Location
Body of water located to the north of Guadalcanal, and south of the Florida Island Group, and Savo Island. Most of warships sunk in the sound are too deep for recreational divers. There are a number of deep wrecks in the Guadalcanal and Florida Island area.

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
Sunk April 7, 1943 off Tulagi

R4D-1 Dakota Bureau Number 01648
Crashed November 12 or 13, 1942

USS Seminole (AT-65)
Sunk October 25, 1942

Takanami
Sunk December 1, 1942 during Battle of Tassafaronga

HMAS Canberra (D33)
Damaged during the night of August 9, 1942 during the Battle of Savo Island afterward scuttled

Lunga Point
The following ships were sunk off the Lunga Point area

USS Serpens AK-97
Sunk by accidental explosion January 29, 1945

USS John Penn APA-23
Sunk by Japanese B5N Kate torpedo bombers on August 13, 1943

USS Atlanta (CL-51)
Sunk during the night of November 12-13, 1942

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Last Updated
October 6, 2009