Ironbottom Sound

"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by Allied sailors to Savo Sound, the stretch of water between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands. Dozens of ships and planes were sunk there during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942 and 1943. Prior to the war, it was called Sealark Sound.

See also

Battles

* Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942
* Battle of Cape Esperance, 11–12 October 1942
* Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13–15 November 1942
* Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942

Sunken ships

Allied

* "Aaron Ward" (US "Gleaves"-class destroyer)
* "Astoria" (US "New Orleans"-class cruiser)
* "Atlanta" (US "Atlanta"-class anti-aircraft cruiser)
* "Barton" (US "Benson"-class destroyer)
* "Blue" (US "Bagley"-class destroyer)
* "Canberra" (Australian "Kent"-class cruiser)
* "Colhoun" (US "Wickes"-class destroyer)
* "Cushing" (US "Mahan"-class destroyer)
* "De Haven" (US "Fletcher"-class destroyer)
* "Duncan" (US "Gleaves"-class destroyer)
* "George F. Elliot" (US "Heywood" class transport)
* "Gregory" (US "Wickes"-class destroyer)
* "Jarvis" (US "Gridley"-class destroyer)
* "John Penn" (US miscellaneous class Attack Transport)
* "Kanawha" (US "Kanawha"/"Cuyama" class fleet oiler)
* "Laffey" (US "Benson"-class destroyer)
* "Little" (US "Wickes"-class destroyer)
* "Moa" (New Zealand "Bird" class corvette)
* "Monssen" (US "Gleaves"-class destroyer)
* "Northampton" (US "Northampton"-class heavy cruiser)
* "Preston" (US "Mahan"-class destroyer)
* "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)
* "Quincy" (US "New Orleans"-class cruiser)
* "Seminole" (US "Navajo"-class oceangoing tug)
* "Serpens" (United States Coast Guard-manned Liberty ship)
* "Vincennes" (US "New Orleans"-class cruiser)
* "Walke" (US "Sims"-class destroyer)
* "YP-284" (US Yard Patrol craft)

Japanese

* "Akatsuki" (Japanese "Akatsuki"-class destroyer)
* "Ayanami" (Japanese "Fubuki"-class destroyer)
* "Fubuki" (Japanese "Fubuki"-class destroyer)
* "Furutaka" (Japanese "Furutaka"-class cruiser)
* "Hiei" (Japanese "Kongō"-class battleship)
* "Hirokawa Maru" (Japanese military transport)
* "Kasi Maru" (Japanese freighter)
* "Kinugawa Maru" (Japanese military transport)
* "Kirishima" (Japanese "Kongō"-class battleship)
* "Makigumo" (Japanese "Yugumo"-class destroyer)
* "Takanami" (Japanese "Yugumo"-class destroyer)
* "Teruzuki" (Japanese "Akizuki"-class destroyer)
* "Toa Maru" (Japanese military transport)
* "Yudachi" (Japanese "Shiratsuyu"-class destroyer)

References

*"The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal", Robert D. Ballard, ISBN 0-446-51636-8

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm Casualties: U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945]

* [http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?s=143441&i=82811415&id=82811458 Ironbottom Sound ] Ballad of a US Marine KIA at sea, by the band Naked Omaha 2006.

* National Geographic: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal, Part [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAjk3qlih0A 1] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EcltmbA3Ic 2] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk4huU0DrTM 3] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIFhjaYCUno 4] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrYq8Gb-24 5] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNCK-H9NKLo 6]

See also

* List of shipwrecks