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Molon Labe · 07-03-22, 11:41 AM

14 February 1943
Another Valentine's Day sees another IJN carrier burning

Banda Sea
The USS S-28 strikes again at Ambon, this time finding none other than the Kaga in harbor. It fired 4 torpedoes, hitting Kaga twice, leaving the ship fighting for her life. One really nice thing about the Kaga getting hit at Ambon is the port there isn't big enough to provide shelter from subs, so this crippled ship can probably be finished off if she stays there. And she'll probably sink and/or be attacked again if she tries to move.

Further south, a large fleet of destroyers, must have been at least 10 of them, approached Babar and drew a strike from Darwin. They maintained a CAP of 3 Zeroes from somewhere, which were enough to shoot down an escorting Wildcat before bugging out, costing them one of their Zeroes. The SBDs hit 3 destroyers and 1 APD. One of the destroyers and the APD are confirmed sunk, but I doubt any of these survive 1000lb SAP hits.

Japan
The US sub fleet was busy here too. USS Haddock sank a light cargo ship off Aogoshima with a torpedo hit, USS Runner torpedoed and sank a PB escorting cargo ships near Naha, and USS Saury sank a light cargo ship in a gun/torpedo night surface attack near Aogoshima.

Solomons and Coral Sea

A single enemy destroyer arrived at Shortlands, causing a supply convoy of mine to abort unloading and retreat. The destroyer didn't feel like engaging either.

3 Kates, probably from Rabaul, tried to interdict one of my supply convoys headed for Shortlands, but we had 8 P-38s overhead. All 3 were splashed.

An enemy sub approached a supply convoy in the Horn Island straight and was depth charged by an escorting minesweeper. I'm seeing so many subs here I don't think they're transiting anymore, I think they're patrolling here.

Burma
The Vengeance dive bomber squadron went after the Jintsu again, but this time there was a substantial CAP protecting it. We had 17 Hurricane escorts against 15 Zeroes and 20 Oscars. Each side lost a fighter (theirs was a Zero) but the Vengeances got torn up, 10 shot down between two sorties. 5 bombers made it to the target, but all missed.

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Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	14 February 1943 Another Valentine's Day sees another IJN carrier burning Banda Sea The USS S-28 strikes again at Ambon, this time finding none other than the Kaga in harbor. It fired 4 torpedoes, hitting Kaga twice, leaving the ship fighting for her life. One really nice thing about the Kaga getting hit at Ambon is the port there isn't big enough to provide shelter from subs, so this crippled ship can probably be finished off if she stays there. And she'll probably sink and/or be attacked again if she tries to move. Further south, a large fleet of destroyers, must have been at least 10 of them, approached Babar and drew a strike from Darwin. They maintained a CAP of 3 Zeroes from somewhere, which were enough to shoot down an escorting Wildcat before bugging out, costing them one of their Zeroes. The SBDs hit 3 destroyers and 1 APD. One of the destroyers and the APD are confirmed sunk, but I doubt any of these survive 1000lb SAP hits. Japan The US sub fleet was busy here too. USS Haddock sank a light cargo ship off Aogoshima with a torpedo hit, USS Runner torpedoed and sank a PB escorting cargo ships near Naha, and USS Saury sank a light cargo ship in a gun/torpedo night surface attack near Aogoshima. Solomons and Coral Sea A single enemy destroyer arrived at Shortlands, causing a supply convoy of mine to abort unloading and retreat. The destroyer didn't feel like engaging either. 3 Kates, probably from Rabaul, tried to interdict one of my supply convoys headed for Shortlands, but we had 8 P-38s overhead. All 3 were splashed. An enemy sub approached a supply convoy in the Horn Island straight and was depth charged by an escorting minesweeper. I'm seeing so many subs here I don't think they're transiting anymore, I think they're patrolling here. Burma The Vengeance dive bomber squadron went after the Jintsu again, but this time there was a substantial CAP protecting it. We had 17 Hurricane escorts against 15 Zeroes and 20 Oscars. Each side lost a fighter (theirs was a Zero) but the Vengeances got torn up, 10 shot down between two sorties. 5 bombers made it to the target, but all missed. __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 07-10-22 at 07:52 PM.