June 22, 1942 - Monday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS O'Brien:

On June 22nd, O'Brien returning to Pearl Harbor from Pago Pago, to join Task Force 17.

U. S. Navy Task Forces:

• Task Force 17 (Hornet) was at Pearl Harbor.  Hornet was having some refitting done, mostly radar installations.
  
• Task Force 16 (Enterprise) was at Pearl Harbor.  Enterprise also had some refitting, mainly anti-aircraft batteries.
  
• Task Force 11 (Saratoga) was at Pearl Harbor until the 22nd, when it left for Midway to deliver new aircraft to the island.
  
• Task Force 18 (Wasp) was at San Diego, having arrived on the 19th.Wasp took on the full complement of aircraft in preparation for deployment.
  

More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 220-221.
  
•  The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign,  John B. Lundstrom, pp 3-17.
• Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 257-260.
  

 

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