| THE UNITED STATES FLEET OCTOBER 1, 1939 |
| UNITED STATES FLEET Admiral Claude C. Bloch PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) - Fleet Flagship Flag Air Unit - 1 VOS HOUSTON (CA-30) - Relief Flagship |
| BATTLE FORCE, U.S. FLEET Admiral James O. Richardson CALIFORNIA (BB-44) - Battle Force Flagship Flag Air Unit - 1 VOS |
| BATTLESHIPS, BATTLE FORCE Vice Admiral Charles P. Snyder WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) - Flagship |
| ARIZONA (BB-39) (F) Captain Isaac Kidd NEVADA (BB-36) Captain Francis Rockwell PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) Captain Elwin F. Cutts Air Units - VO-1 Lt. Cmdr. Sherman E.. Burroughs 3 VOS per ship |
| BATTLESHIP DIVISION ONE Rear Admiral Russell Willson |
| BATTLESHIP DIVISION TWO Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernou |
| TENNESSEE (BB-43) (F) Captain Damon E. Cummings OKLAHOMA (BB-37) Captain Emanuel A. Lofquist CALIFORNIA (BB-44) Captain Harold M. Bemis Air Units - VO-2 Lt. Cmdr. Rufus C. Young 3 VOS per ship |
| BATTLESHIP DIVISION THREE Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield |
| IDAHO (BB-42) (F) Captain Stephen B. McKinney MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) Captain Raymond Spruance NEW MEXICO (BB-40) Captain Cortland C. Baughman Air Units - VO-3 Lt. Cmdr. Henry C. Doan 3 VOS per ship |
| BATTLESHIP DIVISION FOUR Vice Admiral Charles P. Snyder |
| WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48) (F) Captain Henry M. Jensen COLORADO (BB-45) Captain Clyde R. Robinson MARYLAND (BB-46) Captain George C. Logan Air Units - VO-4 Lt. Cmdr. Joseph F. Bolger 3 VOS per ship |
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| USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37) of BATDIVTWO, photographed in 1940. An NHC picture obtained from the NAVSOURCE photo archive. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| Captain Isaac Kidd of ARIZONA, photographed aboard his ship. As a Rear Admiral, Kidd died aboard ARIZONA on December 7, 1941. Photo obtained from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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| Admiral James O. Richardson, COMBATFOR, photographed in his office aboard USS CALIFORNIA in 1939. Richardson "fleeted up" to become CINCUS in 1940, but was relieved of his command in early 1941 due to disagreements with President Frankling Roosevelt. Photo is from the NHC On-Line Library. As far as I know it is in the public domain. |
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