Despite this, Japan's destroyer force was halved by the end of the war.
British destroyer forces had suffered heavily since the outbreak of war and urgently needed reinforcement.
The destroyer force should have been pounding northward from Vernier on a right-angle course to his.
A second, larger wave of White Stars exits hyperspace closer to the main destroyer force.
A token cruiser and destroyer force was dispatched toward the Aleutians, but otherwise ignored it.
The British meanwhile had intercepted this wireless traffic, and dispatched a destroyer force to intercept them, but were unsuccessful.
Seattle's peacetime duties as flagship for the Destroyer Force were short.
Sara Thompson continued local operations with Cavite-based destroyer forces into November 1921.
She also served as flagship for Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic.
A token cruiser and destroyer force was sent toward the Aleutians, but otherwise Nimitz ignored them.
