| CRUISERS, BATTLE FORCE Rear Admiral Husband Kimmell HONOLULU (CL-48) - Flagship |
| CRUISER DIVISION THREE Captain Frank Fletcher |
| CRUISER DIVISION EIGHT Rear Admiral Forde A. Todd |
| CRUISER DIVSION NINE Rear Admiral Husband Kimmell |
| CONCORD (CL-10) (F) Captain Earle C. Metz CINCINNATI (CL-6) Captain Spencer S. Lewis MILWAUKEE (CL-5) Captain Archibald McGlasson OMAHA (CL-4) Captain Lyal A. Davidson TRENTON (CL-11) Captain James R. Barry Air Units - VCS-3 Lt. Cmdr. Halstead L. Hopping 2 VSO per ship |
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| PHILADELPHIA (CL-41) (F) Captain Vance D. Chapline BROOKLYN (CL-40) Captain William Ward Smith SAVANNAH (CL-42) Captain Robert C. Giffen NASHVILLE (CL-43) Captain William W. Wilson Air Units - VCS-8 Lt. Cmdr. Robert Goldthwaite 4 VSO per ship |
| HONOLULU (CL-48) (F) Captain Oscar Smith BOISE (CL-47) Captain Byron V. McCandlish PHOENIX (CL-46) Captain John W. Rankin ST. LOUIS (CL-49) Captain Charles H. Morrison HELENA (CL-50) Lt. Cmdr. D. H. Johnston Air Units - VCS-9 Lt. Cmdr. Clarence E. Ekstrom 4 VSO per ship |
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| Notes: 1. On Temporary Duty with Squadron 40-T. 2. Upon reporting to CINCUS following post-commissioning shakedown. 3. HELENA commissioned September 19. Lt. Cmdr. Johnson was in temporary command pending the arrival of Captain Max B. DeMott. 4. Captain Fletcher had beens elected for promotion to Rear Admiral and would in fact soon assume this rank. |
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| USS HELENA, circa 1940 US Navy Photo from NHC On-Line Library. As Far as I know this picture is in the public domain. |
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