Yes but...
The fast battleships were supposed to be chasing the decoy fleet, and in fact they were. Up till now things are going (sort of) according to plan. Halsey took the bait, the southern fleet failed to follow thru, running from ships that were not there.
They choked! Good thing too, my Grandfather was ferrying Marines to the beach about then and my dad was yet unborn, heck the Japs coulda killed me two generations ago.
