USS Haynsworth DD700

Diagram of the Night Battle of the USS English and USS Porterfield against a 100' Japanese picket vessel off Honshu on 26 Feb 1945

***** Diagram of night battle photo provided by Marty Irons *****

The below diagram depicts the relaxed cruising radius of 5-R. Carriers are 1700 yards from the center, cruisers and battleships 3000 yards from the center, and the destroyers were 6000 yards out. During attacks, the destroyers would collapse to radius 5-V. At Victor, the tin cans joined the battleship and cruiser ring of defense.