Friday 12th October

60 days to go.

Work marches on. I am hopeful. The details may not be clear at the moment, but I feel that we can do some good stuff here. Now following on from the 3rd Naval Battle, is the 4th Naval Battle. The Battle of The Santa Cruz Islands, 26th and 27th October.

To the South East of Guadalcanal, both fleets launched attacks on each other. The Japanese had a larger fleet. The fighting began on the morning of the 26th. US had inflicted heavy damage on an Aircraft Carrier, a light Aircraft Carrier and a Heavy Cruiser. The Japanese badly damaged an Aircraft Carrier the USS Hornet. A Destroyer was torpedoed and sunk. A Battleship, Carrier, Light Cruiser and a Destroyer were damaged by dive bombers. During the early hours of the 27th the Hornet was abandoned and sunk.

Both sides withdrew from the attack.

We all went out to drinks after work; Nemo was off to Oz for a week. So Guru, Stats, Tweety, Baby Nemo and Jug and I went for a drink. Baby Nemo and Jug headed off for the night, to a Karaoke restaurant and we ate where we were drinking.