Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships" n" q1 B# T' j2 A1 n! E) t$ K5 ?
BB Kongo' Z& _: I. T$ w# a9 x5 B
BB Haruna
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BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
3 q! l/ x' @* M3 c( j7 `: b: B CA Tone7 F; E- ~- N' N# `, _' N( [
CA Chikuma. ^$ j0 d& }% o+ [# Q- @
CA Takao
1 e* J( z" O& D+ P) w CA Atago
, |7 j. o0 B: W CA Maya9 {; [" Q9 S& p8 \* t8 g# `
CA Chokai
k- c1 U0 D& a: x9 Q7 c7 U9 P CA Suzuya
; r/ i7 t: M; r; r CA Kumano
% d: C$ ]4 m% d: Z! T CA Aoba
6 L% C& q7 C) V% }# Y: F- b CA Kinugasa! j z4 b& _9 {6 L1 l, \
CA Furutaka: w/ T' r8 l* y" i6 A: m2 j
CL Nagara
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CL Tenryu1 a7 ~7 X1 j8 S& [% e8 h' N8 A
CL Tatsuta
/ C" }2 \% r8 T9 e! w5 a3 m+ m CL Yubari
2 w( F- V# j$ y$ a3 J6 x2 O E Akikaze$ `1 J, c5 \) o; z* \+ @
E Tachikaze6 [" {; r" e! Q# @
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$ X; L4 g7 `" S, o AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 e5 `: X" _7 v AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
9 W+ X z5 k( a2 v1 o) ~9 B, A, S2 k AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk3 Z6 g; q0 q% s4 Z/ a# c. X; Z
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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; y0 K/ |, S9 p# z9 [Allied ground losses:
$ R. L4 f7 Q* S 16506 casualties reported; w0 a5 B9 I3 p: q6 ^1 K5 W2 R- s5 Y
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
2 r2 X7 W, P; ~, z* o1 H Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
$ J' [, v q2 B, }. K' ~2 W Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled' [$ U2 B4 b8 S& d
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 l _( M$ Z: H; B/ {& u
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |