Reddit reviews Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau

I would perform some dark arts to get a movie centered on the USS Juneau that started just before the naval battle at Guadalcanal, spent some confused time on the night action itself, and then the latter 2/3 of the movie on the sinking and survival disaster afterwards. I read a book on it (IIRC by one of the survivors, or sourced from several) when I was in middle school in the late '90s. It was morbidly fascinating and tragic.

They could even use Paul Allen's footage of the wreck during the end credits...

Edit - this is the book. It even has a movie-ready title.