Map of the disposition of ships during the night of August 8, 1942 at the start of the Battle of Savo Island
The map indicates locations including Guadalcanal, Lunga Point, Air Strip [Lunga Point Airfield / Henderson Field), Florida Island ((Nggela Sule, Big Gela), Tulagi and Savo Island.
U.S. Navy (USN) forces at the start of the battle.
Screening force: USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) and USS Blue (DD-387).
Northern Force: USS Astoria (CA-34), USS Quincy (CA-39) and USS Vincennes (CA-44), USS Helm (DD-388) and USS Wilson (DD-408).
Transport Group (Tulagi): USS Little (APD-4), USS Gregory (APD-3), USS Heywood (APA-6), USS President Jackson (APA-18), USS Colhoun (APD-2), USS Zeilin (AP-9), USS McKean (APD-5) and USS Neville (APA-9).
Eastern Force: USS Buchanan, USS San Juan (CL-54), USS Monssen (DD-436) and HMAS Hobart (D63).
Southern Force: USS Chicago (CA-29), HMAS Canberra (D33), USS Patterson (DD-392) and USS Bagley (DD-386).
Transport Group (Guadalcanal): USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14), Alchiba, Fuller, Betelgeuse, Alhena, President Hayes, President Adams, Crescent City, Fomalhaut, American Legion, Bellatrix, Libra, Elliott, Barnett, HMAS Australia (D84) flagship of RAN Rear Admiral Crutchley and USS McCawley (APA-4) flagship of USN Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner.
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN warships: Yunagi, Yubari, Tenryu, Furutaka, Kinugasa, Kako, Aoba and Chokai.
Credit: USN Date: August 8, 1942
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