Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards$ e+ j( c! ^% a$ Z/ W
) T1 s/ U5 r& }; ^5 c+ KJapanese Ships1 J! ]& _/ V4 [. G
BB Kongo1 c& Y/ H1 o1 h1 @
BB Haruna
9 g+ E) X( K1 h" s1 F BB Hiei
3 k3 ]- i- H5 @. M! x' C/ y BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
1 _3 i+ U* U. ^; t6 t3 K CA Tone
8 P% E, c% v1 t& i7 f# i6 M/ m CA Chikuma
+ h( u g- I! W8 A, R, K CA Takao
, y1 p4 F! B# M) S4 z* x CA Atago( j5 O5 j0 F' j
CA Maya2 ?+ k7 i8 ~- c- T5 m
CA Chokai, C( n% J" F7 O* O# d* [
CA Suzuya
' S+ z4 C+ b( [& ~/ V4 p9 u CA Kumano
" f0 q: n; }: Y+ c6 t CA Aoba
- V# g3 }- U. N6 O CA Kinugasa
- I4 h5 J: p m1 B- s3 N CA Furutaka# [3 _0 V/ G8 w0 u) R
CL Nagara
: i% u# d; A# ^/ a3 F6 h( k' L$ q CL Yura
1 Z, f% q5 k5 W* F/ x+ \0 z CL Tenryu: }# {& W2 T3 d7 q
CL Tatsuta
* W' Z) j2 H C1 |' {# U3 i' f CL Yubari. I0 u3 O: {& Y' n$ M
E Akikaze
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L) R$ p0 n, |+ a! {Allied Ships
3 H: n( q6 j+ f6 M% y2 @2 o+ @* q; t AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" K+ s6 k! P2 d4 X AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk+ [% l Q9 r. `' X
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk4 f: ^" C3 _% y" T
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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* X( X+ h0 v! [6 e6 cAllied ground losses:) w* Y% s9 L, r) R
16506 casualties reported }% ?% h4 \1 O' u- z4 C0 n+ C- [5 \
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled9 ^+ d+ k, `- m& b* D9 a. S
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled0 i, @% t3 o, v
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
5 n Q7 C7 H: l+ j2 T7 A5 N3 R Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)1 u5 H! g- o: w, q0 [$ `' s
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |