Evening star., 1945-08-16
133 Allied Warships
Used in Final Smash
AT Japs, Nimitz Says
BY the Associated Press.

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GUAM, Aug. 16.-Admiral Nimitz
today proudly named los of Amer.
1ca's newest and fastest warships
and 28 British vessels forming the
powerful Allied Pacific Fleet which
helped push Japan over the brink OF
defeat with continuing naval blows
In the final weeks of the war.
The American vessels, operating
as the Sd Fleet from July 10 to Au-
gust Is, were Joined by the British
men-of-war on July Is.
The special communique identi-
ed for the first time the full strength
of Admiral Halsey's task force.
The concentration of American
and British warsl1ips destroyed or
damaged more than $500 Japanese
planes and nearly 1000 ships and
small Japanese craft,
Japan Hit on IA Days.
In the 81 days of operations it
struck Japan from the air on IA sep
arate days and pulverized land tar
gets with seven naval lombard
ments. Only single ship-a light
American unit-was damaged.
The armada included eight Amer
ican and one British battleship; 16
American and four british aircraft
carriers; 10 American and seven
British cruisers; 81 American and
II British deStroyers.
Attached to Admiral Nimitzs
honor roll was statement Of high
praise for the hard-working service
forces which carried the supplies
across thousands of miles of ocean.
Entire Strength Not Used.
Even in its formidable array,
however, the listing Of the Sd Fleets
ships failed to show the entire
strength of the Pacific Fleet. For
instance, the super battleship New
Jersey and the older Washington
did not operate with Admiral Hal
sey during the period mentioned
in the colnmunique. Aside from
the 10, fast battleships, there are
also the older bombardment ships
like the California, the New Mexico,
New York and Texas.
The ten 27,000-ton Essex class
carriers and the six Independence
class carriers listed represent but
a part of the American array of
f1attops.
Out of action at the time were the
Hornet, the Bunker Hill, the Frank
lin and the Enterprise.
u. s, Battleships Listed,
The communique listed the fol-
lowing American battleships:
Massachusetts,, Indiana, Soutl,
Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa,
North Carolina and Alabama.
These carriers furnished the bulk
of the 1.500 sea-borne planes that
helped knock out the japanese.
Lexington, Essex, Bennington.
Hancock, Randolph, Ticonderoga,
Yorktown, Shangri La, Bonhomme
Richard, Wasp, San Jacinto, 1nde-
pendence, Belleau Wood, Monterey,
Bataan, Cowpens.
Nineteen American cruisers were
named:
Quincy, Chicago, Boston, st.
Louis, Springfield, Topeka, Atlanta,
Dayton, Oklahoma City. San Juan,
Flint, San Diego, Pasadena, Astoria,
Wilkes Barre, Tucson, Oakland, Du-
luth and Amsterdam.
Destroycrs Named.
Sixty-two destroyers were In the
mighty fleet. They were:
Dehaven, Samuel N. Moore, John
Rodgers, Schroeder, Gogswell, Hex
erman, Switzerland, Ault, John w.
Weeks, Colohan, Wedderburn, Rowe,
Caperton, Frank Knox. Erten, Black,
MCGOWAN, Norman Scott, Reney,
Abbot, Hale, Walker, Stembel, Bull
lard, Chauncey, Harrison, Mans
field, Lyman K. Swenson, Collett,
Maddox, Brush, Taussig, Blue, Nc
Kee, Ringgold, Dashiell, Ingersoll,
Knapp, English, Charles S. Sperry,
Waldron, Murray, Hank, Wallace L.
Lind, Borie, Wadleigh, Mertz, Mons
sen. McDermut, McNair, Melvin,
Cushing, Uhlmann, Benham, Twin
ing, Stockham, Smalley, Stoddard.
Watts, Wrenn, Highbee and Benner.
The British ships which have been
In operation with the United States
Sd Fleet during the period of July
II to August Is are:
Battleships-King George v.
Aircraft carriers-Formidable, I'm
placable, Victorious, Indefatigable.
Cruisers-Newfoundland, Achilles,
Uganda, Gambia, Black Prince,
Euryalus.
Destroyers-Grenville Undaunted,
Urchin, Undine, Urania, Ulysses,
Quickmatch, Quiberon, Quality,
Quadrant, Troubridge, Tenacious,
Wrangler, Wakeful, Terpischore,
Teazer, Termagent.