Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships! R6 E7 N( W% o; L: ~/ ^
BB Kongo) A, c1 Z$ F# r6 t
BB Haruna! t2 O$ r0 R% }
BB Hiei% z7 N& r/ H5 S0 w: e
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
4 |8 o) b" t. w# ? CA Tone
3 g1 @ k/ x6 T" `9 n) R CA Chikuma( x9 M3 r+ P/ t' ~- ?0 I
CA Takao# F4 u& @8 M7 ^1 Q. r4 j
CA Atago
c; g7 n5 R8 j7 V CA Maya* o: Y, G2 a. q$ | v0 U+ \
CA Chokai
B& D& P, U7 }+ J CA Suzuya1 N* ?+ ]. m7 b' m
CA Kumano+ r- f- G$ \- ^, i, r9 S
CA Aoba0 N( e/ a: e. f6 X% b- b
CA Kinugasa4 h" H/ v- z: \$ g
CA Furutaka
* A- b$ H- O4 H* v; e CL Nagara X: c% A3 j, P4 s3 Y Y
CL Yura. A# z% D0 Q, M# h, y4 S/ Y
CL Tenryu
$ h0 _- u8 }5 z* Q CL Tatsuta
& _1 ?' @0 i9 K8 f( F CL Yubari
+ i6 V8 q6 y& k8 F8 U. M, ? E Akikaze2 e3 {% \2 S, C) a! q; S
E Tachikaze7 z7 {- ?9 X1 Z/ _, y! S
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Allied Ships
. ^3 d* M, S: c9 R) g, e" e O AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 h! ]1 s5 P2 H5 k
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk$ U. s7 R0 a( g7 W* N
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk1 Y v$ F) B) J
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
" Z$ M4 r* H* S* ^) e 16506 casualties reported4 k v6 w" j- r8 a! o
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
) Q. f) H n9 E; t Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
" r4 }4 w! {1 \( n: B5 B$ p* g+ k Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
: w0 w3 s7 l6 x6 { Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 Z0 c& ]! T5 p
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |