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[[File:Casta-MAP_Guadalcanal.jpg|360px|thumb|Guadalcanal and neighboring islands]]

On 7 August 1942, US and Australian naval forces undertook the invasion of the Japanese-held islands of [[Guadalcanal]] and [[Tulagi]] in the lower [[Solomon Islands]] chain, the first Allied offensive in the [[Pacific Theatre of World War II|Pacific Theatre]]. The landing of the [[1st Marine Division|US 1st Marine Division]] on the beaches of [[Ironbottom Sound|Savo Sound]] began the unexpectedly long and extremely arduous [[Guadalcanal Campaign]], lasting officially until 9 February 1943.

The naval forces dedicated to Operation ''Watchtower'' were minuscule compared to those deployed for later Allied offensives such as the [[Gilbert Islands Naval Order of Battle|invasion of the Gilberts]] and the [[Okinawa naval order of battle|capture of Okinawa]]. This is owing to the commitment the United States had made to Great Britain to undertake the [[Operation Torch|invasion of North Africa]] in the fall of 1942, a commitment which essentially left the Guadalcanal operation with the naval leftovers. For this reason, American sailors and Marines referred to the invasion as "Operation Shoestring".<ref>Morison 1949, p. 262</ref>

{{flagdeco|United States|1912}} ''US Navy combat ships:''<br>
3 fleet carriers, 1 fast battleship, 9 heavy cruisers, 2 anti-aircraft light cruisers, 31 destroyers

{{flagdeco|United States|1912}} ''Amphibious assault vessels:''<br>
13 transports, 6 attack cargo ships, 4 destroyer transports

{{flagdeco|United States|1912}} ''Auxiliaries:''<br>
5 fast minesweepers, 5 oilers

{{flagdeco|Australia}} ''Australian Navy combat ships:''<br>
2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser

== Command structure ==
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 | caption1 = Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
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 | caption2 = Vice Adm. Robert L. Ghormley (through 18 Oct)
 | image3 = Adm_William_F_Halsey.jpg
 | caption3 = Vice Adm. William F. Halsey (after 18 Oct)
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 | image1 = Fletcher-cropped.jpg
 | caption1 = Vice Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher
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 | caption2 = Rear Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner
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=== Theater command ===
The roles of Commander in Chief, [[Pacific Ocean Areas (command)|Pacific Ocean Areas]] (CINCPOA) and Commander in Chief, [[US Pacific Fleet|U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (CINCPAC), were both exercised by Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]] from his headquarters at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]].

Since the [[Solomon Islands|Solomons]] lie in the Southern Pacific, the landings of 7 August 1942 on Guadalcanal were the responsibility of the [[Pacific Ocean Areas (command)|South Pacific Fleet]], led by Vice Admiral [[Robert L. Ghormley]] from his headquarters at [[Noumea]], [[New Caledonia]].<ref>Morison 1949, pp. 250-251</ref> Adm. Ghormley's pessimism, inadequate staff work and unwillingness to visit the front led Adm. Nimitz to replace him with the much more aggressive and hands-on Vice Admiral [[William Halsey Jr.|William F. Halsey]] on 18 October 1942.<ref>Morison 1948, p. 183</ref>

=== Operational command ===
Operational command of the invasion was assigned to Vice Admiral [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], who also had direct command of the covering force, designated Task Force 61, where he flew his flag aboard fleet carrier ''[[USS Saratoga (CV-3)|Saratoga]]''. This embodiment of two levels of command in a single officer enabled a decision-making process that left the Marine forces on Guadalcanal essentially stranded and short-supplied. The amphibious forces, Task Force 62, were led by Rear Admiral [[Richmond K. Turner|Richmond Kelly Turner]] aboard transport ''[[USS McCawley|McCawley]]''.

Bitter disputes between the two men arose during both the planning and execution of the invasion over how long Fletcher's aircraft carriers would stay in the vicinity of Guadalcanal to provide air cover for the Marines ashore. Fletcher decided the matter after multiple assaults on the Allied amphibious task force by bombers from the Japanese base at [[Rabaul]] on D-Day and D+1. These attacks convinced Fletcher that his crucial aircraft carriers could not be risked in the waters of the Solomons any longer and he ordered his carriers along with Turner's still-half-full cargo ships out of the area on the night of 8 August. This decision resulted in much hard feeling among the Marines ashore, who felt that the Navy had abandoned them.

== Forces afloat ==

=== Expeditionary Force (Task Force 61) ===
Vice Admiral '''[[Frank Jack Fletcher]]'''

'''Air Support Force (Task Group 61.1)'''
[[File:NH 858 Captain Leigh Noyes%2C USN.jpg|thumb|upright|Leigh Noyes as a captain]]
[[File:Thomas C. Kinkaid%3Bh84675.jpg|thumb|upright|Thomas C. Kinkaid as a vice admiral]]
[[File:USS Atlanta (CL-51) underway at sea on 16 October 1942 (NH_97807).jpg|thumb|Anti-aircraft light cruiser ''Atlanta'' underway]]
Rear Admiral '''[[Leigh Noyes]]'''
: '''Task Unit under Vice Admiral Fletcher'''
: Vice Admiral '''Fletcher'''
:: 1 fleet carrier
::: '''{{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}}''' (Capt. [[DeWitt C. Ramsey]])
:::: Air Group (Cmdr. [[Harry D. Felt]])
::::: VF-5: 34 [[F4F Wildcat]] fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Leroy C. Sampler)
::::: VB-3: 18 [[SBD Dauntless]] dive bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Dewitt W. Shumway)
::::: VS-3: 18 SBD Dauntless scout bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Louis J. Kirn)
::::: VT-8: 16 [[TBF Avenger]] torpedo bombers (Lt. Harold H. Larsen)
:: 2 [[New Orleans-class cruiser|''New Orleans''-class]] heavy cruisers
::: '''{{USS|Minneapolis|CA-36|2}}''' (Capt. [[Frank J. Lowry]])
::: '''{{USS|New Orleans|CA-32|2}}''' (Capt. [[Walter S. DeLany]])
:: Screen (Capt. Samuel B. Brewer)
::: 1 [[Porter-class destroyer|''Porter''-class]] destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Phelps||2}}'''
::: 4 [[Farragut-class destroyer (1934)|''Farragut''-class]] destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Farragut|DD-348|2}}''', '''{{USS|Macdonough|DD-351|2}}''', '''{{USS|Dale|DD-353|2}}''', '''{{USS|Worden|DD-352|2}}'''

: '''Task Unit from old Task Force 16'''
: Rear Admiral '''[[Thomas C. Kinkaid]]'''
:: 1 fleet carrier
::: '''{{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2}}''' (Capt. [[Arthur C. Davis]])
:::: Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. [[Max Leslie|Maxwell F. Leslie]])
::::: VF-6: 36 F4F Wildcat fighters (Lt. Louis H. Bauer)
::::: VB-6: 18 SBD Dauntless dive bombers (Lt. Ray Davis)
::::: VS-5: 18 SBD Dauntless scout bombers (Lt. Turner F. Caldwell, Jr.)
::::: VT-3: 14 TBF Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Charles M. Jett)
:: 1 [[North Carolina-class battleship|''North Carolina''-class]] fast battleship
::: '''{{USS|North Carolina|BB-55|2}}''' (Capt. George H. Fort)
:: 1 [[Portland-class cruiser|''Portland''-class]] heavy cruiser
:::  '''{{USS|Portland|CA-33|2}}''' (Capt. [[Laurance T. DuBose]])
:: 1 [[Atlanta-class cruiser|''Atlanta''-class]] anti-aircraft light cruiser{{efn|These cruisers were intended as [[destroyer leader]]s when designed. After the first two to be used in this role, ''Atlanta'' and ''Juneau'', were lost at the [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]], this mission was rejected and the anti-aircraft mission adopted.<ref>Stille, p. 7.</ref>}}
::: '''{{USS|Atlanta|CL-51|2}}''' ({{font color|red|scuttled after heavy damage, 13 Nov 1942}}) (Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins)
:: Screen (Capt. Edward P. Sauer)
::: 2 [[Gleaves-class destroyer|''Gleaves''-class]] destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Gwin|DD-433|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 13 July 1943}}), '''{{USS|Grayson||2}}'''
::: 1 [[Gridley-class destroyer|''Gridley''-class]] destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Maury|DD-401|2}}'''
::: 1 [[Benham-class destroyer|''Benham''-class]] destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Benham|DD-397|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 15 Nov 1942}})
::: 1 [[Porter-class destroyer|''Porter''-class]] destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Balch|DD-363|2}}'''

: '''Task Unit under Rear Admiral Noyes'''
[[File:Bridge off USS Wasp %28CV-7%29%2C August 1942.jpg|thumb|right|Bridge of ''Wasp'', 7 August 1942; Capt. Sherman at left wearing helmet, Rear Adm. Noyes facing camera]]
[[File:USS Cimarron %28AO-22%29 off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 6 February 1942 %2819-N-30121%29.jpg|thumb|Oiler ''Cimarron'']]
: Rear Admiral '''Noyes'''
:: 1 fleet carrier
::: '''{{USS|Wasp|CV-7|2}}''' ({{font color|red|scuttled after being torpedoed, 15 Sep 1942}}) (Capt. [[Forrest P. Sherman]])
:::: Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. [[Wallace M. Beakley]])
::::: VF-71: 29 F4F Wildcat fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Shands)
::::: VS-71: 15 SBD Dauntless scout bombers (Lt. Cmdr. John Eldridge, Jr.{{efn|Killed during campaign}})
::::: VS-72: 15 SBD Dauntless scout bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Ernest M. Snowden)
::::: &nbsp;&nbsp;VT-7: &nbsp;&nbsp;9 TBF Avenger torpedo bombers (Lt. Henry A. Romberg)
:: 1 [[New Orleans-class cruiser|''New Orleans''-class]] heavy cruiser
::: '''{{USS|San Francisco|CA-38|2}}''' (Capt. [[Charles McMorris|Charles H. McMorris]])
:: 1 [[Pensacola-class cruiser|''Pensacola''-class]] heavy cruiser
::: '''{{USS|Salt Lake City|CA-25|2}}''' (Capt. [[Ernest G. Small]])
:: Screen (Capt. Robert G. Tobin)
::: 2 [[Benson-class destroyer|''Benson''-class]] destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Laffey|DD-459|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 13 Nov 1942}}), '''{{USS|Farenholt|DD-491|2}}'''
::: 1 [[Gleaves-class destroyer|''Gleaves''-class]] destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Aaron Ward|DD-483|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 7 Apr 1943}})
::: 3 [[Benham-class destroyer|''Benham''-class]] destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Lang|DD-399|2}}''', '''{{USS|Sterett|DD-407|2}}''', '''{{USS|Stack||2}}'''

:: '''Fueling group'''
::: 5 oilers
:::: '''{{USS|Cimarron|AO-22|2}}''', '''{{USS|Platte|AO-24|2}}''', '''{{USS|Sabine|AO-25|2}}''', '''{{USS|Kaskaskia||2}}''', '''{{USS|Kanawha|AO-1|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 8 Apr 1943}})

=== South Pacific Amphibious Force (Task Force 62) ===
Rear Admiral '''[[Richmond Kelly Turner]]''' in transport ''McCawley''
[[File:AAVandegrift.jpg|thumb|160px|Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC]]
[[File:USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) c1944.jpg|thumb|Rear Adm. Turner's flagship, transport ''Hunter Liggett'']]
[[File:Mitsubishi G4M1 bombers fly low through anti-aircraft fire between Guadalcanal and Tulagi on 8 August 1942 (NH 97766).jpg|thumb|right|Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" land-based bomber carrying out torpedo attack in Savo Sound, 8 August 1942]]

: <big>'''Convoy (Task Group 62.1)'''</big>
: Captain '''Lawrence F. Reifsnider''' in transport '''{{USS|Hunter Liggett||2}}'''
: Embarking [[File:US 1st Marine Division SSI.svg|22px]] '''[[1st Marine Division]]''' (Maj. Gen. [[Alexander A. Vandegrift]], USMC, Commander ground forces)

:: '''Transport Group "X-Ray" – Guadalcanal Landings'''
:: Captain '''Reifsnider'''
::: '''Transport Division A''' (Capt. Paul S. Theiss)
::: Embarking [[5th Marine Regiment|5th Marines]] less 2nd Battalion (Col. [[LeRoy P. Hunt]], USMC)
:::: 2 [[troopship|transports]]: '''{{USS|Fuller|AP-14|2}}''', '''{{SS|American Legion||2}}'''
:::: 1 [[attack cargo ship]]: '''{{USS|Bellatrix|AKA-3|2}}'''
::: '''Transport Division B''' (Capt. Charlie P. McFeaters)
::: Embarking Division HQ and [[1st Marine Regiment (United States)|1st Marines]] (Col. [[Clifton B. Cates]], USMC)
:::: 3 transports: '''{{USS|McCawley|APA-4|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 30 Jun 1943}}), '''{{USS|Barnett||2}}''', '''{{USS|George F. Elliott|AP-13|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 8 Aug 1942}})
:::: 1 attack cargo ship: '''{{USS|Libra||2}}'''
::: '''Transport Division C''' (Capt. [[Lawrence F. Reifsnider|Reifsnider]])
::: Embarking part of Support Group, Special Weapons Battalion, 5th Battalion / [[11th Marine Regiment|11th Marines]], part of [[3rd Defense Battalion]]
:::: 1 transport: '''{{USS|Hunter Liggett|APA-14|2}}'''
:::: 3 attack cargo ships: '''{{USS|Alchiba||2}}''', '''{{USS|Fomalhaut||2}}''', '''{{USS|Betelgeuse|AKA-11|2}}'''
::: '''Transport Division D''' (Capt. Ingolf N. Kiland)
::: Embarking [[2nd Marine Regiment|2nd Marines]] less 1st Battalion (Col. John M. Arthur, USMC)
:::: 3 transports: '''{{USS|Crescent City||2}}''', '''{{USS|President Adams||2}}''', '''{{USS|President Hayes||2}}'''
:::: 1 attack cargo ship: '''{{USS|Alhena||2}}'''

:: '''Transport Group "Yoke" – Tulagi Landings'''
:: Captain '''George B. Ashe'''
::: '''Transport Division E''' (Capt. Ashe)
::: Embarking 2nd Battalion / 5th Marines, 1st Battalion / 2nd Marines, [[Paramarines|1st Parachute Battalion]], Co. E / [[Marine Raiders|1st Raider Battalion]] (Brig. Gen. [[William H. Rupertus]], USMC)
:::: 4 transports: '''{{USS|Neville||2}}''', '''{{USS|Zeilin|AP-9|2}}''', '''{{USS|Heywood||2}}''', '''{{USS|President Jackson||2}}'''
::: '''Transport Division 12''' (Capt. Hugh W. Hadley){{efn|Killed in action when ''Little'' was sunk by Japanese destroyers on 5 September}}
::: Embarking 1st Raider Battalion less Co. E (Lt. Col. [[Merritt A. Edson]], USMC)
:::: 4 [[destroyer transport]]s: '''{{USS|Colhoun|APD-2|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 30 Aug 1942}}), '''{{USS|Little|APD-4|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 5 Sep 1942}}), '''{{USS|McKean|APD-5|2}}''', '''{{USS|Gregory|APD-3|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 5 Sep 1942}})

: <big>'''Escort (Task Group 62.2)'''</big>
{{multiple image
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 | image1   = Sir Victor Crutchley AWM.jpeg
 | caption1 = Rear Adm. V.A.C. Crutchley, RN, {{postnom|VC}}
 | image2   = Frederic Louis Riefkohl.JPG
 | caption2 = Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl, USN
}}
[[File:HMAS Canberra (D33) off Tulagi, 7-8 August 1942 (AWM P05292.016).jpg|thumb|HMAS ''Canberra'' off Tulagi the day before her sinking at the [[Battle of Savo Island]]]]
[[File:USS Southard (DMS-10) - 19-N-30508.jpg|thumb|upright|Stern view of ''Southard'' after her conversion to a fast minesweeper]]
: Rear Admiral '''[[Victor Crutchley|Victor A.C. Crutchley]]''', RN
:: 3 heavy cruisers
::: {{flagdeco|Australia}} '''{{HMAS|Australia|D84|2}}''' (Capt. [[Harold Farncomb|H.B. Farncomb]], RAN)
::: {{flagdeco|Australia}} '''{{HMAS|Canberra|D33|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk night of 8-9 Aug}}) (Capt. F.E. Getting, RAN){{efn|Killed at [[Battle of Savo Island]], 9 August 1942}}
::: '''{{USS|Chicago|CA-29|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 30 Jan 1943}}) (Capt. Howard D. Bode){{efn|Committed suicide upon learning he would be held partially responsible for the disaster at the [[Battle of Savo Island]].}}
:: 1 light cruiser
::: {{flagdeco|Australia}} '''{{HMAS|Hobart|D63|2}}''' (Capt. H.A. Showers, RAN)
:: '''Screen''' (Capt. Cornelius W. Flynn)
::: 1 [[Porter-class destroyer|''Porter''-class]] (8 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Selfridge|DD-357|2}}'''
::: 8 [[Bagley-class destroyer|''Bagley''-class]] (4 × 5-in. main battery): '''{{USS|Bagley|DD-386|2}}''', '''{{USS|Blue|DD-387|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 22 August 1942}}), '''{{USS|Helm||2}}''', '''{{USS|Mugford|DD-389|2}}''', '''{{USS|Ralph Talbot|DD-390|2}}''', '''{{USS|Henley|DD-391|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 3 Oct 1943}}), '''{{USS|Patterson|DD-392|2}}''', '''{{USS|Jarvis|DD-393|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 9 August 1942}}){{efn|Sunk by air attack following [[Battle of Savo Island]], Lt. Cmdr. Graham had had all lifeboats and rafts removed to save weight, so there were no survivors; the ''Jarvis'' was one of only two US vessels lost with all hands during the war.<ref>Morison 1948, p. 52n</ref>}}

: <big>'''Fire Support Group L (Task Group 62.3)'''</big>
: Captain '''[[Frederick Lois Riefkohl|Frederick L. Riefkohl]]'''{{efn|First Puerto Rican to graduate from [[US Naval Academy]]; relieved following disastrous [[Battle of Savo Island]] and never held another sea command}}
:: 3 heavy cruisers
::: 2 [[New Orleans-class cruiser|''New Orleans''-class]]: '''{{USS|Vincennes|CA-44|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk night of 8-9 Aug 1942}}) (Capt. Riefkohl), '''{{USS|Quincy|CA-39|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk night of 8-9 Aug 1942}}) (Capt. [[Samuel N. Moore]]){{efn|Killed at [[Battle of Savo Island]], 9 August 1942}}
::: 1 [[Astoria-class cruiser|''Astoria''-class]]: '''{{USS|Astoria|CA-34|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk night of 8-9 Aug 1942}}) (Capt. William G. Greenman)
:: 4 destroyers
::: 2 [[Benham-class destroyer|''Benham''-class]] (4 × 5 in. main battery): '''{{USS|Ellet||2}}''', '''{{USS|Wilson||2}}'''
::: 2 [[Farragut-class destroyer (1934)|''Farragut''-class]] (4 × 5 in. main battery): '''{{USS|Hull|DD-350|2}}''', '''{{USS|Dewey|DD-349|2}}''' (Lt. Cmdr. Charles F. Chillingworth, Jr.)

: <big>'''Fire Support Group M (Task Group 62.4)'''</big>
: Rear Admiral '''[[Norman Scott (admiral)|Norman Scott]]'''{{efn|Killed at [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]], 13 November 1942}}
:: 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser (''Atlanta'' class){{efn|These cruisers were intended as destroyer leaders when designed. After the first two to be used in this role, ''Atlanta'' and ''Juneau'', were lost at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, this mission was rejected and the anti-aircraft mission adopted.<ref>Stille, p. 7</ref>}}
::: '''{{USS|San Juan|CL-54|2}}''' (Capt. James E. Maher)
:: 2 destroyers (both [[Gleaves-class destroyer|''Gleaves''-class]] (5 × 5-in. main battery, then 4 × 5-in.)
::: '''{{USS|Monssen|DD-436|2}}''' ({{font color|red|sunk 13 Nov 1942}}), '''{{USS|Buchanan|DD-484|2}}'''

: <big>'''Minesweeper Group (Task Group 62.5)'''</big>
:: 5 fast minesweepers ([[Clemson-class destroyer|ex-''Clemson''-class]] destroyers)
::: '''{{USS|Hopkins|DMS-13|2}}''', '''{{USS|Trever||2}}''', '''{{USS|Zane||2}}''', '''{{USS|Southard||2}}''', '''{{USS|Hovey||2}}'''

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book
 | last      = Morison
 | first     = Samuel Eliot
 | year      = 1949
 | title     = Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942 – August 1942
 | series    = History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
 | volume    = IV
 | publisher = Little, Brown and Co.
 | location  = Boston
 | isbn      = 0-3165-8304-9}}
*{{cite book
 | last      = Morison
 | first     = Samuel Eliot
 | year      = 1948
 | title     = The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 – February 1943
 | series    = History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
 | volume    = V
 | publisher = Little, Brown and Co.
 | location  = Boston
 | isbn      = 0-7858-1306-3}}
*{{cite book
 | last      = Silverstone
 | first     = Paul H.
 | year      = 1970
 | title     = U.S. Warships of World War II
 | publisher = Doubleday and Co.
 | location  = Garden City, NY
 | isbn      = 0-8702-1773-9}}
*{{cite book
 | last      = Stille
 | first     = Mark
 | year      = 2016
 | title     = US Navy Light Cruisers, 1941-45
 | publisher = Osprey Publishing, Ltd. 
 | location  = Oxford
 | isbn      = 978-1-4728-1140-0}}

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