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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:
United States Tenth Army (Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. ())
: 
XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen. 
Tactical Air Force, Tenth Army (Maj. Gen. Francis P. Mulcahy, USMC; Maj. Gen. Louis E. Woods, USMC)
77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division and
one Marine BLT (Maj. Gen.
For the April 1945 invasion of Okinawa
The , codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April ...
(Allied codename: Operation ''Iceberg''), the Allies
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assembled the most powerful naval force in history. Since the few remaining capital ships of the Imperial Japanese
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From 1910 to 19 ...
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 Battle of Leyte Gulf () 23–26 October 1944, was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
By late 1944, Japan possessed fewer capital sh ...
, 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 to d ...
'' extensively in the waters off Okinawa
most commonly refers to:
* Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture
* Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture
* Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself
* Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...
.
US Navy combat ships:11
fleet carrier
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s, 6 light carrier
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s, 22 escort carrier
The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slower type of aircraf ...
s, 8 fast battleship
A fast battleship was a battleship which in concept emphasised speed without undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early World War I-era dreadnought battleships were typically built with low design speeds, so the term "fast ba ...
s, 10 old battleship
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s, 2 large cruiser
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s, 13 heavy cruiser
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s, 13 light cruiser
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s, 4 anti-aircraft light cruiser
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s, 132 destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
s, 45 destroyer escort
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Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by th ...
s
Amphibious assault vessels:84
attack transport
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s, 29 attack cargo ship
Attack may refer to:
Warfare and combat
* Attack (fencing)
* Charge (warfare)
* Offensive (military)
* Strike (attack)
Books and publishing
* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book
* '' Attack No. 1'', comic and animation
* Attack! Books, a publis ...
s, LCIs
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, LSMs, LSTs, LSVs, etc.
Auxiliaries:52
submarine chaser
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s, 23 fast minesweeper
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History
The earliest known usage of ...
s, 69 minesweepers, 11 minelayer
A minelayer is any warship, submarine, military aircraft or land vehicle deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for ins ...
s, 49 oilers
Oiler may refer to:
Ships
* Replenishment oiler
* Oil tanker
Sports
* Cape Breton Oilers, a former American Hockey League team
* City Oilers, Ugandan basketball team
* Edmonton Oilers, a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta, C ...
, 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
The roles of Commander in Chief,Pacific Ocean Areas
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(CINCPOA) and Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) were both exercised by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Chester William Nimitz (; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, ...
from his headquarters at Pearl Harbor
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, Hawaii
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.
Since the "Big Blue Fleet" was at this time under the command of Admiral Raymond Spruance
Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most significant naval battles of the Pacific Th ...
aboard his flagship , the force was designated Fifth Fleet
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. (It had been Third Fleet until Spruance relieved Admiral William Halsey
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (30 October 1882 – 16 August 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others be ...
in January, as part of the "alternating command" system).
The ships and troops of Operation ''Iceberg'' were under direct operational command of Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard amphibious command ship .
Ground troops
Son of aConfederate army
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...
general, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. was one of four US lieutenant generals to die during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, 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. ())
: III Amphibious Corps
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and d ...
(Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger)
:: Left beaches: 6th Marine Division
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(Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.)
:: Right beaches: 1st Marine Division
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(Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle)
: XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge
General John Reed Hodge (12 June 1893 – 12 November 1963) was an American military officer of the United States Army. Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty in 1945. He served as the governor of the American military government in Korea fr ...
)
:: 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.)
: Tactical Air Force, Tenth Army (Maj. Gen. Francis P. Mulcahy, USMC; Maj. Gen. Louis E. Woods, USMC)
Allied amphibious forces
Joint Expeditionary Force (Task Force 51)
Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner in amphibious command ship '' Eldorado'' : Western Islands Attack Group (Task Group 51.1) : Rear Admiral I.N. Kiland in amphibious command ship ''Mount McKinley
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''
: Embarking 77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division andone Marine BLT (Maj. Gen.
Andrew D. Bruce
Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston. He retired from the United States Army in 1954 as a lieutenant gener ...
, USA)
:: Transport Group "Fox"
:: Commodore T.B. Brittain
::: Transport Division 49
:::: 4 attack transports: '' Chilton'', ''LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaTazewell'', '' St. Mary's''
:::: 2 attack cargos: ''
Rear Admiral
Embarking 
Rear Admiral John L. Hall in amphibious command ship '' Teton''
Embarking XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen. 
7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division (Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold, USA)
:: Transport Division 37
::: 4 attack transports: ''
96th Infantry ("Deadeye") Division (Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley, USA)
:: Transport Division 40
::: 4 attack transports: '' Mendocino'', ''
Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., USA ()
Consisting of United States Tenth Army
: ''Northern Landing Area'' :: XXIV Army Corps (Embarked in
: 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 
:: Rear Admiral 
:: Rear Admiral William D. Sample
::: 4 escort carriers
:::: '' Suwannee'' (Capt. D.S. Cornwell)
::::: ''Air Group 40'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.D. Sampson () and Lt. Cmdr. J.C. Longino), 27 aircraft
::::: 17 
: 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): ''
Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo in battleship
: Unit One (Rear Admiral Peter K. Fischler)
:: 2 battleships: ,
:: 1 heavy cruiser:
:: 4 destroyers: , , ,
: Unit Two (Rear Admiral
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
: Rear Admiral
: Search and Reconnaissance Group (Task Group 50.5)
: Commodore Dixwell Ketcham
:: 3 seaplane tenders
::: ''
Admiral Soemu Toyoda
exploded 2 forward magazines, bow blown off , 153 , 39 , - , 26 Mar 45 , ''USS Kimberly (DD-521), USS Kimberly'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 4 , 57 , - , 26 Mar 45 , ''USS Nevada (BB-36), 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 (DD-576), 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 (BB-36), 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 , ''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
Oberon
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'', '' Torrance''
::: Transport Division 50
:::: 4 attack transports: '' Henrico'', '' Pitt'', '' Natrona'', ''Drew
Drew may refer to:
__NOTOC__ Places
;In the United States
* Drew, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Drew, Mississippi, a city
* Drew, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Drew, Oregon, an unincorporated community
* Drew County, Arkansas
...
''
:::: 1 attack cargo: ''Tate
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''
:::: 1 evacuation transport: '' Rixey''
::: Transport Division 51
:::: 5 attack transports: '' Goodhue'', ''Eastland
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'', '' Telfair'', '' Mountrail'', '' Montrose''
:::: 2 attack cargos: ''Wyandot
Wyandot may refer to:
Native American ethnography
* Wyandot people, who have been called Wyandotte, Huron, Wendat and Quendat
* Wyandot language, an Iroquoian language
* Wyandot Nation of Kansas, an unrecognized tribe and nonprofit organization ...
'', ''Suffolk
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''
::: Reconnaissance section
:::: 2 destroyer transports: '' Scribner'', '' Kinzer''
:: Western Islands Tractor Flotilla: 18 LSTs
:: Western Islands Reserve Tractor Group: 10 LSTs
:: Western Islands LSM Group: 11 LSMs
:: Western Islands Control Unit: 7 submarine chaser
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s: (3 steel hull, 4 wooden hull)
:: Western Islands Support Craft Flotilla
::: Mortar support divisions 6, 7, 8
::: RCM and Rocket Division 3
::: Gunboat Support Divisions 1, 3, 4, 5
::: LSM(R) Group
:: Western Islands Hydrographic Survey Group: 4 submarine chaser
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s (steel hull)
:: Western Island Service & Salvage Unit
::: 1 salvage vessel: '' Clamp''
::: 1 landing craft repair ship: '' Egeria''
::: 2 fleet tugs: '' Yuma'', ''Tekesta
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Loca ...
''
::: 2 LCI(L)s
::: 1 LCT
:: Screen
:: Captain Frederick Moosbrugger
Frederick Moosbrugger (9 October 1900 – 1 October 1974) was an officer of the United States Navy eventually attaining the rank of vice admiral. He is best known for his service in World War II as a highly successful commander of destroyer squadr ...
in amphibious command ship '' Biscayne''
::: 8 destroyers
:::: 8 (5 × 5-in. main battery): '' Picking'', ''Sproston
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Sproston is on the A54 road between Middlewich and Junction 18 of the M6 Motorway.
Governance
Sproston is ...
'', ''Wickes
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It is the second largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom, behind B&Q. Whilst open to the general public, its sales of supplies and materials are predominantly orientate ...
'', ''William D. Porter
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'' () '' Isherwood'', '' Kimberly'', ''Luce
Luce may refer to:
People
* Luce (name), as a given name and a surname
* Luce (singer)
Places
* Luče, a town in Slovenia
* Luce, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
* Luce Bay, a large Bay in Wigtownshire in southern Scotland
* Luce ...
'', ''Charles J. Badger
Charles Johnston Badger (August 6, 1853 – September 8, 1932) was an rear admiral in the United States Navy. His active-duty career included service in the Spanish–American War and World War I.
Early life and education
The son of Commodore O ...
''
::: 6 destroyer escorts
:::: 3 (2 × 5-in. main battery): '' Richard W. Suesens'', ''Abercrombie
Abercrombie may refer to:
People
* Abercrombie Lawson (1870–1927), botanist and professor
* Abercrombie (surname) (list of people with the family name Abercrombie)
Places
Antarctica
* Abercrombie Crests, rock summits in Antarctica
Australia ...
'', '' Oberrender''
:::: 3 (3 × 3-in. main battery): ''Riddle
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'', '' Swearer'', ''Stern
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''
::: 3 destroyer transports: ''Humphreys
Humphreys may refer to:
Places
*10172 Humphreys, main belt asteroid
In the United States
*Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge, Arkansas-Mississippi
*Camp Humphreys, U.S. Camp in South Korea
* Humphreys, Missouri
*Humphreys County, Mississippi
*Humphrey ...
'', ''Herbert
Herbert may refer to:
People
* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, Northern Territor ...
'', '' Dickerson'' ()
: Demonstration Group "Charlie" (Task Group 51.2)
: Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright
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: Embarking Demonstration Landing Force (2nd Marine Division
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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
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* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshon ...
'', '' Theenim'', ''Southampton
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''
::: 1 evacuation transport: '' Pinkney''
Northern Attack Force (Task Force 53)
Rear Admiral Lawrence F. Reifsnider
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in amphibious command ship '' Panamint''Embarking
III Amphibious Corps
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(Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, USMC)
: Transport Group "Able" (Task Group 53.1)
: Commodore H.B. Knowles
: Embarking 6th Marine Division
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(Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC)
:: Transport Division 34
::: 6 attack transports: ''Cambria
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'', ''Marvin H. McIntyre
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Biography
McIntyre was born in La Grange, Kentucky, 27 November 1878 and was educated ...
'', '' Adair'', ''Gage
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Measurement
* Gage is a misspelling of the word ''gauge''
*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
*Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress
Places Ho ...
'', ''Noble
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Noble may also refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Noble Glacier, King George Island
* Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Noble Peak, Wiencke Island
* Noble Rocks, Graham Land
Australia
* Noble Island, Gr ...
'', '' Gilliam''
::: 2 attack cargos: '' Sheliak'', ''Hydrus
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''
:: Transport Division 35
::: 5 attack transports: ''Clay
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'', ''Leon
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Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...
'', ''George Clymer
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Clymer was amon ...
'', ''Arthur Middleton
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Life
Middlet ...
'', '' Catron''
::: 2 attack cargos: '' Caswell'', '' Devosa''
:: Transport Division 36
::: 5 attack transports: ''Monrovia
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'', '' Wayne'', ''Sumter Sumter may refer to:
People Given name
* Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
* Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general
Surname
* Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
* Shavonda E. Sumt ...
'', ''Menifee
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'', '' Fuller''
::: 3 attack cargos: '' Aquarius'', ''Circe
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'', ''Casa Grande
Casa Grande ( O'odham: ''Wainom Wo:g'') is a city in Pinal County, approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the city was 55,653. It is named after the Casa ...
''
::: 1 vehicle landing ship: '' Catskill''
: Transport Group "Baker" (Task Group 53.2)
: Commodore J. G. Moyer
: Embarking 1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine (military), Marine Division (military), 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 E ...
(Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle, USMC)
:: Transport Division 52
::: 8 attack transports: '' Burleigh'', '' McCracken'', ''Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (, 1743July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the United States Declaration of Indepe ...
'', '' Charles Carroll'', ''Barnett
Barnett is both a surname and a masculine given name.
Surname
Barnett is an Anglo-Saxon and Old French surname that came after the Norman Invasion. The original Anglo-Saxon spelling is which means "the clearing of woodland by burning". The Norm ...
'', '' Andromeda'', ''Cepheus
Cepheus (Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς ''Kepheús'') may refer to:
In Greek mythology
* Cepheus (father of Andromeda), and King of Aethiopia
* Cepheus (son of Aleus), a king of Tegea, Arcadia
In astronomy
* Cepheus (constellation), one of the 88 m ...
'', '' Oak Hill''
::: 1 vehicle landing ship: ''Monitor
Monitor or monitor may refer to:
Places
* Monitor, Alberta
* Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States
* Monitor, Kentucky
* Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States
* Monitor, Washington
* Monitor, Logan County, Wes ...
''
:: Transport Division 53
::: 5 attack transports: ''Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...
'', '' Rawlins'', ''Renville Renville may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Renville, Minnesota
* Renville County, Minnesota
* Renville County, North Dakota
Renville County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United ...
'', '' New Kent'', '' Burleson''
::: 2 attack cargos: ''Centaurus
Centaurus () is a bright constellation in the southern sky. One of the 88 modern constellations by area, largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one ...
'', ''Arcturus
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''
:: Transport Division 54
::: 5 attack transports: '' Dade'', '' Magoffin'', '' Navarro'', '' Effingham'', '' Joseph T. Dickman''
::: 3 attack cargos: ''Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion (constellation), Orion. It is usually the List of brightest stars, tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second brightest in its constellation. It i ...
'', ''Procyon
Procyon () is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the list of brightest stars, eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34. It has the Bayer designation α Canis Min ...
'', '' 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 chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are now largely obsolete, but which played an important role in the wars of the first half of th ...
s (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 × 5-in. main battery): ''Massey
Massey may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Massey, Ontario
* Massey Island, Nunavut
New Zealand
* Massey, New Zealand, an Auckland suburb
United States
* Massey, Alabama
* Massey, Iowa
* Massey, Maryland
People
* Massey (surname)
Educati ...
'', '' Hugh W. Hadley''
::: 4 (5 × 5-in. main battery): '' Pringle'' (), '' Hutchins'', '' Stanly'', ''Howorth
Howorth is a surname of English Anglo-Saxon origin, most commonly found among families originating in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, especially around the village of Great Howarth near Rochdale, Lancashire, and Haworth in Yorks ...
''
::: 4 (4 × 5-in. main battery): ''Lang
Lang may refer to:
*Lang (surname), a surname of independent Germanic or Chinese origin
Places
* Lang Island (Antarctica), East Antarctica
* Lang Nunatak, Antarctica
* Lang Sound, Antarctica
* Lang Park, a stadium in Brisbane, Australia
* Lang, ...
'', ''Stack
Stack may refer to:
Places
* Stack Island, an island game reserve in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group
* Blue Stack Mountains, in Co. Donegal, Ireland
People
* Stack (surname) (including a list of people ...
'', '' Sterett'', '' Wilson''
::: 3 (5 × 5-in. main battery): ''Morris
Morris may refer to:
Places
Australia
* St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia
Canada
* Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry
* Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba
** Morris, Man ...
'', '' Mustin'', ''Russell
Russell may refer to:
People
* Russell (given name)
* Russell (surname)
* Lady Russell (disambiguation)
* Lord Russell (disambiguation)
** Bertrand Russell
*Justice Russell (disambiguation)
Places
*Russell Island (disambiguation)
*Mount Russel ...
''
:: 5 destroyer escorts
::: 4 (3 × 3-in. main battery): '' Gendreau'', '' Fieberling'', '' William C. Cole'', '' Paul G. Baker''
::: 1 (3 × 3-in. main battery): '' Bebas''
:: 2 destroyer transports: '' Charles Lawrence'', ''Roper Roper is a craftsman who makes ropes; a ropemaker.
It may also refer to:
Places
*Roper, North Carolina, USA
*Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia
People
* Roper (surname)
Other
*'' Roper v. Simmons'', a decision of the United States Su ...
''
:: 3 submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are now largely obsolete, but which played an important role in the wars of the first half of th ...
s (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
The elk (: ''elk'' or ''elks''; ''Cervus canadensis'') or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia. ...
'', ''Camel
A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provid ...
''
:: 1 (3 × 3-in. main battery) destroyer escort: ''Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Fairs showcase a wide range of go ...
''
:: 2 submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are now largely obsolete, but which played an important role in the wars of the first half of th ...
s (wooden hull), 7 motor minesweepers
Southern Attack Force (Task Force 55)
Rear Admiral John L. Hall in amphibious command ship '' Teton''Embarking
XXIV Army Corps (Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge
General John Reed Hodge (12 June 1893 – 12 November 1963) was an American military officer of the United States Army. Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty in 1945. He served as the governor of the American military government in Korea fr ...
)
: Transport Group "Dog" (Task Group 55.1)
: Commodore M.O. Carlson
: Embarking 7th Infantry ("Bayonet") Division (Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Arnold, USA)
:: Transport Division 37
::: 4 attack transports: ''Harris
Harris may refer to:
Places Canada
* Harris, Ontario
* Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine)
* Harris, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan
Scotland
* Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle ...
'', '' Lamar'', '' Sheridan'', '' Pierce''
::: 1 attack cargo: '' Algorab''
:: Transport Division 38
::: 4 attack transports: '' Barnstable'', ''Elmore
Elmore may refer to:
Places United States
*Elmore, Alabama
*Elmore, Illinois
* Elmore, Minnesota
*Elmore, Ohio
* Elmore City, Oklahoma
* Elmore, Vermont
*Elmore, Wisconsin
*Elmore County (disambiguation)
*Elmore Township (disambiguation)
*Lake Elm ...
'', ''Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...
'', '' Lycoming''
::: 1 attack cargo: '' Alshain''
::: 1 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 landing shi ...
: ''Epping Forest
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''
:: Transport Division 39
::: 4 attack transports: ''Custer
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Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point ...
'', '' Freestone'', '' Kittson'', '' Baxter''
::: 2 attack cargos: ''Algol
ALGOL (; short for "Algorithmic Language") is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally developed in 1958. ALGOL heavily influenced many other languages and was the standard method for algorithm description used by the ...
'', ''Arneb
Alpha Leporis (α Leporis, abbreviated Alpha Lep, α Lep), formally named Arneb , is the brightest star in the constellation of Lepus.
Nomenclature
''Alpha Leporis'' is the star's Bayer designation. The traditional name ''Arneb'' com ...
''
:: Transport Division 13
::: 4 attack transports: '' Appling'', ''Butte
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'', '' Audrain'', ''Laurens Laurens may refer to:
Places
United States
* Laurens County, Georgia
* Laurens, Iowa, a city
* Laurens (town), New York
* Laurens (village), New York
* Laurens, South Carolina, a city
* Laurens County, South Carolina
* Fort Laurens, an ...
''
::: 2 attack cargos: '' Aurelia'', ''Corvus
''Corvus'' is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the car ...
''
::: 1 vehicle landing ship: ''Ozark
The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cov ...
''
:: Tractor Group "Dog"
::: 16 LSTs, 12 LSMs, 2 LCIs
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:: 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 and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Ba ...
'', ''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 pioneered several programming language ...
'', '' Oconto''
::: 2 attack cargos: ''Capricornus
Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat Horn (anatomy), 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 hal ...
'', '' Chara''
::: 1 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 landing shi ...
: ''Lindenwald
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service in Columbia County, New York, south of the village of Kinderhook, north of New York City and south of Albany. The National Historic Site preser ...
''
:: 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. Also, ...
''
::: 2 attack cargos: '' Diphda'', '' Uvalde''
:: Transport Division 42
::: 4 attack transports: '' Neshoba'', ''Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
'', ''Latimer Latimer may refer to:
Places England
* Latimer, Buckinghamshire, a village
** Latimer and Ley Hill, a civil parish that until 2013 was just called "Latimer"
* Latimer, Leicester, an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leices ...
'', '' Edgecombe''
::: 1 attack cargo: ''Virgo
Virgo may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Virgo (film), a 1970 Egyptian film
* Virgo (character), several Marvel Comics characters
* Virgo Asmita, a character in the manga ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas''
* ''Virgo'' (album), by Virgo Four, ...
''
::: 1 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 landing shi ...
: ''Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian architecture, Georgian Plantation house in the Southern United States, mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 by George ...
''
:: 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 si ...
'', ''Kenton Kenton may refer to:
Places Canada
*Kenton, Manitoba
South Africa
* Kenton-on-Sea
United Kingdom
*Kenton, Devon
*Kenton, London
** Kenton station, Kenton Road, Kenton, London
*Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
*Kenton, Suffolk
** Kenton ...
''
::: 1 attack cargo: ''Achernar
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''
::: Tractor Group "Easy": 23 LSTs, 5 LSMs
::: Beach Party "Easy", Southern Beach Party
::: 15 submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are now largely obsolete, but which played an important role in the wars of the first half of th ...
s: 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 × 5-in. main battery): ''Hyman
Hyman is the surname of:
* Alan Hyman (1910–1999), author and screenwriter
* Albert Hyman (1893–1972), co-inventor of the artificial pacemaker
* Anthony Hyman (disambiguation), several people
* Ben Zion Hyman (1891–1984), Canadian-Jewish ...
'', '' Purdy'', ''Wadsworth Wadsworth may refer to:
People
* Wadsworth (given name)
* Wadsworth (surname)
Places
* Wadsworth, Illinois, United States, a village
* Wadsworth, Kansas, United States
* Wadsworth, Nevada, United States, a census-designated place
* Wadswort ...
'', '' Putnam''
::: 9 (5 × 5-in. main battery): ''Anthony
Anthony, also spelled 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 descenda ...
'', '' Bache'', '' Bush'' (), ''Mullany
Mullany is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Charlie Mullany (1881–1937), Australian rules footballer
* James Robert Madison Mullany (1818–1887), US Navy rear admiral
* John Mullany, an Australian politician in the 1910s ...
'', '' Bennett'', ''Hudson
Hudson may refer to:
People
* Hudson (given name)
* Hudson (surname)
* Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back
* Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian f ...
'', ''Beale
Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (6.3 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Su ...
'', '' Ammen'', '' Rooks''
:: 6 destroyer escorts
::: 2 (3 × 3-in. main battery): '' Crouter'', '' Carlson'',
::: 2 (3 × 3-in. main battery): '' Damon M. Cummings'', '' Vammen''
::: 1 (3 × 3-in. main battery): ''O'Neill
The O'Neill dynasty ( Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of the most prominent family of the Nor ...
''
::: 1 (2 × 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'', the ...
''
: 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
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''
:: 1 oil storage ship: '' Grumium''
Expeditionary Troops (Task Force 56)
Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., USA ()Consisting of
United States Tenth Army: ''Northern Landing Area'' ::
III Amphibious Corps
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and d ...
(Embarked in Task Force 53
Task may refer to:
* Task (computing), a unit of execution or homeworks
* Task (language instruction) refers to a certain type of activity used in language instructional design
* Task (project management), an activity that needs to be accomplish ...
)
:: Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, USMC
::: Left beaches: 6th Marine Division
The 6th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps World War II infantry division formed in September 1944. During the invasion of Okinawa it saw combat at Yae-Take and Sugar Loaf Hill and was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. Th ...
(Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC)
::: Right beaches: 1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine (military), Marine Division (military), 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 E ...
(Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Valle, USMC)
: ''Southern Landing Area''
:: XXIV Army Corps (Embarked in Task Force 55
Task may refer to:
* Task (computing), a unit of execution or homeworks
* Task (language instruction) refers to a certain type of activity used in language instructional design
* Task (project management), an activity that needs to be accomplish ...
)
:: Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge
General John Reed Hodge (12 June 1893 – 12 November 1963) was an American military officer of the United States Army. Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty in 1945. He served as the governor of the American military government in Korea fr ...
, 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
Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston. He retired from the United States Army in 1954 as a lieutenant gener ...
, USA)
Allied combat ships
Amphibious Support Forces (Task Force 52)
Rear Admiral William H.P. Blandy in amphibious command ship ''Estes The surname "Estes" originates from the Middle English word est, meaning 'east'.https://forebears.io/surnames/estes
The name "Estes" may also have its roots in ancient Greece, where it comes from the Greek "esthesis", which means "sensation" or "pe ...
''
: 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
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fighters
::::: 11 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: '' Fanshaw Bay'' (Capt. M.E. Arnold)
::::: ''VOC-2'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.M. Allison), 30 aircraft
::::: 24 FM-2 Wildcat
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fighters
::::: 6 TBM 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 naval av ...
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
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
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 ...
fighters
::::: 6 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: ''Natoma Bay ''Natoma'' may refer to:
* ''Natoma'' (opera), a 1911 opera with music by Victor Herbert and libretto by Joseph D. Redding
* USC&GS Natoma, a private motorboat briefly serving as USS ''Natoma'' (SP-666) in the United States Navy, 1917–1919
* U ...
'' (Capts. Albert K. Morehouse and B.B. Nichol)
::::: ''VC-81'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.B. Morton, USNR), 32 aircraft
::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat
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fighters
::::: 12 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
:::: ''Savo Island
Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of Solomon Islands. It is about from the national capital of Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, i ...
'' (Capt. W.D. Anderson)
::::: ''VC-91'' (Lt. F.M. Blanchard, USNR), 35 aircraft
::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: ''Anzio
Anzio (, also ; ) is a town and ''comune'' on region of Italy, about south of Rome.
Well known for its seaside resorts, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola, and Ve ...
'' (Capt. G.C. Montgomery)
::::: ''VC-13'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.P. Williams, USNR), 24 aircraft
::::: 12 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: Screen (Commander J.C. Zahm)
:::: 6 destroyers
::::: 1 (6 × 5-in. main battery): '' Ingraham''
::::: 3 (5 × 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
* Bo ...
'', ''Bradford
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'', ''Hart
Hart often refers to:
* Hart (deer)
* Hart (surname)
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 store ...
''
::::: 2 (4 × 5-in. main battery): '' Bagley'', ''Patterson Patterson may refer to:
People
* Patterson (surname)
* Patterson family
Places
;Australia
* Patterson railway station
;Canada
* Pattersons Corners, Ontario
* Patterson Township, Ontario
* Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta.
...
''
:::: 11 destroyer escorts
::::: 9 (2 × 5-in. main battery): '' Lawrence C. Taylor'', '' Melvin R. Nawman'', '' Oliver Mitchell'', '' Robert F. Keller'', '' Tabberer'', '' Richard M. Rowell'', '' Richard S. Bull'', ''Dennis
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is some ...
'', '' O'Flaherty''
::::: 2 (3 × 3-in. main battery): '' Sederstrom'', '' Fleming''
:: Unit Two
:: Rear Admiral Felix B. Stump
Felix Budwell Stump (December 15, 1894 – June 13, 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy and Commander, United States Pacific Fleet from July 10, 1953 until July 31, 1958.
Early life and career
Stump was born in Parkersburg, West Virgini ...
::: 7 escort carriers
:::: ''Saginaw Bay
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'' (Capts. F.C. Sutton and Robert Goldwaite)
::::: ''VC-88'' (Lt. E.L. Kemp, USNR), 32 aircraft
::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: '' Sargent Bay'' (Capt. R.M. Oliver)
::::: ''VC-83'' (Lt. Cmdr. B.V. Gates () and Lt. M.S. Worley, USNR), 28 aircraft
::::: 16 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
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
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 11 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: ''Marcus Island
sometimes Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima, 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 ...
'' (Capt. H.V. Hopkins)
::::: ''VC-87'' (Lt. H.N. Heisel), 32 aircraft
::::: 20 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: ''Petrof Bay
Petrof Bay is a small bay on the west side of Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, United States. It is located at and opens into the Chatham Strait.
The bay was named in 1924 for U.S. Census Bureau employee Ivan Pe ...
'' (Capt. R.S. Clarke)
::::: ''VC-93'' (Lt. Cmdr. C.P. Smith), 28 aircraft
::::: 16 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
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 1896 t ...
'' (Capts. J.C. Cronin & W.V. Davis)
::::: ''VC-92'' (Lt. Cmdr. J.B. Wallace), 31 aircraft
::::: 19 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: ''Wake Island
Wake Island (), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake, Wilkes, and Peale Islands – surrounding a lagoon encircled by a coral reef. The neare ...
'' (Capt. A.V. Magly)
::::: ''VOC-1'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.F. Bringie), 32 aircraft
::::: 26 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 6 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: Screen (Captain G.P. Hunter)
:::: 4 destroyers
::::: 1 (6 × 5-in. main battery): ''Lowry Lowry may refer to:
People
* Adam Lowry (born 1993), American ice hockey player
* Calvin Lowry (born 1983), American football player
* Dave Lowry (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* Desiree Lowry (born 1972), Puerto Rican beauty pageant t ...
''
::::: 3 (5 × 5-in. main battery): '' Capps'', ''Evans
Evans or Evan's may refer to:
People
* Evans (surname)
* List of people with surname Evans
* Evans Welch, Trinidad and Tobago politician
Places United States
* Evans Island, an island of Alaska
* Evans, Colorado
* Evans, Georgia
* Evans County ...
'', '' John D. Henley''
:::: 6 destroyer escorts
::::: 4 (2 × 5-in. main battery): '' William Seiverling'', '' Ulvert M. Moore'' (Lt. Cmdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., USNR), '' Kendall C. Campbell'', '' Goss''
::::: 2 (3 × 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 () 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 ...
fighters
::::: 10 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: '' Chenango'' (Capts. George van Deurs and Harry D. Felt)
::::: ''Air Group 25'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.W. Robinson (), 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 ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: '' Santee'' (Capt. J.V. Peterson)
::::: ''Air Group 24'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.J. Ostrom () 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 ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: '' Steamer Bay'' (Capt. J.B. Paschal)
::::: ''VC-90'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.A. O'Neill), 31 aircraft
::::: 19 FM-2 Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atla ...
fighters
::::: 12 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: Screen (Captain Alvin Duke Chandler
Alvin Duke Chandler (August 18, 1902 – May 26, 1987) was an American Navy officer and the twenty-first president of the College of William & Mary, serving from 1951 to 1960. He also served as the chancellor of The Colleges of William & Mary ...
)
:::: 5 destroyers
::::: 1 (6 × 5-in. main battery): '' Drexler''
::::: 3 (5 × 5-in. main battery): '' Metcalf'', '' Fullam'', ''Guest
A guest is person who is given hospitality.
Guest or The Guest may refer to:
* Guest (surname), people with the surname ''Guest''
* USS ''Guest'' (DD-472), U.S. Navy ''Fletcher''-class destroyer 1942–1946
* Guest appearance, guest actor, guest ...
''
::::: 1 (4 × 5-in. main battery): '' Helm''
:::: 2 destroyer escorts
::::: 2 (2 × 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 (SkyTrai ...
''
:: 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
**Gale ...
'' (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 that 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 ...
and 30 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 ...
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 to ...
''
: 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
Forrest may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
*Forrest, Victoria, a small rural township
*Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia
*Electoral distric ...
'', '' Hobson'', '' Macomb'', '' Dorsey'', ''Hopkins
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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
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
'', '' Gherardi'', ''Jeffers
Jeffers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Jeffers, American author
* Alexis Jeffers (born 1968), St. Kitts and Nevis politician
* Anne Burton Jeffers (1851 - 1946), American librarian
* Audrey Jeffers (1898–1968) ...
'', '' 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
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'', '' Heed'', ''Defense
Defense or defence may refer to:
Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups
* Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare
* Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks
* Defense industr ...
'', '' Devastator'', '' Ardent'', '' Requisite'', ''Revenge
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'', '' Pursuit'', ''Sage #REDIRECT Sage {{redirect category shell, {{R from other capitalisation{{R from ambiguous page ...
'', '' Sheldrake'', ''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
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially ...
'' (), ''Starling
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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 ...
'' (), ''Gladiator
A gladiator ( , ) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their ...
'', '' Impeccable'', ''Spear
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'', ''Triumph
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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
Adams may refer to:
* For persons, see Adams (surname)
Places United States
*Adams, California
*Adams, California, former name of Corte Madera, California
* Adams, Decatur County, Indiana
*Adams, Kentucky
*Adams, Massachusetts, a New England to ...
'', ''Tolman
The surname Tolman may refer to:
*Aiden Tolman (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
*Andrew Tolman (born 1986), American drummer, co-founder of alternative rock groups Imagine Dragons and The Moth & The Flame
*Brett Tolman (born 1970), Unit ...
'', ''Henry A. Wiley
Admiral Henry Ariosto Wiley (31 January 1867 – 20 May 1943) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II.
Biography
Born in Pike County, Alabama, Wiley graduated from the United State ...
'', '' Shea''
::: 3 submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a type of small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. They encompass designs that are now largely obsolete, but which played an important role in the wars of the first half of th ...
s (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 Screening (tactical), screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They may be deployed in a sk ...
'', '' Staunch'', ''Signet
Signet may refer to:
*Signet, Kenya, A subsidiary of the Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), specifically set up to broadcast and distribute the DTT signals
* Signet ring, a ring with a seal set into it, typically by leaving an impression in sea ...
'', '' Scurry'', ''Spectacle
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'', ''Spector Spector or Spektor may refer to:
People with the surname
* Alfred Spector (born 1954), Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google
* Art Spector (1920–1987), American basketball player
* Baylon Spector (born 1998), American fo ...
'', ''Superior
Superior may refer to:
*Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind
Places
* Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state
*Lak ...
'', '' Serene'', ''Shelter
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'', ''Strategy
Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "troop leadership; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the " a ...
'', ''Strength
Strength may refer to:
Personal trait
*Physical strength, as in people or animals
*Character strengths like those listed in the Values in Action Inventory
*The exercise of willpower
Physics
* Mechanical strength, the ability to withstand ...
'', ''Success
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'', ''Ransom
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When ransom means "payment", the word ...
'', ''Diploma
A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies. Historically, it has also referred to a charter or offi ...
'', ''Density
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'', '' Facility'', ''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; ...
'', ''Recruit
Recruit may 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
Ships
* HMS ''Recruit'', several ships of ...
''
::: 2 fast minelayers (ex-destroyers): '' Tracy'', ''J. William Ditter
John William Ditter Sr. (September 5, 1888 – November 21, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John William Ditter Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 5, 1888. He ...
''
::: 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 the force exerted by a fluid opposing the weight of a partially or fully immersed object (which may be also be a parcel of fluid). In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of t ...
'', '' Gayety'', ''Design
A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...
'', '' Device'', ''Hazard
A hazard is a potential source of harm. Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would potentially allow them to cause damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value. The probability of that ...
'', ''Execute
Execution, in capital punishment
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''
::: Reinforced by the following in May:
:::: 2 minesweepers: '' Fixity'', '' Dour''
:::: 8 minesweepers: ''Chief
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boat ...
'', ''Competent
Broad concept article:
*Competence (polyseme), capacity or ability to perform effectively
Competence or competency may also refer to:
*Competence (human resources), ability of a person to do a job properly
**Competence-based management, performa ...
'', ''Token
Token may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Token, a game piece or counter, used in some games
* The Tokens, a vocal music group
* Tolkien Black, a recurring character on the animated television series ''South Park,'' formerly known as ...
'', ''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
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'', '' Strive'', ''Oracle
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'', ''Velocity
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'', '' Prevail''
::: 14 motor minesweepers
::: 4 destroyer transports with sweep gear-equipped landing craft personnel, ramped (LCP(R)s) embarked: ''Reeves
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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 Kild ...
'', '' Daniel T. Griffin'', '' Waters'', ''Sims
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** ''The Sims 2'', the second installment, released in 2004
** ''The Sims 3'', the ...
''
::: 2 minelayers: ''Weehawken
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'', ''Monadnock
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::: 1 repair ship: ''Mona Island
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:: Net and Buoy Group (Task Group 52.8)
:: Cmdr. G. C. King, USNR
::: 9 s: '' Snowbell'', ''Terebinth
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'', '' Corkwood'', ''Spicewood
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'', ''Cliffrose
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'', '' Stagbush'', '' Abele'', ''Winterberry
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'', '' Pinon''
::: 3 s: ''Mahogany
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'', ''Aloe
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'', '' Chinquapin''
::: 1 mine and net laying ship: '' Keokuk''
::: 2 net cargo ships: ''Sagittarius
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*Sagittarius (astrology), a sign of the Zodiac
* Sagittarius of Gap, a 6th century bishop
*Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
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'', '' Tuscana''
Gunfire and Covering Force (Task Force 54)
Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo in battleship
: Unit One (Rear Admiral Peter K. Fischler)
:: 2 battleships: ,
:: 1 heavy cruiser:
:: 4 destroyers: , , ,
: Unit Two (Rear Admiral C. Turner Joy
Charles Turner Joy (17 February 1895 – 6 June 1956) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. During the last years of his career, while fighting leukemia, he served as Superintendent of the Naval Academy. ...
)
:: 2 battleships: ,
:: 2 heavy cruisers: ,
:: 3 destroyers: (), , ()
:: 1 :
: Unit Three (Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers)
:: 2 battleships: ,
:: 1 heavy cruiser:
:: 2 light cruisers: ,
:: 4 destroyers: (), , ,
:: 1 destroyer:
: Unit Four (Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick)
:: 2 battleships: ,
:: 2 heavy cruisers: ,
:: 1 light cruiser:
::
:: 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
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
(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 ...
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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: (Capt. M.M. Denny, RN), 53 aircraft
:::: 37 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:::: 2 Supermarine Walrus
The Supermarine Walrus is a British single-engine Amphibious aircraft, amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J. Mitchell. Primarily used as a maritime patrol aircraft, it was the first British Squadron (aviation), squadron-service ai ...
scout planes
::: (Capt. C.E. Lambe, RN), 52 aircraft
:::: 36 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: (Capt. Q.D. Graham, RN), 69 aircraft
:::: 40 Supermarine Seafire
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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 naval av ...
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 Aviation ...
fighters
::: (Capt. P. Ruck-Keene, RN), 43 aircraft
:::: 28 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
: First Battle Squadron (Task Group 57.1)
: Vice Admiral Rawlings
:: 2 battleships
::: (10 × 14-in. main battery)
::: (10 × 14-in. main battery)
: Fourth Cruiser Squadron (Task Group 57.4)
: Rear Admiral E.J.P. Brind
:: 7 light cruisers
::: 2 : (12 × 6-in. main battery), (9 × 6-in. main battery)
::: 1 : (12 × 6-in. main battery)
::: 1 : (6 × 6-in. main battery)
::: 3 : (8 × 5.25-in. main battery), (10 × 5.25-in. main battery), (10 × 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 (Task Force 58)
Vice AdmiralMarc A. Mitscher
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: Task Group 58.1
: Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark
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:: 3 fleet carriers
::: ''Hornet'' (Capt. Austin K. Doyle
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)
:::: ''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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-17: 15 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-17: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
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 that 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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-86: 15 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-86: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: ''Bennington'' (Capts. J.B. Sykes and B.L. Braun)
:::: ''Air Group 82'' (Cmdr. G.L. Heap), 102 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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-82: 15 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-82: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::::: VMF-112: 18 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 that 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 ...
fighters
::::: VT-30: 9 TBM 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 naval av ...
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 ...
fighters
::::: VT-45: 9 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:: Battleship Division 8 (Rear Admiral John F. Shafroth Jr.)
::: 3 fast battleships
:::: (Capts. C.F. Stillman and Charles B. Momsen) - 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)
::: 3 heavy cruisers
:::: (Capt. C.K. Fink)
:::: (Capt. John Augustine Waters Jr)
:::: (Capt. John E. Gingrich)
:: Cruiser Division 14 (Rear Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting)
::: 3 light cruisers
:::: ''Vincennes
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'' (Capt. W.G. Lalor)
:::: ''Miami
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'' (Capt. Thomas H. Binford)
:::: '' Vicksburg'' (Capt. W.C. Vose)
::: 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser
:::: (Capts. J.F. Donovan and G.H. Bahm)
:: Screen
::: 21 destroyers
:::: 9 (6 × 5-in. main battery): '' Dehaven'', ''Mansfield
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'', ''Lyman K. Swenson
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Retri ...
'', '' Collett'', '' Maddox'', ''Retri ...
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'', ''Brush
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'', '' Taussig'', '' Samuel N. Moore''
:::: 12 (5 × 5-in. main battery): ''Wedderburn Wedderburn may refer to:
People
* Alexander Wedderburn (disambiguation)
* Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton (1927–2012), British politician and legal scholar
* Charles F. Wedderburn (1892–1917), United States Navy officer
* David ...
'', '' Twining'', '' Stockham'', '' John Rodgers'', ''Stevens
Stevens may refer to:
People
* Stevens (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Given name
* Stevens Baker (1791–1868), farmer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
* Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843), territorial ...
'', ''Harrison
Harrison may refer to:
People
* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
Australia
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
Canada
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Port H ...
'', ''McKee
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'', ''Murray
Murray may refer to:
Businesses
* Murray (bicycle company), an American bicycle manufacturer
* Murray Motor Car Company, an American car manufacturer
* Murrays, an Australian bus company
* Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trus ...
'', '' Sigsbee'', '' Ringgold'', ''Schroeder __NOTOC__
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'', ''Dashiell Dashiell is both a male given name and a surname.
People
Notable people with the name include:
;First name
*Dashiell Eaves (born 1974), American actor
*Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), American author
* Dashiell Mihok (born 1974), American actor
...
''
: Task Group 58.2
: Rear Admirals Ralph E. Davison and Gerald F. Bogan
:: 3 fleet carriers
::: ''Enterprise
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Business and economics
Brands and enterprises
* Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company
* Enterprise plc, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company
* Enterpris ...
'' (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 ...
fighters
::::: VTN-90: 21 TBM 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 naval av ...
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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-5: 8 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
, 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 naval av ...
, 10 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::::: VMF-214
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 (VMFA-214) is a United States Marine Corps fighter attack squadron that currently flies the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II. The squadron's home field is Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and it is a ...
: 18 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 that 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 (), 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 ...
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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-12: 15 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-12: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
:: 1 light cruiser
::: (Capt. H.C. Fitz)
:: Screen
::: 8 destroyers (5 × 5-in. main battery): '' ''Miller'', '' ''Owen'', '' ''Hickox'', '' ''Hunt'', '' ''Lewis Hancock'', '' ''Marshall'', '' ''Stephen Potter'', '' ''Tingey''
: Task Group 58.3
: Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman
:: 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 ...
fighters
::::: VBF-83: 36 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-83: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::: (Capt. G.A Seitz)
:::: ''Air Group 84'' (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 103 aircraft
::::: VF-84: 27 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 ...
fighters
::::: VB-84: 15 SB2C Helldiver
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was 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 sur ...
dive bombers
::::: VT-84: 15 TBM 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 naval av ...
torpedo bombers
::::: VMF-221: 18 F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that 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 that 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
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fighters
::::: VBF-6: 36 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VB-6: 12 SB2C Helldiver
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dive bombers
::::: VT-6: 10 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
:: 2 light carriers
::: (Capt. W.W. Smith)
:::: ''Air Group 29'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.E. Eder), 33 aircraft
::::: VF-29: 24 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VT-29: 9 TBM Avenger
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::: (Capt. J.B. Heath)
:::: ''Air Group 47'' (Cmdr. Walker Etheridge and Lt. Cmdr. A.H. Clancy), 36 aircraft
::::: VF-47: 24 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VT-47: 12 TBM Avenger
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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 × 5-in. main battery): ''Ault Ault may refer to:
People
*Chris Ault, American head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team
* Dick Ault, American athlete
* John Ault, English writer, academic, and politician
* Doug Ault, Major League Baseball player
* George Ault, American ...
'', ''English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
'', '' Charles S. Sperry'', '' Waldron'', '' Haynsworth'', '' Wallace L. Lind'', '' John W. Weeks'', ''Hank
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'', '' Borie''
:::: 8 (5 × 5-in. main battery): ''Erben Erben may refer to:
* Erben (surname)
* Erben Wennemars
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'', ''Walker
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People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
'', '' Hale'', '' Stembel'', ''Black
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'', '' Bullard'', ''Kidd Kidd may refer to:
Places
* Kidd (railway point), British Columbia, a former Canadian settlement
* Kidd's Beach, a coastal town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
* Kidd Islands, Antarctic island grouping
* Mount Kidd, a peak in the Canadian ...
'', '' Chauncey''
: Task Group 58.4
: Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford
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:: 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
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fighters
::::: VBF-9: 33 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VB-9: 15 SB2C Helldiver
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dive bombers
::::: VT-9: 7 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
::: (Capt. G.E. Short)
:::: ''Air Group 10'' (Cmdr. J.J. Hyland), 96 aircraft
::::: VF-10: 30 F4U Corsair
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, 6 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VBF-10: 36 F4U Corsair
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fighters
::::: VB-10: 15 SB2C Helldiver
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dive bombers
::::: VT-10: 15 TBF Avenger
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torpedo bombers
:: 2 light carriers
::: '' Langley'' (Capt. J.F. Wegforth)
:::: ''Air Group 23'' (Lt. Cmdr. Merlin Paddock, USNR () and Cmdr. J.J. Southerland), 34 aircraft
::::: VF-23: 25 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VT-23: 9 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
::: ''Independence
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'' (Capt. N.M. Kindell)
:::: ''Air Group 46'' (Cmdr. C.W. Rooney), 33 aircraft
::::: VF-46: 25 F6F Hellcat
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fighters
::::: VT-46: 8 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
:: Battleship Division 9 (Rear Admiral Edward W. Hanson and Louis E. Denfeld)
::: 3 fast battleships
:::: (Capt. Earl E. Stone and John W. Roper)
:::: (Capts. W.M. Callaghan and Stuart S. Murray)
:::: (Capt. Edmund T. Wooldridge)
:: Cruiser Division 16 (Rear Admiral Francis S. Low
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::: 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 × 5-in. main battery): '' Remey'', '' Norman Scott'', ''Mertz
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* Ba ...
'', '' Monssen'', ''McGowan
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'', ''McNair
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* Alexander McNair (1775–1826), American politician
* Andrew McNair (custodian), ringer of the Liberty Bell
*Andrew McNair (actor)
*Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair (1885–1975)
*Barb ...
'', ''Melvin
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'', '' McCord'', '' Trathen'', '' Hazelwood'', '' Heermann'', ''Haggard
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Haggard (band), a German symphonic metal group
* ''Haggard'' (TV series), a British comedy television series
* '' Haggard: The Movie'', a 2003 film by Bam Margera
* King Haggard, a fictiona ...
'', ''Franks
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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 Hamlin may refer to:
Places
United States
* Hamlin, Iowa, a city
* Hamlin, Kansas, a city
* Hamlin, Kentucky, a town
* Hamlin, Maine, a town
* Hamlin, Michigan, a former community
* Hamlin, New York, a town
** Hamlin (CDP), New York, a censu ...
'' (Capt. G.A. McLean)
:::: ''VPB-208'' (Lt. Cmdr. A.J. Sintic, USNR)
:::: 12 Martin PBM Mariner
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::: ''St. George
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'' (Capt. R.G. Armstrong)
:::: ''VPB-18'' (Lt. Cmdr. R.R. Boettcher)
:::: 12 Martin PBM Mariner
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patrol bomber flying boats
::: '' Chandeleur'' (Cmdr. J.S. Tracy)
:::: ''VPB-21'' (Lt. Cmdrs. J.E. Dougherty & J.D. Wright)
:::: 12 Martin PBM Mariner
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patrol bomber flying boats
:: 3 small seaplane tenders
::: '' Yakutat'' (Cmdr. G.K. Fraser)
::: ''USS Onslow, Onslow'' (Cmdr. A.D. Schwarz)
::: ''USS Shelikof, Shelikof'' (Cmdr. R.E. Stanley)
:::: ''VPB-27'' (Lt. Cmdr. E.N. Chase)
:::: 12 Martin PBM Mariner
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patrol bomber flying boats
::: ''USS Bering Strait, Bering Strait'' (Cmdr. W.D. Innis)
:::: ''VH-3'' (Lt. Cmdr. W.D. Bonvillian)
:::: 6 Martin PBM Mariner
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patrol bomber flying boats
:: 2 destroyer seaplane tenders: ''USS Thornton (DD-270), Thornton'' (), ''USS Gillis, Gillis''
:: 1 destroyer: ''USS Williamson, Williamson''
: Logistics Support Group Fifth Fleet (Task Group 50.8)
: Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary in light cruiser ''USS Detroit (CL-8), Detroit''
:: Support escort carriers
::: ''USS Shamrock Bay, Shamrock Bay'' (Capts. F.T. Ward and J.E. Leeper)
:::: ''VC-94'' (Lt. Cmdr. J.F. Patterson, USNR () and Lt. L.E. Terry)
:::: 18 FM-2 Wildcat
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fighters
:::: 12 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
::: ''USS Makassar Strait, Makassar Strait'' (Capt. Herbert D. Riley)
:::: ''VC-97'' (Lt. Cmdr. M.T. Whittier, USNR)
:::: 14 FM-2 Wildcat
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fighters
:::: 12 TBM Avenger
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torpedo bombers
:: CVE Plane Transport Unit (Task Unit 50.8.4)
::: ''USS Attu, Attu'' (Capt. H.F. MacComsey)
::: ''USS Admiralty Islands, Admiralty Islands'' (Capt. M.E.A. Gouin)
::: ''USS Bougainville (CVE-100), Bougainville'' (Capt. C.A. Bond)
::: ''USS Windham Bay, Windham Bay'' (Capt. G.T. Mundorff)
:: Logistics and Support Vessels
::: 49 oilers: ''USS Cuyama, Cuyama'', ''USS Brazos, Brazos'', ''USS Cimarron (AO-22), Cimarron'', ''USS Platte (AO-24), Platte'', ''USS Sabine (AO-25), Sabine'', ''USS Kaskaskia, Kaskaskia'', ''USS Guadalupe (AO-32), Guadalupe'', ''USS Chicopee (AO-34), Chicopee'', ''USS Housatonic (AO-35), Housatonic'', ''USS Merrimack (AO-37), Merrimack'', ''USS Kankakee, Kankakee'', ''USS Lackawanna (AO-40), Lackawanna'', ''USS Monongahela (AO-42), Monongahela'', ''USS Tappahannock, Tappahannock'', ''USS Patuxent (AO-44), Patuxent'', ''USS Neches (AO-47), Neches'', ''USS Suamico, Suamico'', ''USS Tallulah, Tallulah'', ''USS Ashtabula, Ashtabula'', ''USS Cacapon, Cacapon'', ''USS Caliente, Caliente'', ''USS Chikaskia, Chikaskia'', ''USS Aucilla, Aucilla'', ''USS Marias, Marias'', ''USS Manatee (AO-58), Manatee'', ''USS Nantahala (AO-60), Nantahala'', ''USS Severn (AO-61), Severn'', ''USS Taluga, Taluga'', ''USS Chipola, Chipola'', ''USS Tolovana, Tolovana'', ''USS Pecos (AO-65), Pecos'', ''USS Atascosa, Atascosa'', ''USS Cache, Cache'', ''USS Enoree, Enoree, USS Escalante, Escalante'', ''USS Neshanic, Neshanic'', ''USS Niobrara, Niobrara'', ''USS Millicoma, Millicoma, USS Saranac (AO-74), Saranac'', ''USS Cossatot, Cossatot'', ''USS Cowanesque, Cowanesque'', ''USS Escambia, Escambia, USS Cahaba, Cahaba'', ''USS Mascoma, Mascoma'', ''USS Ocklawaha, Ocklawaha'', ''USS Ponaganset, Ponaganset, USS Sebec, Sebec'', ''USS Tomahawk (AO-88), Tomahawk'', ''USS Anacostia (AO-94), Anacostia''
::: 16 ammunition ships: ''USS Akutan, Akutan'', ''USS Firedrake, Firedrake'', ''USS Lassen (AE-3), Lassen'', ''USS Mauna Loa (AE-8), Mauna Loa'', ''USS Shasta (AE-6), Shasta'', ''USS Vesuvius (AE-15), Vesuvius'', ''USS Wrangell, Wrangell'', ''SS Canada Victory, Canada Victory'' () ''USS Bedford Victory, Bedford Victory'', ''USS Bucyrus Victory, Bucyrus Victory'', ''USS Manderson Victory, Manderson Victory'', ''USS Las Vegas Victory, Las Vegas Victory'', ''SS Logan Victory, Logan Victory'' (), ''Greenburg Victory'', ''SS Pierre Victory, Pierre Victory'', ''SS Hobbs Victory, Hobbs Victory'' ()
::: 9 cargo ships: ''USS Adhara, Adhara'', ''USS Alkaid, Alkaid'', ''USS Alkes, Alkes'', ''USS Allegan, Allegan'', ''USS Appanoose, Appanoose, USS Fomalhaut, Fomalhaut'', ''USS Matar, Matar'', ''USS Mintaka, Mintaka'', ''USS Rotanin, Rotanin''
::: 8 hospital ships: ''USS Bountiful, Bountiful'', ''USS Comfort (AH-6), Comfort'', ''USS Hope (AH-7), Hope'', ''USS Mercy (AH-8), Mercy'', ''USS Relief (AH-1), Relief'', ''USS Samaritan, Samaritan'', ''USS Solace (AH-5), Solace'', plus transport ''USS Wharton, Wharton''
::: 6 reefers (store ships): ''USS Adria, Adria'', ''USS Athanasia, Athanasia'', ''USS Bridge (AF-1), Bridge'', ''USS Latona, Latona'', ''USS Lioba, Lioba'', ''USS Merapi, Merapi''
::: 2 survey ships: ''Armistead Rust'', ''USS Bowditch (AG-30), Bowditch''
::: 2 stores-issue ships: ''USS Antares (AG-10), Antares'', ''USS Castor (AKS-1), Castor''
::: 9 gasoline tankers: ''USS Wabash (AOG-4), Wabash'', ''USS Genesee (AOG-8), Genesee'', ''USS Kishwaukee, Kishwaukee'', ''USS Nemasket, Nemasket'', ''USS Escatawpa, Escatawpa'', ''USS Hiwassee, Hiwassee'', ''USS Ontonagon, Ontonagon'', ''USS Yahara, Yahara'', ''USS Ponchatoula (AOG-38), Ponchatoula'', ''USS Sacandaga, Sacandaga''
::: 6 station tankers: ''USS Armadillo, Armadillo'', ''USS Giraffe, Giraffe'', ''USS Marmora (IX-189), Marmora'', ''USS Moose (IX-124), Moose'', ''USS Whippet (IX-129), Whippet'', LCI(L)-993
::: 10 repair ships: ''USS Vestal, Vestal'', ''USS Aristaeus, Aristaeus'', ''USS Nestor, Nestor'', ''USS Oceanus, Oceanus'', ''USS Anchor, Anchor'', '' Clamp'', ''USS Current, Current'', ''USS Deliver, Deliver'', ''USS Gear, Gear'', ''USS Shackle, Shackle''
::: 6 floating drydocks: ARD-13, ARD-22, ARD-27, ARD-28, AFD-14, AFDL-32
::: 12 fleet tugs: ''USS Arikara, Arikara'', ''USS Chickasaw (AT-83), Chickasaw'', ''USS Cree, Cree'', ''USS Lipan, Lipan'', ''USS Mataco, Mataco'', ''USS Menominee, Menominee'', ''USS Munsee, Munsee'', ''USS Pakana, Pakana'', ''USS Tawakoni, Tawakoni'', ''Tekesta
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'', ''USS Tenino (ATF-115), Tenino'', ''USS Ute, 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 FleetAdmiral Soemu Toyoda
Surface Special Attack Force
Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito () : Super battleship: ''Japanese battleship Yamato, Yamato'' :: Captain Kosaku Aruga () : Destroyer Squadron 2 (Rear Admiral Keizo Komura) :: Light cruiser: ''Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942), Yahagi'' (Captain Tameichi Hara) :: Destroyer Division 41 (Capt. M. Yoshida): ''Japanese destroyer Fuyutsuki, Fuyutsuki'', ''Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki (1942), Suzutsuki'' :: Destroyer Division 17 (Capt. K. Shintani – ): ''Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939), Isokaze'', ''Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940), Hamakaze'', ''Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939), Yukikaze'' :: Destroyer Division 21 (Capt. H. Kotaki – ): ''Japanese destroyer Asashimo, Asashimo'', ''Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937), Kasumi'', ''Japanese destroyer Hatsushimo (1933), 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 (CV-13), USS Franklin'' , Carrier , Air Attack, two 550 lb. bombs thru to hangar deck , 724 , 265 , - , 19 Mar 45 , ''USS Wasp (CV-18), 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 (DD-521), USS Kimberly'' , Destroyer , Air Attack, kamikaze , 4 , 57 , - , 26 Mar 45 , ''USS Nevada (BB-36), 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 (DD-576), 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 (BB-36), 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 , ''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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