Status - John Skinner:
John was still at home on leave.
Guadalcanal Area
As the Navy reorganized, the Marines on Guadalcanal had enlarged their perimeter but were having little success expanding the area under their control. They were, however, adding 3 runways at Henderson field and more airplanes were coming to the island as well. The Marines were relieved to hear that the Army was coming and would replace them as the garrison on Guadalcanal.
U. S. Navy Task Forces:
- Task Force
16 (Enterprise) remained in the Guadalcanal area.
- Task Force 11 (Saratoga) sailed from Pearl Harbor on the 10th and was entering the area.
- Task Force 63 - North Carolina, Indiana and Washington were near Guadalcanal.
- Task Force 64 - Colorado and Maryland were moving toward the forward area.
- Task Force 66 (8 destroyers) was patrolling near Guadalcanal.
- Task Force 67 (5 cruisers and 6 destroyers) was also patrolling the area.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 282-283.
- The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, John B. Lundstrom, pp 472-531.
- The Struggle for Guadalcanal, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 280-282.
- Neptune's Inferno, The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer, pp. 378-384.
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