The Cautionaries 1.2: Capt (J) vs Rysyonok (A), Game 1

[Rysyonok]

PC Ch09 goes down; hopefully, so will the other two ships damaged yesterday.

DD Morris has to be scuttled, proving that mines are equal opportunity weapons: one of two hits was from an American mine.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/22

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TF 1029 encounters mine field at Ponape (71,79)

Allied Ships
DD Crosby
DD Tarbell
DD Morris, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


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Ground combat at Maloelap

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7459 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3022 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported

[Rysyonok]

Poor luck of some USN ships can be matched only by equally poor luck of their IJN counterparts - that's all I can say as the third ship in 3 days hits Ponape minefield. This time, a Tsukuba-class battlecruiser.

Howitzers of 56th Artillery are rolling into Maloelap to weed out those pesky Japanese.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/22

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TF 63 encounters mine field at Ponape (71,79)

Japanese Ships
CA Ibuki, Mine hits 1

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ASW attack at 68,78

Japanese Ships
SS U-46 (O2)

Allied Ships
DD McFarland
DD Stansbury
DD Woodbury
DD Sumner

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Night Time Surface Combat at 68,78

Japanese Ships
PC Ch10, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Nevada
BB Pennsylvania
BB New York
BB Texas
DD Stansbury
DD McFarland
DD Sumner
DD Woodbury

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Sub attack at 84,83

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
PC Eagle 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Eagle 7
PC Eagle 4
PC Eagle 1
PC Eagle 16
PC Eagle 14

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ASW attack at 84,83

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
DD Selfridge
DD Melvin
DD McCawley
DD Palmer
DD Aaron Ward
DD Babbitt
DD Radford
DD Hazelwood
DD Chew

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ASW attack at 84,83

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
PC Eagle 7
PC Eagle 4
PC Eagle 1
PC Eagle 16
PC Eagle 14


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Ground combat at Maloelap

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7999 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3062 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported

[Rysyonok]

The last IJN survivor of Ponape engagement is disposed of; it really did not need to take the bulk of USN fleet chasing them 4 days across two archipelagoes though.

An IJN cargo ship sank north of Pearl Harbor. Praise to blimps who helped spot it.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/22

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Night Time Surface Combat at 67,78

Japanese Ships
DD Akikaze, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico
BB Mississippi
DD Evans
DD Hamilton
DD Pillsbury

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ASW attack at 66,78

Japanese Ships
SS No. 10

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury
DD Hamilton
DD Evans

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ASW attack at 66,78

Japanese Ships
SS No. 10

Allied Ships
DD Pillsbury
DD Hamilton
DD Evans

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ASW attack at 112,64

Japanese Ships
SS No. 22, hits 4

Allied Ships
DD Fox
DD Wasmuth
DD Lichfield
DD Zeilin
DD Young

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ASW attack at 83,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 30, hits 1

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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Day Time Surface Combat at 112,64

Japanese Ships
AK Mantai Maru, Shell hits 66, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD McDermut
DD Sicard
DD Perry
DD Kennedy
DD Mervine
DD Nicholas
DD S. P. Lee
DD Thompson
DD Wood
DD Young
DD Zeilin
DD Lichfield
DD Wasmuth
DD Fox

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Sub attack near Maloelap at 82,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
DM Anthony
DM Burns
DM Ingraham
DM Stribling

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Sub attack at 112,67

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
AK Oklahoman, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire


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Ground combat at Maloelap

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8409 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2930 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported

[Rysyonok]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/22


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Ground combat at Maloelap

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8719 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2794 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported

[Rysyonok]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/22

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TF 1070 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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TF 1070 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
PC Ch06
DD Kashi
PC Ch07

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 4, on fire Sinks on the spot

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Ground combat at Maloelap

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9113 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2734 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported And the Japanese vanish into thin air...

[Rysyonok]

Iwo Jima landfall is scheduled for tomorrow.

*crosses fingers*

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/22

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TF 126 encounters mine field at Bikini (78,76)

Japanese Ships
AK Madras Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage And down it goes... =)

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TF 1066 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
DD Melvin
DD Palmer
DD Aaron Ward
DD Chew

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TF 1070 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-9

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Sub attack at 92,78

Japanese Ships
SS No. 18

Allied Ships
AK Latouche
DD Shirk
DD Doyen
DD McLanahan
DD Laub
DD Delphy
DD Farragut
DD Ballard
AK Compagnia Filipinas

[Rysyonok]

American troops land at Iwo Jima, taking local population completely by surprise.

"Strike where they ain't" - wasn't that MacArthur's motto?

And a torpedo in a Nagara-class CL as an icing on the cake.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/22

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Allied Ships
SS S-34

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Allied Ships
SS S-34

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ASW attack near Wotje at 82,79

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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ASW attack near Wotje at 82,79

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53



Allied ground losses:
174 casualties reported

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TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53



Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 68,44

Japanese Ships
CL Yuru

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
PC Ch06
DD Kashi
PC Ch07

Allied Ships
SS S-14, hits 1

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
CL Yuru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-14

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Day Time Surface Combat at 64,66

Japanese Ships
AK Kinugawa Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Idaho
BB New Mexico
BB Mississippi
DD Evans
DD Hamilton
DD Pillsbury

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
DD Kashi
PC Ch07
PC Ch06
DD Hasu
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-14

[Rysyonok]

The first air-to-ship engagement takes place; one IJN pilot won't be coming home for New Year's.

Iwo Jima falls.

It's so tempting to strike north from there, not southwest...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/22

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TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53



Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported

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ASW attack at 83,80

Japanese Ships
SS No. 30

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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ASW attack at 83,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
DD Thatcher
DD Boggs
DD Greene
DD Turner
DD Swasey
DD Barry
DD Howard
DD O'Bannon
DD Crane
DD Williams

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TF 1015 troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima, 63,53



Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF at 63,63

Japanese aircraft
Avro 504K x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Avro 504K: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB Tennessee

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Avro 504K bombing at 1000 feet
1 x Avro 504K bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 63,63

Japanese aircraft
Avro 504K x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Avro 504K: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Avro 504K bombing at 1000 feet
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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS S-34, hits 2

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ASW attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
DD Kashi
PC Ch07
PC Ch06
DD Hasu
DD Namikaze

Allied Ships
SS S-34


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Ground combat at Iwo Jima

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 6026 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 144 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Iwo Jima base !!!

[Rysyonok]

Scoreboard 12/15/1922

[Mike Carroll]

Why is the Japanese score so high? I know victory for the Japanese is accomplished by simply surviving until the end, but perhaps you should rebalance the victory points?

Great AAR by the way I have really enjoyed following this[:D]

[Rysyonok]

IJN / USN losses:

Carriers:

None.

Dreadnoughts:

BB Mutsu (16"), BB Arizona, BB California, BB Oklahoma (14")

Battleships:

BB Hizen, BB Iwami, BB Katori (12"), BB Mishishima (10"), BB Nebraska (12"), BB Monandock (10")

Battlecruisers:

BC Kongo, Haruna (14")

Cruisers:

CL Kitakami, CA Tokiwa, CL Kiso, CL Tatsuta, CL Tenryu, CL Yahagi

Destroyers:

Forty-four / Seventy

Transports:

Fifty-four / Five

Tankers

Seven / Four

Colliers:

Two

Submarines:

Nos. 14, 16, 17, 43, 47, 62, UC-99 (O5), U-125 (O1) / R-17, S-35

Minelayers:

Four / Three minelaying destroyers

Minesweepers:

Three / Six

Patrol Craft:

Five / Six

Other auxiliaries:

Fourteen gunboats, a submarine tender

[Rysyonok]

Bataan + Manila (2100ea) + nailing PI US forces (1200) = 5600VPs I gotta match. Somehow.

Quite a few more VPs came from airfield expansions (2VPs per level).

I am not hoping to win this game anymore. But I am determined to make the remaining 11 months very painful for Wayne

And thanks!

[Rysyonok]

IJN SS No. 8: 1247 (DD Buchanan)
IJN SS No. 15: 2553 (DDs Claxton, William D. Preston)
IJN SS No. 22: 615 (PC Eagle 10)
IJN SS No. 27: 615 (PC Eagle 13)
IJN SS No. 29: 4365 (PC Eagle 3, TK Montanes)
IJN SS No. 30: 3750 (AK Dos Hermanos)
IJN SS No. 37: 3750 (AK Taurus)
IJN SS No. 39: 18000 (TK Gertrude Kellogg)
IJN SS No. 40: 3750 (AK Magallanes)
IJN SS No. 45: 10400 (AP West Point, MSW Eider)
IJN SS No. 58: 1400 (MSW Pelican)
IJN SS No. 62: (Sunk 8/26/1922) 7500 (AK Georgian)
IJN SS U-55 (O3): 2015 (MSW Pelican, PC Eagle 11)
IJN SS U-125 (O1): (Sunk 11/17/1922) 18000 (TK Larry Doheny)
IJN SS UB-125 (O6): 32442 (BB Nebraska, DDs Lea, Taylor, TK Admiral Chase) The top ace.
USN SS H-4: 9700 (CA Tokiwa)
USN SS O-14: 5000 (AO Noshima)
USN SS O-16: 1516 (ML Kuroshima Maru)
USN SS R-1: 1570 (DD Hamakaze)
USN SS R-4: 15000 (AKs Nankai Maru, Natisan Maru, Sinno Maru) + 13 Mitsubishi C1M1 planes.
USN SS R-5: 6150 (AP Koyo Maru, DD Matsu)
USN SS R-7: 7500 (AK Tottori Maru)
USN SS R-8: 15750 (AP Nissen Maru #2, TK Ryuei Maru)
USN SS R-9: 7500 (AK Kosei Maru)
USN SS R-10: 11710 (AO Muroto, CL Yahagi, DD Amatsukaze)
USN SS R-11: 13500 (AP Turisima Maru, TK Itsukushima Maru)
USN SS R-12: 15000 (AKs Nissyu Maru, Sansho Maru)
USN SS R-14: 23250 (AKs Ina Maru, Malacca Maru, TK Rikko Maru)
USN SS R-15: 1516 (ML Yenoshima Maru)
USN SS R-19: 12000 (TK Kaizyo Maru)
USN SS R-20: 6750 (AP Izumo Maru)
USN SS R-21: 11250 (AKs Akiura Maru, Junpo Maru)
USN SS R-22: 9345 (AK Momoha Maru, DDs Isokaze, Kagero)
USN SS R-23: 13500 (AKs Risen Maru, Toyooka Maru, AP Shofuku Maru)
USN SS R-24: 3750 (AK Kiso Maru)
USN SS R-25: 9750 (AK Morioka Maru, AP Ryoyu Maru #21)
USN SS R-26: 18750 (AKs Hankow Maru, Kanto Maru, Nitiran Maru)
USN SS R-27: 450 (DD Urunami)
USN SS S-2: 9000 (TK Yamazuru Maru)
USN SS S-3: 1080 (DD Hinoki)
USN SS S-4: 11250 (APs Ceylon Maru, Daihachikyo Maru, Tacoma Maru)
USN SS S-6: 13882 (AK Nitii Maru, AP Taian Maru, MSWs Ashikazi Maru, Katoku Maru)
USN SS S-7: 14504 (APs Manzyu Maru, Taibun Maru, Tenyo Maru, PC Ch08)
USN SS S-9: 29520 (AKs Lyons Maru, Nana Maru, AP Igasa Maru, DD Hagi, TK Eiyo Maru) The american top ace.
USN SS S-14: 16250 (APs Buyo Maru, Husimi Maru, Sakido Maru, MSW Natsushima Maru)
USN SS S-15: 5520 (AP Biyo Maru, DD Ashi)
USN SS S-16: 20520 (AK Nitiai Maru, AP Anyo Maru, DD Nire, TK Yuho Maru)
USN SS S-17: 12112 (APs Chowa Maru, Kaedesan Maru, BB Mishishima, DD Hatsuyuki)
USN SS S-32: 1080 (DD Yanagi)
USN SS S-34: 6798 (AP Kiri Maru, MLs Katashima Maru, Ninoshima Maru, Toshima Maru)
USN SS S-35: (Sunk 12/11/1922) 3750 (AK Sugiyama Maru)

[Rysyonok]

S-34 shall now be referred to as "Minelayer Bane". It has just sunk its third IJN ML - that's 60% of total IJN ML losses...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/22

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ASW attack at 83,80

Japanese Ships
SS No. 30

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Eider
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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Sub attack near Wotje at 82,79

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Eider, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Flt 81... there is still a small chance that it may make it.
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
ML Toshima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage And down it goes...

Allied Ships
SS S-34

[jwilkerson]

S-14 shall now be referred to as "Minelayer Bane". It has just sunk its third IJN ML - that's 60% of total IJN ML losses...

Quite an individual victory, but as it is December, if CAPT laid down at least a couple of dozen CLMs on the first turn of the game, then the real mine war has just begun !!!

[Rysyonok]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

S-14 shall now be referred to as "Minelayer Bane". It has just sunk its third IJN ML - that's 60% of total IJN ML losses...

Quite an individual victory, but as it is December, if CAPT laid down at least a couple of dozen CLMs on the first turn of the game, then the real mine war has just begun !!!

Are you talking about Manila-based USN DMs or sending all his subs on minelaying missions all over Pacific?

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Rysyonok

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

S-14 shall now be referred to as "Minelayer Bane". It has just sunk its third IJN ML - that's 60% of total IJN ML losses...

Quite an individual victory, but as it is December, if CAPT laid down at least a couple of dozen CLMs on the first turn of the game, then the real mine war has just begun !!!

Are you talking about Manila-based USN DMs or sending all his subs on minelaying missions all over Pacific?

Nope I was talking about Japanese AK to CLM conversions. In game where I was Japanese (which you now are) I laid down several dozen, though probably not as many on day one as I should have, but by around Jan 23, in that game, you should have more minelayers than you know what to do with. You can probably lay a 10k minefield per op. This is almost certainly an "issue" - though IIRC you felt this was not best use of these vessels anyway, you wanted to use them in surface battles as "DD Killers". But my original intent was to use them as 10k minefield creators.

[Rysyonok]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson
Nope I was talking about Japanese AK to CLM conversions. In game where I was Japanese (which you now are) I laid down several dozen, though probably not as many on day one as I should have, but by around Jan 23, in that game, you should have more minelayers than you know what to do with. You can probably lay a 10k minefield per op. This is almost certainly an "issue" - though IIRC you felt this was not best use of these vessels anyway, you wanted to use them in surface battles as "DD Killers". But my original intent was to use them as 10k minefield creators.

There are many wrong ways to use those CMLs - and by the way by now every 5K AK is being converted - e.g. milching or minelaying en masse. I only want them for LRCAP and recon... =)

It's funny how WPO allows so many conversions whereas British were truly disappointed with their Q-ships by 1917...

I fixed that by deleting every single 5K AK - they are 4K / 8K now. If testing shows real need for conversions, I suppose a few can be thrown on the reinforcement track...

[Rysyonok]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/22

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TF 178 encounters mine field at Ponape (71,79) This is very interesting - why is he sending 8 weak ships to the front lines? It's just an island. With a tiny port and no aircraft to recover.

Japanese Ships
MSW Eguchi Maru No 3
MSW Choun Maru No 7
MSW Bisan Maru
MSW Banshu Maru No 18
MSW Ataka Maru
DD Wakaba
DD Asakaze
DD Momo

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ASW attack near Maloelap at 82,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Robert Smith
DD Farquhar
DD Preble
DD Decatur
DD Henshaw
DD Truxton
DD John D. Ford
DD Bulmer
DD Upshur

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Sub attack near Maloelap at 82,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73

Allied Ships
DD Robert Smith
DD Kane
DD Farquhar
DD Preble
DD Decatur
DD Henshaw
DD Truxton
DD John D. Ford
DD Bulmer
DD Upshur

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ASW attack near Maloelap at 82,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Thatcher
DD Boggs
DD Greene
DD Turner
DD Swasey
DD Barry
DD Howard
DD O'Bannon
DD Crane
DD Williams

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ASW attack near Wotje at 82,79

Japanese Ships
SS No. 45

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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TF 1070 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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ASW attack near Maloelap at 82,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 73, hits 4 2 direct hits - it's gotta be at 30/30 at least.

Allied Ships
DD Thatcher
DD Boggs
DD Greene
DD Turner
DD Swasey
DD Barry
DD Howard
DD O'Bannon

[Rysyonok]

IJN TF clearing Ponape minefield vanished prior to finishing the job. Interesting.

Hunt for No. 73 sub ended with maiming No. 32 instead. Shucks.

Where did all IJN ASW forces in Tokyo go?

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/22

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TF 1070 encounters mine field at Wotje (82,79)

Allied Ships
MSW Bobolink
MSW Quail
MSW Cardinal
MSW Lark
MSW Thrush
MSW Partridge
MSW Turkey
MSW Curlew
MSW Oriole
MSW Tanager
MSW Robin
MSW Owl
MSW Lapwing

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ASW attack at 81,81

Japanese Ships
SS No. 32, hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Kane
DD Robert Smith
DD Farquhar
DD Preble
DD Decatur
DD Henshaw
DD Truxton
DD John D. Ford
DD Bulmer
DD Upshur

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Sub attack near Tokyo at 66,43

Japanese Ships
AP Kiri Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Fourth kill for the sub. =)

Allied Ships
SS S-34