| Location |
Ship name |
Ship No. |
Remarks |
|
21-11N, 161-00W |
Enterprise Northampton Chester Salt Lake City Balch Maury Craven Gridley McCall Dunlap Benham Fanning Ellet |
CV 6 CA 26 CA 27 CA 25 DD 363 DD 401 DD 382 DD 380 DD 400 DD 384 DD 397 DD 385 DD 298 |
This group of ships was designated Task
Force Eight. Location was about 200 miles West of Pearl
Harbor returning from Wake Island. Ships consisted of the
following types: Aircraft Carrier 1 Heavy Cruisers 3 Destroyers 9 Total 13 |
| 23-30N, 170-30W |
Lexington Chicago Portland Astoria Porter Drayton Flusser Lamson Mahan |
CV 2 CA 29 CA 33 CA 34 DD 356 DD 366 DD 368 DD 367 DD 364 |
This group of ships was designated Task
Force Twelve. Location was about 460 miles from Midway Island
enroute Midway. Ships consisted of the following types: Aircraft Carrier 1 Heavy Cruisers 3 Destroyers 5 Total 9 |
| Off Johnston Island |
Indianapolis Hopkins Southard Dorsey Elliot Long |
CA 35 DMS 13 DMS 10 DMS 1 DMS 4 DMS 12 |
This group of ships was designated Task
Force Three. Ships consisted of the following types: Heavy Cruiser 1 Destroyer Mine- Sweepers 5 Total 6 |
| 21-N, 158-W |
Minneapolis Chandler Hovey Boggs Lamberton |
CA 36 DMS 9 DMS 11 DMS 3 DMS 2 |
Location was the Fleet Operating Area,
about 25 miles south of Oahu. Ships consisted of the
following types: Heavy Cruiser 1 Destroyer Mine- Sweepers 4 Total 5 |
| 22N, 155W |
Plunger Pollack Pompano |
SS 179 SS 180 SS 181 |
Three submarines. About 200 miles east of
Oahu. |
| 20N, 159W |
Litchfield Thresher |
DD 336 SS 200 |
Destroyer. About 60 miles southwest of
Oahu. Submarine. About 60 miles southwest of Oahu. |
| 17N, 166W |
Robin |
AM 3 |
Minesweeper. About 550 miles southwest of
Oahu. |
| 22N, 163W |
Wright |
AV 1 |
Seaplane tender. About 300 miles
southwest of Oahu. |
| Off Midway |
Trout |
SS 202 |
Submarine. |
| 28N, 177W |
Argonaut |
SM 1 |
Submarine. Near Midway. |
| 27N, 175W |
Regulus |
AK 14 |
Cargo ship. Near Midway. |
| 19N, 167E |
Tambor |
SS 198 |
Submarine. Near Wake. |
| 20N, 170E |
Wm. Ward Burrows |
AP 6 |
Transport. Enroute Wake. |
| Off Wake |
Triton |
SS 201 |
Submarine. |
| 7N, 161W |
Kuala |
AG 33 |
Enroute Palmyra, 60 miles
northeast. |
| Samoa |
Kingfisher |
AM 25 |
Minesweeper. |
| 8S, 171E |
Louisville |
CA 28 |
Heavy cruiser. Escort duty Solomons Is.
area. |
| 4S, 170W |
Pensacola |
CA 24 |
Heavy cruiser. Escort duty Samoa
area. |
| 28N, 135W |
Seminole |
AT 65 |
Ocean-going tug. Honolulu to San
Diego. |
| 27N, 142W |
Neches |
AO 5 |
Oiler. Between San Francisco and Pearl
Harbor. |
| Honolulu |
Antares Vega |
AKS 3 AK 17 |
Stores issue ship. Cargo ship. |
| Lahaina Roads, T. H. |
Seagull Arctic |
AM 30 AF 7 |
Minesweeper. Stores ship. At degaussing range. |
| Mare Island Navy Yard |
Clark Cushing Perkins Preston Smith Rathburne S-27 S-28 Nautilus Cuttlefish Tuna Kanawha Sabine Kaskaska Pelican Bridge Dixie |
DD 361 DD 376 DD 377 DD 379 DD 378 DD 113 SS 132 SS 133 SS 168 SS 171 SS 203 AO 1 AO 25 AO 27 AV 6 AF 1 AD 14 |
Ships at the Mare Island Navy Yard
consisted of the following types: Destroyers 6 Submarines 5 Oilers 3 Seaplane tender 1 Stores ship 1 Destroyer tender 1 Total 17 |
| Passage from San Diego to Mare Island
Navy Yard |
Ballard |
AVD 10 |
Seaplane tender. |
| San Diego |
Saratoga Concord Dent Talbot Waters S-18 S-23 S-34 S-35 Harris Ortolan Cuyama |
CV 3 CL 10 DD 116 DD 114 DD 115 SS 123 SS 128 SS 139 SS 140 AP 8 ASR 5 AO 3 |
Ships at or off San Diego consisted of
the following types: Aircraft Carriers 1 Light cruisers 1 Destroyers 3 Submarines 4 Transport 1 Submarine rescue vessel 1 Oiler 1 Total 12 |
| 33N, 121W |
Sepulga |
AO 20 |
Oiler. Near San Diego. |
| San Pedro |
Pinola |
AT 33 |
Ocean going tug. |
| Los Angeles |
Platte |
AO 24 |
Oiler. |
| Alameda, Cal. |
Procyon |
AK 19 |
Stores ship. |
| San Francisco |
Boreas Aldebaran |
AF 9 AF 10 |
Stores ship. |
| Wilmington, Cal. |
Tippecanoe |
AO 21 |
Oiler |
| Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Colorado Casco Williamson |
BB 45 AVP 12 AVD 2 |
Ships in Puget Sound Navy: Battleship 1 Seaplane tenders 2 Total 3 |
| Seattle |
Teal |
AVP 5 |
Seaplane tender. |
| Yakutat Bay, Alaska |
Gillis |
AVD 12 |
Seaplane Tender. |
| 53N, 156W |
Brazos |
AO 4 |
Oiler. About 600 miles east of Dutch
Harbor. |
| 10S, 83W |
Richmond |
CL 9 |
Light cruiser. Off Peru. |
| Balboa, C. Z. |
Trenton |
CL 11 |
Light cruiser. |
| 11N, 91W |
Fulton |
AS 11 |
Submarine tender. Off Guatemala. |
| 17N, 102W |
Gar |
SS 206 |
Submarine. Off Mexico. |