Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards5 f8 Y. t, @& Q9 j9 n) ?
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Japanese Ships- d+ A! D: u; O' r+ k
BB Kongo
5 J3 L# ^! @' @/ U2 i1 p! M7 b BB Haruna+ m+ H% B. R: g+ E5 J
BB Hiei
- e& ?) \1 \. f$ i5 s BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3* w* R1 I$ u5 ]1 s
CA Tone7 Z7 y+ s& r& p* s" L
CA Chikuma
$ m! e" F( F: a* i CA Takao
2 L$ q. r9 i) c3 H$ p, t! i0 n CA Atago
% ^. F" c9 W3 \8 {3 D% ~ CA Maya4 Y3 H' x" k# V8 w5 [. H0 G& C
CA Chokai+ ^* C* A# o {, c6 ~1 d
CA Suzuya( K+ _! K9 n& z
CA Kumano
( n$ k% s* g3 r2 S1 k# I4 U CA Aoba
9 q! l6 j% _% m CA Kinugasa7 b5 O' \+ h) _, ^! p
CA Furutaka- L6 Y: z" t' a" i
CL Nagara
& B e) h8 E+ u CL Yura
" d+ h0 f' W9 ~, {- g CL Tenryu
! S' ]) W; G% I: s CL Tatsuta1 t. m% y# n% ]6 _* K
CL Yubari
- B( l& p( |. F% c! \ E Akikaze+ E' |8 a" q0 `# _! H# z [
E Tachikaze
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# Y: Z0 \! B- s. wAllied Ships
: E0 \3 ^ V; T( n% y- h9 v AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 L! @: ?% V# Z" C: p6 z5 r3 n AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk. J7 B. u3 L: D/ i+ B; N
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
: l# L+ D. R) E8 N# i AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:7 K5 O# {3 V' ]/ f+ U) T3 u
16506 casualties reported) [+ r: m& n& v" {
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled9 F; W, V" p0 h. s" e ]: v
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled3 n9 g& n+ m N
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
( W" F2 X6 o8 u" d Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
( B: O8 r1 h- R7 |1 c Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |