
Composition of Task Unit 77.4.2
Task Unit 77.4.2 (Taffy II) RADM Felix B. Stump
COMCARDIV 24 RADM Felix B. Stump
Escort Carriers
USS NATOMA BAY (CVE 62) (Flagship) CAPT A.K. Morehouse
VC-81 16 FM-2 & 12 TBM-1C LCDR R.C. Barnes
USS MANILA BAY (CVE 61) CAPT Fitzhugh Lee
VC-80 16 FM-2 & 12 TBM-1C LCDR H.K. Stubbs
COMCARDIV 27 RADM William D. Sample
USS MARCUS ISLAND (CVE 77) (Flagship) CAPT C.F. Greber
VC-21 17 FM-2 & 12 TBM-1C LCDR T.O. Murray
USS KADASHAN BAY (CVE 76) CAPT R.N. Hunter
VC-20 15 FM-2 & 11 TBM-1C LCDR J.R. Dale
USS SAVO ISLAND (CVE 78) CAPT C.E. Ekstrom
VC-27 17 FM-2 & 12 TBM-1C LCDR P.W. Jackson
USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE 79) CAPT H.L. Young
VC-75 16 FM-2 & 11 TBM-1C LT A.W. Smith Jr.
Destroyers
Screen Commander - CAPT L.K. Reynolds
USS FRANKS (DD 554) CDR D.R. Stephan
USS HAGGARD (DD 555) CDR D.A. Harris
USS HAILEY (DD 556) CDR P.H. Brady
Destroyer Escorts
USS RICHARD W. SUESENS (DE 342) LCDR R.W. Graham
USS AMBERCROMBIE (DE 343) LCDR B.H. Katschinski
USS OBERRENDER (DE 344) LCDR S. Spencer
USS WALTER C. WANN (DE 412) LCDR J.W. Stedman
USS LE RAY WILSON (DE 414) LCDR M.V. Carson
Forward to U.S. Task
Unit 77.4.3
Honor the Missing in Action and Killed in Action of Taffy III
We do remember. We won't forget.