Battle of Cape Esperance

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Cape Esperance was a nighttime naval engagement in October 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II, in which U.S. Navy forces intercepted and defeated a Japanese task force off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal.

Aliases (1)

Cape Esperance ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Savo Island →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy → United States Navy →
campaign	Guadalcanal campaign →
casualties	higher for Japan than for United States →
commander	Aritomo Gotō → Norman Scott → Tamon Yamaguchi →
conflict	Guadalcanal campaign →
countryInvolved	Japan → United States →
date	1942-10-11 →
endDate	1942-10-12 →
followedBy	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal →
hasWikipediaPage	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance →
isPartOf	Solomon Islands campaign →
location	Solomon Islands → northwest coast of Guadalcanal → off Cape Esperance →
namedAfter	Cape Esperance →
notableFeature	use of radar-directed gunfire by U.S. cruisers →
objective	intercept Japanese reinforcement convoy to Guadalcanal →
partOf	Pacific War → World War II →
precededBy	Battle of the Eastern Solomons →
result	United States victory →
shipInvolved	Japanese cruiser Aoba → Japanese cruiser Furutaka → Japanese cruiser Kinugasa → Japanese destroyer Fubuki → USS Boise → USS Buchanan → USS Duncan → USS Farenholt → USS Helena → USS Laffey → USS Salt Lake City → USS San Francisco →
shipSunk	Japanese cruiser Furutaka → Japanese destroyer Fubuki → USS Duncan →
strategicContext	struggle for control of Henderson Field →
tacticalOutcome	disruption of Japanese reinforcement effort →
theater	South Pacific →
timeOfDay	night →
year	1942 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Cape Esperance ("Cape Esperance") →	namedAfter
Battle of Guadalcanal →	notableEngagement
Ironbottom Sound →	significantEvent