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Rear Adm. Willis August Lee
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DD 416 Walke (sunk)Notes: Sunk by gunfire and one Long Lance, 75 killed.
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DD 397 Benham (sunk)Notes: Bow blown off by Long Lance, eventually sank.
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DD 379 Preston (sunk)Notes: Sunk by gunfire, 116 killed.
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DD 433 Gwin (damaged)Notes: Damaged by gunfire.
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BB 56 Washington
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BB 57 South Dakota (minimally damaged)Notes: Entered battle with only seven main guns working. Hit by twenty-seven shells, extensive but superficial damage; 38 killed, 60 wounded.
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Vice Adm Nobutake Kondo
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Rear Admiral Kimura Satsuma
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Nagara (force flagship)
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HatsuyukiCommanding officer: Lt. Cdr. Tatsuya Yamaguchi
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ShirayukiCommanding officer: Cdr. Rokorou Sugawara
- A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull
- The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for Supremacy in the Pacific by Mark Stille
- Nihon Kaigun web site
- Warship Losses of WWII by David Brown