 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines yakasvika pazvitsuwa zveGuadalcanal neTulagimuzvitsuwa zveSolomon, zvichiisa vaJapan munzira yokudzivirira kwenguva yokutanga muhondo. Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Gunichi Mikawa, mutungamiriri weEighth Fleet yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa paRabaul, akaita nokukurumidza. Achibatanidza ngarava shanu dzinorema, ngarava mbiri dzakareruka, uye ngarava inoparadza, akaenda kumaodzanyemba ndokurwisa mauto ehondo yeAllied pamhenderekedzo usiku hwaAugust 89. Kupindura nokukurumidza kwaMikawa kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeSavo Island, umo ngarava ina dzinorema dzeAllied dzakanyudzwa pasina ngarava dzeJapan dzakarasika. Uku kwaiva kukundwa kwakaipisisa kwakambotambudzwa neU.S. Navy ichiri mugungwa, kwakangoderedzwa nokukundikana kwechiJapan kurwisa zvikepe zveAmerica zvaiva pangozi. 