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{{For|Ships with similar name|USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)|USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)}}Vella Gulf is a waterway in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. It lies between the islands of Vella Lavella to the northwest, Kolombangara to the southeast, and Ghizo to the south. It connects New Georgia Sound ("The Slot") to the northeast with the Solomon Sea to the south. During the Solomon Islands campaign in World War II, the Battle of Vella Gulf was fought here between destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy on the night of 6–7 August 1943, with an Allied victory. {{coord|-7.90|156.82|dim:50000_region:SB|display=title}}Notes- Citations
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- {{cite book | last = Brown | first = David | authorlink = | year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press | location = | isbn = 1-55750-914-X }}
- {{cite book | last = Calhoun | first = C. Raymond | authorlink = | year = 2000 | chapter = | title = Tin Can Sailor: Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | location = | isbn = 1-55750-228-5 }}
- {{cite book | last = Crenshaw | first = Russell Sydnor | authorlink = | year = 1998 | chapter = | title = South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf | publisher = Naval Institute Press | location = | isbn = 1-55750-136-X }}
- {{cite book | last = D'Albas | first = Andrieu | authorlink = | year = 1965 | title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II | publisher = Devin-Adair Pub | location = | isbn = 0-8159-5302-X }}
- {{cite book | last = Dull | first = Paul S. | authorlink = | year = 1978 | chapter = | title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | location = | isbn = 0-87021-097-1 }}
- {{cite book | last = Hara | first = Tameichi | authorlink = Tameichi Hara | year = 1961 | chapter = | title = Japanese Destroyer Captain | publisher = Ballantine Books | location = New York & Toronto | isbn = 0-345-27894-1 }}-Firsthand account of the battle by Japanese squadron commander aboard {{Ship|Japanese destroyer|Shigure|1935|2}}.
- {{Citation | last = Hone | first = Thomas C. | year = 1981 | title = The Similarity of Past and Present Standoff Threats | editor-last = | periodical = Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute | publication-place = Annapolis, Maryland | issue = Vol. 107, No. 9, September 1981 | publisher = | pages = 113–116 | issn = 0041-798X}}
- {{cite book | last = Kilpatrick | first = C. W. | authorlink = | year = 1987 | chapter = | title = Naval Night Battles of the Solomons | publisher = Exposition Press | location = | isbn = 0-682-40333-4 }}
- {{cite book | last = Morison | first = Samuel Eliot | authorlink = Samuel Eliot Morison | year = 1958 | chapter = | title = Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II | publisher = Castle Books | location = | isbn = 0-7858-1307-1 }}
- {{cite book | last = Roscoe | first = Theodore | authorlink = | year = 1953 | chapter = | title = United States Destroyer Operations in World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press | location = | isbn = 0-87021-726-7 }}
External links- {{cite web | last = Parshall | first = Jon |author2=Bob Hackett |author3=Sander Kingsepp |author4=Allyn Nevitt | url = http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm | title = Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Combinedfleet.com) | work = | accessdate = 2006-06-14 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060613172444/http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm| archivedate= 13 June 2006 | deadurl= no}}
- {{cite web | last = McComb | first = David W. | authorlink = | year = 2008 | url = http://www.destroyerhistory.org/actions/vellagulf.html | title = Battle of Vella Gulf | work = Destroyer History Foundation | pages = | publisher = | language = | accessdate = 2008-04-16 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513193036/http://www.destroyerhistory.org/actions/vellagulf.html| archivedate= 13 May 2008 | deadurl= no}}
- Description by Vincent O'Hara
- Order of battle
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