Here's what you are playing for.....



Ok, since this will be open to all crewmates, you’ll have to do some extra searching for this one. But, it can be found, because I did.

Here we go…..

List, according to Task Groups, the American carriers at Leyte Gulf.

The first correct answer will receive the Yamato and a set of PE rails (their on order from Squadron).

Good Luck
Kenny

Task Group 77.2


4 CL - Columbia, Denver, Boise, Phoenix


Task Group 77.4 comprising of

Task Unit 77.4.1
4 CVE - Santee, Suwanee, Sangamon, Petrof Bay


Task Unit 77.4.2
6 CVE - Natoma Bay, Manila Bay, Marcus Island, Kanashan Bay, Savo Island, Ommaney Bay


Task Unit 77.4.3
6 CVE - Fanshaw Bay, St. Lo, White Plains, Kalinin Bay, Kitkun Bay, Gambier Bay



As far as I can ascertian these are the ones that done most of the work while Halsey done his Bull Run with the heavy carriers of the Third fleet Comprising as follows


ComTHIRD Fleet -- Ad. W.F. Halsey, Jr.
T.F. 38 (V. Ad. M.A. Mitscher in Lexington
T.G. 38.2 -- R. Ad. Bogan
Intrepid (F) (CV)
Cabot (CV)
Independence (CVL)
Biloxi (CL)
Vincennes (CL)
Miami (CL)




TG 38.3 -- R. Ad. Sherman
Essex (F) (CV)
Lexington (FF) (CV)
Langley (CVL)
Santa Fe (CL)
Mobile (CL)
Reno (CL)


T.G. 38.4 -- R. Ad. Davison
Franklin (F) (CV)
Enterprise (CV)
San Jacinto (CVL)
Belleau Wood (CVL)

Might actually know this one.
I'll give it a try.


Task Group One (TG38.1)

Wasp CV18
Hornet CV12
Hancock CV19
Cowpens CVL25
Monterey CVL26

Task Group Two (TG38.2)

Intrepid CV11
Cabot CVL28
Independence CVL22

Task Group Three (TG38.3)

Essex CV9
Lexington CV16
Princeton CVL23 (S)
Langley CVL27

Task Group Four (TG38.4)

Franklin CV13
Enterprise CV6
Belleau Wood CVL24
San Jacinto CVL30

Erin & Jacob....

Close but no banana.

Oh, Blaster, if you do get this, we have to see it in the completed gallery for Leyte Gulf. That's part of the deal.

If we combine the task groups for both the posts above, we have covered every carrier there. Can you be like King Solomon and saw the Yamoto kit in half for us

Actually .....no. Sorry, thank you for playing :-) :-) :-)

Erin, you need to be signed up for the campaign to win.

What campaign is that? I already have abuilt up 1/350 Yamato, what would I want another one for? I'm just here for the sport. Check my modifyied list.

Sorry, still the wrong answer.

OK, all the major carriers (The CV's and CVL's) have been listed. What I didn't see (SURPRISED !!) were the most famous ones. The jeep carriers
TG 38.1
wasp, Hornet, Hancock, and Cowpens and Montery

TG 38.2
Intrepid and Cabot and Independence

TG 38.3
Essex, Lexington (2) and Princeton-which was sunk there

TG 38.4
Enterprise, Franklin, and Bellau Wood and San Jacinto

Taffy 1 CTU 77 4 .1
Petrof Bay ,Sagamon, Chengo, Suwanee, Santee,and Saginaw Bay (left)

Taffy 2 CTU 77 4.2
Manila Bay, Natone Bay, Marcus Island, Ommaney Bay, Savo Island, Kadashaw Bay

and finally
Taffy 3 CTU 77 4.3
Fanshaw Bay, Gambier Bay (sunk),, Kalinen Bay, Kitkin Bay ,St Lo, White PLains

I had to edit this up a bit

Don’t ask me how I missed the other half of the fleet with it being posted already and all.
Oh well.

Great contest Kenny.


Steve good luck.
I know your already planning on building her so I hope your right.

And if not good luck to the rest of you.

Well Steve, taking in to consideration some spelling errors......

We Have A Winner!!!

The pe is on order and should come in this week. PM me your address and we'll get her out to you ASAP.

So, how long did you research the answer?

Looking forward to seeing her built up during the campaign.

Congratulations Steve!

Congratulations, Steve!
Couldn't think of a better shipmate to have a hand at this one, my friend...Good Show!
~Gunny

Well ooray-hey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I spent over 2 1/2hours on the reasearch. Like the others, the big boys were pretty easy to find as was Taffy 3. The hard part was the other 2 Taffy's. I pulled up a site that listed every career of the CVE's. Problem was it only listed the Casablancas. I checked San Bernadino Stairts and all that and finally figured out Samar Island. Tracked an order of battle down for the TF 77 and viola.

This is the first time I have ever won something of significance. I'm still looking to maybe pick up a cheap off-brand of the Yamato that can be built as Musashi for the battle. There is a couple on ebay I'm shooting for. I built the Tamiya kit oob (with pe rails added later) which is fianl configuration in 1945.

Well, off to ebay now....trying to pick up some vintage 1200 scale stuff the Mighty Mo, 'Zona ,the Yamato and (yipee) the Littorio.

Oops missed out TG38 1, but the observant would have picked that up. Well we can't make it too easy for the campaign members when we do some research for them can we

Congratulations blaster76

Believe it or not guys, I did my own research. I literally sat here with 4 books and digging on the internet for 2 and a half hours finding that stuff. I later saw you had gotten most of the Taffy's. I was more interested in the fact that no one had won and I was frantically trying to get my answer in. Everyone else being wrong is why I did my own research as I didn't know what was wrong. Afterwards I looked in detail and saw. Erin was soooooo close. The area he missed, I would have mssed had I not found the order of battle listing, that and when reading operational histories of ALL the Casablanca class CVE's found that the Saginaw Bay had left the battle area a day or so before the action occured.

I just won another 350 scale on line. Cost me $20 and is an off-brand (probably the Academy clone) but this gives me back up parts and the chance to do all three versions of the Yamato. I built the Tamiya kit around 20 years ago. Next bid is for the Lions mark gun tube set this evening. I promise I'll do you all proud on this kit as it has becomevery special to me.

CTG 38.1 Adm. McCain
Carriers
Wasp
Hornet
Monterey
Cowpens
CTG 38.2 Adm. Bogan
Intrepid
Hancock
Bunker Hill
Cabot
Independance
CTG 38.3 Adm. Sherman
Essex
Lexington
Princeton
Langley
CTG 38.4 Adm. Davison
Franklin
Enterprise
Belleau Wood
San Jacinto