Ironbottom Sound, Savo Island (center), and Guadalcanal (left) on 7 August 1942, the day Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi.Shipwrecks in the Ironbottom SoundWreath-laying ceremony at Guadalcanal in 2015
"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 comprising the Battle of Guadalcanal during 1942–1943. Before the war, it was called Savo Sound. Every year on the battle's anniversary, a US ship cruises into the waters and drops a wreath to commemorate the men who lost their lives.[citation needed] For many Navy sailors, and those who served in the area during that time, the waters in this area are considered sacred, and strict silence is observed as ships cruise through.[citation needed]
"IronbottomSound" (alternatively Iron Bottom Sound or Ironbottomed Sound or Iron Bottom Bay) is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water...
the waters of Savo Sound around and near Savo Island off the north coast of Guadalcanal that would soon be nicknamed "IronbottomSound" as a result of the...
crew. The team, while on board Octopus, mapped 380 sq mi (980 km2) of IronbottomSound in January 2015, identified 29 wreck locations, seven wreck debris...
Kirishima capsized and sank in the early morning on 15 November 1942 in IronbottomSound. Kirishima was the third of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kongō-class...
February 1943 – Pacific Ocean (IronbottomSound) USS Aaron Ward, American destroyer, 7 April 1943 – Pacific Ocean (IronbottomSound) USS Kanawha, American oiler...
had an admiral killed in combat. After the war, the area was renamed IronbottomSound in reference to the number of ships sunk there. Theater commanders...
had been relocated the week before, and thus escaped destruction. IronbottomSound is the name given to the stretch of water between Guadalcanal and Florida...
and the first of several naval battles in the straits later named IronbottomSound, near the island of Guadalcanal. The Imperial Japanese Navy, in response...
Australian Navy, and Royal New Zealand Navy. North Solomon Islands IronbottomSound Battle of Savo Island Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Map of the Solomon...
warships during the Guadalcanal campaign. The battle took place in IronbottomSound near Tassafaronga Point on Guadalcanal. In the battle, a US force of...
Scapa Flow); or where many ships have been sunk in battle (such as IronbottomSound, in the Pacific). The majority of the ships in the world are constructed...
shipwrecks are located southeast of the island; the bay is known as IronbottomSound. The wrecks near the coast are very popular with wreck divers. Savo...
Navy and the Royal Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island in IronbottomSound on the night of 8–9 August 1942. In this battle, his squadron of cruisers...
the Solomon Island chain that the nearby waters were referred to as IronbottomSound. The Battle of Cape Esperance was fought on 11 October 1942 off the...
battles in 1942 from the battle of the Coral Sea through the losses at IronbottomSound during the protracted Solomon Islands campaign. In British usage this...
Aaron Ward, USS Kanawha, and HMNZS Moa are close by, and the wrecks of IronbottomSound are not much further off, to the south and west. These three ships...
high-speed transports, were the most heavily armed U.S. surface ships in IronbottomSound during this time. Their torpedo tubes were removed in exchange for...
group steamed on a southerly course west of Savo Island to enter "IronbottomSound". In the Battle of Tassafaronga that followed, American destroyers...
300 Imperial sailors still entombed within her hull, she slid into IronbottomSound, leaving Admiral Lee's flagship Washington the only American battleship...
southern end of New Georgia Sound, the area north of Guadalcanal previously called Savo Sound, became known as "IronbottomSound". Allied success in the Solomon...
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