Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards% t/ h' a) F+ k8 U4 z. ?
+ } h6 ^+ ]$ g2 g1 k8 NJapanese Ships4 Y% I% R5 t* ~ E9 @: g
BB Kongo
2 p. P' U3 i" w p! W8 x% D e: X BB Haruna+ H+ x7 U" Z1 R( I5 Y+ [$ h6 q
BB Hiei- P# l: x& {0 i$ q
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3& F o& Y; l, ?/ L5 Z1 L5 v
CA Tone' Z: d# K4 p$ A- `# W7 h
CA Chikuma
q7 Z0 _9 t4 e CA Takao
9 V i3 Q# h5 R& o; b CA Atago5 ^ X/ y7 y- ~& m% `' p2 m
CA Maya0 M3 B' z/ B( z* u7 i! q+ A( e2 p
CA Chokai' g1 n5 g2 K4 D( r
CA Suzuya
, R, k4 M' ?" m CA Kumano
Y4 @. B3 Z% r% [; h CA Aoba
# N5 V( O4 C$ h$ t4 {4 s2 u) T/ Z) g CA Kinugasa
$ W. h; R& l" {; `6 o CA Furutaka8 B* L& s$ f1 g+ P
CL Nagara3 f% q* v% E7 G# u! W7 d
CL Yura
/ _4 y5 w5 b- z- U/ B0 L9 F CL Tenryu* ?# Q1 @ @! b
CL Tatsuta: k5 v6 C* M, f: |' B0 s; ~
CL Yubari7 t( H+ c+ g) s, Z* e
E Akikaze8 V6 G) n2 z; n) g9 y: z
E Tachikaze
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0 b6 i1 U% h( L) C( |Allied Ships* b3 Y7 N2 m+ Q) Y
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! {" [! j. |$ Z9 E- w: {! }$ |3 p
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk. b6 ^8 y8 \8 x/ ?4 ^
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
; R2 y6 v: I m% [2 E, w+ N x) N AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 k6 R0 Y$ ^) o
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Allied ground losses:3 W" l* I& C3 S+ Z1 `- }
16506 casualties reported. T8 K- U5 |3 D3 ]# q" X) P
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
4 _+ F1 g6 a+ O+ H# c Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled. N5 E q4 p( w! U
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
, c1 Q/ `6 @5 _& | Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)( f/ k% O; G* W7 e
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |