Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards1 e$ v( q- F6 L6 n0 w$ Z0 V, g
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Japanese Ships: m# Y# V' y" X6 y0 o5 E+ S
BB Kongo' H$ G b! _# M
BB Haruna" F. n' C5 A9 z1 F5 x) c8 Z: ^& t$ D
BB Hiei% g# F1 Z5 F U- ?
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
) a7 a+ ?0 p% i- o CA Tone
7 r4 L9 e% `( }# { CA Chikuma5 I4 `8 Q, a4 L$ E! t
CA Takao
8 Z: x) C# \" Q- v5 T CA Atago' y [6 C }6 f2 Y& M# M
CA Maya+ Q, H0 E# ~+ H+ H8 x
CA Chokai5 |" e7 P% z5 r
CA Suzuya F0 s1 R7 b/ f- O7 M' r
CA Kumano p- i) n2 {9 M8 N
CA Aoba
8 w3 |7 S8 Z: E6 W0 t' y! n* ] CA Kinugasa& N8 r2 |3 W E/ \) \% c$ ~
CA Furutaka* h: g9 G( h: ^$ H$ @
CL Nagara
5 k. s% Q3 l7 j( C; T$ \ CL Yura j2 L* ], I5 H8 I
CL Tenryu4 P0 i' Z1 I% A
CL Tatsuta: ^7 q& p) Y! F- G/ `! B
CL Yubari0 J- J( x5 B n$ g& R$ V
E Akikaze" P7 {3 h2 \# U2 e; ~# h
E Tachikaze1 h( S7 K& f e3 \! f* x
/ H O# L, w/ t$ V! h$ ^7 [Allied Ships
( j* \. l8 P. |! v! \! Z' U* B8 K AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 j9 R- X+ X6 N1 e* C1 m AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
$ y% T1 ]1 ~# k9 y AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk; k: e" P3 X$ M% G; ]; }: |
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! {( F& B; M- Z- N% G. j* Y+ [% v
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Allied ground losses:' W! H, c; a' c% \; Q
16506 casualties reported
1 x8 ~8 V" M% r# o Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled3 v, E1 J8 z$ F x2 z; B
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled. q# w- {/ L! }; F! F
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
. g, K/ L1 Y6 o Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)& m, N# o4 Y9 G; R8 ? {4 Y
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |