Ships sunk are in bold.

Units Attached to South Pacific Forces

Task Force 11 (RADM Fitch) CV Saratoga, CA Minneapolis, CA New Orleans, CA Astoria Desron 1 Phelps (1) Desdiv 1 -- Farragut (2), Dewey (2), Hull (2), MacDonough (2) Desdiv 2 (-) -- Worden (2), Dale (2)

Task Force 16 (RADM F.J. Fletcher) CV Enterprise, BB North Carolina, CA Portland, CLAA Atlanta. Desron 6: Balch (1) Desdiv 9 (-) -- Benham (3), Ellet (3), Lang (3) Desdiv 10 -- Maury (3), Stack (3), Sterett (3), Wilson (3)

Task Force 18 (RADM L. Noyes) CV Wasp, CA Quincy, CA Vincennes, CA San Francisco, CLAA San Juan Desron 4: Sdfridge (1} Desdiv 7 -- Bagley (4), Blue (4), Helm (4), Ralph Tabot (4) Desdiv 8 -- Mugford (4), Henley (4), Patterson (4}, Jarvis (4)

Additional Units

Desron 12 (-}Desdiv 23 (-) -- Gwin (5), Grayson (5), Monnsan (5) Desdiv 24 -- Aaron Ward (5), Laffey (6), Buchanan (6), Farenholt (6)

From TF 44 CA Australia, CA Canberra, CL Hobart, CA Chicago

Enroute SPA Desdiv 2 (-) -- Monaghan 12), Aylwin (2) Desdiv 23 (-) Meredith (5) DM Gamble, DM Breese, DM Tracy (all 7) AP W.W. Borroughs

AUXILIARIES, SOUTH PACIFIC FORCE:

Task Force 62 (RADM R.K. Turner)

Attack Transports (APA) -- Zeilin, McCawley, Barnett, Heywood, Fulier, Neyille, Hunter Liggett, American Legion, President Jackson, President Adams, President Hayes, Crescent City
Transport (AP) -- George F. Elliott
Attack Cargo Ships (AKA) -- Bellatrix, Fomalhaut, Alchiba, Alhena, Libra
Destroyer Transports (APD) -- Transdiv 12 -- Colhoun, Gregory, Little, McKean
Destroyer Minesweepers (DMS) -- Hopkins, Trevor, Zane, Southard, Hovey
Tankers (AO) -- Platte, Cimarron, Kaskassia, Sabine, Kanawha
Command Ship (AG) -- Argonne
Seaplane Tender (AV) -- Tangier (later Curtiss), Swan, Mackinac
Destroyer Seaplane Tender (AVD) -- McFarland
Hospital Ship (AH) -- Solace

SUBMARINES (Detached TF 42, BRISBANE) -- S-38, S-39, 541, 543, 544, S46

PACIFIC FLEET UNITS:

Task Force 17 (RADM M.A. Mitscher) CV Hornet, CA Northampton, CA Chester, CA Pensacola, CLAA San DiegoDesron 2 Moffett (1) Desdiv 13 -- Sims (8), Hughes (8), Anderson (8) Desdiv 14 -- Russell (8), O'Brien (8), Walke (8), Morris (8)

Task Force 1 (VADM Wm. S. Pye) BB Pennsylvania*, BB New Mexico, BB Idaho, BB Mississippi, BB Colorado, BB Maryland, BB Tennessee** Desron 5 (-) Porter (1) Desdiv 3 -- Mahan (9), Cummings (9), Drayton (9), Lamson (9) Desdiv 4 (-) -- Flusher (9)

NEW ZEALAND:

Task Force 44 CL Leander, CL Achillies Desron 3 (-) Clark (1) Desdiv 6 - Cushing (9), Perkins (9), Smith (9), Preston (9)

FORCES TRANSFERRED FROM ATLANTIC FLEET 15 AUG 1942

BB Washington, BB South Dakota, CLAA Juneau, Desron 11 (-), Desdiv 22 -- Duncan (5}, Lansdowne (5), Lardner (5), McCalla (5)

AVAILABLE AFTER 1 OCT 1942

Desron 16 Desdiv 31 -- Fletcher (10), Radford (10), Jenkins (10) Desdiv 32 -- Lavallette (10), Nicholas (10), O'Bannon (10), Chevalier (10)

NOTES

*Into refit Oct 1942
**Into refit Sept 1942
(1) Porter Class (2) Farragut Class (3) McCall Class (4) Craven Class (5) Livermore Class (6) Benson Class (7) Flush-deck Destroyer Minelayer (8) Sims Class (9) Mahan Class (10)Barton Class

More Guadacanal

Guadacanal: Part 1: Japanese Navy

Guadacanal: US Preparation
Guadacanal: US Supply-Line Forces 1942
Guadacanal: US Pacific Fleet
Guadacanal: US Air Units Order of Appearance