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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td><td 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title="Borneo campaign">2nd Borneo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)" title="Battle of Tarakan (1945)">2nd Tarakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_North_Borneo" title="Battle of North Borneo">North Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Balikpapan_(1945)" title="Battle of Balikpapan (1945)">2nd Balikpapan</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">Solomon Islands campaign</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Georgia_campaign" title="New Georgia campaign">New Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Treasury_Islands" title="Battle of the Treasury Islands">Treasury Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bougainville_campaign" title="Bougainville campaign">Bougainville</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea campaign</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoda_Track_campaign" title="Kokoda Track campaign">Kokoda Track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buna%E2%80%93Gona" title="Battle of Buna–Gona">Buna–Gona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea" title="Battle of the Bismarck Sea">Bismarck Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Nassau_Bay" title="Landing at Nassau Bay">Nassau Bay Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamaua%E2%80%93Lae_campaign" title="Salamaua–Lae campaign">Salamaua-Lae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huon_Peninsula_campaign" title="Huon Peninsula campaign">Huon Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Islands_campaign" title="Admiralty Islands campaign">Admiralty Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aitape%E2%80%93Wewak_campaign" title="Aitape–Wewak campaign">Aitape-Wewak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hollandia" title="Battle of Hollandia"><i>Recklesss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Aitape" title="Landing at Aitape"><i>Persecution</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Biak" title="Battle of Biak">Biak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Noemfoor" title="Battle of Noemfoor">Noemfoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Morotai" title="Battle of Morotai">Morotai</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/New_Britain_campaign" title="New Britain campaign">New Britain campaign</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cartwheel" title="Operation Cartwheel">Operation Cartwheel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arawe" title="Battle of Arawe">Arawe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Gloucester" title="Battle of Cape Gloucester">Cape Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutralisation_of_Rabaul" title="Neutralisation of Rabaul">Neutralisation of Rabaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talasea" title="Battle of Talasea">Talasea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Jacquinot_Bay" title="Landing at Jacquinot Bay">Jacquinot Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wide_Bay%E2%80%93Open_Bay" title="Battle of Wide Bay–Open Bay">Wide Bay–Open Bay</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945)">Philippines campaign (1944–1945)</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Leyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Leyte Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Lingayen_Gulf" title="Invasion of Lingayen Gulf">Lingayen Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Luzon" title="Battle of Luzon">Luzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor_(1945)" title="Battle of Corregidor (1945)">2nd Corregidor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Visayas" title="Battle of Visayas">Visayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mindanao" title="Battle of Mindanao">Mindanao</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Borneo_campaign" title="Borneo campaign">Borneo campaign</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Agas" title="Operation Agas"><i>Agas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Semut" title="Operation Semut"><i>Semut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)" title="Battle of Tarakan (1945)">Tarakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_North_Borneo" title="Battle of North Borneo">North Borneo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Labuan" title="Battle of Labuan">Labuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beaufort_(1945)" title="Battle of Beaufort (1945)">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Balikpapan_(1945)" title="Battle of Balikpapan (1945)">Balikpapan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Vella Gulf</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ベラ湾夜戦</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Berawan yasen</i></span>)</span> was a <a href="/wiki/Naval_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval battle">naval battle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific campaign</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> fought on the night of 6–7 August 1943 in <a href="/wiki/Vella_Gulf" title="Vella Gulf">Vella Gulf</a> between <a href="/wiki/Vella_Lavella" title="Vella Lavella">Vella Lavella</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kolombangara" title="Kolombangara">Kolombangara</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> of the southwest Pacific. </p><p>This engagement was the first time that American destroyers were allowed to operate independently of the American cruiser force during the Pacific campaign. </p><p>In the battle, six American destroyers had intelligence that a Japanese group was coming to Vella Gulf on that night, and laid in wait for them. They engaged four Japanese destroyers and three cruisers attempting to reinforce Japanese troops on Kolombangara. The American warships put an island with mountains at their backs, because the Japanese could not discriminate ships from the island due to the poor quality of their radar. The group then closed the Japanese force undetected with the aid of radar, turned broadside in a line, and fired a full salvo of torpedoes. At the same time, they opened fire with main guns, and reloaded torpedoes and continued firing. They sank three Japanese destroyers, damaged two cruisers, and killed an estimated 3,100 Japanese sailors and soldiers. The American ships did not get hit by even a single bullet. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After their victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kolombangara" title="Battle of Kolombangara">Battle of Kolombangara</a> on 13 July 1943, the Japanese had established a powerful garrison of 12,400 around <a href="/wiki/Vila,_Solomon_Islands" title="Vila, Solomon Islands">Vila</a> on the southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Kolombangara" title="Kolombangara">Kolombangara</a> in an attempt to block further <a href="/wiki/Leapfrogging_(strategy)" title="Leapfrogging (strategy)">island hopping</a> by the American forces, which had <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">taken Guadalcanal</a> the previous year as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cartwheel" title="Operation Cartwheel">Operation Cartwheel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vila was the principal port on Kolombangara, and it was supplied at night using fast destroyer transport runs the Americans called the "<a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Express" title="Tokyo Express">Tokyo Express</a>". Three supply runs—on 19 July, 29 July, and 1 August—were completed.<sup id="cite_ref-ohara_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the final run on 1 August, a force of 15 U.S. <a href="/wiki/PT_boat" title="PT boat">PT boats</a> launched an unsuccessful attack, firing between 26 and 30 torpedoes. Four Japanese destroyers responded, and in the ensuing battle <i><a href="/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109">PT-109</a></i>, captained by Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, later President of the United States, was rammed and sunk by <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amagiri_(1930)" title="Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)"><i>Amagiri</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ohara_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 5 August, the Americans were driving towards the Japanese-held airfield at <a href="/wiki/Munda,_Solomon_Islands" title="Munda, Solomon Islands">Munda</a> on <a href="/wiki/New_Georgia" title="New Georgia">New Georgia</a> just south of Kolombangara, and the Japanese decided to send a fourth transport run to Vila with reinforcements.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the night of 6 August, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> sent a force of four destroyers under Captain <a href="/wiki/Kaju_Sugiura" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaju Sugiura">Kaju Sugiura</a>—2 <a href="/wiki/Kagero-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Kagero-class destroyer"><i>Kagero</i>-class</a>: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hagikaze" title="Japanese destroyer Hagikaze"><i>Hagikaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Arashi" title="Japanese destroyer Arashi"><i>Arashi</i></a> and 2 <a href="/wiki/Shiratsuyu-class_destroyer" title="Shiratsuyu-class destroyer"><i>Shiratsuyu</i>-class</a>: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kawakaze_(1936)" title="Japanese destroyer Kawakaze (1936)"><i>Kawakaze</i></a> of Sugiara's own Destroyer Division 4 and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shigure_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Shigure (1935)"><i>Shigure</i></a> of Captain <a href="/wiki/Tameichi_Hara" title="Tameichi Hara">Tameichi Hara</a>'s Destroyer Division 27—carrying about 950 soldiers and their supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Japanese airfield at Munda, which the force at Vila was assigned to reinforce, was on the verge of being captured; <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Munda_Point" title="Battle of Munda Point">it actually fell later that day</a>. The Imperial Japanese commanders expected that Vila would become the center of their next line of defense. The Japanese operational plan specified the same approach route through Vella Gulf as the three previous successful transport runs over the objections of Hara, who argued that repeating prior operations was courting disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png/300px-NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png/450px-NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png/600px-NewGeorgiaGroupCloseup.png 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>New Georgia Islands. The Vella Gulf lies between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara on the western side of the chain.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> Task Group 31.2 (TG 31.2) of six <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a>—<a href="/wiki/USS_Dunlap" title="USS Dunlap">USS <i>Dunlap</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Craven_(DD-382)" title="USS Craven (DD-382)"><i>Craven</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Maury_(DD-401)" title="USS Maury (DD-401)"><i>Maury</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Lang_(DD-399)" title="USS Lang (DD-399)"><i>Lang</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Sterett_(DD-407)" title="USS Sterett (DD-407)"><i>Sterett</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/USS_Stack" title="USS Stack"><i>Stack</i></a>—commanded by Commander <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Moosbrugger" title="Frederick Moosbrugger">Frederick Moosbrugger</a>, having been forewarned of the Japanese operation, was dispatched to intercept the Japanese force.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker783_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker783-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The morale of Moosbrugger's crews was buoyed by the realization that at last they would be free of the combat doctrine that required them to stick close to the cruisers; on this night, they would be able to apply their own tactics.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. ships made radar contact with the Japanese force at 23:33 on 6 August. Moosbrugger's battle plan divided his forces into two divisions. Moosbrugger's own Destroyer Division 12 (<i>Dunlap</i>, <i>Craven</i> and <i>Maury</i>), whose ships retained their full pre-war torpedo batteries, was to launch a surprise torpedo attack out of the shadow of Kolombangara. Meanwhile, Commander Roger Simpson's Destroyer Division 15 (<i>Lang</i>, <i>Sterett</i> and <i>Stack</i>), whose ships had exchanged some of their torpedo tubes for extra 40 mm guns,<sup id="cite_ref-ohara_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was to cover Moosburger's division from an overwatch position, turning to cross the enemy's course. The idea was that any attempt by the Japanese to turn into the first division's torpedo attack would expose their broadsides to torpedo attack from the second division.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two divisions could then switch roles if a repeat torpedo attack proved necessary, or alternate roles if barges were encountered, which could be dealt with by the second division's extra guns if necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-ohara_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having learned the harsh lessons of naval combat at night after the Battle of Kolombangara, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kula_Gulf" title="Battle of Kula Gulf">Battle of Kula Gulf</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a previous PT boat skirmish, and having finally addressed the technical problems that had plagued their <a href="/wiki/Mark_15_torpedo" title="Mark 15 torpedo">Mark 15 torpedoes</a> since the beginning of the war, the American destroyers did not give away their position with gunfire until their torpedoes started striking their targets.<sup id="cite_ref-ohara_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Dunlap</i>, <i>Craven</i> and <i>Maury</i> fired a total of 24 torpedoes<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the space of 63 seconds before turning to starboard and withdrawing at high speed, using the mountainous island to their east to help camouflage their movements. The Americans were operating on the assumption that the Japanese had nothing to match their new centimetric <a href="/wiki/SG_radar" title="SG radar">SG radar</a>; they knew that their older meter band radars could not differentiate between the surface ships and the island and presumed Japanese radars were no better. In the event, none of the Japanese ships present actually had radar, and the looming mass of the island served to conceal the American ships from visual observation.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Lang</i>, <i>Sterett</i> and <i>Stack</i> turned to port to <a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_T" title="Crossing the T">cross their opponent's T</a> and opened fire as soon as the torpedoes started detonating. All four Japanese destroyers were hit by American torpedoes. <i>Hagikaze</i>, <i>Arashi</i>, and <i>Kawakaze</i> burst into flames and either sank immediately or were quickly sunk by naval gunfire. The torpedo that hit <i>Shigure</i> was a dud that passed through her rudder without detonating, allowing her to escape into the darkness. <i>Shigure</i> fired eight torpedoes while it retreated from the scene, all of which missed their targets.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of the Japanese soldiers and sailors left floating in the water after their ships sank refused rescue by American ships. A total of 685 Japanese soldiers were lost,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mostly by drowning. In addition, 356 sailors were lost on <i>Hagikaze</i> and <i>Arashi</i> (178 on each) and 169 on <i>Kawakaze</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small group of 300 survivors reached Vella Lavella.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were later transferred to Kolombangara. During this battle, no U.S. ship was struck, with the only casualty being a crush injury to a gun loader caused by an accident.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The battle—coming less than one month after the night action at the Battle of Kolombangara—was the first time that the Japanese had been beaten in a night destroyer action.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker783_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker783-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The six destroyers had accomplished what a squadron of 15 American PT boats could not shortly before: sink the Tokyo Express with torpedoes with no American or friendly navy losses. The Empire of Japan could no longer supply their garrison on Kolombangara, and the Allies bypassed it, landing instead on <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vella_Lavella_(land)" title="Battle of Vella Lavella (land)">Vella Lavella</a> to the west on 15 August. The Japanese Army soon abandoned Kolombangara, completing their withdrawal by early October.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two of the US destroyer captains, Lieutenant Commanders Clifton Iverson (<i>Dunlap</i>) and Frank Gardner Gould (<i>Sterett</i>), were later awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a> for their actions during the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesakes">Namesakes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Namesakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Escort_aircraft_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Escort aircraft carrier">escort aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CVE-111)" title="USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)">USS <i>Vella Gulf</i> (CVE-111)</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commission</a> from 1945 to 1946, and the <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser" title="Ticonderoga-class cruiser"><i>Ticonderoga</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Guided-missile_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided-missile cruiser">guided-missile cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CG-72)" title="USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)">USS <i>Vella Gulf</i> (CG-72)</a>, in commission from 1993 to 2022, were named for this battle.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison pp. 190 & 225; Miller pp. 172 & 185.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ohara-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ohara_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohara_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohara_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohara_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohara_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFO'Hara,_Vincent" class="citation web cs1">O'Hara, Vincent. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/vella_gulf.htm">"Battle of Vella Gulf: August 6-7, 1943"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 August</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Battle+of+Vella+Gulf%3A+August+6-7%2C+1943&rft.au=O%27Hara%2C+Vincent&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microworks.net%2Fpacific%2Fbattles%2Fvella_gulf.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison 1975, pp. 210–211.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison, pp. 205 & 210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stille p.57</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hara p.174</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tucker783-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tucker783_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tucker783_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Tucker, p. 783.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison pp. 212–213</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stille pp.56–57</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison pp. 194–195.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison p. 216.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hara pp.176–177</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morison pp. 215–218.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hara, pp. 191–192</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevitt,_Allyn" class="citation web cs1">Nevitt, Allyn. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedfleet.com/kawaka_t.htm">"IJN Kawakaze: Tabular Record of Movement"</a>. <i>Combined Fleet</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_of_Military_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Chief of Military History">Office of the Chief of Military History</a>, U.S. Department of the Army.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cartwheel%3A+The+Reduction+of+Rabaul&rft.series=United+States+Army+in+World+War+II%3A+The+War+in+the+Pacific&rft.pub=Office+of+the+Chief+of+Military+History%2C+U.S.+Department+of+the+Army&rft.date=1959&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=John+Jr.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fhyperwar%2FUSA%2FUSA-P-Rabaul%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorison1975" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="Samuel Eliot Morison">Morison, Samuel Eliot</a> (1975) [1958]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780785813071"><i>Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/History_of_United_States_Naval_Operations_in_World_War_II" title="History of United States Naval Operations in World War II">History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</a>. Vol. 6. Castle Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7858-1307-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7858-1307-1"><bdi>0-7858-1307-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Breaking+the+Bismarcks+Barrier&rft.series=History+of+United+States+Naval+Operations+in+World+War+II&rft.pub=Castle+Books&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=0-7858-1307-1&rft.aulast=Morison&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Eliot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780785813071&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStille2012" class="citation book cs1">Stille, Mark (2012). <i>USN Destroyer vs. IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943</i>. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-624-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-624-0"><bdi>978-1-84908-624-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=USN+Destroyer+vs.+IJN+Destroyer%3A+The+Pacific+1943&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-624-0&rft.aulast=Stille&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTucker2011" class="citation book cs1">Tucker, Spencer (2011). <i>World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia</i>. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59884-457-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59884-457-3"><bdi>978-1-59884-457-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+War+II+at+Sea%3A+An+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-59884-457-3&rft.aulast=Tucker&rft.aufirst=Spencer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1990" class="citation book cs1">Brown, David (1990). <i>Warship Losses of World War Two</i>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-914-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-914-X"><bdi>1-55750-914-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Warship+Losses+of+World+War+Two&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=1-55750-914-X&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCalhoun2000" class="citation book cs1">Calhoun, C. Raymond (2000). <i>Tin Can Sailor: Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939–1945</i>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-228-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-228-5"><bdi>1-55750-228-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tin+Can+Sailor%3A+Life+Aboard+the+USS+Sterett%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-55750-228-5&rft.aulast=Calhoun&rft.aufirst=C.+Raymond&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrenshaw1998" class="citation book cs1">Crenshaw, Russell Sydnor (1998). <i>South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf</i>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-136-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-136-X"><bdi>1-55750-136-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Pacific+Destroyer%3A+The+Battle+for+the+Solomons+from+Savo+Island+to+Vella+Gulf&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1-55750-136-X&rft.aulast=Crenshaw&rft.aufirst=Russell+Sydnor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD'Albas1965" class="citation book cs1">D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). <i>Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II</i>. Devin-Adair Pub. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8159-5302-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8159-5302-X"><bdi>0-8159-5302-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Death+of+a+Navy%3A+Japanese+Naval+Action+in+World+War+II&rft.pub=Devin-Adair+Pub&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=0-8159-5302-X&rft.aulast=D%27Albas&rft.aufirst=Andrieu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDull1978" class="citation book cs1">Dull, Paul S. (1978). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull"><i>A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941–1945</i></a></span>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-097-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-097-1"><bdi>0-87021-097-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Battle+History+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1941%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-87021-097-1&rft.aulast=Dull&rft.aufirst=Paul+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbattlehistoryofi0000dull&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHone1981" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_C._Hone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas C. Hone (page does not exist)">Hone, Thomas C.</a> (1981). "The Similarity of Past and Present Standoff Threats". <i>Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute</i>. <b>107</b> (9, September 1981). Annapolis, Maryland: 113–116. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0041-798X">0041-798X</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+U.S.+Naval+Institute&rft.atitle=The+Similarity+of+Past+and+Present+Standoff+Threats&rft.volume=107&rft.issue=9%2C+September+1981&rft.pages=113-116&rft.date=1981&rft.issn=0041-798X&rft.aulast=Hone&rft.aufirst=Thomas+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKilpatrick1987" class="citation book cs1">Kilpatrick, C. W. (1987). <i>Naval Night Battles of the Solomons</i>. Exposition Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-682-40333-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-682-40333-4"><bdi>0-682-40333-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naval+Night+Battles+of+the+Solomons&rft.pub=Exposition+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-682-40333-4&rft.aulast=Kilpatrick&rft.aufirst=C.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoscoe1953" class="citation book cs1">Roscoe, Theodore (1953). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesdest0000rosc"><i>United States Destroyer Operations in World War Two</i></a>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-726-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-726-7"><bdi>0-87021-726-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=United+States+Destroyer+Operations+in+World+War+Two&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1953&rft.isbn=0-87021-726-7&rft.aulast=Roscoe&rft.aufirst=Theodore&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funitedstatesdest0000rosc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Vella+Gulf" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vella_Gulf" class="extiw" title="commons:Battle of Vella Gulf"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Battle of Vella Gulf</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcComb2008" class="citation web cs1">McComb, David W. 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