Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 97,131, Range 17,000 Yards
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! m7 F% R! c- q* g' G' V& g) i6 BJapanese Ships
/ R8 D( ?# w4 h( w1 F BB Kongo
7 }) ?0 h" \+ G7 J# f BB Haruna
6 [# V7 x( J' ]5 p BB Hiei% I$ B( \9 n2 B
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3) D* A; _1 T. d; [4 d+ \
CA Tone
* {/ g0 \; X' x- K CA Chikuma+ G. o* x- c4 q: e4 D) A0 i" [
CA Takao# o- o: D" B: B; n4 x! k
CA Atago
- T2 O) D. R8 @% m* A' t; J CA Maya0 h! w% f4 M! ^8 Z: x
CA Chokai1 m! A7 [0 M7 ` b- u
CA Suzuya
# K. B6 h8 i1 x$ N CA Kumano0 u$ i+ ]8 e; v* Q
CA Aoba- ^5 ~0 A2 {7 Z1 x& a
CA Kinugasa2 M) y! z0 w, k: x) u3 E
CA Furutaka
( @+ L6 F( o1 w7 O* U CL Nagara
* I3 _% N) C( [% e4 p; ] CL Yura" [1 Q6 c5 U# ?- Z5 T% E g# `4 P
CL Tenryu
1 d6 E/ X, ]4 v CL Tatsuta
+ J* _* |0 c) M, S/ D6 y O0 Q# t CL Yubari
. ?, p7 D7 W- e; o V# ? E Akikaze
, ]( C" V) f$ o E Tachikaze4 M' K: J/ h* O5 y/ K7 F
3 ]" o/ }/ V3 M# n$ d3 m0 NAllied Ships% {# t6 ^6 D' g1 n5 ]7 S! o0 u
AP Zeilin, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ ^, c: R* a2 o+ R& G* t AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
6 |) y' N3 a+ N5 ?* `4 a) Q AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
! q+ ^7 s! N. x4 j) Z AP Heywood, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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6 t l/ H% G7 i& uAllied ground losses:
. h) ^! G$ j5 @/ l3 z 16506 casualties reported5 u! U9 ~: d% p
Squads: 92 destroyed, 370 disabled7 ^/ f h- y- ]% ^$ |
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 787 disabled
+ p( g/ ?4 k/ k4 N5 ~ Engineers: 61 destroyed, 58 disabled
+ _/ R+ e/ E8 X6 U9 c Guns lost 14 (13 destroyed, 1 disabled)
- [0 G6 O' }5 F: U. J Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) |