| AIRCRAFT, BATTLE FORCE Vice Admiral Charles A. Blakely YORKTOWN (CV-5) - Flagship |
| CARRIER DIVISION ONE Rear Admiral William F. Halsey |
| SARATOGA (CV-3) (F) Captain Albert C. Read Saratoga Air Group Lt. Cmdr. Austin K. Doyle VB-3 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. Robert E. Blick VF-3 - 18 VF, 1 VSB, 2 VM Lt. Cmdr. H. F. Cooper VS-3 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. Charles F. Greber VT-3 - 18 VTB Lt. Cmdr. Frank C. Sutton Miscellaneous Aircraft - 2 VM, 3 VSO, 2 VJ, 1 VSB |
| LEXINGTON (CV-2) Captain Alva D. Bernhard Lexington Air Group Lt. Cmdr. James H. McKay VB-2 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. Harry D. Felt VF-2 - 18 VF, 1 VSB, 2 VM Lt. Cmdr. Lucien A. Moebus VS-2 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. John W. King, 3rd VT-2 - 18 VTB Lt. Cmdr. George A. Dussault Miscellaneous Aircraft - 3 VSO, 2 VJ, 1 VSB |
| CARRIER DIVISION TWO Vice Admiral Charles A. Blakely |
| YORKTOWN (CV-5) (F) Captain Ernest L. Gunther Yorktown Air Group Lt. Cmdr. J. R. Tate VB-5 - 18 VB Lt. Cmdr. Daniel W. Harrigan VF-5 - 18 VF, 1 VSB, 2 VM Lt. Cmdr. William L. Rees VS-5 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. Robert N. Hunter VT-5 - 18 VTB Lt. Cmdr. John P. W. Vest Miscellaneous Aircraft - 4 VM, 3 VSO, 2 VJ, 1 VSB |
| ENTERPRISE (CV-6) Captain Charles A. Pownall Enterprise Air Group Lt. Cmdr. Richard F. Whitehead VB-6 - 18 VB Lt. Cmdr. Roland P. Kauffman VF-6 - 18 VF, 1 VSB, 2 VM Lt. Cmdr. Harold L. Young VS-6 - 18 VSB Lt. Cmdr. William V. Saunders VT-6 - 18 VTB Lt. Cmdr. George H. De Baun Miscellaneous Aircraft - 3 VSO, 2 VJ, 1 VSB |
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| USS ENTERPRISE, October, 1939. US Navy Photo from NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know, this picture is in the public domain. |
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| F3F-3 fighter planes from YORKTOWN's VF-5 in flight in 1939. Photo from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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