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	Battle of Tassafaronga - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Tassafaronga was a naval battle fought between United States and Japanese forces on 30 November 1942.
		The battle occurred in the channel between Guadalcanal and Savo Island, and was named after the Japanese base Tassafaronga on Guadalcanal, the destination of the destroyer squadron; this battle has also been called a later "Battle of Savo Island" or the "Battle of Lunga Point".
		Following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese command doubted their ability to retake the island and began to look at New Georgia, to the north of Guadalcanal, as a base from which they could thwart the American advance in the Solomons.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Tassafaronga (571 words)

	Battle of Guadalcanal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August
		These naval battles did not produce a victor, but the Japanese were unable to replace their losses.
		The land battle hinged around the airfield which the Americans named Henderson Field, a muddy airstrip hanging onto the edge of the island, and considered "an unsinkable aircraft carrier".
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_guadalcanal.html (244 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Tassafaronga is sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or, in Japanese sources, as the Battle of Lunga Point (Japanese: ??????).
		The battle was the last in a series of naval battles during the six-months-long Battle of Guadalcanal.
		The battle occurred in the channel between Guadalcanal and Savo Island, and was named after Tassafaronga on Guadalcanal, a landing point for Japanese supplies on Guadalcanal and the destination of the Japanese destroyer squadron involved in this battle.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Battle_of_Tassafaronga (1334 words)

	Battle of Tassafaronga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Tassafaronga is sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or, in Japanese sources, as the Battle of Lunga Point (Japanese: ルンガ沖夜戦).
		The battle was the last in a series of naval battles during the six-months-long Battle of Guadalcanal.
		The battle occurred in the channel between Guadalcanal and Savo Island, and was named after Tassafaronga on Guadalcanal, a landing point for Japanese supplies on Guadalcanal and the destination of the Japanese destroyer squadron involved in this battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga (972 words)

	Informat.io on Battle Of Tassafaronga
		It was a naval battle fought between United States and Japanese forces on November 30 1942.
		In the battle, a US cruiser force was badly mauled by a squadron of Japanese destroyers, losing one cruiser sunk and three cruisers so badly damaged that they were all out of the war for more than nine months, while the Japanese lost but one destroyer.
		The American ships failed to maneuver to avoid the Japanese "Long Lance" torpedoes and the Minneapolis was hit by two 24-inch torpedoes which severed her bow, the New Orleans by one torpedo which also severed her bow, and the Pensacola by one torpedo that caused heavy damage and a fire.
	www.informat.io /?title=Battle_of_Tassafaronga (934 words)

	Battle of Guadalcanal - GigaDictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		During the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, however, the transports carrying this reinforcement were badly damaged and the division was reduced to the strength of a regiment.
		Although the Battle of Midway is widely considered to be the turning point in the Pacific theater, it was a strategic naval victory rather than a land-based one.
		While the Battle of Midway had been quickly decided by luck on the part of the U.S. (catching three of four Japanese fleet carriers at their most vulnerable point), Guadalcanal was rather a battle of attrition that strained the logistical capabilities of the Americans and Japanese.
	www.gigadictionary.com /Battle_of_Guadalcanal (1836 words)

	Battle_of_tassafaronga info here at en.about-gasoline-alley.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fullbore Friday At the end of November, Pensacola was badly damaged by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga, with the loss of over 120 of her crewmen.
		The Battle of Tassafaronga is constantly referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or, in Japanese sources, as the Battle of Lunga Point (Japanese: ã«ã³ã¬æ²—å¤æ¦).
		It is a painful authenticity that the Battle of Tassafaronga was a sharp setback inflicted on an speedy & superior cruiser extortion by a partly surprised & lower destroyer force.
	en.about-gasoline-alley.info /Battle_of_Tassafaronga (1168 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Guadalcanal
		Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August
		These naval battles did not produce a victor, but the Japanese were unable to replace their losses.
		The land battle hinged around the airfield which the Americans named Henderson Field, a muddy airstrip hanging onto the edge of the island, and considered "an unsinkable aircraft carrier".
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Guadalcanal (307 words)

	The Guadalcanal Campaign (David Llewellyn James)
		The Battle of Cape Esperance did nothing, however, to discourage the Japanese effort to evict the Marines from Guadalcanal, and the ground fighting was to reach its climax between October 14th.
		When the main carrier battle was joined the Japanese carrier Shokaku was so badly damaged that she was to be out of action for nine months, but the Japanese strike on the US carriers then overwhelmed the fighter defences, and both Hornet and Enterprise were hit.
		After the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal the Japanese command lost confidence in their ability to retake the island and began to think in terms of developing New Georgia, to the north of Guadalcanal, as a bastion to thwart the American advance in the Solomons.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/Guadalcanal.htm (5629 words)

	Battle_of_tassafaronga info here at en.1935-chevrolet.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Tassafaronga is periodically referred to as the Fourth Battle of Savo Island or, in Japanese sources, as the Battle of Lunga Point (Japanese: ã«ã³ã¬æ²—å¤æ¦).
		In the battle, a US cruiser beef was badly mauled by a squadron of Japanese destroyers, losing particular cruiser sunk and nine cruisers so badly damaged that they were utter old hat of the hostilities for more than nine months, while the Japanese gone but particular destroyer.
		It is a painful verisimilitude that the Battle of Tassafaronga was a sharp embarrassment inflicted on an and superior cruiser beef by a halfway surprised and destroyer force.
	en.1935-chevrolet.info /Battle_of_Tassafaronga (1039 words)

	Guadalcanal campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These attempts resulted in several major engagements, including three major land battles, five large naval battles, and continuous, almost daily, aircraft battles, culminating in the decisive Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in early November 1942, in which the last Japanese attempt to retake Guadalcanal and Henderson Field was defeated.
		In the battle for Gavutu and Tanambogo, 516 Japanese defenders and 70 U.S. Marines died.
		The Battle of Midway is widely considered to be the turning point in the Pacific theater, as it was a strategic naval victory which stopped Japan's eastern expansion toward Hawaii and the U.S. west coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Guadalcanal (4637 words)

	BB 55 during World War II - Guadalcanal
		The Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June effectively thwarted two major offensive thrusts of the Imperial Japanese Navy in their attempts to gain control of Port Moresby, New Guinea and Midway, the westernmost island in the Hawaiian chain.
		In August 1942 was the surface action in the Battle of Savo Island on the 9th, the Marines in the Battle of the Tenaru River on the 21st and the aircraft carrier Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 - 25.
		In October was the surface Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 - 12, the land Battle of Henderson Field on 23 - 26 and the aircraft carrier Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on the 26th.
	www.battleshipnc.com /history/bb55/wwii/battles/guadalcanal.php (739 words)

	Amazon.fr : Hell at Tassafaronga: Livres en anglais: Herbert C. Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Only minutes into this, the last of the great surface battles of the Solomons' campaign, New Orleans is struck by a Japanese Long Lance torpedo which explodes its forward magazines, taking away 130 feet of her bow and the lives of 178 of the author's shipmates.
		Almost a year later, November 30 1942, his ship was involved in the battle of Tassafaronga when, as part of a Navy task force, they fought off a Japanese attempt to smuggle supplies to troops at Guadalcanal.
		The book he wrote, "Hell at Tassafaronga", is dedicated to the 178 shipmates that lost their lives in that battle.
	www.amazon.fr /Hell-at-Tassafaronga-Herbert-Brown/dp/0970072147 (422 words)

	A Guadalcanal Chronology & Order of Battle
		Thus, although many think of Guadalcanal in terms of the land battles, there were more naval battles fought off the island in six months than the British Royal Navy fought in all of World War I. There is nothing else quite like them in even the rest of World War II.
		When the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or the Gunfight at the OK Corral, has been gone over virtually minute by minute, there is no good reason why the Battle of Savo Island should not get the same treatment.
		Since the Battle of the Coral Sea had also been fought in the area of the Solomons (the first naval battle in history in which opposing ships didn't even see each other), a study of carrier tactics necessarily means a study of the War in this area.
	www.friesian.com /history/guadal.htm (3871 words)

	Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Tassafaronga, Cape, Esperance, SantaCruz, Tarawa, Savo, Island, Midway, Doolittle, ...
		A draw in naval terms, the battle was a strategic defeat for the Japanese as the invasion ships turned back, leaving Port Moresby, so close to the north tip of Australia, safe for now.
		Before the battle started, the Japanese took the opportunity to occupy a small island called Tulagi in the southern Solomons, close to a larger island known as Guadalcanal.
		But the main battle was far to the south off Midway between the carrier aircraft of both sides.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsPacific.htm (4555 words)

	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
		The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended the Japanese hope for conquest.
		The carrier, Enterprise (CV-6) and battleship, South Dakota (BB-57) that had taken bomb damage at the Battle of Santa Cruz and were repairing at Noumea.
		South Dakota had an electric fault that took her guns out of an early part of the battle and she took heavy hits.
	www.ww2pacific.com /nbgc.html (652 words)

	The Naval Wargames Society
		Battle report of mini campaign between Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in 1916.
		Battle report of alternative history engagement between RN/French warships and IJN forces.
		Article and scenario (plus battle report) on the Battle of Tassafaronga in October 1942.
	www.navalwargamessociety.org /back.html (782 words)

	Jason Robards
		On the 9th the battle group started to search northeast of Oahu, then swept south to Johnston Island, then north again to hunt the Japanese enemy west of Lisianski and then Midway.
		The USS Northampton was part of Task Force 67 and during the battle she was struck by two 24-inch torpedoes fired from the Submarine Oyashio Command by Capt Arima Tokiyoshi on November 30th 1942.
		The Honolulu engaged enemy warships in the Battle of Kula Gulf on July 6th, and the Battle of Kolombangara on July 13th.
	www.marine-family.org /hollywood/robards.htm (530 words)

	Battle of Tassafaronga information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The battle occurred in the channel between Guadalcanal and Savo Island, and was named after Tassafaronga on Guadalcanal, a landing point for Japanese supplies on Guadalcanal and the destination of the destroyer squadron; this battle has also been called a later "Battle of Savo Island" or the "Battle of Lunga Point".
		The battleship and cruiser bombardments of Guadalcanal ceased but the Tokyo Express continued its frequent supply and evacuation runs at night to the island, one of which resulted in the last major surface battle of the campaign.
		On November 30 1942, Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka led a force of eight Japanese destroyers, six employed as high speed transports, with two (Tanaka's flagship Naganami and Takanami) as escorts.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Battle_of_Tassafaronga (692 words)

	Battle of Tassafaronga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Tassafaronga was a serious defeat for the Americans.
		Fought on November 30, 1942, this was the last of a series of sea battles in the months-long battle for Guadalcanal.
		This battle was later also called the "Battle of Savo Island" and the "Battle of Lunga Point".
	ussminneapolisassociation.org /tassa.php (329 words)

	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		From the time of the naval battles around Gudalcanal in November 1942 until the Marianas campaign in June 1944, there were no fleet to fleet engagements of consequence.
		Akagi was converted from a battle cruiser hull when cruisers were limited by Naval Arms Treaty.
		Battle of the Coral Sea concludes as Japanese Carrier Strike Force formed around carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku is located and taken under air attack.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	Japanese Naval Officers
		His needlessly complex operational scheme at the Battle of Midway dispersed his forces in the face of a still-dangerous foe, and directly led to the disaster there.
		Further, in the subsequent battles around the Solomons he was seemingly unable to capitalize on the weaknesses of the U.S. carrier forces opposing him, and was also unwilling (until it was too late) to risk sending the heavy surface units of the Combined Fleet down there to kick some butt.
		Goto was killed aboard the Aoba during the Battle of Cape Esperance, October 11-12, 1942.
	www.combinedfleet.com /officer.htm (1090 words)

	WW2, Pacific War
		Battles of Java Sea, Jan-Feb. Allied Asian fleet destroyed.
		Then the Marianas with the enemy air fleet decimated in the Philippine Sea "Turkey Shoot" and the Japanese battle fleet is destroyed at Leyte Gulf in the return to the Philippines.
		Okinawa taken as a base for the invasion of Japan in the Fall.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ww2.html (540 words)

	Cruiser Photo Index CA-36 USS MINNEAPOLIS
		Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942 - USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage received in the battle.
		She had lost her bow when hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.
		She had lost her original bow in the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942.
	www.navsource.org /archives/04/036/04036.htm (1109 words)

	Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
		At sea, the campaign featured two major battles between aircraft carriers that were more costly to the Americans than to the Japanese, and many submarine and air-sea actions that gave the Allies an advantage.
		With all this, the campaign's outcome was very much in doubt for nearly four months and was not certain until the Japanese completed a stealthy evacuation of their surviving ground troops in the early hours of 8 February 1943.
		At Guadalcanal, the Japanese were harshly shoved into a long and costly retreat, one that continued virtually unchecked until their August 1945 capitulation.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/guadlcnl/guadlcnl.htm (1522 words)

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