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Guadalcanal Area
Due to the numerous losses the Navy had suffered among the cruisers and destroyers from the recent close contact battles with the Japanese, Task Force 67 was made up of new ships that had not been in the recent action. Some of the ships were taken from the carrier task forces.
Despite the lack of experience, these ships would immediately go into the combat area, as the Japanese continued to try to find ways to resupply their forces on Guadalcanal. On the 27th, they sent a convoy of eight destroyers, six serving as transports, to resupply Guadalcanal. Task Force 67 set sail on the 29th from Espiritu Santo to confront this force.
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. 283-284.
- The Struggle for Guadalcanal, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 283-294.
- Neptune's Inferno, The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, James D. Hornfischer, pp. 378-388.
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