Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards8 D! J& C M7 l0 n: i ]3 ]) W
4 _1 }& D4 O n2 k4 l" {Japanese Ships0 i0 _8 j- P% s$ R
BB Kongo( Q* e( i1 x; U9 Z1 N& y; I
BB Haruna
`. n% B( \6 { BB Hiei q% m0 z4 T& |; @' j% L* u0 B
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
( l" a+ j/ _( S2 ~+ L CA Tone9 i+ y9 F, g7 {1 o! r' ?
CA Chikuma( W+ K6 B9 a& D6 ]& a
CA Takao, F. k$ j& n$ O3 F1 I
CA Atago
2 J6 f/ _3 e6 ?( P CA Maya+ b+ |, b7 M% _! `. P" z# _( Z9 M; }
CA Chokai
9 A6 a0 z* f' l9 a9 d9 ], y1 A CA Suzuya; n8 F2 S9 G( p. D5 k2 N
CA Kumano y$ m% e' L& |$ @& s; u
CA Aoba
' V* Z6 _# Q I, ]% m CA Kinugasa
8 J m- K% N" ?: \ CA Furutaka3 L+ O! B6 F( w7 _3 W- Q
CL Nagara4 {# W; `4 c, V: [7 x+ ?
CL Yura
" `4 Y8 t1 I3 g' m/ b9 R CL Tenryu ]" U7 }1 L" M4 H4 t/ v
CL Tatsuta
9 B! R { [5 |7 R( @" D: w CL Yubari
# N! R5 x2 ?$ d n$ Z E Akikaze/ i3 m" M$ T/ K9 V% O
E Tachikaze5 r/ a+ Z$ c0 i1 N6 R
. a& m9 F6 Z) e( s$ N gAllied Ships
3 q/ p) g+ W2 N AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% p8 r6 M( k% Z+ D m( I1 a
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
, R5 C% b) I" ^- h AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
I# i9 Y$ E1 O6 r& ]1 W AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
3 A$ o! L1 K7 N- U 16506 casualties reported
7 C9 Y4 [% i8 o8 R& @ Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled$ \: D* ?* x+ g. f* F* ?- p
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
' h# O) g) \# I* H8 W3 y6 L, P; X Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
/ {$ I* Y6 c# d9 K: E Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)" D' J- W7 B/ c" }" h+ ~4 s6 t
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |