Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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- R" t5 D1 [+ ?" ?, r. yJapanese Ships# M4 ?& e c: y7 y( O# C
BB Kongo9 h4 z+ _$ n# u& A. ~5 L
BB Haruna) c. P% H% i& q# ]/ A: s
BB Hiei; r3 e1 n- A2 _* M* X I1 F" Z
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
0 ~, b5 E/ |+ F/ s! j# | CA Tone; m [, o7 W' L, h
CA Chikuma
5 [- L9 D3 V: t! A6 g, R% ~ CA Takao s- f/ d4 v/ j* T
CA Atago
8 B! ]6 G- C0 v CA Maya
1 ~4 P D# j V: E) |( _ ` CA Chokai. @9 {6 K4 `6 w. a5 e
CA Suzuya, Q+ b, Q+ K0 c. r2 t
CA Kumano
; w% F, }0 r, a# a6 U0 d6 b5 X CA Aoba
2 k6 I3 z2 Y8 U: N4 X# S& v1 E CA Kinugasa
3 U! [8 I( ^8 F. H( R* @ CA Furutaka
0 r6 K5 e! C% L" `6 f5 | CL Nagara- ~* }- k$ P1 _! E
CL Yura$ f( s9 ?1 B) ]3 f# t+ x
CL Tenryu# a1 Q2 s) ~ o' |* @- s; E; r
CL Tatsuta9 f2 |1 _* C2 B" l: V5 D
CL Yubari) K. H& o- l u* k( g
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships
! O$ P- k$ {& B1 ` AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ k! s, T3 b5 |" o9 S AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk4 ~8 j: T% q+ x2 u% R. i8 G
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# I: P6 Y3 a8 N% `5 n* Q
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 J# z6 Y) J4 I& @
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Allied ground losses:7 h$ R4 j% z6 @$ J8 D
16506 casualties reported2 I+ R+ C* F" h' r" u
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
% h8 Z6 ~* Z* [# Y0 S4 i. I( E Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled$ L3 T' z; h* Q; |% Z( V* m1 Q
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
, O! L. `- L8 w# W+ L3 E! I Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
5 y: b9 L+ A% k U4 p) | Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |