Kondo flyed his flag in the cruiser Atago.Low on undamaged ships, Admiral William Halsey, Jr., detached the new battleships Washington and South Dakota, of Enterprise's support group, along with four destroyers, as TF 64 under Admiral Willis A. "Ching" Lee to Guadalcanal and Henderson Field. It was bringing a scratch of about 7 km (3.8 nmi; 4.3 mi). The force included Kirishima, heavy cruisers Atago and Takao, light cruisers Nagara and Sendai, and nine destroyers, some of the destroyers being survivors (along with Kirishima and Nagara) of the first night engagement two days prior. Kondo flew his flag in the cruiser Atago.Low on undamaged ships, Admiral William Halsey, Jr., detached the new battleships Washington and South Dakota, of Enterprise's support group, along with four destroyers, as TF 64 under Admiral Willis A. "Ching" Lee to Guadalcanal and Henderson Field. It was bringing a scratch of about 7 km (3.8
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