Imperial Japanese Naval Forces (IJN)

TA Operation No. 3—Admiral Mikio Hayakawa
Comdesron 2, 2nd Fleet
DD Shimakaze(F)*—Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai
Desdiv 31, Desron 2, 2nd Fleet
DD Naganami*—Lt. Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tobita
DD Asashimo—Lt. Cmdr. Yoshirou Sugihara
Desdiv 32, Desron 2, 2nd Fleet—Captain Ichitaro Oshima
DD Hamanami*—Cmdr. Masayoshi Motokura
Assignment unknown
DD Wakatsuki*—Cmdr. Yasuatsu Suzuki

MS No. 30*
SC No. 46

Convoy
TR Celebes Maru* (grounded off Bondoc Peninsula)
TR Taizan Maru*
TR Mikasa Maru*
TR Seiho Maru*
TR Tensho Maru*
Convoy was carrying 2,000 men of the 26th Army Division and 6,000 tons of munitions

United States Naval Forces (USN)

PT 321
PT 324

TF 38—Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman (temporary command)
TF 38.1—Rear Admiral Montgomery
CV  Hornet
CVL  Monterey
CVL Cowpens
no documentation of escorts

TF 38.3—Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman
CV Essex
CV Ticonderoga
CVL Langley
no documentation of escorts

TF 38.4—Rear Admiral Davison
CV  Enterprise
CVL San Jacinto
no documentation of escorts

USN Aircraft flew almost 350 sorties against TA Operation No. 3.

Sources:
1. Nihon Kaigun Website @ http://www.combinedfleet.com/ see Allyn D. Nevitt’s Long Lancers section with article ‘TA Operations to Leyte, Part II’.
2. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen.