Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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+ i/ ~2 ?6 V) q3 Q9 y7 g4 zJapanese Ships+ k. h( {2 V3 o
BB Kongo
2 {$ {2 b' V3 u" `7 @ BB Haruna
$ Q. Y! {. K% l% o5 P BB Hiei3 n+ O& s' N" Z1 y7 `
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
$ `2 ]* K9 H+ r _) o8 P7 f' w CA Tone5 G" }" J, t& z3 J4 d* X
CA Chikuma" _! }4 o. g4 v
CA Takao4 ?) f1 R7 B$ Y$ A+ u" @, S9 t
CA Atago
% P% n3 R: p) \1 Y CA Maya
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CA Suzuya1 r9 q" m8 V* s8 g- Q& ~
CA Kumano
, I% ^! j& Q: k) f0 o CA Aoba
% }$ ]: A7 [1 d0 d CA Kinugasa
, {) E9 @' t9 J/ ~7 T% ~ CA Furutaka
3 g( V" @% |7 ^3 l! @6 h* x CL Nagara6 U2 ]" d' V# M4 F$ r- H
CL Yura9 _( c( Y7 U; k. P
CL Tenryu
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CL Yubari
$ _2 ~# r( o) f% {' B& ~. y' o# I% e E Akikaze
7 z! m+ @* W4 ]5 g, R E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
. a0 P% U/ i L: \( k6 { AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 g0 ]9 a% m6 g$ F( } AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk& Q! r4 X- M8 x
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk, Z) I S a) t5 i( ]
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:4 A( P! B$ p- d- j
16506 casualties reported7 Q% Q- F) _/ J$ M9 H, L/ c
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled( R, c" U+ r5 z$ b0 m
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
$ q& k7 ?( |/ `2 ` Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled ?' B9 s! `4 d* W ]
Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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