Air Force bombers and submarines report found that Japanese ships left Rabaul. Due to a series of delays, failure to report, the result of a tragedy. Sanchuan (Army - Input Note) will be (will be - the importer Note) led this Japanese fleet is composed of high-speed sailing towards the north of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands by five heavy cruisers and two light cruisers (and a destroyer, a narrow channel called Savo Strait between Sanchuan will ready by the waters controlled by the United States and Australian warships, clearing the way for his six carriers, these carriers containing reinforcements to guard Guadalcanal.
The morning of Aug. 9, the first allied navies mistakes. Australian aircraft twice found near Bougainville in Papua Guinea the Sanchuan's Fleet was delayed until the afternoon report the news, Brisbane (Australia naval base ) transferred to the Royal Navy Vick Rostock Rugeley Admiral (Rear Admiral - Enter the Note) in the hands of his three cruisers and two destroyers Savo Strait patrol; through Pearl Harbor, transferred to the U,north face jackets for kids.S. Navy Command Guadalcanal operations Turner Admiral (Rear Admiral - Enter the Note) in the hands when the two commanders received a report from the first found the Sanchuan Fleet has more than eight hours,north face clearance. This report also contains an error, saying that is found seaplane mothership the case, but the U.S. aircraft carrier has withdrawn base for night refueling, ground-based reconnaissance aircraft also has landing due to bad weather. midnight, vintage submarine S-38 No. that is, for the first time to see of Sanchuan the patrol cruiser departed from Rabaul the submarine torpedo sank with a the Japanese cruisers team behind six tankers in the rest of the five returned to Rabaul. Sanchuan fleet from Savo Island just 30 nautical miles (35 miles), but still did not arouse the vigilance of the U.S. fleet.
Seaplane sky and a Japanese cruiser, destroyer Ralph Talbot not timely received its sister ship Visibility is very low, also accompanied the storm, Japanese cruiser cleverly by the forward to the front of the monitor around mainly rely on communication soldiers radar, they do not know in the near Savo Island, the radar will produce many false echoes mask away from the ship reflection of the echo.
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