The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and in Japanese sources as the Second Battle of the Solomon...
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Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier (category World War II aircraft carriers of Japan)
Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August. Two months later, they attempted to support a major offensive by the Imperial Japanese Army to push the United States...
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Commanders The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was fought August 23–25, 1942 in the waters east and northeast of the Solomon Islands by forces of the Imperial...
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USS New Orleans (CA-32) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
back in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. At this point, New Orleans had been in the Coral Sea for two full months, and food began to run low. The crew...
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Task Force 11 (category Special forces task forces of the United States)
completed. TF 11 – as part of Task Force 61 along with Task Force 16 – was involved in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in late August 1942, but Saratoga...
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Lexington-class aircraft carrier (category World War II aircraft carriers of the United States)
in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in mid-1942 where her aircraft sank the Japanese light carrier Ryūjō. She supported Allied operations in the Indian...
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Kōsaku Aruga (category Battle of Midway)
Japanese Navy Tony DiGiulian (2020-01-09). "Orders of Battle - Battle of the Eastern Solomons - Battles of the Pacific - World War II". NavWeaps. Retrieved...
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Tameichi Hara (category Battle of Midway)
part in the Battle of Midway in June 1942 and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942. On 13 November 1942 Hara's Amatsukaze sank the destroyer...
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Japanese battleship Mutsu (category Shipwrecks in the Inland Sea)
rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. Other than participating in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942, where she did...
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Japanese cruiser Tone (1937) (category Shipwrecks in the Inland Sea)
sinking the destroyer USS Edsall in the Java Sea, before escorting aircraft carriers at the Indian Ocean Raid and battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons, and...
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USS Enterprise (CV-6) (category Ships of the Battle of Midway)
the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea engagements during the Guadalcanal...
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Chūichi Hara (category Prisoners and detainees of the United States military)
South Pacific: the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, light carrier Ryūjō...
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Japanese cruiser Haguro (category Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
during the Battle of the Coral Sea, escorted the invasion force at the Battle of Midway, and escorted carriers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on...
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Guadalcanal campaign (redirect from The Battle Of Guadalcanal)
campaign also involved major naval battles, including the Battles of Savo Island, the Eastern Solomons, Cape Esperance, and the Santa Cruz Islands, culminating...
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Task Force 16 (category Battle of Midway)
victory in the Battle of Midway. In August, the task force supported the landings on Guadalcanal, then fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, followed...
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of the Coral Sea Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of Leyte Gulf The code names "Val"...
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Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō (category Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
battle of the Aleutian Islands campaign, in June 1942. She was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August...
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Islands. In addition, they damaged the carrier Enterprise both at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Besides carrier-based...
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Nagato-class battleship (section After the war)
flagship and participated in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August before returning to Japan in early 1943. One of Mutsu's aft magazines detonated...
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Hiroaki Abe (category Battle of Midway)
8), he led his ships as the vanguard group at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons from 23–25 August 1942 and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands from...
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Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku (category Ships sunk by aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf)
fought US carriers at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and again at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she helped to sink the aircraft carrier USS Hornet...
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As in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomons, the ships of the two adversaries were rarely in sight or gun range of each other...
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USS Saratoga (CV-3) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August 1942. She was again torpedoed the following month and returned to the Solomon Islands area after repairs...
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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 (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji...
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Japanese destroyer Ushio (1930) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
aircraft carrier Taiyō at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August, returning with Yamato to Truk after the battle. She was then assigned to numerous...
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USS North Carolina (BB-55) (category Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina)
during the Guadalcanal campaign. There, she screened aircraft carriers engaged in the campaign and took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24–25...
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against United States Navy (USN) carriers in both Battle of the Eastern Solomons and Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, where they severely damaged Enterprise...
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Rinosuke Ichimaru (category Japanese admirals of World War II)
promoted to the rank of rear admiral. He was then sent to the South Pacific theater, where he took part in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the subsequent...
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Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose (category Ships sunk by aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf)
Indies campaign, the Battle of Midway, and the Guadalcanal campaign, during which she was damaged in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and also saw service...
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Enterprise Air Group (category Air units and formations of the United States Navy)
antisubmarine patrols for the amphibious shipping in the area. The Air Group fought in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942, which was...
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