Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships! X1 U2 c3 |$ C% m) T8 L- D. L
BB Kongo
2 k7 U# {8 B, I* D b. T8 _ BB Haruna& m; l* X5 L( D: j" V C
BB Hiei
$ s) s- Y1 C" j) E9 d BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
) X# h! _( x; K" ^6 K CA Tone
+ H2 ]) F H; C' W X( k CA Chikuma0 s0 |/ @2 U% _: F
CA Takao u4 b. V7 ^3 X, J* @
CA Atago" V! z9 B! k% L3 D
CA Maya: _+ K$ o$ K p0 m, L5 M
CA Chokai
, R) e( ^( q2 i, j. m1 i9 G CA Suzuya
* H; f1 ^3 U4 N: T0 J- O CA Kumano
! f6 q# T8 I! ]1 x! \5 H CA Aoba' v% H5 c+ |( h) _4 V, P; j
CA Kinugasa
* f- @/ D' v2 D6 y CA Furutaka3 W! N% [3 {. q6 t' F6 y* m1 r; L% R
CL Nagara: k+ j! D/ @% D$ x
CL Yura# t B8 @( G1 @( {1 r6 O
CL Tenryu
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; L4 ]: u2 L8 I" d* A CL Yubari5 ^3 p: t* O, s; R4 x* B# U
E Akikaze( c6 u! C- r5 M# C0 B
E Tachikaze
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: H* R- d9 Z! k8 [5 T; c- uAllied Ships
9 x( F' C, a: L" U/ D" h AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 |! o" q4 d2 J+ I- H3 n
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk- O: m; _9 N+ d) [; `
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk+ h0 T0 \! b w- a# I
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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" S9 _$ m. \7 A, p% @Allied ground losses:# e$ w7 {/ K! B
16506 casualties reported
6 A: p$ a3 _ W! v Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled" @8 u+ T; u+ U
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled6 m2 N6 J, t; A: _4 `3 |' e9 R
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
9 j6 f& N, o+ w; X+ i4 ` Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
- l) L$ G% f( [" a! i/ L Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |