Task Force 5 |
41/12 - 42/02/23 Striking Force, Asiatic Fleet
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| CA | Houston/FltF,FF | |
| CL | Marblehead, Boise (till 01/21) | |
| DD | DesRon29: | (Cap H. V. Wiley): Paul Jones/SF DesDiv57 (Cdr E.M. Crouch): Alden, Edsall, John D. Edwards/DF, Whipple DesDiv58 (Cdr T.H Binford): Barker, Bulmer, Parrott, Stewart/DF DesDiv59 (Cdr Paul H. Talbot, from 42/01/29 LtCdr E.N Parker): John D. Ford/DF, Peary, Pillsbury, Pope |
| 42/01 | base - Kupang Bay (Timor) |
| 42/01 | Houston + 2 DD escort convoy from Singapore for Port Darwin |
| 42/01/20 | Marblehead, Boise, John D. Ford, Pope, Parrot, Paul Jones departed Kupang Bay for Balikpapan |
| 42/01/21 | Sape Strait - Boise damaged (uncharted shoal) -> retired to Colombo, Ceylon -> Bombay -> Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| 42/01/24 | x Balikpapan - DD John D. Ford, Pope, Parrot, Paul Jones attacking expeditionary convoy: damaged: John D. Ford (01-20N, 117-01E) sinking P-37 (by Parrott), APs Tsuruga Maru (by John D. Ford), Sumanoura Maru (by Parrott), Tacukami Maru (by Paul Jones and Pope), AK Kuretaki Maru (by Paul Jones) |
| 42/02/03 | Combined Striking Force created - from TF 5 Houston, Marblehead, Stewart, Edwards, Barker, Bulmer, Paul Jones, Whipple, Pillsbury |
1945/01 - Night Carrier Task Force |
| CV | Enterprise, Essex |
| CLV | Independence |
| 45/01/0? | departed Ulithi for South China Sea |
| 45/01/10 | entered South China Sea |
| 45/01/12 | night strike Cam Ranh Bay |
| 45/01/15 | night strike Formosa, Fukien (China province) |
| 45/01/16 | night strike Hong-Kong |
| 45/01/21 | night strike Formosa |
| 45/01/22 | night strike Okinawa |
| 45/01/25 | back at Ulithi |