SCOUTING FORCE, PACIFIC FLEET
Vice Admiral Wilson Brown
Captain Marion C. Robertson

INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) - Flagship
Flag Air Unit - 1 VSO
CRUISERS, SCOUTING FORCE
Rear Admiral John H. Newton
Captain S. S. Lewis, Chief of Staff

CHICAGO (CA-29) (F)
CRUISER DIVSION FOUR
Rear Admiral John H. Newton
CHICAGO (CA-29) (F)
Capt. Bernhard H. Bieri
LOUISVILLE (CA-28)
Capt. Elliot B. Nixon
PORTLAND (CA-33)
Capt. Clifford E. Van Hook
INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35)
Capt. Edward W. Hanson

Air Units - VCS-4
Lt. Cmdr. G. A. McLean
4 VSO per ship
CRUISER DIVSION FIVE
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
NORTHAMPTON (CA-26) (F)
Capt. W. D. Chandler, Jr.
PENSACOLA (CA-24)
Captain Norman Scott
SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25)
Captain Ellis H. Zacharias
CHESTER (CA-27)
Capt. T. M. Shock

Air Units - VCS-5
Lt. E. A. Junghans
4 VSO per ship
CRUISER DIVSION SIX
Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36) (F)
Capt. Frank J. Lowry
ASTORIA (CA-34)
Capt. P. B. Haynes
NEW ORLEANS (CA-32)
Capt. Howard H. Good
SAN FRANCISCO (CA-38)
Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan

Air Units - VCS-6
Lt. Cmdr. M. T. Evans
4 VSO per ship
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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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