Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards9 e4 F# b" u1 d9 Y# W
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Japanese Ships/ V! y- d* B( p, n0 l) N9 x! z! s9 ~
BB Kongo8 R* G) c6 l( i
BB Haruna
$ ~) D! ?8 L* p; V3 ^1 H* f- Y/ \ Z BB Hiei
9 W [; Y" i7 f$ E( Z BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
/ P" F8 J2 ?3 Q4 y( }& F CA Tone
' v Y) f( s% m$ |! s0 j; Q CA Chikuma( I0 W( X8 m" Z
CA Takao6 v- F) P6 c5 r
CA Atago1 [; B+ {9 a: j, w2 ?" X+ M
CA Maya
1 Y J! F4 @# b4 L2 Q7 i7 y7 W/ J CA Chokai# W" Z. b) D/ x- v; c' J$ j& T* o
CA Suzuya9 Z$ b) B0 g. z; @8 U w
CA Kumano
( `- C% F' v3 g- F1 Q h7 u- \" _ CA Aoba- H8 R/ y! ~4 L# T* n* e2 ?) p
CA Kinugasa5 d2 b- E+ V5 }, K
CA Furutaka
3 U4 B$ I* s* }. x CL Nagara
$ c7 O6 N O2 X! ?! R! L CL Yura( t* q/ Z+ r) X) ?7 [2 o% f6 {
CL Tenryu
4 I, j' I' `& m6 T2 T CL Tatsuta
, T6 l4 a' e+ N1 P4 a8 r6 W CL Yubari8 ^3 X! q2 K' P) U! F" `( R' {
E Akikaze
( G8 U( o" }+ t/ _) `' j9 V) c E Tachikaze
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: |& [5 {- @7 T6 `Allied Ships2 k" c- [0 @; n$ l- E
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
]+ B6 R. S: j AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
' H ^/ Z* M7 A+ |! s2 H AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk4 S8 ~) Z$ ?8 N i* e! t
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% I! S8 y( z8 Z- s
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, Y6 | v: ]/ FAllied ground losses:1 g# Q- @6 `: I0 j1 k
16506 casualties reported0 x2 `5 r5 [9 t0 ^" F' }
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
; @5 D' A9 g4 i0 _" c" T% J! O Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled `3 r+ k$ j' j+ N
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
" U" l l* g! k4 G9 U5 v& S- w Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)3 g: ]; F4 C3 f" E2 T2 r
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |