Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
4 O) z% ^6 @# E BB Kongo; w: N) v5 j8 o7 k: Y) X
BB Haruna8 @3 m. [( \$ p/ W; E
BB Hiei3 g3 w" u+ }- | E6 L
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 33 b$ ~. C4 L6 R# `
CA Tone
8 a0 T6 F0 ^9 ]$ f* i- U% J CA Chikuma
! n# i8 ^$ ^- q; n# i CA Takao2 S! @0 |- I7 L2 x
CA Atago
0 @9 [9 q( ?) Q- P5 u7 I4 G) f CA Maya1 g' B: C' P4 i# G! m+ Q! W3 r
CA Chokai. z1 U- k- d9 {9 e2 v
CA Suzuya
% ]& W ]7 y8 ~$ H$ w8 q1 ?6 F; v CA Kumano6 k% W/ `* y. [. v" v
CA Aoba9 l+ b' _+ N- W
CA Kinugasa
! F# H! c# U G# R9 o CA Furutaka
8 K5 n; ^" X/ k; c9 b# M% W CL Nagara( n$ E6 ]* ?: h. c1 ^5 o& Z
CL Yura
3 n) v9 Q2 i1 o* G1 A3 y! @ CL Tenryu
3 k; Y( b' ]9 g* W; H" X CL Tatsuta
8 K1 m6 o0 d' q8 q, V CL Yubari( z7 B; a- y- p2 a
E Akikaze
, t0 E/ W/ w( Z6 ? E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
$ m: [* G8 F8 M) E" E/ ` AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 T9 k- t6 Q/ R8 _* ?" Y7 x AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
1 |' d" W# q$ g* e5 y) P& z# c AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk" E* _' x! \% J+ L5 ^, N4 x% }/ N! D
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& Q2 F3 K4 v4 I2 ^, X$ @
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2 s/ x: f8 E4 U4 QAllied ground losses:: f; G2 h6 E. k$ U. T
16506 casualties reported6 K1 ], b3 w+ Q; @$ s% T' N. G/ `8 r
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
4 e; |) e( f% j: C" C Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled2 c7 o' o/ p; ^
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
* p2 t9 ~" N4 Q8 e Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
n: J# o# e7 o% \) @9 I5 @ Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |