Banda Sea-- Lexington takes a torpedo in a night engaement with IJN Cl and DDs. Float damage 21 with heading back to Austrailia.
What a day of action though It started with after Lexington engagement
Day Time Surface Combat, near Bara at 73,106, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 5, on fire
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asagumo
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shoei Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
AMC Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AMC Kongo Maru, Shell hits 5
xAK Nishimi Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kaisyo Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Nitian Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Cheribon Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nitiho Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
xAK Nagisan Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nasusan Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Shofuku Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
Allied Ships
CA Houston
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Durban
DD Parrott
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 2
DD Stewart, Shell hits 2, on fire
Lexington went to action with two good strikes
First one
Allied aircraft
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
TBD-1 Devastator x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Mansei Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Unkai Maru #6
xAKL Arizama Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Satsuma Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Yosyu Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Tohuku Maru
xAKL Oridono Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 20 (6 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Second one--
Allied aircraft
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
TBD-1 Devastator x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Unkai Maru #6, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Tensyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Jinsan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Tohuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
PB Rokko Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
1132 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 88 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 79 (60 destroyed, 19 disable
Finally-- Good news forom a dutch sub
ub attack near Billiton at 53,92
Japanese Ships
CV Soryu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXV
