Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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" [: n7 [: g8 V' pJapanese Ships
7 O) t4 y1 l& h' I; F+ A- _5 j BB Kongo: P; c1 q! D% w5 J+ e" ]/ h, H
BB Haruna
9 y1 l* n; C& p3 b7 f) V$ @# m2 h% J BB Hiei7 b: V4 N/ L. `
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
7 u7 j' H, n1 @+ @: f CA Tone/ M( n0 O" B2 W
CA Chikuma2 ~! F! S$ _ k! M) q# D7 H; J
CA Takao% B/ O- P9 Y+ y6 O- C
CA Atago
# |+ [3 p; l% i& ^& d& T6 W CA Maya
. T; M7 R# B. i1 p: h' u, ]7 c& { CA Chokai* Z9 _% K7 t7 k9 f" W: j
CA Suzuya
, v }7 G& z# V& `1 G9 u" |& z2 e CA Kumano; p! T9 i: b6 t# M7 X
CA Aoba8 c) v& s6 j8 ~2 o5 G" R/ E
CA Kinugasa3 r8 K6 E( J+ Q. |) d
CA Furutaka
: S/ r' E5 Z+ {, T! [9 U+ Y CL Nagara. }% {+ K. A% a( X! S8 C
CL Yura
- I6 S' z3 J& F CL Tenryu {# S. @- p2 d( c
CL Tatsuta
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E Akikaze
% J8 _; o- d5 N7 \ E Tachikaze' i/ z- a W a" U/ d* Z7 o. `1 v$ t
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Allied Ships8 l% V( y- Z: J1 \
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 f8 x1 e% h' R( U AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
# f+ X% d$ y- _: q9 U* n& O0 r AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# M( K* ~; f- c( ]2 |( `
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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+ @8 @5 \9 t2 E( c5 YAllied ground losses:
, J9 ^* ^0 Q6 ~+ h- G, g: Q 16506 casualties reported
8 y1 W6 |, s, x4 { Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled7 J" d$ q/ U5 X1 o1 C2 X. {- e
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
* Q6 M1 V7 p" S/ U; d' {2 G Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
7 Y' j( B* g! \' W6 e; e! F Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled) L# a+ l1 S" C
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |