Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards( N, L. ]2 `6 ~( q! b7 a, s
. ^5 ?- l! Y' Q, G) |0 Q) t6 oJapanese Ships
9 X z7 ?. T' n: M% B BB Kongo7 ]& z0 Y) r s- b, a' C
BB Haruna# d3 d/ `9 O( q" K5 {* |- T
BB Hiei& ^: S( Y5 S( g1 N: z% U
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
3 S/ A4 n- _ i, Y$ X6 g. T CA Tone
' q( m/ e* \( e# y% b! \4 w CA Chikuma8 a( o, c$ A+ E. l' z
CA Takao1 s w+ G3 X3 [3 _7 L- t& G
CA Atago5 q9 ]7 M8 Y$ K2 _
CA Maya
. r0 ?3 n. H8 G7 f& ` CA Chokai; q& i, [8 c- f: j% t
CA Suzuya
5 | \& S* V( C1 u CA Kumano
3 e; \( l8 K* ]% p' e* } CA Aoba/ W W' ]0 G3 K6 j2 f
CA Kinugasa* _' x* A' F& L A$ G6 W! a) z' ?; G
CA Furutaka7 U( M. F2 B" | \: k% @* Y1 f
CL Nagara2 U& C8 ?5 v# a9 Z7 K
CL Yura2 k' Y9 B/ t: W! w+ J0 S. `* i
CL Tenryu
- L }! w4 K* p ?: | CL Tatsuta6 { c/ D) k' P. t8 }
CL Yubari
. k: p2 [- i5 @' m; b E Akikaze
7 f; c$ l m k8 `3 L( M' L E Tachikaze
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$ j) R- ^/ P; Q4 ^* fAllied Ships
& D+ j, D) Q3 F; g7 U9 c w! N( A: d AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) e0 ^) R2 L/ U/ V AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk, y4 U' g0 \. J9 @2 c L0 D
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk1 V, M# V! J9 B9 e% m% g6 A! N
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
) W. u7 N; z* G) |. P4 j, X2 f5 p 16506 casualties reported
) ^, W; q. c1 T; _6 i; ], | Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
/ K/ i( [3 o$ ~8 d- q- f0 E7 \2 w Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled! x# W, ~* g0 d; b
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled# v L. z; l/ ~; `; n
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)* |; R# q9 p! g1 X2 L( `
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |