What was the exact path of the Doolittle Raid?
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An action report for the Doolittle raid was prepared by Captain George D. Murray of the USS Enterprise (CV-6), and submitted to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, on 23 April 1942.
Most of what follows has been extracted from that report.
On 8 April 1942 Task Force Sixteen assembled at Pearl Harbor. The task force consisted of the USS Enterprise (CV-6, Flagship), USS Northampton (CA-26), USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Balch (DD-363), USS Benham (DD-397), USS Fanning (DD-385), USS Ellet (DD-398) and USS Sabine (AO-25). Task Force Sixteen was commanded by Vice-Admiral W. F. Halsey, jr.
After landing the Air Group aboard south of Oahu the task force set a westerly, and then a northwesterly, course taking them 30 miles southwest of Nihoa Island.
This course (310° T) was continued with slight modifications until 0600 (Y) on 13 April, when they rendezvoused with Task Force Eighteen at position Latitude 38° 00' North, Longitude 180° 00'.
Task Force Eighteen consisted of the USS Hornet (CV-8, Flagship), USS Vincennes (CA-44), USS Nashville (CL-43), USS Gwin (DD-433), USS Grayson (DD-435), USS Meredith (DD-434), USS Monssen (DD-436) and USS Cimarron (AO-22). Details of the route taken by Task Force Eighteen can be found in the action report, submitted by Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher, of the USS Hornet.
USS Hornet carried the 16 B-25 bombers which would carry out the Doolittle Raid.
The two task forces merged under the designation Task Force 16, and set a course of 265° (T) and a speed of 16 knots towards Japan.
The heavy vessels refuelled on 17 April, when the task force was about 1000 miles east of Tokyo. When refuelling was complete, at 14:39 local time, the core of the task force (2 CV, 3 CA and 1 CL) set a westerly course and speed of approximately 20 knots towards the launch point.
The bombers were launched from the USS Hornet (CV-8) on 18 April between 08:20 and 09:21 local time, approximately 650 miles from Tokyo. The launches are recorded in the Deck Log of the USS Hornet. This would correspond with the approximate position you have of 35°N 154°E.
A comment on the action report notes that a track chart (Enclosure (A)), drawn to the scale of H.O. chart No. 528, was included with the report.
The original is presumably preserved in the US Navy Archives.
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