Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards 
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Japanese Ships 
) w' u( i+ V5 Q5 D9 C% [# w      BB Kongo 
8 }3 N4 r6 a5 k( T7 |  J' s2 {; @      BB Haruna 
6 |& |$ B2 J& S) i      BB Hiei 
9 y7 j. O, N/ h' j8 Y      BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3 
, @2 L) [8 H, m$ {" c8 q5 b+ p      CA Tone8 I+ [8 C) I, i& q& h% V* {$ i4 d 
      CA Chikuma 
9 X" I- r1 u2 O9 b. H      CA Takao 
: {; i  b: Z- ~2 S6 a4 w      CA Atago 
# r1 Q' Q* B  m      CA Maya 
) e! G& M, L$ k. j      CA Chokai9 y6 a$ L3 m( X! j& \1 v) Z* @% Q 
      CA Suzuya 
) M" p" x( S( T4 m/ ~' C      CA Kumano 
' Y' M9 a  y: l+ ?0 |      CA Aoba 
5 A$ C% _, R/ N/ ?) {      CA Kinugasa 
2 g9 H% W, u$ G      CA Furutaka 
" F7 G' K  W( L, n: g& H" s      CL Nagara! t1 p% d: A+ u9 ]( w  X  x 
      CL Yura5 _  H* Q6 G" x( j& v6 z' q 
      CL Tenryu 
: T/ r4 o5 R& m* O      CL Tatsuta 
# n; c5 t5 q" r! S: C. Q      CL Yubari 
7 U5 o  e  H' Y  x4 P2 c      E Akikaze% L, b7 l9 M8 H9 v$ ~& i 
      E Tachikaze  o8 C4 p4 a1 j  {/ B9 ~6 f; ] 
  
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      AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 
4 T% M  s" g) Z2 V+ Y1 E% X9 [      AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk- }6 m0 O  ?/ K' p9 _2 O- ^ 
      AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk 
9 Z* w: I# Q% {! @6 j      AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 
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Allied ground losses: 
- [/ b: C( B% _' G! d$ R      16506 casualties reported+ E; a" _* V# O& T 
         Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled, x4 W9 _$ G" ~. ?6 G, c: j2 z; q/ ^/ T) i# o 
         Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled0 S2 {+ H, s5 ^; G0 y% l* i 
         Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled 
' _4 [$ ~4 V# c) Y+ E# h      Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)) R/ m( p, F! J9 R. n2 C 
      Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |