| SCOUTING FORCE, U. S. FLEET Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) - Flagship Flag Air Unit - 1 VSO |
| CRUISERS, SCOUTING FORCE Rear Admiral Gilbert J. Rowcliff CHICAGO (CA-29) (F) |
| CRUISER DIVSION FOUR Rear Admiral Gilbert J. Rowcliff |
| CHICAGO (CA-29) (F) Capt. Marion C. Robertson HOUSTON (CA-30) Capt. Jesse Oldendorf PENSACOLA (CA-24) Capt. Norman Scott SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25) Capt. A. M. R. Allen INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) Capt. Edward W. Hanson Air Units - VCS-4 Lt. J. M. Carson 4 VSO per ship |
| CRUISER DIVSION FIVE Rear Admiral John Newton |
| NORTHAMPTON (CA-26) (F) Capt. S. S. Payne PORTLAND (CA-33) Capt. Clifford E. Van Hook Air Units - VCS-5 Lt. Cmdr. J. P. W. Vest 4 VSO per ship |
| CRUISER DIVSION SIX Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher |
| MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36) (F) Capt. D. I. Hedrick ASTORIA (CA-34) Capt. P. B. Haynes NEW ORLEANS (CA-32) Capt. Augustine H. Gray SAN FRANCISCO (CA-38) Capt. Charles M. Yates Air Units - VCS-6 Lt. Cmdr. T. T. Tucker 4 VSO per ship |
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| Note: 1. To be assigned as Flagship, Asiatic Fleet, vice AUGUSTA, in November 1940. 2. Captain Hedrick was scheduled to be relieved by Captain Frank J. Lowry in November 1940. |
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| USS CHICAGO (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers, Scouting Force and Flagship, CRUDIVFOUR, photographed in the 1930's. Undated US Navy photo obtained from the NAVSOURCE photo archive. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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