300 miles north of Guadalcanal, U.S. Navy Task Force 17--carrier Yorktown (CV-5); heavy cruisers Astoria, Chester and Portland; destroyers Hammann, Anderson, Russell, Walke, Morris and Sims; and the oil tanker Neosho (AO-23)--meets up with U.S. Navy Task Force 11--carrier Lexington (CV-2); heavy cruisers Minneapolis and New Orleans; destroyers Phelps, Dewey, Farragut, Aylwin and Monaghan; and the oil tanker Tippecanoe (AO-21), and with the heavy cruiser USS Chicago, the destroyer PUSS erkins, which were based at Noumea, on New Caledonia, and the Australian cruisers Australia and Hobart. Admiral Fletcher reorganises the fleet, giving Admiral Fitch command of both carriers (Task Force 17.5) and Admiral Thomas Kinkaid command of an attack group of five cruisers and five destroyers (Task Force 17.2), and the ships spend the day refueling.
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