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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| 22
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1941-12-9 | Far East Air Force |
B-26 Marauder. Composed of 19, 33, and 408 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. |
|
| 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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| 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
Fighter 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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| 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 |
|
| 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 | |
| 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. |
|
| 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. 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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| 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 | ||
| 58
Fighter Group |
Arrived 1942-3-15 | 5
Air Force |
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| 67
Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1942-3-15 |
8 Fighter Group | P-39 Airacobra. Headed to New Caledonia. |
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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, 65, and 403
Bombardment Squadrons. 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| SS Hoe | Arrived 1942-4-26 | Submarines, Pacific Fleet | History |
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| 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 |
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| AP Fuller |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History |
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| AP Heywood |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History |
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| AP George F. Elliott |
Arrived 1942-5 |
South Pacific Force | History.
Sunk by aircraft
1942-8-8 off Guadalcanal |
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| DD Bailey | Arrived 1942-5 | Pacific Fleet | History |
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| DD Bancroft | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Buchanan | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Finback | Arrived 1942-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| Kachin
Rangers |
Activated 1942-5 (New Delhi) |
United States Army |
Officially Detachment 101 of the
OSS. Recruited Kachin tribesman in
northern Burma as guerrillas. |
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| 530 Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-5 |
5 Air Force | B-24 Liberator |
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| 6
Marine Regiment |
Arrived 1942-5 (Camp Elliott) |
2 Marine
Division |
Rejoining 2 Marine Division from
deployment in Iceland |
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| Fleet Air Wing 14 |
Activated <1942-5 |
United States Navy | |||
| Alaska Sector |
John W. Reeves |
Activated 1942-5 |
13 Naval District |
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| 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 |
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| VP-62 |
Activated 1942-5-1 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PBY
Catalina |
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| 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 |
5 Air Force | 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) |
||||
| AO Schuylkill | Arrived 1942-6-2 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 70
Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-6-2 |
5 Air Force | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 603 Coastal
Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) |
1942-6-27 (Los Angeles) | 4 Army | Semimobile | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
||
| DD O’Bannon | Arrived 1942-7-5 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Coghlan | Completed 1942-7-10 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
||
| 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 |
|||
| 339
Fighter Squadron |
1942-10-3 |
South Pacific Force | P-39 Airacobra |
||
| 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 |
Alaska Defense Command | 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 |
10 Air
Force |
B-25 Mitchell |
||
| 491 Bombardment Squadron |
Arrived 1942-10-15 |
10
Air Force |
B-25 Mitchell |
||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
||
| 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 |
||
| BB Massachusetts |
Arrived 1942-11-19 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| AV Chandeleur |
Arrived 1942-11-19 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| 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 |
||
| 17 Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1942-12-2 |
South
Pacific Force |
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 |
||
| 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 |
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| 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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