Last Stop Tokyo: Terminus vs Durrant

[DuckofTindalos]

No destroyers went down this turn, but something much heavier: the Royal Navy battleship HMS Marlborough, heavily damaged at Brunei, finally succumbed off Kuching. That went a long way to levelling the score for sunk ships:



The IJN command has decided to temporarily suspend submarine operations at Singapore, after the third submarine in as many days was heavily damaged by enemy destroyers. There's simply too many of them.

And speaking of sunken ships, here's the current confirmed tally:

IJN: 5 BB, 1 BC, 1 CA, 1 CL, 19 DD, 1 MSW, 3 SS, 1 AD, 2 AK, 6 AP, 4 TK

Allies: 4 BB, 4 CL, 40 DD, 12 PG, 4 SC, 2 MSW, 1 SS, 1 AE, 2 AO, 7 AK

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/04/22

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24

Allied Ships
DD Winchelsea
DD Woolston
DD Wolfhound
DD Windsor
DD Voyager
DD Versatile
DD Venetia
DD Fox
DD Pruitt
DD Truxton

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Wryneck
DD Wrestler
DD Whitley
DD Westcott
DD Wessex

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Wryneck
DD Wrestler
DD Whitley
DD Westcott

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24, hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Voyager
DD Woolston
DD Wolfhound
DD Windsor
DD Winchelsea
DD Versatile
DD Venetia
DD Fox
DD Pruitt
DD Truxton

[DuckofTindalos]

Very expensive round of what turned out to be destroyer-bashing at Singapore last night. HMS Venetia and Versatile and USS Pruitt and Truxton were sunk, but unfortunately a lucky enemy torpedo strike pierced the flank of the battleship Hyuga. Annoying, to say the least...[:@]

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/05/22

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
BB Tosa
BB Ise, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Fuso, Shell hits 7
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 3
CL Yahagi, Shell hits 3
CL Oi, Shell hits 2
DD Kaba
DD Matsu, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi
DD Isonami, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Truxton, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Pruitt, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Fox
DD Venetia, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Versatile, Shell hits 64, and is sunk
DD Voyager
DD Winchelsea, Shell hits 1
DD Windsor, Shell hits 2
DD Wolfhound, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Woolston

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
BB Tosa
BB Ise, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1, on fire
BB Fuso, Shell hits 1
BB Yamashiro
CL Yahagi
CL Oi, Shell hits 1
DD Kaba
DD Matsu, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
DD Truxton, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fox
DD Venetia, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Voyager
DD Winchelsea
DD Windsor, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Wolfhound, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Woolston, Shell hits 7

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 46, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Wryneck
DD Wrestler
DD Whitley
DD Westcott
DD Wessex
DD Waterhen
DD William B. Preston
DD Barry
DD Reuben James
DD Waters

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
DD Windsor, on fire, heavy damage

[DuckofTindalos]

Aside from the loss of IJN destroyer Matsu, a straggler from yesterday's action at Singapore, today was a quiet turn.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/06/22

Continuing the Terminus animal thingy....................

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, after the sound and fury of the past couple of weeks, a little quiet time could be nice.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/07/22

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Allied Ships
SS R-10

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Allied Ships
SS R-10

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ASW attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
CL Oi

Allied Ships
SS R-10

[DuckofTindalos]

Since it's been an otherwise quiet turn, let's have a little physics demonstration. This is what happens when a pair of Mk 10 torpedoes perforate an otherwise healthy Japanese battleship:

[Bill Durrant]

USN PRESS RELEASE:

Yesterday a group of crack submariners previously based at Manila and now operating from a secret base in the Pacific Ocean severely crippled a Japanese Battleship off the coast of Borneo. The heroes are now returning to their secret base for a well earned rest. However, the war continues and equally brave replacements remain in the vicinity and across the Pacific region as a whole

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/08/22

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Naval bombardment of Kuching, at 28,56 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CL Yahagi
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
BB Ise
BB Tosa


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47, hits 2

Allied Ships
CA Shannon
DD Wrestler
DD Wessex

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Sub attack at 32,56

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-16

[DuckofTindalos]

"Returning to their base for a well-earned rest"? Guess they must have been on their way home then, when THIS happened:



It was only a single torpedo hit this time, but still annoying. The God of War is smiling on Bill for the moment...[8D]

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/09/22

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ASW attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
DD Wrestler
DD Wessex
DD William B. Preston
DD Waters

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Sub attack at 32,56

Japanese Ships
BB Shikishima, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Sumire
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi
DD Kiku
DD Take
CA Adzuma

Allied Ships
SS S-16

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
CL Dublin
DD Wrestler
DD Wessex
DD William B. Preston
DD Waters

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ASW attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
SS No. 47

Allied Ships
DD Wrestler
DD Wessex
DD William B. Preston
DD Waters
CL Caroline

His name is Rear Admiral Fechteler

[DuckofTindalos]

Surface action at Kuching last night. I forgot to turn on my screenshot program before running the turn, so there's no visual presentation of the battle, although I've asked Bill to take a pic of it.

The fight featured a trio of British BC's along with cruisers and destroyers against some battleships and cruisers of mine. Several ships on both sides were badly damaged in the battle, but only the IJN destroyer Tsuta was lost.

Elsewhere, submarine No. 41, severely damaged at Singapore several days, sank today on its way back to port.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/10/22

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi
DD Kiku
DD Take

Allied Ships
SS R-10, hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
BB Aki, Shell hits 2
BB Satsuma, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Asahi, Shell hits 2
CA Adzuma
CA Idzumo
CL Chitose, Shell hits 1
CL Niitaka
DD Take
DD Kiku, Shell hits 1
DD Hagi
DD Tsuta, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Warabi

Allied Ships
BC Lion
BC Princess Royal, Shell hits 1
BC Inflexible, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Shannon
CL Dublin, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Caroline, Shell hits 4
DD Waters, Shell hits 1
DD William B. Preston, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Wakeful, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Wessex, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Wrestler
CA Dupleix, Shell hits 3

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Sub attack at 32,56

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi
DD Nire
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-16

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Sub attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
DD Take, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hagi
DD Kiku

Allied Ships
SS R-10

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ASW attack at 32,56

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi
DD Nire
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS S-16

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ASW attack near Kuching at 28,56

Japanese Ships
DD Hagi
DD Kiku

Allied Ships
SS R-10

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ASW attack at 32,56

Japanese Ships
DD Ashi
DD Nire
DD Keyaki
DD Tsubaki

Allied Ships
SS S-16

[DuckofTindalos]

On the fourth anniversary of the end of World War I, there was (surprisingly) no activity in South Asia. No more battleships getting torpedoed...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/11/22

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 26, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Whirlwind
DD Humphreys

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 26

Allied Ships
DD Humphreys
DD Winchelsea
DD Whitley
DD Walpole
DD Whirlwind
DD Westcott
DD Wryneck
DD Waterhen
DD Barry

[DuckofTindalos]

More stragglers sinking this turn. On our side, it was the destroyer Take, while for the enemy, it was the British cruiser Southampton [:D].

At Manilla, RN submarine K-16 has resumed its career as a disturber of the peace, willfully disregarding the large number of depth charges dropped on its head today.

Elsewhere, the use of flying boats for ASW work has really taken off (pardon the weak pun). The 4th Rec. Chutai at Wake is reporting one attack run after another on American submarines, and even several hits. It would be interesting to know what sort of effect (if any) these hits are having. Interestingly enough, all attacks on submarines are happening whilst flying Naval Search missions, not ASW patrol. Also, this particular Chutai is by far the most experienced air unit in our order of battle.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/12/22

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Sub attack near Manila at 43,52

Japanese Ships
DD Umi
DD Kuri

Allied Ships
SS K-16, hits 1

[DuckofTindalos]

Nothing today. Apparently, my flying boat crews at Wake heard the praise I gave them yesterday, and took today off, cause they sure didn't hit anything.

A regrouping phase will probably start now, considering the losses both I and Bill have sustained in the South China Sea. Of course, the USN haven't taken any losses lately...

[Bill Durrant]

Nothing in the combat report.

Forgot to take screenies but the subs hit by aircraft at Wake have sustained float and system damage in the mid 20s