Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards1 s, `: V) {2 }: P! m1 `
, ^) h+ D' C. q4 J: b( CJapanese Ships! @* d3 W+ J8 q* g' g2 A: x
BB Kongo
m6 ?6 z$ ^8 |# P8 t3 \) o BB Haruna/ r- d+ b4 o; r$ n7 \
BB Hiei M1 ?2 ]% B* z- p
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3. M% q e8 z+ }9 H" t3 U
CA Tone
0 @! D4 ]& \$ C" e CA Chikuma+ k# x9 [. o- Z% ^5 `+ M' c% I( m
CA Takao
c5 f! p1 B0 v3 g8 b/ t# M9 g CA Atago. r, D2 D( |# Q G1 f
CA Maya$ f+ \7 [/ K" W8 p* _
CA Chokai
$ ^ g2 i) R, t- c2 q) w+ j CA Suzuya7 g# s3 H4 e0 e
CA Kumano2 h, A; m( {( R2 i( F R
CA Aoba
: b. B8 J4 l5 _! g: I M" ?# r/ E CA Kinugasa
. c) w' i* P7 u# z; M CA Furutaka
0 p5 B7 G6 U3 y( c; v CL Nagara, Y; {$ ]1 N" ]3 x0 ?( Q+ L
CL Yura/ E- u, z* [( ~9 q/ Q
CL Tenryu+ v T4 O( ^, e3 J; W
CL Tatsuta
: Y! }6 X! D! b/ ~! p! C CL Yubari* f: [' {3 V+ w X6 h2 s6 T& x% Y
E Akikaze T. |) d, s9 Z- P/ Q2 J+ X0 e# y
E Tachikaze5 ?: ^1 q$ k) j, x* I
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Allied Ships
" r0 I/ [% }( x8 m7 \ AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 h) _: \9 L, R" u+ Q7 o" a AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
6 H/ c+ U5 C8 `, G AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
2 E# H& ~; y" ]" A& _: t% {; I5 b+ N" ~ AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 _" E. F3 X |
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( M1 Q# B6 |) P" U' J' i5 j* @# `Allied ground losses:
9 A/ [) F w% m" P: L 16506 casualties reported. {8 j$ |% n! y$ ^9 X$ b
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled2 g4 [0 M4 V: w. F# s9 J) |
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
+ c# N( V* K+ F' Y) Q# R: c Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
( u8 _0 P6 B/ M6 z Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled); U, Q) I% L) S N3 Z2 }* M! K
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |