The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942 by Mark Stille

Author:Mark Stille
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942
ISBN: 9781780961569
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

On September 15, a Japanese submarine sank the carrier Wasp and damaged the modern battleship North Carolina with a well-placed salvo of six torpedoes. This single action reduced the number of operational American carriers in the Pacific to one, making Ghormley even more reluctant to commit his carrier force. With North Carolina out of action, only two fast battleships were available for operations off Guadalcanal. On September 18 the Marine garrison on the island received some good news when Turner ordered a convoy through to land the 7th Marine Regiment.

Ghormley finally decided that he had to contest the continuing Japanese reinforcement runs to the island. On September 20, he created Task Force 64 and initially assigned it three cruisers and some seven destroyers under the command of Rear Admiral Scott. This move was none too soon and coincided with the Japanese decision to up the ante on Guadalcanal by sending in the 2nd Infantry Division and parts of the 38th Infantry Division. These 17,500 men, they judged, should be sufficient to crush the Marines.

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