Talk:Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

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[edit] Casualties

US casualties in the info box lists 1 carrier twice. So were 2 carriers sunk or just 1? - RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 18:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

1 carrier sunk, 1 carrier heavily damaged. Cla68 20:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of uncited passage in Aftermath section

I removed the following passage from the Aftermath section, not because it wasn't a valid point, which it was, but because it was uncited (except for the date in the first sentence):

The Japanese fleet had been sailing since October 11 [1], and had already engaged US ships, sinking Meredith and harassing convoys bound for Guadalcanal; since then it had been hovering to the Northeast of the island. Hadn´t US carriers been sent to attack the Japanese ships, the most likely result was that upon noticing the failure of the land offensive at Henderson Field, Japanese carriers would have retreated to their base at Truk. It must be noted that this is what happened in September, when Japanese carriers retreated upon knowing of their land defeat at the Battle of Edson's Ridge, even though they had not engaged US forces in the area, which were in a particularly weak state after the loss of Wasp and damage of Saratoga by submarines. Although the IJN suffered serious losses (see below), the loss of ships and aircraft of the US Navy can hardly justify this small strategic success. Had Japanese carriers been available for the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, it is unlikely that they could have changed the outcome of the battle, since surface actions were at night and the convoy could not be protected constantly from air attacks. Hence, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands can be seen as an atrittion clash that didn´t change the essential keys of the Guadalcanal campaign, apart from further reducing the carrier strength of both sides.

Please cite a reference that supports the assertions in this paragraph, and then I'll help rewrite it into smoother English for inclusion in the article. Cla68 23:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)