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Many informations about Task Force 16 in Aleutians was taken from
Naval Historical Center, Dep. of Navy, Wash.:
United States Navy Combat Narrative - The Aleutians Campaign June 19 42 - August 1943
Wake & Marcus raids 1942/02 - 03 |
CTF VAdm William F Halsey
| CV
| Enterprise
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| CA
| Northampton, Salt Lake City, ?? Chester ??
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| DD
| Ralph Talbot, Blue
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|
| DesRon6:
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Balch/SF
DesDiv11: Maury/DF, Gridley, Craven, McCall
DesDiv12: Dunlap, Fanning
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|
| Bombardement Unit - BombUnit
RAdm Raymond A. Spruance
| CA
| Salt Lake City, Northampton
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| DD
| Maury, Balch
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|
| 42/02/14
| departed from P.H.
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| 42/02/22
| waiting for better weather
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| 42/02/23
| waiting for better weather
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| 42/02/23
| BombUnit detached to shell Wake
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| 42/02/24
|
strike & shell Wake: sinking guardboats Fukju Maru #5, Miho Maru #1
BombUnit attacked by E8N2s
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| 42/03/03
| strike Marcus
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| 42/03/04
| strike Marcus
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| 42/03/06
| refuel
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| 42/03/10
| back in P.H.
|
"Shangri La" - Doolittle's Raid |
CTF VAdm William F Halsey
TG 16.1
| CV
| Enterprise/FF
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| CA
| Salt Lake City, Northampton
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| DD
| DesRon6:
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Balch/SF
DesDiv12: Benham, Ellet, Fanning
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TG 16.2 - from 42/04/13
| CV
| Hornet/GF
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| CA
| Vincennes
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| CL
| Nashville
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| DD
| DesDiv22 Gwin, Meredith, Monssen, Grayson
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| 42/04/08
| sail from P.H..
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| 42/04/13
| TF 18 joined > merged into TG 16.2
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| 42/04/17
| cruisers, destroyers and oilers stay back
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| 42/04/18
| Hornet launched B-25's on Tokio
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| 42/04/25
| back in P.H.
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CTF VAdm William F Halsey
| CA
| Pensacola
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| CL
| Atlanta (from 05/16)
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| DD
| Maury(from 04/30) Dewey (from 05/16)
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TG 16.1
| CV
| Enterprise/FF
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| CA
| Salt Lake City, Northampton
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| DD
| DesRon6: Balch/SF, Benham, Ellet
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TG 16.2
| CV
| Hornet/GF
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| CA
| Vincennes, Pensacola??
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| DD
| DesDiv2: Gwin, Monssen
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Remains from TF 11 - joined 05/14
| DD
| Worden, Monaghan, Phelps
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| 42/04/27
| P.H. - ordered to prepare join TF 17 in Coral Sea
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| 42/04/30
| P.H. - sail to join TF 11/17 in Coral Sea (Hornet VMF-212 in hangar deck)
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| 42/05/04
| crossed equator
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| 42/05/08
| 450 miles east of Tulagi
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| 42/05/11
| Hornet launch VMF-212 to Noumea
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| 42/05/12
| start cruise E of New Hebrides
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| 42/05/14
| TF 11 remains joined
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| 42/05/16
| ordered back to P.H. - Atlanta, Dewey, joined
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| 42/05/26
| back in P.H.
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CTF RAdm Raymond A Spruance
TG 16.5 - Carrier Group
CTG Cap George D Murray
TG 16.2 - Cruiser Group
CTG RAdm Thomas C. Kinkaid (ComCruDiv6)
| CA
| New Orleans, Minneapolis, Vincennes, Northampton, Pensacola
|
| CL
| Atlanta
|
TG 16.4 - Screen
CTG Cap Alexander R Early (ComDesRon1)
| DD
|
DesRon1 (Cap Alexander R. Early): Phelps/SF, Monaghan, Worden, Aylwin
DesRon6 (Cap Edward P. Sauer): Balch/SF, Maury, Ellet, Benham
Conyngham
|
Oiler Group
| DD
| Dewey, Monssen
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| AO
| Cimarron, Platte
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| 42/05/28
| sail from P H.
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| 42/06/01
| Point Luck
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| 42/06/02
| meet TF 17 350 nm NE of Midway
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| 42/06/04
| x - fight with StrFor1
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| 42/06/05
| hunting IJN
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| 42/06/06
| fight with CruDiv7, then retired eastward
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| 42/06/09
| AOs + screen arrived P.H.
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| 42/06/10
| ordered back to P.H. - meet TF 11 - recieved replacement planes
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| 42/06/13
| back in P.H.
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| Cv
| Enterpirse
|
| CA
| Pensacola
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| 42/06/22
| departed P.H. for Midway with MAG-22
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CTF RAdm Fletcher
| CV
| Enterprise
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| CA
| Chester, Potland
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| CL
| Atlanta
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| DD
| DesRon6
|
| 42/07/15
| cca - sail to Solomons
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| 42/07/24
| arrived Tonga
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"WATCHTOWER" - Guadalcanal Landing |
| CV
| Enterprise
|
| BB
| North Carolina
|
| CA
| Portland
|
| CL
| Atlanta
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| DD
| DesRon6 (Cap Edward P. Sauer): Balch, Benham, Ellet (from 08/12), Maury
DesDiv22: Grayson, Gwin
|
| 42/07/26
| off Fiji
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| 42/08/12
| Ellet joined
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CTF RAdm Thomas C Kinkaid
Carrier Group
| CV
| Enterprise/FF (80 planes)
|
Screen
RAdm Mahlon S Tisdale
| BB
| North Carolina
|
| CA
| Portland
|
| CL
| Atlanta
|
| DD
| DesRon6 (Cap E.P Sauer): Balch, Benham, Maury, Ellet
DesDiv22(Cdr Harold R. Holcomb): Grayson, Monssen
|
| 42/08/16
| 300 Miles SE from Guadalcanal
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| 42/08/22
| attacked by I-121 SE of San Cristobal
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| 42/08/23
| N of Malaita
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| 42/08/24
| B A T T L E - Enterprise damaged (08-38S, 163-30E), Grayson damaged by strafing and near-miss
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| 42/08/25
| Atlanta, Grayson detached to TF 11
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| 42/08/27
| commenced cruising E of San Cristobal
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| 42/08/31
| Tongatabu, Tonga Is.
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| 42/09/10
| arrived P.H.
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CTF RAdm Kinkaid
Carrier Group
| CV
| Enterprise/FF (CVG-10)
|
Screen
RAdm Mahlon S. Tisdale (ComCruDiv4)
| BB
| South Dakota (from 10/12)
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| CA
| CruDiv4 (RAdm Tisdale): Portland
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| CL
| CruDiv4: San Juan (from 10/23)
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| DD
| DesRon5 (Cap Charles P. Cecil):
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Porter/SF
DesDiv9: Mahan, Lamson
DesDiv10 (Cdr Thomas M. Stokes): Cushing, Preston, Smith
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|
| DesRon3: Conyngham, Shaw
Maury
|
| 42/10/04
| Preston joined
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| 42/10/12
| P.H. - South Dakota joined
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| 42/10/16
| P.H. - sail to join TF 17
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| 42/10/22
| DesDiv9: Mahan and Lamson sinking PG Hakkaisan Maru SW of Tamana (03-30S, 175-15E)
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| 42/10/23
| Esp. Santo - San Juan joined
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| 42/10/24
| rendevoused with TF 17
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| 42/10/26
| B A T T L E
sunk: Porter (torpedo from crash landed TBF),
disabled: Enterprise, Smith (B5N torpedo), San Juan (D3A bomb)
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| 42/10/27
| south Dakota and Mahan damaged in collision
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| 42/10/30
| submarine contact - South Dakota & Mahan damaged (collision) > sail to Noumea
arrived Noumea
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CTF RAdm Kinkaid
| CV
| Enterprise/FF
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| CA
| Northampton, Pensacola (from 11/12?)
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| CL
| San Diego
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| DD
| 6: DesRon2: Anderson, Hughes, Mustin
from 11/12?: Preston, Gwin
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| 42/11/10
| Hughes joined
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| 42/11/11
| sail from Noumea
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| 42/11/12
| Pensacola, Preston and Gwin joined from TG 67.4
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| 42/11/13
| attacking Hiei
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| 42/11/14
| 200 Miles SW Guadalcanal
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| 42/11/16
| returned to Noumea
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1942/12 - 1943/02, Battle off Rennell Is. |
CTF RAdm Frederick C. Sherman
| CV
| Enterprise/FF
|
| CVE
| Chenango, Suwannee - temporary joined from TG 18.2
(only 43/01/30)
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| CL
| San Diego
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| DD
| 5: Anderson, Ellet (42/11-43/05), Hughes
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| 42/12/04
| operate out of Espiritu Santo - antisubmarine patrols, exercises
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| 43/01/28
| departed Esp. Santo to randezvous Saratoga
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| 43/01/30
| cover TF 18 retreat - temporary joined TG 18.2
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| 43/02/01
| arrived Esp. Santo
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TG 16.6
CTG RAdm Charles H. McMorris
| CA
| Salt Lake City
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| CL
| Richmond/GF
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| DD
| Cap R.S Riggs (ComDesRon14):
Bailey/F, Coghlan, Dale, Monaghan
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| 43/03/22
| 16.6 departed Dutch Harbor
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| 43/03/25
| 16.6 - Bailey & Coghlan refuel from Salt Lake City -
ordered back to base
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| 43/03/26
| 16.6 - B A T T L Eof Komandorsky Is.:
damaged Salt Lake City (by Maja, Naci, Abukuma - 52-47N, 172-45E) and Bailey (53-20N, 168-36E)
|
| 43/03/28
| 16.6 - Richmond, Bailey, Dale arrived Kuluk Bay, Adak
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| 43/03/29
| 16.6 - Salt Lake City, Coghlan, Monaghan arrived Dutch Harbor
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| 43/04/02
| 16.6 - Dutch Harbor - Bailey departed for repairs
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|
|
| 43/04/16
| Farragut, Hull, MacDonough joined
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Attu Bombardment 1943/04/26 |
TG 16.6
CTG RAdm Charles H. McMorris
| CL
| Richmond/GF, Detroit, Santa Fe
|
| DD
| Coghlan, Bancroft, Caldwell, Edwards, Frazier, Gansevoort
|
TG 16.14
| CA
| Wichita/GF, Louisville
|
| DD
| 4
|
| 43/04/1?
| Gansevoort joined
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| 43/04/24
| 16.14 departed Adak to sweep W & NW off Attu
|
| 43/04/25
| 16.6 - routine patrol - ordered to bombard Holtz Bay & Chichagof Harbor at Attu
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| 43/04/26
|
16.6 - shell Holtz Bay & Chichagof Harbor at Attu
16.14 - back at Adak
|
"LANDCRAB" - Attu landing |
CTF RAdm Thomas C. Kinkaid
Shore Based Air Group
MajGen William O. Butler, USAF
|
|
Air Striking Unit
MajGen William O. Butler, USAF
24 heavy bombers, 30 medium bombers, 128 fighters
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|
|
Air Search Unit
Cap Leslie E. Gehres
24xPV-1, 30 PBY-5A
AV/AVD/AVP 5
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TG 16.2 - Alaska Sector Escort and Supply Group
RAdm John W. Reeves, Jr
| DD
| 1: King
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| DMS
| Lamberton
|
| DM
| 1
|
| DE
| 2 (RCN)
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| PG
| 1
|
| AM
| 3
|
| ATF
| 1
|
| LST
| LST-450, LST-451, LST-461, LST-477
|
| LCT
| 8: LCT-353, LCT-354, LCT-355, LCT-356, LCT-357, LCT-358, LCT-394, LCT-395
|
Motor Torpedo Boat Group
d) TG 16.5 - Submarine Group
CTG Cdr Gray
TG 16.6 - Southern Covering Group
CTG RAdm Charles H. McMorris
| CL
| Detroit, Richmond, Santa Fe
|
| DD
| Bancroft, Caldwell, Coghlan, Frazier, Gansevoort
|
f) TG 16.7 Northern Covering Group
CTG RAdm Robert C. Giffen
| CA
| Louisville, San Francisco, Wichita
|
| DD
| Balch
DesRon2: Hughes, Morris, Mustin
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Attu Reinforcement Group
Cap Charles L. Hutton
InfReg32
Tanker & Service Group
| AO
| Brazos, Cuyama, Guadalupe, Neches, Platte, Tippecanoe
|
| AD
| Black Hawk, Markab
|
i) Shemya Occupation Group
InfReg4, EngReg18,
| 43/04/28
| 16.7 - W of Attu
|
| 43/05/03
| 16.7 - Adak
|
| 43/05/19
| 16.7 - Adak
|
TG 16.17 05/25-06/22
CTG RAdm Kingman
| BB
| Idaho, Tennessee (from 06/11)
|
| CA
| Portland (from 06/11)
|
| DD
| ??
|
| 43/05/25
| 16.17 - Idaho departed Adak for patrol
|
| 43/06/04
| 16.17 - refuel at sea
|
| 43/06/11
| 16.17 - Tennessee and Portland joined
|
| 43/06/18
| 16.17 - refuel at sea
|
| 43/06/22
| 16.17 - arrived Adak
|
TG 16.17 07/04-07/13
CTG RAdm Kingman
| BB
| Idaho, Tennessee
|
| DD
| ??
|
| 43/07/04
| 16.17 departed Adak
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| 43/07/07
| departed for Dutch Harbor
|
| 43/07/10
| ordered to intercept enemy cruiser force heading for Kiska
|
| 43/07/11
| word enemy cruisers was taken care of > resumed original course
|
| 43/07/13
| arrived Dutch Harbor
|
Kiska Bombardment 1943/07/06 |
TG 16.7
CTG RAdm Robert C. Giffen
| CA
| Louisville, San Francisco, Wichita
|
| CL
| Santa Fe
|
| DD
| Lansdowne
DesRon2: Hughes, Morris, Mustin
|
| 43/06/2?
| Abner Read joined
|
| 43/07/06
| 16.7 shell Kiska
|
Kiska Bombardment 1943/07/22 |
TG 16.12
CTG Robert M. Griffin
| BB
| BatDiv3: New Mexico/GF, Mississippi
|
| CA
| Portland
|
| DD
| Abner Read, Farragut, Monaghan, Perry
|
TG 16.21
CTG RAdm Robert C.Giffen
| CA
| Wichita/GF, San Francisco, Louisville
|
| CL
| Santa Fe
|
| DD
| Aylwin, Bache
DesRon2: Hughes, Morris, Mustin
|
TG 16.22
CTG Robert M. Griffin (ComBatDiv3)
| BB
| BatDiv3: Mississippi, Idaho
|
| CA
| Portland, San Francisco
|
| CL
| 3
|
| DD
| 9: Mustin
|
| 43/07/23
| departed Dutch Harbor
|
| 43/07/26
| shell Kiska
|
| 43/07/27
| commenced fire based on fire control radar - false reflections
|
| 43/07/31
| 16.22 shell Kiska
|
Kiska Bombardment 1943/08/02 |
TG 16.6
CTG RAdm Wilder D. Baker
| CA
| Salt Lake City, Indianapolis
|
| CL
| Richmond, Detroit, Raleigh
|
| DD
| Edwards, Farragut, Frazier, Gansevoort, Meade
|
TG 16.17
CTG RAdm Howard F. Kongman
| BB
| Tennessee/GF, Idaho
|
| DD
| Anderson, Aylwin, Dale, Phelps
|
| 43/08/02
| shell Kiska
|
| 43/08/03
| arrived Adak
|
Kiska Bombardment 1943/08/12 |
TG 16.6
|
|
TU 16.6.1
CTG RAdm Wilder D. Baker
| CA
| Salt Lake City, Indianapolis
|
| CL
| Richmond, Detroit, Raleigh
|
| DD
| Edwards, Phelps, Frazier, Gansevoort, Meade
|
|
CTF Radm Rockwell
Unassigned ships (need info):
Attack Force Command Group - ComGrp
RAdm Rockwell
| BB
| Pennsylvania/FF
|
| DD
| Ammen
|
TG 16.17 - Support Group
CTG RAdm Howard F. Kongman
| BB
| Idaho, Tennessee/GF
|
| CA
| Portland
|
| CL
| Santa Fe
|
| DD
| Abner Read, Brownson, Phelps
DesRon24: Bache, Beale, Hutchins
|
Transport Group - TranGrp
| DD
| DesRon1
|
DesDiv1: Dewey, Hull
DesDiv2: Farragut, Aylwin, Monaghan, Dale
|
|
| Bush, Daly, Mullany
|
| APA
| Zeilin, Doyen, Harris, Heywood, J. Franklin Bell
|
| AKA
| Thuban
|
| AP
| St. Mihiel, U.S. Grant
|
| APD
| Kane
|
| LST
| 1
|
| MC
|
Richard March Hoe, George Flavel, Perida, Chirikof,
David W. Branch, Tjisadane, President Fillmore, Henry Failing
|
Control Unit
Salvage Unit
Landing Ship Group - LSTGrp
| DD
| Bancroft, Caldwell, Coghlan
|
| LST
| 13
|
| LCI(L)
| 9
|
| LCT
| 19
|
| YTB
| Wobam
|
DMS Group
| DMS
| MineRon2: Chandler, Long, Perry
|
| DD
| Anderson
|
| 43/07/30
| ?? Kodiak - Anderson joined
|
| 43/08/02
| shell Kiska
|
| 43/08/10
| 16.17 sail from P.H..
|
| 43/08/14
| 16.17 departed Adak
|
| 43/08/15
| 16.17 D-Day Kiska
|
| 43/08/18
| 16.17 Abner Read - AS patrol off Kiska -disabled(mine)
Idaho arrived Adak
|
| 43/08/22
| Kane, Dale - reconnaissance Rat & Buldir Islands - no enemy found
|
| 43/08/23
| back at Adak
|
| 43/08/28
| Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico and Wichita disjoined
|
| 43/08/31
| Aylwin disjoined to San Francisco
|
| 43/09/21
| Anderson disjoined to P.H..
|
TG 16.10
|
|
TU 16.10.1
| DE
| Dempsey
|
| AO
| Platte, Guadalupe, Cimarron
|
TU 16.10.3
| DE
| Duffy, Cabana
|
| AO
| Neshanic, Neches, Neosho
|
TU 16.10.4
| DE
| Wintle, Emery
|
| AO
| Schuykill, Swamico, Tallulah
|
|
| 43/11/16
| 16.10.1 departed Nandi for Gilberts
|
| 44/11/27
| 16.10.1 departed Gilberts for P.H.
16.11.4 departed Funafuti for Gilberts
|
| 44/12/01
| 16.11.3 and 16.11.4 rendezvoused at fueling area "Beech"
|
| 44/12/02
| 16.10.1 arrived P.H.
|
| 44/12/04
| 16.11.3 and 16.11.4 commenced refueling of 5th Fleet units off Gilberts
|
| 44/12/08
| 16.11.3 and 16.11.4 departed for Funafuti
|
| 44/12/20
| 16.11.4 dissolved at sea
|
TG 16.15
|
TU 16.15.1
|
|
TU 16.15.2
CTU ? (Trathen's CO)
| DD
| Trathen
|
| DE
| Martin
|
| MC
| Mormacport
|
|
TU 16.25.9
| 43/12/0?
| 16.15.1 departed P.H.
|
| 43/12/03
| 16.15.2 departed P.H. to Canton Is. -> Funafuti -> Tarawa -> Makin
|
| 43/12/16
| 16.15.1 arrived Makin Is.
|
| 43/12/18
| 16.15.2 arrived Makin
|
| 43/12/24
| 16.25.9 departed P.H. for Gilberts
|
| 43/12/27
| 16.25.9 - Sederstrom diverted to Ellice Is.
|
TG 16.1
TG 16.11
TG 16.12
TG 16.16
|
|
TU 16.16.3
| DD
| Evans, Halligan
|
| AO
| Cimmaron
|
|
| 44/02/10
| 16.11.6 departed P.H.
|
| 44/02/2?
| 16.11.6 arrived Marshalls
|
| 44/03/08
| 16.1.8 departed San Francisco for P.H.
|
| 44/03/12
| 16.12 departed P.H. for Marshall & Gilbert Is.
|
| 44/03/08
| 16.1.8 arrived P.H.
|
| 44/03/23
| 16.16.3 departed P.H. for Majuro
|
| 44/03/29
| 16.16.3 arrived Majuro
|
| 44/03/31
| 16.16.3 departed Majuro to 17°53'N, 170°01'W
|
| 44/04/05
| 16.16.3 arrived Majuro
|
"FORAGER" - Service Force |
TG 16.1
TG 16.7
|
|
TU 16.7.11
| CVE
| Breton
|
| DD
| David W. Taylor
|
| AO
| CAhaba
|
|
| 44/05/27
| 16.6.4 departed P.H. for Marianas
|
| 44/06/03
| departed P.H.
|
| 44/06/23
| 16.7.11 refueled TG 58.7
|
| 44/07/11
| 16.1.5 departed San Francisco to P.H.
|
"KING II." - Service Force |
TG 16.8
| 44/11/19
| 16.8.5 departed P.H.
|
| 44/12/01
| 16.8.5 arrived Manus
|