5 Jan 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- In the early morning darkness, cruisers USS Nashville, USS St. Louis, and USS Helena (St. Louis-class) with destroyers USS Fletcher and USS O'Bannon conducted a nighttime bombardment of the Japanese-held airstrip at Munda on New Georgia, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Walden Ainsworth | Helena (St. Louis-class) | St. Louis | Nashville | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | DS]
6 Mar 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Shortly after midnight, destroyers USS Fletcher, USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, and USS Radford formed a bombardment line offshore of the Japanese airstrip at Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands and shelled the airstrip. By daybreak, the destroyer group had entered Purvis Bay, Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Nicholas | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | DS]
13 May 1943
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Shortly after midnight, cruiser USS St. Louis with destroyers USS Fletcher and USS Jenkins formed a bombardment line offshore of the Japanese airstrip at Munda, New Georgia, Solomon Islands and shelled the airstrip. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | St. Louis | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | DS]
13 May 1944
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- USS Honolulu, USS Birmingham, and USS St. Louis arrived at Hathorn Sound at the south end of Kula Gulf. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | Honolulu | St. Louis | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | DS]
16 May 1944
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- After three days of bombardment exercises, USS Honolulu and USS St. Louis departed Hathorn Sound bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Honolulu | St. Louis | New Georgia, Solomon Islands | DS]
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