Thanks DDDfD!
Radar ranging was on some US ships quite early; Admiral Willis Lee used them to great effect off Guadalcanal late 1942.
Note the Kirishima near the left edge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbottom_Sound#/media/File:Wrecks_in_the_Ironbottom_Sound.jpg
Drachinifel’s channel on YouTube has a good episode on Admiral Lee.