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Task Force 19

1942/02
1943/02
1943/03
1943/04
1943/05
1943/06
1944/04
1944/06
1944/09 - 1945/08

1942/02

DM

Ramsay

42/02/22	departed P.H. for Pago Pago, Samoa
42/03/04	arrived Pago Pago

1943/02

BB	New Mexico
CVE	Chenango, Suwannee
CA	Wichita/FF
CL	3: ??? Cleveland, Columbia???
DD	5: Woodworth

43/02/1?

renumbered from TF 18

1943/03

(from USS Denver Deck Log)

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Eaton, Philip, Renshaw, Conway

43/03/15	departed Efate
43/03/16	meet TF 14 for tactical exercises and indoctrination in carrier task force operations
43/03/17	still exercise with TF 14
43/03/18	refuel from AO Kanawha, arrived Esp. Santo
43/03/20	departed Esp. Santo for exercises
43/03/21	still on exercises
43/03/25	refuel from AO Sabine
43/03/30	arrived Efate

1943/04

(from USS Denver Deck Log)

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Philip, Renshaw, Saufley, Conway (till 04/14), Eaton, (till 04/14)

43/04/07	departed Efate for rendezvous with TF 15
43/04/08	joined for exercises with TF 15
43/04/10	detached from combined operations with TF 15
43/04/11	refuel from AO Sabine
43/04/13	arrived Efate

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier/FF, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Philip, Renshaw, Saufley,

43/04/21	departed Efate (minus Conway, Eaton) for exercises
43/04/22	arrived Efate, refuel

1943/05

(from USS Denver Deck Log)

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier/FF, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Philip, Renshaw, Eaton

43/05/06	departed Efate
43/05/07	arrived Efate
43/05/10	departed Efate
43/05/11	arrived Efate

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Philip, Saufley

43/05/18	departed Efate
43/05/19	arrived Efate

CTF RAdm Aaron Stanton Merrill

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier/FF, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Waller, Philip, Saufley

43/05/26	departed Efate for battle exercises with TF 11
43/05/27	arrived Efate

1943/06

(from USS Denver Deck Log)

CL	Denver, Columbia
DD	Saufley, Renshaw

42/06/02

exercises off Efate

CL	CruDiv12: Montpelier, Columbia, Cleveland, Denver
DD	Renshaw, Pringle

43/06/18

exercises out from Efate

1944/04

CV	Wasp II
DD	Yarnall, Uhlmann, Benham II

44/04/07	19.1 departed P.H. for exercises
44/04/09	19.1 arrived P.H.

CV	Wasp II
DD	Yarnall, Uhlmann, Twining

44/04/16	19.1 departed P.H. for exercises
44/04/18	19.1 arrived P.H.

DD	Benham II, Uhlmann

44/04/24

19.2 Benham II collided with Uhlmann during night maneuvers with carriers, south of Oahu

CV	Wasp II
DD	Yarnall, Robinson

44/04/27	19.1 departed P.H. for exercises
44/04/29	19.1 arrived P.H.

CVE	Midway/GF
DD	Yarnall, Norman Scott

44/05/02	19.3 departed P.H. for exercises
44/05/05	19.3 arrived P.H.

1944/06

DD	Wedderburn

Cap James M. Shoemaker

CV	Franklin/GF
CL	Denver
DD	Cushing II, Richard P. Leary, Twiggs

44/06/01	19.7 departed San Diego for P.H., exercises en route
44/06/06	19.7. arrived P.H.
44/06/27	19.3.2 - Wedderburn joined at P.H.
44/07/01	19.3.2 - Wedderburn disjoined

1944/09 - 1945/08

CV	Ticonderoga
DD	DesDiv120: Allen M. Sumner/DF, Cooper

44/09/28	19.14 departed P.H. for training exercises
44/09/30	19.14 arrived back to P.H.

CVE	CarDiv29: Makin Island, Lunga Point, Bismarck Sea, Salamaua
DE	Tills

44/10/16	19.5 departed San Diego
44/10/23	19.5 arrived P.H.

CVE	Kasaan Bay
DE	Tills

45/03/04	19.3 start training off P.H.
45/03/14?	19.3 end training

CVE	Tripoli
DE	Tills

45/03/14?

19.2 - of P.H.

CV	Saratoga
DD	Yarnall, Clarence K. Bronson

45/07/14	19.1 departed P.H. for carrier exercises
45/07/18	19.1 arrived P.H.

CV	Saratoga
DD	Yarnall, Coghlan

45/07/28	19.1 departed P.H. for exercises
45/08/03	19.1 arrived P.H.

TU 19.6.1 CVE Vella Gulf

45/07/24	19.6.1 strike Pagan Is.
45/07/26	19.6.1 strike Rota Is.