Japanese battleship hiei
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On November 12-13, the IJN attacked US ships off Guadalcanal to protect an attempt to land troops. US forces were able to turn the Japanese back, and the Navy sank the battleship . Hiei. On the 14th, the Japanese returned, but the US sank seven out of eleven troop transports. In a rare clash of battleships, the . South Dakota. and . Washington ...
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Hiei . was scuttled by her crew the next day. This was the first sea action of the . Naval Battle of. Guadalcanal. American losses: two cruisers and four destroyers. Japanese losses: the battleship . Hiei . and 2 destroyers. The seemingly lopsided victory by the Japanese was tactical yet not strategic; the entire Japanese fleet tucked tail and ran.
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It was too late. Hiei was listing 15 degrees to starboard and sinking slowly by the stern. The Japanese ships dipped flags and retired. Hiei sank sometime during the night, the first battleship Japan lost in the war. Abe returned home minus two destroyers, a battleship and 552 dead sailors, claiming victory.
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This was the first Japanese battleship sunk in WWII and the first warship sunk by the US Navy since 1898. USS ATLANTA (November 13, 1942) American light cruiser, (6,000 tons) sunk during the Guadalcanal Landings by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Akaksuki and from shells from the battleship Hiei.
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A battleship’s stern is just visible on the left edge of the photo. This must be Royal Sovereign, present 8-17 February. ... Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku, the battleships Kongo, Hiei, Haruna and Kirishima, heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, light cruiser Abukuma, and eight destroyers. ... The Japanese had been pleasantly surprised on 5 ...
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Nov 12 1942 – WW2: The Naval battle of Guadalcanal begins with Japanese air attacks on U.S. ships bringing reinforcements to the embattled island. Over the next four days, Japan loses the battleships Hiei and Kirishima, heavy cruiser Kinugasa, three destroyers and many valuable transports.
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