Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards! [3 D! }5 z; ~9 T7 F$ k
9 W- v$ {! X0 C' K% XJapanese Ships' j9 r" b c8 a( A5 j# s. p( I
BB Kongo% q5 |4 b' n$ o; {
BB Haruna
- h: p! k/ ^2 ^- R BB Hiei6 [0 o# S' S( _0 |8 f F
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 35 G+ {. l: R1 n7 |7 O
CA Tone( Y6 s) M+ a6 {9 q# H1 f1 }9 E
CA Chikuma
/ }- z' _, K( i CA Takao
/ `5 c! @( F$ Q) Z c/ X CA Atago
) h" `2 f2 p& r& R3 n0 ^ CA Maya
( ^/ [- g+ h+ `& p9 U! ?- U CA Chokai. B% ^& |( c5 n; u
CA Suzuya, @. F# E9 Q8 e+ z9 s
CA Kumano
i# X* ~- b* D1 H9 I. L b CA Aoba
8 ^& ]3 A7 F% ^ CA Kinugasa' F; o8 j7 e" ^0 E& V
CA Furutaka
& l9 y6 e/ A) J CL Nagara
! ^3 l: }: X* X$ X) n CL Yura
6 ^2 J: F3 ?3 K8 Y9 {: h9 G CL Tenryu Y H' k- @7 E
CL Tatsuta3 \# V- a3 X) N: b
CL Yubari
% Z) t* E: b- _ `$ y, ? w E Akikaze
$ Z+ X# W t4 f E Tachikaze
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Allied Ships. O( _) f N/ V9 [# T8 \
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& ~0 ^6 @+ X2 Q6 p( A0 U AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk. ^5 y E1 |; H! v% K6 O1 Q
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk0 H8 f4 T0 d" q C$ l
AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
, q0 l G G, s. y, i' S5 D- i 16506 casualties reported
( a. \3 e5 ] C6 L6 i8 A Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled1 m9 \2 {/ Q$ d" s1 \! h0 ] M
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
0 t. j3 q, a. B- R6 b4 K1 e; J Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
5 @ L f$ _: c4 f: f8 X- s Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
* B, {+ ?' ?9 B' l Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |