Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards4 \+ m0 F( [$ I" \
% x% A+ ?$ A% f+ RJapanese Ships' [& s/ W2 H( e9 l- P/ a* j
BB Kongo
0 C4 C% r F; S+ e& Q. @; e: i1 `. J BB Haruna
' `6 C5 v& h! `7 f- T( h. { BB Hiei
& }+ ?4 Q5 D+ ], Q BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
; i" s) ?# U6 @* J5 S CA Tone! R1 `: ~. j4 J& E( O! x
CA Chikuma
7 h+ S9 ~% w7 y+ O" b( `& _ CA Takao9 J) A4 `$ `% \, }4 o0 F y# }( T
CA Atago0 R0 d V5 ]3 _# {/ C' X, h
CA Maya
- R, c) d( h. s. Z, u) n# t: A, F CA Chokai
# u" f9 K& s( J0 ]; w. l CA Suzuya
6 p6 U; g" x; f2 y CA Kumano
. L9 ]- A7 J6 h; b( ] CA Aoba$ \/ A, M' H* [1 Q
CA Kinugasa
( B/ A1 \9 |2 ?- o CA Furutaka
; q2 V' G( s4 Z- x. } {% J! c; ^ CL Nagara J0 Y) `/ A3 i- M" K. a S/ a
CL Yura+ L; m7 h, z' f8 s' X o$ Y
CL Tenryu
- Z2 u/ J0 a- x3 R; v* e CL Tatsuta
7 s4 h$ K! I! b1 z+ y7 Y2 V) x; i$ m CL Yubari" E j7 v0 ]) q: v: J6 N) h! A
E Akikaze2 q9 \! X/ S6 X- ?& G& w+ E
E Tachikaze. V# k: t, h7 U- l5 \+ `+ T& d' ^
1 O, ?7 N: f1 U' K, @+ ]1 ?( ZAllied Ships
4 p) x5 n- w4 a$ ] AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% H( H3 A2 K2 b" F6 `9 I9 b) V
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
* R8 g: H, m2 H8 T AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
5 Z3 b8 d7 b3 O$ f7 l AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; k" R- @+ b" J( z- |- x
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Allied ground losses:; W0 I( C- g2 y& I) v
16506 casualties reported
: Q/ h- f0 i4 K( l Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled5 I0 T) x5 d$ d. H' a; m
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled- g' m& c, U: K4 s# d' d$ i: G) p+ i, d
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled' d _# i& U. {- F) V
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)( d0 O5 \9 n- H6 b# w2 e+ b
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |