February 14, 1942
Location: 305 miles south of Wake Island
Course: North
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 403
Orders: Hold position. Prepare to engage American forces at and around Wake Island.
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On the bridge of the Hibiki:
Captain Ishii: New signal from Admiral Goto, Exec. Here we wait.
Lieutenant Miharu: Yes sir. I hope the wait is not a long one. The crew is pretty
keyed up, and they are ready for a fight.
Captain Ishii: We are waiting for the carriers to get into position. They have a longer run to make than the other task forces, and I get the feeling that Nagumo isn't the sort to rush blindly ahead when he knows enemy carriers are in the area.
Lieutenant Miharu: Yes sir. Just as long as they don't find us while we are looking for them.
Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
February 15, 1942
Location: 305 miles south of Wake Island
Course: North
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 391
Orders: Hold position. Prepare to engage American forces at and around Wake Island.
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On the bridge of the Hibiki:
Captain Ishii is pacing the bridge. He pauses every now and then to question the lookouts squinting through the big type 5 binoculars. He knows they would alert him the second they spotted anything, but he is growing impatient and can't help himself.
Captain Ishii: Anything?
Lookout: No sir. No sign of any American planes.
Captain Ishii: Right. Maintain vigilence, we are entirely too close to those American carriers.
Lieutenant Miharu: Sir, signal from the Suzuya. Our carriers are almost in position, we will begin moving towards the island as soon as it's dark.
Captain Ishii: Finally!
Location: 305 miles south of Wake Island
Course: North
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 391
Orders: Hold position. Prepare to engage American forces at and around Wake Island.
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On the bridge of the Hibiki:
Captain Ishii is pacing the bridge. He pauses every now and then to question the lookouts squinting through the big type 5 binoculars. He knows they would alert him the second they spotted anything, but he is growing impatient and can't help himself.
Captain Ishii: Anything?
Lookout: No sir. No sign of any American planes.
Captain Ishii: Right. Maintain vigilence, we are entirely too close to those American carriers.
Lieutenant Miharu: Sir, signal from the Suzuya. Our carriers are almost in position, we will begin moving towards the island as soon as it's dark.
Captain Ishii: Finally!
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
February 16, 1942
Location: Wake Island
Course: North
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 315
Orders: Attack
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It is just before dawn at Wake Island. Task force 6 approaches the island from the south, in column formation. In the lead are destroyers Kikuzuki and Sazanami. Heavy cruisers Kako, Furutaka, and Suzuya follow, and destroyers Hibiki, Uzuki, and Yuzuki bring up the rear.
A few miles to the west Captain Ban's three light cruisers and six destroyers are also converging on the island. Northwest of Wake another task force consisting of a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, and five destroyers is still about 50 miles out.
The seas are fairly calm. Overhead patchy overcast partially obscures the stars which are beginning to fade in the first faint gray light of morning. Two hundred and forty miles to the east-southest Admiral Nagumo orders his carriers to begin turning into the wind and launching planes.
As the Hibiki nears Wake airplanes can be heard high overhead. These are Nells out of Eniwetok, and soon their sighting reports are reaching the converging Japanese ships.
Radio Operator, via speaker tube: Captain, we are getting reports of a large group of ships off the east end of the island. Transports and escorts, sir.
Captain Ishii: Thank you, please inform me immediately of all sightings. *growls* Where are the battleships? Where are the cruisers?
Radio Operator: Sir, getting reports from our carriers. Scout planes have spotted enemy destroyers and carriers 200 miles northeast of the island, heading east.
Captain Ishii: Good! Let our carriers deal with them.
Lookout: Sir, twelve enemy ships 21,000 meters 25 degrees to starboard. No, thirteen enemy ships.
Lieutenant Miharu: Sir, signal from Admiral Goto. Transport group spotted, we are ordered to change course 40 degrees to starboard and attack.
Captain Ishii: Very well. Change course as ordered. Speed to 30 knots.
Hibiki and the other ships converge slowly on the American task force. Radio reports come in of other small groups of ships to the north and northeast of the island. No capital ships are sighted. The range to the enemy task force shrinks to 19,000 meters.
Lookout: Sir, the enemy ships are scattering. The escorts are forming a screen in front of them.
Lieutentant Miharu: Signal from Suzuya, sir. We are to execute a starboard turn and open fire.
There are now three groups of ships heading east. In the northernmost group are eight large freighters, now beginning to scatter. Next is a rough column of gunboats, patrol craft, and minesweepers. These are trying to stay between the Japanese ships and the transports. Farthest south and beginning to pull a little ahead of the American ships is the Japanese column.
Captain Ishii: Set torpedoes to 1.5 meter depth. Angle ahead 30 degrees.
Chief Torpedo Officer Sugiyura: Yes sir! * a pause* Sir, ready to launch!
Captain Ishii: Launch torpedeoes! Main batteries, fire on the rear ship in the column!
The ship rocks as all six 5" guns fire on the patrol vessel bringing up the rear. Hibiki's gunnery is excellent. The first salvo is a straddle. On the second salvo a shell bursts on the target's stern. The crew cheers. The cheers are redoubled a moment later when one of Hibiki's torpedoes finds the same ship.
There is a explosion, and when it subsides the splashes of debris falling in the area are all that can be seen. The target, PC Tiger, has been annihilated, along with her crew of 20.
Captain Ishii: Well done! Shift fire to the lead ship!
By now most of the escorts are hit or sinking. The cruisers leave them to the destroyers and their 8" guns begin to find the range on the transports. Hibiki now engages MSW Bobolink. The minesweeper's lone gun is firing defiantly. A shell falls well short of Hibiki and now Hibiki's guns find the range. The minesweeper bursts into flames.
Admiral Goto orders the column to break formation and pursue the fleeing transports. Hibiki closes and scores hits on a new target, AK Dorothy Luckenbach. The transport begins to lose headway.
Lookout: Captain! New group of ships to the north! Range 24,000 meters. Destroyers, sir, it looks like they are fleeing.
Lieutantant Miharu: Sir, Suzuya is signaling that we are to break off the attack. We are to reform in column and pursue the enemy destroyers.
Captain Ishii: Very good. Captain Ban is coming up behind us, he and his crews can finish up here.
As the fight has moved east a new group of ships has been uncovered around the eastern tip of the island. These are a trio of seaplane tenders. Converted from old Clemson class DDs, they are easily mistaken for destroyers at range by excited lookouts. The seaplane tenders have only one thought, to escape. They are too old and too slow to have a chance, however.
Hibiki and her fellows reform in a slightly ragged column and head northeast to intercept them. Hibiki is now in the van, along with Uzuki. An unequal gun battle ensues. Hibiki opens fire at 19,000 meters; as the range closes she begins scoring hits on the center ship, AVD Thornton. As the Thornton begins to burn CA Kako moves up and finishes it off.
The waters around Wake are now dotted with debris and patches of oil, some of it still aflame. Columns of smoke arise from a dozen sinking vessels. Captain Ban's destroyer division has reached the scene of battle and is busy using torpedoes to finish off what remains afloat . Hibiki and her fellow ships scan the horizon, looking in vain for the American fleet.
Radio Operator: Sir, getting reports from Hiryu. No enemy carriers, repeat, no enemy carriers. The enemy ships are transports and destroyers. Our planes are attacking, sir.
Captain Ishii: Very good. Keep me informed.
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Excerpt from "Naval Battles of the Pacific, Volume 1: Steel Sunrise" by Morris Elliot Samuelson; Harper, Row, and Fujimori, New York, 1965
The final toll at Wake Island was three destroyers, two minesweepers, three tankers, three seaplane tenders, two gunboats, five troop transports, eight freighters, and a cutter. Japanese losses were one Zero from Kaga which was forced to ditch due to engine trouble and three crewman injured by a shell hit aboard Sazanami.
As one sided as the engagement was, it was a bitter disappointment to the Japanese who had hoped to trap the American fleet there and annihilate it. Perhaps the most enduring consequence of the battle, however, was the effect it had on relations between the US merchant marine and the Navy. This relationship had long had an adversarial element. Following the disaster at Wake, however, it plummeted to new lows. The merchant sailors were slow to forget what had happened there, and charges of abandonment...
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First action at Wake:
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Second action at Wake:
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PC Tiger:
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AVD Thornton:
Location: Wake Island
Course: North
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 315
Orders: Attack
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It is just before dawn at Wake Island. Task force 6 approaches the island from the south, in column formation. In the lead are destroyers Kikuzuki and Sazanami. Heavy cruisers Kako, Furutaka, and Suzuya follow, and destroyers Hibiki, Uzuki, and Yuzuki bring up the rear.
A few miles to the west Captain Ban's three light cruisers and six destroyers are also converging on the island. Northwest of Wake another task force consisting of a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, and five destroyers is still about 50 miles out.
The seas are fairly calm. Overhead patchy overcast partially obscures the stars which are beginning to fade in the first faint gray light of morning. Two hundred and forty miles to the east-southest Admiral Nagumo orders his carriers to begin turning into the wind and launching planes.
As the Hibiki nears Wake airplanes can be heard high overhead. These are Nells out of Eniwetok, and soon their sighting reports are reaching the converging Japanese ships.
Radio Operator, via speaker tube: Captain, we are getting reports of a large group of ships off the east end of the island. Transports and escorts, sir.
Captain Ishii: Thank you, please inform me immediately of all sightings. *growls* Where are the battleships? Where are the cruisers?
Radio Operator: Sir, getting reports from our carriers. Scout planes have spotted enemy destroyers and carriers 200 miles northeast of the island, heading east.
Captain Ishii: Good! Let our carriers deal with them.
Lookout: Sir, twelve enemy ships 21,000 meters 25 degrees to starboard. No, thirteen enemy ships.
Lieutenant Miharu: Sir, signal from Admiral Goto. Transport group spotted, we are ordered to change course 40 degrees to starboard and attack.
Captain Ishii: Very well. Change course as ordered. Speed to 30 knots.
Hibiki and the other ships converge slowly on the American task force. Radio reports come in of other small groups of ships to the north and northeast of the island. No capital ships are sighted. The range to the enemy task force shrinks to 19,000 meters.
Lookout: Sir, the enemy ships are scattering. The escorts are forming a screen in front of them.
Lieutentant Miharu: Signal from Suzuya, sir. We are to execute a starboard turn and open fire.
There are now three groups of ships heading east. In the northernmost group are eight large freighters, now beginning to scatter. Next is a rough column of gunboats, patrol craft, and minesweepers. These are trying to stay between the Japanese ships and the transports. Farthest south and beginning to pull a little ahead of the American ships is the Japanese column.
Captain Ishii: Set torpedoes to 1.5 meter depth. Angle ahead 30 degrees.
Chief Torpedo Officer Sugiyura: Yes sir! * a pause* Sir, ready to launch!
Captain Ishii: Launch torpedeoes! Main batteries, fire on the rear ship in the column!
The ship rocks as all six 5" guns fire on the patrol vessel bringing up the rear. Hibiki's gunnery is excellent. The first salvo is a straddle. On the second salvo a shell bursts on the target's stern. The crew cheers. The cheers are redoubled a moment later when one of Hibiki's torpedoes finds the same ship.
There is a explosion, and when it subsides the splashes of debris falling in the area are all that can be seen. The target, PC Tiger, has been annihilated, along with her crew of 20.
Captain Ishii: Well done! Shift fire to the lead ship!
By now most of the escorts are hit or sinking. The cruisers leave them to the destroyers and their 8" guns begin to find the range on the transports. Hibiki now engages MSW Bobolink. The minesweeper's lone gun is firing defiantly. A shell falls well short of Hibiki and now Hibiki's guns find the range. The minesweeper bursts into flames.
Admiral Goto orders the column to break formation and pursue the fleeing transports. Hibiki closes and scores hits on a new target, AK Dorothy Luckenbach. The transport begins to lose headway.
Lookout: Captain! New group of ships to the north! Range 24,000 meters. Destroyers, sir, it looks like they are fleeing.
Lieutantant Miharu: Sir, Suzuya is signaling that we are to break off the attack. We are to reform in column and pursue the enemy destroyers.
Captain Ishii: Very good. Captain Ban is coming up behind us, he and his crews can finish up here.
As the fight has moved east a new group of ships has been uncovered around the eastern tip of the island. These are a trio of seaplane tenders. Converted from old Clemson class DDs, they are easily mistaken for destroyers at range by excited lookouts. The seaplane tenders have only one thought, to escape. They are too old and too slow to have a chance, however.
Hibiki and her fellows reform in a slightly ragged column and head northeast to intercept them. Hibiki is now in the van, along with Uzuki. An unequal gun battle ensues. Hibiki opens fire at 19,000 meters; as the range closes she begins scoring hits on the center ship, AVD Thornton. As the Thornton begins to burn CA Kako moves up and finishes it off.
The waters around Wake are now dotted with debris and patches of oil, some of it still aflame. Columns of smoke arise from a dozen sinking vessels. Captain Ban's destroyer division has reached the scene of battle and is busy using torpedoes to finish off what remains afloat . Hibiki and her fellow ships scan the horizon, looking in vain for the American fleet.
Radio Operator: Sir, getting reports from Hiryu. No enemy carriers, repeat, no enemy carriers. The enemy ships are transports and destroyers. Our planes are attacking, sir.
Captain Ishii: Very good. Keep me informed.
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Excerpt from "Naval Battles of the Pacific, Volume 1: Steel Sunrise" by Morris Elliot Samuelson; Harper, Row, and Fujimori, New York, 1965
The final toll at Wake Island was three destroyers, two minesweepers, three tankers, three seaplane tenders, two gunboats, five troop transports, eight freighters, and a cutter. Japanese losses were one Zero from Kaga which was forced to ditch due to engine trouble and three crewman injured by a shell hit aboard Sazanami.
As one sided as the engagement was, it was a bitter disappointment to the Japanese who had hoped to trap the American fleet there and annihilate it. Perhaps the most enduring consequence of the battle, however, was the effect it had on relations between the US merchant marine and the Navy. This relationship had long had an adversarial element. Following the disaster at Wake, however, it plummeted to new lows. The merchant sailors were slow to forget what had happened there, and charges of abandonment...
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First action at Wake:
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Second action at Wake:
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PC Tiger:
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AVD Thornton:
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
I am relieved that the Hibiki is fine and well although it is a shame you didn't have the opportunity to hit the U.S fleet good and proper. Still, hopefully you can route out the invaders on Wake Island without too much trouble. Nice update.
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
YES I GOT MY HONOR LEGION! WOOT!
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good stuff btw cuttlefishy!
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good stuff btw cuttlefishy!
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
[&o]
"Mighty is the Thread! Great are its works and insane are its inhabitants!" -Brother Mynok
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
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yesss thats right bow to me
LOL jk
i agree, this AAR = good stuff
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
Cheers for Hibiki! The first proper battle and Hibiki come out of it well so far.
Can we get an upate on Hibiki's experience stats and ammo before and after the battle?
Can we get an upate on Hibiki's experience stats and ammo before and after the battle?
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
Hibiki's actions and those of the entire TF were most successful in stinging the Allied TF's logistic rear and thwarting the apparant seaplane base aspirations of Nimitz and company.
As always, well done in the "chronicles" department, too, Cuttlefish.
However, it appears the Allies have won, at least temporarily, a strategic victory in recapturing Wake Is. without terribly excessive losses.
Had I been a merchant sailor in the "logistic tail", I'd have been a wee, tiny bit resentful too, I suppose.[:@]
As always, well done in the "chronicles" department, too, Cuttlefish.
However, it appears the Allies have won, at least temporarily, a strategic victory in recapturing Wake Is. without terribly excessive losses.
Had I been a merchant sailor in the "logistic tail", I'd have been a wee, tiny bit resentful too, I suppose.[:@]
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
ORIGINAL: princep01
Hibiki's actions and those of the entire TF were most successful in stinging the Allied TF's logistic rear and thwarting the apparant seaplane base aspirations of Nimitz and company.
As always, well done in the "chronicles" department, too, Cuttlefish.
However, it appears the Allies have won, at least temporarily, a strategic victory in recapturing Wake Is. without terribly excessive losses.
Had I been a merchant sailor in the "logistic tail", I'd have been a wee, tiny bit resentful too, I suppose.[:@]
lolz
I personally used Wake as bait and as a sub base in my campaign vs the AI
poor AI, all it could do was send ships there to their deaths [:D]
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg
Cheers for Hibiki! The first proper battle and Hibiki come out of it well so far.
Can we get an upate on Hibiki's experience stats and ammo before and after the battle?
Hibiki started the war with a crew day/night experience of 71/66. Prior to the battle at Wake experience was at 74/66, and after the battle it was 75/66.
Hibiki carries 216 rounds of 5" ammunition. In the battle she expended 34 rounds, scoring 5 hits. She carries 18 torpedoes and used all of them, scoring 1 hit.
I'll keep an eye on crew experience and update it as the war progresses.
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
February 17, 1942
Location: 220 miles east-southest of Wake Island
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 330
Orders: Rendezvous with Admiral Nagumo's carriers and escort them back to Kwajalein.
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Task Force 6 reforms and moves through the debris laden waters around Wake Island, heading for a rendezvous with Kido Butai. Captain Ishii and Lieutenant Miharu are concluding a tour of the ship when they spot a group of sailors on the fantail clustered around something they have just fished out of the water. As they approach they see it is a large crate. English markings are burned into the wood.
Sailor: Captain, sir! *all of the sailors snap to attention and salute*
Captain Ishii: At ease, at ease. What do we have here?
Sailor: Uh, we don't know, sir. Riku here snagged this crate as it floated past and we were just about to open it, sir.
Captain Ishii: I see. Exec, you have the best English of anyone on the ship. What does that crate say?
Lieutenant Miharu: It says "M and M Enterprises", sir.
Captain Ishii: Hm. Well, what are you waiting for? Open it up.
Sailor: Yes sir! *a couple of sailors have pry bars at the ready and quickly remove the top of the crate. Everyone leans forward. Inside they see that the crate is filled with tins. Lieutenant Miharu leans over and picks one up*
Lieutenant Miharu: Salted sea urchin eggs, sir. The Americans certainly feed their soldiers well, don't they?
Captain Ishii: Salted sea urchin eggs! My favorite! *he gathers up half a dozen tins* Exec, see that the rest of these are distributed to the crew's mess for dinner tonight. They've earned them. *he heads off with his bounty*
(With apologies to Cap Mandrake)
Location: 220 miles east-southest of Wake Island
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 330
Orders: Rendezvous with Admiral Nagumo's carriers and escort them back to Kwajalein.
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Task Force 6 reforms and moves through the debris laden waters around Wake Island, heading for a rendezvous with Kido Butai. Captain Ishii and Lieutenant Miharu are concluding a tour of the ship when they spot a group of sailors on the fantail clustered around something they have just fished out of the water. As they approach they see it is a large crate. English markings are burned into the wood.
Sailor: Captain, sir! *all of the sailors snap to attention and salute*
Captain Ishii: At ease, at ease. What do we have here?
Sailor: Uh, we don't know, sir. Riku here snagged this crate as it floated past and we were just about to open it, sir.
Captain Ishii: I see. Exec, you have the best English of anyone on the ship. What does that crate say?
Lieutenant Miharu: It says "M and M Enterprises", sir.
Captain Ishii: Hm. Well, what are you waiting for? Open it up.
Sailor: Yes sir! *a couple of sailors have pry bars at the ready and quickly remove the top of the crate. Everyone leans forward. Inside they see that the crate is filled with tins. Lieutenant Miharu leans over and picks one up*
Lieutenant Miharu: Salted sea urchin eggs, sir. The Americans certainly feed their soldiers well, don't they?
Captain Ishii: Salted sea urchin eggs! My favorite! *he gathers up half a dozen tins* Exec, see that the rest of these are distributed to the crew's mess for dinner tonight. They've earned them. *he heads off with his bounty*
(With apologies to Cap Mandrake)
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
i was expecting candy[:D]
creative though!
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good stuff fishy keep it up!
creative though!
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good stuff fishy keep it up!
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
February 18, 1942
Location: 375 miles south-southeast of Wake Island
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 300
Orders: Escort Admiral Nagumo's carriers back to Kwajalein.
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From the diary of Seaman First Class Taiki Takahashi
Back to Kwajalein, it seems. Everyone is disappointed that we didn't get to sink a battleship, but still the crew is excited and happy about the battle. Hibiki distinguished herself, and the Captain is pleased with us.
Myself, I don't feel too unhappy about missing the battleships. They say that a 14" shell looks really big when it's coming right at you.
Not too far off we can see our six mighty carriers and their escorts. There was some excitement yesterday afternoon just a little while after we joined up with them. The carriers came about and began launching planes and we all thought that maybe the American fleet had decided to give battle after all, but then word came that a pair of enemy tankers had been spotted trying to flee the area. We heard later that they were sunk.
Location: 375 miles south-southeast of Wake Island
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 3
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 300
Orders: Escort Admiral Nagumo's carriers back to Kwajalein.
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From the diary of Seaman First Class Taiki Takahashi
Back to Kwajalein, it seems. Everyone is disappointed that we didn't get to sink a battleship, but still the crew is excited and happy about the battle. Hibiki distinguished herself, and the Captain is pleased with us.
Myself, I don't feel too unhappy about missing the battleships. They say that a 14" shell looks really big when it's coming right at you.
Not too far off we can see our six mighty carriers and their escorts. There was some excitement yesterday afternoon just a little while after we joined up with them. The carriers came about and began launching planes and we all thought that maybe the American fleet had decided to give battle after all, but then word came that a pair of enemy tankers had been spotted trying to flee the area. We heard later that they were sunk.
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish
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Captain Ishii and Lieutenant Miharu are concluding a tour of the ship when they spot a group of sailors on the fantail clustered around something they have just fished out of the water. As they approach they see it is a large crate. English markings are burned into the wood.
Sailor: Captain, sir! *all of the sailors snap to attention and salute*
Captain Ishii: At ease, at ease. What do we have here?
Sailor: Uh, we don't know, sir. Riku here snagged this crate as it floated past and we were just about to open it, sir.
Captain Ishii: I see. Exec, you have the best English of anyone on the ship. What does that crate say?
Lieutenant Miharu: It says "M and M Enterprises", sir.
Captain Ishii: Hm. Well, what are you waiting for? Open it up.
Sailor: Yes sir! *a couple of sailors have pry bars at the ready and quickly remove the top of the crate. Everyone leans forward. Inside they see that the crate is filled with tins. Lieutenant Miharu leans over and picks one up*
Lieutenant Miharu: Salted sea urchin eggs, sir. The Americans certainly feed their soldiers well, don't they?
Captain Ishii: Salted sea urchin eggs! My favorite! *he gathers up half a dozen tins* Exec, see that the rest of these are distributed to the crew's mess for dinner tonight. They've earned them. *he heads off with his bounty*
(With apologies to Cap Mandrake)
LOL!!! [:D] [:D] [:D]
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
" i was expecting candy"
I was expecting chocolate coated egyptian cotton...
I was expecting chocolate coated egyptian cotton...
fair winds,
Brad
Brad
RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
" i was expecting candy"
I was expecting chocolate coated egyptian cotton...
but ucant eat cotton [:D]
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
" i was expecting candy"
I was expecting chocolate coated egyptian cotton...
I got it Brad, even if Marky is too young to have read/seen Catch 22. Big giggles when I saw what was on the crate[:D]
This is a fantastic AAR. I am almost a JFB when I read about this plucky little ship!
Art by the amazing Dixie
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki
February 19, 1942
Location: 120 miles northeast of Kwajalein
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 5
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 180
Orders: Escort Admiral Nagumo's carriers back to Kwajalein.
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Note the huge fuel consumption and jump in system damage. Hibiki was not traveling at full speed as far as is known.
Location: 120 miles northeast of Kwajalein
Course: Southwest
Attached to: TF 6
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 5
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 180
Orders: Escort Admiral Nagumo's carriers back to Kwajalein.
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Note the huge fuel consumption and jump in system damage. Hibiki was not traveling at full speed as far as is known.