1943-11-25
Battle of Cape St. George
Off Cape St. George, New Ireland
Onami and Makinami were the screen. Yugiri, Amagiri, and Uzuki were the transports, on the way back from Buka. Onami and Makinami were sunk. Charles Ausburne, Claxton, and Dyson sank Yugiri by gunfire. Not pinned to one ship. A shell that did not explode hit Uzuki, and she got clear. Amagiri was not touched.
Sunk in this fight
3 ships.
Battle off Cape St. George, Night Surface Engagement between DesRon Twenty Three and Six Japanese Men-of-War, 25 November 1943, page 51 in Solomon Islands Campaign: XIII, Bougainville Operations and the Battle of Cape St. George, 3-25 November 1943, Combat Narratives, Office of Naval Intelligence; Naval History and Heritage Command. Public domain. The chart has its own timed legend. It plots the tracks of Destroyer Divisions 45 and 46, the three Japanese groups, the radar contacts, the torpedo attacks, and the sinkings of Onami, Makinami, and Yugiri. A small locator shows Buka, New Ireland, and Cape St. George. This copy is reduced from the full-size scan.