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