing at Sagigik Island BB Kirishima firing at Sagigik Island BB Hiei firing at Sagigik Island Massive explosion on AE Ruth Alexander BB Haruna firing at Sagigik Island The Ruth Alexander had a fascinating career, in WW1 a supply ship for the Kaiser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sierra_Cordoba_(1913)
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