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by **Filipe Ramires** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:11 am

bengtsson wrote:For once the USN really needed a few Battleships! And they arrive late to the party!

Well, a couple of days later Kirishima got the bitter taste of Washington's 16'' shells.

by **bengtsson** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:37 pm

Cadman wrote:On this day 66 years ago 13 American Ships sailed headlong into battle with 12 Japanese Ships.

For once the USN really needed a few Battleships! And they arrive late to the party!

Bob B.

by **Cadman** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:57 am

On this day 66 years ago 13 American Ships sailed headlong into battle with 12 Japanese Ships.

The American ships were as follows:

USS Cushing DD-376 Mahan class DD

USS Laffey DD-459 Benson Class DD

USS Sterret DD-407 Benham Class DD

USS O'Bannon DD-450 Fletcher Class DD

USS Atlanta CL-51 Atlanta Class CL

USS San Francisco CA-38 New Orleans Class CA

USS Portland CA-33 Portland Class CA

USS Helena CL-50 St. Louis Class CL

USS Juneau CL-52 Atlanta Class CL

USS Aaron Ward DD-483 Gleaves Class DD

USS Barton DD-599 Benson Class DD

USS Monssen DD-436 Gleaves Class DD

USS Fletcher DD-445 Fletcher Class DD

by **Gone Asiatic** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:07 am

As vicious a sea-fight as ever has been in history occured this day in what would become named Iron Bottom sound.

13 November 1942