Passage: Sezvo vatakuri vaburitswa usiku hwaAugust 8<unk>9, mapoka maviri ekuongorora maAllied cruisers uye vanoparadza, pasi pekutungamira kweBritish Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley VC, vakashamiswa uye vakakundwa neJapan simba revanomwe vanoparadza uye mumwe anoparadza kubva ku8th Fleet yakavakirwa kuRabaul neKavieng uye yakatungamirwa neJapan Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa. Muhondo yeSavo Island imwe yeAustralia nevatatu veAmerica cruisers vakanyudzwa uye imwe yeAmerica cruiser uye vaviri vanoparadza vakakuvadzwa. MaJapan akakuvadzwa zvishoma kune imwe cruiser. Mikawa, uyo akanga asingazivi kuti Fletcher akanga achigadzirira kubvisa vatakuri veU.S., akabva pakarepo kuRabaul pasina kuedza kutakura. Mikawa ainetseka nezvezuva rekutakura ndege yeU.S. kana akaramba ari munharaunda yeRabaul neKavieng uye akatungamirirwa neJapan Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa Mikawa haana kusarudza kubvisa mikana mikana mikuru yechis
chisarudzo chokusaedza kuparadza ngarava dzokutakura dzeAllied