Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards5 C, Y8 p5 k% G$ o1 s( P' X) f- ~$ r
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Japanese Ships
' Z; C$ J& I, A$ h BB Kongo. X" V2 s- J+ a. T! u- p+ U- B+ i
BB Haruna' {1 O3 N8 t9 `; }! s
BB Hiei! `3 V8 m* c o
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
- m2 K5 n7 t% ]5 K$ o# o CA Tone
% R5 x0 |! P' V+ M CA Chikuma8 {( Z0 m" |) X( q2 T% x1 _
CA Takao
4 P: w5 S. \# n7 P. X CA Atago
( ?+ U) T5 R" K, T CA Maya5 _! x0 p0 ~5 x- W) M ~1 ^
CA Chokai
& h% ?8 d& j E$ j2 B CA Suzuya
9 f" d. w" x) X4 g, R CA Kumano* a/ I, l, c- C8 B
CA Aoba
8 h' S# z& H# I3 C8 s# h- M1 [) C CA Kinugasa
$ S- D5 [, P- t% E/ P: E5 D CA Furutaka- q. w' I( E; l' o
CL Nagara5 s k7 x) z- n" P
CL Yura1 S5 v, {, t! u) \+ [' P" [$ F+ X
CL Tenryu
3 a9 z7 Z$ j/ o CL Tatsuta
$ Z' f ]' I" t/ [! B" E( W CL Yubari7 @; W1 y% H) d( L9 C! T
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships1 b0 a; a8 ~ b9 J$ \5 E: b: R: J
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! e7 e% X- c' \2 V AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
- x( ~9 l8 U) z0 L; z8 h3 A" M" z AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
- C% \* ~& c! m" Z$ b* z8 W/ ?. D( V AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
; A! }; Y$ y0 |: D" n1 Z( H' F6 G9 l 16506 casualties reported
( o- V' W' z, h% F Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
; u& d9 A. E4 K+ g$ s- s- a% \ Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled/ d0 l. s3 K& K0 ]
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled- {- K7 L7 Q# M2 ?4 R8 u$ l5 W8 D" I& d
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 K0 r% A2 }( y
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |