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- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal abstract "The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, the Battle of Friday the 13th, or, in Japanese sources, the Third Battle of the Solomon Sea (第三次ソロモン海戦, Dai-san-ji Soromon Kaisen), took place from 12–15 November 1942, and was the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied (primarily United States) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The action consisted of combined air and sea engagements over four days, most near Guadalcanal and all related to a Japanese effort to reinforce land forces on the island. The only two U.S. Navy admirals to be killed in a surface engagement in the war were lost in this battle.Allied forces, primarily from the U.S., had landed on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942 and seized an airfield, later called Henderson Field, that was under construction by the Japanese military. There were several subsequent attempts by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, using reinforcements delivered to Guadalcanal by ship, to recapture the airfield, which ultimately failed. In early November 1942, the Japanese organized a transport convoy to take 7,000 infantry troops and their equipment to Guadalcanal to attempt once again to retake the airfield. Several Japanese warship forces were assigned to bombard Henderson Field with the goal of destroying Allied aircraft that posed a threat to the convoy. Learning of the Japanese reinforcement effort, U.S. forces launched aircraft and warship attacks to defend Henderson Field and prevent the Japanese ground troops from reaching Guadalcanal.In the resulting battle, both sides lost numerous warships in two extremely destructive surface engagements at night. Nevertheless, the U.S. succeeded in turning back attempts by the Japanese to bombard Henderson Field with battleships. Allied aircraft also sank most of the Japanese troop transports and prevented the majority of the Japanese troops and equipment from reaching Guadalcanal. Thus, the battle turned back Japan's last major attempt to dislodge Allied forces from Guadalcanal and nearby Tulagi, resulting in a strategic victory for the U.S. and its allies and deciding the ultimate outcome of the Guadalcanal campaign in their favor.".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "2 light cruisers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "3 destroyers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "36 aircraft".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "4 destroyers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "First phase (13 Nov):".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "Plus (13–15 Nov):".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "Second phase (14/15 Nov):".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal causalties "for a total of 1,732 killed".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Daniel_J._Callaghan.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Hiroaki_Abe.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Isoroku_Yamamoto.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Nobutake_Kondō.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Norman_Scott_(admiral).
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Raizō_Tanaka.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander William_Halsey,_Jr..
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal commander Willis_Augustus_Lee.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal date "1942-11-15".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal isPartOfMilitaryConflict Pacific_War.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal place Guadalcanal.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal place Solomon_Islands.
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal result "United States strategic victory".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "11 transports".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "12destroyers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "16 destroyers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "1carrier".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "2 battleships".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "2battleships".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "2heavy cruisers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "3light cruisers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "4 light cruisers".
- Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal strength "6 heavy cruisers".
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