USS President Jackson under attack during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In the center background, smoke rises after an Japanese plane crashed into the superstructure of USS San Francisco.

The American landing on Guadalcanal ... born in San Francisco on July 26, 1890, whose destiny would converge with Scott's some 31 years later. Scott first found action during World War I as the ...

The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7 ... And fire he did — joined by guns on both sides. USS San Francisco (CA-38) at Pearl Harbor, with her crew manning the rails, Dec. 4, 1942.