Task Force 61 (1942)
Task force · United States · July 28, 1942 – October 30, 1942
American carrier force under Frank Jack Fletcher, then Thomas Kinkaid, that covered the Guadalcanal landings and fought the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz carrier battles.
View on map Fought in Pacific War
Attached units 5
- July 28, 1942 – August 31, 1942 USS Saratoga Torpedoed by I-26 on 31 August
- July 28, 1942 – September 15, 1942 USS Wasp Sunk by I-19
- July 28, 1942 – August 24, 1942 USS Enterprise Damaged at the Eastern Solomons
- August 29, 1942 – October 26, 1942 USS Hornet Sunk at the Santa Cruz Islands
- October 16, 1942 – October 30, 1942 USS Enterprise
Movements
- June 4–7, 1942 Battle of Midway
- August 7, 1942 Guadalcanal campaign Covers the Guadalcanal landings Map
- August 24, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons Map
- September 15, 1942 Wasp sunk south of the Solomons Map
- October 26, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Map
- October 30, 1942 Back at Nouméa Map
- February 17–18, 1944 Operation Hailstone
- June 19–20, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
- October 23–26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
- April 7, 1945 Operation Ten-Go