Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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' I+ E l* I" _" E5 DJapanese Ships u+ z# v# t7 @4 s7 X( h! h
BB Kongo) f% e/ |5 `" j
BB Haruna
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BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
% e8 D. y. s6 N3 L' {: a! u CA Tone: U1 w0 c$ s% H8 w2 v3 k
CA Chikuma
& b( P5 i! U6 ^ CA Takao8 @5 H! P4 N" B" a) f9 N
CA Atago: r. `% V9 `% F* ?+ |; [) N2 d1 m
CA Maya6 z& ~+ r9 D8 e$ W* A: M2 c
CA Chokai
2 w' R& n9 G! S# V CA Suzuya
: I- S1 J) n4 H7 b3 m$ o. q CA Kumano
: j; p" q. C% Q; h. W. U( F CA Aoba3 P6 c6 H% t4 d( V5 P) K8 y9 p, v
CA Kinugasa
6 g2 ?& W$ x. w8 K2 l) c CA Furutaka9 e. z. i' y% X' o. [ g: t8 M/ d" a
CL Nagara
# G$ o! m" h( d- r m* b$ p: z CL Yura
1 ]* i( B& l* d0 h CL Tenryu
' [9 `; w( N3 ~, F& L$ _1 d; R CL Tatsuta
7 w( k% {3 \: D* x CL Yubari
" Y% S: i' y$ u3 ~ E Akikaze. M. E. N, D/ ? R
E Tachikaze& }6 Y& b( @ T
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Allied Ships7 s( E) X$ ~/ |9 T& ~$ L
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 O) G* d r9 t, @9 N g, a- k" t }7 k AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
/ B( g# U' q3 i6 H0 d AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
/ R/ U$ X! e# h+ f AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; ? d. r. P# ]0 l" I* }
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Allied ground losses:
7 |7 p. r; B0 ~ 16506 casualties reported
3 O8 P I& _" z% Z Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled i' _' m3 s3 L5 \, N7 \( f
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
0 ]: f4 a, R( f6 H# m Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled, `4 ?8 }6 c& k$ }
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)! `6 v+ Y6 \* Y+ ~5 ^: w
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |