OPERATIONS DETACHMENT and JAMBOREE    2/10/45 – 3/9/45

ATTACKS ON BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN

Includes: IWO JIMA LANDING

Task Group 58.1
CARRIERS
(CV): Bennington, Wasp II, Hornet II
(CVL): Belleau Wood
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): (BatDiv8) Massachusetts, Indiana
CRUISERS
(CL): (CruDiv14) Vincennes II, Miami, San Juan
DESTROYERS
DesRon25: DesDiv49: John Rodgers, Harrison, McKee, Murray;
DesDiv50: Ringgold, Schroeder, Sigsbee, Dashiell
DesRon61: DesDiv121: DeHaven II, Mansfield, Lyman K. Swenson, Collett; DesDiv122: Blue II, Brush, Taussig, Samuel N. Moore

Task Group 58.2
CARRIERS
(CV): Lexington, Hancock, Enterprise
(CVL): San Jacinto
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): Wisconsin, Missouri
CRUISERS
(CA): Boston (CruDiv10), Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Baltimore
DESTROYERS
Flint, Longshaw,
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 (from 2/15)
(CVL): Cowpens
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): South Dakota, New Jersey

CRUISERS
(CA): Indianapolis
(CL): (CruDiv17), Pasadena, Wilkes-Barre, Astoria II
DESTROYERS
DesRon50: DesDiv99: Dortch, Clarence K. Bronson, Cotton, Gatling, Healy; DesDiv109: Callaghan, Cassin Young, Irwin, Preston II
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
(CVL): Langley, Cabot
BATTLESHIPS
(BB): Washington, North Carolina, Missouri
CRUISERS
(CA): San Francisco
(CL): Biloxi, Santa Fe, San Diego
DESTROYERS
Benham II , Colahan, Halsey Powell, Stephen Potter
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,
DesRon54: DesDiv107: Remey, McGowan, Melvin;
DesDiv108: McNair, Monssen II

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.)