Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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: G C$ ?: p4 z; d/ yJapanese Ships
: Y5 Z' @3 k% ~; f$ a: k BB Kongo
% z: Q0 @- j( {; [9 Q \# O BB Haruna
% G/ m% A* D$ q* {1 b0 l5 j BB Hiei# t/ ]% d% d! R+ w6 @/ t
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3$ ?1 ?4 ?" p; F
CA Tone: g0 }) K, m, E3 }6 K$ O7 K6 E+ w
CA Chikuma" u7 b. i: b5 q2 k3 n% W- C* u
CA Takao
$ S! }; z2 c' O* C1 Z) w4 h' b CA Atago$ Y, z \& b, Q" u
CA Maya
8 c+ y8 N5 V0 d: J- ^7 T2 v! B CA Chokai
$ z% ?1 m1 u' | CA Suzuya
7 x% h+ |; K6 V6 R. ^' o CA Kumano7 B6 i% c9 k1 w
CA Aoba; M2 ]5 a! a+ N' ?5 t
CA Kinugasa
. c' f4 I( D: A8 Z: R% j- \' f3 i( c CA Furutaka
- ^2 _) U" E F CL Nagara
/ _$ X0 k( `" H5 R! g. j @5 ?- L CL Yura9 f1 @9 w+ K$ [
CL Tenryu
0 y; J2 l) ?; ]! {' Z8 x CL Tatsuta) A& T+ F W% u) G
CL Yubari
' D8 e9 |4 N- X- L E Akikaze+ q% V9 U4 Y4 L! d% }/ z
E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
+ W+ O8 M1 F' ~$ }5 O7 M7 b* f {- u( U AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, c6 ^1 @8 X& t0 B, c6 p( o/ n" M: P AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
3 d+ o* Z; c# r& v AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
' B- e/ q2 h5 _ AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- w1 r* g! \) W+ q! B6 i; O
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m- b6 o/ ~2 bAllied ground losses:- x5 v& D, d5 U# g8 @
16506 casualties reported
' d. U; }6 o. l' N3 l Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled0 P& }$ p% i% o0 p R+ e' `
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled- a0 U2 x" C- ]1 D. q. j, j8 X# P
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
8 z2 J1 A8 a1 ^( Y: e: E9 { Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
1 F5 r' T& g9 `9 p9 e, d e Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |