The

Battle of Guadalcanal

11--15 November 1942

 

 

NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON
1994

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jameson, Colin G.
The Battle of Guadalcanal, 11-15 November 1942.
p. cm.
Colin G. Jameson authored this account which the Office of Naval Intelligence published without attribution in 1944.
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Publications Branch, Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy, 1944. (Combat narratives. Solomon Islands campaign ; 6)
ISBN 0-945274-22-X
1. Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands), Battle of, 1942-1943.
I. Title. II. Series: Combat narratives. Solomon Islands campaign; 6.
D767.98.J36 1993
940.54'26-dc20

93-37891
CIP

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CONTENTS

			Page
Foreword			iii
Part I--Enemy air attacks of 11-12 November and Cruiser Night Action of 12-13 November			1
	Introduction		1
	Approach to Guadalcanal--the plan		6
	First phase--enemy air attacks of 11-12 November		9
	Second phase--Cruiser Night Action of 12-13 November		15
Part II--Air attacks of the 13th and 14th			37
	Preliminary--the Enterprise departs from Noumea		37
	Action on Friday, the 13th--fate of the Hiyei		39
	Enemy transport fleet shattered		41
		Attacks on bombardment group	44
		Attacks on the transports	52
	Observations		59
Part III--Battleship Night Action of 14-15 November			60
	Approach of Task Force LOVE		60
	First phase of the action--0000-0024		62
	Second phase--0020-0045		66
	Third phase--0045-0250--destruction of the Kirishima		72
	Observations		77
Epilogue--Last of the transports			80
Appendix I: TBS log of the Cruiser Night Action			85
Appendix II: Designations of United States naval ships and aircraft			87

Charts and Illustrations

	Page
Chart: South Pacific area	ix
Illustration: Enemy air attack of 12 November	x
Chart: "Stand by to open fire"	19
Chart: Battle of Guadalcanal, Cruiser Night Action	25
Illustrations: Damage to San Francisco [1] [2]	26
Chart: Task Force TARE vs. battleship Hiyei	27
Illustration: Battleship Kirishima	28
Chart: Air attacks on enemy bombardment group	45
Illustration: Burning Japanese vessels[1] [2]	46
Chart: Air attacks on transport group	47
Illustration: Yamazuki Maru and Kinugawa Maru beached on Guadalcanal	48
Chart: Battle of Guadalcanal, Battleship Night Action	63
Illustration: Temporary repairs being made on South Dakota	64