Task Force 18 |
Tokio raid - Shangri La |
| CV | Hornet |
| CA | Vincennes |
| CL | Nashville |
| DD | DesDiv22: Grayson, Meredith, Monssen, Gwin |
| AO | Cimarron |
| 42/04/01 | San Francisco - Hornet loaded B-25 > sail for P.H.. |
| 42/04/02 | sail from Alameda (Cal.) |
| 42/04/13 | joined TF 16 > merged into TG 16.2 |
from 42/06/10 |
| CV | Wasp |
| BB | North Carolina |
| CA | Quincy |
| CL | San Juan |
| DD | 6: DesDiv15: Lang, Stack, Sterett, Wilson |
| 42/06/10 | transited Panama Canal |
| 42/06/19 | arrived San Diego |
1942/07 |
| CV | Wasp |
| CA | Quincy |
| CL | San Juan |
| DD |
Farenholt DesDiv15: Lang/DF, Sterett, Wilson |
| 42/07/01 | departed San Diego escorting convoy to Tonga Is |
| 42/07/18 | arrived Tongatabu - start exercises |
| 42/07/23 | departed Tongatabu |
| 42/07/26 | off Fiji |
"WATCHTOWER" - Guadalcanal Landing |
| CV | Wasp |
| DD |
DesDiv15: Lang/DF, Stack, Sterett DesRon12: Farenholt/SF, Aaron Ward, Laffey |
x Eastern Solomons
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| CV | Wasp/FF |
| CA | San Francisco/GF, Salt Lake City |
| CL | San Juan |
| DD |
DesDiv15 (Capt William W. Warlick): Lang/DF, Sterett, Stack DesRon12 (Cap Robert G. Tobin): Farenholt, Aaron Ward, Buchanan Selfridge (from 08/21) |
| 42/08/07 | 84 miles from Tulagi - strike Guadalcanal, Tulagi |
| 42/08/08 | CAP over transport area |
| 42/08/16 | 300 Miles SE from Guadalcanal |
| 42/08/20 | VS-71 damaging AVP-13 Mackinac off Ndeni |
| 42/08/21 | Selfridge joined |
| 42/08/23 | N from Malaita - send South to refuel |
| 42/08/24 PM | quick return towards North |
| 42/08/26 | VS-71 damaging I-17 off Guadalcanal (09-25S, 162-47E) |
| 42/08/27 | commenced cruising E from San Cristobal |
| 42/09/03 | arrived Noumea for refuel, reprovisions |
1942/09 |
| CV | Wasp |
| BB | North Carolina |
| CA | San Francisco |
| CL | Juneau (from 09/10), Helena |
| DD | DesRon8: |
DesDiv15 (till 09/10): Lang/DF, Sterett |
| DesRon12: |
Farenholt/SF DesDiv23: Aaron Ward + Laffey DesDiv24: Lansdowne, Duncan (from 09/14), Lardner |
| 42/09/08 | departed Noumea |
| 42/09/10 | Juneau joined, DesDiv15 detached |
| 42/09/11 | rendezvous with TF 17 |
| 42/09/14 | departed Esp. Santo (Duncan joined) |
| 42/09/15 | cover resupply convoy Esp Santo > Guadalcanal - I-19 sinking Wasp, damaging South Dakota (detached for repairs.) & O'Brien |
| 42/09/16 | arrived Esp. Santo |
x Rennell Island 1943/01 |
| CVE | Chenango, Suwannee |
| CA | Wichita/FF, Chicago, Louisville |
| CL | CruDiv12: Montpelier, Cleveland, Columbia |
| DD | 8: Edwards, Chevalier, Conway, La Vallette, Waller DesRon21: Taylor |
| CVE | Chenango/GF (VGF-28,VGS-28), Suwannee (VGF-27, VGS-27) |
| 43/01/04 | Noumea - Edwards joined |
| 43/01/27 | departed from Efate for Guadalcanal against Tokio Express and as cover for TG 62.8 |
| 43/01/29 |
18.2 detached to SE - reconnaissance Indespensable Reef - San Cristobal area, cover cruisers attacked by IJNAF (701st kokutai, 705th kokutai): disabled Chicago, damaged La Vallette (towed to Esp. Santo) -> task cancelled |
| 43/01/30 | 18.2 - sail back to cruisers to cover damaged Chicago - joined TF 16 Chicago sunk by 751st kokutai 30 nm E of Rennell Is. (11-26S, 160-56E) |
1943/02 |
| BB | New Mexico |
| CVE | Chenango, Suwannee |
| CA | Wichita/FF |
| CL | 3: ??? Cleveland, Columbia??? |
| DD | 5: Woodworth |
| 43/02/04 | TF 69 merged |
| 43/02/05 | 1 DD, 1 AO joined |
| 43/02/1? | renumbered to TF 19 |
from 43/02/1? |
| CL | St. Louis, Honolulu, Helena |
| DD | Strong, Nicholas, Radford, Taylor |
| 43/02/1? | renumbered from TF 67 |
| 43/03/16 | Strong, Nicholas, Radford, Taylor shell Vila - Stanmore area, Kolombangara |
"CLEANSLATE" - Russell Islands Landing |
| CA | Wichita/FF, Louisville |
| DD | DesRon22: |
DesDiv43: Waller DesDiv44: Conway, Cony |
| 43/02/26 | rendezvoused with TF 68, both TF's joined into TF 68 (see in) |
Slot Patrols 1943/04 |
| CL | St. Louis, Honolulu, Helena |
| DD | Nicholas (43/04 - 43/04/19), Taylor |
| 43/04/04 | commenced sweep "Slot" |
| 43/04/06 | departed from sweep "Slot" |
| 43/04/07 | Tulagi |
Kula Gulf Landing 1943/05 |
| CL | Nashville, St Louis, Honolulu |
| DD | Strong, Taylor |
| DD | Chevalier, O'Bannon, Strong, Nicholas |
| 43/05/04 | commenced sweep "Slot" to cover TG 36.5 mine operations off Vella Gulf |
| 43/05/06 | sail from Tulagi |
| 43/05/13 | cover TG 36.5 E Gulf Kula, shell Munda:
Nashville damaged by turret explosion - 18 KIA, 17 WIA (08-28S, 158-49E) Nicholas damaged (#3 turret explosion), Chevalier damaged (gun mount explosion) (08-30S, 158-01E) |
| 43/05/14 | end sweep "Slot" |
x Kolombangara 43/07/13 |