Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards) t* t* P1 O" H
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Japanese Ships3 l0 k% G9 E S0 l6 w
BB Kongo9 R+ v( n7 H" h) g
BB Haruna* i7 G% P. P' R
BB Hiei9 X" T5 e3 O$ H/ {* e
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3, ?" C' g+ V. N5 }$ N6 P" M
CA Tone
% ?- I! V# G: ]" X' J5 u CA Chikuma% q C. X3 N- g. q
CA Takao
8 ]3 I* C9 r: b3 n0 _ CA Atago, s+ [, v0 E' ?6 `
CA Maya8 p' X# A6 R5 E! I& ]& V- h
CA Chokai& N; q6 i! r7 T- _) z9 c" N
CA Suzuya
1 q3 B. \6 D$ [$ {) Q* L% ]) d8 y1 F B CA Kumano* o, S* W! Q! N* X$ g3 M) \
CA Aoba/ r% [+ V# U; @, l. B% m
CA Kinugasa9 I# q7 \/ K) ~0 `4 I1 g
CA Furutaka5 I: w$ _6 ~ ~
CL Nagara
/ G1 F$ \: y" N7 H& n7 ^ CL Yura
, C8 U! J' S2 H _: \- J CL Tenryu+ a2 d; P3 F F% g+ h. d7 E
CL Tatsuta4 b7 T- R4 E+ @( O/ e- G$ f
CL Yubari
3 }/ a+ h# _: U1 P0 q7 l E Akikaze4 t0 ^( v. Y8 _5 O/ t& D
E Tachikaze+ G S9 c- l( _* m# G( A$ ]
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AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 P. T) y& i+ k! v+ g( R K AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk( m4 {7 M( @+ ]7 V4 [0 S& e
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
& E& L; O! r/ T0 U( R AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 S, v" E+ @8 s5 T% x2 A4 u' k
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Allied ground losses:
4 P9 g6 T% l" m 16506 casualties reported! I( y) r c. H* P
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled0 X7 W/ H9 {/ D9 J B- v8 D
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
3 n+ n! [8 K; i$ P Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
' _6 V0 K; x9 ]' |& @4 b" y Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 m- @* o8 A- |
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |