The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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| Table of Contents |
| Unit |
Commander |
Start |
Administrative Assignment |
Operational Assignment |
Notes |
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| Troop
Carrier Command |
William D.
Old |
Activated 1943 |
Eastern
Air Command |
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| CVE Sangamon |
Arrived 1943-1 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Cony | Arrived 1943-1 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Bell | Arrived 1943-1 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Beale | Arrived 1943-1 | United States Navy | History |
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| AK Oberon | Arrived 1943-1 | United States Navy | History | ||
| PY Hydrographer |
Arrived 1943-1 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 158 Regiment | Arrived 1943-1 (Panama) | Southwest Pacific
Area |
Arizona National Guard.
Participated in New Guinea,
Bismarcks, and
Luzon campaigns |
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| VMF-123 |
Arrived 1943-1 |
2 Marine Aircraft Wing | |||
| VMF-124 |
Arrived 1943-1 |
MAG-12 | F4U Corsair |
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| VMSB-144 |
Arrived 1943-1 |
2 Marine Aircraft Wing | |||
| 40
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1 |
United States Navy | |||
| 41
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1 |
United States Navy | |||
| 51
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 52
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | |||
| Southwest
Pacific Amphibious Force |
Daniel E.
Barbey |
Activated 1943-1 |
Southwest
Pacific Force |
Redesignated VII Amphibious Force
1944--8-1 |
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| VD-1 |
Activated 1943-1 (Guadalcanal) |
South
Pacific Force |
Photoreconnaissance Liberators |
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| SS Runner | Arrived 1943-1-1 | United States Navy | History. Mined ca. 1943-7-4 off Hokkaido | ||
| CL Montpelier |
Arrived 1942-11-14 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 15 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1943-1-1 (Pearl Harbor) |
Fleet Marine Force | |||
| AK Celeno | Completed 1943-1-2 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Strong | Arrived 1943-1-3 | United States Navy | History.
Sunk 1943-7-5 off New
Georgia by destroyers
Mochitsuki, Mikatsuki, and Hamakaze |
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| AP William P. Biddle |
Arrived
1943-1-3 |
United States Navy | History |
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| AP Joseph T. Dickman |
Arrived 1943-1-3 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 352 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1943-1-4 (San Francisco) | China-Burma-India | African-American | ||
| AVP Rockaway | Completed 1943-1-6 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 330 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1943-1-8 (Los Angeles) | China-Burma-India | |||
| 47
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1-10 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| SS Sawfish | Arrived 1943-1-11 | United States Navy | History |
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| 13
Air Force |
Nathan F. Twining |
Activated 1943-1-11 |
Air
Force
Combat Command |
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| 13 Bomber
Command |
Activated 1943-1-13 (Espiritu Santo) |
13 Air Force |
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| 13 Fighter
Command |
Activated 1943-1-13 (New Caledonia) | 13 Air Force | |||
| 44
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-1-13 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| AM Swallow | Completed 1943-1-14 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Tinosa | Completed 1943-1-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
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| 14 Marine Defense
Battalion |
Activated 1943-1-15 (Tulagi) |
South Pacific Force | |||
| 360 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-1-15 (Glendale) |
2 Air Force | P-38
Lightning. Primarily an advanced training formation.
Composed of 371, 372, 373, and 446 Fighter Squadrons.
Disbanded 1944-3-31. |
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| 362 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1943-1-16 (Panama) |
South Pacific Force |
African-American | ||
| AK Cetus | Completed 1943-1-17 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| DE Whitman | Completed 1943-1-19 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 15 Antiaircraft Artillery Group | Arrived 1943-1-20 (Camp Haan) | Southwest Pacific
Area |
Participated in the New Guinea, Bismarcks, and Leyte campaigns | ||
| 18
Photographic Mapping Squadron |
Arrived 1943-1-20 |
4 Photographic Group | |||
| AK Deimos | Completed 1943-1-23 (Richmond | United States Navy | History.
Torpedoed 1943-6-23 off New Caldedonia and
scuttled |
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| 317 Troop Carrier Group |
Arrived 1943-1-23 |
5 Air Force |
C-47 Skytrain.
Composed of 39,
40, 41, and 46 Troop Carrier
Squadrons. |
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| 6 Army |
Walter Krueger |
Activated 1943-1-25 |
United States Army | ||
| XIV
Corps |
Alexander M. Patch |
Activated 1943-1-25 |
South Pacific Force |
Participated in the Guadalcanal, upper Solomons, and Luzon campaigns |
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| SS Scamp | Arrived 1943-1-26 | United States Navy | History |
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| 390
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-1-26 (Geiger Field) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 568, 569, 570, and 571 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-6-6. |
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| 350 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1943-1-28 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | African-American. Participated in northern Solomons campaign. | ||
| CL Denver |
Arrived 1943-1-29 |
United States Navy | History |
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| 197
Regiment |
Activated 1943-1-29 (Adak) |
Alaska Defense
Command |
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| DD Yarnall | Completed 1943-1-30 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Bache | Arrived 1943-2 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Eaton | Arrived 1943-2 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Balao | Arrived 1943-2 | United States Navy | History |
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| VF-27 |
Arrived 1943-2 |
United States Navy | |||
| VMF-215 |
Arrived 1943-2 |
4
Marine Aircraft Wing |
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| 55
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-2 |
United States Navy | |||
| VD-3 |
Activated 1943-2 |
United States Navy | Photoreconnaissance Liberators | ||
| Amphibious
Force, North Pacific Area |
Francis
W. Rockwell |
Activated 1943-2 |
North
Pacific Area |
Redesignated IX
Amphibious Force 1943 |
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| 1 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-2-2 |
10 Air Force |
C-47 |
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| AOG Patapsco |
Completed 1943-2-4 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| AT Chikasaw |
Completed 1943-2-4 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Abner Read | Completed 1943-2-5 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1944-11-1 off Samar | ||
| DD Endicott | Completed 1943-2-5 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History |
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| 766 Tank Battalion | Arrived 1943-2-8 (Schofield Barracks) |
Hawaiian Department | Originally a light tank battalion | ||
| 767 Tank Battalion | Arrived 1943-2-8 (Schofield Barracks) |
Hawaiian Department | Originally a light tank battalion | ||
| 181 Field Artillery Battalion | Arrived 1943-2-8 (Camp Roberts) | 6 Army |
155mm howitzers | ||
| 198
Regiment |
Activated 1943-2-9 (Alaska) |
Alaska Defense Command | |||
| Amphibian
Group 8 |
John L. Hall |
Activatd 1942-2-9 |
United States Navy | ||
| 48
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-2-10 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| Cruiser Division 12 |
Merrill,
A. Stanton |
Activated 1943-2-11 |
United States Navy | Cleveland, Colombia, Montpelier,
Denver |
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| DD Pringle | Arrived 1943-2-13 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-4-16 off Okinawa | ||
| SS Tullibee | Completed 1943-2-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History. Sunk 1944-3-27 by own defective torpedo | ||
| VB-102 |
Activated 1943-2-15 (Kaneohe) |
United States Navy | PB4Y-2 Privateer |
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| Aircraft, Solomon Islands |
Charles
P.Mason |
Activated 1943-2-15 (Guadalcanal) |
South
Pacific Area |
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| AK Draco | Completed 1943-2-16 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| 395
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-2-16 (Ephrata) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. An operational training unit.
Composed of 588, 589, 590, and 591 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-10-25. |
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| 2 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-2-17 |
10 Air Force | C-47 | ||
| VB-137 |
Activated 1943-2-17 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 |
PV-1 Ventura |
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| CVE Santee | Arrived 1943-2-18 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AO Pecos |
Arrived 1943-2-18 |
Pacific
Ocean
Areas |
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| 57
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-2-19 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| AH Relief |
Arrived 1943-2-23 |
United States Navy | History |
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| Carrier Division 22 |
Activated 1943-2-25 |
United States Navy | Sangamon, Chenango, Suwannee
and Santee |
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| 53
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-2-26 (San Diego) |
United States Navy | |||
| AM Heed | Completed 1943-2-27 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Renshaw | Arrived 1943-3 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS S-46 | Arrived 1943-3 | United States Navy | History |
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| AT Apache |
Arrived 1943-3 |
United States Navy | History |
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| AO Millicoma | Arrived 1943-3 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AO Cache |
Arrived 1943-3 | United States Navy | History |
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| VF-28 |
Arrived 1943-3 |
United States Navy | |||
| VMJ-153 |
Arrived 1943-3 |
MAG-25 | |||
| Destroyer Squadron 21 |
Activated 1943-3 |
United States Navy | Flagship: CL Denver. Present at
Battle of Rennell
Island. |
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| 61
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 62
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| VMSB-235 |
Arrrived 1943-3 (Ewa) |
Aircraft,
Fleet
Marine Force, Pacific |
South
Pacific Area |
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| VP-102 |
Activated 1943-3-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 | PB2Y Coronado |
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| 363 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-3-1 (Hamilton Field) |
4
Air Force |
P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 160,
161, and 162 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1943-12-3. |
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| 398
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-3-1 (Ephrata) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 600, 601, 602, and 603 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-6-20. |
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| 399
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-3-1 (Davis-Montham Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. An operational training unit. Composed of 604, 605, 606, and 607 Bombardment
Squadrons. Deactivated 1944-3-31. |
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| 444
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-3-1 (Davis-Montham Field) | 2 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 676, 677, 678, and 679 Bombardment
Groups. Withdrawn 1943-7-29. Returned 1944-4-11. |
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| 59
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3-4 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| DD Stanly | Arrived 1943-3-7 | United States Navy | History |
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| 60
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3-7 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| SS Snook | Arrived 1943-3-10 | United States Navy | History. Disappeared 1945-4-20 east of Formosa | ||
| Fleet Air Wing 6 |
Activated <1943-3-10 |
United States Navy | |||
| VP-45 | Activated 1943-3-10 (Sand Point,
Washington) |
Fleet Air Wing 6 |
PBY-5 Catalina |
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| 14 Air Force |
Claire
L. Chennault |
Activated 1943-3-10 (Kunming) |
Army
Air Forces China |
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| DD Ammen | Completed 1943-3-12 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
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| 50
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-2-13 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 54 Troop
Carrier Wing |
Paul H.
Prentiss |
Activated 1943-3-13 (Brisbane) | 5
Air Force |
Initially composed of 317
and 374
Troop Carrier Groups. |
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| SS Peto | Arrived 1943-3-14 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
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| CL Santa
Fe |
Arrived 1943-3-14 |
United States Navy | History |
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| SS Scorpion | Arrived 1943-3-15 | United States Navy | History. Mined ca. 1944-2-24 in East China Sea | ||
| AVP San Pablo | Completed 1943-3-15 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 1 Marine Raider
Regiment |
Activated 1943-3-15 (Espiritu Santo) |
I
Marine Amphibious Corps |
Formed from 1,
2,
3,
and 4
Marine Raider Battalions |
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| VP-15 |
Activated 1943-3-15 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PB2Y Coronado |
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| VB-138 |
Activated 1943-3-15 (Ault Field) |
Fleet Air Wing 6 |
PV-1 Ventura |
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| 56
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3-15 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 11 Bomber
Command |
Earl H.
DeFord |
Activated 1943-3-19 (Adak) |
11 Air Force |
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| AM Herald | Completed 1943-3-23 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 63
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-3-23 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| SS Pogy | Arrived 1943-3-25 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Hutchins | Arrived 1943-3-25 | United States Navy | History |
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| 2 Engineer
Amphibian Brigade |
1943-3-25 (San Francisco) | Southwest Pacific Area | Redesignated 2 Engineer
Special Brigade on 1943-7-4. Participated in New Guinea and Leyte campaigns |
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| AK Albireo | Completed 1943-3-29 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Gunnel | Arrived 1943-4 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Stevens | Arrived 1943-4 | United States Navy | History |
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| AT Arapaho | Arrived 1943-4 | United States Navy | History |
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| VMSB-236 |
Arrived 1943-4 |
1 Marine Aircraft Wing | |||
| 58 Naval
Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-4 |
United States Navy | |||
| 73
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-4 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| AK Auriga |
Completed 1943-4-1 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
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| 1 Marine Parachute
Regiment |
Activated 1943-4-1 |
I
Marine Amphibious Corps |
Assembled from 1, 2, and 3
Marine Parachute Battalions, which had been attached to
regular Marine regiments and had performed no combat drops. |
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| VB-139 |
Activated 1943-4-1 (Ault Field) |
Fleet Air Wing 6 |
PV-1 Ventura |
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| 76
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-4-1 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| Cruisers-Destroyers,
Pacific Fleet |
Mahlon S.
Tisdale |
Activated 1943-4-1 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Merger of Cruisers,
Pacific Fleet and Destroyers,
Pacific Fleet |
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| DE Edward C. Daley | Completed 1943-4-3 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 339 Engineer General Services Regiment | Arrived 1943-4-3 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army |
Participated in New Guinea campaign | ||
| AO Atascosa |
Arrived 1943-4-4 |
United States Navy | History |
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| AP La Salle |
Completed 1943-4-6 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
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| AM Token | Arrived 1943-4-9 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AOG Rio Grande |
Completed 1943-4-10 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| AS Bushnell | Completed 1943-4-10 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| VB-104 |
Activated 1943-2-15 (Kaneohe) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 |
PB4Y-2 Privateer |
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| AVP Chincoteague | Completed 1943-4-12 | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Breton | Completed 1943-4-12 (Tacoma) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Steele | Arrived 1943-4-13 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 312
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1943-4-13 (Rice Field) |
4
Air Force |
A-36 Apache.
Composed of 386, 387, 388, and 389 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
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| SS Skate | Completed 1943-4-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
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| 390 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-4-15 |
South Pacific Force |
B-25 Mitchell |
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| AK Cor Caroli | Completed 1943-4-16 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| DE Gilmore | Completed 1943-4-17 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Motive | Completed 1943-4-17 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 75
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-4-18 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 822 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-4-20 |
Southwest Pacific Area | B-25 Mitchell | ||
| 823 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-4-20 |
Southwest Pacific Area | B-25 Mitchell | ||
| VB-140 |
Activated 1943-4-21 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PV-1 Ventura |
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| DD Mullany | Completed 1943-4-23 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
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| CVE Kasaan Bay | Completed 1943-4-25 Withdrawn 1944-1-12 Returned 1944-12-25 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| Battleship Division 8 |
Glenn B.
Davis |
Activated 1943-4-27 |
United States Navy | Indiana, Massachussetts, North
Carolina, South Dakota |
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| 380 Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1943-4-28 |
5 Air Force | B-24 Liberator.
Composed of 328, 329, 330, and 331 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
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| 82
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-4-28 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| CVE Prince William |
Completed 1943-4-29 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| At Lipan | Completed 1943-4-29 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
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| AM Pursuit | Completed 1943-4-30 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AO Saugatuck | Arrived 1943-4-30 | Service Force |
History | ||
| DD Anthony | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Claxton | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Dyson | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Foote | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Philip | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| CV Essex | Arrived 1943-5 | Carrier Division 3 |
VF-9 History |
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| SS Pompon | Arrived 1943-5 | United States Navy | History |
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| AO Saranac | Arrived 1943-5 | Service Force |
History | ||
| AO Neshanic |
Arrived 1943-5 | Service Force | History |
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| VP-52 | Arrived 1943-5 (San Diego) |
United States Navy | PBY-5 Catalina |
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| 79
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-5 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | |||
| 86
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-5 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| Cruiser Division 13 |
DuBose,
Laurance T. |
Activated 1943-5 |
United States Navy | Santa Fe, Birmingham, Mobile,
Biloxi |
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| SS Jack | Arrived 1943-5-1 | United States Navy | History |
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| DE Burden R. Hastings | Completed 1943-5-1 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 448
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-5-1 (Gowen Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 712, 713, 714, and 715 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-9. |
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| SS Batfish | Arrived 1943-5-4 | United States Navy | History |
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| 85
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-5-6 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| DD Boyd | Completed 1943-5-8 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
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| AK Mintaka | Completed 1943-5-10 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Bush | Completed 1943-5-10 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-4-6 off Okinawa | ||
| DD Halford | Completed 1943-5-10 at Bremerton | United States Navy | History |
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| AOG Wabash |
Completed 1943-5-10 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| 533
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment |
Activated 1943-5-10 (Fort Ord) |
United
States Army |
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| SS Lapon | Arrived 1943-5-11 | United States Navy | History |
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| AK Sterope | Completed 1943-5-14 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
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| AK Murzim | Completed 1943-5-14 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
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| AM Oracle | Completed 1943-5-14 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 475
Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-5-14 (Amberley Field) |
5 Air Force | P-38 Lightning. Composed of 431, 432, and 433 Fighter Squadrons. | ||
| AVP Coos Bay | Completed 1943-5-15 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE LeHardy | Completed 1943-5-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 84
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-5-15 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| DD Bennett | Arrived 1943-5-16 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Gurnard | Arrived 1943-5-18 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD John Rodgers | Arrived 1943-5-20 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Mingo | Arrived 1943-5-21 | United States Navy | History |
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| 460 Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1943-5-21 |
Southwest Pacific Area | P-47 Thunderbolt |
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| APA Doyen |
Completed 1943-5-22 (San Pedro) | South Pacific Force | |||
| 55 Coastal Artillery Regiment | Arrived 1943-5-22 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | 155mm guns. Mobile.
Inactivated 1944-5-31. |
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| 353 Engineer General Services Regiment | 1943-5-22 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | Redesignated 1177 Engineer
Construction Group 1944-4-1. |
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| Cruiser Division 1 |
W.D. Baker |
Activated 1943-5-27 |
Pacific
Fleet |
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| AT Mataco | Completed 1943-5-29 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
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| AK Etamin | Arrived 1943-6 | United States Navy | History |
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| 134 Field
Artillery Battalion |
Detached from 37 Division
1943-6-1 |
Southwest Pacific Area | |||
| AM Tumult | Arrived 1943-5-27 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Trathen | Completed 1943-5-28 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
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| AK Serpens | Completed 1943-5-28 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History.
Destroyed in accidental explosion 1945-1-23 off Guadalcanal |
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| DD Charles Ausburne | Arrived 1943-6 | United States Navy | History |
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| SS Billfish | Arrived 1943-6 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Fullam | Arrived 1943-6 | United States Navy | History |
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| 78
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-6 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 88
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-6 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| VB-106 |
Activated 1943-6-1 (Camp Kearny) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PB4Y Liberator |
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| VB-142 |
Actjvated 1943-6-1 (Whidbey Island) |
Fleet Air Wing 6 | PV-1 Ventura |
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| 364 Fighter Group | Activated 1943e-6-1 (Glendale) | 4 Air Force | P-38
Lightning. Composed of 383,
384, and 385 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1944-1-11. |
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| 453
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-6-1 (Wendover Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 732, 733, 734, and 735 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-12-2. |
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| 456
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-6-1 (Wendover Field) | 2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 744, 745, 746, and 747 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-12. |
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| 345 Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1943-6-5 (Port Moresby) |
5 Air Force |
B-25 Mitchell.
Composed of 498, 499, 500, and 501 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
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| AOG Susquehanna |
Completed 1943-6-7 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Requisite | Completed 1943-6-7 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| VP-34 |
Arrived 1943-6-7 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PBY Catalina | ||
| DE Wileman | Completed 1943-6-11 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Bradford | Completed 1943-6-12 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Paddle | Arrived 1943-6-15 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AVP Half Moon | Completed 1943-6-15 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Excel | Arrived 1943-6-16 | United States Navy | History | ||
| PF Coronado | Completed 1943-6-17 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History.
Transferred to Russia
1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease |
||
| DD Hazelwood | Completed 1943-6-18 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Brownson | Arrived 1943-6-18 | United States Navy | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1943-12-26 off New Britain |
||
| DD Thatcher | Arrived 1943-6-19 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 68
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-6-19 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 87
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-6-19 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| APA Feland | Completed 1943-6-21 (San Pedro) | South Pacific Force | |||
| 348
Fighter
Group |
Arrived 1943-6-23 (Port Moresby) |
5 Air Force |
P-47 Thunderbolt.
Compsed of 340, 341, and 342 Fighter Squadrons. |
||
| AM Velocity | Arrived 1943-6-24 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 33 Division | John Millikin | Arrived 1943-6-24 (Camp Stoneman) | Hawaiian Department | Illinois National Guard. Composed of 123, 130, and 136 Regiments following triangularization. Participated in the New Guinea and Luzon campaigns. | |
| DE Charles R. Greer | Completed 1943-6-25 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVL Independence |
Arrived 1943-6-25 |
United States Navy | VF-22 History |
||
| 7 Recon Squadron | Arrived 1943-6-26 (Camp Saint Louis Obispo) |
United States Army | |||
| 82 Chemical Mortar
Battalion |
Arrived 1943-6-27 (San Francisco) |
South Pacific Area |
|||
| 21
Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1943-6-27 |
China-Burma-India |
F-5 |
||
| APA Ormsby |
Completed 1943-6-28 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | |||
| 80
Fighter Group |
Arrived 1943-6-28 |
10 Air Force |
P-40 Warhawk. Composed
of 88, 89, and 90 Fighter Squadrons. |
||
| APA Pierce | Completed 1943-6-30 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | |||
| DD Dashiell | Arrived 1943-7 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Cabrilla | Arrived 1943-7 | United States Navy | History |
||
| VMF(N)-531 |
Arrived 1943-7 |
2
Marine Aircraft Wing |
|||
| 74
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 77
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 91
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| DD Schroeder | Arrived 1943-7-1 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Spence | Arrived 1943-7-1 | United States Navy | History.
Lost in typhoon
1944-12-18 off Luzon |
||
| DE Griswold | Arrived 1943-7-1 | United States Navy | History | ||
| VB-108 |
Activated 1943-7-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 |
PB4Y-1 Privateer |
||
| 457
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-7-1 (Geiger Field) |
2 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 748, 749, 750, and 751 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-1-1. |
||
| 458
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-7-1 (Wendover Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 752, 753, 754, and 755 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1943-12-29. |
||
| 461
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-7-1 (Wendover Field) | 2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 764, 765, 766, and 767 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-1. |
||
| 1052 Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group | Arrived 1943-7-3 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army | Participated in the New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns. | ||
| 1 Special Service Force | Arrived 1943-7-4 (San Francisco) |
4
Army |
Originally trained for
operations in Norway, but committed to operations in the
Pacific instead. Withdrawn 1943-9-9 |
||
| DD Heermann | Completed 1943-7-6 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
||
| AKA Thuban | Arrived 1943-7-6 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Wintle | Completed 1943-7-10 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Brown | Completed 1943-7-10 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
||
| 375 Troop Carrier Group |
Arrived 1943-7-10 |
54
Troop Carrier Wing |
C-47 Skytrain.
Composed of 55, 56, 57 and 58 Troop Carrier
Squadrons. |
||
| CV Yorktown II | Arrived 1943-7-11 | United States Navy | VF-5 History |
||
| DD Terry | Arrived 1943-7-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD McKee | Arrived 1943-7-13 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 65
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7-13 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| SS Sunfish | Completed 1943-7-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Bootes | Completed 1943-7-15 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 71
Liaison
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-7-15 |
China-Burma-India |
L-5 |
||
| VF-1 |
Activated 1943-7-15 (Alameda) |
United States Navy | |||
| 71
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7-15 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 367 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-7-15 (Hamilton Field) |
4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 392,
393, and 394 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1944-3-8. |
||
| SS Pargo | Arrived 1943-7-16 | United States Navy | History |
||
| CL Mobile |
Arrived 1943-7-16 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| ATF Tawasa |
Completed 1943-7-17 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AP President Monroe | Completed 1943-7-18 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVL Belleau Wood |
Arrived 1943-7-18 |
United States Navy | VF-24 History |
||
| DD Wadsworth | Arrived 1943-7-21 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Revenge | Completed 1943-7-21 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 1 Cavalry Division | Innis P. Swift | Arrived 1943-7-21 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army | Composed of 1 Calvary Brigade (5 and 12 Cavalry Regiments) and 2 Cavalry Brigade (7 and 8 Cavalry Regimwents).
Considered an elite formation, with a high percentage of
regular officers and men and a long tradition. (Elements of
7 Cavalry Regiment were annihilated along with George
Armstrong Custer at the Little Bighorn in 1876.) The
division participated in the New Guinea, Bismarcks, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns |
|
| 6 Division | Franklin C. Sibert | 1943-7-21 (San Francisco) | 6 Army |
Composed of 1, 20 and 63 Regiments. Participated in the New Guinea and Luzon campaigns | |
| AK Lyra | Completed 1943-7-22 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Dempsey | Completed 1943-7-24 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AK Lynx | Completed 1943-7-26 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 3 Airborne
Antiaircraft Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7-26 (San Francisco) |
6 Army | |||
| 9 Airborne
Antiaircraft Battalion |
Arrived 1943-7-26 (San Francisco) |
6 Army | |||
| DD Sigsbee | Arrived 1943-7-27 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Guest | Arrived 1943-7-28 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Harrison | Arrived 1943-7-29 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hoel | Completed 1943-7-29 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History. Sunk by gunfire 1944-10-25 off Samar | ||
| AK Triangulum |
Completed 1943-7-30 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History |
||
| ARL Amycus | converted 1943-7-30 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History | ||
| ARB Oceanus | Arrived 1943-7-30 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Franks | Completed 1943-7-30 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Sheridan |
Completed 1943-7-31 (San Francisco) | South Pacific Force | |||
| AK Ganymede | Completed 1943-7-31 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Burns | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | |||
| DE Engstrom | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Crouter | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Carlson | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Bebas | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Blackfish | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Braine | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Herring |
Arrived 1943-8 |
United States Navy | History.
Sunk by coastal batteries 1944-6-1 off Matsuwa |
||
| DE Parks | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Acree | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| CV Bunker Hill | Arrived 1943-8 | Carrier Division 3 |
VF-17, VB-17 History |
||
| DD Bullard | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | |||
| SS Cero | Arrived 1943-8 | United States Navy | History |
||
| VF-38 |
Arrived 1943-8 |
United States Navy | |||
| Carrier Division 12 |
Alfred
E. Montgomery |
Activated 1943-8 |
Pacific Fleet | Essex |
|
| Cruiser Division 15 |
Russell S.
Berkey |
Activated 1943-8 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Phoenix, Nashville |
|
| VD-4 |
Activated 1943-8 |
United States Navy | Photoreconnaissance Liberators | ||
| CV Lexington II | Arrived 1943-8-1 | United States Navy | VF-16 History |
||
| CVL Princeton |
Arrived 1943-8-1 |
United States Navy | VF-23 History. Scuttled after air attack on 1944-10-22 off Samar in the Philippines |
||
| SS Muskallunge | Arrived 1943-8-1 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Levy | Arrived 1943-8-1 | United States Navy | History | ||
| VB-109 |
Activated 1943-8-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 | PB4Y Liberator |
||
| VP-81 |
Arrived 1943-8-1 (San Diego) |
United States Navy | PBY Catalina |
||
| 369 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-8-1 (Hamilton Field) |
4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 398,
399 and 400 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1944-3-28. |
||
| 464
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-8-1 (Wendover Field) |
4 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 776, 777, 778, and 779 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-2-9. |
||
| 467
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-8-1 (Wendover Field) | 4 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 788, 789, 790, and 791 Bombardment
Squadrons, Withdrawn 1944-2-12. |
||
| 470
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-8-1 (Mountain Home) |
4 Air Force | B-17
Flying Fortress. Composed of 800, 801, 802, and 803 Bombardment
Squadrons. Used for replacement training. Disbanded
1944-3-31. |
||
| 474 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-8-1 (Glendale) |
2 Air Force | P-38
Lightning. Composed of 428,
429, and 430 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1944-2-6. |
||
| 92
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-8-4 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| DE Duffy | Completed 1943-8-5 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Liscombe Bay | Completed 1943-8-7 | United States Navy | History. Torpedoed 1943-11-23 off Makin | ||
| SS Cisco | Arrived 1943-8-7 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 93
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-8-9 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| AK Sculptor | Completed 1943-8-10 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Bowfin | Arrived 1943-8-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 68 Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade | Arrived 1943-8-10 (New Caledonia) | South Pacific Force | Participated in northern Solomons and Luzon campaigns |
||
| DE Emery | Completed 1943-8-14 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| VPB-144 |
Activated 1943-8-14 (Alameda) |
United States Navy | PV-1 Ventura |
||
| ARB Aristaeus | Arrived 1943-8-15 | United States Navy | History | ||
| VF-33 |
Activated 1943-8-15 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | |||
| VP-33 |
Activated 1943-8-15 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 | PBY-5A Catalina |
||
| DD Welles | Completed 1943-8-16 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AT Tekesta | Completed 1943-8-16 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 4
Marine Division |
Harry Schmidt |
Activated 1943-8-16 (Camp Pendleton) |
Fleet Marine Force |
Pacific Ocean Areas |
23
Marine Regiment 24 Marine Regiment 25 Marine Regiment 14 Marine Regiment (artillery) |
| VB-148 |
Activated 1943-8-16 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 | PV-1 Ventura |
||
| AK Naos | Completed 1943-8-17 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 121
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-8-17 (Camp Pendleton) |
United States Navy | |||
| DE Greiner | Completed 1943-8-18 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 6 Antiaircraft Artillery Group | 1943-8-18 (Camp Haan) | Southwest Pacific Area | Participated in the Bismarck, New Guinea, and Luzon campaigns | ||
| DD McCord | Completed 1943-8-19 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| ARL Agenor | Converted 1943-8-20 (Vancouver) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 32
Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade |
Arrived 1943-8-20 (Camp Stoneman) | Southwest Pacific
Area |
Participated in the Leyte and New Guinea campaigns |
||
| 95
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| SS Bluefish | Arrived 1943-8-21 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Shad | Arrived 1943-8-21 | United States Navy | History |
||
| ARS Clamp | Completed 1943-8-23 (Napa) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Cowell | Completed 1943-8-23 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Sage | Completed 1943-8-23 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AK Hyperion | Completed 1943-8-25 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History |
||
| Fleet Air
West Coast |
Marc
Mitscher |
Activated 1943-8-25? |
Air
Force, Pacific Fleet |
||
| V Amphibious Corps |
Holland M. Smith |
Activated 1943-8-25 (Camp Elliott) |
5 Fleet |
2
Marine Division 27 Division |
|
| DE Stadtfeld | Completed 1943-8-26 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 449 Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1943-8-26 |
China-Burma-India | P-38 Lightning |
||
| CVE Coral Sea | Completed 1943-8-27 | United States Navy | History.
Renamed Anzio 1944-9-15
to free the name for a large carrier |
||
| 433 Troop Carrier Group |
Arrived 1943-8-27 |
54
Troop Carrier Wing |
C-47 Skytrain. Arrived
with 67 Troop
Carrier Squadron. |
||
| DE Osterhaus | Arrived 1943-8-28 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Nicholas | Arrived 1943-8-30 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Bond | Completed 1943-8-30 (Portland) | United States Navy | History. To Russia, with love, 1945-8-17 | ||
| SS Bonefish | Arrived 1943-8-30 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History. Sunk by depth charge 1945-6-18 in Toyama Bay | ||
| DE McConnell | Arrived 1943-8-31 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AT Yuma | Completed 1943-8-31 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AG Pollux | Arrived 1943-8-31 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AKA Virgo | Arrived 1943-8-31 | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Corregidor | Completed 1943-8-31 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Miller | Completed 1943-8-31 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Haggard | Completed 1943-8-31 at Seattle | United States Navy | History |
||
| CL Birmingham |
Arrived 1943-8-31 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hudson | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Murray | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Archerfish | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AOG Pasquotank |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Baron | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Erben | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Barb | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Conner | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Dace | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Puffer | Arrived 1943-9 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Chauncey | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Charrette | Arrived 1943-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Harry Lee |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Calvert |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Monrovia |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| VF-18 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | |||
| VF-40 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | |||
| VFN-75 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
United States Navy | Equipped with Corsair night fighters |
||
| Marine
Aircraft Group 31 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
2
Marine Aircraft Wing |
VMF-311 VMSB-331 |
||
| VMF-113 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
MAG-22 |
|||
| VMSB-133 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
3 Marine Aircraft Wing | |||
| VMF-216 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
2
Marine Aircraft Wing |
|||
| VMJ-353 |
Arrived 1943-9 |
4 Marine Aircraft Wing | |||
| 90
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-9 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| Amphibian
Group 2 |
Harry W.
Hill |
Activate 1943-9 |
Pacific
Fleet |
||
| 76
Reconnaissance Group |
Arrived 1943-9 (Thermal) |
2
Air Force |
P-39
and other types. Composed of 23, 97,
and 102
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons. Disbanded
1944-4-15. |
||
| 339
Fighter-Bomber Group |
Arrived 1943-9 (Rice Field) |
2 Air Force | P-51
Mustang. Composed of 503,
504, and 505 Fighter-Bomber
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-3. |
||
| DE Wyman | Completed 1943-9-1 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Seid | Arrived 1943-9-1 | United States Navy | History | ||
| BB Alabama |
Arrived 1943-9-1 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Kidd | Arrived 1943-9-1 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AO Ashtabula | Arrived 1943-9-1 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 68 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-9-1 |
433 Troop Carrier Group |
C-47 Skytrain |
||
| 69 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-9-1 |
433 Troop Carrier
Group |
C-47 Skytrain |
||
| 459 Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1943-8-26 |
80
Fighter Group |
P-38 Lightning |
||
| DE Roberts | Completed 1943-9-2 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AKA Leonard Wood |
Arrived 1943-9-2 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Hake | Arrived 1943-9-3 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE William C. Miller | Arrived 1943-9-3 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 68 Fighter Wing |
Activated 1943-9-3 (Kunming) |
14 Air Force |
Redesignated 68
Composite Wing 1943-12. Composed of 23
Fighter Group. |
||
| DE Martin | Completed 1943-9-4 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 70 Troop Carrier
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-9-7 |
433 Troop Carrier
Group |
C-47 Skytrain |
||
| AM Champion |
Completed 1943-9-8 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
||
| PF Long Beach | Completed 1943-9-8 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History. Transferred to Russia 1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease | ||
| ARB Phaon | Arrived 1943-9-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Sederstrom | Completed 1943-9-11 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVL Cowpens |
Arrived 1943-9-11 |
Carrier Division 12 |
VF-25 History |
||
| SS Rasher | Arrived 1943-9-11 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Luce | Arrived 1943-9-13 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-5-3 off Okinawa | ||
| 311
Fighter-Bomber Group |
Arrived 1943-9-14 (Nawadih) |
10 Air Force |
A-36 Apache. Composed
of 528, 529, and 530 Fighter-Bomber
Squadrons. |
||
| Patrol
Wing
17 |
Activated 1943-9-15 (Brisbane) | 7 Fleet |
|||
| VB-150 |
Activated 1943-9-15 (Alameda) |
Fleet Air Wing 8 |
PV-1 Ventura |
||
| 403
Troop Carrier Group |
Arrived 1943-9-15 (Espiritu Santo) |
13 Air Force |
C-47
Skytrain. Composed of 63, 64, 65, and 66 Troop Carrier
Squadrons. |
||
| DE Lovering | Arrived 1943-9-17 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Kimberly | Arrived 1943-9-17 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Fleming | Completed 1943-9-18 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Owen | Completed 1943-9-20 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Sigourney | Arrived 1943-9-21 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Izard | Arrived 1943-9-22 | United States Navy | History |
||
| 819 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-9-22 |
Pacific Ocean Areas |
B-24 Liberator |
||
| ARS Gear | Completed 1943-9-24 (Napa) | United States Navy | History | ||
| ATF Molala |
Completed 1943-9-29 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hailey | Completed 1943-9-30 at Seattle | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hopewell | Completed 1943-9-30 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD The Sullivans | Completed 1943-9-30 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| AS Orion | Completed 1943-9-30 (Oakland) | United States Navy | History | ||
| APA Alpine |
Completed 1943-9-30 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
||
| VP-53 |
Arrived 1943-9-30 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 | PBY Catalina | ||
| DD Abbot | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Black | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Caperton | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Cotten | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AKA Callaway | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| CA Baltimore | Arrived 1943-10 | Cruiser Division
10 |
History | ||
| DE Elden | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Capelin | Arrived 1943-10 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History. Disappeared 1943-12-2 off Makassar | ||
| SS Angler | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AGC Appalachian | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Dionne | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Haddo | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Aspro | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Apogon | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Cloues | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Cabana | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AKA Aquarius | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Adopt | Arrived 1943-10 | United States Navy | History. To Russia 1945-7-19 | ||
| APA Sumter | Arrived 1943-10 |
Pacific
Ocean
Areas |
|||
| VF-35 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
United States Navy | |||
| VF-60 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
United States Navy | |||
| VMF-114 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
MAG-11 |
|||
| VMTB-134 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
MAG-14 |
|||
| VMF-225 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
MAG-11 |
|||
| VMSB-341 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
2
Marine Aircraft Wing |
|||
| VMF-422 |
Arrived 1943-10 |
MAG-22 | |||
| 98
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 99
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 100
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 103
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| Amphibian
Group 4 |
Richard
L. Connoly |
Activated 1943-10 |
Pacific
Fleet |
||
| 7
Advance Naval Base Unit |
Arrived <1943-10 |
United States Navy | |||
| Task Force 38 |
Sherman,
Frederic C. |
Activated 1943-10 |
Pacific Fleet | ||
| DE Sanders | Completed 1943-10-1 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| PF Glendale | Completed 1943-10-1 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History. Transferred to Russia 1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease | ||
| 1 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| 2 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| 3 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| 4 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| 5 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| 6 Provisional Tank
Battalion |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Ramgarh) |
China-Burma-India |
Chinese
troops with American
officers |
||
| VB-115 |
Activated 1943-10-1 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 |
PB4Y-1 Privateer |
||
| 489
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Wendover Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 844, 845, 846, and 847 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-2-3. |
||
| 490
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Salt Lake City) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 848, 849, 850, and 851 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-4. |
||
| SS Cod | Arrived 1943-10-2 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hale | Arrived 1943-10-2 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AP General G.A.Squier | Completed 1943-10-2 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Manila Bay | Completed 1943-10-5 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 13 Antiaircraft Artillery Group | Arrived 1943-10-6 (Panama) | South Pacific Force |
Participated in the northern Solomons, Bismarcks, and southern Philippines campaigns | ||
| 14 Antiaircraft Artillery Group | Arrived 1943-10-8 (Panama) | South Pacific Force | Participated in the northern Solomons, Bismarcks, and southern Philippines campaigns | ||
| AT Zuni | Completed 1943-10-9 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| CM Terror |
Arrived 1943-10-10 |
Pacific
Fleet |
History |
||
| 5307 Composite Unit | Arrived 1943-10-10 (Deogarh) | China-Burma-India | GALAHAD or "Merrill's Marauders" | ||
| 6
Reconnaissance Group |
Arrived 1943-10-10 |
5 Air Force |
F-5, F-7. Initially composed of 8 and 20 Reconnaissance Squadron | ||
| DE Tisdale | Completed 1943-10-11 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Crevalle | Arrived 1943-10-11 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 3 Army Defense Battalion | Arrived 1943-10-11 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | Joined assault on Kwajalein |
||
| 4 Army Defense Battalion | Arrived 1943-10-11 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | Joined assault on Kwajalein | ||
| AM Zeal | Arrived 1943-10-12 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Chief | Completed 1943-10-12 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 10 Antiaircraft Artillery Group | Arrived 1943-10-13 (Panama) | 5 Air Force |
Participated in the Bismarcks, New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, and Okinawa campaigns | ||
| CVE Natoma Bay | Completed 1943-10-14 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AP General John Pope | Arrived 1943-10-14 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Tang | Completed 1943-10-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History.
Sunk by own circling torpedo
1944-10-24 in Formosa
Strait |
||
| APA Bolivar | Arrived 1943-10-15 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 109
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-15 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 479 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-10-15 (Glendale) |
4 Air Force | P-38 Lightning. Composed of 434, 435, and 436 Fighter Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-4-12. | ||
| SS Raton | Arrived 1943-10-16 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA DuPage | Arrived 1943-10-17 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Brackett | Completed 1943-10-18 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Eisele | Completed 1943-10-18 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AN Lancewood |
Completed 1943-10-18 (Stockton) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Grumium | Completed 1943-10-20 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 773 Amphibian
Tractor Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-20 (Fort Ord) | United States Army | |||
| 392 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-10-20 |
Pacific Ocean Areas | B-24 Liberator |
||
| 396 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-10-20 |
Pacific Ocean Areas | B-25 Mitchell |
||
| 820 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-10-20 |
Pacific Ocean Areas |
B-25 Mitchell | ||
| CVL Monterey |
Arrived 1943-10-21 |
Carrier Division 3 |
VF-30 History |
||
| DD Stembel | Arrived 1943-10-21 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Stephen Potter | Completed 1943-10-21 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| 102
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-21 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| DE Canfield | Arrived 1943-10-22 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Foreman | Completed 1943-10-22 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Caelum | Completed 1943-10-22 (Wilmington)
|
United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Redfin | Arrived 1943-10-22 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Wayne | Arrived 1943-10-22 |
Pacific Ocean Areas | |||
| DE Fair | Completed 1943-10-23 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Midway | Completed 1943-10-23 | United States Navy | History. Renamed St.Lo 1943-9-15 to free the name for a large carrier | ||
| PF San Pedro | Completed 1943-10-23 (Wilmington)
|
United States Navy | History. Transferred to Russia 1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease | ||
| ARS Anchor |
Completed 1943-10-23 (Stockton) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 110
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-23 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | Attached to Acorn 22 |
||
| AK Alioth | Completed 1943-10-25 (Richmond) | United States Navy | |||
| AK Leonis | Completed 1943-10-25 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Megrez | Completed 1943-10-26 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Johnston | Completed 1943-10-27 (Seattle) |
United States Navy | History.
Sunk by gunfire 1944-10-25 off Samar |
||
| 534 Amphibian
Tractor Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-27 (Fort Ord) | United States Army | |||
| 708 Amphibian
Tractor Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-27 (Fort Ord) | United States Army | |||
| 715 Amphibian
Tractor Battalion |
Arrived 1943-10-27 (Fort Ord) | United States Army | |||
| 168 Field Artillery Battalion | Arrived 1943-10-27 (Camp Stoneman) | 6 Army |
155mm howitzers | ||
| AK Alkes | Completed 1943-10-28 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AO Escambia |
Completed 1943-10-28 (Sausalito) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| 372 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-10-28 (Hamilton Field) |
4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Composed of 407,
408, and 409 Fighter Squadrons.
Withdrawn 1944-3-29. |
||
| AK Azimech | Completed 1943-10-29 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Giansar | Completed 1943-10-29 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Rutilicus | Completed 1943-10-30 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Buoyant | Completed 1943-10-30 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Bangust | Completed 1943-10-30 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Ray | Arrived 1943-10-30 (Brisbane) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Porterfield | Completed 1943-10-30 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
||
| ATF Munsee |
Completed 1943-10-30 (Alameda) |
United States Navy | History |
||
| AR Ajax |
Completed 1943-10-30 (Los Angeles) |
United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Candid | Completed 1943-10-31 (Portland) | United States Navy | History. To Russia 1945-8-17 | ||
| AF Pastores |
Arrived 1943-11 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Robalo | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History. Mined 1944-7-26 east of Luzon | ||
| SS Darter | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History. Run aground 1944-10-25 in the Philippines | ||
| DE Deede | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AO Cacapon | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AS Prairie | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Daly | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Albert W. Grant | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Cogswell | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Clarence K. Bronson | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Charles J. Badger | Arrived 1943-11 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APD Dickerson |
Arrived 1943-11 |
7 Fleet |
History |
||
| DMS Wickes |
Arrived 1943-11 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| VF-37 |
Arrived 1943-11 |
United States Navy | |||
| VMF-321 |
Arrived 1943-11 |
MAG-12 |
|||
| VMD-254 |
Activated 1943-11 |
1
Marine Aircraft Wing |
Photoreconnaissance Liberators | ||
| Carrier Division 24 |
Henry
M. Mullinnix |
Activated 1943-11 |
Pacific
Fleet |
Liscombe Bay, Coral Sea, Corregidor,
Manila Bay |
|
| DD Walker | Arrived 1943-11-1 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Reynolds | Completed 1943-11-1 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AK Lesuth | Completed 1943-11-1 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 473 Fighter
Group |
Activatd 1943-11-1 (Glendale) |
4 Air Force | P-38
Lightning. Used for operational training. Composed of
482, 483, 484, and 485 Fighter Squadrons.
Disbanded 1944-3-31. |
||
| 191 Field Artillery
Group |
Arrived 1943-11-2 (Camp Stoneman) | 6 Army |
Motorized. Participated in
the New Guinea and Luzon campaigns. |
||
| 418 Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-2 |
Southwest Pacific Area | P-38 Lightning |
||
| 111 Regiment | Arrived 1943-11-3 (Camp Stoneman) | Pacific Ocean Areas | Pennsylvania National Guard.
Participated in the Marshalls
campaign. |
||
| DD Sproston | Arrived 1943-11-4 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Coolbaugh | Arrived 1943-11-4 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Warren | Arrived 1943-11-5 |
Pacific Ocean Areas | |||
| PF Tacoma | Completed 1943-11-6 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 17 Reconnaissance
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-6 |
4
Reconnaissance Group |
B-25 Mitchell |
||
| 82 Tactical
Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-6 |
Southwest Pacific
Area |
P-39 Airacobra |
||
| DE O’Neill | Arrived 1943-11-7 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 101
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-11-7 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| DE Manlove | Completed 1943-11-8 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AGC Blue Ridge | Arrived 1943-11-8 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AK De Grasse | Completed 1943-11-8 (Portland) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 486
Bombardment Group |
Arrived 1943-11-9 (Davis-Monthan Field) |
4 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 832, 833, 834, and 835 Bombardment
Squadrons. Withdrawn 1944-3. |
||
| AK Livingston | Completed 1943-11-10 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AP Prince Georges |
completed 1943-11-10 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Competent |
completed 1943-11-10 (Alameda) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 107
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-11-10 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| 85 Fighter Wing |
Activated 1943-11-10 (Hamilton Field) |
5 Air Force | Initially a bare headquarters. |
||
| AK Kenmore | Completed 1943-11-14 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Harmon |
Arrived 1944-3-14 |
3 Fleet |
History |
||
| DD Wickes | Arrived 1943-11-15 | United States Navy | History |
||
| CVE White Plains | Completed 1943-11-15 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Downes | Arrived 1943-11-15 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 1054
Engineer
Port Construction and Repair Group |
Arrived 1943-11-15 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army | Participated in the New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns. | ||
| 100 Bombardment
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-15 |
South Pacific Force |
B-25 Mitchell |
||
| 419 Fighter Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-15 |
South Pacific Force | P-38 Lightning |
||
| AGP Oyster
Bay |
Completed 1943-11-18 (Houghton) | 7 Fleet |
History |
||
| DE Mitchell | Completed 1943-11-17 (Bremerton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Laws | Completed 1943-11-18 at Seattle | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Armadillo |
Completed 1943-11-18 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Whitehurst | Completed 1943-11-19 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 25
Liaison
Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-19 |
5 Air Force | L-5 |
||
| 25
Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-19 |
6
Photographic Reconnaissance Group |
F-5 |
||
| 26
Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-19 |
6
Photographic Reconnaissance Group |
A-29 Hudson |
||
| XX Bomber Command |
Kenneth
B. Wolfe |
Activated 1943-11-19 |
Army Air Forces | B-29 Superfortress. Initially a bare
headquarters. |
|
| 58 Fighter
Group |
Arrived 1943-11-19 |
5 Air Force | P-47
Thunderbolt. Composed of 69, 310, and 311 Fighter Squadrons. |
||
| CVL Cabot |
Arrived 1943-11-20 |
Carrier Division 3 |
VF-31 History |
||
| IX Beagle |
Completed 1943-11-20 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| CVE Solomons | Completed 1943-11-21 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Isherwood | Arrived 1943-11-22 | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Camel |
Completed 1943-11-22 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Arided | Completed 1943-11-23 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Rotanin | Completed 1943-11-23 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DMS Hogan |
Arrived 1943-11-23 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| DMS Palmer |
Arrived 1943-11-23? |
United States Navy | History |
||
| 20
Photographic Mapping Squadron |
Arrived 1943-11-23 |
4 Photographic Group | |||
| PF Belfast | Completed 1943-11-24 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History. Transferred to Russia 1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease | ||
| DD Young | Arrived 1943-11-24 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Tingey | Completed 1943-11-25 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Caribou |
Completed 1943-11-25 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Elk |
Completed 1943-11-26 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AK Alnitah | Completed 1943-11-27 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Healy | Arrived 1943-11-27 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Callaghan | Completed 1943-11-27 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-7.28 off Okinawa | ||
| CVE Kalinin Bay | Completed 1943-11-27 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hickox | Arrived 1943-11-28 | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Gazelle |
Completed 1943-11-29 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Waterman | Completed 1943-11-30 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History | ||
| AO Chikaskia | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Colahan | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Bang | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| SS Burrfish | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | |||
| AO Caliente | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Dortch | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Cambria | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History | ||
| AKA Centaurus | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History | ||
| SS Flier | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History. Mined 1944-8-13 north of the Phillipines | ||
| SS Flasher | Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | History |
||
| APA Windsor
|
Arrived 1943-12 | South Pacific Force | |||
| APA Leedstown |
Arrived 1943-12 | South Pacific Force | |||
| APA Charles Carroll |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| CL Biloxi |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| VFN-101 |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | |||
| VMF-217 |
Arrived 1943-12 |
MAG-11 |
|||
| VMF-218 |
Arrived 1943-12 |
1
Marine Aircraft Wing |
|||
| VMSB-245 |
Arrived 1943-12 |
MAG-23 |
|||
| VMF(N)-532 |
Arrived 1943-12 |
MAG-31 | |||
| 94
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | |||
| 104
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12 | United States Navy | |||
| 105
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12 (Port Hueneme) |
United States Navy | |||
| 115
Naval Construction Battalion |
` |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | ||
| 128
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12 |
United States Navy | Pontoon battalion |
||
| Battleship Division 9 |
Edward
W. Hanson |
Activated 1943-12 |
Pacific
Fleet |
South Dakota, Alabama |
|
| DD Twining | Completed 1943-12-1 at San Francisco | United States Navy | History |
||
| PF El Paso | Completed 1943-12-1 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History.
Converted to weather ship 1945-5 |
||
| CA Boston | Arrived 1943-12-1 | Cruiser Division
10 |
History | ||
| AN Papaya |
Completed 1943-12-1 (Stockton) | United States Navy | History |
||
| 1192 Engineer
Base Depot Group |
Arrived 1943-12-1 (New Caledonia) |
South Pacific Force |
|||
| VB-116 |
Activated 1943-12-1 (Camp Kearny) |
Fleet Air Wing 14 |
PB4Y-1 Liberator |
||
| Aircraft,
Central Pacific Area |
Hoover,
John H. |
Activated 1943-12-1 |
Central
Pacific Area |
||
| 478 Fighter
Group |
Activated 1943-12-1 (Hamilton Field) |
4 Air Force | P-39
Airacobra. Used for replacement training. Composed of
544, 545, and 546 Fighter Squadrons.
Disbanded 1944-3-31. |
||
| 494
Bombardment Group |
Activated 1943-12-1 (Wendover Field) |
2 Air Force | B-24
Liberator. Composed of 864, 865, 866,and 867 Bombardment
Squadrons. |
||
| 86 Fighter Wing |
Activated 1943-12-1 (Hamilton Field) | 5 Air Force | Initially a bare headquarters. |
||
| AN Ailanthus |
Completed 1943-12-2 (Stockton) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AOG Mettawee |
Arrived 1943-12-3 |
United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Austin | Completed 1943-12-3 (Mare Island) | United States Navy | History | ||
| IX Gemsbok |
Completed 1943-12-3 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| AO Kennebago |
Completed 1943-12-4 (Sausalito) |
United States Navy | History | ||
| AM Salute | Completed 1943-12-4 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History. Mined 1945-6-7 at Brunei Bay | ||
| DMS Stansbury |
Arrived 1943-12-4 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Knapp | Arrived 1943-12-5 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Capable | Completed 1943-12-5 (Portland) | United States Navy | History. To Russia 1945-8-16 | ||
| 110
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron |
Arrived 1943-12-5 |
Southwest Pacific Area | B-25 Mitchell |
||
| APA Fayette | Arrived 1943-12-6 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Ingersoll | Arrived 1943-12-6 | United States Navy | History |
||
| ARG Luzon |
Arrived 1943-12-6 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Greenwood |
Arrived 1943-12-6 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| DMS Hamilton |
Arrived 1943-12-8 |
United States Navy | History |
||
| CVE Fanshaw Bay | Completed 1943-12-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Hunt | Arrived 1943-12-9 | United States Navy | History |
||
| CV Intrepid | Arrived 1943-12-10 | United States Navy | VF-6 History |
||
| DE England | Completed 1943-12-10 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
||
| Amphibian
Group 1 |
William H.P.
Blandy |
Activated 1943-12-10 |
Pacific
Fleet |
||
| ARS Snatch | Completed 1943-12-11 (Napa) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD William D. Porter | Arrived 1943-12-12 | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-6-10 off Okinawa | ||
| AGC Rocky Mount | Arrived 1943-12-12 | United States Navy | History | ||
| 70 Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade | Arrived 1943-12-12 (Hawaii) | Hawaiian Department | |||
| IX Giraffe |
Completed 1943-12-12 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Remey | Arrived 1943-12-13 | United States Navy | History |
||
| AM Captivate | Completed 1943-12-13 (Portland) | United States Navy | History. To Russia 1945-8-16 | ||
| IX Ibex |
Completed 1943-12-13 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Gatling | Arrived 1943-12-14 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Haraden | Arrived 1943-12-14 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Lewis Hancock | Arrived 1943-12-14 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DD Longshaw | Completed 1943-12-14 at Seattle | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-5-18 off Okinawa | ||
| DD Picking | Arrived 1943-12-14 | United States Navy | History |
||
| CVL Langley | Arrived 1943-12-14 | Carrier Division
12 |
VF-32 History |
||
| CVE Kitkun Bay | Completed 1943-12-15 | United States Navy | History |
||
| IX Jaguar |
Completed 1943-12-15 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History |
||
| ARS Grapple | Completed 1943-12-16 (Napa) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 112
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12-16 (Port Hueneme) | United States Navy | |||
| DD Newcomb | Arrived 1943-12-17 | United States Navy | History |
||
| PF Van Buren | Completed 1943-12-17 (Wilmington) | United States Navy | History. Converted to weather ship 1945-7-2 | ||
| APA Custer | Arrived 1943-12-18 | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Morrison | Completed 1943-12-18 at Seattle | United States Navy | History. Sunk by kamikaze 1945-5-3 off Okinawa | ||
| DE Loeser | Arrived 1943-12-18 | United States Navy | History |
||
| DE Manning | Arrived 1943-12-20 | United States Navy | History |
||
| PF Ogden | Completed 1943-12-20 (San Diego) | United States Navy | History. Transferred to Russia 1945-7-12 as Lend-Lease | ||
| PF Albuquerque | Completed 1943-12-20 (Richmond) | United States Navy | History |
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| CVE Tulagi | Completed 1943-12-21 | United States Navy | History | ||
| APA Clay | Completed 1943-12-21 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DD Stephen Potter |
Completed 1943-12-21 (San Francisco) | United States Navy | History |
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| AM Monadnock |
Arrived 1943-12-21 |
United States Navy | History |
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| AVP Onslow | Completed 1943-12-22 | United States Navy | History | ||
| VB-146 |
Activated 1943-12-22 (Alameda) |
United States Navy | PV-1 Ventura |
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| 3 Engineer
Special Brigade |
David A.D. Ogden |
Arrived 1943-12-22 (Camp Stoneman) | 6 Army | Participated in New Guinea campaign |
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| 67
Naval Construction Battalion |
Arrived 1943-12-22 (Port Hueneme) |
United States completed 1944-1-10 (Alameda)Navy | |||
| 1113 Engineer
Construction Group |
Arrived 1943-12-25 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army | Participated in the New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns | ||
| AE Mauna
Loa |
Arrived 1943-12-26 |
United States Navy | History |
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| Alamo
Scouts |
Activated 1943-12-27 (New Guinea) |
6 Army |
First of ten teams begins
training at Fergusson Island near Goodenough Island. |
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| 1112 Engineer
Construction Group |
Arrived 1943-12-27 (Camp Stoneman) |
6 Army | Participated in the New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon campaigns | ||
| SS Tilefish | Completed 1943-12-28 (Mare
Island) |
United States Navy | History |
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| DD Halligan | Arrived 1943-12-28 | United States Navy | History.
Mined 1945-3-26 off Okinawa |
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| ARS Protector | Completed 1943-12-28 (Stockton) | United States Navy | History | ||
| CVE Gambier Bay | Completed 1943-12-28 | United States Navy | History |
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| VP-202 |
Arrived 1943-12-28 (San Diego) |
Fleet Air Wing 2 |
PPB-3D Mariner |
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| DE Witter | Completed 1943-12-29 (San
Francisco) |
United States Navy | History |
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| SS Sand Lance | Arrived 1943-12-30 | United States Navy | History |
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| DD Cassin Young | Completed 1943-12-31 at San Pedro | United States Navy | History |
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| AM Spear | Completed 1943-12-31 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Spangler | Arrived 1943-12-31 | United States Navy | History |
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| AVP Unimak | Completed 1943-12-31 (Seattle) | United States Navy | History | ||
| DE Weaver | Completed 1943-12-31 (San Pedro) | United States Navy | History | ||
| 364 Regiment | Arrived 1943-12-31 (Fort Lawton) | Alaska Defense
Command |
African-American |
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