Editing Task Force 11 (section)

==World War II==
During [[World War II]], Task Force 11 was a [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]] [[task force]] in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific theater]]. After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in December 1941, [[Destroyer Squadron 1]] was attached to the task force, which was under the command of [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[Wilson Brown (admiral)|Wilson Brown]], made up of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Lexington|CV-2}} and the [[heavy cruiser]]s {{USS|Indianapolis|CA-35}}, {{USS|Chicago|CA-29}}, and {{USS|Portland|CA-33}}.<ref name=destroyerhistorydesron1>{{cite web | title= Destroyer Squadron 1 | url= http://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/desron1/ | work= Destroyer History Home Page | publisher=  Destroyer History Foundation | date=  2000–2011 | access-date=6 December 2011}}</ref> On 14 December 1941, after delays due to bad weather, the task force cleared [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], as a diversion for an expedition under [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Frank J. Fletcher]] in the aircraft carrier {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3}} to relieve [[Wake Island]].

Originally formed around ''Lexington'', TF 11 then was formed around her [[sister ship]] ''Saratoga'' until ''Saratoga'' was [[torpedo]]ed and disabled by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[submarine]] {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-6||2}} on 11 January 1942. It then was formed around ''Lexington'' again for the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] in which ''Lexington'' was sunk in early May 1942, then again around ''Saratoga'' after her repairs were completed.

TF 11 – as part of [[Task Force 61]] along with [[Task Force 16]] – was involved in the [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]] in late August 1942, but ''Saratoga'' was again crippled by a [[submarine]], and the task force shrank to just the carrier and some [[destroyer]]s.

In September 1943, TF 11 was reorganized around the [[light aircraft carrier]]s {{USS|Princeton|CVL-23}} and {{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24}} under Rear Admiral [[Willis A. Lee]] and supported landings on [[Baker Island]] and [[Howland Island]]. In early 1944, its task groups TG 11.1 and 11.2, now consisting of [[escort carrier]]s, supported operations in the [[Marshall Islands]].