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Battle of Kolombangara
The Battle of Kolombangara (Japanese: コロンバンガラ島沖海戦) (also known as the Second Battle of Kula Gulf) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 12/13 July 1943, off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
==Background==
A Japanese "Tokyo Express" reinforcement force—commanded by ''Sho-sho'' (Rear Admiral) Shunji Izaki and comprising the light cruiser , the destroyers , , , and and the destroyer transports , , , and —made a run down "The Slot" from the upper Solomons to land troops at Vila on Kolombangara by way of Kula Gulf on the night of 12 July 1943.
An Allied force—commanded by Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth and comprising the United States Navy light cruisers and and Royal New Zealand Navy light cruiser , and the destroyers , , , , , , , , , and —were deployed in a single column with five destroyers in the van followed by the light cruisers and then by five destroyers in the rear.
The U.S. had landed troops of the 37th Infantry Division on New Georgia to attack Munda the week before and had just placed Marine Raiders ashore at Rice Anchorage on New Georgia's northern shore to seize Bairoko. Admiral Ainsworth's mission was to protect the north shore beachhead from attack by the "Tokyo Express" and if possible to prevent Imperial reinforcements from landing.
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