Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards) l5 o( |7 S" {
3 q! I% l7 f6 j& }; QJapanese Ships1 J+ |7 q& j1 I8 u
BB Kongo
6 ~7 ~( j I$ E& }( T3 [1 K) x$ M2 t BB Haruna# J4 V0 i8 N- J6 a# k
BB Hiei
; J- q+ g8 [0 v8 q- | BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
/ t. V0 M# a( U `! P! w CA Tone$ l+ F: G, Z* k& C
CA Chikuma
' g: A6 X( g {8 G S CA Takao
. y: X' B. V1 h& w8 j" E1 q CA Atago
* T \ l) t# B, P4 ?6 q W CA Maya+ W- L% J& n4 C/ F: h! Q }
CA Chokai+ X, ^/ }2 ~! W- i+ w
CA Suzuya/ X; O1 [7 s1 j; Q1 Y6 n
CA Kumano$ b+ }1 r ], P% @4 r
CA Aoba
% k, }1 ~0 P4 h1 Z CA Kinugasa
! u; X' d! i' L' @+ C$ d CA Furutaka5 Y; V1 f l5 l
CL Nagara
8 ]* G! f: C6 j+ j0 q CL Yura
; U9 ^) V0 ]* b) {! i CL Tenryu8 F: |3 h1 ]5 U R! _% ~& U
CL Tatsuta
2 q l6 B$ Y$ R CL Yubari/ n$ k; H7 Q) m6 B- e
E Akikaze
0 A) Q) R6 @8 Z: U, d. h E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
1 t. \5 O( \: ~2 w) ^- V# L AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 i. E* ?0 H8 M* n, w2 \; D AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
. D, l6 r$ F M, I$ C& f AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, ]5 r) P& E( E" W AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:, c0 u7 D4 k0 E7 i
16506 casualties reported9 U& r9 V% w9 Z5 C) o! ]
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
0 x' m! V, x3 @! ^5 u# f1 z% ~8 { Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
) m4 Y2 Q9 A$ v1 }9 A I Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
& P" y1 p. o6 F7 w6 F& ?5 U Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
6 U" F7 A* n6 x4 f8 v8 E Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |