Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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5 f: b- I& C( r: w4 \* |" h3 c# IJapanese Ships
2 K$ D- c b; t3 Q BB Kongo
& ^6 ]1 l. Z" J( k5 [" e- A BB Haruna$ I+ U0 k! M# u' p! F$ N: X
BB Hiei
; a* |# d s1 ?- k y- e4 ^" N BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
/ m4 h/ u. G0 r$ M9 n! Y# F2 { CA Tone
( F o, _6 |- G! L/ ]. B CA Chikuma) ^7 t8 L$ L) Z) X
CA Takao5 d! ~) o# x* O
CA Atago
$ @9 _+ e) v+ p. ^3 U4 v CA Maya
5 R5 |7 p, `" N" S, W6 m CA Chokai3 O+ z. H& }, y
CA Suzuya
: g2 r7 U; Z0 w( m1 p CA Kumano8 k& o$ o2 T5 P1 \( j3 v" C
CA Aoba
1 ^1 l: g( l" d p: y" b, e CA Kinugasa" L/ U5 E; }5 G8 u
CA Furutaka$ a3 e+ r* H- o7 x: ]# l3 D W
CL Nagara
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CL Tenryu
6 p$ a9 Q, \3 `6 [ CL Tatsuta$ v7 y9 N1 F& p' M5 a" ~6 g
CL Yubari/ }/ c% X- g3 e$ g9 S
E Akikaze
9 Q0 X9 h$ W( r; C' r6 X E Tachikaze
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4 G6 M: n* r* G: v7 oAllied Ships
x q3 L6 S6 p, m+ E2 S/ k AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ z- Q: n4 F) X- {% e( o
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
4 B7 D9 z( r# J. G, X$ I p6 @* @+ W/ E AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
# p3 a! a2 w( g5 ^1 X' e! d AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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7 Y2 g) S& o5 x9 b) f% cAllied ground losses:
; S# G7 t$ a& ]3 i, n' [* V' p 16506 casualties reported
/ ~. b! z7 P2 o/ W+ z Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled! P5 l8 a& S r( d7 x
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled% r0 \; o( k. I; B' q# g' z
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled/ g3 w# A* s5 X3 D
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)3 Q0 a' u3 j9 t; _
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |