<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Naval Battle of Guadalcanal </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Smoke rises from two Japanese aircraft shot down off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942 . Photographed from USS President Adams; ship at right is USS Betelgeuse . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 12--15 November 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Strategic American victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Halsey, Jr . Daniel Callaghan † Norman Scott † Willis A. Lee </Td> <Td> Isoroku Yamamoto Hiroaki Abe Nobutake Kondō Raizo Tanaka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1 carrier 2 battleships 2 heavy cruisers 3 light cruisers 12 destroyers </Td> <Td> 2 battleships 6 heavy cruisers 4 light cruisers 16 destroyers 11 transports </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> First phase (13 Nov): 2 light cruisers 4 destroyers </P> Second phase (14 / 15 Nov): 3 destroyers Plus (13--15 Nov): 36 aircraft for a total of 1,732 killed </Td> <Td> First phase: 1 battleship 1 heavy cruiser 2 destroyers 7 transports Second phase: 1 battleship 1 destroyer 4 transports (beached first) Plus: 64 aircraft for a total of 1,900 killed (exclusive of transport losses) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Naval Battle of Guadalcanal </Th> </Tr>

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