Battle of Tassafaronga

Commanders

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  Japanese Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka, commander of the Japanese warships during the battle.
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  Carlton Wright, commander of the U.S. warships in the battle.

Japanese ships and weapons

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  Japanese destroyer Kawakaze
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  Japanese, Type 93, "Long Lance" torpedo, on display outside U.S. Navy headquarters in Washington, DC, during World War II.

American ships

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  USS Fletcher
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  USS Drayton
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  USS Maury
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  USS Perkins
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  USS Lamson
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  USS Lardner
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  USS Minneapolis
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  USS New Orleans
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  USS Pensacola
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  USS Honolulu
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  USS Northampton

Other

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  Chart of the Battle of Tassafaronga based on testimony by Japanese participants.
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  TF67 hours prior to the battle as it heads for Guadalcanal on November 30
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  USS Minneapolis (CA-36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage, 1 December 1942
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  USS New Orleans Seen after the Battle of Tassafaronga. The PT boat in the foreground is carrying survivors from the USS Northampton.
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  New Orleans near Tulagi on December 1 showing torpedo damage.
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  Damage to the New Orleans with everything ahead of turret #2 missing after being hit by a single torpedo which exploded her forward magazines.
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  New Orleans under a camouflage net at Tulagi undergoing field repairs of battle damage before traveling to rear-area ports for further repairs.
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  Minneapolis under a camouflage net at Tulagi undergoing field repairs of battle damage before traveling to rear-area ports for further repairs.
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  Minneapolis at Tulagi with a jury-rigged temporary bow made of coconut logs and steel beams to get the ship out of the fighting area around Guadalcanal. She was damaged in the Battle of Tassafaronga.
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  USS Pensacola (CA-24) alongside USS Vestal (AR-4), undergoing repair of torpedo damage received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal on 30 November 1942. Note the hole in her side below the mainmast, and the extensive fire damage in the area of that mast and the number three eight-inch gun turret. Photographed at Espirito Santo, New Hebrides, on 17 December 1942.
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  "Permanent" temporary bow rigged on Minneapolis for the trip across the Pacific.
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  Minneapolis headed for Pearl Harbor with her shortened, temporary bow in place. January, 1943.
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  Minneapolis at Pearl Harbor in March, 1943 being repaired after torpedo damage at the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 30, 1942. Minneapolis was flagship of TF-67 and was hit by two torpedoes; one blew her bow off, ahead of #1 turret and the other struck further aft amidships. The aft damage is hidden by scaffolding in this photo.
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  USS Minneapolis (CA-36) Departing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 11 April 1943, after being fitted with a new bow.
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  USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Pensacola (CA-24) and USS New Orleans (CA-32) at Pearl Harbor, 31 October 1943