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    AT SEA on Sunday, Dec 7, 1941
    TF-3 Johnson Island -- VAdm Brown
      Heavy Cruiser - Indianapolis (CA-35)
      • Dorsey (DMS-1) - destroyer mine sweepers
      • Elliot (DMS-4)
      • Southart (DMS-10)
      • Long (DMS-12)
      • Hopkins (DMS-13)

    West of Hawaii -- RAdm Fletcher
      Heavy Cruiser - Minneapolis (CA-36)
      • Lamberton (DMS-2) - destroyer mine sweepers
      • Boggs (DMS-3)
      • Chandler (DMS-9)
      • Hovey (DMS-11)
      • McFarland (AVD-14) - seaplane tender destroyer - off Maui, HI

    Submarine Force
      Submarine - Tambor (SS-198) -- Wake Island patrol.
      Submarine - Thresher (SS-200) -- returning from Midway Island.
      Submarine - Triton (SS-201) -- Wake Island patrol, S.
      Submarine - Trout (SS-202) -- Midway Island patrol
      Submarine - Argonaut (SS-166) -- Midway Island patrol
      Submarines -- NE of Oahu
      • Plunger (SS-179)
      • Pollack (SS-180)
      • Pompano (SS-181)

    TF-12 Pearl Harbor to Midway Island - RAdm Newton
      Fleet Carrier - Lexington (CV-2)
      Heavy Cruiser - Chicago (CA-29)
      Heavy Cruiser - Portland (CA-33)
      Heavy Cruiser - Astoria (CA-34)
      Destroyer - Flusser (DD-368)
      Destroyer - Lamson (DD-367)
      Destroyer - Drayton (DD-366)
      Destroyer - Mahan (DD-364)
      Destroyer - Porter (DD-356)

    TF-8 Returning from Wake Island - VAdm Halsey
      Fleet Carrier - Enterprise (CV-6)
      Heavy Cruiser - Northampton (CA-26) RAdm Spruance
      Heavy Cruiser - Salt Lake City (CA-25)
      Heavy Cruiser - Chester (CA-27)
      Destroyers - Balch (DD-363) ,Dunlap (DD-384) , Fanning (DD-385) ,
      Destroyers - Benham (DD-397) , Ellet (DD-398) , McCall (DD-400) ,
      Destroyers - Maury (DD-401) ,Gridley (DD-380) ,Craven (DD-382).
      Battleships were not included as unable to keep up.

    Convoy to Manila -- passing thru Phoenix Islands
      Heavy Cruiser - Pensacola (CA-24)
      MTB Tender - Niagara (AGP-1)
      2 Navy transports - Chaumont (AP-5) ; Republic (AP-33)
      2 Army transports - USAT Willard A. Holbrook and USAT Meigs.
      3 Army leased transports - Admiral Halstead, Coast Farmer, and the Dutch motor vessel Bloemfontein.
      ? Gregg, Hallmark, a corvette?
      There was a tanker, SS Paul M. Gregg, 8,187 tons ; commissioned 22-Aug-41
      This convoy was redirected to Brisbane by way of Fiji.

    Convoy from Manila -- passing between Santa Cruz and Ellice Islands
      Heavy Cruiser - Louisville (CA-28)
      2 Army transports - Hugh L. Scott (ex-President Pierce, later AP-43) ; President Coolidge - leased space

    In Transit
      Fleet Carrier - Saratoga (CV-3) -- arriving San Diego
      Destroyer - Litchfield (DD-336) -- escorting Thresher thru Hawaiian waters.
      Submarine - Thrasher (SS-200) -- returning from Wake Island patrol.
      Seaplane Tender - Wright (AV-1) -- Midway Island to Pearl
      Minesweeper - Robin (AM-3) Johnston Island to Hawaii
      Submarine tender - Fulton (AS-11) shakedown cruise, off Guatamala
      Transport - William Ward Burrows (AP-6) Hawaii to Wake Island, ordered to Johnson Island.
      Transport - Regulus (AK-14) at Midway. Kuala

    Kodiak Alaska
      Seaplane Tender - Gillis (AVD 12) at Yakutat Bay

    Samoa
      Minesweeper - Kingfisher (AM-25) at Tutuila

    SOUTH EAST PACIFIC, South America
      Light Cruiser - Richmond (CL-9) -- off Chile
      Light Cruiser - Trenton (CL-11) -- moored Balboa, Panama
      Submarine - Gar (SS-206) -- off Acapulco, Mexico

    U.S. WEST COAST
    San Diego, CA
      Light Cruiser - Concord (CL-10)
      3 Destroyers - WWI era 4 stackers - Talbot (DD 114), Waters (DD 115), Dent (DD 116)
      4 Submarines - S-18, S-23, S-34, S-35

    Mare Island, San Francisco, CA
      6 Destroyers - Clark (DD 361), Cushing (DD 376), Perkins (DD 377), Smith (DD-378) , Preston (DD 379), Rathburne (DD 113)
      5 Submarines - S-27, S-28, Nautilus, Cuttlefish, Tuna
      3 oilers and other auxiliaries.

    Bremerton, Puget Sound, WA
      Battleship - Colorado (BB-45) -- in overhaul
      Seaplane tender (destroyer) - Williamson (AVD-2) -- in overhaul

    ASIATIC FLEET - Admiral Hart
    Philippines Cavite
    Manila . Much of the surface fleet had been dispersed from Cavite with "war warning" of Nov 28.
      4 Destroyers - Pope (DD-225) ; Peary (DD-226) ; Pillsbury (DD-227) [Borneo] ; John D Ford (DD-228)
      27 Submarines - S-37 ; S-38 ; S-40 ; S-41 ; Porpoise ; Pike ; Shark (overhaul) ; Tarpon ; Perch ; Pickerel ; Permit ; Salmon ; Seal ; Skipjack ; Snapper ; Stingray ; Sturgeon ; Sargo ; Saury ; Spearfish ; Sculpin ; Sailfish ; Swordfish ; Seadragon (overhaul) ; Sealion (overhaul) ; Searaven ; Seawolf.
      5 Gunboats - Asheville (PG-21) ; Tulsa (PG-22) ; Oahu (PR-6) ; Luzon (PR-7) ; Mindanao (PR-8) (last 3 en route)
      1 Flag yacht/gunboat -- Isabel (PY-10).
      6 Minesweepers - Tanager (AM-5) ; Finch (AM-9) ; Quail (AM-15) ; Lark (AM-21) ; Whippoorwill (AM-35) ; Bittern (AM-36)
      2 Sub Tenders - Canopus (AS-9) ; Holland (AS-3) ; Otus (AS-20) had arrived 7Dec. for conversion.
      2 Seaplane Tenders - Langley (AV-3) ; Childs (AVD-1)
      2 Tankers - Pecos (AO-6) ; Trinity (AO-13)
      Submarine Repair Ship - Pigeon (ASR-6)
      3 Auxiliaries - Napa (ATO-32) ; Genessee (ATO-55) at Cavite ; Dewey (YFD-1) at Mariveles, Bataan
      Civilian charter -- Standard Oil tanker George G. Henry
          Reader notes
    Elsewhere in Philippines
      Heavy Cruiser - Houston (CA-30) -- Iloilo, Panya Island
      Light Cruiser - Boise (CL-47) -- Cebu
      Submarines - S-36 ; S-39 -- off Philippines.
      Seaplane Tender - William B Preston (AVD-20) -- Davao
      Small Seaplane Tender - Heron (AVP-2) -- -- Port Ciego, Balabac Island, Palawan
      Aux Minesweeper - Finch (AM-9)
      Auxiliary - Gold Star (AG-12) -- Malangas, Mindanao
    Taiwan Straits
      Pigeon and Finch went to meet Mindanao, Luzon, and Oahu, arrived 8Dec.
    Borneo
    At Tarakan
      Light Cruiser - Marblehead (CL-12)
      5 Destroyers - Paul Jones (DD-230) ; Stewart (DD-224) ; Bulmer* (DD-222) ; Barker (DD-213) ; Parrott (DD-218) .
    At Balikpapan
      Destroyer Tender - Black Hawk (AD-9)

    Enroute Balikpapan to Singapore - to support HMS Prince of Wales.
      4 Destroyers - Alden (DD-211) ; John D Edwards (DD-216) ; Whipple (DD-217) ; Edsall (DD-219) .

    China, Yangtze Patrol 4 en route Manila.
      2 small gunboat -- Wake((PR 3) -- stripped, used as radio station ; Mindanao (PR-8) escaped.
      1 gunboat -- Tutuia (PR-4) blockaded, to China. Panay (PR-5) sunk by Jap Navy 1937.
      Civilian charter -- President Harrison -- run onto reef to prevent capture.

    Guam
      Minesweeper - Penguin (AM-33)
      Auxiliary - Robert L. Barnes (AG-27) Oil storage

    ATLANTIC
        A quarter of the Pacific Fleet was ordered to the Atlantic 7 April 41 for Neutrality Patrol. These returned to the Pacific within six months of Pearl Harbor, except 3 CL (40-42) which stayed with the Atlantic Fleet.
      Battleships - Idaho (BB-42), Mississippi (BB-41), New Mexico (BB-40)
      Carrier - Yorktown (CV-5)
      Light Cruisers - Brooklyn (CL-40), Philadelphia (CL-41), Savannah (CL-42), Nashville (CL-43)
      Destroyers - DesRon 8 (5 DD), DesRon 9 (6 DD).
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