sentences:  Through the rest of August and September, "Aoba" and CruDiv6 provided cover to the "Tokyo Express" reinforcement convoys to Guadalcanal.At the Battle of Cape Esperance on 11 October 1942, CruDiv 6's cruisers ("Aoba", "Furutaka" and "Kinugasa"), and destroyers ( and ) departed Shortland to provide cover for a troop reinforcement convoy by shelling Henderson Field on Guadalcanal.Two American OS2U Kingfisher reconnaissance aircraft spotted the fleet coming down the "Slot" at .