Battle of Vella Gulf

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Vella Gulf was a 1943 nighttime naval engagement in the Solomon Islands during World War II in which U.S. destroyers ambushed and decisively defeated a Japanese reinforcement force, helping secure Allied control of the central Solomons.

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Battle of Vella Gulf canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action off Vella Gulf ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commander Frederick Moosbrugger ⓘ
Kiyoto Kagawa ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfJapaneseForces Japan ⓘ
countryOfUSForces United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1943-08-06 ⓘ
1943-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Vella Lavella ⓘ
forceType destroyer force ⓘ
JapaneseCasualties hundreds killed ⓘ
JapaneseDestroyersDamaged 1 ⓘ
JapaneseDestroyersSunk 3 ⓘ
JapaneseMission reinforce Kolombangara ⓘ
JapaneseShip Arashi ⓘ
Hagikaze ⓘ
Kawakaze ⓘ
Shigure ⓘ
JapaneseShipType destroyer ⓘ
location Solomon Islands ⓘ
Vella Gulf ⓘ
notableFeature effective use of radar by US Navy ⓘ
successful US destroyer-only action ⓘ
objective intercept Japanese reinforcement convoy ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Kolombangara ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
strategicEffect reduced Japanese reinforcement of Kolombangara ⓘ
strengthened Allied control of central Solomons ⓘ
tactic radar-directed gunfire ⓘ
torpedo ambush ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ
USCasualtiesKilled 0 ⓘ
USFormation Destroyer Division 12 ⓘ
Task Group 31.2 ⓘ
USShip USS Dunlap ⓘ
surface form: USS Craven

USS Dunlap ⓘ
USS Lang ⓘ
USS Maury ⓘ
USS Stack ⓘ
USS Sterett ⓘ
USShipsLost 0 ⓘ

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Northern Solomons campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Vella Gulf ⓘ
Vella Gulf → notableEvent → Battle of Vella Gulf ⓘ
Shigure → participatedIn → Battle of Vella Gulf ⓘ
Shigure → notableEngagement → Battle of Vella Gulf ⓘ
Allied nickname for Japanese high-speed runs from bases such as Rabaul → associatedBattle → Battle of Vella Gulf ⓘ
subject surface form: Tokyo Express