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The antiaircraft cruiser Atlanta (foreground) maneuvers with four destroyers from Task Force 16, July 10, 1942.

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The destroyer Farenholt, shown here in August 1942, took a beating from friendly fire on October 11.

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Radar first came to the fleet in 1941. Once the fighting sailors learned how to use it, the new technology would change everything.

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The SG radar, with its 48-inch by 15-inch parabolic transmitter, was the first to employ the familiar circular display. Used for search, fire control, or navigation, it gave commanders an unprecedented picture of the enemy at night.

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Major Joseph Foss, the executive officer of VMF-121 at Henderson field, arrived in October and became the USMC’s leading fighter ace of WW2.

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Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC, paid all costs to hold Henderson Field against repeated Japanese assault from air, land, and sea.

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Marine tanks prowl the killing field near Alligator Creek, where Colonel Ichiki’s detachment was slaughtered on August 21.

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Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller (shown here, second from left, in January 1944 with his regimental staff on Cape Gloucester) worked closely with the Navy in defense of Marine positions on Guadalcanal.

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The SBD Dauntless served as the principal ship killer of the Cactus Air Force while Henderson Field’s Wildcats controlled the skies of the Slot by day.

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Nimitz with Vandegrift. Nimitz boosted morale with his September visit to Guadalcanal.

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As the Wasp burns in the background, the destroyer O’Brien is rocked by a torpedo from the submarine I-19.

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Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka led the Tokyo Express, as the Japanese seaborne reinforcement runs to Guadalcanal became known.

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The Wasp sank quickly. Japanese submarines were nowhere more effective than off Guadalcanal.

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The destroyer Laffey brought hundreds of Wasp survivors home to Espiritu Santo. An Atlanta-class AA cruiser is in the background.

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In the Battle of Santa Cruz, the South Dakota (left) churns a heavy wake. A Japanese plane takes the plunge while the Enterprise takes a bomb.

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The damaged Hornet under tow from the Northampton, October 26, 1942. Another Japanese air strike is inbound to finish her.

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Chaplain James Claypool (facing camera, at left) presides over burials at sea on the South Dakota after the air battle off Santa Cruz.

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Daniel J. Callaghan, shown here as a captain, served on Robert Ghormley’s staff before returning to the fighting fleet.

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Many argued the newly outfitted Helena should have served as Callaghan’s flagship.

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The Atlanta: a welterweight ship with a middleweight’s jab.

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Captain Gilbert C. Hoover

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The Portland paid her freight on Friday the 13th.

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Captain Laurance T. DuBose, shown here as a rear admiral in 1943, maneuvered the Portland out of a jam.

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Captain Samuel P. Jenkins, shown in 1946.

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Lieutenant Robert D. Graff, signal officer in the Atlanta.

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Yard workers at Mare Island tend to the Portland’s massive torpedo wound.

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The battleship Hiei, shown in dry dock in 1942.

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Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo led Japanese forces against Admiral Callaghan in the Cruiser Night Action, November 13, 1942.

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The Juneau alongside the Aaron Ward in New York shortly after their commissionings, March 19, 1942.

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Captain Cassin Young (right) replaced Charles H. McMorris as commander of the San Francisco. He had received the Medal of Honor from Admiral