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Task Force 8

41/11 - 41/12 Wake Reinforce
41/12 Wake Reinforce attempt
Revenge Raid - ?? from 42/02/14 TF 16 ??
North Pacific Force - from 42/05/21, x Midway
1942/08/01
"FIREPLACE" - Adak Landing 42/08/30
1942/09 - 1942/12
1942/12
Amchitka Landing 1943/01/12
Attu Bombardment 1943/02/18

41/11 - 41/12 Wake Reinforce

CTF VAdm William F Halsey

CV	Enterprise
CA	Salt Lake City, Northampton, Chester

DD

DesRon6

Balch/SF DesDiv11: Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury DesDiv12: Dunlap. Fanning, Benham, Ellet

41/11/28	departed P.H. for Wake Is.
41/12/04	off Wake Is. - bring VMF-211 (12xF4F-3)
41/12/07	200 Miles from Oahu
41/12/10	entered P.H.

41/12 Wake Reinforce Attempt

CTF VAdm William F Halsey

CV	Enterprise
CA	Salt Lake City, Northampton

DD

DesRon6:

DesDiv11: McCall, Maury, Craven DesDiv12: Fanning, Ellet

41/12/14	start operate N of P.H. to cover Wake Is. reinforcement - Northampton and Craven damaged by collision during refueling N of Oahu
41/12/19	departed P.H. to area W of Johnston Is. and S of Midway to cover TF 11 & TF 17
41/12/20	VB-6 and VS-6 attacking Pompano twice (at 20-10N, 165-28W and 20-15N, 165-40W)
41/12/2?	back in P.H. after Wake Is. falls

Revenge Raid - ?? from 42/02/14 TF 16 ??

CTF VAdm William F Halsey

CV	Enterprise
CA	Northampton, Salt Lake City, Chester, San Francisco (till 01/24)

DD	Ralph Talbot, Blue, Drayton (till 02/24),
	DesRon6:	Balch/SF DesDiv11: Maury/DF, Gridley, Craven, McCall DesDiv12: Dunlap, Fanning

TG 8.1 CTG RAdm Raymond A Spruance
CA	Northampton, Salt Lake City
DD	Dunlap
TG 8.2
CA	Chester
DD	Balch, Maury
TG 8.3 CTG VAdm William F Halsey
CV	Enterprise
DD	Ralph Talbot, Blue, McCalla

42/01/09	ordered for Samoa, to join TF 17 - en route escort transports
42/01/11	created (on paper) TG 8.1/8.3
42/01/22	150 miles NW of American Samoa - Gridley and Fanning damaged by collision
42/01/24	San Francisco detached to continue escort transports
42/01/25	sail from Samoa
42/01/31	formed TGs & detached by tasks
42/02/01	8.1 shell Votje - sinking PG Tojocu Maru, PC Shonan Maru #10 8.2 shell Tarawa, Maloelap - Chester slightly damaged (Citose kokutai - 08-45N, 171-33E) 8.3 strike Wotje, Maloelap, Kwajalein: sinking Bordeaux Maru, & PC, damaging Katori, I-23, AM Tokiwa, AN Kashima Maru, PC Shonan Maru #2, AS Jasukuni Maru, AOs Toa Maru, Hojo Maru, AK Shinhei Maru
42/02/05	back at P.H.

North Pacific Force - from 42/05/21x Midway

CTF RAdm Robert A. Theobald

DD	Monaghan (07/27), Aylwin (06/17-07/10)
DMS	Long (07/07?-07/27), Chandler, Lamberton
AO	Kaskaskia (06/17-07/10)

PatWing4	20xPBY
	1xB-17
AVD	Gillis (at Dutch Harbor), Williamson (at Sand Point)
AVP	Casco (at Cold Bay)

YP	14 (converted tuna boats)
ATO	Oriole
PG	Charleston
WPG	Haida, Onondaga
WPC	Cyane, Aurora, Bonham

bombers	43
attack planes	4
fighters	109:

Ft Randall	21 P-40, 12 B-26, 2 B-18 (after 42/06/04: 25 P-40, 12 B-26, 5 B-17, 1 LB-30)
Ft Glenn, Umnak	12 P-40
Kodiak	15 P-39, 17 P-40, 5 B-17, 2 LB-30
Anchorage	25 P-38, 15 P-39, 4 P-36, 7 B-17, 5 B-18, 12 B-26, 2 LB-30

CTG Cdr Wyatt Craig (ComDesDiv6)

DD	Case, Reid, Brooks, Sands, Kane, Dent, Talbot, King, Waters

SS	SubDiv41: S-18, S-23, S-27, S-28, S-34, S-35
	TU 8.5.15 SS Tuna (from 07/13)

CA	Indianapolis (from 07/18), Louisville (from 06/06 ?)
CL	Nashville/FF, St Louis (from 05/31), Honolulu
DD	DesDiv11 (Cdr Frederick Moosbrugger): Gridley/DF (from 06/05), McCall Case(from 05/31), Reid(from 05/29?), Gilmer, Humphreys

AO	Sabine, Brazos
s/s	Comet

42/05/17	created
42/05/21	formed in northern waters
42/05/22	King departed Mare Island with AP President Fillmore for Dutch Harbor
42/05/29?	8.6 - Reid joined
42/05/31	8.6 - St. Louis, Case joined
42/06/01	8.6 SE of Dutch Harbor
42/06/03	King & President Fillmore reach Dutch Harbor Dutch Harbor attacked by StrFor2 planes - ships present: DD King,Talbot, AVD Gillis, SS S-27, WPG Onondaga 8.6 - Gulf of Alaska, E of Dutch Harbor - too far to engage enemy forces
42/06/04	8.6 - Nashiville detached with CTF onboard to Kodiak
42/06/05	8.6 - Gridley joined
42/06/06	8.3 crossing off Dutch Harbor 8.4 Makushin Bay 8.6 - Nashville rejoined, Louisville joined
42/06/08	Hulbert joined
42/06/16	Aylwin and AO Kaskaskia joined
42/06/22	8.6 shell Kiska
42/07/07?	Long joined
42/07/10	Aylwin and AO Kaskaskia disjoined
42/07/18	Indianapolis joined - became Force Flagship
42/07/21	refuel at sea - cruise off Kiska - bad weather
42/07/27	off Kiska - again bad weather Lamberton collided with Chandler Long collided with Monaghan

1942/08/01

CTF RAdm Robert A. Theobald CTG Cap Leslie E. Gehres
PatWing4:

VP-41, VP-43, VP-51, VP-62	11 PBY, 20 PBY-5A
AVP	Avocet, Casco, Teal
AVD	Gillis, Hulbert
DD	Kane

CTG RAdm John W. Reeves, Jr.

PG	Charleston
AM	Oriole
DD	Dent, Gilmer, Humphreys, Sands, Talbot

USCG vessels, patrol vessels
CTG: BGEN William O Butler, USAF

Bombardment:	28.CG, 30.BG - 11 heavy bombers, 23 medium bombers
Reconnaissance:	406.BS, 8.Sq (RCAF) - 21 medium bombers
Fighters:	98 fighters - 11.FS, 18.FS, 42.FS, 54.FS, 57.FS, 111.Sq(RCAF)

CTG Cdr Oswald S. Colclough

SS	Finback, Grunnion (till 42/07/30), Trigger, Triton, Tuna

CTG RAdm William W. Smith

CA	Indianapolis/FF,GF, Louisville
CL	Nashville, St Louis, Honolulu
DD	DesDiv11: Gridley, McCall Case, Reid
DMS	Elliot

AO	Ramapo
DD	Brooks, King

42/07/30	8.5 - Grunnion sunk
42/08/03	8.1 - Kane attacked by planes 8.6 departed Kodiak
42/08/07	8.6 - shell Kiska (including King), attacked by subs
42/08/11	8.6 - back at Kodiak
42/08/20	Lawrence, Wasmuth joined
42/08/30	Thornton joined 8.1 - Hulbert search for Japan radio station at Seguam Is

"FIREPLACE" - Adak Landing 42/08/30

Cap Francis S. Craven

CL	Nashville/GF, St. Louis
DD	Brooks, Dent, Kane

TG 8.5 - Submarine Group
	TU 8.5.12 SS Tuna

RAdm Willian W. Smith

CA	Indianapolis/GF, Louisville
CL	Honolulu
DD	DesDiv11: Gridley, McCall Reid, Case

Cap Herbert J Grassie

DD	Humphreys, King, Lawrence, Sands
AP	John Franklin Bell, St. Mihiel, Thomas Jefferson North Coast (U.S. Army)
s/s	Branch, Stanley Griffith

42/08/30	D-Day Adak
42/08/31	8.6 - Reid sinking RO-61

1942/09 - 1942/12

42/09/22	Ramsay, Montgomery joined
42/09/17	Bancroft joined
42/09/2?	8.6 - Caldwell joined
42/09/27	Long rejoined after repairs
42/10/04	Hulbert detached
42/10/05	Chandler joined
42/10/12	8.6 - Louisville disjoined
42/10/13	Coghlan joined
42/11	Ramsay detached for overhaul

42/12

RAdm Robert A. Theobald

CL	Detroit, Raleigh
DD	Bailey, Bancroft, Caldwell, Coghlan
42/12/1?	Hulbert rejoined

Amchitka Landing 1943/01/12

CTF RAdm Thomas C. Konkaid Cap Paul K. Perry, (USCG)

DD	Dewey, Gillespie, Kalk
APA	Arthur Middleton
AK	Vega
AP	Delarof (US Army)
s/s	Lakona

RAdm John W. Reeves

PG	1
AM	1
DMS	3: Long

RAdm Charles H. McMorris

CA	Indianapolis
CL	Detroit/GF, Raleigh
DD	4: Worden, Dale (from 01/15?), Bailey, Caldwell, Coghlan

43/01/01	8.6 Worden joined
43/01/09	Kalk joined
43/01/12	D-Day Amcitka - landing in Constantine Harbor Worden wrecked off Amcitka - Dewey make rescue work
43/01/13	Dale, Aylwin, Bancroft joined

Attu Bombardment 1943/02/18

CTG RAdm Charles H. McMorris

CA	Indianapolis
CL	Richmond/GF
DD	Gillespie, Coghlan, Bancroft, Caldwell

TU 8.6.2 CA Indianapolis DD Coghlan, Gillespie

43/02/03	Richmond became CTG 8.6
43/02/13	departed to destroy enemy supply shipping W of Attu
43/02/18	Indianapolis, Richmond, Gillespie, Coghlan shell Attu (Holtz Bay, Chichagof Harbor) 8.6.2 commenced antishipping patrol SW of Attu
43/02/19	8.6.2 sinking AE Akagane Maru (3100 BRT)