Iron Bottom Sound


Body of water located to the north of Guadalcanal, and south of the Florida Island Group, and Savo Island. Most of warships sunk in the sound are too deep for recreational divers. There are a number of deep wrecks in the Guadalcanal and Florida Island area.

 USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
  SCUBA divable wreck, sunk off Tulagi

 USS John Penn APA-23 (AP-51)
  SCUBA divable wreck, sunk off Lunga Point

  USS Atlanta (CL-51)
   Sunk off Lunga Point in 500' of water

  R4D-1 Dakota Bureau Number 01648

  USS Seminole (AT-65)

  Takanami
    Sunk during Battle of Tassafaronga on December 1, 1942

  HMAS Canberra (D33)
    Scuttled after Battle of Savo Island on August 9, 1942

 

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