“One large, two small vessels, one six miles from Savo off northern beach, Guadalcanal. Will investigate closer.”
The message, from Lieutenant John A. Thomas, pilot of the cruiser USS San Francisco's Vought OS2U Kingfisher scout plane, could not have come at a better time. Aboard his flagship, Admiral Norman Scott received the news with relief—his Task Force 64.2 had been looking for the approaching Japanese force for the past several hours.
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