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BB Showdown!

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This is turn 5 of an epic battle now in June 43 in my pbem scn 2 as Japan.
I am thinking of making the turns available as its been so epic but here is just one of the battles.

NOTE Japan BB had just fought a action previous day and expended some ammo - I think they ran out during this one.



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Day Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,117, Range 29,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Shell hits 8, on fire
BB Musashi, Shell hits 13, heavy fires
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 1
DD Yugure, Shell hits 3
DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Ikazuchi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Isonami
DD Oboro, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Washington, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
BB South Dakota, Shell hits 19, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 23, on fire
CA Northampton, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 3
DD Radford
DD Renshaw, Shell hits 1
DD Aaron Ward
DD Laffey, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Lansdowne, Shell hits 1
DD Lardner, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Gansevoort
DD Gillespie



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 29,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages CA Minneapolis at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages CA Northampton at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Gillespie at 29,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 22,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Yamato at 22,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages DD Oboro at 22,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Hamakaze at 22,000 yards
BB Musashi engages DD Laffey at 22,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Aaron Ward at 22,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Renshaw at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 18,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Yamato at 18,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Nowaki at 18,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Inazuma at 18,000 yards
CA Northampton engages DD Inazuma at 18,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Gansevoort at 18,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Lardner at 18,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Radford at 18,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Laffey at 18,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Renshaw at 18,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Radford at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 12,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB South Dakota at 12,000 yards
DD Oboro engages DD Laffey at 12,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Hamakaze at 12,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Inazuma at 12,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Radford at 12,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Radford at 12,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Ikazuchi at 12,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Aaron Ward at 12,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Lansdowne at 12,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Nowaki at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB South Dakota at 7,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB South Dakota at 7,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Washington at 7,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Yugure at 7,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Hamakaze at 7,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Nowaki at 7,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Gansevoort at 7,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Gillespie at 7,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Hamakaze at 7,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Laffey at 7,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Aaron Ward at 7,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Renshaw at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Washington at 10,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Musashi at 10,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Oboro at 10,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Hamakaze at 10,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Yugure at 10,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Ikazuchi at 10,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Gillespie at 10,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Aaron Ward at 10,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Lardner at 10,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Lansdowne at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Aaron Ward at 10,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Oboro at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 14,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB South Dakota at 14,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Washington at 14,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Isonami at 14,000 yards
CA Northampton engages DD Yugure at 14,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Gillespie at 14,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Gansevoort at 14,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Gansevoort at 14,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Lardner at 14,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Laffey at 14,000 yards
DD Radford engages DD Ikazuchi at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Musashi at 16,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB South Dakota at 16,000 yards
DD Oboro sunk by BB Washington at 16,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Lansdowne at 16,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Gansevoort at 16,000 yards
DD Nowaki engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Laffey at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Renshaw at 16,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 16,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB South Dakota at 16,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Washington at 16,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Ikazuchi at 16,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Ikazuchi at 16,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA Northampton at 16,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Nowaki at 16,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Lansdowne at 16,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Hamakaze at 16,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Renshaw at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Musashi at 16,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Musashi at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Gansevoort at 16,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Ikazuchi at 16,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Yugure at 16,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Nowaki at 16,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Hamakaze at 16,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Lansdowne at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Renshaw at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 13,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Musashi at 13,000 yards
BB Washington engages BB Musashi at 13,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Inazuma at 13,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA New Orleans at 13,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA Northampton at 13,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Nowaki at 13,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Ikazuchi at 13,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Aaron Ward at 13,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Isonami at 13,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Laffey at 13,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Hamakaze at 13,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Akatsuki at 13,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Radford at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 11,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA Minneapolis at 11,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Lansdowne at 11,000 yards
CA Northampton engages DD Akatsuki at 11,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Yugure at 11,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Nowaki at 11,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Hamakaze at 11,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Lansdowne at 11,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Laffey at 11,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Nowaki at 11,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Renshaw at 11,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Radford at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 9,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 9,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Gillespie at 9,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Laffey at 9,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA New Orleans at 9,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Aaron Ward at 9,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Gillespie at 9,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Isonami at 9,000 yards
DD Laffey engages DD Nowaki at 9,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Hamakaze at 9,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Renshaw at 9,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Radford at 9,000 yards
Tanaka, Raizo orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 7,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Musashi at 7,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 7,000 yards
BB Washington engages BB Musashi at 7,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Gansevoort at 7,000 yards
DD Radford engages DD Ikazuchi at 7,000 yards
Magazine explodes on CA Northampton
CA Northampton sunk by BB Musashi at 7,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Yugure at 7,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Nowaki at 7,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Lardner at 7,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Lansdowne at 7,000 yards
DD Radford engages DD Inazuma at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Washington at 10,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Washington at 10,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Inazuma at 10,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Renshaw at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Gillespie at 10,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Laffey at 10,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Ikazuchi at 10,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Lansdowne at 10,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Laffey at 10,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Inazuma at 10,000 yards
DD Radford engages DD Yugure at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Musashi at 13,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Yamato at 13,000 yards
BB Washington engages DD Isonami at 13,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Gansevoort at 13,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Ikazuchi at 13,000 yards
DD Gillespie engages DD Isonami at 13,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Laffey at 13,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Nowaki at 13,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages DD Renshaw at 13,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Laffey at 13,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Aaron Ward at 13,000 yards
DD Radford engages DD Akatsuki at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 16,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages BB Musashi at 16,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB South Dakota at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Gillespie at 16,000 yards
DD Inazuma engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Lansdowne at 16,000 yards
DD Aaron Ward engages DD Akatsuki at 16,000 yards
DD Yugure engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Lardner at 16,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Hamakaze at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Laffey at 16,000 yards
DD Isonami engages DD Aaron Ward at 16,000 yards
DD Renshaw engages DD Nowaki at 16,000 yards
DD Ikazuchi engages DD Radford at 16,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
BB Musashi engages BB Massachusetts at 19,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 19,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Isonami at 19,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Isonami at 19,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Ikazuchi at 19,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Aaron Ward at 19,000 yards
DD Gansevoort engages DD Akatsuki at 19,000 yards
DD Laffey engages DD Nowaki at 19,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Yugure at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 22,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Ikazuchi at 22,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Lansdowne at 22,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Aaron Ward at 22,000 yards
Range increases to 25,000 yards
BB South Dakota engages BB Yamato at 25,000 yards
BB Washington engages DD Isonami at 25,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA Minneapolis at 25,000 yards
BB Yamato engages CA New Orleans at 25,000 yards
BB Massachusetts engages DD Akatsuki at 25,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Gansevoort at 25,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Laffey at 25,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages BB Massachusetts at 29,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Hamakaze at 29,000 yards
BB Musashi engages CA New Orleans at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Gillespie at 29,000 yards
CA New Orleans engages DD Nowaki at 29,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages DD Hamakaze at 29,000 yards
BB Yamato engages DD Renshaw at 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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RE: BB Showdown!

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The Allies made a mistake in mixing CAs with their BBs. Then, if they want a powerful SC TF, the DDs need to be Fletchers. I would have the 3 BBs have 8 Fletchers. That would be tough to handle.
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Nice to see BB battle.
May 1944 in my PBEM and I am still waiting for BB vs BB engagement.
I think Docup is saving them for Tokyo invasion someday in `46[8D]
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In this campaign we have had a bout 8 days in succession with big surface combats. I will post the turns if anyone is interested, its the most intense 8 days I have every had!!!!!!!

I assume mixing CA with BB is bad because of the gun ranges - that is why I did not mix. The battle has been so intense I do not think the allies had a chance to select nice DD they were stopping me from slaughtering the invasion ships.
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I would love to see the battle reports.
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Rook,

I will need to send you them turn by turn. Please see my note in the AAR section.

Please advise and send me a mail address and I will send them turn by turn. You will be impressed...
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