Milwaukee, Somers and Jouett call at Recife for two day visit.Ĭonstruction begun on seaplane base at Recife completed in twenty-three months but never used operationally.Īdmiral Ingram visits Recife second time. Memphis and Cincinnati enter Recife for one day stay. USS Memphis and Cincinnati, ComCruDiv 2 in Memphis, depart Norfolk for first South Atlantic patrol. Hodgman arrives Recife as Naval Observer, after reporting to Rio de Janeiro in February first Alusnob in Brazil.Īdmiral Ingram confers with Admiral King in Washington CominCh orders CCD2 to conduct Neutrality Patrol in South Atlantic.Ĭonstruction begun on Seaplane base at Natal under Airport Development Program contract all work completed 1944. Ingram hoists Flag in Memphis as ComCruDiv 2 at Guantanamo Bay also CTF 3. The above mentioned "History of Fleet Air Wing SIXTEEN" is included in he volume of first draft narratives concerned with naval aviation.ĬHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT DATES 11 Jan. They are (1) "History of Fleet Air Wing SIXTEEN," originally forwarded 27 March 1945, and completed by monthly supplements through June 1945, when the Wing was decommissioned (2) "History of Fleet Airship Wing FOUR," prepared in September 1944 and supplemented through June 1945 when the Blimp Wing was decommissioned.Īll appendix material pertaining to the South Atlantic Force, consisting in part of individual histories of naval activities and other documents, id filed in the Office of Naval History and may be referred to there. Both already have been submitted to he Chief of Naval Operations, fully documented. Two other excellent historical works should also be read as parts of the history of the South Atlantic Force. This is an extension of "A History of the South Atlantic Campaign." It was not fully documented, however, the appendices of this history are intended to supplement the original narrative. It contains many details not repeated in this history. The activities of these offices are not mentioned except in connection with the wartime operations of the South Atlantic Force.Ī previous work entitled "A History of the South Atlantic Campaign" was submitted to the Navy Department in 1944. The other two organizations, which functions in peacetime as well as in war, are the United States Naval Mission to Brazil and the Naval Attache's Office in the American Embassy in Rio de Janeiro.
Its mission was temporary and ended with the victory over Germany.
The South Atlantic Force was one of three United States Naval organizations in Brazil during World War II. This is a documented history of the South Atlantic Force, consisting of a chronology of important events, a concise narrative of the administrative history of the Force, and numerous documented appendices including historical material fro the Naval Operating and Naval Air Facilities under the control of the Commander South Atlantic Force. The varying designations indicate the growth of the force to meet and defeat the U-boat menace, and the dispersal of the surface and air units after "The Battle of the South Atlantic" was won. In September 1942, the Commander Task Force TWENTY-THREE was further designated Commander South Atlantic Force, a title and command which did not change thereafter.
HyperWar: US Naval Admin in WW II: South Atlantic Force įrom 1941 to 1945, the South Atlantic Forces of the United States Atlantic Fleet operated under four different designations - Task Force THREE, Task Force TWENTY-THREE, FOURTH Fleet, and finally Task Force TWENTY-SEVEN.
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