Vella Gulf from Blackett Strait

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DESTROYER DIVISION 12 (TASK GROUP 31.2) (Moosbrugger)

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CONTENTS

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Cover pages

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Orders

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Battle Plan

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943

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Track Chart

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First Endorsement (RAdm. T.S. Wilkinson)

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War Diary

USS DUNLAP (DD 384)

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Deck logs: 1–5 August 1943

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Deck logs: 6–7 August 1943

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943

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Torpedo Chart; Track Chart

USS CRAVEN (DD 382)

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CONTENTS

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943

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Deck logs: 6–7 August 1943

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Action Report: Statements of selected officers and men

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Operational remarks (War Diary): 6–7 August 1943

USS MAURY (DD 401)

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943

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First Endorsement (Frederick Moosbrugger)

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Second Endorsement (T.S. Wilkinson)

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Third Endorsement (H.E. Stassen)

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Operational remarks (War Diary): 6–7 August 1943

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Track Chart

DESTROYER DIVISION 15 (Simpson)

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CONTENTS

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War Diary (incl. Track Chart)

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943

USS LANG (DD 399)

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CONTENTS

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943 (Wolfong, CO)

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943 (Southard, XO)

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Track charts

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Operational remarks (War Diary): 6–7 August 1943

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Action Report: 9–10 August 1943 (Wolfong, CO)

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Track charts

USS STERETT (DD 407)

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CONTENTS

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Deck log cover pages, July 1943

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943 (F.G. Gould, CO)

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Torpedo and Track Charts

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Deck logs

USS STACK (DD 406)

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CONTENTS

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Operational remarks (War Diary): 6–7 August 1943

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Action Report: 6–7 August 1943 (R.A. Newton, CO)

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Track Chart

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First Endorsement (Rodger Simpson)

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Second Endorsement (Harold P. Smith)

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Third Endorsement (T.S. Wilkinson)

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Fourth Endorsement (R.B. Carney)

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Fifth Endorsement (J.H. Newton)

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Sixth Endorsement (J.L. Kauffman)


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