Neptune's Inferno_ The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal - James D. Hornfischer [249]
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Captain Lyman K. Swenson, commander of the Juneau, was among more than 700 lost when she was torpedoed on November 13.
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Four of the Sullivan brothers were killed when the Juneau exploded. George died later at sea.
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Damaged after battle with Callaghan’s force, the Hiei burns and bleeds oil while evading attack from B-17 bombers the following day. She limped toward home but disappeared that night.
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The Cushing led Callaghan’s column—and paid the price.
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The Laffey battled the Hiei at point blank range.
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The Aaron Ward was heavily damaged the night of Friday the 13th.
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Recruits at Bainbridge, Maryland, undergo testing, 1943.
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New sailors at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, October 9, 1942.
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Metalworkers at a Chrysler plant in Detroit turn out 40 mm gun tubes.
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The battleship Washington off New York City, preparing to leave for the Pacific, August 1942.
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Willis A. Lee reports to the USS Washington at Tongatabu, September 14, 1942.
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The South Dakota, July 1942.
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The South Dakota’s secondary battery roars.
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The South Dakota took a beating from Japanese cruisers on the night of November 14 but returned as a legend, hailed in the press as “Battleship X.”
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Note the effects of the blast, and the patches in the hull below the large hole.
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A 14-inch shell from the Kirishima splintered the South Dakota’s deck and disabled turret three.
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The Walke was one of three destroyers sacrificed in the cause of Willis Lee’s victory.
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The Barton, shown on her commissioning day at Boston Harbor, May 29, 1942.
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South Dakota sailors bow their heads in memory of sailors lost in the Battleship Night Action, November 14–15, 1942.
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Halsey said it was Scott’s and Callaghan’s bravery that got him his fourth star. He takes the oath from his chief of staff, Captain Miles Browning.
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The Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru, beached on Guadalcanal after attack by Cactus Air Force fliers on November 15.
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Nearly sunk in the Battle of Cape Esperance and with her bow bearing a large patch, the Boise returns to Philadelphia for repairs, November 20, 1942.
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Captain Edward J. “Mike” Moran (right) hosts Admiral King aboard the Boise.
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A Boise sailor inspects heavy splinter damage to a bulkhead.
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Her proud crew claimed six enemy ships.
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Captain Moran stands in front of the Boise’s battle-worn gun barrels.
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Battle damage to the San Francisco’s hangar area, looking slightly aft from port to starboard.
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The battered San Francisco enters San Francisco Harbor, December 11, 1942.
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Closeup with sailors (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)
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Glimpsed through a shell hole in a gun shield, Admiral Nimitz comes aboard the San Francisco.
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Nimitz inspects the damaged bridge with Lieutenant Commander Herbert E. Schonland.
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Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless received the Medal of Honor for conning the San Francisco after her senior officers were killed.
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McCandless comforts the father and aunt of Admiral Callaghan.
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The heavy cruiser New Orleans, her entire bow shorn away by a Long Lance torpedo, undergoes temporary repairs at Tulagi after the November 30 Battle of Tassafaronga.
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Exuberant San Francisco sailors meet the press.
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The PT-109 heads for shore with 94 survivors of the Northampton. In the