The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) under repair at Tongatabu, Tonga Islands, in September 1942. She had been torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-26 on 31 August. The torpedo struck Saratoga on her starboard side, just aft of the island. The torpedo wounded a dozen of her sailors, including Vice Admiral Fletcher, and it flooded one fireroom, giving the ship a 4° list, but it caused multiple electrical short circuits. These damaged Saratoga's turbo-electric propulsion system and left her dead in the water for a time. The heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) took Saratoga in tow while she launched her aircraft for Espiritu Santo, retaining 36 fighters aboard. By noon, the list had been corrected and she was able to steam under her own power later that afternoon.