Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards& E/ ~8 Q8 ?: ?- ~4 k
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Japanese Ships w2 U+ [# l1 v; ?! z
BB Kongo
" D8 l8 y0 {# \ BB Haruna
% V3 ^$ b/ q& P; B+ L: ` BB Hiei
7 I4 W1 I# L3 f3 u) l4 T% }# A5 M BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
1 l- N" F8 ?" [ y2 x! z CA Tone5 D! s4 K# n4 A, X3 }
CA Chikuma) E. @( n% `" }/ t) B$ p
CA Takao" x- o* b/ j8 v+ { v
CA Atago( D6 x' Z& Z7 y+ ]: n; \* G; m
CA Maya% g* V! r0 i5 U& _2 ~ S
CA Chokai1 b- R/ F0 K2 K4 ?5 r
CA Suzuya5 j4 k- r% B e6 n/ u: ^
CA Kumano1 a# J8 L* G5 J9 O# A6 k
CA Aoba
) ?2 g% X1 z" ]6 O6 s CA Kinugasa
3 F7 E6 c+ K( b; j& G CA Furutaka
: { P# Y- l; ?4 E1 Y" q: a% B G# I4 U CL Nagara
3 y: ]/ Z A, w3 g0 G6 Z5 V, f CL Yura
) @) \2 b8 |; [8 n; m; s CL Tenryu
, x+ m P6 x h CL Tatsuta& i. K7 T; [: T/ Q
CL Yubari( L2 v, A2 R- v; j3 k3 \
E Akikaze
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/ W: n$ j( W0 q; n$ F6 XAllied Ships
. {$ e; H' x- @1 f- b% P5 } AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
T: E& ~/ D* L7 A" g AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk- {" J, Y$ h* y" {( h; r
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
@' f, e: T& V( s4 b AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) r* W, Y& O. r( h) @4 t3 ?
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9 a/ U# M4 J4 z; J4 K4 D) oAllied ground losses:
2 h3 V. O+ s W2 A) B9 v! G 16506 casualties reported) I ]1 x* [7 R, J
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled1 I& X4 |: m$ f
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
3 \3 R j3 q% ^( O, D Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
; W* f* y$ f6 t7 ` Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
: g: C: k0 X2 F ^% g Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |