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	Battle of Vella Gulf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Vella Gulf (Japanese: ベラ湾夜戦) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of August 6, 1943 – August 7, 1943, in Vella Gulf between the islands of Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
		After their victory in the battle of Kolombangara on July 13 the Japanese had established a formidable garrison of 12,400 in Vila at the southern tip of the island.
		Having incorporated lessons of night-fighting after the Battle of Tassafaronga and the PT boat debacle, the Americans did not give away their position with gunfire, but waited until their torpedoes were in the water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Vella_Gulf (780 words)

	The Battle of Vella Gulf: August 6-7, 1943, by Vincent P. O'Hara
		From the battle area, burning oil covered the sea while the smell of gas was so strong it burned the eyes.
		The battle was catastrophic for the Japanese, both materially and psychologically.
		The victory at Vella Gulf was surely assisted by having a plan and a doctrine.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/vella_gulf.htm (2506 words)

	USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Vella Gulf is employed in support of carrier battle groups, amphibious assault groups, as well as in interdiction and escort missions.
		Vella Gulf is named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II.
		The battle was fought between the islands of Vella Lavella and Kolombangara on the night of 6 August 1943.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CG-72) (944 words)

	Official web site of the USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Captain Stephen F. Davis Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		VELLA GULF’s coat of arms links the officers and men of Divisions ABLE ONE and ABLE TWO who fought valiantly at the Battle of Vella Gulf, with the crew that sails in VELLA GULF today.
		The Battle of Vella Gulf occurred in an area known as "The Slot" in the Solomon Islands, represented by the flaunches in the middle of the shield.
		The six U.S. Navy destroyers involved in the battle are recalled by the six sections comprising the shield, while the four Japanese destroyers, the "Tokyo Express," who were defeated at Vella Gulf, are suggested by the red discs.
	www.vella-gulf.navy.mil /about.html (314 words)

	Vella Gulf
		In the battle of Vella Gulf, six American destroyers—Dunlap (DD-384), Craven (DD-382), Maury (DD-401), Lang (DD-399), Sterett (DD-407), and Stack (DD-406)—engaged a group of four enemy destroyers attempting to reinforce Japanese troops on Kolombangara.
		Vella Gulf (CVE-111) was laid down as Totem Bay on 7 February 1944 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc.; renamed Vella Gulf on 26 April 1944; launched on 19 October 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
		Vella, Gulf departed Pearl Harbor on 9 July; stopped at Eniwetok in the Marshalls on the 16th to refuel; and proceeded on to Guam, where she arrived four days later.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/v2/vella_gulf.htm (790 words)

	USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
		USS VELLA GULF is the last but one TICONDEROGA class cruiser and like the other TICONDEROGA-class cruisers (except CG 51) she is named after a famous American Battle.
		The Battle of Vella Gulf occurred in a body of water known as "The Slot" in the Solomon Islands, which is represented by the flaunches in the middle of the shield.
		VELLA GULF deployed on September 19, 2001, as part of the THEODORE ROOSEVELT Carrier Battle Group, to the Mediterranean, and "to points East" in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
	www.navysite.de /cg/cg72.html (1605 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Battle of Leyte Gulf Revisited
		Only one thing: The battle was by definition fought for control of the Gulf, but at the end of it on October 25, 1944 the Allies still did not control the area.
		It was that battle that determined the final fate of the Japanese in the central Philippines.
		Since the purpose of the Battle for/of Leyte Gulf was to secure the Gulf area, any fair-minded assessment has to include the contributions of Army land forces—particularly the 77th Division, destroyer squadrons that raided enemy re-supply bases on the island, and Marine Fighter-Bomber groups that dealt heavy blows to Japanese shipping.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/leytegulfrevisited.aspx (648 words)

	CG 72 Vella Gulf
		Vella Gulf can expect to be employed in support of carrier battle groups, amphibious assault groups, as well as in interdiction and escort missions.
		Vella Gulf's diverse combat capability is orchestrated by the Aegis Weapon System, the only fully integrated electronic detection, engagement, and fire control system in the world today.
		Vella Gulf won a battle star for air strikes against Rots and the Pagan Islands in the Marianas in July 1945 and then participated with occupying forces after the surrender of Japan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-72.htm (967 words)

	USS OAKLAND HISTORY 1943
		Battle of Kula Gulf is fought in the darkness as a task group consisting of 3 cruisers and 4 destroyers (Rear Adm. W.
		Battle of Kolombangara is fought in the darkness off Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, as a task force, consisting of 3 cruisers and 10 destroyers (Rear Adm. W.
		Battle of Empress Augusta Bay is fought during darkness as task force comprising 4 light cruisers and 8 destroyers (rear Adm. A.
	www.rtcol.com /~weshortz/history/hist43.htm (2368 words)

	idaho mountain express : A moonless night in Vella Gulf - One man's war : july 4 — july 10, 2001
		The Battle of Vella Gulf has been called by historians "the most perfect torpedo attack in U.S. naval history." For years it was required study at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
		Poitevin was a gunnery officer on the USS Craven at Vella Gulf.
		As a result of the Battle of Vella Gulf, the U.S. Navy commissioned an Aegis Class cruiser Sept. 18, 1993, at Norfolk, Va.—during the 50-year commemorative reunion for the crew of the destroyer—and named it USS Vella Gulf.
	www.mtexpress.com /2001/01-07-04/01-07-04craven.htm (3492 words)

	Medal of Honor, USN, Submarines, Solomons, Sicily, Lae, New Guinea, Bougainville, Bismarck, Tarawa, Gilberts, Gilmore, ...
		Battle of Kula Gulf - On the night of the 5th/6th July, three U.S. cruisers and four destroyers are in a fight with 10 'Tokyo Express' destroyers off the north coast of New Georgia.
		Battle of Vella Lavella - As nine Japanese destroyers completed the evacuation of the island of Vella Lavella on the night of the 6th/7th October, they were intercepted by three US ships.
		Battle of Cape St George - Five Japanese 'Tokyo Express' destroyers headed for the Bougainville area and early on the 25th were intercepted by five US destroyers off the southern tip of New Ireland.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2USMoH1943.htm (5707 words)

	WWII 60th Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is the first battle in modern naval history in which opposing warships did not exchange a shot; all damage was inflicted by carrier aircraft.
		Jun 06, 1942 — Battle of Midway (4-6 June) opens as aircraft from four Japanese carriers strike Midway Island installations, which are defended by Marine and Army personnel and aircraft.
		Aug 06, 1943 — Battle of Vella Gulf is joined shortly before midnight and continues through the opening minutes of 7 August.
	www.60wwii.mil /Presentation/Timeline/pac_timeline.cfm (2426 words)

	New Look at the Greatest Naval Battle in History Sea Classics - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Variously known as "The Battle of Leyte Gulf and "The Battle for Leyte Gulf," it was unarguably the greatest episode of Naval combat in world history.
		The Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) occurred approximately 330 miles distant and the Battle off Cape Engafio (25 October 1944) was fought about 700 sea miles to the north.
		On the other hand, the four battles of 24 and 25 October 1944 were great theater: A historian's dream, their cast of characters was charismatic admirals and fleets of carriers, cruisers and battleships - some of which had been resurrected from the silt of Pearl Harbor.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200408/ai_n16062728 (981 words)

	WW2DB: Solomons Campaign
		In his usual tendency to devise complex battle plans, Yamamoto sent the light carrier Ryujo ahead of the rest of the fleet on a bait role, sending her planes to attack Guadalcanal, thus drawing attention from the American pilots; meanwhile, the aircraft from the two fleet carriers would charge in to attack the American counterparts.
		The damage Shokaku sustained during this battle was so great that she was to be out of the war for the next nine months.
		During the battle, American destroyer Porter was lost, and destroyer Smith's superstructure was damaged from a suicide attack from a torpedo bomber.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=8 (6880 words)

	Official web site of the USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Captain Stephen F. Davis Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kula Gulf and the surrounding waters of the Western Pacific were nicknamed "the Slot." This narrow body of water that stretches between Kolombangara and New Georgia Islands became the route of the "Tokyo Express" - a group of Japanese cruisers and destroyers that made midnight runs up the Slot to resupply the garrison on Kolombangara.
		The Battle of Vella Gulf was one of the last and most decisive battles in the Solomons Campaign.
		There were several important operational lessons learned from the Battle of Vella Gulf.
	www.vella-gulf.navy.mil /history.html (556 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1943
		Battle of Kasserine Pass between the US First Armored Division and German Panzers begins in North Africa.
		The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo.
		The tug USS Nauset (AT-89) is sunk by a dive bomber and LST-336, LST-375, LST-385, LST-389 and LST-386 are damaged by coastal defense fire and a mine during the Italian landings.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1943_ww2.htm (9086 words)

	World War II Battles Of The Pacific
		Battle of the Komandorski Islands, 26 March 1943
		Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3-4 March 1943
		Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19-20 June 1944
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/index_OOB_WWII_Pacific.htm (172 words)

	DD-382 The Most Perfect Torpedo Attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As as a result of this battle, the U.S. Navy commissioned an Aegis Class cruiser September 18, 1993 at Norfolk, VA and named it the U.S.S. Vella Gulf, CG 72.
		This cruiser was named after the Battle of Vella Gulf at a 50-year commemorative reunion for the crews of the destroyers involved in the battle.
		Their veteran crew presented the battle ensign (flag), that actually flew on the Craven during the battle, to the cruiser.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/dd382/dd382attack.htm (1472 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That occurred in the Battle of Vella Gulf on 6-7 August 1943.
		It was the first of several battles in the Central Solomons in which the radar of American destroyers proved significantly superior than the excellent optics of their Japanese foe in a total reversal of the Guadacanal fighting in 1942.
		If the Battle of Vella Gulf was the high point of the torpedo attack school of thought, two years later it had been completely eclipsed by the need for AA protection.
	www.steelnavy.com /MMGridley.htm (6734 words)

	Pacific, British, Fleet, Kula, Gulf, Empress, Augusta, Bay, Vella Lavella, Leyte, Sibuyan, Sea, Samar, Engano, Cape, ...
		In the few months she was out there, there were not one carrier battle to follow on the 1942 Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz.
		By early October, by which time New Zealand troops had joined the fighting for Vella Lavella, the Japanese had left both islands, and the Central Solomons were clear.
		In fact the Japanese were about to lose three battleships, four carriers (admittedly with few aircraft on board), 10 cruisers and nine destroyers in the battles and actions known collectively as the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsPacific2.htm (5771 words)

	Pacific Naval Battles
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history.
		Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-fights, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war, and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines.
		I have compiled information on a number of the more important (and, I think, interesting) battles of the war, including a synopsis, tabular displays of the forces involved, and in some cases ship movement track charts.
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm (492 words)

	Santa Monica Mirror:Santa Monica Family Takes Part In Last Rites For USS Moosbrugger
		At the Battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands in August 1943, destroyers under his command sank three enemy destroyers with no losses to the U.S. forces.
		He received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during the night battle, which Navy leaders called one of the most brilliantly planned and executed destroyer actions in history.
		Even with the decommissioning of USS Moosbrugger, Adm. Moosbrugger's legacy lives on the seas with the USS Vella Gulf (CG-72), named after the battle he commanded.
	www.smmirror.com /volume2/issue28/santa_monica_family.html (624 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol II--Isolation of Rabaul
		Battle of Vella Lavella; nine Japanese destroyers evacuating troops from Vella Lavella attacked by U.S. naval force.
		Battle of Koromokina Lagoon ends as the Japanese landing force is defeated by elements of 3d, 9th, and 21st Marines.
		Battle of Cape St. George concludes series of night naval engagements of the Solomons campaigns.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/II/USMC-II-D.html (1373 words)

	Advanced Japanese Destroyers of World War II
		The Royal Navy would use its night training to devastate the Italian navy at the battle of Matapan in 1941, but then the Japanese would frequently use their night training to devastate both the British and United States navies in 1941, 1942, and 1943.
		The supreme achievements of Japanese torpedo and night combat were the battles near Guadalcanal of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, and Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942.
		In subsequent battles in the Solomons, the Japanese were without all of their previous advantages, and their reliance on destroyers to carry the brunt of supply as well as combat actions simply meant a terrific attrition in the destroyer force.
	www.friesian.com /destroy.htm (1392 words)

	STAR CROSSED SORTIE:THE LAST VOYAGE OF UNRYU AND DESDIV 52
		Survivor of several desperate battles, the SHIGURE had gained a reputation for indestructibility, surviving actions where all her comrades were lost, the most recent being the holocaust of Leyte Gulf.
		In August 1943 she had survived the Battle of Vella Gulf, when all three of her comrades of Desdiv 4 were blown out of the water by American destroyer torpedoes.
		Again at the Battle of Surigao Strait in the Leyte Operation of October 1944, the SHIGURE alone survived the terrible night engagement that wiped out the entirety of the rest of VAdm.
	www.subvetpaul.com /SAGA_4_01.htm (3994 words)

	1943 Encyclopedia Article @ TXbase.com (TX Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		February 14 - WWII: Battle of the Kasserine Pass - German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against Allied defenses in Tunisia; it is the United States' first major battle defeat of the war.
		March 26 - WWII: Battle of Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
		August 23 - The Battle of Kursk ends with a heavy defeat for the German forces.
	www.txbase.com /encyclopedia/1943 (3255 words)

	Thunder of the Guns: Battles of the Pacific War
		The most extensive and intensive succession of naval battles together formed the Pacific War of 1941 -- 1945.
		All five carrier battles of history were fought in it; the largest naval battle in history was fought here, as was the first battle in which opposing surface forces never saw each other.
		The greatest series of night battles was fought in the two years it took the U.S. to capture the Solomons.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles (145 words)

	USS VELLA GULF CVE-111 photo history page 6 at seafoto.com
		USS VELLA GULF was placed in inactive status,out of commission,on August 9, 1946.The vessel was placed in reserve at Tacoma, Washington.The VELLA GULF was reclassified as a helicopter carrier (CVHE) on June 12,1955.She was later transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service and was again reclassified to T-AKV-11.
		Struck for the second time on December 1, 1970,the VELLA GULF was sold to the American Ship Dismantlers,INC of Portland,Oregon on October 22, 1971 and scrapped.
		After receiving three battle stars for service in WW II Card was placed out of commission in reserve on May 13, 1946.
	www.seafoto.com /vellagulf/page6.html (334 words)

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