Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards0 g" Q. |( ?' J" M4 X" ]
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Japanese Ships
( Y. E3 c2 R- q" i- } BB Kongo) m, W/ B+ j( _% `, G
BB Haruna
* ^. v3 F2 E4 D" G8 x BB Hiei
8 t+ [( n" A4 M5 u( l: k) n6 U BB Kirishima, Shell hits 39 m$ X# X; D+ b! T
CA Tone* U; E6 L7 O- w) j& `1 Y( m
CA Chikuma6 b2 B% L* W0 f3 K! L. `9 a/ A
CA Takao3 i8 ^5 x$ f4 J( g ?6 ?8 V7 i
CA Atago" g) f2 S) V$ ?* i! b0 g7 W
CA Maya
& @$ r8 t3 E9 r CA Chokai
+ }" ~ s( E7 p5 f CA Suzuya+ _8 O* z7 X( U& u6 u9 a
CA Kumano
v/ L- z9 b- d" q7 U7 _7 k CA Aoba
4 r: z. [1 K3 o% H# X* V+ C CA Kinugasa
6 ~2 t1 s5 z& S2 ]" a CA Furutaka7 v8 S4 E% ?$ P( P, ]" Q
CL Nagara# r; l( {2 m; @, a; p+ _
CL Yura
l. O- F6 f1 ^8 K; w: \! X& b CL Tenryu0 @5 \0 w# K5 C7 M+ {
CL Tatsuta
' U6 G# _1 a. d( I$ J# G9 { CL Yubari
8 D* q! N. U; _! H. K- E- Q# \ E Akikaze+ j. M6 z# L$ Y! F
E Tachikaze
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3 O- m: R+ U' b* sAllied Ships
& }3 ~: b% b' u7 o$ J0 |8 G AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: e0 X# `0 F6 e( ?7 Y" l6 k AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk7 k- V) V% T3 C# ~ n$ W3 |
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk9 i8 v6 R) N8 `
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" w( ~7 t% A9 Y! _8 ?
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Allied ground losses:
4 Z# z6 p0 A" h; t: d1 \8 ` 16506 casualties reported
# a# y/ [- ?0 {8 t- n Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled" g& g& g3 H4 z; H
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
: ~' T# h" Y6 c+ G/ c Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
$ N ?9 w' S1 l8 r% Y+ v. x Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)4 M; F) T, u7 ]8 V4 z
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |