| PATROL FORCE, U. S. FLEET Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis TEXAS - (BB-35) - Flagship AUGUSTA (CA-31) - Flagship (effective mid-1941) |
| BATTLESHIP DIVISION FIVE Rear Admiral David M. LeBreton |
| TEXAS (BB-35) (F) Capt. C. N. Hinkamp NEW YORK (BB-34) Capt. Daniel E. Barbey ARKANSAS (BB-33) Capt. John L. Hall, Jr. Air Units - VO-5 Lt. Cmdr. L. P. Pawley 3 VOS per ship |
| CRUISER DIVISION SEVEN Rear Admiral Andrew C. Pickens |
| WICHITA (CA-45) (F) Capt. T. A. Thomson, Jr. QUINCY (CA-39) Capt. W. C. Wickham CHESTER (CA-27) Capt. Mahlon S. Tisdale TUSCALOOSA (CA-37) Capt. Lee P. Johnson VINCENNES (CA-44) Capt. John R. Beardall LOUISVILLE (CA-28) Capt. Frank T. Leighton MEMPHIS (CL-13) Capt. C. J. Parrish Air Units - VCS - 7 Lt. Cmdr. R. R. Waller 4 VSO per ship |
| DESTROYERS, PATROL FORCE Rear Admiral Ferdinand L. Reichmuth SAMPSON (DD-394) - Temporary Flagship OMAHA (CL-4) - Flagship upon reporting DENEBOLA (AD-12) - Administrative Flaghip |
| MOFFETT (DD-362) (F) Cmdr. G. W. Johnson |
| NEW CONSTRUCTION DESTROYERS |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTEEN Commander H. D. Clark |
| MAYRANT (DD-402) (F) Lt. Cmdr. E. A. Taylor TRIPPE (DD-403) Lt. Cmdr. R. L. Campbell, Jr. RHIND (DD-404) Lt. Cmdr. G. R. Cooper SIMS (DD-409) Lt. Cmdr. W. A. Griswold |
| Notes. 1. Temporary Assignment to CRUDIV 7. 2. Temporary Assignment to Patrol Force. 3. Captain Carpender was scheduled to be relieved by Commander W. D. Baker. |
| DESTROYER DIVISION FOUR Commander B. W. Chippendale |
| HUGHES (DD-410) (F) Lt. Cmdr. D. J. Ramsey RUSSELL (DD-414) Lt. Cmdr. J. C. Pollack O'BRIEN (DD-415) Lt. Cmdr. C. F. Espe WALKE (DD-416) Lt. Cmdr. C. H. Sanders |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON TWENTY-SEVEN Captain Leo H. Thebaud |
| DECATUR (DD-341) (F) Lt. Cmdr. J. C. Sowell |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY Commander J. B. Heffernan |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-ONE Commander C. W. Brewington |
| ELLIS (DD-154) (F) Cmdr. J. B. Heffernan DUPONT (DD-152) Lt. E. M. Waldron BERNADOU (DD-153) Lt. Cmdr. G. C. Wright. COLE (DD-155) Lt. C. W. Moses |
| GREER (DD-145) (F) Cmdr. C. W. Brewington TARBELL (DD-142) Lt. Cmdr. E. W. Rawlins LEA (DD-118) Lt. Cmdr. C. Broussard UPSHUR (DD-144) Lt. W. K. Romoser |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-ONE Captain Arthur S. Carpender |
| MacLEISH (DD-220) (F) Lt. Cmdr. A. C. Wood |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-TWO Lieutenant Commander H. W. Chanler |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-THREE Commander T. V. Cooper |
| OVERTON (DD-239) (F) Lt. Cmdr. H. W. Chanler STURTEVANT (DD-240) Lt. Cmdr. A. E. Jarrell REUBEN JAMES (DD-245) Lt. H. L. Edwards BAINBRIDGE (DD-246) Lt. Cmdr. E. P. Creehan |
| McCORMICK (DD-223) (F) Cmdr. T. V. Cooper BROOME (DD-210) Lt. Cmdr. J. Y. Dannenberg SIMPSON (DD-221) Lt. Cmdr. D. N. Cone, Jr. TRUXTUN (DD-229) Lt. Cmdr. H. B. Heneberger |
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| BATTLESHIPS, PATROL FORCE RADM David. M. LeBreton TEXAS (BB-35) - Flagship |
| CRUISERS, PATROL FORCE Rear Admiral Andrew C. Pickens WICHITA (CA-45) - Flagship |
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| SAMPSON (DD-394) Cmdr. William K. Phillips OMAHA (CL-4) Capt. Paulis P. Powell DENEBOLA (AD-12) - Mobile Tender (mid-Atlantic) Cmdr. R. A. Dyer, Jr. MELVILLE (AD-2) - Tender (Caribbean) Cmdr. W. J. Larson PRAIRIE (AD-15) - Tender, DESRONS 2 and 7 Cmdr. J. B. W. Waller |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON TWO Captain Walden L. Ainsworth |
| ROE (DD-418) Lt. Cmdr. R. M. Scruggs BUCK (DD-420) Lt. Cmdr. H. C. Robison PLUNKETT (DD-431) Lt. Cmdr. P. G. Hale GLEAVES (DD-423) Lt. Cmdr. E. H. Pierce NIBLACK (DD-424) Lt. Cmdr. E. R. Durgin |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION FIFTY-THREE Commander H. B. Broadfoot |
| DESTROYER DIVISION FIFTY-FOUR Lieutenant Commander R. P. Wadell |
| BADGER (DD-126) (F) Lt. Cmdr. W. E. Hennigar BABBITT (DD-128) Lt. E. T. Goyette LEARY (DD-158) Lt. Cmdr. E. Watts. SCHENCK (DD-159) Lt. Cmdr. T. H. Tonseth |
| HERBERT (DD-160) (F) Lt. Cmdr. R. P. Wadell JACOB JONES (DD-130) Lt. Cmdr. E. L. Woodyard ROPER (DD-147) Lt. J. F. Hines, Jr. DICKERSON (DD-157) Lt. M. R. Stone |
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| DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY Captain James L. Kauffman |
| DALLAS (DD-199) (F) Lt. Cmdr. J. J. Laffan |
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| USS TEXAS, Patrol Force flagship and flagship, BatDivFive, "dressed" for Navy Day, October 27, 1940. Photo from the NHC On-Line Archive. |
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