Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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0 h' \& k- _4 ~% D' _, {4 TJapanese Ships
' R% u/ O- m: G. f9 i$ I BB Kongo
+ w# f3 s) `( c$ e7 Z! H BB Haruna# J; y1 L% b4 j' i6 D* @
BB Hiei
+ h" }: Y& J7 U! k7 \ BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
' Z0 \# P; h2 u CA Tone
1 N' {- Q$ m: a- ~" { CA Chikuma i- x: }0 [8 j+ M- k3 S& v% L
CA Takao7 a5 Y. |; x3 G: r% E8 J
CA Atago+ x% U& z& f; m1 _3 {3 V+ `0 c& G8 e
CA Maya
& S3 N# H/ t+ ^& u" T' ^ CA Chokai
, \' q/ j0 W# l* L% P' u$ ^ CA Suzuya& U. @6 F0 D/ @9 A, u% ?
CA Kumano q1 m$ u3 G* _( S8 U
CA Aoba( A% }6 N) G2 L5 q% d( U
CA Kinugasa+ b8 P0 \4 Q! o% Q- _
CA Furutaka
1 h: i1 O" h) Z" m+ p0 G% U% O4 h CL Nagara
) e. ^" ^7 r2 Q3 _, M CL Yura8 x. g5 I7 q T) T, V+ L
CL Tenryu- r3 f4 R# J* G
CL Tatsuta
: M8 w7 Y/ D) C CL Yubari3 l; r9 w. P: E8 j2 k- Y
E Akikaze
- \ h; U. {2 j7 C* ~ E Tachikaze! [2 E: k; y5 C9 R
& r& ^9 H9 T& J( IAllied Ships5 W& J* L( e* s+ ]# Y. B
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk N. F) S* R" L1 G5 s( P6 h- L) Z
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
* V; p- @" ^/ ~! E' ?6 V; w# N AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 U5 w; W3 Y' G& l
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 j& M7 S# Q; f+ N" p) s
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6 X( p" ^% V+ U+ \4 c3 z6 Q8 ^. wAllied ground losses:8 i& J& n4 Y# O" l8 S
16506 casualties reported7 F$ C: L; H/ z" ~. U6 G. J
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
/ D! I6 a& p( \: W- R2 t6 o1 r- S1 O; L Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled& L: r. v+ K& L, C, T
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled/ S6 J& F( n/ ]! Q# z
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
$ y V0 X/ H: ~/ m Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |