Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards$ F% ]# V- {6 G2 @+ E" i( {6 h+ D
. O# ~ o" l- X) T" [4 f( ^- bJapanese Ships
3 W: D4 b0 }9 e5 Z B( Z; |0 V, K* ? BB Kongo
- k5 j/ g% ?3 A3 U2 u0 T BB Haruna8 a! X; p5 {8 `7 j& E. J& F
BB Hiei
4 j$ A T7 J1 W7 R, I1 v: A8 | BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3& o2 r: Q- S+ b% ?9 C
CA Tone
0 |* d" F# l. C I1 H2 a CA Chikuma
& H$ S9 Q) J3 E' g; B$ v, i9 L CA Takao
, o# w( X$ |/ O CA Atago; }4 E& l- q( b& P& x& S
CA Maya, g# }# R7 [1 g% ~4 k
CA Chokai
Y3 J; a7 K+ C4 T! v* }9 X CA Suzuya+ q% e# ~& Z7 M% f' t$ G
CA Kumano
- J0 `1 ~. @. {; c0 l; }' R CA Aoba* \, T& X8 M0 Z3 f0 f
CA Kinugasa/ g$ w& P G' t/ F
CA Furutaka2 l& P7 {) } F) q
CL Nagara
" J8 {4 F# K+ j; ]8 t; ` CL Yura
1 ^: I# o' }1 j* n. d CL Tenryu1 b; T' |4 j7 L6 `. ~, N. ]- N
CL Tatsuta
p. s0 d, v5 y8 i" P O& x CL Yubari1 f' g' d: \' v$ d0 N
E Akikaze& A/ W5 ]1 W7 b8 s, q) q
E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
" y1 O; i8 w5 q g AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 ^. I3 {; E* }$ _5 R
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk/ d2 l* b# t, {' A) t: ?
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
$ a0 V5 W* m& [ u( k$ I AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# K: e- o2 h2 d5 Z5 K+ i$ r9 N7 m
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6 r& d& f8 x5 ^+ B2 DAllied ground losses:/ r* ^0 ]: i/ o: K
16506 casualties reported
: f! K+ R) x8 \0 `1 r# V2 i Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled' U. S Y# c1 l* W1 O! E7 K
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled y* b) K2 o" Q4 f$ I' q
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
+ c: f/ S3 S# ? Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
2 @& [0 n7 @% F" n Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |