Home Island Raids

HOME ISLAND RAIDS    7/1/45 – 8/15/45
(Japan Surrenders 8/15/45)

Task Group 38.1
CARRIERS
(CV): Bennington, Lexington II, Hancock
(CVL): Belleau Wood, San Jacinto
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): (BatDiv8) Massachusetts, Indiana, Alabama
CRUISERS
(CL): Topeka, Duluth, Dayton, San Diego, Atlanta II
DESTROYERS
DesRon25: DesDiv49: John Rodgers, Harrison, McKee, Murray;
DesDiv50: Schroeder, Ringgold, Dashiell
DesRon61: DesDiv121: DeHaven II, Mansfield, Lyman K, Swenson, Collett, Maddox II; DesDiv122: Blue II, Brush, Taussig, Samuel N. Moore

Task Group 38.3
CARRIERS
(CV): Ticonderoga, Essex, Randolph, Wasp
(RN): Indefatigable
(CVL): Monterey, Bataan, Cabot
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): South Dakota, North Carolina
CRUISERS
(CL): Oakland, Wilkes-Barre, Pasadena, Springfield, Astoria II, Topeka, Duluth
DESTROYERS
DesRon48: DesDiv95: Erben, Stembel, Hale, Walker, Abbot
DesDiv96: Black, Bullard, Chauncey
DesRon54: DesDiv107: Remey, McGowan, Mertz, Melvin, Norman Scott;
DesDiv108: Monssen II, Mcnair, McDermut, Wadleigh
DesRon60: DesDiv119: Lowry, Barton II, Walke II, O’Brien
DesDiv120: Allen Summer, Ross, Benner
DesRon62: DesDiv123: Ault, English, Charles S. Sperry, Waldron;
DesDiv124: Wallace L. Lind, John W. Weeks, Borie, Hank
British RN: Teazer, Tenacious, Termagant, Terpischore, Troubridge

Task Group 38.4
CARRIERS
(CV): Shangri-La, Yorktown II, Bon Homme Richard, Essex
(CVL): Cowpens
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri
CRUISERS
(CA): (CruDiv10) Quincy, Boston, St. Paul, Chicago II
(CL): San Juan
DESTROYERS
DesRon53: DesDiv105: Cushing, Colahan, Uhlmann, Benham;
DesDiv106: Wederburn, Stockham, Twining
DesRon57: DesDiv113: Rowe, Stoddard, Smalley, Wren, Nicholas, Taylor, Moale

Task Group 38.5 – British Fleet
CARRIERS
(CV): Indefatigable
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): King George
CRUISERS
(CL): Biloxi, NewFoundland, Gambia
DESTROYERS
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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.)