Task Force 67

{{Use American English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} '''Task Force 67''', also called the '''Cactus Strike Force''', was created by [[William Halsey, Jr.]]<ref name=dull/> during [[Guadalcanal Campaign]] of [[World War II]] and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:<ref name=dull>{{cite book|last1=Dull|first1=Paul S.|title=A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941- 1945|date=12 November 2013|page=254|publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=9781612512907|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLfti-Dc1AcC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA254|accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref>

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}} *{{sclass|Northampton|cruiser|0}} [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|Northampton|CA-26|2}}<ref name=dull/> *{{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser **{{USS|Minneapolis|CA-36|2}}<ref name=dull/> **{{USS|New Orleans|CA-32|2}}<ref name=dull/> *{{sclass|Pensacola|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser {{USS|Pensacola|CA-24|2}}<ref name=dull/>

*{{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]] **{{USS|Nashville|CL-43|2}}<ref name=Roscoe210/> **{{USS|Helena|CL-50|2}}<ref name=Roscoe210/> **{{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|2}}<ref name=Roscoe210/> **{{USS|Honolulu|CL-48|2}}<ref name=dull/>

*{{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|0}} [[destroyer]] **{{USS|Fletcher|DD-445|2}}<ref name=dull/> **{{USS|Nicholas|DD-449|2}} **{{USS|O'Bannon|DD-450|2}}<ref name=Roscoe210>{{cite book|last1=Roscoe|first1=Theodore|title=United States Destroyer Operations in World War II|publisher=[[ Naval Institute Press]]|location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]|date=1953|page=210|isbn=9780870217265|accessdate=26 August 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mszT93YXPFMC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA210}}</ref> **{{USS|Strong|DD-467|2}} **{{USS|De Haven|DD-469|2}}

*{{sclass|Mahan|destroyer|2}} **{{USS|Drayton|DD-366|2}}<ref name=dull/> **{{USS|Perkins|DD-377|2}}<ref name=dull/> **{{USS|Lamson|DD-367|2}}<ref name=dull/>

*{{sclass|Gridley|destroyer|2}} {{USS|Maury|DD-401|2}}<ref name=dull/> *{{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer|2}} {{USS|Lardner|DD-487|2}}<ref name=dull/> {{div col end}}

==Battles== *[[Battle of Tassafaronga]]<ref name=Roscoe206>{{cite book|last1=Roscoe|first1=Theodore|title=United States Destroyer Operations in World War II|publisher=[[ Naval Institute Press]]|location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]|date=1953|page=206|isbn=9780870217265|accessdate=26 August 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mszT93YXPFMC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA206-IA2}}</ref> *[[Battle of Munda Point]]<ref name=Roscoe210/>

==Command== * RADM [[Carleton H. Wright]] upon creation<ref name=dull/> * RADM [[Walden L. Ainsworth]] after the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]]<ref name=Roscoe206/>

==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:United States Navy task forces]] {{WWII-stub}} {{US-navy-stub}}