Editing (section) USS McCalla (DD-488) 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>1942</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">During shakedown <i>McCalla</i> undertook her first war assignment, escorting a New York-bound convoy from Cape May, New Jersey, 19 July 1942. On 3 August, she formally reported at Norfolk for brief <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22antisubmarine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22antisubmarine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bantisubmarine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" title="Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect">antisubmarine</a> (ASW) employment along the mid Atlantic coast. Two weeks later she escorted oilers to Aruba and continued on to the Pacific, reporting to Commander, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22South%20Pacific%20Area%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22South%20Pacific%20Area%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSouth%20Pacific%20Area%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Area" title="South Pacific Area">South Pacific Area</a> (ComSoPac) 28 September at Nouméa. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><i>McCalla</i> immediately joined in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22campaign%20for%20the%20Solomons%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Solomon%20Islands%20campaign%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSolomon%20Islands%20campaign%7Ccampaign%20for%20the%20Solomons%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign" title="Solomon Islands campaign">campaign for the Solomons</a>. On 7 October she Joined Task Force 64 (TF<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>64), <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rear%20Admiral%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rear%20Admiral%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRear%20Admiral%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" title="Rear Admiral" class="mw-redirect">Rear Admiral</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Norman%20Scott%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Norman%20Scott%20%28admiral%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorman%20Scott%20%28admiral%29%7CNorman%20Scott%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Norman_Scott_(admiral)" title="Norman Scott (admiral)">Norman Scott</a>'s <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cruiser%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22cruiser%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcruiser%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> force, then protecting transports carrying supplies and reinforcements to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22marines%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Marine%20Corps%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Marine%20Corps%7Cmarines%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">marines</a> on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Guadalcanal%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Guadalcanal%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGuadalcanal%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a>. Ordered to search for and destroy enemy ships and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22landing%20craft%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22landing%20craft%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blanding%20craft%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a>, the force patrolled primarily north of the island. On the nights of 11 and 13 October, they encountered a Japanese force off Cape Esperance under Rear Admiral <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Aritomo%20Got%5Cu014d%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Aritomo%20Got%5Cu014d%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAritomo%20Got%5Cu014d%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Aritomo_Got%C5%8D" title="Aritomo Gotō">Aritomo Gotō</a> convoying reinforcements to Guadalcanal. In the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22ensuing%20battle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Battle%20of%20Cape%20Esperance%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBattle%20of%20Cape%20Esperance%7Censuing%20battle%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance" title="Battle of Cape Esperance">ensuing battle</a> both forces accomplished their missions, but the cost to the Japanese was greater. Admiral Gotō was killed, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22heavy%20cruiser%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22heavy%20cruiser%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bheavy%20cruiser%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EFurutaka%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Japanese%20cruiser%20Furutaka%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJapanese%20cruiser%20Furutaka%7C%27%27Furutaka%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Furutaka" title="Japanese cruiser Furutaka"><i>Furutaka</i></a> and destroyer <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EFubuki%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Japanese%20destroyer%20Fubuki%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJapanese%20destroyer%20Fubuki%7C%27%27Fubuki%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Fubuki" title="Japanese destroyer Fubuki"><i>Fubuki</i></a> were lost, and heavy cruiser <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EAoba%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Japanese%20cruiser%20Aoba%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJapanese%20cruiser%20Aoba%7C%27%27Aoba%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Aoba" title="Japanese cruiser Aoba"><i>Aoba</i></a> was forced to return to Japan for repairs. In addition, as they attempted to rescue survivors the next day, two Japanese destroyers, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EMurakumo%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Japanese%20destroyer%20Murakumo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJapanese%20destroyer%20Murakumo%7C%27%27Murakumo%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Murakumo" title="Japanese destroyer Murakumo"><i>Murakumo</i></a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ENatsugumo%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Japanese%20destroyer%20Natsugumo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJapanese%20destroyer%20Natsugumo%7C%27%27Natsugumo%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Natsugumo" title="Japanese destroyer Natsugumo"><i>Natsugumo</i></a>, were sunk by aircraft from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Henderson%20Field%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Henderson%20Field%20%28Guadalcanal%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHenderson%20Field%20%28Guadalcanal%29%7CHenderson%20Field%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Henderson_Field_(Guadalcanal)" title="Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)">Henderson Field</a>. Admiral Scott's force lost destroyer <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EDuncan%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Duncan%20%28DD-485%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUSS%20Duncan%20%28DD-485%29%7C%27%27Duncan%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/USS_Duncan_(DD-485)" title="USS Duncan (DD-485)"><i>Duncan</i></a> (DD-485), while damage to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EBoise%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Boise%20%28CL-47%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUSS%20Boise%20%28CL-47%29%7C%27%27Boise%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/USS_Boise_(CL-47)" title="USS Boise (CL-47)"><i>Boise</i></a> (CL-47) required navy yard repairs. <i>McCalla</i> rescued 195<span data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%5C%2Fdanfs%5C%2Fm7%5C%2Fmccalla-ii.htm%20%27%27DANFS%27%27%5D%20says%20197%3B%20but%20%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%5C%2Fdanfs%5C%2Fd6%5C%2Fduncan-ii.htm%20the%20article%20on%20%27%27Duncan%27%27%5D%20says%20195.%20The%20%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.destroyerhistory.org%5C%2Fbenson-gleavesclass%5C%2Fussduncan%5C%2Findex.html%20Destroyer%20History%20Foundation%20page%20for%20%27%27Duncan%27%27%5D%20says%20160%20unwounded%20survivors%20plus%2035%20wounded.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22104-7281963945f8f5735788c8%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ68b343807fdb89b6-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22104-7281963945f8f5735788c8%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ68b343807fdb89b6-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2224%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2225%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> of <i>Duncan</i><span data-rte-entity="#39">'</span>s crew, and captured three Japanese sailors. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22campaign%20for%20Guadalcanal%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Guadalcanal%20campaign%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGuadalcanal%20campaign%7Ccampaign%20for%20Guadalcanal%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">campaign for Guadalcanal</a> extended, <i>McCalla</i><span data-rte-entity="#39">'</span>s anti-shipping activities continued. On 2 November, she <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22depth%20charge%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22depth%20charge%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bdepth%20charge%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charged</a> an area in which submarine contact had been made. On the 25th, she was cruising off <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tassafaronga%20Point%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tassafaronga%20Point%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTassafaronga%20Point%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-7281963945f8f5735788c8" class="new" title="Tassafaronga Point (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGFzc2FmYXJvbmdhX1BvaW50P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Tassafaronga Point</a> when a number of landing boats were reported maneuvering along the coast; <i>McCalla</i> destroyed 40 of the Japanese craft. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key military:rte-parser-cache:34857 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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