| ATLANTIC FLEET ORGANIZATION BY TASK FORCE, OCTOBER 1, 1941 |
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| TASK FORCE ONE Battlship Divisions 3 and 5 Cruiser Division 7 Destroyer Squadron 2 Destroyer Division 22 TASK FORCE TWO Carrier Division 3 Cruiser Division 8 Destroyer Squadron 8 MELVILLE TASK FORCE THREE Cruiser Division 2 1 division of Destroyer Squadron 9 One Patrol Squadron plus two tenders (when ordered) Four Coast Guard Cutters (327 ft) (when available) PATOKA TASK FORCE FOUR ESCORT UNITS DESTROYER FLOTILLAS PRAIRIE, DENEBOLA, VULCAN Destroyer Flotilla 3 less 1 division of Destroyer Squadron 9, Destroyer Division 22 Destroyer Flotilla 8 less Destroyer Division 54 ST. AUGUSTINE, ZIRCON, CORAL, EAGLE 48, EAGLE 55, GEORGE E. CAMPBELL Patrol Wing 7 plus POKOMOKE TASK FORCE FIVE VIXEN Submarine Squadron 1 Submarine Squadron 5 - less 4 OSS to Bermuda Submarine Squadron 7 TASK FORCE SIX NORTHERN PATROL Vessels and planes assigned GULF PATROL Destroyer Division 66 Sub Chaser Division 31 less PC-451 Four Coast Guard Cutters (165 ft) -- Sound School Submarines for East Coast Sound school (as detailed by ComSubmarines) CARIBBEAN PATROL Destroyer Division 54 One Patrol Squadron and one tender from Patrol Wing 3 Two OSS's from Submarine Squadron 3 Submarine Base, St. Thomas PANAMA PATROL Destroyer Squadron 33 less Destroyer Division 66 Submarine Squadron 3 less 2 OSS's to Task Group 6.3 Patrol Wing 3 less detachment to Task Group 6.3 TASK FORCE SEVEN S.O.P.A. Casco Bay 1 Mine DIvision S.O.P.A. Bermuda OWL plus 2 AM's N.O.B. Bermuda (including Mobile Base Hospital No. 1) One Patrol Division and one tender from Patrol Wing 5 Scouting Squadrons 2D1, 5D4 4 OSS's (from Submarine Squadron 5 or 7) S.O.P.A. Trinidad S.O.P.A. Argentia N.O.B. Newfoundland 1 Mine Division S.O.P.A. Iceland S.O.P.A. Hampton Roads S.O.P.A. Boston S.O.P.A. Recife S.O.P.A. Bahia TASK FORCE EIGHT Transition Training Squadron, Atlantic (Patrol Planes) Patrol Wing 5 less Bermuda detachment Patrol Wing 8 less POCOMOKE Carrier Training Squadrons TASK FORCE NINE Train Squadron 1 less VULCAN, CONSTELLATION, Sub Chaser Division 31 Train Squadron 3 (Note: Organization of Transport Divisions shown under Training Squadron 3) Transport Division 1 Transport Division 3 Transport Division 5 Transport Division 7 less LEONARD WOOD, JOSEPH T. DICKMAN Transport Division 11 ALMAACK Train Squadron 5 less units detailed to SOPAS (Task Force Seven) Train Squadron 7 less PATOKA Utility (?) Squadrons 4 and 5 TASK FORCE TEN Headquarters 1st Marine DIvision 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Base Depot (Forward Echelon) Army Troops duly assigned FLEET FLAGSHIP AUGUSTA CONSTELLATION (relief flagship) PC-451 |
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