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Ship Class
Ship
Aircraft Model
Unit
Gun Model
Turret Model
Torpedo Model
Rocket Launcher Model
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Anti Submarine Mounting
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Activity
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Operation
1942 Oct 25 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal
Start
YMDHM
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End
YMDHM
00:00
Duration
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Activity Type
Operation
Conducted By
Country
Japan
Conducted Against
Country
United States
Contained In
Theatre Of War
Pacific Theatre
Operation Type
Attack
Activity Class
Moderate
Completeness
Units Entered
Details
Gunfire support mission to Guadalcanal (Hyakutake offensive), aborted.
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1)
Location
Place
2) 1:
Included In
Place
3) 2:
Depicted In
Image
4) 1:
Location Of
Facility
Lunga Point Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal
Units
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Involve
Unit
2) 1:
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Unit Involvement
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Details
HIJMS Akatsuki
N
HIJMS Ikazuchi ##
N
assisted in sinking USS SEMINOLE (AT-65) and YP-284 and damaging USS ZANE (DMS-14). Light damage: in air attack due to strafing: rudder temporarily jammed; four casualties.
HIJMS Shiratsuyu
N
HIJMS Murasame
N
Gunfire support mission to Guadalcanal (Hyakutake offensive), aborted. Removed Comdesron 4 (Rear Admiral Takama Tamotsu) from damaged AKIZUKI and helped rescue survivors from bombed YURA.
HIJMS Yudachi
N
Assisted bombed YURA, then helped HARUSAME rescue survivors and scuttle.
HIJMS Harusame
N
HIJMS Akizuki
N
Led gunfire support mission to Guadalcanal (Hyakutake offensive), aborted. Assisted in rescue of survivors from bombed YURA. Medium damage: when near-missed by U.S. aircraft and left temporarily unnavigable due to damage in engineering spaces. Admiral Takama transferred to MURASAME.
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