Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards% I5 f+ ~. H: f
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Japanese Ships
; C5 t7 B4 l7 I" J8 ` BB Kongo+ {% S) o, x! x- I; L% Q
BB Haruna6 {! c5 g0 X; e
BB Hiei
/ f3 I- y L4 Z. b; V BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3) w0 s( q6 L5 ~! N
CA Tone: M, e/ z1 l2 N) U" x
CA Chikuma2 K4 f7 M. F6 I, B) g, L
CA Takao. p. d4 ?, U) v G0 M7 Q { i# c
CA Atago
# z( F' r( W! q' | CA Maya# D" B5 s7 h8 t) r$ x
CA Chokai7 x; `/ |- K: _+ T1 T+ M
CA Suzuya$ S* t- }! G( G- \* n" L0 @! c) i
CA Kumano
* |6 |9 U' j7 ] t CA Aoba
& Q- \ ?$ d/ a7 s( m CA Kinugasa
* W6 K) {/ d |) y& [8 K/ U4 } CA Furutaka
4 i, y$ l( R" ? CL Nagara
/ N7 u* s" `: g" N) Q- L7 ?5 J- R5 r4 c CL Yura" i6 s9 ~" i9 k6 Z* e
CL Tenryu, d' T v3 j3 T% Y$ g
CL Tatsuta1 ^% r j$ N0 s% q
CL Yubari
0 r- ?, V6 U5 p E Akikaze+ R: o: Q& Y }5 h% r
E Tachikaze4 B& z' L% ?- {4 G2 q
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Allied Ships2 x2 D( K2 s. J4 e
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* u2 h. m; O1 L. e AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
|6 w" P4 s7 K AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk! w) u- W9 M9 Q( r0 P
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:# q7 K2 H9 Q% V& [. S: Q4 P$ c( Z
16506 casualties reported
% [& f0 u" P6 r0 O6 c* ~; r: ` Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
# C8 m! ~0 C% K. d/ c' t Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled6 \; V2 L* J/ |- Y4 _0 L6 }
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled3 V. V4 h! d* b7 [9 J; j
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 m Q, T' T4 `7 H* _ y* I; A
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |