<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: McCalla ngokushesha wajoyina  <response>: umkhankaso weziQhingi zaseSolomon. Ngo-Okthoba 7 wajoyina iTask Force 64 TF 64, i-Rear Admiral Norman Scotts cruiser force, wabe esevikela izithuthi ezithwala izimpahla kanye nokuqiniswa kwabasemanzini eGuadalcanal. Njengoba ayethunywe ukuba afune futhi abhubhise imikhumbi yezitha nemikhumbi yokwehla, la mabutho ayezulazula ngokuyinhloko enyakatho yesiqhingi. Ngobusuku buka-Okthoba 11 no-13, bahlangana nebutho laseJapane eliseCape Esperance ngaphansi kukaRear Admiral Aritomo Gotō elihambisa izinsiza eGuadalcanal. Empini eyalandela amabutho womabili ayifeza imisebenzi yawo, kodwa amaJapane alahlekelwa kakhulu. U-Admiral Gotō wabulawa, kwalahleka umkhumbi-mkhumbi osindayo kanye nomshayisi, futhi umkhumbi-mkhumbi osindayo waphoqeleka ukuba ubuyele eJapane ukuze ulungiswe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba bezama ukusindisa abasindile ngosuku olulandelayo, imikhumbi emibili yaseJapane, i-Hand, ne-Hand, yacwiliswa yizindiza ezivela eHenderson Field. Amandla ka-Admiral Scott alahlekelwa umkhumbi-mkhumbi, kuyilapho umonakalo ku-cruiser udinga ukulungiswa kwegceke lasolwandle. I-McCalla yasindisa abangu-195 besisebenzi se-Duncan, futhi yathatha amatilosi amathathu aseJapane. 