TexanInSoFL
10-25-09, 10:48 PM
Hello all. I'm on a mission to collect the date/time/locations of historical task forces, convoys and battles in the game. I'm using RSRD and TMO mods. So, if you want to chime in (and I hope you will), please note what mods you're using, esp. if you are using RSRD. As time allows, I'll keep up this post with edits noting your finds, as well as my own. Here are a couple of links I'm using to try and track stuff down:
1. http://combinedfleet.com/battles/
2. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm
3. http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsJapConquests.htm
Pearl Harbor Strike Force (Kido Butai)
Date/Time--12/20/41, 2300hrs
Location--Bungo Suido
Ships
6 fleet carriers (though this should have been 4 I think as two detached to help with the 2nd Wake invasion attempt)
2 battleships
Various cruisers/escorts
Notes
Map showing Kido Butai movements for the Pearl Harbor attack and afterwards (scroll a page or two down): http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/pearl_harbour.htm
This map says the task force was in Bungo Suido on 12/23/41...so I found it a bit early
Another good link: http://www.friesian.com/pearl.htm
Covering Force for Palembang Attack
Date/Time--2/11/42, 1800hrs
Location--108.5 E, 3 N
Ships
1 fleet carrier (though I think this was supposed to be a light carrier)
4 heavy cruisers
Various escorts
Notes
Wikipedia article on Battle of Palembang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang (check out the part about Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson)
Invasion Convoys into Palembang
Date/Time--2/15/42, 600hrs
Location--2 converging convoys onto Palembang--one from north and one up the strait to the south
Ships (South Convoy)
1 light cruiser
8 merchants
Large number of escorts
Notes
Very tough shallow water convoy attack with lots of aggressive escorts
Darwin Strike Force (Kido Butai)
Date/Time--2/19/42, 600hrs
Location--128.35 E, 8.25S
Ships
4 fleet carriers
3 heavy cruisers
Large number of escorts
Notes
Article on the attack http://www.orford.tased.edu.au/bombing%20of%20dawin.htm
Battle of Sunda Strait
Date/Time--2/28/42, 2330hrs
Location--106.15 E, 5.45S
Ships
2 heavy cruisers
5 destroyers
A ton of merchants
Notes
Article on the attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
Article about the City of Houston raising volunteers to replace those lost aboard the USS Houston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Volunteers
Don't mess with Texas
1. http://combinedfleet.com/battles/
2. http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm
3. http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsJapConquests.htm
Pearl Harbor Strike Force (Kido Butai)
Date/Time--12/20/41, 2300hrs
Location--Bungo Suido
Ships
6 fleet carriers (though this should have been 4 I think as two detached to help with the 2nd Wake invasion attempt)
2 battleships
Various cruisers/escorts
Notes
Map showing Kido Butai movements for the Pearl Harbor attack and afterwards (scroll a page or two down): http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/pearl_harbour.htm
This map says the task force was in Bungo Suido on 12/23/41...so I found it a bit early
Another good link: http://www.friesian.com/pearl.htm
Covering Force for Palembang Attack
Date/Time--2/11/42, 1800hrs
Location--108.5 E, 3 N
Ships
1 fleet carrier (though I think this was supposed to be a light carrier)
4 heavy cruisers
Various escorts
Notes
Wikipedia article on Battle of Palembang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang (check out the part about Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson)
Invasion Convoys into Palembang
Date/Time--2/15/42, 600hrs
Location--2 converging convoys onto Palembang--one from north and one up the strait to the south
Ships (South Convoy)
1 light cruiser
8 merchants
Large number of escorts
Notes
Very tough shallow water convoy attack with lots of aggressive escorts
Darwin Strike Force (Kido Butai)
Date/Time--2/19/42, 600hrs
Location--128.35 E, 8.25S
Ships
4 fleet carriers
3 heavy cruisers
Large number of escorts
Notes
Article on the attack http://www.orford.tased.edu.au/bombing%20of%20dawin.htm
Battle of Sunda Strait
Date/Time--2/28/42, 2330hrs
Location--106.15 E, 5.45S
Ships
2 heavy cruisers
5 destroyers
A ton of merchants
Notes
Article on the attack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
Article about the City of Houston raising volunteers to replace those lost aboard the USS Houston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Volunteers
Don't mess with Texas