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The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen), and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as The Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces.

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  • The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen), and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as The Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces.
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  • Battle of Savo Island
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  • 1,077 killed
  • 1heavy cruiserheavily damaged (later scuttled),
  • 2 destroyers damaged,
  • 3heavy cruisers sunk,
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  • Australia
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  • Tactical Japanese victory
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  • 1 destroyer
  • 15destroyers
  • 2light cruisers,
  • 5heavy cruisers,
  • 6heavy cruisers,
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