Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards: _, @* W7 ^8 E
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Japanese Ships8 B0 ~& h7 m- j, V! `" V; j) G
BB Kongo( J% Z3 g1 [/ x! ~7 w: t2 g/ U7 f
BB Haruna
/ A9 L6 _% \9 Y. r$ \ BB Hiei2 {- i9 F w& s% {
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
. n7 n% M1 w& [ CA Tone
+ g3 S5 x% z4 m* B. i9 ~: ~ CA Chikuma% m5 K8 d2 {9 d* t9 }
CA Takao8 M% O' l; |. p m/ B- s
CA Atago
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CA Chokai
) K: D+ L& z* O) t+ j5 X CA Suzuya/ j0 ^, [+ T, L( ~# {9 d; U. W- j( q
CA Kumano# D' o/ J- @! Q G/ g; a! [: J7 q6 U
CA Aoba3 z7 R. h; z6 h o' Q: o
CA Kinugasa
' H! e# q: k0 F% } CA Furutaka
9 d# K* T: o6 k% V: I: J CL Nagara+ v) Y& V6 H' L' x3 `
CL Yura
/ G& I3 T+ o. e, `7 J8 p: F9 i CL Tenryu
% @* Y3 ~0 c- H CL Tatsuta
) r+ q" M. J! X, F: O) _1 T CL Yubari
- ]7 S$ C) I+ P+ n' f E Akikaze
: x' k7 I' b z0 K$ k3 Z8 n: u E Tachikaze
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[5 @2 g: D/ Y/ X# g* ^ i$ {Allied Ships6 p% b* E3 ]1 \6 a
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk X$ K9 z* Q; {+ \
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk* M7 W6 l8 h3 p* ]2 v. u, M
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk' Q& n2 X8 c; ]/ k" ^
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) D4 P: L8 K( j& G, e+ \$ u
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Allied ground losses:
. C; l1 [) @4 m& X( N6 C 16506 casualties reported9 j( t- S& g7 [$ }
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled+ j; O) M: _3 R& D5 q& Z4 ^# H
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled& E8 ~9 V% T2 s& _
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
5 a* W+ S. b j Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
% F, h% n/ s! f& e. p/ t5 p4 _ Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |