WW2 Pacific           The Pacific Fleet NOT at Pearl Harbor

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 had been sent back as unable to keep up.

Convoy to Manila -- passing thru Phoenix Islands
Heavy Cruiser - Pensacola (CA-24)
MTB Tender - Niagara (AGP-1)
2 Navy transport - 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.
? Hallmark, Gregg, a corvette?
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) -- Wake 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

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ASIATIC FLEET - Admiral Hart

Philippines
Manila . Much of the 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.
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) blockaged, to China. Panay (PR-5) sunk by JapNavy 1937.
Civilian charter -- President Harrison -- run onto reef to prevent capture.

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