N
Nagara (light cruiser), 262, 264, 291, 294
Nagata Maru (transport/gunboat), 65
Nagumo, Chūichi, leads Kidō Butai, 2, 21, 29–30, 57, 63, 77, 115–16, 125, 238, 240–41, 256, 280, 294, 297; plans for Midway operation, 218–221; on 3 June, 238; on 4 June launches strike on Midway, 241; rearms for second strike on Midway, 251–52; delays attack on U.S. carriers, 252–55; carriers attacked, 258–61; has to abandon Akagi, 262, 264, 291; withdraws, 279; and loss of Hiryū; leads Kidō Butai against Guadalcanal, 410–11, 412–13, 418, 420, 423, 424; and the Eastern Solomons battle, 430, 431–33, 434–35, 438, 439, 441–43, 444–46, 453–55, 458–59, 464; detached fighters to Buka, 468, 470; and September offensive, 479–80
Nauru, 95, 128, 139, 196, 200, 207, 209, 211, 500
Nautilus (SS-168), 253, 261, 278
Navajo (AT-64), 280, 450, 473–74
Naval District, Thirteenth, 487–88, 491, 496, 501
Naval General Staff, 30, 120–21, 323
Naval Operations, Chief of, see Stark, Harold R.; King, Ernest J.
Naval War College, 4, 28, 134, 137, 224, 249, 294, 311, 322, 336, 368, 403, 510–11, 513
NC Transatlantic Flight, 8
Ndeni, 312, 313, 314, 319, 326, 334, 340, 372, 388, 398, 405, 415, 416, 418–19, 422, 426, 429, 431, 432–33, 436, 438, 453, 465, 469, 470, 479
Neches (AO-5), 22–23, 25, 27, 31, 35–36, 37–38, 41, 44, 45, 46, 60, 99; sunk, 61
Negat, 119
Neosho (AO-23), 17, 21, 22, 31, 35, 64, 69, 96, 135, 141, 143, 144–45, 149, 150, 156; attacked, 164–65, 170–71, 173–74, 177, 181, 183, 194, 203; scuttled, 207
Neville (AP-16), 343, 353, 389, 392
New Britain, 60, 81, 90, 110, 128, 129, 132–33, 137–40, 309, 313, 322, 324, 351
New Caledonia, 64, 72, 76, 80, 81, 85, 89, 91, 97–98, 120, 125, 128, 132, 134–35, 208, 209, 210, 212, 216, 220, 312, 323–24, 337, 340, 348, 386
New Georgia, 339, 362, 395, 409
New Guinea, 81–82, 88–89, 94, 97, 99, 128, 132–33, 137–40, 141–58, 309, 313, 322, 323–24, 351–52, 410
New Hebrides, 64, 81, 82, 85, 99, 117, 134, 204, 209, 210–12, 308–09, 321, 323–24, 343, 348, 380, 465
New Mexico (BB-40), 4, 74, 127
New Orleans (CA-32), 5, 137, 190, 197, 202, 206, 247, 267, 303, 318, 343, 469, 472
New Zealand, 49, 72–73, 99, 117, 318, 410
Newsome, Thomas I., 83–84, 189, 190, 384
Newton, John Henry, 3, 5, 6–7, 12, 17, 21, 52, 77, 505
Nicholson, Hugh W., 205
Nielsen, John L., 163, 165, 171, 290
Night surface combat, 5, 390–92, 399, 419, 421
Nimitz, Chester W., 3, 5, 77, 149, 182, 507; appointed Cincpac, 28, 48–49; on Wake relief, 45; becomes Cincpac, 52; and Samoa reinforcement, 50–51, 55–57; planning first offensive, 56–58, 60, 61–62, 64; and raids on Marshalls and Gilberts, 69–70; opposes Southwest Pacific reinforcement, 73–75; on use of battleships, 74–75, 102–03, 103–04, 125, 227, 313–14, 412, 423; plans Central Pacific raids, 75–77, 81; and Lae-Salamaua raid, 95; relieves Brown, 96; and South Pacific bases, 99, 100, 108; plans for carriers in March, 101–02; and Tokyo raid, 102, 122; discouraged, 103; concerns about Fletcher, 104, 107, 113–14, 215, 225–26, 229; regains control of TF-17, 113; becomes Cincpoa, 116–19, 199; reinforces South Pacific, 116, 122–126, 128; and radio intelligence, 119–20, 153–54, 207–12, 226–28, 233, 237, 291, 411–13, 426, 430, 461; meets King, 126–28, 313–14, 403, 483, 488–89, 494, 505; and Coral Sea battle, 132–35, 150–51, 152–54, 173, 193, 196, 200; congratulates Fletcher, 199–200, 208–09; and use of destroyers, 215, 301; orders TF-17 to withdraw from Coral Sea, 205, 207–08; learns of loss of the Lexington, 208; conflict with King over strategy in South Pacific, 209–11; withdraws carriers to defend Midway,211–212, 216–17; and lessons of Coral Sea battle,214–15; recommends Fletcher’s promotion, 208–09, 229, 297; and carrier command at Midway, 223–26, 232–33, 235–36, 297, 302; plans to defend Midway and the Aleutians, 226–29, 233–35; and Midway on 3 June, 237–39; on 4 June, 241–42, 256, 266, 270, 278–79; and salvaging Yorktown, 266, 275–76, 280, 288; on 5 June, 283–287, 288; on 6 June, 291; and loss of Yorktown, 292; on reinforcing the Aleutians, 291, 293–95; recalls carriers, 295; and lessons of the battle, 296–301; and carrier command after Midway, 302–06; plans for South Pacific offensive, 308–311; second San Francisco conference, 311–14; and plans for Watchtower, 314–16; and Ghormley’s role, 320–21, 322; and instructions to Fletcher, 329, 334, 336; and land-based air, 337, 339, 409; and fuel in South Pacific, 348–49, 406–07; and Guadalcanal landings, 355, 371, 398; and decision to withdraw carriers, 368, 381; and Savo battle, 399–400, 403; and defense of Cactus, 404–05, 465–66; intelligence on Japanese offensive, 407, 411, 412, 415–16, 417, 422; reinforces Sopac, 411–12; dissatisfied with Fletcher’s support of Cactus, 423–24; and Japanese carriers at Eastern Solomons battle, 426, 429–31, 443, 454, 458, 461; verdict on Eastern Solomons battle, 461–64; discounts threat to Fiji-Samoa, 465; returns Fletcher to Pearl, 477; and destroyer screens, 475–76, 482; and carrier aircraft for Cactus, 474; and Fletcher’s leave, 483–85; and Halsey, 486–87, 494–95; and Kinkaid, 484–87, 494–95; relieves Ghormley, 487; and Noyes, 487; and Fletcher’s relief, 487–89, 491, 494–95; and Ted Sherman, 491; and Ramsey as CTF-11, 489–91, 494; and Fletcher as Comnorpac, 497, 501–06; recommends Fletcher’s relief, 504–06; and Fletcher’s image, 512
Nitta Maru (carrier), 130
No. 1 Special Duty Minesweeper, 147, 149
No. 2 Special Duty Minesweeper, 147, 149
North Carolina (BB-55), 127, 313, 318, 325, 330, 341–42, 343, 360, 377, 414, 429, 447–48, 452, 457, 469, 472, 475, 476; torpedoed, 480
North Pacific Area and Force, see Theobald, Robert A.; Kinkaid, Thomas C.; Fletcher, Frank Jack
Northampton (CA-26), 247, 303, 469
Northwest Sea Frontier, 487–88, 496, 501
Nouméa, 76, 85, 91, 96, 100, 106, 108, 111, 112, 114, 123–24, 125, 126, 134–35, 153, 181, 206, 207, 314, 318, 319, 329, 341–42, 346, 348, 374, 380–81, 383, 386, 398, 405, 408, 429, 450, 458, 470, 474, 477, 478, 481, 493
Noyes, Leigh, 3, 101, 103, 223–26, 231, 341, 497; becomes CTF-18, 302–04; to South Pacific, 310, 316, 318–19, 320; at 27 July conference, 327, 332; in tactical command of carriers, 331–32, 343, 349; and planning carrier operations, 330–32, 336, 344–46; and Guadalcanal landings, 353–54, 356, 358–60, 362–66; and decision to withdraw the carriers, 368, 377–79, 381–82; and Savo battle, 384, 393–94, 395, 396, 397–98, 403; patrolling south of the Solomons, 407–08, 411, 419; withdraws to refuel, 427, 430; and Eastern Solomons battle, 452, 455, 456, 457, 462–63; patrols southeast of the Solomons, 465–66, 469, 471, 473, 475; to Nouméa, 474; becomes CTF-61, 477; supports Guadalcanal, 478–480; and loss of Wasp, 480–82, 485; relegated, 487
O
Oahu, 1–2, 14, 25, 121, 208, 211–12, 217
O’Brien (DD-415), 480
Ocean Island, 95, 128, 139, 196, 200, 207, 209, 211
O’Hare, Edward H. “Butch,” 79
Oite (destroyer), 409
Okinoshima (minelayer), 147–49, 207
Oliver, Robert J., 228, 243, 303
Oliver Wendell Holmes (merchantman), 378
Ominato, 221
Outer South Seas Force, see Mikawa, Gunichi
Owen Stanley Mountains, 90, 92, 97, 324
Pacific Fleet, U.S., see Kimmel, Husband E.; Pye, William S.; Nimitz, Chester W.
Pacific Ocean Areas, see Nimitz, Chester W.
Palmyra, 14, 17, 30, 116, 122, 124, 129, 309, 485
Panamint (AGC-13), 506
Papua, 97
Parker, Frederick D., 201–02
Patrol Squadrons: VP-23, 238, 241–42, 427, 433; VP-24, 284; VP-44, 284; VP-51, 238
Patterson (DD-36), 52
Patterson (DD-392), 392, 415, 419, 473
Pearl and Hermes Reef, 280
Pearl Harbor, 1–2, 7, 10, 12, 22–23, 209, 219, 221, 222–32, 312
Pederson, Oscar, xvii, 136, 146, 164, 177–78, 191, 231, 490; helps plan 4 June morning strike, 249–51, 258, 260; and attacks on Yorktown, 265, 269; on Fletcher’s staff, 317; and planning for carriers in Watchtower offensive, 323, 330–32, 337, 338, 346, 405; and decision to withdraw carriers, 374, 383; and Eastern Solomons battle, 439, 440, 442, 446, 454, 461
Pennsylvania (armored cruiser 4), 8
Pensacola (CA-24), 74, 95, 97, 109, 111, 247, 267, 268, 270, 275, 277, 303, 469
Perkins (DD-377), 110, 112–13, 133, 137, 141, 143, 148, 151, 198, 348–49, 380–81, 386
Pestilence operation, 314, 324
Peyton, Thomas G., 328
Pfeiffer, Omar T., 36
Phelps (DD-360), 177, 189, 197–99, 204, 207, 343, 378
Philippine Sea, Battle of, 255, 305
Philippines, 2, 6, 15, 29, 51, 56, 72, 82, 159
Phillips, John S., 149, 155, 167, 183
Phoenix (CL-46), 467, 469, 473
Platte (AO-24), 57, 63, 64, 76, 99, 105, 108, 109, 110, 112–13, 135, 234, 288, 293, 318, 325, 341–42, 346, 348, 349, 380–81, 386, 406, 408, 409, 415, 423, 426, 427, 458, 470
Port Moresby, 15, 80, 82, 85, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 106, 109, 114, 120–22, 123–25, 128, 132–33, 137–40, 143, 145, 151, 153–54, 159–60, 169, 172, 186, 196, 198, 203, 218, 220, 295, 340, 429; landing postponed, 180–81, 200, 207, 212, 216; new threats to, 308, 323–24, 410, 413, 465
Portland (CA-33), 21, 96, 97, 107, 109, 110, 111, 137, 141, 150, 155, 190, 198–99, 204, 205, 216, 232, 267, 268, 276, 287–88, 293, 303, 318, 325, 343, 422, 457, 466
Potter, E. B., 70, 122, 182, 292, 301, 512
Pound, Dudley, 102, 110, 116, 126
Pownall, Charles A., 302, 498–500
Prange, Gordon W., 277
Pratt, Fletcher, 301, 393, 508, 510
President Jackson (AP-37), 370, 372
Prince of Wales (battleship), 2, 57
Princeton (CVL-23), 498–500
Pukapuka, 56
Punongbayan, Melchor, 82
Pye, William S., 12, 20, 21, 75, 103, 225, 313, 368, 402, 488, 509; acting Cincpac, 28; and Wake relief, 28, 29, 32–33, 36–37, 39–42, 44–46, 73; and Samoa reinforcement, 50, 51; Nimitz’s strategic advisor, 56–57, 64, 75, 77, 81; slated as CTF-11, 96, 101; becomes CTF-1, 103; rejected for Comsopac, 118; April cruise of TF-1, 116, 124, 125, 128; and Battle of Midway, 227, 233–34; takes TF-1 to sea, 288, 295
Q
Quincy (CA-39), 303, 331, 344, 371; sunk, 390–92, 397
R
Rabaul, 60–61, 63, 72, 79–81, 85, 86–89, 93, 94, 97, 98, 104–05, 106–07, 109–10, 112, 114, 128, 132–33, 137–40, 143, 144, 146, 151, 159, 171, 187, 207, 211, 225, 351–52, 499; MacArthur proposes to capture, 308, 321; and Pestilence offensive, 313, 314, 319, 339–40; attacks, 355, 357, 361, 366; and Cactus, 405, 424, 426, 429, 466
Rabi, see Milne Bay
Radford, Arthur W., 500
Radio intelligence, 20–21, 25, 29, 30, 64–65, 70–71, 76, 94, 111, 119–20, 121, 128–29, 153–58, 166, 167–68, 170–71, 178, 185, 201–03, 206–09, 216, 227–28, 233, 324, 355, 411, 412–13, 461; on carriers, 64–65, 78; see also Holcomb, Bankson T.; Biard, Forrest R.; Slonim, Gilven M.; Fullinwider, Ransom
Rainier (AE-5), 341–42, 346, 349, 380
Ralph Talbot (DD-390), 35, 41, 391–92
Ramsey, Dewitt Clinton “Duke”, captain of the Saratoga, 235, 294, 317, 318; and Guadalcanal landings, 360–61, 362–64, 375; and Savo battle, 384; and Eastern Solomons battle, 450, 452; and patrolling southeast of the Solomons, 466, 477; the Saratoga torpedoed, 471–72, 475; becomes CTF-11, 486, 487, 489–91, 493, 495, 498
Ramsey, Donald J., 276, 288, 292, 336
Ramsey, Paul H., 176
Ranger (CV-4), 10, 11, 209, 309
Ray, Clarence C., 178
Read, W. J., 364
Redman, John R., 119
Regan, Stephen D., 513
Reid, Jewell H., 238
Reifsnider, Lawrence F., 402
Rekata Bay, 386, 388, 389, 417, 427, 457
Repulse (battle cruiser), 2, 57
Reynolds, Clark G., 9, 298, 500
RI Operation, 323
Richardson, David C., 510–11
Richardson, James Otto, 5, 7, 48, 49, 232
Rickover, Hyman G., 4
Riefkohl, Frederick L., 267, 268, 276, 385, 390–91, 403
Riley, Francis C., 427, 429, 432
Riley, William E., 509
Ring, Stanhope C., 245–48, 258, 273, 285, 306
Rochefort, Joseph J., 20, 29, 30, 64, 74, 78, 88, 119, 125, 128–29, 153, 208, 461
Rockwell, Francis W., 133
Rodee, Walter F., 306
Roncador Reef, 452
Rongelap, 25, 26, 31, 35, 37, 42
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 5, 21, 28, 39, 45, 46, 48, 73, 95–96, 102, 103, 116, 118, 399, 489, 502, 509
Rossel Island, 92, 100, 104, 105, 159, 162, 166, 168, 171, 173, 174, 180, 182
Rowe, Henry A., 354, 356–57, 362, 364–65, 446
Rowell, Ross E., 482
Runyon, Donald E., 365
Rupertus, William H., 392
Russell (DD-414), 55, 67, 68, 69, 104, 105, 145, 190, 199, 204, 205, 232, 270, 274–75, 287–88, 293
Russell, George L., 397–98, 403
RY operation, 139, 196, 206–07; postponed, 211
Ryūjō (light carrier), 130, 131, 168, 218, 220, 237, 262, 309, 494; and effort to retake Guadalcanal, 411, 414, 416, 422, 468, 469; and Eastern Solomons battle, 432, 434, 436, 438–441, 443–44, 451, 452; sank, 453, 455, 461
Ryūkaku, 121, 125, 130, 132, 137, 168, 183, 202; see also Shōhō
S
S-42 (submarine), 207
S-44 (submarine), 398
Sabine (AO-25), 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 69, 209, 348, 408, 423, 427, 458, 470
Sacramento (PG-19), 4
St. Louis (CL-49), 51, 55, 65, 68
Salamaua, 81–82, 313, 496; invasion of, 89; attack on, 89–94
Salt Lake City (CA-25), 303, 326, 331, 343, 458, 469
Salote Tupou, 132
Samarai, 141
Samoa, 14, 40, 49–51, 54–58, 60, 62, 72, 81, 100, 120, 125, 126, 129, 153, 218, 220, 318, 323, 402, 465, 470
San Cristóbal, 138, 153, 360, 362, 367, 381, 386, 390, 416, 417, 421, 422, 431, 457, 459, 466, 468–72, 474, 479–80
San Diego, 2, 12, 49–50, 52, 53, 54–56, 304, 310
San Diego (CL-53), 234–35, 287, 294, 303, 469
San Francisco (CA-38), 5, 57, 60, 74, 96, 303, 341, 343, 346, 468, 469
San Juan (CL-54), 303, 331, 350, 399, 408, 409, 414, 467, 468
Santa Cruz, Battle of, 491–93
Santa Cruz Islands, 134, 309, 312–13, 321, 334, 343–45, 370, 372, 385, 478, 479
Santa Isabel Island, 138–39, 345, 355, 362, 386, 416, 426, 457
Saratoga (CV-3), 2, 3, 9, 10–13, 18–19, 22–23, 51, 56, 101, 138, 194, 202, 220, 224, 225, 230–31, 302–07, 308, 310, 313, 314, 412, 496, 498–500; and Wake relief, 19, 23, 26–27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 40, 41, 42–45, 46; torpedoed on 11 January, 57–58, 71; finishes repairs, 208, 210, 211; Fitch to reform TF-11 with, 212, 295; leaves for Pearl Harbor, 227, 234–35, 278; sorties from Pearl toward Midway, 287–88, 293; Fletcher’s flagship, 294, 316; returns to Pearl, 295; and Fletcher’s staff, 316–17; sails for South Pacific, 318; and 27 July conference, 327; and planning for Watchtower offensive, 330–32, 338, 343; approach to the Solomons, 347–49; and Guadalcanal landings, 353–55, 356–59, 361, 362–67, 368, 371, 377–78; flight deck jammed, 363–65, 367, 375; and Savo battle, 384–85, 394, 396; patrolling south of the Solomons, 409, 418, 421–22; and Eastern Solomons battle, 426, 428–31, 433, 438–42, 492; attacks Ryūjō, 442–48; withdraws, 449–52, 455, 457–58, 462–63; patrols southeast of Solomons, 465–67; torpedoed, 471–77; to Pearl, 477–78; into dry dock, 483; planned return to South Pacific, 483, 486–87; Ramsey’s flagship, 489–90, 493
Sauer, Edward P., 267
Savo, Battle of, 394–403
Sazanami (destroyer), 152, 154, 166, 169
Scanland, Francis W., 270
Schindler, Walter G. “Butch,” 77, 146, 149, 162, 164, 162, 192, 205–06, 231, 266, 287, 296, 316, 331, 426, 431, 438, 447, 473
Scott, Norman, 303, 331, 344, 353, 360, 372, 400, 408, 409, 414, 419, 468, 469, 491, 493
Scouting Force, see Brown, Wilson
Scouting Squadrons, 10–11; VS-2, 168–69, 183, 185, 205; VS-3, 306; VS-5, 63, 65–67, 93–94, 146–49, 164, 169, 192, 194, 204, 230, 306, 444; VS-5 (renamed from VB-5), 234, 249–51, 257, 260, 263, 272; V-8, 258, 273
Screening Group, see Crutchley, Victor A. C.
Seki, Mamoru, 445, 446, 448, 453–54
Selfridge (DD-357), 37, 38, 41, 392, 415, 419, 473
Sepulga (AO-20), 30
Sewart, J. Allan, 451, 454, 461
Shaffer, Leland G., 23
Shaw, Henry I., 509
Shaw, Robert C., 445
Shepard, Richard D., 35–36
Sherman, Forrest P., captain of the Wasp, 307, 332; and Noyes, 332, 487; and carrier planning for Watchtower offensive, 332, 336; and decision to withdraw the carriers, 382; and Savo battle, 393–94, 396; and patrolling south of Solomons, 477; and antisubmarine screens, 476, 482; and loss of the Wasp, 480–82
Sherman, Frederick C. “Ted,” 9, 21, 43, 79, 86, 152, 214, 224, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 424, 500, 515; plans Rabaul-Gasmata attack, 86–87; and carrier tactics, 86–87, 136, 236, 299, 460, 498–99; and Lae-Salamaua attack, 90–95; in the Coral Sea battle on 7 May, 160, 164, 170–71, 177, 179; and 8 May, 185, 187–88, 189, 196, 201–02; and loss of the Lexington, 197–99; prospective CTF-11, 486–91; praised for Coral Sea victory, 489; CTF-16, 492–95
Shima, Kiyohide, 138–40, 147, 152, 195, 207
Shoemaker, James M., 302
Shōhō (light carrier), 89, 121, 122, 131, 137, 138, 139, 143–45, 149, 152, 154, 157, 166, 439; sunk, 168–69, 183, 200, 203, 218, 219; see also Ryūkaku
Shōkaku (carrier), 2, 21, 32, 57, 63, 70, 77, 121, 122, 125, 130, 131, 137, 138, 140, 145, 152, 166, 178, 218–20, 439, 468, 469, 492; on 8 May, 186–87, 190–91; damaged and withdraws, 194–95, 201–03, 206, 207; and effort to retake Guadalcanal, 410–11, 414, 416, 422; and Eastern Solomons battle, 429, 442, 445, 446, 448, 453–54, 458, 463
Short, Wallace C., 63, 65, 146–48, 230, 249–50, 260, 285
Shortland, 106, 109–110, 113, 114, 138, 147, 356, 433, 455
Shumway, Dewitt W., 285
Silver, Donald, 284–86
Simard, Cyril T., 227, 239, 241, 268, 273, 282–84, 299–300
Sims (DD-409), 55, 67, 68, 69, 144, 156; sunk, 164–65, 170–71, 173–74, 177, 181, 183, 203
Sinclair, George A., 35
Slater, Robert E., 434, 438, 444
Slonim, Gilven M., 123, 247, 252, 290, 317, 348, 350, 416, 440, 441, 451, 454, 463
Smiley, Curtis S., 54, 63, 67, 136
Smith, Harry, 23, 40, 52, 56, 83–4, 316, 394
Smith, Joseph G., 185, 186, 187, 192
Smith, Walton W., 91
Smith, William Ward “Poco,” 7, 28, 40, 41, 45, 52, 103, 205, 207, 212, 224, 301, 303, 505; leads TF-17 cruisers, 77, 79, 137; and planned attack on Rabaul, 86, 88, 94; under Crace’s command, 91, 95–96; in Coral Sea, 101, 107–08; retrieves seaplanes, 100, 104–05; and King, 107; in Coral Sea battle, 141, 146, 148, 191, 198–99; opinion of Crace, 161; and Battle of Midway, 223, 225, 226, 232; on 4 June, 248, 268, 269; and damage to the Yorktown, 275–76, 281, 292; to the Aleutians, 305, 411; and Midway book, 512
SN Operation, 323–24
Solomon Islands, 82, 97–98, 99, 120, 125, 128, 132–33, 137–40, 141–57, 209, 308–09, 311–13, 314, 319–20, 321–22, 323–24, 339–40, 496
Somerville, James, 115
Sōryū (carrier), 2, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 43–44, 57, 63, 70, 122, 128, 131, 132, 149, 151, 208, 218, 233, 251–55, 258–61, 263, 269, 306; sank, 279, 296
South Dakota (BB-57), 313, 399, 412, 478
South Pacific Amphibious Force, see Turner, Richmond Kelly
South Pacific Area, see Ghormley, Robert L.; Halsey, William F. Jr.
South Seas Area, see Tsukahara Nishizō
South Seas Force (Fourth Fleet), see Inoue, Shigeyoshi
Southerland, James J., 357
Southwest Pacific Area, see MacArthur, Douglas
Southwest Pacific Force, see Leary, Herbert Fairfax
Soviet Union, 496, 501–02, 504, 506
Spraggins, James A., 434, 435, 438, 439
Sprague, Clifton A. F., 18, 25, 33
Spruance, Raymond A., 3, 5–6, 7, 52, 62, 76, 77, 83, 103, 240, 316, 494, 496, 499–501, 502, 506–07; ordered as Cincpac chief of staff, 224; becomes CTF-16, 224–25, 226, 302; sails for Midway, 230; meets TF-17, 234; and carrier tactics, 228, 232–33, 235–36; on 3 June, 237; launches attack on 4 June, 242–48, 249–51, 256–57; regroups, 264, 267, 270–72; second attack, 272–73, 276–77, 278–79, 280–81; Fletcher detaches from command, 276–77; temporarily withdraws, 277, 282; pursuit on 5 June, 282–87; and Browning, 285, 298–99, 303; sinks Mikuma, 288–91; prepares for Aleutians, 291, 294–95; returns to Pearl, 297; praised by Nimitz, 297; and Fletcher, 293, 296–97, 302; and lessons of the battle, 297–301; Cincpac chief of staff, 303; and South Pacific, 314; “Spruance cult,” 510–11
SR (Lae-Salamaua) Operation, 89–90
Stack (DD-406), 343
Stahl, Robert B., 384
Stark, Harold R., 6, 13, 14, 15, 18, 28, 39, 45–46, 48, 49, 77, 103, 118
Stebbins, Edgar E., 273
Steele, James M., 124–25, 314, 461
Stephens, Martin, 515
Sternberg, Lloyd V., 83
Strong, Stockton Birney, 444
Stroop, Paul D., 44, 45, 179, 186, 189, 196
Sumner (AGS-5), 108
Suva, see Fiji Islands
Suzuya (heavy cruiser), 418
Swanson, Claude A., 5
Sweeney, Walter C., 239, 242, 253, 256
T
Taffinder, Sherwoode A., 501, 504
Taiwan, 122
Takagi, Takeo, commander of MO Striking Force, 138–40, 145, 147, 152–54, 155–57, 159, 165–67, 169, 175, 178, 180–81, 203, 429; attacks TF-17 on 8 May, 186–87; withdraws, 194–95, 200; returns to Coral Sea, 206–07; withdraws to Japan, 207, 209; briefs Yamamoto, 222; and Midway operation, 294
Takahashi, Kakuichi, 167, 175–76, 187, 189, 192, 195, 202
Takahashi, Sadamu, 445, 446, 453–54
Takasu, Shirō, 219–20
Takeda, Moriharu, 61
Takehashi, Masataka, 263, 264, 268
Tama Maru (minesweeper), 147, 149
Tambor (SS-198), 109, 282–83, 287
Tanabe, Yahachi, 292
Tanaka, Raizō, 413, 417–18, 421, 423; and Eastern Solomons Battle, 431–33, 434, 436, 455, 456–57, 458
Tanambogo, 355, 360, 362, 363, 370, 371, 388, 392
Tangier (AV-8), 17, 18–19, 22–23, 25, 26–27, 33, 36, 37–38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 85, 126, 134, 153, 155, 186; conducts radio deception, 217, 220
Tanikaze (destroyer), 286
Tarawa, 19, 31, 32, 33, 499–500
Taroa, 62
Task Force 1, see Anderson, Walter S.; Pye, William S.
Task Force 2, see Halsey, William F. Jr.
Task Force 3, see Brown, Wilson
Task Force 7, see English, Robert H.
Task Force 8, see Halsey, William F. Jr.; Theobald, Robert A.
Task Force 9, see Bellinger, Patrick N. L.
Task Force 11, see Brown, Wilson; Fitch, Aubrey Wray; Fletcher, Frank Jack; Ramsey, Dewitt C.
Task Force 12, see Newton, John Henry; Brown, Wilson
Task Force 13, Halsey, William F. Jr.
Task Force 14, see Fletcher, Frank Jack; Leary, Herbert Fairfax
Task Force 16, see Halsey, William F. Jr.; Spruance, Raymond A.; Kinkaid, Thomas C.; Sherman, Frederick C.
Task Force 17, see Fletcher, Frank Jack; Mitscher, Marc A.; Fitch, Aubrey Wray; Murray, George D.
Task Force 18, see Mitscher, Marc A.; Noyes, Leigh
Task Force 42, see Rockwell, Francis W.
Task Force 44, see Crace, John G.; Crutchley, Victor A. C.
Task Force 61, see Fletcher, Frank Jack; Noyes, Leigh; Kinkaid, Thomas C.
Task Force 62, see Turner, Richmond Kelly
Task Force 63, see McCain, John S.
Task Force 64, see Wright, Carleton H.
Task Force 65, see Turner, Richmond Kelly
Tatsuta (light cruiser), 157
Taylor, Joe, 63, 67, 146–48, 168, 188, 204–05, 230
Taylor, Keith E., 162, 165, 166, 171
Taylor, Montgomery Meigs, 4
Tenryū (light cruiser), 157
Thach, John S. “Jimmy,” 231, 232, 249–51, 258, 260, 263, 269, 515
Theobald, Robert A., 3, 52, 103, 226, 233, 294–95, 305, 494–95
Thomas, Gerald C., 327, 389–90
Thompson, William E., 82
Thorington, Alexander C., 52, 78, 113, 135, 316
Thueson, Theodore S., 277, 278, 434, 436, 441
Timor, 309
Tippecanoe (AO-21), 99–101, 104–05, 113, 134–35, 141, 143–44, 173, 181, 186
Tobin, Robert G., 482
Tōhō Maru (oiler), 138, 147, 156
Tone (heavy cruiser), 241, 252, 263, 275, 432, 453
Tongatabu, 99, 100, 101, 104, 108, 111, 113, 122, 123, 124, 125, 132, 134, 135, 205, 207, 210, 212–13, 216–17, 313, 318–20, 325–26, 331, 341, 374, 383, 412, 466, 468, 474, 477–78, 486
Torpedo Squadrons, 10–11; VT-2, 169, 179, 194–96, 212; VT-3, 231, 249–51, 255, 260–61, 264, 267, 356, 444; VT-5, 63, 65–67, 93–94, 146–48, 160, 169, 230; VT-6, 246–48, 259, 306; VT-7, 307; VT-8, 231, 247, 258–59, 267, 306, 362–63, 375, 446–47, 451, 454
Townsville, 91, 128, 138–40, 198
Towers, John H., 3, 8, 9, 11, 68, 294, 483, 487, 491, 492, 497, 500–01, 505, 507
Townsville, 76, 92, 125, 153, 161, 205–06
Traynor, Laurence G., 204
Trenton (CL-11), 50
Trever (DMS-16), 370
Truk, 30, 51, 57, 63, 70, 74, 122, 123, 128, 132, 137–38, 145, 208, 211–12, 216, 220, 308, 319, 323–24, 340, 351, 410, 411, 413, 417, 420, 422–24, 426, 429–30, 439, 443, 458, 461
Truman, Harry S., 21
Tsukahara, Nishizō: leads Southeast Area, 219; and effort to retake Guadalcanal, 410, 418, 421, 423; and Eastern Solomons Battle, 431, 432, 434, 455, 459
Tulagi, 82, 85, 89, 94, 97, 98, 106, 109, 114, 132–33, 137–40, 144–50, 152–56, 159, 165, 187, 211, 219, 220; U.S. offensive plans against, 308–10, 312–13, 314, 319, 321, 324, 326, 330–31, 332, 343, 344–45, 348–50; Japanese defenses, 323, 350, 352; landings at, 353–67, 369–73, 376, 387–90; and Savo Battle, 392–99; and U.S. defense of, 407, 409, 413–14, 415, 417, 419, 424, 469
Turner, Richmond Kelly, 3, 103, 107–08, 489, 496, 499–501; named Commander, Amphibious Force, South Pacific Area, 311–12, 316, 326; and Fletcher, 311–12, 313, 316, 328, 368, 387–88, 399–400, 506, 512, 515; plans for South Pacific offensive, 312–13, 314–16, 343–44, 350; at the 27 July conference, 327–329, 333; and the carriers, 331, 333, 334–36, 478–79; and land-based air support, 337–340, 590n45; and logistics, 340–42, 380; retirement plan, 344, 369–73; approach to the Solomons, 346–50; and Guadalcanal landings, 353–55, 358, 360–61, 362, 364–67, 369–73; unloading delays, 372–73, 387–89, 392, 398–99, 402; and decision to withdraw the carriers, 368–69, 387–90; and Savo battle, 390–92, 399–403; withdraws from Guadalcanal, 388–90, 398–99, 404; runs supplies into Guadalcanal, 409–10, 415, 416–17, 418, 420, 422, 429, 469, 470; and reinforcement with Seventh Marines, 479–80
Tutuila, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61–62
Twining, Merrill B., 311, 326, 327, 336, 400–02
U
Ugaki, Matome, 57, 182, 220, 222, 238, 455, 459
Uhlig, Frank Jr., 75
Ulmer, Norman W., 84
United States Fleet, see Kimmel, Husband E.; King, Ernest J.
Utah (AG-16), 222
Utirik, 31
V
Vandegrift, Alexander Archer: planning for South Pacific offensive, 326, 334, 346, 350; at 27 July conference, 327–28, 336–37; and Guadalcanal landings, 355, 371, 372, 501; and decision to withdraw the carriers, 368, 376; and Savo Battle, 389–90, 398–99, 401–02; consolidates defense, 404; readies airfield, 407, 417; defeats Ichiki, 417, 418–19, 420, 424; and the Eastern Solomons battle, 429, 431, 452, 453, 455–56, 463–64, 468
Vincennes (CA-44), 247, 267, 277, 303, 314, 318, 325, 331, 344, 372, 385; sunk, 390–92, 397
Vinson, Carl, 317
Vladivostok, 496
Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighter, 300
W
Wake Island, 3, 14–16, 57, 219, 235, 290, 499, 508–10; reinforcement of, 6–7; plans for relief, 12–13, 16–21, 23–27; abortive relief and fall, 28–47; plans to raid, 60–61, 75–76; raided, 77
Waldron, John C., 258–59, 272, 303
Walke (DD-416), 55, 66, 67, 137, 198
Warspite (battleship), 326
Washington (BB-56), 127, 313, 399, 412, 478, 486
Washington Repeaters, 4–5, 48–49
Wasp (CV-7), 10, 11, 126, 209, 220, 224, 302–07, 309, 310, 490, 499; goes to South Pacific, 313, 314, 319; damaged turbine, 319, 325, 411–12, 455; and planning for Watchtower offensive, 327, 330–32; on approach to Solomons, 343; and Guadalcanal landings, 353–55, 356–59, 361, 362–66; and Savo Battle, 393–94; patrols south of the Solomons, 417, 418–19; refuels, 430; and the Eastern Solomons Battle, 455, 456, 457, 458, 462; patrols southeast of the Solomons, 465–66, 469, 471, 473, 475; to Noumea, 474; supports Guadalcanal, 477–80; sunk, 480–82, 487
Watchtower operation, 314; planning for, 313–16, 318, 319, 321, 327–329, 331, 333–42; approach to Solomons, 346–50; see also Guadalcanal
W. C. Yeager (tanker), 318, 325, 341, 347
Weschler, Thomas R., 332
West Virginia (BB-48), 1
Whitsunday Island, 181
Wildenberg, Thomas, 36
Wilhelm, Ralph V., 189
Willems, Everleigh D., 185
William Ward Burrows (AP-6), 16–17, 18, 338, 409, 466, 468–470
Willmott, H. P., 162
Willson, Russell, 108
Wilson (DD-408), 349, 370, 407
Worden (DD-352), 144, 290, 343, 378, 381
Worthington, Joseph M., 275
Wotje, 26, 26, 37, 42, 44, 56, 57, 61, 62, 69, 70
Wright, Carleton H. “Boscoe,” 305, 318, 354, 371, 394, 407, 419–20, 421, 472, 475, 477, 487, 494
X
X-Ray Squadron, 331, 343, 350, 353, 360, 365, 371–73, 387, 391–92, 399, 402
Y
Yamada, Sadayoshi, 355–56, 359, 361, 363–64, 366
Yamada, Takashi, 57
Yamaguchi, Tamon, 30, 240, 253–55, 262, 264, 269, 279
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 2, 21, 29–30, 57, 70, 88, 95, 116, 117, 233, 240, 313; plans Midway and Aleutian invasions, 120–21; advances date of MO Operation, 121–22; and Doolittle raid, 123; and MO Operation, 140, 153–54, 180, 200, 206; invades Midway, 218–22; on 3 June, 238; and Midway battle, 255, 262; cancels MI Operation, 279; withdraws, 282–83, 286, 291, 294–95; post-Midway plans, 323–24, 352; plans to retake Guadalcanal, 410–11, 418, 420, 423; and Eastern Solomons battle, 432, 434, 455, 458–59; and September offensive, 479–80; and Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 492
Yamato (battleship), 121, 219, 222, 238, 262, 294, 411, 468
Yawata Maru (auxiliary carrier), 351
Yoke Squadron, 331, 343, 350, 353, 363, 365, 371, 389, 390, 399, 402
Yokogawa, Ichihei, 140
Yokota, Minoru, 471
Yorktown (CV-5), 10–12, 14, 77–79, 122, 125–26, 127, 128, 220, 302, 303, 304, 306, 365, 374, 472, 488, 489; becomes Fletcher’s flagship, 51–52, 53–54; on Samoa reinforcement, 49–50, 54–56, 58; attacks Marshalls and Gilberts, 59–71; to raid Wake, 75–76; off Canton, 79–81; to Southwest Pacific, 82, 85, 86–87; flag quarters, 82–84; attacks Lae-Salamaua, 92–93; stays in Coral Sea, 95, 97, 106–07, 109; fighters go “sour,” 111–13; to Coral Sea, 141, 144; attacks Tulagi, 146–49; attacks Shōhō, 164, 168–69; evening 7 May, 176–79, 181; 8 May strike, 185–86, 188, 191–92, 196; attacked and damaged, 187–91; regroups, 191–94, 197, 201, 203; retires from Coral Sea, 204–07; returns to Pearl Harbor, 207–08, 213–13, 216–17, 222–23; repairs, 225, 229–232; sails for Midway, 232, 234–36; on 3 June, 237–38; 4 June first morning search, 239–40, 248; launches strike, 248–51, 255–58; attacks Japanese carriers, 259–62, 298; second search, 263, 272–73; damaged by dive bombers, 264–67; Fletcher transfers flag, 267–68; hit by torpedo planes, 269–70; abandons ship, 273–76; salvage efforts, 279–81, 287–88, 291–93; sinks, 292, 296, 297
Yorktown (CV-10), 498–500, 513
Yūbari (light cruiser), 170
Yūzuki (destroyer), 147–49
Z
Zeilin (AP-9), 341, 346–47, 349, 409
Zimmerman, John L., 377
Zuihō (light carrier), 131, 219–20, 238, 262, 279, 286, 309, 411, 413, 416, 420, 458, 459, 468, 469, 479, 492
Zuikaku (carrier), 2, 21, 32, 57, 63, 70, 77, 121, 122, 125, 130, 131, 137, 138, 140, 145, 166, 175, 178, 309, 351, 439, 468, 469, 492; on 8 May, 186–87, 189, 190–91, 195, 200–03, 206; and RY Operation, 206–07, 209; withdrawn to Japan, 209; in Midway-Aleutians operation, 216, 218–20, 233, 295; and efforts to retake Guadalcanal, 410–11, 414, 416, 422; and Eastern Solomons battle, 429, 442, 445, 446, 448, 453–54, 458, 463