In late 1942, as the U.S. sought to disrupt Japanese supply routes to Guadalcanal, Rear Admiral Carleton Wright led Task Force 67 into a night battle near Tassafaronga. Opposing him, Admiral Tanaka’s ...

In January 1943, an Allied convoy set sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal, escorted by a cruiser Task Force 18 led by Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen. Unbeknownst to them, Japanese submarines had been ...