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Task Force 67

Task Force 67, also called the Cactus Strike Force, was created by William Halsey, Jr. during Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:

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Task Force 67, also called the Cactus Strike Force, was created by William Halsey, Jr.¹ during Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:¹

Northampton-class heavy cruiser Northampton¹
New Orleans-class heavy cruiser
- Minneapolis¹
- New Orleans¹
Pensacola-class heavy cruiser Pensacola¹

Brooklyn-class light cruiser
- Nashville²
- Helena²
- St. Louis²
- Honolulu¹

Fletcher-class destroyer
- Fletcher¹
- Nicholas
- O'Bannon²
- Strong
- De Haven

Mahan-class destroyer
- Drayton¹
- Perkins¹
- Lamson¹

Gridley-class destroyer Maury¹
Gleaves-class destroyer Lardner¹

Battles

Command

RADM Carleton H. Wright upon creation¹
RADM Walden L. Ainsworth after the Battle of Tassafaronga³

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References

Dull, Paul S. (12 November 2013). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941- 1945. Naval Institute Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781612512907. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780870217265. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)