Prelude to Combat |
December 1941 - July 1942 |
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi |
7-9 August 1942 |
Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal |
16 August 1942 ~ 8 February 1943 |
Battle of the Eastern Solomons |
23 ~ 24 August 1943 |
I-19 Submarine Attack!
|
15 September 1942 |
New Georgia Group Operations
- New Guinea
- Rendova
- Vangunu Invasion
|
30 June ~ 31 August 1943 |
Gilbert Islands Operations:
|
19 November ~ 8 December 1943 |
Bismark Achipelago Operations
|
25 December 1943 |
Marshall Islands Operation
- Invasion of Kwajalein Atoll
- Invasion of Majuro Atoll
|
29 January 1944 ~ 8 February 1944 |
Task Force Strikes
- Truk
- Marianas
- Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai
- Truk, Satawan, Ponape
|
- 16 ~ 17 February 1944
- 21 ~ 22 February 1944
- 30 March ~ 1 April 1944
- 29 April ~ 1 May 1944
|
Western New Guinea Operations
|
21 ~ 24 April 1944 |
Marianas Operations
- Invasion of Saipan
- Battle of the Philippine Sea
|
- 11 ~ 24 June 1944
- 19 ~ 20 June 1944
|
Leyte Operation
|
13,14, 19~25 November 1944 14, 15,15 December
1944 |
Luzon Operation
- Attacks on Luzon
- Formosa
- China Coast
- Nansei Shoto
|
- 6,7 January 1945
- 3,4,9,15,21 January 1945
- 12,16 January 1945
- 22 January 1945
|
Iwo Jima Operations
- Invasion of Iwo Jima
- 5th & 3rd Fleet raids on Honshu & Nansei Shoto
|
- 15 February ~ 1 March 1945
- 15,16 February 1945, 25 February - March 1945
|
Okinawa Invasion |
17 March ~ 27 April 1945 |
3rd Fleet Operations: Bombardment and Airstrikes on the Japanese Home Islands |
10 July ~ 15 August 1945 |