Navy Department Communique No. 198

NOVEMBER 22, 1942

South Pacific (all dates are east longitude)

1. 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.
2. The officers and crew of the destroyer were rescued by another destroyer. No loss of life has been reported.
3. The loss of this destroyer was not included in previous reports of U. S. vessels lost during the Battle of Guadalcanal.