Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards2 h5 y/ p% B) A
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Japanese Ships
N: s' }* t0 ` BB Kongo
# v- L5 ^, M' B7 \9 e BB Haruna& o# _; l3 ^4 z0 J' \! X' J
BB Hiei
$ T+ R4 `% m0 \# U BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
1 _; ~# m* f9 n* z CA Tone& i0 t+ u% j* b( H+ y
CA Chikuma: O# _5 h# Q: L* ~# S* J+ \. y
CA Takao
% J- u0 S& z$ \( }, z& g$ @; |% U CA Atago
4 L6 d4 p) v' j! O/ D CA Maya
$ K& u1 @- N5 e. m1 Z( ] CA Chokai) ^0 m3 l: w- {8 |
CA Suzuya
0 B* w- o }% f7 E2 Z CA Kumano9 Y% Y6 B% ]7 P8 j6 B, g M+ ?% {
CA Aoba( g4 k' t9 r2 H3 O' H0 s0 |( t1 m
CA Kinugasa
# \# [ K( q- C2 k6 Q; l CA Furutaka
. x& T% }1 c: `1 m2 U; ] CL Nagara5 s4 @: ?; P( g' _# L) x. h! `' L
CL Yura
" L/ J! J8 X& c3 v# m: Z8 t CL Tenryu" g8 G7 X: i1 [+ w
CL Tatsuta
- m$ u; ~: c8 Y6 ~ CL Yubari. Z; v; W. K# H+ m8 c& ?5 X
E Akikaze
/ {2 O2 t' u/ S6 u E Tachikaze0 j1 m+ p7 r0 `2 r4 L% v* _6 g: b
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Allied Ships
n/ E0 m6 p. Q+ i" n! n AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. i3 k7 f" _0 _5 @; p
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
# N. [2 n2 i% L: Q' s. } AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk* [- O- \- ?. d5 c0 ]
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, j7 H4 ]+ [. A8 K# j; r
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) r! [' i d; w7 pAllied ground losses: q1 E4 C3 h$ ` [
16506 casualties reported6 K; Q% G( K* G' E! e4 S1 Q( Z
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled7 N l, g7 @' f) _# Z1 R; _" X( u" N, ]
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
Q+ ?5 \. @9 o) y4 Z Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled# o# P3 L4 Z: J p
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ o0 u9 r2 d4 o& J9 u6 w$ H
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |