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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

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by James D. Hornfischer


  74. South Dakota sailors bow their heads (U.S. Navy)

  75. Halsey takes the oath from his chief of staff (U.S. Navy)

  76. The Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru (U.S. Navy)

  77. The Boise returns to Philadelphia (U.S. Navy)

  78. Captain Edward J. “Mike” Moran hosts Admiral King aboard the Boise (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  79. A Boise sailor inspects damage to a bulkhead (U.S. Navy)

  80. The Boise’s proud crew (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  81. Captain Moran in front of the Boise’s battle-worn gun barrels (U.S. Navy)

  82. Battle damage to the San Francisco’s hangar area (U.S. Navy)

  83. The battered San Francisco (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  84. Closeup with sailors (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  85. Admiral Nimitz comes aboard the San Francisco (U.S. Navy)

  86. Nimitz inspects the damaged bridge (U.S. Navy)

  87. Lieutenant Commander Bruce McCandless (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  88. McCandless comforts the father and aunt of Admiral Callaghan (U.S. Navy)

  89. The heavy cruiser New Orleans, her entire bow shorn away, undergoes temporary repairs (U.S. Navy)

  90. Exuberant San Francisco sailors meet the press (Fox Movietone News, © University of South Carolina)

  91. The PT-109 (US Navy)

  92. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn (U.S. Navy)

  93. Eugene Tarrant (James D. Hornfischer)

  94. The New Orleans returns to Pearl Harbor (U.S. Navy)

  95. Guadalcanal boasts a new wharf and several cranes (U.S. Navy)

  96. Ghormley with Eleanor Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor, 1943 (U.S. Navy)

  97. The sailors of the PT boat fleet fought gallantly, but the press still felt the need to sensationalize their capabilities (U.S. Navy)

  98. Captain Gatch of the South Dakota confers with journalist (U.S. Navy)

  99. Lieutenant Hugh M. Robinson (left) and Lieutenant John M. Searles (right) (Courtesy of Gene Kirkland and George Brooks)

  INDEX

  ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1

  Abe, Hiroaki, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 31.1

  and the IJN Hiei, Chapter 33.1, 38.1

  Vanguard Force, Chapter 10.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3

  Volunteer Attack Force, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1, 32.1

  Adell, Cecil, Chapter 6.1, 6.2

  Ainsworth, Walden L. “Pug”

  aircraft (Japanese)

  Aichi D3A Val dive-bombers, Chapter 4.1, 18.1

  Guadalcanal Campaign, aircraft used in

  kamikaze aircraft

  Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, Chapter 4.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 33.1

  Mitsubishi G4M Betty medium bombers, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 41.1

  Nakajma B5N Kate torpedo bombers

  11th Air Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 8.1, 16.1, 25.1

  See also under Santa Cruz, Battle of

  aircraft (U.S.)

  B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 15.1, 22.1, 23.1, 34.1, 38.1

  F4F Wildcat fighters, Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 18.1, 19.1, 26.1, 26.2, 33.1, 33.2

  Guadalcanal campaign, aircraft used in

  P-400 or P-39 Airacobra fighters, Chapter 18.1, 19.1, 37.1

  PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat

  PBY Catalina patrol bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 23.1

  SBD Dauntless dive-bombers, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 18.1, 19.1, 24.1, 33.1, 33.2, 35.1, 40.1

  shortages of, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1

  TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 19.1, 35.1

  See also Henderson Field; also under Santa Cruz, Battle of

  aircraft carriers (Japanese)

  aircraft aboard

  See also Pearl Harbor

  aircraft carriers (U.S.)

  aircraft aboard

  as central to the fleet, Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 9.2, 14.1

  Operation Watchtower, supporting, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2

  Operation Watchtower, withdrawing from,

  aircraft carriers

  Chapter 5.1, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 9.1

  two carriers, power of

  Aleutian Islands

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

  Alhena (cargo ship), Chapter 14.1, 14.2

  Alligator Creek, battle at

  Americal Division. See U.S. Army, 164th Infantry

  Andrew, John D.

  Anthony, Keithel P., Chapter 7.1, 8.1

  Aola village (Guadalcanal Island), Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Araki, Tsutau

  Arcand, Albert

  Arison, Rae, Chapter 26.1, 30.1, 31.1

  Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” Chapter 15.1, Chapter 20.1, 20.2

  Australia, the sea-lanes to, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

  Backus, Paul H., Chapter 12.1, 36.1, 37.1

  Baird, Jim

  Baldwin, Hanson W., Chapter 1.1, 9.1, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1

  Ball, Bill

  Barham, Eugene A., Chapter 28.1, 31.1

  Barker, Seaman

  Bates, Walter

  Battleship Night Action (Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 37.1, 44.1

  Allied losses

  casualties, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 44.1

  friendly fire, victims of

  IJN Kirishima, hit and scuttled, Chapter 37.1, 37.2

  Ironbottom Sound, magnetic interference from

  Japanese losses

  order of battle

  PT boats and, Chapter 36.1, 36.2

  survivors, Chapter 37.1, 38.1, 38.2

  tactical error

  battleships (Japanese), Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 19.1

  battleships (U.S.), Chapter 2.1, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 14.1

  battleship sinking battleship

  and fuel shortages, Chapter 2.1, 39.1

  officer’s dining facilities

  primacy of

  treaty limitations on

  Beckmann, Alcorn G.

  Becton, Julian, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 31.1

  beer shipments, theft of

  Bell Labs

  Bennett, Jack, Chapter 26.1, 26.2, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1, 32.2, 34.1, 35.1

  Bode, Howard D., Chapter 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1, 41.1

  and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1

  Hepburn’s report, reaction to, Chapter 43.1, 43.2

  suicide

  15th Naval District, assignment to

  Boles, Warren, Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 18.1

  Bonaparte, Louis-Napoléon

  Bondsteel, Lynford

  Bougainville Island

  Bouterse, Matthew J., Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

  Brown, Julian P.

  Browning, Miles, Chapter 35.1, 38.1, 39.1

  Buchanan, Richard M.

  Bull, Cornelius

  Burke, Arleigh

  Calhoun, C. Raymond “Cal,” Chapter 27.1, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 32.1, 38.1, 39.1, 39.2

  Callaghan, Daniel, Sr.

  Callaghan, Daniel J., Chapter 2.1, 3.1

  and the Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1

  death of, Chapter 30.1, 31.1

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 15.1, 19.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1

  posthumous Medal of Honor

  radar, distrust of, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 31.1

  and the San Francisco, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 27.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2

  Saratoga conference

  and Task Force 67.4, Chapter 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 26.1, 26.2

  temperament

  Calvert, Alan P.

  Cape Esperance, Battle of, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 44.1

  after-action report

  Allied losses

  ca
sualties

  friendly fire, victims of, Chapter 17.1, 18.1, 18.2

  Japanese losses

  lessons learned

  loss of control

  map

  Order of Battle

  press and

  Scott’s tactical error

  Carl, Marion

  Carlson, Evans

  Carroll, Lewis

  Carroll, Thomas

  Casten, Ray

  Cates, Clifton B.

  Chicago Tribune

  Churchill, Winston, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 39.1

  Chute, Robert

  Clagett, John

  Claypool, James V., Chapter 23.1, 36.1, 37.1

  Clemens, Martin, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 10.1

  Cochran, Bin, Chapter 28.1, 29.1, 32.1, 39.1

  Coffin, Albert P.

  Cole, William

  Coleman, George L.

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

  Collett, John A.

  Collier’s magazine, p.1, Chapter 1.1, 24.1, 44.1

  Colonna, Jerry

  Cone, James I., Chapter 30.1, 34.1

  Cook, Jack

  Cook, James

  Coral Sea, Battle of, Chapter 1.1, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 38.1

  Corboy, Edward, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 11.1, 25.1

  Coward, Jesse, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 32.1, 39.1, 42.1

  Cresswell, Lenard B.

  Crouter, Mark H., Chapter 26.1, 30.1

  Cruiser Night Action (First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1

  accomplishment of

  Allied losses

  Atlanta burning

  casualties, Chapter 32.1, 33.1, 34.1, 38.1, 44.1

  IJN Hiei and, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 33.1

  IJN Hiei, burning and scuttling, Chapter 30.1, 31.1, 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, 35.2

  IJN Hiei, Torpedo Squadron 10 (“The Buzzard Brigade”) attack on, Chapter 33.1, 33.2, 35.1

  Japanese losses

  map (morning after in Ironbottom Sound)

  map (Nov. 12–13)

  Naval Academy rings, collecting, Chapter 33.1, 34.1

  order of battle

  and radar technology, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 31.1

  survivors, Chapter 34.1, 35.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1, 41.1, 42.1

  and Torpedo Junction

  cruisers (Japanese)

  cruisers (U.S.), Chapter 13.1, 15.1

  fire-control system

  officer’s dining facilities

  Crutchley, Victor A. C., fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1

  the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 43.1

  and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1, 43.2

  Cummings, Damon M.

  Curtin, Daniel

  Custer, Joe James, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 21.1, 42.1, 44.1

  d’Argenlieu, Thierry

  Davidson, Lieutenant Commander

  Davis, Arthur C., Chapter 11.1, 23.1

  Davis, Clenroe W.

  Davis, Elmer

  Davis, Glenn B., Chapter 20.1, 36.1, 36.2, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5

  de Gaulle, Charles

  De Long, George A.

  Dean (fire controlman)

  Decatur, Stephen

  Dempsey, Jack

  “Destroyer, A” (Steinbeck)

  destroyers (Japanese), Chapter 11.1, 12.1

  destroyers (U.S.), Chapter 13.1, 13.2

  value of

  Dietz, Gilbert G.

  Doolittle, Jimmy, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 23.1

  DuBose, Laurance T., Chapter 26.1, 29.1, 29.2 31.1, 33.1, 34.1, 35.1, 36.1

  Duke, Irving T.

  Dusch, Robert, Chapter 31.1, 32.1

  Eastern Solomons, Battle of the

  Allied losses

  casualties

  Japanese losses

  Edson, Merritt, Chapter 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1

  Edson’s Ridge, Battle of

  Efate (New Hebrides)

  Egan, John

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

  El Alamein, victory at

  El Cid

  Eller, Ernest M., Chapter 9.1, 13.1, 20.1, 36.1

  Emory, Dallas, Chapter 20.1, 33.1, 34.1

  Empress Augusta Bay, Battle of

  England

  U.S. combat troops in

  Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides)

  Evans, Ernest E.

  Evins, Thomas A., Chapter 27.1, 28.1, 31.1

  Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (Kearny, NJ)

  Fiji Islands

  Operation Watchtower rehearsal

  Fike, Charles L.

  1st Marine Division (Guadalcanal), fm.1, Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 12.1

  tour of duty ending

  Fitch, Aubrey W., Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 23.1

  Fitch, Jake

  Fitzgerald, Victor James

  Fletcher, Frank Friday

  Fletcher, Frank Jack, fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 2.1

  aircraft carriers, protectiveness of, Chapter 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 11.1, 37.1, 43.1

  Battle of Midway

  Battle of the Coral Sea

  Battle of the Eastern Solomons

  and Hepburn’s inquiry and report, Chapter 43.1, 43.2

  and Operation Watchtower, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Saratoga conference

  and Turner, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1

  Florida Island (Solomon Islands)

  Japanese air attack on

  See also Guadalcanal, Battle of; Guadalcanal Island; Savo Island, Battle of; Tulagi Island

  Fontana, Paul

  Forgy, Howell M.

  Forman, Andrew L.

  Forrestal, James, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 35.1, 43.1

  Foss, Joe, Chapter 19.1, 26.1, 26.2

  Fowler, R. L.

  Fox Movietone News Agency

  France, Albert F.

  Frank, Richard B., Chapter 5.1, 22.1, 44.1

  Fraser, Peter

  Fraser, Thomas E.

  Friday the 13th, Battle of. See Cruiser Night Action

  Furst, Vince

  Garver, C. C.

  Gash, Russell W.

  Gatch, Thomas, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 23.1, 23.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5

  Gavutu Island

  Geiger, Roy, Chapter 19.1, 19.2, 22.1, 24.1

  German Navy (ships)

  Bismarck

  Tirpitz

  Germany first strategy

  ABC-1 agreement, Chapter 2.1, 39.1

  vs. Pacific first strategy, Chapter 1.1, 12.1, 15.1, 39.1

  Ghormley, Robert L., fm.1, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

  capability and perseverance, questions concerning, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 15.1, 20.1, 20.2

  Commander, South Pacific Forces (COMSOPAC), Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3n, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1

  and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 41.1, 43.1

  Hepburn’s report, commentary on

  and “Island Warfare”

  relieved as COMSOPAC, Chapter 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 44.1

  Saratoga conference, absence from

  and secrecy

  strain of command, Chapter 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 15.2, 20.1, 21.1, 21.2

  Gibson, Jack, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1

  Gibson, Robert D.

  Giffen, Robert C.

  Gone with the Wind (Mitchell)

  Gorman, Charles C.

  Goto, Aritomo, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 23.1, 35.1

  Gould, Frank

  Graff, Christopher (son)

  Graff, Kenneth (grandson)

  Graff, Robert, Chapter 2.1, 13.1, 13.2, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2, 42.3, 44.1

  return to the Atlanta site

  Grahn, Alvin, Chapter 23.1, 23.2

  Grant, Ulysses S.

  Great Lakes Naval Training Station

  Great White Fleet,
Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 21.1

  Greenman, William G., Chapter 3.1, 33.1, 36.1

  the Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  Gregor, Orville F., Chapter 9.1, 31.1, 33.1

  Griffith, Samuel B., II

  Guadalcanal campaign

  aircraft carrier support, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 9.1, 9.2

  aircraft losses

  Allied losses

  Battle for Henderson Field, Chapter 22.1, 23.1

  Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 44.1

  Battle of Edson’s Ridge

  Battle of Santa Cruz, Chapter 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 44.1

  Battle of Savo Island, Chapter 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 24.1, 44.1

  Battle of Tassafaronga, Chapter 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4

  Battle of the Eastern Solomons, Chapter 11.1, 44.1

  Battleship Night Action (Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 37.1, 44.1

  beer shipments, theft of

  black market

  Cactus Control, Chapter 36.1, 37.1

  casualties, fm.1, Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 44.1, 44.2. See also under separate battles

  Cruiser Night Action (First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 28.1, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 32.1, 33.1, 34.1, 44.1

  expeditionary force, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  Henderson Field. See Henderson Field

  Ichiki’s assault

  importance of, prl.1, Chapter 21.1

  Guadalcanal campaign (cont’d)

  Japanese garrison, Chapter 1.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 11.2, 12.2, 14.1, 15.1, 40.1

  Japanese garrison, attempts to reinforce, Chapter 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 15.1, 21.1, 25.1, 25.2

  Japanese garrison, bombardment and air attacks on, Chapter 14.1, 20.1, 21.1, 25.1

  Japanese garrison, evacuation (Operation KE)

  Japanese losses

  Japanese naval bombardment and air attacks, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 25.1, 25.2, 35.1, 35.2

  landing, Japanese resistance to

  logistics (fuel, reinforcements, and supplies), Chapter 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 16.1

  medals and commendations, Chapter 38.1, 39.1, 40.1, 41.1

  Nagumo’s Striking Force, Chapter 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.1

  naval losses, Chapter 44.1, 44.2

  Nouméa (New Caledonia), fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 21.1, 23.1

  as “Operation Shoestring”

  preparations, Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  press and, Chapter 20.1, 21.1, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1, 42.1

  Saratoga conference

  the Slot (New Georgia Sound), Chapter 2.1, 13.1

 

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