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...Francisco, in running the gantlet, had crippled the Jap battleship, but a 14-in. salvo found the cruiser's bridge and killed Admiral Callaghan and Captain Cassin Young (who when blown into the water off the Arizona at Pearl Harbor swam back to his ship and resumed the fight). It knocked out Lieut. Commander Bruce McCandless, 31, third in command on the bridge at the time. When McCandless came to, he saw that he was "Sopus"—Navy for senior officer present. It was up to him to get the ship out. He got to his feet, took command...
Adding the score of the final engagement, announced last week, to that previously announced (TIME, Nov. 23), the Japs suffered the following sinkings: one battleship, another battleship or a very large cruiser, eight cruisers, six destroyers, eight troop transports, four cargo ships. They also lost a huge number of ground troops who had been taking their last ferry trip-between 20,000 and 40,000, Admiral Nimitz estimated...
...battleship finally came into its own. After Pearl Harbor many misinformed people thought they knew the answer when ex-Navy Flyer Al Williams asked: "What has any battleship done to date, in this war, but sink?" Midway and Alexander De Seversky between them reinforced this feeling, by overstressing the great importance of aircraft (particularly land-based planes) over the sea, and fostering the assumption that in all naval situations airplanes would be as dominant as they were at Midway...
Battle of the Eastern Solomons. On Aug. 24-25, a large Japanese striking force approached Guadalcanal from the direction of Truk, to the north. It was met by U.S. carrier forces, which damaged one battleship, several cruisers, two carriers, one destroyer, one transport, four "additional ships...
Battle of Guadalcanal. On Nov. 13-15, Halsey saved Guadalcanal. The Japs lost one battleship, perhaps another battleship or a large cruiser, eight cruisers, six destroyers, twelve transports, and suffered damage to two battleships, one cruiser and six destroyers. The Japs sank two light cruisers, seven destroyers, damaged a heavy cruiser...