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The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and, in Japanese sources, as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea (第二次ソロモン海戦)) took place on 24–25 August 1942, and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

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  • The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons (also known as the Battle of the Stewart Islands and, in Japanese sources, as the Second Battle of the Solomon Sea (第二次ソロモン海戦)) took place on 24–25 August 1942, and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
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  • Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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  • 90 killed
  • 1 carrier heavily damaged,
  • 20 aircraft destroyed,
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  • Draw
  • Strategic Allied success
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  • 1light carrier,
  • 1seaplane tender,
  • 2 fleet carriers,
  • 11destroyers,
  • 16 cruisers,
  • 171–177 aircraft
  • 176aircraft
  • 1battleship,
  • 2 battleships,
  • 2 fleetcarriers,
  • 25 destroyers,
  • 3transports,
  • 4cruisers,
  • 4patrol boats,
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