Ironbottom Sound

Ironbottom Sound fotograferet den 7. august 1942. Det var den dag allierede styrker gik i land på Guadalcanal og Tulagi. I midten ligger øen Savo mens Guadalcanal ligger fjernt til venstre.
Kort over placeringen af skibsvrag i Ironbottom Sound

"Ironbottom Sound" er det navn som allierede søfolk gav Savo Sundet, farvandet mellem Guadalcanal, Savo Island og Florida Island i Solomonøerne på grund af det stor antal skibe og fly, som sank her. Dusinvis af skibe og fly sank under Slaget om Guadalcanal i 1942 og 1943. Inden krigen kaldtes det Sealark Sound. Ironbottom Sound udgør den sydlige del af The Slot.

Se også

Slag

Sunkne skibe

Allierede

  • USS Aaron Ward
  • USS Astoria
  • USS Atlanta
  • USS Barton
  • USS Blue
  • HMAS Canberra
  • USS Colhoun
  • USS Cushing
  • USS De Haven
  • USS Duncan
  • USS George F. Elliot
  • USS Gregory
  • USS Jarvis
  • USS John Penn
  • USS Kanawha
  • USS Laffey
  • USS Little
  • HMNZS Moa
  • USS Monssen
  • USS Northampton
  • USS Preston
  • PT-37 (US PT boat)
  • PT-44 (US PT boat)
  • PT-111 (US PT boat)
  • PT-112 (US PT boat)
  • PT-123 (US PT boat)
  • USS Quincy
  • USS Seminole
  • USS Serpens
  • USS Vincennes
  • USS Walke
  • YP-284

Japanske

  • Akatsuki
  • Ayanami
  • Fubuki
  • Furutaka
  • Hiei
  • Hirokawa Maru
  • Kasi Maru
  • Kinugawa Maru
  • Kirishima
  • Makigumo
  • Takanami
  • Teruzuki
  • Toa Maru
  • Yudachi

Referencer

Eksterne kilder

  • National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Koordinater: 9°15′S 160°0′Ø / 9.250°S 160.000°Ø / -9.250; 160.000

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Wrecks in the Ironbottom Sound.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: User:W.wolny, Upload from German wikipedia by user:Vvulto, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Map of the location of World War II shipwrecks in Ironbottom Sound in the Solomon Islands. Some wreck positions are not exactly known.
IronbottomSound.jpg
A U.S. destroyer steams up what later became known as Ironbottom Sound, the body of water between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island.