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[edit] Summary
Chart of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942, showing approximate paths of participating forces.
Tracks:
- A- U.S. carrier task forces: Hornet and Enterprise (solid black line)
- B- Japanese "Main" body under Chuichi Nagumo with carriers Zuiho, Shokaku, and Zuikaku (solid red line)
- C- Japanese carrier Junyo under Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta (dotted red line)
- D- Japanese battleship and cruiser "Advanced" and "Vanguard" forces under Nobutake Kondo and Hiroaki Abe (arrowed red line)
- E- Zuiho and Shokaku withdraw from battle area
- F- Zuikaku and Junyo join to launch afternoon strikes on U.S. carrier forces
Numbered yellow dots:
- 1- 08:30-Zuiho hit
- 2- 10:15-Hornet hit and crippled
- 3- 10:20-Shokaku hit
- 4- 11:15-Enterprise hit
- 5- 12:30-Zuiho and Shokaku retire from the battle area.
Background taken from [1] (which is a U.S. government public domain document) and modified by myself, cla68, on July 5, 2006 to include warship forces battle tracks. Released under the GFDL.
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