Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships- y* ^; M$ l' G6 {4 c8 W- Y1 T/ h
BB Kongo1 E5 n" V3 I7 K* E( j: o
BB Haruna# Q& [0 Y$ B$ M& c
BB Hiei' g1 q1 G# w J g8 u u+ r
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3+ \( i9 {4 t9 a6 b' \ T+ y
CA Tone' c$ W# ^' t1 ~2 `0 R
CA Chikuma4 G) J0 M* x- E- |2 C4 O2 M4 C! t# {
CA Takao
* g# P% b( D+ k B; [/ v% ^ CA Atago
9 s) G7 Y* h! z4 }/ b. d0 ?& c CA Maya4 F2 P" X0 {+ n+ W
CA Chokai
* Z( G) z; q7 B7 w& T CA Suzuya/ H3 B( p0 d/ i) P7 ~
CA Kumano
5 ]3 E) N4 {- r9 Y0 m/ u CA Aoba9 P1 S8 C f6 }" S
CA Kinugasa
1 `* i/ b- _5 V CA Furutaka) ~, H9 E+ R5 W. c
CL Nagara9 x9 v# k1 z1 z
CL Yura) w" I! w' H; S' U: F) o( f0 t4 U
CL Tenryu
' o2 K# e& I9 Y' s CL Tatsuta
N, b8 ^! D( j* K, h6 p CL Yubari
0 O/ O; h% m7 z1 Z/ t: a: n" w E Akikaze
/ V) l* v1 R( _/ Q' T0 r E Tachikaze' Z$ g! a7 G Q% a; X; X
. T1 y$ ^1 q8 ~8 XAllied Ships4 H* k2 Z1 z5 K9 g
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. t, A6 c/ y# w8 [; c
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk, w( v- [) G j
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
0 F8 s1 X$ n7 j) p" n AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:) D f$ ?6 h6 p0 }+ s, ?! g
16506 casualties reported
( K# \' h# j" R1 {" b& R Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled+ l) Z8 E4 s, L
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
; ^% z. m3 |% J- s Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
% B* q0 {; G9 V) M* a! c. m Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled), |# ]5 \0 O. w# a# u8 d3 D
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |