ショートランド諸島
At 08:00, on 11 October, Jojima's reinforcement group departed the Shortland Islands anchorage to begin their run down the Slot to Guadalcanal. The six destroyers that accompanied "Nisshin" and "Chitose" were , , , , , and . Gotō departed the Shortland Islands for Guadalcanal at 14:00 the same day.