Battle of the Eastern Solomons
She then rejoined "Wasp" and operated with the carrier force for several weeks between the New Hebrides and the Solomons, on guard against a Japanese carrier attack. However, when this strike materialized on 24 August, "San Juan" had withdrawn to refuel and thus missed the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. was hit in the battle, and "San Juan", which had damaged a gun mount off Guadalcanal, escorted the carrier to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 10 September 1942.