DESTROYERS, BATTLE FORCE
Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel
DETROIT (CL-8) (F)
Captain Adolf v. S. Pickhardt
Air Unit - 2 VSO
DESTROYER FLOTILLA ONE
Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobold
RALEIGH (CL-7) (F)
Captain Robert B. Simons
Air Unit - 2 VSO
DESTROYER SQUADRON ONE
Captain Lewis E. Denfeld
PHELPS (DD-360) (F)
Cmdr. Albert M. Bledsoe
DESTROYER DIVISION ONE
Cmdr. William S. Popham
DEWEY (DD-349) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. Samuel W. DuBois
HULL (DD-350)
Lt. Cmdr. Walfrid Nyquist
MACDONOUGH (DD-351)
Lt. Cmdr. Raymond D. Tarbuck
WORDEN (DD-352)
Cmdr. Ranson K. Davis
DOBBIN (AD-3) - Tender for Desrons 1 and 3
Captain Emory P. Eldredge
WHITNEY (AD-4) -
Tender for Desrons 5 and 9
Commander William A. Corn
DESTROYER DIVISION TWO
Commander C. W. Flynn
AYLWIN (DD-355) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. Clarence V. Lee
DALE (DD-353)
Lt. Cmdr. John P. Womble, Jr.
FARRAGUT (DD-348)
Lt. Cmdr. George W. Welker
MONAGHAN (DD-354)
Lt. Cmdr. Nicolas B. VanBergen
DESTROYER SQUADRON FIVE
Captain John B. Earle
PORTER (DD-356 ) (F)
Cmdr. Charles W. Weitzel
DESTROYER DIVISION NINE
Commande George C. Kriner
DRAYTON (DD-366) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. Jesse H. Carter
FLUSSER (DD-368)
Lt. Cmdr. George H. Lyttle
LAMSON (DD-367)
Lt. Cmdr. Perley E. Pendleton
MAHAN (DD-364)
Lt. Cmdr. John H. Leppert
DESTROYER DIVISION TEN
Commander Harvey E. Overesch
CUSHING (DD-376) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. William B. Jackson, Jr.
PERKINS (DD-377)
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy F. Wellings
PRESTON (DD-379)
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy J. O'Brien
SMITH (DD-378)
Lt. Cmdr. Francis X. McInerney
DESTROYER SQUADRON THREE
Captain Irving H. Mayfield
CLARK (DD-361) (F)
Cmdr. Thomas H. Binford
DESTROYER DIVISION FIVE
Cmdr. Thomas  J. Keliher, Jr.
CASSIN (DD-372) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. William F. Fitzgerald, Jr.
CONYNGHAM (DD-371)
Lt. Cmdr. James E. Craig
DOWNES (DD-375)
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas H. Hederman
REID (DD-369)
Cmdr. James B. Carter
DESTROYER DIVISION SIX
Cmdr. Hubert E. Paddock
CASE (DD-370) (F)
Lt. Cmdr. Horatio D. Smith
SHAW (DD-373)
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas B. Britain
CUMMINGS (DD-365)
Lt. Cmdr. Carlton R. Todd
TUCKER (DD-374)
Cmdr. Hilyer F. Gearing
DESTROYER SQUADRON NINE
Captain Thomas A. Symington
MCDOUGAL (DD-358) (F)
Cmdr. William W. Warlick
DAVIS (DD-395) (F)
Cmdr. T. DeWitt Carr
JOUETT (DD-396)
Cmdr. Guy W. Clark
SOMERS (DD-381)
Cmdr. Jeffrey C. Metzel
WARRINGTON (DD-383)
Cmdr. Frank  G. Fahrion
DESTROYER DIVISION EIGHTEEN
Commander Thomas G. Peyton
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USS PORTER (DD-356) Flagship of DESRON FIVE, as photographed in 1939.
This photo is from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain.
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