Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards9 ? j& t) U5 O. y
1 }6 X2 y& n$ OJapanese Ships
7 `5 j# d* i5 ]9 G BB Kongo
n( }8 d# }: n, J/ T: C' x' }6 Z BB Haruna
8 X) j, c( W- u# g( [* L BB Hiei
( t5 R& E6 Z& _4 O+ F/ T/ l BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
8 z0 ]+ V: t2 W# e CA Tone
1 U& \/ |$ w/ l' R i2 ] CA Chikuma3 ^; F3 r) d5 n+ l% B
CA Takao
! v. d" ]2 R1 `* o CA Atago% l8 B" e F# D* ~+ w8 B
CA Maya
/ R! u2 y Q. {, n, n( F CA Chokai
( W2 j8 T8 N6 i# h: A/ c CA Suzuya- m# z4 ?8 \; t; z+ ]+ s
CA Kumano
( m$ @& N7 b, j* s Q y CA Aoba
) A6 | Y9 [& t- C( C0 D CA Kinugasa$ p$ O# [* A3 C0 h/ u: w; ^. v9 ?
CA Furutaka
6 Z" ^& |( x/ [# T! c4 k' T7 |# J CL Nagara% _( ^! Z' Z V
CL Yura F& @; S9 \& p
CL Tenryu
8 D/ Q1 J2 h" c, g CL Tatsuta
" r( ?% X$ U" n CL Yubari, ^6 k! T: J& C, C& L
E Akikaze
/ ^3 x" k6 g$ S$ ~6 O$ o E Tachikaze- i8 J! L6 h6 \9 a1 j$ h
. Y O4 p/ g# ~$ q" R9 SAllied Ships
8 l/ n" t+ G8 h& D% t/ d AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, D/ C8 Q2 s0 B8 i5 D
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
. H/ T8 `8 [1 j( q AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
9 P& \# o: e+ p% u$ h5 a, i6 J( O7 K AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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! s1 F5 X( G/ q& @0 {Allied ground losses:
$ j, m4 }& m$ ? 16506 casualties reported j. }; l/ a w* A$ U: t# W7 }
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
& [0 y: }2 V* o6 }: F5 h8 C Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled1 s k# w9 \+ o9 ]! P
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
. e5 {# u2 j0 t. ^$ X O Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)" A& b( J6 G3 q5 f* i5 y
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |