Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards( N! g& {8 ?! S
7 r; X. n: p* ^. S: jJapanese Ships
, n( S ?+ b' I+ m4 d$ K1 L0 h BB Kongo3 @: q, L4 R- L4 l) i0 v/ a' s0 Y7 J
BB Haruna
) O) u( S. A2 v' z q6 C BB Hiei' B- F! ]9 ^ X |+ B
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
% [+ _; K) B& \7 k$ ~ CA Tone! {3 f3 ~& A4 V- p! q6 S
CA Chikuma; `; y& G3 A9 I, H( ]8 d
CA Takao8 }. u# a* W& ]% k6 g* \- J5 ^0 Z2 @1 I
CA Atago
5 \ I& Q- l/ d( c1 T7 [ CA Maya
4 `* T9 H, ~% g$ a+ {- _ CA Chokai
! {- b; J4 f; _& @! E& Y CA Suzuya
) N1 d- ~7 ~# f; J4 t CA Kumano
Y6 B6 y/ y- D) l CA Aoba$ ^% O" b# ^' t
CA Kinugasa1 B9 t; r/ C* `; L4 h$ m
CA Furutaka
, V1 Z" ]7 C$ j# B9 d8 J CL Nagara
/ C" K7 y& r: X. r$ R: k CL Yura* |6 c' k; H+ e, U, |* d; f
CL Tenryu4 t& R; X: |9 O& y" \
CL Tatsuta
, y+ {% c i* f9 H3 o+ H# a9 P6 e5 ` CL Yubari
$ y+ I1 r1 e+ ` E Akikaze, r8 ]3 Q! @( o3 Q9 j
E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships; G2 c) r, Z2 Y8 T4 [
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 A- C& X) E# c2 g# r; W% G$ R- {1 v AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
7 U5 m0 T1 f) V( D AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 c. m6 U, e# y, d+ g' F% h$ f2 |& @ AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 W4 v q5 r3 w4 H2 f
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Allied ground losses:
+ E8 A7 i# D( K- B2 X 16506 casualties reported
" e3 F+ h9 h3 y1 u/ ? Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled0 _ Y$ z: m) i3 o
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled: r7 R4 `3 s% `
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled- p- @3 y/ X4 w4 E& u9 w
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
5 _3 D( [4 v. g: [$ J Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |