OPERATION ICEBERG I & II 3/12/45 – 6/10/45
(Note: TF58>TF38 5/28/45)
OKINAWA LANDING
Task Group 58.1
CARRIERS
(CV): Bennington, Wasp II, Hornet II
(CVL): Belleau Wood, San Jacinto
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): (BatDiv8) Massachusetts, Indiana, Alabama
CRUISERS
(CA): Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Quincy
(CL): Vincennes II, Miami, San Juan, Vicksburg
DESTROYERS
DesRon25: DesDiv49: John Rodgers, Harrison, McKee, Murray;
DesDiv50: Schroeder, Sigsbee, Dashiell
DesRon53: DesDiv106: Stockham, Wedderburn, Twining
DesRon61: DesDiv121: DeHaven II, Mansfield, Lyman K, Swenson, Collett, Maddox II; DesDiv122: Blue II, Brush, Taussig, Samuel N. Moore, Mansfield
Task Group 58.2
CARRIERS
(CV): Franklin, Randolph, Enterprise
(CVL): San Jacinto
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): Wisconsin, Washington, North Carolina
CRUISERS
(CA): Pittsburgh
(CL): Santa Fe
DESTROYERS
English
DesRon52: DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Tingey, Miller, Owen; DesDiv104: Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox
DesRon53: DesDiv105: Cushing II, Uhlmann, Halsey Powell, Colahan, Benham II DesRon54: Remey, Monssen II
Task Group 58.3
CARRIERS
(CV): Essex, Bunker Hill, Randolph,
(CVL): Cowpens, Bataan, Langley, Monterey
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): South Dakota, New Jersey, Missouri
CRUISERS
(CA): Indianapolis
(CL): (CruDiv17), Pasadena, Wilkes-Barre, Astoria II, Oakland, Springfield,
DESTROYERS
DesRon48: DesDiv95: Erben, Stembel, Hale;
DesDiv96: Kidd, Black, Bullard, Chauncey
DesRon50: DesDiv99: Dortch, Clarence K. Bronson, Cotton, Gatling, Healy; DesDiv109: Callaghan, Cassin Young, Irwin, Preston II
DesRon52: DesDiv103: The Sullivans, Miller, Owen, Stephen Potter, Tingey:
DesDiv104: Hunt, Marshall, Lewis Hancock
DesRon62: DesDiv123: Ault, English, Charles S. Sperry, Waldron, Haynsworth; DesDiv124: Wallace L. Lind, John W. Weeks, Borie, Hank
Task Group 58.4
CARRIERS
(CV): Yorktown II, Randolph, Enterprise, Shangri-La, Ticonderoga
(CVL): Langley, Cabot, Independence
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): Washington, North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Jersey
(CB): Alaska, Guam
CRUISERS
(CA): San Francisco
(CL): Biloxi, Santa Fe, San Diego, Oakland, Flint
DESTROYERS
DesRon47: DesDiv93: Heermann, Trathen, Hazelwood, McCord;
DesDiv94: Hailey, Haggard, Franks
DesRon60: DesDiv119: Laffey, Barton II;
DesDiv120: Moale, Ingraham II
Task Group 58.5
CARRIERS
(CV): Enterprise, Saratoga
BATTLESHIPS
(CB): Alaska
CRUISERS
(CA): Baltimore
(CL): Flint
DESTROYERS
Longshaw,
DesRon 47: DesDiv93: Trathen, McCord, Heermann;
DesDiv94: Haggard, Hailey
DesRon53: DesDiv106: Cushing, Twining, Uhlmann
DesRon4: DesDiv107: Remey, McGowan, Melvin, Mertz;
DesDiv108: McNair, Monssen II, McDermut, Wadleigh
Sources: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II by Samuel Eliot Morison; and http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/tf58.htm (excerpted) (kudos to that great site. we especially like their organization of destroyers into Squadrons and Divisions.)