Ironbottom Sound
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"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by sailors of the United States Navy to the stretch of water between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands. Dozens of ships and planes were sunk there during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and 1943.
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Battles
- Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942
- Battle of Cape Esperance, 11–12 October 1942
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13–15 November 1942
- Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942
Sunken ships
- Aaron Ward (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Akatsuki (Japanese Akatsuki-class destroyer)
- Astoria (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Atlanta (US Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser)
- Ayanami (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
- Barton (US Benson-class destroyer)
- Canberra (Australian Kent-class cruiser)
- Colhoun (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Cushing (US Mahan-class destroyer)
- De Haven (US Fletcher-class destroyer)
- Duncan (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Fubuki (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
- Furutaka (Japanese Furutaka-class cruiser)
- George F. Elliot (US Heywood class transport)
- Gregory (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Hiei (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
- Hirokawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Jarvis (US Gridley-class destroyer)
- John Penn (US miscellaneous class Attack Transport)
- Kasi Maru (Japanese freighter)
- Kanawha (US Kanawha/Cuyama class fleet oiler)
- Kinugawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Kirishima (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
- Laffey (US Benson-class destroyer)
- Little (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Makigumo (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
- Moa (New Zealand Kiwi-class corvette)
- Monssen (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Northampton (US Northampton-class heavy cruiser)
- Preston (US |Mahan-class destroyer)
- PT-37 (US PT boat)
- PT-44 (US PT boat)
- PT-111 (US PT boat)
- PT-112 (US PT boat)
- PT-123 (US PT boat)
- Quincy (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Seminole (US Navajo-class oceangoing tug)
- Serpens (US Coast Guard-manned Liberty ship)
- Takanami (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
- Teruzuki (Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer)
- Toa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Vincennes (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Walke (US Sims-class destroyer)
- YP-284 (US Yard Patrol craft)
- Yudachi (Japanese Shiratsuyu-class destroyer)
References
- The Lost ships of Guadalcanal, Robert D. Ballard, ISBN 0446516368
External links
- Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945 (http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm)
See also
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