from 11–12 october 1942, it led desdiv 31 against guadalcanal, accompanied by the battleships and and aircraft carriers and , crudiv 4's , and crudiv 5's . "isuzu" provided cover with desdivs 15 and 31 and also fired on marine batteries on tulagi island during the bombardment of henderson field, guadalcanal by the "kongō" and "haruna".