Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards& w) w* k; j' n9 i* X& n
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Japanese Ships" [! W; m* C* A* @, v
BB Kongo1 P) u: E1 m; j) m
BB Haruna# L/ |* a% f, m) a b2 p
BB Hiei4 X- _/ M4 u4 w T# R! d$ X
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 30 S$ f l4 w$ t( A0 p
CA Tone) Z( f2 y8 ?: R1 ?( {3 _
CA Chikuma- P' k' `' }# ]8 e
CA Takao) y- f# w% }" c0 W, U
CA Atago- \8 m9 V2 K9 e; r& z9 G
CA Maya& T3 H( P0 k/ s7 R* \% d
CA Chokai6 r0 E/ f. v3 C' c2 z5 I
CA Suzuya
: j7 f: u& I5 C# _7 ? CA Kumano
& e9 e. h# Q* | CA Aoba: x' J: k/ P8 u2 Q3 [, S t
CA Kinugasa
3 H9 l2 m: G% i/ j) a' u CA Furutaka4 E0 p5 @! M; Z* [
CL Nagara
" J/ |! b( C/ G( ^- S$ i' O CL Yura
4 j: ~6 {, h9 @, J$ X. @3 l CL Tenryu3 |4 v' o% K/ Y6 R$ N
CL Tatsuta
/ C1 K4 g2 y- N/ N1 h4 w CL Yubari; D: m5 _) [1 a7 R0 x: k
E Akikaze
( g8 E, r/ _9 s% [ E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
; Y" }8 X0 A& N; T; H AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ K4 u3 W( `' ? p' f8 e, L AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
3 t7 F6 n% j3 l& | AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk$ v* c" }7 q" b* S
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- s( w# ~( c4 K# P. F% m7 D
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Allied ground losses:8 V, n- G3 Z0 C$ _
16506 casualties reported3 a* f6 O# O0 o; `7 b
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled1 o6 N7 [/ t5 q2 D. @4 o
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
1 L! o! o: j% ?2 H# T l2 d& G Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled) S$ ~4 w4 W4 L9 P1 a
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
2 i# K+ u0 z# p, _- p2 y) o1 T Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |