Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
x5 X0 U" t2 x4 J4 c; [) L BB Kongo8 Y, u, C8 R E, \
BB Haruna
' O, [) t# Q( ?% ]2 j BB Hiei% ]5 g. K$ ] ?2 s, w& ^; Q
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
6 b$ G6 r6 A, K. c0 c: d0 V2 O CA Tone: T2 \$ N7 B$ A' U
CA Chikuma+ H E) R- _1 J) Z% i* N
CA Takao
# D+ `, ^ {' z* j' } CA Atago
" g8 a: W; z1 L5 f& j- { CA Maya
% ?+ ?9 u6 J- b6 Y CA Chokai
9 E$ \0 x8 r- i: M CA Suzuya% P- [9 `' @% d* B/ _- x
CA Kumano0 f$ o2 O! V1 t; F2 X
CA Aoba1 i6 k( Z2 g; n7 H% Q" D
CA Kinugasa
; S( L+ m# W* t CA Furutaka3 [* b+ B/ Q; r9 r7 U x
CL Nagara
" \: {, _4 t% q! Y) Z6 ` CL Yura
; Z; @$ O; i5 v; l/ Y3 ]" c- M CL Tenryu5 Z- S" l2 s( m% e9 J# }/ m }% Q
CL Tatsuta
( [% F& ]- i2 z Q# H2 H) \) e CL Yubari, H; m7 K7 Y$ Y
E Akikaze+ v+ T, q8 }2 _: S
E Tachikaze
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3 M" V7 L3 X' p- ~& r- M& wAllied Ships
0 j7 [. T5 p8 k* y AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ y" Y' h: O- `7 I6 c
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
' S7 I! }, g3 U0 m. ?7 i AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
) k% L9 ~# b* v$ m( O" J+ z; e AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: Q; U% C3 o6 A: j! ]$ \$ [8 a
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( \4 d- c& _0 n' L; }) \3 OAllied ground losses:0 L' i3 x* H# U) F5 {
16506 casualties reported) k0 V( {) k: n0 A( @7 t
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
- \: @$ @3 D( N Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
# j A+ L# A: U o Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
3 Y6 |0 C+ c1 S4 i+ k Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 v5 ]% ~) z, x: W& |: I
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |