Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
) Q! ]" U2 f$ s! L1 I# B BB Kongo
* r* r/ ?0 ~+ J BB Haruna
0 W2 I, @' p3 K0 r8 N+ B' O BB Hiei2 |: o1 \+ x9 b3 r% h: _: s; a4 d
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
6 R7 V {7 h, X. D CA Tone
/ h& o8 R; f4 J8 v+ W" B CA Chikuma3 }0 {8 u& ~ w7 t5 y, A
CA Takao
& J% v( d3 }% T u' A% @ CA Atago% y" X) A0 p: |% \' \
CA Maya6 V8 h7 \( y* [; X3 R: ~; e
CA Chokai
4 ?9 R! c; A4 A2 A$ p1 P" k CA Suzuya G' u+ r p2 @3 X0 d
CA Kumano
* f" y6 M" I! y7 u) W. O7 \ CA Aoba+ x3 O/ w- E+ ~2 q
CA Kinugasa
& @, q5 \- `! d2 t3 ~) Z4 s CA Furutaka0 z( k8 }2 a$ f- B* U0 U
CL Nagara
6 }, L$ c2 D# B) A- _0 N, u% u CL Yura
9 E J5 h# F1 c" Z& _, \ CL Tenryu( n6 }( z5 y/ `- q+ c- i( w8 v4 P
CL Tatsuta: P( V X: C i& d
CL Yubari
7 h5 h" }/ f$ e4 m3 ] E Akikaze1 m/ E5 D8 ]# Z- D2 g4 x0 V K
E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships& u) j/ r. u0 M2 n
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 `; o) H b7 x9 i8 y7 I4 C5 V F
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
0 m% {! J) M' i& f AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk4 d& F/ O$ e8 D* d
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 P- I& c) a2 g; L# E0 B9 k p
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Allied ground losses:
6 |2 U/ V- Y& y6 ^% W 16506 casualties reported
3 J) u# ~# M8 Z( h; T Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled8 S4 F$ q) m. x6 f
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled1 a( T3 H7 I# C* T9 F1 {' a |3 L
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
! r9 P2 i1 ~; P8 P* n) _1 V Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
& P$ d) p: c4 ?: V/ a$ }( c- b- ~; P% f Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |