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- When
- 18 Feb 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 4.30° S, 152.18° E
- Description
- 1944 battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Karavia Bay
The Battle of Karavia Bay occurred in February 1944 and was the first surface engagement fought in the Rabaul area of New Britain during the Solomon Islands Campaign. A squadron of United States Navy warships attacked the harbor defenses of Karavia Bay and exchanged naval gunfire and torpedoes with two Japanese destroyers.
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