Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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2 d# h O S- z( C: y! ?9 AJapanese Ships ?3 c% `: d9 P% R
BB Kongo
' v: f" W3 H2 D" K# ?) N% C$ } BB Haruna9 t& r' o8 L; {$ g$ ]6 m" h
BB Hiei2 e$ T4 j2 Y$ o4 H4 [9 A
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 31 M4 O& E4 I' S2 E* D( C
CA Tone
, m8 l0 f9 {6 Z/ S; y0 ?5 s: ?3 W* D CA Chikuma
h7 d7 H- j. ]! ?' `4 J7 h- y: j7 D CA Takao
4 ?4 P* a3 ?0 `4 ]& o CA Atago
; P2 _9 W* Q* A7 [7 ]4 c CA Maya0 }2 G% {, r! y% V* e
CA Chokai
9 \5 C6 K/ C/ E- S CA Suzuya2 ^2 K6 J% j9 j9 L3 H
CA Kumano- w" T( n' w" J( X
CA Aoba
& l0 R. ^. \8 L2 o" d CA Kinugasa
/ S5 W7 a" j. b+ L- _+ v CA Furutaka
5 T/ ]6 q% A4 m$ k CL Nagara
1 y. C+ Z% a, j- C" s7 B CL Yura% v" {& C, o- O- }2 t; d; Q- t: t5 O
CL Tenryu
- d0 j- P4 O% D) y W2 [ CL Tatsuta
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E Akikaze
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0 E {% }& L+ g( w# `9 p% GAllied Ships
0 e4 f ^+ f9 `7 t AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 N) c/ G1 ~% Z* M# }5 ~
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
6 D$ Y0 e2 Y- P7 H5 _ AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 S, {/ T5 X4 q* d- p AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk F% _# y Q+ ]
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$ l" B9 d! m$ E" c" `Allied ground losses:
/ Y6 W- e3 h) K& W6 Q' b0 w 16506 casualties reported
' ?1 N, N( } S# l2 z0 q. u Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
8 w4 K, Y' ?! J$ _- L- a Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
% g1 W3 [! w* M8 h7 W+ [- d Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
! k8 S! J+ k1 k8 M- P8 [3 ] Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)* q% Q6 d# J4 H( c; u
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |