Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships0 ^; u, V3 S8 v
BB Kongo! h |5 x, z$ B; D
BB Haruna; T0 g4 d( z U' b% Y4 v& i
BB Hiei
. r' `: V2 M3 D* k6 d; e5 R BB Kirishima, Shell hits 31 T f! f" Q8 R1 M" ?1 j! g) s5 c
CA Tone2 e% O% x# V, G5 r$ G1 y5 G
CA Chikuma
' o9 L0 r! g1 _5 _ CA Takao5 W$ Z. ` ~4 J* `
CA Atago
{) X' S0 q& t7 ?2 M: ~ CA Maya0 Q0 a$ U( d" G- e3 \; N! ]
CA Chokai
( N Q* p y3 ?8 r CA Suzuya5 `/ |3 k f4 q" |1 P9 O
CA Kumano
6 Y* j& A/ h4 K, [: B CA Aoba
6 P1 z% ^2 R9 \ CA Kinugasa! T6 V7 {) v g8 d$ k" m
CA Furutaka
8 _. j. T1 n) p9 S4 c CL Nagara) l0 _5 b) I7 I1 r9 C6 v" E* n
CL Yura1 m2 Q; P* h7 v& p
CL Tenryu
7 W4 W/ K* h1 D5 { CL Tatsuta _' q& B3 d* r8 G: |9 z
CL Yubari
7 j0 ^# g3 a, y' [ E Akikaze
9 \; c2 [: r W2 a2 { E Tachikaze
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9 O2 S* E, j3 {9 c0 S( S7 ]8 oAllied Ships
: Y5 U, ^ Q1 p; p+ a! J AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
+ U* t* }2 ]6 B. W% m AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk' ^. M' {3 Q- ^* o* M
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
& N) O. m. w! [% z" k AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. [/ I% q) X9 ~/ j8 w" o0 K6 F
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" k$ @ j: p; W( \Allied ground losses:* v( M! a' K6 R/ O9 a. R' O
16506 casualties reported
9 T/ Y0 F) X6 G7 j" A Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled* i$ j$ _* w6 ^, a
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled& n4 l- O* H" {* t/ C
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
9 c7 o1 j3 Z5 f" J A& ] Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled), {+ V& A7 f* E/ R9 t$ R
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |