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	Savo Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Savo Island is a minor island in the Solomon Islands group in the South Pacific ocean.
		A high, round volcanic island, it is most well known as the location of five of the seven great naval battles fought in the Guadalcanal area during World War II, between the forces of the United States Navy (USN) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
		Prior to the First Battle of Savo Island there was a racist belief within the USN that the Japanese had poor eyesight and would not do well in night naval fighting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Savo_Island (586 words)

	Solomon Islands - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Solomon Island are a wide island nation that lies East of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russel Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
		The Santa Cruz Islands, which are east of the main group of the Solomons, are part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, together with the neighboring archipelago of Vanuatu.
		The national flag of Solomon islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /solomon_islands.htm (974 words)

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		SAVO ISLAND's first combat assignment was to provide air support for the landings on Peleliu Island in the Palaus.
		SAVO ISLAND departed Manus on 19 November and, between 22 and 27 November, served with two other escort carriers as a patrol and escort force in the convoy lanes leading to Leyte Gulf.
		SAVO ISLAND was reclassified CVHE-78 on 12 June 1955 and AKV-28 on 7 May 1959.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cve78.txt (868 words)

	Terralingua -- Discussion Paper #9
		Savo Island is located at latitude 09° 10' S, longitude 159° 50' E in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
		The people of Savo Island use the traditional medicinal plants that were brought by their ancestors, most probably from Papua New Guinea, and continue to develop new ones as they interact with their environments.
		The people of Savo are currently faced with the dilemma of the fact that pursuing modern development and modern educational goals is probably going to lead to a corresponding loss of their biodiversity and ethnobotanical knowledge.
	www.terralingua.org /DiscPapers/DiscPaper9.html (3687 words)

	Solomon Islands
		Savo Island is situated some 35 km Northwest of Honiara Solomon Islands Capital and urban centre.
		Savo island is the surface expression of a stratovolcano ; only the top one third of the structure is visible above sea level.
		Because of these, the Geology Division of the Solomon islands is concentrated on one particular island due to its geographical position to the main urban and development centres and that is Savo Island.
	www.wovo.org /0505_07.htm (652 words)

	USS Savo Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On 3 October, she reported to the 7th Fleet at Manus, andsailed on the 12th in the screen of the bombardment and support group of battleships and cruisers of the Leyte invasion task force.
		Savo Island departed Manus on 19 November and, between 22 and 27 November, served with two other escort carriers as apatrol and escort force in the convoy lanes leading to Leyte Gulf.
		On 11 July, Savo Island began a ferry voyage from San Diego to Pearl Harbor and back to Alameda, Calif. On 6 August, she sailed for the Aleutians andarrived on the day of the Japanese surrender.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-savo-island-284654.html (865 words)

	Battle of Savo Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Savo Island was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, fought on August 9, 1942, between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Allied naval forces.
		Mikawa's squadron slipped past the destroyer picket Ralph Talbot and at 01:00 on 9 August 1942, off Savo Island, they saw the Allied "Southern Group", comprised of the Australian and US heavy cruisers Canberra, Australia and Chicago), and two destroyers.
		The Second Battle of Savo Island is now better known as the Battle of Cape Esperance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island (632 words)

	USS Savo Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the approach, escort carrier, Ommaney Bay, was sunk by a kamikaze on the 4th and another grazed Savo Island the next day.
		After repairs and training exercises for her new pilots, Savo Island departed Leyte with the invasion force for Okinawa, providing air cover en route On 26 March, with two other escort carriers, she supported the occupation of Kerama Retto, which was to become the main replenishment base for the naval forces off Okinawa.
		Savo Island received 4 battle stars for her World War II service.
	www.navyhistory.com /cruiser/savoisland.html (885 words)

	Savo Island Volcano - John Seach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Savo is an 8 km wide thermally active volcano lying 14 km north of Guadalcanal.
		Savo Island has a population of megapode birds and the waters are teeming with sharks.
		Fatalities occurred during the 1835 eruption of Savo.
	www.volcanolive.com /savo.html (47 words)

	Schlacht vor Savo Island - Wikipedia
		In der Schlacht vor Savo Island griffen in der Nacht vom 8.
		Savo ist der Name einer kleinen Insel etwa fünf Seemeilen von der Nordspitze Guadalcanals, dem Kap Esperance, entfernt.
		Die Schlacht vor Savo war eine schwere taktische Niederlage für die Alliierten.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schlacht_um_Savo_Island (486 words)

	The Battle of Savo Island: August 9th, 1942
		Savo Island split The Slot, the body of water between the eastern and the western Solomons, in two lanes of approach.
		Covering the northern approach from the west, between Florida Island and Savo Island, was Captain Frederick L. Riefkohl's Task Group 62.3, with heavy cruisers Vincennes, Astoria, and Quincy, and destroyers Wilson and Helm.
		Mikawa's units sighted the island of Savo at 0047, and three minutes later, lookouts spotted the destroyer Blue, on its southerly patrol leg, at a mere 10,000 yards.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/savo_island.htm (4150 words)

	Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Tassafaronga, Cape, Esperance, SantaCruz, Tarawa, Savo, Island, Midway, Doolittle, ...
		Between the 10th and 22nd, landings are made in the north of the island, in the south, and at Lingayen Gulf in the west.
		By the 10th, Guam in the Mariana Islands is captured and Makin and Tarawa in the British Gilberts occupied.
		Wake Island is attacked on the 11th December, but the Japanese are driven off with the loss of two destroyers by the US Marine defenders.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsPacific.htm (4666 words)

	Commandos DropZone Walkthrough: C2 Mission 6 - The Guns of Savo Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But there is an important obstacle in their way, the island of Savo, located north of Guadalcanal.
		Strongly fortified, the island is bristling with large artillery, protected in underground tunnels, safe from the attack of bombers.
		The island of Savo is the key to Guadalcanal.
	www.strategyplanet.com /commandos/c2_mission6.html (3496 words)

	Battle of Savo Island
		The island chain runs northwest to southeast with Bougainville in the northwest, New Georgia in the middle and Guadalcanal in the southeast.
		The western approaches to Savo Sound were guarded by a screening force of six heavy cruisers and six destroyer (the battle fleet had been destroyed at Pearl Harbor) in two groups covering both passages.
		His reminiscence, HMAS Canberra Lost at Savo Island is illuminating.
	www.ww2pacific.com /savo.html (1942 words)

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		In the early morning of August 9th, his cruiser force penetrated the radar pickets operating outside Savo Island and devastated the defending American cruisers stationed in the channel.
		In this version of the Savo Island battle, the Japanese have already penetrated the radar picket line and are about to engage the American cruisers.
		Admiral Makawa formed a powerful force to strike at the defenders of Guadalcanal Island, but his ships were detected on route to the island and with the advantage of radar, the Americans were able to establish a strong defensive line off Cape Esperance to stop him.
	www.hpssims.com /Pages/products/NavCamp/GUAD/scenarios.txt (1502 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Letters -Omission of Savo Island in the publication, "The Navy"
		I was serving in HMAS Canberra at the Battle of Savo Island on the 9th.
		Savo was the worst blue water defeat suffered to date by the United States Navy.
		Thank you for your comments, I was, and am of the opinion that in any purported history of the USN, to omit the Battle of Savo Island is to dismiss a major battle, that was in fact, the worst Blue Water defeat of the US Navy in their history up to that date.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/OmissionofSavoIslandinthe.html (1599 words)

	Battle of Savo Island; loss of HMAS Canberra
		He arrived off of the southern shore of Savo Island in the small hours of the morning of August 9th.
		Fifteen minutes later, curving northward around Savo Island's eastern shore, the Japanese came upon the Northern Force, still steaming sedately along in a box patrol pattern.
		Ironically, having survived the fray around Savo, Kako fell victim to three torpedoes from the American submarine S-44 as a portion of the Japanese force approached the safety of Kavieng the next day.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/savo_island.htm (588 words)

	Battle of Savo Island - Sea Power Centre Australia
		On the morning of the 9 August 1942 the Royal Australian Navy's heavy cruiser HMAS CANBERRA was sunk after being severely damaged during a naval battle off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands group.
		As the meeting was in progress Admiral Mikawa and his force were making their approach to Savo Island.
		As a result of the Battle of Savo Island just over 1,000 Allied sailors lost their lives and another 700 were wounded.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/general/savo.htm (921 words)

	USS Savo Island (CVE 78)
		Decommissioned on December 12, 1946, the SAVO ISLAND was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Boston.
		The SAVO ISLAND was sold to Comarket, Inc., in June 1960 and was later broken up in Hong Kong.
		On 6 July, her air squadron reported on board; and, after training at San Diego and Pearl Harbor, she reported to the 3rd Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 4 August.
	www.united-states-navy.com /cve/cve78.htm (985 words)

	Guadalcanal Campaign
		The majority of the land battles fought on the island involved guerrilla warfare by the highly trained and heavily armed Japanese marines, which were scattered throughout the island.
		Instead of the unsuccessful box format that was used in the battle of Savo Island, Rear Admiral Scott had his ships in a line ahead formation, which allowed him to use his destroyers to put the spotlight on targets, then using the cruisers to destroy them.
		Guadalcanal was one of the first battles of the Pacific War that the Allies were on the offensive, and from Guadalcanal on, the Allies would have a string of victories that eventually led to the victory through the new island-hopping campaign that was used.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/Guadalcanal.html (3211 words)

	Find in a Library: The battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 and the eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942.
		Find in a Library: The battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 and the eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942.
		The battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 and the eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942.
		Subjects: Savo Island, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/3f6644af55d17ecda19afeb4da09e526.html (83 words)

	Savo Island
		Located in Iron Bottom Sound, this island is visible from nearly every point on the north cost of Guadalcanal, the island has the appetence of the profile of a person lying down.
		Although no fighting occurred on this island, it was a focal point of the Guadalcanal campaign.
		During the naval actions, Savo was between the opposing American and Japanese warships.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/solomons_savo.html (102 words)

	Naval History Magazine: Savo Island: The Worst Defeat, By Captain George William Kittredge, U.S. Navy (Ret.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You got the feeling that a Japanese lookout stationed on Savo couldn't help but see it, and that when we rounded the island, half of the Imperial Fleet would be there with guns trained and ready.
		The clear victor at Savo Island was Japanese Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, but he failed to follow up on his triumph.
		I volunteered for submarines, because if I had to serve at sea for the duration of the war, I wanted to be on a ship that could return to the surface after she sank, and submarines were the only answer.
	www.usni.org /NavalHistory/Articles02/NHkittredge08.htm?nl=071502 (4621 words)

	World War II> Battles & Main Events > 1939 and 1940 > Guadalcanal– Savo Island
		The resulting attempt to hold the island resulted in a number of sea battles with the Japanese.
		The first the battle of Savo Island on 9th August 1942.
		The Japanese led by Admiral Mikawa sent a task force of five heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and a destroyer to attack the American forces off the island.
	www.multied.com /ww2/events/guadalcanal-savo%20island.html (191 words)

	Battle of Savo Island - Famous Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Savo Island was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on 9 August 1942 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Allied navies.
		The Imperial Japanese Navy was concentrating on supporting land operations on the Kokoda Track in New Guinea, but reacted promptly to the Allied attack on the Solomons.
		Mikawa's squadron slipped past the destroyer picket Ralph Talbot and at 01:00 on 9 August 1942, off Savo Island, they encountered the Allied "Southern Group" of three cruisers (Royal Australian Navy Canberra and Australia and United States Navy Chicago) and two destroyers commanded by Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley.
	www.famous.tc /Battle_of_Savo_Island.html (378 words)

	The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942 Review: This is a well-written, insightful book on one of the most interesting naval battles of World War II.
		The Battle of Savo Island: The Harrowing Account of the Disastrous Night Battle Off Guadalcanal that Nearly Destroyed the Pacific Fleet in August 1942 Review: On the evening of August 9, 1942, a Japanese force of cruisers and destroyers steamed down "the slot" toward the American beachhead at Guadalcanal.
		In the span of eight minutes, four Allied heavy cruisers (USS Astoria, USS Vincennes, USS Quincy, and HMAS Canberra) were sunk by the Japanese, whose expertise at night fighting and the use of torpedoes became painfully clear to the Allies on this night.
	www.textkit.com /0_0805070729.html (968 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot HMAS Canberra Battle Of Savo Island
		The Battle of Savo Island was one of the sharpest reverses suffered by the US navy in the war.
		Moreover on the battlefronts of the war the tide was about to turn decisively against the Axis and their Japanese Allies, forcing them hence-forward on the defensive.
		HMAS Australia had not taken part directly in the Savo Island Battle because Rear Admiral Crutchley had been ordered to attend a conference with Rear-Admiral Turner on the transport McCawley and had left Captain H. Bode of Chicago in charge of his patrol group.
	www.gunplot.net /savoisland/savoisland.html (1724 words)

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