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	USS Stephen Potter DD538 1943-1946 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		By the evening of the 16th Task Force 38 was ready to lift its "flying carpet" and retire to the eastward to fuel at sea from tanker group.
		Upon the re-forming of Task Force 58 under Admiral Mitscher, the Stephen POTTER as a unit of Task Group 58.2, participated in the first Fast Carrier attack to be launched upon Tokyo and Tokyo Bay Area on 16 and 17 February.
		The force was under frequent attack by enemy suicide bombing planes from the 8th to the 14th.
	www.steaminsteve.info /wwII.htm (1982 words)

	THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA Fast Carriers
		It was divided into carrier task groups, each group containing typically between three and five carriers, and with each group having its own strong escort - a large number of cruisers and destroyers, and often two or more of the new fast battleships.
		The nucleus of the Fast Carrier Force consisted of the large fleet carriers of the Essex Class, augmented by the two surviving pre-war carriers - Enterprise and Saratoga - and the light fleet carriers of the Independence Class.
		The Ordeal of the Fast Carrier Force 1944-45
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/PHILIPPINE_SEA_Fast_Carriers_.htm (606 words)

	Chapter II: Invasion Of The Ryukyus
		The primary objective of the task force was the destruction of enemy air strength on Formosa in preparation for the invasion of Luzon, and the attack on Okinawa was limited in extent because of the long distance the fighters had to fly to the target.
		Task Force 58 stood off to the north and east of Okinawa, ready to intercept any Japanese surface force approaching from the east, while Task Force 52 guarded against enemy attack from the west and against any "express runs" from the north either to reinforce or to evacuate Okinawa.
		A British carrier force, under the command of Vice Admiral H. Rawlings and assigned to the Fifth Fleet, struck at the Sakishima Islands on 26, 27, and 31 March.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter2.htm (7190 words)

	USS Iowa (BB-61) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On 21 February, she was underway with Fast Carrier Task Force 58 while it conducted the first strikes against Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam in the Mariana Islands.
		She then rejoined Task Force 58 on 30 March, and supported air strikes against the Palau Islands and Woleai of the Carolines which continued for several days.
		She then joined the Task Force's second strike on Truk, 29 April and 30 April, and bombarded Japanese facilities on Ponape in the Carolines on 1 May.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_iowa__bb_61_.html (1757 words)

	TF 38: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Fast Carrier Task Force, known at different times as Task Force 38 and Task Force 58, was the main striking force of the United States Navy in the latter half of the Pacific War.
		It consisted of six aircraft carriers, six light aircraft carriers, and a host of supporting ships.
		The force became TF 38 again on 26 August 1944 under Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /wiki/TF_38 (218 words)

	Naval Operations in the Pacific from March 1944 to October 1945
		Finally, a Northern Force approached the Philippines from the direction of Japan and was attacked and most of it destroyed by the Third Fleet fast carrier force on the 25th.
		Carrier aircraft of the Third Fleet struck at Manila and the airfields in the vicinity on 5 and 6 November.
		A fast British carrier task force, under the command of Vice Admiral Rawlings, was assigned to Admiral Spruance's Fifth Fleet to assist in the air support operations for the Okinawa assault.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Compac45.html (22138 words)

	The Fast Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It was divided into carrier task groups, each group containing typically between three and five carriers, and with each group having its own strong escort, a large number of cruisers and destroyers, and often two or more of the new fast battleships.
		From early 1944 the Fast Carrier Force was known as 'Task Force 58' when serving under Admiral Spruance's Fifth Fleet, and as 'Task Force 38' as part of Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet.
		The nucleus of the Fast Carrier Force consisted of the large fleet carriers of the Essex Class, augmented by the two surviving pre war carriers, Enterprise and Saratoga and the light fleet carriers of the Independence Class.
	ussessex.bravepages.com /fast.html (264 words)

	Hunt II dd 674
		She sortied with the carrier task force 16 January 1944 to support the invasion ot the Marshall Islands, the operation which, in the words of Rear Adm. Richard L. Conolly, ".
		She returned to Majuro on 6 April for replenishment, then set course with the Bunker Nill carrier task group to lend support to the invasion and occupation of Hollandia, D.N.G. Planes from the carriers repeatedly struck enemy emplacements in the area, and night fighters successfully repelled all enemy planes which approached the warships.
		This carrier battle, the greatest of the war, virtually wiped out the emperor's naval air power which would be sorely missed in the impending battle for Leyte Gulf.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/HuntIIdd674.html (2163 words)

	LEYTE - The Fast Carriers (David Llewellyn James)
		From the start of the Pacific War the US fleet contained what are referred to as "fast carrier task forces." But the formation known as "The Fast Carrier Task Force" only came into being in late 1943, after the arrival in the Pacific of the first ships of the new Essex and Independence classes.
		Of the nine heavy carriers eight were of the new Essex Class, the ninth being the old Enterprise (of the Yorktown Class), a ship with a matchless combat record.
		The Ordeal of the Fast Carrier Force - 1944-45
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_Fast_Carriers_.htm (629 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1945
		The carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14), light carrier USS Langley (CVL-27) and destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) are damaged by suicide plane and the carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) is damaged by accidental explosion.
		The Japanese submarine I-44 is sunk by aircraft (VC-92) from the escort carrier USS Tulagi (CVE-72) in the Philippine Sea.
		The carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) and destroyer USS Evans (DD-551) are damaged by suicide planes and the destroyer USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) by a piloted bomb in the Okinawa area.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1945_ww2.htm (11002 words)

	A Railroader Goes To War - Chronology of World War II - 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Army forces are landed in the Mariveles Harbor area of Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, P. I., by naval task group (Rear Adm. A.
		Carrier BOXER (CV-21), is commissioned at Newport News, Va., United States naval vessels sunk: Destroyer PRINGLE (DD-477), by suicide plane, Okinawa area, 27 d.
		Aircraft from fast carrier task force (Vice Adm. J. McCain) bomb shipping, rail facilities, and ground installations in northern Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan; attack is repeated on 15 July.
	www.ww2diary.com /chr45.html (13102 words)

	DD-674 Hunt
		She sortied with the carrier task force 16 January 1944 to support the invasion of the Marshall Islands, the operation which, in the words of Rear Adm. Richard L. Conolly, ".
		She returned to Majuro on 6 April for replenishment, then set course with the Bunker Hill carrier task group to lend support to the invasion and occupation of Hollandia, D.N.G. Planes from the carriers repeatedly struck enemy emplacements in the area, and night fighters successfully repelled all enemy planes which approached the warships.
		On 11 September she carried Admiral Halsey from New Jersey to carrier Lexington for a conference and returned him to his flagship.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-674.htm (2180 words)

	Boyd WWII Diary - part 18 of 20
		From these fast carriers, hundreds of Navy fighters, dive bombers and torpedo planes would hit targets all over the island of Honshu.
		On the night before the invasion, 50 seaplane bombers, along with 100 former carrier aircraft and 50 land based army planes were to be launched in a direct suicide attack on the fleet.
		Carrier aircraft from naval task group (Vice Adm. J B. Oldendorf) strike enemy shipping in Tinghai Harbor, China.
	pages.cthome.net /boyd544/Diary18.htm (943 words)

	DD-667 Chauncey
		She was assigned to the screen of a fast carrier task force for a punishing series of air strikes on Wake Island 6 and 6 October 1943.
		Here she was joined by a carrier, whom she escorted to Ulithi, where Chauncey was assigned to mighty Task Force 58 for the preliminaries to the Okinawa operation.
		Her force launched prelanding strikes at Okinawa and nearby islands, and after the landings on 1 April 1945, supported the ground forces and protected the transports.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-667.htm (1119 words)

	Brief Resume
		On 15 September 1944, the TWINING left Eniwetok and reported to the Fast Carrier Task Force 38, and operated in support of the Palau invasion (19 September – 28 September) and the initial raids on Luzon (21-22 September) proceeding to and replenishing at Ulithi Atoll from 1 October to 6 October.
		From 10 September 1944, until 20 January l945, still with the Fast Carrier Task Force, our operations were in support of the invasion of Luzon and the China Sea Sortie of the THIRD Fleet with raids on Indo China and the China Coast.
		We returned to Task Force 38 and have continued the air strikes until today, 15 August 1945, when we were informed that Japan had agreed to unconditional surrender terms and ordereed to cease hostilities.
	www.gvtc.com /~label/military/twining/twining_media/brief_resume.htm (968 words)

	DD-500 DANFS
		Nautilus submerged in "dire circumstances," but her damage control people worked both well and fast, so that she was able to make it to Abemama and complete her mission.
		Upon completion of this task, the force retired to San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, arriving 13 June.
		Rejoining Task Force 38 the 31st of July, Ringgold continued coastal operations with that force until the cease fire.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd500txt.htm (1425 words)

	Night Birds of the Big E
		Commander of the new task group is Rear Admiral Matthias B. Gardner, wiry, dark-haired veteran of Pacific air wars and former Navy fighter pilot and stunt team leader.
		As a result, the Japanese were unable to use the fields and no enemy attack planes got within a hundred miles of the carrier task force standing off the Philippines.
		On 26 October 1942, Enterprise, supporting the Guadalcanal campaign, became involved in a major carrier battle near Santa Cruz Island, and the radar-equipped TBF flown by LCDR Collett was shot down by enemy aircraft.
	www.cv6.org /1945/nightops/nightbirds.htm (1746 words)

	Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USS Lexington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A petition submitted to the Secretary of the Navy by the vessel's construction work force asked that she be named for the CV-2 scuttled by the Navy after sustaining serious damage in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May, 1942.
		Lexington served as the flagship of Fast Carrier Task Force 58 under the command of Admiral Marc Mitscher.
		In 1962, she was assigned to serve as the Navy's training aircraft carrier, a duty which she performed until her decommissioning on November 26, 1991.
	www.hnsa.org /ships/lexington.htm (272 words)

	Marc Andrew Mitscher, Admiral, United States Navy
		Welded fast carriers into a fighting team that fought the Battles of Philippine Sea, June 19-20, 1944, and Gulf of Leyte, October 24-25, 1944, and bested the Japanese Kamikazes in the Okinawa Campaign in the Spring of 1945.
		He left Saratoga in June 1929 to return to the USS Langley, the carrier on which he was assigned for a brief period in 1926.
		The carrier was commissioned on October 20, 1941, and Captain Marc Mitscher became her first commanding officer.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /mamitsch.htm (948 words)

	Boyd WWII Diary - part 8 of 20
		Landing is supported by naval gunfire, carrier aircraft, and landbased aircraft from Saipan.
		Fast Carrier Task Force is reorganized into First Fast Carrier Task Force, Pacific Fleet (Vice Adm. M.
		Carrier planes sank one escort vessel and two other small craft and damaged five barges including the two troop carriers, a landing craft and three smaller vessels.
	pages.cthome.net /boyd544/Diary08.htm (1761 words)

	VF-31: Nooy, Hawkins, Wirth, et al (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Having conquered the Gilberts, the Fast Carrier Task Force turned its attention to the Marshalls in January 1944, with Kwajalein atoll first on the hit list.
		The carriers cruised in a diamond formation, with cruisers and battleship inside and the destroyers in a four-mile circle around the outside.
		The carrier was in Condition One, with four Hellcats idling on deck, two of them in the catapults, ready for launch in a matter of seconds.
	www.acepilots.com /usn_vf31.html (1194 words)

	Korean War Naval Chronology, July-December 1951
		Commander United Nations Blockading and Escort Force directed Commander Task Group 95.1 to insure that Task Element 95.11 planes bomb northern bank of Han River west of Yesong Gang daily and spotting planes be furnished daily for frigates bombarding in the Han.
		Commander United Nations Blockading and Escort Force (CTF 95) recommended to higher authority that certain officers and men of the ROK Navy be authorized to attend naval training schools in the U.S. for furthering their naval skills.
		Carrier element-HMS Sydney (CVL), USS Hyman (DD 732), HMCS Sioux (DD) and BMS Constance (DD).
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/korea/chron51b.htm (4323 words)

	USS Haynsworth DD700 - Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Haynsworth sailed 16 December for Ulithi and joined Vice Admiral J. McCain's Fast Carrier Task Force 3S for the final assaults on the Japanese.
		During the next 3 months she operated with the 3d and 5th Fleets as part of the screen for the Fast Carrier Task Force; the primary mission being to conduct air strikes against strategic Japanese positions along the China coast, and Formosa, and to harass enemy shipping during the landings at Luzon 9 January 1945.
		She sortied 10 February with Admiral Marc Mitscher's Fast Carrier Force 58 for strikes against airfields, factories, and shipping in the Tokyo area.
	www.usshaynsworth.com /PostcardKearnyNJ.htm (1007 words)

	VA-145 Swordsmen: Squadron Chronology
		This policy, the result of fairly stable front lines, was effective 21 September and applied to all units of the Fast Carrier Task Force.
		This policy was modified later in the war and Fast Carrier Task Force squadrons again flew close air support missions.
		The squadron, embarked in RANGER, flew sorties from the carrier while it operated off Taiwan due to increasing tensions between the Chinese Nationalists and Chinese Communists.
	www.swordsmen.org /chrono.htm (952 words)

	USS Hornet (CV-12)
		The afternoon of 18 June 1944 HORNET formed with the Fast Carrier Task Force to intercept the Japanese First Mobile Fleet, headed through the Philippine Sea for Saipan.
		But fighter aircraft from HORNET and other carriers did a magnificent job and broke up all the attacks before the Japanese aerial raiders reached the task force.
		During the Battle for Leyte Gulf she launched raids for damaging hits to the Japanese center force in the Battle off Samar, and hastened the retreat of the enemy fleet through the Sibuyan Sea towards Borneo.
	www.swordsmen.org /hornet.htm (1128 words)

	DD-700 DANFS
		The day after the invasion was launched, Task Force 38 moved into the South China Sea and conducted raids on the China coast and Indochina, doing much damage to the enemy.
		After more operations on the East Coast and in the Caribbean, and a Midshipman cruise to the North Atlantic, Haynsworth sailed from Norfolk 2 November 1953 for a round-the-world cruise.
		While in the Pacific she was assigned duty for 4 months in the Far East with the 7th Fleet, a vital peace keeping force in that part of the world.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd700txt.htm (921 words)

	USS Tucson (SSN 770) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Following shakedown and training cruises, TUCSON was assigned to screening duty for Fast Carrier Task Force, TF-38.
		TUCSON joined the fast carriers in mid 1945 in time to participate in their final assault on the Japanese Empire and its inner defenses.
		Their mission: to hunt down and destroy enemy naval forces alone or in battle group operations, lay mines off enemy ports, provide covert intelligence, support Navy, Army, and Air Force special forces and conduct cruise missile strikes against targets ashore.
	www.csp.navy.mil /css7/770.htm (352 words)

	USS Oakland CL-95 History 1945-VJ Day
		Carrier ANTIETAM (CV-36), is commissioned at Philadelphia, Pa.
		Army forces are landed in the Mariveles Harbor area of Bataan
		45'E. 04/10 The Oakland was assigned to Task Group 58.3 in which group she operated for the remainder of the Okinawa campaign.
	www.rtcol.com /~oakland/hist45vj.html (7473 words)

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