Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun (66 page)

USS
Essex
(aircraft carrier), 343

USS
Farenholt
(destroyer), 115

USS
Flying Fish
(submarine), 181, 187

USS
Gamble
(destroyer), 78

USS
Gato
(submarine), 30

USS
Guardfish
(submarine), 30, 325

USS
Gwin
(destroyer), 191, 286, 291

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Helena
(cruiser), 112, 114, 169, 172, 175, 176, 178, 180, 287, 288

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Honolulu
(cruiser), 205, 206, 219, 287, 291

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Hornet
(aircraft carrier), 98, 99, 110, 111, 122, 126, 138, 140–43, 145, 147–50, 152–53, 155–57, 226, 252

USS
Hull
(destroyer), 51

USS
Independence
(aircraft carrier), 343

USS
Indiana
(battleship), 199

USS
Jarvis
(destroyer), 61

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Juneau
(cruiser), 142, 169, 175, 180

USS
Lexington
(aircraft carrier), 24, 26, 36–39

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Long Island
(aircraft carrier), 72

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Louisville
(cruiser), 225

USS
Mahan
(destroyer), 157

USS
McCalla
(destroyer), 202

USS
McCawley
(destroyer), 17, 286

USS
Minneapolis
(cruiser), 204, 205

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Montpelier
(cruiser), 224, 225, 242, 323, 327, 329–31

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Morris
(destroyer), 152

USS
Mugford
(destroyer), 60

USS
Mustin
(destroyer), 156

USS
Nautilus
(submarine), 227

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New Mexico
(battleship), 199

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New Orleans
(cruiser), 205

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North Carolina
(battleship), 76, 77, 99, 199

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Northampton
(cruiser), 152, 205

USS
O’Bannon
(destroyer), 311

USS
O’Brien
(destroyer), 99

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Pensacola
(cruiser), 152, 205

USS
Plunger
(submarine), 219

USS
Porter
(destroyer), 147, 226

USS
Portland
(cruiser), 147, 169, 171, 180

USS
Preston
(destroyer), 191

USS
Princeton
(aircraft carrier), 279, 323, 336, 337

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Quincy
(cruiser), 58

USS
Radford
(destroyer), 279

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S-38
(submarine), 57, 66

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S-44
(submarine), 57, 66

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St. Louis
(cruiser), 287, 291

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Salt Lake City
(cruiser), 112

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San Diego
(cruiser), 153

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San Francisco
(cruiser), 169, 170, 175, 177, 178, 180

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San Juan
(cruiser), 147, 149

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Saratoga
(aircraft carrier), 51, 73, 74, 76, 88, 98, 99, 199, 223, 224, 279, 286, 323, 336, 337

USS
Selfridge
(destroyer), 311

USS
Smith
(destroyer), 148, 159

USS
South Dakota
(battleship), 126, 147–49, 157, 169, 184, 188, 191–94

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Sterett
(destroyer), 115–16, 171, 172, 176, 180, 263, 323

USS
Strong
(destroyer), 287

USS
Sturgeon
(submarine), 23

USS
Taylor
(destroyer), 297

USS
Trout
(submarine), 179, 187

USS
Vincennes
(cruiser), 58

USS
Walke
(destroyer), 191

USS
Washington
(battleship), 103, 126, 157, 169, 184, 187–89, 192, 193

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Wasp
(aircraft carrier), 50–51, 62, 88, 89, 99, 102, 160, 226

USS
Wichita
(cruiser), 225

USS
Yorktown
(aircraft carrier), 4, 36, 37, 39

USS
Zane
(destroyer), 286

Val dive-bombers, 76, 141, 142, 147, 151, 152, 218, 219, 263–65, 267, 319, 326, 345

Van Der Rhoer, Edward, 111, 270

Vandegrift, Alexander Archer, 17, 18, 49–52, 64, 65, 67, 71, 79, 91–93, 95, 96, 101, 104–6, 115, 118, 122, 132, 133, 138, 161, 166, 188, 206, 212, 220, 312, 313, 323, 324

Vella Gulf, Battle of, 302–4

Vella Lavella, 29, 218, 228, 304, 306, 307, 309, 313–14, 318, 320, 356

Battle of, 310–11

Vila, 277–78, 285–87, 296, 306, 308

Vose, James E., Jr., 143, 344

Vouza, Jacob, 91

Waddell, Charles J., 313

Waddell, Nick, 29

Wakatsuki
(destroyer), 339, 340, 342

Wake Island, 48, 112, 322

Walker, Frank R., 310–11

Wallace, John G., 178

Walton, Frank E., 317

Warfield, Thomas G., 296

Watanabe, Yasuji, 100, 209, 210, 222, 258, 268, 269, 273–75

Welch, Vivian, 139

Wenger, Joseph N., 237

Westholm, Rollin, 292–93

Whitlock, Duane, 229

Widhelm, William J. “Gus,” 142

Wilbourne, William W., 178

Wilkes, Raymond H., 334

Wilkinson, Theodore S., 302, 307, 313, 323

William Ward Burrows
(transport), 86, 87

Williams, Evan K., 143

Williams, Jack, 269

Willoughby, Charles A., 34, 239

Woodlark Island, 283, 316, 320

Woodrough, Fred, 270

Wright, Carleton H., 203–5

Wright, Ham, 269

Yamada, Sadatoshi, 26–27, 37, 41, 56–58, 60, 65

Yamamori, Kamenosuke, 260–61

Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1–3, 5–9, 12, 56, 68, 70, 71, 73, 83, 97, 101, 111, 115, 116, 120, 123, 126–28, 132, 136, 150, 151, 154, 156, 157, 161–64, 166, 180, 181, 196, 198, 200, 207–10, 212, 217, 222, 223, 230, 244, 257–62, 265, 267–76, 278, 280–83, 351, 353, 354, 357–61

Yamamoto, Masahide, 139, 152, 157, 228

Yamamoto, Yuji, 185, 209

Yamashiro, Katsumori, 298–301, 310

Yamato
(battleship), 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 21, 68, 100, 101, 116, 125, 126, 130, 131, 161, 201, 223

Yokota, Minoru, 98, 112, 180

Yoshihara, Kane, 253–55

Young, Cassin, 178

Yubari
(cruiser), 25, 284, 286, 340, 342, 345, 346

Yudachi
(destroyer), 80, 93, 172, 174–76

Yugumo
(destroyer), 311, 312

Yukikaze
(destroyer), 175, 179, 253, 254, 290, 291

Yunoki, Shigeru, 176, 177, 219

Yura
(cruiser), 134, 135, 158

Zero fighters, 11, 13, 22, 23, 26, 27
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, 37, 50, 59, 61, 76, 84–87, 109, 110, 140–42, 151, 152, 218, 253, 254, 262–67, 273, 278, 284, 287, 320, 326, 333, 344, 345, 355

Zuiho
(aircraft carrier), 124, 140, 141, 143, 145, 158, 223, 252, 254, 261–63, 265, 266

Zuikaku
(aircraft carrier), 9, 35, 36, 39, 58, 76, 77, 84, 100, 124, 137, 139, 143, 145, 148, 151, 153, 157, 162, 222, 223, 249, 261, 262, 265, 266