The Battle of Bairoko was fought between American and Imperial Japanese Army and Navy forces on 20 July 1943 on the northern coast of New Georgia Island...

Bairoko may refer to: Bairoko Harbor, a harbor on the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands The Battle of Bairoko, a World...

USS Bairoko was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy in service from 1945 to 1955. The Commencement Bay class were built during...

(27 March) Battle of Bairoko (20 July) Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1–2 November) Battle of Tarawa (20 November – 23 November) 1944 Battle of Imphal (March...

and Bairoko. At the same time as the Marines were landing at Rice Anchorage, two U.S. Navy destroyers, USS Strong and Chevalier, entered Bairoko Harbor...

flow of Japanese reinforcements south as the lines between Bairoko and the Diamond Narrows remained open. Nevertheless, strategically the battle forced...

One of their most notable engagements was the "Battle of Edson's Ridge", where the 1st Raiders, remnants of the 1st Parachute Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion...

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on Rendova. In the north, several actions were fought around Enogai and Bairoko throughout July, while in the west, the main US objective was the Japanese...

Bairoko Harbor is situated along the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. During World War II Japan used Bairoko Harbor...

advancing inland to secure Bairoko Harbor. They marched through dense jungle towards an inlet around the small port of Enogai. A series of minor engagements took...

escape from an untenable position. On July 20, his battalion attacked Bairoko. After fierce fighting for seven hours, Banks reconnoitered a trail which...

of Staff voted to fight Japan by invading the Gilbert Islands and Nauru first, followed by a battle for the Marshall Islands. The Battle of Bairoko was...

– Battle of Enogai July 12/13 – Battle of Kolombangara July 20 – Battle of Bairoko July 22 – August 4 – Battle of Munda Point August 6–7 – Battle of Vella...

Baanga captured, mopping up operations secured the area north from Munda to Bairoko on New Georgia island. The Japanese high command considered launching a...

counterattack had begun with the movement of reinforcements from the 13th Infantry Regiment from Kolombangara and Bairoko. On 14 July, six companies began their...

June 1943 Zanana, New Georgia (169th and 172nd RCT's US) – 5 July 1943 Bairoko, New Georgia (4th Marine Raider Battalion US) – 5 July 1943 Arundel Island...

Gulf region, on the northern coast of New Georgia island, around Rice Anchorage, to secure the Enogai and Bairoko areas and to block Japanese reinforcements...

Liversedge's northern landing group around Bairoko, arriving off Enogai Point on 18 July. Following the battle, Segi Point was developed into an airfield...

Kula Gulf shortly before midnight, 1 July, and began to bombard Vila and Bairoko Harbor, while the transports headed for the anchorage. During the operation...

morning of 5 July, American forces landed at Rice Anchorage. Strong and TF 18 were to support the landings by shelling Vila-Stanmore, Enogai, and Bairoko. Strong...

carriers USS Bairoko (CVE-115) and USS Bennington (CV-20). Raborn was a rear admiral when he was appointed, on November 8, 1955, as director of special projects...

(1921) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942 Amagi class Akagi (1925) – sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942 Ryūjō (1931) – sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons...

of a Commonwealth light carrier (HMS Triumph, Theseus, Glory, Ocean, and HMAS Sydney) and usually a U.S. escort carrier (USS Badoeng Strait, Bairoko,...

addition, the 2nd Battalion of the 45th Infantry Regiment was transferred from Bougainville to Bairoko on the north coast of New Georgia. These reinforcements...

between the Japanese airfield at Munda Point and Bairoko Harbor. To support this effort, a company of the 4th Marine Raider Battalion had been scheduled...

years, the Black Sheep deployed for operations on board USS Rendova, USS Bairoko, USS Badoeng Strait, and USS Boxer. When the Korean War broke out, VMF-214...

a battle in 1777 near Bennington, Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War, in which American victory contributed to the ultimate defeat of General...

This is a list of aircraft carriers of the Second World War. Aircraft carriers serve as a seagoing airbases, equipped with a flight deck and facilities...

These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left wings near...