Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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' D- L, m3 F' D( R5 W9 _& gJapanese Ships' ?7 ~7 L( e9 ^3 Q( P; V
BB Kongo/ h4 {* p2 Y5 A
BB Haruna
/ m1 F5 s; H5 _' B3 e& A BB Hiei4 \/ L) j5 v8 Y' F
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
( }8 m/ t- h# Q v d CA Tone& \! K" K) e1 q( q5 D/ S/ h* q
CA Chikuma) F/ [* B# N: t. Y# k
CA Takao& i$ s# E- v8 W- \ G7 t8 K8 a$ I( \
CA Atago5 {$ z5 |$ Q9 p3 ~" M
CA Maya+ r" L8 g. X6 A- x
CA Chokai
; C! o/ f7 t( R' v CA Suzuya
8 \' j/ A: g6 Z' j6 N( [ CA Kumano6 g2 i1 c$ w* c/ c, B
CA Aoba
9 X2 j z" f$ Y4 D% X CA Kinugasa
. U: t; w! u3 n' ~+ h0 B CA Furutaka
4 h& t7 z H0 K* ~: \( n. }2 O CL Nagara
4 o# T0 z8 ^6 @ CL Yura
6 J/ T0 s; I; A CL Tenryu
$ n) P0 }* x0 t4 v CL Tatsuta* t) c5 P! ]5 |! p$ h: |0 g$ i
CL Yubari! k0 Y$ s+ k$ e
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships
6 O5 z' H4 r, `/ C) C AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
f: M( T) P6 }6 X* w: W; | AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk( r% g2 v, L. _* t) G
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
; t. [" o2 x" a% e G5 p+ W AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) f# ?* d- I0 Z# h* p1 u2 {
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Allied ground losses:
$ B% @/ ?" C$ f7 V2 `& Y 16506 casualties reported. s' S" r7 M" d; e. {4 Y& v
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
; G2 j$ [! _* z* n Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
f! t1 K! H) K" P0 d; ]; D Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
% ]0 U; ~: m# }. [ Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
" g. A* ~5 W$ N Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |