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Their intention was to cover San Bernardino Strait with a powerful task force of fast battleships supported by two of Third Fleet's equally swift carrier groups. The battleship force was to be designated Task Force 34 (TF 34) and to consist of four battleships, five cruisers, and 14 destroyers under the command of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee.
15 transport ships 6 mine hunting vessels Task Group 34.10 Southern task force Battleship USS New York (Capt. Umsted) Escort carrier USS Santee (Capt. Sample) Light cruiser USS Philadelphia (Capt. Hendren) Destroyers USS Mervine, USS Knight, USS Beatty, USS Cowie, USS Quick, USS Doran, USS Cole, USS Bernadou, USS Rodman and USS Emmons Submarine ...
Used as Army/Navy Joint Task Force 1 during Operation Crossroads and then as Task Force 1 during Operation Sea Orbit (solely U.S. Navy). Task Forces 2–10 in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Task Force 11; Task Force 16; Task Force 17; Task Force 18; Task Force 19, the reinforcement of Iceland, in July 1941. Task Force 31; Task Force 34
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, generally considered to be the largest naval combat in history, was fought 24–25 October 1944 in the waters of the Philippine Islands by elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet (bringing together the IJN's 2nd Fleet, 3rd Fleet and 5th Fleet) and the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet (bringing together the USN's 3rd Fleet and 7th Fleet).
Citizen Commodore, commanded a task force aboard PNS Achmed Honor Among Enemies: Jurgens – Manticoran who views Honor Harrington as a loose warhead Field of Dishonor: Francis Jurgensen RMN Admiral. Second Space Lord during High Ridge's regime. Ashes of Victory, War of Honor: Justin PN Citizen Commodore Ashes of Victory, Changer of Worlds
Putting to sea from Cove Point, Maryland, on 23 October 1942, Dorothea L. Dix sailed with Task Force 34 (TF 34) to land Army troops and supply scout boats in the assault at Safi, French Morocco, from 8 to 12 November, during "Operation Torch". She returned to Norfolk on 24 November.
Merrick helped put together a memorial display to former residents who didn’t make it. One man’s face sticks out among the R.I.P. photos and newspaper obituaries. In his photo, taken at the facility, he is beaming. He is holding up a Grateful Life certificate, his “Life on Life’s Terms Award.”
Kurita, aboard the battleship Yamato, took his large force of battleships, cruisers and destroyers from the San Bernardino Strait and headed south toward Leyte, where they encountered Task Unit 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3"), the northernmost of the three escort carrier groups under Rear Admiral Clifton Sprague that comprised the only American forces ...