Worst US Navy Defeat After Pearl : Tassafaronga Point Guadalcanal Worst US Navy Defeat After Pearl : Tassafaronga Point Guadalcanal On the night of 30 November/1 December 1942, a U.S. force of five cruisers and six destroyers (Task Force 67) under the command of Rear Admiral Carleton H. Wright, ambushed a Japanese “Tokyo Express” run … Continue reading Worst US Navy Defeat After Pearl : Tassafaronga Point Guadalcanal