Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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' W" l0 c5 U' g& p. F: UJapanese Ships
0 [, L3 {, c. e; ^: \$ s BB Kongo- A8 n, u) X& Q5 L. ]
BB Haruna
' |7 U! u7 T* E" `) }+ j BB Hiei
7 n1 E, k9 i; }( R" S3 g BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3" K% R/ x6 |% K# [
CA Tone% b0 L# h! K0 N9 a' H; H/ b5 ^
CA Chikuma
1 v5 q2 A$ ?/ I7 _( Q CA Takao
) V3 }$ C+ Z9 G; \# z1 S CA Atago9 Q1 E8 t# a$ y1 s8 x3 [# O
CA Maya! v" w3 S0 H$ q2 m
CA Chokai( |& O* J- O0 y: n% v8 i# |
CA Suzuya
" L8 b& i7 e) V CA Kumano
2 A5 r% h$ h/ d' e/ l' T CA Aoba f8 K& r9 h0 Q8 h- m! X
CA Kinugasa
9 f, E7 o5 ^/ T5 E CA Furutaka5 @ k# [; o* @( k( m% q6 W W
CL Nagara! T* T: k( ?# s7 n; N7 d7 f: E, P0 f
CL Yura
7 Z Z- l" x/ {; h CL Tenryu
1 R$ q/ `3 l& a$ ^: {3 P" p CL Tatsuta
5 N0 l+ _$ Q1 A5 Q- F6 q" w+ k/ S CL Yubari
$ [) W7 H! P) Z$ `0 S1 I E Akikaze
, @: H0 w9 C* z0 ^& ]% J8 ~- Q+ K E Tachikaze
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* ?( a. q, v1 E7 Y8 rAllied Ships
1 Q+ c8 j; w6 { AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ t% F$ ]- Y9 z. j
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
) D) h9 i, n" g AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
* n! H- z% A" w! X AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 E; X/ q) S2 g3 o( J
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Allied ground losses:
& r$ Q2 ^; _3 T& o& n6 i, H d 16506 casualties reported
9 p7 a- }6 d$ |. c Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
( v6 V/ |. r/ G* w Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled1 r! o; ?% F& i+ f
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled! N7 F$ M8 l% o* |) A6 o( k& ~
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
F7 K9 a/ l6 Z Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |