Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards5 w& \+ K' [9 U) K+ {+ |
, O3 D" }: T( V4 T) N8 {2 W' uJapanese Ships
) `5 v. A+ @- v; p8 b* U BB Kongo
; ]; [* P9 M" N1 s- L [ L BB Haruna" v c) Y. t6 @0 x4 _/ n* k/ O
BB Hiei6 ?) a# K Y" s/ c' s, e
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
- x0 W" F. k4 Q; W; `. l CA Tone
6 f# b l) a i6 d# X: ]3 d _ CA Chikuma v2 B% @) ~1 g2 y
CA Takao2 R% L d( U6 i# R# S
CA Atago
, e' z# E9 s8 v CA Maya
. K$ K" l" ] V/ q+ T8 `, U+ T CA Chokai2 m8 M+ {( |3 m: ~
CA Suzuya
+ _, l, l1 }% L+ d- J CA Kumano
9 q' b8 I" _+ k% ~* e) f CA Aoba
: y1 f3 v* E; Q, v8 K7 h CA Kinugasa0 ?. K* o/ t: o7 @5 O
CA Furutaka! d/ @; r; ~" ~4 K2 d
CL Nagara A% w( a! P+ a4 I+ Z3 l! _" e
CL Yura
1 i$ L |8 T( [) W* Y! m2 J) ~- T CL Tenryu
" j7 {# `9 s w e CL Tatsuta6 L' G: h0 y% S9 K. x4 V
CL Yubari+ [( ?+ R, }& Q9 O, _
E Akikaze
( R9 T3 _$ |% u) ` E$ n E Tachikaze
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1 _& r5 P1 r# RAllied Ships
& z3 E. k7 P2 Z3 e AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' X* H1 u! v/ @2 P AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
: i1 `. c1 {4 a8 h+ s" @ R AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk- R8 q' n# a5 l
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:9 t3 C% _5 k, F& X; {( }
16506 casualties reported
5 s% g% Z2 S' m5 U; k Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled2 ^6 K; c+ l' f/ S
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
/ h3 J9 C0 F2 K; e3 I; b l8 | Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
! @. R* b/ k. x4 Z0 y Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)) {1 u8 Q }9 @
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |