Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards3 H8 E8 \* `7 Y+ F
, l* _1 W, g9 v, P" O$ k CJapanese Ships
& M" Y$ F8 Q" Y9 w BB Kongo5 b* e- l, a4 L( [9 Z
BB Haruna
# C9 p) x* s! g% r' f; b/ B BB Hiei$ r. u: A! c# R0 d8 ^: {, O
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3/ M3 s# V U3 p- T8 x' H
CA Tone
+ H9 i' ?9 Q7 \0 d* |& E CA Chikuma
/ `- w; a, J) ^- Z6 T CA Takao
, M1 ~+ R. v6 j$ d4 L3 _4 ^ CA Atago. `8 K! R/ g/ d" e3 | `: t
CA Maya* g* d) S' n8 c
CA Chokai
0 n: Z1 N0 B+ S0 Q/ m1 V v CA Suzuya
N- W* z5 e2 b+ ]& D5 X0 \7 J. g CA Kumano
# ^' I7 j% C( h3 s& [ CA Aoba
( w5 G$ s& M% p! V" M CA Kinugasa0 G" u' D8 ?5 U0 o2 F- W
CA Furutaka
* N% S+ i6 I+ X# t CL Nagara1 h' I+ w# N7 O+ k' ], N \3 D/ g7 K! R
CL Yura [. X- f1 k' ~
CL Tenryu% v: R+ \$ B1 D. c+ o k/ @/ f. P
CL Tatsuta
& D, ^1 y+ J/ h5 \6 j CL Yubari9 c! |7 ?! z1 Z" g6 x
E Akikaze3 \+ w1 t& {0 P$ b( Y/ N2 ]
E Tachikaze7 `& R: M6 K. A+ ^9 [* u
6 {& n8 m- j9 o4 O& XAllied Ships) g" v+ x# w6 e* w% }% O
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 ~2 i" ]: R- s$ m, {- V; i& _ AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
t! N7 N9 A0 S AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
9 ^1 x" e. l: J) N9 q/ D; I AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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9 T" W6 V! Y0 |& Z; d' FAllied ground losses:
8 ?0 O/ B) n" M$ w3 r1 E 16506 casualties reported; u1 k: I* W' I4 x7 R
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled% z$ G+ s( c2 G7 F
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled) u' G9 E1 U, U" S' u
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
1 Y7 u" r) Z+ d" m Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
! d$ [9 I; M7 h Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |