"FLINTLOCK"/"CATCHPOLE"

CTF RAdm Marc A. Mitscher

CA	??Pensacola??, Canberra II (from 02/14)
CL	CruDiv13: Biloxi, Santa Fe (from 02/12) San Diego
DD	Dewey, Cummings, Bullard DesDiv15: Lang, Stack

CTG RAdm John V. Reeves

	TU 58.1.5 - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm John V. Reeves CV Enterprise/GF,UF (CVG-10:VF-10,VB-10,VT-10) Yorktown II/FF (CVG-5: VF-5,VB-5,VT-5) CVL Belleau Wood(CVG-24: VF-24,VT-24)
	TU 58.1.3 - Support Unit CTU RAdm Willis Augustus Lee BB Washington (01/23-02/01), Indiana (till 02/01), Massachusetts
	TU 58.1.4 - Screening Unit CTU Cap William K. Phillips (CO Oakland) CL Oakland/UF DD DesRon50: Clarence K. Bronson/SF DesDiv99: Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy DesDiv100: Cogswell/DF, Caperton, Ingersoll, Knapp

CTG RAdm Albert E. Montgomery

CV	Essex (CVG-9: VF-9,VB-9,VT-9) Intrepid (CVG-6: VF-6,VB-6,VT-6, VF(N)-78)
CVL	Cabot(CVG-31: VF-31,VT-31)
BB	BatDiv6: North Carolina, South Dakota, Alabama
CA/L	1

DD

DesRon52:

DesDiv103: Owen, The Sullivans, Stephen Potter DesDiv104: Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox

CTG RAdm Frederic C. Sherman

CV	Bunker Hill/GF (CVG-17: VF-18,VB-17,VT-17)
CVL	Monterey (CVG-30: VF-30,VT-30) Cowpens (CVG-25: VF-25,VT-25)
BB	Iowa, New Jersey
CA	Wichita

DD	9: Wilson
	DesRon46	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Bradford, Brown, Cowell

CTG RAdm S.P. Ginder

CV	Saratoga(CVG-12: VF-12,VB-12,VT-12)
CVL	Princeton(CVG-23: VF-23,VT-23) Langley II(CVG-32: VF-32,VT-32)
CA	Boston, Baltimore
CL	San Juan

DD	8: Case
	DesRon6:	DesDiv11: Gridley, McCall, Craven, Maury DesDiv12: Dunlap, Fanning, Ellet

TU 58.5.1 BB Tennessee

44/01/06	TF 58 created
44/01/13	58.5.1 - departed San Francisco
44/01/16	58.1,58.2 58.3 departed P.H.
44/01/19	58.4 departed P.H.
44/01/21	58.5.1 - arrived P.H.
44/01/23	TG 37.2 rejoined and renumbered to TG 58.3
44/01/25	58.3 departed Noumea
44/01/27	strike Marshall Is
44/01/28	strike Marshall Is
44/01/29	strike Marshalls: 58.1 strike Taroa (Maloelap) - sinking AN Uji Maru 58.2 strike Roi-Namur, attacked G4M 58.3 strike Kwajalein 58.4 strike Wotje
44/01/30	58.1 strike Kwajalein - sinking PCs Cha-18, Cha-21       58.1.3 + DesDiv99 shell Kwajalein 58.2 strike + shell Roi-Namur, Taroa       North Carolina sinking AP Eiko Maru W of Roi (09-10N, 167-20E) 58.3 strike Eniwetok(Engebi) - Burns sinking AP Akibasan Maru and patrol Nichiei Maru off Ujae Atoll 58.4 strike Wotje
44/01/31	strike Marshall Is: 58.1 direct landing support Kwajalein 58.3 strike Engebi, Eniwetok Atoll
44/02/01	58.1 direct landing support Kwajalein 58.1 Washington and Indiana damaged by collision (07-00N, 167-00E) - both sail for Majuro - assisted by Cotten, Gatling, Caperton and Healy
44/02/02	58.1 direct landing support Kwajalein Washington, Indiana with escort arrived Majuro
44/02/03	58.1,58.2 - sail for Majuro Lagoon 58.3 - strike Eniwetok 58.4 - strike Taroa, start strike Eniwetok
44/02/03	58.3 - Majuro
44/02/04	58.2 arrived Majuro 58.3 - Charrette sinking (share with DE Fair) I-21 (06-48N, 168-08E)
44/02/06	58.4 end strike Engebi
44/02/07	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/10	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/11	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/12	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/13	TG 58.1, 58.2, 58.3 departed from Kwajalein to strike Truk - see below in "HAILSTONE II." operation
44/02/13	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/14	Canberra II joined
44/02/16	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/17	58.4 strike Eniwetok
44/02/20	58.1 strike Jaluit
44/02/21	strike Saipan, Tinian, Guam - attacked IJNAF
44/02/22	strike Saipan, Tinian, Guam - attacked IJNAF sinking AP Shoan Maru off Saipan (15-15N, 145-42E) 58.2 + 58.3 sinking AP Seizan Maru off Saipan (15-00N, 145-30E) 58.4 entered Eniwetok lagoon
44/02/23	58.2 strike Saipan - Essex and Yorktown II aircraft damaging AK Shoan Maru at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan (15-15N, 145-45E) 58.3 strike Saipan - Bunker Hill aircraft sinking AK Seizan Maru off Tinian (15-00N, 145-30E)
44/02/28	58.4 departed Eniwetok area - end of CATCHPOLE
44/03/01	58.4 arrived Majuro
44/03/08	departed for New Hebrides
44/03/13	arrived New Hebrides

"HAILSTONE" - Truk raid

CV	Yorktown/FF Bunker Hill, Intrepid, Essex, Enterprise
CVL	Cabot, Cowpens, Belleau Wood
BB	Iowa, New Jersey, South Dakota, Washington, Massachusetts, Alabama
CA	Baltimore, Minneapolis, New Orleans
DD	27: Radford, Gatling

CTG RAdm J.V. Reeves

CV	Enterprise(CVG-10:VF-10,VB-10,VT-10) Yorktown II(CVG-5: VF-5,VB-5,VT-5)
CVL	Belleau Wood(CVG-24: VF-24,VT-24)
CL	CruDiv13 (Radm Laurence T. DuBose): Santa Fe, Mobile, Biloxi Oakland

DD

Desron50

(Cap S.R. Clark): Clarence K. Bronson/SF DesDiv99: Cottten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy DesDiv100: Caperton, Cogswell, Knapp, Ingersoll

CTG RAdm Albert E. Montgomery

CV	Essex(CVG-9: VF-9,VB-9,VT-9) Intrepid(CVG-6: VF-6,VB-6,VT-6, VF(N)-78)
CVL	Cabot(CVG-31: VF-31,VT-31)
CA	San Francisco, Wichita, Baltimore
CL	San Diego

DD	DesRon52	(Cap G.R. Cooper): DesDiv103: Stephen Potter, Owen, Miller, The Sullivans DesDiv104: Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox
	Stack, Stembel

TU 58.2.4 CV Intrepid (damaged) CVL Cabot CA San Francisco, Wichita DD Stembel DesRon52/DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Owen, Stephen Potter

CTG RAdm Frederic C. Sherman

CV	Bunker Hill(CVG-17: VF-18,VB-17,VT-17)
CVL	Monterey(CVG-30: VF-30,VT-30) Cowpens(CVG-25: VF-25,VT-25)

DD	DesRon46 Cap C.F. Espe:	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Bradford, Brown, Cowell
	DesDiv15: Wilson, Sterett, Lang

44/02/12	58.1, 58.2, 58.3 departed from Kwajalein for Truk
44/02/15	refuel S of Eniwetok
44/02/17	strike Truk: Intrepid damaged by aerial torpedo ((07-23N, 153-32E) Bunker Hill (VB-17, VT-17) and Cowpens (VT-25) sinking CL Naka 35 nm W of Truk (07-15N, 151-15E) aircraft sinking: DD Oite (07-40N, 151-45E), Tacikaze (07-40N, 151-55E) CX Akagi Maru (07-54N, 151-25E) AS Heian Maru AKV Fudzikawa Maru AP 17: Rio de Janeiro Maru, Kiyozumi Maru, Aikoku Maru, Gosei Maru, Hanakawa Maru, Hokuyo Maru, Amagisan Maru, and Kensho Maru Matsutani Maru (07-23N, 151-05E), Momokawa Maru (07-20N, 151-53E), Reiyo Maru (07-25N, 151-45E), San Francisco Maru (07-22N, 151-54E), Seiko Maru (07-22N, 151-45E), Taiho Maru (07-22N, 151-34E), Zukai Maru (07-46N, 150-27E), Unkai Maru #6, Yamagiri Maru (07-23N, 151-51E) AO Fujisan Maru, Hoyo Maru, Shinkoku Maru, Tonan Maru #3 AWK Nippo Maru (07-20N, 151-40E) AG Yamakisan Maru (07-25N, 151-45E) AK army: Nagano Maru, Yubai Maru s/s Taikichi Maru PT Gyoraitei #10 (07-31N, 151-59E) aircraft damaging Shigure, Macukaze, I-10, ?? RO-37 ??, target ship Hakashi, AR Akashi, AE Soja, AV Akicushima, PC Cha-20
44/02/18	strike Truk: sinking Fumizuki (07-24N, 151-44E), PC-29 (07-25N, 151-45E), PT Gjoraitei #10 (07-31N, 151-59E)
44/02/18PM	attacked by planes from Truk -> Intrepid damaged (07-23N, 153-32E) - departed for Eniwetok escorted by TG 58.2.4
44/02/19	58.2 - Intrepid + 2 DD sail to P.H., remaining ship headed to Majuro
44/02/20	58.2 - arrived Majuro 58.2.4 arrived Majuro
44/02/25	58.2 - departed to P.H.

"DESECRATE I." - Palau Raid 1944/03

CV	Enterprise(CVG-10), Yorktown II (CVG-5), Lexington II (CVG-16), Hornet II(CVG-2), Bunker Hill (CVG-8)
CVL	Belleau Wood (CVG-24), Cowpens (CVG-25), Princeton (CVG-23), Langley II (CVG-32), Cabot (CVG-31), Monterey
BB	Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Alabama
CA	Indianapolis/FltF, Pensacola, Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, Wichita, Canberra II
CL	Biloxi, San Juan, Santa Fe
DD	Charles Ausburne, Case, Hughes, Meade, Frazier, Bullard, Callaghan DesRon14/DesDiv28: Edwards, Caldwell, Bancroft DesRon23/DesDiv46: Spence

	DesRon1	DesDiv1: Dewey, MacDonough DesDiv2: Aylwin, Monaghan, Dale
	DesRon46	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Brown, Cowell

CV	Enterprise
CVL	Cowpens (CVG-25)
CL	Mobile, Oakland

DD

DesRon50:

Clarence K. Bronson/SF DesDiv99: Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy DesDiv100: Caperton, Cogswell, Knapp, Ingersoll

CTG RAdm A.E. Montgomery

CV	Bunker Hill (CVG-8), Hornet II (CVG-2)
CVL	Monterey (CVG-30), Cabot (CVG-31)
CA	San Francisco
DD	Aylwin, Mertz, McDermut

DesRon52

DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Miller, Owen DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox

CTG RAdm Reeves

CV	Yorktown II, Lexington II
CVL	Princeton (CVG-23), Langley II (CVG-32)
BB	Alabama
CA	Canberra II
CL	San Juan
DD	Brown DesRon6/DesDiv11: Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury DesRon23: Thatcher (from 03/26)

CTG RAdm S.P. Ginder

DD	Stanly (from 03/30), Dyson (from 03/26

CV	Saratoga
DD	Cummings, Dunlap, Fanning

CV	Lexington II
CVL	Cowpens
BB	North Carolina/GF, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Alabama
CA	Louisville, Indianapolis, Portland
DD	DesRon14: DesDiv27: Frazier, Meade DesDiv28: Bancroft, Edwards, Caldwell DesRon46: DesDiv91: Izard, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Bradford, Brown, Cowell

44/03/04	58.5 detached to join British Eastern Fleet for Sabang Raid (see in)
44/03/07	58.1 departed Majuro for Esp. Santo - renumbered to TG 36.1
44/03/07	DesDiv28 joined at Majuro
44/03/08	58.4 departed Majuro
44/03/15	58.2 departed P.H.
44/03/20	arrived Majuro
44/03/22	departed Majuro 58.9 departed Majuro
44/03/26	58.1 rejoined back from TG 36.1 58.3 - Thatcher joined from TF 39 58.4 - Dyson joined from TF 31 58.9 refuel at sea
44/03/28	58.9 dissolved?
44/03/28	strike Palau
44/03/29	strike Palau
44/03/30	strike Palau sinking: at Palau: DD Wakatake AR Akashi PC Nr 6 aux PC Cha-22, Cha-26, Cha-53, Showa Maru #5 patrol boat Nr.. 31 AN Nishho Maru #5 AKV Goshu Maru AP Gozan Maru, Nagisan Maru, Raizan Maru, Ryuko Maru, Shinsei Maru #18 AO Ose, Sata, Iro, Akebono Maru, Amatsu Maru, Asashio Maru, Unyo Maru #2 guardboats Ibaraki Maru, Seiei Maru #2 ARS Urakami Maru torpedo transport and repair ship Kamikaze Maru AK Chuyo Maru, Kibi Maru, Shoei Maru, Bichu Maru, Teisho Maru at Angaur: small craft Akita Maru #3, Chichibu Maru, Yae Maru, Toku Maru, Kiku Maru, Hinode Maru, Yamato Maru, Ume Maru, Akebono Maru. damaging PC Ch-35, AN Shosei Maru, AO Hishi Maru #2, AK Hokutai Maru at Palau
44/03/31	strike Yap, Ulithi: sinking guardboat Hakko Maru
44/04/01	strike Woleai 58.2 - Hickox + Hunt sinking 2 patrol crafts off Woleai
44/04/06	back at Majuro

"RECKLESS" & "PERSECUTION"

CTF RAdm Marc A. Mitscher

CV	Hornet II, Bunker Hill, Yorktown II, Enterprise, Lexington II
CVL	Belleau Wood, Cowpens, Bataan, Princeton, Langley II
BB	New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Alabama, Indiana (from 04/24)
CA	New Orleans, Baltimore, Boston, Louisville, Portland, Wichita, Canberra II
CL	Biloxi
DD	Charles Ausburne, Case, Bancroft, Meade, Caldwell, Frazier, Edwards, Pritchett, Cassin Young (from 04/28)

	DesRon1	DesDiv1: Dewey, Hull DesDiv2: Farragut, Dale, Monaghan
	DesRon46	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Boyd, Bradford, Brown, Cowell

CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

CV	Hornet II/GF
CVL	Belleau Wood, Cowpens, Bataan
BB	New Jersey
CL	San Juan, Santa Fe, Mobile, Oakland
DD	DesRon46/DesDiv92: Boyd/DF, Brown, Bradford DesRon6/DesDiv11: Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury

CTG RAdm A.E. Montgomery

CV	Bunker Hill, Yorktown II
CVL	Monterey, Cabot
CA	San Francisco, Wichita
DD	Aylwin, MacDonough (from 04/30?)

DesRon52

DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Miller, Owen, Tingey DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox

CTG RAdm J.W. Reeves

	Carrier Unit CTU RAdm J.W. Reeves CV Enterprise, Lexington II CVL Princeton, Langley II
	Support Unit CTU VAdm Willis Augustus Lee BB BatDiv8 (RAdm Glenn B. Davis): North Carolina/GF, Indiana/DF, Massachusetts BatDiv9 (RAdm E.W. Hanson): South Dakota/DF, Alabama CA CruDiv4 (RAdm Jesse B. Oldendorf): Louisville/DF, Portland, Canberra II
	Screen DD DesRon23 (Cap Thomas B. Dugan): DesDiv45: Charles Ausburne/SF, Dyson DesDiv46: Converse/DF, Spence, Thatcher DesRon50: (Cap S.R. Clark): Clarence K. Bronson/SF DesDiv99: Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy DesDiv100: Cogswell/DF, Caperton, Ingersoll, Knapp

CTG RAdm S.P. Ginder

CV
CVL
BB
CA-L	?

RAdm Jesse B. Oldendorf (ComCruDiv4)

CA	9 - CruDiv4: Louisville, Portland, Canberra II
DD	8: Brown, Boyd

CTG VAdm Willis Augustus Lee

BB	North Carolina, Indiana, South Dakota, Massachusetts, Alabama, Iowa, New Jersey
DD	14: Thatcher, Brown, Boyd, Charrette DesRon50: Caperton, Ingersoll DesRon52/DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Tingey

44/04/13	departed Majuro
44/04/19	refuel N of Admiralty Is
44/04/21	58.1 strike Wakde & Sawar 58.2 strike Wakde, Hollandia 58.3 strike Hollandia, support Tanahmerah Bay Landing sinking AK Kansei Maru off Sarmi, AKs Ume Maru #51 and Hihode Maru #2 off Mapia Is.
44/04/22	58.1 strike Wakde & Aitape - damage New Orleans (carrier plane crash) 58.2 - direct landing support Hollandia
44/04/23	58.1 strike Wakde & ?
44/04/24	58.1 strike Wakde & ?
44/04/28	Pritchett, Cassin Young joined 58.3 departed Majuro
44/04/29	strike Truk 58.2 - Tingey damaged by friendly fire during enemy air attack
44/04/30	strike Palaus - sinking AP Nagisan Maru off W coast of Babelthuap, Palau (07-30N, 134-30E), s/s Tenju Maru #2 58.2 strike Truk - Cabot aircraft damaging PG Hino Maru #2 at Truk 58.3 strike Truk Monterey sinking (share with MacDonough, Stephen Potter) I-174 (06-13N, 151-19E) 58.? - (9 CA, 8 DD) shell Satawan
44/05/01	58.7 shell Ponape
44/05/04	58.1 strike Eniwetok 58.2 & 58.3 arrived Majuro
44/05/11	58.3 arrived P.H.
44/05/14	arrived Majuro

Marcus-Wake Raid

CTG RAdm Alfred E. Montgomery

CV	Wasp II (CVG-14), Essex (CVG-15)
CVL	San Jacinto
CA	Canberra II, Baltimore, Boston
CL	Reno, San Diego
DD	Bancroft, Caldwell DesDiv92: Brown, Cowell, Bradford

DesRon52

DesDiv103: Miller, Owen, The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Tingey DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox

44/05/15	Majuro - departed for Marcus & Wake
44/05/18	off Marcus
44/05/19	strike Marcus
44/05/20	strike Marcus - San Jacinto sinking guardboat Jawata Maru 150 nm N of Marcus Is.
44/05/23	off Wake - strike
44/05/31	back at Majuro

"FORAGER"

CTF VAdm Mark A. Mitscher CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

CV	CarDiv5 (RAdm J.J. Clark): Hornet II/GF (CVG-2), Yorktown II/GF (CVG-1) (till 07/31)
CVL	Belleau Wood (CVG-24) (till 08/02), Bataan (CVG-50)
CA	CruDiv10(RAdm L.H. Thebaud): Boston, Baltimore, Canberra II
CL	CruDiv10(RAdm L.H. Thebaud): Oakland, San Juan (till 06/27) Denver, Santa Fe (from 06/28)

DD	DesRon6	DesDiv11: Helm, Maury, Craven, Gridley, McCall
	DesRon46	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Boyd, Bradford, Brown, Cowell

CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

CV	Franklin (from 07/29) CarDiv5 (RAdm J.J. Clark): Hornet II/GF (CVG-2), Yorktown II/GF (CVG-1) (till 07/29)
CVL	Bataan (CVG-50) (till 07/12), Cabot (CVG-31) (from 07/13)
CL	Denver (till 08/02) CruDiv13(RAdm Laurence T. DuBose): Biloxi, Santa Fe, Mobile

DD	Case (from 07/20)
	DesRon6	DesDiv11: Helm, Maury, Craven, Gridley, McCall
	DesRon46	DesDiv91: Izard/SF, Conner, Bell, Charrette, Burns DesDiv92: Boyd, Bradford, Brown, Cowell (till 07/12)

TU 58.1.2 - 44/08/04 Bonin Islands Bombardment Unit CTU RAdm Laurence T. DuBose (ComCruDiv13) CL Oakland CruDiv13 (RAdm Laurence T. DuBose): Santa Fe/UF,DF, Mobile, Biloxi TU 58.1.6 - 44/08/04-05 Bonin Islands Bombardment Unit CTU RAdm Laurence T. DuBose (ComCruDiv13) CL Oakland CruDiv13 (RAdm Laurence T. DuBose): Santa Fe/UF,DF, Mobile, Biloxi DD 7: Brown DesRon46/DesDiv91: Izard, Charrette, Burns DesRon50/DesDiv100: Cogswell, Knapp, Ingersoll TU 58.1.7 - 44/08/01-0 CTU RAdm Laurence T. DuBose (ComCruDiv13) CL Denver, Oakland CruDiv13 (RAdm Laurence T. DuBose): Santa Fe/UF,DF, Mobile, Biloxi DD Bell, Burns, Bradford, Craven

CTG RAdm Alfred E. Montgomery
44/07: RAdm Ralph E. Davison

CV	Bunker Hill (CVG-8), Wasp II/GF (from 06/30) (CVG-14) Franklin (06/30 - 07/29)
CVL	Monterey (CVG-28) (till 07/23), Cabot (CVG-31) (till 07/13)
CL	CruDiv13 (RAdm Laurence T. DuBose) (till 06/27): Mobile, Santa Fe, Biloxi San Juan (from 06/30)
DD	Selfridge (06/0?-06/13), Patterson (till 06/19)

	DesRon1	DesDiv1: MacDonough, Dewey(till 06/30), Hull DesDiv2: Farragut, Aylwin (till 06/17)
	DesRon52	(till 07/30): DesDiv103: Miller, Owen, The Sullivans, Tingey, Stephen Potter DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox

TU 58.2.4 - Bombardment Unit One 44/07/04 DD Brown DesRon52/DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Miller

CTG RAdm John Reeves

CV	Lexington II/FF (CVG-16), Enterprise/GF (CVG-10)
CVL	San Jacinto (CVG-51) , Princeton (CVG-27) (till 07/0?)
CA	Indianapolis
CL	CruDiv12 (RAdm R.W. Hayler): Montpelier, Cleveland, Birmingham
CLA	Reno

DD	DesRon45:	DesDiv90: Anthony, Wadsworth (06/17-07/07), Terry, Braine
	DesRon50:	DesDiv99: Clarence K. Bronson/SF, Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy DesDiv100: Caperton, Cogswell, Knapp, Ingersoll

CTG RAdm William Harrill

CV	Essex/GF (CVG-15)
CVL	Langley II(CVG-32), Cowpens (CVG-25) till 07/10 Princeton (CVG-27) (07/14-08/02), Belleau Wood (from 08/02)
BB	from 07/30: Alabama, New Jersey, Iowa, Indiana
CL	CruDiv14 (RAdm Wilder D. Barker): Vincennes II (till 06/23), Houston II, Miami
CLA	CruDiv11 (RAdm L.J. Wiltse): San Diego
DD	Case (till 07/14), Ellet DesRon8: DesDiv15: Lang, Sterett, Wilson DesRon12: DesDiv24: Lansdowne (till 07/30), Lardner, McCalla DesRon23: DesDiv45: Charles Ausburne/SF,DF, Dyson, Stanly (till 07/30) DesDiv46: Converse (till 08/04), Spence, Thatcher DesRon52 (from 07/30): Miller, Owen, The Sullivans, Marshall, Tingey, Stephen Potter from 08/06: Harrison DesRon55: DesDiv109: Callaghan, Cassin Young, Porterfield (from 08/03) DesDiv110: Laws, Morrison (from 08/02)

TG 58.7

CTG VAdm Willis Augustus Lee

BB	BatDiv6 (VAdm W.A. Lee): Washington/GF, North Carolina BatDiv7 (RAdm O.M. Hustvedt): Iowa, New Jersey BatDiv8 (RAdm Glenn B. Davis): Indiana BatDiv9 (RAdm E.W. Hanson): Alabama, South Dakota
CA	CruDiv6 (RAdm C.T. Joy): Wichita, Minneapolis, New Orleans, San Francisco
DD	Conyngham, Monssen II, DesRon4: Mugford, Bagley, Patterson (06/13, again from 06/17), Selfridge DesRon45/DesDiv89: Halford, Fullam, Hudson, Guest, Bennett DesRon53/DesDiv106: Yarnall (06/17-06/21), Twining (06/17-06/23), Stockham The Sullivans (08/06-08/11)

TU 58.7.2 - Northern Bombardment Unit 06/13 BB BatDiv9: Alabama, South Dakota DD Aylwin

TG 58.7 - 44/08

BB	Washington, Iowa, Indiana, Alabama
CL	Birmingham

44/06/06	departed Majuro
44/06/11	strike Guam 58.1 detached to strike Guam 58.2 strike Guam 58.3 strike Saipan, Tinian 58.4 sinking 14 ships from convoy off Saipan
44/06/12	58.1 strike Guam 58.3 strike Saipan, Tinian 58.4 attacking convoy - sinking Otori 1732N, 144-00E), AN Kokku Maru (17-32N, 144-01E), APs Batavia Maru (17-32N, 143-17E) Hinko Maru (17-28N, 144-19E), Kamishima Maru and Imizu Maru (17-32N, 144-10E), Nitcho Maru (17-32N, 143-10E), Reikai Maru (17-30N, 144-00E), Tenryugawa Maru (17-32N, 144-01E), AKs Bokuyo Maru, Fukoku Maru and Moji Maru, and s/s Tsushima Maru; damaging AP Tatsutakawa Maru, corvette #4 (17-20N, 144-10E), PC Ch-50 (17-32N, 144-10E), PCs Ch-33, Ch-51, Cha-20 and AMc Wa-6
44/06/13	attacking convoy - sinking AKs Shinriki Maru #11, Sekizen Maru, Myogawa Maru, Shigei Maru and Suwa Maru 58.1 - strike Guam 58.2 - Selfridge disjoined to TG 52.12 - Hickox sinking picket boat 58.3 strike Saipan, Tinian 58.7 shell Saipan & Tinian:     58.7.2 - shell N Saipan
44/06/14	58.1 + 58.4 refuel (130 miles NE of Saipan - 17-25N, 147-43E), then detached to strike Cicijima
44/06/15	sinking PC Cha-54 off Rota Is. 58.1 + 58.4 strike Iwojima 58.1 - Boyd and Charrette sinking Tacatugawa Maru E of Ogasawara-shoto (25-02N, 144-37E) 58.7 attacked by planes
44/06/16	sinking PC Cha-56 at Rota Is., AP Marudai Maru at Saipan 58.1 + 58.4 strike Iwojima 58.4 - Vincennes II - machinery troubles
44/06/17	DDs from TF 52, TF 53 joined to strenghten AA defence
44/06/18	58.1 + 58.4 rejoined rest of TF 58 58.7 created
44/06/19	x Philippine Sea 58.1,58.2,58.3 hunting Mobile Fleet 58.2 Bunker Hill (14-46N, 143-02E) and Wasp II (14-19N, 143-48E) near-missed by dive bomber 58.4 detached to Guam for refuel 58.7 - South Dakota damaged by dive bomber (14-10N, 143-15E), Indiana by suicide plane (14-04N, 143-23E), Minneapolis near-missed by horizontal bomber (14-11N, 143-09E), Hudson damaged by friendly fire (14-11N, 143-09E)
44/06/20	strike IJN - sunk AO Gengo Maru, Seijo Maru
44/06/21	58.1 - DesDiv92 detached to recower downed carrier aircrews 58.7 refuel - DesRon4 transferred back to TG 52.12
44/06/22	refuel 58.1 -strike Pagan - sinking guardboat Haruta Maru off Pagan Is. and AK Shoun Maru off Rota (14-10N, 145-10E); DesDiv92 rejoined
44/06/23	58.1 strike Pagan, departed to Cicijima 58.2,58.3,58.4 send for Eniwetok 58.4 - Vincennes II detached to Eniwetok for engine repairs 58.7 - refueled from TU 16.7.11, DesDiv106 disjoined
44/06/24	58.1 strike Iwojima & Cicijima 58.2, 58.3, 58.4 arrived Eniwetok 58.7 - DDs detached back to TF 52
44/06/25	58.1 departed for Eniwetok
44/06/26	Houston II shell Guam, Rota
44/06/27	58.1 arrived Eniwetok 58.2 arrived Eniwetok 58.4 - Miami, Houston II + Desron23 shell Rota, Guam 58.7 - Majuro
44/06/28	58.4 strike Pagan
44/06/29	58.4 strike Guam, Rota
44/06/30	58.1, 58.2 departed for Bonins 58.2 Wasp II new GF 58.4 shell & strike Rota, Guam - 150 miles WSW of Saipan (14-20N, 143-23E)
44/07/01	58.4 strike Rota Is. (150 miles SW of Saipan = 13-50N, 143-38E)
44/07/02	58.4 strike Rota Is.

44/07/03

58.1, 58.2 joined together: strike Iwojima, Cicijima, Hahajima: sinking PC Ch-16 at Cicijima, CMc Sarushima 110 nm W of Cicijima (27-10N, 140-10E), landing ships T.103, 108 miles W of Cicijima (27-05N, 140-09E) and T.130 off E coast of Iwo Jima, (24-47N, 140-20E) AN Taiko Maru off Onagawa Retto AM W-25 110 nm NW of Cicijima (28-35N, 141-04E) AMc Toshi Maru #5 off Haha Jima (26-20N, 141-50E) APs Shozui Maru, Shima Maru, and Tatsuei Maru at Cicijima (27-07N, 142-12E) and Unjo Maru #8 at Takinoura Bay, Cicijima (27-05N, 142-09E) in Takinoura Bay damaging landing ship T.153 and victualling stores ship Kaiko Maru off Ani Jima, and PC Ch 18 off Chichi Jima 58.4 strike Rota Is.

44/07/04	58.1, 58.2 - strike Bonins 58.1.2 & 58.2.4 shell W coast of Iwojima - damaging Sacuki off Hahajima 58.4 departed for Eniwetok
44/07/05	58.3 back at Majuro
44/07/06	58.1 + 58.2 resumed strikes in Marianas - Guam and Rota 58.1 refuel - Boyd and Bradford detached for rescue patrol around Guam 58.4 arrived Eniwetok
44/07/07	58.1 strike Guam 58.3 - Wadsworth disjoined
44/07/08	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/09	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/10	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/11	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/12	start support Guam landing 58.1 strike Guam, refuel - Bataan and Cowell disjoined for P.H.
44/07/13	58.1 strike Guam, Cabot joined from 58.2 58.2 off Guam
44/07/14	departed Eniwetok 58.1 strike Guam - Conner disjoined 58.4 - Case detached for upkeep to Eniwetok
44/07/15	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/16	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/17	58.1 strike Guam, refuel 58.4 - 70 miles of Guam
44/07/18	58.1 + 58.4 strike Guam
44/07/19	58.1 + 58.4 (60 miles SE of Guam = 13-34N, 145-40E) strike Guam
44/07/20	58.1 + 58.4 strike Guam 58.1: Case joined from repairs 58.3 off Guam
44/07/21	58.1 strike Guam
44/07/22	58.1 & 58.2 arrived Saipan - load ammo and bombs 58.4 refuel (130 miles SE of Guam = 12-04N, 146-34E)
44/07/23	58.1 & 58.2 refuel off Saipan from TG 50.17, then departed to strike Yap, Ulithi and Palaus 58.2 - Monterey transferred to TG 50.17 for overhaul 58.4 strike Guam
44/07/24	58.1, 58.2 and 58.3 rendezvoused
44/07/25	58.1, 58.2, 58.3 - strike Palau - until 44/08/06 58.2 - Bunker Hill - VF-8 sinking guardboat Ryojin Maru off W coast of Babelthuap (07-30N, 134-30E) 58.3 - San Jacinto - VF-51 damaging Samidare 30 nm N of Babelthuap, Palau (08-15N, 134-37E) 58.4 strike Tinian 58.7 - detached
44/07/26	58.1 strike Yap, Ulithi and Fais 58.2 strike Palaus - Bunker Hill damaging landing ship T-150 at Palaus, finishing CM Sokuten (damaged by Lexington II) at Malakal Harbor, Koror Is., Palau (07-20N, 134-27E) 58.3 strike Palaus - Lexington II damaging CM Sokuten off Palau 58.4 strike Tinian
44/07/27	sinking APA T-1 off Palaus 58.1 strike Yap, Ulithi and Fais 58.2 - Bunker Hill sinking landng ship T-150 58.4 strike Tinian, then departed for Saipan
44/07/28	58.1 strike Yap, Ulithi and Fais 58.4 - rearm & resupply at Saipan
44/07/29	58.1 back in Marianas - Yorktown transferred to 58.2 58.2 - Franklin transferred to 58.1 58.4 strike Guam
44/07/30	58.2 - DesRon52, transferred to TG 58.4 58.4 - Alabama, New Jersey, Iowa, Indiana and DesRon52 joined
44/07/31	58.1 departed Marianas - refuel 58.3 - Saipan 58.4 photorecon Guam
44/08/01	58.1 - arrived Saipan 58.1.7 cruise around Saipan 58.4 strike Guam (50-100 miles E of Guam = 13-00N, 145-57E)
44/08/02	58.1.7 entered Tanapag Harbor, Saipan 58.1 - Saipan - departed for Bonins - Denver disjoined to TF 51 58.2 arrived Seeadler Harbor 58.4 - New Jersey, Princeton, Thatcher detached, Washington, Belleau Wood, Morrison joined
44/08/03	58.1 refuel 58.4 strike Guam, Porterfield joined
44/08/04	58.1, 58.2 strike Cicijima - sinking APs Unkai Maru #7, Enju Maru, Tonegawa Maru and Shogen Maru (27-05N, 142-11E), AK Hokkai Maru, damaging corvette #4 and #12 58.1.6 detached from TG 58.1 for Cicijima bombardement: 1254 CruDiv13+DesRon46 detached from TG 58.1 to intercept enemy convoy #4804 25 miles NW of Muko Jima, Bonins 1835 - sinking small AO between Cicijima and Mukojima 1930-2100 - sinking Macu off Cicijima (27-40N, 141-48E) 2100-2230 - sinking AK Rjuko Maru 58.2 - Cabot damaging APA T-4 (27-07N, 142-12E) 58.3 strike Iwojima 58.2 + 58.3 - Bunker Hill and Lexington II sinking landing ship T-133 off Iwojima coast (24-47N, 141-20E) 58.4 - Converse, Spence disjoined
44/08/05	1008-1112 - 58.1.6 shell Cicijima 1830 58.1.6 rejoined TG 58.1 and 58.3 58.2 - Bunker Hill damaging APA T-4 (27-07N, 142-12E), T-7 off Cicijima (27-05N, 142-09E) 58.4 strike Guam
44/08/06	58.4 - E of Guam - The Sullivans transferred to TG 58.7 (maybe all DesRon52), Porterfield joined   joined from TF 52 and TF 53: Callaghan, Cassin Young, Harrison, Porterfield, Laws
44/08/09	58.1 arrived back to Eniwetok
44/08/10	58.4 departed for Eniwetok
44/08/11	Eniwetok
44/08/12	58.7 Eniwetok
44/08/13	58.4 arrived Eniwetok
44/08/15	end support Guam landing
44/08/26	TF 58 > TF 38

"DETACHMENT" & "JAMBOREE"

CTF VAdm Marc A. Mitscher (ComCarTaskFor1)
unassigned ships:

CA	Salt Lake City
DD	Buchanan, Pritchett (till 02/19), Laws, Hobby, Norman Scott, Mertz, Lowry, Benham

CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

	?TU 58.1.1? - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm Joseph J. Clark (ComCarDiv5) CV Bennington, Wasp II (CVG-81), Hornet II CVL Belleau Wood (CVG-30)
	TU 58.1.2 - Support Unit CTU RAdm J.E. Shafroth (ComBatDiv8) BB BatDiv8 (RAdm J.E. Shafroth): Massachusetts, Indiana CL CruDiv14 (RADm Francis E.M. Whiting): Vincennes II, Miami, San Juan
	TU 58.1.3 - Screen DD 15: DesRon25 (Cap Henry Crommelin) DesDiv49 (Cap Henry Crommelin): John Rodgers/SF,DF, Harrison, McKee, Murray DesDiv50 (Cap H.O. Parrish): Ringgold/DF (till 03/03), Schroeder, Sigsbee, Dashiell DesRon61: DesDiv121: De Haven II, Mansfield, Lyman K. Swenson, Collett DesDiv122: Blue II, Brush, Taussig, Samuel N. Moore

CTG RAdm Ralph E. Davison

	TU 58.2.? - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm Ralph E. Davison CV Lexington II(CVG-9), Hancock (CVG-80) Enterprise (CVG(N)-90) (from 45/02/21) CVL San Jacinto
	TU 58.2.? - Support Unit BB Wisconsin, Missouri CB Alaska (from 45/02/21) CA San Francisco (till 02/27), Boston, Pittsburgh Baltimore (from 45/02/21)
	TU 58.2.3 - Screen ComScreen ComDesRon52 CL Flint (from 45/02/21) DD 19:Longshaw (from 45/02/21) DesRon52: DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Stephen Potter (till 02/27), Tingey, Miller, Owen DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox DesRon53: DesDiv105: Cushing II, Uhlmann (till 02/20), Halsey Powell (till 02/27), Colahan (till 02/27), Benham II (till 02/27) DesDiv106: Yarnall (till 03/03), Twining, Stockham, Wedderburn DesRon54 (from 45/02/21): Remey/SF, Monssen II

CTG RAdm Frederic C. Sherman

	TU 58.3.? - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm Frederic C. Sherman CV Essex, Bunker Hill (from 02/15) CVL Cowpens
	TU 58.3.? - Support Unit BB South Dakota, New Jersey CA Indianapolis/FltF (from 02/14) CL CruDiv17: Pasadena, Wilkes-Barre, Astoria II
	TU 58.3.3 - Screen DD DesRon50: DesDiv99: Dortch, Clarence K. Bronson, Cotten, Gatling, Healy DesRon55: DesDiv109: Callaghan, Cassin Young, Irwin, Preston II DesRon62: DesDiv123: Ault, English, Charles S. Sperry, Waldron (detached 02/18-02/27), Haynsworth DesDiv124: Wallace L. Lind, John W. Weeks, Borie, Hank

CTG RAdm Arthur W. Radford

	TU 58.4.? - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm Arthur W. Radford CV Yorktown II/GF,UF, Randolph (CVG-12) CVL Langley II, Cabot
	TU 58.4.? - Suport Unit BB Washington, North Carolina, Missouri( from 03/05) CA from 02/27: San Francisco CL Biloxi, Santa Fe, San Diego
	TU 58.4.3 - Screen DD 17: Monssen II, Porterfield, O'Brien II Desron47: DesDiv93: Heermann, Trathen, Hazelwood, McCord DesDiv94: Hailey, Haggard, Franks Desron60: DesDiv119: Laffey II (from 02/?), Barton II DesDiv120: Moale, Ingraham II from 02/27: Benham II, Colahan, Halsey Powell, Stephen Potter

CTG RAdm Matthias B. Gardner

CV	Enterprise/GF (CVG(N)-90), Saratoga
CB	Alaska
CA	Baltimore
CL	Flint

DD	9: Longshaw
	DesRon54:	DesDiv107: Remey/SF, McGowan, Melvin DesDiv108: McNair, Monssen II

CTG RAdm Matthias B. Gardner

CV	Enterprise/GF (CVG(N)-90)
CB	Alaska
CA	Baltimore
CL	Flint

DD	9: Longshaw
	DesRon54:	DesDiv107: Remey/SF DesDiv108: McNair

45/02/11-12 DD DesDiv105: Cushing II, Uhlmann, Halsey Powell, Colahan, Benham II 45/02/15-17 DD 4 DesDivs: DesDiv105: Cushing II, Uhlmann, Halsey Powell, Colahan, Benham II 45/02/24-2? DD DesDiv105: Cushing II, Uhlmann, Halsey Powell, Colahan, Benham II

BB	Washington, North Carolina
CA	Indianapolis
CL	Biloxi, Santa Fe
DD	John W. Weeks

CA	Boston, San Francisco
DD	DesDiv106: Yarnall, Twining, Stockham, Wedderburn

45/01/10	?? 58.5 departed Ulithi ??
45/01/26	TF 38 > TF 58
45/02/05	58.4 E Ulithi
45/02/10	departed Ulithi for Japan
45/02/11	58.2 - DesDiv105 detached to TG 58.8
45/02/12	58.2 - DesDiv105 rejoined from TG 58.8
45/02/13	refuel from TG 50.8 58.3 400 Miles NE of Luzon (20-58 N 148-43 E)
45/02/14	refuel from TG 50.8 - Indianapolis joined
45/02/15	sinking guardboats Choyo Maru #3 (30-00N, 141-00E), Santoku Maru #2 (30-00N, 143-00E) off southern Japan 58.2 - DesDiv105 detached to TG 58.8 58.3 SE of Tokyo (29-50 N 146-24 E) 58.4 - refuel - Ingraham II and Barton II damaged in collision off Iwojima (31-45N, 141-54E) 58.8 formed from 4 DesDivs to make screen ahead of TF 58 main forces
45/02/16	strike Tokio area - start operation "JAMBOREE" 58.3 125 Miles SE of Toyko (34-16N, 141-40E)
45/02/17	strike Tokio, Jokohama - Tachikawa motor factory, Kasumigaura 58.2 - DesDiv105 rejoined from TG 58.8 58.3 - Haynsworth sinking guardboat Nanshin Maru #36 SW of Mikimoto light, PC Wafu Maru off Omaezaki light 1330 relieved towards Iwojima 58.8 dissolved ??
45/02/18	off Iwojima, strike Cicijima sinking PG Hiyoshi Maru #2 at Futami, Chichijima (27-05N, 142-11E) 58.3 75 Miles NW of Iwo Jima (29-44 N 140-29 E): DDs fight with picket boats - damaged Waldron (29-27N, 141-34E), Dortch (30-01N, 141-45E) Dortch sinking PC Ajukawa Maru NW of Iwojima (27-35N, 121-16E) 58.4 - Washington and Hailey damaged in collision 58.4 - Barton II, Ingraham II and Moale sinking guardboats Nanshin M. #35 W of Torishima (30-00N, 137-30E), Kjowa Maru #3 S of Honshu (31-00N, 137-30E), Fukuici Maru #5 off Torishima (30-00N, 141-00E)
45/02/19	D-Day Iwojima 58.? shell Iwojima - Indianapolis damaged in collision with AE Shasta off Iwojima, John W. Weeks damaged by shore battery off Iwojima (25-32N, 141-01E) strike Iwojima, Cicijima, Hahajima , Tokio - Pritchett transferred to TU 52.2.5 58.1, 58.4 refuel
45/02/20	strike Iwojima 58.2 Uhlmann disjoined to Ulithi, San Francisco, Boston + DesDiv106 detached to join TU 54.1.18 58.3 refuel 75 Miles W of Iwo Jima (25-14 N 140-00 E) - CruDiv17 detached to join TU 54.1.18 58.4 - Biloxi damaged by friendly fire off Iwojima (25-47N, 141-15E)
45/02/21	strike Tokio 58.3 75 Miles W of Iwo Jima (25-14 N 140-00 E) - strike Cicijima, Hahajima 58.4 - Langley II damaged by bomb 58.5 dissolved - Saratoga, McGowan, Melvin and McNair assigned to TF 52 as TU 52.2.4
45/02/22	58.3 strike Iwojima 58.12 created
45/02/23	refuel 200 Miles E of Iwo Jima (25-32N, 145-03E), then departed for strikes on Japan 58.2 - Enterprise with escort detached to reformed TG 58.5 58.12 dissolved
45/02/24	strike Tokio 58.2 - DesDiv105 detached to TG 58.8 58.8 created
45/02/25	strike Tokio Hazelwood and Murray sinking guardboats Fuji M. #1, Koki M. (31-06N, 141-00E) and Seiun M. #5 off Tori Jima (31-00N, 141-00E) 58.1 - Harrison damaged by storm S of Honshu (33-00N, 141-00E) 58.3 175 Miles SE of Tokyo (30-07 N 142-40E)
45/02/26	strike Tokio, Hacino Is., Nagoja Stockham sinking patrol craft off Tori Shima San Francisco, Colahan, Halsey Powell, Benham II, John W. Weeks, Stephen Potter, Preston II. damaged in storm off Iwojima 58.3 - Pasadena damaged by gunfire from guardboat S of Honshu (31-20N, 141-15E) 58.4 - Porterfield damaged by gunfire from guardboat S of Honshu (33-10N, 143-30E) 58.5 strike Cicijima
45/02/27	refueled 100 miles SW of Iwo Jima (23-08N, 140-41E) 58.2 - San Jacinto damaged in collision with AO Merrimack off Iwojima (23-00N, 139-00E); San Francisco, Benham II, Colahan, Halsey Powell, Stephen Potter detached to TG 58.4 58.3 - Waldron rejoined 58.4 departed to Ulithi
45/02/28	58.2, 58.3 refuel 58.4 - Laffey II detached to deliver mail and photos to CinCPac at Guam
45/03/01	strike + reconnaissance Okinawa sinking: - off Naha, Okinawa (26-17N, 127-35E): Manazuru, PG Chohakusan Maru, AK Ryukyu Maru - off Ishigaki Jima (24-23N, 124-12E): CM Tsubame - in Kuji Bay (28-10N, 129-05E): supply ship Kinezaki and AK Hoshi Maru #11 - off Miyako Retto (24-46N, 125-30E): AP Toyosaka Maru - off Okinawa: AK Kinzan Maru - off Miyako Jima: AK Taiken Maru - off Naze: Luzon Maru - off Amami-O-Shima: AK Kiku Maru damaging: - off Ishigaki Jima (24-23N, 124-12E): escort destroyer Fukue and AM Nuwajima - off Amami-O-Shima: Tomozuru, AM Seki Maru - off Ishikiri, Suwanose Island: PC Ch-49 sinking s/s Dosei Maru and Otsu Maru by guns in Kuji Bay off Miyako Jima 58.1.? - shell Okino Daito Shima 58.3 75 miles SE of Okinawa (25-43 N 128-56 E) 58.4 arrived Ulithi
45/03/02	departed for Ulithi 58.1 - CruDiv14 + DesRon61 shell Okino Daito Shima 58.3 - DesDiv109 shell Parece Vela Reef in the Philippine Sea 58.4 - Ulithi - Laffey II rejoined
45/03/03	refuel 58.2 - Ringgold damaged by collision with Yarnall 58.5 strike Cicijima, sinking small AK in Higashi Harbor, Hahajima PM - support units created TF 59 (OTC - ComBatRon2)
45/03/04	back at Ulithi
45/03/05	sinking PC Cha-224 off Mako, Pescadores
45/03/09	58.5 departed Iwojima for Ulithi
45/03/11	58.4 - Laffey II, Barton II, O'Brien transferred to TF 54
45/03/12	58.5 arrived Ulithi

"ICEBERG" - before 45/04/07 PM

CTF VAdm Marc A. Mitscher
unassigned ships:

CVL	Monterey
CA	Indianapolis (03/14 - 03/24)
CL	St. Louis (03/15??-03/25?), Atlanta II (from 05/12)
DD	Buchanan

CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

CV	Hornet, Bennington, Wasp II(till 03/19)
CVL	Belleau Wood, San Jacinto
BB	BatDiv8: Massachusetts, Indiana
CA	4: Baltimore, Pittsburgh
CL	San Juan, Vincennes II, Vicksburg, Miami (until 04/30?)

DD	DesRon25:	DesDiv49: John Rodgers/SF,DF, Harrison, McKee, Murray (till 03/31) DesDiv50: Schroeder (till 03/31), Sigsbee, Dashiell
	DesRon53:	DesDiv106: Stockham (from 03/15), Wedderburn (from 03/20)
	DesRon61:	DesDiv121: De Haven II/SF, Mansfield, Lyman K. Swenson, Collett, Maddox II, DesDiv122: Taussig, Samuel N. Moore, Brush, Blue II

CTG RAdm Ralph E. Davison

CV	Franklin(GF,CVG-5)(till 03/19), Randolph
BB	Wisconsin
CA	Pittsburgh
CL	Santa Fe
DD	English (till 03/20)

	DesRon52:	DesDiv103: Miller, Owen, The Sullivans (till 03/20), Stephen Potter, Tingey DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox
	DesRon53	DesDiv105: Halsey Powell (till 03/20), Uhlmann (till 03/20) DesDiv106: Wedderburn, Twining

TU 58.2.9 45/03/19-45/03/24 CB CruDiv16: Alaska, Guam CA Pittsburgh CL Santa Fe DD 3 DesDiv: Twining, Hunt, Wedderburn, English, Waldron (till 03/22) DesRon52: DesDiv103: Stephen Potter, The Sullivans, Tingey DesDiv104: Marshall, Hickox

CTG RAdm Frederic C. Sherman

CV	Bunker Hill/FF, Essex/GF, Hancock (until 04/09),
CVL	Bataan, Cabot (untill 05/??)
BB	South Dakota (till 05/06), Washington, North Carolina
CL	Astoria II CruDiv17: Wilkes-Barre, Springfield, Pasadena

DD	The Sullivans (from 04/0?) Tingey (from 04/0?),
	DesRon48:	DesDiv95: Erben (from 03/15), Walker, Hale, Stembel DesDiv96: Kidd, Black, Bullard, Chauncey
	DesRon62:	DesDiv123: Ault, English (from 04/1?), Charles S. Sperry, Waldron (detached 03/19-03/22), Haynsworth (till 04/06) DesDiv124: Wallace L. Lind, John W. Weeks, Borie, Hank

CTG RAdm Arthur W. Radford

CV	Enterprise (till 03/18 again 04/05-04/08), Intrepid (CVG-10), Yorktown II (CVG-9)
CVL	Langley II, Independence
BB	Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin
CB	CruDiv16: Guam, Alaska (detached 03/19-03/22 to TU 58.2.9)
CL	CruDiv16: Flint, San Diego Oakland (04/02-04/10)

DD	DesRon47:	DesDiv93: Trathen, Heerman, McCord, Hazelwood DesDiv94: Hailey, Haggard (detached 03/25-04/24, then 04/29), Franks (till 04/02)
	DesRon53:	DesDiv105: Cushing II/SF (from 03/25), Uhlmann (from 03/20, detached 03/22-04/05), Colahan, Benham II DesDiv106: Twining (from 03/27)
	DesRon54:	DesDiv107: Remey/SF,DF, McGowan, Mertz, Melvin, Norman Scott DesDiv108: McNair (detached 04/27-05/23), McDermut (from 04/03), Monssen II, Wadleigh (from 05/24)
	DesRon62:	(till 04/06): Haynsworth, Hank, Wallace L. Lind

TU 58.4.9 - detached 45/03/27 to shell Minami Daito Shima CTU RAdm F.S. Low (ComCruDiv16) CB CruDiv16: Alaska, Guam CL CruDiv16: San Diego, Flint CruDiv17: Pasadena, Wilkes-Barre, Springfield DD DesRon62: Hank, Wallace L. Lind Desron47/DesDiv93: Heermann, Trathen

BB	Wisconsin, Missouri BatDiv6: Washington BatDiv7: New Jersey BatDiv8 (RAdm J.F. Shafroth): Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina BatDiv9: South Dakota
DD	3 DesDiv: Franks

DD

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45/03/11	Ulithi lagoon - Randolph damaged by kami. - (1xFrances) (10-01N, 139-40E)
45/03/13	58.4 - Remey attacking submarine
45/03/14	departed Ulithi for Japan
45/03/15	Stockham joined 58.3 - Erben joined
45/03/16	refuel 58.3 300 miles SW of Iwo Jima (14-44 N 138-56 E)
45/03/17	en route Kjushu 58.3 300 miles SW of Iwo Jima (14-44 N 138-56 E)
45/03/18	E of Kjushu - strikes on Kjushu, Honshu, Shikoku attacking convoy KATA-504, escorted by corvette #29 and PC Ch-58: damaging AK Kiyo Maru, sinking AP Kenyo Maru and AO Nansei Maru #1 sinking Okinawa-bound auxiliary sailing vessels Kamo Maru and Tenjin Maru off Noma Misaki (31-24N, 130-07E) sinking PC Yusen Maru #43 45 miles SW of Satamisaki Light 58.1 - Hornet sinking s/s Nansei Maru #1, damaging Tokuho Maru and Asahi Maru in Yamakawa harbor 58.2 strike Kjushu (Kobe, Kure area) - kami. 58.4 - kami.- disabled Intrepid (30-47N, 133-50E), Yorktown II (30-40N, 133-49E), Enterprise (30-50N, 133-42E)
45/03/19	strike Kjushu airfields, Kure & Kobe: at Kure: destroying incomplete I-205 in drydock damaging BB Yamato, Hyuga and Haruna; CV Ikoma, Katsuragi, Ryuho, Amagi, Hosho; CVE Kaiyo; CA Tone; CL Oyodo; SS I-400, RO-67; PC Cha-229; at Osaka: damaging DE Kaki 58.2 kami - disabled Wasp (32-16N, 134-05E), Franklin (32-01N, 133-57E) -> departed for P.H. 58.2.9 created - cover Franklin's retreat 58.3 100 miles E of Kyushu (32-10 N 134-22 E) - Essex damaged by friendly fire (32-10N, 134-20E)
45/03/20	CAP over Kjushu sinking guardboat Kochi Maru #1 E of Hosnhu 58.2 cover Franklin - kami.-damaged Halsey Powell (30-27N, 134-28E) - retired to Ulithi escorted by The Sullivans 58.2 D I S J O I N E D 58.4 refuel - Enterprise damaged by friendly fire (30-01N, 134-30E)
45/03/21	kami.(Ohka) 58.3 300 miles S of Kyushu
45/03/22	refuel 600 miles from Kyushu, photoreconnaissance Okinawa (Bunker Hill, Hornet)
45/03/23	start with daily strikes on Okinawa - 13 CV-L - 25 miles NW of Okinawa (30-23N, 128-40E): sinking AK Kachosan Maru - off Sotsukozaki: sinking AK Yamato Maru #19, one midget submarine and damaging another, damaging corvette #29 and PC Ch-58 58.3 80 miles SE of Okinawa Jima (25-15 N 128-50 E) - 58.4 - Haggard sinking RO-41 (ramming) > damaged SE of Okinawa (22-57'N., 132-19'E.)
45/03/24	strike Okinawa, CAP over TG 52.3 sinking AK Seizan Maru and s/s Sanko Maru (29-15N, 125-13E) and Kobe Maru (30-00N, 126-30E) 58.1 - completed destruction of convoy KANA-304: sinking Tomozuru, corvette #68, AM Chitose Maru, Shonan Maru #16, AK Koshu Maru, Soka Maru, Kaijo Maru Tsukushi Maru #3 about 200 miles northwest of Okinawa (28-25N, 124-32E) 58.2.9 - arrived Ulithi - disjoined 58.3 60 miles SE of Okinawa Jima (25-44 N 128-40 E) 59.7 detached only for this day - shell Okinawa Indianapolis detached into TG 50.1
45/03/25	strike Okinawa sinking AK Okinoyama Maru #5, Chokai Maru near Naha, Okinawa (26-13N, 127-39E) 58.3, 58.4 refuel 200 miles S of Okinawa
45/03/26	strike Okinawa - Murray damaged by dive bomber (26-20N, 129-46E) sinking PC Nisui Maru E of Fuku Jima, and AK Daia Maru (previously damaged on 1 March) in Kuji Bay, Ryukyus (20-13N, 127-16E) 58.3 75 miles NE of Okinawa
45/03/27	strike Okinawa sinking guardboats Choun Maru #13, Yusen Maru #27 and AK Suma Maru #28 in Kuchinoerabu Bay, Osumi-Gunto (30-30N, 130-05E) and Myojin Maru #12 west of Tori Jima (30-00N, 139-30E) 58.3 - Essex damaged by operational casualty off Okinawa (25-10N, 132-05E) 58.4.9 shell Minami Daito Shima
45/03/28	strike Okinawa, Kjushu 58.1 sail N against IJN /false alarm/ - Hornet II sinking corvette #33 18 nm SE of Mijazaki, Kjushu (31-45N, 131-45E) 58.3 strike Minami Daito Shima, refuel 200 miles E of Okinawa Jima (25-00 N 131-50 E) 58.4 refuel
45/03/29	strike Kjushu, search for Jap fleet reported off Kyushu on route to Sasebo 58.1 + 58.3 strike Kagoshima Bay, Kjushu: sinking: - W of Sata Misaki (31-05N, 130-39E): PC Cha-200 - in Kagoshima Bay: PC Chikuto Maru - at Kuchinoerabu Jima (30-30N, 130-10E): PC Cha-205 - in Jamagawa Harbor: AK Yusen Maru #5, Ebisu Maru #11, Holin Maru, Genyo Maru, Seizan Maru #8, Koshin Maru #17, Koan Maru #27, Koan Maru #32, Taimokuzan Maru damaging: - in Yamagawa Harbor: s/s Yamato Maru #3 58.3 125 miles S of Kyushu (29-16 N 131-54 E)
45/03/30	strike Okinawa 58.3 75 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-13 N 129-34 E)
45/03/31	strike Okinawa Murray, Schroeder disjoined
45/04/01	D-Day Okinawa - Carrier Support 58.3 60 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-41 N 129-23 E)
45/04/02	Oakland joined 58.3 refuel 300 miles SE of Okinawa Jima (23-18 N 132-01 E):       - Borie and Essex collided 200 nm SE of Okinawa (23-36N, 131-40E) 58.4 - 120 nm ESE of Okinawa - Franks and New Jersey damaged in collsion (25-49N, 130-01E) - Franks detached for repairs 58.4 - sinking corvette #186, APA T-17, LST T-145, damaging PC Ch-49, LST T-146 off Amami-Oshima (28-07N, 129-09E)
45/04/03	strike Okinawa sinking guardboat Taijin Maru #1, damaging guardboat Hosei Maru #2 225 nm SSE of Shionomisaki, Honshu (30-00N, 137-30E) sinking AK Imari Maru 35 nm WNW of Fukuoka, Kjushu (33-45N, 129-42E) corvette #32 is damaged 170nm ENE of Shanghai (31-51N, 124-47E) 58.3 60 to 100 miles E of Okinawa Jima ( 26-38 N 130-02 E) 58.4 - McDermut joined
45/04/04	strike Okinawa Norman Scott damaged in collision with AO Cimarron 170 nm SSE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (23-46N, 129-25E)
45/04/05	Refuel 58.3 150 miles SE of Okinawa Jima (23-36 N 128-50 E) 58.4 - Enterprise rejoined

45/04/06	strike Okinawa, attacked by kamikaze:
	58.1	San Jacinto damaged by kamikaze 105 nm NE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-46N, 129-43E), Harrison damged by friendly fire 95 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-05N, 129-22E), Taussig by near-misses of bombs 25 nm NE of N tip of Okinawa (27-07N, 128-39E)
	58.2	refuel
	58.3	60 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-42 N 129-28 E) - strike Minami Daito Shima: North Carolina damaged by friendly fire 95 nm NE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-41N, 129-32E), Pasadena damaged by friendly fire 80 nm NE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (27-00N, 129-00E)
	58.4	Haynsworth damaged by kami 100 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-55N, 129-29E)

45/04/07

strike Okinawa attacking Jamato force: sinking : - Jamato, Jahagi, Isokaze and Hamakaze 150 nm SW of Nagasaki (30-40N, 128-03E) - Asashimo 140 nm SW of Nagasaki (31-00N, 128-00E) - Kasumi 145 nm SW of Nagasaki (30-57N, 127-57E) 58.3 80 miles E of Okinawa Jima (27-08 N 129-46 E) attacked by kami. - damaged Hancock 125 nm NE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (27-00N, 130-00E) 58.4 provide air cover to Okinawa

"ICEBERG" - after 45/04/07 PM

CTF VAdm Marc A. Mitscher CTG RAdm Joseph J. Clark

CV	Hornet, Bennington
CVL	Belleau Wood, San Jacinto
BB	Massachusetts, Indiana, Alabama (from 05/09)
CA	Pittsburgh (from 04/16) CruDiv10: Quincy II/DF
CL	San Juan, Vincennes II, Vicksburg, Miami Duluth(from 05/27)

DD	?Blue II?
	DesRon25:	DesDiv49: John Rodgers/SF,DF, Harrison, McKee DesDiv50: Sigsbee, Dashiell, Schroeder (from 05/12)
	DesRon53:	DesDiv106: Twining (from 05/04), Stockham, Wedderburn
	DesRon61:	Lyman K. Swenson DesDiv121: Brush DesDiv122: Mansfield, Taussig

CTG RAdm Ralph E. Davison

CV	Enterprise (04/18-04/10), Randolph
CVL	Independence
BB	Washington, North Carolina
CA-L	Santa Fe, Pittsburgh
DD	Halsey Powell, Twining, Hunt, Marshall, Uhlmann, English DesRon52: Miller, Owen, The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Tingey, Hickox

CTG RAdm Frederic C. Sherman (ComCarDiv1)

	TU 58.3.1 - Carrier Unit CTU RAdm Frederic C. Sherman (ComCarDiv1) CV Bunker Hill/FF (till 05/11), Essex/GF Randolph(from 04/16, FF from 05/14) (CVG-12), Enterprise (04/10-04/14, 05/06-05/16, FF 05/11 - 05/14) CVL Bataan (detached 04/17-04/26), Langley (05/10-05/11), Monterey (05/12-05/28)
	TU 58.3.2 - Heavy Support Unit CTU VAdm Willis Augustus Lee BB South Dakota/UF (till 05/11), New Jersey (till 04/14) Washington (from 04/15), North Carolina (04/15-04/27), Missouri (05/05-05/07), Alabama (from 05/12)
	TU 58.3.3 - Light Support Unit CTU RAdm J.C. Jones (ComCruDiv17) CL Oakland(from 04/10) CruDiv17: Wilkes-Barre, Springfield, Pasadena, Astoria II
	TU 58.3.4 - Screen Cap J.P. Womble (ComDesRon?) DD DesRon48: DesRon95: Erben, Stembel (detached 04/09-04/21), Hale DesRon96: Kidd, Black, Bullard, Chauncey (detached 04/30-04/31) DesRon52: (from 04/17): DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Miller, Owen, Stephen Potter, Tingey DesDiv104: Hunt, Marshall, Lewis Hancock DesRon62: DesDiv123: Ault, English, Charles S. Sperry, Waldron (detached 03/19-03/22), Haynsworth (04/06-04/09) DesDiv124: John W. Weeks, Wallace L. Lind, Borie, Hank

TG 58.3.10 04/09 - 04/11 CV Hancock CVL Cabot DD Stembel, Haynsworth

CTG RAdm Arthur W. Radford

CV	Intrepid (CVG-10), Yorktown II (CVG-9) Enterprise (from 04/10), Shangri La(from 04/24, FF from 05/18), Ticonderoga (CVG-87 - from 05/22)
CVL	Langley II, Independence(from 04/16)
BB	Missouri (till 05/05), Wisconsin Iowa(from 04/24), New Jersey(04/16- 4/19)
CB	CruDiv16: Guam, Alaska (detached 03/19-03/22 to TU 58.2.9)
CL	San Diego, Oakland (04/02-04/10), Flint (from 04/16)

DD	Chauncey (04/30-04/31)
	DesRon47:	DesDiv93: Trathen, McCord, Heermann DesDiv94: Haggard (from 04/24, detached 04/29), Hailey
	Desron53:	Cushing II/SF DesDiv106: Twining, Uhlmann
	DesRon54:	DesDiv107: Remey/SF, McGowan, Melvin, Mertz DesDiv108: McDermut, McNair (till 04/27), Monssen II, Wadleigh (from 05/24)

45/04/08	repaired Randolph rejoined -> 58.2 R E B U I L D strike Okinawa 58.3 70 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-26 N 129-18 E)
45/04/09	58.3 refuel 350 miles E of Okinawa 58.3.10 detached to Ulithi for repairs 58.4 SE Okinawa - Mertz + Monssen sinking/share 130 nm E of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-09N, 130-21E)
45/04/10	58.3 strike Amamishima 58.4 - Oakland transferred to 58.3

45/04/11	58.1	refuel
	58.3	100 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-58 N 130-56 E) - strike Amamishima, attacked by kamikaze: damaged: - Missouri, Bullard and Kidd 115 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 130-00E) - Essex damaged by bomb 150 nm ENE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-50N, 130-30E) - Hale damaged by bomb 115 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 130-00E) (disjoined for repairs), Hank damaged by strafing (27-00N, 130-00E) 58.3.10 arrived Ulithi - disjoined
	58.4	attacked by kamikaze: - Enterprise disabled 15 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 128-00E) - (disjoined for repairs) - Trathen damaged by friendly fire 145 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-13N, 130-15E)

45/04/12	58.3 strike Amamishima, Tokunoshima, Kikaishima 58.4 kami - damaged Remey
45/04/13	58.1 kami.-damaged Sigsbee (27-15N, 130-25E) 58.3 strike Amamishima, Tokunoshima
45/04/14	58.1 - Sigsbee and Dashiell damaged by kamikaze 150 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-15N, 130-25E) 58.3 refuel 300 miles E of Okinawa (24-14 N 133-06 E)
45/04/15	58.1, 58.2, 58.3 strike S Kjushu 58.4 refuel
45/04/16	58.1, 58.3 - strike Kjushu 58.2 refuel - D I S J O I N E D 58.3 attacked by kami. 58.4 strike Kjushu - kami.- damaged Intrepid 200 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-37N, 131-14E), Missouri 115 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 130-00E), McDermut damaged by friendly fire 150 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-30N, 130-20E)
45/04/17	strike Kjushu, Intrepid retired Benham II damaged by kamikaze and friendly fire 290 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (24-01N, 132-32E) 58.3 kami - damaged Bataan
45/04/18	58.3 refuel 325 miles E off Okinawa (25-39 N 128-30 E) 58.4 Mertz, McCord, Collett, Uhlmann, Heermann, Bataan shared for sunk I-56 150 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-42N, 130-38E)
45/04/19	strike Okinawa 58.7 - shell Okinawa
45/04/20	strike Okinawa
45/04/21	strike Okinawa 58.1 - San Juan + DesRon61 shell Minami Daito Shima
45/04/22	strike Okinawa
45/04/23	58.3 refuel 225 miles E of Okinawa (24-56 N 131-30 E)
45/04/24	strike Okinawa 58.4 - refuel - Shangri-La joined
45/04/25	strike Okinawa
45/04/26	strike Okinawa
45/04/27	58.1 departed for Ulithi 58.3 refuel 200 miles E of Okinawa (24-56 N 131-17 E)
45/04/28	strike Okinawa 58.3 100 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-29 N 130-02 E)
45/04/29	strike Okinawa kami.- disabled Haggard (27-01N, 129-40E), Hazelwood (27-02N, 129-59E) 58.3 attacked by kami 58.4 attacked by kami
45/04/30	58.1 arrived Ulithi 58.3 strike Okinawa - Chauncey detached to TG 58.4
45/05/01	58.3 refuel 250 miles E of Okinawa (23-12 N 131-24 E) - Chauncey rejoined
45/05/02	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/03	58.3 325 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-37 N 129-34 E) - strike Okinawa 58.4 off Okinawa
45/05/04	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/05	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/06	58.3 refuel 250 miles SE of Okinawa (23-58 N 131-29 E) - Enterprise joined, South Dakota damaged by explosion while loading ammunition (26-30N, 129-30E) -> retreat to Guam 58.4 - Trathen rejoined
45/05/07	58.3 125 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-14 N 129-18 E) - strike Okinawa
45/05/08	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/09	Alabama, Monterey joined 58.1 departed Ulithi 58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/10	58.3 refuel 250 miles SE of Okinawa (23-59 N 131-34 E) - CruDiv17+DDs shell Minami Daito Shima
45/05/11	58.3 75 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-04 N 120-02 E) - strike Okinawa/Kjushu kami. - disabled Bunker Hill (25-44N, 129-28E) 58.4 departed for Ulithi
45/05/12	4 CV, 4 CVL - strike Okinawa/Kjushu 58.1 rejoined from Ulithi - Schroeder rejoined 58.3 60 miles E of Okinawa Jima (25-53 N 129-51 E) - strike Okinawa 58.4 departed to Ulithi
45/05/13	strike Kjushu 58.3: Enterprise night strike Kjushu, Bataan damaged by strafing (30-30N, 132-30E)
45/05/14	58.3: Enterprise night strike Kjushu/Shikoku- disabled by kami 110 nm SE of Mijazaki, Kjushu (30-23N, 132-36E) 58.4 arrived Ulithi - Langley II disjoined for overhaul
45/05/15	Randolph new FF 58.3 refuel 200 miles E of Okinawa (24-03 N 130-03 E)
45/05/16	58.3 refuel - Enterprise disjoined for repairs
45/05/17	Vincennes II, Vicksburg detached to TF 54?? 58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/18	58.3 strike Okinawa 58.4 - Shangri-La new FF
45/05/19	58.3 refuel 200 miles E of Okinawa (22-11 N 130-32 E)
45/05/20	58.3 80 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-16 N 129-14 E) - strike Okinawa - support troops in Shuri Castle area
45/05/21	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/22	58.1 - Bennington and Hornet II sinking PC Ch-37, Ch-58 and LST T-173 SW of Kjsuhu between Sasebo and Oshima (29-45N, 129-10E) 58.3 strike Okinawa 58.4 - Ulithi - Ticonderoga joined
45/05/23	58.3 refuel 150 miles E of Okinawa (24-58 N 130-48 E)
45/05/24	strike Kjushu/Okinawa 58.3 80 miles E of Okinawa Jima (26-32 N 129-26 E) - strike Okinawa 58.4 departed Ulithi
45/05/25	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/26	58.3 strike Okinawa
45/05/27	58.3 refuel 200 miles S of Okinawa (22-49 N 129-10 E) 58.4 arrived from Ulithi
45/05/28	58.3 strike Okinawa TF 58 > TF 38