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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:47 am
by Extraneous
1941 Imperial Japanese Navy Fifth Fleet December 7/8,1941

Names are in the Japanese way of surname or family name then given name.
Dates are in month, day, and year sequence.

Ships sunk by Submarine: http://www.valoratsea.com/JANAC8.htm
Japanese Generals between 1932-1945: http://www.generals.dk/generals.php
Pacific War Database: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/
People and Ships: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm
OOB, People: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_jap ... /_ijn.html
Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_japan/_ops.html
Ship List and Movements: http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
Ship List: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm
Gunboat List: http://hmsfalcon.com/foreign/foreign.htm
Czechoslovakian OOB site: http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/index_frame.htm
Czechoslovakian Ship List site: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/typy.php?lang ... =&stat=JAP
Hyperwar U.S. Intelligence Report 11/27/41: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html
Hyperwar Japanese merchant ships sunk: http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/Japan/I ... ses-4.html
Hyperwar Japanese Naval Ground Forces: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref ... index.html
Hyperwar Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other operations: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USS ... PTO-2.html
Ship History: http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=O543
VERLUSTE JAPANISCHER HANDELSSCHIFFE 1941-1945: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ve ... ss.a-c.htm
Merchant ships: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/alaska.htm
Akitsu Maru Army auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carrier: http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carrier ... tm#akit-cl
Some OOB: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941JLNA.pdf
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=83952
Japanese Monograph No 116 "The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II: A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization and List of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels Lost or Damaged in the War." Tokyo: Historical Section, G-2, GHQ, Far East Command, February 1952. 279p
Japanese Warships of Worl War II – Anthony J. Watts

Several sites list Patrol Division 1 and 2 as part of the China Area Fleet this is not possible due to the Patrol Squadron 1 being located in Japan.
Azuchi Maru was the ex-Latouche that was captured in the Philippines so it cannot be part of the China Fleet.
07/01/41 Seaplane Tender Kamoi (AP) (Captain Hasebe Yoshizo) this is not a gunboat.
12/08/41 Second Class Destroyer Karukaya (DD2) (ex-destroyer No. 18) is assigned Chinkai (Korea) Guard District Destroyer Division 32 with ASAGAO and FUYO
Repair Ship Hayase (ex-Chinese) no information after 10/25/38



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Ominato, Honshu, Japan
Fifth Fleet (Vice Admiral Hosogaya, Boshiro Flagship: Second Class Cruiser Tama (CL))
Naval Defense Unit 7
Naval Signal Unit 7
[Ports & Docks Unit 7

Transport Toko Maru #2 (AP) (probably Toko Maru (4,180 Tons))
Transport Akashisan Maru (AP) (4,521 Ton)
Tanker Nissho Maru (AO) (10,536 tons)


Cruiser Squadron 21
Second Class Cruiser Tama (CL) (1x E7K2 (Alf) Type 94 Recon Seaplane)
Second Class Cruiser Kiso (CL) (1x E7K2 (Alf) Type 94 Recon Seaplane)
Seaplane Tender Kimikawa Maru (AV) (8x E13A1 (Jake) Type 0 Recon Seaplane)


Auxiliary Cruiser Squadron 22
Armed Merchant Cruiser Akagi Maru (CX)
Armed Merchant Cruiser Asaka Maru (CX)
Armed Merchant Cruiser Awata Maru (CX)


Base Force 7 (Rear Admiral Abe, Kasuke)


Minesweeper Division 17
Coastal Minesweeper Keinan Maru (AMc)
Coastal Minesweeper Misago Maru #11(AMc)
Coastal Minesweeper Toshi Maru #5 (AMc)
Coastal Minesweeper Toshi Maru #8 (AMc)


Gunboat Division 10
Gunboat Magan Maru (GB)
Gunboat Shoei Maru (GB)
Gunboat Yoshida Maru (GB)


Submarine Chaser Division 66
Submarine Chaser Fumi Maru (PC)
Submarine Chaser Seki Maru #2 (PC)
Net Tender Kogi Maru (AN)


Chichijima Naval Air Group (6x E13A1 (Jake) Type 0 Recon Seaplane)



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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:49 am
by Extraneous
1941 Imperial Japanese Navy Sixth Fleet December 7/8,1941

Names are in the Japanese way of surname or family name then given name.
Dates are in month, day, and year sequence.

Ships sunk by Submarine: http://www.valoratsea.com/JANAC8.htm
Japanese Generals between 1932-1945: http://www.generals.dk/generals.php
Pacific War Database: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/
People and Ships: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm
OOB, People: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_jap ... /_ijn.html
Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_japan/_ops.html
Ship List and Movements: http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
Ship List: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm
Gunboat List: http://hmsfalcon.com/foreign/foreign.htm
Czechoslovakian OOB site: http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/index_frame.htm
Czechoslovakian Ship List site: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/typy.php?lang ... =&stat=JAP
Hyperwar U.S. Intelligence Report 11/27/41: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html
Hyperwar Japanese merchant ships sunk: http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/Japan/I ... ses-4.html
Hyperwar Japanese Naval Ground Forces: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref ... index.html
Hyperwar Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other operations: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USS ... PTO-2.html
Ship History: http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=O543
VERLUSTE JAPANISCHER HANDELSSCHIFFE 1941-1945: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ve ... ss.a-c.htm
Merchant ships: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/alaska.htm
Akitsu Maru Army auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carrier: http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carrier ... tm#akit-cl
Some OOB: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941JLNA.pdf
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=83952
Japanese Monograph No 116 "The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II: A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization and List of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels Lost or Damaged in the War." Tokyo: Historical Section, G-2, GHQ, Far East Command, February 1952. 279p
Japanese Warships of Worl War II – Anthony J. Watts

Several sites list Patrol Division 1 and 2 as part of the China Area Fleet this is not possible due to the Patrol Squadron 1 being located in Japan.
Azuchi Maru was the ex-Latouche that was captured in the Philippines so it cannot be part of the China Fleet.
07/01/41 Seaplane Tender Kamoi (AP) (Captain Hasebe Yoshizo) this is not a gunboat.
12/08/41 Second Class Destroyer Karukaya (DD2) (ex-destroyer No. 18) is assigned Chinkai (Korea) Guard District Destroyer Division 32 with ASAGAO and FUYO
Repair Ship Hayase (ex-Chinese) no information after 10/25/38



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Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ;

Ruot (Kwajalein Atoll), Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands)
Sixth Fleet (Vice Admiral Shimizu, Mitsumi; Flagship: Second Class Cruiser Katori (CL))
Second Class Cruiser Katori (CL) (1x E7K2 (Alf) Type 94 Recon Seaplane)
Ammunition Ship Aratama Maru (AE) (6,873 Tons)
Tanker Ondo (AO) (15,450 Tons)
Tanker Toa Maru (AO) (10,051 Tons)


Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Squadron 1 (Rear Admiral Sato, Tsutomu; Flagship: Submarine I-9 (SS))
Submarine I-9 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm North of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Auxiliary Submarine Tender Yasukuni Maru (AS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 1
Submarine I-15 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm North of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-16 (SS) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 15nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-17 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm North of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 2
Submarine I-18 (SS) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 15nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-19 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 110nm Northeast of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-20 (SS) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 15nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 3
Submarine I-21 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 110nm Northeast of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-22 (SS) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 15nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-23 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 110nm Northeast of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 4
Submarine I-24 (SS) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 15nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-25 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm North of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-26 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; underway between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, California


Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Squadron 2 (Rear Admiral Yamazaki, Shigeaki; Flagship: Submarine I-7 (SS))
Submarine I-7 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; underway between Molokai and Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-10 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) on patrol between Fiji Islands (Republic of the Fiji Islands) and Samoa Islands (Independent State of Samoa)
Auxiliary Submarine Tender Santos Maru (AS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 7 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; underway between Molokai and Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-1 (SS)
Submarine I-2 (SS)
Submarine I-3 (SS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 8 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; underway between Molokai and Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-4 (SS)
Submarine I-5 (SS)
Submarine I-6 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane)


Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Squadron 3 (Rear Admiral Miwa, Shigeyoshi; Flagship: Submarine I-8 (SS))
Submarine I-8 (SS) (1x E14Y1 (Glen) Type 0 Sub-Borne Seaplane) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Auxiliary Submarine Tender Taigei (AS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 11 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-74 (SS)
Submarine I-75 (SS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 12 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-68 (SS)
Submarine I-69 (SS)
Submarine I-70 (SS)

Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; Submarine Division 20 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor ; on patrol 25-50nm South of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
Submarine I-71 (SS)
Submarine I-72 (SS)
Submarine I-73 (SS)




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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:50 am
by Extraneous
Imperial Japanese Navy China Expeditionary Fleets December 7/8,1941

Names are in the Japanese way of surname or family name then given name.
Dates are in month, day, and year sequence.

Pacific War Database: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/
OOB, People, and Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_jap ... /_ijn.html
Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_japan/_ops.html
Ship List and Movements: http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
Ship List: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm
Ship List: http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/index_frame.htm
Gunboat List: http://hmsfalcon.com/foreign/foreign.htm
Czechoslovakian site Ship List: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/typy.php?lang ... =&stat=JAP
People and Ships: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm
Some OOB: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941JLNA.pdf
Hyperwar U.S. Intelligence Report 11/27/41: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html
Hyperwar Japanese merchant ships sunk: http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/Japan/I ... ses-4.html
Hyperwar Japanese Naval Ground Forces: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref ... index.html
Merchant ships: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/alaska.htm
Ship History: http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=O543
VERLUSTE JAPANISCHER HANDELSSCHIFFE 1941-1945: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ve ... ss.a-c.htm
Akitsu Maru Army auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carrier: http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carrier ... tm#akit-cl
Converted Merchant Vessels: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_esc_aux_sc.htm
Japanese Warships of Worl War II – Anthony J. Watts

Several sites list Patrol Division 1 and 2 as part of the China Area Fleet this is not possible due to the Patrol Squadron 1 being located in Japan.
Azuchi Maru was the ex-Latouche that was captured in the Philippines so it cannot be part of the China Fleet.
07/01/41 Seaplane Tender Kamoi (AP) (Captain Hasebe Yoshizo) this is not a gunboat.
12/08/41 Second Class Destroyer Karukaya (DD2) (ex-destroyer No. 18) is assigned Chinkai (Korea) Guard District Destroyer Division 32 with ASAGAO and FUYO
Repair Ship Hayase (ex-Chinese) no information after 10/25/38



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Shanghai, China
China Area Fleet (Vice Admiral Koga Mineici Flagship: Armored Cruiser Izumo (CD))
Armored Cruiser Izumo (CD) (1x E4N2 Type 90-2 Recon Seaplane)
Hospital Ship Muro Maru (AH) Merchant conversion 6
Gunboat Kotaka (PG)
Second Class Destroyer Hosu (DD2)
Gunboat Asuga (PG) (ex-Yung Chien) (MTB depot ship)


Supply Unit (All ships in this unit are suspect)
Hospital Ship Muro Maru (AH) Merchant conversion 6 (was listed as a AK)
Transport Azusa Maru (AP) (1,370 tons)
Transport Banshu Maru #21 (AP)
Transport Kosoku Maru #3 (AP)
Transport Minowa Maru (AP)
Transport Tenran Maru (AP)
Transport Zuiho Maru (AP) (Tanker Zuiho Maru (AO) (5,135 Tons) sunk off Hong Kong carrying Allied POW’s)
Transport Kasagisan Maru (AP) (2,427 tons)
Tanker Junko Maru (AO) (471 tons) (departing Sasebo for the Taichow Islands, China)
Tanker Koryu Maru (AO) (974 tons) (departing Sasebo for the Taichow Islands, China)
Tanker Moji Maru (AO) (318 tons)
Tanker Toen Maru (AO) (5,125 tons) (11/18/41 begins conversion to fleet oiler; 12/17/41 departs Sasebo to replenish China Area Fleet units in the Hong Kong area)


Shanghai Area Base Force (Vice Admiral Makita Kakusaburo)
Shanghai SNLF

Gunboat Toba (PG)
Second Class Destroyer Kuri (DD2)
Second Class Destroyer Hasu (DD2)
Second Class Destroyer Tsuga (DD2)
Destroyer Tender Nipponkai Maru (AD)

Gunboat Division 13
Gunboat Hyakufuku Maru (PG) Merchant conversion 87
Gunboat Shosei Maru (PG) Merchant conversion 87
Gunboat Unkai Maru #10 (PG) Merchant conversion 87

Gunboat Division 14
Gunboat Nishho Maru #2 (PG) Merchant conversion 87
Gunboat Shinko Maru #1 (PG) Merchant conversion 87
Gunboat Tosho Maru (PG) Merchant conversion 87


China Area Fleet Naval Air Group (8x B5M1 (Mabel) type 97-2 Carrier torpedo bomber; 1x L3Y2 (Tina) Type 96 land based transport)


Nanking Base Force
Nanking SNLF



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Hankow, China
First China Expeditionary Fleet (Vice Admiral, Prince, Komatsu Teruhisa commander First China Expeditionary Fleet and Yangtze River Squadron Flagship: Gunboat Uji (PG))
Converted Yacht Ataki (PY)
Auxiliary Gunboat Haruko Maru (PG)
Communications Ship Kasai (AGMR)
2x Patrol Motor Boat (PB)
12x Barges
11x Inboard Motor Ships
2x Outboard Motor Ships
8x Skimming Boats
Yangtze SNLF - deployed in companies along the Yangtze River

Hankow Area Base Force (Rear Admiral Ichise Shinichi)
Hankow SNLF
Communications ship Kosai (AGMR) (ex-Korean lighthouse tender)
Repair Ship Hitonose (AR) (ex-Chinese) http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html

Patrol Squadron 11
Gunboat Ataka (PG) First China Expeditionary Fleet 12/24/41 Joins Lower River Division
Gunboat Atami (PG) Lower River Division
Gunboat Futami (PG) Lower River Division
Gunboat Fushimi (PG) Upper River Division
Gunboat Hira (PG) Upper River Division
Gunboat Kataka (PG) Upper River Division
Gunboat Seta (PG) Lower River Division
Gunboat Sumida (PG) Middle River Division
Gunboat Toba (PG) China Area Fleet Shanghai Base Force


Upper River Division
Gunboat Fushimi (PG)
Gunboat Hira (PG)
Gunboat Kataka (PG)
6x Patrol Motor Boat (PB)

Middle River Division
Gunboat Sumida (PG)
Gunboat Hozu (PG)
Gunboat Shinkoko (PG) (Transport Shinfufu Maru (AP)?)
8x Patrol Motor Boat (PB)

Lower River Division
Gunboat Atami (PG)
Gunboat Seta (PG)
Gunboat Chikubu (PG) (this ship is suspect)
Gunboat Futami (PG)
7x Patrol Motor Boat (PB)


Anching, Anhwei province, China[/u]
Ankei SNLF



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Second China Expeditionary Fleet (Vice Admiral Niimi, Masaichi Flagship: Second Class Cruiser Isuzu (CL))

Escort Squadron 15
Second Class Cruiser Isuzu (CL) (1x E7K2 (Alf) Type 94 Recon Seaplane) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Bombardment Force)
River Gunboat Hashidate (PR) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Assault Force)[/b]
River Gunboat Saga (PR) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Assault Force)[/b]
Torpedo Boat Kasasagi (TB) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Bombardment Force)[/b]
Torpedo Boat Hiyodori (TB) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Bombardment Force)[/b]


Torpedo Boat Division 11 (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Bombardment Force)[/b]
Torpedo Boat Kari (TB)
Torpedo Boat Kiji (TB)


Special Base Force Amoy Area (Vice Admiral Hatakeyama, Koichiro)
Amoy Guard Unit
Tug Boat Kasashima (AT)
Transport Seisho Maru (AP)


Special Base Force Canton Area (Rear Admiral Inoue, Yasuo)
Gunboat Uji (PG) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Assault Force)
Repair Ship Hitonnose (ex-Chinese)
Gunboat Sozan Maru (PG)

Minesweeper Division 2
Minesweeper Ranzan Maru (AM)
Minesweeper Tsukushi Maru (AM) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Assault Force)
Minesweeper Arashima Maru (AM) (Operation “C” - The Invasion of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Assault Force)


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Third China Expeditionary Fleet (05/07/41 to 12/26/41 Rear Admiral Sugiyama, Rokuzo Flagship: Armored Cruiser Iwate (CD))

Torpedo Division 11
Torpedo Boat Hato
Torpedo Boat Sagi
Torpedo Boat Kari
Torpedo Boat Kiji


North Patrol Division
Destroyer Tender Vessel Shuri Maru (AD)


South Patrol Division
Armored Cruiser Iwate (CD)


Base Force 2
Torpedo Boat Division 21 (Operation "M" - The Invasion of the Philippines (North); Batan Island Invasion Detachment)
Torpedo Boat Tomozuru (TB)
Torpedo Boat Hatsukari (TB)
Torpedo Boat Manazuru (TB)
Torpedo Boat Chidori (TB)


Base Force Kainan (Hainan Island, China)) (Vice Admiral Sunagawa, Kaneo)

Torpedo Division 1
Torpedo Boat Otori (TB)
Torpedo Boat Hayabusa (TB)


Seito (Ching Tao, Tsingtao, now Qingdao) Special Base Force



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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:51 am
by Extraneous
Imperial Japanese Navy First Air Fleet December 7/8,1941

Names are in the Japanese way of surname or family name then given name.
Dates are in month, day, and year sequence.

Ships sunk by Submarine: http://www.valoratsea.com/JANAC8.htm
Japanese Generals between 1932-1945: http://www.generals.dk/generals.php
Pacific War Database: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/
People and Ships: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm
OOB, People: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_jap ... /_ijn.html
Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_japan/_ops.html
Ship List and Movements: http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
Ship List: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm
Gunboat List: http://hmsfalcon.com/foreign/foreign.htm
Czechoslovakian OOB site: http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/index_frame.htm
Czechoslovakian Ship List site: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/typy.php?lang ... =&stat=JAP
Hyperwar U.S. Intelligence Report 11/27/41: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html
Hyperwar Japanese merchant ships sunk: http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/Japan/I ... ses-4.html
Hyperwar Japanese Naval Ground Forces: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref ... index.html
Hyperwar Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other operations: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USS ... PTO-2.html
Ship History: http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=O543
VERLUSTE JAPANISCHER HANDELSSCHIFFE 1941-1945: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ve ... ss.a-c.htm
Merchant ships: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/alaska.htm
Akitsu Maru Army auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carrier: http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carrier ... tm#akit-cl
Some OOB: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941JLNA.pdf
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=83952
Japanese Monograph No 116 "The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II: A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization and List of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels Lost or Damaged in the War." Tokyo: Historical Section, G-2, GHQ, Far East Command, February 1952. 279p
Japanese Warships of Worl War II – Anthony J. Watts

Several sites list Patrol Division 1 and 2 as part of the China Area Fleet this is not possible due to the Patrol Squadron 1 being located in Japan.
Azuchi Maru was the ex-Latouche that was captured in the Philippines so it cannot be part of the China Fleet.
07/01/41 Seaplane Tender Kamoi (AP) (Captain Hasebe Yoshizo) this is not a gunboat.
12/08/41 Second Class Destroyer Karukaya (DD2) (ex-destroyer No. 18) is assigned Chinkai (Korea) Guard District Destroyer Division 32 with ASAGAO and FUYO
Repair Ship Hayase (ex-Chinese) no information after 10/25/38



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Hiroshima, Honshū, Japan
First Air Fleet (Vice Admiral Nagumo, Chuichi; Flagship: Aircraft Carrier Akagi (CV))

Carrier Squadron 1 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; from Takan (Hitokappu) bay, Kuril Islands to 230nm Northeast of Ohau, Territory of Hawaii
Aircraft Carrier Akagi (Akagi “Red Castle”) (CV) Capacity 91 aircraft (21x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 18x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 27x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
1st Fighter Squadron (27x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (8x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (8x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (8x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
4th Torpedo-bomber Squadron (3x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
21st Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
22nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
23rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
25th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
26th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
27th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Aircraft Carrier Kaga (Kaga named after Kaga Province) (CV) Capacity 90 aircraft (21x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 27x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 27x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Fighter Squadron (27x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (18x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (3x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (3x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
4th Torpedo-bomber Squadron (3x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
21st Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
22nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
23rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
24th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
25th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
26th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
27th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
28th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
29th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Destroyer Division 7
Destroyer Akebono (DD) patrolling the Inland Sea
Destroyer Ushio (DD) Operation "Z" - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; Midway Bombardment Force
Destroyer Sazanami (DD) Operation "Z" - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; Midway Bombardment Force


Carrier Squadron 2 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; from Takan (Hitokappu) bay, Kuril Islands to 230nm Northeast of Ohau, Territory of Hawaii
Aircraft Carrier Soryu (Sôryû “Blue Dragon”) (CV) Capacity 68 aircraft (21x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 18x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 18x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Fighter Squadron (27x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (12x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (2x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (2x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
4th Torpedo-bomber Squadron (2x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
21st Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
22nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
23rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
24th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
25th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
26th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Aircraft Carrier Hiryu (Hiryû "Flying Dragon") (CV) Capacity 73 aircraft (21x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 18x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 18x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
4th Fighter Squadron (24x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (7x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (7x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (2x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
4th Torpedo-bomber Squadron (2x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
21st Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
22nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
23rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
24th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
25th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
26th Dive-Bomber Squadron (3x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Destroyer Division 23 Operation “G” – The Invasion of Guam; Support Force
Destroyer Kikuzuki (DD)
Destroyer Uzuki (DD)
Destroyer Yuzuki (DD)


Carrier Squadron 4
Light Aircraft Carrier Ryujo (Ryūjō "Prancing Dragon") (CVL) Capacity 48 aircraft (16x A5M4 (Claude) Type 96 Carrier Fighter; 18x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
Auxiliary Carrier Kasuga maru (AV) (08/31/42 renamed Escort Aircraft Carrier Taiyo (CVE) (Taiyō “goshawk”)) en-route from Takao, Formosa (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) to Sasebo, Kyushu Island, Japan

Destroyer Division 3
Destroyer Shiokaze (DD) 100nm East of Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
Destroyer Hokaze (DD) patrolling the Inland Sea


Carrier Squadron 5 Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; from Takan (Hitokappu) bay, Kuril Islands to 230nm Northeast of Ohau, Territory of Hawaii
Aircraft Carrier Shokaku (Shôkaku “Flying Crane”) (CV) Capacity 84 aircraft (18x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 27x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 27x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
5th Fighter Squadron (15x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
1st Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
2nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
3rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku (Zuikaku “Fortunate Crane”) (CV) Capacity 84 aircraft (18x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter; 27x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber; 27x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
6th Fighter Squadron (15x A6M2/21 Zero/Zeke Fighter)
1st Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
2nd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
3rd Torpedo-bomber Squadron (9x B5N2/12 Kate Torpedo-bomber)
1st Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
2nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)
3rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (9x D3A1/11 Val Dive-Bomber)

Destroyer Akigumo (DD) Operation “Z” - The Attack on Pearl Harbor; from Takan (Hitokappu) bay, Kuril Islands to 230nm Northeast of Ohau, Territory of Hawaii
Destroyer Oboro (DD) Operation “G” – The Invasion of Guam; Support Force
Destroyer Yugumo (DD) patrolling the Inland Sea



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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:52 am
by Extraneous
Imperial Japanese Navy 11th Air Fleet December 7/8,1941

Names are in the Japanese way of surname or family name then given name.
Dates are in month, day, and year sequence.

Ships sunk by Submarine: http://www.valoratsea.com/JANAC8.htm
Japanese Generals between 1932-1945: http://www.generals.dk/generals.php
Pacific War Database: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/
People and Ships: http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm
OOB, People: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_jap ... /_ijn.html
Operations: http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/014_japan/_ops.html
Ship List and Movements: http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
Ship List: http://navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_index.htm
Gunboat List: http://hmsfalcon.com/foreign/foreign.htm
Czechoslovakian OOB site: http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/index_frame.htm
Czechoslovakian Ship List site: http://www.warshipsww2.eu/typy.php?lang ... =&stat=JAP
Hyperwar U.S. Intelligence Report 11/27/41: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/pha/misc/45-41.html
Hyperwar Japanese merchant ships sunk: http://funsite.unc.edu/hyperwar/Japan/I ... ses-4.html
Hyperwar Japanese Naval Ground Forces: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref ... index.html
Hyperwar Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other operations: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USS ... PTO-2.html
Ship History: http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=O543
VERLUSTE JAPANISCHER HANDELSSCHIFFE 1941-1945: http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/ve ... ss.a-c.htm
Merchant ships: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/alaska.htm
Akitsu Maru Army auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carrier: http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carrier ... tm#akit-cl
Some OOB: http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941JLNA.pdf
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=83952
Japanese Monograph No 116 "The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II: A Graphic Presentation of the Japanese Naval Organization and List of Combatant and Non-Combatant Vessels Lost or Damaged in the War." Tokyo: Historical Section, G-2, GHQ, Far East Command, February 1952. 279p
Japanese Warships of Worl War II – Anthony J. Watts

Several sites list Patrol Division 1 and 2 as part of the China Area Fleet this is not possible due to the Patrol Squadron 1 being located in Japan.
Azuchi Maru was the ex-Latouche that was captured in the Philippines so it cannot be part of the China Fleet.
07/01/41 Seaplane Tender Kamoi (AP) (Captain Hasebe Yoshizo) this is not a gunboat.
12/08/41 Second Class Destroyer Karukaya (DD2) (ex-destroyer No. 18) is assigned Chinkai (Korea) Guard District Destroyer Division 32 with ASAGAO and FUYO
Repair Ship Hayase (ex-Chinese) no information after 10/25/38



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Takao, Formosa (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Eleventh Air Fleet (Vice Admiral Tsukahara, Nishizo)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Kamogawa Maru (AVT)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Keiyo Maru (AVT)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Lyons Maru (AVT)
Transport Amagisan Maru (AP) (7,620 Tons)
Transport Tashushin Maru (AP) (no information)
Transport Nikkoku Maru (AP) (2,728 Tons)
Gasoline Tanker Hino Maru #5 (AOG) (2,725 Tons)
Gasoline Tanker Nana Maru (AOG) (6,764 Tons)


Destroyer Division 31
Destroyer Akikaze (DD)
Destroyer Hakaze (DD)
Destroyer Tachikaze (DD)


Tainan, Formosa (Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Naval Air Flotilla 21 (Rear Admiral Tada, Takeo)
Naval Air Transport Group 21 (8x Transport Planes)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Katsuragi Maru (ATV)


Naval Air Group 1 (48x G3M2 (Nell) Type 96 Twin-engined Bomber; 2x LO (Thelma) Type LO Transport)


Palau, Caroline Islands (Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia)
Toko Naval Air Group (6x H6K4 (Mavis) Type 97 Flying Boat)

Palau, Caroline Islands (Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia)
Toko Naval Air Group
ToKo Naval Seaplane Base: 6x H6K4 (Mavis) Type 97 Flying Boat
Arakabesan Naval Air Station: 6x H6K4 (Mavis) Type 97 Flying Boat; 6x H6K2-L (Mavis) Type 97 Flying Boat
Palau Naval Air Base: 13x A5M4 (Claude) Type 96 Fighter


Taichu, Formosa (Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Detachment of Kanoya Naval Air Group (46x G3M2 (Nell) Type 96 Twin-engined Bomber; 2x LO (Thelma) Type LO Transport)


Chiai, Formosa (Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Yokosuka 1 SNLF
Yokosuka 3 SNLF

Naval Air Group 1001 (25x L3Y1 (Tina) type 96 Transport; 2x G6M-L2 (Betty) Type 1 Paratroop Transport)


Saigon, French Indochina (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Naval Air Flotilla 22 (Rear Admiral Matsunaga, Sadaichi)
Naval Air Transport Group 22 (5x Transport Planes)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Komaki Maru (ATV)

Genzan Naval Air Group (48x G3M2 (Nell) Type 96 Twin-engined Bomber)

Kanoya Naval Air Group (36x G3M1 (Nell) Type 96 Twin-engined Bomber)


Thi Dai Moi, French Indochina
Bihoro Naval Air Group (48x G3M2 (Nell) Type 96 Twin-engined Bomber)


Soc Trang, French Indochina(Soc Trang, Vietnam)
Yamada Unit (25x A6M2/11 (Zeke) Type 0 Fighter; 11x A5M4 (Claude) Type 96 Fighter; 6x C5M2 (Babs) Type 98 Scout Plane)


Takao, Formosa (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Naval Air Flotilla 23 (Rear Admiral Takenaka, Ryuzo)
Naval Air Transport Group 23 (12x Transport Planes)
Auxiliary Aircraft Transport Komaki Maru (ATV)

Naval Air Group 3 (53x A6M2/11 (Zeke) Type 0 Fighter; 7x A5M4 (Claude) Type 96 Fighter; 9x C5M2 (Babs) Type 98 Scout Plane)


Tainan, Formosa (Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Tainan Naval Air Group 3 (54x A6M2/11 (Zeke) Type 0 Fighter; 6x A5M4 (Claude) Type 96 Fighter; 8x C5M2 (Babs) Type 98 Scout Plane)

Takao, Formosa (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Takao Naval Air Group 3 (54x G4M1 (Betty) Type 1 Twin-engined Bomber; 3x LO (Thelma) Type LO Transport)



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RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:50 am
by Froonp
Well, AMAZING !!!!

[X(]

Looks like there is a megaton of researches here !

[&o]

Thanks for everyone here !

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:32 am
by Zenra
Sheesh - what Froonp said!

Extraneous, I am going to chuck my library card and start paying taxes to support you instead. You've amassed a truly amazing wealth of information here!

Thank you, thank you, thank you... [&o]

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:56 am
by Extraneous
You will note I did not list any game sites (not even Matrix forums) due to the variations of ship classes for the named ships. There are cases, at game sites, where the same named ship was listed as a gunboat, transport, or more than one class at the same site.

Matrix was one of the few that had people requesting name changes to correct this.


When in doubt about a ship I looked for the listing of its sinking or its wreck site.


“No information” doesn’t necessarily mean there is no information. It really means either unverifiable, questionable, conflicting, or dubious information.


There are many cases where the name of the ship was very close to another name. This could have been due to differences when being translated. If I could verify the correct ship name I corrected the name.


Complete records of the Japanese are not in existence. I did Phase 1 because it is easier to verify Phase 2 is very intermittent on information. Sometimes you get everything other times you know there were ships but you only find where ship X rescued survivors from shipY but 10,000 men were landed.


No website is perfect all websites have errors. You can only go with what you can verify.

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:13 pm
by Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: Extraneous

You will note I did not list any game sites (not even Matrix forums) due to the variations of ship classes for the named ships. There are cases, at game sites, where the same named ship was listed as a gunboat, transport, or more than one class at the same site.

Matrix was one of the few that had people requesting name changes to correct this.


When in doubt about a ship I looked for the listing of its sinking or its wreck site.


“No information” doesn’t necessarily mean there is no information. It really means either unverifiable, questionable, conflicting, or dubious information.


There are many cases where the name of the ship was very close to another name. This could have been due to differences when being translated. If I could verify the correct ship name I corrected the name.


Complete records of the Japanese are not in existence. I did Phase 1 because it is easier to verify Phase 2 is very intermittent on information. Sometimes you get everything other times you know there were ships but you only find where ship X rescued survivors from shipY but 10,000 men were landed.


No website is perfect all websites have errors. You can only go with what you can verify.

Hmmm. If the label "No information" isn't always accurate, perhaps you could replace it with "unverifiable, questionable, conflicting, or dubious information" where appropriate.

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:59 pm
by Extraneous
Or as in some cases absolutely, positively, nothing found for this ship name anywhere.

Or "This ship didn't exist at this time".

Or "This site sometimes replaces the letter "J" with "Y"".


[:D] Trust me on this; the label covers a multitude of sins. [:D]

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:03 pm
by Extraneous
Operation TORCH (ex Operation Gymnast) 11/08/42 – 11/12/42
OOB Casablanca http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_W ... blanca.htm
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/ba ... eppe1.html
HOME FLEET - October to December 1942 http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-HF1942d.htm
Service Histories by Name, Type, and Class http://wow.naval-history.net/xGM-aContents.htm
Operation Train http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20W ... ations.htm
Fleet Air Arm http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships ... index.html
Siri Holm Lawson Warsailors.com http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/kmsconvoys.html
Arnold Hague Convoy Database http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html
http://www.bluestarline.org/lamports/browning3.html
www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/saint.htm
http://uncleted.jinak.cz/utorch.htm
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/a ... lgeria.htm
http://www.duchessofbedford.com/ssdob/
http://usswashington.com/worldwar2plus55/dl08no42b.htm
http://www.amazon.com/If-Perish-Frontli ... 0375415149
Generals names http://www.generals.dk/
Polish Navy http://www.polishnavy.pl/index.html
RN and RNR Officers http://www.unithistories.com/
French Moroccan Fleet http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ult ... ix-17.html
HMS Aircraft Carriers http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org ... /index.htm
French Oran Fleet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.eth ... /11/08.htm
http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/84735 ... ilver-Line

NCXF = Naval Commander Expeditionary Force

Landing Ship Infantry (S) = Landing Ship Infantry (Small)
Landing Ship Infantry (M) = Landing Ship Infantry (Medium)
Landing Ship Infantry (L) = Landing Ship Infantry (Large)
Landing Ship Infantry (H) = Landing Ship Infantry (Hand-Hoisted Boats)

How to read a convoy name during this time period
Convoy first letter is for origin second is for destination (except for a WS convoy which were known as Winston Specials)
U – United States of America
K – United Kingdom
G – Gibraltar
M – Mediterranean

Convoy third letter is for speed of the convoy
F – Fast
S – Slow

Further convoy numbers and letters are to differentiate when there are multiple convoys on the same route

Example – UGF.1 – Fast convoy from USA to Gibraltar number 1
Example – KMS.1G - Slow convoy from the United Kingdom to the Mediterranean number 1G
Example – KMS.2G - Slow convoy from the United Kingdom to the Mediterranean number 2G


WESTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE - Task Force 34 – Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Flagship: Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31)

Western Task Force - Major General George Smith Patton Jr., USA (I Armored Corps) Headquarters on Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31) - approximately 34,000 Troops.
2nd Armored Division
3rd Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
70th Tank Battalion
756th Tank Battalion
603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
609th Tank Destroyer Battalion
702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
36th Combat Engineer Regiment
2 signal companies
Sufficient support units

Southern Attack Group - Operation Blackstone (Safi, French Morocco) – Force X - Major General Ernest Harmon, USA - 6,423 men, 54x M-4 Sherman medium and 54x M-3 Stuart light tanks

Operation Blackstone’s objectives were to silence all coastal batteries, seize the town and port of Safi, French Morocco to allow the landing of the bulk of the 2nd Armored Division that would turn North and attack Casablanca.

The 47th Regimental Combat Team, 9th Infantry Division, USA lands at Safi, French Morocco
The 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, USA lands at Safi, French Morocco


Center Attack Group - Operation Brushwood (Fedala, French Morocco) - Force Y - Major General Jonathan Waverly Anderson, USA (3rd Infantry Division) - 18,783 men, 79x M-3 Stuart light tanks

Operation Brushwood’s objectives were to silence all coastal batteries, seize the town and port of Fedala as well as all roads and rail lines serving them, and then turn south to envelop Casablanca from the landward side.

The 7th Regimental Combat Group – 7th Regimental Combat Team (+) lands to the east of Fedala, French Morocco
The 15th Regimental Combat Group - 15th Regimental Combat Team (+) lands to the east of Fedala, French Morocco
The 30th Regimental Combat Group – 30th Regimental Combat Team (+) lands at Fedala, French Morocco
The 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, USA lands at Fedala, French Morocco


Northern Attack Group - Operation Goalpost (Mehedia, French Morocco and Port-Lyatuey, French Morocco) - Force Z – Major General W. R. Truscott, USA - 9,099 men, 65x M-3 Stuart light tanks

Operation Goalpost’s main objectives were airfields at Port-Lyautey and at Sale, 25 miles south, near Rabat. To reach them the Troops would first have to take the coastal village of Mehdia and the town of Port-Lyautey five miles inland on the Sebou River.

The 60th Regimental Combat Team, 9th Infantry Division, USA lands off Mehedia, Algeria
The 1st Battalion (+), 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, (USA) lands off Mehedia, Algeria
The 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, (USA) lands off Mehedia, Algeria
The 756th Tank Battalion lands off Mehedia, Algeria
The 1st Battalion, 540th Engineers USA lands off Mehedia, Algeria



CENTRAL NAVAL TASK FORCE - Commodore Thomas Hope Troubridge Flagship: Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Largs
Air Group
Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious (47)
801 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire Fighter
807 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter
822 Squadron FAA 9x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Escourt Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus (I49)
880 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter

Covering/Support Force
Battleship HMS Rodney (29) Detached from Force H

Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Largs (ex MV Charles Plumier (French)) (4,504 tons)

Transports
Transport SS Monarch of Bermuda (CW) (22,424 tons) 2,683 Troops
Transport SS Mooltan (CW) (20,952 tons) 3,608 Troops
Transport SS Orbita (CW) (15,495 tons) 2,000 Troops

Western Landing Group (Oran, Algeria)
Transport SS Stefan Batory (14,287 tons)
Landing Ship Infantry (M) HMS Queen Emma (ex Koningin Emma (Dutch)) (4.180) (4,135 tons) 8x Landing Craft
Landing Ship Infantry (M) HMS Princess Beatrix (ex Prinses Beatrix (Dutch)) (4.44) (4,135 tons) 8x Landing Craft


Center Landing Group (Oran, Algeria)
Transport Division 26 (TRANSDIV 26) 22x LCA, 10x LCP (LCVP), and 11x LCM III
Transport SS Derbyshire (11,660 tons)
Transport SS Llangibby Castle (CW) (11,951 tons) MT, Stores 62 tons, 1,646 Troops
Landing Ship Infantry Durban Castle (CW) (17,388 tons) 18x Landing Craft
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Glengyle (4.196) (9,919 tons)


Eastern Landing Group (Arzew Bay, Algeria)
Transport Division 16 (TRANSDIV 16)
Transport SS Warwick Castle (CW) (20,107 tons) 12X LCA 11/14/42 Sunk by U-413
Transport SS Duchess of Bedford (CW) (20,123 tons) 11x LCA and 3,044 Troops

Transport Division 18 (TRANSDIV 18)
Transport SS Ettrick (CW) (11,279 tons) 10x LCA and 1,760 Troops 11/15/42 Sunk by U-155
Transport SS RMMV Reina Del Pacifico (CW) (17,702 tons) 12x LCA and 2,500 Troops
Transport SS Tegelberg (Dutch) (14,150 tons) 10x LCA and 3,200 Troops
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Royal Ulsterman (F 63) (3,244 tons) 5x LCA
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Ulster Monarch (F 69) (3,791 tons) 5x LCA
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Royal Scotsman (F 115) (3,244 tons) 5x LCA



Center Task Force - Major General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall, USA (II Corps)
1st Armored Division
1st Infantry Division
1st Ranger Battalion
2xnd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Take the roads, villages, and two airfields in the area, and converge on the Oran, Algeria from three sides.

11/07/42 Tafraoui airfield (15 south of Oran) and La Senia airfield (5 miles south of Oran)
The US 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment bad weather and faulty communications caused varying numbers of planes to land at Gibraltar, French French Morocco, Spanish French Morocco, and several points along the Algerian coast. Some of the Troops arriving in Algeria became prisoners of civil police, while the rest were too disorganized to contribute to the battle for Oran.

Western Landing Group (Oran, Algeria) – Task Force Green - Colonel Paul McDonald Robinett, USA

Objective was to capture the town of Lourmel, Algeria and then move on to Oran, Algeria

Task Force Green lands at beach X (Mersa Bou Zadjar) twenty-eight miles west of Oran, Algeria
1st Tank Batalion, 13th Armored Regiment, Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division, USA
1st Armored Infantry Batalion, 6th Armored Infantry Regiment, Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division, USA
And Support Units


Center Landing Group (Oran, Algeria) – Task Force Green – Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., USA

The 26th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, USA lands at beach Y (Les Andalouses) West of Oran, Algeria


Eastern Landing Group (Oran, Algeria) – Force Z – Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, USA

The 1st US Ranger Battalion lands at night at Arzew Bay, Algeria and silences two gun batteries.

The 18th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, USA lands at beach Z at Arzew Bay, Algeria
The 16th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, USA lands at beach Z at Arzew Bay, Algeria

11/08/42 Operation Reservist
The Sloop HMS Hartland (ex USCG Cutter Pontechartrain) (Y00) and Sloop HMS Walney (ex USCG Cutter Sebago) (Y04) are sunk trying to land 400 Troops of the 6th Armored Infantry Regiment, USA who were to prevent damage to the port. Only 47 American Troops were actually landed.



EASTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE - Vice Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough Flagship: Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Bulolo (F.82)
Eastern Task Force - Lieutenant General Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, British (Major General Charles Wolcott Ryder, USA was selected to lead the initial landing force at Algiers)

Anti-submarine Trawler HMS Lord Nuffield (FY 221) 11/10/42 Heavily damages Italian submarine Emo (Marcello class) off Algiers. After the Emo’s crew abandons ship then it is scuttled.

Force O – Vice Admiral Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt Flagship: Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24)
Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) 11/15/42 Sunk by U-155 West of Gibraltar
802 Squadron FAA 9x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIB Fighter
833 Squadron FAA 3x Fairey Swordfish II Torpedo Bomber detached at Gibraltar for anti-submarine patrols
883 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter

Elements of Tenth Cruiser Division
Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24) (Flagship: Tenth Cruiser Division) 11/07/42 Transfer’s US Troops to Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) and Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) for landings.
Light AA Cruiser HMS Charybdis (88)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Scylla (98)


Cover Force/Escort
Monitor HMS Frederick Roberts (F.40)

Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Palomares (F.38)
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Pozarica
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Tynwald 11/12/42 Sunk by Italian submarine Argo at Bougie, Algeria

61st Escort Group
Sloop HMS Enchantress (L 56)
Sloop HMS Stork (L 81)

Submarines
Submarine HMS Unrivalled (P.45)
Submarine HMS P.48 11/23/42 Sunk by Italian Motor Torpedo Boats Ardente and Ardito north-west of the island of Zembra, Tunis
Submarine HMS Sibyl (P.217)

Transports
Transport SS Cathay (CW) (15,225 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Transport SS Letitia (CW) (13,595 tons)
Transport SS Nieuw Zeeland (Dutch) (11,069 tons) 1,933 Troops 11/11/42 Sunk by U-380
Transport SS Strathnaver (CW) (22,283 tons) 3,179 Troops
Attack Transport USS Thomas Stone (APA-29) (10,210 tons) MT and 1,449 Troops 11/07/42 Torpedoed by U-205 11/19/42 towed to Algiers 11/24-25/42 attacked at night by Axis Aircraft 04/01/1944 declared unsalvageable


Western Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria)
Landing Ship Gantry RFA Dewdale (A151)(CW) (8,265 tons) 14x LCMs, FFO, and Petrol (Convoy KMS.1G)
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Karanja (F 128) (9,891 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Transport SS Lalande (CW) (7,453 tons) MT, Guns, Stores 4 tons and 78 Troops (Convoy KMS.1G)
Transport SS Marnix Van St. Aldegonde (Dutch) (19,355 tons)
Transport SS Manchester Port (CW) (7,071 tons) MT, Guns, Stores 10 tons and 305 Troops Apple Beach, near Algiers (Convoy KMS.1G)
Transport SS Ocean Wanderer (CW) (7,178 tons) MT, Guns, Petrol 5 tons, Stores 4 tons and 30 Troops (Convoy KMS.1G)
Transport SS Ocean Victory (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, Stores26 tons and 10 Troops (Convoy KMS.1G)
Transport SS Viceroy of India (CW) (19,627 tons) 2,800 Troops 11/11/42 Returning to Gibraltar Sunk by U-407


Center Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria)
Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Bulolo (F.82) (6,267 tons)
Landing Ship Gantry RFA Ennerdale (A173) (8,280 tons) 15x LCMs
Transport SS Winchester Castle (CW) (20,012 tons)
Transport SS Otranto (CW) (20,026 tons)
Transport SS Sobiieski (Polish) (11,030 tons)
Transport SS Awatea (CW) (13,482 tons)


Eastern Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria)
Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) (10,812 tons)
Attack Cargo Ship USS Almaack (AKA-10) (9,902 tons)
Attack Transport USS Leedstown (AP-73) (9,135 tons) 11/09/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Transport SS Dempo (Dutch) (17,024 tons)
Transport SS Exceller (USA) (6,597 tons)


Western Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria) – Brigadier General Edward Earnshaw Eden Cass

The 11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Infantry Division (British) lands at beach APPLES (Castiglione Beach) East of Algiers, Algeria


Center Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria) – Colonel John Wilson O'Daniel

The 168th Regimental Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, USA lands at beach BEER (near Sidi Ferruch) East of Algiers, Algeria

The 6th Commando (British) lands Northwest of Algiers, Algeria


Eastern Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria) – Colonel Benjamin Franklin Caffey Jr.

The 39th Regimental Combat Team, 9th Infantry Division, USA lands at beach CHARLIE (between Sourcouf and Taya) West of Algiers, Algeria

11/08/42 Operation Terminal: 3rd Battalion (Colonel Edwin Swenson, USA), 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, USA.
Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) and Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) attempt to land toops under the command of Colonel Edwin Swenson, USA to capture and prevent damage to the port facilities at Algiers, Algeria. Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) is forced to retire with severe damage while Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) is able to land its Troops but will sink later. The Troops surrender 7 hours after landing but are able to prevent the destruction of the port before the French defenders have to surrender to larger Allied forces.


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10/05/42 - 11/05/42 Force Q (Azores Covering Force)
Elements of First Cruiser Squadron
Heavy Cruiser HMS Cumberland (57)
Heavy Cruiser HMS Norfolk (78)

5x Destroyers



10/20/42 - 10/30/42 Operation Train: From the Clyde, Scotland to delever 29x Spitfires to Malta 2x Spitfires remain onboard with defects returns to Gibraltar to prepare for Operation TORCH
Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious (47)
801 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire Fighter
807 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter
822 Squadron FAA 9x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Light Cruiser HMS Aurora (12)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Charybdis (88) (from Tenth Cruiser Division)
Destroyer HMS Escapade (H 17)
Destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) 11/08/42 Assisted Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) in sinking of Vichy French submarines Actaeon and Argonaute
Destroyer HMS Vanoc (H33)
Destroyer HMS Verity (D63)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) 11/08/42 Assisted Destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) in sinking of Vichy French submarines Actaeon and Argonaute
Destroyer HMS Wishart (D67) 11/07/42 detached to stand by Attack Transport USS Thomas Stone (APA-29)
Destroyer ORP Blyskawica (DD)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bramham (L 51)
Escort Destroyer HMS Cowdray (L52)



10/22/42 – 11/05/42 Convoy KMS.1G (Slow assault convoy) from the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar Commodore: Captain Jeffery Elliot DSO RD RNR Flagship: Transport SS Alphard (Dutch)
Vice Commodore: Ship’s Master in Transport SS Glenfinlas (CW)
Escort 11/07/42 Departs Convoy KMS.1G
Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) 11/14/42 Departs to join Convoy MKF.1Y 11/15/42 Sunk by U-155 West of Gibraltar
802 Squadron FAA 9x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIB Fighter
833 Squadron FAA 3x Fairey Swordfish II Torpedo Bomber detached at Gibraltar for anti-submarine patrols
883 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter

Destroyer HMS Vansittart (D64) 11/12/42 Departs to join MKF.1X

Corvette HMS Convolvulus (K45)

Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Alynbank

Minesweeper HMS Acute (M106)
Minesweeper HMS Alarm (J 140)
Minesweeper HMS Albacore (J 101)
Minesweeper HMS Cadmus (J 230)

Corvette HMS Violet (K 35)
Corvette HMS Penstemon (K 61)
Corvette HMS Rhododendron (K 78)
Corvette HMS Marigold (K 87)
Corvette HMS Gardenia (K 99) 11/09/42 Sunk in collision with armed trawler Minesweeper Trawler HMS Fluellen (T 157).
Corvette HMS Samphire (K128)
Corvette HMS Vetch (K 132)

Sloop HMS Deptford (L 53)
Sloop HMS Stork (L 81)


Transports
Attack Transport USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52) (7,177 tons) MT, Petrol 224 tons, Stores 500 tons and 49 Troops

Landing Ship Gantry RFA Derwentdale (A114) (8,390 tons) 14x LCM I (TRANSDIV 16)
Landing Ship Gantry RFA Dewdale (A151) (8,265 tons) 14x LCMs, FFO, and Petrol
Landing Ship Gantry RFA Ennerdale (A173) (8,280 tons) 15x LCMs

Tanker SS Kaia Knudsen (Norwegian) (9,063 tons) NOT LISTED IN SIGNALS, BUT DA
Transport SS Alcinous (Dutch) (6,189 tons) MT, Petrol 20 tons, Stores 382 tons and 352 Troops
Transport SS Alphard (Dutch) (5,483 tons) MT, Petrol 239 tons, Stores 558 tons and 307 Troops
Transport SS Antigone (CW) (4,545 tons) NOTIONAL ARRIVAL DATE. NOT LISTED IN SIGNALS, BUT DATES FIT
Transport SS Ardeola (CW) (2,609 tons) Fodder, Independent to Malta Intercepted by the French
Transport SS Benalbanach (CW) (7,153 tons) MT, Petrol 77 tons, Stores 141 tons and 278 Troops
Transport SS Charles H. Cramp (USA) (6,220 tons) MT, Petrol 201 tons, Stores 309 tons and 293 Troops
Transport SS Chattanooga City (USA) (5,687 tons) MT, Petrol 188 tons, Stores 663 tons and 295 Troops
Transport SS City of Worcester (CW) (5,469 tons) MT, Petrol 242 tons, Stores 839 tons and 21 Troops
Transport SS Clan Mactaggart (CW) (7,622 tons) MT, Petrol 45 tons, Stores 445 tons and 310 Troops
Transport SS Delilian (CW) (6,423 tons) MT, Petrol 174 tons, Stores 341 tons and 330 Troops
Transport SS Empire Confidence (CW) (5,023 tons) MT, Petrol 223 tons, Stores 377 tons and 28 Troops
Transport SS Empire Day (CW) (7,242 tons) NOT LISTED IN SIGNALS.
Transport SS Empire Mordred (CW) (7,024 tons) MT, Petrol 277 tons, Stores 483 tons and 55 Troops
Transport SS Fort McLoughlin (CW) (7,129 tons)
Transport SS Glenfinlas (CW) (7,479 tons) MT, Petrol 82 tons, Stores 541 tons and 127 Troops
Transport SS Havildar (CW) (5,401 tons) AFV, MT, Petrol 3 tons, Stores 221 tons and 83 Troops
Transport SS Hopecrown (CW) (5,180 tons)
Transport SS Jean Jadot (Belgian) (5,859 tons) MT, Petrol 143 tons, Stores 705 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Lalande (CW) (7,453 tons) MT, Guns, Stores 4 tons and 78 Troops
Transport SS Lochmonar (CW) (9,412 tons) MT, Petrol 289 tons, Stores 451 tons and 79 Troops
Transport SS Lycaon (CW) (7,350 tons) MT, Petrol 232 tons, Stores 131 tons and 56 Troops
Transport SS Macharda (CW) (7,998 tons) MT, Petrol 83 tons, Stores 231 tons and 280 Troops
Transport SS Manchester Port (CW) (7,071 tons) MT, Guns, Stores 10 tons and 305 Troops Apple Beach, near Algiers
Transport SS Mark Twain (USA) (7,176 tons) AFV, MT, Guns, Stores 61 tons and 55 Troops
Transport SS Maron (CW) (6,487 tons) MT, Petrol 275 tons, Stores 273 tons and 284 Troops
Transport SS Mary Slessor (CW) (5,027 tons) MT, Petrol 51 tons, Stores 47 tons and 394 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Rider (CW) 7,178 MT, Petrol 240 tons, Stores 28 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Victory (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, Stores26 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Volga (CW) (7,174 tons) MT and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Wanderer (CW) (7,178 tons) MT, Guns, Petrol 5 tons, Stores 4 tons and 30 Troops
Transport SS Pacific Exporter (CW) (6,734 tons) MT, Petrol 240 tons, Stores 600 tons and 151 Troops
Transport SS Recorder (CW) (2,276 tons) 81x MT, Stores 44 tons and 62 Troops
Transport SS Salacia (CW) (5,495 tons) MT, Petrol 48 tons, Stores 445 tons and 302 Troops
Transport SS Sobo (CW) (5,353 tons) MT, Petrol 118 tons, Stores 527 tons and 421 Troops
Transport SS St. Essylt (CW) (5,634 tons) AFV, Guns, MT, Stores 109 tons and 293 Troops
Transport SS Stanhill (CW) (5,969 tons) MT, Petrol 82 tons, Stores 486 tons and 32 Troops
Transport SS Tadorna (CW) (1,947 tons) Fodder, Independent to Malta Intercepted by the French
Transport SS Theseus (CW) (6,527 tons) MT, Petrol240 tons, Stores 328 tons and 51 Troops
Transport SS Tiba (Dutch) (5,239 tons) MT, 117 Petrol, 553 Stores and 38 Troops
Transport SS Urlana (CW) (6,852 tons) MT, Petrol 109 tons, Stores 572 tons and 7 Troops
Transport SS Walt Whitman (USA) (7,176 tons) MT, 6 Petrol, 51 Stores and 54 Troops
Transport SS William Floyd (USA) (7,176 tons) MT, Petrol 202 tons, Stores 420 tons and 71 Troops
Transport SS William Wirt (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, Petrol 765 tons, Stores 514 tons and 54 Troops
Transport SS Zebulon B. Vance (USA) (7,177 tons) MT, Petrol 216 tons, Stores 421 tons and 46 Troops



10/23/42 – 10/29/42 From Scapa Flow, Scotland to Gibraltar
Battleship HMS Rodney (29)

Destroyer HMS Lookout (G32)
Destroyer HMS Panther (G41)

Escort Destroyer HMS Penn (G77)



10/24/42 - 11/08/42 Convoy UGF.1 From Hampton Roads, USA to Casablanca, French Morocco
Task Force 34 – Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Flagship: Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31)

TG 34.1 Covering Group - Rear Admiral Robert Carlisle Giffen
Battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
Heavy Cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45)

Fleet Oiler USS Chemung (AO-30) (11,335 tons)

Destroyer Squadron 8 (DESRON 8)
Destroyer USS John Mayrant (DD-402)
Destroyer USS Alexander Colden Rhind (DD-404)
Destroyer USS Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (DD-419)
Destroyer USS Thornton A. Jenkins (DD-447)


TG 34.8 Northern Attack Group (Operation Goalpost) - Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly
Air Group
Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
VGS-26 9x TBF Avenger Torpedo bomber, 9x SBD Dauntless Dive bomber
VGF-26 12x F4F Wildcat Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Chenango (CVE-28)
Ferrying 76x USAAF P-40F Warhawk Fighter

Destroyer Division 19 (DESDIV 18)
Destroyer USS Samuel Hambleton (DD-455)
Destroyer USS David B. Macomb (DD-458)


Auxiliaries Escort
Destroyer USS Alexander J. Dallas (DD-199) (as APD for beaches Red 1 and Red 2)
Destroyer USS Edward Walter Eberle (DD-430)


Auxiliaries
Fleet Oiler USS Kennebec (AO-36) (10,221 tons)
Seaplane Tender USS Barnegat (AVP-10)
Minesweeper USS Raven (AM-55)
Minesweeper USS Osprey (AM-56)
Transport SS Contessa (5,512 tons) (USA)


Transport Escort/Fire Support
Battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
Light Cruiser USS Savannah (CL-42)

Destroyer Squadron 11 (DESRON 11)
Destroyer USS Francis Asbury Roe (DD-418)
Destroyer USS Samuel Livermore (DD-429)
Destroyer USS Lawrence Kearny (DD-432)
Destroyer USS John Ericsson (DD-440)
Destroyer USS Foxhall A. Parker Jr. (DD-604)


Transport Division 5 (TRANSDIV 5)
Attack Transport USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30) (14,174 tons)
Attack Transport USS John Penn (AP-51) (9,360 tons)
Attack Transport USS George Clymer (AP-57) (18,000 tons)
Attack Transport USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) (7,773 tons)
Attack Transport USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) (8,195 tons)
Attack Transport USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) (7,796 tons)
Cargo Transport USS Electra (AK-21) (8,113 tons) 11/15/42 Damaged by U-173 after landing
Cargo Transport USS Algorab (AK-25) (8,656 tons)



TG 34.9 Center Attack Group (Operation Brushwood) - Captain Robert Emmet Flagship: Attack Transport USS Leonard Wood (AP-25)
Air Group - Rear Admiral Ernest McWhorter Flagship: Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger (CV-4)
Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger (CV-4)
VS-41 18x SBD-3 Dauntless Dive Bomber, 1x TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber
VF-9 27x F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter
VF-41 27x F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27)
VGS-30 9x TBF Avenger Torpedo Bombers
VGF-28 15x F4F Wildcat Fighter
VGF-30 15x F4F Wildcat Fighter

Light Cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-35)

Destroyer Division 10 - Captain J.L. Holloway
Destroyer USS Theodore Gordon Ellyson (DD-454)
Destroyer USS Dulany Forrest (DD-461)
Destroyer USS LeRoy Fitch (DD-462)
Destroyer USS Jean Constance Corry (DD-463)
Destroyer USS Richmond Pearson Hobson (DD-464)


Fire Support Group
Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31)
Light Cruiser Brooklyn (CL-40)

Destroyer Division 26 - Commander E.R. Durgin
Destroyer USS Augustus C. Ludlow (DD-438)
Destroyer USS Charles Wilkes (DD-441)
Destroyer USS Claude A. Swanson (DD-443)
Destroyer USS John McLeod Murphy (DD-603)


Minecraft/Auxiliaries
Mine Squadron 7 - Commander A.G. Cook
Destroyer Minesweeper USS James Shedden Palmer (DMS-5)
Destroyer Minesweeper USS Daniel Hogan (DMS-6)
Destroyer Minesweeper USS John Stansbury (DMS-8)
Minelayer USS Terror (CM-5)
Minelayer USS Miantonomah (CMc-10)
Minesweeper USS Auk (AM-57)
Fleet Oiler USS Winooski (AO-38) (9,900 tons) 11/11/42 Damaged off Fedala by U-173


Transport screen
Destroyer Squadron 13 - Captain John Heffernan
Destroyer USS Stephen C. Rowan (DD-405)
Destroyer USS Melancthon Brooks Woolsey (DD-437)
Destroyer USS Thomas Alva Edison (DD-439)
Destroyer USS Mark Lambert Bristol (DD-453)
Destroyer USS Thomas Boyle (DD-600)
Destroyer USS Benjamin Ryan Tillman (DD-641)

Transport Division 3 (TRANSDIV 3) - Captain R.G. Coman
Attack Transport USS William P. Biddle (AP-15) (7,884 tons)
Attack Transport USS Leonard Wood (AP-25) (13,712 tons)
Attack Transport USS Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26) (13,869 tons)
Attack Transport USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) (12,568 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk off Fedala by U-130
Attack Transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) (12,579 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk off Fedala by U-130
Attack Transport USS Joseph Hewes (AP-50) (9,359 tons) 11/11/42 Sunk off Fedala by U-173
Attack Transport USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52) (7,177 Tons) Petrol 224 Tons, Stores 500 tons, and 49 Troops 11/12/42 Sunk off Fedala by U-130
Attack Transport USS Charles Carroll (AP-58) (8,429 tons)
Attack Transport USS Thomas Jefferson (AP-60) (10,210 tons)

Transport Division 9 (TRANSDIV 9) - Captain W.M. Quigley
Attack Transport USS Ancon (AP-66) (10,021 tons)
Attack Transport USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) (7,864 tons)
Attack Transport USS Thurston (AP-77) (6,509 tons)
Cargo Transport USS Arcturus (AK-18) (6,200 tons)
Cargo Transport USS Procyon (AK-19) (7,940 tons)
Cargo Transport USS Oberon (AK-56) (7,371 tons)



TG 34.10 Southern Attack Group (Operation Blackstone) - Rear Admiral Lyal Ament Davidson Flagship: Light Cruiser Philadelphia (CL-41)
Air Group
Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Santee (CVE-29) Captain W.D. Sample
VGF-29 14x F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter
VGS-29 8x TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber, 9x SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber

Destroyer USS Hugh Rodman (DD-456)
Destroyer USS George Foster Emmons (DD-457)


Fire Support Group/Escort
Battleship USS New York (BB-34)
Light Cruiser Philadelphia (CL-41)

Destroyer Squadron 15
Destroyer USS William Mervine (DD-489)
Destroyer USS Austin M. Knight (DD-633)
Destroyer USS Frank Edmund Beatty (DD-640)


Submarine Force
Submarine USS Shad (SS-235) (off Port Lyatuey)
Submarine USS Gunnel (SS-253) (off Casablanca)
Submarine USS Herring (SS-233) (off Casablanca)
Submarine USS Barb (SS-220) (off Safi)


Minecraft/Auxiliaries
Destroyer Minesweeper USS Charles W.Howard (DMS-7)
Destroyer Minesweeper USS Archibald Hamilton (DMS-18)
Minelayer USS Monadnock (CMc-9)
Fleet Oiler USS Housatonic (AO-35) (10,097 tons)
Fleet Oiler USS Merrimack (AO-37) (10,221 tons)
Fleet Tug Cherokee (AT-66) (1,235 tons)


Transport Screen
Destroyer Division 30 - Commander H.C. Robison
Destroyer USS John H. Quick (DD-490)
Destroyer USS Thomas Jefferson Cowie (DD-632)
Destroyer USS John James Doran (DD-634)


TG 34.10 Transports - Captain Wallace B. Phillips
Attack Transport USS John Harris (AP-8) (13,529 tons)
Attack Transport USS Lakehurst (AP-49) (8,108 tons) (carrying medium tanks)
Attack Transport USS Calvert (AP-65) (8,429 tons)
Attack Transport USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67) (6,736 tons)
Attack Transport USS Mary Lyon (AP-71)
Cargo Transport USS Titania (AK-55) (7,296 tons)
Destroyer USS Edward B. Cole (DD-155) (acting as APD)
Destroyer USS John Baptiste Bernadou (DD-153) (acting as APD



10/25/42 - 11/12/42 Convoy KMS.2G Departs Loch Ewe, Scotland joins Convoy KMS.1G at sea Commodore: Rear Admiral Charles Edward Turle Flagship: Transport SS Dorelian (CW)
Vice Commodore: Ships’s Master in Transport SS Bernard Carter (USA)
Escort
Destroyer HMS Bradford (H 72) (ex Destroyer USS McLanahan (DD-264)) 10/27/42 Detached

Escort Destroyer HMS Albrighton (L 12) 11/02/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached
Escort Destroyer HNorMS Eskdale (L 36) (Norwegian) 11/02/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached
Escort Destroyer HMS Cleveland (L 46) 11/02/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached

Corvette HMS Spiraea (K 08) 10/11/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMS Geranium (K 16) 10/11/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMS Cyclamen (K 83) 10/11/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMS Coltsfoot (K 140) 11/07/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMCS Louisburg (K 143) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMCS Prescott (K 161) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached
Corvette HMS Armeria (K 187) 10/11/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Corvette HMCS Woodstock (K 238) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached

Frigate HMS Swale (K217) 25/10/42 10/27/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 10/27/42 Detached

Sloop HMS Sandwich (L 12) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Scarborough (L 25) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Leith (L 36) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Bideford (L 43) 10/25/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 10/27/42 Detached
Sloop HMS Rochester (L 50) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Londonderry (L 76) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G 11/10/42 Detached
Sloop HMS Erne (U 03) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Landguard (Y 56) (ex Cutter USCG Shoshone) 26/10/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Sloop HMS Lulworth (Y 60) (ex Cutter USCG Chelan) 10/26/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G

Minesweeper Trawler HMS Kintyre (T 165) 11/10/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Westray (T 182) 11/10/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Hunda (T 298) 11/10/42 Joined Convoy KMS.2G


Transports
Fleet Oiler SS Abbeydale (CW) (8,299 tons) joined 10/11/42
Tanker SS Agatha (Dutch) (3,369 tons) Put back to port
Tanker SS Christian Holm (CW) (9,119 tons) Probably returned in MKS 002, No signals
Tanker SS Ensis (CW) (6,207 7619 tons) Fuel Furnace Oil Oran, Algeria
Tanker SS Lewant (Polish) (1,942 tons) Petrol 2,486 tons
Transport SS Andrew Hamilton (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, Petrol 6 tons, Stores 2,099 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Artemas Ward (USA) (7,177 tons) MT, Petrol 267 tons, Stores 2,355 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Bayou Chico (USA) (5,401 tons) MT, Petrol 600 tons and 8 Troops
Transport SS Bernard Carter (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, GUNS, Stores 1,347 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Browning (CW) (5,332 tons) MT, Petrol 292 tons, Stores 1,395 tons and 9 Troops. 11/12/42 Sunk off Oran, Algeria by U-593
Transport SS Calumet (CW) (7,268 tons) MT, GUNS, Stores 277 tons and 8 Troops
Transport SS City of Christchurch (CW) (6,009 tons) MT, Petrol 295 tons, Stores 576 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS City of Norwich (CW) (6,726 tons) MT, Petrol 744 tons, Stores 635 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Derwenthall (CW) (4,934 tons) MT, Petrol 34 tons, Stores 3,002 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Dorelian (CW) (6,431 tons) MT, Petrol 479 tons, Stores 530 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Empire Baxter (CW) (7,024 tons) MT, Stores 8 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Empire Buckler (CW) (7,046 tons) MT, Petrol 600 tons, Stores 843 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Empire Ruskin (CW) (7,037 tons) MT, Stores 1,135 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Empire Splendour (CW) (7,335 tons) MT, 266 Petrol 266 tons, Stores 1,343 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Fort Augustus (CW) (7,134 tons) MT, Stores 176 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Gudrun Maersk (CW) (2,294 tons) Petrol 3,226 tons
Transport SS Hardingham (CW) (7,269 tons) MT, Petrol 500 tons, Stores 30 tons and 8 Troops
Transport SS Harpalycus (CW) (5,629 tons) MT, Petrol 979 tons, Stores 188 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Horace Binney (USA) (7,191 tons 7x AFV, MT, Petrol 515 tons, and Stores
Transport SS John Davenport (USA) (7,176 tons) MT, GUNS, Stores 4 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS John P Pope (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, Petrol 2 tons, Stores 807 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS John Sergeant (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, Petrol 550 tons and 76 Stores
Transport SS Junecrest (CW) (6,945 tons) MT,232 tons Stores and 10 Troops
Transport SS Lambrook (CW) (7,038 tons) MT, Petrol 6 tons, Stores 183 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Loriga (ex Glenariffe) (CW) (6,665 tons) MT, Petrol 625 tons, Stores 1,550 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Luther Martin (USA) (7,191 tons) Returned to port
Transport SS Mahsud (CW) (7,540 tons) MT, Petrol 969 tons, Stores 1,641 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Melmore Head (CW) (5,273 tons) MT, Petrol 34 tons, Stores 2,107 tons and 5 Troops
Transport SS Nairung (CW) (5,414 tons) MT, Petrol 81 tons, Stores 1,430 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Athlete (CW) (7,178 tons) MT, Coal 1,250 tons, Stores 808 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Fame (CW) (7,173 tons) MT, Coal 1,257 tons, Stores 871 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Liberty (CW) (7,174 tons) MT,GUNS, Stores 1,354 tons and 8 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Merchant (CW) (7,178 tons) MT, Stores 1531 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Strength (CW) (7,173 tons) MT,AFV, Petrol 31 tons, Stores 2,215 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Trader (CW) (7,178 tons) MT, Petrol 50 tons, Stores 244 tons and 11 Troops. FIRE IN HOLD
Transport SS Ocean Vengeance (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, AFV, GUNS, Stores 2,074 tons and 10 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Veteran (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, AFV, GUNS, Stores 2,318 tons and 8 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Virtue (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, Petrol 110 tons, Stores 2,083 tons and 7 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Viscount (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, Stores 739 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Ocean Vista (CW) (7,174 tons) MT, Petrol 579 tons, Stores 1,489 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Prince De Liege (Belgian) (2,588 tons) Petrol 2,603 tons
Transport SS Richard Henry Lee (USA) (7,191 tons) MT, Petrol 713 tons, Stores 453 tons and 9 Troops
Transport SS Thomas Hooker (USA) (7,176 42 tons) MT, Coal 914 tons, Stores 116 tons and 4 Troops
Transport SS Torr Head (CW) (5,021 tons) MT, 313 Petrol 313 tons, Stores 1,990 tons and 12 Troops
Transport SS West Point (CW) (4,999 tons) MT, Petrol 40 tons, Stores 1,484 tons and 9 Troops


10/26/42 - 11/08/42 Convoy KMF.1 the principal assault convoy for Operation 'Torch - from the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar
Escort
Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Biter (D97)
800 Squadron FAA 15x Hawker Sea Hurricane Fighter
”A” Flight 833 Squadron FAA 3x Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber

Light Cruiser HMS Jamaica (C44)

Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D 19) 11/08/42 Operation Terminal
Destroyer HMS Velox (D 34)
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) 11/15/42 Sank U-98 west of Gibraltar
Destroyer HMS Amazon (D 39)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47)
Destroyer HMS Verity (D 63)
Destroyer HMS Wivern (D 66)
Destroyer HMS Wishart (D 67)
Destroyer HMS Broke (D 83) 11/08/42 Operation Terminal 11/10/42 sunk from damage received from shore batteries durring Operation Terminal
Destroyer HMS Achates (H 12)
Destroyer HMS Vanoc (H 33)
Destroyer HMS Antelope (H 36)
Destroyer ORP Blyskawica (H 34)

Escort Destroyer HMS Bicester (L 34)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bramham (L 51)
Escort Destroyer HMS Cowdray (L 52)

57th Destroyer Division 11/06/42 Joins Convoy KMF.1
Escort Destroyer HMS Zetland (L 59)
Escort Destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wheatland (L 122)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wilton (L 128)

Frigate HMS Exe (K 92) 11/07/42 Detached
Frigate HMS Swale (K217)
Frigate HMS Rother (K224)
Frigate HMS Tay (K 232)
Frigate HMS Spey (K 426) 11/07/42 Detached


41st Escort Group
Destroyer HMS Clare (ex USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193)) (I 14) 41st Escort Group

Sloop HMS Aberdeen (L 97)
Sloop HMS Enchantress (L 56) 41st Escort Group
Sloop HMS Ibis (U99) 11/04/42 Joins Convoy KMF.1 11/10/42 Sunk by Axis bombers
Sloop HMS Hartland (ex USCG Cutter Pontechartrain) (Y00) 11/08/42 Operation Reservist: Sunk by French surface ships at Oran, Algeria
Sloop HMS Walney (ex USCG Cutter Sebago) (Y 04) 11/08/42 Operation Reservist: Sunk by French surface ships at Oran, Algeria



EASTERN NAVAL TASK FORCE - Vice Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough Flagship: Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Bulolo (F.82)
Western Landing Group (Algiers, Algeria)

Transports
Attack Cargo Ship USS Almaack (AKA-10) (9,902 tons)
Transport SS Awatea (CW) (13,482 tons)
Transport SS Cathay (15,225 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Transport SS Dempo (Dutch) (17,024 tons)
Transport SS Exceller (USA) (6,597 tons)
Transport SS Letitia (CW) (13,595 tons)
Transport SS Marnix Van St. Aldegonde (Dutch) (19,355 tons)
Transport SS Nieuw Zeeland (Dutch) (11,069 tons) 1,933 Troops
Transport SS Otranto (CW) (20,026 tons)
Transport SS Sobiieski (Polish) (11,030 tons)
Transport SS Strathnaver (CW) (22,283 tons) 3,179 Troops
Transport SS Winchester Castle (CW) (20,012 tons)
Transport SS Viceroy of India (CW) (19,627 tons) 2,800 Troops 11/11/42 Returning to Gibraltar Sunk by U-407
Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Bulolo (F.82) (6,267 tons)
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Karanja (F 128) (9,891 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Keren (F 132) (9,890 tons)
Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) (10,812 tons)
Attack Transport USS Thomas Stone (APA-29) (10,210 tons) MT and 1,449 Troops 11/07/42 Torpedoed by U-205 11/19/42 towed to Algiers 11/24-25/42 attacked at night by Axis Aircraft 04/01/1944 declared unsalvageable
Attack Transport USS Leedstown (AP-73) (9,135 tons) 11/09/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft

Covering Force
Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Scylla (98)
Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Largs (ex MV Charles Plumier (French)) (4,504 tons)
Monitor HMS Frederick Roberts (F.40)
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Palomares (F.38)
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Pozarica

CENTRAL NAVAL TASK FORCE - Commodore Thomas Hope Troubridge Flagship: Landing Ships Headquarters (Large) HMS Largs
Air Group
Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Biter (D97)
800 Squadron FAA 15x Hawker Sea Hurricane Fighter
891 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Dasher (D37)
804 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter


Transports
Transport SS Monarch of Bermuda (CW) (22,424 tons) 2,683 Troops
Transport SS Mooltan (CW) (20,952 tons) 3,608 Troops
Transport SS Orbita (CW) (15,495 tons) 2,000 Troops


Western Landing Group (Oran, Algeria)
Transport SS Stefan Batory (14,287 tons)
Landing Ship Infantry (M) HMS Queen Emma (ex Koningin Emma (Dutch)) (4.180) (4,135 tons) 8x Landing Craft
Landing Ship Infantry (M) HMS Princess Beatrix (ex Prinses Beatrix (Dutch)) (4.44) (4,135 tons) 8x Landing Craft


Center Landing Group (Oran, Algeria)
Transport Division 26 (TRANSDIV 26) 22x LCA, 10x LCP (LCVP), and 11x LCM III
Transport SS Derbyshire (11,660 tons)
Transport SS Llangibby Castle (CW) (11,951 tons) MT, Stores 62 tons, 1,646 Troops
Landing Ship Infantry Durban Castle (CW) (17,388 tons) 18x Landing Craft
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Glengyle (4.196) (9,919 tons)


Eastern Landing Group (Arzew Bay, Algeria)
Transport Division 16 (TRANSDIV 16)
Transport SS Warwick Castle (CW) (20,107 tons) 12X LCA 11/14/42 Sunk by U-413
Transport SS Duchess of Bedford (CW) (20,123 tons) 11x LCA and 3,044 Troops

Transport Division 18 (TRANSDIV 18)
Transport SS Ettrick (CW) (11,279 tons) 10x LCA and 1,760 Troops 11/15/42 Sunk by U-155
Transport SS RMMV Reina Del Pacifico (CW) (17,702 tons) 12x LCA and 2,500 Troops
Transport SS Tegelberg (Dutch) (14,150 tons) 10x LCA and 3,200 Troops
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Royal Ulsterman (F 63) (3,244 tons) 5x LCA
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Ulster Monarch (F 69) (3,791 tons) 5x LCA
Landing Ship Infantry (H) HMS Royal Scotsman (F 115) (3,244 tons) 5x LCA



10/26/42 – 10/29/42 From Plymouth, England to Gibraltar to join Force H
Light Cruiser HMS Bermuda (52) (from Tenth Cruiser Division)



10/26/42 - 10/27/42 from Belfast, Ireland joins Convoy KMF.1
Tenth Cruiser Division (Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, CBE Flagship: Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24))
Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24) 10/26/42 Embarked 670 members of US combat team for passage to Gibraltar. 11/07/42 Transfers US Troops to Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) and Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) for Operation Terminal landings.



10/27/42 Force Q (Azores Covering Force) from Scapa Flow, Scotland to the Ponta Delgado, Azores
Elements of First Cruiser Squadron
Heavy Cruiser HMS Cumberland (57)
Heavy Cruiser HMS Norfolk (78)

5x Destroyers



10/27/42 - 11/03/42 Force LX from the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar
Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus (I 49)
880 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Dasher (D 37)
804 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter
891 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter

Light Cruiser HMS Delhi (D 47)
Light Cruiser HMS Jamaica (C 44)

4x destroyers



10/27/42 From Milford Haven (Welsh - Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau"), Wales to Gibraltar
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Palomares (F.38)
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Pozarica
Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Tynwald 11/12/42 Sunk by Italian submarine Argo at Bougie, Algeria

57th Destroyer Division
Escort Destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wheatland (L 122)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wilton (L 128)



10/04/42 – 10/16/42 WS.23 From Oversay, England to Freetown, South Africa
Escort
Light Cruiser HMS Despatch (D 30) 10/15/42 Detached on arrival of Local Escort from Freetown
Light Cruiser HMS Durban (D 99) 10/15/42 Detached on arrival of Local Escort from Freetown

Destroyer HMS Antelope (H 46) 10/14/42 Joins Convoy WS.23
Escort Destroyer HMS Puckeridge (L 108) 10/14/42 Joins Convoy WS.23 10/15/42 Detached on arrival of Local Escort from Freetown Detached 59th Destroyer Division
Destroyer HMS Velox (D 34) 10/13/42 Joins Convoy WS.23
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) 11/04/42 Joins KMS.1 for Operation Torch 11/15/42 Sank U-98 west of Gibraltar 10/10/42 Detached
Destroyer HMS Beagle (H 30) 10/08/42 Detached and returned to the Clyde, Scotland for Operation Torch

Escort Destroyer HMS Bicester (L 34) 10/10/42 Detached and returned to the Clyde, Scotland for Operation Torch, Oran
Escort Destroyer HMS Zetland (L 59) 10/04/42 – Detached and returned to Londonderry, Northern Ireland for repairs
Escort Destroyer RHS Kanaris (L 53) (ex Escort Destroyer HMS Hatherleigh (L 53)) (Greek) 10/15/42 Detached

Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Carthage (F 99) (14,182 tons)
Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Queen of Bermuda (F 73) (22,575 tons) 1,918 Troops 10/15/42 Detached on arrival of Local Escort from Freetown

Destination Aden, Yemen
Transport SS Highland Monarch (14,137 tons) 1,883 Troops
Transport SS Kina II (CW) (9,823 tons) 12 Troops
Transport SS Port Jackson (CW) (9,687 tons) 3 Troops
Transport SS Straat Malakka (8,315 tons) (Dutch) (the real one not the Q Ship Kormoran) 3 Troops

Destination Bombay, India
Transport SS Capetown Castle (CW) (27,000 tons) 4,018 Troops
Transport SS Dilwara (CW) (11,080 tons)
Transport SS Empress of Russia (CW) (16,810 tons) 2,053 Troops
Transport SS Silversandal (CW) (6,770 tons)

Destination Freetown, South Africa
Transport SS Rimutaka (CW) (ex SS Mongolia) (16,576 tons)
Transport SS Moreton Bay (CW) (14,376 tons) 1,825 Troops



10/20/42 – 11/05/42 WS.23F From Freetown, South Africa to Durban, South Africa
Light Cruiser HMS Despatch (D 30) 10/31/42 Detached returns to Freeport, South Africa to join WS.24
Light Cruiser HMS Durban (D 99)

Destroyer HMAS Norman (G 49)

Escort Destroyer HMS Avon Vale (L 06) 10/23/42 Returns to Freeport, South Africa 59th Destroyer Division
Escort Destroyer RHS Kanaris (L 53) (ex Escort Destroyer HMS Hatherleigh (L 53)) (Greek)

Sloop HMS Milford (L 51) 10/23/42 Joins Convoy WS.23F relieves Escort Destroyer HMS Avon Vale (L 06) 10/31/42 Detached returns to Freeport, South Africa with Light Cruiser HMS Despatch (D 30)

Corvette HMS Amaranthus (K 17) 10/25/42 Joins Convoy WS.23F 10/26/42 Detached
Corvette HMS Rockrose (K 51) 11/05/42 Detached joined Ocean Escort
Corvette HMS Tamarisk (K 216) 10/20/42 Joins Convoy WS.23F 10/25/42 Detached
Corvette HMS Thyme (K 210) 11/05/42 Detached joined Ocean Escort

Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Carthage (F 99) (14,182 tons)



10/22/42 – 11/04/42 Convoy KX.4A From the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar
Escort
Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) Joins KMS.1 for Operation Torch 11/08/42 Operation Terminal
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) Joins KMS.1 for Operation Torch 11/15/42 Sank U-98 west of Gibraltar
Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) Joins KMS.1 for Operation Torch 11/08/42 Operation Terminal
Destroyer HMS Venomous (D 75) Detached to escort military convoys to Gibraltar

Minesweeper HMS Brixham (J 105)

Minesweeper Trawler HMS Kintyre (T 165) Joins KMS.2G for Operation Torch
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Westray (T 182) Joins KMS.2G for Operation Torch
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Foula (T 203)
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Hunda (T 298) Joins KMS.2G for Operation Torch

Transports
Transport SS Alresford (CW) (2,472 tons) 3,232 tons Coal
Transport SS Brisk (Norwegian) (1,594 tons)
Transport SS Coxwood (CW) (1,124 tons) 1,347 tons Petrol
Transport SS Devon Coast (CW) (646 tons)
Transport SS Dorset Coast (CW) (646 tons)
Transport SS Dux (Norwegian) (1,590 tons)
Transport SS Flaminian (CW) (2,711 tons) RETURNED
Transport SS Garlinge (CW) (2,012 tons)
Transport SS Kroman (Polish) (1,864 tons) 2,037 tons Coal
Transport SS Lochee (CW) (964 tons) 1,204 tons Petrol
Transport SS Moray Coast (CW) (687 tons)
Transport SS North Devon (CW) (3,658 tons)
Transport SS Ocean Coast (CW) (1,173 tons) 1,386 tons Petrol
Transport SS Pendeen (CW) (4,174 tons) RETURNED
Transport SS Ronan (CW) (1,489 tons) 1,642 tons Petrol
Transport SS Star (Norwegian) (1,531 tons)
Transport SS Welsh Coast (CW) (646 tons)

Landing Ship Tank (Mk 1) HMS Bachaquero (CW) (4,890 tons)
Landing Ship Tank (Mk 1) HMS Misoa (CW) (4,800 tons) 11/08/42 Western Naval Task Force; Center Task Force; beach Z; Oran, Algeria: Lands Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division. USA
Landing Ship Tank (Mk 1) HMS Tasajera (CW) (3,952 tons) 11/08/42 Western Naval Task Force; Center Task Force; beach Z; Oran, Algeria: Lands Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division. USA



10/28/42 – 11/06/42 From Londonderry, Northern Ireland to Gibraltar to join 57th Destroyer Division
Escort Destroyer HMS Zetland (L 59) Algiers



10/21/42 – 11/05/42 WS.23 From Freetown, South Africa to Durban, South Africa
Destination Aden, Yemen
Transport SS Highland Monarch (14,137 tons)
Transport SS Kina II (CW) (9,823 tons)
Transport SS Port Jackson (CW) (9,687 tons)
Transport SS Straat Malakka (8,315 tons) (Dutch) (the real one not the Q Ship Kormoran)

Destination Bombay, India
Transport SS Capetown Castle (CW) (27,000 tons)
Transport SS Dilwara (CW) (11,080 tons)
Transport SS Empress of Russia (CW) (16,810 tons)
Transport SS Silversandal (CW) (6,770 tons)



10/31/42 - 11/15/42 Convoy WS.24 From Londonderry to Bahia, Brazil Specially routed to avoid conflicting with Operation Torch convoys.
Destroyer HMS Sardonyx (H 26)
Destroyer HMS Skate (H 49)
Destroyer HMS Onslow (G 17)
Destroyer HMS Offa (G 29)
Destroyer HMS Oribi (G 66)

Escort Destroyer HMS Holcombe (L 56)
Seaplane Tender USS Barnegat (AVP-10)

Transport SS Tamaroa (ex Sophocles) (12,341 tons)
Transport SS Athlone Castle (25,564 tons)
Transport SS Stirling Castle (25,550 tons)
Transport SS Indochinois (6,966 tons)
Transport SS Largs Bay (14,182 tons)
Transport SS Arawa (14,462 tons)
Transport SS Empress of Scotland (ex Empress of Japan) (26,032 tons)



10/29/42 From Plymouth, England to Gibraltar
Light Cruiser HMS Scylla (98) (10/28/42 Transferred to 12th Cruiser Squadron. Embarked Naval Commander for allied landings in North Africa Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham) ETF

Destroyer HMS Opportune (G 80)



10/30/42 - 10/31/42 Force X From Scapa Flow, Scotland rendezvous and joins with Force H off Northwest Ireland
Battleship HMS Duke of York (17) (From Second Battle Squaddron)
Battleship HMS Nelson (28) (Attached Battleship from Home Fleet)
Battlecruiser HMS Renown (72)

Light Cruiser HMS Argonaut (61) (from Tenth Cruiser Division)

Elements of Third Destroyer Flotilla
Destroyer HMS Milne (G14)
Destroyer HMS Meteor (G74)

Elements of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla
Destroyer HMS Eskimo (F75)
Destroyer HMS Tartar (F43)
Destroyer HMS Ashanti (F51)

Destroyer HMS Martin (G44) 11/10/42 sunk by U-431 off Algiers
Destroyer HMAS Quiberon (G 81)
Destroyer HMS Marne (G 35)



10/30/42 - 11/06/42 Force H from the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar
Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R38)
809 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Fulmar
817 Squadron FAA 9x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
832 Squadron FAA 12x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
882 Squadron FAA 11x Martlet IV Fighter
893 Squadron FAA 15x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter

Aircraft Carrier HMS Formidable (67)
820 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
885 Squadron FAA 6x Supermarine Seafire IB and IIC Fighter
888 Squadron FAA 12x Martlet IV Fighter
893 Squadron FAA 12x Martlet IV Fighter

Destroyer HMS Pathfinder (G10)
Destroyer HMS Partridge (G30)
Destroyer HMS Porcupine (G93)
Destroyer HMS Quentin (G 78)
Destroyer HMS Quality (G62)
Destroyer HMS Brilliant (H 84)
Destroyer HMS Boadicea (H 65)



11/01/42 From Plymouth, England to Gibraltar
Minesweeper HMS Welshman (M48)



11/01/42 - 11/12/42 KMF.2 From the Clyde, Scotland to Algiers, Algeria
Escort
Destroyer HMS Verity (D 63)
Destroyer HMS Wivern (D 66)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47)
Destroyer HMS Escapade (H 17)

Sloop HMS Fleetwood (L 47)
Sloop HMS Egret (L 75)
Sloop HMS Pelican (L 86)
Sloop HMS Sennen (ex USCG Cutter Champlain) (Y 21)
Sloop HMS Banff (ex USCG Cutter Saranac) (Y 43)

Convoy Escort Vessel (Yacht) HMS Philante

Tanker SS British Lady (CW) (6,098 tons) (Escort Oiler)

Gibraltar
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Lamont (4.420) (7,250 tons) MT, Petrol 1,765 tons, and Stores 5,271 tons
Transport SS Empire Kamal (CW) (7,862 tons)
Transport SS Lanarkshire (CW) (9,816 tons) MT, Petrol 1,602 tons, and 4,865 T Stores
Transport SS Silverlaurel (CW) (6,142 tons) MT, Petrol 1,666 tons, and 4,476 T Stores

Oran
Transport SS Argentina (USA) (20,614 tons)
Transport SS Brazil (USA) (20,614 tons)
Transport SS Empress of Canada (CW) (21,517 tons)
Transport SS Uruguay (USA) (20,183 tons)

Algiers
Transport SS Arundel Castle (CW) (19,118 tons)
Transport SS Cameronia (CW) (16,297 tons)
Transport SS Circassia (CW) (11,136 tons)
Transport SS Duchess of Richmond (CW) (20,022 tons)
Transport SS Dunnottar Castle (CW) (15,007 tons)
Transport SS Narkunda (CW) (16,632 tons) 11/14/42 Sunk by Axis aircraft
Transport SS Ormond (CW) (14,982 tons)
Transport SS Stratheden (CW) (23,722 tons) 4,836 Troops
Transport SS Strathmore (CW) (23,428 tons) 4,827 Troops



11/05/42 Joins Force H after being detached from convoy KMF.1
Destroyer HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83) 11/13/42 Sunk by U-431



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= 11/05/42 - 11/08/42 All ships for Operation pass through Gibraltar =
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11/05/42 - 11/99/42 Force O - Vice Admiral Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt Flagship: Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24) joins KMF.1
Escourt Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus (I49)
880 Squadron FAA 12x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Avenger (D14) 11/15/42 Sunk by U-155 West of Gibraltar
802 Squadron FAA 9x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIB Fighter
833 Squadron FAA 3x Fairey Swordfish II Torpedo Bomber detached at Gibraltar for anti-submarine patrols
883 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC Fighter

Elements of Tenth Cruiser Division
Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Charybdis (88)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Scylla (98)



11/08/42
Force H Commander: Vice Admiral Sir Edward Neville Syfret CB RN; Flagship: Battleship HMS Nelson (28)
Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R38)
809 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Fulmar
817 Squadron FAA 9x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
832 Squadron FAA 12x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
882 Squadron FAA 11x Martlet IV Fighter
893 Squadron FAA 15x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter

Aircraft Carrier HMS Formidable (67)
820 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
885 Squadron FAA 6x Supermarine Seafire IB and IIC Fighter
888 Squadron FAA 12x Martlet IV Fighter
893 Squadron FAA 12x Martlet IV Fighter


Battleship HMS Duke of York (17)
Battleship HMS Nelson (28)
Battleship HMS Rodney (29) 11/06/42 joins Force H from Gibraltar
Battlecruiser HMS Renown (72)

Light Cruiser HMS Bermuda (52) (from Tenth Cruiser Division)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Argonaut (61) (from Tenth Cruiser Division)
Light AA Cruiser HMS Sirius (82)

Elements of Third Destroyer Flotilla
Destroyer HMS Milne (G 14)
Destroyer HMS Meteor (G 74)

Destroyer HMS Pathfinder (G 10)
Destroyer HMS Partridge (G 30)
Destroyer HMS Lookout (G 32) 11/06/42 joins Force H from Gibraltar
Destroyer HMS Panther (G 41) 11/06/42 joins Force H from Gibraltar
Destroyer HMS Eskimo (F 75) from Sixth Destroyer Flotilla
Destroyer HMS Opportune (G 80)
Destroyer HMS Porcupine (G 93)
Destroyer HMS Beagle (H 30)
Destroyer HMS Boreas (H 77)
Destroyer HMS Bulldog (H 91)

Escort Destroyer HMS Penn (G 77) 11/06/42 joins Force H from Gibraltar

59th Destroyer Division
Escort Destroyer HMS Avon Vale (L 06) 10/23/42 Detached from Convoy WS.23
Escort Destroyer HMS Farndale (L 70) CTF
Escort Destroyer HMS Calpe (L 71)
Escort Destroyer HMS Puckeridge (L 108)

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:44 pm
by Extraneous
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA ... NWA-7.html
http://uboat.net/
http://navypedia.org/ships/france/
Service Histories by Name, Type, and Class http://wow.naval-history.net/xGM-aContents.htm
French Fleet OOB: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ult ... ix-17.html
Casablanca OOB: http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_W ... blanca.htm



11/08/42 The Naval Battle of Casablanca

Morocco Naval Division (la Division navale du Maroc) (Casablanca, French Morocco)
Battleship (Cuirassé) Jean Bart (BB) (Capt. Barthes) (Damaged)

Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Primauguet (CL) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) (Capt. Mercier) (Abandoned)

Colonial Sloop (Aviso) La Grandière (PS) (Bougainville class) (Damaged)
Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Delage (PMS) (Elan class) (Damaged)
Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Gracieuse (PMS) (Elan class) (Damaged)


2nd Light Squadron (R. Adm. Gervis de la Fond, aboard Milan)
11th Large Destroyer Division (Cdr. Cosbet aboard Milan)
Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Milan (DL) (Cdr. Cosbet) (Wrecked and beached)
Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Albatros (DL) (Cdr. Peries) (Wrecked and beached)


2nd Destroyer Division (Cdr. Sticca aboard Fougueux)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Fougueux (DD) (Sunk)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Frondeur (DD) (Lcdr. Bergouen-Demeaux) (Sunk)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Alcyon (DD) (Lcdr. De Bragelongne) (Damaged)


5th Destroyer Division (Cdr. Mariani aboard Brestois)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Boulonnais (DD) (Lcdr. De Prenoufl (Sunk)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Brestois (DD) (Cdr. Mariani) (Sunk)


6th Destroyer Division (Cdr. Delphanque aboard Tempete)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) DD Tempete (Cdr. Delpanque) (Damaged)
Destroyer (Torpilleur) DD Simoun (Lcdr. O'Neill) (Damaged)


8th Large Destroyer Division
Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Malin (DL) (Damaged)


Moroccan Submarine Flotilla (Cdr. Chevilbte)
1st Submarine Division
Submarine Le Conquèrant (SS) (Sunk)
Submarine Le Tonnant (SS) (Scuttled at Cadiz)

8th Submarine Division
Submarine (Sous-marin) Sidi Ferruch (SS) (Sunk)

16th Submarine Division
Submarine (Sous-marin) Amazone (SS) (Captured Intact)
Submarine (Sous-marin) Antiope (SS) (Captured Intact)
Submarine (Sous-marin) La Sibylle (SS) (Captured Intact)
Submarine (Sous-marin) Orphée (SS) (Captured Intact)

18th Submarine Division
Submarine (Sous-marin) Amphitrite (SS) (Sunk)
Submarine (Sous-marin) La Psyché (SS) (Sunk)
Submarine (Sous-marin) Méduse (SS) (Damaged)
Submarine (Sous-marin) Oréade (SS) (Sunk)

Auxiliaries
Tanker Lot (AO) (Captured Intact)
Tanker Elore (AO) (Captured Intact)



WESTERN NAVAL TASK GROUP – Center Landing Group (Casablanca, Morocco)

TG 34.1 Covering Group - Rear Admiral Robert Carlisle Giffen
Battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

Heavy Cruiser USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
Heavy Cruiser USS Wichita (CA-45)

Destroyer Squadron 8 (DESRON 8)
Destroyer USS John Mayrant (DD-402)
Destroyer USS Alexander Colden Rhind (DD-404)
Destroyer USS Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (DD-419)
Destroyer USS Thornton A. Jenkins (DD-447)


Fire Support Group
Task Force 34 – Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt, Flagship: Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31)
Heavy Cruiser Augusta (CA-31)

Light Cruiser Brooklyn (CL-40)

Destroyer Division 26 - Commander E.R. Durgin
Destroyer USS Augustus C. Ludlow (DD-438)
Destroyer USS Charles Wilkes (DD-441)
Destroyer USS Claude A. Swanson (DD-443)
Destroyer USS John McLeod Murphy (DD-603)


Transport screen
Destroyer Squadron 13 - Captain John Heffernan
Destroyer USS Stephen C. Rowan (DD-405)
Destroyer USS Melancthon Brooks Woolsey (DD-437)
Destroyer USS Thomas Alva Edison (DD-439)
Destroyer USS Mark Lambert Bristol (DD-453)
Destroyer USS Thomas Boyle (DD-600)
Destroyer USS Benjamin Ryan Tillman (DD-641)

Air Cover
Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger (CV-4)
VS-41 18x SBD-3 Dauntless Dive Bomber, 1x TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber
VF-9 27x F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter
VF-41 27x F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter

Escort Aircraft Carrier USS Suwannee (CVE-27)
VGS-30 9x TBF Avenger Torpedo Bombers
VGF-28 15x F4F Wildcat Fighter
VGF-30 15x F4F Wildcat Fighter


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11/08/42 Naval Action at Algiers

French Fleet Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Épervier (DL) Damaged by Light Cruiser HMS Aurora (12) and destroyers and beached off Oran

Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Surprise (PMS) (Chamois class) Sunk by Destroyer HMS Brilliant (H 84) off Oran

7th Destroyer Division
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Tornade (DD) Damaged by Light Cruiser HMS Aurora (12) later sinks.
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Tramontane (DD) Damaged by Light Cruiser HMS Aurora (12). Runs aground under the cliffs off Cape Aiguille.
Destroyer (Torpilleur) Typhon (DD) Damaged by Light Cruiser HMS Jamaica (C44). Scuttled in Oran harbor.


5th Patrol Boat Flotilla
Escort L`Ajaccienne (PS) (converted merchant ship)
Escort La Toulonnaise (PS) (converted merchant ship)
Escort La Sétoise (PS) (converted merchant ship)


Submarines
Submarine (Sous-marin) Actéon (SS) (Sunk)
Submarine (Sous-marin) Argonaute (SS) (Sunk)



CENTRAL NAVAL TASK FORCE – Western Landing Group (Oran, Algeria)

Destroyer HMS Broke (D83) Operation Terminal: Damaged by Vichy coastal batteries, abandoned, and scuttled.

Destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) Assisted Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) in sinking of Submarine (Sous-marin) Argonaute (SS)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) Sank Submarine (Sous-marin) Actéon (SS) and Assisted Destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) in sinking of Submarine (Sous-marin) Argonaute (SS)


Light Cruiser HMS Aurora (12) (Capt Agnew)
Light Cruiser HMS Jamaica (C44)

Escort Destroyer HMS Farndale (L 70)
Escort Destroyer HMS Calpe (L 71) (Naval History Net says HMS Capel this is a typo)


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:04 pm
by Extraneous
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07/05/42 - 07/08/42 Exercise BERSERK (Exercises in the Atlantic to improve fighter direction and air defense)

Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Indomitable (92) 07/12/42 Heavily damaged by Stuka's flown by Italian pilots
806 Squadron FAA 10x Martlet fighters (the British version of the American wildcat)
800 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
880 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
827 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
831 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle (94) 08/11/43 Sunk by U-73
801 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
813 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter

Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R 38)
809 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
884 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
865 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
817 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
832 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus (D 49) (ex Conte Rosso (Italian))
801 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter

Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Phoebe (43) (15th Cruiser Squadron element)
Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Sirius (82)

18th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Vansittart (D 64)
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) 11/15/42 West of Gibraltar sinks U-98

19th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Lightning (G 55)
Destroyer HMS Laforey (G 99)

Destroyer HMS Intrepid (D 10) (3rd Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) (13th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer HMS Foresight (H 79) (8th Destroyer Flotilla 16th Division element)


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08/02/42 – 08/10/42 Convoy WS.21S (Operation Pedestal) from the Clyde, Scotland to Gibraltar
Commodore: Commander A. G. Venables, RN (Retired), in the Port Chalmers

Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Indomitable (92) 07/12/42 Heavily damaged by Stuka's flown by Italian pilots
806 Squadron FAA 10x Martlet fighters (the British version of the American wildcat)
800 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
880 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
827 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
831 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle (94) 08/11/43 Sunk by U-73
801 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
813 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter

Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R 38)
809 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
884 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
865 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
817 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
832 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

2nd Battle Squadron (elements)
Battleship HMS Nelson (28)
Battleship HMS Rodney (29)

10th Cruiser Squadron (elements)
Light Cruiser HMS Kenya (14)
Light Cruiser HMS Nigeria (60)

Light Cruiser HMS Manchester (15) (18th Cruiser Squadron element)

3rd Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Intrepid (D 10)
Destroyer HMS Pathfinder (G 10)
Destroyer HMS Quentin (G 78)
Destroyer HMS Ithuriel (H 05) (ex Gayret)
Escort Destroyer HMS Penn (G 77)

6th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Icarus (D 03)
Destroyer HMS Tartar (F 43)
Destroyer HMS Ashanti (F 51)
Destroyer HMS Eskimo (F 75)
Destroyer HMS Somali (L 33)

57th Destroyer Division (elements)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bicester (L 34)
Escort Destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wilton (L 128)

Destroyer HMCS Buxton (H 96) (ex USS Edwards (DD-265)) (26th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Sardonyx (H 26) (21st Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Wolverine (D 78) (30th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D 19) (8th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Amazon (D 39) (3rd Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Venomous (D 75) (1st Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Fury (H 76) (8th Destroyer Flotilla 16th Division element)
Destroyer HMS Wishart (I 67) (13th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer ORP Blyskawica (Blyskavica) (WZ.44) (25th Escort Group element)

Escort Destroyer HMS Derwent (L 83) (5th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Escort Destroyer HMS Ledbury (L 90) (4th Destroyer Flotilla element)

Transport SS Almeria Lykes (7,773 tons) (USA)
Transport SS Brisbane Star (12,791 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Clan Ferguson (7,347 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Deucalion (7,516 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Dorset (10,624 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Empire Hope (12,688 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Glenorchy (8,982 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Melbourne Star (12,806 tons) (CW)
Tanker SS Ohio (9,514 tons) (USA)
Transport SS Port Chalmers (8,535 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Rochester Castle (7,795 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Santa Elisa (8,379 tons) (USA)
Transport SS Waimarama (12,843 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Wairangi (12,400 tons) (CW)


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08/11/42 – 08/13/42 Convoy WS.21S (Operation Pedestal) from Gibraltar to Malta
Commodore: Commander A. G. Venables, RN (Retired), Flagship: Transport SS Port Chalmers

Force W (distant cover force) Rear Admiral Aircraft Carrier's, Home Fleet, Rear Admiral Sir A.L.St. A.Lyster, CB Flagship Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R 38)
Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Indomitable (92) 07/12/42 Heavily damaged by Stuka's flown by Italian pilots
806 Squadron FAA 10x Martlet fighters (the British version of the American wildcat)
800 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
880 Squadron FAA 12x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
827 Squadron FAA 6x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
831 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle (94) 08/11/43 Sunk by U-73
801 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
813 Squadron FAA 8x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter

Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious (R 38)
809 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
884 Squadron FAA 8x Fairey Fulmar fighter
865 Squadron FAA 6x Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter
817 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber
832 Squadron FAA 7x Fairey Albacore Torpedo Bomber

2nd Battle Squadron (elements)
Battleship HMS Nelson (28)
Battleship HMS Rodney (29)

Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Phoebe (43) (15th Cruiser Squadron element)
Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Sirius (82)
Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Charybdis (88)

3rd Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Quentin (G 78)
Destroyer HMS Ithuriel (H 05) (ex Gayret)

6th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Tartar (F 43)
Destroyer HMS Eskimo (F 75)
Destroyer HMS Somali (L 33)

19th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Lookout (G 32)
Destroyer HMS Lightning (G 55)
Destroyer HMS Laforey (G 99)

57th Destroyer Division (elements)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wilton (L 128) 07/12/42 detached from Force W to join Force X on the return to Gibraltar.
Escort Destroyer HMS Zetland (L 59)

Destroyer HMS Vansittart (D64) (18th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer HMS Antelope (H 36) (23rd Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Wishart (I 67) (13th Destroyer Flotilla element)


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08/11/42 – 08/13/42 Force X (Operation Pedestal) from Gibraltar to Malta Rear Admiral Harold Martin Burrough, CB, DSO Flagship: Light Cruiser HMS Kenya (14)
Close Support Group
10th Cruiser Squadron (elements)
Light Cruiser HMS Kenya (14) 07/12/42 Heavily damaged by the Italian submarine Axum
Light Cruiser HMS Nigeria (60) 07/13/42 Hit by 1 torpedo from the Italian submarine Alagi

Light Cruiser HMS Manchester (15) (18th Cruiser Squadron element) 07/13/42 eventually scuttled after being hit by torpedoes from Italian motor torpedo boats Ms 16 & Ms 22
Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Cairo (D 87) 07/13/42 Sunk by gunfire after being torpedoed by Italian submarine Axum

3rd Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Pathfinder (G 10)
Destroyer HMS Intrepid (D 10)
Escort Destroyer HMS Penn (G 77)

6th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Icarus (D 03)
Destroyer HMS Ashanti (F 51)

57th Destroyer Division (elements)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bicester (L 34)
Escort Destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88)

8th Destroyer Flotilla
16th Division (elements)
Destroyer HMS Fury (H 76)
Destroyer HMS Foresight (H 79) 08/12/42 Seriously damaged when hit aft by torpedo from aircraft 07/13/42 Sunk by Destroyer HMS Tartar (F 43) with torpedo

Escort Destroyer HMS Derwent (L 83) (5th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Escort Destroyer HMS Ledbury (L 90) (4th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bramham (L 51) (57th Destroyer Division element)

Tugboat HMS Jaunty


Transport Group
Transport SS Almeria Lykes (7,773 tons) (USA) 08/13/42 torpedoed and sunk by German E boats
Transport SS Brisbane Star (12,791 tons) (CW) 08/12/42 bow damaged by torpedo from an Italian SM79
Transport SS Clan Ferguson (7,347 tons) (CW) 08/12/42 Hit by torpedo from an Italian SM79 08/13/42 finally sunk by Italian submarine Bronzo
Transport SS Deucalion (7,516 tons) (CW) 08/12/42 torpedoed and sunk by 2 Heinkel He-111s
Transport SS Dorset (10,624 tons) (CW) 08/13/42 abandoned due to dive-bombers setting fire to high-octane cargo she later sinks after repeated air attacks
Transport SS Empire Hope (12,688 tons) (CW) 08/13/42 20:50 Hit by 2 bombs from enemy aircraft. The fire was reported as being a 'beacon until nearly midnight' when she was finished off by an Italian submarine
Transport SS Glenorchy (8,982 tons) (CW) 08/13/42 sunk by Italian motor torpedo boat MS 31
Transport SS Melbourne Star (12,806 tons) (CW) arrived safely
Tanker SS Ohio (USA) (9,514 tons) 08/12/42 torpedoed by Italian submarine Axum nearing Malta she was again bombed with one Junkers Ju 87 crashed nearby and bounced onto the deck where it remained. A Junkers Ju 88 hit by gunfire crashed into the sea slid into her side exploding blowing out the boilers Ohio sank on arrival but her cargo was salvaged
Transport SS Port Chalmers (8,535 tons) (CW) arrived safely
Transport SS Rochester Castle (7,795 tons) (CW) 08/12/42 damaged by torpedo probably from Italian motor torpedo boat Ms 26
Transport SS Santa Elisa (8,379 tons) (USA) 08/13/42 torpedo and sunk by Italian motor torpedo boat Mas 564
Transport SS Waimarama (12,843 tons) (CW) 08/13/42 Bombed and sunk by Ju 88's
Transport SS Wairangi (12,400 tons) (CW) 08/13/42 scuttled after being torpedoed by Italian motor torpedo boats Mas 552 & 554 (probably both)

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08/11/42 – 08/13/42 Force R (Operation Pedestal) from Gibraltar to Malta
Escort Group
13th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Corvette HMS Spiraea (K 08)
Corvette HMS Geranium (K 16)
Corvette HMS Jonquil (K 69)
Corvette HMS Coltsfoot (K 140)

Auxiliary Group
Fleet Oiler RFA Brown Ranger (A 169) (6,700 tons)
Fleet Oiler RFA Dingledale (A 144) (16,836 tons)


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08/11/42 – 08/13/42 Minesweeping Force (Operation Pedestal) from Gibraltar to Malta sweeping a path from Gibraltar to Malta
1st Minesweeping Flotilla
Minesweeper HMS Hebe (J 24)
Minesweeper HMS Speedy (J 17)

14th Minesweeping Flotilla
Minesweeper HMS Hythe (J 194)
Minesweeper HMS Rye (J 76)

3rd Motor Launch Flotilla
Motor Launch ML-121
Motor Launch ML-126
Motor Launch ML-134
Motor Launch ML-135
Motor Launch ML-168

29th Motor Launch Flotilla
Motor Launch ML-459
Motor Launch ML-462

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08/10/42 – 08/14/42 Force Y (Operation Ascendant) from Malta to Gibraltar
Escort Group
Destroyer HMS Matchless (G 52) (17th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Escort Destroyer HMS Badsworth (L 03) (20th Escort Group element)


Transport Group
Transport SS Orari (10,350 tons) (CW)
Transport SS Troilus (7,422) (CW)


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08/11/42 Operation Bellows: sailing with Force W to fly off 37 Spitfires to Malta then return to Gibraltar
Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious (47)

13th Destroyer Flotilla (elements)
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47)
Destroyer HMS Vidette (D 48)

1st Escort Group (elements)
Destroyer HMS Venomous (D 75)
Destroyer HMS Keppel (D 84)

Destroyer HMS Amazon (D 39) (3rd Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) (18th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D 19) (8th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Wolverine (D 78) (30th Escort Group element)


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:05 pm
by Extraneous
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11/08/42 Operation Terminal (Algiers, Algeria)

10/26/42 Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C 24) Embarked 670 personnel of US combat team and Departs Belfast, Ireland
10/27/42 Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C 24) joins Force O
11/07/42 Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C 24) Transfers US personnel to Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D19) and Destroyer HMS Broke (D83)

Destroyer HMS Malcolm (D 19) (8th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Broke (D 83) (6th Escort Group element)


The 3rd Battalion (Colonel Edwin Swenson, USA), 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, USA. attempts to land, capture, and prevent damage to the port facilities at Algiers, Algeria.

01:40 Orders are received from Rear Admiral Harold Martin Burrough for HMS Malcolm and HMS Broke start toward the Bay of Algiers

04:00 HMS Malcolm is badly hit with her deck on fire she is forced to withdraw. Casualties were 10 killed and 25 wounded. At her at top speed and fourth try HMS Broke succeeds in breaking through the harbors barrier boom.

05:20 HMS Broke lands companies L and M at the Môle Louis Billiard.

08:00 The mole itself, the electric power station, and the petroleum tank farm have been captured. The landing force has begun slowly extending their positions northward to the seaplane base and along the street paralleling the shore. No indications of scuttling or sabotage have been encountered. Artillery fire from the Jetée du Nord drives HMS Broke to another mooring and then to a third where she is unable to support the landing force.

09:20 HMS Broke quickly has several hits or has near misses from unseen artillery. HMS Broke sounds the recall signal and approximately 60 men near the ship re-board. Colonel Swenson and the rest of the landing force are unable to return to the ship and stay ashore to await the 168th regimental combat team.

09:40 HMS Broke struggles out into the bay partially hidden by smoke. Escort Destroyer HMS Zetland (L 59) stops bombarding the Batterie du Lazaret on Cap Matifou to cover HMS Broke, and later takes aboard all her passengers, and tows HMS Broke out to sea.

11:00 6 Albacore dive bombers silence the coastal guns at the northern end of the harbor and the determined fire of the landing force temporarily holds back the troops which have them hemmed in. But ammunition is running low.

11:30 French tanks and armored cars arrive making the landing forces position hopeless.

12:30 Colonel Swenson surrenders his force but has been able to prevent the destruction of the port before the French have to surrender to a larger Allied force.

11/10/42 HMS Broke sinks from damage received from shore batteries


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:07 pm
by Extraneous
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11/08/42 Operation Reservist (Oran, Algeria)
Escort Group withdraws after coming under heavy fire
Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47) (13th Destroyer Flotilla element)
Destroyer HMS Antelope (H 36) (23rd Escort Group element)

2x Motor Launches

Assault Group
41st Escort Group (elements)
Sloop HMS Hartland (Y00) (ex Cutter USCGC Pontchartrain (WPG 70)) (Sunk by gunfire from Vichy French warship Typhon & shore batteries, at Oran harbor)
Sloop HMS Walney (Y 04) (ex Cutter USCGC Sebago (WHEC-42)) (Sunk by gunfire from Vichy French warship La Surprise, at Oran Harbor)

17 officers, 376 men, from the 6th Armored Infantry, 1st Armored Division, USA (Lieutenant Colonel George F. Marshall, USA)
22 seamen of the U.S. Navy, 6 U.S. Marines and 52 Royal Navy officers and ratings, as well as the ships' crews


02:45 HMS Walney approaches the harbor in the shadow of the cliffs on the eastern edge of the bay followed in five minutes' by HMS Hartland

The harbor is enclosed on its northern edge by a breakwater and across the eastern end by a small jetty extending from the Môle du Ravin Blanc with an opening about 200 yards wide blocked by a floating boom. Fixed fortified batteries commanded the entrance, the harbor itself, and all adjacent waters. While dual-purpose artillery, machine guns, and the naval guns of warships in the northwestern corner of the harbor can be brought to bear on intruders.

03:00 the sloops near the entrance and one of the motor launches speeds ahead to lay a smoke screen. As a searchlight sweeps the bay and tracer bullets hit far in front of HMS Walney. Then the searchlight finds her and artillery fire starts to range in. A large American flag at her stern, and a loud speaker repeatedly asserting the approaching force was friendly, makes no difference to the French. The ship is soon jarred by a hit the ship that throws men to the deck. Captain Peters turns to the north, with the HMS Hartland still following, and circles to try for the harbor entrance at top speed. He seems to have disregarded a message he received during his approach to the harbor from headquarters on HMS Largs, which reported: "No shooting thus far; landings unopposed"; and instructed the RESERVIST force: "Don't start a fight unless you have to."

The second approach

HMS Walney is hit by artillery and machine gun fire, but she reaches the boom, brakes it, and slips inside the harbor and the French shift their fire to HMS Hartland. No longer under fire HMS Walney launches three canoes in the western end of the port. Just after passing between the Môle du Ravin Blanc and a floating dry-dock moored near the northern breakwater, a French destroyer approaches head on from the west. HMS Walney fails in an attempt to ram the destroyer and is subjected to intense fire from the destroyer as the two ships scrape past each other. Shortly after this HMS Walney is hit by intense fire from ahead, port, and starbord sides. HMS Walney is on fire, her ammuntion exploading, her guns out of action, and all bridge officers dead except one that is wounded. The troops under Colonel Marshall keep up small arms fire until thy fall or receive word to abandon ship. HMS Walney is left a semi-submerged wreck in the western end of the harbor.

HMS Hartland Is caught by heavy fire just short of the smoke screen at the harbor mouth. A shell splinter temporarily blinds Commander Billot, while most of her gun crews and many of the troops crouching below decks were wounded or killed during this approach. In the darkness and Unable to find the entrance HMS Hartland strikes the jetty south of it. The wounded Commander Billot has the vessel backed off and again sent forward despite the damage already received and succeeds in entering the port. As HMS Hartland swings around the end of the Môle du Ravin Blanc to reach her debarkation point and runs into the pointblank fire from the French destroyer Typhon moored beside the mole. The shells tear through the unarmored hull and explode inside HMS Hartland knocking out her controls and setting her on fire in several places. Adrift and in danger of exploding Commander Billot orders abandon ship.

04:00 HMS Hartland’s survivors leave the burning vessel in two motor launches and withdraw seaward.

Of the 17 officers and 376 enlisted men of the 6th Armored Infantry, 9 officers and 180 enlisted men were killed or presumed dead while 5 officers and 152 enlisted men were wounded. Only 3 officers and 44 enlisted men landed unhurt.
U.S. Navy casualties were 5 killed and 7 wounded; Royal Navy losses, 113 killed and 86 wounded.

All survivors were held first as civil, then military, prisoners while the battle for Oran continued, its ultimate outcome almost unaffected by this bloody episode.


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:12 am
by Extraneous
Operation Crupper
Transport SS Ardeola (CW) (2,609 tons) Fodder, Independent to Malta Intercepted and sized by Vichy France
Transport SS Tadorna (CW) (1,947 tons) Fodder, Independent to Malta Intercepted and sized by Vichy France

Attempting to take advantage of the confusion from Operation Torch the disguised transports Ardeola and Tadorna were sent out with Convoy KMS.1G. They detached west of Gibraltar and passed the Straits and proceeded along the North African coast as far as Cape Bon where they were fired on and ordered to stop by French shore batteries. One of the assumptions of Operation Torch was that there would be little if any opposition by the French. So when both ships were fired on and ordered to stop, they didn’t scuttle their ships, on the assumption that they could "explain" and be allowed to proceed. They were in fact captured and taken in to Bizerta where they were unloaded, their cargoes seized, and the ships turned over to the Italians. Ardeola was renamed Aderno and Tadorna was renamed Balzac.

07/23/43 Aderno (ex Ardeola) torpedoed and sunk by Submarine HMS Torbay (N 79) about 2 miles from Civitavecchia.
03/07/43 Balzac (ex Tadorna) sunk by U.S. aircraft 20 nautical miles North/Northeast of Zembra Island


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:26 am
by Extraneous
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11/10/42 - 11/11/42 Operation Perpetual The Assault on Bougie and Djidjelli Note: do not confuse this with Operation Perpetual 11/10/41 – 11/12/41
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 23, 1949

Ships listed as Landing Ship Infantry (LSI)
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Karanja (F 128) (9,891 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 aircraft
Transport SS Marnix Van St. Aldegonde (Dutch) (19,355 tons)
Transport SS Cathay (15,225 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 aircraft
Transport SS Awatea (CW) (13,482 tons) 11/11/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 aircraft

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11/10/42 - 11/11/42 11:40 Force "O" Bougie/ Djidjelli Air Cover Force

Air Cover Group
Escourt Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus (D 49)
880 Squadron FAA 11x Supermarine Seafire IIC Fighter (4 transferred from HMS Avenger)


12th Cruiser Squadron (elements)
Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Charybdis (88)
Light Anti-aircraft Cruiser HMS Scylla (98)


Destroyer HMS Vanoc (H33) (29th Escort Group element)
Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35) (18th Destroyer Flotilla element) 11/15/42 West of Gibraltar sinks U-98


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11/10/42 17:00 - 11/12/42 Bougie Assault Convoy (Slow)
Escort Group
Monitor HMS Frederick Roberts (F.40) 11/11/42 damaged by Axis Ju-88 bombers

Destroyer ORP Blyskawica (Blyskavica) (WZ.44) (25th Escort Group element)

36th Escort Group (elements)
Corvette HMS Samphire (K128)
Corvette HMS Penstemon (K 61)

5th Trawler Group (elements)
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Inchcolm (T 18)
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Hoy (T 114)
Minesweeper Trawler HMS Rysa (T 164)

Transport Group
Transport SS Glenfinlas (CW) (7,479 tons) MT, Petrol 82 tons, Stores 541 tons, 127 Personnel from Convoy KMS.1G (Slow)
Transport SS Stanhill (CW) (5,969 tons) MT, Petrol 82 tons, Stores 486 tons, 32 Personnel from Convoy KMS.1G (Slow)
Transport SS Urlana (CW) (6,852 tons) MT, Petrol 109 tons, Stores 572 tons, 7 Personnel from Convoy KMS.1G (Slow)
Transport SS Ocean Volga (CW) (7,174 tons) MT and 9 Personnel, Stores 61 tons, 55 Personnel from Convoy KMS.1G (Slow)


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11/10/42 18:00 - 11/12/42 Bougie Assault Convoy (Slow) delayed refueling ships

Minesweeper Trawler HMS Mull (T 110) (5th Trawler Group element)

Landing Ship Gantry RFA/Oiler Dewdale (A151) (8,265 tons) 14x LCMs, FFO, Petrol


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11/10/42 20:00 - 11/12/42 Bougie Assault Convoy (Fast)
Escort Group
10th Cruiser Division (element) (Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, CBE Flagship: Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C24))
Light Cruiser HMS Sheffield (C 24) 11/10/42 03:45 detached to act independently to support the assault 11/11/42 11:40 joins HMS Argus and escourt and withdraws

Anti-aircraft Ship HMS Tynwald 11/12/42 05:17 Sunk by Italian submarine Argo at Bougie, Algeria

Escort Destroyer HMS Bramham (L 51) (57th Destroyer Division element)

12th Minesweeping Flotilla (elements)
Minesweeper HMS Albacore (J 101)
Minesweeper HMS Cadmus (J 230)

Western Approaches Escort Group (elements)
Frigate HMS Rother (K 224)
Frigate HMS Spey (K 426)


Transport Group
Landing Ship Infantry (L) HMS Karanja (F 128) (9,891 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 bombers
Transport SS Marnix Van St. Aldegonde (Dutch) (19,355 tons)
Transport SS Cathay (15,225 tons) 11/12/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 bombers

36th Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment 11/11/42 06:15 lands at Cap Carbon
8th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders


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11/10/42 20:00 - 11/12/42 Djidjelli Assault Convoy (Fast) 11/11/42 16:25 sailed for Algiers having finished unloading RAF personnel, fuel, and supplies
Escort Group
57th Destroyer Division (elements)
Escort Destroyer HMS Bicester (L 34)
Escort Destroyer HMS Wilton (L 128)

Transport SS Awatea (CW) (13,482 tons) from Convoy KMF.1 11/11/42 Sunk by Axis Ju-88 bombers and He-111 torpedo bombers


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:30 am
by Extraneous
Sources for Torch, Perpetual, and Pedestal

OOB Casablanca http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_W ... blanca.htm
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/ba ... eppe1.html
HOME FLEET - October to December 1942 http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWD-HF1942d.htm
Service Histories by Name, Type, and Class http://wow.naval-history.net/xGM-aContents.htm
Operation Train http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20W ... ations.htm
Fleet Air Arm http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships ... index.html
Siri Holm Lawson Warsailors.com http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/kmsconvoys.html
Arnold Hague Convoy Database http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html
http://www.bluestarline.org/lamports/browning3.html
www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/saint.htm
http://uncleted.jinak.cz/utorch.htm
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/a ... lgeria.htm
http://www.duchessofbedford.com/ssdob/
http://usswashington.com/worldwar2plus55/dl08no42b.htm
http://www.amazon.com/If-Perish-Frontli ... 0375415149
Generals names http://www.generals.dk/
Polish Navy http://www.polishnavy.pl/index.html
RN and RNR Officers http://www.unithistories.com/
French Moroccan Fleet http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ETO/Ult ... ix-17.html
HM Aircraft Carriers http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org ... /index.htm
French Oran Fleet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.eth ... /11/08.htm
http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/84735 ... ilver-Line
http://www.secondworldwar.org.uk/stork.html
http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/s ... php?t=8896
Naval North Africa http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/U ... II-13.html
Appendix H Torch http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/U ... html#index
http://hulltrawler.net/Sidewinder.html
http://free-translation.imtranslator.ne ... /en&loc=en
http://www.wikiled.com/japaneseromajika ... fault.aspx
http://read2ch.com/r/army/1268410478/
Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) http://www.hmsmedusa.org.uk/index.html
http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/Malta%20WWII/Pedestal.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA ... WA-11.html
Oran landings: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA ... WA-11.html
Algiers landings: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA ... WA-13.html
http://www.world-war.co.uk/pedestal1.php3
http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Sweers_his.htm


RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:42 am
by warspite1
Nothing to add here - just do not want this thread falling off the main page [:)].

RE: For the Purists September 9. 1939

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:53 am
by Extraneous
[font="times new roman"]If you haven't noticed from the quiz thread Post #: 51 is outdated at this time.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]When I repost it. It will have the submarines at HMS Talbot Royal Navy submarine base at Malta, I figured out the name of the Cable Ship used at torch, the Ships at Gibraltar (as many as possible), and everything will have been checked (again, and again, and again…), and etc.[/font]
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