Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
. U6 ]& \# V/ y3 V% h BB Kongo! ^# Z$ J* d& ?! S
BB Haruna O) E9 l4 a A: V. E
BB Hiei# Z; N3 o; ~" E& [; M
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 34 \1 c8 h/ [% h7 Z
CA Tone
( r( Q2 f, R# T/ d. Z" L9 h CA Chikuma* E, C& F1 @2 P6 G% o
CA Takao
. I6 X' u* |2 P: }5 t CA Atago
; Z) B/ S' `! ^8 o& j4 }4 k& @ CA Maya
% g$ H6 K# @' S6 H& C$ u CA Chokai! A: }: j+ D0 e0 Z9 M- L/ ^
CA Suzuya
* d/ H2 C7 g4 N' M0 g' Y6 K( J CA Kumano
( Q s) R1 @; ^' c5 X* z5 n$ I( j CA Aoba
# e Y7 E) I' z( R6 s CA Kinugasa( v; E: e3 G, e) ?
CA Furutaka
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CL Yura/ v( g4 |3 a; ?( y y* j& X" X
CL Tenryu
1 I5 e1 ]( U- M5 M4 P4 w CL Tatsuta6 J# W6 T# i0 r
CL Yubari
1 B" H1 k* l- r4 J) \ E Akikaze
) s- |/ n6 ^8 d, R E Tachikaze) ]$ N+ {8 M2 U) [1 M/ a
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Allied Ships
8 ?8 I' b. X$ i K7 l- i0 F AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 U' x: o& [6 F* Y1 p& w AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk: m* u; I7 y1 n. f! C
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
( D l* V4 X* N3 s* W AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) g! [* E% i. M5 E4 o9 n9 c Q% b3 c
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. d' _: V! t( R1 U$ BAllied ground losses:
9 a# M% [$ B" c2 T k 16506 casualties reported7 P7 p% a8 G; H7 z' L" L
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
, v0 }; z/ G# b$ b9 E" ^' i Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled7 @( S% g3 }: H& |5 D7 c
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
# f8 @8 O. H/ F; z2 d' l Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
% L3 d& q& v" [# C' l3 N+ i. ] Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |