Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin yakin Pacific na yakin duniya na biyu, an san New Georgia Sound a matsayin "The Slot" ta hanyar 'yan gwagwarmayar Allied saboda yanayin yanayin da kuma yawan jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa da suka wuce ta. An kira kokarin da sojojin ruwa na Japan suka yi don sake ba da garkuwarsu a Guadalcanal a matsayin Tokyo Express. Babban adadin
An yi yaƙe-yaƙe na ruwa a ciki da kewayen sauti a cikin 1942 da 1943, tsakanin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Imperial Japan, da sojojin haɗin gwiwa na Sojan Ruwa na Amurka, Royal Australian Navy, da Royal New Zealand Navy.