1. 24-25 Oct – Battle of Surigao Strait

2. Japanese Forces

3. American Forces

4. 25 Oct – Battle off Samar

5. Japanese Forces

6. American Forces

7. 25 Oct – Battle off Cape Engaño

8. Japanese Forces

9. American Forces

10. Notes

11. References

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 and the United States Navy's Pacific 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.

Since the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative in all three actions, their forces are listed first in each section.

USN: 2 escort carriers, 3 destroyers

24-25 Oct – Battle of Surigao Strait

Japanese Forces

Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura (killed during battle)

Vice Adm. Nishimura (KIA)

Battleship Division 2 (Vice Adm. Nishimura – KIA):

• 2 old battleships:
  • Fuso (12 x 14-in. main battery) (sunk by gunfire 25 Oct)
  • Yamashiro (12 x 14-in. main battery) (sunk by gunfire 25 Oct)
• 1 heavy cruiser:
  • Mogami (10 x 8-in. main battery) (scuttled 25 Oct)

Destroyer Division 4 (Capt. K. Takahashi):

• 4 destroyers
  • 3 Asashio class (6 x 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)
  • 1 Shiratsuyu class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Shigure
    
    

Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima

Cruiser Division 21 (Vice Admiral Shima):

• 2 heavy cruisers: Nachi, Ashigara

Destroyer Squadron 1 (Rear Adm. Masatomi Kimura):

• 1 light cruiser: Abukuma (sunk by air attack 26 Oct)
• 7 destroyers: Akebono, Ushio, Kasumi, Shiranuhi (sunk by air attack 27 Oct), Wakaba (sunk by air attack 24 Oct), Hatsuharu, Hatsushimo

American Forces

Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch

Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson in amphibious command ship Mount Olympus

Left Flank (Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf):

• 3 heavy cruisers
  • Louisville (9 x 8-in. main battery) (Capt. S.H. Hurt)
  • Portland (9 x 8-in. main battery) (Capt. T.G.W. Settle)
  • Minneapolis (9 x 8-in. main battery) (Capt. H.B. Slocum)
• 2 light cruisers
  • Denver (12 x 6-in. main battery) (Capt. A.M. Bledsoe)
  • Columbia (12 x 6-in. main battery) (Capt. M.E. Curts)
• 9 destroyers
  • 9 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Newcomb, Richard P. Leary, Albert W. Grant{{efn|Damaged by friendly fire}}, Robinson, Halford, Bryant, Heywood L. Edwards, Bennion, Leutze

Battle Line (Rear Adm. George L. Weyler):

• 6 old battleships
  • West Virginia (8 x 16-in. main battery) (Capt. H.V. Wiley)
  • Maryland (8 x 16-in. main battery) (Capt. H.J. Ray)
  • California (12 x 14-in. main battery) (Capt. H.P. Burnett)
  • Tennessee (12 x 14-in. main battery) (Capt. J.B. Heffernan)
  • Mississippi (12 x 14-in. main battery) (Capt. H.J. Redfield)
  • Pennsylvania (12 x 14-in. main battery) (Capt. C.F. Martin)
• 6 destroyers
  • 4 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Sigourney, Claxton, Aulick, Cony
  • 2 Gleaves class (4 x 5-in. main battery): Thorn, Welles

Right Flank (Rear Adm. Russell S. Berkey):

• 1 heavy cruiser
  • {{flagdeco|Australia}} HMAS Shropshire (8 x 8-in. main battery) (Capt. H.A. Showers, RAN)
• 2 light cruisers:
  • Phoenix (15 x 6-in. main battery) (Capt. J.H. Duncan)
  • Boise (15 x 6-in. main battery) (Capt. J.S. Roberts)
• 6 destroyers
  • 5 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Hutchins, Bache, Beale, Daly, Killen
  • 1 Tribal class (8 x 4.7-in. main battery): {{flagdeco|Australia}} HMAS Arunta
• 7 destroyers (Picket Patrol)
  • 7 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Remey, McGowan, Melvin, Mertz, McDermut, Monssen, McNair

25 Oct – Battle off Samar

Japanese Forces

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita

Battleship Division 1 (Vice Adm. Matome Ugaki):

• 1 super battleship: Yamato
• 1 old battleship: Nagato

Cruiser Division 4 (Vice Adm. Kurita):

• 2 heavy cruisers: Takao, Chokai (scuttled 25 Oct)

Cruiser Division 5 (Vice Adm. Shintaro Hashimoto):

• 2 heavy cruisers: Myoko, Haguro

Destroyer Squadron 2 (Rear Adm. Mikio Hayakawa):

• 1 light cruiser: Noshiro (sunk by air attack 26 Oct)
• 9 destroyers: Shimakaze, Hayashimo (sunk by air attack 26 Oct), Akishimo, Kishinami, Okinami, Naganami, Asashimo, Fujinami (sunk by air attack 27 Oct), Hamanami
  
  

Vice Admiral Yoshio Suzuki

Battleship Division 3 (Vice Adm. Matome Ugaki):

• 2 battlecruisers: Kongo, Haruna

Cruiser Division 7 (Vice Adm. Kazutaka Shiraishi):

• 2 heavy cruisers: Kumano, Suzuya (sunk by air attack 25 Oct), Chikuma (sunk/scuttled 25 Oct), Tone

Destroyer Squadron 10 (Rear Adm. Susumu Kimura):

• 1 light cruiser: Yahagi
• 6 destroyers: Kiyoshimo, Nowaki (sunk by air attack 26 Oct), Urakaze, Isokaze, Hamakaze, Yukikaze

American Forces

Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch

Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague

Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Sprague

• Fanshaw Bay (Capt. D.P. Johnson)
  • Composite Squadron 68 (Lt. Cmdr. R.S. Rogers):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
• 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
• White Plains (Capt. D.J. Sullivan)
  • Composite Squadron 4 (Lt. E.R. Fickenscher):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
• 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
• 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
  • 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

• 3 Fletcher class destroyers (5 x 5-in. main battery): Hoel (sunk 0855 hrs.), Heermann, Johnston (sunk 1010 hrs.)
• 4 John C. Butler class destroyer escorts (2 x 5-in. main battery): Dennis, John C. Butler, Raymond, Samuel B. Roberts (sunk 1005 hrs.)

Rear Adm. Felix B. Stump

• Natoma Bay (Capt. A.K. Morehouse)
  • Composite Squadron 81 (Lt. Cmdr. R.C. Barnes):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
• Manila Bay (Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, III)
  • Composite Squadron 80 (Lt. Cmdr. H.K. Stubbs):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
• 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
  • Kadashan Bay (Capt. R.N. Hunter)
  • Composite Squadron 20 (Lt. Cmdr. J.R. Dale):
  • 15 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  • Savo Island (Capt. C.E. Ekstrom)
  • Composite Squadron 27 (Lt. Cmdr. P.W. Jackson):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  • Ommaney Bay (Capt. H.L. Young)
  • Composite Squadron 75 (Lt. Cmdr. A.W. Smith):
  • 16 FM-2 Wildcat fighters
  • 11 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers

• 3 Fletcher class destroyers (5 x 5-in. main battery): Haggard, Franks, Hailey
• 5 John C. Butler class destroyer escorts (2 x 5-in. main battery): Richard W. Suesens, Abercrombie, Oberrender, LeRay Wilson, Walter C. Wann

25 Oct – Battle off Cape Engaño

Japanese Forces

Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa

Carrier Division 3 (Vice Adm. Ozawa):

• 1 fleet carrier
  • Zuikaku (sunk by air attack 24 Oct)
• 3 light carriers
  • Zuiho (sunk by air attack 25 Oct)
  • Chitose (sunk by air attack, gunfire and torpedoes 25 Oct)
  • Chiyoda (sunk by air attack, gunfire and torpedoes 25 Oct)
  • Combined air group:
  • 80 Mitsubishi A6M2 'Zeke' fighters
  • 7 Yokosuka D4Y1 'Judy' dive bombers
  • 25 Nakajima B6N 'Jill' torpedo bombers
  • 4 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers

Carrier Division 4 (Rear Adm. Chiaki Matsuda):

• 2 hermaphrodite battleships: Ise, Hyuga
  • Combined air group for this operation: none

• 1 light cruiser: Isuzu
• 8 destroyers: Hatsuzuki (sunk by gunfire 25 Oct), Akizuki (sunk by air attack 25 Oct), Wakatsuki, Shimotsuki, Maki, Sugi, Kuwa, Kiri,
• 2 light cruisers: Tama (sunk by submarine 25 Oct), Ōyodo

• 2 oilers: Jinei Maru (sunk), Takane Maru
• 1 destroyer: Akikaze
• 6 escort vessels

American Forces

Admiral William F. Halsey in battleship New Jersey

Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher in fleet carrier Lexington

Vice Adm. John S. McCain, Sr.

• Wasp (Capt. O.A. Weller)
  • Air Group 14 (Cmdr. W.C. Wingard):
  • 49 F6F Hellcat fighters
  • 25 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  •   6 TBF, 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  •   4 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters
• Hornet (Capt. A.K. Doyle)
  • Air Group 14 (Cmdr. F.R. Schrader):
  • 36 F6F Hellcat fighters
  • 25 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  • 18 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  •   5 F6F-xN Hellcat night fighters

• Monterey (Capt. S.H. Ingersoll)
  • Air Group 28 (Lt. Cmdr. R.W. Mehle):
  • 22 F6F Hellcat fighters
  •   9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
• Cowpens (Capt. H.W. Taylor)
  • Air Group 22 (Lt. Cmdr. T.H. Jenkins):
  • 26 F6F Hellcat fighters
  •   9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers

Cruiser Division 6 (Rear Adm. C. Turner Joy):

• 1 heavy cruiser
  • Wichita (Capt. D.A. Spencer)

Cruiser Division 10 (Rear Adm. Lloyd J. Wiltse):

• 1 heavy cruiser
  • Boston (Capt. E.E. Herrmann)

Cruiser Division 5 (Rear Adm. Allan E. Smith):

• 3 heavy cruisers
  • Chester (Capt. Henry Hartley)
  • Pensacola (Capt. A.P. Mullinnix)
  • Salt Lake City (Capt. L.W. Busbey)

• 21 destroyers
  • 12 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Boyd, Brown, Cowell, Charrette, Conner, Bell, Burns, Izard, Caperton, Cogswell, Ingersoll, Knapp
  • 6 Mahan class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Cummings, Case, Cassin, Downes, Dunlap, Fanning
  • 2 Gleaves class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Grayson, McCalla
  • 1 Benson class (4 x 5-in. main battery): Woodworth

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