Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships6 I1 } ?$ v- b$ e( l1 [
BB Kongo
# U5 H$ A4 \8 V5 H BB Haruna
% D' H- z: o2 d/ [. ]+ u/ u BB Hiei1 k# j, J" s6 G) e8 f5 V
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
; x' \! J( R- A, }2 ~- z- y$ { CA Tone7 ?8 ]- T# R* f3 \
CA Chikuma t; M2 p& W( _. v& J6 N. I
CA Takao
& M2 N, n/ D) B/ Q4 c; ~ CA Atago. v7 H! S, B: r2 g2 F
CA Maya' G5 n# b/ C1 U ^; y1 t
CA Chokai( Y5 ~: J6 [' z5 V, G% V
CA Suzuya
" h, j" u7 V: p, n# c: e5 U: k CA Kumano
( w( W$ w4 I4 K& ~, ~ CA Aoba
9 N/ V# k: ]: M) U! O% b CA Kinugasa
2 T+ C9 g, ^' o5 R. H CA Furutaka
4 o& E) \7 ?1 q% J* X( V7 _+ X" X CL Nagara
- [/ _% _3 l4 H" _) q1 B CL Yura" E6 Z. N8 z( Z
CL Tenryu- `4 H6 z: y! B6 a' |
CL Tatsuta
% R# L' J* [" i5 V CL Yubari' h6 u) |9 j8 b+ ^: i& [" ?
E Akikaze2 ]& N6 E- c/ N4 U' Q3 @: I" G
E Tachikaze$ z7 r$ z9 ]- f# e0 C! e
% C9 Q' c( P( e% m& H& `2 XAllied Ships
8 U+ X/ }9 l/ N1 I AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 N9 k0 u$ S( F; a
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
1 Y# J& y8 o' _+ [0 f5 h AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
! d' S6 P1 b% z) v AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; b' }9 h; b: r
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Allied ground losses:) K+ w+ t0 g% u( k! n
16506 casualties reported1 _; I; E- d( b1 o
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled
x: C" P6 Q4 n {8 b Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled1 F/ L* w7 p% L! ^4 Y/ {
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
2 }" n( _. a' J" C Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
+ V$ m+ h3 M) |& r. m, g/ r3 r Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |