Courtesy Curious Software
Battle of Rennell Island — Task Force 18 was steaming northwest from Efate toward a rendezvous off Guadalcanal’s south coast. On 29 January, 1943, an air attack crippled Chicago, CA 26. She was taken under tow toward Espiritu Santo. During a second air attack, 30 January, La Vallette was torpedoed and Chicago was sunk.