# Task Force 67

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**Task Force 67**, also called the **Cactus Strike Force**, was created by [William Halsey, Jr.](/source/William_Halsey%2C_Jr.)[1] during [Guadalcanal Campaign](/source/Guadalcanal_Campaign) of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and consisted of several destroyers and cruisers:[1]

- [*Northampton*-class](/source/Northampton-class_cruiser) [heavy cruiser](/source/Heavy_cruiser) [*Northampton*](/source/USS_Northampton_(CA-26))[1]

- [*New Orleans*-class](/source/New_Orleans-class_cruiser) heavy cruiser - [*Minneapolis*](/source/USS_Minneapolis_(CA-36))[1] - [*New Orleans*](/source/USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32))[1]

- [*Pensacola*-class](/source/Pensacola-class_cruiser) heavy cruiser [*Pensacola*](/source/USS_Pensacola_(CA-24))[1]

- [*Brooklyn*-class](/source/Brooklyn-class_cruiser) [light cruiser](/source/Light_cruiser) - [*Nashville*](/source/USS_Nashville_(CL-43))[2] - [*Helena*](/source/USS_Helena_(CL-50))[2] - [*St. Louis*](/source/USS_St._Louis_(CL-49))[2] - [*Honolulu*](/source/USS_Honolulu_(CL-48))[1]

- [*Fletcher*-class](/source/Fletcher-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/Destroyer) - [*Fletcher*](/source/USS_Fletcher_(DD-445))[1] - [*Nicholas*](/source/USS_Nicholas_(DD-449)) - [*O'Bannon*](/source/USS_O'Bannon_(DD-450))[2] - [*Strong*](/source/USS_Strong_(DD-467)) - [*De Haven*](/source/USS_De_Haven_(DD-469))

- [*Mahan*-class](/source/Mahan-class_destroyer) destroyer - [*Drayton*](/source/USS_Drayton_(DD-366))[1] - [*Perkins*](/source/USS_Perkins_(DD-377))[1] - [*Lamson*](/source/USS_Lamson_(DD-367))[1]

- [*Gridley*-class](/source/Gridley-class_destroyer) destroyer [*Maury*](/source/USS_Maury_(DD-401))[1]

- [*Gleaves*-class](/source/Gleaves-class_destroyer) destroyer [*Lardner*](/source/USS_Lardner_(DD-487))[1]

## Battles

- [Battle of Tassafaronga](/source/Battle_of_Tassafaronga)[3]

- [Battle of Munda Point](/source/Battle_of_Munda_Point)[2]

## Command

- RADM [Carleton H. Wright](/source/Carleton_H._Wright) upon creation[1]

- RADM [Walden L. Ainsworth](/source/Walden_L._Ainsworth) after the [Battle of Tassafaronga](/source/Battle_of_Tassafaronga)[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dull_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dull_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dull_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dull_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-dull_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-dull_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-dull_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-dull_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-dull_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-dull_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-dull_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-dull_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-dull_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-dull_1-13) Dull, Paul S. (12 November 2013). [*A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941- 1945*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SLfti-Dc1AcC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA254). Naval Institute Press. p. 254. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781612512907](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781612512907). Retrieved 26 August 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Roscoe210_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Roscoe210_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Roscoe210_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Roscoe210_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Roscoe210_2-4) Roscoe, Theodore (1953). [*United States Destroyer Operations in World War II*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mszT93YXPFMC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA210). [Annapolis, Maryland](/source/Annapolis%2C_Maryland): [Naval Institute Press](/source/Naval_Institute_Press). p. 210. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780870217265](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780870217265). Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Roscoe206_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Roscoe206_3-1) Roscoe, Theodore (1953). [*United States Destroyer Operations in World War II*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mszT93YXPFMC&dq=task%20force%2067&pg=PA206-IA2). [Annapolis, Maryland](/source/Annapolis%2C_Maryland): [Naval Institute Press](/source/Naval_Institute_Press). p. 206. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780870217265](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780870217265). Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

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