Fast Carrier Task Force

Task force · United States · January 6, 1944 – September 2, 1945

The US Navy's main striking force from 1944: the fast carriers with their battleships, cruisers and destroyers, called Task Force 58 under Raymond Spruance's Fifth Fleet and Task Force 38 under William Halsey's Third Fleet, as the two commands took turns.

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Attached units 13

January 6, 1944 – September 2, 1945 USS Essex
January 6, 1944 – September 2, 1945 USS Yorktown (CV-10)
January 6, 1944 – November 5, 1944 USS Lexington (CV-16) Hit by a kamikaze off Luzon
January 6, 1944 – February 17, 1944 USS Intrepid Torpedoed at Truk
January 6, 1944 – May 11, 1945 USS Bunker Hill Hit by two kamikazes off Okinawa
January 6, 1944 – October 24, 1944 USS Princeton Sunk at Leyte Gulf
January 6, 1944 – May 14, 1945 USS Enterprise Knocked out by a kamikaze off Kyushu
March 20, 1944 – June 5, 1945 USS Hornet (CV-12) Bow damaged in a typhoon
June 28, 1944 – October 30, 1944 USS Franklin Hit by a kamikaze off Leyte
September 6, 1944 – November 25, 1944 USS Intrepid Hit by kamikazes off Luzon
February 1, 1945 – September 2, 1945 USS Lexington (CV-16)
March 3, 1945 – March 19, 1945 USS Franklin Wrecked by bombs off Japan
March 14, 1945 – April 16, 1945 USS Intrepid Hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa

Engagements 8

June 4–7, 1942 Battle of Midway
August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 Guadalcanal campaign
August 24–25, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
October 25–27, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
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

Movements

January 29, 1944 Strikes the Marshalls (TF 58) Map
February 17, 1944 Operation Hailstone at Truk Operation Hailstone Map
April 22, 1944 Covers the Hollandia landings Map
June 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Battle of the Philippine Sea Map
October 12, 1944 Strikes Formosa (TF 38) Map
October 24, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Battle of Leyte Gulf Map
January 12, 1945 Raids the South China Sea Map
February 16, 1945 First carrier raids on Tokyo (TF 58) Map
April 7, 1945 Sinks Yamato off Okinawa Operation Ten-Go Map
July 14, 1945 Strikes Honshu and Hokkaido (TF 38) Map
September 2, 1945 Tokyo Bay: Japan's surrender Map