Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards' I& o: J$ Q/ Z8 w% ~+ j
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Japanese Ships
. O3 q. l0 @3 K- n' u; R7 V! p' d BB Kongo) h( c4 }, v! A4 g" ^
BB Haruna
, R/ R$ O$ i- ]0 ^( S: v' m. ] K BB Hiei
4 C3 t' `. U" b- J" i5 g BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3* ~6 m8 c A g! _. @$ t
CA Tone& N q' l6 a, j
CA Chikuma
6 `) E! F2 m+ m/ c$ u0 B CA Takao
" ?* C3 `! Y/ F3 | CA Atago
* P8 j \) v5 Z! ]0 H; A. H) ? CA Maya
3 I0 C4 T+ v* c$ q, n+ _, [& W CA Chokai, ]& Q* @: V& _# ]. Z; [
CA Suzuya
3 \4 ^% k" T1 B9 r5 D$ l) L* D: W CA Kumano
; E# u6 g3 f1 D/ X- ]" H CA Aoba1 j, h6 }8 k1 I( {, G' E
CA Kinugasa" ]4 ^# Q [5 b+ t1 s2 d
CA Furutaka3 z/ Z2 Y' X4 d1 Y% v6 q
CL Nagara
% d8 O! @0 x2 A, a2 L* }$ r* { CL Yura
# w, w2 S/ {* e$ W CL Tenryu
' w; E( m$ x* r CL Tatsuta
0 n- }3 ~8 ?! ?/ B2 S& I CL Yubari0 R3 V1 O$ B3 O
E Akikaze2 u8 C/ X( a& g1 q) t! M4 j: i
E Tachikaze0 L+ X! |* E0 G: j, d
' f% T3 k# x. l$ ?Allied Ships
1 G6 G" K- v# x; b% @& S9 j AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 s" ]: l, e1 D6 z AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
0 i& t h) U# n- n AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk0 T1 E2 h7 q& n
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. P( q! H2 W$ ^4 ^. H, Y3 _" p. y
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$ B8 h# y* x" t$ H/ J0 R9 Z' EAllied ground losses:) d; Y# w2 W8 ~+ P6 L
16506 casualties reported
$ ~# n9 b& g* \ Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled7 k% X0 L3 s9 o/ y' [
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
q# M1 v( ?/ _: C G Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
, Y) j* h7 r2 w0 J: }9 j Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
c5 h: D9 E& [- [ Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |