Aircraft carriers were involved in many attacks and support activities in addition to the better known major carrier battles. The more complete list below includes battles, invasions, and raids and names the specific carriers involved. "Naval battle" refers to a naval engagement entirely on water, "invasion" refers to an operation involving amphibious landing of troops to occupy land areas, and "raid" refers to attacks without the intention to occupy the land areas involved. Also included in the list are some transport, convoy escort, and antisubmarine warfare operations. [INVOLVEMENT OF ESCORT CARRIERS REPORTED BY Y'BLOOD HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETELY INCLUDED IN THE LIST BELOW]
1932 IJN Support for IJA Shanghai Incident (28 Jan – 3 March 1932) First IJN aerial combat IJN 3rd Fleet/1st Carrier Division (Nomura): • IJN
Hōshō (CVL) • IJN
Kaga (CV)
1937 IJN Support for IJA Battle of Shanghai (14–16 August 1937) IJN 3rd Fleet, 1st & 4th Carrier Divisions (3 carriers, 90 aircraft): • IJN
Hōshō (CVL) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
IJN Attack on USS Panay (12 December 1937) During "Rape of Nanking" • IJN
Kaga (CV)
1938 IJN Support for IJA Invasion of Guangdong (12 Oct – 31 December 1938) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) • IJN
Soryu (CV)
1939 IJN Support for IJA Operations against China (30 Jan – 19 February 1939) • IJN
Akagi (CV)
1940 INJ Support for IJA Operations against China (27 Mar – 2 April 1940) • IJN
Akagi (CV)
RN Escort for Convoy US-3 transporting Australian and New Zealand Troops to the UK (mid June 1940) •HMS
Argus (CV-I49)
RN Battle of Calabria (9 July 1940) RN Force C (Cunningham): • HMS
Eagle (CV, 94)
RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (31 July – 4 August 1940) Operation HURRY (a "
Club Run") RN
Force H: • HMS Argus (CV, I49) 12
Hawker Hurricanes reached Malta • HMS Ark Royal (CV, 91) Attacked
Cagliari RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gold Coast (Aug – September 1940) • HMS
Argus (CV-I49)
IJN Support for IJA invasion of French Indochina (22–26 September 1940) Operation FU IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division: • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV) '
RN Search for Raiders including Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean' (Sept – December 1940) RN Force I: • HMS
Eagle (CV, 94)
RN Delivery of Aircraft for Raid on Taranto (Nov 1940) Operation
Coat (a "Club Run") RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91)) delivered 3 Fulmars to HMS
Illustrious • HMS
Illustrious (CV, 87)
RN Raid on Taranto, Italy (11–12 November 1940) Operation JUDGMENT RN Force H (Cunningham) • HMS
Illustrious (CV, 87) Air Squadron 815
RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (17 November 1940) Operation
Operation White (a "Club Run") RN Force H: • HMS Argus (CV, I49) 12 Hurricane fighters launched, 4 arrived at Malta
RN Battle of Cape Spartivento (27 November 1940) RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91)
RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gibraltar (Dec 1940) • HMS
Argus (CV-I49) aircraft transferred to HMS
Ark Royal for delivery to Malta
RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gibraltar (mid-Dec 1940) rendezvoused with Convoy WS-5A • HMS
Argus (CV-I49) attacked by
Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper (25 December 1940) • HMS
Furious (CV, 47)
1941 Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • Royal and Dominion Navy Warships • Imperial Japanese Navy Page • Naval War In The Pacific 1941–1945 • World War II Database
RN Convoys to Malta, Greece, and Egypt (10–11 January 1941) Operation EXPRESS RN Force A: • HMS
Illustrious (CV, 67) damaged by 5
Luftwaffe bombs
RN Raid on Genoa and La Spezia, Italy (9 February 1941) RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91)
IJN Support for IJA Blockade of Southern China (Feb 1941) IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division: • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV)
RN Battle of Cape Matapan (27–29 March 1941) RN Force H- Mediterranean Fleet (Cunningham): • HMS
Formidable (CV/67)
RN Eleven Deliveries of Aircraft, Troops, and Supplies to Malta (Apr – October 1941) Operations WINCH, DUNLOP, SPLICE, ROCKET, TRACER, RAILWAY I & II, STATUS I & II, CALLBOY, and SUBSTANCE ("Club Runs") RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91) • HMS
Furious (CV, 47) • HMS
Victorious (CV, 38)
USN Atlantic Patrols and Convoy Escort (Apr – December 1941) • USS
Yorktown (CV-5)
RN Convoy escort to/from Gibraltar (Sept – December 1941) Convoys OG74, HG74, OG76, HG76 RN: • HMS
Audacity (CVE/D10) Sunk off Gibraltar by U-751 12/2/41
RN Convoy to Malta (27 September 1941) Operation HALBERD RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91)
IJN Transport Fighter Aircraft to Formosa and Palau ( Oct – December 1941) • IJN
Taiyo (CVE)
RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (11–12 Nov) Operation PERPETUAL RN Force H: • HMS
Ark Royal (CV, 91) sunk by single torpedo on return passage
IJN Raid on Pearl Harbor (Dec 7 1941) Operation AI IJN
1st Air Fleet/
Kido Butai/Carrier Divisions 1, 2, and 5 (Nagumo): • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) two strikes • IJN
Ziukaku (CV) two strikes IJN Main Body/3rd Carrier Division (distant cover): • IJN
Hōshō (CVL) Note: At the time of the attack, only three of the seven USN fleet carriers were in the Pacific theater. USS
Saratoga was near San Diego CA following refitting at Bremerton WA. USS
Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway Island. USS
Enterprise was 200 miles west of Hawaii, returning from Wake Island.
IJN Protection for 1st Air Fleet Returning Home From Pearl Harbor Raid (Dec 8 1941) IJN Main Body/3rd Carrier Division (distant cover): • IJN
Hōshō (CV) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL)
IJN Invasion of Wake Island (7–23 December 1941) • IJN
Sōryū (CV) • IJN
Hiryū (CV)
USN Relief of Wake Island (8 December 1941) Operation cancelled Dec 22 (or 23?) US Task Forces 11 (Brown) and 14: • USS
Lexington (CV-2) • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) Squadron VMF-221 to Midway Island instead.
IJN Invasion of Davao & Jolo, Mindanao, Philippines (8–20 December 1941) Operation M • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
USN convoy escort to Newfoundland (Dec 1942) USN: • USS
Long Island (CVE-1)
1942 Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • Royal and Dominion Navy Warships • Imperial Japanese Navy Page • Naval War In The Pacific 1941–1945 • World War II Database
IJN Invasion of Malay Peninsula (Jan 1942) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
IJN Invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng, Raids on Lae, Salamaua, Bulolo, and Madang (4 Jan – February 1942) Operation R IJN 1st & 5th Carrier Divisions: • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) raids on Lae, Salamaua, Bulolo, and Madang • IJN
Ziukaku (CV) raids on Lae, Salamaua, Bulolo, and Madang
USN Patrols around Midway Island (Jan 1942) US Task Force 14: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) damaged by torpedo from I-6 • USS
Enterprise? IJN Invasion of Ambon (30 Jan – 3 February 1942) Operation H IJN Second Carrier Division (Takahashi): • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV)
RN 14 Deliveries of Aircraft, Troops, and Supplies to Malta (Feb – October 1942) Operations SPOTTER I & II, PICKET I & II, CALENDAR, BOWERY, LB, STYLE, SALIENT, PINPOINT, INSECT, BELLOWS, BARITONE, and TRAIN (
"Club Runs") RN Force H: • HMS
Eagle (CV, 94) • HMS
Argus (CV, I49) • USS
Wasp (CV-7) • HMS
Furious (CV, 47)
USN transport of aircraft and aircrews in Pacific (Feb 1942– September 1945) USN: • USS
Copahee (CVE-30)
IJN Transport of Aircraft to Philippines (Feb 1942) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL)
USN Raid on Marshall and Gilbert Islands (1 February 1942) [USN Task Forces 8 (Halsey) and 17 (Fletcher): TF-8??? or 16???] USN
Task Force 17 (Fletcher): • USS
Yorktown (CV-5) USN
Task Force 16 (?) (Adm ?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-8)
IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit of US Carriers after Raid on Marshall Islands (1 February 1942) • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV)
IJN Raid on Ships Evacuating Singapore (mid-Feb 1942) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) claimed sinking 4 ships and damaging 8 more
IJN Invasion of Java (14–27 February 1942) Operation J • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) protected troop ships and sank USS Pope
IJN Raid on Darwin, Australia (19 February 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo), 1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions (4 carriers, 188 carrier-launched aircraft) • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) damaged going aground 9 February 1942 at
Palau • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV)
IJN Invasion of Christmas Island (Feb – 31 March 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo): • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV)
USN Raids on Wake Island ( 23–24 February 1942) [or was this TF-8??] USN Task Force 16 (Halsey?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raids on Marcus Islands (3–4 March 1942) [or was this TF-8??] USN Task Force 16 (Halsey?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
IJN Raid on Tjilatjap (5 March 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo), 1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions? (4 carriers, 180 carrier-launched aircraft) • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Kaga (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV)
IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit of US Carriers after Raid on Marcus Islands (6 March 1942) • IJN
Shakaku (CV)
USN Raids on Shipping at Lae and Salamaua (10 March 1942) US Task Forces 11 (Brown): • USS
Lexington (CV-2) USN Task Force 17 (Fletcher): • USS
Yorktown (CV-5)
IJN Patrols Around Japanese Homeland (11–16 March 1942) IJN Carrier Div 5 • IJN
Shakaku (CV) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV)
IJN Invasion of Burma and Andaman Islands (23 March 1942) Operation D IJN CarDiv4: • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) Present but did not conduct air operations
IJN Indian Ocean Raid (31 Mar – 10 April 1942) Operation C First Air Fleet, CarDiv 5, Striking Force, air attack force. IJN Kido Butai (5 carriers, 350 aircraft): • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Ziukaku (CV)
IJN Raids on Bay of Bengal Shipping (1 April 1942) IJN Malay Force: • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
IJN Raids on Indian Coast, Cocanada and Vizagapatam (6 April 1942) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
IJN Raid on Columbo, Cylon (5 April 1942) Operation C IJN Kido Butai (5 carriers, 350 aircraft): • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Ziukaku (CV) RN Force A: • HMS
Indomitable (CV-92)
IJN Raid on Trincomalee, Cylon (9 April 1942) IJN
Kido Butai: • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Soryu (CV) • IJN
Hiryu (CV) ? • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) participated in sinking HMS
Hermes • IJN
Ziukaku (CV) participated in sinking HMS
Hermes USN Raid on Rabaul? (11–12 April 1942) IJN: • IJN
Taiyo (CVE) at Rabaul but not hit
USN Raid on Tokyo (18 April 1942) Doolittle Raid USN Task Force 16 (Mitcher): USN Task Group 16.1: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) USN Task Group 16.2: • USS
Hornet (CV-8) launched 16 B-25 bombers; IJN
Ryuho in drydock damaged by bombs
IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit Following Doolittle Raid (19 April 1942) IJN Carrier Divisions 1 and 2 and newly completed IJN
Shoho: • IJN
Akagi (CV) • IJN
Sōryū (CV) • IJN
Hiryū (CV) • IJN
Shoho (CVL)
RN Delivery of 48 Spitfire Fighters to Malta (20 April 1942)
Operation CALENDAR (a "
Club Run") RN Force W: • USS
Wasp (CV-7) Most aircraft immediately destroyed by
Luftwaffe USN Raid on Tulagi and Gavutu (4 May 1942) US Task Force 17 (Fletcher): • USS
Yorktown (CV-5)
USN/IJN Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942) IJN Operation
MO USN Task Force 44 comprising TF-11 and TF-17?: USN Task Force 11 (Fitch): • USS
Lexington (CV-2) sunk by bombs and torpedoes from
Shōkaku USN Task Force 17 (Fletcher): • USS
Yorktown (CV-5) heavily damaged IJN Carrier Strike Force (Takagi): • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) heavily damaged by bombs and torpedoes from
Lexington and
Yorktown aircraft; also experienced excessive loss of flight crews • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) experienced excessive loss of flight crews IJN Main Body Support Force (Gato): • IJN
Shōhō (CVL) sunk by 13 bombs and 7 aerial torpedoes from
Lexington and
Yorktown aircraft
RN Deliver 61 Spitfire Fighters to Malta (9 May 1942)
Operation BOWERY (a "
Club Run") RN Force W: • USS
Wasp (CV-7) • HMS
Eagle (CV, 94)
IJN Invasion of Aleutian Islands (3–7 June 1942) Alaska; IJN Operation
AL IJN 2nd Carrier Strike Force, Carrier Division 4: • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL)
one zero captured largely intact by US • IJN ''Jun'yō'' (CVL)
USN/IJN Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942) IJN Operation MI USN Task Forces 16 (Spruance): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Hornet (CV-7) USN Task Forces 17 (Fletcher): • USS
Yorktown (CV-5) sunk IJN First Fleet/Main Force (Yamamoto): • IJN
Hōshō (CVL) First Carrier Striking Force (Nagumo): • IJN
Akagi (CV) sunk • IJN
Kaga (CV) sunk • IJN
Hiryu (CV) sunk • IJN
Soryu (CV) sunk Second Fleet/Midway Invasion Force Main Body (Kondo): • IJN
Zuihō (CVL)
USN air cover for Hawaii after battle of Midway (June 1942) USN: • USS
Long Island (CVE-1)
USN Resupply of Aircraft to Midway Island (22–29 June 1942) USN
Task Force 11: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3)
IJN Cover Transport of Aleutian Island Reinforcement and Patrol Against Counter Attack (28 June – 6 July 1942) • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN ''Jun'yō'' (CVL)
RN Convoy from Gibraltar to Malta (3–15 August 1942) Operation PEDISTAL RN Force F (
Syfret) • HMS
Victorious (CV, 38) • HMS
Eagle (CV, 94) sunk by torpedo from U-73 • HMS
Indomitable (CV, 92) damaged • HMS
Furious (CV, 47) part of sub-operation BELLOWS
USN Invasion of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942) US Operation WATCHTOWER (aka "Operation Shoestring") USN Task Force 61 (Fletcher) USN Task Group 61.1 (Noyes) USN Task Unit 61.1.1 aka
Task Force 11: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) USN Task Unit 61.1.2 aka Task Force 16: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) USN Task Unit 61.1.3 aka Task force 18: • USS
Wasp (CV-7)
USN support for Guadalcanal (20 August 1942) USN: • USS
Long Island (CVE-1) launched first aircraft to reach Henderson Field
USN/IJN Battle of the Eastern Solomons (23–25 August 1942) IJN Operation
Ka US Task Forces 61 (Fletcher? Kinkaid?) Two carriers, 176 aircraft; TF-18 with USS
Wasp (CV-7) had been sent to refuel: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) 74 aircraft • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) 80 aircraft; damaged by 3 bombs from
Shōkaku and
Zuikaku but reinforced Henderson Field with her aircraft. IJN Main Body (Nagumo) Three carriers of CarDiv1, 177 aircraft • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) launched two strikes • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) launched two strikes • IJN
Ryūjō (CVL) detached to protect invasion convoy; sunk by bombs and a torpedo from
Saratoga aircraft.
IJN Transport of Aircraft to Marshall Islands (27–29 August 1942) • IJN
Taiyo (CVE)
? (Sept 1942) • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) damaged by torpedo from I-26
IJN Transport of Aircraft and Convoy Escort to Truk and Outer Bases (Sept 1942 – February 1944) Note: Some of these carriers were involved in these activities on and off during the period. • IJN
Taiyo (CVE) damaged by torpedo from USS
Trout (28 September 1942) and from USS
Tunny (9 April 1943) and from USS
Cabrilla (24 September 1943). Attacked but not hit by torpedoes from USS
Pike (6 August 1943). • IJN
Unyo (CVE) attacked twice but not hit by torpedoes from USS
Steelhead (10 July and 4 August 1943) • IJN
Chuyo (CVE) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Sailfish (4 December 1943); had made a total of 13 voyages ferrying planes, supplies, and passengers. • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) attacked but not hit by torpedoes from USS
Permit; used during this period for aircraft transport rather than escort duty • IJN
Zuihō (CVL)
IJN Carrier trials and pilot training (Oct 1942 – September 1945) IJN: • IJN
Hosho (CVL-21)
RN escort for Russian Convoys, Loch Ewe to/from Kola Inlet (9–20 September 1942) Convoys PQ18 and QP14 RN: • HMS
Avenger (BAVG-2/D14) Air Squadrons 802 and 8783
USN aircraft transport to Bermuda (Oct 1942) USN: • USN
Charger (CVE-30) '''USN reinforcement of Guadalcanal's Henderson Field''' (7–11 October 1942) USN Task Force 63: USN Task Unit 63.8: USN Task Group 63.8.1: • USS
Copahee (CVE-12)
USN raids on Buin (Papua, New Guinea) and Faisi Island (Solomons) (5 October 1942) USN Task Force 17: • USS
Hornet (CV-8) On 13 October 1942, launched Squadron VMF-? for Henderson Field.
USN/IJN Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (25–27 October 1942) USN Task Forces 61, a combined TF-16 and TF-17: USN Task Force 16: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) damaged but not disabled USN Task Force 17 (Kinkaid): • USS
Hornet (CV-8) sunk by bombs and torpedoes IJN Support Force/Third Fleet Striking Force aka
kido butai including CarDiv1 (Nagumo): • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) damaged by two bombs • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) damaged by bombs and out of action for 4 months • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) IJN Support Force/Second Fleet Advanced Force including CarDiv2 (Kondo): • IJN
Junyo (CVL) • IJN
Hiyo (CVL)
USN/RN Invasion of French North Africa (8–16 November 1942)
Operation TORCH USN Task Force 34 Western Naval Task Force (Hewitt) USN Task Group 34.8 Northern Attack Group-Mehedia/Port Lyatuey (Giffin): USN Air Group: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) USN Task Group 34.9 Center Attack Group- Casablanca (Emmet) USN Air Group: • USS
Ranger (CV-4) • USS
Suwanee (CVE-27) USN Task Group 34.10 Southern Attack Group- Safi (Davidson) USN Air Group: • USS
Santee (CVE-29) RN Central Naval Task Force (Troubridge): Oran, Algeria; group shot down five Vichy D520 aircraft; • HMS
Furious (CV/47) • HMS
Biter (BAVG-3/D97) Air Squadron 800; • HMS
Dasher (BAVG-5/D37) Air Squadrons 804 and 891; RN Eastern Task Force (Burrough): [Algiers, Algeria] • 2 aircraft carriers Allied Force ?: to be included above • HMS Ark Royal • HMS Avenger (CVE, D14) sunk by torpedo from U-155 covering military convoy MKF1 after TORCH landings 11/15/42 Notes: Source http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Mediterranean/OOB_WWII_Casablanca.php
USN/IJN Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12–15 November 1942) US Task Force 16 (Kinkaid) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft attacked (13 November 1942)
USN Invasions of Solomon Islands (Nov 1942 – June 1943) • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) provided air cover for landings
IJN Support for Reinforcement of Wewak (Dec 1942 – January 1943) IJN Operation MU • IJN
Junyo (CVL)
USN Carrier trials and pilot training (Jan 1942 – September 1945) USN: • USS
Ranger (CV-4) December 1942 & April 1943 in Atlantic; from January 1944 to September 1945 in Atlantic and Pacific theaters • USS
Long Island (CVE-) from Jan to April 1942 in Atlantic and from September 1942 to June 1943 in Pacific • USS
Charger (CVE-30) from May 1942 to September 1945 in Atlantic • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) from April 1943 to October 1944 in Pacific • USS
Casablanca (CVE-55) from August 1943 to December 1944 in Pacific • USS
Solomons (CVE-67) from November 1943 to September 1945 in Atlantic • USS
Takanis Bay (CVE-89) from March 1944 to September 1945 in Pacific • USS
Tripoli (CVE-64) June & July 1944 in Atlantic; from May to September 1945 in Pacific • USS
Makassar Strait (CVE-91) off and on from July 1944 in Pacific • USS
Wake Island (CVE-65) Sept & October 1944 in Atlantic?; from July to September 1945 in Pacific • USS
Prince William (CVE-31) mostly from October 1944 to April 1945 in Atlantic • USS
Matanikau (CVE-101) from November 1944 to June 1945 in Pacific • USS
Shipley Bay (CVE-85) Feb & March 1945 in Pacific • USS
Commencement Bay from February 1945 to September 1945 in Pacific • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) from March 1945 to September 1945 in Pacific
USN ? (Dec 1942 – January 1943) Task Force 65 (Mason): • USS
Nassau (CVE-16)
1943 Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • Royal and Dominion Navy Warships •
Imperial Japanese Navy Page • Naval War In The Pacific 1941–1945 • World War II Database
USN anti-submarine and anti-blockade running patrols in South Atlantic (Jan – 25 July 1943) USN: • USS
Santee (CVE-29)
RN Escort Russian Convoys to/from Kola Inlet (Jan – February 1943) Convoy JW53 RN: • HMS
Dasher (CVE/BAVG-5/D37) Air Squadrons 816 and 891; major structural damage due to extreme weather;
Battle of Rennell Island (29–30 January 1943) US Task Force 16 (Adm ?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) covered retreat of TF-18 USN Task Force 18 (Griffin): Note: Detached and not engaged due to "overly cautious leadership"??? • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) Carried VGF-28 and VGS-28. • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) Carried VGF-27, VGS-27.
IJN Support for Evacuation of Guadalcanal (31 Jan – 9 February 1943) IJN Operation KE IJN "Forward Force Air Force": • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN
Junyo (CVL)
USN Task Force 50 Night Strike on Truk (10 February 1943) USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.9: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
RN Convoy Escort from Jamaica (March 1943) Convoy CV1 RN: • HMS
Attacker (CVE/D94) Air Squadron 840
RN Atlantic convoy escort (Mar – November 1943) Convoys ONS4, HX237, SC129, ON207, SC146, and HX265. RN 7th Support Group: • HMS
Biter (CVE/BAVG-3/D97) Air Squadron 811
IJN Raids against Allied Advances up the Solomons and New Guinea (1–19 April 1943) IJN Operation I-Go IJN Carrier Division 1: • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) IJN Carrier Division 2: • IJN
Junyo (CVL) • IJN
Hiyo (CVL)
RN Atlantic Convoy Escort to/from Gibraltar and West Africa (May – July 1943) Convoys OS49/KMS16, OS76, OS46/KMS16, KMS16G, and XK9. RN: •
HMS Battler (CVE-6/D18)
USN invasion of Attu (11–30 May 1943) USN Operation LANDCRAB Task Force 51: Task Group 51.1 – Support Group • USS
Nassau (CVE-16) Air Squadrons VC-21, VMO-155
IJN sortie to oppose US recapture of Attu (May 1943) Recalled without engaging. • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Junyo (CVL) • IJN
Hiyo (CVL)
IJN Raid on Milne Bay (14 May 1943) IJN Carrier Division 2: • IJN
Junyo (CVL) • IJN
Hiyo (CVL)
USN Invasion of New Georgia (20 June – 7 October 1943) USN Operation TOENAILS USN Task Force 36: USN Task Group 36.3: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • HMS
Victorious (R-38)
RN/USN Invasion of Sicily (9–16 July 1943) Operation HUSKY Allied Force (Cunningham): • HMS
Indomitable (CV, 92) damaged by torpedo in Ionian Sea
USN Atlantic convoy escort (25 July – November 1943) Included air cover for USS
Iowa carrying President Roosevelt to
Casablanca Conference? USN: • USS
Santee (CVE-29)
IJN Ferry Aircraft to Kwajalein, Kavieng, and Rabaul (July 1943) • IJN
Junyo (CVL)
IJN Ferry Aircraft to Singapore (Aug 1943) • IJN
Junyo (CVL)
RN Trials and training (Aug 1943 – September 1945) RN: • HMS
Ravager (CVE-24?/D70) • HMS
Pretoria Castle (CVE) formerly an MAC (from January 1944)
USN Task Force 50 (Aug 1943) Raid on Rabaul USN Task Group 50.3 • USN
Essex (CV-9) • USN
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USN
Independence (CV-22)
RN air cover for convoys en route to Salerno (6-6 August 1943) RN Force V: • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D12) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80)
RN support for invasion of Salerno, Italy (8–16 August 1943)
Operation Avalanche RN
Task Force 88 (Vain): • HMS
Unicorn (CV/I72) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) Air Squadron 886 • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18) Air Squadrons 807 and 808 • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D12)
USN raid on Marcus Island (31 Aug – 2 September 1943) USN Task Force 15: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Independence (CVL-22)
USN invasion of Baker and Howland Islands (Sept 1943) USN Task Force ? • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
USN raid on Tarawa and Makin Islands (18–19 September 1943) USN Task Force 50: • USS
Lexington (2) (CV-16) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
IJN ferry troops and equipment to reinforce Truk (Sept – October 1943) • IJN
Junyo (CVL)
RN Atlantic convoy escort (23 September 1943 – 25 March 1944) RN: • HMS
Tracker (CVE/BAVG-6/D24)
RN Atlantic convoy escort of military convoy from Gibraltar to UK (30 Sept – 7 October 1943) Convoy MKF24 RN: • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) Air Squadrons 886 and 879
USN transport of aircraft and aircrews in Pacific (Oct 1943 – September 1945) USN: • USS
Nassau (CVE-12)
USN Raid on Wake Island (5–6 October 1943) USN Task Force 14: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Lexington (2) (CV-16) • USS
Yorktown (2) (CV-10) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
IJN Sortie To Eniwetok In Response to USN Raids on Wake (17–26 October 1943) No engagements IJN Combined Fleet (Koga): • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL)
IJN Ferry Aircraft to Reinforce Rabaul (30 Oct – 13 November 1943) Operation RO IJN: • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV)
USN Atlantic anti-submarine patrols (mid Nov – 10 December 1943) USN Task Group 21.11: • USS
Santee (CVE-29)
RN Indian Ocean Convoy Escort (Nov 1943 – January 1944) Convoys AB18, AB20, AB 24A, and AB27, RN: • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18)
USN Raids on Rabaul (5 & 11 November 1943) USN Task Force 38 (Sherman) • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) USN Task Group 50.3 (Montgomery) • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Independence (CVL-22)
Invasion of Makin Atoll (13–23 November 1943) Gilbert Islands US Task Forces ? and 52 (Turner): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) First carrier-launched night flights • USS
Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Sunk by torpedo from I-175 • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) [DIFFERENT CARRIERS- NEED TO RECONCILE; DID ALL CARRIERS STRIKE MAKIN?] USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) Until 8 Dec
USN Raids on Nauru Island (17–19 Nov & 8–12 December 1943) USN Task Group 50.4 – Relief Carrier Group – Nauru Landing • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) USN Task Group 50.4 – from 43/11/25 [DOUBLE COUNTED?] • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) After 8 Dec? • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) After 8 Dec?
USN Invasion of Tarawa Atoll (18–23 November 1943)
Gilbert Islands; USN Operation GALVANIC USN
Task Force 38 (Radford) [TF 38 or 50?] [DOUBLE COUNTING?] • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Essex (CV-9) USN Task Force 50 (Nov – December 1943) Invasion of Gilbert Islands; USN Operation "GALVANIC" • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) Air Squadrons VF-12, VB-12, VT-12 [50.4] • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) Air Squadrons VF-2, VB-6, VT-6 • USS
Essex (CV-9) Air Squadrons VF-9, VB-9, VT-9; Until 8 Dec • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) Air Squadrons VF-5, VB-5, VT-5 • USS
Lexington (CV-16) Air Squadrons VF-16, VB-16, VT-16 • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) Air Squadrons VF-17, VB-17, VT-17 • USS
Independence (CVL-22) Air Squadrons VF-6, VF-22, VC-22 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) Air Squadrons VF-23, VT-23 • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) Air Squadrons VF-6, VF-24, VC-22 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) Air Squadrons VF-6, VF-25, VC-25 • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) Air Squadrons VF-30, VC-30; Until 8 Dec USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing (Radford) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USN Task Group 50.3 -Southern Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) Until 8 Dec • USS
Independence (CVL-22) Until 23 Nov USN Task Force 52: USN Task Group 52.3 – Air Support Group: USN CVE CarDiv24: • USS
Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Air Squadron VC-39; Sunk by aircraft 24 Nov • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33 • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) Air Squadron VC-41 USN Task Group 52.13 CarDiv24- Northern Attack Force (created 23 Nov): • USS
Nassau (CVE-16) attached from TG 53.6 • USS
Barnes (CVE-20) [DUPLICATION HERE] • USS
Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Air Squadron VC-39; Sunk by aircraft 24 Nov • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33 • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) Air Squadron VC-41 From 28 Nov USN Task Force 53: USN Task Group 53.6 – Carrier (Support) Group: USN Task Unit 53.6.1 CarDiv22: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) CVEG-37 Air Squadrons VF-37, VC-37 • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) CVEG-60 Air Squadrons VF-60, VC-60 • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) CVEG-35 Air Squadrons VF-35, VC-35 • USS
Barnes (CVE-20) • USS
Nassau (CVE-16) From 18 to 28 November 11/18; Future Tarawa garrison, not part of CarDiv22
USN Atlantic transport of aircraft to UK (22 Dec – 24 Jan) USN: • USS
Santee (CVE-29)
USN Raid on Mili Atoll and Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands (19–25 November 1943) USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25)
USN Invasion of Abemama Atoll in the Gilbert Islands (21 November 1943) USN Task Group 50.4 – Relief Carrier Group – Nauru Landing • USS
Saratoga (CV-3)
IJN Convoys to Truk and Singapore (Nov 1943) IJN ? • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) • IJN
Chuyo (CVE) • IJN
Unyo (CVE) IJN ? • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Chitose (CVE)
Raids on Kwajalein Atoll and Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands (4 & 8–9 December 1943) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) Disabled by aerial torpedo • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) Until 8 Dec USN Task Group 50.3 -Southern Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) Until 8 Dec • USS
Independence (CVL-22) Until 23 Nov
1944 Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • Royal and Dominion Navy Warships • Imperial Japanese Navy Page • Naval War In The Pacific 1941–1945 • World War II Database
USN aircraft and aircrew transport from US West Coast to Pacific areas (1944–1945) USN: • USS
Long Island (CVE-1)
RN Anti-submarine patrols in Indian Ocean (Jan – March 1944) Operation COVERED; group sank German Supply ship
Brake. RN Force 67, CS4: • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18)
RN Convoy Escort in Southwest Approaches (Jan – June 1944) Convoys OS68, ONS29, SL150, MKS41, and SC156. RN 7th and 9th Escort Groups: • HMS
Biter (CVE/BAVG-3/D97) Air Squadron 811
USN Raids on Kavieng, New Ireland (1–4 January 1944): USN Task Force 37: USN Task Group 37.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26)
RN Convoy escort in North Atlantic (31 Jan – 4 July 1944) Convoys OS66/KMS70, ON222 and ONS28 (distant cover), SL147/MKS38, HX225, CU13, OS69/KMS43, MKF29, OS72/KMS46, SL154/MKS45, SL157/MKS48 and SL158/MKS49, KMF32, and KMF34 RN Western Approaches Command: • HMS
Activity (D94) Jan – March 1944 • HMS
Nairana (D05)
USN Invasion of Kwajalein and Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands (29 Jan-3 February 1944) Operation FLINTLOCK USN
Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher) USN Task Group 58.1 – Roi-Namur Landing USN Task Unit 58.1.5 – Carrier Unit: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG-10 Air Squadrons VF-10, VB-10, VT-10 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-5 Air Squadrons VF-5, VB-5, VT-5 • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24 Air Squadrons VF-24, VT-24 USN Task Group 58.2 – Maloelap Landing: • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-9 Air Squadrons VF-9, VB-9, VT-9 • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) CVG-6 Air Squadrons VF-6, VB-6, VT-6, VF(N)-78 • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 Air Squadrons VF-31, VT-31 USN Task Group 58.3 – Eniwetok Landing [ENIWETOK? NOT KWAJALEIN??]: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-17 Air Squadrons VF-18, VB-17, VT-17 • USS
Monterey (CV-26) CVG-30 Air Squadrons VF-30, VT-30 • USS
Cowpens (CV-25) CVG-25 Air Squadrons VF-25, VT-25 USN Task Group 58.4 – Wotje Landing: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) CVG-12 Air Squadrons VF-12, VB-12, VT-12 • USS
Princeton (CV-23) CVG-23 Air Squadrons VF-23, VT-23 • USS
Langley (CV-27) CVG-32 Air Squadrons VF-32, VT-32 • USS[5 CVE PER WIKI??] USN Task Force 51 (Jan – February 1944) 11 CVEs? USN Task Group 51.2 – Ma juro Attack Group • USS
Nassau (CVE-16) Air Squadron VC-66 • USS
Natoma Bay(CVE-62) Air Squadron VC-63 USN Task Group 52.9 – Southern Carrier Group: USN Task Unit 52.9.1 – CarDiv24: • USS
Manila Bay (CVE-16 Air Squadron VC-7 • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33 • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) Air Squadron VC-41 Task Force 53 – Northern Attack Force (Roi-Namur): Task Group 53.6 – Northern Carrier Group: CarDiv22: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) CVEG-37 Air Squadrons VF-37, VC-37 • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) CVEG-60 Air Squadrons VF-60, VC-60 • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) CVEG-35 Air Squadrons VF-35, VC-35 Task Force 53 – Southern Attack Force, Operation SEVEDORE (Guam 21 July) Task Group 53.7 – Carrier Support Group CarDiv22: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) Air Squadrons VF-37, VT-37) • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) Air Squadrons VF-60, VT-60) • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) Air Squadrons VF-35, VT-35) Task Unit 53.7.1 From 21 June: CarDiv24: • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33 • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) Air Squadron VC-41 • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) Air Squadron VC-3
USN Invasion of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands (Jan – February 1944) USN Operation CATCHPOLE USN Task Force 51: USN Task Group 51.17 – Fire Support Group 3 CVE
RN Convoy escort to/from West Africa and Gibraltar (29 Jan – 9 March 1944) Convoys SL147/KMS38, ON222, ONS28, OS69/KMS43, and MKF29; attacked by IGEL Group of U-Boats; escort group "operating independently" sank U-592, U-762, U-238 and U-734; RN 2nd British Escort Group: • HMS
Activity (CVE/D94) Air Squadron 819 • HMS
Nairana (CVE/D05)
USN Atlantic to Pacific transport of aircraft and personnel (Feb – March 1944) USN: • USS
Santee (CVE-29)
USN Marshalls and Gilberts Escort and Patrol Force (Feb–Sept 1944) USN Task Force 96 (Harrill): USN Task Group 96.? Hunter-Killer Group June–Aug 1945 • USS
Kasaan Bay (CVE-
USN Raid on Truk (17–18 February 1944) Caroline Islands; Operation HAILSTONE Note: The raid destroyed 18 aircraft delivered by CVE IJN
Kaiyo just 8 days before. US
Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher) [5 CV & 4 CVL per wiki- OK USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG-10 Air Squadrons VF-10, VB-10, VT-10; First carrier-launched night radar bombing attack • USS
Yorktown (CV-5) CVG-5 Air Squadrons VF-5, VB-5, VT-5 • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24 Air Squadrons VF-24, VT-24 USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-9 Air Squadrons VF-9, VB-9, VT-9 • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) CVG-6 Air Squadrons VF-6, VB-6, VT-6, VF(N)-78 • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 Air Squadrons VF-31, VT-31 USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-17 Air Squadrons VF-18, VB-17, VT-17 • USS
Monterey (CVL-26 CVG-30 Air Squadrons VF-30, VT-30 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25 Air Squadrons VF-25, VT-25
USN Raid on Jaluit Atoll (20 February 1944) Marshall Islands • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Marianas Islands (25? February 1944) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
RN antisubmarine operations with 6th Canadian Escort group in NW Approaches. (9–28 March 1944) problems with estreme weather, contamination of aircraft fuel, and malfunctioning depth charges. RN: • HMS
Vindex(D15) Air Squadron 825
USN Raid on Palau Islands (30–31 March 1944) Operation DESECRATE 1 USN Task Group 58: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Monterey (CV-26) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) • USS
Langley (CVL-27)
USN Resupply TF-58 at Majuro in the Marshall Islands and Tulagi in the Solomons (15 Mar – 7 April 1944) USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.15- Fast Carrier Supply Group USN CarDiv22: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) Air Squadrons VF-37, VT-37) • USS
Suwannee (CVE-26) Air Squadrons VF-60, VT-60) • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) Air Squadrons VF-35, VT-35) • USS
Santee ((CVE-29) Air Squadrons VF-26, VT-26)
IJN Ferry Aircraft to Singapore (Mar 1944) • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) • IJN
Zuikaku (CV)
USN Raid on Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands (18 March 1944) USN Task Force 50 USN Task Group 50.10: • USS
Lexington (CV-16)
IJN Ferry Aircraft to Saipan, Guam, and Palau (Mar 1944) • IJN
Ryuho (CVL) • IJN
Chiyoda (CVL) • IJN
Chitose (CVL)
USN Invasion of Emirau Island, New Guinea (20 March 1944) Operation CARTWHEEL USN Task Force? (Giffin?) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) Detached from TF 58 • USS
Manila Bay (CVE-61) • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62)
USN Invasion at Hollandia (Mar–Apr 1944)
Operation RECKLESS USN
Fifth Fleet (Spruance): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) USN Task Group 78.1 (Ragsdale) CarDiv22: • USS
Sangamon (CVE- CVEG-37: VF-37, VT-37 • USS
Suwannee (CVE- CVEG-60: VF-60, VT-60 • USS
Chenango (CVE- CVEG-35: VF-35, VT-35 • USS
Santee (CVE-29) CVEG-26: VF-36, VT-36 USN Task Group 78.2 (Davison) CarDiv24: • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE- VC-63 • USS
Coral Sea (CVE- VC-33 • USS
Corregidor (CVE- VC-41 • USS
Manila Bay (CVE- VC-7
USN Invasion of Emirau Island, New Guinea (20–27 March 1944) USN Task Force 36: USN Task Group 36.1 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) USN Task Group 36.3 • USS
Manila Bay (CVE-61) Air Squadron VC-7 • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62) Air Squadron VC-63; From 2 Apr • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33
USN Raid on Palau Island (28–29 March 1944) USN Operation DESECRATE I USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25 USN Task Group 58.2 • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-30
Cabot (CV-28) CVG-31 USN Task Group 58.3 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) USN Task Group 50.10: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-23 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 USN Task Group 58.5 • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) USN Task Group 58.9 • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25)
RN Russian convoy escort to/from Murmansk (29 Mar – 14 April 1944) Operation FY; Convoy JW58 and RA58; RN 2nd Escort Group: • HMS
Tracker (CVE/BAVG-6/D24) sank U-288 • HMS
Activity (CVE/D94) Air Squadron 819
USN Raid on Yap in Caroline Islands (31 March 1944) USN Task Force 58: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Ulithi in Caroline Islands (31 March 1944) USN Task Force 58: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Woleai in Caroline Islands (1 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Hunter Killer Groups Patrol Seaway from Pearl Harbor to Midway (Mar – May 1944) USN Task Group 11.1: • USS
Altamaha (CVE-18) Squadron VC-66 damaged I-45 USN Task Group 11.2: • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) • USS
Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)
IJN Transportation and Convoy Escort to Formosa, Indochina, and Singapore (Apr – June 1944) • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) convoy is attached by USN submarines
USA Invasion at Hollandia (13 Apr – 14 May 1944) US Operations RECKLESS and PERSECUTION
RN Raids on Sabang (19 April 1944) Sumatra, Indonesia,
Operation COCKPIT Eastern Fleet: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • HMS
Illustrious (87)
USA Invasion at Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea (13 Apr – 14 May 1944) US Operations RECKLESS and PERSECUTION USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Belleau Wood (CV-24) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) • USS
Cabot (CV-28) USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) • USS
Langley (CVL-27)
RN Russian convoy escort to/from Kola Inlet (19 Apr – 4 May 1944) Operation FZ; Convoys ?, RA59; brought Russian naval personnel from Murmansk to man ships being transferred to Russia. RN: • HMS
Activity (CVE/D94) • HMS
Fencer (CVE-14/D64) aircraft sank U-277, U-674 and U-959.
RN anti-submarine operations in Northwest Approaches with 5th Escort Group (27 Apr – 12 May 1944) experienced extreme weather, petrol contamination, and crash landings. RN: • HMS
Vindex (D15)
USN Raid on Truk in the Caroline Islands (29–30 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Paulus Islands (29–30 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) • USS
Cabot (CV-28) USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) • USS
Langley (CVL-27)
USN • Approach to the Philippines 58.1 strike Wakde & Sawar Invasion
Battle of Wakde 18–21 May 1944 US Operation STRAIGHT LINE 58.2 strike Wakde, Hollandia
Battle of Hollandia Operation RECKLESS 58.3 strike Hollandia, support Tanahmerah Bay Landing 44/04/29 strike Truk 44/04/30 strike Palaus
USN Raid on Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands (1 May 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25)
RN Convoy escort defense in Mediterranean Sea Convoys OS177/KMS51 RN: • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) Air Squadron 879
RN Anti-Submarine Patrols in the Indian Ocean (17 May – 27 November 1944) RN Task Force 66: • HMS
Shah (CVE-43/D21) Air Squadron 851; head of hunter-killer group which sank U-198 in the Indian Ocean on 12 August 1944 • HMS
Begum (CVE-36/D38)
USN Transport to Marshall and Mariana Islands (May – August 1944) USN Operation "FORAGER" USN Task Force 51 USN Task Group 51.18: USN Task Unit 51.18.10: • USS
White Plains (CVE-66) USN Task Unit 51.18.11 • USS
Copahee (CVE-12) USN Task Group 52.11- Carrier Support Group 2 USN Task Unit 52.11.1 CarDiv26: • USS
Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) Air Squadron VC-5 • USS
Gambier Bay (CVE-73) Air Squadron VC-10 USN Task Unit 52.11.2 CarDiv24: • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) • USS
Coral Sea (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-33; From 20 June • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) Air Squadron VC-41 USN Task Group 52.14 – Carrier Support Group 1: USN Task Unit 52.14.1 CarDiv25: • USS
Midway (CVE-63) Air Squadron VC-65 • USS
Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) Air Squadron VC-68; Until 18 June USN Task Unit 52.14.2: • USS
White Plains (CVE-66) Air SquadronVC-4) • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) Air Squadron VC-3; From July • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) USN Task Force 57: USN Task Group 57.4: USN Task Unit 57.4.11 [AND/OR 57.19.7; SEE BELOW] • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) USN Task Group 57.5: USN Task Unit 57.5.5: • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) USN Task Group 57.19: USN Task Unit 57.19.7: • USS
Monterey (CVL-26)
RN Anti-submarine sweeps of Indian Ocean (May–Oct 1944) U-198 sunk by HM Frigate FINDHORN was the only U-Boat sinking by the Eastern Fleet Hunting Groups. RN Force 66: • HMS
Begum (CVE-36/D38/R305)
832 Naval Air Squadron RN Raid on German Shipping Off Norway (6 May 1944) Operation CROQUET RN: • HMS Furious (CV D-47) • HMS Searcher (CVE-22/D-40)
RN Raid in German Convoy and Shore Targets at Kristiansund, Norway (8 May 1944) Operation HOOPS RN: • HMS Searcher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS Striker (CVE-19) • HMS Emperor (CVE-34)
Raid on Soerabaja in Java, Indonesia (17 May 1944)
Operation TRANSOM Eastern Fleet: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • HMS
Illustrious (87)
USN Raid on Marcus Island (19–20 May 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.6 (15–31 May 1944): • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30)
USN Raid on Wake Island (23 May 1944) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
USN Hunter Killer Group Patrols (May – June 1944) USN Task Group 30.4: • USS
Hoggart Bay (CV-75) Group sank
I-16,
RO-106,
RO-104,
RO-116,
RO-108,
RO-105, and
RO-111.
IJN Transportation of Aircraft and Convoy Escort to Philippines (May – August 1944) • IJN
Taiyo (CVE) sunk by USS
Rasher (18 August 1944) • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) • IJN
Shinyo (CVE)
USN Transportation to Marshall and Mariana Islands (May – August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 51: USN Task Group 51.18: USN Task Unit 51.18.10: • USS
White Plains (CVE-66) TU 51.18.11 • USS
Copahee (CVE-12)
RN Prevention of U-boat activity around Normandy during D-Day Landings (June 1944) Operation NEPTUNE part of Operation OVERLORD RN at Southwest Approaches, 150 mi west of Lands End: RCN 1st, 3rd, 4th 6th and 9th (Canadian) Support Groups • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D-98) • HMS
Tracker (CVE, BAVG-6) • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D-73) [
Vindex and
Activity were NOT there as reported elsewhere. Only 3 CVEs were there per Mawdsley p. 424] [?1. Eastern Task Force 2. Western Task Force?]
RN Indian Ocean convoy escort (June – July 1944) Convoys CM33 and KR11. RN: • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18)
RN Atlantic Convoy Protection to/from Gibraltar (June – August 1944) Convoys OS79, MKS53, SL160 MKS51, OS82, KMS56, SL163, MKS54, SL163, MKS54, OS85, KMS59, SL166 and MKS57. RN: • HMS Campania (D48) Air Squadron 813
RN Atlantic convoy escort (2 June – August 1944) Convoys OS78/KMS52, SL159/MKS50, SL162/MKS53, KMF33, MKF33, OS86/KMS60, SL167, RN: • HMS
Activity (CVE/D94)
RN Simulated attack on Sabang, Sumatra as diversion for USN attacks on the Mariana Islands (11–13 June 1944) Operation COUNCILLOR RN: • HMS
Illustrious (CV/87) • HMS
Atheling (CVE-33/D-51)
USN Support for Invasion of Marianas (June – August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58: USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.?: • USS
Manila Bay (CVE-61) • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62) USN Task Group 50.17 – Fueling & Aircraft Replacement Group; Refueled TF-58 and TF-53: • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) • USS
Copahee (CVE-12) • USS
Breton (CVE-23)
USN Raid on Saipan in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Rota in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Guam in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12)CVG-2) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-28; Until 07/23), • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31; Until 13 July • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) [?? WAS ENTERPRISE IN 58.3 PART OF GUAM RAID??]
USN Raids on IJN Convoys Trying to Reinforce Mariana Islands (11–13 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July
USN Raid on Chichijima (14 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12)CVG-2) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July
USN Raid on Iwo Jima (15–16 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12)CVG-2) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July
USN Invasion of Saipan in the Marina Islands (15 June – 9 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12)CVG-2) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: • USS
Franklin (CV-13) From 29 July • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1 Until 29 July • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 Until 12 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 From 13 July USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-28; Until 23 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31; Until 13 July USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) CVG-16 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG-10 • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) CVG-51 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27; Until ? July USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27: 14 July – 2 Aug • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From 2 Aug USN Task Group 52.11 • USS
Kitkun Bay (CVE) VC-5 • USS
Gambier Bay (CVE) VC-10 • Uss
Corregidor (CVE) VC-41 • USS
Coral Sea (CVE) VC-33 USN Task Group 52.14 • USS
Fanshaw Bay (CVE) VC-68 • USS
Midway (CVE) VC-65 • USS
White Plains (CVE) VC-4 • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE) VC-3 USN Task Force 53.7 • USS
Sangamon (CVE) VF-37, VT-37 • USS
Suwannee (CVE) VF-60, VT-60 • USS
Chenano (CVE) VF-35, VT-35
USN/IJN Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June 1944) USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): 24 aircraft carriers, 1,350 carrier-based aircraft with 29 aircraft lost: USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-28; Until 07/23), • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31; Until 13 July USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) CVG-16 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG-10 • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) CVG-51 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27; Until ? July USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27: 14 July – 2 Aug • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From 2 Aug [* 15 US carriers PER WIKI, NOT RECONCILED] [* 7 US battleships?] IJN Third Fleet (Ozawa) Operation A-GO 429 aircraft lost IJN "Mobile Fleet", Carrier Division 1: • IJN
Shōkaku (CV) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Cavalla • IJN
Zuikaku • IJN
Taihō (CV) sunk by torpedo from USS
Albacore followed by large internal explosion due to aviation gas vapor IJN "Van Force" • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) • IJN
Chiyoda (CVL) damaged by a bomb • IJN
Chitose (CVL) IJN "Force B" • IJN
Junyo (CVL) damaged by bombs • IJN
Hiyō (CVL) sunk • IJN
Ryuho (CVL)
RN Diversional Raid on Norwegian Coast (20 June 1944) Operation WANDERERS RN: • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D-12) • HMS
Fencer (CVE-14/D-64)
Raid on Pagan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands (22–23 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50
USN Raid on Iwo Jima and Cicijima Island (24 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50
USN Raid on Pagan Island, Guam and Rota Island (28 June – 6 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July
RN anti-submarine operations in Northwest Approaches with 5th Escort Group (1–15 July 1944) experienced petrol contamination RN: • HMS
Vindex (D15) • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D12) from 10 July
USN Raid on Iwo Jima, Cicijima Island and Hahajima Island (3 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-28; Until 23 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31; Until 13 July
USN Raid on Rota Island (4 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July
USN Raid on Guam and Rota Island (6 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) CVG-28; Until 23 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31; Until 13 July
USN Raids on Guam (7–17 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1; Until 31 July • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-24; Until 2 Aug • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50
USN Invasion of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: • USS
Franklin (CV-13) From 29 July • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1 Until 29 July • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) CVG-50 Until 12 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 From 13 July USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) CVG-25: Until 10 July • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27: 14 July – 2 Aug • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From 2 Aug
USN Raids on Palau, Tinian Yap, Ulithi, and Fais Island (25–29 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: • USS
Franklin (CV-13) From 29 July • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1 Until 29 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 From 13 July USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July USN Task Group 58.3: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) CVG-16 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG-10 • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) CVG-51 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27; Until ? July USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27: 14 July – 2 Aug • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From 2 Aug
USN Raids on Guam (29 July – 5 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 • USS
Essex (CV-9) CVG-15 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) CVG-32 • USS
Princeton (CVL-23) CVG-27: 14 July – 2 Aug • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) From 2 Aug
USN Raid on Cicijima Island (4–5 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: • USS
Franklin (CV-13) From 29 July • USS
Hornet (CV-12) CVG-2 • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-1 Until 29 July • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) CVG-31 From 13 July USN Task Group 58.2: • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) CVG-8 • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-14; From 30 June • USS
Franklin (CV-13) 30 June – 29 July
IJN Transportation of Aircraft to Philippines (July 1944) Note: Convoy (HI-69) attacked by USN submarines. • IJN
Taiyo (CVE) loaded with aircraft for delivery • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) loaded with aircraft for delivery • IJN
Shinyo (CVE) provided Combat Air Patrols
USN Hunter/Killer CVE Patrolling Area Around Guam (July – August 1944) Hunter/Killer Group "Forager" Task Force 12.4: • USS
Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75)
destroyer escort sinks sub RO-48
RN air attacks on airfield at Gossen, Norway and on shipping (9–10 August 1944) Operation OFFSPRING RN: • HMS
Indefatigable (CV/R10) OR HMS
Implacable (CV/86) [WHICH??? INCONSISTENT AT NAVAL HISTORY WEBSITE] • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Nabob (CVE-41/D77)
Anti-submarine patrols in Indian Ocean (Aug – November 1944) RN: • HMS
Battler (CVE-6/D18)
RN/USN Invasion of Southern France (15 Aug – 15 September 1944) Operation ANVIL/DRAGOON USN Task Force 88 (Troubridge): USN Task Group 88.1 provided fighter protection, spotting aircraft and close support during landings: • HMS
Seacher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D-02) Air Squadron 879 • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D-98) attacked shore targets • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) CAP over landing area and attacked shore targets • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D-73) USN Task Group 88.? • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) • USS
Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) Air Squadron 807 • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D91)
RN Escort for Russian convoy JW69 RA59 to Kola Inlet (17 Aug – 5 September 1944) Group sank U-344; problem with depth charges failing to explode. RN Force 31: • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15) Air Squadron 825 • HMS
Striker (CVE-319/D912)
RN raids against Kaafjord, Norway to hit battleship Tirpitz (20–22 August 1944) Operation
GOODWOOD RN: • HMS
Indefatigable (CV/R10) • HMS
Formidable (CV/67) • HMS
Furious (CV/47) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) diversionary raids on airfields at Hammerfest • HMS
Nabob (CVE-41/D77) torpedoed by U-354; never repaired
IJN Transportation of Aircraft to Singapore (Aug – November 1944) Convoys include
HI-69, HI-70, HI-75, HI-76, and HI-18 • IJN
Unyo (CVE) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Barb (17 September 1944) • IJN
Shinyo (CVE) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Spadefish (17 November 1944)
USN Raid on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands and Chichijima in the Bonin Islands (31 Aug-2 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Group 38.4: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Franklin (CV-13) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) all of these?
RN Aircraft transport to Far East (Sept 1944 – August 1945) Convoys MKS36 and KM39; RN: • HMS
Activity (CVE/D94)
USN Raid on Wake Island (3 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Force 12 USN Task Group 12.5: • USS
Monteray (CVL-26)
USN Raid on Yap (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Ulithi (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
USN Raid on Palau Islands (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Groups 38.2 and 38.4? • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) more? see fleet orgs
USN Raid on Mindanao Island (9 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Group 38.3: • USS
Essex (CV-9) more?
RN Raids on Axis shipping and Crete, Scarpanto, and Rhodes in the Aegean Sea (9 September 1944) Operation OUTING I RN: • HMS Searcher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS Khedive (CVE-39/D62) CAP, strikes on evacuating enemy shipping • HMS Pursuer (CVE-17/D73)
RN Convoy escort from Gibraltar (10–14 September 1944) Convoy KMF34 RN Western Approaches Command: • HMS
Nairana (D05)
USN Raids on Japanese Shipping (10–20 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
RN minelaying and shipping attacks south of Volko Islands (11–12 September 1944) Operation BEGONIA RN: • HMS
Furious (CV/47) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09)
USN Raids on Central Philippines- strike Visajans, Cebu, Negros (12 September 1944) [TO BE COMPLETED] USN Task Groups 38.1, 38.2, 38.3; carriers? • Hornet II? 44/09/21-24 38.1, 38.2, 38.3 strike Luzon – Nichols Field, Clark Field, Manila Bay 38.1, 38.4 strike N Luzon
USN strikes on 44/09/15 38.1 strike Morotai 38.4 strike Peleliu
RN Russian Convoy Escort to/from Kola Inlet (17 Sept – 3 October 1944) Operation RIGMAROLE; Convoys JW60 & RA60 RN: • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D12) • HMS
Campania (D48) Air Squadron 842 or 813; sank U-921
USN Transport (?) and Anti-Submarine Patrols (?) Between Ulithi and Eniwetok (Sept 1944 – April 1945) [need to check each carrier's history here] USN Task Force 12 (Sept 1944 – April 1945) USN Task Group 12.2 (Jan – February 1945): • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Randolph (CV-15) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USN Task Group 12.3 (Mar – April 1945): • USS
Corregidor (CVE-58) USN Task Group 12.4: • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) USN Task Group 12.5: • USS
Santee (CVE- 29)
RN Clearing Out the Aegean Area of the Mediterranean sea (Sept – November 1944) Operations OUTING I & II, MANNA, and CONTEMPT RN British Aegean Fleet Force A: • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98/307) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D12) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) • HMS
Searcher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D73) • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62)
USN Invasion of Peleliu and Angaur Islands (Sept 1944 – November 1944) USN Task Group 38.4 – Peleliu landing – direct support 16–17 Sept USN Task Group 32.4: • USS
Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) Utill 24 Aug • USS
Marcus Island (CVE-77) 12 Aug – 24 Aug • USS
Petrof Bay (CVE-80) 12 Aug – 24 Aug USN Task Group 32.7 – Western Escort Carrier Group: Task Unit 32.7.1 CarDiv27: • USS
Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) Air Squadron VC-20 • USS
Marcus Island (CVE-77) Air Squadron VC-21 • USS
Savo Island (CVE-78) Air Squadron VC-27 • USS
Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) Air Squadron VC-75 USN Task Unit 32.7.2 CarDiv28: • USS
Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) Air Squadron VC-3 • USS
Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Squadron VC-76 • USS
Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) Air Squadron VC-78 USN Task Unit 32.7.3 CarDiv26: • USS
White Plains (CVE-66) Air Squadron VC-4) • USS
Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) Air Squadron VC-5) • USS
Gambier Bay (CVE-73) Air Squadron VC-10)
USN Raid on Okinawa (10 or 12 October 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) USN Task Group 38.1, 38.3
RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (13–16 October 1944) Operation LYCIDAS RN Force 9: • HMS
Fencer (CVE-14/D64) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09)
RN Escort for Russian Convoy JW61 (22–28 October 1944) Operation TRIAL No merchant ship losses. RN: • HMS
Nairana (CVE/D05) • HMS
Tracker (CVE/BAVG-6/D24) • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15)
RN Escort for Russian convoy JW RA61 and RA61 to/from Kola Inlet (23 Oct – 7 November 1944) RN: • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15) Air Squadron 811 • HMS
Niarana (CVE/D05) • HMS
Tracker (CVE/BAVG-6/D24)
RN Aerial minelaying and airfield strikes on Norwegian Coast (23–24 October 1944) Operation HARDY RN Force 2: • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Campania (CVE/D48)
USN Raids on Buka Island, Bonis, and Rabaul (1–5 November 1943) USN Task Force 38: • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Princeton (CVL-23)
USN Raid on Formosa (12? October 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) 38.1 strike S Formosa 38.2 38.3
USN Raid on Philippines (10 to? 20 October 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) 38.4 strike Aparri 38.2 + 38.3 Franklin damaged? 38.4 strike Legaspi and Clark Field, Luzon 38.1 + 38.4 strike Manila area: [Layte not yet organized] [USN Task Group 30.3:] [CTF VAdm Mitscher, from 10/30 VAdm McCain] 19 Oct 8.1 + 38.4 proceed south to provide direct support for the landings at Leyte 38.1 – Cowpens+Cabot rejoined after covering retreat of "CripDiv1" – TU 30.3.1 21 Oct 38.2 strike Panay, Cebu, Negros, and Masbate 38.3 strike Visajans airfields – 200 miles NE of San Bernardino Straits 23 Oct Bunker Hill detached for overhaul 38.2 44/10/24 8 CV, 8 CVL, 6 BB, 15 CA(L), 58 DD 24 Oct x Sibuyan Sea 38.2, 38.3, 38.4 attacking Central Force 24 Oct 38.3 attacked by aircraft: Princeton disabled by dive bomber 38.4 off Leyte Gulf
USN/IJN Battle of Leyte Gulf and Invasion of the Philippines (20–26 October 1944) USN Operation King II; IJN Operation SHO-GO Note: First use of kamikazes and last battle between battleships. US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet (Halsey/McCain) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) • USS
Franklin (CV-13) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
Langley (CVL-27) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) • [8 CV, 8 CVL, 18 CVE per wiki] IJN Mobile Fleet, Third Fleet CarDiv 3- "decoy fleet" (Ozawa) (Battle off Cape Engaño 25–26 October 1944) • IJN
Zuihō (CVL) sunk by bombs and aerial torpedoes • IJN
Zuikaku (CV) sunk by bombs and aerial torpedoes • IJN
Chiyoda (CVL) sunk by bombs and cruiser gunfire • IJN
Chitose (CVL) sunk by bombs or aerial torpedoes • IJN
Hyuga (BBV) damaged by near-missed bombs • IJN
Ise (BBV)
IJN Transport of Aviation Materials to Formosa (25 October 1944) • IJN
Ryuho (CVL) • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE)
USN Task Force 30- Leyte Landing (Oct – November 1944) [25 Oct TG 30.3 "DuBose Grip" created; TU 30.3.1 – "Crippled Division 1" ] • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) USN Task Group 30.7- Hunter Killer Group: • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) Squadron VC-82 USN Task Group 30.8- At Sea Logistics Group: • USS
Nassau (CVE-16) • USS
Altamaha (CVE-18) • USS
Barnes (CVE-20) • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) • USS
Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) • USS
Sargent Bay (CVE-83) • USS
Shipley Bay (CVE-85) • USS
Sitkoh Bay CVE-86) • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE-87) • USS
Cape Esperance (CVE-88) • USS
Kwajalein (CVE-98)
IJN Transport of Battleship Ammunition to Borneo and Suicide Subs and troops to the Philippines (30 Oct – 9 November 1944) • IJN
Junyo (CVL) transported supplies • IJN
Shinyo (CVE) provided air cover for part of return trip
USN Raids on Philippines (Nov – December 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet (Halsey/McCain) 44/11/05 off Polilo – strike Luzon, Mindoro, Manila Bay, Lingayen Gulf 38.1 – Wasp II new FF – strike Santa Cruz 38.2 – strike Luzon, Wedderburn detached to Ulithi for repairs 38.3 100 miles E of Luzon (16-17N, 123-38E) – attacked by kami. – damaged Lexington (16-20N, 123-59E) 38.1+38.3 strike Manila Bay: 6 NOV strike Luzon, Mindoro, Manila Bay, Lingayen Gulf, 44/11/11 38.1, 38.3, 38.4 strike reinforcement convoy (Operation "TA-3") heading to Ormoc Bay: 44/11/13 38.1, 38.3, 38.4 strike central and southern Luzon – primary target = ships that would reinforce Leyte: 44/11/14 38.1, 38.4 strike Luzon 44/11/25 strike Luzon: 38.2+38.3 strike "TA-5" convoys: 38.2 – Intrepid damaged by kamikaze (15-47N, 123-14E), Independence by aircraft landing accident (15-47N, 124-14E) Intrepid sinking APA T-6, T-10, damaging T-9 and Take at Balanacan Harbor, Marinduque Island (13-25N, 121-55E) 38.3 -kami – damage Essex (15-47N, 123-14E) Ticondegaga sinking Kumano in Dasol Bay, Luzon (15-45N, 119-48E) Essex and Langley sinking Jasoshima (15-45N, 119-45E) and landing ships T-112, T-142, T-161 (15-40N,191-45E) SW of Santa Cruz, Luzon Essex and Langley sinking AK Mane; 13–16 Dec strikes on Luzan; 38.2 – Hornet II. sinking landing ship; • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) hit by
kamikaze but remained on front lines
RN Russian Convoy to/from Murmansk (2–17 November 1944) Operation GOLDEN; Return convoys RA61A; RN: • HMS
Campania (D48)
USN At Leyte Gulf (10–23 November 1944) Operation KING II Task Force 77: Task Group 77.4: • USS
Bismarck Sea 14–23 Nov • USS
Makin Island 10-? Nov
RN Strikes on German shipping off ListerfJord, Norway (12 November 1944) Operation COUNTERBLAST RN: • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D-73)
RN Strikes on German shipping at Trondheim and Titran, Norway (14 November 1944) Operation STEAK RN: • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D-73)
RN Aerial minelaying at Kara Sound and Salhusstrommen, Norway (20 November 1944) Operation HARDFAST RN Force 3: • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D73) • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23)
RN Raids on German shipping between Mosjoen and Rorvik, Norway (26 November 1944) Operation PROVIDENT RN: • HMS
Implacable (CV/86) • HMS
Pursuer (CVE- ) returned early due to weather conditions • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) returned early due to weather conditions
USN Task Force 30?- Strikes on Luzon and Mindoro Landing (25 Nov – December 1944) USN Operation "Love III" USN Task Force 38 (Dec 1944) [Mindoro Landings- Opn Love III] (Halsey/McCain) USN Task Group 38.1: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Wasp (CV-18) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) • USS
Langley (CVL-27) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Group 38.2: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Hancock (CV-19) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) USN Task Group 38.3: • USS
Essex (CV-9) [ALSO IN TG 38.1??] • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) [ALSO IN TG 38.1??] • USS
Langley (CVL-27) [ALSO IN TG 38.1??] USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) Squadron VC-82 USN Task Group 30.8- At Sea Logistical Group: • USS
Altamaha (CVE-18) Damaged in Typhoon "
Cobra" (18 December 1944) • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) Damaged in Typhoon "Cobra" (18 December 1944) • USS
Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) • USS
Shipley Bay (CVE-85) replacement planes • USS
Cape Esperance (CVE-88) Damaged in Typhoon "Cobra" (18 December 1944) • USS
Kwajalein (CVE-98)
USN Raid on Yap (Nov 1944) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft and Subs to Inland Sea (28–29 November 1944) • IJN
Shinano (CV) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Archerfish IJN Transport and Convoy Escort to and from Singapore (25 November 1944 – 13 January 1945) Note: Convoys include
HI-83 and HI-84. IJN: • IJN
Kayio (CVE) convoys attached by USN submarines
RN Escort for Russian Convoys to/from Kola Inlet (1–19 December 1944) Operation ACUMEN; JW62 and RA62; group sank U-387 and U-365 RN: • HMS
Nairana (CVE/D05) • HMS
Campania (CVE/D48) aircraft sank U-365
RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (6–10 December 1944) Operation URBANE RN Force 1: • HMS
Implacable (CV/86) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23)
RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (14–17 December 1944) Operation LACERATE RN Force 2: • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23)
USN Invasion of Luzon at Lingayen Gulf (Dec 1944) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft to Philippines (Dec 1944) • IJN
Unryu (CV) sunk by torpedoes from USS
Redfish IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft to Formosa • IJN
Ryuho (CVL)
USN Experience with Typhon "Cobra" (18 December 1944) [typhoon "Cobra" – sunk Spence, damaged Cowpens, Monterey, Cabot, San Jacinto, Miami, Buchanan, Dyson, Hickox, Benham II]
USN Task Force 30- Luzon Landing (Dec 1944 – January 1945) USN Task Group 30.7- Hunter Killer Group: • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) USN Task Group 30.8- 3rd Fleet Logistical Group: • USS
Altamaha (CVE-18) • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) • USS
Shipley Bay • USS
Kwajalein (CVE-98)
USN Raids on Formosa (Dec 1944 – February 1945) USN ? • USS
Essex (CV-9) IJN ? • IJN
Ryuho (CVL) came under TFB attack by USN
USN Raids on Sakishima Island Group (Dec 1944 – February 1945) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
USN Raids on Okinawa (Dec 1944 – February 1945) • USS
Essex (CV-9)
1945 Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships • Royal and Dominion Navy Warships • Imperial Japanese Navy Page • Naval War In The Pacific 1941–1945 • World War II Database
RN Escort for Russian convoy JW63 and RA63 to/from Kola Inlet (1–21 January 1944) RN: • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15) Air Squadron 825
USN Raids- "MIKE I?." – Luzon Landing at Lingayen Gulf & Operation GRATITUDE (Indochina strikes?)] 1–25 January 1945 MORE ON THIS RE TF-38 USN Task Force 77: USN Task Group 77.14 Created 17 Jan: [8 CVE?] • USS
Wake island (CVE- • USS
Hoggatt Bay (CVE- damaged in accidental explosion • USS
Manila Bay (CVE- • USS
Shamrock Bay (CVE- • USS
Lunga Point (CVE- • USS
Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) Hit by
kamikaze and scuttled 4 January 1945 USN Task Group 77.4 (Stump) Reformed from 17 January 1945: • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE- • USS
Marcus Island (CVE- • USS
Savo Island (CVE- • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE- • USS
Petrof Bay (CVE- • USS
Tulagi (CVE- USN Task Group 77.5 aka Task Unit 77.4.1 (Cronin) Hunter – Killer Group: • USS
Tulagi(CVE-) VC-92 [Salamaua ?]
USN Night Raids on Indochina, Formosa, Hong Kong, and Okinawa (10–25 January 1945) Note: Also attacked shipping. USN Task Force 5/Task Group 38.5: [???] • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Independence (CVL-22)
RN Minelaying and anti-shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (11–13 January 1945) Operations SPELLBINDER and GRATIS. RN Force 3: • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23)
RN Escort for Russian convoy JW66 and RA66 to/from Kola Inlet (18 Apr – 6 May 1945) RN: • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15) Air Squadron 813 • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23)
RN night air attacks on shipping off Vaagso, Norway (24–30 January 1945) Operation WINDED RN: • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) • HMS
Campania (CVE/D48) • HMS
Nairana (CVE/D05)
RN Raid on Palembang, Sumatra (24 & 29 January 1945) Reduced fuel outputs of plants at Palembang by 75%, Operation MERIDIAN RN
British Pacific Fleet: RN Force 63: • HMS
Illustrious (CV) • HMS
Indefatigable (CV) • HMS
Indomitable (CV) • HMS
Victorious (CV)
RN Landings on Cheduba Island, Burma (25 January 1945) Operation SANKEY RN Force 64?: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-01)
RN Convoy Escort for Convoys to/from Kola Inlet (6–27 February 1945) Operation HOTBED; Convoys JW64 and RA64; experienced extreme weather condition; RN: • HMS
Narana (CVE/D05) • HMS
Campania (CVE/D48) Air Squadron 813
RN Aerial minlaying at Skatestrommen, Norway (11–13 February 1945) Operation SELENIUM RN Force 2: • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) • HMS
Puncher (CVE-53
USN Raids on Tokyo (16–17 February 1945)
Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • 11 fleet carriers • 5 light carriers
USN Raids on Tokyo (16–26 Feb – 1944) Operation JAMBOREE USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): 45/02/16 strike Tokyo area – start operation 45/02/17 strike Tokio, Jokohama – Tachikawa motor factory, Kasumigaura 45/02/21 strike Tokio 45/02/24 strike Tokio 45/02/25 strike Tokio 45/02/26 strike Tokio, Hacino Is., Nagoja 45/03/03 58.5 strike Cicijima WHICH CARRIERS? SAME ONES SUPPORTING IWO JIMA INVASION?
Invasion of Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima (19 Feb – 26 March 1945) USN Operation DETACHMENT USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1: USN Task Unit 58.1.1? – Carrier Unit ComCarDiv5: • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Wasp (CV-18) CVG-81 • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) CVG-30 USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Unit 58.2.? – Carrier Unit • USS
Lexington (CV-16) CVG-9 • USS
Hancock (CV-19) CVG-80 • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG(N)-90: From 21 Feb • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-3) USN Task Group 58.3: USN Task Unit 58.3.? – Carrier Unit: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) From 15 Feb • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) USN Task Group 58.4: USN Task Unit 58.4.? – Carrier Unit: • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Randolph (CV-15) CVG-12 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) Damaged by bomb 21 Feb • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) USN Task Group 58.5: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) CVG(N)-90; ADDED 23 FEB [DOUBLE COUNTED?] • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) damaged by 7 bombs from land-based aircraft USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.7 – Antisubmarine Group USN Task Unit 50.7.1 • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-82 USN Task Unit 50.7.3: • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) Air Squadron VC-92; Replenishment Aircraft for TG-52.2 and TG-58 USN Task Group 50.8 – At Sea Logistic Support Group Replenishment ships: • USS
Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) • USS
Windham Bay (CVE-92) • USS
Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) 16 Feb – 2 Mar • USS
Bougainville (CVE-100) • USS
Attu (CVE-102) Covering ships: • USS
Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) • USS
Makassar Strait (CVE-91) USN Task Group 52.2 – Support Carrier Group (Durgin): USN Task Unit 52.2.1 CarDiv26 (Sprague): • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62) VC-81 • USS
Wake Island (CVE-65) VOC-1 • USS
Petrof Bay (CVE-80) VC-76) • USS
Sargent Bay (CVE-83) VC-83 • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE-87) VC-90 USN Task Unit 52.2.2 CarDiv29 (Durgin): • USS
Makin Island (CVE-93) VC-84 • USS
Lunga Point (CVE-94) VC-85 • USS
Bismarck Sea (CVE-95 VC-86 USN Task Unit 52.2.3 Cardiv25 (Henderson): • USS
Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) VC-77 • USS
Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) VC-88 WATCH OUT FOR DOUBLE COUNTING USN Task Unit 52.2.3 from 45/03/08: • USS
Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) VC-88) • USS
Wake Island (CVE-65) VOC-1 • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) VC-92 USN Task Unit 52.2.4 (Moebus) – attached 45/02/21 • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) until 22 Feb • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) from 22 Feb
RN 30th Aircraft Carrier Squadron at Sydney, Australia for service in Fleet Train (as of 22 February 1945) RN Task Force 112: • HMS
Slinger (CVE-32/D26/R313) • HMS
Speaker (CVE-40/D90/R314) • HMS
Ruler (CVE-50/D-72/A731)) • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D12) • HMS
Chaser (CVE-10/D32)
RN aerial minelaying and air strikes at Karm Sound, Norway (22 February 1945) Operation GROUNDSHEET RN Force 4: • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) • HMS
Puncher (CVE-53
RN Photo-reconnaissance flights over Malaya (26 Feb – 7 March 1945) Operation STACEY RN Force 64: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-01) • HMS
Empress (CVE-38/D42)
RN Operations Clearing the Indian Ocean (Mar – September 1945) Operations
DRACULA,
DUKEDOM,
COLLIE,
ZIPPER,
JURIST RN Eastern Fleet/Force 61/East Indies Fleet (21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron) based at Trincomalee as of 7 July 1945: • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98/R307) • HMS
Begum (CVE-36/D38/R305) • HMS
Empress (CVE-38/D42) • HMS
Shah (CVE-43/D21/R312) • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D01/R302) • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) • HMS
Slinger (CVE-32/D26/R313) • HMS
Speaker (CVE-40/D90/R314) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D73) • HMS
Searcher (CVE-22/D40) • HMS
Smiter (CVE-52/D55/R321) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D91) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09/R318)
USN Raids on Okinawa (1 Mar – ? 1945) USN Task Force 58 •
RN Escort for Russian Convoys JW65 and RA65 (15–30 March 1945) Operation SCOTTISH RN: • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09) • HMS
Campania (CVE/D48) Air Squadron 825
USN Raids on Kyushu and Inland Sea (16–19 March 1945) UNS Task Force 58 (Spruance/
Mitscher) Note: First USN attacks on Inland Sea area, by at least 240 USN aircraft, was made on 19 March 1945. Note: " Task Groups 58.1, 58.3 and 58.4 were to attack Kure, and Task Group 58.2 was to strike Kobe." • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) light damage • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) light damage [HMS???] • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) damaged by a bomb • USS
Wasp (CV-18) damaged by a bomb • USS
Franklin (CV-13) damaged by two bombs • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • 15 carriers total in 4 task groups IJN: • IJN
Amagi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea • IJN
Katsuragi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea • IJN
Ryuho (CVL) damaged by bombs and rockets • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) damaged by a bomb • IJN
Hyuga (BBV) • IJN
ISE (BBV)
RN aerial minelaying and air strikes at Askevold, Norway (20–21 March 1945) Operation CUPOLA RN Force 1: • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) • HMS
Seacher (CVE-22/D40) • HMS
Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320)
RN Raids on Shipping off Trondheim and Alesund, Norway (26–29 March 1945) Operation PREFIX RN: • HMS
Searcher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS
Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320) • HMS
Nairana (CVE/D05) • HMS
Puncher (CVE-53/D79)
RN air attack on U-Boat Depot Ships at Kilbotn (6 April 1945) Operation NEWMARKET RN: • HMS
Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320) • HMS
Puncher (CVE-53/D79) • HMS
Searcher (CVE-22/D-40) • HMS
Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09/R318)
RN photo-reconnaissance flights and strikes on Sumatra(14–16 April 1945)
Operation SUNFISH RN Force 63, Group 2 of Eastern Fleet: • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62)
RN Russian Convoy Escort for JW66 and RA66(18-2 April 1945) Operations ROUNDEL and TRAMMEL; last set of Russian Convoys RN: • HMS
Premier (CVE-42/D23) • HMS
Vindex (CVE/D15)
RN Raid on Nicobar and Port Blair in the Andamans, to provide cover for landings at Rangoon (27–30 April 1945) Operation BISHOP RN Task Force 63: • HMS
Empress (CVE-38/D42) • HMS
Shah (CVE-43/D21)
USN Invasion of Okinawa (before 7 April 1945) USN Operation ICEBERG (Halsey?/Mitscher) USN Task Force 58 (Mitscher): • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) USN Task Group 58.1 (Clark): • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Wasp (CV-18) Until 19 March • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Group 58.2 (Davison) Disjoined 20 March to 8 April 1945 • USS
Franklin (CV-13) Until 19 March • USS
Randolph (CV-15) USN Task Group 58.3 (Sherman): • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) • USS
Hancock (CV-19) Until 9 April • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) Until ? May USN Task Group 58.4 (Radford): • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) Until 18 March then from 5–8 April • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) CVG-9 • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) CVG-10 • USS
Langley (CVL-27) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) [WHAT ABOUT CVEs??]
USN Invasion of Okinawa (after 7 April 1945 and until 25 May 1945 TF-58?) USN Operation ICEBERG (Halsey?/Mitscher) USN Task Force 58 (Mitscher): USN Task Group 58.1 (Clark): • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Group 58.2 (Davison) Disjoined 16 April • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) April 18-10? • USS
Randolph (CV-15) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) USN Task Group 58.3 (Sherman): USN Task Unit 58.3.1 – Carrier Unit • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Bunker Hill (CV-17) Until 11 May • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) April 18-10? 04/10-04/14, 05/06-05/16?? • USS
Randolph (CV-15) From 16 April • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) Detaches 17–2 April • USS
Langley (CVL-27) 10–11 May • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) 12–28 May USN Task Unit 58.3.10 9–11 April: • USS
Hancock (CV-19) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) USN Task Group 58.4 (Radford) • USS
Intrepid (CV-11) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)K From 10 April • USS
Shangri-La (CV-38) From 24 April • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) CVG-87 From 22 May • USS
Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) From 6 June • USS
Langley (CVL-27) • USS
Independence (CVL-22) From 16 April [WHAT ABOUT CVEs??] [45/05/28 TF 58 > TF 38]
USN Invasion of Okinawa (After 28 May 1945 to TF 38) 1 Apr – 22 June 1945) USN Operation ICEBERG USN Task Force 38: • USS
Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) From 6 June • USS
Independence (CVL-22) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) USN Task Group 38.1: • USS
Hornet (CV-12) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Group 38.3: • USS
Essex (CV-9) USN Task Group 38.4: • USS
Shangri-La (CV-38) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) USN Task Force 30- Okinawa Covering Force (28 May – 17 June 1945) USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) USN Task Group 30.8- Logistic Support Group (ServRon6): • USS
Block Island (CVE-21) until 16 June • USS
Windham Bay (CVE-92) • USS
Salamaua (CVE-96) 4–6 June • USS
Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) until 15 June • USS
Bougainville (CVE-100) USN Task Force 32: USN Task Group 32.1 – Support Carrier Group • USS
Sargent Bay (CVE-83) From 2 June • USS
Shipley Bay (CVE-85) 6–22 June • USS
Salamaua (CVE-96) Until 4 June USN Task Unit 32.1.1: • USS
Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) From 31 May • USS
Makin Island (CVE-93) Until 1 June • USS
Lunga Point (CVE-94) • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62) USN Task Unit 32.1.3: • USS
Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) Until 16 June • USS
Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE-87) Air Squadron VC-93; 15–22 June • USS
Block Island (CVE-106) USN Task Group 50.7 – Antisubmarine Warfare Group • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) 22 Mar – 30 April 1945 & from 21 May 1945 • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) USN Task Group 50.8 – At Sea Logistic Support Group (ServRon6): [DUPLICATION WITH TASK FORCE 30 AND THEIR GROUPS. NEED TO SORT THIS OUT.] • USS
Savo Island (CVE-78) 7–16 Apr • USS
Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) 17–27 Apr; Attached from 52.1 7 Apr USN Task Unit 50.8.4 – CVE Plane Transport Unit • USS
Windham Bay (CVE-92) • USS
Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) • USS
Bougainville (CVE- 100) • USS
Attu (CVE-102) USN Task Unit 50.8.13: • USS
Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) Detached to 52.1.1 7 Apr; Air Squadron VC-94 Task Unit 50.8.23: • USS
Makassar Strait (CVE-91) Detached 7 Apr to 52.1.2; Air Squadron VC-97 Task Unit 52.1.1 • USS
Makin Island (CVE-93) Air Squadron VC-84 • USS
Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) Air Squadron VOC-2 • USS
Lunga Point (CVE-94) Air Squadron VC-85 • USS
Natoma Bay (CVE-62) Air Squadron VC-9; Detached 17 Apr – 8 May • USS
Savo Island (CVE-78) Air Squadron VC-91; Detached to 50.8 on 7 Apr • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE-87) Air Squadron VC-90 • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) Air Squadron VC-13); Antisubmarine Warfare • USS
Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) Air Squadron VC-94; 04/07; Attached 7 Apr from TG-50.8 • USS
Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) Joined 8 May Task Unit 52.1.2 ComCarDiv24: • USS
Marcus Island (CVE-77) Air Squadron VC-87) Until 29 Apr • USS
Saginaw Bay (CVE-82) Air Squadron VC-88) • USS
Sargent Bay (CVE-83) Air Squadron VC-83; Detached to TG-50.8 7–18 Apr • USS
Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Squadron VC-93 • USS
Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81) Air Squadron VC-96; Detached to TG-50.8 17–27 Apr • USS
Wake Island (CVE-65) Air Squadron VOC-1 Until 3 Apr • USS
Tulagi (CVE-72) Air Squadron VC-92; Antisubmarine Warfare • USS
Makassar Strait (CVE-91) Attached 7 Apr – 7 May Task Unit 52.1.3 ComCarDiv22: • USS
Suwannee (CVE-27) CVEG-40: Air Squadrons VF-40, VT-40 • USS
Sangamon (CVE-26) CVEG-33: Air Squadrons VF-33, VT-33 • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) CVEG-25: Air Squadrons VF-25, VT-25 • USS
Santee (CVE-29) CVEG-24: Air Squadrons VF-24, VT-24 • USS
Block Island (CVE-21) (MCVG-1: VMF-511, VMTB-233) from 5 May • USS
Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) (MCVG-2: VMF-512, VMTB-143) from 21 May USN SpecEscCarGrp – Special Escort Carrier Group [TF?] Transported 192 F4Us and 30 F6Fs of MAG-31 & MAG-33: • USS
Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) Transported
Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) • USS
Breton (CVE-23) Transported
Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) • USS
Hollandia (CVE-97) Transported
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 33 (MAG-33) • USS
White Plains (CVE-66) Transported
Marine Aviation Training Support Group 33 (MAG-33)
RN British Pacific Fleet Strikes on Sakishima Islands, Ishigaki Island, and Formosa (Apr – May 1945) Operation ICEBERG Task Force 57 (Apr – May 1945): USN Task Group 57.2 CarRon1 • HMS
Indomitable (CV-92); Hit by
kamikaze 4 May • HMS
Victorious (CV-38); Hit by
kamikaze 9 May • HMS
Indefatigable (CV-R10) Hit by
kamikaze 1 Apr • HMS
Illustrious (CV-87) From 15 Apr • HMS
Formidable (CV-67) From 15 Apr; Hit by
kamikaze 4 May and 9 May [45/05/28 TF 57 > TF 37]
RN British Pacific Fleet Logistical Support (May 1945) Operation ICEBERG I Task Force 112- Fleet Train supporting Task Force 57 (Fisher) • HMS
Chaser (CVE-10/D32) • HMS
Fencer (CVE-14/D64) • HMS
Ruler (CVE-50/D72/A731) Air Squadron 885? • HMS
Slinger (CVE-32/D26) Task Group 112.2: Task Unit 112.2.1 17 Apr: • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D12) Task Unit 112.2.5 45/04/17: • HMS
Speaker (CVE-40/D90/R314) provided air cover for ships of BPF and Fleet Train during replenishment Task Unit 112.2.6: HMS
Indefatigable (CV- 19–20 July HMS
Arbiter (CVE HMS
Striker (CVE [DOUBLE COUNTED?] [MORE MISC INFO ON OPERATION ICEBERG TO BE INTEGRATED ABOVE] [USN/RN
Invasion of Okinawa (1 Apr – 22 June) USN Operation ICEBERG 12 ships lost to kamikaze attacks USN Fifth Fleet: USN Task Force 50: USN Task Force 58: (took part in all USN battles during the last two years of the war) 11 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 22 escort carriers USN/RN Task Force 57 (BPF): 5 fleet carriers] [WHAT IS ICEBERG II VS ICEBERG I??]
RN Raids on shipping and U-boat base at Kilbotn, Norway (4 May 1945)
Operation JUDGMENT (1945) Last offensive operation by Home Fleet during the war; submarine Depot Ship and U-711 sunk, the last U-Boat sunk by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm aircraft during the war. RN Home Fleet Task Force: • HMS Searcher (CVE-22/D40) • HMS Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320) • HMS Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09)
RN at Copenhagen for Surrender of German Warships (9 May 1945) Operation CLEAVER RN: • HMS Searcher (CVE-22/D40) • HMS Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320) • HMS Trumpeter (CVE-37/D09)
RN intercept Japanese craft evacuating troops from Andaman Islands (10–19 May 1945) Operation DUKEDOM RN Force 61: • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) • HMS
Hunter (CVE- • HMS
Shah (CVE- • HMS
Emperor (CVE-
RN Escort for Russian convoy JW67 and RA67 to/from Kola Inlet (12–30 May 1944) Operation TIMELESS; last set of Russian convoys; RN 4th Escort Group: • HMS
Queen (CVE-49/D19/R320) Air Squadron 853
RN patrol for Japanese warships in Indian Ocean (14–16 May) Operation MITRE; destroyers from group sank cruiser IJN
Haguro RN: • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98/R307) Air Squadron 851
USN ? USN Task Force?: • USS
Enterprise (CV-6) damaged by
kamikazes twice • USS
Essex (CV-9)
RN aircraft transport from India to Cylon (June – July 1945) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02)
USN Raids on Kyushu (2–8 June 1945) USN Operation Iceberg USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain): USN: • USS
USN caught in typhoon (4 June 1945) USN: Hornet (22-54N, 132-25E), Bennington (23-03N, 132-04E), Belleau Wood (22-45N, 132-10E), San Jacinto (22-53N, 131-55E)
RN Raid on Truk (14–15 June 1945) Operation INMATE Task Force 111: Task Group 111.2 (Brind) • HMS
Implacable (CV/86) • HMS
Ruler (CVE-50/D72/A731)
RN Reconnaissance missions over southern Malaya and attacks on airfields in northern Sumatra. (14–20 June 1945)
Operation BALSAM RN Force 63 (Oliver): • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D01) • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D12)
USN Raid (6th) on Wake Island (20 June 1945) USN Task Force 12, Task Group 12.4: • USS
Hancock (CV-19) • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25)
USN Raids on Home Islands (July – August 1945) • USS
Wasp (CV-18) From 26 July • USS
Independence (CVL-22) USN Task Group 38.1: • USS
Lexington (CV-16) • USS
Hancock (CV-19) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Belleau Wood (CVL-24) • USS
San Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Group 38.2: • ? USN Task Group 38.3: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) • USS
Randolph (CV-15) • USS
Monterey (CVL-26) • USS
Cabot (CVL-28) • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) USN Task Group 38.4: • USS
Essex (CV-9) From 20 Aug • USS
Shangri-La (CV-38) • USS
Yorktown (CV-10) • USS
Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) • USS
Cowpens (CVL-25) USN Task Group 38.5 – 45/08/13 – British Pacific Fleet • HMS
Indefatigable (R10) [DOUBLE COUNTED? SEE TF-37, BELOW] [SEE MORE INFO RE SPECIFIC RAIDS AT valka.] USN Task Force 37- The
British Pacific Fleet (July – August 1945): • HMS
Formidable (67) Air Squadrons 1841, 1842, 1848, and 848. • HMS
Victorious (38) Air Squadrons 1834, 1836, and 849. • HMS
Indefatigable (R10) Air Squadrons 887, 894, 1772, and 820. • HMS
Implacable (86) Air Squadrons 801, 880, 1771, and 828. USN Task Force 30: USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) Squadron VC-13 USN Task Group 30.8- Third Fleet Logistical Group: • USS
Chenango (CVE-28) 26 July – ? • USS
Anzio (CVE-57) 6 July – 19 Aug • USS
Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) Until 15 Aug • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) • USS
Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) 25 Aug – 5 Sept • USS
Steamer Bay (CVE-87) 3 July – 21 July • USS
Thetis Bay (CVE-90) • USS
Hollandia (CVE-97) • USS
Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) 29 June – 21 July) • USS
Roi (CVE-103) • USS
Munda (CVE-104) From 20 July • USS
Gilbert Islands (CVE-107)
RN BPF RAIDS ON HOME ISLANDS??
RN Replacement carriers supporting BPF operations off Japan (20 July – 13 August 1945) RN: • HMS
Striker (CVE-19/D12) • HMS
Ruler (CVE-50/D72/A731) • HMS
Speaker (CVE-40/D90/R314) • HMS
Arbiter (CVE-51/D31/R303) • HMS
Chaser (CVE-10/D32)
RN cover for a major minesweeping operation off Nicobar and to carry out attacks by embarked aircraft on airfields in North Sumatra (2 July 1945) Operation COLLIE RN Force 61: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-01) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D-98)
RN air cover and strikes during bombardments Nicobar Islands (9–10 July) RN Force 61?: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-01)
USN Raid on Tokyo (10 July 1945) USN
Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) ~1,000 aircraft: • 9 fleet carriers • 6 light carriers
USN Raids on Hokkaido and Northern Honshu (14–15 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain)
USN & RN Raid on Yokosuka (17–18 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) • ? USN Task Force 37
British Pacific Fleet: • HMS
Formidable (67) Air Squadrons 1841, 1842, 1848, and 848. • HMS
Victorious (38) Air Squadrons 1834, 1836, and 849. • HMS
Indefatigable (R10) Air Squadrons 887, 894, 1772, and 820. • HMS
Implacable (86) Air Squadrons 801, 880, 1771, and 828.
USN & RN Raids on Kure and the Inland Sea Area (24–28 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) attacked Kure: • USS
Essex (CV-9) • USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14) • USS
Randolf (CV-15) • USS
Hancock (CV-19) • USS
Bennington (CV-20) • USS
Monterey (CV-26) • USS
Bataan (CVL-29) • USS
Jacinto (CVL-30) USN Task Force 37 (British Pacific Fleet) attacked Kure: • HMS
Formidable (67) Air Squadrons 1841, 1842, 1848, and 848. • HMS
Victorious (38) Air Squadrons 1834, 1836, and 849. • HMS
Indefatigable (R10) Air Squadrons 887, 894, 1772, and 820. • HMS
Implacable (86) Air Squadrons 801, 880, 1771, and 828. RN Task Force 57 (admiral?) attacked Osaka: • HMS
Formidable (67) • HMS
Indefatigable (R10) • HMS
Victorious (R38) IJN: • IJN
Amagi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea • IJN
Katsuragi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea • IJN
Ryūhō (CVL) • IJN
Kaiyo (CVE) damaged • IJN
Hyūga (BBV) damaged • IJN
Ise (BBV) damaged ["Sank one carrier"(?)]
RN air strikes on airfields at Kota Raja and Lho Nga, NW Sumatra. (11 July 1945) RN Force 61?: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-73) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98)
RN cover minesweeping operation off Phuket Island on Kra Isthmus. (19–26 July 1945) Operation
LIVERY last offensive operation by the East Indies Fleet during the war RN Force 63: • HMS
Ameer (CVE-35/D-73) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98)
USN Raid (7th) on Wake Island (1 August 1945) USN Task Force 12, Task Group 12.3: • USS
Cabot (CVL-28)
USN Raid on Tokyo (13–15 August 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Spurance/Mitscher) • USN Task Force 44-Northern Honshu & Hokkaido Surrender Force (Aug 1945): • USS
Manila Bay (CVE-61) • USS
Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) • USS
Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) • USS
Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) • USS
Hoggatt Bay (CVE-75) • USS
Savo Island (CVE-78) From 15 Aug
RN landings in Malaya (28 Aug – 3 September 1945)
Operation JURIST part of
Operation ZIPPER RN (Walker): • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMs
Stalker (CVE-15/D91) • HMS
Archer (CVE/BAVG-1/D78) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98/R307) • HMS
Pursuer (CVE-17/D73)
USN Occupation Duty (Sept 1945) Task Force 72: • CarDiv 5
RN Landings at Singapore ()
Operation TIDERACE part of
Operation ZIPPER RN: • HMS
HMS Ameer (CVE-35/D01/R302) • HMS
Attacker (CVE-7/D02) • HMS
Emperor (CVE-34/D98/R307) • HMS
Empress (CVE-38/D42) • HMS
Hunter (CVE-8/D80) • HMS
Khedive (CVE-39/D62) • HMS
Stalker (CVE-15/D91)
USN Returning Servicemen Home (after September 1945) USN Operation Magic Carpet • USS
Saratoga (CV-3) • USS
Enterprise (CV-6)
IJN Returning Servicemen Home' • IJN
Hōshō (CVL) • IJN
Katsuragi (CV) ==Footnotes==