Since the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative in all three actions, their forces are listed first in each section.
Losses in these three actions IJN: 1 fleet carrier, 3 light carriers, 2 old battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 9 destroyers, 1 oiler USN: 2 escort carriers, 2 destroyers, 1 destroyer escort
The light aircraft carrier USS Princeton was heavily damaged and scuttled with great loss of life on 24 October while engaging in battle against land-based Japanese aircraft flying into the Leyte area east of Luzon. The loss of Princeton is always included in the casualties of the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Note: Battleship Musashi and heavy cruisers Atago (Kurita's original flagship), Takao, Myōkō, and Maya had been assigned to Center Force, but had been sunk or damaged by air and submarine attacks prior to the Battle off Samar.
^Shima arrived in Surigao Strait after the devastation of Force C. Unable to make contact with Nishimura, who was dead by that time, Shima made a perfunctory attack and retired. "Shima had unusual discretion for a Japanese admiral." (Morison 1958, p. 233)
Referencesedit
Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Leyte, June 1944–January 1945. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. XII. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. ISBN0-7858-1313-6.
^UNITED STATES FLEET HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF (1945). BATTLE EXPERIENCE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF. NAVY DEPARTMENT Washington DC. p. 78-7. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Leyte Gulf order of battle news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The Battle of Leyte Gulf generally considered to be the largest naval combat in history was fought 24 25 October 1944 in the waters of the Philippine Islands by elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy s Combined Fleet bringing together the IJN s 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet and 5th Fleet and the United States Navy s Pacific Fleet bringing together the USN s 3rd Fleet and 7th Fleet Of the five separate engagements that made up the battle as a whole the forces involved in the three principal ones are listed here IJ Combined Fleet and US Pacific Fleet CommandersAdm Soemu Toyoda HQ at Yokohama Adm Chester W Nimitz HQ at Pearl Harbor US Seventh and Third Fleet CommandersVice Adm Thomas C KinkaidAdmiral William F Halsey Jr Since the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative in all three actions their forces are listed first in each section Losses in these three actions IJN 1 fleet carrier 3 light carriers 2 old battleships 3 heavy cruisers 3 light cruisers 9 destroyers 1 oiler USN 2 escort carriers 2 destroyers 1 destroyer escort The light aircraft carrier USS Princeton was heavily damaged and scuttled with great loss of life on 24 October while engaging in battle against land based Japanese aircraft flying into the Leyte area east of Luzon The loss of Princeton is always included in the casualties of the Battle of Leyte Gulf Contents 1 24 25 Oct Battle of Surigao Strait 1 1 Japanese Forces 1 2 American Forces 2 25 Oct Battle off Samar 2 1 Japanese Forces 2 2 American Forces 3 25 26 Oct Battle off Cape Engano 3 1 Japanese Forces 3 2 American Forces 4 Notes 5 References24 25 Oct Battle of Surigao Strait editMain article Battle of Surigao Strait according to Tully Anthony 2009 Battle of Surigao Strait Bloomington IN Indiana University Press ISBN 978 0 253 35242 2 nbsp Vice Adm Shoji Nishimura KIA nbsp Battleship Fusō nbsp Heavy cruiser Mogami nbsp Destroyer Shigure sole survivor of Nishimura s force Japanese Forces edit Southern Force Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura killed during battle in battleship Yamashiro Force C sortied from Brunei Bay 22 Oct Vice Adm Nishimura KIA Battleship Division 2 Vice Adm Nishimura KIA 2 Fusō class old battleships 12 14 in main battery Fusō sunk by gunfire 25 Oct Yamashiro sunk by gunfire 25 Oct dd 1 Mogami class heavy cruiser 6 8 in main battery Mogami damaged by gunfire and air attacks scuttled 25 Oct dd dd Destroyer Division 4 Capt K Takahashi 3 Asashio class destroyers 6 5 in main battery Michishio sunk by torpedo and gunfire 25 Oct Yamagumo sunk by torpedo 25 Oct Asagumo sunk by torpedo and gunfire 25 Oct dd 1 Shiratsuyu class destroyer 5 5 in main battery Shigure dd dd dd Second Striking Force a sortied from Pescadores Formosa 22 Oct Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima in heavy cruiser NachiCruiser Division 21 Vice Admiral Shima 2 Myōkō class heavy cruisers 10 8 in main battery Nachi Ashigara dd dd Destroyer Squadron 1 Rear Adm Masatomi Kimura 1 Nagara class light cruiser 7 5 5 in main battery Abukuma sunk by air attack 26 Oct dd 4 destroyers2 Fubuki class 6 5 in main battery Akebono Ushio dd 1 Asashio class 6 5 in main battery Kasumi dd 1 Kagero class 6 5 in main battery Shiranui sunk by air attack 27 Oct dd dd dd dd American Forces edit Task Force 77 and Surigao Strait Commanders nbsp Vice Adm Thomas C Kinkaid nbsp Rear Adm Jesse B Oldendorf nbsp Light cruiser Denver nbsp Battleship Tennessee after modernization Seventh Fleet Vice Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch Task Force 77 Central Philippines Attack Force Vice Admiral Kinkaid Task Group 77 2 Rear Admiral Jesse B Oldendorf in heavy cruiser Louisville dd Task Unit 77 2 2 Left Flank Rear Admiral Jesse B Oldendorf3 heavy cruisers1 Northampton class 9 8 in main battery Louisville Capt S H Hurt dd 1 Portland class 9 8 in main battery Portland Capt Thomas G W Settle dd 1 New Orleans class 9 8 in main battery Minneapolis Capt H B Slocum dd dd 2 light cruisersBoth Cleveland class 12 6 in main battery Denver Capt Albert M Bledsoe Columbia Capt Maurice E Curts dd dd Destroyer Squadron 56 Capt Roland N Smoot 9 Fletcher class destroyers 5 5 in main battery Newcomb Richard P Leary Albert W Grant damaged by friendly fire Robinson Halford Bryant Heywood L Edwards Bennion Leutze dd dd dd dd dd Task Unit 77 2 1 Battle Line Rear Admiral George L Weyler in battleship Mississippi6 old battleships2 Colorado class 8 16 in main battery West Virginia Capt Herbert V Wiley Maryland Capt Herbert J Ray dd 2 Tennessee class 12 14 in main battery Tennessee Capt J B Heffernan California Capt H P Burnett dd 1 New Mexico class 12 14 in main battery Mississippi Capt H J Redfield dd 1 Pennsylvania class 12 14 in main battery Pennsylvania Capt C F Martin dd dd 6 destroyers4 Fletcher class 5 5 in main battery Sigourney Claxton Aulick Cony dd 2 Gleaves class 4 5 in main battery Thorn Welles dd dd dd dd dd Task Group 77 3 Right Flank Rear Admiral Russell S Berkey in light cruiser Phoenix1 heavy cruiser1 County class 8 8 in main battery nbsp Shropshire Capt C A G Nichols RN dd dd 2 light cruisersBoth Brooklyn classPhoenix 15 6 in main battery Capt J H Duncan Boise 15 6 in main battery Capt J S Roberts dd dd Destroyer Squadron 24 Capt Kenmore M McManes 5 Fletcher class 5 5 in main battery Hutchins Bache Beale Daly Killen dd 1 Tribal class 8 4 7 in main battery nbsp Arunta dd dd dd dd Picket Patrol Destroyer Squadron 54 Capt Jesse G Coward Destroyer Division 1072 Fletcher class 5 5 in main battery Remey Monssen dd dd Destroyer Division 1083 Fletcher class 5 5 in main battery McDermut McGowan Melvin dd dd dd dd Task Group 70 1 Motor Torpedo Boats18 motor torpedo boats MTB MTB Squadron 7 MTBs 127 128 129 130 131 132 134 137 MTB Squadron 12 MTBs 146 150 151 152 190 191 192 194 195 196 dd dd dd 25 Oct Battle off Samar editMain article Battle off Samar Japanese Forces edit nbsp Vice Adm Takeo Kurita nbsp American submarine photo of Kurita s Center Force departing Brunei Bay nbsp Heavy cruiser Chikuma Centre Force Force A sortied from Brunei Bay 22 Oct 1st Section Vice Admiral Takeo KuritaBattleship Division 1 Vice Adm Matome Ugaki 2 battleshipsYamato 9 18 in main battery Nagato 8 16 in main battery dd dd Cruiser Division 4 Vice Adm Kurita 1 heavy cruiserChōkai 10 8 in main battery scuttled 25 Oct dd dd Cruiser Division 5 Vice Adm Shintaro Hashimoto 1 heavy cruiserHaguro 10 8 in main battery dd dd Destroyer Squadron 2 Rear Adm Mikio Hayakawa 1 light cruiserNoshiro 6 6 1 in main battery sunk by air attack 26 Oct dd 9 destroyers8 Yugumo class 6 5 in main battery Akishimo Asashimo Fujinami sunk by air attack 27 Oct Hamanami Hayashimo sunk by air attack 26 Oct Kishinami Okinami Naganami dd 1 Shimakaze experimental destroyer type with 15 torpedo tubes Shimakaze 6 5 in main battery dd dd dd dd 2nd Section Vice Admiral Yoshio SuzukiBattleship Division 3 Vice Adm Suzuki 2 battleshipsKongō 8 14 in main battery Haruna 8 14 in main battery dd dd Cruiser Division 7 Vice Adm Kazutaka Shiraishi 4 heavy cruisersKumano 10 8 in main battery Suzuya 10 8 in main battery sunk by air attack 25 Oct Chikuma 8 8 in main battery sunk scuttled 25 Oct Tone 8 8 in main battery dd dd Destroyer Squadron 10 Rear Adm Susumu Kimura 1 light cruiserYahagi 6 6 1 in main battery dd 6 destroyers5 Kagero class 6 5 in main battery Hamakaze Isokaze Nowaki sunk by air attack 26 Oct Urakaze Yukikaze dd 1 Yugumo class 6 5 in main battery Kiyoshimo dd dd dd dd Note Battleship Musashi and heavy cruisers Atago Kurita s original flagship Takao Myōkō and Maya had been assigned to Center Force but had been sunk or damaged by air and submarine attacks prior to the Battle off Samar dd dd American Forces edit Escort Carrier and Taffy 3 Commanders nbsp Rear Adm Thomas L Sprague nbsp Rear Adm Clifton A F Sprague nbsp Escort carrier Gambier Bay nbsp Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter nbsp Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber Seventh Fleet Vice Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch Task Force 77 Central Philippines Attack Force Vice Admiral Kinkaid Task Group 77 4 Escort Carrier Group Rear Admiral Thomas L Sprague dd Task Unit 77 4 3 Taffy 3 Rear Admiral Clifton A F Sprague6 escort carriersFanshaw Bay Capt D P Johnson Composite Squadron 68 Lt Cmdr R S Rogers 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd St Lo Capt F J McKenna sunk 1125 hrs Composite Squadron 65 Lt Cmdr R M Jones 17 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd White Plains Capt D J Sullivan Composite Squadron 4 Lt E R Fickenscher 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Kalinin Bay Capt T B Williamson Composite Squadron 3 Lt W H Keighley 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 1 TBF 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Carrier Division 26 Rear Adm Ralph A Ofstie Kitkun Bay Capt J P Whitney Composite Squadron 5 Cmdr R L Fowler 14 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Gambier Bay Capt W V R Vieweg sunk 0907 hrs Composite Squadron 10 Lt Cmdr E J Huxtable 18 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd dd dd Screen3 Fletcher class destroyers 5 5 in main battery Hoel sunk 0855 hrs Heermann Johnston sunk 1010 hrs dd 4 John C Butler class destroyer escorts 2 5 in main battery Dennis John C Butler Raymond Samuel B Roberts sunk 1005 hrs dd dd dd dd dd Taffy 2 Commander nbsp Rear Adm Felix B Stump nbsp Fletcher class destroyer nbsp John C Butler class destroyer escort Task Unit 77 4 2 Taffy 2 Rear Admiral Felix B Stump6 escort carriersNatoma Bay Capt A K Morehouse Composite Squadron 81 Lt Cmdr R C Barnes 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Manila Bay Capt Fitzhugh Lee III Composite Squadron 80 Lt Cmdr H K Stubbs 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Carrier Division 27 Rear Adm William D Sample Marcus Island Capt C F Greber Composite Squadron 21 Lt Cmdr T O Murray 12 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Kadashan Bay Capt R N Hunter Composite Squadron 20 Lt Cmdr J R Dale 15 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Savo Island Capt C E Ekstrom Composite Squadron 27 Lt Cmdr P W Jackson 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd Ommaney Bay Capt H L Young Composite Squadron 75 Lt Cmdr A W Smith 16 FM 2 Wildcat fighters 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers dd dd dd dd Screen3 Fletcher class destroyers 5 5 in main battery Haggard Franks Hailey dd 5 John C Butler class destroyer escorts 2 5 in main battery Richard W Suesens Abercrombie Oberrender LeRay Wilson Walter C Wann dd dd dd dd 25 26 Oct Battle off Cape Engano editMain article Battle off Cape Engano nbsp Vice Adm Jisaburo Ozawa nbsp Fleet carrier Zuikaku nbsp Battleship Ise after conversion to hybrid aircraft carrier nbsp Light cruiser Isuzu Japanese Forces edit Northern Force Main Body sortied from Japanese Home Islands 20 Oct Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa Carrier Division 3 Vice Adm Ozawa 1 fleet carrierZuikaku sunk by air attack 25 Oct dd 3 light carriersZuihō sunk by air attack 26 Oct Chitose sunk by air attack gunfire and torpedoes 26 Oct Chiyoda sunk by air attack gunfire and torpedoes 26 Oct Combined air group39 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeke fighters 42 Yokosuka D4Y1 Judy dive bombers 33 Nakajima B6N Jill torpedo bombers 4 Nakajima B5N2 Kate torpedo bombers dd dd dd dd Carrier Division 4 Rear Adm Chiaki Matsuda 2 hybrid battleship carriersIse 8 14 in main battery Hyuga 8 14 in main battery Combined air group for this operation none dd dd dd Screen1 light cruiserIsuzu 7 5 5 in main battery dd 8 destroyers4 Akizuki class 6 3 9 in main battery Akizuki sunk by air attack 25 Oct Hatsuzuki sunk by gunfire 25 Oct Shimotsuki Wakatsuki dd 4 Matsu class 3 5 in main battery Kiri Kuwa Maki Sugi dd dd 2 light cruisersTama 7 5 5 in main battery sunk by submarine 25 Oct Ōyodo 6 6 1 in main battery dd dd Supply Unit2 oilers Jinei Maru sunk Takane Maru 1 destroyer Akikaze 4 4 7 in main battery 6 escort vessels CD 22 CD 29 CD 31 CD 33 CD 43 CD 132 dd American Forces edit Task Force 38 and Task Group Commanders nbsp Vice Adm Marc A Mitscher nbsp Rear Adm Gerald F Bogan nbsp Rear Adm Frederick C Sherman nbsp Rear Adm Ralph E Davison according to 1 Third Fleet Admiral William F Halsey in battleship New Jersey Task Force 38 Fast Carrier Force Vice Admiral Marc A Mitscher in fleet carrier Lexington Task Group 38 2 Task Group Two Rear Adm Gerald F Bogan1 fleet carrierIntrepid dd 2 light carriersCabot Independence dd 2 fast battleshipsBoth Iowa class 9 16 in 50 cal main battery Iowa New Jersey dd dd 3 light cruisersBiloxi Vincennes Miami dd 16 destroyers dd dd nbsp Portside view of the U S aircraft carrier USS Essex CV 9 1944 nbsp Task Group 38 3 enters Ulithi led by USS Langley CVL 27 1944 Task Group 38 3 Task Group Three Rear Adm Frederick C Sherman2 fleet carriersEssex Lexington dd 1 light carrierLangley dd 2 fast battleshipsBoth South Dakota class 9 16 in 45 cal main battery South Dakota Massachusetts dd dd 3 light cruisersSanta Fe Mobile Reno dd 10 destroyers dd dd Task Group 38 4 Task Group Four Rear Adm Ralph E Davison2 fleet carriersFranklin Enterprise dd 2 light carriersSan Jacinto Belleau Wood dd 2 fast battleships1 North Carolina class 9 16 in 45 cal main battery Washington dd 1 South Dakota class 9 16 in 45 cal main battery Alabama dd dd 2 heavy cruisersNew Orleans Wichita dd 15 destroyers dd dd nbsp Vice Adm Willis A Lee Task Force 34 formed at 02 40 on 25 October dissolved at 10 55 on 25 October 2 Vice Adm Willis A Lee6 fast battleships 2 heavy cruisersNew Orleans Wichita dd 5 light cruisersSanta Fe Mobile Biloxi Vincennes Miami dd 18 destroyers dd dd Notes edit Shima arrived in Surigao Strait after the devastation of Force C Unable to make contact with Nishimura who was dead by that time Shima made a perfunctory attack and retired Shima had unusual discretion for a Japanese admiral Morison 1958 p 233 References editMorison Samuel Eliot 1958 Leyte June 1944 January 1945 History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Vol XII Boston Little Brown and Co ISBN 0 7858 1313 6 UNITED STATES FLEET HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF 1945 BATTLE EXPERIENCE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF NAVY DEPARTMENT Washington DC p 78 7 Retrieved 28 December 2021 No battle damage was incurred nor inflicted on the enemy by vessels 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