Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards- C; ]8 a" y1 B/ f0 i. ^! V& g
d4 O: E; k: h1 p7 `Japanese Ships
9 @1 a8 s- Q* E BB Kongo* a, d: |6 W. R& }- j
BB Haruna- R% ]; ~9 ~* t' t# ^
BB Hiei
: _' F9 m c. j+ o7 Y f+ | BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3' F+ [' m- A9 p' u
CA Tone3 ^1 t) t& y8 q; i9 e! q0 ^: ^5 y
CA Chikuma
0 E5 D- \ G5 A% @3 f CA Takao) W1 |% o2 e6 s* p
CA Atago9 {9 n K' N* W$ d3 _% @
CA Maya+ N8 y$ Y! X# P
CA Chokai
: c6 \( |0 H4 m7 S0 z, S CA Suzuya8 Z8 H5 M% h2 J. ~2 Y r: f
CA Kumano) u9 i" M/ d2 {1 }: K
CA Aoba
# D% p; ~1 C" X4 F CA Kinugasa/ F, d4 ]! C5 |( b/ y
CA Furutaka. Y. O8 L2 O+ t1 D
CL Nagara) N5 {9 t. S3 C4 i% w; ~* c7 [
CL Yura( T: }( O, G1 A9 B% x. Y" J. N
CL Tenryu. r; p( k0 H# i. n" O! w
CL Tatsuta
: t9 A6 f* ?0 Q# {! n CL Yubari
2 J% \: ~9 `# ]0 G7 ~7 p E Akikaze
B3 F1 b! O" W2 m+ X* N9 g E Tachikaze
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5 i/ U7 J' D6 d: LAllied Ships
: m: J+ @% P7 x" j7 l AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( U2 y8 A5 g8 E AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
7 }% c2 B+ @- h. ` AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk. g. [4 L6 K: D- L" M& _5 |( A4 b7 Y
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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3 R% o1 O" E: L1 IAllied ground losses:( I( z1 {: E# r R2 S2 t
16506 casualties reported
3 D+ x+ C3 y; O/ N( R! X Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled1 g: s; T; t9 G" L) b# f+ A
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled7 c6 r! v9 E# |
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled! ]% s; c$ y' d: s2 S. R8 @
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
d) h: g, Y& Z7 | Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |