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For the April 1945 invasion of Okinawa (Allied codename: Operation ''Iceberg''), the Allies assembled the most powerful naval force in history. Since the few remaining capital ships of the
Imperial Japanese The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent forma ...
Combined Fleet The was the main sea-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Until 1933, the Combined Fleet was not a permanent organization, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units norm ...
had been sunk or otherwise put out of action at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Allies were effectively unopposed in terms of major surface vessels; a single mission consisting of the superbattleship and a few escorts was undertaken, but the task force did not get within of the invasion area. The main Japanese naval opposition within the invasion area came from hundreds of Imperial Japanese Navy s and Maru-Ni Imperial Japanese Army attack boats. Since the Japanese air arm had been equally decimated by this point in the war, the lack of trained and experienced pilots led them to deploy the ''
kamikaze , officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending t ...
'' extensively in the waters off
Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...
. US Navy combat ships:
11 fleet carriers, 6
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s, 22 escort carriers, 8
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s, 10 old battleships, 2 large cruisers, 12
heavy cruiser The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval T ...
s, 13
light cruiser A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to th ...
s, 4 anti-aircraft
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s, 132 destroyers, 45
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s Amphibious assault vessels:
84
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, LSMs, LSTs, LSVs, etc. Auxiliaries:
52 submarine chasers, 23 fast
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s, 69 minesweepers, 11
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, etc. Royal Navy combat ships:
5 fleet carriers, 2 battleships, 7 light cruisers, 14 destroyers ''Losses''
The smaller ships were least able to withstand damage from ''kamikaze'' attacks. * 12 to ''kamikaze'': , , , , , , , , , , , * 2 to mines: , * 1 to collision:


Allied command structure


Naval

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(CINCPOA) and Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) were both exercised by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from his headquarters at
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. Since the "Big Blue Fleet" was at this time under the command of Admiral
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aboard his flagship , the force was designated Fifth Fleet. (It had been Third Fleet until Spruance relieved Admiral
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in January, as part of the "alternating command" system). The ships and troops of Operation ''Iceberg'' were under direct operational command of Rear Admiral
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aboard amphibious command ship .


Ground troops

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, but the only one to die by enemy action. On 18 June, Buckner was visiting a forward observation post when a Japanese artillery shell struck a coral outcropping, fragments of which struck Buckner in the chest. Command of Tenth Army passed to Marine Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger.
United States Tenth Army (Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. (KIA)) :
Tactical Air Force, Tenth Army The Tactical Air Force, Tenth Army (TAF) was a joint aviation command of the Tenth United States Army that was responsible for commanding all land-based aviation and aviation command and control units during the Battle of Okinawa. The TAF's headqu ...
- MajGen Francis P. Mulcahy/MajGen Louis E. Woods : III Amphibious Corps (Maj. Gen.
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) :: Left beaches: 6th Marine Division (Maj. Gen.
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(Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle) : XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen.
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) :: Left beaches: 7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division (Maj. Gen. A.V. Arnold) :: Right beaches: 96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division (Maj. Gen. J.L. Bradley) :: Landed L+8: 27th Infantry ("New York") Division (Maj. Gen. G.W. Griner, Jr.)


Allied amphibious forces


Joint Expeditionary Force (Task Force 51)

Vice Admiral
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in amphibious command ship ''
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), Major General Thomas E. Watson, USMC :: Transport Squadron 15 ::: 5 attack transports: '' Bayfield'', '' Mellette'', '' Hendry'', '' Sibley'', '' Berrien'' ::: 3 attack cargos: '' Shoshone'', '' Theenim'', ''
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Northern Attack Force (Task Force 53)

Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider in amphibious command ship '' Panamint''
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'', '' Arthur Middleton'', '' Catron'' ::: 2 attack cargos: '' Caswell'', '' Devosa'' :: Transport Division 36 ::: 5 attack transports: ''
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'', '' White Marsh'' : Northern Tractor Flotilla (Task Group 53.3) : Capt. J. S. Laidlaw :: Tractor Group "Able": 16 LSTs carrying 6 LCTs, 22 pontoon barges and 6 pontoon causeways; 7 LSMs :: Tractor Group "Baker": 16 LSTs carrying 10 LCTs, 16 pontoon barges and 6 pontoon causeways :: Tractor Group "Charlie": 14 LSTs carrying 20 pontoon barges; 8 LSMs :: Northern Control Group: 18 submarine chasers (4 steel hull, 9 wooden hull, 5 sweeper type), Northern Beach Party : Northern Attack Force Screen (Task Group 53.6) : Captain J. H. Wellings :: 13 destroyers ::: 2 (6 x 5-in. main battery): ''
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'', '' Mustin'', '' Russell'' :: 5 destroyer escorts ::: 4 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Gendreau'', '' Fieberling'', '' William C. Cole'', '' Paul G. Baker'' ::: 1 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Bebas'' :: 2 destroyer transports: '' Charles Lawrence'', '' Roper'' :: 3 submarine chasers (2 escort type, 1 wooden hull) : Northern Defense Group (Task Group 53.7) : Capt. W. W. Weeden : Embarking Marine Corps support units and high priority cargo: 21 LSTs carrying LCT and pontoon causeways :: 2 oil storage ships: '' Elk'', '' Camel'' :: 1 (3 x 3-in. main battery) destroyer escort: '' Fair'' :: 2 submarine chasers (wooden hull), 7 motor minesweepers


Southern Attack Force (Task Force 55)

Rear Admiral
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in amphibious command ship '' Teton''
Embarking XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen.
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'' :: Tractor Group "Dog" ::: 16 LSTs, 12 LSMs, 2
LCIs Lobular carcinoma ''in situ'' (LCIS) is an incidental microscopic finding with characteristic cellular morphology and multifocal tissue patterns. The condition is a laboratory diagnosis and refers to unusual cells in the lobules of the breast. Th ...
:: Tractor Group "Fox" ::: 14 LSTs carrying LCTs and pontoon barges, 10 LSMs : Transport Group "Easy" (Task Group 55.2) : Commodore C.G. Richardson : Embarking 96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division (Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley, USA) :: Transport Division 40 ::: 4 attack transports: '' Mendocino'', ''
Sarasota Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sou ...
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Haskell Haskell () is a general-purpose, statically-typed, purely functional programming language with type inference and lazy evaluation. Designed for teaching, research and industrial applications, Haskell has pioneered a number of programming lan ...
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Capricornus Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half f ...
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landing ship dock A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. Some ships with well decks, such as the Soviet Ivan Rogov class, also hav ...
: '' Lindenwald'' :: Transport Division 41 ::: 4 attack transports: '' Olmstead'', '' La Porte'', '' Fond du Lac'', ''
Banner A banner can be a flag or another piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or another message. A flag whose design is the same as the shield in a coat of arms (but usually in a square or rectangular shape) is called a banner of arms. Als ...
'' ::: 2 attack cargos: '' Diphda'', '' Uvalde'' :: Transport Division 42 ::: 4 attack transports: '' Neshoba'', ''
Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
'', '' Latimer'', '' Edgecombe'' ::: 1 attack cargo: ''
Virgo Virgo may refer to: *Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac * Virgo (constellation), a constellation *Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo *Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy * Virgo Su ...
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landing ship dock A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. Some ships with well decks, such as the Soviet Ivan Rogov class, also hav ...
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Gunston Hall Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 as the main residence and headquarters of a plantation, the house was the home of the United State ...
'' :: Transport Division 14 ::: 4 attack transports: '' Allendale'', '' Meriwether'', ''
Menard Menard may refer to: Places Canada *Menard River, a tributary of the Wawagosic River in Quebec, Canada United States * Menard County, Illinois ** Menard, Illinois * Menard County, Texas ** Menard, Texas * Menard–Hodges site, archaeological s ...
'', '' Kenton'' ::: 1 attack cargo: '' Achernar'' ::: Tractor Group "Easy": 23 LSTs, 5 LSMs ::: Beach Party "Easy", Southern Beach Party ::: 15 submarine chasers: 4 steel hull, 7 wooden hull, 4 sweeper type ::: 17 LCS(L)s, 6 LSM(R)s : Screen (Task Group 55.6) : Captain E.W. Young :: 13 destroyers ::: 4 (6 x 5-in. main battery): ''
Hyman Surname Hyman is the surname of: * Alan Hyman (1910–1999), author and screenwriter * Alexander C. Hyman (Born 1993), American Businessman * Albert Hyman (1893–1972), co-inventor of the artificial pacemaker * Anthony Hyman (disambiguation), s ...
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Wadsworth Wadsworth may refer to: People * Wadsworth (surname) * Wadsworth (given name) Places * Wadsworth, Illinois, United States, a village * Wadsworth, Kansas, United States * Wadsworth, Nevada, United States, a census-designated place * Wadswo ...
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Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...
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Bush Bush commonly refers to: * Shrub, a small or medium woody plant Bush, Bushes, or the bush may also refer to: People * Bush (surname), including any of several people with that name **Bush family, a prominent American family that includes: *** ...
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Rooks Rook (''Corvus frugilegus'') is a bird of the corvid family. Rook or rooks may also refer to: Games *Rook (chess), a piece in chess *Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game Military *Sukhoi Su-25 or Rook, a close air support aircraft * USS ...
'' :: 6 destroyer escorts ::: 2 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Crouter'', '' Carlson'', ::: 2 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Damon M. Cummings'', '' Vammen'' ::: 1 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' O'Neill'' ::: 1 (2 x 5-in. main battery): '' Walter C. Wann'' :: 1 destroyer transport ::: ''
Sims Sims, sims or SIMS may refer to: Games * ''The Sims'', a life simulation video game series ** ''The Sims'' (video game), the first installment, released in 2000 ** ''The Sims 2'', the second installment, released in 2004 ** '' The Sims 3'', th ...
'' : Southern Defense Group (Task Group 55.7) : Commander B.T. Zelenka :: 1 destroyer escort: '' Manlove'' :: 1 destroyer transport: '' Stringham'' :: 34 LSTs, 14 LSMs, 6 motor minesweepers, 2
LCIs Lobular carcinoma ''in situ'' (LCIS) is an incidental microscopic finding with characteristic cellular morphology and multifocal tissue patterns. The condition is a laboratory diagnosis and refers to unusual cells in the lobules of the breast. Th ...
'' :: 1 oil storage ship: '' Grumium''


Expeditionary Troops (Task Force 56)

Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., USA (KIA 18 June)
Consisting of United States Tenth Army
: ''Northern Landing Area'' :: III Amphibious Corps (Embarked in Task Force 53) :: Maj. Gen.
Roy S. Geiger General Roy Stanley Geiger (January 25, 1885 – January 23, 1947) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War I and World War II. In World War II, he became the first Marine Corps general to lead a field army. Geig ...
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Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Lemuel Cornick Shepherd Jr. (February 10, 1896 – August 6, 1990) was a four-star general of the United States Marine Corps. A veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, he was the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps. As Co ...
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1st Marine Division The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF). It is th ...
(Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle, USMC) : ''Southern Landing Area'' :: XXIV Army Corps (Embarked in Task Force 55) :: Maj. Gen.
John R. Hodge General John Reed Hodge (June 12, 1893 – November 12, 1963) was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army. His final assignment before retiring was as Chief of Army Field Forces from 1952 to 1953. Early life and career Born ...
, USA ::: Left beaches: 7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division (Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold, USA) ::: Right beaches: 96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division (Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley, USA) ::: Landed L+8: 27th Infantry ("New York") Division (Maj. Gen. George W. Griner, Jr., USA) : ''Western Islands'' :: Landed L+26: 77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division and one Marine BLT (Maj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce, USA)


Allied combat ships


Amphibious Support Forces (Task Force 52)

Rear Admiral William H.P. Blandy in amphibious command ship ''
Estes Estes is an English-language surname said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East" (literally, "East's"). As a surname, it has been traced to southern Kent, as early as the mid-15th century, Nicholas Estes (Ewstas, Esteuzi) b. ...
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: Support Carrier Group (Task Group 52.1) : Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin :: Unit One :: Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague ::: 7 escort carriers :::: '' Makin Island'' (Capts. W.B. Whaley and I.E. Hobbs) ::::: ''VC-84'' (Lt. D.K. English, USNR), 27 aircraft ::::: 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Fanshaw Bay'' (Capt. M.E. Arnold) ::::: ''VOC-2'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.M. Allison), 30 aircraft ::::: 24 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Lunga Point Lunga Point is a promontory on the northern coast of Guadalcanal, the site of a naval battle during World War II. It was also the name of a nearby airfield, later named Henderson Field. is also the name of a United States Navy escort carrier t ...
'' (Capt. G.A.T. Washburn) ::::: ''VC-85'' (Lt. Cmdr. F.C. Herriman), 30 aircraft ::::: 18 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Sangamon'' (Capts. M.E. Browder and A.I. Malstrom) ::::: ''Air Group 33'' (Cmdr. F.B. Gilkeson), 30 aircraft ::::: 24
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Natoma Bay'' (Capts. Albert K. Morehouse and B.B. Nichol) ::::: ''VC-81'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.B. Morton, USNR), 32 aircraft ::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Savo Island Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the southwest South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. It is about from the capital Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, i ...
'' (Capt. W.D. Anderson) ::::: ''VC-91'' (Lt. F.M. Blanchard, USNR), 35 aircraft ::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Anzio Anzio (, also , ) is a town and ''comune'' on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome. Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands ...
'' (Capt. G.C. Montgomery) ::::: ''VC-13'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.P. Williams, USNR), 24 aircraft ::::: 12 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: Screen (Commander J.C. Zahm) :::: 6 destroyers ::::: 1 (6 x 5-in. main battery): '' Ingraham'' ::::: 3 (5 x 5-in. main battery): ''
Boyd Boyd may refer to: Places Canada * Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario * Boyd Lake (disambiguation) United States * Boyd County (disambiguation) * Boyd, Indiana * Boyd, Iowa * Boyd, Kansas * B ...
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Hart Hart often refers to: * Hart (deer) Hart may also refer to: Organizations * Hart Racing Engines, a former Formula One engine manufacturer * Hart Skis, US ski manufacturer * Hart Stores, a Canadian chain of department stores * Hart's Reptile Wo ...
'' ::::: 2 (4 x 5-in. main battery): '' Bagley'', ''
Patterson Patterson may refer to: People * Patterson (surname) Places ;Canada * Pattersons Corners, Ontario *Patterson Township, Ontario *Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta. ;United States of America * Patterson, Arkansas *Patterson, C ...
'' :::: 11 destroyer escorts ::::: 9 (2 x 5-in. main battery): '' Lawrence C. Taylor'', '' Melvin R. Nawman'', ''
Oliver Mitchell : ''For other ships with a similar name see USS Mitchell.'' USS ''Oliver Mitchell'' (DE-417) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. Post-war, after active participation in the Pacific War, her crew returned home with five ba ...
'', '' Robert F. Keller'', '' Tabberer'', '' Richard M. Rowell'', '' Richard S. Bull'', '' Dennis'', '' O'Flaherty'' ::::: 2 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Sederstrom'', '' Fleming'' :: Unit Two :: Rear Admiral Felix B. Stump ::: 7 escort carriers :::: '' Saginaw Bay'' (Capts. F.C. Sutton and Robert Goldwaite) ::::: ''VC-88'' (Lt. E.L. Kemp, USNR), 32 aircraft ::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Sargent Bay'' (Capt. R.M. Oliver) ::::: ''VC-83'' (Lt. Cmdr. B.V. Gates (KIA) and Lt. M.S. Worley, USNR), 28 aircraft ::::: 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Rudyerd Bay'' (Capts. C.S. Smiley and J.G. Foster) ::::: ''VC-96'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.S. Woollen, USNR), 31 aircraft ::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Marcus Island , also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight l ...
'' (Capt. H.V. Hopkins) ::::: ''VC-87'' (Lt. H.N. Heisel), 32 aircraft ::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Petrof Bay'' (Capt. R.S. Clarke) ::::: ''VC-93'' (Lt. Cmdr. C.P. Smith), 28 aircraft ::::: 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Tulagi Tulagi, less commonly known as Tulaghi, is a small island——in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of the same name on the island (pop. 1,750) was the capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1 ...
'' (Capts. J.C. Cronin & W.V. Davis) ::::: ''VC-92'' (Lt. Cmdr. J.B. Wallace), 31 aircraft ::::: 19 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: ''
Wake Island Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of T ...
'' (Capt. A.V. Magly) ::::: ''VOC-1'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.F. Bringie), 32 aircraft ::::: 26 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 6 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: Screen (Captain G.P. Hunter) :::: 4 destroyers ::::: 1 (6 x 5-in. main battery): '' Lowry'' ::::: 3 (5 x 5-in. main battery): '' Capps'', ''
Evans Evans may refer to: People *Evans (surname) *List of people with surname Evans Places United States *Evans Island, an island of Alaska *Evans, Colorado *Evans, Georgia *Evans County, Georgia *Evans, New York *Evans Mills, New York *Evans City, ...
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John D. Henley Captain John Dandridge Henley (25 February 1781 – 23 May 1835) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. Early life Henley was born 25 February 1781 at Williamsburg, Virginia, the son of ...
'' :::: 6 destroyer escorts ::::: 4 (2 x 5-in. main battery): '' William Seiverling'', ''
Ulvert M. Moore USS ''Ulvert M. Moore'' (DE-442) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket. ...
'' (Lt. Cmdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., USNR), '' Kendall C. Campbell'', '' Goss'' ::::: 2 (3 x 3-in. main battery): '' Tisdale'', '' Eisele'' :: Unit Three :: Rear Admiral William D. Sample ::: 4 escort carriers :::: '' Suwannee'' (Capt. D.S. Cornwell) ::::: ''Air Group 40'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.D. Sampson (KIA) and Lt. Cmdr. J.C. Longino), 27 aircraft ::::: 17
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Chenango'' (Capts. George van Deurs and
Harry D. Felt Admiral Harry Donald Felt (June 21, 1902 – February 25, 1992) was an United States Naval Aviator, aviator in the United States Navy who led U.S. carrier strikes during World War II and later served as commander in chief of United Stat ...
) ::::: ''Air Group 25'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.W. Robinson (KIA), Lt. B. Phillips and Lt. Cmdr. P.M. Paul), 30 aircraft ::::: 18
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Santee'' (Capt. J.V. Peterson) ::::: ''Air Group 24'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.J. Ostrom (KIA) and Lt. P.N. Charbonnet), 30 aircraft ::::: 18
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::: '' Steamer Bay'' (Capt. J.B. Paschal) ::::: ''VC-90'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.A. O'Neill), 31 aircraft ::::: 19 FM-2 Wildcat fighters ::::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: Screen (Captain Alvin Duke Chandler) :::: 5 destroyers ::::: 1 (6 x 5-in. main battery): '' Drexler'' ::::: 3 (5 x 5-in. main battery): '' Metcalf'', '' Fullam'', '' Guest'' ::::: 1 (4 x 5-in. main battery): ''
Helm Helm may refer to: Common meanings * a ship's steering mechanism; see tiller and ship's wheel * another term for helmsman * an archaic term for a helmet, used as armor Arts and entertainment * Matt Helm, a character created by Donald Hamilton * ...
'' :::: 2 destroyer escorts ::::: 2 (2 x 5-in. main battery): '' John C. Butler'', ''
Edmonds Edmonds may refer to: * Edmonds (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the surname) * Edmonds, Washington, a city in Washington, US ** Edmonds station (Washington), a passenger train station in Washington, US * Edmonds station (SkyTr ...
'' :: Special Escort Carrier Group :: Captain C.L. Lee (arriving 4 April) ::: 4 escort carriers :::: '' Hollandia'' (Capt. Lee) :::: '' White Plains'' (Capt. D.J. Sullivan and Frederick Funke) :::: '' Sitkoh Bay'' (Capts. R.G. Lockhart and J.P. Walker) :::: ''
Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...
'' (Capt. Frank Obeirne) ::::: Marine Air Group 31 (Col. John C. Munn, USMC) ::::: Marine Air Group 33 (Col. W. E. Dickey, USMC) :::::: 192
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
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F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters to operate from Okinawa airfields ::: Screen (Commander R.A. Wilhelm, USNR) :::: 4 destroyer transports: '' Kilty'', '' Manley'', '' George E. Badger'', ''
Greene Greene may refer to: Places United States *Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community *Greene, Iowa, a city *Greene, Maine, a town ** Greene (CDP), Maine, in the town of Greene *Greene (town), New York ** Greene (village), New York, in the town ...
'' : Mine Flotilla (Task Group 52.2) : Rear Admiral Alexander Sharp and Captain R. P. Whitemarsh in '' Terror'' :: Destroyer Minesweeper Group (Task Group 52.3) :: Capt. R.A. Larkin ::: 13 fast minesweepers (ex-destroyers): '' Forrest'', '' Hobson'', '' Macomb'', '' Dorsey'', ''
Hopkins Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". ''Hob'' was a diminutive of ''Robert'', itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name ''Hrod-berht'', translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spell ...
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Ellyson Ellyson may refer to: * Edgar Ellyson (1869–1954), minister * Henry Keeling Ellyson (1923–1890), Virginia newspaperman, father of James Taylor Ellyson, grandfather of Theodore Gordon Ellyson. * James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), politician * ...
'', '' Hambleton'', '' Rodman'', '' Emmons'', '' Butler'', '' Gherardi'', '' Jeffers'', '' Harding'' ::: 3 fast minelayers (ex-destroyers): '' Gwin'', ''
Lindsey Lindsey may refer to : Places Canada * Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia England * Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 ** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, ...
'', '' Aaron Ward'' :: Minesweeper Group One (Task Group 52.4) :: Captain T.F. Donohue ::: 18 minesweepers: ''
Champion A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...
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Heed Heed or HEED may refer to: People * Anneli Heed (born 1978), Swedish stand-up comedian impersonator and voice actress * John Clifford Heed (1862–1908), American composer and musician * Jonas Heed (born 1967), Swedish former professional ice ho ...
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Sage Sage or SAGE may refer to: Plants * ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb ** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family ** ''Salvia'', a large ...
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Skylark ''Alauda'' is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are ...
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Starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The Sturnidae are named for the genus '' Sturnus'', which in turn comes from the Latin word for starling, ''sturnus''. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, ...
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Swallow The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The ...
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Spear A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fasten ...
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Triumph The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectl ...
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Vigilance Vigilance may refer to: * Alertness * Vigilance, a creature ability in the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game * ''Vigilance'' (album), by Threat Signal * Vigilance (behavioural ecology), the watchfulness of prey for nearby predator ...
'' ::: 4 fast minelayers (ex-destroyers): '' Adams'', '' Tolman'', '' Henry A. Wiley'', '' Shea'' ::: 3 submarine chasers (steel hull): PC-1128, PC-1179, PC-1598 :: Minesweeper Group Two (Task Group 52.5) :: Captain L. F. Freiburghouse ::: 18 minesweepers: ''
Skirmish Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line, an i ...
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Spectacle In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French ''spectacle'', itself a reflection of the ...
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Spector Spector is a guitar manufacturing company. It has been based in Woodstock, New York Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States, in the northern part of the county, northwest of Kingston, NY. It lies within the borders ...
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Shelter Shelter is a small building giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger. Shelter may also refer to: Places * Port Shelter, Hong Kong * Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations * Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locatio ...
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Strength Strength may refer to: Physical strength *Physical strength, as in people or animals * Hysterical strength, extreme strength occurring when people are in life-and-death situations *Superhuman strength, great physical strength far above human c ...
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Density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...
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Rebel A rebel is a participant in a rebellion. Rebel or rebels may also refer to: People * Rebel (given name) * Rebel (surname) * Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution * American Southerners, as a form of self-identification; ...
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Recruit __NOTOC__ Recruit can refer to: Military * Military recruitment * Recruit training, in the military * '' Rekrut'' (English: Recruit), a military recruit or low rank in German-speaking countries * Seaman recruit Books *''Le Réquisitionnaire'' (E ...
'' ::: 2 fast minelayers (ex-destroyers): '' Tracy'', '' J. William Ditter'' ::: 3 motor gunboats (steel hull): PGM-9, PGM-10, PGM-11 :: Reserve Sweep Group (Task Group 52.7) :: Cmdrs. E.D. McEathron and J.W. Wyckoff ::: 6 minesweepers: ''
Buoyant Buoyancy (), or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus the pr ...
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Design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...
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Execute Execute, in capital punishment, is to put someone to death. Execute may also refer to: * Execution (computing), the running of a computer program * ''Execute'' (album), a 2001 Garage hip-hop album by Oxide & Neutrino * USS ''Execute'' (AM-232), a ...
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Dour Dour (; pcd, Doû) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 16,810 inhabitants. The total area is 33.32 km2, giving a population density of 505 inhabitants per km2. ...
'' :::: 8 minesweepers: '' Chief'', '' Competent'', '' Token'', ''
Zeal Zeal may refer to: * Zealotry, fanaticism ** Zeal of the convert * Diligence, the theological virtue opposite to acedia * Zeal (horse), race horse * Zeal (surname) * Zeal (web), an internet directory * Zeal Monachorum, a village in Devon * Sout ...
'', '' Strive'', '' Oracle'', ''
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'', '' Prevail'' ::: 14 motor minesweepers ::: 4 destroyer transports with sweep gear-equipped landing craft personnel, ramped (LCP(R)s) embarked: ''
Reeves Reeves may refer to: People * Reeves (surname) * B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956), American director, actor and screenwriter * Reeves Nelson (born 1991), American basketball player Places ;Ireland * Reeves, County Kildare, townland in County K ...
'', '' Daniel T. Griffin'', '' Waters'', ''
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'' ::: 2 minelayers: ''
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'', '' Monadnock'' ::: 1 repair ship: ''
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'' :: Net and Buoy Group (Task Group 52.8) :: Cmdr. G. C. King, USNR ::: 9 s: '' Snowbell'', ''
Terebinth ''Pistacia terebinthus'' also called the terebinth and the turpentine tree, is a deciduous tree species of the genus ''Pistacia'', native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco and Portugal to Greece and western and s ...
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'', '' Pinon'' ::: 3 s: '' Mahogany'', '' Aloe'', '' Chinquapin'' ::: 1 mine and net laying ship: '' Keokuk'' ::: 2 net cargo ships: '' Sagittarius'', '' Tuscana''


Gunfire and Covering Force (Task Force 54)

Rear Admiral
Morton L. Deyo Vice Admiral (United States), Vice Admiral Morton Lyndholm Deyo (1 July 1887 – 10 November 1973) was an officer in the United States Navy, who was a naval gunfire support task force commander of World War II. Born on 1 July 1887 in Poughkeepsie, ...
in battleship : Unit One (Rear Admiral Peter K. Fischler) :: 2 battleships: , :: 1 heavy cruiser: :: 4 destroyers: , , , : Unit Two (Rear Admiral C. Turner Joy) :: 2 battleships: , :: 2 heavy cruisers: , :: 3 destroyers: , , :: 1 : : Unit Three (Rear Admiral
Bertram J. Rodgers Bertram Joseph Rodgers (March 18, 1894 – November 30, 1983) was a highly decorated Vice Admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He received his Navy Cross as a Captain of USS ''Salt Lake City'' in the battle of the Komando ...
) :: 2 battleships: , :: 1 heavy cruiser: :: 2 light cruisers: , :: 4 destroyers: , , , :: 1 destroyer: : Unit Four (Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick) :: 2 battleships: , :: 2 heavy cruisers: , :: :: 5 destroyers: , , , , : Unit Five (Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith) :: Battleship Division 3 (George L. Weyler): 2 battleships: , :: Cruiser Division 5 (Allan E. Smith): 2 heavy cruisers: , :: Destroyer Squadron 56 ( Roland N. Smoot): 5 destroyers: , , , , : Unit Six (Commander W.B. Hinds, USNR) :: 2 destroyer escorts: , :: 6 destroyer escorts: , , , , , : Reported to TF 54 after L-day :: 1 battleship: :: 1 heavy cruiser: :: :: 1 destroyer: :: 1 fast minesweeper:


British Carrier Force (Task Force 57)

Vice Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings, RN : First Aircraft Carrier Squadron (Task Group 57.2) : Rear Admiral Sir Philip L. Vian, RN :: 5 fleet carriers ::: (Capt. J.A.S. Eccles, RN), 44 aircraft :::: 29
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters :::: 15
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. M.M. Denny, RN), 53 aircraft :::: 37
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters :::: 14
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers :::: 2 Supermarine Walrus scout planes ::: (Capt. C.E. Lambe, RN), 52 aircraft :::: 36
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters :::: 16
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. Q.D. Graham, RN), 69 aircraft :::: 40 Supermarine Seafire fighters :::: 20
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers :::: 9
Fairey Firefly The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). It was developed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Avia ...
fighters ::: (Capt. P. Ruck-Keene, RN), 43 aircraft :::: 28
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters :::: 15
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers : First Battle Squadron (Task Group 57.1) : Vice Admiral Rawlings :: 2 battleships ::: (10 x 14 in. main battery) ::: (10 x 14 in. main battery) : Fourth Cruiser Squadron (Task Group 57.4) : Rear Admiral E.J.P. Brind :: 7 light cruisers ::: 2 (12 x 6 in. main battery): , ::: 1 (9 x 6 in. main battery): ::: 1 (8 x 6 in. main battery): ::: 3 (10 x 5.25 in. main battery): , , : Screen (Task Group 57.8) : Rear Admiral J.H. Edelston :: 4th Destroyer Flotilla :: 24th Destroyer Flotilla :: 25th Destroyer Flotilla :: 27th Destroyer Flotilla : British Fleet Train (Task Force 112) : Rear Admiral D.B. Fisher, RN : 70+ auxiliaries including repair ships, oilers, minesweepers, hospital ships, etc.


Fast Carrier Force The Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38 when assigned to Third Fleet, TF 58 when assigned to Fifth Fleet), was the main striking force of the United States Navy in the Pacific War from January 1944 through the end of the war in August 1945. The tas ...
(Task Force 58)

Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher in fleet carrier ' : Task Group 58.1 : Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark :: 3 fleet carriers ::: ''Hornet'' (Capt. Austin K. Doyle) :::: ''Air Group 17'' (Cmdr. E.G. Konrad), 101 aircraft ::::: VF-17: 71
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-17: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-17: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: ''Wasp'' (Capts. O.A. Weller and W.G. Switzer) :::: ''Air Group 86'' (Cmdr. G.R. Luker), 100 aircraft ::::: VBF-86: 36
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VF-86: 34
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-86: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-86: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: ''Bennington'' (Capts. J.B. Sykes and B.L. Braun) :::: ''Air Group 82'' (Cmdr. G.L. Heap), 92 aircraft ::::: VF-82: 37
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-82: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-82: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::::: VMF-112: 18
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VMF-123: 17
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capts. John Perry and W.G. Tomlinson) :::: ''Air Group 30'' (Lt. Cmdr. D.A. Clark), 34 aircraft ::::: VF-30: 25
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-30: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. M.H. Kernodle) :::: ''Air Group 45'' (Cmdr. G.E. Schecter), 34 aircraft ::::: VF-45: 25
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-45: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: Battleship Division 8 (Rear Admiral
John F. Shafroth Jr. John Franklin Shafroth Jr. (March 31, 1887 – September 1, 1967) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. He distinguished himself as Commander of destroyer USS ''Terry'' during World War I and re ...
) ::: 3 fast battleships :::: (Capts. C.F. Stillman and
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) - flagship :::: (Capts. W.W. Warlick and John R. Redman) :::: (Capts. T.J. Keliher and Francis P. Old) :: Cruiser Division 10 (Rear Admiral Lloyd J. Wiltse) ::: 2 heavy cruisers :::: (Capt. C.K. Fink) :::: (Capt. John E. Gingrich) :: Cruiser Division 14 (Rear Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting) ::: 3 light cruisers :::: ''
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'' (Capt. W.G. Lalor) :::: ''
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'' (Capt. Thomas H. Binford) :::: ''
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'' (Capt. W.C. Vose) ::: 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser :::: (Capts. J.F. Donovan and G.H. Bahm) :: Screen ::: 21 destroyers :::: 9 (6 x 5-in. main battery): '' Dehaven'', '' Mansfield'', '' Lyman K. Swenson'', '' Collett'', '' Maddox'', ''
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'', '' Brush'', '' Taussig'', '' Samuel N. Moore'' :::: 12 (5 x 5-in. main battery): '' Wedderburn'', '' Twining'', '' Stockham'', ''
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'', '' McKee'', ''
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'', '' Dashiell'' : Task Group 58.2 : Rear Admirals Ralph E. Davison and Gerald F. Bogan :: 3 fleet carriers ::: ''
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'' (Capt. Grover B. H. Hall) :::: ''Night Air Group 90'' (Cmdr. W.I. Martin), 53 aircraft ::::: VFN-90: 32
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VTN-90: 21 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. Leslie E. Gehres) :::: ''Air Group 5'' (Cmdr. E.B. Parker Jr.), 107 aircraft ::::: VF-5: 19
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-5: 8
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
, 11 SBW Helldiver dive bombers ::::: VT-5: 6
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
, 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :::::
VMF-214 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 (VMFA-214) is a United States Marine Corps attack squadron consisting of Lockheed Martin F-35B STOVL jets. It is currently in the process of transitioning from its fleet of AV-8B Harrier ( V/STOL) jets. The ...
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F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VMF-452: 18
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::: (Capt. F.L. Baker) :::: ''Air Group 12'' (Cmdrs. C.L. Crommelin (KIA), E.J. Pawka, USNR), 97 aircraft ::::: VF-12: 33
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VBF-12: 24
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-12: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-12: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: 1 light cruiser ::: (Capt. H.C. Fitz) :: Screen ::: 8 destroyers (5 x 5-in. main battery): '' ''Miller'', '' ''Owen'', '' ''Hickox'', '' ''Hunt'', '' ''Lewis Hancock'', '' ''Marshall'', '' ''Stephen Potter'', '' ''Tingey'' : Task Group 58.3 : Rear Admiral
Frederick C. Sherman Frederick Carl Sherman (May 27, 1888 – July 27, 1957) was a highly decorated admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. Early life Sherman was born in Port Huron, Michigan on May 27, 1888. His grandfather, Loren Sherman, was the lo ...
:: 3 fleet carriers ::: (Capt. C.W. Wieber) :::: ''Air Group 83'' (Cmdr. Harmon Tischer Utter), 102 aircraft ::::: VF-83: 36
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VBF-83: 36
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VB-83: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-83: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. G.A Seitz) :::: ''Air Group 84'' (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 93 aircraft ::::: VF-84: 27
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters, 10
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-84: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-84: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::::: VMF-221: 18
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VMF-451: 18
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::: (Capt. R.F. Hickey) :::: ''Air Group 6'' (Cmdr. H.L. Miller), 94 aircraft ::::: VF-6: 36
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VBF-6: 36
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-6: 12
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-6: 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: 2 light carriers ::: (Capt. W.W. Smith) :::: ''Air Group 29'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.E. Eder), 33 aircraft ::::: VF-29: 24
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-29: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. J.B. Heath) :::: ''Air Group 47'' (Cmdr. Walker Etheridge and Lt. Cmdr. A.H. Clancy), 36 aircraft ::::: VF-47: 24
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-47: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: Battleship Division 6 (Rear Admiral Thomas R. Cooley) ::: 2 fast battleships :::: (Capts. Oswald S. Colclough and Byron H. Hanlon) :::: (Capts. Roscoe F. Good and Francis X. McInerney) :: Cruiser Division 17 (Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones) ::: 1 heavy cruiser :::: (Capt. C.B. McVay) ::: 4 light cruisers :::: (Capts. R.B. Tuggle and James H. Doyle) :::: (Capts. F.L. Johnson and T.J. Kelley) :::: (Capts. George C. Dyer and W.V. Hamilton) :::: (Capt. R.L. Porter) :: Screen ::: 17 destroyers :::: 9 (6 x 5-in. main battery): ''
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'' : Task Group 58.4 : Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford :: 2 fleet carriers ::: (Capts. T.S. Combs and Walter F. Boone) :::: ''Air Group 9'' (Cmdr. P.H. Torrey and Lt. Cmdr. H.N. Houck, USNR), 95 aircraft ::::: VF-9: 40
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VBF-9: 33
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VB-9: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-9: 7 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: (Capt. G.E. Short) :::: ''Air Group 10'' (Cmdr. J.J. Hyland), 96 aircraft ::::: VF-10: 30
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
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F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VBF-10: 36
F4U Corsair The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft which saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts ...
fighters ::::: VB-10: 15
SB2C Helldiver The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few surv ...
dive bombers ::::: VT-10: 15
TBF Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and nav ...
torpedo bombers :: 2 light carriers ::: ''
Langley Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...
'' (Capt. J.F. Wegforth) :::: ''Air Group 23'' (Lt. Cmdr. Merlin Paddock, USNR (KIA) and Cmdr. J.J. Southerland), 34 aircraft ::::: VF-23: 25
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-23: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: ''
Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
'' (Capt. N.M. Kindell) :::: ''Air Group 46'' (Cmdr. C.W. Rooney), 33 aircraft ::::: VF-46: 25
F6F Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second ha ...
fighters ::::: VT-46: 8 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: Battleship Division 9 (Rear Admiral Edward W. Hanson and Louis E. Denfeld) ::: 3 fast battleships :::: (Capt.
Earl E. Stone Earl Everett Stone (December 2, 1895 – September 24, 1989) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He is most noted for being the first director of the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency. Earl ...
and John W. Roper) :::: (Capts. W.M. Callaghan and Stuart S. Murray) :::: (Capt. Edmund T. Wooldridge) :: Cruiser Division 16 (Rear Admiral Francis S. Low) ::: 2 large cruisers :::: (Capt. K.H. Noble) :::: (Capt. Leland P. Lovette) ::: 1 light cruiser :::: (Capt. J.B. Griggs) ::: 3 anti-aircraft light cruisers :::: (Capt. C.R. Will) :::: (Capt. K.S. Reed) :::: (Capt. W.E.A. Mullan) :: Screen ::: 17 destroyers (5 x 5-in. main battery): '' Remey'', '' Norman Scott'', '' Mertz'', '' Monssen'', ''
McGowan McGowan is an Irish and Scottish surname. It is an Anglicization of the Irish Mac Gabhann and Scottish surname ''Mac Gobhann''. Belonging to the Uí Echach Cobo, located in modern-day County Down in the east of Ulster, they produced several ...
'', '' McNair'', ''
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'', '' McCord'', '' Trathen'', '' Hazelwood'', '' Heermann'', '' Haggard'', ''
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'', '' Hailey'', '' Cushing'', '' Colahan'', '' Uhlmann'', '' Benham''


Allied logistics and support vessels


Support and Service Units (Task Force 50)

: Search and Reconnaissance Group (Task Group 50.5) : Commodore Dixwell Ketcham :: 3 seaplane tenders ::: '' Hamlin'' (Capt. G.A. McLean) :::: ''VPB-208'' (Lt. Cmdr. A.J. Sintic, USNR) :::: 12
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
patrol bomber flying boats ::: '' St. George'' (Capt. R.G. Armstrong) :::: ''VPB-18'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.R. Boettcher) :::: 12
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
patrol bomber flying boats ::: '' Chandeleur'' (Cmdr. J.S. Tracy) :::: ''VPB-21'' (Lt. Cmdrs. J.E. Dougherty & J.D. Wright) :::: 12
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
patrol bomber flying boats :: 3 small seaplane tenders ::: '' Yakutat'' (Cmdr. G.K. Fraser) ::: '' Onslow'' (Cmdr. A.D. Schwarz) ::: '' Shelikof'' (Cmdr. R.E. Stanley) :::: ''VPB-27'' (Lt. Cmdr. E.N. Chase) :::: 12
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
patrol bomber flying boats ::: '' Bering Strait'' (Cmdr. W.D. Innis) :::: ''VH-3'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.D. Bonvillian) :::: 6
Martin PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner was an American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the fir ...
patrol bomber flying boats :: 2 destroyer seaplane tenders: '' Thornton'', '' Gillis'' :: 1 destroyer: '' Williamson'' : Logistics Support Group Fifth Fleet (Task Group 50.8) : Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary in light cruiser ''
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...
'' :: Support escort carriers ::: '' Shamrock Bay'' (Capts. F.T. Ward and J.E. Leeper) :::: ''VC-94'' (Lt. Cmdr. J.F. Patterson, USNR (KIA) and Lt. L.E. Terry) :::: 18 FM-2 Wildcat fighters :::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers ::: ''
Makassar Strait Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat Pe ...
'' (Capt. Herbert D. Riley) :::: ''VC-97'' (Lt. Cmdr. M.T. Whittier, USNR) :::: 14 FM-2 Wildcat fighters :::: 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers :: CVE Plane Transport Unit (Task Unit 50.8.4) ::: '' Attu'' (Capt. H.F. MacComsey) ::: ''
Admiralty Islands The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island. These rainforest-co ...
'' (Capt. M.E.A. Gouin) ::: '' Bougainville'' (Capt. C.A. Bond) ::: '' Windham Bay'' (Capt. G.T. Mundorff) :: Logistics and Support Vessels ::: 49 oilers: '' Cuyama'', '' Brazos'', '' Cimarron'', '' Platte'', ''
Sabine The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines di ...
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Kaskaskia The Kaskaskia were one of the indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. They were one of about a dozen cognate tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation, also called the Illinois Confederation. Their longstanding homeland was in ...
'', '' Guadalupe'', '' Chicopee'', '' Housatonic'', '' Merrimack'', '' Kankakee'', '' Lackawanna'', '' Monongahela'', '' Tappahannock'', '' Patuxent'', '' Neches'', '' Suamico'', '' Tallulah'', ''
Ashtabula Ashtabula ( ) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula micropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie, northeast of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city ha ...
'', '' Cacapon'', '' Caliente'', '' Chikaskia'', '' Aucilla'', '' Marias'', ''
Manatee Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus ''Trichechus'') are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. There are three accepted living species of Trichechidae, representing three of the four living speci ...
'', '' Nantahala'', ''
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'', '' Taluga'', '' Chipola'', '' Tolovana'', '' Pecos'', '' Atascosa'', ''
Cache Cache, caching, or caché may refer to: Places United States * Cache, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Cache, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Cache, Oklahoma, a city in Comanche County * Cache, Utah, Cache County, Utah * Cache County ...
'', '' Enoree,
Escalante Escalante may refer to: People *Amat Escalante (born 1979), Mexican filmmaker *Bernardino de Escalante (born 1537), 16th-century Spanish writer, author of one of the first European books on China *Enrique Escalante (born 1984), Puerto Rican volley ...
'', '' Neshanic'', '' Niobrara'', '' Millicoma, Saranac'', '' Cossatot'', '' Cowanesque'', '' Escambia, Cahaba'', '' Mascoma'', '' Ocklawaha'', '' Ponaganset, Sebec'', ''
Tomahawk A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and Eur ...
'', ''
Anacostia Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. Its downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. It is located east of the Anacostia River, after which the neighborhood is na ...
'' ::: 16 ammunition ships: '' Akutan'', '' Firedrake'', '' Lassen'', ''
Mauna Loa Mauna Loa ( or ; Hawaiian: ; en, Long Mountain) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The largest subaerial volcano (as opposed to subaqueous volcanoes) in both mass and ...
'', '' Shasta'', ''
Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma- stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...
'', '' Wrangell'', '' Canada Victory'', '' Bedford Victory'', '' Bucyrus Victory'', '' Manderson Victory'', '' Las Vegas Victory'', '' Logan Victory'', ''Greenburg Victory'', '' Pierre Victory'', '' Hobbs Victory'' ::: 9 cargo ships: ''
Adhara Epsilon Canis Majoris is a binary star system and the second-brightest object in the constellation of Canis Major. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinised from ε Canis Majoris, and abbreviated Epsilon CMa or ε CMa. This is t ...
'', '' Alkaid'', '' Alkes'', '' Allegan'', ''
Appanoose Appanoose was a 19th-century Meskwaki chief who lived in Iowa; he was son of Taimah (Chief Tama) and probably a grandson of Quashquame. Prior to European-American settlement in the 19th century, the tribe occupied territory in what became Michiga ...
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Fomalhaut Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the "Southern Fish", and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Piscis Austrini, which is Latinized from ...
'', '' Matar'', ''
Mintaka Mintaka , designation Delta Orionis (δ Orionis, abbreviated Delta Ori, δ Ori) and 34 Orionis (34 Ori), is a multiple star system some 1,200 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Orion. Together with Alnitak (Zeta Or ...
'', '' Rotanin'' ::: 8 hospital ships: '' Bountiful'', ''
Comfort Comfort (or being comfortable'')'' is a sense of physical or psychological ease, often characterized as a lack of hardship. Persons who are lacking in comfort are uncomfortable, or experiencing discomfort. A degree of psychological comfort c ...
'', '' Hope'', ''
Mercy Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...
'', ''
Relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term '' relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that th ...
'', '' Samaritan'', ''
Solace Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one. It is typically provided by expressing shared regret for that loss and ...
'', plus transport '' Wharton'' ::: 6 reefers (store ships): ''
Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...
'', '' Athanasia'', ''
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'', '' Lioba'', '' Merapi'' ::: 2 survey ships: ''Armistead Rust'', '' Bowditch'' ::: 2 stores-issue ships: ''
Antares Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has the Bayer designation α Scorpii, which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by σ Scorpii and τ ...
'', '' Castor'' ::: 9 gasoline tankers: '' Wabash'', ''
Genesee Genesee, derived from the Seneca word for "pleasant valley", may refer to: Geographic features Canada *Genesee, Alberta, an unincorporated community United States *Genesee, California *Genesee, Colorado *Genesee County, Michigan *Genesee Co ...
'', '' Kishwaukee'', '' Nemasket'', '' Escatawpa'', '' Hiwassee'', '' Ontonagon'', '' Yahara'', ''
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'', '' Sacandaga'' ::: 6 station tankers: '' Armadillo'', '' Giraffe'', '' Marmora'', ''
Moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...
'', ''
Whippet The Whippet is a dog breed of medium size. It is a sighthound breed that originated in England, descended from the Greyhound. Whippets today still strongly resemble a smaller Greyhound. Part of the hound group, Whippets have relatively few ...
'', LCI(L)-993 ::: 10 repair ships: '' Vestal'', ''
Aristaeus A minor god in Greek mythology, attested mainly by Athenian writers, Aristaeus (; ''Aristaios'' (Aristaîos); lit. “Most Excellent, Most Useful”), was the culture hero credited with the discovery of many useful arts, including bee-keepin ...
'', '' Nestor'', '' Oceanus'', ''
Anchor An anchor is a device, normally made of metal , used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ''ancora'', which itself comes from the Greek ἄ ...
'', '' Clamp'', ''
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'', '' Deliver'', ''
Gear A gear is a rotating circular machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called ''cogs''), which mesh with another (compatible) toothed part to transmit (convert) torque and speed. The basic ...
'', '' Shackle'' ::: 6
floating drydock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...
s: ARD-13, ARD-22, ARD-27, ARD-28, AFD-14, AFDL-32 ::: 12 fleet tugs: ''
Arikara Arikara (), also known as Sahnish,
''Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.'' (Retrieved Sep 29, 2011)
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Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classif ...
'', '' Cree'', '' Lipan'', '' Mataco'', ''
Menominee The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...
'', ''
Munsee The Munsee (or Minsi or Muncee) or mə́n'si·w ( del, Monsiyok)Online Lenape Talking Dictionary, "Munsee Indians"Link/ref> are a subtribe of the Lenape, originally constituting one of the three great divisions of that nation and dwelling along ...
'', '' Pakana'', ''
Tawakoni The Tawakoni (also Tahuacano and Tehuacana) are a Southern Plains Native American tribe, closely related to the Wichitas. They historically spoke a Wichita language of the Caddoan language family. Currently, they are enrolled in the Wichita a ...
'', '' Tekesta'', '' Tenino'', '' Ute'' ::: 4 ocean tugs, 3 ocean tugs (rescue) :: Screen: Screening vessels for the Logistics Group were assigned to TG 50.8 units as needed from a pool of 11 destroyers and 24 destroyer escorts.


Japanese order of battle

Japanese Combined Fleet
Admiral
Soemu Toyoda was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. Biography Early career Toyoda was born in what is now part Kitsuki city, Ōita Prefecture. He graduated from the 33rd class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1905, ranked 26 ...


Surface Special Attack Force

Vice Admiral
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(KIA) : Super battleship: ''
Yamato was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a name for the whole of Japan. Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial House of Japan. Japanese his ...
'' :: Captain Kosaku Aruga (KIA) : Destroyer Squadron 2 (Rear Admiral Keizo Komura) :: Light cruiser: '' Yahagi'' (Captain Tameichi Hara) :: Destroyer Division 41 (Capt. M. Yoshida): '' Fuyutsuki'', '' Suzutsuki'' :: Destroyer Division 17 (Capt. K. Shintani – KIA): '' Isokaze'', ''
Hamakaze The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs from to and . Stops Trains stop at the following stations: - - - - ( Nishi-Akashi) - () - - - - - - - - - - - () - ...
'', '' Yukikaze'' :: Destroyer Division 21 (Capt. H. Kotaki – KIA): '' Asashimo'', ''
Kasumi Kasumi may refer to: Places * Kasumi, Hyōgo (香住), a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Kasumigaseki (霞が関 "Gate of Mist"), a district in downtown Tokyo * Kasumi, Jajce, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Other uses * Kasumi (gi ...
'', '' Hatsushimo''


Naval vessels damaged and sunk at Okinawa

The following table lists the Allied naval vessels that received damage or were sunk in the Battle of Okinawa between 19 March – 30 July 1945. The table lists a total of 147 damaged ships, five of which were damaged by enemy suicide boats, and another five by mines. One source estimated that total Japanese sorties during the entire Okinawa campaign exceeded 3,700, with a large percentage kamikaze, and that the attackers damaged slightly more than 200 Allied vessels, with 4900 naval officers and seamen killed and roughly 4,824 wounded or missing. The ''USS Thorton'' is not listed as it was damaged as the result of a collision with another US ship. Those ships in a pink background, and with an asterisk were sunk or had to be scuttled due to irreparable damage. Of those sunk, the majority were relatively smaller ships; these included destroyers of around 300–450 feet. A few small cargo ships were also sunk, several containing munitions which caught fire. Those ships whose names are preceded by a "#" pound sign were scrapped or decommissioned as a result of damage. , - , align="center" colspan=6, Allied Naval vessels damaged and sunk by Japanese forces at Okinawa, primarily kamikazes, 19 March – 30 July 1945 , - , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Day , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Ship , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Cause , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Killed , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Wounded , - , 19 Mar 45 , '' USS Franklin'' , Carrier , Air Attack, two 550 lb. bombs thru to hangar deck , 724 , 265 , - , 19 Mar 45 , '' USS Wasp'' , Carrier , Air Attack, bomb thru flight & hangar decks , 101 , 269 , - , 20 Mar 45 , '' USS Halsey Powell'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 12 , 29 , - , 26 Mar 45 , style="background:pink;", *'' USS Halligan'' , Destroyer , Mine, 3 miles SE of Maye Shima,
exploded 2 forward magazines, bow blown off , 153 , 39 , - , 26 Mar 45 , '' USS Kimberly'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 4 , 57 , - , 26 Mar 45 , '' USS Nevada'' , Battleship , Air Attack, kamikaze , 11 , 49 , - , 26 Mar 45 , '' USS Biloxi'' , Light Cruiser , Air Attack, kamikaze , 0 , 0 , - , 27 Mar 45 , '' USS Murray'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, bomb , 1 , 116 , - , 27 Mar 45 , ''USS O'Brien (DD-725), USS O'Brian'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, Val kamikaze w/bomb , 50 , 76 , - , 28 Mar 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Skylark (AM-63), USS Skylark'' , Small Minesweeper , Mine, struck mines twice off Hagushi beaches, 1st amidships , 5 , 25 , - , 28 Mar 45 , ''USS LSM(R)-188'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack by single kamikaze , 15 , 32 , - , 29 Mar 45 , ''USS Wyandot (AKA-92), USS Wyandot'' , Attack Cargo Ship , Mine, possibly bomb , 0 , 1 , - , 31 Mar 45 , ''USS Indianapolis (CA-35), USS Indianapolis'' , Cruiser , Air Attack, bomb thru fuel tanks , 9 , 20 , - , 1 Apr 45 , ''USS Adams (DM-27), USS Adams'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs to fantail , 0 , 0 , - , 1 Apr 45 , ''USS Alpine'' , Attack Transport , Air Attack, bomb and kamikaze , 16 , 27 , - , 1 Apr 45 , ''USS Hinsdale (APA-120), USS Hinsdale'' , Attack Transport , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs hit waterline , 16 , 39 , - , 1 Apr 45 , #''USS LST-884'' , Tank Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze, scuttled May 6 , 24 , 21 , - , 2 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", ''*USS Dickerson (DD-157), USS Dickerson'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze Kawasaki Ki-45, Nick crashed bridge, towed, scuttled , 54 , 23 , - , 2 Apr 45 , ''USS Goodhue (APA-107), USS Goodhue'' , Attack Transport , Air Attack, kamikaze aimed at bridge glanced mainmast,
hit cargo boom, gun tubs, over sideMorison, ''Victory'', pg. 177 , 24 , 119 , - , 2 Apr 45 , ''USS Henrico (APA-45), USS Henrico'' , Attack Transport , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bombs hit bridge , 49 , 125 , - , 2 Apr 45 , ''USS Achernar'' , Attack Cargo Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb hit starboard , 5 , 41 , - , 3 Apr 45 , ''USS Wake Island'' , Escort Carrier , Air Attack, kamikaze blew below waterline , 0 , 0 , - , 3 Apr 45 , ''USS Prichett (DD-561), USS Pritchett'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 500 lb bomb , 0 , 0 , - , 3 Apr 45 , ''USS Foreman (DE-633), USS Foreman'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, bomb passed thru her bottom, exploded below , 0 , 3 , - , 3 Apr 45 , ''USS LST-599'' , Tank Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze thru main deck, fires , 0 , 21 , - , 3 Apr 45 , #''USS LCT-876'' , Landing Craft Tank , Air Attack , 0 , 2 , - , 4 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LCI(G)-82'' , Landing Craft, Infantry , Suicide Boat , 8 , 11 , - , 5 Apr 45 , '' USS Nevada'' , Battleship , Coastal Battery , 2 , 16 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Bush (DD-529), USS Bush'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 3 kamikaze hits 2 between stacks, blew
forward engine room, broke in halfMorison, ''Victory'', pg. 186–191 , 94 , 32 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Colhoun (DD-801), USS Colhoun'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 4 kamikaze hits, bombs blew forward,
& aft fire rooms at waterline , 35 , 21 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Howorth (DD-592), USS Howorth'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze struck superstructure, fires put out , 9 , 14 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Hyman'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze Hampton hit torpedo tubes twixt stacks , 10 , 40 , - , 6 Apr 45 , #''USS Leutze (DD-481), USS Leutze'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze blew at fantail, bad flooding , 7 , 34 , - , 6 Apr 45 , #''USS Morris (DD-417), USS Morris'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, Nakajima B5N, Kate kamikaze portside , 0 , 5 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Mullany (DD-528), USS Mulaney'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit depth charges , 13 , 45 , - , 6 Apr 45 , #''USS Newcomb (DD-586), USS Newcomb'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, multiple kamikazes , 40 , 24 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Haynsworth'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 7 , 25 , - , 6 Apr 45 , #''USS Witter (DE-636), USS Witter'' , Destroyer Escort , Starboard waterline kamikaze , 0 , 5 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Fieberling'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze near miss , 6 , 6 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Emmons (DD-457), USS Emmons'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, 5 kamikaze hits, scuttled 7 April , 64 , 71 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Rodman (DD-456), USS Rodman'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, 4 kamikaze hits , 16 , 20 , - , 6 Apr 45 , ''USS Defense (AM-317), USS Defense'' , Small Minesweeper , Air Attack, two kamikaze strikes , 0 , 9 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LST-447'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze hit close above waterline, bomb blew , 5 , 17 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''SS Hobbs Victory'' , Small Cargo , Air Attack, kamikaze struck port, flames ignited ammunition , 15 , 3 , - , 6 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''SS Logan Victory'' , Small Cargo , Air Attack, kamikaze struck
superstructure, flames ignited ammunition , 16 , 11 , - , 7 Apr 45 , ''USS Hancock (CV-19), USS Hancock'' , Carrier , Air Attack, cartwheeling kamikaze , 72 , 82 , - , 7 Apr 45 , ''USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Maryland'' , Battleship , Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard , 16 , 37 , - , 7 Apr 45 , ''USS Bennett'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit engine room , 3 , 18 , - , 7 Apr 45 , ''USS Wesson'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze starboard , 8 , 23 , - , 7 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS PGM-18'' , Small Gunboat , Mine, powerful explosion , 14 , 14 , - , 7 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''YMS-103'' , Small Minesweeper , Mine, struck two mines, blowing off her bow
and Stem (ship), stem rescuing PGM-18 , 5 , 0 , - , 8 Apr 1945 , ''USS Gregory (DD-802), USS Gregory'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, port kamikaze amidships near waterline , 0 , 2 , - , 8 Apr 45 , ''USS YMS-92'' , Small Sweeper , Air Attack , 0 , 0 , - , 9 Apr 45 , ''USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657), USS Charles J. Badger'' , Destroyer , Suicide Boat threw depth charge or mine , 0 , 0 , - , 9 Apr 45 , ''USS Sterett (DD-407), USS Sterett'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard at waterline , 0 , 9 , - , 9 Apr 45 , ''USS Hopping (DE-155/APD-51), USS Hopping'' , Destroyer Transport , Coastal Battery, damaging hits off Buckner Bay , 2 , 18 , - , 11 Apr 45 , ''USS Kidd (DD-661), USS Kidd'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 38 , 55 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Tennessee (BB-43), USS Tennessee'' , Battleship , Air Attack, kamikaze hit signal bridge , 25 , 104 , - , 12 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Mannert L. Abele'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 79 , 35 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Purdy'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, splashed kamikaze bomb skidded in , 13 , 27 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Cassin Young'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit foremast , 1 , 59 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Zellars'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze crashed port, bomb blew , 29 , 37 , - , 12 Apr 45 , '' USS Rall'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze starboard aft, bomb blew , 21 , 38 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Whitehurst (DE-634), USS Whitehurst'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb crashed pilot house , 37 , 37 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS Lindsey'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack, 2 kamikaze Aichi D3A, Val strikes , 56 , 51 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS LSM(R)-189'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze , 0 , 4 , - , 12 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LCS(L)-33'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack, kamikaze Val amidships , 4 , 29 , - , 12 Apr 45 , ''USS LCS(L)-57'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack, 3 kamikaze strikes , 2 , 6 , - , 14 Apr 45 , ''USS Sigsbee'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze damaged port engine , 4 , 74 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Intrepid'' , Carrier , Air Attack, kamikaze crashed deck, fires put out , 10 , 87 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS Bryant'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze to bridge, w/explosion , 34 , 33 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS Laffey (DD-724), USS Laffey'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, multiple kamikaze hits , 31 , 72 , - , 16 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Pringle (DD-477), USS Pringle'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze Val hit abaft
stack No. 1, explosion, broke in half , 65 , 110 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS Bowers (DE-637), USS Bowers'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze to bridge, bomb hit pilot house , 48 , 56 , - , 16 Apr 45 , #''USS Harding (DD-625), USS Harding'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, kamikaze struck side near bridge , 22 , 10 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS Hobson (DD-464), USS Hobson'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, near miss kamikaze's bomb veered in , 4 , 8 , - , 16 Apr 45 , ''USS LCS(L)-116'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack, kamikaze hit aft gun mount , 12 , 12 , - , 18 Apr 45 , ''USS LSM-28'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack , 0 , 0 , - , 22 Apr 45 , ''USS Isherwood (DD-520), USS Isherwood'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb crashed gun mount , 42 , 41 , - , 22 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Swallow (AM-65), USS Swallow'' , Small Sweeper , Air attack, bad kamikaze hit flooded her, 3 mins sunk , 2 , 9 , - , 22 Apr 45 , ''USS LCS(L)-15'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack , 15 , 11 , - , 27 Apr 45 , #''USS Hutchins (DD-476), USS Hutchins'' , Destroyer , Suicide Boat explosive blew close , 0 , 0 , - , 27 Apr 45 , #''USS Rathburne (DD-113), USS Rathburne'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit port bow waterline , 0 , 0 , - , 27 Apr 45 , style="background:pink;", *''SS Canada Victory'' , Small Cargo , Air Attack, kamikaze hit stern, lit ammo, sunk 10 mins , 12 , 27 , - , 28 Apr 45 , ''USS Pinkney'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit aft of superstructure, lit ammo , 35 , 12 , - , 28 Apr 45 , ''USS Comfort (AH-6), USS Comfort'' , Hospital Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze thru 3 decks to surgery , 30 , 48 , - , 29 Apr 45 , #''USS Haggard (DD-555), USS Haggard'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze went thru hull, blew engine room , 11 , 40 , - , 29 Apr 45 , ''USS Hazelwood (DD-531), USS Hazelwood'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Zero hit port bridge , 46 , 26 , - , 29 Apr 45 , #''USS LCS(L)-37'' , Landing Craft , Suicide Boat , 0 , 4 , - , 30 Apr 45 , ''USS Terror (CM-5), USS Terror'' , Minelayer , Air Attack, kamikaze blew thru main deck , 48 , 123 , - , 3 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Little (DD-803), USS Little'' , Destroyer , Air attack, 5 kamikaze strikes , 30 , 79 , - , 3 May 45 , #''USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), USS Aaron Ward'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack; 3 kamikaze hits and bomb frags , 45 , 49 , - , 3 May 45 , ''USS Macomb (DD-458), USS Macomb'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 7 , 14 , - , 3 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LSM(R)-195'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze hit rockets, sunk , 8 , 16 , - , 4 May 45 , ''USS Hopkins (DD-249), USS Hopkins'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, glancing blow by burning kamikaze , 0 , 1 , - , 4 May 45 , #''USS Sangamon (CVE-26), USS Sangamon'' , Escort Carrier , Air Attack, kamikaze & bomb blew thru flight deck , 46 , 116 , - , 4 May 45 , ''USS Birmingham (CL-62), USS Birmingham'' , Light Cruiser , Air Attack, kamikaze hit forward , 51 , 81 , - , 4 May 45 , ''USS Ingraham (DD-694), USS Ingraham'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze above port waterline, bomb blew , 14 , 37 , - , 4 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Luce (DD-522), USS Luce'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 1st kamikaze bomb hit, 2nd kamikaze struck aft , 149 , 94 , - , 4 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Morrison (DD-560), USS Morrison'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 1st kamikaze hit bridge, then 3 more hit , 159 , 102 , - , 4 May 45 , ''USS Shea'' , Destroyer , Air Attack Ohka kamikaze thru starboard bridge , 27 , 91 , - , 4 May 45 , ''USS Carina (AK-74), USS Carina'' , Cargo Ship , Suicide Boat ramming caused explosion , 0 , 6 , - , 4 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LSM(R)-190'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze set off her rockets , 13 , 18 , - , 4 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LSM(R)-194'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack , 13 , 23 , - , 9 May 45 , #''USS England (DE-635), USS England'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze dive bomber , 35 , 27 , - , 9 May 45 , #''USS Oberrender'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard gun
mount, bomb thru main deck , 8 , 53 , - , 11 May 45 , ''USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), USS Bunker Hill'' , Carrier , Air Attack, 3 kamikaze hits with bombs thru flight deck , 396 , 264 , - , 11 May 45 , #''USS Hugh W. Hadley'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, Aft bomb, an Ohka, and 2 more kamikazes struck , 28 , 67 , - , 11 May 45 , #''USS Evans (DD-552), USS Evans'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, Struck by 4 kamikazes, fires put out , 30 , 29 , - , 11 May 45 , ''USS LCS(L)-88'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack , 7 , 9 , - , 13 May 45 , ''USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Enterprise'' , Fast Carrier , Air Attack, 2 kamikazes, struck port, & under starboard bow , 13 , 68 , - , 13 May 45 , ''USS Bache (DD-470), USS Bache'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit, bomb
exploded amidships just above main deck , 41 , 32 , - , 13 May 45 , ''USS Bright'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze Zero hit fantail, bomb exploded , 0 , 2 , - , 17 May 45 , ''USS Douglas H. Fox'' , Destroyer , 2 kamikaze strikes, one to forward gun mounts, one to fantail , 9 , 35 , - , 18 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Longshaw (DD-559), USS Longshaw'' , Destroyer , Coastal Battery, 4 hits, one ignited magazine,
blew off bow back to bridge , 86 , 97 , - , 18 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LST-808'' , Landing Ship Tank , Air Attack , 11 , 11 , - , 20 May 45 , #''USS Chase (DE-158), USS Chase'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, Splashed kamikaze skidded in,
bombs opened hull, w/flooding , 0 , 35 , - , 20 May 45 , #''USS Thatcher (DD-514), USS Thatcher'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, Oscar struck aft of bridge, large hole , 14 , 53 , - , 20 May 45 , #''USS John C. Butler'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze hit to mast and antennas , 0 , 0 , - , 25 May 45 , ''USS Stormes'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, crashed aft torpedo mount,
bomb blew large hole, flooded aft , 21 , 6 , - , 25 May 45 , ''USS O'Neill'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze , 0 , 16 , - , 25 May 45 , ''USS Butler (DD-636), USS Butler'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, kamikaze bombs exploded under keel , 0 , 15 , - , 25 May 45 , #''USS Spectacle (AM-305), USS Spectacle'' , Small Minesweeper , Air Attack, kamikaze crashed port gun tub causing fires , 29 , 6 , - , 25 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Barry (DD-248), USS Barry'' , Destroyer Transport , Air Attack, kamikaze badly crashed
starboard side, fires, abandoned , 0 , 30 , - , 25 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Bates'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 2 kamikaze hits, fires,
abandoned, towed, later sank , 21 , 35 , - , 25 May 45 , ''USS Roper (DD-147), USS Roper'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit off Hanagushi, Okinawa , 1 , 10 , - , 25 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''LSM-135'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze caused fires, beached, abandoned , 11 , 10 , - , 25 May 45 , ''USS Inca (IX-229), SS William B. Allison'', aka ''USS Inca'' , Cargo Ship, Liberty Ship , Air Attack, Aerial Torpedo off Nakagusuku Wan , 8 , 2 , - , 27 May 45 , ''USS Braine (DD-630), USS Braine'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, 2 kamikazes,
1st hit bridge, and 2nd hit amidships , 66 , 78 , - , 27 May 45 , #''USS Forrest'' , Destroyer Minesweeper , Air Attack, kamikaze crashed starboard side waterline , 5 , 13 , - , 27 May 45 , ''USS Rednour (APD-102), USS Rednour'' , Transport , Air Attack, 2 kamikaze hits,
one made 10-foot hole in main deck , 3 , 13 , - , 27 May 45 , ''USS Loy (DE-160), USS Loy'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, kamikaze near miss sprayed fragments , 3 , 15 , - , 27 May 45 , ''LCS(L)-119'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack , 12 , 6 , - , 28 May 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Drexler (DD-741), USS Drexler'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, 1st kamikaze Yokosuka P1Y, Frances hit topside,
2nd Frances w/bombs crashed superstructure , 158 , 51 , - , 28 May 45 , ''USS Sandoval (APA-194), USS Sandoval'' , Attack Transport , Air Attack, kamikaze hit portside of wheelhouse , 8 , 26 , - , 29 May 45 , ''USS Shubrick (DD-639), USS Shubrick'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze bomb hit starboard
causing hole, exploding depth charge , 32 , 28 , - , 3 June 45 , #''USS LCI-90, USS LCI(L)-90'' , Landing Craft Infantry , Air Attack, kamikaze , 1 , 7 , - , 6 June 45 , #''USS J. William Ditter'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack, 1st kamikaze glanced,
2nd hit port near main deck , 10 , 27 , - , 6 Jun 45 , ''USS Harry F. Bauer'' , Destroyer Minelayer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit superstructure , 0 , 0 , - , 10 Jun 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS William D. Porter (DD-579), USS William D. Porter'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, splashed kamikaze Val's
bomb exploded close underwater , 0 , 61 , - , 11 Jun 45 , ''USS LCS(L)-122'' , Landing Craft , Air Attack kamikaze hit conning tower base,
bomb fragments caused firesMorison, ''Victory'', pg. 275 , 11 , 29 , - , 16 Jun 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Twiggs (DD-591), USS Twiggs'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, splashed kamikaze and
bomb blew in hull plating, w/structural damage , 126 , 34 , - , 21 Jun 45 , ''USS Halloran'' , Destroyer Escort , Air Attack, splashed kamikaze's bomb struck , 3 , 24 , - , 21 Jun 45 , ''USS Curtiss (AV-4), USS Curtiss'' , Seaplane Tender , Air Attack, kamikaze and bomb
ripped 2 holes in hull and blew , 41 , 28 , - , 21 Jun 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS LSM-59'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze strike while
towing ''USS Barry'', sank in 4 minutes , 2 , 8 , - , 22 Jun 45 , ''USS LSM-213'' , Landing Ship , Air Attack, kamikaze strike at Kimmu Wan, hull damageMorrison, ''Victory'', pg. 279 , 3 , 10 , - , 22 Jun 45 , ''USS LST-534'' , Landing Ship Tank , Air Attack, While offloading on Nagagusuku Wan,
kamikaze hit bow doors, tank deck , 3 , 35 , - , 29 Jul 45 , style="background:pink;", *''USS Callaghan (DD-792), USS Callaghan'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, bi-plane kamikaze hit,
its bomb blew aft engine room, sunk , 47 , 73 , - , 30 Jul 45 , ''USS Cassin Young'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze hit
forward, earlier hit April 12 , 22 , 45


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See also

* List of ships damaged by kamikaze attack#:~:text=1 USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) (May 1945) 2,19 USS Brooks (DD-232) 20 USS Bryant (DD-665), List of ships damaged by kamikaze attack * List of Allied vessels struck by Japanese special attack weapons


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