Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Rundunar Kondo ta kusanci Guadalcanal ta hanyar Indispensable Strait kusa da tsakar dare a ranar 14 ga watan Nuwamba, kuma kwata na wata ya ba da hangen nesa na kimanin kilomita 7 (3.8 nmi; 4.3 mi). Rundunar ta hada da Kirishima, manyan jiragen ruwa na Atago da Takao, jiragen ruwa na Nagara da Sendai, da kuma masu hallaka tara, wasu daga cikin masu hallaka sun tsira (tare da Kirishima da Nagara) na farko da aka yi a cikin dare biyu kafin. Kondo ya tashi da tutar sa a cikin jirgin ruwa mai suna Atago.Kasa da jiragen ruwa marasa lalacewa, Admiral William Halsey, Jr., ya ware sabbin jiragen ruwa na Washington da Dakota ta Kudu, na kungiyar tallafi ta Enterprise, tare da masu hallaka guda hudu, a matsayin TF 64 a karkashin Admiral Willis A. "Ching" Lee don kare Guadalcanal da kuma Henderson Field. Ƙarƙashin ƙarfi ne; jirgin yaƙi ya yi aiki tare na 'yan kwanaki kawai, kuma masu rakiyar su huɗu sun fito ne daga ƙungiyoyi huɗu daban-daban - waɗanda aka zaɓa kawai saboda, na masu hallaka, suna da mafi yawan man fetur. Sojojin Amurka sun isa Ironbottom Sound da yammacin ranar 14 ga Nuwamba kuma suka fara sintiri a kusa da Tsibirin Savo. Jiragen yakin Amurka sun kasance a cikin tsari tare da masu hallaka guda hudu a cikin jagorancin, Washington ya biyo baya, tare da Dakota ta Kudu ta kawo baya. A 22:55 a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, radar a Dakota ta Kudu da Washington sun fara ɗaukar jiragen ruwa na Kondo da ke kusa da Tsibirin Savo, a nesa da kusan mita 18,000 (20,000 yd).  Tambaya: Ina jiragen Kondo suke lokacin da radar ta fara gano su?
Kusa da Tsibirin Savo