Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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; [' ?& z7 o/ o0 q1 D" W ^Japanese Ships+ U! e' a& s, o6 i1 y8 X8 o! f8 n
BB Kongo
/ l+ ?# [5 c2 @: d BB Haruna w" B+ A: m: R* c: O9 ?, D
BB Hiei, }. ~& R. p# f9 z
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
& K' R( j! W! P9 q2 w8 R c CA Tone
8 `6 m8 z' Q9 `# \ CA Chikuma
- e; u+ j G1 a3 ^ CA Takao0 d6 h, }! B" ]8 W: ^
CA Atago
4 q5 U6 I w/ J) u$ N& O CA Maya
: n/ S( ?8 B) w CA Chokai
( @6 Q7 M9 r3 D* E+ m7 \ CA Suzuya
# u$ N. j! s$ G) \0 ` CA Kumano9 I0 f2 G( F5 o
CA Aoba
/ }( N8 l% q5 ? CA Kinugasa
( I/ _. d: r3 |# m CA Furutaka
9 E1 \- @- ]2 v$ q. B CL Nagara9 g. S2 _9 A3 R y+ O3 l& |
CL Yura
8 O* f; n' F) b5 M j6 o2 K CL Tenryu
; J; t* s' U9 V/ i CL Tatsuta
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E Tachikaze/ ^( \9 z- z/ x* w* B/ @
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Allied Ships5 q2 p' u1 G8 }! l4 |- _0 d
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 Y F, {5 ?! c* k% N: D
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
8 J- \' P- X! c0 P8 P+ K# U AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
+ J Y# L2 S, ]* ~2 { AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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& Z4 M9 X; D2 Z4 ~0 f7 P& q) cAllied ground losses:
8 d: j1 O8 u# N5 {& W. `1 C 16506 casualties reported3 P. a% d& {& d( l; h# [7 A7 Z
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
/ c0 F# ^" i* a0 a, L! p0 u* D Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
8 m9 b# r. M1 Q1 ?% H3 b Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
5 q0 W8 q6 Y' J- Q |# k Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)9 w6 P; V2 b. p. `9 @& ~, k# P
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |