as she was unloading, the shore station ordered her to clear out at highest speed, since a raid by japanese heavy units was expected momentarily. with 200 marines, including wounded and dead, on board, she hoisted all boats and headed out lengo channel with at 21:10. "manley" had fuel for only one day's operations and so returned to tulagi the next day. taking on enough fuel to reach espiritu santo, she was routed onward for voyage repairs at nouméa, new caledonia.