Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards" y% O8 j1 w R5 A; u$ r
" L6 @4 D8 q& [7 l WJapanese Ships9 P- x% F) M4 x# D6 w- i& g6 s0 q/ ~
BB Kongo
, Y+ l1 p" g: ~0 J4 r BB Haruna2 ^) F( O& T1 A
BB Hiei
( m3 E7 \( ?$ ^4 R& M BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3# D3 n# N+ G( p" D+ q7 M5 H. ]
CA Tone
8 O* p2 M9 k) S+ o( w/ n CA Chikuma! w8 h, Z: d) A& m! n; ~, X
CA Takao9 c* [& M8 R, j2 l0 j- P, j: s
CA Atago
1 A8 G: [; s( U& t+ E CA Maya* c- z0 n9 a" ^9 g0 @9 [2 a# q3 N- o
CA Chokai
6 W7 O5 l7 J' [ CA Suzuya
; ]. A% |" g, g* _ CA Kumano
$ L0 \5 J6 @: A8 w3 `% D6 o CA Aoba
/ t$ [. p( l, p2 S CA Kinugasa- e' n& \" f" n0 V
CA Furutaka
+ V2 x' P1 q1 v6 e* \9 V CL Nagara
( N7 @& e0 j) ^, J, |" @, v9 Y* z CL Yura2 m4 P- H! v7 q7 F5 t: `
CL Tenryu2 o9 C1 K/ g9 @* [
CL Tatsuta
7 y; v) H" R% y8 l CL Yubari. X2 O h: h3 u) A- N' ~# I
E Akikaze9 D5 D9 Q3 ?" |$ Q m
E Tachikaze
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# G0 f5 u# t& ?8 Z, OAllied Ships& z1 D5 V; K# F0 A
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" |1 x7 H. @8 J5 |6 b+ R( W AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
% S5 I/ j9 F4 ^ AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk+ |% }9 F0 L# X6 C+ F8 m1 N" a
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ a8 h% x+ U- P1 }( a' u; `
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Allied ground losses:: s3 ^) ^; t( p
16506 casualties reported
+ r% e) [7 a) Q4 d Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
1 m3 l# m) l) ~ Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
8 E- T" Q) Y1 `* `* A% K Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
* J- I2 x6 l! d3 w: Y Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)* |: K7 ~) O( F: [8 j# e8 H) {
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |