Naval Battle of Guadalcanal happened on 1942-11-15.

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal was primarily a series of naval battles lasting 6 months. Japan lost the battle for Guadalcanal.

Guadalcanal. Then later Choiseul and Cape Gloucester. There were several large Naval Battles, including the Naval battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Savo Island, and one of the four great carrier battles of 1942, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.

The naval battles for Guadalcanal in 1942 (lasted about 6 months). Guadalcanal is advertised on television (war movies and documentaries) as a US Marine Corps battle. It was, but it was a SMALL battle compared to the ferocious & brutal sea fighting incurred by the IJN and USN forces surrounding those islands.