Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% f; e' P u* ~1 p3 H+ X
BB Kongo
# S9 K( w. j* c8 u: S. T# a) t BB Haruna* K. ?" U( L: L& c9 a
BB Hiei! t) X4 G/ b4 A" l7 a
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
P0 E9 f" s7 G0 p- E6 d+ y CA Tone! Z6 C; o$ j/ C5 v$ M
CA Chikuma9 e4 |' D6 D& Q/ B
CA Takao
{5 ~9 F/ Y- P+ R1 X3 m1 z CA Atago+ @/ v3 ]8 w' u+ i+ F
CA Maya
6 y; [* d5 I" O( x* H CA Chokai
6 U% l6 r W( C2 ~- l CA Suzuya
% E; u! Y R0 h6 a; Y+ H5 k CA Kumano. P% B0 N* P. R0 ]$ H$ q: w
CA Aoba
; o; P2 z8 Y1 F, k; A CA Kinugasa
0 ]- C" L; Z. A2 }" [ CA Furutaka5 _7 [4 O3 u w/ t; `
CL Nagara; A% E/ ?& O4 I; E
CL Yura
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CL Tatsuta
& A% C8 u" F3 J- @3 K8 { CL Yubari
) D2 w: Y$ \+ g9 O( ~ E Akikaze
+ a/ {# _; H- o/ b# g# V E Tachikaze
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: R: `7 B+ Z p& g6 L( ~" h; oAllied Ships
) I+ h/ e: V3 @+ g2 p( T) t AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ S% o7 D7 h) r1 h' c$ P
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
* \' H8 Z0 [* b: V% \ AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
2 [2 ?4 E4 ?9 E' h f: a+ T$ O' w AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:& [* f" t0 g% S- N9 }! H; N0 ^
16506 casualties reported# Q" E% g: i6 h, L
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
5 k* ^: W( d: P6 u( B m Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
+ `9 e# G S' a3 Z l: L' O Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled, y2 k$ F. x& {; t
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
0 s. T' d2 ~1 p4 c Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |