Battle of Cape Esperance

TaskForce 64 Rear Admiral Norman Scott, USN

Heavy Cruisers

USS San Francisco; Captain Charles H. McMorris - New Orleans class
USS Salt Lake City; Captain Ernest G. Small - Pensacola class

Light Cruisers

Boise; Captain Edward J. Moran, USN - Brooklyn class 
Helena; Captain Gilbert C. Hoover, USN - St. Louis class

Destroyer Squadron 12 Captain Robert G. Tobin, USN

DD-491 USS Farenholt; Lt. Commander Eugene T. Seaward - Benson Class Destroyer
DD-484 USS Buchanan; Commander Ralph E. Wilson - Gleaves Class Destroyer
DD-459 Laffey; Lt. Cdr. William E. Hank, USN - Benson Class Destroyer
DD-485 Duncan; Lt. Cdr. Edmund B. Taylor, USN - Gleaves Class Destroyer
DD-488 McCalla Lt. Cdr. William G. Cooper, USN - Gleaves Class Destroyer

IJN Cruiser Divison 6 Rear Admiral Aritomo Goto

Heavy Cruisers

Aoba; Captain Yonejiro Hisamune - Furutaka Class
Kinugasa; Captain Araki Tsutau - Furutaka Class
Furutaka; Captain Masao Sawa - Furutaka Class

Destroyers

Hatsuyuki - Fubuki class
Fubuki - Fubuki class