List of aircraft carrier operations during World War II
Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not have been won without decisive victories at sea. Naval battles to keep shipping lanes open for combatant's movement of troops, guns, ammunition, tanks, warships, aircraft, raw materials, and food largely determined the outcome of land battles. Without the Allied victory in keeping shipping lanes open during the Battle of the Atlantic, Britain could not have fed her people or withstood Axis offensives in Europe and North Africa . Without Britain's survival and without Allied shipments of food and industrial equipment to the Soviet Union, her military and economic power would likely not have rebounded in time for Russian soldiers to prevail at Stalingrad and Kursk. Without victories at sea in the Pacific theater, the Allies could not have mounted amphibious assaults on or maintained land forces on Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Saipan, The Philippines, Iwo Jima, or Okinawa. Allied operations in the Atlantic and Pacific war theaters were interconnected because they frequently competed for scarce naval resources for everything from aircraft carriers to transports and landing craft. Effective  transport of troops and military supplies between the two war theaters required naval protection for shipping routes around the Cape of Good Hope, through the Suez canal, and through the Panama Canal. In both theaters, maritime dominance enabled combatants to use the sea for their own purposes and deprive its use by adversaries. As naval historian Admiral Herbert Richmond stated, "Sea power did not win the war itself: it enabled the war to be won". Aircraft carriers played a major role in winning decisive naval battles, supporting key amphibious landings, and keeping critical merchant shipping lanes open for transporting military  personnel and their equipment to land battle zones. This article is part of a series that covers World War II from the vantage point of aircraft carrier operations and is focused upon names and dates for operations involving aircraft carriers. List of named operations involving aircraft carriers. This a chronological list of named operations involving aircraft carriers combining USN, RN, and IJN operations for Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Dates are for carrier involvement, not necessarily the dates for the entire operation. Aircraft carriers at specific battles, invasions, and raids. Aircraft carriers were involved in many attacks and support activities in  addition to the better known major carrier battles. The more complete list below includes battles, invasions, and raids and names the specific carriers involved. "Naval battle" refers to a naval engagement entirely on water, "invasion" refers to an operation involving amphibious landing of troops to occupy land areas, and "raid" refers to attacks without the intention to occupy the land areas involved. Also included in the list are some transport, convoy escort, and antisubmarine warfare operations. [INVOLVMENT OF ESCORT CARRIERS REPORTED BY Y'BLOOD HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETELY INCLUDED IN THE LIST BELOW] 1932. IJN Support for IJA Shanghai Incident  (28 Jan – 3 March 1932) First IJN aerial combat IJN 3rd Fleet/1st Carrier Division (Nomura): 1937. IJN Support for IJA Battle of Shanghai (14–16 August 1937) IJN 3rd Fleet, 1st & 4th Carrier Divisions (3 carriers, 90 aircraft): IJN Attack on USS Panay (12 December 1937) During "Rape of Nanking" 1938. IJN Support for IJA Invasion of Guangdong (12 Oct – 31 December 1938) 1939. IJN Support for IJA Operations against China (30 Jan – 19 February 1939) 1940. INJ Support for IJA Operations against China (27 Mar – 2 April 1940) RN Escort for Convoy US-3 transporting Australian and New Zealand Troops to  the UK (mid June 1940) •HMS "Argus" (CV-I49) RN Battle of Calabria (9 July 1940) RN Force C (Cunningham): RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (31 July – 4 August 1940) Operation HURRY (a "Club Run") RN Force H: RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gold Coast (Aug – September 1940) • HMS "Argus" (CV-I49) IJN Support for IJA invasion of French Indochina (22–26 September 1940) Operation FU IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division: RN Search for Raiders including Kriegsmarine pocket battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" in the Indian Ocean (Sept – December 1940) RN Force I: RN Delivery of Aircraft for Raid on  Toranto (Nov 1940) Operation Coat (a "Club Run") RN Force H: RN Raid on Toranto, Italy (11–12 November 1940) Operation JUDGMENT RN Force H (Cunningham) RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (17 November 1940) Operation Operation White (a "Club Run") RN Force H: RN Battle of Cape Spartivento (27 November 1940) RN Force H: RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gibraltar (Dec 1940) • HMS "Argus" (CV-I49) aircraft transferred to HMS "Ark Royal" for delivery to Malta RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gibraltar (mid-Dec 1940) rendezvoused with Convoy WS-5A • HMS "Argus" (CV-I49) attacked by "Kriegsmarine" Admiral Hipper (25 December  1940) • HMS "Furious" (CV, 47) 1941. Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: RN Convoys to Malta, Greece, and Egypt (10–11 January 1941) Operation EXPRESS RN Force A: RN Raid on Genoa and La Spezia, Italy (9 February 1941) RN Force H: IJN Support for IJA Blockade of Southern China (Feb 1941) IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division: RN Battle of Cape Matapan (27–29 March 1941) RN Force H- Mediterranean Fleet (Cunningham): • HMS "Formidable" (CV/67) RN Eleven Deliveries of Aircraft, Troops, and Supplies to Malta (Apr – October 1941) Operations WINCH, DUNLOP, SPLICE , ROCKET, TRACER, RAILWAY I & II, STATUS I & II, CALLBOY, and SUBSTANCE ("Club Runs") RN Force H: USN Atlantic Patrols and Convoy Escort (Apr – December 1941) RN Convoy escort to/from Gibraltar (Sept – December 1941) Convoys OG74, HG74, OG76, HG76 RN: RN Convoy to Malta (27 September 1941) Operation HALBERD RN Force H: IJN Transport Fighter Aircraft to Formosa and Palau ( Oct – December 1941) RN Delivery of Aircraft to Malta (11–12 Nov) Operation PERPETUAL RN Force H: IJN Raid on Pearl Harbor (Dec 7 1941) Operation AI IJN 1st Air Fleet/"Kido Butai"/Carrier Divisions 1, 2, and 5 (Nagumo): IJN Main Body/3rd  Carrier Division (distant cover): Note: At the time of the attack, only three of the seven USN fleet carriers were in the Pacific theater. USS "Saratoga" was near San Diego CA following refitting at Bremerton WA. USS "Lexington" was ferrying aircraft to Midway Island. USS "Enterprise" was 200 miles west of Hawaii, returning from Wake Island. IJN Protection for 1st Air Fleet Returning Home From Pearl Harbor Raid (Dec 8 1941) IJN Main Body/3rd Carrier Division (distant cover): IJN Invasion of Wake Island (7–23 December 1941) USN Relief of Wake Island (8 December 1941) Operation cancelled Dec 22 (or 23 ?) US Task Forces 11 (Brown) and 14: IJN Invasion of Davao & Jolo, Mindanao, Philippines (8–20 December 1941) Operation M USN convoy escort to Newfoundland (Dec 1942) USN: 1942. Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: IJN Invasion of Malay Peninsula (Jan 1942) IJN Invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng, Raids on Lae, Salamaua, Bulolo, and Madang (4 Jan – February 1942) Operation R IJN 1st & 5th Carrier Divisions: USN Patrols around Midway Island (Jan 1942) US Task Force 14: IJN Invasion of Ambon (30 Jan – 3 February 1942) Operation H IJN Second Carrier Division  (Takahashi): RN 14 Deliveries of Aircraft, Troops, and Supplies to Malta (Feb – October 1942) Operations SPOTTER I & II, PICKET I & II, CALENDAR, BOWERY, LB, STYLE, SALIENT, PINPOINT, INSECT, BELLOWS, BARITONE, and TRAIN ("Club Runs") RN Force H: USN transport of aircraft and aircrews in Pacific (Feb 1942– September 1945) USN: IJN Transport of Aircraft to Philippines (Feb 1942) USN Raid on Marshall and Gilbert Islands (1 February 1942) [USN Task Forces 8 (Halsey) and 17 (Fletcher): TF-8??? or 16???] USN Task Force 17 (Fletcher): USN Task Force 16 (?) (Adm ?): IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit of US Carriers after Raid on Marshall Islands  (1 February 1942) IJN Raid on Ships Evacuating Singapore (mid-Feb 1942) IJN Invasion of Java (14–27 February 1942) Operation J IJN Raid on Darwin, Australia (19 February 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo), 1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions (4 carriers, 188 carrier-launched aircraft) IJN Invasion of Christmas Island (Feb – 31 March 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo): USN Raids on Wake Island ( 23–24 February 1942) [or was this TF-8??] USN Task Force 16 (Halsey?): USN Raids on Marcus Islands (3–4 March 1942) [or was this TF-8??] USN Task Force 16 (Halsey?): IJN Raid on Tjilatjap (5  March 1942) IJN 1st Carrier Air Fleet (Nagumo), 1st and 2nd Carrier Divisions? (4 carriers, 180 carrier-launched aircraft) IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit of US Carriers after Raid on Marcus Islands (6 March 1942) USN Raids on Shipping at Lae and Salamaua (10 March 1942) US Task Forces 11 (Brown): USN Task Force 17 (Fletcher): IJN Patrols Around Japanese Homeland (11–16 March 1942) IJN Carrier Div 5 IJN Invasion of Burma and Andaman Islands (23 March 1942) Operation D IJN CarDiv4: IJN Indian Ocean Raid (31 Mar – 10 April 1942) Operation C First Air Fleet, CarDiv 5, Striking Force, air attack  force. IJN Kido Butai (5 carriers, 350 aircraft): IJN Raids on Bay of Bengal Shipping (1 April 1942) IJN Malay Force: IJN Raids on Indian Coast, Cocanada and Vizagapatam (6 April 1942) IJN Raid on Columbo, Cylon (5 April 1942) Operation C IJN Kido Butai (5 carriers, 350 aircraft): RN Force A: IJN "Kido Butai": USN Raid on Rabaul? (11–12 April 1942) IJN: USN Raid on Tokyo (18 April 1942) Doolittle Raid USN Task Force 16 (Mitcher): USN Task Group 16.1: USN Task Group 16.2: IJN Unsuccessful Pursuit Following Doolittle Raid (19 April 1942) IJN Carrier Divisions 1 and 2  and newly completed IJN "Shoho": RN Delivery of 48 Spitfire Fighters to Malta (20 April 1942) Operation CALENDAR (a "Club Run") RN Force W: USN Raid on Tulagi and Gavutu (4 May 1942) US Task Force 17 (Fletcher): USN/IJN Battle of the Coral Sea (4–8 May 1942) IJN Operation "MO" USN Task Force 44 comprising TF-11 and TF-17?: USN Task Force 11 (Fitch): USN Task Force 17 (Fletcher): IJN Carrier Strike Force (Takagi): IJN Main Body Support Force (Gato): RN Deliver 61 Spitfire Fighters to Malta (9 May 1942) Operation BOWERY (a "Club Run") RN Force W: IJN Invasion  of Aleutian Islands (3–7 June 1942) Alaska; IJN Operation "AL" IJN 2nd Carrier Strike Force, Carrier Division 4: USN/IJN Battle of Midway (4–7 June 1942) IJN Operation MI USN Task Forces 16 (Spruance): USN Task Forces 17 (Fletcher): IJN First Fleet/Main Force (Yamamoto): First Carrier Striking Force (Nagumo): Second Fleet/Midway Invasion Force Main Body (Kondo): USN air cover for Haiwaii(?) after battle of Midway (June 1942) USN: USN Resupply of Aircraft to Midway Island (22–29 June 1942) USN Task Force 11: IJN Cover Transport of Aleutian Island Reinforcement and Patrol Against Counter Attack (28 June – 6 July  1942) RN Convoy from Gibraltar to Malta (3–15 August 1942) Operation PEDISTAL RN Force F (Syfret) USN Invasion of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942) US Operation WATCHTOWER (aka "Operation Shoestring") USN Task Force 61 (Fletcher) USN Task Group 61.1 (Noyes) USN Task Unit 61.1.1 aka Task Force 11: USN Task Unit 61.1.2 aka Task Force 16: USN Task Unit 61.1.3 aka Task force 18: USN support for Guadalcanal (20 August 1942) USN: USN/IJN Battle of the Eastern Solomons (23–25 August 1942) IJN Operation "Ka" US Task Forces 61 (Fletcher? Kinkaid?) Two carriers, 176 aircraft; TF-18 with USS "Wasp" (CV-7) had  been sent to refuel: IJN Main Body (Nagumo) Three carriers of CarDiv1, 177 aircraft IJN Transport of Aircraft to Marshall Islands (27–29 August 1942) ? (Sept 1942) IJN Transport of Aircraft and Convoy Escort to Truk and Outer Bases (Sept 1942 – February 1944) Note: Some of these carriers were involved in these activities on and off during the period. IJN Carrier trials and pilot training (Oct 1942 – September 1945) IJN: RN escort for Russian Convoys, Loch Ewe to/from Kola Inlet (9–20 September 1942) Convoys PQ18 and QP14 RN: USN aircraft transport to Bermuda (Oct 1942) USN: USN reinforcement of Guadalcanal 's Henderson Field (7–11 October 1942) USN Task Force 63: USN Task Unit 63.8: USN Task Group 63.8.1: USN raids on Buin (Papua, New Guinea) and Faisi Island (Solomons) (5 October 1942) USN Task Force 17: USN/IJN Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (25–27 October 1942) USN Task Forces 61, a combined TF-16 and TF-17: USN Task Force 16: USN Task Force 17 (Kinkaid): IJN Support Force/Third Fleet Striking Force aka "kido butai" including CarDiv1 (Nagumo): IJN Support Force/Second Fleet Advanced Force including CarDiv2 (Kondo): USN/RN Invasion of French North Africa (8–16 November 1942) Operation TORCH  USN Task Force 34 Western Naval Task Force (Hewitt) USN Task Group 34.8 Northern Attack Group-Mehedia/Port Lyatuey (Giffin): USN Air Group: USN Task Group 34.9 Center Attack Group- Casablanca (Emmet) USN Air Group: USN Task Group 34.10 Southern Attack Group- Safi (Davidson) USN Air Group: RN Central Naval Task Force (Troubridge): Oran, Algeria; group shot down five Vichy D520 aircraft; RN Eastern Task Force (Burrough): [Algiers, Algeria] Allied Force ?: to be included above Notes: Source http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Mediterranean/OOB_WWII_Casablanca.php USN/IJN Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12–15 November 1942) US Task Force 16 (Kinkaid) USN Invasions of Solomon Islands (Nov 1942 – June  1943) IJN Support for Reinforcement of Wewak (Dec 1942 – January 1943) IJN Operation MU USN Carrier trials and pilot training (Jan 1942 – September 1945) USN: USN ? (Dec 1942 – January 1943) Task Force 65 (Mason): 1943. Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: USN anti-submarine and anti-blockade running patrols in South Atlantic (Jan – 25 July 1943) USN: RN Escort Russian Convoys to/from Kola Inlet (Jan – February 1943) Convoy JW53 RN: Battle of Rennell Island (29–30 January 1943) US Task Force 16 (Adm ?): USN Task Force 18 (Griffin): Note: Detached and  not engaged due to "overly cautious leadership"??? IJN Support for Evacuation of Guadalcanal (31 Jan – 9 February 1943) IJN Operation KE IJN "Forward Force Air Force": USN Task Force 50 Night Strike on Truk (10 February 1943) USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.9: RN Convoy Escort from Jamaica (March 1943) Convoy CV1 RN: "RN Atlantic convoy escort" (Mar – November 1943) Convoys ONS4, HX237, SC129, ON207, SC146, and HX265. RN 7th Support Group: IJN Raids against Allied Advances up the Solomons and New Guinea (1–19 April 1943) IJN Operation I-Go IJN Carrier Division 1: IJN Carrier Division 2 : RN Atlantic Convoy Escort to/from Gibraltar and West Africa (May – July 1943) Convoys OS49/KMS16, OS76, OS46/KMS16, KMS16G, and XK9. RN: USN invasion of Attu (11–30 May 1943) USN Operation LANDCRAB Task Force 51: Task Group 51.1 – Support Group IJN sortie to oppose US recapture of Attu (May 1943) Recalled without engaging. IJN Raid on Milne Bay (14 May 1943) IJN Carrier Division 2: USN Invasion of New Georgia (20 June – 7 October 1943) USN Operation TOENAILS USN Task Force 36: USN Task Group 36.3: RN/USN Invasion of Sicily (9–16 July 1943) Operation HUSKY Allied Force  (Cunningham): USN Atlantic convoy escort (25 July – November 1943) Included air cover for USS "Iowa" carrying President Roosevelt to Casablanca Conference? USN: IJN Ferry Aircraft to Kwajalein, Kavieng, and Rabaul (July 1943) IJN Ferry Aircraft to Singapore (Aug 1943) RN Trials and training (Aug 1943 – September 1945) RN: USN Task Force 50 (Aug 1943) Raid on Rabaul USN Task Group 50.3 RN air cover for convoys en route to Salerno (6-6 August 1943) RN Force V: RN support for invasion of Salerno, Italy (8–16 August 1943) Operation Avalanche RN Task Force 88 (Vain): USN raid on Marcus Island (31  Aug – 2 September 1943) USN Task Force 15: USN invasion of Baker and Howland Islands (Sept 1943) USN Task Force ? USN raid on Tarawa and Makin Islands (18–19 September 1943) USN Task Force 50: IJN ferry troops and equipment to reinforce truk (Sept – October 1943) RN Atlantic convoy escort (23 September 1943 – 25 March 1944) RN: RN Atlantic convoy escort of military convoy from Gibraltar to UK (30 Sept – 7 October 1943) Convoy MKF24 RN: USN transport of aircraft and aircrews in Pacific (Oct 1943 – September 1945) USN: USN Raid on Wake Island (5–6 October 1943) USN Task Force 14 : IJN Sortie To Einwetok In Response to USN Raids on Wake (17–26 October 1943) No engagements IJN Combined Fleet (Koga): IJN Ferry Aircraft to Reinforce Rabaul (30 Oct – 13 November 1943) Operation RO IJN: USN Atlantic anti-submarine patrols (mid Nov – 10 December 1943) USN Task Group 21.11: RN Indian Ocean Convoy Escort (Nov 1943 – January 1944) Convoys AB18, AB20, AB 24A, and AB27, RN: USN Raids on Rabaul (5 & 11 November 1943) USN Task Force 38 (Sherman) USN Task Group 50.3 (Montgomery) Invasion of Makin Atoll (13–23 November 1943) Gilbert Islands US Task Forces ? and 52 (Turner): [DIFFERENT CARRIERS-  NEED TO RECONCILE; DID ALL CARRIERS STRIKE MAKIN?] USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing USN Raids on Nauru Island (17–19 Nov & 8–12 December 1943) USN Task Group 50.4 – Relief Carrier Group – Nauru Landing USN Task Group 50.4 – from 43/11/25 [DOUBLE COUNTED?] USN Invasion of Tarawa Atoll (18–23 November 1943) Gilbert Islands; USN Operation GALVANIC USN Task Force 38 (Radford) [TF 38 or 50?] [DOUBLE COUNTING?] USN Task Force 50 (Nov – December 1943) Invasion of Gilbert Islands; USN Operation "GALVANIC" USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing  (Radford) USN Task Group 50.3 -Souther Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing USN Task Force 52: USN Task Group 52.3 – Air Support Group: USN CVE CarDiv24: USN Task Group 52.13 CarDiv24- Northern Attack Force (created 23 Nov): [DUPLICATION HERE] USN Task Force 53: USN Task Group 53.6 – Carrier (Support) Group: USN Task Unit 53.6.1 CarDiv22: USN Atlantic transport of aircraft to UK (22 Dec – 24 Jan) USN: USN Raid on Mili Atoll and Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands (19–25 November 1943) USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing USN Invasion of Abemama Atoll in the Gilbert Islands (21 November  1943) USN Task Group 50.4 – Relief Carrier Group – Nauru Landing IJN Convoys to Truk and Singapore (Nov 1943) IJN ? IJN ? Raids on Kwajalein Atoll and Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands (4 & 8–9 December 1943) USN Task Group 50.1 – Carrier Interceptor Force – Mili Landing USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing USN Task Group 50.3 -Souther Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing 1944. Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: USN aircraft and aircrew transport from US West Coast to Pacific areas (1944–1945) USN: RN Anti-submarine patrols in Indian Ocean (Jan  – March 1944) Operation COVERED; group sank German Supply ship "Brake". RN Force 67, CS4: RN Convoy Escort in Southwest Approaches (Jan – June 1944) Convoys OS68, ONS29, SL150, MKS41, and SC156. RN 7th and 9th Escort Groups: USN Raids on Kavieng, New Ireland (1–4 January 1944): USN Task Force 37: USN Task Group 37.2: RN Convoy escort in North Atlantic (31 Jan – 4 July 1944) Convoys OS66/KMS70, ON222 and ONS28 (distant cover), SL147/MKS38, HX225, CU13, OS69/KMS43, MKF29, OS72/KMS46, SL154/MKS45, SL157/MKS48 and SL158/MKS49, KMF32, and KMF34 RN Western Approaches Command: USN Invasion of Kwajalein and  Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands (29 Jan-3 February 1944) Operation FLINTLOCK USN Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher) USN Task Group 58.1 – Roi-Namur Landing USN Task Unit 58.1.5 – Carrier Unit: USN Task Group 58.2 – Maloelap Landing: USN Task Group 58.3 – Eniwetok Landing [ENIWETOK? NOT KWAJALEIN??]: USN Task Group 58.4 – Wotje Landing: USN Task Force 51 (Jan – February 1944) 11 CVEs? USN Task Group 51.2 – Ma juro Attack Group USN Task Group 52.9 – Southern Carrier Group: USN Task Unit 52.9.1 – CarDiv24: Task Force 53 – Northern Attack Force (Roi-Namur): Task Group 53.6 – Northern Carrier Group: CarDiv22: Task Force 53 – Southern  Attack Force, Operation SEVEDORE (Guam 21 July) Task Group 53.7 – Carrier Support Group CarDiv22: Task Unit 53.7.1 From 21 June: CarDiv24: USN Invasion of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands (Jan – February 1944) USN Operation CATCHPOLE USN Task Force 51: USN Task Group 51.17 – Fire Support Group 3 CVE RN Convoy escort to/from West Africa and Gibraltar (29 Jan – 9 March 1944) Convoys SL147/KMS38, ON222, ONS28, OS69/KMS43, and MKF29; attacked by IGEL Group of U-Boats; escort group "operating independently" sank U-592, U-762, U-238 and U-734; RN 2nd British Escort Group: USN Atlantic to Pacific transport of  aircraft and personnel (Feb – March 1944) USN: USN Marshalls and Gilberts Escort and Patrol Force (Feb–Sept 1944) USN Task Force 96 (Harrill): USN Task Group 96.? Hunter-Killer Group June–Aug 1945 USN Raid on Truk (17–18 February 1944) Caroline Islands; Operation HAILSTONE Note: The raid destroyed 18 aircraft delivered by CVE IJN "Kaiyo" just 8 days before. US Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher) [5 CV & 4 CVL per wiki- OK USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: USN Raid on Jaluit Atoll (20 February 1944) Marshall Islands USN Raid  on Marianas Islands (25? February 1944) RN antisubmarine operations with 6th Canadian Escort group in NW Approaches. (9–28 March 1944) problems with estreme weather, contamination of aircraft fuel, and malfunctioning depth charges. RN: USN Raid on Palau Islands (30–31 March 1944) Operation DESECRATE 1 USN Task Group 58: USN Resupply TF-58 at Majuro in the Marshall Islands and Tulagi in the Solomons (15 Mar – 7 April 1944) USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.15- Fast Carrier Supply Group USN CarDiv22: IJN Ferry Aircraft to Singapore (Mar 1944) USN Raid on Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands (18 March 1944 ) USN Task Force 50 USN Task Group 50.10: IJN Ferry Aircraft to Saipan, Guam, and Palau (Mar 1944) USN Invasion of Emirau Island, New Guinea (20 March 1944) Operation CARTWHEEL USN Task Force? (Giffin?) USN Invasion at Hollandia (Mar–Apr 1944) Operation RECKLESS USN Fifth Fleet (Spruance): USN Task Group 78.1 (Ragsdale) CarDiv22: USN Task Group 78.2 (Davison) CarDiv24: USN Invasion of Emirau Island, New Guinea (20–27 March 1944) USN Task Force 36: USN Task Group 36.1 USN Task Group 36.3 From 2 Apr USN Raid on Palau Island (28–29 March 1944) USN Operation DESECRATE I USN Task Force 58 : USN Task Group 58.1 USN Task Group 58.2 "Cabot" (CV-28) CVG-31 USN Task Group 58.3 USN Task Group 50.10: USN Task Group 58.5 USN Task Group 58.9 RN Russian convoy escort to/from Murmansk (29 Mar – 14 April 1944) Operation FY; Convoy JW58 and RA58; RN 2nd Escort Group: USN Raid on Yap in Caroline Islands (31 March 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Raid on Ulithi in Caroline Islands (31 March 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Raid on Woleai in Caroline Islands (1 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Hunter Killer Groups Patrol Seaway from Pearl Harbor  to Midway (Mar – May 1944) USN Task Group 11.1: USN Task Group 11.2: IJN Transportation and Convoy Escort to Formosa, Indochina, and Singapore (Apr – June 1944) USA Invasion at Hollandia (13 Apr – 14 May 1944) US Operations RECKLESS and PERSECUTION RN Raids on Sabang (19 April 1944) Sumatra, Indonesia, Operation COCKPIT Eastern Fleet: USA Invasion at Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea (13 Apr – 14 May 1944) US Operations RECKLESS and PERSECUTION USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: RN Russian convoy escort to/from Kola Inlet (19 Apr – 4 May 1944) Operation  FZ; Convoys ?, RA59; brought Russian naval personnel from Murmansk to man ships being transferred to Russia. RN: RN anti-submarine operations in Northwest Approaches with 5th Escort Group (27 Apr – 12 May 1944) experienced extreme weather, petrol contamination, and crash landings. RN: USN Raid on Truk in the Caroline Islands (29–30 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.3: USN Raid on Paulus Islands (29–30 April 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: USN 58.1 strike Wakde & Sawar Invasion Battle of Wakde 18–21 May 1944 US Operation STRAIGHT LINE 58.2 strike Wakde , Hollandia Battle of Hollandia Operation RECKLESS 58.3 strike Hollandia, support Tanahmerah Bay Landing 44/04/29 strike Truk 44/04/30 strike Palaus USN Raid on Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands (1 May 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.1: RN Convoy escort defense in Mediterranean Sea Convoys OS177/KMS51 RN: RN Anti-Submarine Patrols in the Indian Ocean (17 May – 27 November 1944) RN Task Force 66: USN Transport to Marshall and Mariana Islands (May – August 1944) USN Operation "FORAGER" USN Task Force 51 USN Task Group 51.18: USN Task Unit 51.18.10: USN Task Unit 51.18.11 USN Task Group 52.11- Carrier  Support Group 2 USN Task Unit 52.11.1 CarDiv26: USN Task Unit 52.11.2 CarDiv24: USN Task Group 52.14 – Carrier Support Group 1: USN Task Unit 52.14.1 CarDiv25: USN Task Unit 52.14.2: USN Task Force 57: USN Task Group 57.4: USN Task Unit 57.4.11 [AND/OR 57.19.7; SEE BELOW] USN Task Group 57.5: USN Task Unit 57.5.5: USN Task Group 57.19: USN Task Unit 57.19.7: RN Anti-submaarine sweeps of Indian Ocean (May–Oct 1944) U-198 sunk by HM Frigate FINDHORN was the only U-Boat sinking by the Eastern Fleet Hunting Groups. RN Force 66: RN Raid on German Shipping Off  Norway (6 May 1944) Operation CROQUET RN: RN Raid in German Convoy and Shore Targets at Kristiansund, Norway (8 May 1944) Operation HOOPS RN: Raid on Soerabaja in Java, Indonesia (17 May 1944) Operation TRANSOM Eastern Fleet: USN Raid on Marcus Island (19–20 May 1944) USN Task Force 58: USN Task Group 58.6 (15–31 May 1944): USN Raid on Wake Island (23 May 1944) USN Hunter Killer Group Patrols (May – June 1944) USN Task Group 30.4: IJN Transportation of Aircraft and Convoy Escort to Philippines (May – August 1944) USN Transportation to Marshall and Mariana Islands (May – August 1944) Part of  USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 51: USN Task Group 51.18: USN Task Unit 51.18.10: TU 51.18.11 RN Prevention of U-boat activity around Normandy during D-Day Landings (June 1944) Operation NEPTUNE part of Operation OVERLORD RN at Southwest Approaches, 150 mi west of Lands End: RCN 1st, 3rd, 4th 6th and 9th (Canadian) Support Groups ["Vindex" and "Activity" were NOT there as reported elsewhere. Only 3 CVEs were there per Mawdsley p. 424] [?1. Eastern Task Force 2. Western Task Force?] RN Indian Ocean convoy escort (June – July 1944) Convoys CM33 and KR11. RN: RN Atlantic Convoy Protection  to/from Gibraltar (June – August 1944) Convoys OS79, MKS53, SL160 MKS51, OS82, KMS56, SL163, MKS54, SL163, MKS54, OS85, KMS59, SL166 and MKS57. RN: RN Atlantic convoy escort (2 June – August 1944) Convoys OS78/KMS52, SL159/MKS50, SL162/MKS53, KMF33, MKF33, OS86/KMS60, SL167, RN: RN Simulated attack on Sabang, Sumatra as diversion for USN attacks on the Mariana Islands (11–13 June 1944) Operation COUNCILLOR RN: USN Support for Invasion of Marianas (June – August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58: USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.?: USN Task Group 50.17 – Fueling & Aircraft Replacement Group; Refuled  TF-58 and TF-53: USN Raid on Saipan in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Raid on Rota in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Raid on Guam in the Mariana Islands (11–14 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Raids on IJN Convoys Trying to Reinforce Mariana Islands (11–13 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance ): USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raid on Chichijima (14 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raid on Iwo Jima (15–16 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER US Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.4 USN Invasion of Saipan in the Marina Islands (15 June – 9 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From  30 June: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: USN Task Group 58.4 USN Task Group 52.11 USN Task Group 52.14 USN Task Force 53.7 USN/IJN Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June 1944) USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): 24 aircraft carriers, 1,350 carrier-based aircraft with 29 aircraft lost: USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: USN Task Group 58.4 [* 15 US carriers PER WIKI, NOT RECONCILED] [* 7 US battleships?] IJN Third Fleet (Ozawa) Operation A-GO 429 aircraft lost IJN "Mobile Fleet", Carrier Division 1: IJN "Van  Force" IJN "Force B" RN Diversionally Raid on Norwegian Coast (20 June 1944) Operation WANDERERS RN: Raid on Pagan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands (22–23 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Raid on Iwo Jima and Cicijima Island (24 June 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Raid on Pagan Island, Guam and Rota Island (28 June – 6 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet  ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 RN anti-submarine operations in Northwest Approaches with 5th Escort Group (1–15 July 1944) experienced petrol contamination RN: USN Raid on Iwo Jima, Cicijima Island and Hahajima Island (3 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Raid on Rota Island (4 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raid on Guam and Rota Island (6 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN  Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Raids on Guam (7–17 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5: USN Invasion of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raids on Palau, Tinian Yap, Ulithi, and Fais Island (25–29 July 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher /Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Group 58.3: USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raids on Guam (29 July – 5 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.4 USN Raid on Cicijima Island (4–5 August 1944) Part of USN Operation FORAGER USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1 CarDiv5 From 30 June: USN Task Group 58.2: IJN Transportation of Aircraft to Philippines (July 1944) Note: Convoy (HI-69) attacked by USN submarines. USN Hunter/Killer CVE Patrolling  Area Around Guam (July – August 1944) Hunter/Killer Group "Forager" Task Force 12.4: RN air attacks on airfield at Gossen, Norway and on shipping (9–10 August 1944) Operation OFFSPRING RN: RN: RN/USN Invasion of Southern France (15 Aug – 15 September 1944) Operation ANVIL/DRAGOON USN Task Force 88 (Troubridge): USN Task Group 88.1 provided fighter protection, spotting aircraft and close support during landings: USN Task Group 88.? RN Escort for Russian convoy JW69 RA59 to Kola Inlet (17 Aug – 5 September 1944) Group sank U-344; problem with depth charges failing to explode. RN Force 31: RN raids against Kaafjord , Norway to hit battleship Tirpitz (20–22 August 1944) Operation GOODWOOD RN: IJN Transportation of Aircraft to Singapore (Aug – November 1944) Convoys include HI-69, HI-70, HI-75, HI-76, and HI-18 USN Raid on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands and Chichijima in the Bonin Islands (31 Aug-2 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Group 38.4: all of these? RN Aircraft transport to Far East (Sept 1944 – August 1945) Convoys MKS36 and KM39; RN: USN Raid on Wake Island (3 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Force 12 USN Task Group 12.5: USN  Raid on Yap (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Raid on Ulithi (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Raid on Palau Islands (6–8 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Groups 38.2 and 38.4? more? see fleet orgs USN Raid on Mindanao Island (9 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Group 38.3: more? RN Raids on Axis shipping and Crete, Scarpanto, and Rhodes in the Aegean Sea (9 September 1944) Operation OUTING I RN: RN Convoy escort from Gibraltar (10–14 September  1944) Convoy KMF34 RN Western Approaches Command: USN Raids on Japanese Shipping (10–20 September 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): RN minelaying and shipping attacks south of Volko Islands (11–12 September 1944) Operation BEGONIA RN: USN Raids on Central Philippinse- strike Visajans, Cebu, Negros (12 September 1944) [TO BE COMPLETED] USN Task Groups 38.1, 38.2, 38.3 ;carriers? 44/09/21-24 38.1, 38.2, 38.3 strike Luzon – Nichols Field, Clark Field, Manila Bay 38.1, 38.4 strike N Luzon USN strikes on 44/09/15 38.1 strike Morotai 38.4 strike Peleliu RN Russian Convoy Escort to/from Kola Inlet (17 Sept – 3 October 1944 ) Operation RIGMAROLE; Convoys JW60 & RA60 RN: USN Transport (?) and Anti-Submarine Patrols (?) Between Ulithi and Eniwetok (Sept 1944 – April 1945) [need to check each carrier's history here] USN Task Force 12 (Sept 1944 – April 1945) USN Task Group 12.2 (Jan – February 1945): USN Task Group 12.3 (Mar – April 1945): USN Task Group 12.4: USN Task Group 12.5: RN Clearing Out the Aegean Area of the Mediterranean sea (Sept – November 1944) Operations OUTING I & II, MANNA, and CONTEMPT RN British Aegean Fleet Force A: USN Invasion of Peleliu and Angaur Islands (Sept 1944 – November 1944) USN Task Group 38.4 – Peleliu  landing – direct support 16–17 Sept USN Task Group 32.4: USN Task Group 32.7 – Western Escort Carrier Group: Task Unit 32.7.1 CarDiv27: USN Task Unit 32.7.2 CarDiv28: USN Task Unit 32.7.3 CarDiv26: USN Raid on Okinawa (10 or 12 October 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) USN Task Group 38.1, 38.3 RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (13–16 October 1944) Operation LYCIDAS RN Force 9: RN Escort for Russian Convoy JW61 (22–28 October 1944) Operation TRIAL No merchant ship losses. RN: RN Escort for Russian convoy JW RA61 and RA61 to/from Kola Inlet (23 Oct – 7  November 1944) RN: RN Aerial minelaying and airfield strikes on Norwegian Coast (23–24 October 1944) Operation HARDY RN Force 2: USN Raids on Buka Island, Bonis, and Rabaul (1–5 November 1943) USN Task Force 38: USN Raid on Formosa (12? October 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) 38.1 strike S Formosa 38.2 38.3 USN Raid on Philippines (10 to? 20 October 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (/Halsey) 38.4 strike Aparri 38.2 + 38.3 Franklin damaged? 38.4 strike Legaspi and Clark Field, Luzon 38.1 + 38.4 strike Manila area: [Layte not yet organized] [USN Task Group 30.3:] [CTF VAdm  Mitscher, from 10/30 VAdm McCain] 19 Oct 8.1 + 38.4 proceed south to provide direct support for the landings at Leyte 38.1 – Cowpens+Cabot rejoined after covering retreat of "CripDiv1" – TU 30.3.1 21 Oct 38.2 strike Panay, Cebu, Negros, and Masbate 38.3 strike Visajans airfields – 200 miles NE of San Bernardino Straits 23 Oct Bunker Hill detached for overhaul 38.2 44/10/24 8 CV, 8 CVL, 6 BB, 15 CA(L), 58 DD 24 Oct x Sibuyan Sea 38.2, 38.3, 38.4 attacking Central Force 24 Oct 38.3 attacked by aircraft: Princeton disabled by dive bomber 38.4 off Leyte Gulf USN/IJN Battle of  Leyte Gulf and Invasion of the Philippines (20–26 October 1944) USN Operation King II; IJN Operation SHO-GO Note: First use of kamakazis and last battle between battleships. US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet (Halsey/McCain) IJN Mobile Fleet, Third Fleet CarDiv 3- "decoy fleet" (Ozawa) IJN Transport of Aviation Materials to Formosa (25 October 1944) USN Task Force 30- Layte Landing (Oct – November 1944) [25 Oct TG 30.3 "DuBose Grip" created; TU 30.3.1 – "Crippled Division 1" ] USN Task Group 30.7- Hunter Killer Group: USN Task Group 30.8- At Sea Logistics Group: IJN Transport of Battleship Ammunition to Borneo and Suicide  Subs and troops to the Philippines (30 Oct – 9 November 1944) USN Raids on Philippines (Nov – December 1944) US Task Force 38/3rd Fleet (Halsey/McCain) 44/11/05 off Polilo – strike Luzon, Mindoro, Manila Bay, Lingayen Gulf 38.1 – Wasp II new FF – strike Santa Cruz 38.2 – strike Luzon, Wedderburn detached to Ulithi for repairs 38.3 100 miles E of Luzon (16-17N, 123-38E) – attacked by kami. – damaged Lexington (16-20N, 123-59E) 38.1+38.3 strike Manila Bay: 6 NOV strike Luzon, Mindoro, Manila Bay, Lingayen Gulf, 44/11/11 38.1, 38.3, 38.4 strike reinforcement convoy (Operation "TA-3") heading to Ormoc Bay: 44/11/13  38.1, 38.3, 38.4 strike central and southern Luzon – primary target = ships that would reinforce Leyte: 44/11/14 38.1, 38.4 strike Luzon 44/11/25 strike Luzon: 38.2+38.3 strike "TA-5" convoys: 38.2 – Intrepid damaged by kamikaze (15-47N, 123-14E), Independence by aircraft landing accident (15-47N, 124-14E) Intrepid sinking APA T-6, T-10, damaging T-9 and Take at Balanacan Harbor, Marinduque Island (13-25N, 121-55E) 38.3 -kami – damage Essex (15-47N, 123-14E) Ticondegaga sinking Kumano in Dasol Bay, Luzon (15-45N, 119-48E) Essex and Langley sinking Jasoshima (15-45N, 119-45E) and landing ships T-112, T-142, T-161  (15-40N,191-45E) SW of Santa Cruz, Luzon Essex and Langley sinking AK Mane; 13–16 Dec strikes on Luzan; 38.2 – Hornet II. sinking landing ship ; RN Russian Convoy to/from Murmansk (2–17 November 1944) Operation GOLDEN; Return convoys RA61A; RN: USN At Layte Gulf (10–23 November 1944) Operation KING II Task Force 77: Task Group 77.4: RN Strikes on German shipping off ListerfJord, Norway (12 November 1944) Operation COUNTERBLAST RN: RN Strikes on German shipping at Trondheim and Titran, Norway (14 November 1944) Operation STEAK RN: RN Aerial minelaying at Kara Sound and Salhusstrommen, Norway (20 November 1944) Operation HARDFAST  RN Force 3: RN Raids on German shipping between Mosjoen and Rorvik, Norway (26 November 1944) Operation PROVIDENT RN: USN Task Force 30?- Strikes on Luzon and Mindoro Landing (25 Nov – December 1944) USN Operation "Love III" USN Task Force 38 (Dec 1944) [Mindoro Landings- Opn Love III] (Halsey/McCain) USN Task Group 38.1: USN Task Group 38.2: USN Task Group 38.3: USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: USN Task Group 30.8- At Sea Logistical Group: USN Raid on Yap (Nov 1944) IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft and Subs to Inland Sea (28–29 November 1944) IJN Transport and Convoy  Escort to and from Singapore (25 November 1944 – 13 January 1945) Note: Convoys include HI-83 and HI-84. IJN: RN Escort for Russian Convoys to/from Kola Inlet (1–19 December 1944) Operation ACUMEN; JW62 and RA62; group sank U-387 and U-365 RN: RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (6–10 December 1944) Operation URBANE RN Force 1: RN Aerial minelaying and shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (14–17 December 1944) Operation LACERATE RN Force 2: USN Invasion of Luzon at Lingayen Gulf (Dec 1944) IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft to Philippines (Dec 1944) IJN Transport of Suicide Aircraft to Formosa  USN Experience with Typhon "Cobra" (18 December 1944) [typhoon "Cobra" – sunk Spence, damaged Cowpens, Monterey, Cabot, San Jacinto, Miami, Buchanan, Dyson, Hickox, Benham II] USN Task Force 30- Luzon Landing (Dec 1944 – January 1945) USN Task Group 30.7- Hunter Killer Group: USN Task Group 30.8- 3rd Fleet Logistical Group: USN Raids on Formosa (Dec 1944 – February 1945) USN ? IJN ? USN Raids on Sakishima Island Group (Dec 1944 – February 1945) USN Raids on Okinawa (Dec 1944 – February 1945) 1945. Information for this section was obtained from online ship histories, principally from the following sources: RN Escort for Russian convoy JW63 and  RA63 to/from Kola Inlet (1–21 January 1944) RN: USN Raids- "MIKE I?." – Luzon Landing at Lingayen Gulf & Operation GRATITUDE (Indochina strikes?)] 1–25 January 1945 MORE ON THIS RE TF-38 USN Task Force 77: USN Task Group 77.14 Created 17 Jan: [8 CVE?] USN Task Group 77.4 (Stump) Reformed from 17 January 1945: USN Task Group 77.5 aka Task Unit 77.4.1 (Cronin) Hunter – Killer Group: [Salamaua ?] USN Night Raids on Indochina, Formosa, Hong Kong, and Okinawa Note: Also attacked shipping. USN Task Force 5/Task Group 38.5: [???] RN Minelaying and anti-shipping strikes on Norwegian Coast (11–13 January 1945) Operations  SPELLBINDER and GRATIS. RN Force 3: RN Escort for Russian convoy JW66 and RA66 to/from Kola Inlet (18 Apr – 6 May 1945) RN: RN night air attacks on shipping off Vaagso, Norway (24–30 January 1945) Operation WINDED RN: RN Raid on Palembang, Sumatra (24 & 29 January 1945) Reduced fuel outputs of plants at Palembang by 75%, Operation MERIDIAN RN British Pacific Fleet: RN Force 63: • HMS " Illustrious" (CV) • HMS "Indefatigable" (CV) • HMS "Indomitable" (CV) • HMS "Victorious" (CV) RN Landings on Cheduba Island, Burma (25 January 1945) Operation SANKEY RN Force 64?: RN Convoy Escort for Convoys to/from Kola  Inlet (6–27 February 1945) Operation HOTBED; Convoys JW64 and RA64; experienced extreme weather condition; RN: RN Aerial minlaying at Skatestrommen, Norway (11–13 February 1945) Operation SELENIUM RN Force 2: USN Raids on Tokyo (16–17 February 1945) Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher): USN Raids on Tokyo (16–26 Feb – 1944) Operation JAMBOREE USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): 45/02/16 strike Tokyo area – start operation 45/02/17 strike Tokio, Jokohama – Tachikawa motor factory, Kasumigaura 45/02/21 strike Tokio 45/02/24 strike Tokio 45/02/25 strike Tokio 45/02/26 strike Tokio, Hacino Is., Nagoja 45/03/03 58.5 strike Cicijima WHICH CARRIERS? SAME ONES SUPPORTING IWO JIMA INVASION? Invasion  of Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima (19 Feb – 26 March 1945) USN Operation DETACHMENT USN Task Force 58/Fifth Fleet ((Mitscher/Spruance): USN Task Group 58.1: USN Task Unit 58.1.1? – Carrier Unit ComCarDiv5: USN Task Group 58.2: USN Task Unit 58.2.? – Carrier Unit USN Task Group 58.3: USN Task Unit 58.3.? – Carrier Unit: USN Task Group 58.4: USN Task Unit 58.4.? – Carrier Unit: USN Task Group 58.5: USN Task Force 50: USN Task Group 50.7 – Antisubmarine Group USN Task Unit 50.7.1 USN Task Unit 50.7.3: USN Task Group 50.8 – At Sea Logistic Support Group Replenishment ships: Covering ships: USN Task  Group 52.2 – Support Carrier Group (Durgin): USN Task Unit 52.2.1 CarDiv26 (Sprague): USN Task Unit 52.2.2 CarDiv29 (Durgin): USN Task Unit 52.2.3 Cardiv25 (Henderson): WATCH OUT FOR DOUBLE COUNTING USN Task Unit 52.2.3 from 45/03/08: USN Task Unit 52.2.4 (Moebus) – attached 45/02/21 RN 30th Aircraft Carrier Squadron at Sydney, Australia for service in Fleet Train (as of 22 February 1945) RN Task Force 112: RN Aerial minlaying and air strikes at Karm Sound, Norway (22 February 1945) Operation GROUNDSHEET RN Force 4: RN Photo-reconnaissance flights over Malaya (26 Feb – 7 March 1945) Operation STACEY RN Force 64: RN Operations  Clearing the Indian Ocean (Mar – September 1945) Operations DRACULA, DUKEDOM, COLLIE, ZIPPER, JURIST RN Eastern Fleet/Force 61/East Indies Fleet (21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron) based at Trincomalee as of 7 July 1945: USN Raids on Okinawa (1 Mar – ? 1945) USN Task Force 58 RN Escort for Russian Convoys JW65 and RA65 (15–30 March 1945) Operation SCOTTISH RN: USN Raids on Kyushu and Inland Sea (16–19 March 1945) UNS Task Force 58 (Spruance/Mitscher) Note: First USN attacks on Inland Sea area, by at least 240 USN aircraft, was made on 19 March 1945. Note: " Task Groups 58.1, 58.3 and  58.4 were to attack Kure, and Task Group 58.2 was to strike Kobe." IJN: RN Aerial minlaying and air strikes at Askevold, Norway (20–21 March 1945) Operation CUPOLA RN Force 1: RN Raids on Shipping off Trondheim and Alesund, Norway (26–29 March 1945) Operation PREFIX RN: RN air attack on U-Boat Depot Ships at Kilbotn (6 April 1945) Operation NEWMARKET RN: RN photo-reconnaissance flights and strikes on Sumatra(14–16 April 1945) Operation SUNFISH RN Force 63, Group 2 of Eastern Fleet: RN Russian Convoy Escort for JW66 and RA66(18-2 April 1945) Operations ROUNDEL and TRAMMEL; last set of  Russian Convoys RN: RN Raid on Nicobar and Port Blair in the Andamans, to provide cover for landings at Rangoon (27–30 April 1945) Operation BISHOP RN Task Force 63: USN Invasion of Okinawa (before 7 April 1945) USN Operation ICEBERG (Halsey?/Mitscher) USN Task Force 58 (Mitscher): USN Task Group 58.1 (Clark): USN Task Group 58.2 (Davison) Disjoined 20 March to 8 April 1945 USN Task Group 58.3 (Sherman): USN Task Group 58.4 (Radford): [WHAT ABOUT CVEs??] USN Invasion of Okinawa (after 7 April 1945 and until 25 May 1945 TF-58?) USN Operation ICEBERG (Halsey?/Mitscher) USN Task Force 58 (Mitscher): USN  Task Group 58.1 (Clark): USN Task Group 58.2 (Davison) Disjoined 16 April USN Task Group 58.3 (Sherman): USN Task Unit 58.3.1 – Carrier Unit USN Task Unit 58.3.10 9–11 April: USN Task Group 58.4 (Radford) [WHAT ABOUT CVEs??] [45/05/28 TF 58 > TF 38] USN Invasion of Okinawa (After 28 May 1945 to TF 38) 1 Apr – 22 June 1945) USN Operation ICEBERG USN Task Force 38: USN Task Group 38.1: USN Task Group 38.3: USN Task Group 38.4: USN Task Force 30- Okinawa Covering Force (28 May – 17 June 1945) USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: USN Task Group  30.8- Logistic Support Group (ServRon6): USN Task Force 32: USN Task Group 32.1 – Support Carrier Group USN Task Unit 32.1.1: USN Task Unit 32.1.3: USN Task Group 50.7 – Antisubmarine Warfare Group USN Task Group 50.8 – At Sea Logistic Support Group (ServRon6): [DUPLICATION WITH TASK FORCE 30 AND THEIR GROUPS. NEED TO SORT THIS OUT.] USN Task Unit 50.8.4 – CVE Plane Transport Unit USN Task Unit 50.8.13: Task Unit 50.8.23: Task Unit 52.1.1 Task Unit 52.1.2 ComCarDiv24: Task Unit 52.1.3 ComCarDiv22: USN SpecEscCarGrp – Special Escort Carrier Group [TF?] Transported 192 F4Us and 30 F6Fs of MAG-31 & MAG-33: RN British Pacific Fleet  Strikes on Sakishima Islands, Ishigaki Island, and Formosa (Apr – May 1945) Operation ICEBERG Task Force 57 (Apr – May 1945): USN Task Group 57.2 CarRon1 [45/05/28 TF 57 > TF 37] RN British Pacific Fleet Logistical Support (May 1945) Operation ICEBERG I Task Force 112- Fleet Train supporting Task Force 57 (Fisher) Task Group 112.2: Task Unit 112.2.1 17 Apr: Task Unit 112.2.5 45/04/17: Task Unit 112.2.6: HMS "Indefatigable" (CV- 19–20 July HMS "Arbiter" (CVE HMS "Striker" (CVE [DOUBLE COUNTED?] [MORE MISC INFO ON OPERATION ICEBERG TO BE INTEGRATED ABOVE] [USN/RN Invasion of Okinawa (1 Apr – 22 June) USN Operation  ICEBERG 12 ships lost to kamikaze attacks USN Fifth Fleet: USN Task Force 50: USN Task Force 58: (took part in all USN battles during the last two years of the war) 11 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 22 escort carriers USN/RN Task Force 57 (BPF): 5 fleet carriers] [WHAT IS ICEBERG II VS ICEBERG I??] RN Raids on shipping and U-boat base at Kilbotn, Norway (4 May 1945) Operation JUDGMENT (1945) Last offensive operation by Home Fleet during the war; submarine Depot Ship and U-711 sunk, the last U-Boat sunk by aircraft of the Fleet Air  Arm aircraft during the war. RN Home Fleet Task Force: RN at Copenhagen for Surrender of German Warships (9 May 1945) Operation CLEAVER RN: RN intercept Japanese craft evacuating troops from Andaman Islands (10–19 May 1945) Operation DUKEDOM RN Force 61: RN Escort for Russian convoy JW67 and RA67 to/from Kola Inlet (12–30 May 1944) Operation TIMELESS; last set of Russian convoys; RN 4th Escort Group: RN patrol for Japanese warships in Indian Ocean (14–16 May) Operation MITRE; destroyers from group sank curiser IJN "Haguro" RN: USN ? USN Task Force?: RN aircraft transport from India to Cylon (June – July  1945) USN Raids on Kyushu (2–8 June 1945) USN Operation Iceberg USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain): USN: USN caught in typhoon (4 June 1945) USN: Hornet (22-54N, 132-25E), Bennington (23-03N, 132-04E), Belleau Wood (22-45N, 132-10E), San Jacinto (22-53N, 131-55E) RN Raid on Truk (14–15 June 1945) Operation INMATE Task Force 111: Task Group 111.2 (Brind) RN Reconnaissance missions over southern Malaya and attacks on airfields in northern Sumatra. (14–20 June 1945) Operation BALSAM RN Force 63 (Oliver): USN Raid (6th) on Wake Island (20 June 1945) USN Task Force 12, Task  Group 12.4: USN Raids on Home Islands (July – August 1945) USN Task Group 38.1: USN Task Group 38.2: USN Task Group 38.3: USN Task Group 38.4: USN Task Group 38.5 – 45/08/13 – British Pacific Fleet [SEE MORE INFO RE SPECIFIC RAIDS AT valka.] USN Task Force 37- The British Pacific Fleet (July – August 1945): USN Task Force 30: USN Task Group 30.7- Antisubmarine Warfare Group: USN Task Group 30.8- Third Fleet Logistical Group: RN BPF RAIDS ON HOME ISLANDS?? RN Replacement carriers supporting BPF operations off Japan (20 July – 13 August 1945) RN: RN cover for a major minesweeping operation off  Nicobar and to carry out attacks by embarked aircraft on airfields in North Sumatra (2 July 1945) Operation COLLIE RN Force 61: RN air cover and strikes during bombardments Nicobar Islands (9–10 July) RN Force 61?: USN Raid on Tokyo (10 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) ~1,000 aircraft: USN Raids on Hokkaido and Northern Honshu (14–15 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) USN & RN Raid on Yokosuka (17–18 July 1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) USN Task Force 37 British Pacific Fleet: USN & RN Raids on Kure and the Inland Sea Area (24–28 July  1945) USN Task Force 38 (Halsey/McCain) attacked Kure: USN Task Force 37 (British Pacific Fleet) attacked Kure: RN Task Force 57 (admiral?) attacked Osaka: IJN: ["Sank one carrier"(?)] RN air strikes on airfields at Kota Raja and Lho Nga, NW Sumatra. (11 July 1945) RN Force 61?: RN cover minesweeping operation off Phuket Island on Kra Isthmus. (19–26 July 1945) Operation LIVERY last offensive operation by the East Indies Fleet during the war RN Force 63: USN Raid (7th) on Wake Island (1 August 1945) USN Task Force 12, Task Group 12.3: USN Raid on Tokyo (13–15 August 1945 ) USN Task Force 38 (Spurance/Mitscher) USN Task Force 44-Northern Honshu & Hokkaido Surrender Force (Aug 1945): RN landings in Malaya (28 Aug – 3 September 1945) Operation JURIST part of Operation ZIPPER RN (Walker): USN Occupation Duty (Sept 1945) Task Force 72: RN Landings at Singapore () Operation TIDERACE part of Operation ZIPPER RN: USN Returning Servicemen Home (after September 1945) USN Operation Magic Carpet IJN Returning Servicemen Home'