"Ironbottom Sound" (alternatively Iron Bottom Sound or Ironbottomed Sound or Iron Bottom Bay) is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands, because of the dozens of ships and planes that sank there during the naval actions ...

Oct 30, 2020 · It would later earn the battle and the area the nickname “Ironbottom Sound.” On Aug. 7, 1942, the U.S. fleet was guarding landing forces at Guadalcanal. Australian Coastwatchers spotted Japanese planes bearing down on the landing forces, and the Navy redeployed its screening ships and carrier aircraft to meet the Japanese threat.

Dec 20, 2017 · Iron Bottom Sound is a stretch of water between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island in the Solomons. Originally called Savo Sound, it was renamed by the Allied Forces in recognition of the dozens of ships and planes that …

Iron Bottom Sound was American nickname for the body of water in the Solomon Islands between Guadalcanal and Florida Island Group (Florida Islands) to the north and Savo Island to the west.

Jan 12, 2025 · Most of the naval battles at Guadalcanal were fought in between Guadalcanal, Florida Island and Savo Island, all part of the British Solomon Islands. This stretch of water was known as Savo Sound, but after the Battle of Guadalcanal so many ships were sunk that it was called Ironbottom Sound or Ironbottomed Sound by Allied sailors.

November 1942: The Battle of Guadalcanal is entering its final phase, as the Imperial Japanese Navy once more attempts to bombard the American airbase known ...

Jan 9, 2023 · The losses of ships during the Guadalcanal campaign were such that the waters of the north coast of the island are now known under the nickname “Iron Bottom Sound”. You can now find most of Solomons wrecks.

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal occured during the night of November 12, 1942 until the early morning of November 13, 1942 in Iron Bottom Sound between Guadalcanal and Savo Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese refer to this action as "Third Battle of the Solomon Sea".

Aug 6, 2012 · When it was all over, 50 allied and Japanese warships had been destroyed in Savo Sound, giving it its new name of Iron Bottom Sound. History tells us it was a just campaign that was necessary to protect vital shipping lanes between the United States and Australia.

Thirteen US warships are steaming north through Ironbottom Sound to intercept the Japanese. The two forces nearly collide with one another in the pitch black night. Star shells, flares and searchlights probe the darkness as ships intermingle and attempt to sort out friend from foe.