Navy Department Communique No. 198
NOVEMBER 22, 1942
South Pacific (all dates are east longitude)
- Information has just been received that a U. S. destroyer which participated in the night action of November 14-15 during the Battle of Guadalcanal (November 13-15) was damaged by an enemy torpedo and sank the following evening as a result of this damage, while enroute to a U. S. base.
- The officers and crew of the destroyer were rescued by another destroyer. No loss of life has been reported.
- The loss of this destroyer was not included in previous reports of U. S. vessels lost during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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