| DESTROYER FLOTILLA TWO Rear Admiral William S. Pye |
| DETROIT (CL-8) (F) Captain George L. Weyler Air Unit - 2 VSO Lt. Michael P. Bagdanovich |
| ALTAIR (AD-11) - Tender for Desrons 4 and 6 Cmdr. Ernest W. Broadbent MELVILLE (AD-2) Tender for Desrons 7, 8 and 12 and Desdiv 19 Capt. Edward B. Lapham |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON FOUR Captain Henry C. Gearing, Jr. |
| SELFRIDGE (DD-357) (F) Cmdr. Bertram J. Rodgers |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SEVEN Cmdr. Robert L. Conolly |
| DESTROYER DIVISION EIGHT Captain Francis E. M. Whiting |
| HENLEY (DD-391) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Rutledge B. Tomkins HELM (DD-388) Lt. Cmdr. Percival E. McDowell BLUE (DD-387) Lt. Cmdr. Charles O. Comp BAGLEY (DD-386) Lt. Cmdr. W. L. Freeman |
| MUGFORD (DD-389) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Arleigh A. Burke RALPH TALBOT (DD-390) Lt. Cmdr. Roy W. M. Graham JARVIS (DD-393) Lt. Cmdr. Corydon H. Kimball PATTERSON (DD-392) Lt. Cmdr. Jack E. Hurff |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON SIX Captain Freeland A. Daubin |
| BALCH (DD-363) (F) Cmdr. Harry R. Thurber |
| DESTROYER DIVISION ELEVEN Cmdr. Paul Hendren |
| GRIDLEY (DD-380) (F) Lt. Cmdr. John T. Bottom CRAVEN (DD-382) Lt. Cmdr. Mead S. Pearson MAURY (DD-401) Lt. Cmdr. Edward M. Thompson MCCALL (DD-400) Lt. Cmdr. John E. Whelchel |
| DESTROYER DIVISION TWELVE Cmdr. John M. Creighton |
| DUNLAP (DD-384) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Rockwell J. Townsend BENHAM (DD-397) Lt. Cmdr. Thomas F. Darden, Jr. FANNING (DD-385) Lt. Cmdr. Norman O. Schwein ELLET (DD-398) Lt. Cmdr. Francis J. Mee |
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| DESTROYER SQUADRON SEVEN Captain Thomas E. Van Metre |
| MOFFETT (DD-362) (F) Cmdr. George W. Johnson |
| DESTROYER DIVISION TWENTY-FOUR Cmdr. George F. Hussey, Jr. |
| PERRY (DD-340) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Elliott WASMUTH (DD-338) Lt. Cmdr. Church A. Chappell ZANE (DD-337) Lt. Cmdr. Frederick J. Eckhoff TREVER (DD-339) Lt. Cmdr. James S. Smith, Jr. |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT Cmdr. Warner P. Portz |
| SOUTHARD (DD-207) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Alvin D. Chandler CHANDLER (DD-206) Lt. Stirling P. Smith HOVEY (DD-208) Lt. Cmdr. Rufus E. Rose LONG (DD-209) Lt. Cmdr. John G. Jones |
| Notes: 1. When reporting following post-commissioning shake-down. 2. MOFFETT scheduled to become flagship of DESRON 12 when that unit organized later in FY 1940. 3. WINSLOW scheduled to become flagship of DESRON 8 when that unit organized later in FY 1940. 4. DESDIV 19 was not part of DESRON 32, but a separate unit reporting directly to COMDESBATFOR. |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON EIGHT No Commander Assigned |
| WINSLOW (DD-359) (F) Cmdr. Randal E. Dees |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION NINE No Commander Assigned |
| LANG (DD-399) (F) Cmdr. Felix L. Johnson STERETT (DD-407) Lt. Cmdr. Atherton Macondray, Jr. WILSON (DD-408) Lt. Cmdr. Russell G. Sturges |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION TEN No Commander Assigned |
| MAYRANT (DD-402) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Edwin A. Taylor ROWAN (DD-405) Lt. Cmdr. Beverly. Harrison, Jr. |
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| DESTROYER SQUADRON TWELVE No Commander Assigned |
| MOFFETT (DD-362) (F) Cmdr. George W. Johnson |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION TWENTY-SIX No Commander Assigned |
| MUSTIN (DD-413) (F) Lt. Cmdr. James S. Freeman |
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| DESTROYER DIVISION TWENTY-FIVE No Commander Assigned |
| ANDERSON (DD-411) (F) Lt. Cmdr. William M. Hobby HAMMANN (DD-412) Lt. Cmdr. Arnold E. True HUGHES (DD-410) Lt. Cmdr. Donald J. Ramsey SIMS (DD-409) Lt. Cmdr. William A. Griswold |
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| DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-ONE ??????? |
| MACLEISH (DD-220) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Arthur C. Wood |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-TWO Cmdr. Thomas V. Cooper |
| MCCORMICK (DD-223) (F) Cmdr. Thomas V. Cooper OVERTON (DD-239) Lt. Cmdr. Daniel N. Cone, Jr. STURTEVANT (DD-240) Lt. Albert E. Jarrell BAINBRIDGE (DD-246) Lt. Cmdr. Edward P. Creehan |
| DESTROYER DIVISION EIGHTY-THREE Cmdr. Horace D. Clarke |
| LAWRENCE (DD-250) (F) Cmdr. Horace D. Clarke SANDS (DD-243) Lt. Cmdr. Frank W. MacDonald KING (DD-242) Lt. Cmdr. Elmer E. Berthold HUMPHREYS (DD-236) Lt. Cmdr. Harrison B. Southworth |
| DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-TWO Captain Arthur S. Carpender |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-FOUR Cmdr. Lyman K. Swenson |
| LEA (DD-118) (F) Lt. Franklin W. Slaven |
| TWIGGS (DD-127) (F) Cmdr. Lyman K. Swenson WICKES (DD-75) Lt. Cmdr. Charles J. Stuart PHILIP (DD-76) Lt. Cmdr. Edward F. Crowe EVANS (DD-78) Lt. Cmdr. Chauncey Moore |
| DESTROYER DIVISION SIXTY-FIVE Cmdr. Henry B. Broadfoot |
| AARON WARD (DD-132 (F) Cmdr. Henry B. Broadfoot BUCHANAN (DD-131) Lt. Jeane R. Clark HALE (DD-133) Lt. William C. Latrobe CROWNINSHIELD (DD-134) Lt. Harry H. Henderson |
| DESTROYER DIVISION NINETEEN Cmdr. Arthur D. Burhans |
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| RATHBURNE (DD-113) (F) Lt. Cmdr. Preston V. Mercer TALBOT (DD-114) Lt. Cmdr. Max Stormes DENT (DD-116) Lt. Cmdr. Merrall K. Kirk Patrick WATERS (DD-115) Lt. R. D. Smith |
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