Allied Forces

  • Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf

Left Flank

  • R. Adm. Oldendorf

Cruiser Division 4

  • Louisville (fleet flagship)(fleet flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Hurt
  • Portland
    Commanding officer: Capt. Settle
  • Minneapolis
    Commanding officer: Capt. Slocum

Cruiser Division 12

  • Rear Admiral R. W. Hayler
  • Denver
    Commanding officer: Capt. Bledsoe
  • Columbia
    Commanding officer: Capt. Curts

Section 1

From Destroyer Squadron 56
  • Capt. Smoot
  • Newcomb
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Cook
  • Richard P. Leary
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Habecker
  • Albert W. Grant
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nisewaner

Section 2

From Destroyer Division 112
  • Capt. Conley
  • Robinson
    Commanding officer: Cdr.Grantham
  • Halford
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hardy
  • Bryant
    Commanding officer: Cdr. High

Section 3

  • Cdr. Boulware
  • Heywood L. Edwards Cdr.Boulware
  • Bennion
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Cooper
  • Leutze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Robbins

Battle Line

  • R. Adm. G. L. Weyler

Battle Division 4

  • Mississippi
    Commanding officer: Capt. Redfield
  • Maryland
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ray
  • West Virginia
    Commanding officer: Capt. Wiley

Battle Division 2

  • R. Adm. Chandler
  • Tennessee
    Commanding officer: Capt. Heffernan
  • California
    Commanding officer: Capt. Burnett
  • Pennsylvania
    Commanding officer: Capt. Martin

Destroyer Squadron Xray

  • Cdr. Hubbard
  • Claxton
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hubbard
  • Cony
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Moore
  • Thorn
    Commanding officer: Lt. Cdr. Schneider
  • Aulick
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Andrew
  • Sigourney
    Commanding officer: Lt. Cdr. Hale
  • Welles
    Commanding officer: Lt. Cdr. Slaughter

Right Flank

  • R. Adm. R. S. Berkey
  • Phoenix
    Commanding officer: Capt. Duncan
  • Boise
    Commanding officer: Capt. Roberts
  • HMAS Shropshire
    Commanding officer: Capt. Nichols

Destroyer Squadron 24

  • Capt. McManes
  • Hutchins
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Laning
  • Daly
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Visser
  • Bache
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Morton
  • HMAS Arunta
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Buchanan
  • Killen
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Corey
  • Beale
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Coffee

Picket Patrol

Destroyer Squadron 54
  • Capt. Coward
  • Remey
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fiala
  • McGowen
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Cox
  • Melvin
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Atkins
  • Mertz
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Estabrook
  • Desron108,
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Phillips
  • McDermut
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Jennings
  • Monssen
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Bergin
  • McNair
    Commanding officer: Cdr. McCullough

Task Group 70.1

MTB Squadrons of the Surigao Strait Patrols

The PT boats were divided into 3 boat sections.

  • Lt. Cdr. Leeson
  • PT-152
  • PT-130
  • PT-131
  • PT-127
  • PT-128
  • PT-129
  • PT-151
  • PT-146
  • PT-190
  • PT-192
  • PT-191
  • PT-195
  • PT-196
  • PT-194
  • PT-150
  • PT-134
  • PT-132
  • PT-137
  • PT-494
  • PT-497
  • PT-324
  • PT-523
  • PT-524
  • PT-526
  • PT-490
  • PT-491
  • PT-493 (sunk)(sunk)
  • PT-495
  • PT-489
  • PT-492
  • PT-327
  • PT-321
  • PT-326
  • PT-320
  • PT-330
  • PT-331
  • PT-328
  • PT-323
  • PT-329

At the beachheads

  • Nashville
  • Up to 69 destroyers
  • Up to 10 frigates
  • Transports

Some of these destroyers became components of Oldendorf's force, and others had left the area with unloaded transports before the Battle of Surigao Strait.

Japanese Forces

Force C

Van of Southern Force
  • Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura †(killed)

Battleship Division 2

  • V. Adm. Nishimura †(killed)
  • Yamashiro (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: R. Adm. T. Shinoda †(killed)
  • Fuso (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: R. Adm. M. Ban †(killed)
  • Mogami (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. R. Tooma †(killed)

Destroyer Division 4

  • Capt. Takahashi †(killed)
  • Michishio (sunk)(sunk)
  • Asagumo (sunk)(sunk)
  • Yamagumo (sunk)(sunk)
  • Shigure
    Notes: From Destroyer Squadron 2.

Second Striking Force

Rear of Southern Force
  • Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima

Cruiser Division 21

  • V. Adm. Shima
  • Nachi
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kanooka
  • Ashigara
    Commanding officer: Capt. Miura

Destroyer Squadron 1

  • . Adm. Kimura
  • Abukuma (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Hanada †(killed)
Destroyer Division 7
  • Cdr. Iwagami
  • Akebono
  • Ushio
Destroyer Division 18
  • Capt. Inoue
  • Kasumi
  • Shiranuhi (sunk)(sunk)
Destroyer Division 21
  • Cdr Ishii †(killed)
  • Wakaba (sunk)(sunk)
  • Hatsushimo
  • Hatsuharu

Sources

  • "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II," vol. XII by Samuel Elliot Morison
  • Special help from Peter Dechaineux, Commodore RAN (Ret'd)

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