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NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL, 12−15 NOVEMBER 1942

ORDER OF BATTLE 

Composition of Forces

UNITED STATES NAVY 

SOUTH PACIFIC FORCE

Vice Admiral William F. Halsey at Noumèa

 

TASK FORCE 67                 Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner


TASK FORCE 6
TRANSPORT GROUP
TG 67.1 TRANSPORT GROUP			                Capt. Ingolf N. Kiland
McCawley 				                Capt. Charlie P. McFeaters
Crescent City 				                Capt. John R. Sullivan
President Adams 			                Cmdr. Frank H. Dean
President Jackson 			                Cmdr. Charles W. Weitzel

TG 67-4 SUPPORT GROUP			                Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
San Francisco				                Capt. Cassin Young

CRUISER DIVISION 4			                Rear Admiral Mahlon S. Tisdale 
Pensacola (E)				                Capt. Frank L. Lowe
Portland 				                Capt. Laurance T. DuBose
Helena 					                Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover
Juneau					                Capt. Lyman K. Swenson

Destroyer Screen
Barton					                Lt. Cmdr. Douglas H. Fox
Monssen					                Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. McCombs

DESTROYER DIVISION 10 			                Cmdr. Thomas M. Stokes 
Cushing 				                Lt. Cmdr. Edward N. Parker
Laffey 					                Lt. Cmdr. William E. Hank
Sterett 				                Cmdr. Jesse G. Coward
O'Bannon				                Cmdr. Edwin R. Wilkinson
Shaw (E)				                Cmdr. Wilbur G. Jones
Gwin (E)				                Lt. Cmdr. John B. Fellows, Jr.
Preston (E)				                Cmdr. Max C. Stormes
Buchanan 				                Cmdr. Ralph E. Wilson
 
Ships marked (E) were detached on arrival Solomons to Enterprise (TF 16)

TG 62.4.6 						Rear Admiral Norman Scott
Atlanta 						Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins

DESTROYER SQUADRON 12				        Capt. Robert G. Tobin 
Aaron Ward 						Cmdr. Orville F. Gregor
Fletcher 						Cmdr. William M. Cole
Lardner 						Cmdr. Willard M. Sweetser
McCalla 						Lt. Cmdr. William G. Cooper

Attack Cargo Ships
Betelgeuse 						Cmdr. Harry D. Power
Libra 							Cmdr. William B. Fletcher, Jr.
Zeilin 							Capt. Pat Buchanan

*In the Night Action of 12−13 November, 

TG 67.4 						Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
San Francisco
Portland
Helena
Atlanta
Juneau,
Cushing
Laffey
Sterett
O'Bannon
Barton
Monssen
Aaron Ward
Fletcher

TASK FORCE 16						Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
Enterprise 						Capt. Osborne B. Hardison

CRUISER DIVISION 5 					Rear Admiral Howard H. Good
Northampton						Capt. Willard A. Kitts III
San Diego						Capt. Benjamin F. Perry

DESTROYER SQUADRON 2				        Capt. Harold R. Holcomb 
Clark 							Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence H. Martin
Anderson 						Lt. Cmdr. Richard A. Guthrie
Hughes 						        Cmdr. Donald J. Ramsey

DESTROYER DIVISION 4					Cmdr. Arnold E. True
Morris 						        Lt. Cmdr. Randolph B. Boyer
Mustin 						        Cmdr. Wallis F. Petersen
Russell 						Cmdr. Glenn R. Hartwig


TASK FORCE 64 						Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
(as in night action of 15 November)
Washington 						Capt. Glenn B. Davis
South Dakota 						Capt. Thomas L. Gatch

Destroyer Screen
Walke 							Cmdr. Thomas E. Fraser
Benham 						        Lt. Cdr. John B. Taylor

Also in TG 67.4)
Gwin 
Preston


IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY

COMBINED FLEET
Admiral Yamamoto in Yamato at Truk

ADVANCED FORCE
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō in Atago



RAIDING GROUP (COMBAT DIVISION 11)		        Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe 
Battleships
Hiyei
Kirishima

DESTROYER SQUADRON 10				        Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in Light Cruiser 
Nagara 
Destroyers
Amatsukaze
Yukikaze
Akatsuki
Ikazuchi
Inazuma
Teruzuki

SWEEPING UNIT						Rear Admiral Tamotsu Takama 
Destroyers
Asagumo 
Murasame
Samidare
Yudachi
Harusame

PATROL UNIT						Capt. Yasuhide Setoyama 
Shigure
Shiratsuyu
Yugure

MAIN BODY (ATTACK GROUP)				Vice Admiral Kondō Nobutake

BOMBARDMENT UNIT
Battleship 
Kirishima 
Heavy Cruisers 
Atago
Takao

SCREENING UNIT						Rear Admiral Kimura Masatomi
Light Cruiser 
Nagara 
Destroyers
Teruzuki
Inazuma
Shirayuki
Hatsuyuki
Asagumo 

SWEEPING UNIT						Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto 

Light Cruiser
Sendai
Destroyers 
Uranami
Shikinami
Ayanami

LATE REINFORCEMENT UNIT

Destroyers
Oyashio
Kagero
Published: Fri Nov 03 16:03:02 EDT 2017