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Task Force 75
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"BREWER" - Admiralty Islands Landing
"RECKLESS" & "PERSECUTION"
"STRAIGHTLINE" - Wakde Landing
"HORLIEK" - Biak Landing
"TABLETENNIS" - Noemfoor Landing
"TRADE WIND" - Morotai Landing
from 1944/12 - Philippine Sea Frontier

"BREWER" - Admiralty Islands Landing
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CTF RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Phoenix, Nashville
DD 4 from USN: Roe, Hutchins, Mullany

44/02/29 D-Day Los Negros - at the evening - back at Milne Bay

"RECKLESS" & "PERSECUTION"
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CTF RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Phoenix/FF, Nashville, Boise
DD 6: Hutchins, Daly, Abner Read

44/04/18 departed
44/04/22 Humboldt Bay landing
44/04/29 shell Wakde-Sawar area
44/04/30 shell Wakde-Sawar area

"STRAIGHTLINE" - Wakde Landing
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RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Boise, Nashville, Phoenix
DD Balch, Morris, Roe, Wilkes, Beale, Hutchins, Daly, Abner Read, Trathen, Welles, Stevenson?
DE Whitehurst
CortDiv37: Manning, Neuendorf, James E. Craig, Eichenberger
APD Kilty

44/05/15 departed Manus
44/05/17 arrived Wakde area
44/05/25 end support Wakde-Toem landing

"HORLIEK" - Biak Landing
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RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Phoenix, Boise, Nashville
DD Trathen
DesRon21: DesDiv42
DesRon24: DesDiv47:
DesDiv48: Welles

44/06 nightly operate off Biak with TF 74, daily retire towards Hollandia
44/06/03 hunting fleeing Japanese forces attempting to reinforce Biak
44/06/04 Phoenix damaged in air attack (01-00S, 136-00E)
44/06/05 attacked byIJNAF
44/06/08 hunting IJN forces attempting to reinforce Biak
44/06/09 arrived Humboldt Bay

"TABLETENNIS" - Noemfoor Landing 44/07/02
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CTF RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Boise, Phoenix
DD Reid, Roe, Fletcher, Jeknkins, La Vallette, Beale, Hutchins, Daly, Abner Read, Ammen, Stevenson, Welles
DesRon2: Mustin, Russell, Morris
DesDiv26: Grayson, Wilkes, Swanson

"TRADE WIND" - Morotai Landing - operated as part of TG 77.2
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CTF RAdm Russell S. Berkey
CL Boise, Phoenix
DD ?? Newcomb, Mullany

from 1944/12 - Philippine Sea Frontier
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CTF VAdm JAmes L. Kauffman
DD Frazier (from 45/08)
DE George E. Davis(44/12/12-45/03/23), Weeden, Cronin (from 45/02), Connolly (45/07/14-45/08/12), Gilligan (45/07/2?-45/08/16), Major (from 45/05), Manning (03/06-05/1?), Naifeh (from 45/03), Peiffer (from 01/20), Weeden (from 45/03), Rolf, Rudderow (from 06/18), Richard S. Bull (from 06/23), Albert T. Harris (from 45/07), McNulty (from 45/01??), Metivier
CortDiv78: Maurice J. Manuel
APD Kane (07/04-09/17), Tattnall (from 06/17)
AGC Wasatch/FF (44/11/29-44/12/02)
TG 75.2
TU 75.2.5
CA Louisville
CL Columbia
DD Allen M. Sumner, Walke II, O'Brien II
TU 75.2.23
DE Weeden, Cronin
ATR 4 (each with 2 tows) - Scotch Cap, ATR-81, Race Point
ATA ATA-182
SC SC-982
TG 75.19 45/08
DE Goss

44/11/29 CTF embark Wasatch temporarily
44/12/02 CTF disembark Wasatch
44/12/12 George E. Davis joined
45/01/14 75.2.5 departed San Pedro Bay, Leyte for Manus
45/01/18 75.2.5 arrived Seeadler Harbor, Manus
45/01/20 Peiffer joined
45/02 Cronin joined
45/02/19 Maurice J. Manuel joined at Manus
45/03/ Naifeh, Weeden joined
45/03/06 Manning joined
45/03/23 George E. Davis disjoined
45/03/25 75.2.23 departed Ulithi for Leyte
45/03/27 75.2.23 evading storm
45/03/28 75.2.23 proceed again toward Leyte
45/03/30 75.2.23 - storm > dispersed to sea
45/03/31 Manning search for SC-982
45/04/03 75.2.23 arrived Leyte
45/05/1? Manning disjoined
45/06/17 Tattnall joined
45/06/18 Rudderow joined
45/07/04 Kane joined
45/07/14 Connolly joined
45/07/2? Gilligan joined
45/07/28 Walton and Rolf departed Subic Bay for ASW sweep NE of Luzon
45/08/07 75.19 commenced HUK operations E of Formosa
45/08/12 Connolly disjoined
45/08/16 Gilligan disjoined
45/08/24 75.19 end HUK operations E of Formosa

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