Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards9 R1 F* J# U% ?9 Y
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Japanese Ships
9 f+ t" W+ f6 t8 w |: s( g& \ BB Kongo
& z" z2 v" N: T; u& S1 H) K BB Haruna m/ V+ u; ?. M
BB Hiei
* Q1 ?# i* E) J6 J! Q5 W* ^, ? BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3, ^+ k: L# U9 d3 N; f" p- t% |
CA Tone
6 J4 ~- b6 F# M2 f# |- [ CA Chikuma% l/ C* {+ w5 W# P
CA Takao) x; z& T& f8 C) v H0 t
CA Atago6 ~+ f) K1 l, M2 A9 k9 Q# y
CA Maya
9 g4 n D$ G: S: l; O' _ CA Chokai$ O0 X5 S' N1 Y
CA Suzuya% w& j0 m; h2 ~% w; V3 y
CA Kumano
]$ J6 T4 F1 S CA Aoba& x( L+ v2 J; `
CA Kinugasa0 i' W3 v' t3 a1 q0 W E
CA Furutaka2 s _# q% I: K4 O5 R+ X# r9 {- E9 {6 F
CL Nagara
9 n) {" F- q2 s. a( y6 w CL Yura0 u7 d( t4 H! }0 M& b, q
CL Tenryu
{$ i5 {4 }* U( Y! ~- c8 @4 ] CL Tatsuta* Q4 \5 U4 \. [; R q3 o
CL Yubari
, x+ `. \3 B$ T3 ?" ^" s d E Akikaze
- k/ {8 Y" S6 U2 u9 _) E' \ E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
1 z& u6 W8 d' R1 t8 h/ C3 T. S AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 p3 O- ] B# \ ~ AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk' A' n# L( c+ `: y9 A4 C
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
' K E- h9 I: k. v0 X AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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; f3 M! n V9 i7 y( ]6 cAllied ground losses:
- ?" H8 Q: G9 P \2 N, c' n1 S! m3 P& Z 16506 casualties reported
" W2 t) W7 }4 k: o( a Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled% T6 `3 E( c, m8 r4 T. I, S# n
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
/ ] c+ U A3 u) v# f' A( R Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
" w* ~/ t: w' A+ A; B7 K! ~ Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
# v( F! b8 M- D. T# k5 e: M Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |