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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Cape Esperance canonical	19
Cape Esperance	4
Battle of Cape Esperance (area operations)	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	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
casualties	higher for Japan than for United States ⓘ
commander	Aritomo Gotō ⓘ Rear Admiral Norman Scott ⓘ surface form: Norman Scott Tamon Yamaguchi ⓘ
conflict	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Cape Esperance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 (CA-38) ⓘ surface form: 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 (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Guadalcanal → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Ironbottom Sound → significantEvent → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Battle of Cape Esperance → namedAfter → Battle of Cape Esperance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Esperance

Savo Sound → battleOccurredIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → precededBy → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Chokai → battle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Aoba → engagement → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Rear Admiral Norman Scott → participantIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

subject surface form: Norman Scott

USS San Francisco (CA-38) → notableBattle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

USS Helena (CL-50) → battle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Furutaka → sunkIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Japanese destroyer Fubuki → sunkIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

USS Boise → battle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Tassafaronga → near → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Esperance

USS Helena → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

USS Duncan → battle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Duncan (DD-485)

Solomon Islands campaign → hasPart → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Solomon Islands campaign → notableBattlefield → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Esperance

heavy cruiser Chōkai → participatedIn → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Cape Esperance (area operations)

Japanese 8th Fleet → notableBattle → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Second Battle of Savo Island → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Second Battle of Savo Island → namedAfter → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Esperance

SOPAC → includedOperation → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Aoba-class cruiser → notableEngagement → Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ