Task Force 67

Task Force 67, also called the Cactus Strike Force, was created by William Halsey, Jr. during the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:

Northampton-class heavy cruiser Northampton
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
- Minneapolis
- New Orleans
Pensacola-class heavy cruiser Pensacola

Brooklyn-class light cruiser

Fletcher-class destroyer

Mahan-class destroyer

Gridley-class destroyer Maury
Gleaves-class destroyer Lardner

Battles

Command

RADM Carleton H. Wright upon creation
RADM Walden L. Ainsworth after the Battle of Tassafaronga

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dull, Paul S. (12 November 2013). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941- 1945. Naval Institute Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781612512907. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
1 2 Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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