Talk:Fall 2013 Event/@comment-24185472-20131122085847

how can i be historically correct on E4 and E5.?

the wiki says to the frist battle (E4): night of 13 November.[18 ] In addition to the battleships Hiei (Abe's flagship) and Kirishima, Abe's force included the light cruiser Nagara and 11 destroyers ( Samidare ,  Murasame ,  Asagumo ,  Teruzuki ,  Amatsukaze ,  Yukikaze ,  Ikazuchi ,  Inazuma ,  Akatsuki ,  Harusame , and  Yudachi ).[19 ] Three more destroyers ( Shigure ,  Shiratsuyu , and  Yugure ) would provide a rear guard in the Russell Islands during Abe's foray into the waters of "Savo Sound" around and near Savo Island off the north coast of Guadalcanal that would soon be nicknamed "Ironbottom Sound" as a result of this succession of battles and skirmishes.

13 November.[70 ] Departing from the Solomon Islands area with San Francisco, Helena, Sterret, and O'Bannon later that day, Juneau was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 (Juneau ' s 100+ survivors (out of a total complement of 697) were left to fend on their own in the open ocean for eight days before rescue aircraft belatedly arrived. While awaiting rescue, all but ten of Juneau ' s crew died from their injuries, the elements, or shark attacks (the japs put meat on the torpedos to atract sharks. double attack?). The dead included the five Sullivan brothers.

on the second battle. E5:  14 November, and a quarter moon provided moderate visibility of about 7 km (3.8 nmi; 4.3 mi).[90 ] The force included  Kirishima , heavy cruisers  Atago  and  Takao , light cruisers  Nagara  and  Sendai , and nine destroyers, some of the destroyers being survivors (along with Kirishima and Nagara) of the first night engagement two days prior. Kondo flew his flag in the cruiser Atago.

Both Kirishima and Ayanami were scuttled and sank by 03:25 on 15 November.[107 ] Uranami rescued survivors from Ayanami and destroyers Asagumo, Teruzuki, and Samidare rescued the remaining crew from Kirishima.