Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships9 I, [6 e {% b8 q- N
BB Kongo* Q, H! j2 E6 t/ H/ G" [& d$ @2 y
BB Haruna7 n5 ^0 B6 M6 F* h* J
BB Hiei$ y: c* n. W7 \' R# i
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
: f0 J& F& s. ]9 y& w& R CA Tone) D" ^7 V: T" b( [$ z5 w
CA Chikuma
- r6 ^8 I( H2 J/ {/ R) d6 l% s CA Takao2 n2 e/ ~# A. b: j/ Z, {4 E8 j
CA Atago" E& A- n# t3 q0 L/ E C
CA Maya6 ?( u3 V; ^: N. Q% j* e
CA Chokai
) Q$ T* Q; F1 t x% [ CA Suzuya
* G0 |: e6 i& u CA Kumano
+ u/ O1 U; _) j; m3 \ V CA Aoba
! ~3 |: g5 y N. u! ] CA Kinugasa: Z( s$ o, @$ w0 X8 k, g$ ]
CA Furutaka( \5 a' L9 E' s
CL Nagara2 | d! m+ D5 s
CL Yura
: Q" D% \% y6 u( k7 d CL Tenryu2 b$ L" x: h) s
CL Tatsuta
8 C) W' `9 n( D4 F0 h CL Yubari
. S& Q4 ?) E' h; Z E Akikaze
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5 o3 o$ [5 L! a6 V% YAllied Ships/ `+ X/ x9 _: g
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 A8 j7 d5 t/ c) A4 b. P" t AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk+ u% G( M B" t o2 G8 H
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 H( A$ E2 _8 p9 r/ }$ ^4 R AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 i9 m3 ?/ h0 e5 b( c& @
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Allied ground losses:; i9 c- R1 U b. V) U8 |
16506 casualties reported$ w U6 X0 y+ E1 I. D0 a
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
8 J; y n/ H; A; l, E1 ~6 u Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled) [- `! r L# l# `
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
" p- c0 [: b( Y# B! x( F Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled) r# \; e1 G2 A$ h, ~) z
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |