Left flank
R. Adm. Oldendorf
Crudiv4
Louisville (F)
Capt. Hurt
Portland
Capt. Settle
Minneapolis
Capt. Slocum
Crudiv12
Rear Admiral R. W.
Hayler
Denver
Capt. Bledsoe
Columbia
Capt. Curts
Sec. 1, Desron 56,
Capt. Smoot
Newcomb
Cdr. Cook
Richard P. Leary Cdr. Habecker
Albert W. Grant
Cdr. Nisewaner
Sec. 2, Desdiv 112
Capt. Conley
Robinson
Cdr.Grantham
Halford
Cdr. Hardy
Bryant
Cdr. High
Sec. 3
Cdr. Boulware
Heywood L. Edwards Cdr.Boulware
Bennion
Cdr. Cooper
Leutze
Cdr. Robbins
Battle Line
R. Adm. G. L. Weyler
Mississippi
Capt. Redfield
Maryland
Capt. Ray
West Virginia
Capt. Wiley
Batdiv2,
R. Adm. Chandler
Tennessee
Capt. Heffernan
California
Capt. Burnett
Pennsylvania
Capt. Martin
Desdiv Xray
Cdr. Hubbard
Claxton
Cdr. Hubbard
Cony
Cdr. Moore
Thorn
Lt. Cdr. Schneider
Aulick
Cdr. Andrew
Sigourney
Lt. Cdr. Hale
Welles
Lt. Cdr. Slaughter
Right Flank
R. Adm. R. S. Berkey
Phoenix
Capt. Duncan
Boise
Capt. Roberts
HMAS Australia Capt. Dechaineux*
Desron 24
Capt. McManes
Hutchins
Cdr. Laning
Daly
Cdr. Visser
Bache
Cdr. Morton
HMAS Arunta
Cdr. Buchanan
Killen
Cdr. Corey
Beale
Cdr. Coffee
Picket Patrol
Capt. Coward
Desron 54
Capt. Coward
Remey Cdr. Fiala
McGowen Cdr. Cox
Melvin Cdr. Atkins
Mertz Cdr. Estabrook
Desron108, Cdr. Phillips
McDermut Cdr. Jennings
Monssen Cdr. Bergin
McNair Cdr McCullough
Task Group 70.1 (MTB Squadrons)
Surigao Strait Patrols
Lt. Cdr. Leeson
In 3 boat sections:
PT #’s 152,130,131,127,128,129,151,146,190,192,191,195,196,194,150,134,132,137,494,497,324,523,524,
526,490,491,493*,495,489,492,327,321,326,320,330,331,328,323,329
At the beachheads, with the transports, would be Nashville with up to 69 destroyers, and 10 frigates. Some of these destroyers became components of Oldendorf’s force, and others had left the area with unloaded transports before the Battle of Surigao Strait.
Japanese Forces
Force C (Van of Southern Force)
Vice Admiral Shoji
Nishimura*
Batdiv2
V. Adm. Nishimura*
Yamashiro* R. Adm. T. Shinoda*
Fuso* R. Adm. M. Ban*
Mogami* Capt. R. Tooma*
Desdiv 4
Capt. Takahashi*
Michishio*
Asagumo*
Yamagumo*
Shigure, from Desron2
Second Striking Force (Rear of Southern
Force)
Vice Admiral Kiyohide
Shima
Crudiv 21
V. Adm. Shima
Nachi Capt. Kanooka
Ashigara Capt. Miura
Desron 1
R. Adm. Kimura
Abukuma* Capt. Hanada*
Desdiv7
Cdr. Iwagami
Akebono
Ushio
Desdiv 18
Capt. Inoue
Kasumi
Shiranuhi*
Desdiv 21
Cdr Ishii*
Wakaba*
Hatsushimo
Hatsuharu
*Lost or killed in this operation.
From "History of United States Naval Operations
in World War II," vol. XII by Samuel Elliot Morison