Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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0 A& g* B3 A# j% Y. G9 m& N6 kJapanese Ships- } ?/ X. j8 b4 Q s
BB Kongo) U; v$ R/ G, e" X3 z
BB Haruna$ Z% d/ i, m/ l& L6 @3 Z
BB Hiei Y# O0 X1 n0 J& s9 o# Q) Y* ^
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
0 Z/ Y$ ?, ]! ]2 O9 s* [ CA Tone
- p/ b* y c+ n% K/ y5 U2 ]/ I# L CA Chikuma
# b7 l0 p7 L0 ?. v5 G CA Takao
, P1 @7 h. {7 a+ q/ | CA Atago
" w. ]1 }7 u* {. p' O CA Maya- O1 n2 s' a2 ~. z
CA Chokai& h6 X' r' @6 Z- s+ X1 X9 z
CA Suzuya
6 J" v! h% d8 ?0 l( o' O/ R: ~ CA Kumano1 D$ U1 U5 ]1 V0 o
CA Aoba
$ Y' n6 ?1 R( X8 k& o" i r p CA Kinugasa; ]9 {. z1 G+ ^9 \% I* H+ W
CA Furutaka
0 z/ D; F+ H# }5 }7 \3 V( ?2 x CL Nagara- D% n9 }, s4 B: F4 {9 Q0 t* X& ]
CL Yura
8 U) V$ }0 Q& g% i9 X1 Q7 o CL Tenryu
4 n# @6 ^8 ?1 k4 U- A8 n p$ w CL Tatsuta
2 A1 c% T" g6 R CL Yubari
- J4 ]. J6 _/ K1 |; p. R9 U- C9 N E Akikaze
! h4 Q2 A" l- [# v7 D) u E Tachikaze
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: S. n1 E( q* ~Allied Ships
! |/ q) R- D8 X; p AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 |' C6 F' E: W; O AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk6 `0 U; d5 b: b) z" D" g' l
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk: l! O! \! R7 V. `/ k+ n
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' D+ V. I) \. H" ^
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Allied ground losses:
7 f8 o$ d* O6 g% }0 \ 16506 casualties reported
0 i2 r+ W, l# [+ g6 K- W Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled0 y+ L6 q' B4 i5 G5 A) s; y7 E3 a
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
0 u0 q; K! [, J+ E Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
% ?: H; B* A) o4 f+ z3 x Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
& S7 K- `9 y$ e t Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |