The Cautionaries: jwilkerson vs Capt(re-started)

[jwilkerson]

This is the Cruiser/DD action 1 hex east of Eni this turn. Two USN DDs were sunk to only light damage on our side.

[jwilkerson]

No real major Blue on Red stuff this time .. but US activities around Wake look like either invasion or intensive training ... I'll guess invasion .. it may be a turn or so before we know for sure.

Even though our BC force is only 2 hexes away, they cannot engage because they are low on ammo ( 2 -5 rds in forward main gun turrets ).

We do succeed in turning away the DMs who were headed for Eniwetok.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/21/22

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Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63

Allied Ships
DD O'Bannon
DD Renshaw
DD Yarnall
DD Boggs
DD Aaron Ward
BB Tennessee
BB Arizona

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Sub attack near Wake Island at 82,63

Japanese Ships
SS No. 41

Allied Ships
MSW Pelican, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage And he didn't sink ? [:@]
MSW Turkey

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu
DD Tsuta
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-16, hits 1 3rd hit on this guy - guess first 2 didn't scare him off [&:]

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Naval bombardment of Wake Island, at 82,63

Allied Ships
BB California
BB Oklahoma
DD Nicholas
DD Marcus
DD J. F. Burnes
BB Rhode Island
BB Nebraska
BB Georgia

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Runway hits 2
Port supply hits 1


And the op report .. we get our first hit with Fuchida's Angels !!!


OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 08/21/22

Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504K reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Avro 504K reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 attacking R-1 at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 82,63 , Speed 5 , Moving East
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504K reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Avro 504K reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Avro 504K reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 attacking R-3 at 79,79
R-3 is reported HIT Yahoo ! [8D]
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 attacking R-5 at 79,79
Aomori expands airfield to size 3
Kusaie Island expands port to size 3

[jwilkerson]

Those Destroyer minelayers we saw a couple of turns back, made their attempt to run into Eniwetok this turn. I guess mining Eniwetok has gotten so popular, even the USN wants to join in ( I'll admit it is a lot of fun !!! ) [:D]

But alas, it wasn't that much fun for the USN DMs, 2 were sunk out-right, the third probably heavily damaged with a long long road back to Pearl.

And the Allied surface forces were absent from Wake this turn, so no invasion yet. Still possibly could be training. Of the three main avenues of advance, only Johnson Is. has been built up to a level 2 port yet, Palmyra, Baker, Midway are all still level 1s.

And we have more stuff on the way, more cruisers and destroyers making there way across the CENPAC towards the Marshalls and the Dreadnought BBs should be able to come out a play soon.

Our biggest immediate problem is a looming fuel shortage in the Marshalls, none of the tanker groups in the SRA have finished filling up yet, so we may have to send some half full.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/22/22

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CA Ikoma, Shell hits 1
CA Idzumo
CA Iwate
CA Asama, Shell hits 10
CL Yahagi
CL Chitose
CL Tone, Shell hits 1
CL Niitaka
DD Umikaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
DM Stribling, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
DM Ludlow, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DM Anthony, Shell hits 36, and is sunk

Extra nice to get some of these guys out of the way, they are extremely useful, ASW, Surface action, fast transport, not to mention fast minelaying.
[8D][8D]

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sumire
DD Hishi
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS R-23

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sumire
DD Hishi
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS R-23

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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Naval bombardment of Jolo, at 38,59

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede
DD Matsu
DD Kaba
DD Sakura
BB Suwo
BB Mishishima
BB Kashima
BB Satsuma
BB Aki

Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 5

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Sub attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36

Allied Ships
ML Baltimore

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Kuwa
DD Enoki

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi

Allied Ships
SS R-1

[jwilkerson]

The Aforementioned Cruiser DM engagement at Eniwetok.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/23/22

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sumire
DD Hishi
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS R-22

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1, hits 4 Wow, a 4-hitter, maybe they'll actually feel this one !?

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Sub attack near Wotje at 82,79

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35

Allied Ships
PG Asheville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Wonder if this was covering the slow MLs trying to sow a field at Wotje ?

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59


Japanese ground losses:
91 casualties reported

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59


Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36

Allied Ships
DD Humphreys
DD Kane

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CL Chitose
DD Yamakaze
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-22

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 36, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Humphreys

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze
DD Umikaze
CA Iwate

Allied Ships
SS R-22

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sumire
DD Hishi
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS R-22

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/24/22

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TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59


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Sub attack at 88,63

Japanese Ships
SS No. 57

Allied Ships
DD McDermut
DD Hamilton
DD Tatnall
DD Breese
DD Dent
DD Hazelwood

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Sumire
DD Hishi
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS R-4

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Sub attack at 88,63

Japanese Ships
SS No. 57

Allied Ships
DD Hamilton, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage For once the "hunted" strike back at the "hunters" ! [;)]
DD McDermut
DD Tatnall
DD Breese
DD Dent
DD Hazelwood

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu
DD Tsuta
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS R-4

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu
DD Tsuta
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS R-4

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ASW attack at 79,70

Japanese Ships
SS No. 26, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD O'Bannon
DD Renshaw
DD Yarnall
DD Boggs

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34, hits 1 sys dmg 12, headed for home ...

Allied Ships
DD Lamberton
DD Crane
DD Chew
DD Mugford
DD Evans
DD Wickes


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Ground combat at Jolo

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 901 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo base !!!

[jwilkerson]

Slow turn.

To enable us to support a response to a possible US attack on Wake, we will begin building up Marcus. The first baseforce is unloading there now.

A surface action group of 10xODD arrived at Kwajalein, this in conjunction with the Cruiser/DD group we have at Eniwetok, offers 1st line defence of both ports from the USN DDs. A 22 strong cruiser/dd force has just reached Truk this turn and a Cruiser/DD contingent of 10 ships will proceed to Kusaie to back up the 2 forward groups. We will also station some cruiser/dd assets at Saipan to support both Wake and Eniwetok.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/25/22

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze
DD Umikaze
CA Ikoma

Allied Ships
SS R-23

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Sub attack near Marcus Island at 75,56

Japanese Ships
AP Palao Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS R-11

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported


OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 08/25/22

Felixstowe F.2 sighting report: 1 Allied ship at 81,79 , Speed 12 , Moving Southeast
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 attacking R-15 at 79,79
R-15 is reported HIT [8D]
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Avro 504L reports suspected submarine at 76,74
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79
Felixstowe F.2 reports suspected submarine at 79,79

[jwilkerson]

The USN are very absent today .. no surface ships spotted and only 3 subs at each of Eni and Kwaj and 1 at Wotje ... wonder what they are up to ?



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/26/22

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu
DD Tsuta

Allied Ships
SS S-17

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Nashi
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu
DD Tsuta
DD Numakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-17, hits 1 One hit anyway ...

[jwilkerson]

Well USN came back today !

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/27/22

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TF 1021 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74)

Allied Ships
DD Renshaw
DD Boggs
DD Aaron Ward
BB Arizona, Mine hits 1 That's a good way to start things off ! [8D]
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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34

Allied Ships
MSW Eider
MSW Oriole
MSW Penguin
MSW Thrush
MSW Grebe
MSW Sanderling
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Tern
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge
MSW Quail
MSW Tanager
MSW Lapwing
PC Eagle 16

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CL Niitaka
CL Chitose
DD Yamakaze
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-17

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage One of the ODDs catches a torp - might as well call these guy "torp-catchers" they're not good for much else !

Allied Ships
SS R-1

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu

Allied Ships
SS S-17, hits 2 Apparently 2-hitters don't cause damage, so I'll stop getting excited ... Guess we need 6-8 hits in one turn to get excited !

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CA Ikoma, Shell hits 2
CA Idzumo
CA Iwate
CA Asama, Shell hits 2
CL Yahagi, Shell hits 3
CL Chitose
CL Tone
CL Niitaka
DD Umikaze
DD Yamakaze

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 10, on fire
BB California
BB Georgia, Shell hits 2
BB Nebraska, Shell hits 4
BB Rhode Island, Shell hits 3
DD J. F. Burnes
DD Marcus, Shell hits 3
DD Nicholas


Big battle, not sure who won ... but it probably wasn't us !

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CA Ikoma
CA Idzumo
CA Iwate, Shell hits 1
CA Asama, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Yahagi
CL Chitose
CL Tone
CL Niitaka
DD Umikaze
DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma, on fire
BB California, Shell hits 2
BB Georgia, Shell hits 1
BB Nebraska, Shell hits 2
BB Rhode Island, Shell hits 1
DD J. F. Burnes, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Marcus
DD Nicholas


Big battle continues ...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CA Ikoma, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
CA Idzumo, Shell hits 5
CA Iwate, Shell hits 1
CA Asama, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Yahagi, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Chitose
CL Tone, Shell hits 2
CL Niitaka, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk One of ours went down ...
DD Umikaze
DD Yamakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Shell hits 1
BB Tennessee, Shell hits 11
DD Aaron Ward, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Boggs, Shell hits 1
DD Yarnall, Shell hits 1
DD Renshaw, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD O'Bannon, Shell hits 2, on fire

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Night Time Surface Combat at 75,75 This is off to the West of Eniwetok !

Japanese Ships
DD Enoki, Shell hits 2
DD Kuwa, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Connecticut
DD Kilty, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Greer, Shell hits 1
DD Palmer, Shell hits 2
DD Spriston
DD Paul Hamilton

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
DD Hishi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Sumire
DD Kashi, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Tracy
DD Welles
DD Thornton, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Our first torpedo hit of the day !?DD Hull, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD MacDonough
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hishi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Sumire
DD Kashi, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Tracy
DD Welles
DD Thornton, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD MacDonough
DD Farenholt

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Hishi, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Sumire
DD Kashi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

We lose 2 more ...

Allied Ships
DD Tracy, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Welles
DD Thornton, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Hull, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 1
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Tsuta
DD Hasu, Shell hits 1
DD Yomogi, Shell hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Tracy, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
DD Welles
DD Hull, Shell hits 6, and is sunk They finally lose one
DD MacDonough
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Numakaze
DD Tsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hasu
DD Yomogi, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Tracy, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Welles
DD MacDonough
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Night Time Surface Combat at 75,75

Japanese Ships
DD Enoki, Shell hits 37, and is sunk
DD Kuwa, Shell hits 22, and is sunk

We lose two more off to the West.

Allied Ships
BB Connecticut, Shell hits 1
DD Kilty, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Greer
DD Palmer, on fire
DD Spriston
DD Paul Hamilton

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34, hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
MSW Eider
MSW Oriole
MSW Penguin
MSW Thrush
MSW Grebe
MSW Sanderling
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Tern
MSW Kingfisher
MSW Brant
MSW Partridge
MSW Quail
MSW Tanager
MSW Lapwing
PC Eagle 16

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Naval bombardment of Ormoc, at 43,57

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MSW Eider
MSW Oriole
MSW Penguin
MSW Thrush
MSW Grebe
MSW Sanderling
MSW Whippoorwill

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Sub attack at 75,75

Japanese Ships
AK Tairyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS R-16

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 34, heavy damage

Allied Ships
MSW Eider

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Sub attack at 75,75

Japanese Ships
ML Yento Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire After pealing off the DDs the sub can get in !

Allied Ships
SS R-16

[Rysyonok]

Ouch.

Do you have any reserves?

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

Ouch.

Do you have any reserves?

Ha ha !!
[:D]

[jwilkerson]

Not a lot happening this turn ( 1 USN DD sank off Johnson Is ) ... our advantage remains that we have some repair capability in the Marshalls, but USN still must go back to Pearl as nearest support to counter flooding. So if the ship cannnot control her own flooding she will sink. And we see most of the USN losses happening on the return voyage from combat, several turns later, they sink. These losses do not show up on the daily combat log, but they will be reflected in the monthly stats which I"ll publish again when the month rolls over. Also, thus far all of our heavily damaged ships have been able to control flooding ( to zero ) and depart the Marshalls enroute to home ports. We have about 8 DDs in the pipeline and 4 have actually been repaired down to zero after being damaged.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/28/22

[Mike Carroll]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
DD Hasu

Allied Ships
SS S-17, hits 2 Apparently 2-hitters don't cause damage, so I'll stop getting excited ... Guess we need 6-8 hits in one turn to get excited !

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You have to watch the ASW combat. Most "hits" are near misses that rattles the sub. But if you get a "hits the sub" it is almost always significant damage in not fatal. This happens rarely but it does happen on occassion.

[jwilkerson]

Another "nada-turn" ... we have another Cruiser/DD group ( based out of Kusaie ) approaching Eniwetok from the SW. They will escort in the ML which is circling to the West of Eni.

Also we have the BC group approaching Eni from the NW ( with the AO group in tow ). The 4x14" Dreadnoughts have departed the Home Islands, bound for Saipan. The 2x16" dreadnought will follow in a day or so. This will put about 90% of the combat navy either in the Marshalls or within a few days sail.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/29/22

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS R-23

[jwilkerson]

Monthend reports are due.

Sunk ships report:

USN
01 OOBB
25 DD
05 DM
12 PG
01 PC
02 SS
07 MSW
01 AP
19 AK
02 TK

IJN
02 CL
22 DD
03 ML
02 SS
03 AK
10 AP

It was a very heavy loss month for light warships, mostly in the Marshalls.

[jwilkerson]

And the quiet sector, the PI still working on final conquest of the Southern and central areas .. .trying to do a little training for the fighters. And a ho'lotta diggin' goin' on aboard Luzon.

[jwilkerson]

Otherwise, typical nada-turn. I guess we anticipate another one of those "heavy" raids, by an ever increasing US Battleline against the Marshalls. We are runnining some quick refits and will try to maintain about 15 to 20 subs on patrol to give warning and to try to put some torps aboard some of the dreadnoughts.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/31/22

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze
CA Iwate

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze
CL Tone

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Sub attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
CL Chitose
DD Umikaze
CA Idzumo

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Day Air attack on Boac , at 43,54

Japanese aircraft
Sopwith Pup x 3

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Sopwith Pup bombing at 2000 feet

[jwilkerson]

Speaking of another of those "heavy raids" ... heeeeere comes johnnie !!

Looks like a hum-dinger with DDs and Minesweepers and lots of BBs !!!

We're evac-ing the damaged ships and the support ships ( and even the ASW DDs ) out of Eniwetok and will face the monsters with 2 Cruiser/dd groups ... the BC group will remain 3 hexes to the NW but will not engage ... the 4x14" dreadnoughts have topped off at Saipan and are proceeding to the area. The 3x16" BBs are enroute to Saipan. In about a week ( in time for the "next" big raid ... maybe we will have all our dreadnoughts in the area ).

In the mean time we've been able to bring new loads of supply to Kwajalein, Wotje and Jaluit on board 2500t Aks without loss ! A few of these will start operating from Kusaie to enhance supply deliveries to the forward Marshall Islands.



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/01/22

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ASW attack at 79,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 1

Allied Ships
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Partridge
MSW Quail
MSW Tanager
DD Bailey
DD Stoddert

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ASW attack at 82,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 35

Allied Ships
DD Wasmuth
DD Young
DD Woodbury
DD William Jones
DD Somers
DD Mackenzie

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Allied Ships
SS O-15

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Night Time Surface Combat at 78,74

Japanese Ships
AK Shinsei Maru, Shell hits 52, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk this guy was a "milch cow" trying to keep our forward sub patrol line gassed up ... the thundering heard ran over him .. but not before he got off a valuable sighting report.
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania
BB New Mexico
BB Mississippi
BB New York
BB Texas
DD Bailey
DD Stoddert
DD Wood
DD Zeilin
MSW Tanager
MSW Quail
MSW Partridge
MSW Whippoorwill

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Sub attack at 80,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 23, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Melvin

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ASW attack near Eniwetok at 76,74

Japanese Ships
DD Sumire
DD Hasu

Allied Ships
SS R-8, hits 1

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Day Air attack on Boac , at 43,54 Training for the fighters continues ...

Japanese aircraft
Sopwith Pup x 5
Gloster Sparrowhawk x 18

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Sopwith Pup bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Gloster Sparrowhawk bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Gloster Sparrowhawk bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 80,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 23

Allied Ships
DD Laub
DD Melvin

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Yayoi

Allied Ships
SS O-15

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
DD Urukaze
DD Sugi
DD Nashi
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS O-15

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ASW attack at 77,74

Japanese Ships
SS No. 21, hits 3 Fortunately this guy only has 5 sys damage after all these hits, so he is remaining on station ...

Allied Ships
MSW Whippoorwill
MSW Partridge
MSW Quail
MSW Tanager
DD Bailey
DD Stoddert
DD Wood
DD Zeilin



So it looks like the BBs are covering a DD MSW group which will try to reduce the minefield at Eniwetok. Should be some action next turn.

[jwilkerson]

Oh I forgot to post the score for monthend, so here it is one late later.

[jwilkerson]

Lottasa action at Eniwetok ....