Waiting for 3rd AE patch - bigbaba vs. Castor Troy
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: it goes on...
Lol.......it was an Essex class Enterprise. Bigbaba would need Enterprise NCC-1701D to beat you now.
RE: it goes on...
Well that ought to finish off the Allied CV corps for quite some time!
I noticed a few things in the A/C losses that you posted earlier-- The P1Y Frances definately went down in large numbers without escort, but I notice that very very few were destroyed by flak. Is this a result of the qualities of the bomber? or is it that so few of them managed to get through.
Also see that flak losses for the CV bombers was quite awful--- well nonetheless they did get through, and I don't think you will have to worry about this sort of attack again anytime soon.[:D]
I noticed a few things in the A/C losses that you posted earlier-- The P1Y Frances definately went down in large numbers without escort, but I notice that very very few were destroyed by flak. Is this a result of the qualities of the bomber? or is it that so few of them managed to get through.
Also see that flak losses for the CV bombers was quite awful--- well nonetheless they did get through, and I don't think you will have to worry about this sort of attack again anytime soon.[:D]
RE: it goes on...
Waow... Scary... Had the allies still all their ground forces, they could go for Massive LBA covered, slow but doables invasions. but no Flightdecks and no CVs... Tough.
Adieu Ô Dieu odieux... signé Adam
RE: it goes on...
Well, heavy LBA might supress the airfield on the base under attack, but without CV's the transport and bombardment ships are dead meat against the long range torp bombers japan has plenty of and watch out for the KB!
It might be possible to take the gilberts with very heavy losses and no more big mistakes, but it would be almost impossible to advance on the marshalls or Truk because there will be nothing stopping a large counterattack.
I think you win Castor,---- and not to mention AE is finally coming out anyway.
It might be possible to take the gilberts with very heavy losses and no more big mistakes, but it would be almost impossible to advance on the marshalls or Truk because there will be nothing stopping a large counterattack.
I think you win Castor,---- and not to mention AE is finally coming out anyway.
RE: it goes on...
Good lord. The horror. The horror.
Negotiated peace by the Allies would be the likely result of these continued IJN victories. No matter how much you can produce, eventually morale collapses as you come to believe the other side are uber mensch.
Congratulations. I've learned a lot. While it must be conceded that this latest disaster had more to do with Allied tactics, you still pulled off numerous operational gems. Foremost in my mind is the long and ultimately wildly successful NW Australia campaign. [&o][&o]
Negotiated peace by the Allies would be the likely result of these continued IJN victories. No matter how much you can produce, eventually morale collapses as you come to believe the other side are uber mensch.
Congratulations. I've learned a lot. While it must be conceded that this latest disaster had more to do with Allied tactics, you still pulled off numerous operational gems. Foremost in my mind is the long and ultimately wildly successful NW Australia campaign. [&o][&o]
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RE: it goes on...
Thanks guys. Only one turn the last three days and no time lately to update the AAR lateley (the game is ahead a week at the moment). The Allied took a real defeat the last days with CVs and BBs sinking en masse around the Gilberts. Bigbaba nevertheless doesn´t seem to be unhappy (hopefully he isn´t). AE is just around the corner and while this AAR was titled "waiting for AE" the plan was to wait until AE and the first one or two patches are released. Therefore it would have been great if this PBEM would make it into really late stages of the war. It´s end 43 and the carriers that were lost will come back.... mid 45. [:D] Don´t know about the carriers that I´ve sunk twice already.
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RE: it goes on...
USS Bunker Hill, also a victim of combined strikes of the IJNAAF near the Gilberts. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17, later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9), 1943-1973
USS Bunker Hill, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in May 1943. After working up in the Atlantic, she arrived in the Pacific war zone in time to participate in strikes on Rabaul and in the conquest of the Gilberts during November and December 1943. In the first two months of 1944, Bunker Hill took part in the Marshalls operation and raids on Truk and the Marianas. Air attacks on Japanese bases throughout the Central Pacific, and support for landings at Hollandia, New Guinea, followed in March, April and May. In June, Bunker Hill was part of the fast carrier forces that covered the invasion of Saipan and defeated the Japanese Mobile Fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. In the latter action, she was lightly damaged, suffering two crewmen killed and many injured when a bomb hit nearby.
Bunker Hill helped actively prosecute the war with Japan through most of the remaining months of 1944. Her planes supported the invasions of the Palaus in September, Leyte in October, and raided enemy bases in the Western Pacific. Early in November, following more than a year of combat operations, she steamed to the United States for an overhaul.
Repairs completed by late January 1945, Bunker Hill returned to the Western Pacific in time to participate in the February invasion of Iwo Jima and in raids on targets in Japan during February and March. As flagship of Task Force 58, she was also active in the next big operation, to capture Okinawa, and provided aircraft for the massive effort to sink the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April. While off Okinawa on 11 May, Bunker Hill was hit by two enemy "Kamikaze" suicide planes, losing nearly 400 crewmen killed in the resulting explosions and fires. Despite severe damage, the carrier was able to return under her own power to the U.S. for repairs.
Bunker Hill was back in service in September 1945, just after Japan surrendered. She transported servicemen home from the Pacific during the rest of the year, but was inactive from January 1946 until she was placed out of commission a year later. While laid up, she was reclassified three times, becoming CVA-17 in October 1952, CVS-17 in August 1953 and AVT-9 in May 1959, the latter designation indicating that any future commissioned duty would be as an aircraft transport. However, she was one of the two Essex class carriers that saw no Cold War active service. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in November 1966, Bunker Hill was used as a stationary electronics test platform at San Diego during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was sold for scrapping in May 1973.
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17, later CVA-17, CVS-17 and AVT-9), 1943-1973
USS Bunker Hill, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in May 1943. After working up in the Atlantic, she arrived in the Pacific war zone in time to participate in strikes on Rabaul and in the conquest of the Gilberts during November and December 1943. In the first two months of 1944, Bunker Hill took part in the Marshalls operation and raids on Truk and the Marianas. Air attacks on Japanese bases throughout the Central Pacific, and support for landings at Hollandia, New Guinea, followed in March, April and May. In June, Bunker Hill was part of the fast carrier forces that covered the invasion of Saipan and defeated the Japanese Mobile Fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. In the latter action, she was lightly damaged, suffering two crewmen killed and many injured when a bomb hit nearby.
Bunker Hill helped actively prosecute the war with Japan through most of the remaining months of 1944. Her planes supported the invasions of the Palaus in September, Leyte in October, and raided enemy bases in the Western Pacific. Early in November, following more than a year of combat operations, she steamed to the United States for an overhaul.
Repairs completed by late January 1945, Bunker Hill returned to the Western Pacific in time to participate in the February invasion of Iwo Jima and in raids on targets in Japan during February and March. As flagship of Task Force 58, she was also active in the next big operation, to capture Okinawa, and provided aircraft for the massive effort to sink the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April. While off Okinawa on 11 May, Bunker Hill was hit by two enemy "Kamikaze" suicide planes, losing nearly 400 crewmen killed in the resulting explosions and fires. Despite severe damage, the carrier was able to return under her own power to the U.S. for repairs.
Bunker Hill was back in service in September 1945, just after Japan surrendered. She transported servicemen home from the Pacific during the rest of the year, but was inactive from January 1946 until she was placed out of commission a year later. While laid up, she was reclassified three times, becoming CVA-17 in October 1952, CVS-17 in August 1953 and AVT-9 in May 1959, the latter designation indicating that any future commissioned duty would be as an aircraft transport. However, she was one of the two Essex class carriers that saw no Cold War active service. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in November 1966, Bunker Hill was used as a stationary electronics test platform at San Diego during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was sold for scrapping in May 1973.
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RE: it goes on...
USS Wasp, sunk after being severly damaged by bombs and torpedoes. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Wasp (CV-7), 1940-1942
USS Wasp, a 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in April 1940 and spent the next two years in the Atlantic area, taking part in exercises, Neutrality enforcement, "short of war" operations and early World War II tasks. In April and May 1942, Wasp assisted the British Home Fleet in the North Atlantic and twice entered the Mediterranean Sea to deliver Royal Air Force aircraft to Malta.
Wasp was dispatched to the Pacific in June 1942 to reinforce U.S. Naval forces there in the wake of the carrier battles of Coral Sea and Midway and in preparation for offensive operations in the Southern Pacific. In early August, she participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. The remainder of her service life was devoted to the effort to hold that vital island in the face of Japanese attempts to recapture it. On 15 September 1942, while steaming well to the southward of Guadalcanal, USS Wasp was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19. Uncontrollable gasoline fires forced her abandonment, and she was sunk by torpedoes from an escorting destroyer.
USS Wasp (CV-7), 1940-1942
USS Wasp, a 14,700 ton aircraft carrier, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was commissioned in April 1940 and spent the next two years in the Atlantic area, taking part in exercises, Neutrality enforcement, "short of war" operations and early World War II tasks. In April and May 1942, Wasp assisted the British Home Fleet in the North Atlantic and twice entered the Mediterranean Sea to deliver Royal Air Force aircraft to Malta.
Wasp was dispatched to the Pacific in June 1942 to reinforce U.S. Naval forces there in the wake of the carrier battles of Coral Sea and Midway and in preparation for offensive operations in the Southern Pacific. In early August, she participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. The remainder of her service life was devoted to the effort to hold that vital island in the face of Japanese attempts to recapture it. On 15 September 1942, while steaming well to the southward of Guadalcanal, USS Wasp was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19. Uncontrollable gasoline fires forced her abandonment, and she was sunk by torpedoes from an escorting destroyer.
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RE: it goes on...
USS Saratoga sunk on her retreat from the Gilberts. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
Saratoga got sunk twice already, this time it was the Essex class... [;)]
USS Saratoga (CV-3, Originally CC-3), 1927-1946
USS Saratoga, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted from the battle cruiser Saratoga (CC-3) while under construction at Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned in November 1927, as the second of the Navy's initial pair of fully capable aircraft carriers, Saratoga spent the years before World War II taking part in exercises, training aviators and generally contributing to the development of carrier techniques and doctrine. She was in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and took part in the abortive Wake Island relief expedition later in that month. While operating in the Hawaiian area on 11 January 1942, she was struck by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine, necessitating several months of repairs, during which her eight-inch guns were replaced by the more useful 5"/38 dual purpose type.
Saratoga returned to action in June 1942, in time for reinforcement operations immediately following the Battle of Midway. She was next engaged in supporting the Guadalcanal Operation in August 1942, including participation in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Another enemy submarine torpedo hit on 31 August put her in the repair yard for two months.
The carrier was back in the South Pacific war zone in December 1942, spending the next year in that area. In November 1943, her planes made devastating raids on the Japanese base at Rabaul and supported the Gilberts operation later in the month. In January and February 1944 Saratoga took part in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. She then was sent to join the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean and participated in raids on Japanese positions in the East Indies during April and May 1944. An overhaul from June to September prepared her for employment training aviators for night operations. In February 1945, she carried night fighters during the Iwo Jima invasion and raids on the Japanese home islands. Several Kamikaze suicide plane hits on 21 February caused serious damage and casualties, sending her back to the U.S. for another session in the shipyard.
Saratoga returned to service in May, again taking on a training role that lasted until Japan's surrender. Beginning in September 1945, she transported servicemen from the Pacific back to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet". Too old for retention in the post-war fleet, Saratoga was then assigned to target duty for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in the Marshall Islands. She survived the first blast, on 1 July 1946, but sank after the 25 July underwater test. USS Saratoga still lies beneath the waters of Bikini atoll, where she is occasionally visited by divers.
Saratoga got sunk twice already, this time it was the Essex class... [;)]
USS Saratoga (CV-3, Originally CC-3), 1927-1946
USS Saratoga, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted from the battle cruiser Saratoga (CC-3) while under construction at Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned in November 1927, as the second of the Navy's initial pair of fully capable aircraft carriers, Saratoga spent the years before World War II taking part in exercises, training aviators and generally contributing to the development of carrier techniques and doctrine. She was in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and took part in the abortive Wake Island relief expedition later in that month. While operating in the Hawaiian area on 11 January 1942, she was struck by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine, necessitating several months of repairs, during which her eight-inch guns were replaced by the more useful 5"/38 dual purpose type.
Saratoga returned to action in June 1942, in time for reinforcement operations immediately following the Battle of Midway. She was next engaged in supporting the Guadalcanal Operation in August 1942, including participation in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Another enemy submarine torpedo hit on 31 August put her in the repair yard for two months.
The carrier was back in the South Pacific war zone in December 1942, spending the next year in that area. In November 1943, her planes made devastating raids on the Japanese base at Rabaul and supported the Gilberts operation later in the month. In January and February 1944 Saratoga took part in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. She then was sent to join the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean and participated in raids on Japanese positions in the East Indies during April and May 1944. An overhaul from June to September prepared her for employment training aviators for night operations. In February 1945, she carried night fighters during the Iwo Jima invasion and raids on the Japanese home islands. Several Kamikaze suicide plane hits on 21 February caused serious damage and casualties, sending her back to the U.S. for another session in the shipyard.
Saratoga returned to service in May, again taking on a training role that lasted until Japan's surrender. Beginning in September 1945, she transported servicemen from the Pacific back to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet". Too old for retention in the post-war fleet, Saratoga was then assigned to target duty for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in the Marshall Islands. She survived the first blast, on 1 July 1946, but sank after the 25 July underwater test. USS Saratoga still lies beneath the waters of Bikini atoll, where she is occasionally visited by divers.
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RE: it goes on...
British armored aircraft carrier HMS Formidable was sunk after being hit by several aerial launched torpedoes. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
H. M. S. F O R M I D A B L E
ILLUSTRIOUS-Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier ordered on 19th March 1937 from Harland and Wolff Ltd. at Belfast under the 1937 Programme. The ship was laid down on 17th June that year and launched on 17th August 1939. She was the 6th RN ship to carry the name, introduced for a Prize taken in 1759 at Quiberon Bay and last used for a 1898 battleship sunk in 1915. The launching ceremony was marred by the death of two civilians killed by falling debris. Build was completed in November 1940. The civil community of the city of Westminster after a successful adopted HMS FORMIDABLE WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
THE SAINTES 1782 - MATAPAN 1941 - CRETE 1941- MEDITERRANEAN 1941 - EAST INDIES 1941 - NORTH AFRICA 1942-43 - S1C1LY 1943 - SALERNO 1943 - NORWAY 1944* - OKINAWA 1945 - JAPAN 1945
(* The award of the Battle Honour "NORWAY 1944" is not included in any of the standard references. The ship took part in the operations against the German battleship TIRPITZ and the Battle Honour was awarded to the aircraft carrier HMS FURIOUS which also took part. This inexplicable omission has been drawn to the attention of the Naval Historical Branch in the Defence Ministry.)
H e r a l d i c D a t a
Badge : On a Field Blue, five tridents in saltire gold.
De t a i l s o f W a r S e r v i c e
1 9 4 0
October Acceptance trials and commissioning. Second aircraft carrier fitted with
aircraft warning radar (Type 279).
(For details of development and use of radar by RN See RADAR AT SEA
by D Howse).
November Joined Home Fleet and worked up
24th Deployed in Force C at Freetown with HM Cruiser NORFOLK for convoy
defence and interception of supply ships and commerce raiders.
December Searched for German battleship SCHEER and other commerce raiders in Atlantic.
(See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by Corelli Barnett).
1 9 4 1
January Transferred to Mediterranean to replace HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS
which had been seriously damaged in air attacks.
(See THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN by D MacIntyre).
Took passage to Alexandria via Cape of Good Hope.
February Deployed with East Indies Fleet for support of military operations in Somaliland.
Air minelays carried out off Mogadishu (Operation BREACH).
March On release from BREACH continued passage to Suez.
10th Joined Mediterranean Fleet after delay due mines which had closed Suez Canal.
20th Deployed with HM Battleships BARHAM, VALIANT and WARSPITE, HM Cruisers
GLOUCESTER, YORK and destroyer screen to cover passage of Convoy MW6.
(Operation MC9)
27th Joined HMS WARSPITE and HMS BARHAM to intercept Italian Fleet.
28th Successful torpedo attacks on Italian cruisers resulted in Battle of Matapan.
(See MATAPAN by SW Pack and Naval Staff History).
29th Broke up air attacks on Fleet during passage back to Alexandria.
April Deployed with Fleet to cover passage of Convoy ME7.
21st Provided cover during Fleet bombardment of Tripoli escorted by HM Cruisers
ORION, PERTH (RAN), AJAX and 4 Fleet destroyers (Force C).
Aircraft illuminated shore targets (Operation MD2).
22nd Aircraft shot down two Ju88 when Fleet was attacked on return passage.
May
10th Joined Fleet operation to cover transit of Convoy MW7 from Alexandria and
passage of military convoy from Sicilian Channel (Operation TIGER).
20th Lack of fighter aircraft delayed sailing to assist in defence of Crete.
26th Under sustained air attacks during passage to launch strikes on Scarpanto
airfield. Major structural damage including X Turret and Flight Deck
equipment.
(For details of naval activities in the Mediterranean see THE BATTLE FOR
THE MEDITERRANEAN and Naval Staff History.)
June Passage to USA via Cape of Good Hope for repair.
July Under repair
to Preparations for installation of additional radars carried out.
November (See RADAR AT SEA).
December Post refit trials.
Joint passage to UK with HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS.
12th In collision with ILLUSTRIOUS whilst on passage (see Addendum).
1 9 4 2
January Returned to UK to prepare for service with Eastern Fleet.
(Note : Radar Type 281 to replace Type 279 installed after arrival).
Two fire control radars Type 265 fitted for anti-aircraft mountings).
Sea trials on radar equipments.
February
15th Passage to Indian Ocean as part of escort for military convoy to Middle
East via Cape of Good Hope.
(Note : CinC Designate, Eastern Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir JamesSomerville
embarked to take up appointment).
March
2nd Sailed from Freetown.
10th Arrived at Capetown.
26th Joined Eastern Fleet.
(Note : This ship was in need of extensive training of air group before she could
be an effective fighting unit).
31st Deployed with HMS WARSPTE, HM Aircraft Carrier INDOMITABLE, HM Cruisers
CORNWALL, EMERALD and ENTERPRISE as Force A.
Searched for Japanese force reported on passage towards Ceylon.
Damaged propeller and withdrawn from search
April Under repair at Bombay.
23rd On completion of repair took passage to rejoin Fleet at Mombasa.
(For details of naval activities in Indian Ocean in 1942 see RELUCTANT ENEMIES
by W Tute, ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by Corelli Barnett.
THE FORGOTTEN FLEET by J Winton, OPERATION PACIFIC by Edwin Gray and
Naval Staff History.
May
5th Deployed NE of Madagascar to provide cover against Japanese air attacks during
the landings. (Operation IRONCLAD - See above references)).
MARTLET aircraft shot down Japanese HK6 seaplane after detection by radar
during passage to refuel in Seychelles.
10th Based at Kilindini for convoy defence and operational sweeps in Indian Ocean.
29th Took part in Fleet training with HM Battleship WARSPITE, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and
HM Cruiser GAMBIA during passage to Ceylon from Kilindini.
June Convoy defence and interception duty with Eastern Fleet in Indian Ocean.
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July
August Aircraft intercepted and destroyed Japanese Flying Boat in Indian Ocean.
24th Transferred to Mediterranean to replace HMS INDOMITABLE and took
passage to UK.
September Embarked SEAFIRE aircraft before sailing to Mediterranean.
October Aircraft Direction facilities provided to improve control of aircraft by use of
radio telephone based on radar information.
30th Sailed for Gibraltar to provide air cover during planned landings in North Africa.
(Operation TORCH - See above references and Naval Staff History).
November Passage to Gibraltar
Deployed with HMS VICTORIOUS and HMS FURIOUS in Force "H" on arrival
at Gibraltar.
8th Deployed 30 miles north of Algiers to provide air cover during landings
13th Aircraft destroyed shore battery on Cape Matifu.
17th Aircraft of 820 Squadron sank U331 in position 37.05N 2.24E (NW Algiers).
(Note : Submarine had already been under attack by aircraft of 500 Bomber Sqdn,
RAF and surrendered but this was not known by pilots of 820 Squadron.
December Deployed in western Mediterranean in support of military operations and for
defence of military convoys.
1 9 4 3
January Convoy defence in western Atlantic and Mediterranean including Convoy KMF3.
February Western Mediterranean deployment in continuation.
March Based at Algiers in continuation and for interception of enemy supply convoys.
April
5th Transferred to Alexandria for convoy defence in Eastern Mediterranean.
May Convoy defence and support of military operations.
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June
July Carried out diversionary operation north of Crete and covered passage of convoys
to Central Mediterranean for planned assault landings.
7th Sailed from Malta with HM Battleships VALIANT and WARSPITE escorted by HM Cruisers
AURORA and PENELOPE screened by six destroyers. Deployed in Tyrrhenian Sea to
provided cover for military convoys from Alexandria during on passage in eastern
Mediterranean for assault landings.
8th Under air attacks
9th Joined HM Battleships NELSON, RODNEY and HM Fleet Aircraft Carrier
INDOMITABLE, HM Cruisers AURORA and PENELOPE in Gulf of Sirte to cover the
assault phase of Sicily invasion against interference from Italian surface units.
(Operation HUSKY) - See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY and Naval
Staff History).
10th Provided air cover during landings and build-up phases.
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14th
15th Under attacks by Italian torpedo bombers during which HMS INDOMITABLE was
hit and had to be withdrawn from operation (See RADAR AT SEA).
August Based in Malta and provided air cover for ships deployed off Sicily.
September Support of military operations in continuation.
8th Joined covering force with HMS NELSON, HMS RODNEY, HMS WARSPITE, HMS
VALIANT and HMS ILLUSTRIOUS for air defence during landings at Salerno.
(Operation AVALANCHE - See above references).
(HMS ILLUSTRIOUS had replaced HMS INDOMITABLE - See above)
October Deployed in support of military operations off Italian coast.
Released from Mediterranean operations and took passage to UK.
November Deployed with Home Fleet
2nd Provided Distant Cover for return Convoy RA54 from Kola Inlet with HM
Battleship ANSON, HM Cruisers JAMAICA screened by HM Destroyers ONSLOW,
VENUS, HAIDA (RCN), Norwegian STORD, US destroyers USS CAPPS and USS
HOBSON.
December Home Fleet deployment in continuation
1 9 4 4
January Passage to UK for refit.
February Under refit.
to Aircraft warning radar equipment modernised (Radar Types 281B and 79B fitted
April in order to provide efficient cover at all altitudes.
Surface warning radar fitted (Type 277 - See RADAR AT SEA).
May Post refit trials
June On completion embarked aircraft and prepared for operational service.
July Deployed with Home Fleet based at Scapa Flow.
17th Launched unsuccessful air attacks on German battleship TIRPITZ in Altenfjord
with HM Aircraft Carriers INDEFATIGABLE and FURIOUS covered by HM Battleship
DUKE OF YORK. Target was obscured by smoke screen after early warning of
approach.
(Operation MASCOT - See CONVOY ! by P Kemp).
August Home Fleet deployment in continuation.
Prepared for air attacks on TIRPITZ (Operation GOODWOOD Series).
22nd Repeated air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS FURIOUS, HMS INDEFATIGABLE and
HM Escort Carrier NABOB. These were unsuccessful due to weather conditions.
24th Further air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS FURIOUS and HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
Two hits were reported.
29th Unsuccessful air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
(Note : The lack of significant success by Fleet Air Arm attacks resulted in the
decision to use heavy bombers for this task).
No official record of Battle Honour NORWAY 1944 can be traced for either
September Nominated for service with British Pacific Fleet after refit.
October Taken in hand for refit at Gibraltar with extensive machinery repair carried out.
November Under refit.
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December
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January Post refit trials.
February Passage to join 5th US Fleet for air operations in Pacific.
March
10th Arrived at Sydney.
Passage to Manus to join British Pacific Fleet.
April
4th Arrived Leyte for Joint RN/USN flying operations in Task Force 57.
(Task Force 57 comprised :-
HM Battleships KING GEORGE V and Howe - Task Group 57.1.
HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE, VICTORIOUS, ILLUSTRIOUS and
INDEFATIGABLE - Task Group 57.2.
HM Cruisers SWIFTSURE, GAMBIA (RNZN), BLACK PRINCE and ARGONAUT
-Task Group 57-3
HM Cruiser EURYALUS, HM Destroyers GRENVILLE, ULSTER, UNDINE,
URANIA, UNDAUNTED, WHELP and WAGER, HM Australian Destroyers
QUICKMATCH, QUIBERON, QUEENBOROUGH and QUALITY - Task Group 57.8.
14th Joined HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE, VICTORIOUS, ILLUSTRIOUS and
INDEFATIGABLE in Task Group 57.2 as replacement for HMS ILLUSTRIOUS.
Took part in air operations to neutralise Japanese airfields in Sakishima Gunto
Group during US landings in Okinawa.
(Operation ICEBERG I- For details see TASK FORCE 57 by Peter C Smith,
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY, THE FORGOTTEN FLEET BY J Winton
and Naval Staff History).
Under sustained 'suicide' aerial attacks by BAKA piloted bombs.
20th Withdrew from operational area with ships of Task Force 57.
23rd Arrived at Leyte for R&R period.
May
1st Sailed for operational area with ships of Task Force 57.
(Note: HM Cruisers EURYALUS and UGANDA (RCN) had joined Task Group 57.5
in place of HMS ARGONAUT.
Task Group 57.8 then comprised HM Destroyers GRENVILLE,
URSA, UNDINE, URCHIN, URANIA, UNDAUNTED, KEMPENFELT,
WHIRLWIND, WESSEX and HM Australian Destroyers
QUIBERON, QUEENBOROUGH, QUICKMATCH and QUALITY.
4th Resumed flying operations off Sakishima Gunto.
(Operation ICEBERG II - See above references).
Provided air cover and fall of shot spotting during bombardment of airfields by
HM Battleships KING GEORGE V and HOWE.
During sustained KAMIKAZE attacks aircraft crashed on flight deck.
Bomb detonated abreast Island structure.
11 aircraft destroyed and Boiler Room damage reduced speed to 18 knots.
Casualties included 3 killed and 47 wounded).
Note: Cruisers of TF57 had been detached with HM Battleships KING GEORGE V
and HOWE to carry out bombardment of airfields at Miyagi and their AA
weapons could have provided additional protection to the three aircraft
carriers. (See THE FORGOTTEN FLEET and WAR WITH JAPAN (HMSO).)
HELLCAT aircraft approaching to land-on during the KAMIKAZE attack was
shot down by close range 20mm Oerlikon (See ALARM STARBOARD by
G Brooke).
5th Full power restored.
Joint flying operations with US carriers and bombardments continued.
9th Sustained further damage after hit by KAMIKAZE aircraft during renewed operations
in Sakishima Gunto Group. One fatal casualty.
(For full details see A FORMIDABLE COMMISSION and above references).
18th Fire in hangar after CORSAIR aircraft accidentally fired guns during refuelling.
30 aircraft were destroyed or made unusable in this conflagration.
19th Resumed air operations on Sakishima Gunto despite shortage of aircraft.
22nd Detached before completion of operations and left operational area for passage to
Manus escorted by HM Destroyers KEMPENFELT and WHIRLWIND.
June On completion of temporary repair at Manus took passage to Sydney
Repair and R&R in Sydney.
July Redeployed with HM Aircraft Carriers IMPLACABLE and VICTORIOUS as part of US
3rd Fleet in Task Force 37.
(Note : US Naval Command structure had been changed and British Pacific Fleet
was redesignated as Task Force 37).
Force 37 comprised:-
HM Battleship KING GEORGE V (Flagship of Vice Admiral, British Pacific Fleet.
HM Aircraft Carriers FORMIDABLE (Flagship), VICTORIOUS and IMPLACABLE.
(Note : HMS IMPLACABLE was delayed by defect from sailing from Manus).
HM Cruisers NEWFOUNDLAND (Flagship), BLACK PRINCE, EURYALUS,
UGANDA (RCN) and GAMBIA. HM Destroyers GRENVILLE, UNDINE, URANIA,
URCHIN, ULYSSES, UNDAUNTED, QUIBERON (RAN), QUICKMATCH (RAN),
QUEENBOROUGH (RAN), QUALITY (RAN), TROUBRIDGE, TENACIOUS,
TERMAGANT, TERPSICHORE AND TEAZER.
6th Sailed with HMS VICTORIOUS and HMS IMPLACABLE for operational area.
16th Joined ships of Third Fleet for Joint RN/USN attacks in Tokyo and Yokohama area.
17th Carried out first British attacks on Japanese mainland and provided air cover for
ships of TF37.
25th Combat Air Patrol (CAP) destroyed 3 AICHI torpedo bombers when Task Force 37
on passage to refuel. One other was damaged.
(Note : HMCS UGANDA withdrew from operations on relief by HM Cruiser ARGONAUT.
This was a result of recent Canadian Government regulation about service
of Canadian personnel in the Japanese campaign
(See CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY Vol.4 No.2).
August Deployed with US Task Group 38 Units for Joint air operations.
9th Attacked airfields and shipping in North Honshu and Hokkaido with HMS VICTORIOUS
HMS INDEFATIGABLE and HMS IMPLACABLE. Cover was provided by major RN units of
TF37.During an attack on Onegawa a CORSAIR piloted by Lieut. Robert Gray, DSC,
RCNVR bombed and sank the Japanese frigate AMAKUSA despite extensive cross-fire
from other ships. For this feat of bravery which cost him his life was awarded the VC
posthumously.
10th Air operations in continuation.
12th Returned to Manus with ships of British Pacific Fleet to refuel.
(Note : Not transferred to Task Group Unit 38.5 with HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
This was due to the enforced withdrawal of TF37 ships because of a shortage of
fuel from British tankers - See above references and A FORMIDABLE
COMMISSION).
H. M. S. F O R M I D A B L E
ILLUSTRIOUS-Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier ordered on 19th March 1937 from Harland and Wolff Ltd. at Belfast under the 1937 Programme. The ship was laid down on 17th June that year and launched on 17th August 1939. She was the 6th RN ship to carry the name, introduced for a Prize taken in 1759 at Quiberon Bay and last used for a 1898 battleship sunk in 1915. The launching ceremony was marred by the death of two civilians killed by falling debris. Build was completed in November 1940. The civil community of the city of Westminster after a successful adopted HMS FORMIDABLE WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
THE SAINTES 1782 - MATAPAN 1941 - CRETE 1941- MEDITERRANEAN 1941 - EAST INDIES 1941 - NORTH AFRICA 1942-43 - S1C1LY 1943 - SALERNO 1943 - NORWAY 1944* - OKINAWA 1945 - JAPAN 1945
(* The award of the Battle Honour "NORWAY 1944" is not included in any of the standard references. The ship took part in the operations against the German battleship TIRPITZ and the Battle Honour was awarded to the aircraft carrier HMS FURIOUS which also took part. This inexplicable omission has been drawn to the attention of the Naval Historical Branch in the Defence Ministry.)
H e r a l d i c D a t a
Badge : On a Field Blue, five tridents in saltire gold.
De t a i l s o f W a r S e r v i c e
1 9 4 0
October Acceptance trials and commissioning. Second aircraft carrier fitted with
aircraft warning radar (Type 279).
(For details of development and use of radar by RN See RADAR AT SEA
by D Howse).
November Joined Home Fleet and worked up
24th Deployed in Force C at Freetown with HM Cruiser NORFOLK for convoy
defence and interception of supply ships and commerce raiders.
December Searched for German battleship SCHEER and other commerce raiders in Atlantic.
(See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by Corelli Barnett).
1 9 4 1
January Transferred to Mediterranean to replace HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS
which had been seriously damaged in air attacks.
(See THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN by D MacIntyre).
Took passage to Alexandria via Cape of Good Hope.
February Deployed with East Indies Fleet for support of military operations in Somaliland.
Air minelays carried out off Mogadishu (Operation BREACH).
March On release from BREACH continued passage to Suez.
10th Joined Mediterranean Fleet after delay due mines which had closed Suez Canal.
20th Deployed with HM Battleships BARHAM, VALIANT and WARSPITE, HM Cruisers
GLOUCESTER, YORK and destroyer screen to cover passage of Convoy MW6.
(Operation MC9)
27th Joined HMS WARSPITE and HMS BARHAM to intercept Italian Fleet.
28th Successful torpedo attacks on Italian cruisers resulted in Battle of Matapan.
(See MATAPAN by SW Pack and Naval Staff History).
29th Broke up air attacks on Fleet during passage back to Alexandria.
April Deployed with Fleet to cover passage of Convoy ME7.
21st Provided cover during Fleet bombardment of Tripoli escorted by HM Cruisers
ORION, PERTH (RAN), AJAX and 4 Fleet destroyers (Force C).
Aircraft illuminated shore targets (Operation MD2).
22nd Aircraft shot down two Ju88 when Fleet was attacked on return passage.
May
10th Joined Fleet operation to cover transit of Convoy MW7 from Alexandria and
passage of military convoy from Sicilian Channel (Operation TIGER).
20th Lack of fighter aircraft delayed sailing to assist in defence of Crete.
26th Under sustained air attacks during passage to launch strikes on Scarpanto
airfield. Major structural damage including X Turret and Flight Deck
equipment.
(For details of naval activities in the Mediterranean see THE BATTLE FOR
THE MEDITERRANEAN and Naval Staff History.)
June Passage to USA via Cape of Good Hope for repair.
July Under repair
to Preparations for installation of additional radars carried out.
November (See RADAR AT SEA).
December Post refit trials.
Joint passage to UK with HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS.
12th In collision with ILLUSTRIOUS whilst on passage (see Addendum).
1 9 4 2
January Returned to UK to prepare for service with Eastern Fleet.
(Note : Radar Type 281 to replace Type 279 installed after arrival).
Two fire control radars Type 265 fitted for anti-aircraft mountings).
Sea trials on radar equipments.
February
15th Passage to Indian Ocean as part of escort for military convoy to Middle
East via Cape of Good Hope.
(Note : CinC Designate, Eastern Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir JamesSomerville
embarked to take up appointment).
March
2nd Sailed from Freetown.
10th Arrived at Capetown.
26th Joined Eastern Fleet.
(Note : This ship was in need of extensive training of air group before she could
be an effective fighting unit).
31st Deployed with HMS WARSPTE, HM Aircraft Carrier INDOMITABLE, HM Cruisers
CORNWALL, EMERALD and ENTERPRISE as Force A.
Searched for Japanese force reported on passage towards Ceylon.
Damaged propeller and withdrawn from search
April Under repair at Bombay.
23rd On completion of repair took passage to rejoin Fleet at Mombasa.
(For details of naval activities in Indian Ocean in 1942 see RELUCTANT ENEMIES
by W Tute, ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by Corelli Barnett.
THE FORGOTTEN FLEET by J Winton, OPERATION PACIFIC by Edwin Gray and
Naval Staff History.
May
5th Deployed NE of Madagascar to provide cover against Japanese air attacks during
the landings. (Operation IRONCLAD - See above references)).
MARTLET aircraft shot down Japanese HK6 seaplane after detection by radar
during passage to refuel in Seychelles.
10th Based at Kilindini for convoy defence and operational sweeps in Indian Ocean.
29th Took part in Fleet training with HM Battleship WARSPITE, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and
HM Cruiser GAMBIA during passage to Ceylon from Kilindini.
June Convoy defence and interception duty with Eastern Fleet in Indian Ocean.
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July
August Aircraft intercepted and destroyed Japanese Flying Boat in Indian Ocean.
24th Transferred to Mediterranean to replace HMS INDOMITABLE and took
passage to UK.
September Embarked SEAFIRE aircraft before sailing to Mediterranean.
October Aircraft Direction facilities provided to improve control of aircraft by use of
radio telephone based on radar information.
30th Sailed for Gibraltar to provide air cover during planned landings in North Africa.
(Operation TORCH - See above references and Naval Staff History).
November Passage to Gibraltar
Deployed with HMS VICTORIOUS and HMS FURIOUS in Force "H" on arrival
at Gibraltar.
8th Deployed 30 miles north of Algiers to provide air cover during landings
13th Aircraft destroyed shore battery on Cape Matifu.
17th Aircraft of 820 Squadron sank U331 in position 37.05N 2.24E (NW Algiers).
(Note : Submarine had already been under attack by aircraft of 500 Bomber Sqdn,
RAF and surrendered but this was not known by pilots of 820 Squadron.
December Deployed in western Mediterranean in support of military operations and for
defence of military convoys.
1 9 4 3
January Convoy defence in western Atlantic and Mediterranean including Convoy KMF3.
February Western Mediterranean deployment in continuation.
March Based at Algiers in continuation and for interception of enemy supply convoys.
April
5th Transferred to Alexandria for convoy defence in Eastern Mediterranean.
May Convoy defence and support of military operations.
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June
July Carried out diversionary operation north of Crete and covered passage of convoys
to Central Mediterranean for planned assault landings.
7th Sailed from Malta with HM Battleships VALIANT and WARSPITE escorted by HM Cruisers
AURORA and PENELOPE screened by six destroyers. Deployed in Tyrrhenian Sea to
provided cover for military convoys from Alexandria during on passage in eastern
Mediterranean for assault landings.
8th Under air attacks
9th Joined HM Battleships NELSON, RODNEY and HM Fleet Aircraft Carrier
INDOMITABLE, HM Cruisers AURORA and PENELOPE in Gulf of Sirte to cover the
assault phase of Sicily invasion against interference from Italian surface units.
(Operation HUSKY) - See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY and Naval
Staff History).
10th Provided air cover during landings and build-up phases.
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14th
15th Under attacks by Italian torpedo bombers during which HMS INDOMITABLE was
hit and had to be withdrawn from operation (See RADAR AT SEA).
August Based in Malta and provided air cover for ships deployed off Sicily.
September Support of military operations in continuation.
8th Joined covering force with HMS NELSON, HMS RODNEY, HMS WARSPITE, HMS
VALIANT and HMS ILLUSTRIOUS for air defence during landings at Salerno.
(Operation AVALANCHE - See above references).
(HMS ILLUSTRIOUS had replaced HMS INDOMITABLE - See above)
October Deployed in support of military operations off Italian coast.
Released from Mediterranean operations and took passage to UK.
November Deployed with Home Fleet
2nd Provided Distant Cover for return Convoy RA54 from Kola Inlet with HM
Battleship ANSON, HM Cruisers JAMAICA screened by HM Destroyers ONSLOW,
VENUS, HAIDA (RCN), Norwegian STORD, US destroyers USS CAPPS and USS
HOBSON.
December Home Fleet deployment in continuation
1 9 4 4
January Passage to UK for refit.
February Under refit.
to Aircraft warning radar equipment modernised (Radar Types 281B and 79B fitted
April in order to provide efficient cover at all altitudes.
Surface warning radar fitted (Type 277 - See RADAR AT SEA).
May Post refit trials
June On completion embarked aircraft and prepared for operational service.
July Deployed with Home Fleet based at Scapa Flow.
17th Launched unsuccessful air attacks on German battleship TIRPITZ in Altenfjord
with HM Aircraft Carriers INDEFATIGABLE and FURIOUS covered by HM Battleship
DUKE OF YORK. Target was obscured by smoke screen after early warning of
approach.
(Operation MASCOT - See CONVOY ! by P Kemp).
August Home Fleet deployment in continuation.
Prepared for air attacks on TIRPITZ (Operation GOODWOOD Series).
22nd Repeated air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS FURIOUS, HMS INDEFATIGABLE and
HM Escort Carrier NABOB. These were unsuccessful due to weather conditions.
24th Further air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS FURIOUS and HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
Two hits were reported.
29th Unsuccessful air attacks on TIRPITZ with HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
(Note : The lack of significant success by Fleet Air Arm attacks resulted in the
decision to use heavy bombers for this task).
No official record of Battle Honour NORWAY 1944 can be traced for either
September Nominated for service with British Pacific Fleet after refit.
October Taken in hand for refit at Gibraltar with extensive machinery repair carried out.
November Under refit.
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December
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January Post refit trials.
February Passage to join 5th US Fleet for air operations in Pacific.
March
10th Arrived at Sydney.
Passage to Manus to join British Pacific Fleet.
April
4th Arrived Leyte for Joint RN/USN flying operations in Task Force 57.
(Task Force 57 comprised :-
HM Battleships KING GEORGE V and Howe - Task Group 57.1.
HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE, VICTORIOUS, ILLUSTRIOUS and
INDEFATIGABLE - Task Group 57.2.
HM Cruisers SWIFTSURE, GAMBIA (RNZN), BLACK PRINCE and ARGONAUT
-Task Group 57-3
HM Cruiser EURYALUS, HM Destroyers GRENVILLE, ULSTER, UNDINE,
URANIA, UNDAUNTED, WHELP and WAGER, HM Australian Destroyers
QUICKMATCH, QUIBERON, QUEENBOROUGH and QUALITY - Task Group 57.8.
14th Joined HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE, VICTORIOUS, ILLUSTRIOUS and
INDEFATIGABLE in Task Group 57.2 as replacement for HMS ILLUSTRIOUS.
Took part in air operations to neutralise Japanese airfields in Sakishima Gunto
Group during US landings in Okinawa.
(Operation ICEBERG I- For details see TASK FORCE 57 by Peter C Smith,
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY, THE FORGOTTEN FLEET BY J Winton
and Naval Staff History).
Under sustained 'suicide' aerial attacks by BAKA piloted bombs.
20th Withdrew from operational area with ships of Task Force 57.
23rd Arrived at Leyte for R&R period.
May
1st Sailed for operational area with ships of Task Force 57.
(Note: HM Cruisers EURYALUS and UGANDA (RCN) had joined Task Group 57.5
in place of HMS ARGONAUT.
Task Group 57.8 then comprised HM Destroyers GRENVILLE,
URSA, UNDINE, URCHIN, URANIA, UNDAUNTED, KEMPENFELT,
WHIRLWIND, WESSEX and HM Australian Destroyers
QUIBERON, QUEENBOROUGH, QUICKMATCH and QUALITY.
4th Resumed flying operations off Sakishima Gunto.
(Operation ICEBERG II - See above references).
Provided air cover and fall of shot spotting during bombardment of airfields by
HM Battleships KING GEORGE V and HOWE.
During sustained KAMIKAZE attacks aircraft crashed on flight deck.
Bomb detonated abreast Island structure.
11 aircraft destroyed and Boiler Room damage reduced speed to 18 knots.
Casualties included 3 killed and 47 wounded).
Note: Cruisers of TF57 had been detached with HM Battleships KING GEORGE V
and HOWE to carry out bombardment of airfields at Miyagi and their AA
weapons could have provided additional protection to the three aircraft
carriers. (See THE FORGOTTEN FLEET and WAR WITH JAPAN (HMSO).)
HELLCAT aircraft approaching to land-on during the KAMIKAZE attack was
shot down by close range 20mm Oerlikon (See ALARM STARBOARD by
G Brooke).
5th Full power restored.
Joint flying operations with US carriers and bombardments continued.
9th Sustained further damage after hit by KAMIKAZE aircraft during renewed operations
in Sakishima Gunto Group. One fatal casualty.
(For full details see A FORMIDABLE COMMISSION and above references).
18th Fire in hangar after CORSAIR aircraft accidentally fired guns during refuelling.
30 aircraft were destroyed or made unusable in this conflagration.
19th Resumed air operations on Sakishima Gunto despite shortage of aircraft.
22nd Detached before completion of operations and left operational area for passage to
Manus escorted by HM Destroyers KEMPENFELT and WHIRLWIND.
June On completion of temporary repair at Manus took passage to Sydney
Repair and R&R in Sydney.
July Redeployed with HM Aircraft Carriers IMPLACABLE and VICTORIOUS as part of US
3rd Fleet in Task Force 37.
(Note : US Naval Command structure had been changed and British Pacific Fleet
was redesignated as Task Force 37).
Force 37 comprised:-
HM Battleship KING GEORGE V (Flagship of Vice Admiral, British Pacific Fleet.
HM Aircraft Carriers FORMIDABLE (Flagship), VICTORIOUS and IMPLACABLE.
(Note : HMS IMPLACABLE was delayed by defect from sailing from Manus).
HM Cruisers NEWFOUNDLAND (Flagship), BLACK PRINCE, EURYALUS,
UGANDA (RCN) and GAMBIA. HM Destroyers GRENVILLE, UNDINE, URANIA,
URCHIN, ULYSSES, UNDAUNTED, QUIBERON (RAN), QUICKMATCH (RAN),
QUEENBOROUGH (RAN), QUALITY (RAN), TROUBRIDGE, TENACIOUS,
TERMAGANT, TERPSICHORE AND TEAZER.
6th Sailed with HMS VICTORIOUS and HMS IMPLACABLE for operational area.
16th Joined ships of Third Fleet for Joint RN/USN attacks in Tokyo and Yokohama area.
17th Carried out first British attacks on Japanese mainland and provided air cover for
ships of TF37.
25th Combat Air Patrol (CAP) destroyed 3 AICHI torpedo bombers when Task Force 37
on passage to refuel. One other was damaged.
(Note : HMCS UGANDA withdrew from operations on relief by HM Cruiser ARGONAUT.
This was a result of recent Canadian Government regulation about service
of Canadian personnel in the Japanese campaign
(See CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY Vol.4 No.2).
August Deployed with US Task Group 38 Units for Joint air operations.
9th Attacked airfields and shipping in North Honshu and Hokkaido with HMS VICTORIOUS
HMS INDEFATIGABLE and HMS IMPLACABLE. Cover was provided by major RN units of
TF37.During an attack on Onegawa a CORSAIR piloted by Lieut. Robert Gray, DSC,
RCNVR bombed and sank the Japanese frigate AMAKUSA despite extensive cross-fire
from other ships. For this feat of bravery which cost him his life was awarded the VC
posthumously.
10th Air operations in continuation.
12th Returned to Manus with ships of British Pacific Fleet to refuel.
(Note : Not transferred to Task Group Unit 38.5 with HMS INDEFATIGABLE.
This was due to the enforced withdrawal of TF37 ships because of a shortage of
fuel from British tankers - See above references and A FORMIDABLE
COMMISSION).
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Not just fleet carriers got sunk en masse, also CVLs. We start with CVL Cowpens.
USS Cowpens (CVL-25, originally CV-25, later AVT-1), 1943-1960
USS Cowpens, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in May 1943 with the hull number CV-25. She was redesignated CVL-25 two months later and arrived in the Pacific in September to join the war against Japan. After seeing combat for the first time in the October 1943 raid on Wake Island, she participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions during the last two months of 1943 and the first two months of 1944. From February until May 1944, Cowpens and other Fifth Fleet aircraft carriers attacked enemy targets in the Central Pacific and New Guinea. She took part in the Marianas campaign, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea, during June 1944, and continued her support of operations in that area into July.
In September 1944, Cowpens covered the invasions of the Palaus and Morotai. Over the next three months, she participated in raids on Okinawa, Formosa and the Philippines and in the great Battle of Leyte Gulf. Her combat activities continued into January and February 1945, with raids around the South China Sea and Philippines areas and support for the landings at Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima.
Following a west coast overhaul, Cowpens returned to the war zone in June 1945. During the last months of the Pacific War, her aircraft pounded Wake Island and targets in the Japanese home islands. Support for the occupation of Japan was followed by duty transporting war veterans home from the Pacific during late 1945 and early 1946. Cowpens was decommissioned in January 1947 and spent the rest of her Navy service in the Reserve Fleet. She was briefly reclassified as an aircraft transport, with the new hull number AVT-1, in May 1959 and was sold for scrapping a year later.
USS Cowpens (CVL-25, originally CV-25, later AVT-1), 1943-1960
USS Cowpens, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in May 1943 with the hull number CV-25. She was redesignated CVL-25 two months later and arrived in the Pacific in September to join the war against Japan. After seeing combat for the first time in the October 1943 raid on Wake Island, she participated in the Gilberts and Marshalls invasions during the last two months of 1943 and the first two months of 1944. From February until May 1944, Cowpens and other Fifth Fleet aircraft carriers attacked enemy targets in the Central Pacific and New Guinea. She took part in the Marianas campaign, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea, during June 1944, and continued her support of operations in that area into July.
In September 1944, Cowpens covered the invasions of the Palaus and Morotai. Over the next three months, she participated in raids on Okinawa, Formosa and the Philippines and in the great Battle of Leyte Gulf. Her combat activities continued into January and February 1945, with raids around the South China Sea and Philippines areas and support for the landings at Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima.
Following a west coast overhaul, Cowpens returned to the war zone in June 1945. During the last months of the Pacific War, her aircraft pounded Wake Island and targets in the Japanese home islands. Support for the occupation of Japan was followed by duty transporting war veterans home from the Pacific during late 1945 and early 1946. Cowpens was decommissioned in January 1947 and spent the rest of her Navy service in the Reserve Fleet. She was briefly reclassified as an aircraft transport, with the new hull number AVT-1, in May 1959 and was sold for scrapping a year later.
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Not just did the enemy lose valuable CVs (of which most of them will come back in mid 45) but also lost valuable CVLs, that won´t come back. Next confirmed sinking is CVL Princeton. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Princeton (CVL-23, originally CV-23), 1943-1944
USS Princeton, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Originally laid down as the light cruiser Tallahassee (CL-61), she was converted to a carrier before launching and redesignated CV-23. That hull number was changed to CVL-23 in July 1943. Princeton was commissioned in February 1943 and, following shakedown operations in the Atlantic area, arrived at Pearl Harbor in August. She covered the occupation of Baker Island in August and September and raided Makin and Tarawa later in September 1943. Princeton had a busy November, supporting the Bougainville landings, raiding Rabaul and Nauru and participating in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
Following a quick overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Princeton helped in the conquest of the Marshall Islands in January and February 1944. Over the next four months, her planes attacked Japanese targets in the Central Pacific and supported amphibious landings at Hollandia, New Guinea. In June, Princeton participated in the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She continued to cover the Marianas operation in July, then joined in raids on the Palaus, the Philippines, Okinawa and Formosa during August, September and October.
On 24 October 1944, Princeton was off the northern Philippines, taking part in attacks on Luzon airfields to support the Leyte invasion. That morning, she was hit by a Japanese dive-bombing attack and set afire. The blaze could not be contained, and in mid-afternoon a bomb magazine exploded. The after part of the ship was wrecked and severe casualties inflicted on the crew of USS Birmingham (CL-62), which was alongside helping to fight the fires. After her remaining crewmen were removed, USS Princeton was sunk by her escorts.
USS Princeton (CVL-23, originally CV-23), 1943-1944
USS Princeton, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Originally laid down as the light cruiser Tallahassee (CL-61), she was converted to a carrier before launching and redesignated CV-23. That hull number was changed to CVL-23 in July 1943. Princeton was commissioned in February 1943 and, following shakedown operations in the Atlantic area, arrived at Pearl Harbor in August. She covered the occupation of Baker Island in August and September and raided Makin and Tarawa later in September 1943. Princeton had a busy November, supporting the Bougainville landings, raiding Rabaul and Nauru and participating in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
Following a quick overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Princeton helped in the conquest of the Marshall Islands in January and February 1944. Over the next four months, her planes attacked Japanese targets in the Central Pacific and supported amphibious landings at Hollandia, New Guinea. In June, Princeton participated in the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She continued to cover the Marianas operation in July, then joined in raids on the Palaus, the Philippines, Okinawa and Formosa during August, September and October.
On 24 October 1944, Princeton was off the northern Philippines, taking part in attacks on Luzon airfields to support the Leyte invasion. That morning, she was hit by a Japanese dive-bombing attack and set afire. The blaze could not be contained, and in mid-afternoon a bomb magazine exploded. The after part of the ship was wrecked and severe casualties inflicted on the crew of USS Birmingham (CL-62), which was alongside helping to fight the fires. After her remaining crewmen were removed, USS Princeton was sunk by her escorts.
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RE: it goes on...
CVL Monterey, one of the 7 enemy flight decks confirmed sunk only this turn. BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Monterey (CVL-26, originally CV-26, later AVT-2), 1943-1971
USS Monterey, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begun as the light cruiser Dayton (CL-78), she was converted to an aircraft carrier well before launching and commissioned in June 1943 with the hull number CV-26. A month later, this was changed to CVL-26. Monterey transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific later in the year, and took part in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands in November. The following month, her planes raided Kavieng, New Ireland.
During the first half of 1944, Monterey participated in the Marshalls operation, attacks on the Japanese in the central Pacific and New Guinea, the Marianas invasion and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. After an overhaul, she rejoined the fast carriers for strikes on Wake Island, the Ryukyus and the Philippines in September-December 1944. In October, Monterey took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Late in the year, she was damaged while steaming through a typhoon and had to return to the U.S. west coast for repairs and another overhaul.
The carrier returned to the combat zone in time to contribute her air power to the conquest of Okinawa. In July and August 1945, she attacked the Japanese Home Islands. After a trans-Pacific voyage bringing veterans home from Japan, Monterey went to the Atlantic, where she was employed transporting men from Italy to the United States. She was decommissioned in February 1947.
After more than three years in "mothballs", the outbreak of the Korean War brought Monterey back to active duty. She recommissioned in September 1950, but remained in the Atlantic area. Sent to Pensacola in early 1951, she served as training carrier from then until mid-1955. Decommissioned again in January 1956, she returned to the Reserve Fleet. Monterey was reclassified as an aircraft transport in May 1959, with the new hull number AVT-2, but had no active service in that role. She was sold for scrapping in May 1971.
USS Monterey (CVL-26, originally CV-26, later AVT-2), 1943-1971
USS Monterey, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Begun as the light cruiser Dayton (CL-78), she was converted to an aircraft carrier well before launching and commissioned in June 1943 with the hull number CV-26. A month later, this was changed to CVL-26. Monterey transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific later in the year, and took part in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands in November. The following month, her planes raided Kavieng, New Ireland.
During the first half of 1944, Monterey participated in the Marshalls operation, attacks on the Japanese in the central Pacific and New Guinea, the Marianas invasion and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. After an overhaul, she rejoined the fast carriers for strikes on Wake Island, the Ryukyus and the Philippines in September-December 1944. In October, Monterey took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Late in the year, she was damaged while steaming through a typhoon and had to return to the U.S. west coast for repairs and another overhaul.
The carrier returned to the combat zone in time to contribute her air power to the conquest of Okinawa. In July and August 1945, she attacked the Japanese Home Islands. After a trans-Pacific voyage bringing veterans home from Japan, Monterey went to the Atlantic, where she was employed transporting men from Italy to the United States. She was decommissioned in February 1947.
After more than three years in "mothballs", the outbreak of the Korean War brought Monterey back to active duty. She recommissioned in September 1950, but remained in the Atlantic area. Sent to Pensacola in early 1951, she served as training carrier from then until mid-1955. Decommissioned again in January 1956, she returned to the Reserve Fleet. Monterey was reclassified as an aircraft transport in May 1959, with the new hull number AVT-2, but had no active service in that role. She was sold for scrapping in May 1971.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/05/43
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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)
DD Cassin
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 224
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 65
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 241
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12
P-38J Lightning x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 48
PB4Y Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 12 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 16
Ventura V x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 123
B-25J Mitchell x 54
Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 15 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
694 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 20
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 111
B-25J Mitchell x 14
B-24J Liberator x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
515 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 14
Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 124
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
with my troops in a base, they get chewed up in no time... being in a base with level 5 forts makes troops more vulnerable to air attacks than being in a clear hex outside a base without forts... pfff....
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
B-25J Mitchell x 99
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3
Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 9
Spitfire Vb x 7
Liberator VI x 21
P-47D Thunderbolt x 24
Hurricane IIc x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 67
G4M1 Betty x 48
P1Y Frances x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 168
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43091 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 961
Defending force 13306 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 143
Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
I guess we will at least be able to destroy the eng rgt and the two RCTs being left behind on Makin. Or do you think bigbaba will come in to evacuate them? [;)]
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106521 troops, 1046 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243
Defending force 92330 troops, 1080 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758
Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 376251 troops, 4446 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9384
Defending force 148490 troops, 1820 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 3053
Allied ground losses:
359 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22603 troops, 264 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 305668 troops, 672 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8541
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41747 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 858
Defending force 50284 troops, 435 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 880
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22692 troops, 247 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291
Defending force 128057 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71476 troops, 944 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758
Defending force 109301 troops, 1046 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 108801 troops, 1666 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 3045
Defending force 460048 troops, 4498 guns, 3375 vehicles, Assault Value = 9384
Japanese ground losses:
977 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43844 troops, 429 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 880
Defending force 41747 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 858
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17720 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
Defending force 63410 troops, 668 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 101628 troops, 731 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2619
Defending force 87992 troops, 883 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766
Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37039 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1099
Defending force 231927 troops, 2127 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4028
Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Two confirmed sinkings today:
CV Lexington and CV Junyo. I don´t know if this will be the last Allied carrier that goes down or if there are more, I really lost the overview of what was heavily hit and what has been sunk. [:D] All I know is that we hardly could achieve a bigger victory and all we´ve lost in regards of capitol ships was CV Junyo that was struck by 9 x 1000lb GP bombs. Both CVEs that were disbanded at Makin will make it as it stands now, also the damaged DD. What a victory gentlemen! We have 200 Tonies flying Cap over Makin (means probably 100 in the air) so unescorted 4E strikes should be turned back as long as the bombers are low on morale (which they definetely are at the moment). It will take a couple of turns more and the CVEs will head out of the dangerous area with a big DD escort. Both CVEs have around 90 sys damage and will be out of action for probably 4-5 months I guess...
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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)
DD Cassin
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 224
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 65
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 241
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12
P-38J Lightning x 12
PV-1 Ventura x 48
PB4Y Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 12 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 16
Ventura V x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 123
B-25J Mitchell x 54
Allied aircraft losses
Ventura V: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 15 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
694 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 20
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 91
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 111
B-25J Mitchell x 14
B-24J Liberator x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
515 casualties reported [:(]
Guns lost 14
Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 124
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
with my troops in a base, they get chewed up in no time... being in a base with level 5 forts makes troops more vulnerable to air attacks than being in a clear hex outside a base without forts... pfff....
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 39
B-25J Mitchell x 99
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 36th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 6th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3
Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 9
Spitfire Vb x 7
Liberator VI x 21
P-47D Thunderbolt x 24
Hurricane IIc x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 67
G4M1 Betty x 48
P1Y Frances x 68
Ki-49 Helen x 168
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43091 troops, 294 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 961
Defending force 13306 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 143
Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
I guess we will at least be able to destroy the eng rgt and the two RCTs being left behind on Makin. Or do you think bigbaba will come in to evacuate them? [;)]
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106521 troops, 1046 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243
Defending force 92330 troops, 1080 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758
Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 376251 troops, 4446 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9384
Defending force 148490 troops, 1820 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 3053
Allied ground losses:
359 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22603 troops, 264 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 305668 troops, 672 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8541
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41747 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 858
Defending force 50284 troops, 435 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 880
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22692 troops, 247 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291
Defending force 128057 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71476 troops, 944 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1758
Defending force 109301 troops, 1046 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2243
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 108801 troops, 1666 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 3045
Defending force 460048 troops, 4498 guns, 3375 vehicles, Assault Value = 9384
Japanese ground losses:
977 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43844 troops, 429 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 880
Defending force 41747 troops, 422 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 858
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17720 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
Defending force 63410 troops, 668 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1291
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 101628 troops, 731 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2619
Defending force 87992 troops, 883 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766
Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37039 troops, 436 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1099
Defending force 231927 troops, 2127 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4028
Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Two confirmed sinkings today:
CV Lexington and CV Junyo. I don´t know if this will be the last Allied carrier that goes down or if there are more, I really lost the overview of what was heavily hit and what has been sunk. [:D] All I know is that we hardly could achieve a bigger victory and all we´ve lost in regards of capitol ships was CV Junyo that was struck by 9 x 1000lb GP bombs. Both CVEs that were disbanded at Makin will make it as it stands now, also the damaged DD. What a victory gentlemen! We have 200 Tonies flying Cap over Makin (means probably 100 in the air) so unescorted 4E strikes should be turned back as long as the bombers are low on morale (which they definetely are at the moment). It will take a couple of turns more and the CVEs will head out of the dangerous area with a big DD escort. Both CVEs have around 90 sys damage and will be out of action for probably 4-5 months I guess...
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CV Lexington is the next confirmed sinking! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Lexington (CV-2, Originally CC-1), 1927-1942
USS Lexington, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted while under construction from the battle cruiser of the same name. Built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1927, Lexington was one of the U.S. Navy's first two aircraft carriers that were large and fast enough to be capable of serious fleet operations. During the late 1920s, through the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she took an active part in the development of carrier techniques, fleet doctrine and in the operational training of a generation of Naval Aviators.
Lexington was in the Pacific when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and took part in the U.S. Navy's first wartime operation, the abortive attempt in December 1941 to relieve Wake Island. In February and March 1942, she raided Japanese positions in the southwestern Pacific, then returned to Pearl Harbor for a brief overhaul and removal of her eight-inch guns.
In early May, Lexington returned to the South Pacific in time to join USS Yorktown (CV-5) in successfully countering the Japanese offensive in the Coral Sea. On 7 and 8 May 1942 her planes helped sink the small Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and participated in attacks on the large carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. In turn, however, she was the target of Japanese carrier planes and received two torpedo and three bomb hits. Though initial damage control efforts appeared to be successful, she was racked by gasoline explosions in the early afternoon of 8 May. When the fires raged out of control, Lexington was abandoned by her crew and scuttled, the first U.S. aircraft carrier to be lost in World War II.
USS Lexington (CV-2, Originally CC-1), 1927-1942
USS Lexington, a 33,000-ton aircraft carrier, was converted while under construction from the battle cruiser of the same name. Built at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in December 1927, Lexington was one of the U.S. Navy's first two aircraft carriers that were large and fast enough to be capable of serious fleet operations. During the late 1920s, through the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she took an active part in the development of carrier techniques, fleet doctrine and in the operational training of a generation of Naval Aviators.
Lexington was in the Pacific when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and took part in the U.S. Navy's first wartime operation, the abortive attempt in December 1941 to relieve Wake Island. In February and March 1942, she raided Japanese positions in the southwestern Pacific, then returned to Pearl Harbor for a brief overhaul and removal of her eight-inch guns.
In early May, Lexington returned to the South Pacific in time to join USS Yorktown (CV-5) in successfully countering the Japanese offensive in the Coral Sea. On 7 and 8 May 1942 her planes helped sink the small Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho and participated in attacks on the large carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. In turn, however, she was the target of Japanese carrier planes and received two torpedo and three bomb hits. Though initial damage control efforts appeared to be successful, she was racked by gasoline explosions in the early afternoon of 8 May. When the fires raged out of control, Lexington was abandoned by her crew and scuttled, the first U.S. aircraft carrier to be lost in World War II.
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CV Junyo, the only IJN capitol ship lost during the carrier engagements near the Gilberts. The carrier fought bravely! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
IJN Junyo: Tabular Record of Movement
© 1999 Anthony P. Tully
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3 May 1942:
Commissioned and assigned to 1st Air Fleet, CarDiv 4, Main Body.
20 May 1942:
Assigned to Striking Force #2, Northern Force.
26 May 1942:
Flying the flag of RAdm Kakuta Kakuji, Depart Ominato for Aleutians Operation with RYUJO, MAYA, and TAKAO, escorted by Desdiv 7.
3 june 1942:
Launch strikes with RYUJO against Dutch Harbor, Alaska, as part of the diversionary operations during the Midway operation. Cover invasion of Attu and Kiska.
5 June 1942:
Launch another strike on Dutch Harbor. Bombed by U.S. land-based bombers, but no damage received.
24 June 1942:
Arrive Ominato.
29 June 1942:
Depart Ominato for the homeland.
20 July 1942:
Captain Okada Tametsugu assigned as commanding officer.
9 October 1942:
Arrive at Truk. Assigned to Main Unit Advance Force (CarDiv 2, Third Fleet).
11 October 1942:
Depart Truk in the preliminaries to the Battle of Santa Cruz.
26 October 1942:
Assigned to Striking Force; bombed in South Pacific engagement, but no damage.
4 November 1942:
Depart Saeki.
6 November 1942:
Depart Truk with BatDiv 3 (KONGO, HARUNA) and TONE to cover a major convoy to reinforce Guadalcanal.
9 November 1942:
Return to Truk.
11 November 1942:
Depart Truk.
30 November 1942:
Return to Truk.
4 December 1942:
Reassigned to Third Fleet, CarDiv 2.
11 December 1942:
Arrive at Kure from Truk via Saeki.
16 December 1942:
Depart Truk with AGANO and three destroyers to cover reinforcement operation to Wewak, New Guinea.
20 December 1942:
Return to Truk.
12 January 1943:
Assigned to Southeast Area Force, Outer South Seas Support Force. At Truk throughout except period 16th through 18th.
16 January 1943:
Depart Truk with Desdiv 9 to cover convoy to Wewak.
19 January 1943:
Return to Truk.
25 January 1943:
Resumes assignment with Forward Force Air Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 2.
31 January 1943:
Depart Truk as part of the cover for the evacuation of Guadalcanal, Operation KE.
2 February 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
12 February 1943:
Captain Okada relieved; successor unknown.
16 February 1943:
Depart Truk for Inland Sea.
22 February 1943:
Arrive at Kure.
16 March 1943:
Depart Kure for Saeki.
22 March 1943:
With sister-ship HIYO, depart Saeki for Truk with SUZUTSUKI and HATSUZUKI.
27 March 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
1 April 1943:
Assigned to contribute aircraft to "I" Operation activated by Commander-in-Cheif Yamamoto Isoroku this day. Vessel itself remains at Truk.
12 April 1943:
Minor damage from splinters from air raid on Truk.
3 May 1943:
Assignment changed to Forward Force Air Force, under tactical command of forward force. Vessel remains at Truk through end of month.
15 June 1943:
Assignment changed to Eastern Force Carrier force, still under tactical command of forward force. Continues to remain at Truk throughout.
10 July 1943:
Assigned to Striking Force (3rd Fleet, CarDiv 2).
19 July 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure.
25 July 1943:
Arrive at Kure, reassigned to Combined Fleet.
26 July 1943:
Enters drydock at Kure.
31 July 1943:
Leaves drydock.
9 August 1943:
Depart Kure; arrive Iwakuni.
15 August 1943:
Depart Saeki for Singapore on plane-ferrying duty.
28 August 1943:
Arrive Singapore.
4 September 1943:
Depart Singapore for Inland Sea.
11 September 1943:
Arrive Kure, subsequently shifts to Iwakuni.
19 September 1943:
Departs Iwakuni for Truk with army troops and equipment for the Carolines.
24 September 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
28 September 1943:
Assignment changed from Combined Fleet to Striking Force, 3rd Fleet, CarDiv 2.
29 September 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure.
5 October 1943:
Arrive at Kure.
12 October 1943:
Depart Iwakuni for Truk.
19 October 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
31 October 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure in company with UNYO, YAMASHIRO, ISE, and TONE.
5 November 1943:
Attacked in the Bungo Suide at 0540 by USS HALIBUT. Struck by one torpedo in the starboard quarter. Four men are killed and steering is disabled, but flooding and list is minimal. The screen drives away the submarine, and carrier is gotten into Kure despite a disabled rudder.
19 November 1943:
Enter drydock for repairs of torpedo damage.
25 November 1943:
Leave drydock. Remain at Kure through the end of 1943.
21 December 1943:
Enter drydock. Remains there till the end of February 1944.
25 December 1943:
Captain ? relieved by ?.
21 February 1944:
Captain Shibuya Kiyomi assigned as commanding officer.
29 February 1944:
Leave drydock.
26 March 1944:
Depart Kure for Iwakuni.
April 1944:
In Iwakuni-Kure area throughout month.
11 May 1944:
In company with sister ship HIYO, the MUSASHI, ZUIHO, CHITOSE, and CHIYODA; depart Saeki, Japan for Tawi Tawi.
12 May 1944:
Stopover at Okinawa.
16 May 1944:
Arrive at Tawi Tawi, and join Mobile Fleet of Admiral Ozawa. Subsequently depart with the rest of the Mobile Fleet for the "A-GO" Operation, the Battle of the Marianas.
20 June 1944:
On second day of Battle of the Marianas, struck around 1730 by two bombs around the island. The smokestack is utterly crushed, mast shattered, and flight deck perforated with holes. Though air operations are stopped, damage is moderate. Attempts to standby torpedoed sister-carrier HIYO, but withdraws soon after.
24 June 1944:
Arrive at Hashirajima.
3 July 1944:
Depart Hashirajima for Kure, stays there for remainder of July.
6 July 1944:
Enter drydock.
10 July 1944:
Assignment changed from Striking Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 2, to Striking Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 4.
14 July 1944:
Leave drydock.
21 August 1944:
Depart Kure; thereafter in Hashirajima area and vicinity.
11 September 1944:
Depart Hashirajima; arrive Kure.
26 September 1944:
Depart Kure; arrive Iwakuni.
21 October 1944:
Depart Iwakuni; arrive Kure.
27 October 1944:
Assigned to special transport detail for Philippine Operations.
28 October 1944:
Arrive Sasebo.
30 October 1944:
On special transport mission for 1st Diversion Attack Force; with KISO depart Sasebo for Brunei Bay, Borneo, escorted by DesDiv 30's YUZUKI (flag), AKIKAZE and UZUKI.
3 November 1944:
Attacked by USS PINTADO south of Mako at 2250; but torpedoes deliberately intercepted by escorting destroyer AKIKAZE, which blows up and sinks with all hands. Escape with KISO to the west.
6 November 1944:
Arrive at Brunei with shells and supplies for Kurita fleet.
8 November 1944:
Depart Brunei with 1st Diversion Attack Force; subsequently split off and head for Manila with the damaged TONE, the KISO, YUZUKI, UZUKI, and SHIGURE.
10 November 1944:
Arrive at Manila.
11 November 1944:
Depart Manila for Kure, with the damaged TONE in company; escorted by SHIGURE, YUZUKI, and UZUKI. The KISO remains behind.
13 November 1944:
Attacked south of Mako at 0640 by USS JALLAO, but no damage received.(JUNYO had apparently been sighted and with TONE misidentified on 12 November as the battleship YAMATO headed north!). Arrived safely at Mako that afternoon.
14 November 1944:
Depart Mako for Kure.
15 November 1944:
En-route to Kure; attacked by USS BARB but no damage received. Assigned this day to Combined Fleet, CarDiv 1.
23 November 1944:
With FUYUZUKI and SUZUTSUKI depart Kure for Sasebo.
25 November 1944:
Depart Sasebo for Manila via Mako.
27 November 1944:
Arrive at Mako.
30 November 1944:
Arrive at Manila (Sighted by USS HAKE outside the bay, but sub was too far away to intercept).
1 December 1944:
Depart Manila for Mako with FUYUZUKI and SUZUTSUKI.
5 December 1944:
Joined at Mako by HARUNA, KASUMI and HATSUSHIMO.
6 December 1944:
Carrying 200 survivors of the super-battleship MUSASHI, depart Mako with HARUNA, escorted by SUZUTSUKI, FUYUTSUKI, and MAKI. (KASUMI and HATSUSHIMO did not continue with them, but headed back south).
8 - 9 December 1944:
Between midnight and 0400 task force attacked by submarine wolf-pack comprised of USS SEA DEVIL, PLAICE, and REDFISH. (See Note below). JUNYO received three torpedo hits. Two in the starboard side forward and aft which flooded the [empty] av-gas tanks and starboard engine room respectively. A third torpedo grazed the stem, breaching the bow plates. About 5,000 tons of water entered the carrier, increasing draught to 10 meters and giving her a 10 to 12 degree list to starboard, while four petty officers and fifteen men were killed. However, the port engine remained operable and at half-speed managed to escape further attack by entering shoal waters where submarines could not follow. Escorting destroyer MAKI hit same night, but also makes port with damaged bow.
10 December 1944:
Morning: with HARUNA arrive at Sasebo, still listing considerably to starboard.
18 December 1944:
Enter drydock.
19 December 1944:
Captain Kiyomi relieved; Sasebo dock took over.
20 January 1945:
Attacked by land-based bombers while in drydock; claimed to have shot down one enemy plane.
March 1945:
Further repair and upgrades abandoned due to lack of materials.
1 April 1945:
Moved from Sasebo docks and anchored in nearby Ebisu Bay.
23 April 1945:
Still at Ebisu Bay, near Sasebo. Camouflageing begun.
24 April 1945:
Classified as ship of 4th Reserve Fleet.
May 1945:
In Ebisu Bay, Sasebo. Moored with incomplete carriers KASAGI and IBUKI. Crew under training, and engaged in camouflage and upkeep.
12 May 1945:
Captain Maehara Tomiyoshi assigned as commanding officer.
20 June 1945:
Classified as guard ship.
5 August 1945:
Captain Maehara ordered to strip carrier of all armament and other equipment for defense use elsewhere.
2 September 1945:
Japan surrenders, and the three carriers at Sasebo turned over to the Allies.
8 October 1945:
Boarded by American Naval Technical officers. After inspecting the ship, declared that repairs to restore the vessel to service would be a waste of resources. Delegated for scrapping.
30 November 1945:
Removed from Navy List.
IJN Junyo: Tabular Record of Movement
© 1999 Anthony P. Tully
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3 May 1942:
Commissioned and assigned to 1st Air Fleet, CarDiv 4, Main Body.
20 May 1942:
Assigned to Striking Force #2, Northern Force.
26 May 1942:
Flying the flag of RAdm Kakuta Kakuji, Depart Ominato for Aleutians Operation with RYUJO, MAYA, and TAKAO, escorted by Desdiv 7.
3 june 1942:
Launch strikes with RYUJO against Dutch Harbor, Alaska, as part of the diversionary operations during the Midway operation. Cover invasion of Attu and Kiska.
5 June 1942:
Launch another strike on Dutch Harbor. Bombed by U.S. land-based bombers, but no damage received.
24 June 1942:
Arrive Ominato.
29 June 1942:
Depart Ominato for the homeland.
20 July 1942:
Captain Okada Tametsugu assigned as commanding officer.
9 October 1942:
Arrive at Truk. Assigned to Main Unit Advance Force (CarDiv 2, Third Fleet).
11 October 1942:
Depart Truk in the preliminaries to the Battle of Santa Cruz.
26 October 1942:
Assigned to Striking Force; bombed in South Pacific engagement, but no damage.
4 November 1942:
Depart Saeki.
6 November 1942:
Depart Truk with BatDiv 3 (KONGO, HARUNA) and TONE to cover a major convoy to reinforce Guadalcanal.
9 November 1942:
Return to Truk.
11 November 1942:
Depart Truk.
30 November 1942:
Return to Truk.
4 December 1942:
Reassigned to Third Fleet, CarDiv 2.
11 December 1942:
Arrive at Kure from Truk via Saeki.
16 December 1942:
Depart Truk with AGANO and three destroyers to cover reinforcement operation to Wewak, New Guinea.
20 December 1942:
Return to Truk.
12 January 1943:
Assigned to Southeast Area Force, Outer South Seas Support Force. At Truk throughout except period 16th through 18th.
16 January 1943:
Depart Truk with Desdiv 9 to cover convoy to Wewak.
19 January 1943:
Return to Truk.
25 January 1943:
Resumes assignment with Forward Force Air Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 2.
31 January 1943:
Depart Truk as part of the cover for the evacuation of Guadalcanal, Operation KE.
2 February 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
12 February 1943:
Captain Okada relieved; successor unknown.
16 February 1943:
Depart Truk for Inland Sea.
22 February 1943:
Arrive at Kure.
16 March 1943:
Depart Kure for Saeki.
22 March 1943:
With sister-ship HIYO, depart Saeki for Truk with SUZUTSUKI and HATSUZUKI.
27 March 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
1 April 1943:
Assigned to contribute aircraft to "I" Operation activated by Commander-in-Cheif Yamamoto Isoroku this day. Vessel itself remains at Truk.
12 April 1943:
Minor damage from splinters from air raid on Truk.
3 May 1943:
Assignment changed to Forward Force Air Force, under tactical command of forward force. Vessel remains at Truk through end of month.
15 June 1943:
Assignment changed to Eastern Force Carrier force, still under tactical command of forward force. Continues to remain at Truk throughout.
10 July 1943:
Assigned to Striking Force (3rd Fleet, CarDiv 2).
19 July 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure.
25 July 1943:
Arrive at Kure, reassigned to Combined Fleet.
26 July 1943:
Enters drydock at Kure.
31 July 1943:
Leaves drydock.
9 August 1943:
Depart Kure; arrive Iwakuni.
15 August 1943:
Depart Saeki for Singapore on plane-ferrying duty.
28 August 1943:
Arrive Singapore.
4 September 1943:
Depart Singapore for Inland Sea.
11 September 1943:
Arrive Kure, subsequently shifts to Iwakuni.
19 September 1943:
Departs Iwakuni for Truk with army troops and equipment for the Carolines.
24 September 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
28 September 1943:
Assignment changed from Combined Fleet to Striking Force, 3rd Fleet, CarDiv 2.
29 September 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure.
5 October 1943:
Arrive at Kure.
12 October 1943:
Depart Iwakuni for Truk.
19 October 1943:
Arrive at Truk.
31 October 1943:
Depart Truk for Kure in company with UNYO, YAMASHIRO, ISE, and TONE.
5 November 1943:
Attacked in the Bungo Suide at 0540 by USS HALIBUT. Struck by one torpedo in the starboard quarter. Four men are killed and steering is disabled, but flooding and list is minimal. The screen drives away the submarine, and carrier is gotten into Kure despite a disabled rudder.
19 November 1943:
Enter drydock for repairs of torpedo damage.
25 November 1943:
Leave drydock. Remain at Kure through the end of 1943.
21 December 1943:
Enter drydock. Remains there till the end of February 1944.
25 December 1943:
Captain ? relieved by ?.
21 February 1944:
Captain Shibuya Kiyomi assigned as commanding officer.
29 February 1944:
Leave drydock.
26 March 1944:
Depart Kure for Iwakuni.
April 1944:
In Iwakuni-Kure area throughout month.
11 May 1944:
In company with sister ship HIYO, the MUSASHI, ZUIHO, CHITOSE, and CHIYODA; depart Saeki, Japan for Tawi Tawi.
12 May 1944:
Stopover at Okinawa.
16 May 1944:
Arrive at Tawi Tawi, and join Mobile Fleet of Admiral Ozawa. Subsequently depart with the rest of the Mobile Fleet for the "A-GO" Operation, the Battle of the Marianas.
20 June 1944:
On second day of Battle of the Marianas, struck around 1730 by two bombs around the island. The smokestack is utterly crushed, mast shattered, and flight deck perforated with holes. Though air operations are stopped, damage is moderate. Attempts to standby torpedoed sister-carrier HIYO, but withdraws soon after.
24 June 1944:
Arrive at Hashirajima.
3 July 1944:
Depart Hashirajima for Kure, stays there for remainder of July.
6 July 1944:
Enter drydock.
10 July 1944:
Assignment changed from Striking Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 2, to Striking Force, Third Fleet, CarDiv 4.
14 July 1944:
Leave drydock.
21 August 1944:
Depart Kure; thereafter in Hashirajima area and vicinity.
11 September 1944:
Depart Hashirajima; arrive Kure.
26 September 1944:
Depart Kure; arrive Iwakuni.
21 October 1944:
Depart Iwakuni; arrive Kure.
27 October 1944:
Assigned to special transport detail for Philippine Operations.
28 October 1944:
Arrive Sasebo.
30 October 1944:
On special transport mission for 1st Diversion Attack Force; with KISO depart Sasebo for Brunei Bay, Borneo, escorted by DesDiv 30's YUZUKI (flag), AKIKAZE and UZUKI.
3 November 1944:
Attacked by USS PINTADO south of Mako at 2250; but torpedoes deliberately intercepted by escorting destroyer AKIKAZE, which blows up and sinks with all hands. Escape with KISO to the west.
6 November 1944:
Arrive at Brunei with shells and supplies for Kurita fleet.
8 November 1944:
Depart Brunei with 1st Diversion Attack Force; subsequently split off and head for Manila with the damaged TONE, the KISO, YUZUKI, UZUKI, and SHIGURE.
10 November 1944:
Arrive at Manila.
11 November 1944:
Depart Manila for Kure, with the damaged TONE in company; escorted by SHIGURE, YUZUKI, and UZUKI. The KISO remains behind.
13 November 1944:
Attacked south of Mako at 0640 by USS JALLAO, but no damage received.(JUNYO had apparently been sighted and with TONE misidentified on 12 November as the battleship YAMATO headed north!). Arrived safely at Mako that afternoon.
14 November 1944:
Depart Mako for Kure.
15 November 1944:
En-route to Kure; attacked by USS BARB but no damage received. Assigned this day to Combined Fleet, CarDiv 1.
23 November 1944:
With FUYUZUKI and SUZUTSUKI depart Kure for Sasebo.
25 November 1944:
Depart Sasebo for Manila via Mako.
27 November 1944:
Arrive at Mako.
30 November 1944:
Arrive at Manila (Sighted by USS HAKE outside the bay, but sub was too far away to intercept).
1 December 1944:
Depart Manila for Mako with FUYUZUKI and SUZUTSUKI.
5 December 1944:
Joined at Mako by HARUNA, KASUMI and HATSUSHIMO.
6 December 1944:
Carrying 200 survivors of the super-battleship MUSASHI, depart Mako with HARUNA, escorted by SUZUTSUKI, FUYUTSUKI, and MAKI. (KASUMI and HATSUSHIMO did not continue with them, but headed back south).
8 - 9 December 1944:
Between midnight and 0400 task force attacked by submarine wolf-pack comprised of USS SEA DEVIL, PLAICE, and REDFISH. (See Note below). JUNYO received three torpedo hits. Two in the starboard side forward and aft which flooded the [empty] av-gas tanks and starboard engine room respectively. A third torpedo grazed the stem, breaching the bow plates. About 5,000 tons of water entered the carrier, increasing draught to 10 meters and giving her a 10 to 12 degree list to starboard, while four petty officers and fifteen men were killed. However, the port engine remained operable and at half-speed managed to escape further attack by entering shoal waters where submarines could not follow. Escorting destroyer MAKI hit same night, but also makes port with damaged bow.
10 December 1944:
Morning: with HARUNA arrive at Sasebo, still listing considerably to starboard.
18 December 1944:
Enter drydock.
19 December 1944:
Captain Kiyomi relieved; Sasebo dock took over.
20 January 1945:
Attacked by land-based bombers while in drydock; claimed to have shot down one enemy plane.
March 1945:
Further repair and upgrades abandoned due to lack of materials.
1 April 1945:
Moved from Sasebo docks and anchored in nearby Ebisu Bay.
23 April 1945:
Still at Ebisu Bay, near Sasebo. Camouflageing begun.
24 April 1945:
Classified as ship of 4th Reserve Fleet.
May 1945:
In Ebisu Bay, Sasebo. Moored with incomplete carriers KASAGI and IBUKI. Crew under training, and engaged in camouflage and upkeep.
12 May 1945:
Captain Maehara Tomiyoshi assigned as commanding officer.
20 June 1945:
Classified as guard ship.
5 August 1945:
Captain Maehara ordered to strip carrier of all armament and other equipment for defense use elsewhere.
2 September 1945:
Japan surrenders, and the three carriers at Sasebo turned over to the Allies.
8 October 1945:
Boarded by American Naval Technical officers. After inspecting the ship, declared that repairs to restore the vessel to service would be a waste of resources. Delegated for scrapping.
30 November 1945:
Removed from Navy List.
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TF 1006 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)
Allied Ships
MSW Glenelg
MSW Geelong
DMS Dorsey
AK Thomas Nast, Mine hits 1, on fire
still sub laid mines around... [:D]
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 225
D3A Val x 47
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 183
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 16
P-38J Lightning x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 53
PB4Y Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
The bombers out of PM switch targets daily, therefore doing no damage anywhere... [:)]
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 15
Ventura V x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 117
B-25J Mitchell x 55
B-24J Liberator x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
563 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 200
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
while those attacks on Charter Towers have insane effects... [:(]
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 96
B-25J Mitchell x 75
B-24J Liberator x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
572 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 148
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 45
B-25J Mitchell x 157
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 146
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 59,6
Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 55
Yak-1 x 27
Yak-9D x 79
IL-2 Shturmovik x 41
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,6
Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 27
Yak-1 x 40
Yak-9D x 96
IL-2 Shturmovik x 26
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet
not in the far future all my divisions will have taken assault positions and we will start attacking the Russian stronghold at Irkutsk...
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 70
G4M1 Betty x 43
P1Y Frances x 73
Ki-49 Helen x 154
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
I won´t have enough room on my training airfields for all the daitais in need of training after the bloody days over the Gilberts... my carriers will be fully operational within one or two weeks as I´m disbanding a lot of fragments into their daitais from shattered daitais that haven´t received replacements yet. This brings up a fully functional KB with another 250 carrier based ac in reserve against a non existing Allied carrier force. My land based airforce looks pretty bad at the moment though, at least compared to what it looked like two weeks ago. It still looks excellent considering the date of course. [:D]
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TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Sarmi, 48,78
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
empty Dutch base...
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43401 troops, 299 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 977
Defending force 13342 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106689 troops, 1056 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2250
Defending force 91988 troops, 1072 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 373177 troops, 4444 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385
Defending force 148446 troops, 1809 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 3056
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22606 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 304731 troops, 667 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8529
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41689 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
Defending force 49980 troops, 426 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 877
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22626 troops, 247 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294
Defending force 128052 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71298 troops, 940 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751
Defending force 109529 troops, 1056 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2250
Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 109026 troops, 1669 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3056
Defending force 458578 troops, 4495 guns, 3378 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385
Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43680 troops, 421 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 877
Defending force 41689 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17769 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
Defending force 63406 troops, 669 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 102060 troops, 742 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2665
Defending force 88257 troops, 885 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1778
Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37028 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100
Defending force 232335 troops, 2142 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4036
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
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TF 1006 encounters mine field at Suva (86,114)
Allied Ships
MSW Glenelg
MSW Geelong
DMS Dorsey
AK Thomas Nast, Mine hits 1, on fire
still sub laid mines around... [:D]
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 225
D3A Val x 47
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 183
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 16
P-38J Lightning x 14
PV-1 Ventura x 53
PB4Y Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
The bombers out of PM switch targets daily, therefore doing no damage anywhere... [:)]
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 15
Ventura V x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 117
B-25J Mitchell x 55
B-24J Liberator x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
Ventura V: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
563 casualties reported
Guns lost 13
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 200
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
while those attacks on Charter Towers have insane effects... [:(]
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 27
B-25C Mitchell x 96
B-25J Mitchell x 75
B-24J Liberator x 16
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
572 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 148
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 45
B-25J Mitchell x 157
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 146
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 110th Division, at 59,6
Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 55
Yak-1 x 27
Yak-9D x 79
IL-2 Shturmovik x 41
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Division, at 59,6
Allied aircraft
MiG-3 x 27
Yak-1 x 40
Yak-9D x 96
IL-2 Shturmovik x 26
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x IL-2 Shturmovik bombing at 2000 feet
not in the far future all my divisions will have taken assault positions and we will start attacking the Russian stronghold at Irkutsk...
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 70
G4M1 Betty x 43
P1Y Frances x 73
Ki-49 Helen x 154
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
I won´t have enough room on my training airfields for all the daitais in need of training after the bloody days over the Gilberts... my carriers will be fully operational within one or two weeks as I´m disbanding a lot of fragments into their daitais from shattered daitais that haven´t received replacements yet. This brings up a fully functional KB with another 250 carrier based ac in reserve against a non existing Allied carrier force. My land based airforce looks pretty bad at the moment though, at least compared to what it looked like two weeks ago. It still looks excellent considering the date of course. [:D]
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TF 26 troops unloading over beach at Sarmi, 48,78
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
empty Dutch base...
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43401 troops, 299 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 977
Defending force 13342 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106689 troops, 1056 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2250
Defending force 91988 troops, 1072 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 373177 troops, 4444 guns, 1346 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385
Defending force 148446 troops, 1809 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 3056
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22606 troops, 263 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3441
Defending force 304731 troops, 667 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8529
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41689 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
Defending force 49980 troops, 426 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 877
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22626 troops, 247 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294
Defending force 128052 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71298 troops, 940 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751
Defending force 109529 troops, 1056 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 2250
Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 109026 troops, 1669 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3056
Defending force 458578 troops, 4495 guns, 3378 vehicles, Assault Value = 9385
Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 2
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43680 troops, 421 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 877
Defending force 41689 troops, 423 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17769 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2494
Defending force 63406 troops, 669 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 102060 troops, 742 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2665
Defending force 88257 troops, 885 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1778
Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37028 troops, 437 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1100
Defending force 232335 troops, 2142 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4036
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
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RE: it goes on...
And now look at this! I´ve ordered all my troops out of Townsville just to cause some confusion (or not [;)]). Not much to achieve against the Allied 2000 av behind level 9 forts when the enemy can build the forts up from 8 to 9 within just a couple of days. [8|] Therefore I just wanted to make my opponent think about what I´m up to, even though I don´t even really know myself what I´m up to in this area. [:D]
Well, we moved our 4000+ av out of Townsville and what are the Allied doing? They follow us with 12 units. Not sure what is really following us but it can only be something like 2000 av max as there wasn´t more at Townsville. LOL! While I can´t harm the Allied behind level 9 forts at Townsville, I guess I can harm them at Charter Towers in a clear hex.
Why is he doing this? [&:]
Well, we moved our 4000+ av out of Townsville and what are the Allied doing? They follow us with 12 units. Not sure what is really following us but it can only be something like 2000 av max as there wasn´t more at Townsville. LOL! While I can´t harm the Allied behind level 9 forts at Townsville, I guess I can harm them at Charter Towers in a clear hex.
Why is he doing this? [&:]
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RE: it goes on...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/07/43
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TF 1046 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)
DD Daly, heavy damage
a Type 88 mine probably would have finished the damaged DD...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 227
D3A Val x 48
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 196
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
P-38G Lightning x 19
P-38J Lightning x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 50
PB4Y Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
switching targets daily...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 15
Ventura V x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 125
B-25J Mitchell x 41
B-24J Liberator x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 92
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
when bigbaba moves his troops into Charter Towers which are outnumbered at least 2:1 then he should fly ground attacks to render a couple of my divisions combat useless and not ordering airfield attacks...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 31
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 44
Liberator VI x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 79
B-25J Mitchell x 75
B-24J Liberator x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 112
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3
Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 9
Spitfire Vb x 4
Liberator VI x 21
P-47D Thunderbolt x 3
Hurricane IIc x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 42
B5N Kate x 63
G4M1 Betty x 34
P1Y Frances x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 49
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44423 troops, 312 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 992
Defending force 13288 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136
Japanese max assault: 809 - adjusted assault: 576
Allied max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 15
Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Allied ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
will take some time until the Allied will surrender, but given the situation now, we will have time anyway... [;)]
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106880 troops, 1059 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2256
Defending force 91548 troops, 1065 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 373138 troops, 4445 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9377
Defending force 148897 troops, 1810 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066
Allied ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22590 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3437
Defending force 303736 troops, 662 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8513
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41732 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 857
Defending force 49679 troops, 413 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 875
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Charter Towers
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 216116 troops, 2407 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665
Defending force 85948 troops, 834 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Japanese max assault: 4745 - adjusted assault: 3509
Allied max defense: 2048 - adjusted defense: 877
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
3317 casualties reported
Guns lost 165
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
2651 casualties reported
Guns lost 70
Vehicles lost 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
LOL, why have I been pretty sure about the outcome of moving the Allied troops into Charter Towers... We score 202 points for ground losses today, now at absolutely amazing 26.656 already. BANZAI! A retreat usually costs you 20% of the troop strenght so I guess the enemy has just lost another 400 assault points. Well, if the Allied think they can afford that when they are totally short of ground troops anyway, hey, that´s fine with me. [;)]
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Ground combat at Sarmi
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 331 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 5
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sarmi base !!!
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22619 troops, 249 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293
Defending force 128123 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71068 troops, 932 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 109640 troops, 1059 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2256
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 109180 troops, 1658 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3057
Defending force 458300 troops, 4498 guns, 3371 vehicles, Assault Value = 9377
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43499 troops, 410 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 875
Defending force 41732 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 857
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17769 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495
Defending force 63426 troops, 675 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 102857 troops, 757 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727
Defending force 88355 troops, 883 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784
Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37100 troops, 435 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Defending force 232773 troops, 2153 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4052
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Another confirmed Essex class sinking! CV Intrepid went down today! BANZAI!
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TF 1046 encounters mine field at Nanomea Atoll (87,101)
DD Daly, heavy damage
a Type 88 mine probably would have finished the damaged DD...
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Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 227
D3A Val x 48
A6M3a Zero x 89
B5N Kate x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 70
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35
Ki-61 Ic x 82
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 196
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-61 Ic bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Goodenough island , at 56,93
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
PB2Y Coronado x 4
P-38G Lightning x 19
P-38J Lightning x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 50
PB4Y Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing at 20000 feet
switching targets daily...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Liberator VI x 15
Ventura V x 6
PV-1 Ventura x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 125
B-25J Mitchell x 41
B-24J Liberator x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 92
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ventura V bombing at 20000 feet
when bigbaba moves his troops into Charter Towers which are outnumbered at least 2:1 then he should fly ground attacks to render a couple of my divisions combat useless and not ordering airfield attacks...
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 17
B-25C Mitchell x 29
B-25J Mitchell x 31
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on Charter Towers , at 45,103
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 44
Liberator VI x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 79
B-25J Mitchell x 75
B-24J Liberator x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25J Mitchell: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 112
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24J Liberator bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th Ind. Brigade, at 21,3
Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 9
Spitfire Vb x 4
Liberator VI x 21
P-47D Thunderbolt x 3
Hurricane IIc x 7
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator VI: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator VI bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on 47th Division, at 43,32
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIc bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 108th Region Fortress, at 65,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 42
B5N Kate x 63
G4M1 Betty x 34
P1Y Frances x 54
Ki-49 Helen x 49
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Makin
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44423 troops, 312 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 992
Defending force 13288 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136
Japanese max assault: 809 - adjusted assault: 576
Allied max defense: 97 - adjusted defense: 15
Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
695 casualties reported
Guns lost 31
Allied ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
will take some time until the Allied will surrender, but given the situation now, we will have time anyway... [;)]
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 106880 troops, 1059 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2256
Defending force 91548 troops, 1065 guns, 312 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 373138 troops, 4445 guns, 1347 vehicles, Assault Value = 9377
Defending force 148897 troops, 1810 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 3066
Allied ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
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Ground combat at Kweiyang
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22590 troops, 264 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 3437
Defending force 303736 troops, 662 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8513
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41732 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 857
Defending force 49679 troops, 413 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 875
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Charter Towers
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 216116 troops, 2407 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665
Defending force 85948 troops, 834 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Japanese max assault: 4745 - adjusted assault: 3509
Allied max defense: 2048 - adjusted defense: 877
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
3317 casualties reported
Guns lost 165
Vehicles lost 11
Allied ground losses:
2651 casualties reported
Guns lost 70
Vehicles lost 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
LOL, why have I been pretty sure about the outcome of moving the Allied troops into Charter Towers... We score 202 points for ground losses today, now at absolutely amazing 26.656 already. BANZAI! A retreat usually costs you 20% of the troop strenght so I guess the enemy has just lost another 400 assault points. Well, if the Allied think they can afford that when they are totally short of ground troops anyway, hey, that´s fine with me. [;)]
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Ground combat at Sarmi
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 331 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 6 - adjusted assault: 5
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sarmi base !!!
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Ground combat at Chungking
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 22619 troops, 249 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293
Defending force 128123 troops, 224 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Blagoveshchensk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 71068 troops, 932 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748
Defending force 109640 troops, 1059 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 2256
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Irkutsk
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 109180 troops, 1658 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 3057
Defending force 458300 troops, 4498 guns, 3371 vehicles, Assault Value = 9377
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Iman
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43499 troops, 410 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 875
Defending force 41732 troops, 426 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 857
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Chungking
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17769 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2495
Defending force 63426 troops, 675 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1293
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Karachi
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 102857 troops, 757 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 2727
Defending force 88355 troops, 883 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784
Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 15
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37100 troops, 435 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Defending force 232773 troops, 2153 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 4052
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Another confirmed Essex class sinking! CV Intrepid went down today! BANZAI!
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RE: it goes on...
USS Intrepid tried to escape heavily damaged from the Gilberts but her crew lost the fight against heavy fires and floatation damage. The carrier is confirmed sunk! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
USS Intrepid (CV-11, later CVA-11 and CVS-11), 1943-1982
USS Intrepid, a 27,100 ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in August 1943. After arriving in the Pacific, she operated in support of the Kwajalein invasion in January-February 1944. On 17 February, while taking part in raids on the Japanese central Pacific base at Truk, she was hit by an aerial torpedo. An improvised sail was used to help maintain course while she steamed to Pearl Harbor for repairs. The carrier was back in the combat zone in September 1944. Over the next few months, she participated in strikes on the Palaus, Okinawa, Formosa and the Philippines. Her planes sank or helped to sink several Japanese ships during the 24-25 October Battle of Leyte Gulf. On 25 November, while attacking targets in the Philippines, Intrepid was hit by a suicide plane. She lost over sixty officers and men and had to go to the U.S. for shipyard work.
Intrepid returned to the western Pacific in time for attacks on the Japanese home islands in mid-March 1945, during which she was lightly damaged by a "Kamikaze". She next participated in the Okinawa operation, beginning in late March. On 16 April, two suicide planes attacked her, one hitting the flight deck and causing enough damage that Intrepid again needed Stateside repairs. Japan surrendered while she was en route to rejoin the fight in mid-August, and she spent most of the rest of 1945 supporting occupation efforts. Inactive through much of 1946, Intrepid was decommissioned in March 1947.
Temporarily recommissioned in February 1952, Intrepid went to Newport News, Virginia, for thorough modernization over the next two years. Redesignated CVA-11, and now equipped with a stronger flight deck, new island and powerful steam catapults, she reentered active service in June 1954. The carrier twice deployed to the Mediterranean during 1955-56, then was further updated with an angled flight deck and enclosed "hurricane" bow. She continued her Atlantic and Mediterranean attack carrier operations until late 1961. In March 1962 she was reclassified as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) support aircraft carrier with the new designation CVS-11.
Into the mid-1960s, Intrepid took part in anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic area, occasionally deployed to European waters and helped with space flight recovery work. Following a major overhaul, the ship was given an air group of light attack planes and the temporary designation of "special attack carrier" for Vietnam war service. She deployed to Southeast Asia three times in 1966-69 before returning to her regular Atlantic Fleet ASW role. Intrepid cruised in the Mediterranean in 1971 and 1973 and visited Northern Europe in 1972. Decommissioned in March 1974, she was a Bicentennial exhibition ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. USS Intrepid was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1982 and transferred to a New York City organization for further service as a museum, a role she plays to the present day.
USS Intrepid (CV-11, later CVA-11 and CVS-11), 1943-1982
USS Intrepid, a 27,100 ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Newport News, Virginia, was commissioned in August 1943. After arriving in the Pacific, she operated in support of the Kwajalein invasion in January-February 1944. On 17 February, while taking part in raids on the Japanese central Pacific base at Truk, she was hit by an aerial torpedo. An improvised sail was used to help maintain course while she steamed to Pearl Harbor for repairs. The carrier was back in the combat zone in September 1944. Over the next few months, she participated in strikes on the Palaus, Okinawa, Formosa and the Philippines. Her planes sank or helped to sink several Japanese ships during the 24-25 October Battle of Leyte Gulf. On 25 November, while attacking targets in the Philippines, Intrepid was hit by a suicide plane. She lost over sixty officers and men and had to go to the U.S. for shipyard work.
Intrepid returned to the western Pacific in time for attacks on the Japanese home islands in mid-March 1945, during which she was lightly damaged by a "Kamikaze". She next participated in the Okinawa operation, beginning in late March. On 16 April, two suicide planes attacked her, one hitting the flight deck and causing enough damage that Intrepid again needed Stateside repairs. Japan surrendered while she was en route to rejoin the fight in mid-August, and she spent most of the rest of 1945 supporting occupation efforts. Inactive through much of 1946, Intrepid was decommissioned in March 1947.
Temporarily recommissioned in February 1952, Intrepid went to Newport News, Virginia, for thorough modernization over the next two years. Redesignated CVA-11, and now equipped with a stronger flight deck, new island and powerful steam catapults, she reentered active service in June 1954. The carrier twice deployed to the Mediterranean during 1955-56, then was further updated with an angled flight deck and enclosed "hurricane" bow. She continued her Atlantic and Mediterranean attack carrier operations until late 1961. In March 1962 she was reclassified as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) support aircraft carrier with the new designation CVS-11.
Into the mid-1960s, Intrepid took part in anti-submarine exercises in the Atlantic area, occasionally deployed to European waters and helped with space flight recovery work. Following a major overhaul, the ship was given an air group of light attack planes and the temporary designation of "special attack carrier" for Vietnam war service. She deployed to Southeast Asia three times in 1966-69 before returning to her regular Atlantic Fleet ASW role. Intrepid cruised in the Mediterranean in 1971 and 1973 and visited Northern Europe in 1972. Decommissioned in March 1974, she was a Bicentennial exhibition ship at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976. USS Intrepid was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1982 and transferred to a New York City organization for further service as a museum, a role she plays to the present day.
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