Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
, L: |& ]+ X3 h1 V! f8 z" Y BB Kongo
- ] L/ u! `; a6 g, X+ o2 i BB Haruna
8 m/ k. ~) w# d3 V BB Hiei
4 b* f0 n- l8 f BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
# o x! ?5 _) I CA Tone
+ t- m% h: w- j/ R& F CA Chikuma
2 c6 h7 Q* s( m CA Takao
* K5 j* B$ h$ V" g5 \ CA Atago
6 `- m j+ y. s, V- Z' O CA Maya
2 } E) `$ t: R1 }, [ CA Chokai
7 b r- \5 q, z CA Suzuya% \ W6 f3 E1 q) ]0 g% v3 E2 z$ Y
CA Kumano: x' |( C6 g, V& n, I) l
CA Aoba, P6 }; Q, l8 t" B" E
CA Kinugasa
6 D9 t V# [* e; B( \- U3 F CA Furutaka. H5 q# P4 X+ A( J' [8 {' R
CL Nagara
3 Q* N( q3 T. s6 N( _' B CL Yura! d4 z" S c/ j- n5 l5 V6 W1 y
CL Tenryu
, c, o4 S# g* `( a' L CL Tatsuta. y$ _( C) b1 D7 l, F
CL Yubari
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E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships+ x* }. M3 v) l% Y& x, y
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; V! O; y9 P; b" d' x6 \0 A; l2 |
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk6 d! ^$ o% K, e; t# T4 |. \
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk4 Y4 x. \6 m- O; g( \1 v! c( j
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
3 ^) {. w" C' L 16506 casualties reported
) o6 U8 D" m# ]& N( i6 N# Y Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled" c! k7 O- Z" Y( i9 o' ~- E3 V
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled5 x' G- S$ `4 \# P, w2 w
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
. B$ I+ u9 j' U' E7 W Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)# y) i/ ^! h2 j: x
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |