Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards7 K( ^4 b8 _( K6 d
+ a) F# Q4 ~* w/ I2 iJapanese Ships1 Q( e0 j! _6 R
BB Kongo& [" d0 Y/ K# H! O9 Y9 i
BB Haruna
3 \: m1 l5 E+ j4 {. ^ BB Hiei. \+ u1 p* x; c' J% T8 n; U
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
7 E( J# K4 T- [ CA Tone
5 @# h7 [/ h: Z7 E& q. x CA Chikuma
7 U t* R5 k. X. X7 M/ X& ? CA Takao
) Y2 U" W. q; n) m2 S6 V" y CA Atago B7 p; h- V; ?4 |0 n' J5 ?# g
CA Maya- m2 \6 o2 U' T% R
CA Chokai
" W% X0 ^; p4 d* V( ~; O6 m; |; u CA Suzuya
, C' P+ X6 O2 E4 r6 [ CA Kumano) L. Z8 q2 A! ?5 L, X5 a6 D$ ?
CA Aoba/ t' U/ z% m$ ~) S7 b4 Q! U* n& S# I
CA Kinugasa
/ k- n2 f/ B. J' F" D CA Furutaka1 |8 o$ N. B) v$ Q6 F
CL Nagara
/ I9 z N' t! S& b% N* q CL Yura
- g) E3 `- r6 z/ N' J, w& u CL Tenryu: C$ H; u7 c, ^, I' N: L' B
CL Tatsuta8 l& ]& q- ~+ q
CL Yubari5 M4 k4 z6 m: g/ _9 x! v
E Akikaze9 p V8 o! e9 C/ A
E Tachikaze7 `. E% T7 X2 S* v- N2 [
% P# c) A w V7 ?! `Allied Ships& N) r( K) m" Z3 T/ I8 Z" E; B
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 c9 X2 W; V. l8 F, T7 D0 u# W3 A AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk- t+ w' u R8 O- [ X
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
: J& h: L; G* M$ J) }' R. P; s8 `+ s AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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: K8 l4 m- |( [: w% c+ VAllied ground losses:
! ~- H0 L; _: Q: u" E 16506 casualties reported1 Q' \/ w% M, t; C$ j) J
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled9 O( Y" x$ g8 v+ X. k @
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled$ ?9 `) N J) X1 l& Z
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
; T# V [. [9 o6 l Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 m8 Q1 f$ N5 C% ^* R
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |