Task Force 11 |
Jaluit Raid / Wake Reinforce |
| CV | Lexington/FF |
| CA | Astoria, Chicago, Portland, Indianapolis (from 12/15) |
| DD 9: | DesRon1 |
DesDiv1: Dewey/DF (from 12/15), MacDonough, Worden (from 12/15) DesDiv2: Dale, Monaghan, Aylwin, Farragut |
| AO | Neosho (from 12/15) | |
| 41/12/14 | departed from P.H. for Jaluit to abstract attention from TF 17 |
| 41/12/15 | Indianapolis, Dewey, Worden and Neosho joined |
| 41/12/20 | Jaluit raid canceled - ordered to cover TF 17 |
| 41/12/23 | Wake fall -> canceled |
| 41/12/27 | back in P.H.. |
1941/12/30 - 1942/01/11 |
| CV | Saratoga |
| CA | Astoria, Minneapolis |
| DD | Benham, Ellet DesRon4: Selfridge, Bagley, Henley, Patterson |
| 41/12/31 | departed P.H. |
| 42/01/07 | refuel from Neches |
| 42/01/11 | 500 miles SW of Oahu - Saratoga disabled by I-6 (19-00N, 165-00W) > retired to P.H. |
| 42/01/13 | arrived back to P.H. |
1942/01 - Kingman - Christmas Is. offensive patrol |
| CV | Lexington |
| CA | Astoria, Chicago, Minneapolis |
| DD | 9: MacDonough (01/0?-01/31), Monaghan, Jarvis, Worden |
| 42/01/19 | departed P.H. |
| 42/01/21 | ordered to randevouz with AO Neches and then raid and shell Wake |
| 42/01/22 | departed P.H. for Wake |
| 42/01/23 | Neches sunk by I-172 ((21-01N, 160-06W)) > TF 11 has not enough fuel to conduct planned raids > sail back to Oahu |
| 42/01/24 | arrived P.H. |
Revenge Raid 2 (42/02 - 42/03) |
| CV | Lexington |
| CA |
CruDiv4: Pensacola (from 02/17), Indianapolis CruDiv6: Minneapolis, San Francisco (from 02/10) |
| DD | DesRon1 |
Phelps/SF DesDiv1: Dewey, Hull DesDiv2: Aylwin |
| from 02/17: |
DesDiv8: Mugford/DF, Patterson, Jarvis Bagley |
| 42/01/31 | departed from P.H. for Fiji to cover TF 8 and TF 17 retirement from Marshalls and Gilberts - escort convoy for Bora Bora (New Hebrides) |
| 42/02/01 | off Christmas Is. - support TF 8 and TF 17 operations |
| 42/02/05 | Pensacola, DesDiv8 and Bagley departed P.H. for Pago Pago |
| 42/02/10 | San Francisco joined |
| 42/02/13 | Pensacola, DesDiv8 and Bagley arrived Pago Pago, in the evening departed for Noumea |
| 42/02/16 | rendezvous with ANZAC forces (Chicago, Leander, Australia, Achilles, Lamson, Perkins) |
| 42/02/17 | Noumea - departed for Rabaul - Pensacola, DesDiv8 and Bagley joined |
| 42/02/20 | NE off Rabaul spotted by Jokohama kokutai, then attacked by 4th kokutai > raid cancelled, sail for Coral Sea |
| 42/02/2? | Aylwin detached to escort AO Platte to Pago Pago > P.H. |
| 42/03/06 | join TF 17 |
Revenge Raid 3 - Lae - Salamaua |
| CV | Lexington |
| CA | CruDiv4: Chicago (till 03/09?), Indianapolis, Pensacola, Portland (from 03/14) |
| DD | Dewey, Hull, Phelps, Bagley, Patterson (03/07-14 detached), |
| 42/03/06 | off Noumea - join TF 17 - sail against Rabaul |
| 42/03/07 | Patterson engine troubles - sail independently |
| 42/03/08 | Vadm Brown changed target to attack Lae and Salamaua |
| 42/03/09? | Chicago detached to TF 44 = TG 11.7- RAdm Crace |
| 42/03/10 |
S of Port Moresby -
strike landing forces off Lae & Salamaua: sinking Kongo Maru, Tenjo Maru, Jokohama Maru damaging CL Jubari, AV Kijokawa Maru, DD Asanagi, Junagi, minelayer Cugaru, Kokai Maru |
| 42/03/14 | Chicago and Patterson rejoined Portland and Neosho joined |
| 42/03/16 | after refuel sail for P.H. - Pensacola disjoined |
| 42/03/26 | arrived P.H. |
x Coral Sea |
| CV | Lexington /FF - (CVG-2) | |
| CA | Portland, Chicago, New Orleans (DANFS), Minneapolis | |
| DD |
Perkins | |
| DesRon1 (DANFS): |
Phelps/SF DesDiv1: Dewey, Worden (till 05/02) DesDiv2: Monaghan, Aylwin | |
| DesRon2: |
DesDiv3: Hammann, Anderson, Sims | |
| 42/04/16 | departed from P.H. |
| 42/04/18 | Lexington flew VMF-211 (14 F2A-3) to Palmyra Is. |
| 42/04/26 | ordered to rendezvous with TF 17 |
| 42/05/01 | W off Espiritu Santo - join TF 17, refuel |
| 42/05/02 | Worden detached to escort AO Tippecanoe for Noumea |
| 42/05/03 | still refuel |
| 42/05/05 | begin off battle |
| 42/05/08 | end off battle |
| 42/05/11 | Noumea |
| 42/05/13 | departed Noumea to join TF 16 |
| 42/05/14 | joined TF 16 |
from 42/06 |
| CV | Saratoga/FF | ||||
| CA | Vincennes (from 06/15) | ||||
| CL | San Diego (06/02-06/15) | ||||
| DD | Dewey (06/22-06/29), Worden (06/22-06/29), Preston (06/01-06/13)
TG 11.1
|
| 42/06/01 | departed San Diego for Midway |
| 42/06/06 | arrived P.H. |
| 42/06/07 | departed P.H. |
| 42/06/08 | arrived Midway area |
| 42/06/10 | meet TF 16 - transferred replacement planes to Enterprise and Hornet |
| 42/06/11 | departed for P.H. |
| 42/06/13 | entered P.H. |
| 42/06/22 | departed for Midway with 73th FS (25 x P-40) and VMSB-241 reinforcements (18 x SBD) onboard |
| 42/06/25 | arrived Midway - launched 73th FS and VMSB-241 planes |
| 42/06/29 | arrived P.H. |
"WATCHTOWER" |
| CV | Saratoga |
| CA | Vincennes |
| DD | DesRon1 |
Phelps/SF DesDiv1: MacDonough, Worden DesDiv2: Dale, Farragut |
| 42/07/09 | departed P.H. |
| 42/07/21 | Worden detached to escort AO Platte for Noumea |
| 42/07/26 | off Fiji |
| 42/07/27 | Vincennes disjoined to TG 62.3 |
| 42/07/29 | Worden rejoined with Platte |
| 42/07/30 | Worden detached to escort AO Cimarron to Noumea |
| 42/08/03 | Worden rejoined |
| 42/08/07 | strike Guadalcanal |
x Eastern Solomons |
| CV | Saratoga /FF ( 74 planes) (till 08/31) |
|
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RAdm Carleton H. Wright
| |
| CA | Minneapolis, New Orleans (till 08/31), Australia (from 08/21) |
| CL | Atlanta (from 08/25), Hobart (from 08/21) |
| DD | DesRon1 (Cap S. B. Brewer): |
Phelps DesDiv1(Cdr Francis X. McInerney): Worden, MacDonough DesDiv2: Farragut, Dale |
|
from 08/21: Patterson, Bagley | ||
| 42/08/16 | 300 Miles SE from Guadalcanal |
| 42/08/19 | Australia, Hobart, Patterson, Bagley departed Noumea |
| 42/08/21 | Australia, Hobart, Patterson, Bagley joined |
| 42/08/23 | N from Malaita |
| 42/08/24 | Battle started |
| 42/08/25 | end of battle - Atlanta, Grayson joined from TF 16 |
| 42/08/27 | (from) crossing E of San Cristobal |
| 42/08/31 | Saratoga disabled by I-26 (10-34S, 164-18E) - sail for P.H. escorted by New Orleans + ? Patterson, Phoenix and Bagley detached to join TF 44 |
| 42/09/06 | arrived Tongatabu |
| 42/09/23 | Saratoga arrived P.H. |
1942/11 |
| CV | Saratoga |
| DD | Fanning (from 42/11/12), McCall (from 42/11/12), Saufley (43/01-43/02/19), Balch |
| 42/11/12 | departed P.H. |
| 42/11/2? | arrived Noumea |
1943
|
| CV | Saratoga |
| 43/01/21 | bring 18xF4F,24xSBD,17xTBF to Guadalcanal |
| 43/01/24 | strike Kolombangara |
1943/05 |
| BB | Maryland, Colorado |
| DD | ? |
| 43/05/26 | scheduled exercises with TF 19 off Efate |
Howland & Baker Islands Landing 43/09/01 |
| CVL | Princeton (VF-23, VF-6 Det), Belleau Wood (VF-22, VF-24) |
| DD | Spence, Trathen, Boyd, Bradford |
| AK | Hercules/FF |
| LSD | Ashland |
| CVL | Princeton (VF-23, VF-6 Det), Belleau Wood (VF-22, VF-24) |
| 43/08/25 | departed P.H. |
| 43/09/01 | Howland & Baker Islands landing direct support - 804th Aviation Battalion landed on Baker Is. |
| 43/09/11 | departed area back to P.H. |
| 43/09/14 | arrived P.H. |
1944 Pearl Harbor - Marshalls Supply Lines Hunter Killer Groups
|
| CVE | Altamaha/GF (VC-66) |
| DE | 4(till 04/20): Harold C. Thomas, Wileman, Elden, Cabana |
| CVE | Fanshaw Bay, Kalinin Bay (from 04/23) |
| DE | 4: from 04/20: Harold C. Thomas, Wileman |
| 44/03/30 | 11.1 - departed P.H. to operating area 300 Miles E of the Marshalls |
| 44/04/03 | 11.1 - 300 Miles E of the Marshalls |
| 44/04/04 | 11.1 - attacking submarine cca 100 miles W of TG |
| 44/04/05 | 11.1 - VC-66 damaging I-45 650 nm NE of Majuro (14-27N, 176-37E) |
| 44/04/08 | 11.1 - Majuro - destroyer escorts refuel |
| 44/04/11 | 11.1 - Majuro - sail back to 2nd mission |
| 44/04/15 | 11.1 - Altamaha attacked by torpedoes |
| 44/04/18 | 11.1 - retreat to P.H.. - traded escort with TG 11.2 |
| 44/04/22 | 11.1 - arrived P.H. |
| 44/04/23 | 11.2 - Kalinin Bay joined |
| 44/05/06 | 11.2 departed for P.H. |
| 44/05/13 | 11.2 arrived P.H. |
1944/06 |
| DE | CortDiv39: Osmus (06/18-06/2?) |
| 44/06/18 | 11.1.1 departed Guadalcanal for Manus |
| 44/06/2? | 11.1.1 arrived Guadalcanal |