Battle Group Delta

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**Battle Group Delta**, officially known as **Task Force 191**, was a surface fleet within the United States Navy as a part of their Pacific Fleet. It was formed around the battleship USS *Missouri* after it was recommissioned into the active fleet. Following the fleet's formation, BG Delta would go on to see various actions against the Urocyan Empire under the control of the villainous dictator Arian Torres.

BG Delta was the first battleship battle group (BBBG) to have sailed the oceans since the 1980's, and it would be come well known throughout the rest of the US Navy up until it was folded into the much larger Battle Group Foxtrot.

## History

### Early Start

A short time after Urocyia began a massive military buildup, and performed exercises showing just how strong their military was, the United States decided that they would also build up their forces in case a war breaks out. In particular, the Navy began to not only ramp up production of ships still under construction, but looked at returning older ships back to combat readiness, as well as using some as training vessels.

Among these ships was the old *Iowa*-class battleship USS *Missouri*, which had been brought back initially as a training ship, but made combat ready again to counter new Urocyan battleships entering service. Upon *Missouri's* reactivation and return to service, several other ships were reassigned to escort her as a part of a Battleship Battle Group (BBBG), the first one to sail in may years. Aside from the *Missouri*, under the command of then Commander Arthur Snow, the fleet consisted of an Aegis cruiser, two Aegis destroyers, three frigates, and a supply ship. This group would be designated as Task Force 191 or "Battle Group Delta." It has also sometimes been known as the ***Missouri* Battle Group** informally or in the media.

### Combat Tours: Urocyan Conflicts

After a naval exercise following the fleet's formation, Battle Group Delta would deploy on its first official combat mission. They sailed, along with two aircraft carriers and their escorts, to a remote atoll in the middle of the ocean which was being used as a forward-operations base by Urocyan military forces in their operations to begin conquering the world. When the battle began, the battleship, cruiser, and destroyers began to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles at Urocyan targets on the ground, including military depots and hangars, and cratered runways constructed on the islands. The *Missouri* even used her large main artillery guns to bombard enemy positions once she'd gotten in close enough. At the same time, aircraft launched from the carriers engaged enemy forces. Urocyan combatants in the area retaliated and put up a good fight. Despite much resistance from Urocyan forces, the ships of Battle Group Delta suffered light damage and casualties were kept to a minimum. They, along with the rest of the American naval forces, managed to neutralize the base and stall Urocyan operations in the area. This would ultimately spark a series of conflicts between America and Urocyia.

Some time afterwards, ships from Battle Group Delta were cruising with the amphibious assault ship USS *Essex* and her task group on another combat tour when they were attacked by advanced Urocyan warships. Harrier II jets launched from the *Essex* engaged, but suffered heavy casualties, and the cruiser USS *Princeton* was also crippled. Despite this, the Americans fought back hard, and managed to repel the enemy forces before making a break for the safety of an allied port in Japan.

### Urocyan War and Reformation

Several ships of Battle Group Delta were caught up in Operation Tidal Wave, the Urocyan military operation to bring down the US naval forces down quite a bit, which ultimately sparked the true beginning of the Urocyan War. A number of ships were either damaged or, in some extreme cases, even sunk while they were at anchor or just getting underway. Thanks to the efforts of Captain Snow aboard the *Missouri*, plus the efforts of the VFA-242 fighter squadron, many casualties kept to a minimum, many enemy forces were driven off. Despite this partial success, the fleet and its support personnel suffered considerable casualties.

Shortly after the attack, American naval commanders directed a restructuring of their existing forces to take the fight back to Urocyia. This led to Battle Group Delta being disbanded, with a number of the surviving ships being reassigned to other units. Several Battle Group Delta vessels were joined together with the likes of Carrier Strike Group 9, and becomes a new unique fleet known as the 1st Transglobal Fleet.

## Vessels

Early on in the series, the following vessels were assigned to Battle Group Delta:

### Destroyers

* USS *Preble* (DDG-88)
* USS *Pinckney* (DDG-91)

### Frigates

* USS *Curts* (FFG-38)
* USS *Nicholas* (FFG-47)
* USS *Vandegrift* (FFG-48)