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The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place...

Cape Esperance (9°15′S 159°42′E / 9.250°S 159.700°E / -9.250; 159.700) is the northernmost point on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The Battle of Cape...

USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Cape Esperance, an inconclusive...

Australia Cape Esperance, Solomon Islands Battle of Cape Esperance, a WWII naval battle Exuperantia (Esperance), French saint HMS Esperance, two ships...

October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City and USS Buchanan at the Battle of Cape Esperance. Furutaka and her sister ship Kako were the first generation of high...

its cargo and passengers to the island. Despite the U.S. victory off Cape Esperance, the Japanese continued with plans and preparations for their large...

through.[citation needed] Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942 Battle of Cape Esperance, 11–12 October 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13–15 November 1942...

Japanese vessels in October and November 1942. The first, the Battle of Cape Esperance on the night of 11–12 October, resulted in a Japanese defeat, with Helena's...

extensive action during the Guadalcanal campaign, including the Battle of Cape Esperance and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, during which she was heavily damaged...

savage night battles. On the night of 11–12 October in the Battle of Cape Esperance. TF 64 was formed around Salt Lake City, Boise, Helena, and San Francisco...

command of U.S. Rear Admiral Norman Scott. In the resulting Battle of Cape Esperance, Gotō was mortally wounded onboard Aoba and died later on 12 October...

the Eastern Solomons and also saw service related to the Battle of Cape Esperance. Chitose was converted into a light aircraft carrier during 1943, and...

Kako was torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine S-44. At the Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 October 1942, CruDiv 6's (Aoba, Furutaka and Kinugasa), and destroyers...

"Tokyo Express" reinforcement convoys to Guadalcanal. At the Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 October 1942, CruDiv 6's cruisers (Aoba, Furutaka, and Kinugasa)...

year of the war, and was sunk in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Cape Esperance in World War II. Construction of the advanced Fubuki-class destroyers...

escort carriers did pretty well. Flames broke out on the flight deck of Cape Esperance at 1228 but were overcome; Kwajalein made a maximum roll of 39 degrees...

the nearby waters were referred to as Ironbottom Sound. The Battle of Cape Esperance was fought on 11 October 1942 off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal...

on 11–12 October 1942, he led his force to victory in the Battle of Cape Esperance, the U.S. Navy's first surface victory of the campaign. He maneuvered...

Esperance is a town in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately 720 kilometres (450 mi) east-southeast...

The plan directed the 38th Division to disengage and withdraw towards Cape Esperance on the western end of Guadalcanal beginning on 20 January. The 38th's...