How Long to Read The Battle of Tassafaronga

How Long Does it Take to Read The Battle of Tassafaronga?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 13 minutes to read The Battle of Tassafaronga by Estate of R S Crenshaw

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign. It ended a string of Japanese victories, but it was also a horrible embarrassment to the U.S. Navy, which had three heavy cruisers damaged and one sunk to enemy torpedoes. After the battle, American commanders erroneously reported that multiple enemy ships had been sunk or seriously damaged, leading Admiral Nimitz to focus on training as the missing ingredient. Not until more than half a century later did Captain Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr., the destroyer Maury’s gunnery officer during the battle, discover that the outcome hinged instead on critical shortcomings that had been built into the U.S. Navy before the war—defective torpedoes, poor intelligence, blinding gunfire, over-confidence, and a tendency to equate volume of fire with effectiveness of fire—factors that turned the battle into “a crucible in which the very nature of the U.S. Navy and its weapons was tested [and] a miniature of what might have been, under other circumstances, a truly devastating defeat.”

How long is The Battle of Tassafaronga?

The Battle of Tassafaronga by Estate of R S Crenshaw is 129 pages long, and a total of 33,411 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Battle of Tassafaronga Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 2 minutes to read The Battle of Tassafaronga aloud.

What Reading Level is The Battle of Tassafaronga?

The Battle of Tassafaronga is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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