Brantly)Ĥ submarine chasers: 3 steel hull, 1 wooden hull 16 landing craft infantry: 9 standard, 5 rocket, 2 gunboat 3 patrol craft escort 1 frigate 3 landing ships medium 2 fleet tugs: Apache, Quapaw San Ricardo Attack Group (Task Group 78.2): Right beaches Rear Admiral W.M. main battery): John Rodgers, Murray, Harrison, McKee Control and Close Support Unit (Capt. Henry Crommelin)Īll Fletcher class (5 × 5-in. Baker)ģ attack transports: Fayette, Ormsby, Leedstown 1 attack cargo ship: Titania 1 cargo ship: Hercules 2 landing ship docks: Epping Forest, Carter Hall Screen (Capt. IrvingĤ attack transports: DuPage, Fuller, Elmore, Wayne 1 transport: John Land 1 attack cargo ship: Aquarius 1 landing ship dock: Gunston Hall Transport Division 6 (Capt. Rear Admiral Barbey Embarking 24th Infantry ("Taro") Division under Maj. Palo Attack Group (Task Group 78.1): Left beaches Barbey in amphibious command ship Blue RidgeĮmbarking X Army Corps under Maj. Roberts ( sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct) Minesweeping and Hydrographic Group (Task Group 77.5) main battery): Hoel ( sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct}), Heermann, Johnston ( sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct) 4 destroyer escortsĪll John C. Huxtable)ġ8 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Screen (Cmdr. Ofstie)ġ4 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Gambier Bay ( sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct) (Capt. Keighley)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 1 TBF Avenger, 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Carrier Division 26 (Rear Adm. Fickenscher)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Kalinin Bay (Capt.
Jones, USMR)ġ7 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers White Plains (Capt. Lo ( sunk at the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct) (Capt. Rogers)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers St. Sprague 6 escort carriers Fanshaw Bay (Capt. Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber "Taffy 3" Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Suesens, Abercrombie, Oberrender, LeRay Wilson, Walter C. main battery): Haggard, Franks, Hailey 5 destroyer escortsĪll John C. Smith)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Screen (Capt. Jackson)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Ommaney Bay (Capt. Dale)ġ5 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Savo Island (Capt. Murray)ġ2 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Kadashan Bay (Capt. Stubbs, USNR)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Carrier Division 27 (Rear Adm. Fitzhugh Lee, III)Ĭomposite Squadron 80 (Lt. Barnes) 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Manila Bay (Capt. Stump 6 escort carriers Natoma Bay (Capt. Butler-class destroyer escort "Taffy 2" Rear Admiral Felix B. Bull, Eversole 1 Buckley-class (3 × 3-in. main battery): McCord, Trathen, Hazelwood 5 destroyer escortsĤ John C. McCauley, USNR)ġ6 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Screen 3 destroyersĪll Fletcher-class (5 × 5-in. Hyde, USNR)ġ5 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Petrof Bay (Capt. Blick)Ģ4 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 6 TBF Avenger, 3 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Carrier Division 28 (Rear Adm. George van Deurs)Ģ2 F6F Hellcat fighters 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Santee (Capt. Feilbach, USNR)Ģ2 F6F Hellcat fighters 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Chenango (Capt. Browder)ġ7 F6F Hellcat fighters 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Suwannee (Capt. Sprague 6 escort carriers Sangamon (Capt. 9 fleet carriers, 8 light carriers, 6 fast battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 7 light cruisers, 3 anti-aircraft light cruisers, 58 destroyers.In case the Imperial Japanese Navy interfered, additional air cover was provided by the fast carriers of the US Third Fleet under the command of Admiral William F.
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