One of the most spectacular feats of US naval daring, skill and courage in WW2. Captain Evans and his crew fought an heroic “David and Goliath’’ battle against superior Japanese forces and inflicted heavy damage before being forced to with draw.
There is a book out there and for the life of me I cannot think of the title and author but it tells of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Nov. 13 1942. It gives a running commentary of the battle from men on both sides. Destroyers and heavy and light cruisers on the US side against the same and two Japanese battleships. It was nothing but a knife fight where ships were so close the battleships could not depress their big guns enough to hit the US ships and US ships were raking the bridge and topsides of the heavy Japanese warships. Very good read!