Aleutian forces before Midway

[Francis Marliere]

Gentlemen,

as far as I understand things,Task Force 8 was created late may 1942 by Adm Nimitz for the defense of the Aleutian Islands. Commanded by Radm Theobald, it amalgamed forces that were already in the theater (USAAF fighters and bombers, Patwing 4, a few submarines, destroyers and patrol boats) and a squadron of cruisers and destroyers that came from Pearl Harbor.
I would like to know how Aleutian Forces (especillay the DD) were organized before the creation of TF8.

Thanks for any help,

Francis Marliere

[aurora]

Because U.S. intelligence had broken the Japanese naval code, Admiral Nimitz had learned by 21 May of Yamamoto's plans, including the Aleutian diversion, the strength of both Yamamoto's and Hosogaya's fleets, and that Hosogaya would open the fight on 1 June or shortly thereafter. Nimitz decided to confront both enemy fleets, retaining his three aircraft carriers for the Midway battle while sending a third of his surface fleet (Task Force 8) under Rear Adm. Robert A. Theobald to defend Alaska. Theobald was ordered to hold Dutch Harbor, a small naval facility in the eastern Aleutians, at all costs and to prevent the Japanese from gaining a foothold in Alaska.

Theobald's task force of 5 cruisers, 14 destroyers, and 6 submarines quietly left Pearl Harbor on 25 May to take a position in the Alaskan Sea 400 miles off Kodiak Island, there to wait for the arrival of Hosogaya's fleet. In the meantime Theobald established his headquarters on Kodiak and met with Maj. Gen. (later Lt. Gen.) Simon B. Buckner, Jr., the commander of the Army's Alaska Defense Command.

http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/aleut/aleut.htm