Kinugawa Maru (Japanese cargo ship)
Beached and sunk on the Guadalcanal shore, November 1943. She had been sunk by U.S.
aircraft on 15 November 1942, while attempting to deliver men and supplies to Japanese
forces holding the northern part of the island.
Savo Island is in the distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
National Archives.
(info and text from the Naval Historical Center website)
Yamura Maru
Another one of the Japanese cargo ships beached and sunk on the Guadalcanal shore,
November 1943.
THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND
THE BATTLE OF THE EASTERN SOLOMONS
| Main body: Shokaku (CV)
|
Vanguard Force: Hiei
(BB)
|
Advanced Force: Atago
(CA) |
Mobile Force: Ryujo (CVL)
Convoy Escort: |
Troop Convoy: Jintsu (CL) Isokaze (DD) Kagero (DD) Kawakaze (DD) Mutsuki (DD) Suzukaze (DD) Umikaze (DD) Uzuki (DD) Yayoi (DD) Boston Maru Daifuku Maru Kinryu Maru and 4 patrol boats |
THE BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE
| Aoba
(CA) Kinugasa (CA) Furutaka (CA) Hatsuyuki (DD) Fubuki (DD) |
THE BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ
| Main Body: Shokaku (CV) Zuikaku (CV) Zuiho (CVL) Kumano (CA) Amatsukaze (DD) Hatsukaze (DD) Tokitsukaze (DD) Yukikaze (DD) Arashi (DD) Maikaze (DD) Teruzuki (DD) Hamakaze (DD) |
Advanced Force: Junyo (CVL) Kongo (BB) Haruna (BB) Atago (CA) Takao (CA) Myoko (CA) Maya (CA) Isuzu (CL)
|
Kagero (DD) Oyashio (DD) Kuroshio (DD) Hayashio (DD) Kawakaze (DD) Suzukaze (DD) Umikaze (DD) Naganami (DD) Takanami (DD) Makinami (DD) |
Vanguard Force: Hiei
(BB) |
THE FIRST BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL
| Hiei
(BB) Kirishima (BB) Nagara (CL) Akatsuki (DD) Ikazuchi (DD) Inazuma (DD) Amatsukaze (DD) |
Yukikaze (DD) Teruzuki (DD) Asagumo (DD) Harusame (DD) Murasame (DD) Yudachi (DD) Samidare (DD) |
THE SECOND BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL
| Kirishima (BB) Atago (CA) Takao (CA) Sendai (CL) Nagara (CL) Ayanami (DD) Ikazuchi (DD) |
Hatsuyuki (DD) Shirayuki (DD) Uranami (DD) Shikinami (DD) Asagumo (DD) Samidare (DD) Teruzuki (DD) |
THE BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA
| Naganami (DD) Makinami (DD) Oyashio (DD) Kuroshio (DD) |
Kagero (DD) Kawakaze (DD) Suzukaze (DD) Takanami (DD) |
The above ships are linked where possible to their related pages on the
Naval Historical Center's website.
In some cases they are simply linked to a photo from my library.
Also see the Nihon Kaigun site for images and data on the above ships.
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