Invasion of Guadacanal Allied Naval Forces August 7, 1942

Task Force 61: Covering Force

Aircraft Carriers:              
CV-3    USS Saratoga            
CV-6    USS Enterprise  
CV-7    USS Wasp

Battleship:
BB-55   USS North Carolina

Heavy Cruisers:
CA-27   USS Salt Lake City      
CA-32   USS New Orleans 
CA-33   USS Portland
CA-36   USS Minneapolis        
CA-38   USS San Francisco

Light Cruiser:
CL-51   USS Atlanta

Destroyers:
DD-348  USS Farragut            
DD-351  USS MacDonough   
DD-352  USS Worden
DD-353  USS Dale                
DD-360  USS Phelps       
DD-363  USS Balch
DD-397  USS Benham              
DD-399  USS Lang         
DD-401  USS Maury
DD-406  USS Stack              
DD-407  USS Sterret      
DD-433  USS Gwin
DD-435  USS Grayson            
DD-459  USS Laffey       
DD-483  USS Aaron Ward
DD-491  USS Farenholt

Fleet Oilers:
AO-1    USS Kanawha             
AO-22   USS Cimarron      
AO-24   USS Platte
AO-25   USS Sabine             
AO-27   USS Kaskakia        

Task Force 62: Amphibious Force

Heavy Cruisers:
CA-29   USS Chicago             
CA-34   USS Astoria       
CA-39   USS Quincy
CA-44   USS Vincennes           
HMAS Australia          
HMAS Canberra

Light Cruisers:
CL-54 USS San Juan (AAA)               
HMAS Hobart

Destroyers:
DD-349 USS Dewey                
DD-350 USS Hull        
DD-357 USS Selfridge
DD-386 USS Bagley               
DD-387 USS Blue         
DD-389 USS Mugford
DD-390 USS Ralph Talbot         
DD-391 USS Henley       
DD-392 USS Patterson
DD-393 USS Jarvis               
DD-398 USS Ellet        
DD-408 USS Wilson
DD-436 USS Monssen              
DD-484 USS Buchanan

High Speed Minesweepers:
DMS-10 USS Southard             
DMS-11 USS Hovey       
DMS-13 USS Hopkins
DMS-14 USS Zane                 
DMS-16 USS Trevor

Attack Transports:
APA-3 USS Zelin                 
APA-4 USS McCawley      
APA-5 USS Barnett              
APA-7 USS Fuller                        
APA-9 USS Nevelle               
APA-14 USS Hunter Liggett
APA-7 USS American Legion       
APA-18 USS President Jackson
APA-20 USS President Adams      
APA-21 USS Cresent City

Regular Transport:
AP-13 USS George F. Elliot

Attack Cargo Transports:
AKA-3 USS Bellatrix             
AKA-5 USS Formalhaut    
AKA-9 USS Alhena                
AKA-11 USS Betelguese           
AKA-12 USS Libra

High Speed Transports:
APD-2 USS Calhoun               
APD-3 USS Gregory
APD-4 USS Little                
APD-5 USS McKean