Tulagi in WW2 History | World War II Database

2 May 1942

British Western Pacific Territories

The Japanese launched another aerial bombardment against the Australian seaplane base at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Deducing that an invasion of coming soon, the Australian personnel evacuated the base after sundown. ww2dbase [Battle of Coral Sea | Tulagi | CPC]

3 May 1942

British Western Pacific Territories

Japanese 3rd Kure Special Landing Force captured Tulagi Island and Gavutu Island in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Battle of Coral Sea | Tulagi | TH]

4 May 1942

British Western Pacific Territories

USS Yorktown launched 12 TBD Devastor and 28 SBD Dauntless aircraft at 0700 hours, which reached the new Japanese positions at Tulagi in the Solomon Islands at 0850 hours; the attack damaged minelayer Okinoshima and destroyer Kikuzuki. At 1210 hours, a second attack wave hit Tulagi, sinking minesweepers WA-1 and WA-2 and damaging minesweeper Tama Maru; 87 Japanese personnel were killed during this second attack. USS Yorktown lost 3 aircraft, but all air crew were rescued. The Japanese withdrew from Tulagi temporarily, but would very soon return to complete the construction of a seaplane base. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Yorktown-class) | Tulagi | CPC]

28 May 1942

British Western Pacific Territories

Seaplane tender USS Tangier conducted a small raid on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands; during the attack, she transmitted radio messages that were purposefully composed as if she was a fleet carrier, thus giving the Japanese a false impression that the US was still operating fleet carriers in the South Pacific when in actuality all fleet carriers had been shifted back to the Hawaiian Islands. ww2dbase [Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands | Tulagi | CPC]

28 Jun 1942

British Western Pacific Territories

PBY aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-14 attacked Tulagi, Soloman Islands. ww2dbase [Tulagi | CPC]

7 Apr 1943

British Western Pacific Territories

The 14,500-ton American tanker Kanawha, waiting for an escort in Tulagi harbour in the Solomon Islands, came under Japanese bomb attack. An oil tank under the bridge was hit which caused fires that spread rapidly along the deck. The crew were ordered to abandon the vessel but volunteers returned on board and extinguished the fires amidst exploding ammunition. 19 lives were lost int his incident. The tug Rail towed the Kanawha to the west side of Tulagi where she was beached shortly before midnight. ww2dbase [Tulagi | HM]

8 Apr 1943

British Western Pacific Territories

The 14,500-ton American tanker Kanawha, damaged by Japanese aerial attack and beached on the west side of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands to prevent sinking, nevertheless slid off into the deep water and sank before dawn. ww2dbase [Tulagi | HM]

6 Jul 1943

Photo(s) dated 6 Jul 1943

Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 3

Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 3

Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3

7 Jul 1943

Photo(s) dated 7 Jul 1943

Survivor of USS Helena receiving clothing and gear on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 7 Jul 1943

24 Aug 1944

British Western Pacific Territories

USS Marcus Island arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Tulagi | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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