A farkon watan Nuwamba, Allied m koyi cewa Japan aka shirya sake kokarin sake kama Henderson Field. Saboda haka, Amurka ta aika Task Force 67, wani babban ƙarfafawa da kuma resupply jerin gwano dauke da sojan ruwa maye, biyu US Army sojojin dakarun, da kuma harsashi da kuma abinci, umurnin Turner, to Guadalcanal a kan 11 Nuwamba. The kayayyaki jiragen ruwa da aka kare da biyu aiki kungiyoyin, umurnin Rear Admirals Daniel J. Callaghan da Norman Scott, da kuma jirgin sama daga Henderson. The filin jiragen ruwa da aka kai hari sau da yawa a kan 11 da 12 Nuwamba da Japan jirgin sama daga Rabaul stalagging ta hanyar wani iska tushe a Buinville, Bougainville, amma mafi aka unloaded ba tare da tsanani lalacewa.
11 Ƙungiyar