Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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1 D; k1 u9 X! V2 j) V9 o5 `Japanese Ships
/ s8 V" g) R( f+ R4 p6 g BB Kongo' z% h9 t/ R p( X7 b: R" ~
BB Haruna
8 h' n) J% g' e BB Hiei' p- E) `- r5 I0 {
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
9 |2 Y+ Z1 i7 C; ^) [5 d CA Tone
" O8 b, {! d/ k# T+ x$ x CA Chikuma
3 P o4 Z0 u/ x1 ^8 t$ E5 ~ CA Takao
' |( n2 ^3 |% F9 {2 w1 A H/ B3 |3 A CA Atago* H Z4 \2 i9 d- |2 ?
CA Maya
4 \8 H! C8 ?9 h CA Chokai
3 q( Q. a6 o# U. s3 W- l CA Suzuya
2 n9 @8 v- U; }( S) d2 `1 q CA Kumano
: R- w6 @( ]" ]) P* | CA Aoba6 ~/ U; ?9 W$ W
CA Kinugasa. I5 n$ F& |. `2 L
CA Furutaka$ W D+ K6 F/ |& R% k5 S
CL Nagara) Y' X8 e( i) M) G
CL Yura3 V; z8 O& X4 d2 c& ]0 B
CL Tenryu
2 I. ]( U; P7 }2 d9 ~" t CL Tatsuta& B: V7 J# j D0 Y
CL Yubari O0 i! }8 H8 A) e
E Akikaze
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Allied Ships
% N; R, x, e1 e8 j AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) E7 ?; P# f% @/ W0 G6 a AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk% j- u# M* r0 l2 C4 P: S
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
7 U! g0 u2 [ h1 s0 e& H AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 q- F( J0 b5 E" v
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1 ~) Z V; t q) \& M8 J- U8 H- ]Allied ground losses:
, @3 u; o3 Q4 b8 r6 C 16506 casualties reported
7 S4 ] J' d9 O8 H5 y& j* S- }4 g Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled& g; g8 _0 K0 o( E! {. ^
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
; Q6 i" B! x! ~* E2 b) ? Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
. [; v2 Q( h1 m+ g Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
% w- |" \' M' q1 U0 | Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |