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Task Force 34
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1943/08
1943/12
1944/04
1944/08 - 09
"KING II." - Leyte Landing, Battle of Leyte
"MIKE I." - Luzon landing
"ICEBERG" - Okinawa Landing - Gunfire & Covering Force
1945/07 - 08

1943/08
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TG 34.4
DM Montgomery, Preble

43/08/24 34.4 lay mines off Wilson Cove, W Kolombangara covered by 4 DDs (Nicholas, Pringle + ?)

1943/12
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TG 34.5
TU 34.5.1
CTG Cap R.P. Briscoe
CL Denver/UF
DD Boyd
43/12/20 1130 - 34.5.1 - departed Esp. Santo for Fiji
43/12/21 (international date line crossed)
1200 - 34.5.1 - 800 miles W of Esp. Santo, 220 miles NE of Suva, Fiji (15-11S, 179-11W)
43/12/22 1530 - 34.5.1 - arrived Pago Pago, Samoa Is. - refueled
43/12/23 0630 - 34.5.1 - departed Pago Pago for P.H.
1200 - 34.5.1 - 90 miles NNE of Pago Pago (13-02S, 169-54W)
43/12/24 1200 - 34.5.1 - 570 miles NNE of Pago Pago, 1700 miles SSW of P.H. (05-47S, 166-12W)
43/12/25 1200 - 34.5.1 - 1050 miles NNE of Pago Pago, 1230 miles SSW of P.H. (01-12N, 162-45W)
43/12/26 1200 - 34.5.1 - 1500 miles NNE of Pago Pago, 790 miles SSW of P.H. (08-28N, 160-36W)
43/12/27 1200 - 34.5.1 - 1930 miles NNE of Pago Pago, 350 miles SSW of P.H. (15-42N, 159-01W)
43/12/28 0800 - 34.5.1 - 10 miles SE of P.H. (21-14N, 157-50W)
0830 - 34.5.1 arrived P.H.

1944/04
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TG 34.6
TU 34.6.4
DD Williamson
TG 34.9
TU 34.9.3
CTU Cap Kane
CVE Petrof Bay
DMS Hovey
TU 34.9.6
DE Witter

44/04/20 34.9.3 departed from Esp. Santo for Manus with replacement planes onboard Petrof Bay
44/04/25 34.9.3 arrived Manus
34.9.6 departed Tulagi
44/04/28 34.9.6 arrived Borgen Bay (near Cape Gloucester)
44/04/29 34.9.3 transferred planes to TF 58
44/05/01 34.9.6 departed for Russell Islands
44/05/03 34.9.6 arrived Russell Islands

44/08-44/09
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CL Vincennes II

44/08/30? departed Eniwetok to gunnery training
44/09/03 Vincennes II disjoined to TG 38.2

"KING II." - x Leyte
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CTF VAdm Willis Augustus Lee
BB 6: New Jersey, Iowa, Alabama, Washington, Massachusetts, Indiana, South Dakota
CA Wichita, New Orleans
CL Biloxi, Vincennes, Miami
CruDiv13 (RAdm Laurence T. DuBose): Santa Fe, Mobile
DD 17: Porterfield, Bagley, Patterson
DesRon50: DesDiv99: Clarence K. Bronson, Cotten, Dortch, Healy
DesRon52: DesDiv103: Owen, Miller, The Sullivans, Tingey
DesDiv104: Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Marshall, Hickox
TG 34.5
CTG RAdm Oscar C. Badger
BB New Jersey(FltF, FF, GF), Iowa
CL CruDiv14: Biloxi, Vincennes II, Miami
DD DesRon52: (Cap J.P. Womble):
DesDiv103 (Cap J.P. Womble):: Owen, Miller, The Sullivans, Tingey
DesDiv104 (Cap W.T. Kenny): Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Marshall, Hickox

44/10/24PM created from all TF 38 BBs + escort
departed for San Bernardino Strait to attack Central Force
44/10/25 finishing Hacuzuki
1625 - 34.5 formed from fastest BB (Iowa class) for fasten contact with Central Force (Kurita)
44/10/26 34.5 finishing Nowaki
disjoined , sail back to rejoin TF 38
44/10/27 34.5 refueled from TG 30.8 - dissolved
44/11/01 34.5 again formed (without Marshall, Miller) as surface striking force
44/11/03 1155 - 34.5 dissolved

"MIKE I." - Luzon Landing
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TG 34.5
BB 2
CA 2
CL CruDiv17: Wilkes-Barre, Pasadena
DD 15: DesRon52: The Sullivans

45/01/12 detached from TF 38 for antishipping raid to Camranh Bay - aborted

"ICEBERG" - Okinawa Landing - Gunfire & Covering Force
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BB New York (till 06/11), Nevada (till 06/30), Mississippi (till 06/16), California (from 06/15), West Virginia, Tennessee (from 06/09)
CA San Francisco, Louisville (till 06/15), Tuscaloosa
CL Vincennes II (till 06/16)
DD Paul Hamilton, Twiggs, Heywood L. Edwards, Picking (till 06/07), Callaghan, Irwin, Preston II, Rooks, Guest (from 06/06)
APD Weber (06/25-07/01)

45/05/28 TF 54 > TF 34
45/05/30 off W Okinawa
45/06/05 Mississippi (26-09N, 127-35E) and Louisville (26-07N, 127-52E) damaged by kami.
45/06/06 Guest joined from TG 31.5
45/06/07 Picking disjoined
Beale damaged in collision with AOG Yahara at Kerama Retto (26-10N, 127-20E)
45/06/09 Tennessee joined from Ulithi
45/06/12 Idaho grounded off Okinawa (26-14N, 127-57E)
45/06/15 Louisville desjoined for repairs
45/06/16 Mississippi, Vincennes II disjoined
Twiggs sunk by kami. (26-08N, 137-35E)
45/06/17 Paul Hamilton disjoined, California joined
45/06/21 San Francisco disjoined
45/06/25 Weber joined
45/06/30? West Virginia, Nevada disjoined
45/07/01 Weber disjoined

1945/07 - 08
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TG 34.1
BB King George V.
DD 2
TG 34.8
TU 34.8.1 - 45/07/14
CTU RAdm John Shafroth
BB South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts
CA Chicago II
CruDiv10: Quincy II/DF
DD 10: Ingersoll, Stockham, Southerland
DesRon48/DesDiv95: Abbot, Erben, Hale, Stembel
TU 34.8.1 - 45/07/29 - 45/08/09
CTU RAdm John F. Shafroth
BB South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts
CA Chicago II, St. Paul, Boston, Quincy II
DD 10
TU 34.8.2 - 45/07/15
CTU RAdm Oscar C. Badger
BB Iowa/UF, Missouri, Wisconsin,
CL Dayton, Atlanta II
DD 8: Remey, Monssen II
TU 34.8.2 - 45/07/17
CTU RAdm Oscar C. Badger
BB Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Alabama
CL Dayton, Atlanta II
DD 10: Remey, Monssen II

45/07/14 34.8.1 detached from TF 38 - shell steel plants Kamaishi
45/07/15 34.8.2 shell Muroran, S Hokkaido
45/07/16 34.8.2 shell Wanishi
45/07/17 34.8.2 + 34.1 shell Hitashi
45/07/18 34.1 shell Hitashi off Tokio
45/07/29 34.8.1 (without Abbot) + 34.1 shell aircraft factory Hamamacu
45/07/30 34.8.1 shell aircraft factory Hamamacu
45/08/09 34.8 shell Kamaishi
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