Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships, R* Y: D1 U/ O
BB Kongo
7 p8 Y! k) Y" }4 {* d& T BB Haruna9 b3 a2 @2 w& B# l2 B
BB Hiei
Z: I( I7 J* [ y4 { BB Kirishima, Shell hits 37 Z( h' V5 R5 a8 O2 a5 D
CA Tone
0 D' j' e9 x4 O7 ~8 l' {& k CA Chikuma
1 D- W$ x8 Y& V CA Takao
$ I) d6 g0 @" m+ j CA Atago; b5 @% Z% k( _% l2 a! y, U8 K
CA Maya
; f& v |$ ^# U& L& i# O W% M CA Chokai
5 N1 a) m3 l. y3 w0 x/ \ CA Suzuya
6 B$ c; N/ G* h; w, { CA Kumano
+ L0 w7 @3 d8 U; r- o* k CA Aoba
, r) X( v7 ~/ n G, P" C2 F' i CA Kinugasa
2 y1 [( s- E5 k: Z) }' ~1 s& H CA Furutaka
t: c+ @8 E3 x4 e0 d% a CL Nagara5 B; r; t& Y5 R) e( b9 O
CL Yura F5 o6 P3 K8 ~ J8 Q
CL Tenryu
3 o% {; ?2 T' u CL Tatsuta
; w- e* y4 G0 Y4 E. V- Y+ m CL Yubari7 v6 y& y8 p* E; @7 f
E Akikaze& u- S) W0 l) V
E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships9 i# S. Q' ?; L8 H) c
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; F! r- U3 x0 ^" o7 M# F4 S' U
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
" ]' t$ w* n# A AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk) I. L! |, F: d* x* `/ t3 e; I
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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, e0 ^7 }- T! {8 M2 ?Allied ground losses:1 a/ d: f$ m8 l7 M% R3 l
16506 casualties reported
2 a! [7 B7 s3 E3 S Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled: ] u6 i- N1 j5 P% ~, `! d- M
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled( ?5 T$ V6 y+ s% p- N
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled3 j& H8 C( \+ _: e! z
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)0 q/ p1 @2 P" q0 E9 R) E% {+ k9 _
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |