Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards8 h7 t/ O8 |4 w3 V2 @1 O
3 }' q- p6 b8 P* h; p# _Japanese Ships
1 z4 o) k0 i8 j6 J BB Kongo
; D, e1 T r* g9 L BB Haruna% J* a- X" K H; x0 W+ r" g
BB Hiei- ]$ F. [1 `3 m. B, U. r
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3, _6 c$ h( V* X
CA Tone) e$ n) n2 H1 p5 U
CA Chikuma
5 }# H3 g9 w" r4 T! A- m$ I: _ CA Takao
- v, K% L9 Q" Q9 v. k CA Atago
$ A' I6 P ~3 [/ z0 E1 l( d& e3 X CA Maya* `) o* X) q. t9 Q7 b5 e% a% s
CA Chokai
: \% a1 x& Y7 L) \ CA Suzuya7 x; E5 ]% O" b( v' e7 [& q
CA Kumano
, C+ I0 Y8 @9 k8 U$ l# }" b6 R) J4 Z CA Aoba$ \; E3 p0 s, z% o3 S: G
CA Kinugasa
( |0 A& }1 b% M CA Furutaka
2 E; p4 D- m- x" F CL Nagara5 Z6 O0 d# X% ^8 b
CL Yura
- I, Z$ n0 U1 l& g CL Tenryu
) B" r" @0 N4 ^* t% O/ t CL Tatsuta
& ~, R) x/ q+ Q; x1 e# Z: b4 @ F CL Yubari
( M# o$ d s A( a* Y E Akikaze
6 k) x) U! o. R: B: g E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships) b; V6 _# V# x. y9 _ u! p6 V+ N
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ u3 J9 i9 ^, e8 T5 ]& h AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk1 y, @8 c% E" D& M8 Q d- U
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk" O9 E9 A$ F% @3 [4 e( z* u- p
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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+ C0 U1 c9 ~3 J* ^* GAllied ground losses:
" q o' Y/ o& L& F 16506 casualties reported
+ P$ N* J1 V* K: [ Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled. C* O, [7 C1 n; l0 W. X4 a
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled/ j4 q! F+ ]8 D0 M9 {
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled" D; u) k, ] l' {: f% i
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
, e# K8 e* F& ~ D" K Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |