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
- Slaget ved Savoøen, 9. august 1942
- Slaget ved Kap Esperance, 11. -12. oktober 1942
- Søslaget ved Guadalcanal, 13. – 15. november 1942
- Slaget ved Tassafaronga, 30. november 1942
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
- The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal, Robert D. Ballard, ISBN 0-446-51636-8
Eksterne kilder
- Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945 Arkiveret 2. januar 2013 hos Wayback Machine
Koordinater: 9°15′S 160°0′Ø / 9.250°S 160.000°Ø
Medier brugt på denne side
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.
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.
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.