Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
# ?7 o S) [/ F8 l BB Kongo
, e; w+ o1 U {% l; F BB Haruna
; I0 R* _$ k! x BB Hiei" m/ |( u8 P9 t3 _" j
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
( k- e* B& e. _' K: K! A9 \1 Y CA Tone0 N" p: D8 F1 v9 _! n6 Q$ q
CA Chikuma0 e0 F, L$ E! g/ H0 P7 P
CA Takao
$ }# G4 p. {* ~1 p0 S4 H6 T CA Atago
. P2 E# O* U% E; @0 C( U4 W CA Maya+ I* ~; @3 k& N: i* D
CA Chokai
% m+ m+ U5 @7 J+ b4 m: P, ] CA Suzuya' h1 p5 K% q' _- M( d/ f$ O
CA Kumano
3 c% z# x1 n0 m: c! Y CA Aoba2 s8 |- m% |1 t/ I5 k! T
CA Kinugasa
, Z5 R) Y3 s0 C2 `! x+ A CA Furutaka/ |9 [/ M+ a4 Y, ?, c
CL Nagara; p* m& ~, D9 h
CL Yura5 w. I/ V3 m- F' }$ g) w
CL Tenryu
8 W7 B& o- v5 X8 e% q CL Tatsuta4 Q5 A7 I" H. T/ Y. M6 d1 @9 H
CL Yubari; \1 _! c- O) D5 U6 B: P' d, h
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships9 q8 u" F/ k8 e9 y( d \: o' I0 i
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 o5 f/ K! l; W6 h. {2 `" K( g3 Y
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk$ g( z( W) W2 P) v) M+ }$ c
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
) z7 s% v, H# P AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:8 a+ N7 p% X; e# l$ E+ M& O f
16506 casualties reported$ Z7 o( v- \7 j% {0 s A& I# y6 m
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled, {7 i- ~9 {" ^9 D' h9 Y3 @6 D# W; c$ N* N
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled) L. Z( L6 A( V7 l( n
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled8 z+ k, j r: i8 J
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
( m- Y- w, v# a% j* _ Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |