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Battle of Cape St. George : ウィキペディア英語版 | Battle of Cape St. George
The Battle of Cape St. George was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on 25 November 1943, between Cape St. George, New Ireland, and Buka Island (now part of the North Solomons Province in Papua New Guinea). It was the last engagement of surface ships in the Solomon Islands campaign. ==Background== Americans had landed troops on Bougainville on 1 November 1943. This posed a threat to the Japanese base on Buka Island to the north, and 900 Japanese Army troops were loaded on the destroyer-transports , and and were sent, escorted by the destroyers and under the command of Captain Kiyoto Kagawa, to reinforce the garrison. The United States Navy learned of the convoy and sent the destroyers , , , , and —under the command of Captain Arleigh Burke—to intercept it.
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