Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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1 r: z* H! J2 A/ R. N* b- sJapanese Ships
' w* N# W0 i' { BB Kongo
- p7 @+ J7 w8 t2 q Q2 E% Z K BB Haruna
6 C5 ~" q: c2 [ BB Hiei
) H$ {9 ~8 Q* R! T( {6 t4 C* a6 ^/ T BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
( A& J; s* a- ^# b: _$ M CA Tone: `# L" y$ ]* k( `; s: t
CA Chikuma
3 j6 A O! ^7 F) \ CA Takao
6 w0 o$ j& K: q4 ?7 _. f' @ L CA Atago3 P- P( h6 Y, T4 |0 A
CA Maya
$ N' E' U o0 C CA Chokai
6 O$ ]0 D: H: l1 D CA Suzuya
/ \0 p2 a2 U3 k CA Kumano
6 I: |) N7 }) N5 q2 F( b/ w# H CA Aoba6 S, l! v0 I" k2 e
CA Kinugasa
! o: ^5 |# r1 j' X7 f4 v+ H CA Furutaka
1 q2 @+ E' V T3 n CL Nagara
" Y+ N8 m+ S3 O, J+ d! [) n CL Yura2 }3 J+ {' b7 u3 V; n- B4 o. A
CL Tenryu
0 C2 T9 P6 Z& F# n3 }1 P CL Tatsuta
K, J# N9 \$ R, A4 T6 N# J CL Yubari# }; b" k4 ]# U y$ P" B( }: ~
E Akikaze! `* C. z; ~: x5 c2 e& n9 f6 X( c
E Tachikaze
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) P& ]+ P1 A+ l3 Y rAllied Ships6 E6 l0 T( o) r6 J- `7 h" X
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# ?4 u: V, `+ q$ X. l# b
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk4 s' T* B# f" R$ j
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 l* x7 u) X' y) a. x% O AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! h" g: N3 ]4 o$ {5 n1 Z( c
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Allied ground losses:, `; |7 j+ s7 K/ r' s" }5 u1 {& Q
16506 casualties reported
0 `3 E0 v. {# |% m7 a Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
% f O' P- ]7 {! d9 G. l7 S4 m Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled/ ]8 ~9 S/ T- f' T3 F, K- q/ {4 y% t
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled6 H! g7 {3 z4 ]) u
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
C7 {. Q$ Q# D8 ? Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |