United States Pacific Fleet

Fleet · United States · from February 1, 1941

The US Navy's main fleet in the Pacific, based at Pearl Harbor from 1940; its battleships were wrecked on 7 December 1941, leaving its carriers to fight the war of 1942 under Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Recorded for Pacific War.

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Sub-units 14

USS Saratoga ship
USS Wasp ship
Task Force 17 task force
Task Force 16 task force
Task Force 61 (1942) task force
USS Essex ship
USS Lexington (CV-16) ship
USS Princeton ship
USS Yorktown (CV-10) ship
USS Bunker Hill ship
USS Intrepid ship
USS Hornet (CV-12) ship
Fast Carrier Task Force task force
USS Franklin ship

Engagements 10

Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
Battle of the Coral Sea May 4–8, 1942
Battle of Midway June 4–7, 1942
Guadalcanal campaign August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943
Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
Operation Hailstone February 17–18, 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944
Operation Ten-Go April 7, 1945

Movements

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor: battleships sunk or damaged at their moorings (Attack on Pearl Harbor) · map

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