| CRUISERS, BATTLE FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET Rear Admiral H. Fairfax Leary Captain J. Cary Jones, Chief of Staff HONOLULU (CL-48) - Flagship |
| CRUISER DIVISION THREE Rear Admiral Abel T. Bidwell |
| CRUISER DIVISION NINE Rear Admiral H. Fairfax Leary |
| TRENTON (CL-11) (F) Captain Arthur D. Struble RICHMOND (CL-6) Captain John H. Brown, Jr. CONCORD (CL-5) Captain Ingram C. Sowell Air Units - VCS-3 Lt. C. C. Howerton 2 VSO per ship |
| HONOLULU (CL-48) (F) Captain Harold Dodd BOISE (CL-47) Captain S. B. Robinson PHOENIX (CL-46) Captain H. E. Fischer ST. LOUIS (CL-49) Captain G. A. Rood HELENA (CL-50) Capt. Robert H. English Air Units - VCS-9 Lt. Cmdr. B. B. C. Lovett 4 VSO per ship |
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| The cruiser HELENA, photographed in 1940, played an important part in the Pacific War until her loss in July 1943. In October 1941 she was commanded by Captain Robert English, a submariner who as Rear Admiral would command Pacific Fleet submarines at the time of his death in an airplane accident in January 1943. Photograph from the NHC Online Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |