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Battle of Savo Island

BelligerentsJapanUnited StatesAustraliaCommanders and leadersGunichi MikawaRichmond TurnerVictor CrutchleyStrength 5 heavy cruisers 2 light cruisers 1 destroyer 6 heavy cruisers 2 light cruisers 15 destroyersCasualties and losses 58 killed 2 heavy cruisers damaged 1 light cruiser damaged 1,077 killed 4 heavy cruisers sunk 1 heavy cruiser damaged 2 destroyers damagedThe Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen), and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as the Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle during the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific War of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces.

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