Task Force 67
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Task force 67 or Cactus Strike force was based at Guadalcanal during World War II and consisted of several destroyers: , , , and . They defended the waters off Guadalcanal
from the Tokyo Express
. These were some of the most contested waters in the early days of World War II. The ships were in constant action and suffered heavy losses.
Two surviving destroyers became the most decorated ships in the U.S. Navy; Nicholas won 30 battle stars in three wars, and O'Bannon with 17 battle stars in just World War II.
It became Task Force 18 in April 1943.
Task Force 67 became part of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea
after the Second World War.
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...
from the Tokyo Express
Tokyo Express
The Tokyo Express was the name given by Allied forces to the use of Imperial Japanese Navy ships at night to deliver personnel, supplies, and equipment to Japanese forces operating in and around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands during the Pacific campaign of World War II...
. These were some of the most contested waters in the early days of World War II. The ships were in constant action and suffered heavy losses.
Two surviving destroyers became the most decorated ships in the U.S. Navy; Nicholas won 30 battle stars in three wars, and O'Bannon with 17 battle stars in just World War II.
It became Task Force 18 in April 1943.
Task Force 67 became part of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
after the Second World War.