Task Force 67

Task Force 67 was created by William Halsey, Jr.[1] during Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:[1]

  • Northampton-class heavy cruiser Northampton[1]
  • New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
  • Pensacola-class heavy cruiser Pensacola[1]


  • Brooklyn-class light cruiser


  • Fletcher-class destroyer
    • Fletcher[1]
    • Nicholas
    • O'Bannon[2]
    • Strong
    • De Haven
  • Mahan-class destroyer
  • Gridley-class destroyer Maury[1]
  • Gleaves-class destroyer Lardner[1]

Battles

Command

  • RADM Carleton H. Wright upon creation[1]
  • RADM Walden L. Ainsworth after the Battle of Tassafaronga[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Dull, Paul S. (12 November 2013). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941- 1945. Naval Institute Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781612512907. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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