Aircraft launching from Henderson Field attacked the retreating Japanese and sunk the disabled battleship Hiei later on the 13th, completing the American strategic victory.
Despite many errors, the Americans gave a good accounting of themselves, forcing the Japanese to abandon their mission of attacking Henderson Field.
A superior Japanese force had run smack into a smaller, outnumbered American force. The previous night, American and Japanese ships had clashed in arguably the most unorganized and chaotic naval battle of World War II.
Burning ships and bodies littered the field of battle off the shores of Guadalcanal at dawn on November 13, 1942.
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