In November 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s heavy cruiser Atago charged into one of the Pacific’s most chaotic night ...
National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...
In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen. Unbeknownst to them, Japanese submarines had been ...