Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships7 `' a2 D6 o+ d; c4 ?
BB Kongo
+ W$ ?( i% [: g BB Haruna# V% Z; ?' s: W9 L, D6 f
BB Hiei
" i6 Z! Z; \) J, J) A# m) w BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3. n; V4 r( `+ c+ F
CA Tone
7 A* e( w* Z# O* m CA Chikuma" n J( a/ A8 V) n. F3 ?
CA Takao5 E" Y6 Z4 p6 w, I
CA Atago% f& B, Z5 n; T: n/ e. ? }: H$ a1 b
CA Maya
0 {: n0 z h3 h7 a" L* }7 r CA Chokai
. q! h5 Y/ b+ W9 W! a- a3 y2 p CA Suzuya
+ U6 ]6 s' |( |+ C; y4 Y CA Kumano
* v, y( C9 I9 h' n4 j CA Aoba
, i5 J1 z% D6 h+ ` CA Kinugasa
: f# q& K* Z, X" T% N* R CA Furutaka
8 x9 d: H+ F3 W( R$ K& Y CL Nagara( `% C, J! u: ]
CL Yura+ O- ?$ }- m" ~" w
CL Tenryu; K+ T2 S/ v# Z, N) Y) q' q
CL Tatsuta
- ?8 ]+ t$ @) s+ B CL Yubari) E5 ~- H: A: `9 Y1 n
E Akikaze
7 x' A5 r$ P/ v" [2 t+ F E Tachikaze
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" E5 H, k+ W% [5 h3 x8 L+ |Allied Ships
3 y4 O5 L, @: H$ K9 \: _; J( F AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ g) q# \0 x$ Y5 h8 x
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk( l7 m* q% ? q
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
8 c9 J0 s, |/ i2 h5 E5 O0 U AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 y# B1 k& m! @1 a3 Q4 Z
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Allied ground losses: a( l+ R/ t3 J* L9 m
16506 casualties reported% n k" p1 `; z! q: q$ `3 |
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
+ T$ A4 b$ K* D$ |0 V Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
- I% \# c% @1 k" Q1 g Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
" ]1 G( J- B/ r# C Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled). n* c c% a5 `, |
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |