Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards2 Y8 W3 T4 J! d) e7 E/ M
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Japanese Ships
, D) x8 r% X( ~+ M3 _) Z# C BB Kongo3 [9 c8 S8 l7 Q; h
BB Haruna/ O5 i! ]0 o7 L0 O
BB Hiei
: w6 N/ n7 p, G5 I BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3( X: T/ k) B9 C$ n6 y
CA Tone0 o9 J1 e! A! E2 `9 a& r
CA Chikuma C1 ^+ ^" f5 F
CA Takao/ @8 @- g U+ V9 ~# E
CA Atago
8 L& b) J) V/ ` CA Maya5 o' v s2 }- F9 E: S' ? ^
CA Chokai
, J3 F+ y' y' n! A2 z CA Suzuya
+ y2 `" w! N$ m+ g: M CA Kumano, b% Q+ B% ^6 k
CA Aoba1 N: l$ q* F B$ U! B6 w& z
CA Kinugasa
3 {4 g4 l8 c/ c9 [6 C5 S c+ Q" h6 n CA Furutaka
7 m1 ~1 S7 X; s3 |; l. R x3 ]$ w CL Nagara. M/ N( |# v. L, j
CL Yura
& ^7 v& O( f+ |6 @7 ?6 t4 A6 Y CL Tenryu. V4 R' I& w- ]
CL Tatsuta. T1 Z) Q% _7 B1 p& g
CL Yubari6 i5 E4 g( @ P$ g
E Akikaze
% d4 x4 x: g) W8 Q( J E Tachikaze
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2 X: |( [: W8 f" \' uAllied Ships, C1 C6 F: @5 E" h7 D
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) \# Z6 y. Y# w& Q! f, k
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
. ]" e- A3 ?) Z; U/ f AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk% N- U9 a& G! I ~6 W a
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
0 `+ n' c- Q" }% |/ q 16506 casualties reported
5 L$ C2 X y( P9 _; n Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
8 f6 {* i }) j2 s) O. ` Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled# P1 {8 |# v! ~+ [3 p
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled A+ F. r b+ f8 B$ [
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)3 c; }# I2 C6 Y1 \7 F$ p+ _
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |