page_title: Eastern Solomons order of battle
section_title: Southeast Area Forces
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Solomons order of battle / Japanese order of battle / Southeast Area Forces
caption_attribution_description: English: "Jintsu", light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, anchoring in the Kure Naval Port. 日本語: 日本海軍軽巡洋艦「神通」昭和7年（1932年）1月下旬、呉軍港で停泊中。呉海軍工廠撮影。カタパルト設置直後。
context_page_description: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons was fought August 23–25, 1942 in the waters east and northeast of the Solomon Islands by forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet and the US Navy's Pacific Fleet. The battle resulted from a major effort by the Japanese to reinforce their troop strength on the island of Guadalcanal. The Japanese high command had realized this reinforcement was necessary following the annihilation of the Ichiki Detachment by the 1st Marines a few days earlier.
  The battle can be counted both a tactical and strategic American victory: greater ship losses were inflicted on the Japanese, and the transports were turned back from their mission of landing reinforcements.
context_section_description: Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara
caption: Light cruiser Jintsu
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