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Task Force 61
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"WATCHTOWER" - Guadalcanal Landing
"CLEANSLATE"- Russel Islands Landing

"WATCHTOWER"
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CTF VAdm Frank Jack Fletcher formed from :
TG 61.1
CTG RAdm Leigh Noyes
CV Enterprise, Wasp, Saratoga
BB North Carolina
CA Minneapolis, Portland, San Francisco, Salt Lake City
CL Atlanta
DD Balch, Maury, Gwin, Benham, Grayson, Lang, Sterett, Aaron Ward, Stack, Laffey, Farenholt, Phelps, Farragut, Worden, MacDonough, Dale, Morris
TU 61.1.1 = TF 11
TU 61.1.2 = TF 16
TU 61.1.3 = TF 18
TG 61.2 = TF 62 see
CTG RAdm R.K Turner
42/07/26 off Fiji
42/08/07 landing Guadalcanal
42/08/08 61.1 - departed from Guadalcanal for refuel for SW from Esp Santo

"CLEANSLATE"- Russel Islands Landing
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DD Drayton
TG 61.1
TU 61.1.3
DMS Zane

43/02/21 D-Day Russell Islands
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