How could Turner have positioned his cruisers to gain at least a draw at Savo Island?
Short answerThe existing three-part screen could not support itself safely; stronger destroyer pickets and east-west covering forces with close transport protection would have offered better warning and mutual support.
NotesThe northern, southern, and eastern groups were separated, while the transports between them blocked safe supporting fire. More destroyer pickets could have provided earlier warning. A simpler east-west arrangement would have reduced the risk of the covering groups firing into one another. A close escort around the vulnerable transport anchorage would then protect the force that the cruisers were there to defend.