Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards5 Z# q8 n( o- C& F% i* D
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Japanese Ships
$ }; n5 n0 p) F8 r* Y) D- T BB Kongo
% ~8 G# O! o! h0 z+ I4 e9 Y8 M% T BB Haruna4 ^& U4 Q5 b. V; g" J% _
BB Hiei5 ^8 F, s y4 j% r. }( e( @
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
- Y2 I. g- e% k# C8 ~ CA Tone
$ f) J0 A% S( v: |7 T. n CA Chikuma
! D- m; v# w+ m5 w1 L0 v CA Takao
# _' j' c+ ^& F+ v CA Atago
" N$ D( z" Q4 j, b8 ~ CA Maya
! D% i) } P) S CA Chokai
! e7 v; Z7 Z6 R4 C% h4 z+ V: T CA Suzuya
9 M$ @9 R7 k" J- A CA Kumano6 T# u3 F5 p& m6 O) b* I
CA Aoba
3 J W ]% W* h% h3 t, W CA Kinugasa
4 L5 E' T0 F/ i0 p) K1 `. A CA Furutaka
J5 s1 b- ^! U6 K# _ h7 N3 A CL Nagara2 W: ]$ ]7 h2 {- B8 G& R$ M
CL Yura* w$ M6 x" y7 ]# w% C2 c3 l
CL Tenryu
6 j- t4 R' G3 g4 A# }* g* ^" ~ CL Tatsuta
4 s0 i9 `! p* g* N- z6 i) t8 ?0 f CL Yubari
4 \+ m3 L$ w3 i+ W& R8 u; w E Akikaze; W; q2 D5 N: ~' x( Q! u* O7 u
E Tachikaze$ {; D# G5 |' ]1 f9 Z0 T: A' K' C
4 K! r4 ^' v: `: w0 q6 DAllied Ships! Y2 T4 O U- U$ I; G! `' U: o
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 S* c8 a: d; H% |
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk: b, z( H4 ]; Q, n( c$ y. J' \
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
+ D: F K& A- g/ n9 H/ e AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" ]) Q: f$ z; R! D
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Allied ground losses:, M3 D q; [6 o8 T% C' h1 b4 C2 C
16506 casualties reported, D8 G9 S1 T7 _
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled0 \" b* H1 {- a- s6 `- K
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
! A R! D; G g6 C3 | Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
( W3 H' S/ G2 E4 y( q' {/ h# f r Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
) S8 c+ z: v2 l Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |