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

by James D. Hornfischer

  submarine threat, Chapter 7.1, 11.1

  U.S. Navy (August 1942)

  U.S. Navy (October 18, 1942)

  warship losses

  See also Operation Watchtower; radar technology

  Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands)

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

  expeditionary force arrival at

  geography and history

  Henderson Field. See Henderson Field

  Japanese interest in

  Lever Brothers coconut plantation, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2

  Mosquito Network (armed forces radio)

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

  transformation of

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

  Gunnery, naval

  exercises conducted by Norman Scott, Chapter 13.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2

  fire-control systems (cruiser)

  Hagen, Bob, Chapter 9.1, 27.1, 31.1, 33.1, 42.1

  Haines, Preston B.

  Haines, Richard A.

  Hale, Richard, Chapter 12.1, 18.1, 28.1, 28.2

  Hall, Perry, Chapter 28.1, 32.1

  Halligan (chief electrician)

  Halloran, Paul M.

  Halsey, William F., Jr., Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 12.1, 21.1

  Commander, South Pacific Forces (COMSOPAC), Chapter 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 30.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1n, 39.2, 40.1, 41.1, 41.2, 44.1

  Henderson Field, visit to

  and Hepburn’s inquiry, Chapter 42.1, 43.1

  and Hoover’s ability to command, Chapter 38.1, 39.1

  informality and management style, Chapter 21.1, 24.1, 25.1

  Japanese, public tauntings of

  and the Juneau survivors, Chapter 38.1, 39.1

  Nouméa reorganization, Chapter 21.1, 23.1

  Rabaul as new strategic objective

  relieves Ghormley, Chapter 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, 21.2, 44.1

  Handy, Thomas T.

  Hank, William E.

  Hara, Tameichi, Chapter 10.1, 12.1, 23.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 31.1, 31.2

  Hardison, Osborne B.

  Harmon, Leonard Roy

  Harmon, Millard F.

  Harper’s magazine

  Harrison, Edgar, Chapter 29.1, 42.1, 42.2

  Hartney, Joseph, Chapter 27.1, 31.1, 38.1

  Hashimoto, Shintaro, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 41.1

  Hayes, John D., Chapter 8.1, 8.2

  Hayter, Hubert M.

  Henderson, Lofton R.

  Henderson Field (Guadalcanal Island), Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 18.1

  aircraft at, Chapter 19.1, 19.2

  aircraft shortages, Chapter 9.1, 11.1, 12.1

  Battle of Edson’s Ridge

  Cactus Air Force, Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 24.1, 33.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 41.1

  Fighter One airstrip

  fuel shortages

  Halsey’s visit to

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

  Japanese garrison, attacks by, Chapter 12.1, 23.1, 24.1

  Japanese garrison, offensive against, Chapter 25.1, 25.2

  Japanese garrison, supplying. See Tokyo Express

  Japanese naval bombardment and air attacks, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 27.1, 35.1, 35.2

  Marine Bombing Squadron 232 (VMSB-232)

  Marine Corps Pioneers

  Marine Fighter Squadron 223 (VMF-223), Chapter 9.1, 10.1

  Nimitz’s recommended improvements

  Henderson Field, Battle for, Chapter 22.1, 23.1

  casualties

  Heneberger, H. B.

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  Heneberger, R. G.

  Hepburn, Arthur J.

  inquiry and report, Chapter 41.1, 42.1, 43.1

  Heyn, Allen, Chapter 32.1, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 42.1

  Hicks, Benjamin

  Hicks, Stanley

  Higdon, Harry S., Chapter 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 32.1

  Hill, Harry W.

  Hirohito, Emperor, Chapter 4.1, 27.1, 41.1

  Hisamune, Yonejiro

  Hitler, Adolph, Chapter 1.1, 41.1

  HMAS Australia, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 42.1, 43.1

  HMAS Canberra, Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1

  sinking of, Chapter 12.1, 44.1

  HMS Exeter

  HMAS Hobart, Chapter 4.1, 8.1

  HMS Hood, Chapter 18.1, 35.1

  HMS Prince of Wales

  HMS Repulse

  Holcomb, Thomas

  Hollingsworth, Sam

  Hooper, Edwin B., Chapter 12.1, 21.1, 36.1, 37.1

  Hoover, Gilbert C., Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 15.1, 16.1, 35.1

  Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 17.1, 18.1, 24.1, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 29.1, 31.1, 32.1

  and the Juneau survivors, Chapter 34.1, 38.1, 38.2, 39.1

  reassignment of, Chapter 39.1, 43.1

  Task Force 67, taking command of, Chapter 32.1, 34.1, 34.2

  and Torpedo Junction

  Hoover, Herbert

  Hope, Bob

  Howe, Robert, Chapter 13.1, 26.1, 32.1, 34.1

  Hubbard, Joseph C., Chapter 26.1, 30.1

  Hyakutake, Harukichi, Chapter 22.1, 23.1, 24.1, 41.1

  Hynes, Samuel

  Ichiki, Kiyonao

  Ijuin, Matsuji, Chapter 37.1, 37.2

  Imperial Japanese Army

  Guadalcanal garrison, Chapter 1.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 19.1, 11.2, 12.2, 15.1, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3

  2nd Army

  2nd (Sendai) Division, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 25.1, 41.1

  17th Army, Chapter 4.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 41.1

  38th Division

  Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

  Combined Fleet, Chapter 1.1, 4.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 21.1, 22.1, 25.1, 25.2

  fuel shortages, Chapter 12.1, 15.1, 26.1

  IJ Army, competition with, Chapter 4.1, 12.1

  IJN 8th Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 22.1

  IJN 11th Air Fleet, Chapter 4.1, 25.1

  loss of confidence

  night training

  Rabaul (New Britain), base at, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 9.1

  Tokyo Express, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 41.1, 44.1

  Truk conferences, Chapter 4.1, 12.1

  Truk naval base, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 11.1, 23.1

  Imperial Japanese Navy (Battle of Guadalcanal)

  Advance Force, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 35.1, 36.1, 36.2, 37.1

  aftermath

  aircraft losses, fm.1, Chapter 44.1

  Battle for Henderson Field, Chapter 22.1, 23.1

  Battle of Cape Esperance, Chapter 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1, 24.1, 44.1, 44.2

  Battle of Edson’s Ridge

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

  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, 36.5, 44.1, 37.1, 37.2

  Bombardment Force, Chapter 27.1, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  captains dying with their ships

  casualties, fm.1, Chapter 44.1, 44.2

  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, 44.1

  Guadalcanal garrison, supplying. See Tokyo Express

  Henderson Field, naval bombardment and air attacks on, Chapter 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 24.1, 24.2, 25.1, 25.2, 26.1, 27
.1

  importance of, Chapter 1.1, 11.1, 38.1, 41.1, 44.1, 44.2

  intelligence failure, Chapter 4.1, 4.2

  naval losses, Chapter 44.1, 44.2

  Operation KE (Japanese Guadalcanal garrison evacuation)

  operational code groups, Chapter 3.1, 4.1

  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, 23.2, 23.3

  Tokyo Express, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 19.2, 21.1, 22.1, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 27.1, 29.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 41.1, 44.1

  Truk conferences, Chapter 4.1, 12.1

  U.S. landing, response to

  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

  warship losses

  11th Air Fleet

  Imperial Japanese Navy (ships)

  Akatsuki, Chapter 28.1, 28.2, 30.1, 35.1

  Amatsukaze, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 31.1, 31.2

  Aoba, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1

  Asagumo, Chapter 30.1, 31.1, 37.1

  Atago, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5, 37.6

  Ayanami, Chapter 37.1, 37.2

  Chikuma

  Chitose

  Chokai, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 19.1, 25.1, 35.1

  Fubuki

  Furutaka, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2

  Fuso

  Haruna, Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 25.1, 27.1, 35.1

  Harusame, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 28.1

  Hatsuyuki

  Hayashio

  Hiei, Chapter 8.1, 10.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 29.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 33.1, 33.2, 35.1, 35.2, 38.1

  Hiryu

  Hiyo, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2

  Ikazuchi, Chapter 28.1, 29.1

  Inazuma

  Jintsu

  Junyo, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 33.1, 41.1

  Kako, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2

  Kawakaza

  Kinugasa, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 25.1, 35.1

  Kirishima, Chapter 8.1, 10.1, 12.1, 16.1, 22.1, 25.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, 33.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 37.5, 38.1

  Kongo, Chapter 16.1, 19.1, 19.2, 25.1, 27.1, 35.1

  Kumano

  Makinami

  Maya, Chapter 19.1, 25.1, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1

  Murasame, Chapter 30.1, 31.1

  Musahi

  Mutsu, Chapter 10.1, 12.1

  Mutsuki

  Myoko

  Nagara, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 28.1, 28.2, 35.1, 35.2, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4

  Nisshin

  Ryujo, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3

  Samidare, Chapter 30.1, 31.1

  Sendai, Chapter 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  Shiratsuyu, Chapter 11.1, 31.1

  Shirinami

  Shoho

  Shokaku, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2

  Suzuya, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1

  Takanami

  Takao, Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4

  Tenryu, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 25.1

  Teruzuki

  Uranami

  Yamashiro

  Yamato, Chapter 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, 22.1, 38.1, 41.1

  Yubari, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1

  Yudachi, Chapter 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1, 35.1

  Yugiri

  Yukikaze, Chapter 28.1, 33.1

  Yunagi, Chapter 4.1, 6.1, 8.1

  Yura

  Zuiho, Chapter 16.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 41.1

  Zuikaku, Chapter 10.1, 11.1, 19.1, 22.1, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5, 41.1

  See also aircraft carriers; battleships; cruisers; destroyers; motor torpedo boats; submarines; torpedoes

  Irish, Elijah W.

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  “Iron Bottom Bay” (Mahler)

  Ironbottom Sound

  magnetic interference from

  morning after map

  Irvine, Charles B.

  Ishmael (fictional character)

  Iwabuchi, Sanji, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  Jabberwock (Carroll)

  Jackson, Andrew

  Jackson, Charles

  Jacobs, Randall

  Japan

  U.S. attacks on, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 3.1

  U.S. landing on Guadalcanal, response to

  Japanese Navy. See Imperial Japanese Navy

  Jenkins, Don, Chapter 34.1, 34.2

  Jenkins, John H.

  Jenkins, Samuel P., Chapter 2.1, 9.1, 20.1, 20.2, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 33.1, 34.1

  Jenks, Henry P.

  Johns, Wade

  Johnson, Harold L.

  Johnson, Stanley

  Jones, James

  Jones, John Paul

  Joslin, Leonard A.

  Jutland, Battle of

  Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, Chapter 11.1, 14.1

  Kennedy, Bill, Chapter 19.1, 33.1

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kennedy, Joseph

  Keppler, Reinhardt J., Chapter 31.1, 41.1

  Kettering, Charles F.

  Kikkawa, Kiyoshi

  Kimmel, Husband E., Chapter 1.1, 2.1

  Kimura, Susumu, Chapter 27.1, 37.1, 37.2

  King, Ernest J., fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 8.1

  Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (COMINCH), Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 20.1, 20.2, 39.1, 41.1, 44.1, 44.2

  and Hepburn’s inquiry and report, Chapter 41.1, 42.1, 43.1

  personality, Chapter 1.1, 24.1

  and the press, Chapter 24.1, 24.2, 24.3

  Kinkaid, Thomas, fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 25.1, 25.2, 35.1, 35.2, 36.1, 39.1, 40.1, 40.2

  Kittredge, George

  Knox, Frank, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 21.1, 24.1

  Kobayashi, Michio, Chapter 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  Koerner, Ozzie

  Kolombangara, Battle of

  Kondo, Nobutake, Chapter 10.1, 16.1, 37.1, 37.2, 38.1

  Advance Force, Chapter 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 35.1, 36.1, 36.2

  Bombardment Force, Chapter 27.1, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  Koro Island

  Kurita, Takeo, Chapter 19.1, 27.1

  Laffan, John J., Chapter 17.1, 18.1

  Lair, Rodney B., Chapter 30.1, 34.1

  Lamar, Hal

  Lawrence, John E.

  Layton, Edwin T.

  Lea, Homer

  Leckie, Robert

  Lee, Willis, Chapter 13.1, 20.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 35.1, 40.1

  Battleship Night Action, Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 26.1, 37.4

  gunnery expertise, Chapter 36.1, 37.1

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  and radar technology, Chapter 36.1, 37.1, 37.2, 37.3

  Task Force 64, Chapter 36.1, 36.2, 36.3

  temperament

  LeHardy, Louis M.

  LeHardy, Marcel

  Leslie, Maxwell F., Chapter 11.1, 14.1

  Leslie, Raymond, Chapter 29.1, 33.1

  Lever Brothers coconut plantation, Chapter 1.1, 3.1, 3.2

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Loeser, Arthur

  London, Jack, Chapter 1.1, 39.1

  Loomer, F.C.

  Lowe, Edward S.

  Lucky (ship’s mascot)

  Luehman, Earl A., Chapter 29.1, 31.1

  Lundstrom, John B.

  Lunga Point, Chapter 3.1, 3.2

  Lunga River

  Luttrell, Wyatt J.

  Maas, Melvin J.

  MacArthur, Douglas, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 9.1, 16.1, 21.1, 39.1, 39.2, 41.1, 42.1

  MacDonald, Donald

  MacKenzie (Australian coastwatcher), Chapter 19.1, 19.2

 
Mahler, Walter A.

  Mangrum, Richard C., Chapter 9.1, 10.1, 12.1

  Marco Polo Bridge Incident

  Marcus Island

  Marquardt, Dick

  Marshall, George, Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 15.1, 39.1

  Maruyama, Masao

  Maslo, Samuel

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Mather, Major

  McCain, John S., fm.1, Chapter 3.1, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2n

  and Hepburn’s inquiry

  McCandless, Bruce, Chapter 18.1, 26.1, 26.2, 41.1

  commendations, Chapter 38.1, 41.1

  Cruiser Night Action, Chapter 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, 34.1, 34.2

  McClellan, George B.

  McCombs, Charles E.

  McCullough, John

  McIntire, Ross

  McKinney, Bill, Chapter 27.1, 29.1, 29.2, 33.1, 35.1, 37.1, 41.1

  McLaughlin, Ensign

  McMorris, Charles H., Chapter 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 25.1

  Melhorn, Charles

  Merillat, Herbert, Chapter 19.1, 22.1

  Michener, James

  Midway Island

  battle of, fm.1, Chapter 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 8.1, 9.1, 43.1

  Japanese and, Chapter 1.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1

  Mikawa, Gunichi, Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 12.1, 16.1, 16.2, 19.1, 22.1, 25.1, 40.1, 41.1

  Mitchell, Margaret, Chapter 2.1, 2.2

  Moby-Dick (Melville)

  Moore, Bryant E.

  Moore, Samuel N., Chapter 7.1, 7.2

  Moran, Edward J. “Mike,” Chapter 13.1, Chapter 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7

  Moredock, Stewart

  Morison, Samuel Eliot, Chapter 11.1, 40.1

  Morris, C. G.

  Morris, Chick, Chapter 13.1, 13.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 29.1, 31.1, 34.1, 38.1

  and the St. Helena window

  Mosquito Network (armed forces radio)

  motor torpedo boats

  Mount Austin

  Munro, Douglas A.

  Murakami, Yonosuke

  Mustin, Lloyd M., Chapter 2.1, 2.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.1, 13.1, 20.1, 20.2, 22.1, 25.1, 26.1, 26.2, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 36.1, 40.1, 40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 42.1

  Nagano, Osami

  Nagumo, Chuichi, Chapter 8.1, 10.1, 18.1

  Battle of the Eastern Solomons

  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, 23.2

  “Naval Defense of America, The” (Baldwin)

  Naval Research Laboratory

  Nelson, Lord Horatio

  Nelson, Thomas C.

  New Georgia Sound. See Slot, The

  New Guinea, Chapter 9.1, 41.1

  as an U.S. objective