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


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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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