English: U.S. Navy map from 1943 showing battle between Japanese ships and Allied northern force ships near Savo Island on August 9, 1942. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Savo/index.html. Modified by cla68 on August 31, 2006, to show that Japanese force split into two groups.
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Image depicts approach of VADM Gunichi Mikawa's CRUDIV6 attack force approach to Savo Island just at the outset of his attack on the Allied Northern Screening force.
U.S. Navy map from 1943 showing battle between Japanese ships and Allied northern force ships near Savo Island on August 9, 1942. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Savo/index.html. Modified by cla68 on August 31, 2006, to show that Japanese forc