22 Aug 1942
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- US and Japanese supplying destroyers made contact in the Savo Sound off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Japanese destroyer Kawakaze disabled destroyer USS Blue with Type 93 torpedoes at 0359 hours (killing 9; she would be scuttled on the following day). ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Type 93 | Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands | CPC]
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