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Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report, U.S.S. La Vallette (DD-448), Period 13 and 14 February 1945, Mariveles Bay and Corregidor Island Operations,” February 23, 1945.
USS Radford (DD-446)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, November 1942 to February 1945.
Action Reports: In the Solomons, January–March 1943
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Bombardment of Munda Airfield and Installation on New Georgia Island on 5–6 March 1943; Action Report,” March 6, 1943.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Solomons, March–July 1943
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Bombardment of Troop Concentrations in Vila-Stanmore Area, Kolombangara Island, During Night of 15–16 March 1943; Action Report of,” March 16, 1943.
Action Reports: To the Philippines
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report,” June 12, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report,” July 22, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report,” August 3, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Corregidor-Bataan Occupation, 13–14 February 1945,” February 21, 1945.
Navy Department Press Release, August 23, 1945, “Destroyer USS Hopewell Trades Blows with Japanese Shore Batteries on Corregidor.”
USS Strong (DD-467)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, November 1942 to July 1943.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Solomons, March–July 1943
Commanding Officer, USS Strong, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report,” March 21, 1943.
Commanding Officer, USS Strong, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report of Submarine Attack by U.S.S. Strong, 7 April 1943,” April 12, 1943.
Executive Officer to Commanding Officer, “Action Report,” April 12, 1943.
USS Taylor (DD-468)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, November 1942 to October 1945.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Solomons, March–July 1943
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report for Night of March 15–16, 1943,” March 16, 1943.
Action Reports: To the Philippines
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Morotai Operation,” October 4, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Leyte Operation,” November 1, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Operation in Leyte Gulf, 16–29 November 1944,” November 29, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Ramming and Sinking of a Japanese Midget Submarine, 5 January 1945,” January 5, 1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Operations in Support of Seizure and Occupation Luzon Island, P.I. 4 January to 31 January 1945,” February 1, 1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Fire Support Missions Executed During the Occupation of Mariveles and Corregidor, 13–18 February 1945,” February 22, 1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Operations in Support of the Seizure of Tarakan Island, Dutch Borneo, 24 April to 5 May 1945,” May 5, 1945.
Action Reports: To War’s End
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Occupation in Support of Task Force Thirty-Eight Strikes on Japan, 8 July–15 August 1945,” August 15, 1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Operation from Cessation of Hostilities to Surrender Ceremonies, 16 August to 2 September 1945,” September 4, 1945.
Other
Commanding Officer to Secretary of the Navy, “Submission of War Record,” September 25, 1945.
USS Chevalier (DD-451)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, December 1942 to October 1943.
Action Reports: The Kula Gulf Battles, July–October 1943
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report—Shore Bombardment Kula Gulf Area, Night of July 4–5, 1943,” July 8, 1943.
Executive Officer to Commanding Officer, “Action Report of Enemy Engagement Night of 6 October 1943,” October 14, 1943.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Report of Enemy Action Resulting in Loss of Vessel,” October 15, 1943.
USS Hopewell (DD-681)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, August 1943 to October 1945.
Action Reports: To the Philippines
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of Shore Bombardment in Support of Initial Landings at Aitape Bay Area, Mandated New Guinea,” April 24, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of Morotai Operation from D-4 to D Plus 7 Day Inclusive,” September 22, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of U.S.S. Hopewell in Mindoro Island Operation from U-3 to U+2 Day Inclusive,” December 18, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of the U.S.S. Hopewell in the Mariveles-Corregidor Island Operation from 13–18 February 1945,” February 21, 1945.
USS Howorth (DD-592)
War Diary
Monthly War Diary, June 1944 to October 1945.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Solomons, March–July 1943
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report for Night of March 15–16, 1943,” March 16, 1943.
Action Reports: To the Philippines
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report, Morotai Operation,” October 15, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report, Leyte Operation—9–31 October 1944,” October 31, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of U.S.S. Hopewell in Leyte Island Operation from A-2 to A-12 Day inclusive,” November 1, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” November 24, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” December 2, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” December 13, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Shore Bombardment of Caminawit Peninsula, Mindoro Island, P.I., by USS Howorth, Report Of,” December 15, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” December 15, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” December 17, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” December 20, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Invasion of Southwest Mindoro, P. I., December 12–15, 1944,” December 29, 1944.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ships), Submission Of,” January 15,
1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Shore Bombardments in Support of Land Forces to West of Rosario, Luzon, Philippine Islands on 14 and 15 January 1945, Report Of,” January 20, 1945.
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report of U.S.S. Hopewell in Luzon Island Operation from 1–31 January 1945,” February 1, 1945.
Action Reports: Okinawa
Commanding Officer to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Special Action Report (Anti-Aircraft Action by Surface Ship), on 6 April 1945, Submission Of,” April 10, 1945.
Other
Commanding Officer to Secretary of the Navy, “Submission of War Record,” September 25, 1945.
Ship’s History, USS Howorth (DD-592), October 20, 1945.
Desron 21
War Diaries
Monthly War Diary, March 1943–September 1945.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Kula Gulf Battles, July–October 1943
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Night Action North of Vella Lavella by Desdiv 41 (Task Unit 31.2) August 17–18, 1943,” September 2, 1943.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, First Fleet, “Action Against Enemy Barges and Gunboat Night of October 3–4, 1943, in Kolombangara-Vella Lavella Area—Report Of,” October 11, 1943.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, First Fleet, “Japanese Landing Craft Operations Between Kolombangara and Choiseul, Solomon Islands Nights of Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Oct. 1–2, and Oct. 3–4, 1943—Report On,” October 28, 1943.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in the Gilberts and Marshalls
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Operations During Galvanic Movement and Action Report of December 4, 1943,” December 9, 1943.
Action Reports: Desron 21 in New Guinea
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report on Aitape, New Guinea Operation,” May 6, 1944.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Comments on Bombardment of Medina Plantation Area of New Ireland, Night of 28–29 May 1944,” June 6, 1944.
Action Reports: To the Philippines
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Camotes Sea Sweep and Bombardment Vicinity Ormoc, Report On,” December 13, 1945.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—1 January Through 31 January 1945—Including Luzon Operation,” February 10, 1945.
Action Reports: Borneo
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report—Seizure and Occupation of Tarakan Island, Dutch Borneo—24 April–5 May 1945,” May 9, 1945.
Action Reports: To War’s End
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report (First Period, 28 May to 1 July 1945, Inclusive)—Neutralization of Airfields in the Sakishima Gunto—17 June to 23 June 1945,” July 1, 1945.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, “Action Report for Period from Cessation of Hostilities (16 August 1945) to Final Surrender of Japan (2 September 1945),” September 22, 1945.
Other
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21, to Chief of Naval Operations, “Command History,” January 11, 1964.
Other
War Diaries
Command Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 7 December 1941–31 August 1945.
South Pacific War Diary, 1942–1944, in the Admiral William F. Halsey Collection, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Third Fleet War Diary, in the Admiral William F. Halsey Collection, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Action Reports: In the Solomons, January–March 1943
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 5, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report—Bombardment Point Munda—Night of January 4–5, 1943,” January 6, 1943.
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 5, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report—Munda Bombardment,” January 8, 1943.
Commander, Task Group 67.5, to Commander, South Pacific Force, “Report of Operations—January 16, 1943 to February 2, 1943,” February 6, 1943.
Action Reports: The Kula Gulf Battles, July–October 1943
Frederick Moosbrugger, Commander, Destroyer Division 12, to Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, “Action Report for Night of August 6–7, 1943—Battle of Vella Gulf,” August 16, 1943.
Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, “Activities of Task Forces Under the Command of Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, U.S. Navy, Solomon Island Campaigns, 10 December 1942 to 4 June 1944.”
Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, “Cruiser-Destroyer Task Forces, Solomons Campaign,” January 17, 1946.
COLLECTIONS
Admiral William F. Halsey Collection, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Dow Ransom Collection
The Martin Johnson Collection
The Papers of Donald J. MacDonald, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Personal Papers of Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
The Robert Whisler Collection
The Thomas Chesnutt Collection
William K. Romoser Papers, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
INTERVIEWS AND ORAL HISTORIES
Interviews Conducted by the Author
Russell Bramble, USS Howorth: Telephone interview on June 14, 2016.
Thomas Chesnutt, USS Fletcher: Telephone interviews on March 1, 2016, March 3, 2016, March 7, 2016, and May 31, 2016.
Warren Gabelman, USS Nicholas: Telephone interviews on June 8, 2015, and June 10, 2015.
Donald Holmes, USS Fletcher: Telephone interviews on October 14, 2015, and October 22, 2015.
Martin Johnson, USS La Vallette: Telephone interviews on May 16, 2016, and May 19, 2016.
Jack O’Neill, USS Nicholas: Telephone interview on August 11, 2015.
Willy Rhyne, USS O’Bannon: Telephone interview on October 20, 2015.
James Setter, USS Fletcher: Telephone interview on July 21, 2015.
Douglas Starr, USS Nicholas: Telephone interviews on May 4, 2015, June 9, 2015, and June 18, 2015; email to author, May 16, 2016.
Robert Whisler, USS O’Bannon: Personal interview on July 22, 2015; telephone interviews on July 10, 2015, October 15, 2015, and May 12, 2016.
Oral Histories
Diary of Jacob Thomas Chesnutt Jr., November 13, 1942, in the J. Thomas Chesnutt Collection (AFC/2001/001/58477), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Found at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/service/58477/pd0001.pdf. Accessed October 13, 2015.
Doc Ransom Diary, courtesy of Dow Ransom Jr.
Interview with Fred G. Lampe (USS La Vallette). Veterans History Project. Found at http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.56486/transcript?ID=sr0001. Accessed March 13, 2015.
Martin Johnson’s Diary of World War II, courtesy of Martin Johnson.
“Oral History of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Wylie, USN (Ret.),” Naval War College, Oral History Program, interviews conducted by Dr. Evelyn M. Cherpak on November 21, 1985, December 17, 1985, January 15, 1986, January 22, 1986, and February 5, 1986.
“The Reminiscences of Hanson Weightman Baldwin, U.S. Navy (Ret.),” interview by John T. Mason, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 1976.
“The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Donald J. MacDonald,
U.S. Navy (Retired),” interview by John T. Mason, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, December 1986.
“The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Wylie, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired),” interview by Paul Stilwell, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, 2003.
“The Reminiscences of Robert Bostwick Carney,” 1964, 342–343, in the Oral History Collection of Columbia University.
“The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Robert Taylor Scott Keith, U.S. Navy (Retired),” interview by Paul Stilwell, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, April 1996.
BOOKS
Barbey, Daniel E. MacArthur’s Amphibious Navy: Seventh Amphibious Force Operations, 1943–1945. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1969.
The Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942. Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy, 1944.
Becton, F. Julian, with Joseph Morschauser III. The Ship That Would Not Die. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Bell, Frederick J. Condition Red: Destroyer Action in the South Pacific. New York: Longmans Green, 1944.