Chronology of World War II
Saturday, November 14
Breeches Buoy Is Put into Service
A breeches buoy is put into service to transfer from a US destroyer to a cruiser survivors of a ship, November 14, 1942 which had been sunk in naval action against the Japanese off the Santa Cruz Islands in the South pacific on October 26. The American Navy turned back the Japanese in the battle but lost an aircraft carrier and a destroyer. (AP Photo)