Created by Tom Horn on 18 Jun 2011, Last Update on 18 Jun 2011

Cape St George - 25 Nov 1943

The last outing of the Tokyo Express and the end of Japanese surface ships operating in the Solomons. Having dropped 900 troops on Bougainville 5 Japanese destroyers are ambushed by 5 US destroyers using superior radar technology, 3 are sunk.

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Tags : Solomon Islands,United States,Japan,Naval,Pacific,Combat

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