Ironbottom Sound
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"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Nggela Islands of the Solomon Islands, because of t
Ironbottom Sound, Savo Island (center), and Guadalcanal (left) on 7 August 1942, the day Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.
Shipwrecks in the Ironbottom Sound
Wreath-laying ceremony at Guadalcanal in 2015
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Battle of Savo Island
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The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea, and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battl
Ironbottom Sound
…Savo Sound. Every year on the battle's anniversary, a US ship cruises into the waters and drops a wreath to commemorate the men who lost their lives. Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 Battle of Cape Esperance, 11–12 October 1942…
USS Quincy being illuminated by searchlights of Chōkai, on fire and sinking from Japanese torpedoes
HMAS Canberra (center left) protects three Allied transport ships (background and center right) unloading troops and supplies at Tulagi
Approach route of Mikawa's force from Rabaul and Kavieng (upper left), pausing off the east coast of Bougainville (center) and then traveling down The Slot to attack Allied naval forces off Guadalcanal and Tulagi (lower right)
View from the Japanese cruiser Chokai during the battle as aerial flares illuminate the Allied southern force