OT: The Battle of Savo Island

[Parasite]

Thanks to your Grand Uncle for serving his country! Honor goes to him and his family.

I have a book, "Guadalcanal - Decision at Sea", it tells of the battles off the island from 13-15 November in great detail. It is the third book in the series. Perhaps the first one might contain information on the Savo Island battle. It is "Guadalcanal - Starvation Island" by Eric Hammel. The second is about the carrier battles. The one I read contains a blow by blow account of the nights listed. Names, positions, maneuver, fire and timing are all there.

If you think the SEIV AI is bad, read this book. It shows how some of the battles went down back then. It includes some great gems like assigning the only DD with modern fire control to fire star shells for the fleet. The ship with surface radar is put last in the column, and has no ability to advise others because the front ship is just off the scope and radio silence is in effect for them. Once the admiral yells "Cease Fire, Cease Fire" when his ship starts firing on a friendly ship, but forgets he has the microphone open and transmits to the whole fleet in the middle of battle.