It’s pitch black as a US task force of ships find themselves in the midst of a powerful fleet of Japanese vessels, just off the coast of the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. What ensued would go down as one of the most intense, close-quarter naval firefights of WW2. An epic sea battle, matched only by the heroics of the American sailors who fought it. See it all during this week's all-new episode of Combat Ships, Sunday at 8/7c! | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation