The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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| Table of Contents |
| Unit |
Commander |
Start |
Administrative Assignment |
Operational Assignment |
Notes |
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| APA Crescent
City |
Arrived 1941-12 |
United States Navy | History
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| 1 Pursuit Group |
Arrived 1941-12-9 (San Diego NAS) |
4
Interceptor Command |
P-38
Lightning. Composed of 27,
71, and 94 Pursuit Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1942-5. |
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| 22
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1941-12-9 | Far East Air Force |
B-26 Marauder.
Composed of 2, 19, and 33 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
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| CL Richmond | Arrived 1941-12-10 | United States Navy | History | |||
| 1
Marine Aircraft Wing |
Arrived 1941-12-10 (San Diego) |
Fleet Marine Force | ||||
| Marine
Aircraft
Group 11 |
Arrived 1941-12-10 |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | VMF-121 |
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| 193
Tank
Battalion |
Arrived 1941-12-13 (San Francisco) |
Hawaiian Department | ||||
| 260
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1941-12-14 (Puyallup, Washington) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| SS Silversides | Completed 1941-12-15 (Mare Island) | Submarines,
Scouting Force |
History |
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| 63
Coastal
Artillery
Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1941-12-15 | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 210 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1941-12-15 (Everett) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| Fleet Air Wing 8 |
Activated <1941-12-15 |
United States Navy | Possibly at Alameda | |||
| VP-91 |
Arrived 1941-12-15 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PBY-5
Catalina |
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| 35
Fighter
Group |
Arrived 1941-12-16 | Far East Air Force |
P-39 Airacobra.
Composed of 39, 40,
and 41 Fighter Squadrons. |
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| 164
Regiment |
1941-12-17 (Fort Ord) | 4
Army |
North Dakota National Guard. Became part of Americal Division 1942-5-24 | |||
| VP-71 |
Arrived 1942-12-17 (Alameda) |
Pacific Fleet | PBY-5
Catalina |
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| AMc Industry | completed 1941-12-18 (Antioch) | 14_Naval District |
History | |||
| Task Force 17 |
Fletcher,
Frank J. |
Activated 1941-12 |
Pacific
Fleet |
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| CV Yorktown |
Arrived 1941-12-20 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Task Force 17 |
History.
Air
group: VF-42, VB-3, VS-3, VT-3. Torpedoed
1942-6-7 after being crippled by aircraft. |
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| DD Russell | Arrived 1941-12-21 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| Aircraft Transport |
Arrived 1941-12-21 |
Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| 27
Division |
Ralph M. Pennell | 1941-12-21 (Camp Haan) | Hawaiian Department | New York National Guard. Originally a square division composed of 53 and 54 Brigades. Triangularized by 1944 and then composed of 105, 106, and 165 Regiments. Participated in the Makin, Saipan, and Okinawa campaigns. Its combat power was denigrated by H.M.Smith | ||
| 205 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1941-12-21 (Fort Lewis) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 95 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1941-12-21 (Fort McDowell) | 4 Army | Semimobile. |
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| VP-72 |
Arrived 1942-12-21 (Alameda) |
Pacific Fleet | PBY-5
Catalina |
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| 71
Observation Group |
Arrived 1942-12-21 (Salinas) |
4
Air Force |
O-47 and other
types. Composed of 102,
110, and 128 Observation
Squadrons. |
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| DD Walke | Arrived 1941-12-23 | Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by torpedoes and gunfire 1942-11-15 off Guadalcanal | |||
| DD Sims | Arrived 1941-12-23 | Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by aircraft 1942-5-7 in the Coral Sea | |||
| 57 Coastal Artillery Regiment | 1941-12-23 (San Francisco | Hawaiian Department | 155mm guns. Mobile. |
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| 35 Engineer Combat Regiment | 1941-12-23 (Fort Ord) |
4 Army | ||||
| 30
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1941-12-24 | Hawaiian Air Force |
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| 38
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1941-12-24 |
30 Bombardment Group | B-18
Bolo |
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| 2
Marine Brigade |
Henry L. Larsen |
Activated 1941-12-24 |
Fleet Marine Force | Built around 8
Marine
Regiment, which was detached from 2
Marine
Division. |
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| 21
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1941-12-25 |
30 Bombardment Group | B-24 Liberator |
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| 27
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1941-12-25 |
30 Bombardment Group | A-29
Hudson |
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| DD Hughes | Arrived 1941-12-25 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| Aircraft Transport |
Arrived 1941-12-26 |
Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| VP-92 |
Activated 1941-12-26 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PBY-5A
Catalina |
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| AVP Casco | Completed 1941-12-27 (Houghton) |
13 Naval_District |
History | |||
| 11
Pursuit Squadron |
Arrived 1941-12-29 |
Alaska Defense Command | P-36
Hawk |
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| AO Guadalupe | Arrived 1942-1 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| AP President Adams | Arrived 1942-1 | Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| SS Grenadier |
Arrived 1942-1-1 | Submarines,
Pacific Fleet |
History.
Sunk by aircraft
1943-4-22
off Malaya |
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| SS Grampus | Arrived 1942-1-1 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History. Likely sunk by depth charges 1943-3-6 off New Britain by Minegumo | |||
| APA Zeilin |
Completed 1942-1-3 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History |
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| VF-12 |
Activated 1942-1-9 (San Diego) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 93
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-1-10 (Barstow) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| Destroyer
Division
3 |
Arrived 1942-1-11 |
Pacific
Fleet |
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| DD Anderson |
Arrived 1942-1-11 |
Destroyer Division 3 |
History |
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| DD Morris | Arrived 1942-1-11 | Destroyer Division 3 |
History |
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| DD Hammann | Arrived 1942-1-11 | Destroyer Division 3 |
History. Torpedoed 1942-6-6 while assisting Yorktown north of Midway | |||
| Battleship
Division 3 |
Arrived 1942-1-12 |
Pacific Fleet |
History | |||
| BB New Mexico |
Arrived 1942-1-12 |
Battleship Division 3 |
History | |||
| BB Mississippi |
Arrived 1942-1-12 |
Battleship Division 3 |
History | |||
| BB Idaho |
Arrived 1942-1-12 |
Battleship Division 3 |
History | |||
| AP President Hayes | Arrived 1942-1-13 | Pacific Fleet |
History | |||
| 42 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-1-15 (Camp Murray) | 4 Army | Participated in the Aleutians campaign |
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| AP President Jackson | Arrived 1942-1-16 (San Diego) | Pacific Fleet |
History | |||
| DD Warrington | Arrived 1942-1-17 | Southeast
Pacific Force |
History | |||
| AMc Loyalty | completed 1942-1-17 (Antioch) | 14 Naval District |
History | |||
| SS Grayback | Arrived 1942-1-19 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-27 in East China Sea | |||
| DD Mustin | Arrived 1942-1-20 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| DD O'Brien | Arrived 1942-1-22 | Pacific Fleet | History. Torpedoed 1942-9-15 south of Guadalcanal | |||
| 39 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-1-22 |
Far East Air Force |
C-47 Skytrain |
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| VII
Interceptor Command |
Howard
C. Davidson |
Activated 1942-1-23 |
7
Air Force |
Redesignated VII Fighter Command 1942-5 |
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| VII Bomber
Command |
Willis H. Hale |
Activated 1942-1-23 |
7 Air Force | |||
| AVP Mackinac | Completed 1942-1-24 (Bremerton) | Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| CLAA Atlanta |
Arrived 1942-1-24 |
Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by torpedoes and gunfire 1942-11-13 off Savo Island | |||
| 41
Coastal
Artillery
Brigade
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-1-25 (San Francisco) | United States Army | Deactivated 1943-11-15.
Supplied
personnel for U.S. Army Forces in Australia. |
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| 34
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-1-27 |
2
Bomber Command |
B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 4, 7, and 18 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-4 without ever leaving the
continental U.S. |
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| SS Trigger | Completed 1942-1-30 (Mare Island) | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History. Disappeared 1945-3-27 off Okinawa | |||
| SS Steelhead | Arrived 1942-2 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| DD Gwin |
Arrived 1942-2 |
Pacific Fleet | History. Crippled in surface action and scuttled 1943-7-13 off Kolombangara | |||
| TF6814 |
1942-2-1 (Panama) | United States
Navy |
To Noumea |
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| TF5614 | 1942-2-3 (Panama) | United States Navy | To Bora Bora |
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| 51
Brigade |
1942-2-1 (Panama) | United States Army | TF6814 | Massachusetts National Guard.
Consisted of 101 and 182
Regiments, but 101 Regiment was left behind when the brigade
was
deployed to New
Caledonia.
Redesignated Americal
Division
1942-5-24, composed of 132, 164, and 182 Regiments. |
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| 132
Regiment |
1942-2-1 (Panama) | United States Army | TF6814 | Illinois National Guard. Became part of Americal Division 1942-5-24 | ||
| 70
Coastal
Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) |
1942-2-2 (Panama) | United States Army | TF6814 | Later participated in
northern Solomons
campaign |
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| 43 Engineer Regiment (General Services) | 1942-2-2 (Panama) |
United States Army | Participated in the New Guinea campaign. |
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| 46 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-2-2 (Panama) | United States Army | Participated in the New Guinea campaign |
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| 8
Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1942-2-1 |
Far East Air Force |
F-4 |
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| 49
Fighter
Group |
Arrived 1942-2-2 |
Far East Air Force |
P-40 Warhawk. Composed of 7, 8, and 9 Fighter Squadrons. | |||
| 102 Regiment | 1942-2-3 (Panama) | United States Army | TF5614 |
Connecticut National Guard | ||
| 301
Bombardment Group |
1942-2-3 (Geiger
Field) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 352, 353, and 354 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-6-21. |
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| Naval Forces
Southwest
Pacific |
William A. Glassford |
Activated 1942-2-4 |
United States Navy | Redesignated Southwest Pacific Force
1942-4-20.
Redesignated 7 Fleet 1943-2-19. |
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| AE Rainier |
Arrived 1942-2-4 |
Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| CL Concord | Arrived 1942-2-5 (San Diego) | Southeast Pacific Force | History | |||
| 198
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-2-6 (Panama) | United States Army | Semimobile. Delaware National Guard.Participated
in
the northern Solomons
campaign. |
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| ANZAC Naval
Command |
H.
Fairfax Leary |
Activated 1942-2-6 |
Pacific Fleet | |||
| 754 Tank Battalion | 1942-2-10 (Panama) | United States Army | ||||
| 198 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-2-10 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | 155mm howitzers | |||
| 12
Fighter
Squadron |
1942-2-10 (Christmas Island)
|
Hawaiian Air Force | P-39 Airacobra |
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| ARS Viking |
Recommissioned 1942-2-12 (San Diego)
|
11 Naval District |
History.
Salvage ship
conversion |
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| 10
Air Force |
Activated 1942-2-12 |
Air Force Combat
Command |
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| 9
Marine Regiment |
Activated 1942-2-12 |
2
Marine
Division |
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| 807
Engineer Aviation Battalion |
Activated 1942-2-14 (Fort Glenn) |
Alaska Defense Command | Participated in the Okinawa campaign |
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| ARS Discoverer |
Recommissioned 1942-2-16 |
13 Naval
District |
History. Salvage ship conversion | |||
| 30 Coastal Artillery Regiment | 1942-2-18 (Fort Lewis) | Alaska Defense
Command |
Participated in the Aleutians campaign. |
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| 197 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-2-18 (San Francisco) | 4 Army | ||||
| 208 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-2-18 (San Francisco) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| AF Talamanca |
Arrived 1942-2-19 |
Pacific Fleet | History |
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| 2 Marine Raider
Battalion |
Activated 1942-2-19 (San Diego) |
Pacific
Fleet |
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| Amphibious
Force, Pacific Fleet |
Clayton
Vogel |
Activated 1942-2-20 |
Pacific Fleet | |||
| AMc Liberator | completed 1942-2-22 (Antioch) | 13 Naval District |
History | |||
| China-Burma-India |
Joseph W. Stilwell |
Activated 1942-2-23 |
United States Army | Exact name mutated over time
but
the basic idea was U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India. |
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| 3
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-2-25 | Far East Air Force | ||||
| 8
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-2-25 |
3 Bombardment Group | A-24 Dauntless |
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| 13
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-2-25 |
3 Bombardment Group | B-25 Mitchell |
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| 89
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-2-25 |
3 Bombardment Group | A-20 Havoc | |||
| 90
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-2-25 |
3 Bombardment Group | B-25 Mitchell | |||
| 38
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-2-25 | Far East Air Force | B-25 Mitchell. Initially composed of 71 and 405 Bombardment Squadrons. | |||
| SS Gato | Arrived 1942-2-26 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| 96
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-2-27 (San Francisco) | Hawaiian Department | ||||
| 54 Coastal Artillery Regiment | 1942-2-28 (Fort Cronkhite) | 4 Army | 155mm guns. Mobile. African-American. |
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| 40
Antiaircraft Artillery
Brigade |
1942-2-28 (Panama) | United States Army | Deployed to Port Moresby.
Participated in New Guinea,
Java, Leyte,
and Luzon campaigns |
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| 94 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-2-28 (Panama) | United States Army | Semimobile. Participated in New Guinea campaign. |
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| SS Drum | Arrived 1942-3 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| Submarine
Division
53 |
Arrived 1942-3 |
Southwest Pacific Force |
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| SS S-42 |
Arrived 1942-3 |
Submarine Division 53 |
History |
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| SS S-44 | Arrived 1942-3 | Submarine Division 53 | History. Sunk by gunfire 1942-10-7 off Paramushiro | |||
| SS S-45 | Arrived 1942-3 | Submarine Division 53 | History |
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| SS S-47 | Arrived 1942-3 | Submarine Division 53 | History |
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| AO Cimarron | Arrived 1942-3 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| Marine
Aircraft Group 13 |
Arrived 1942-3 (San Diego) |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | VMF-111 VMO-151 VMJ-253 On the way to Pago Pago |
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| Marine
Aircraft Group 22 |
Activated 1942-3-1 (Midway) |
2 Marine Aircraft Wing | VMF-222 VMSB-241 |
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| Marine
Aircraft Group 23 |
Activated 1942-3-1 (Ewa) |
2 Marine Aircraft Wing | VMSB-231 | |||
| Marine
Aircraft Group 24 |
Activated 1942-3-1 (Ewa) | 2 Marine Aircraft Wing | VMF-212 |
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| 305
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-3-1 (Salt Lake City) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 364, 365, 366 and 422 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-8. |
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| 306
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-3-1 (Gowen Field) | 15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17 Flying Fortress. Composed of 367, 368, 369 and 423 Bombardment Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-8-1. | |||
| SS S-43 | Arrived 1942-3-5 | Submarine Division 53 | History |
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| 8
Fighter Group |
Arrived 1942-3-6 |
5
Air Force |
P-39 Airacobra.
Composed of 35, 36,
and 80 Fighter Squadrons. |
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| AMc Reliable | Completed 1942-3-9 (Mare Island) | 11 Naval District |
History | |||
| AMc Memorable | completed 1942-3-9 (Antioch) |
11 Naval District | History | |||
| 102 Engineer Regiment (Combat) | 1942-3-10 (San Francisco) | United States Army | New York National Guard |
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| CA Vincennes |
Arrived 1942-3-11 |
Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by gunfire 9 August 1942 off Guadalcanal | |||
| CV Hornet |
Arrived 1942-3-11 |
Pacific Fleet | History.
Air group: VF-8, VB-8,
VS-8, VT-8. Sunk by aircraft
1942-10-27
off Santa Cruz |
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| DD Meredith |
Arrived 1942-3-11 |
Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by aircraft 1942-10-15 in the Solomons | |||
| SS Greenling | Arrived 1942-3-14 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| 72 Field Artillery Regiment | 1942-3-14 (Panama) | United States Army | 105mm howitzers. Assigned to
Americal Division on
1942-5-24. |
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| 435 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-3-14 |
19 Bombardment Group |
B-17 Flying Fortress | |||
| CL Nashville |
Arrived 1942-3-15 | Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| 97 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-3-15 (San Francisco) | United States
Army |
105mm howitzers | |||
| 67
Fighter
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-3-15 |
8 Fighter Group | P-39 Airacobra.
Headed to New Caledonia. |
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| 11
Interceptor Command |
Activated 1942-3-15 (Elmendorf Field) |
11 Air Force | Redesignated 11
Fighter Command 1942-5. |
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| 68
Fighter
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-3-16 |
8 Fighter Group | P-40
Warhawk. Headed to Nuku'Alofa. |
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| Submarines,
Eastern Australia |
Francis
Rockwell |
Activated 1942-3-18 |
Naval
Forces, Southwest Pacific |
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| DD Monssen |
Arrived 1942-3-24 |
Pacific Fleet | History.
Sunk
in surface action 1942-11-13 off Guadalcanal |
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| Southeast
Pacific Area |
Abel T.
Bidwell |
Activated 1942-3-24 (Panama) |
United States Navy | |||
| AMc Rocket | completed 1942-3-25 (San Francisco) | 12 Naval District |
History | |||
| DD Grayson |
Arrived 1942-3-25 |
Pacific Fleet | History |
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| AMc Merit | completed 1942-3-28 (Antioch) |
12 Naval District | History | |||
| 43
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-3-28 | 5 Air Force | B-17 Flying
Fortress.
Composed of 63, 64, nad 65 Bombardment
Squadrons with 13
Reconnaissance Squadron attached. The latter may have
arrived a month earlier than
the other squadrons. |
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| Southwest
Pacific Area |
Douglas A. MacArthur |
Activated 1942-3-30 (Brisbane) |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Include Naval
Forces
Southwest Pacific. |
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| Allied
Air Forces, Southwest Pacific Area |
George H.
Brett |
Activated 1942-3-30 (Brisbane) | Southwest
Pacific Area |
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| DD Laffey |
Completed 1942-3-31 (San Francisco) |
Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by gunfire 1942-11-13 off Guadalcanal | |||
| Transport
Division 10 |
Arrived 1942-4 |
Pacific Fleet | ||||
| AP Barnett |
Arrived 1942-4 |
Transport Division 10 |
History |
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| AP McCawley |
Arrived 1942-4 |
Pacific Fleet | History. Sunk by aircraft 1943-6-30 off New Georgia | |||
| SS Flying Fish | Arrived 1942-4 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| AKA Fomalhaut |
Arrived 1942-4 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 1
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-4 |
United States Navy | Divided into two detachments. 2 Detachment
was deployed to Tongatabu
while 3 Detachment was deployed to Efate. |
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| 2
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-4 |
United States Navy | Divied into two detachmwennts. 4 Detachment
embarked at Norfolk and deployed to Upolu while 5 Detachment moved
to San Diego and
embarked for deployment to Tutuila. |
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| 42
Antiaircraft Artillery
Brigade |
1942-4-1 (Camp Haan) | Alaska Defense
Command |
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| 501 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | Arrived 1942-4-1 (Camp Haan) | 4 Army | ||||
| 8 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1942-4-1 (Tutuila) |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
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| APA J.
Franklin Bell |
Completed 1942-4-2 (San Francisco) | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| 21 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-4-3 |
5 Air Force | C-47 Skytrain |
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| 22 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-4-3 |
5 Air Force | C-47 Skytrain |
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| 24 Regiment | 1942-4-4 (San Francisco) | United States Army | African-American.
Participated
in northern Solomons
and Okinawa campaigns. |
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| 4 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-4-4 (San Francisco) | United States Army |
155mm howitzers | |||
| SS Grouper | Arrived 1942-4-7 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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|
503 Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-4-7 (Fort Lewis) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| Cruisers,
Pacific Fleet |
Fletcher,
Frank Jack |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
Pacific Fleet | |||
| Destroyers,
Pacific Fleet |
Robert A.
Theobald |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
Pacific
Fleet |
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| 147 Regiment | 1942-4-11 (Panama) | 37
Division |
United States Army | Ohio National Guard. Headed
to Tonga. Detached from 37
Division 1943-7-31
and remained independent for the remainder of the war. |
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| AMc Royal | Completed 1942-4-13 (San Francisco) | 12 Naval District |
History | |||
| Submarine
Squadron
5 |
Arrived 1942-4-15 (Brisbane) | Southwest Pacific Force | ||||
| AS Griffin | Arrived 1942-4-15 (Brisbane) | Submarine Squadron 5 |
History | |||
| 308
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-4-15 (Gowen
Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24 Liberator. Composed of 373, 374, 375 and 425 Bombardment Squadrons. | |||
| AK Betelgeuse | Arrived 1942-4-16 | Pacific Fleet | History | |||
| 93
Engineer General
Services Regiment |
Arrived 1942-4-16 (Seattle) |
Northwest Service
Command |
Participated in construction of Alaska-Canada Highway. | |||
| 3
Marine Brigade |
Charles D. Barrett |
Arrived 1942-4-17 |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
Built around 7 Marine Regiment, detached
from 1
Marine
Division |
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| AK Bellatrix |
Arrived 1942-4-18 |
Transport Division 10 | History | |||
| AP Neville |
Arrived 1942-4-18 | Transport Division 8 |
History |
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| Pacific
Ocean
Areas |
Chester W. Nimitz |
Activated 1942-4-18 (Pearl Harbor) | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |||
| Central
Pacific Force |
Chester W. Nimitz | Activated 1942-4-18 (Pearl Harbor) | Pacific
Ocean Areas |
Redesigned 5
Fleet 1943-8-5 |
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| South
Pacific
Area |
Robert L. Ghormley |
Activated 1942-4-18 (Noumea) | Pacific Ocean Areas | |||
| South
Pacific
Force |
Robert L. Ghormley |
Activated 1942-4-18 (Noumea) | South Pacific Area |
Later redesignated 3 Fleet. |
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| North
Pacific
Area |
Robert
A. Theobald |
Activated 1942-4-18 (Kodiak) | Pacific Ocean Areas | |||
| North
Pacific
Force |
Robert
A. Theobald |
Activated 1942-4-18 (Kodiak) | North
Pacific
Area |
Later redesignated Task Force
8. |
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| AK Alhena |
Arrived 1942-4-19 |
South Pacific Area | History |
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| AKA Almaack |
Arrived 1942-4-19 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 77 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-4-19 (Panama) | South Pacific Force | Semimobile. African-American.
Headed to Tonga. |
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| 97
Engineer General
Services Regiment |
Arrived 1942-4-20 (Seattle) | Alaska Defense Command | African-American.
Participated
in construction of Alaska-Canada
Highway and the New
Guinea
campaign. |
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| Submarines,
Southwest Pacific |
Charles
A. Lockwood |
Activated 1942-4-20 |
Southwest
Pacific Force |
|||
| 41 Coastal Artillery Regiment | 1942-4-21 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | Harbor defense | |||
| 32 Division | Edwin F. Harding | 1942-4-22 (San Francisco) | Southwest
Pacific Area |
Michigan and Wisconsin National Guard. Composed of 126, 127, and 128 Regiments. Participated in the New Guinea, southern Philippines, and Luzon campaigns | ||
| AP Henry T. Allen |
1942-4-22 (Oakland) |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| 762 Tank Battalion | 1942-4-23 (Schofield Barracks) |
Hawaiian Department |
Originally a light tank battalion | |||
| 763 Tank Battalion | 1942-4-23 (Schofield Barracks) | Hawaiian Department | Originally a light tank battalion | |||
| 58 Regiment | 1942-4-24 (Fort Lewis) | 4 Army | Participated in the Aleutians campaign. |
|||
| SS Hoe | Arrived 1942-4-26 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
|||
| Defense
Force,
Samoa |
Charles F.B. Price |
Arrived 1942-4-28 (Pago Pago) |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
South Pacific Area | Disbanded 1943-12-31. |
|
| DD Woodworth |
Completed 1942-4-30 (San Francisco) |
Southwest
Pacific
Force |
History |
|||
| 78 Pursuit
Group |
Arrived 1942-4-30 (Muroc) |
2
Air Force |
P-38.
Composed of 82, 83, and 84 Pursuit Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1942-11. |
|||
| 82 Pursuit
Group |
Arrived 1942-4-30 (Muroc) | 2 Air Force | P-38.
Composed of 95, 96, and 97 Pursuit Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1942-9-16. |
|||
| AP Fuller |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History |
|||
| AP Heywood |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History |
|||
| AP George F. Elliott |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History.
Sunk by aircraft
1942-8-8 off Guadalcanal |
|||
| DD Bailey | Arrived 1942-5 | Pacific Fleet | History |
|||
| DD Bancroft | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Buchanan | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| SS Finback | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| Kachin
Rangers |
Activated 1942-5 (New Delhi) |
United States Army |
Officially Detachment 101 of
the OSS. Recruited Kachin
tribesman in
northern Burma as guerrillas. |
|||
| 530 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-5 |
5 Air Force | B-24 Liberator |
|||
| 6
Marine Regiment |
Arrived 1942-5 (Camp Elliott) |
2
Marine
Division |
Rejoining 2 Marine Division
from
deployment in Iceland |
|||
| Fleet Air Wing 14 |
Activated <1942-5 |
United States Navy | ||||
| Alaska Sector |
John W.
Reeves |
Activated 1942-5 |
13
Naval District |
|||
| VMF-223 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-23 | ||||
| VMF-224 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-23 | ||||
| VMSB-233 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-21 | ||||
| VMSB-234 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-21 | ||||
| VP-61 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PBY
Catalina |
|||
| VP-62 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PBY
Catalina |
|||
| 369 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-5-5 (Los Angeles) | Hawaiian Department |
New York National Guard. Semimobile. African-American. | |||
| 340 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-5-5 (Vancouver Barracks) | Northwest Service Command | Participated in construction
of Alaska-Canada
Highway. |
|||
| Cruiser Division 11 |
Carleton
H. Wright |
Arrived 1942-5-10 |
United States Navy | |||
| CLAA San Diego |
Arrived 1942-5-10 |
Cruiser Division 11 |
History |
|||
| 37 Division | Robert S. Beightler | 1942-5-11 (San Francisco) | South
Pacific Force |
Ohio National Guard. Composed of 145, 147 and 148 Regiments, but 147 Regiment had already been deployed in Tonga and was replaced by 129 Regiment on 1943-7-31. Participated in the Northern Solomons and Luzon campaigns. | ||
| 214
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-5-11 (San Francisco | South Pacific Force | Georgia National Guard. Semimobile | |||
| 632 Tank Destroyer Battalion | 1942-5-12 (San Francisco) | Southwest
Pacific Area |
Equipped with M-10 at end of war | |||
| 138
Regiment |
1942-5-14 (Seattle) | Alaska Defense
Command |
Missouri National Guard. Made
available by triangularization of 35 Division. |
|||
| SS Wahoo | Completed 1942-5-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History. Sunk by depth charge 1943-10-11 in La Perouse Strait | |||
| AR Prometheus |
Recommissioned 1942-5-15 (Bremerton) |
United States Navy | History | |||
| AK Electra | Arrived 1942-5-17 | United States Navy | History | |||
| Aircraft,
South Pacific Area |
John S.
McCain |
Activated 1942-5-20 |
South Pacific
Area |
|||
| SS S-31 | Arrived 1942-5-21 | United States Navy | History | |||
| 176 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-5-22 (Fort Lewis) | Alaska Defense Command | Withdrawn 1944-12-11 |
|||
| 69
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-5-22 |
38
Bombardment Group |
B-25 Mitchell |
|||
| DD Sampson |
Arrived 1942-5-23 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 637 Tank Destroyer Battalion | 1942-5-26 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | Equipped with M-18 at end of war | |||
| 76
Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) |
Arrived 1942-5-26 (Burbank) |
4 Army | ||||
| 212 Coastal Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) | 1942-5-26 (Seattle) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 1
Marine Division |
Alexander A.
Vandegrift |
Arrived 1942-5-26 |
Fleet Marine Force |
South Pacific Force | Less 7
Marine
Regiment but reinforced with 2
Marine
Regiment. Other regiments were the 1
Marine Regiment
and 5 Marine Regiment. |
|
| 1 Marine Parachute
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-5-26 |
1
Marine Division |
Attached. Later formally
incorporated in the division TO&E,
then disbanded in 1944 for cadre for 5
Marine
Division. |
|||
| AK Alcyone | Arrived 1942-6 withdrawn 1942-9 Arrived 1943-9-43 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| AK Alchiba | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Aaron Ward | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by aircraft 1943-4-7 off Guadalcanal | |||
| DD Farenholt | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Barton | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by gunfire 1942-11-13 off Guadalcanal | |||
| SS Albacore | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History. Mined 1944-11-7 off Hokkaido | |||
| DD Lang | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| SS S-32 | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History | |||
| SS S-33 | Arrived 1942-6 | United States Navy | History | |||
| AO Kankakee |
Arrived 1942-6 |
Service
Squadron
8 |
History |
|||
| 3
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-6 |
United States Navy | Deployed by company
to Noumea, Fiji (2 companies), and Bora Bora |
|||
| 4
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-6 (Bremerton) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 5
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-6 (Pearl Harbor) |
United States Navy | ||||
| SS Growler | Arrived 1942-6-1 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by depth charge 1944-11-8 south of Mindoro | |||
| SS Whale | Completed 1942-6-1 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 86
Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-6-1 (Camp Haan) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 22
Marine
Regiment |
Activated 1942-6-1 (Camp Elliott) |
3
Marine Brigade |
||||
| 10 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1942-6-1 (San Diego) |
|||||
| 302
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-6-1 (Geiger Field) |
2
Air Force |
B-24
Liberator. Composed of 355, 356, 357 and 420 Bombardment
Squadrons. Used as a training unit and never left the
continental U.S. |
|||
| AO Schuylkill | Arrived 1942-6-2 | United States Navy | History | |||
| 70
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-6-2 |
38
Bombardment Group |
B-26 Marauder |
|||
| SS Grunion | Arrived 1942-6-3 | United States Navy | History. Disappeared 1942-7-30 in the Aleutians | |||
| VF-10 |
Activated 1942-6-3 (San Diego) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 303
Bombardment Unit |
Activated 1942-6-3 (Pendleton Field) |
2 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 358, 358, 360, and 427 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-8-7. |
|||
| 145 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-6-6 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | 155mm howitzers | |||
| DD Wilson | Arrived 1942-6-9 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CV Wasp |
Arrived 1942-6-10 |
United States Navy | VF-71 VF-72 History |
|||
| DD Caldwell | Completed 1942-6-10 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| BB North Carolina | Arrived 1942-6-10 | United States Navy | History | |||
| Cruiser Division 10 |
Arrived 1942-6-10 |
United States Navy | ||||
| CA Quincy |
Arrived 1942-6-10 |
Cruiser Division 10 |
History. Sunk by gunfire 9 August 1942 off Guadalcanal | |||
| CLAA San Juan | Arrived 1942-6-10 | Cruiser Division 10 |
History |
|||
| DD Sterett | Arrived 1942-6-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Stack | Arrived 1942-6-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CVE Copahee | completed 1942-6-15 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | |||
| Carrier Division 3 |
Leigh H.
Noyes |
Activated 1942-6-15 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Hornet, Wasp |
||
| AK Libra | Arrived 1942-6-17 | United States Navy | History | |||
| AF Mizar |
Arrived 1942-6-17 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 148 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-6-17 (Australia) | Southwest Pacific
Area |
105mm howitzers | |||
| SS Halibut | Arrived 1942-6-20 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 7 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-6-23 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 15
Bombardment Wing |
Activated 1942-6-23 (March Field) |
2 Air Force | Primarily a training wing, and so
redesignated in. 1943-1. |
|||
| 95
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-6-26 (Pendleton Field) |
15
Bombardment Training Wing |
B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 334, 335, 336, and 412
Bombardment Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-12-14. |
|||
| 603
Coastal
Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) |
1942-6-27 (Los Angeles) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 81 Fighter
Group |
Arrived 1942-6-28 (Muroc) |
4
Air Force |
P-39.
Composed of 91, 92, and 93 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1943-1-5. Returned 1944-3-2. |
|||
| 99
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-6-29 (Pendleton Field) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 346, 347, 348, and 416 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-11-17. |
|||
| 100
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-6-29 (Pendleton Field) | 15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17 Flying Fortress. Composed of 349, 350, 351, and 418 Bombardment Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-12-28. | |||
| 367 Engineer Special Services Regiment | 1942-6-30 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | Disbanded except for one
battalion 1944-3-21 |
|||
| DD Duncan | Arrived 1942-7 | United States Navy | History. Sunk in surface action 1942-10-12 | |||
| AK Mercury |
Arrived 1942-7 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| VF-5 |
Arrived 1942-7 |
United States Navy | ||||
| 1 Marine Raider
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-7 |
South
Pacific
Area |
||||
| 5 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-7 |
South
Pacific
Force |
||||
| 6 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-7 (Moffet Field) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 8
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-7 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | ||||
| Army Air
Forces, China |
Activated 1942-7 (Chennault; at Chungking) |
Army Air Forces | ||||
| SS Haddock | Arrived 1942-7-1 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| VMO-155 |
Activated 1942-7-1 (Samoa) |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| VMF-213 |
Activated 1942-7-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-21 | ||||
| VMF-214 |
Activated 1942-7-1 (Ewa) |
MAG-21 | The "Black Sheep" |
|||
| SS Guardfish | Arrived 1942-7-4 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| China Air
Task Force |
Activated 1942-7-4 (Chennault; at Chungking) |
10 Air Force |
||||
| DD O’Bannon | Arrived 1942-7-5 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 330
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-7-6 (Salt Lake City) |
4 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 457, 458, 459, and 460 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-8-1. Returned 1945-2-18. |
|||
| 331
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-7-6 (Salt Lake City) | 4 Air Force | B-24 Liberator. Composed of 461, 462, 463, and 464 Bombardment Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-9-15. Returned 1945-5-12. | |||
| DD Coghlan | Completed 1942-7-10 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 328 Fighter Group | Activated 1942-7-10 (Hamilton Field) | 4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 326,
327, and 329 Fighter Squadrons.
Deactivated 1944-3-31 without ever leaving the continental
U.S. |
|||
| 329 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1942-7-10 (Hamilton Field) | 4 Air Force | P-39 Airacobra. Composed of 330, 331, 332, and 337 Fighter Squadrons. Deactivated 1944-3-31 without ever leaving the continental U.S. | |||
| 112 Cavalry Regiment | 1942-7-11 (Camp Stoneman) | Southwest Pacific Area | Texas National Guard.
Participated
in the New Guinea, Bismarcks, and
Luzon campaigns. |
|||
| 404 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-7-12 |
Alaska Defense Command | B-24 Liberator |
|||
| SS S-30 | Arrived 1942-7-15 | United States Navy | History | |||
| 96
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-7-15 (Salt Lake City) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 337, 338, 339, and 413 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-1. |
|||
| 304
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-7-15 (Salt Lake City) | 15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17 Flying Fortress. Composed of 361, 362, 363, and 421 Bombardment Squadrons. Withdrawn 1942-10-29. | |||
| South
Pacific Amphibian Forces |
Richmond
Kelly Turner |
Activated 1942-7-18 |
South Pacific
Area |
Redesignated III
Amphibious Force 1944-6 |
||
| Amphibian
Group, South Pacific |
Lawrence
E. Reifsnider |
Activated 1942-7-18? |
South
Pacific Amphibian Forces |
|||
| 9
Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1942-7-24 |
10
Air
Force |
F-4 |
|||
| DD Ringgold | Arrived 1942-7-27 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AM Adroit | Completed 1942-7-28 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Frazier | Completed 1942-7-30 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| SS Amberjack | Arrived 1942-8 | United States Navy | History. Disappeared 1943-2-16 in the Bismarcks | |||
| AO Lackawanna |
Arrived 1942-8 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| Marine
Aircraft Group 25 |
Arrived 1942-8 (Camp Kearny) |
1
Marine Aircraft Wing |
VMJ-152 |
|||
| 11
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-8 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 12
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-8 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 13
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-8 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| 14 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-8 |
United States Navy | ||||
| 32 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived <1942-8 |
United States Navy | ||||
|
507 Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-8-1 (Camp Haan) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 12 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1942-8-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
||||
| VF-11 |
Activated 1942-8-11 (North Island) |
United States Navy | ||||
| SS Kingfish | Arrived 1942-8-10 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AM Advent | Completed 1942-8-15 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| 223 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-8-15 (New Caledonia) | South Pacific Force |
155mm howitzers | |||
| DD McCalla | Arrived 1942-8-17 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CVE Nassau | completed 1942-8-20 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | |||
| Los
Angeles Air Defense Wing |
Activated 1942-8-20 (Los Angeles) |
4
Air Force |
Headquarters for fighter defense and training
on West Coast. Redesignated Los Angeles Fighter Wing 1943-7.
Disbanded on 1944-6-7. |
|||
| San
Diego Air Defense Wing |
Activated 1942-8-20 (San Diego) |
4 Air Force | Headquarters for fighter defense and training on West Coast. Redesignated San Diego Fighter Wing 1943-7. Disbanded on 1944-6-7. | |||
| San
Francisco Air Defense Wing |
Activated 1942-8-20 (San Francisco) |
4 Air Force | Headquarters for fighter defense and training on West Coast. Redesignated San Francisco Fighter Wing 1943-7. Disbanded on 1944-6-7. | |||
| Seattle
Air Defense Wing |
Activated 1942-8-20 (Seattle) | 4 Air Force | Headquarters for fighter defense and training on West Coast. Redesignated Seattle Fighter Wing 1943-7. Disbanded on 1944-6-7. | |||
| BB South Dakota |
Arrived 1942-8-21 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Lardner | Arrived 1942-8-21 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Lansdowne | Arrived 1942-8-21 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AK Jupiter |
Completed 1942-8-22 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 4
Marine Aircraft Wing |
Activated 1942-8-22 (Ewa) |
Fleet Marine Force | Initially designated 4 Marine
Base Defense Aircraft Wing |
|||
| 333
Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1942-8-23 |
7 Air
Force |
P-39 Airacobra |
|||
| 129
Regiment |
1942-8-24 (San Francisco) | 33 Division |
South Pacific Force | Illinois National Guard.
Reassigned to 37
Division on
1943-7-31. |
||
| DD Gansevoort | Completed 1942-8-25 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AT Menominee |
Completed 1942-9-25 (San Francisco) | Southwest
Pacific
Area |
History |
|||
| CLAA Juneau | Arrived 1942-8-27 | United States Navy | History. Torpedoed by I-26 1942-11-13 while en route Noumea from Guadalcanal | |||
| Battleship Division 6 |
Willis A. Lee |
Arrived 1942-8-28 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Washington and North Carolina |
||
| BB Washington |
Arrived 1942-8-28 |
Battleship Division 6 |
History | |||
| AO Tappahannock |
Arrived 1942-8-29 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Fletcher | Arrived 1942-9 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AV Albemarle |
Arrived 1942-9 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| VMF-122 |
Arrived 1942-9 |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| VMSB-131 |
Arrived 1942-9 |
4 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| 10
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9 (Pearl Harbor) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 15
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 16
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| 18
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9 |
United States Navy | Understrength by one company. Deployed piecemeal
to Noumea and Guadalcanal. Attached to
2
Marine Division 1943-4-26 as 3 Battalion, 18 Marine
Engineers. Redesigned 18 Naval Construction Battalion
1944-4-1. |
|||
| 19
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9 |
United States Navy | ||||
| SS Tunny | Completed 1942-9-1 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Meade | Arrived 1942-9-1 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 226 Field Artillery Battalion | 1942-9-1 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | 155mm guns | |||
| 50 Engineer Regiment | 1942-9-1 (Camp White) |
Alaska Defense
Command |
Combat engineers |
|||
| Air
Force, Pacific Fleet |
Aubrey W.
Fitch |
Activated 1942-9-1 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Merger of Carriers,
Pacific Fleet and Patrol
Aircraft, Pacific Fleet |
||
| AM Annoy | Completed 1942-9-2 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| 331 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-9-3 (Camp Murray) | Alaska Defense Command | ||||
| 640 Tank Destroyer Battalion | 1942-9-4 (San Francisco) |
Southwest
Pacific Area |
Equipped with M-10 at end of war | |||
| IV
Armored
Corps |
1942-9-5 (Camp Young) |
United States Army | 1943-10-10 redesignated XX
Corps. Deployed to Europe 1944-2-11. |
|||
| 177 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-9-5 (Seattle) | Alaska Defense Command | Participated in the Aleutians campaign |
|||
| 43 Division | John H. Hester | 1942-9-6 (Fort Ord) | South
Pacific Force |
New England National Guard. Composed of 103, 169, and 172 Regiments. Participated in the Guadalcanal, northern Solomons, New Guinea, and Luzon campaigns | ||
| 131 Engineer
Combat Regiment |
Arrived 1942-9-6 (Fort Ord) | South Pacific Force | Participated in the northern Solomons campaign | |||
| AM Conflict | Completed 1942-9-7 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| 349 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1942-9-10 (Seattle) | Alaska Defense Command | Participated in the Aleutians campaign | |||
| 343 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1942-9-11 (Elmendorf Field) |
11 Air Force |
P-40.
Composed of 11,
18,
and 54
Fighter Squadrons |
|||
| 90
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-9-12 |
5 Air
Force |
B-24 Liberator. Composed of 319, 320, and 321 Bombardment Squadrons. | |||
| CVE Altahama | completed 1942-9-15 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | VGF-11 History |
|||
| 341 Bombardment Group | Activated 1942-9-15 |
10 Air Force |
B-25
Mitchell. Initially composed of 11
and 22 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
|||
| DD Saufley | Arrived 1942-9-16 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 3
Marine Division |
Charles D. Barrett |
Activated 1942-9-16 (Camp Elliott) |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
9
Marine
Regiment 21 Marine Regiment 23 Marine Regiment |
||
| DD Gillespie | Completed 1942-9-18 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AO Neosho |
Completed 1942-9-19 (San Francisco) | Service Squadron 8 | History |
|||
| VP-63 |
Activated 1942-9-19 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PBY
Catalina |
|||
| 3 Marine Raider
Battalion |
Activated 1942-9-20 (Samoa) |
South
Pacific
Area |
||||
| AM Constant | Completed 1942-9-21 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| 3
Marine Regiment |
Arrived 1942-9-21 |
2 Marine Brigade | ||||
| 21
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-9-22 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| I Corps |
Robert L. Eichelberger | Arrived 1942-9-24 |
Southwest Pacific
Area |
Participated in New Guinea and Luzon campaigns |
||
| APH Tryon |
Completed 1942-9-30 (Oakland) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AO Neches |
Arrived 1942-10 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| Marine
Aircraft Group 14 |
Arrived 1942-10 (Camp Kearny) |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| VMF-112 |
Arrived 1942-10 |
MAG-11 |
||||
| VMSB-132 |
Arrived 1942-10 |
MAG-11 | ||||
| VMSB-142 |
Arrived 1942-10 |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| VMD-154 |
Arrived 1942-10 |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | ||||
| 20
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-10 |
United States Navy | ||||
| 25
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-10 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 370 Engineer Special Services Regiment | 1942-10-1 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department |
Disbanded except for one
battalion 1944-3-21 |
|||
| I Marine Amphibious
Corps |
Clayton B. Vogel |
Activate 1942-10-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
South
Pacific
Area |
Redesignated III Amphibious Corps 1944-4-15 | |
| VMF-441 |
Arrived 1942-10-1 |
MAG-13 |
||||
| 347
Fighter Group |
Activated 1942-10-3 (New Caledonia) |
13 Air Force |
P-39 Airacobra.
Composed of 67,
68,
70,
and 339 Fighter
Squadrons. |
|||
| 24 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-10-7 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| AO Suamico |
Arrived 1942-10-8 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| CVE Barnes | completed 1942-10-10 (Tacoma) | United States Navy | History | |||
| AM Daring | Completed 1942-10-10 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| 13 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-10 |
South Pacific Force |
C-47 Skytrain | |||
| 344
Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-10 |
343
Fighter Group |
P-40
Warhawk |
|||
| 6 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-13 |
5 Air
Force |
C-47 Skytrain |
|||
| AM Sheldrake |
completed 1942-10-14 (Alameda) |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 37 Engineer Combat Regiment | 1942-10-15 (Camp Beale) | 4 Army | ||||
| 490 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-15 |
341 Bombardment Group |
B-25 Mitchell |
|||
| 491 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-15 |
341 Bombardment
Group |
B-25 Mitchell |
|||
| 318 Fighter Group | Activated 1942-10-15 (Hickam Field) | 7 Air Force | Composed of 44, 72 and 73 Fighter Squadrons. | |||
| 503 Parachute Regiment | 1942-10-16 (Camp Stoneman | Southwest Pacific Area | Participated in the New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon,
and southern Philippines
campaigns. |
|||
| DD Kalk | Completed 1942-10-17 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 23
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-10-17 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 4 Marine Raider
Battalion |
Activated 1942-10-23 (Camp Linda Vista) |
South
Pacific
Area |
||||
| 27
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-10-23 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 33 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-25 |
5
Air Force |
C-47 Skytrain |
|||
| 492 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-25 |
10 Air Force | B-24 Liberator |
|||
| 493 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-25 |
10 Air Force | B-24 Liberator |
|||
| AM Dash | Completed 1942-10-27 (Portland) | United States Navy | History | |||
| AD Markab |
Arrived 1942-10-27 | United States Navy | History | |||
| AK Crater | Completed 1942-10-31 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD De Haven | Arrived 1942-11 | United States Navy | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1943-2-1 off Savo
Island |
|||
| DD Edwards | Arrived 1942-11 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Aulick | Arrived 1942-11 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AO Monongahela |
Arrived 1942-11 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| AE Shasta |
Arrived 1942-11 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| 9 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-11 |
South
Pacific
Area |
||||
| 22
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-11 (Seattle?) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 307
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1942-11-2 |
7
Air Force |
B-24 Liberator. Composed of 370, 371, 372, and 424 Bombardment Squadrons. | |||
| 26 Naval
Construction
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-11-2 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 379
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-11-3 (Geiger Field) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 524, 525, 526, and 527 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-4. |
|||
| 382
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-11-3 (Salt Lake City) |
15 Bombardment Training Wing | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 536, 537, 538, and 539 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-8-25. |
|||
| AT Pawnee | Completed 1942-11-7 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AO Tallulah | Arrived 1942-11-9 | United States Navy | History | |||
| 16 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1942-11-10 (Johnston Island) |
Fleet Marine Force | ||||
| AK Adhara | completed 1942-11-11 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 374
Troop Carrier Group |
Activated 1942-11-12 (Brisbane) |
5 Air Force | C-47
Skytrain. Composed of 6,
21,
22,
and 33
Troop Carrier Squadrons. |
|||
| 592
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment |
Arrived 1942-11-12 (Fort Ord) |
Southwest
Pacific Area |
||||
| BB Indiana |
Arrived 1942-11-14 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| CL Cleveland |
Arrived 1942-11-14 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
|
511 Coastal
Artillery Regiment
(Antiaircraft) |
1942-11-15 (Camp Haan) | 4 Army | Semimobile | |||
| 54 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-11-15 |
Alaska Defense
Command |
C-47 Skytrain |
|||
| VP-54 | Activated 1942-11-15 (Kaneohe) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 | PBY-5A
Catalina |
|||
| 354 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1942-11-15 (Hamilton Field) |
4
Air Force |
P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 353,
355, and 356 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1943-10. |
|||
| BB Massachusetts |
Arrived 1942-11-19 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| AV Chandeleur |
Arrived 1942-11-19 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 4 Photographic Group |
Arrived 1942-11-22 |
13 Air Force |
||||
| DD Jenkins | Arrived 1942-11-26 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| APH Pinkney |
Completed 1942-11-27 (Oakland) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AK Hercules |
Completed 1942-11-30 (San Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| AK Algorab | Arrived 1942-12 | United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Converse | Arrived 1942-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Chevalier | Arrived 1942-12 | United States Navy | History.
Torpedoed 1943-10-7 off Vella
Lavella by Yugumo |
|||
| AO Petrolite | Arrived 1942-12? | United States Navy | History | |||
| DD Conway | Arrived 1942-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CA Tuscaloosa | Arrived 1942-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CA Wichita |
Arrived 1942-12 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| 11 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 |
Fleet
Marine
Force |
South Pacific Force | |||
| Marine
Aircraft Group 12 |
Arrived 1942-12 (Camp Kearny) |
1
Marine Aircraft Wing |
VMSB-143 |
|||
| 33
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 34
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| 35
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 |
United States Navy | ||||
| 37
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 |
United States Navy | ||||
| 38
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| 39
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| 42
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| Destroyer Squadron 14 |
Activated 1942-12 |
North
Pacific Force |
Participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands |
|||
| AK Carina | completed 1942-12-1 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 357 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1942-12-1 (Hamilton Field) |
4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 362,
363, and 364 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1943-10-7. |
|||
| 384
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-12-1 (Gowen Field) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 544, 545, 546, and 547 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-4-3. |
|||
| 17
Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1942-12-2 |
4
Photographic Group |
F-5 |
|||
| AK Aludra | completed 1942-12-4 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History.
Torpedoed
1943-6-23 by RO-103 off New Caldedonia |
|||
| Amphibian
Group 5 |
George H.
Fort |
Activated 1942-12-5 |
United States Navy | |||
| AT Sioux | Completed 1942-12-6 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| DD Waller | Arrived 1942-12-7 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| AK Cassiopeia | completed 1942-12-8 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CL Cleveland |
Arrived 1942-12-10 |
United States Navy | History |
|||
| 45 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1942-12-10 (Ledo) | China-Burma-India |
African-American | |||
| DD Radford | Arrived 1942-12-12 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| CVE Suwannee |
Arrived 1942-12-12 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 400 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1942-12-12 |
5 Air
Force |
B-24 Liberator |
|||
| 2
Marine Parachute Battalion |
Arrived <1942-12 |
Fleet
Marine Force |
||||
| AT Ute | Completed 1942-12-13 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
|||
| Fleet
Air Command, Noumea |
Marc
Mitscher |
Activated 1942-12-14 (Noumea) |
South Pacific
Area |
|||
| 36
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12-15 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| 43
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12-17 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | ||||
| AM Starling | completed 1942-12-21 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | |||
| DD La Vallette | Arrived 1942-12-23 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 46
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12-23 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| DD Taylor | Arrived 1942-12-24 | United States Navy | History |
|||
| 388
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1942-12-24 (Gowen Field) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 560, 561, 562, and 563 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-4-29. |
|||
| CVE Chenango | Arrived 1942-12-25 | United States Navy | History | |||
| AM Skylark | completed 1942-12-25 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | |||
| AK Titania | Arrived 1942-12-25 | United States Navy | History | |||
| AO Patuxent |
Arrived 1942-12-27 |
United States Navy | History | |||
| 40 Coastal Artillery Regiment | 1942-12-27 (Alaska) | Alaska Defense Command | Participated in Aleutians campaign |
|||
| 45
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1942-12-28 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | ||||
| APH Rixey |
Completed 1942-12-30 (Oakland) | Pacific Fleet | History |
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