Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards7 x' k; o! B$ j
0 V# e2 ~1 m+ AJapanese Ships) A. w0 s7 j. ~* l; B6 r
BB Kongo% y) i3 e/ O6 O1 D7 ?
BB Haruna
/ r% R4 I/ ~$ g! j, B. I! | BB Hiei
: B: E3 a' m; l% `/ d" ? BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
+ Y- ~# t4 j4 j# m CA Tone
- u. }2 Q! @: X' i% | CA Chikuma
. E* k/ I' L1 A! f. V: x8 X CA Takao! t) l$ L* Y; ^/ k9 z5 `+ w
CA Atago- x$ M8 @ q. ?3 Q! T
CA Maya$ _( N1 C( [4 G8 W5 c
CA Chokai
* e+ b# i5 x" k6 H CA Suzuya& j. S9 r. h+ @8 p8 ]& L
CA Kumano
8 J W/ f& ^8 R1 ? CA Aoba1 I. R6 p6 t8 h8 H
CA Kinugasa
3 X& o8 \5 U6 g! R' Z( [ CA Furutaka
8 |* z* P. G/ N CL Nagara* x9 O/ o+ e- Z4 a1 s% ?3 i
CL Yura9 o! l" `, p H- W: N$ Y u
CL Tenryu
1 ~0 h/ o5 t1 v6 I" c; S4 c CL Tatsuta2 b( F. p f/ s4 J' t
CL Yubari' V' H' \( S% q' j8 q4 z6 O" M J3 ?) C
E Akikaze
" H+ n6 Y+ S& G1 P E Tachikaze3 l# n+ F% \* `$ s+ A0 N
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Allied Ships
' I. h, i- M8 W3 x+ L$ a8 { AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& v; v% _* E4 T3 t: @
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk5 Q h$ P3 W3 I/ s7 Q& I
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
5 a( s6 }: g) m AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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1 h. w0 e' K, u' i& V- \Allied ground losses:
% \9 x* ~! p8 c5 Y: a4 S$ X% Z 16506 casualties reported, i* r N9 c' ~' _9 b% [; l
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled, D% o7 L( r2 D. J) m0 U
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled# A) d) s; R8 A5 O/ X3 @: e
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
+ M. n2 a7 h/ B- w; j- F Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
; ^: G& a/ K) o v' @- S) E/ W Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |