Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships$ b; S9 \! A! `2 z( a( I
BB Kongo5 n3 ~' b! O: D7 e& E0 m3 H5 x
BB Haruna
1 I4 H% o/ {- n- w BB Hiei
( ?# r6 `$ \, B9 b# L6 ] BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
% F& L( f2 ^% K- s CA Tone+ s3 \0 u6 q, ], t9 s+ \3 g
CA Chikuma3 y/ q i0 |9 R# S
CA Takao' N+ |( r0 c# _, ]0 w9 k4 l
CA Atago
. R, b' h" t8 Q4 Y+ h/ p CA Maya
& w% j, @+ J1 S/ l; @( O CA Chokai
! x. D, D% E+ t3 g0 N" \ CA Suzuya
+ b: `, {$ c: V. w CA Kumano8 K7 ^; { c k5 M( B/ d
CA Aoba
, Z( h0 Q4 c1 | CA Kinugasa
5 P: U- k+ S6 l0 ?4 E CA Furutaka5 U# w6 l$ }7 l
CL Nagara+ z4 D$ ]: B; J* S% k# I
CL Yura% v6 K6 d. J9 p d$ _
CL Tenryu
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CL Yubari' k1 ~, v" Y' m
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships
* q5 |7 K# @9 T) }# ~# }2 I0 V* x AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 q4 D. w" j5 K AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
& g. N7 ~2 _( I1 p% H AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
- `- t+ }9 e8 O, D AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ ]* g; u$ O6 H
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Allied ground losses:+ u; X0 l: o" y* j" q6 |( f$ c. {6 m
16506 casualties reported
) f, x% x7 O- P4 L6 A2 v Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled" J& w# S6 L/ z8 F3 Q0 v: @
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled) _7 V' k5 D% d" p$ }/ |
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
8 S) v3 Z: s% p+ R }9 {1 I+ n Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled); \ J! V6 [1 ~2 b- R0 d. P9 Q) F
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |