Ironbottom Sound
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"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by Allied sailors 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. Prior to the war, it was called Sealark Sound.
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[edit] See also
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
- Blue (US Bagley-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 Kongō-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 Kongō-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 (United States 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)
[edit] References
- The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal, Robert D. Ballard, ISBN 0-446-51636-8
[edit] External links
- Ironbottom Sound Ballad of a US Marine KIA at sea, by the band Naked Omaha 2006.
