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  2. MS World Discoverer - Wikipedia

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    Solomon Islands. MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser, Germany in 1974. During construction called BEWA Discoverer, the ship was completed in Bremerhaven, Germany. In 2000, the ship struck an underwater obstacle and was damaged; it was subsequently grounded – to prevent sinking – and abandoned ...

  3. Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, fought during 25–27 October 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or Third Battle of Solomon Sea, in Japan as the Battle of the South Pacific (Japanese: 南太平洋海戦 Minamitaiheiyō kaisen), was the fourth aircraft carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.

  4. USS Juneau (CL-52) - Wikipedia

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    USS Juneau (CL-52) USS. Juneau. (CL-52) USS Juneau in February 1942. USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta -class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of her sinking.

  5. Solomon Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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    86,000 killed. 50+ ships sunk, 1,500 aircraft destroyed. (Most of the Japanese deaths were from disease or starvation) [c] The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and capture of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville, in the Territory ...

  6. Ironbottom Sound - Wikipedia

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    Ironbottom Sound, Savo Island (center), and Guadalcanal (left) on 7 August 1942, the day Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. " Ironbottom Sound " (alternatively Iron Bottom Sound or Ironbottomed Sound or Iron Bottom Bay) is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal ...

  7. Japanese cruiser Isuzu - Wikipedia

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    Japanese cruiser Isuzu. Japanese cruiser. Isuzu. Isuzu (五十鈴) was the second of six vessels in the Nagara class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She was named after the Isuzu River, near Ise Shrine in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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