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Lunga Point - A promontory on the northern coast of Guadalcanal, the site of a naval battle during World War II. It was also the name of a nearby airfield, later named Henderson Field.
USS Lunga Point is also the name of a United States Navy escort carrier that operated in World War II. Eleven thousand US Marines landed at Lunga Point, 7 August 1942, in order to capture
the airfield being constructed by the Imperial Japanese Navy before it could become operational, beginning the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Photo - USS New Orleans (CA-32) At Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, New South Wales. 29 December 1942. Bow view of the cruiser alongside the Sutherland wharf. She lost 150 feet of
her bow, including Turret #1, from torpedo damage sustained at the Battle of Tassafaronga. The torpedo caused her forward small arms and aircraft bomb magazines to explode. (Navsource)
Map - Location of wrecks in Iron Bottom Sound (Navsource) |
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