Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
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BB Haruna
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BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
: p0 w' e- V$ A/ C* W CA Tone/ N; U h, K( r% N$ {+ A
CA Chikuma; y+ d$ R% X7 B1 I$ B3 x
CA Takao
9 t9 s. N# O3 i3 G CA Atago, ` K5 h& R- B4 q7 r( |+ a
CA Maya
. ^, m; k. s* i1 d# i CA Chokai( c m# F" L& a2 X* R5 P# f
CA Suzuya8 X9 q/ ]; f7 ?( ]5 D5 l( l
CA Kumano& e( d% ]# K7 [3 _9 P
CA Aoba' {3 H9 X3 A6 ?2 F4 \" t0 ^
CA Kinugasa1 G: |7 p5 p- G
CA Furutaka
5 U5 @; E- ^+ C$ F/ ]: j- ] CL Nagara$ { _% A4 I- Y* [) H+ z) L
CL Yura+ t ^% ]. q% F
CL Tenryu
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CL Yubari
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Allied Ships7 D: _. V3 c5 m$ \- A
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; n5 K7 q3 z X! d) Z
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk8 `' ^; E" \( v, Y% \
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 q' v2 T) `, e9 {/ V4 C8 B- I AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
1 D1 D1 X s% {8 c 16506 casualties reported8 `, h3 y( e5 Y, w4 m3 H0 p1 G
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
+ _6 Q @8 @# B. o0 c Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled( h& x' c7 K+ d" y1 M5 A! G
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
4 R+ w7 n _ A, ?! j Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)! n( a ~- K: r& ~ S( d; \
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |