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The Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet, consisted of the heavy
cruisers, submarines,
and patrol aircraft
of the Pacific Fleet. It was dissolved 10 April 1942 in a major reorganization of the Pacific Fleet.
| Scouting Force (Brown) | |||||
| Cruisers, Scouting Force (Newton) | |||||
| Cruiser Division 4 (Newton) | |||||
| CA Indianapolis (with TF3) | |||||
| CA Salt Lake City (with TF8) | |||||
| CA Chicago (with TF12) | |||||
| CA Pensacola (with Pensacola Convoy) | |||||
| Cruiser Division 5 (Spruance) | |||||
| CA Northampton (with TF8) | |||||
| CA Chester (with TF8) | |||||
| CA Portland (with TF12) | |||||
| CA Louisville (with Louisville Convoy) | |||||
| Cruiser Division 6 (Fletcher) | |||||
| CA New Orleans (at Pearl Harbor) | |||||
| CA San Francisco (at Pearl Harbor) | |||||
| CA Minneapolis (with TF1) | |||||
| CA Astoria (with TF12) | |||||
| Aircraft, Scouting Force (Bellinger) | |||||
| Patrol Wing 1 (at Kaneohe) | |||||
| VP-11 |
12 PBY-5 Catalina | ||||
| VP-12 |
12 PBY-5 Catalina | ||||
| VP-13 (at North Island) | 31 PBY Catalina 3 BP2Y-1 Coronado A training unit. The Catalinas assigned constituted the reserve pool for Scouting Force. The Coronados were early models undergoing operational testing. |
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| VP-14 |
12 PBY-5 Catalina | ||||
| AV Wright (near French Frigate Shoals) | |||||
| AV Avocet | |||||
| AVD Hulbert | |||||
| AVD Ballard (at Mare Island) | |||||
| Patrol Wing 2 (Ford Island) | |||||
| VP-21 (Midway) |
Midway: 12 PBY-4 Catalina Kaneohe: 1 PBY-4 Catalina |
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| VP-22 |
14 PBY-4 Catalina | ||||
| VP-23 |
Ford
Island: 12 PBY-5 Catalina Palmyra: 2 PBY-5 Catalina Johnston: 2 PBY-5 Catalina |
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| VP-24 (at Lahaina) |
6 PBY-4 Catalina | ||||
| AV Curtiss | |||||
| AV Tangier | |||||
| AV Swan | |||||
| AVD Thornton | |||||
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AVD McFarland (at Lahaina) | ||
| Patrol Wing 4 (at Sand Point, Washington) | |||||
| VP-41 |
12 PBY-5 Catalina | ||||
| VP-42 (at Sitka) |
Sitka:
10
PBY-5 Catalina98 Kodiak: 2 PBY-5 Catalina |
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| VP-43 (at San
Diego) |
12 PBY-5 Catalina | ||||
| VP-44 (at San Diego) | 12 PBY-5A Catalina | ||||
| VP-42 (at Sitka) | |||||
| 6 PBY Catalina | |||||
| AVD Williamson (at Bremerton) | |||||
| AVD Gillis (at Sitka) | |||||
| Submarines, Scouting Force (Withers) | |||||
| AV Seagull | |||||
| Submarine Squadron 4 | |||||
| DD Litchfield (off Pearl Harbor) | |||||
| AS Fulton (en route San Diego from Panama Canal) | |||||
| ASR Widgeon | |||||
| ASR Ortolan | |||||
| Submarine Division 41 (at North Island) | |||||
| SS S-18 | |||||
| SS S-23 | |||||
| SS S-27 (at Mare Island) | |||||
| SS S-28 (at Mare Island) | |||||
| SS S-34 | |||||
| SS S-35 | |||||
| Submarine Division 42 | |||||
| SS Narwhal | |||||
| SS Argonaut (off Midway) | |||||
| SS Nautilus (at Mare Island) | |||||
| SS Cachalot | |||||
| SS Dolphin | |||||
| SS Cuttlefish (at Mare Island) | |||||
| Submarine Division 43 (north of Maui) | |||||
| SS Plunger | |||||
| SS Pollack | |||||
| SS Pompano | |||||
| Submarine Squadron 6 | |||||
| AS Pelias | |||||
| Submarine Division 61 | |||||
| SS Tambor (southwest of Hawaiian Islands) | |||||
| SS Tautog | |||||
| SS Thresher (between Oahu and Molokai) | |||||
| SS Triton (near Johnston Island) | |||||
| SS Trout (off Wake) | |||||
| SS Tuna (at Mare Island) | |||||
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Submarine Division 62 | ||
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SS Gar (en route San Diego from Panama Canal) | ||||
| SS Grayling (en route San Diego from Panama Canal) | |||||
| SS Gudgeon (off Lahaina) | |||||
| Task Force 1 (Fletcher; south of Oahu) | |
| CA Minneapolis | |
| DMS Chandler | |
| DMS Hovey | |
| DMS Lamberton | |
| DMS Boggs | |
| Task Force 3 (Brown; off Johnston Island) | |
| CA Indianapolis | |
| DMS Hopkins | |
| DMS Long | |
| DMS Southard | |
| DMS Dorsey | |
| DMS Elliot | |
| Task Force 12 (Newton; en route to Midway) | |||
| CV Lexington | |||
| 16 F2A Buffalo 32 SBD Dauntless 18 SB2U Vindicator 14 TBD Devastator |
The Vindicators
(flown by Marines)
were intended for the garrison of Midway |
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| CA Chicago | |||
| CA Portland | |||
| CA Astoria | |||
| DD Porter | |||
| DD Flusser | |||
| DD Drayton | |||
| DD Lamson | |||
| DD Mahan | |||
| Louisville Convoy (near Santa Cruz Islands) | |
| CA Louisville | |
| AP President Coolidge | |
| AP Hugh L. Scott | |
| Pensacola Convoy (near Phoenix Islands) | ||
| CA Pensacola | Cargo: 52 A-24 dive bombers for 27 Light Bombardment Group. 18 P-40s for 24 Pursuit Group. 340 motor vehicles 147 Field Artillery Regiment with 48 75mm guns 9000 drums of aviation fuel 3.5 million rounds of small arms ammunition 600 tons of bombs Ground echelon of 7 Bombardment Group |
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| AV Niagara | ||
| AP Chaumont | ||
| AP Republic (20,110 tons) | ||
| AK Coast Farmer (3300 tons) | ||
| AP Willard A. Holbrook | ||
| AP Meigs (8200 tons, 21 knots) | ||
| AK Bloemfontein (10565 tons, 16 knots) | ||
| AK Admiral Halstead (5350 tons, 9.5 knots) | ||
References
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII (accessed 2002; now defunct)
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