AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/23
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Coastal Guns at Marcus Island, 75,56, firing at TF 57
TF 57 troops unloading over beach at Marcus Island, 75,56
930 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Bokuyo Maru, Shell hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taibun Maru, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaimyo Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
AP Koryu Maru, Shell hits 4
AP Tsunushima Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
2137 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Marcus Island at 75,56
Japanese Ships
AP Bokuyo Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
AP Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Giyu Maru
AP Hie Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Kaimyo Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kaishi Maru
AP Koryu Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
AP Maya Maru
AP Netsuda Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AP Taibun Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taigen Maru
AP Taiho Maru
AP Tasmania Maru
AP Tofuku Maru
AP Tsunushima Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Florida
BB Utah
BB Missouri
BB Kentucky
CL Omaha
CL Cincinnati
DD Greene
DD Moody
DD Henshaw
DD Meyer
DD Farenholt
DD Sumner
DD Corry
DD Melvin
DD Farquhar
Japanese ground losses:
1167 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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TF 34 encounters mine field at Taipei (50,43)
Japanese Ships
DD Isokaze, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Shimakaze
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Marcus Island
Japanese Shock attack [X(]
Attacking force 4707 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Defending force 10878 troops, 80 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 212
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
578 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Manila
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 118955 troops, 853 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 2851
Defending force 83152 troops, 369 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 914
Japanese ground losses:
217 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Marcus Island
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10692 troops, 69 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 204
Defending force 10772 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165
Good thing the Florida TF got that Japanese Convoy to run from Marcus island or the U.S. troops there would be doomed. The Hawaii Division will be embarking on ships hopefully by tommorow to reinforce Marcus island they will probably take a week to arrive. The Florida task force has to run back to Guam because I have no fuel on Marcus island [:(] Hopefully some more of those damaged Japanese ships in that convoy will sink on the way back to Wake island. I'm gonna show a picture of the Florida TF fighting that convoy in the next post.
