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Battle of Morotai order of battle
Information
This is a listing of the
Allied and
Japanese military units which took part in the
Battle of Morotai during
World War II .
Allies
Task Force 77 (Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey onboard HMAS Kanimbla )
[1]
Carrier force: Six escort carriers, eight destroyer escorts
Task Force 74
Heavy cruisers: HMAS Australia ,
Shropshire
Light cruisers: three USN CLs
Destroyers: Eight US destroyers and HMAS Warramunga and Arunta
White Beach Attack Group (Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey)
HMAS Kanimbla (flag)
Six destroyers
Five APDs
4 LST
10 LCI
3 LCT (towed by LSTs)
Special service unit
Beach Party
Red Beach Attack Group (Rear Admiral Fechteler)
HMAS Manoora
Six destorers
8 LST
29 LCI
9 LCT (towed
1 LSD (with 20 LCM)
Special service unit
Beach Party
Reinforcement Group One
Five destroyers
12 LST
8 LCT (towed)
19 LCI
Reinforcement Group Two
Reinforcement Group Three
Three destroyers
Two frigates
9 LST
Reinforcement Group Four
Two frigates
Small craft and floating equipment
Cargo vessels were also assigned to reinforcement echelons as required.
[2]
Task Group 38.4 (Rear-Admiral R.E. Davison)
[3]
Fleet carriers:
USS Lexington ,
USS Franklin
Light carriers:
USS Belleau Wood ,
USS San Jacinto
Heavy cruiser:
USS New Orleans
Light cruiser:
USS Biloxi
Destroyers: USS Maury , Craven , Gridley , Helm , McCall , Mugford , Ralph Talbot , Patterson , Bagley , Wilkes , Nicholson , Swanson
Japan
Notes
^ Royal Navy Historical Section (1957), pp. 258–259
^ Royal Navy Historical Section (1957), pp. 259
^ Royal Navy Historical Section (1957), pp. 257
References
Royal Navy Historical Section (1957). War with Japan Volume IV. The South–East Asian Operations and Central Pacific Advance . London: Royal Navy.
DDL
The six different variants were designated the endorsed version (EV1 and EV2), Variant A, Variant B (B1 and B2) and Variant C. Their weapons fit were as follows:
[1]
Weapon
EV1
EV2
A
B1
B2
C
Standard SAM
1
1
Sea Sparrow SAM
1
Standard SSM in 'coffins'
6
Exocet -type SSM in 'coffins'
6
6
6
5 inch gun
1
1
1
2
2
1
30mm gun
2
2
2
2
2
2
Armed helicopters
1
2
1
1
2
1
^ Department of Defence (1972), p. 120