Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
5 K! ~$ v$ e& F6 t5 g: p+ e BB Kongo. s! R8 G I0 P# W9 W. P
BB Haruna
0 J3 g3 @/ b- v( G4 v8 r! {6 z BB Hiei
4 p5 ~1 f7 R* n) {3 e' A BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3( J! _' C9 ^8 O P6 A
CA Tone
* w0 ]$ W9 E9 Z& w1 x CA Chikuma
. L* k% \1 ~ ?8 u' J CA Takao0 G8 ]. R2 |9 Z+ X
CA Atago
3 M: b/ U- V9 z" j. W' M: E CA Maya8 Q/ |; w* g. g5 [. u8 N7 v
CA Chokai; H) o! ~# A3 R
CA Suzuya6 k' L. S1 i' S* d5 D: h
CA Kumano
' Z% A5 n1 `0 g8 R2 P/ Y# |: F CA Aoba
# ^7 w! K1 ~* w1 N: R+ v9 R6 H CA Kinugasa% _. L5 v! M9 a/ z' D6 X7 u$ T
CA Furutaka8 c# z& X, D2 D; W7 G( L( z
CL Nagara
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CL Tenryu4 t# e6 g' \* [' t
CL Tatsuta
) Y( [8 e/ g: u5 \8 C CL Yubari
9 M! k6 I$ @& X8 a E Akikaze
J5 t/ N7 c: {2 d4 Z7 T E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships$ ^. `/ t8 ^4 M3 p3 k) L
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 v( Q& o# o i% S# L7 |$ O AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk) l- s; F' @: K7 r2 B! V
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk) T8 R% K% ~7 v( p @+ P
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
/ J7 a4 ?3 Y3 m+ `$ v8 ] 16506 casualties reported4 j. P3 Y, ^* V3 E
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
# @* Q+ R8 P- M+ {% W# q8 ^& ?/ @" j Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled& ^) G8 O4 Y- N- N* D& u
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
9 f8 f1 @# w3 a7 J Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
# O6 @* u m0 {! Q5 N Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |