Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards6 z1 X3 E6 d/ a; o6 |# L; k8 p
" L, a8 y' _; C& OJapanese Ships! E) k" U; o1 Q4 c
BB Kongo& R$ V" ]- C+ j& c$ Y# e
BB Haruna
6 O- N- d$ ]( V" B6 W- a! `, k BB Hiei
! `: ]. [. |) Y: B# j. Z! L BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
; P! X7 B3 A2 v8 }3 o& I CA Tone
) l" O( q! C% C CA Chikuma
0 V' S+ j; H/ O- ^- V CA Takao7 l1 l. P( _5 U* x- Z) P7 ~
CA Atago( F! `+ W9 I" U% R- ~: o
CA Maya% C& Y) _* l- B! d: R" T4 U n
CA Chokai
# F' F' d. v# {* D) t& t CA Suzuya6 @/ [0 k! Q9 x; ?; H
CA Kumano; M/ u8 X8 A: q, Q+ B' ~
CA Aoba
[5 s7 }+ s& ^) W8 O$ { CA Kinugasa
- A8 i( I' u4 _2 ]6 q1 M CA Furutaka, X- a/ @& ^7 M9 @
CL Nagara
: z8 k9 y P% _+ v0 N9 N6 X2 y" m CL Yura& Q$ q, r& u5 E' U h x+ j# w
CL Tenryu
% n' k2 V8 e1 _& c# B5 D7 X5 B e$ z CL Tatsuta
. }, ?: t6 h7 f. w5 x CL Yubari
2 g7 Q& F+ I4 a( Z9 }: t E Akikaze
8 r* l5 t" L& P: T0 L E Tachikaze
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" R% ~* u! {9 c4 z! UAllied Ships
# F Q4 g) u( ?4 v4 u: } AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: y, ^; L* `6 l% j) ^" A# C
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
4 P* J! b& W( s1 [ [5 C, x# @. g AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk7 q1 i+ t1 P6 B$ h
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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/ L) l( x) \ g5 A/ gAllied ground losses: p$ [+ l$ k1 G4 n7 R
16506 casualties reported
+ k# G7 k3 d( j/ A% O$ e Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled) ?0 a4 A8 I! [" f# E+ S0 Y
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled. z- v4 @/ E0 h# {! h. I- t
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
# B5 b4 _; i9 B. s% | Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
4 m! v7 j/ X4 ` K- t8 f Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |