Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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' y2 k) b/ \, \7 oJapanese Ships
- M( O9 E1 b0 [2 [( u BB Kongo
( I# Q' W8 [; Y- A# q5 b BB Haruna' C% B# f2 O1 a- r
BB Hiei
4 d% P5 S5 o1 @ BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
3 \" D' H5 [; L. |7 ` CA Tone' O4 q* a" u1 A# I, E A3 i3 {
CA Chikuma6 v3 I8 K7 B: Q2 T: w9 V
CA Takao' F& w; M2 i/ f1 k7 M5 f! T; L
CA Atago1 e* Y' ]3 n, C
CA Maya
# j. }4 R; B0 k; {" ?. j CA Chokai
- b3 K; r8 r j6 V. D CA Suzuya9 f2 ~+ Q5 {; I! u( T7 W2 M
CA Kumano
: Z! o7 Z" _ m CA Aoba
% Q3 }1 h/ K0 u) Y' A G CA Kinugasa
C8 v+ u$ |, B6 y CA Furutaka
! W/ O9 x! H; `- X1 U4 r! p/ o CL Nagara0 R5 |8 R; ~! ?% u4 s! \
CL Yura2 O- H7 { i; m9 ~4 }
CL Tenryu
3 [" U& r% l3 ~! t/ B U6 c CL Tatsuta! q3 G) x( _* S$ V5 F
CL Yubari
# z8 e6 ^/ f i' J- I E Akikaze1 e' Y* R1 |. ~) O8 g
E Tachikaze
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) ~& W: d; }6 uAllied Ships; V/ H6 Y! h- K9 r' l- o
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 n1 H1 ?5 g4 r3 r5 d+ f# e: C; ^
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
0 R' k* _- l; j5 f AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk% o6 g$ b g0 O) ?4 Y5 G s
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 v# ~0 ~0 P9 G1 H. T8 u
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Allied ground losses:6 U2 Q5 Q2 }$ [. B. v; r5 s% Y8 u8 O
16506 casualties reported, i: A+ |. D; W9 }
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
$ ]+ w+ ]# K4 V9 V/ { Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
5 a. A6 s1 h) ` l Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled& n$ Y" q2 I) ?
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
* ?7 J4 ^- W' P% _8 D) C d Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |