Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards' I0 r$ {! o Y9 L" F/ {" F+ p5 j
! R$ h$ J- _% L6 x9 _5 {
Japanese Ships9 A- I. Z6 j1 D" X/ g; z* |
BB Kongo) C2 U9 S4 U8 E. i
BB Haruna
" B: t t" T! c) Q# F H% h BB Hiei* w, V! n) }$ S- x" X7 o( h
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 38 t! N2 }, Q% E" T5 W
CA Tone
5 ? `8 H3 m% F G/ C0 m CA Chikuma4 y0 u: f# J& c n
CA Takao
8 m/ m2 h5 S, {+ N* u2 p CA Atago8 Q3 T! K' }0 B6 X8 V, z
CA Maya
: j2 Z6 L" X$ ^4 s CA Chokai
g, k( w0 t5 e g- n CA Suzuya
. ~) O7 D) t+ U+ D CA Kumano4 w# K& U# L" O! V6 Q# m( f9 t
CA Aoba
9 M8 X6 D, c% m CA Kinugasa
5 M5 i# `7 ?/ D- Y1 U CA Furutaka
7 Y; W! u8 N( `6 J4 R( S+ z8 S% T# U) W CL Nagara- x+ j0 V% i5 h3 O, g$ {. l
CL Yura
. U( _ A1 p- ~+ {7 }- B/ j CL Tenryu
" V+ b$ i8 V% K/ q) ~8 G% C CL Tatsuta
/ D) p7 K" t. \! O3 H CL Yubari
2 ^4 o# P" Z9 U/ w E Akikaze( Y$ k4 v* I. a* }) U9 k5 m
E Tachikaze) u/ U, m& v) ?- b" z6 w) [
; q: Y" e4 @7 P. sAllied Ships% ?* T0 c# i; r
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 `. o, j# ?. z0 n- h y
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
- p' q3 `+ i( r! P, M3 `5 Y AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 G' A& Q, k5 l
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 [' |% ]3 x: t$ Q! Z
# ]! z2 N# B6 a5 x4 K7 r
! ]/ P1 X! V& t1 ~ A6 j; g) JAllied ground losses:
" q( ]) R9 Q; |* l. F. R 16506 casualties reported
2 Z) [9 t/ x! T9 ] Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
}0 ?9 E: ^. A Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
" a2 L. e3 `) c. ?! C Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled+ F) D; p8 B! k r
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
- P, A- S# w1 |4 A Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |