ATLANTIC FLEET, U. S. FLEET
Admiral Ernest J. King
Captain Oscar C. Badger, Chief of Staff
Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt - incoming Chief of Staff

AUGUSTA (CA-31) - Flagship
Captain Carleton H. Wright
1 VJR - Flag Air Unit

CONSTELLATION (IX-20) - Relief Flagship
BATTLESHIP DIVISION FIVE
Rear Admiral David M. LeBreton
NEW YORK (BB-34) (F)
Capt. James G. Ware
TEXAS (BB-35)
Capt. Lewis W. Comstock
ARKANSAS (BB-33)
Capt. Carleton F. Bryant

Air Units - VO-5
Lt. Paul P. Blackburn, Jr.
3 VOS per ship
CRUISER DIVISION SEVEN
Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen
WICHITA (CA-45) (F)
Capt. James T. Alexander, Jr.
QUINCY (CA-39)
Capt. Charlton E. Battle, Jr.
TUSCALOOSA (CA-37)
Capt. Lee P. Johnson
VINCENNES (CA-44)
Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl

Air Units - VCS - 7
Lt. Raymond R... Waller
4 VSO per ship
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BATTLESHIPS, ATLANTIC FLEET
RADM David. M. LeBreton
Captain John. L. Hall, Jr., Chief of Staff

NEW YORK (BB-34) - Flagship
CRUISERS, ATLANTIC FLEET
Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt
???, Chief of Staff

PHILADELPHIA (CL-41) - Flagship
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BATTLESHIP DIVISION THREE
Rear Admiral William R. Munroe
IDAHO (BB-42) (F)
Capt. Edward C. Raguet
MISSISSIPPI (BB-41)
Capt. Jerauld Wright??????
NEW MEXICO (BB-40)
Capt. Walter E. Brown

Air Units - VO-3
Lt. Cmdr. Ira E. Hobbs
3 VOS per ship
Note: Names of Battleship Captains overwritten in  source material - generously provided by Jurgen Doescher in August 2005.
MEMPHIS (CL-13) (F)
Capt. Charles J. Parrish
MILWAUKEE (CL-5)
Capt. Forest B. Royal
CINCINNATI (CL-6)
Capt. Homer W. Graf
OMAHA (CL-4)
Capt. Theodore E. Chandler

Air Units - VCS - 2
Lt. William P. Woods
2 VSO per ship
CRUISER DIVISION TEN
no commander assigned
CRUISER DIVISION EIGHT
Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt
CRUISER DIVISION TWO
Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram
PHILADELPHIA (CL-41) (F)
Capt. Charles J. Moore
BROOKLYN (CL-40)
Capt. Ellis S. Stone
SAVANNAH (CL-41)
Capt. Andrew C.Bennett
NASHVILLE (CL-42)
Capt. Francis S. Craven

Air Units - VCS - 8
Lt. Cmdr. Cameron Briggs
4 VSO per ship
ATLANTA (CL-51) (F)
no C. O. listed - not yet commissioned
JUNEAU (CL-52)
no C. O. listed - not yet commissioned
SAN DIEGO(CL-53)
no C. O. listed - not yet commissioned
SAN JUAN (CL-54)
no C. O. listed - not yet commissioned
Notes: OMAHA temporarily withdrawn from Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet.
Cruiser Division Ten listed for information only - will join Crusiers, Atlantic Fleet upon Formation.
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