NAVAL BATTLE of GUADALCANAL
( Nov. 12-15 1942
)
American Units and
Participants
COMSOPAC: Noumea, New Caledonia,
Adm. William Halsey, Commander in Chief
TASK FORCE 67
RAdm Richmond Kelly Turner
Task Group 67.1
Transport Division 67.1 (Capt. Ingolf N. Kiland)
AP-10 McCAWLEY
AP-40 CRESCENT CITY
AP-38 PRESIDENT ADAMS
AP-37 PRESIDENT JACKSON
Task Group 67.4 (Radm Daniel J. Callaghan)
CA-38 SAN FRANCISCO
Cruiser Division 4
CA-24 PENSACOLA*
CA-33 PORTLAND
CL-50 HELENA
CLAA-52 JUNEAU
DD-599 BARTON
DD-436 MONSSEN
Destroyer Division 10 (Cdr Thomas M. Stokes)
DD-376 CUSHING
DD-459 LAFFEY
DD-407 STERETT
DD-450 O'BANNON
DD-373 SHAW
DD-433 GWIN*
DD-379 PRESTON*
DD-484 BUCHANAN added 02/06/2010
*Detached November 12 to join Task Force 16
Task Group 62.4 (Radm Norman Scott)
CLAA-51 ATLANTA
Destroyer Division 12
DD-483 AARON WARD
DD-445 FLETCHER
DD-487 LARDNER
DD-488 McCALLA
Attack Cargo Ships
AKA-53 LIBRA
AKA-28 BETELGEUSE
AP-9 ZEILIN
TASK FORCE 16
RAdm Thomas C. Kinkaid
CV-6 ENTERPRISE
Air Group 10
VF-10
VB-10
VS-10
VT-10
Cruiser Division 5 (Radm Howard H. Good)
CA-26 NORTHAMPTON
CLAA-53 SAN DIEGO
Destroyer Squadron 2 (Capt. Harold R. Holcomb)
DD-361 CLARK
DD-411 ANDERSON
DD-410 HUGHES
Destroyer Division 4 (Cdr Arnold E. True)
DD-417 MORRIS
DD-413 MUSTIN
DD-414 RUSSELL
TASK FORCE 64
RAdm Willis A. Lee
Battleship Division 6
BB-56 WASHINGTON
BB-57 SOUTH DAKOTA
Destroyer Screen
DD-416 WALKE
DD-397 BENHAM
TASK FORCE 63
RAdm Aubery W. Fitch
Cactus Air Force (Bgen Louis E. Woods)
VT-8
67th Pursuit Squadron
339th Fighter Squadron
11th Heavy Bomb Group
Marine Air Group 14 (LtCol Albert D. Cooley)
VMF-112
VMF-121
VMF-122
VMSB-131
VMSB-132
VMSB-141
VMSB-142
VMF-212
VMO-251
Marine Air Group 25 (LtCol Pelly K. Smith)
VMJ-152
VMJ-253
Japanese Units and
Participants
Combined fleet
Adm Isoroku Yamamoto
(at Turk)
Advance Force (VAdm Nobutake Kondo in Atago)
Raiding Group (VAdm Hiroaki Abe)
Battleship Division 11
(BB) HIEI
(BB) KIRISHIMA
Destroyer Squadron 10 (RAdm Susumu Kimura)
(CL) NAGARA
(DD) AKATSUKI
(DD) AMATSUKAZE
(DD) IKAZUCHI
(DD) INAZUMA
(DD) TERUZUKI
(DD) YUKIKAZE
Sweeping Unit (RAdm Tamotsu Takama)
Destroyer Squadron 4
(DD) ASAGUMO
(DD) HARUSAME
(DD) MURASAME
(DD) SAMIDARE
(DD) YUDACHI
Patrol Unit (Capt Yasuhide Setoyama)
Destroyer Division 27
(DD) SHIGURE
(DD) SHIRATSUYU
Main Body (VAdm Nobutake Kondo)
Bombardment Unit
(CA) ATAGO
(CA) TAKAO
Sweeping Unit (RAdm Shintaro Hashimoto)
Destroyer Squadron 3
(CL) SENDAI
(DD) AYANAMI
(DD) SHIKINAMI
(DD) URANAMI
Carrier Support Group (VAdm Takeo Kurita)
Supporting Unit
Battleship Division 6
(BB) KONGO
(BB) HARUNA
(CA) TONE
Air Striking Unit (RAdm Kakuji Kakuta)
Carrier Division 2
(CV) JUNYO
(CVL) HIYO
Screening Unit
4-8 destroyers
Outer Seas Forces (VAdm Gunichi Mikawa CinC 8th Fleet)
Support Group (VAdm Gunichi Mikawa)
Main Unit
(CA) CHOKAI
(CA) KINUGASA
(CL) ISUZU
(DD) ARASHIO
(DD) ASASHIO
Bombardment Unit (RAdm Shoji Nishimura)
(CA) SUZUYA
(CA) MAYA
(CL) TENRYU
(DD) KAZAGUMO
(DD) MAKIGUMO
(DD) MICHISHIO
(DD) YUGUMO
Reinforcement Group (RAdm Raizo Tanaka)
Escort Unit
Destroyer Squadron 2
(DD) HAYASHIO
(DD) AMAGIRI
(DD) KAGERO
(DD) KAWAKAZE
(DD) MAKINAMI
(DD) MOCHIZUKI
(DD) NAGANAMI
(DD) OYASHIO
(DD) SUZUKAZE
(DD) TAKANAMI
(DD) UMIKAZE
Transport Unit
ARIZONA MARU
BRISBANE MARU
CANBERRA MARU
HIROKAWA MARU
KINUGAWA MARU
KUMAGAWA MARU
NAKO MARU
NIAGARA MARU
SADO MARU
SHINANOGAWA MARU
YAMAURA MARU
YAMATSUKI MARU
Land-Based Aircraft (VAdm Jinichi Kusaka)
11th Air Fleet (at Rabaul)
25th Air Flotilla
26th Air Flotilla
Advance Expeditionary Force (VAdm Teruhisa Komatsu)
(CinC 6th Fleet, at Turk)
Patrol Group
I-15
I-16
I-17
I-20
I-24
I-26
I-122
I-172
I-175
RO-34
Scouting Group
I-7 (off Santa Cruz)
I-9 (off San Cristobal)
I-21 (off Noumea)
I-31 (off Suva)
"I mourn the many sacrifices;
Beneath the moon
Stretches
a sea at whose bottom
Lie many ships"
Adm. Isoroku
Yamamoto
LINKS TO OTHER GUADALCANAL WEB SITES
Special Thanks to
Patrick R. Osborn
Gibson B. Smith
at the
National Archives and Record Administration
Modern Military Records
(NWCTM)
Textual Archives Services Division
for their assistance in
locating the action report and war diaries.
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