Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards+ V A, q9 i' [& m* X6 Y" w8 U! V
0 w* c) X: Q* n8 h/ VJapanese Ships! [" u9 l+ [- M7 p# J V
BB Kongo+ L+ h4 r7 y' @& l! V5 _9 j
BB Haruna1 ]# @7 i9 }7 |4 k! K) X" c7 K
BB Hiei" [% Y8 c- I0 Z- B/ }7 Q8 p
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
( \$ _9 I" k5 j4 ^0 @ CA Tone9 w6 @- x ~6 }
CA Chikuma6 D0 b- Q n2 A; v
CA Takao
& @( E6 B, z* J5 I" U$ I$ Q: O6 M CA Atago
! m, H4 V+ s$ z6 M* z CA Maya
7 R. D! N! u7 W CA Chokai
6 J: X! f3 V% D5 u4 i CA Suzuya( r7 P; y0 o, ?# U' u; M6 J
CA Kumano F# x9 Z8 T8 S, I' h
CA Aoba
+ K1 X p9 b) O& Z2 W& Y! z CA Kinugasa9 l" }& A+ V" i1 G
CA Furutaka
j& v. Y( q8 J; }" X& ? CL Nagara2 E/ _9 k" O9 x7 ~" B/ o
CL Yura
% b. S( C/ V" z+ d4 A CL Tenryu7 J0 f5 y3 x' S2 A- k
CL Tatsuta1 \ Q6 X# A6 n% } ?, h' ]. Y; w
CL Yubari
! q/ x/ J% |- F* a E Akikaze
" |3 y. X: ^# j' c/ K5 m5 M. M3 \ E Tachikaze. v8 z, l' D7 f7 r6 N) ^/ F; L' ~
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Allied Ships) z' |6 ]4 \$ E
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# M7 b6 d. h1 O( s. l6 E AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
7 |( K0 M) s& {6 T: z. B AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk/ j$ Z) [! }3 B! a; }
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 F/ A0 s; q) V/ @6 {. y
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Allied ground losses:
3 S' {% D0 ]8 w/ j7 y; p 16506 casualties reported
" m, ?% I# o, T. a1 z Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
8 k" V/ v4 e4 [& s& [3 Q' d Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled) y, c& Q- @1 ^2 A/ C- ^; y6 @
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
4 _* n( J/ v# I2 O; o2 D( ^ Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
* ]! Y' L8 R2 ?' i2 p, Q Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |