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Alias
Details
Operation Watchtower
Aim: To deny the area to the Japanese, in particular to stop the completion of the airfield on Guadalcanal and to remove the seaplane base on Tulagi. To use the area for further offensive operations in the Solomon Islands. Results: The Japanese were taken by surprise and the landing was almost unopposed. The final capture of the island took six months and much bitter fighting.
Places 1) Location Place
2) 1: Depicted In Image
3) 1: Included In Place
4) 3: Depicted In Image
5) 1: Location Of Facility
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands JPN Seaplane Base Tulagi, Solomon Islands
Personal Involvements Commanded By
Rank
Age
Fletcher Frank Jack
VADM 57.27yr
Unit Involvements 1) Command
2) 1: Commanded By
3) 2: Rank
4) 2: Age
5) 1: Ship Age
6) 1: Use Aircraft Model
7) 6: as
8) 7: Used
USN TF 62 Amphibious
Turner Richmond K RADM 57.59yr United States 1st Marine Division
Vandegrift Alexander A MAJGEN 55.59yr {}
Riefkohl Fredrick L CAPT USSAstoria
Greenman William G CAPT 8.28yr USSVincennes
Riefkohl Fredrick L CAPT 5.45yr USSQuincy
Moore Samuel N CAPT 6.16yr USSHull
Stout Richard F LTCDR 7.21yr USSDewey
Chillingworth Charles F LTCDR 7.84yr USSEllet
Gardner Francis H LTCDR 3.3yr USSWilson
Price Walter H LTCDR 2.98yr USN TG 62.4 Fire Support Tulagi
Scott Norman RADM USS San Juan
Maher James E CAPT 0.44yr USS Monssen
Smoot Roland N CDR 1.4yr USS Buchanan
Wilson Ralph E CDR 0.38yr USN TG 62.2 Escort
Crutchley V A C RADM 48.76yr HMAS Australia
Farncomb H B CAPT 43.44yr 14.29yr HMAS Canberra
Getting F E CAPT 14.08yr HMAS Hobart
Showers H A CAPT 6.57yr USS Chicago
Bode Howard D CAPT 11.41yr USN Destroyer Squadron 4
Flynn Cornelius W CAPT USS Selfridge
Reynolds Carroll D LTCDR 5.7yr USS Patterson
Walker Frank R CDR 4.87yr USS Ralph Talbot
Callahan Joseph W LTCDR 4.81yr USS Mugford
Young Edward W LTCDR 4.97yr USS Jarvis
Graham William W LTCDR 4.78yr USS Blue
Williams Harold N CDR 4.98yr USS Helm
Carroll Chester E LTCDR 4.81yr USS Henley
Smith Robert H CDR 4.98yr USS Bagley
Sinclair George A LTCDR 5.15yr USN
Reifsnider Lawrence F CAPT USN Transdiv AFIRM
Theiss Paul S CAPT USS Fuller
Theiss Paul S CAPT 1.73yr USS American Legion
Warner Thomas D CAPT 0.95yr USS Bellatrix
Dieterich William F CDR 0.47yr USN Transdiv BAKER
McFeaters Charlie P CAPT USS McCawley
McFeaters Charlie P CAPT 1.91yr USS Barnett
Thornhill Henry E CAPT 1.86yr USS George F Elliot
Bailey Watson O CAPT 1.57yr USS Libra
Fletcher William B Jr CDR 0.24yr USN Transdiv CAST
Reifsnider Lawrence F CAPT USS Hunter Liggett
Perkins Louis W CDR 1.16yr USS Alchiba
Freman James S CDR 1.14yr USS Fomalhaut
Flanagan Henry C CDR 0.43yr USS Betelgeuse
Power Harry D CDR 1.15yr USN Transdiv DOG
Kiland Ingolf N CAPT USS President Hayes
Benson Francis W CDR 0.64yr USS President Adams
Dean Frank H CDR 0.71yr USS Alhena
Hunt Charles B CDR 1.14yr USS Crescent City
Kiland Ingolf N CAPT 0.82yr USN
Ashe George B CAPT USN TransDiv EASY
Ashe George B CAPT USS Neville
Bailey Carlos A CAPT 1.23yr USS Zeilin
Buchanan Pat CAPT 0.59yr USS Heywood
Knowles Herbert B CAPT 1.75yr USS President Jackson
Weitzel Charles W CDR 0.56yr USN Transdiv 12
Hadley Hugh W CDR USS McKean
Sweeney John D LTCDR 2.01yr USS Colhoun
Madden George B LT 1.65yr USS Little
Lofberg Gus B Jr LTCDR 1.76yr USS Gregory
Bauer Harry F LTCDR 1.76yr USN TG 62.1 Convoy
Reifsnider Lawrence F CAPT USN TG 62.5 Minesweeping
Hartt William H CDR USS Zane
Wirtz Peyton L LTCDR 21.47yr USS Hopkins
Coe Benjamin LTCDR 21.38yr USS Hovey
Heald Wilton S LTCDR 22.85yr USS Southard
Cochran Joe B LTCDR 22.87yr USS Trever
Agnew Dwight M LTCDR 20.01yr USN TG 61.1 Air Support
Noyes Leigh RADM USN TG 61.1.1
Fletcher Frank Jack VADM 57.27yr USS Saratoga
Ramsey DeWitt C CAPT 14.72yr USA Air Group 3
USA VF 5
US Grumman F4F Wildcat N 34 USA VB 3
US Douglas SBD Dauntless N 18 USA VS 3
US Douglas SBD Dauntless N 18 USA VT 8
US Grumman TBF Avenger N 16 USS Minneapolis
Lowry Frank J CAPT 8.22yr USS New Orleans
DeLany Walter S CAPT 8.47yr USS Phelps
Beck Edward L LTCDR 6.45yr USS Farragut
Rozendal Henry D LTCDR 8.16yr USS Worden
Pogue William G LTCDR 7.44yr USS MacDonough
Dennett Erle V LTCDR 7.11yr USS Dale
Rorschach Anthony LTCDR 7.05yr USN TG 61.1.2
Kincaid Thomas C RADM 54.34yr USS Enterprise
Davis Arthur C CAPT 4.24yr USA Air Group 6
USA VF 6
USS North Carolina
Fort George H CAPT 1.33yr USS Portland
DuBose Laurence T CAPT 9.45yr USS Atlanta
Jenkins Samuel P CAPT 0.62yr USS Balch
Tiemroth Harold H LTCDR 5.8yr USS Maury
Sims Gilzer L LTCDR 4.01yr USS Gwin
Higgins John M CDR 1.56yr USS Benham
Worthington Joseph M LTCDR 3.51yr USS Grayson
Bell Fredrick J LTCDR 1.31yr USN TG 61.1.3
Noyes Leigh RADM USS Wasp
Sherman Forrest P CAPT 2.28yr USS San Francisco
McMorris Charles H CAPT 8.49yr USS Salt Lake City
Small Ernest G CAPT 12.65yr USS Lang
Pollock James C CDR 3.2yr USS Sterett
Coward Jesse G CDR 2.89yr USS Stack
Greenacre Alvord J LTCDR 2.59yr USS Farenholt
Seaward Eugene T LTCDR 0.35yr USS Aaron Ward
Gregor Orville F LTCDR 0.43yr USS Laffey
Hank William E LTCDR 0.35yr
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