Having spent 12 days at Nouméa, New Caledonia, completing
repairs to 21 ships damaged in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, my
dad's ship, USS Vestal, left Nouméa on today's date, 1942, accompanied by the destroyer Ellet, and
sailed to Espiritu Santo where it will begin a year’s schedule of repair
service.
My dad, Frank Dolan, however, is not on board. He has been temporarily transferred
with a repair crew of 56 from Vestal to the carrier, Enterprise, which
is participating in a great naval battle in the Solomon Islands from November 12 to 15. Dad will be at work on Enterprise, even as the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal rages.
Sources: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, V. 7: T-V, p. 496; Vestal War Diary, November 1942; Frank L. Dolan's Service Records
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The Pacific Theater in 1942 Source: Wikipedia |
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