Battle of Cape St. George

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Cape St. George was a World War II naval engagement in November 1943 in which U.S. destroyers decisively defeated a Japanese destroyer force off New Ireland, marking one of the last and most successful surface actions of the Pacific war.

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Battle of Cape St. George canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action off Cape St. George ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commander Arleigh Burke ⓘ
Bernard Austin ⓘ
Kiyoto Kagawa ⓘ
conflictIn Pacific War ⓘ
date 1943-11-25 ⓘ
endDate 1943-11-25 ⓘ
followedBy continued Allied advance toward Rabaul ⓘ
forceType destroyer action ⓘ
JapaneseCasualties heavy ⓘ
JapaneseCommander Kiyoto Kagawa ⓘ
JapaneseShipDamaged Amagiri ⓘ
Uzuki ⓘ
JapaneseShipParticipated Amagiri ⓘ
Makinami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Onami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzuki ⓘ
Yugiri NERFINISHED ⓘ
JapaneseShipSunk Makinami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Onami NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yugiri NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Bismarck Sea ⓘ
off Cape St. George, New Ireland ⓘ
notableAs decisive destroyer engagement ⓘ
one of the last major surface actions of the Pacific War ⓘ
partOf Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
precededBy Naval Battle of Vella Lavella ⓘ
primaryTactics gunfire engagement ⓘ
radar-directed night attack ⓘ
torpedo attack ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
startDate 1943-11-25 ⓘ
strategicContext Japanese evacuation and reinforcement runs in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
tacticalOutcome decisive US destroyer victory ⓘ
theater South West Pacific Area ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Pacific Area
timeOfDay night ⓘ
USCasualties minimal ⓘ
USCommander Arleigh Burke ⓘ
USShipLosses none ⓘ
USShipParticipated USS Charles Ausburne ⓘ
USS Claxton ⓘ
USS Converse ⓘ
USS Dyson ⓘ
USS Spence ⓘ

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Northern Solomons campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Cape St. George ⓘ
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay → followedBy → Battle of Cape St. George ⓘ
Allied nickname for Japanese high-speed runs from bases such as Rabaul → associatedBattle → Battle of Cape St. George ⓘ
subject surface form: Tokyo Express