main battery): Picking, Sproston, Wickes, William D.
Western Islands Hydrographic Survey Group: 4 submarine chasers (steel hull)Ĭaptain Frederick Moosbrugger in amphibious command ship Biscayne. Western Islands Control Unit: 7 submarine chasers: (3 steel hull, 4 wooden hull). Western Islands Reserve Tractor Group: 10 LSTs. 
Western Islands Tractor Flotilla: 18 LSTs. 2 destroyer transports: Scribner, Kinzer. 5 attack transports: Goodhue, Eastland, Telfair, Mountrail, Montrose. 4 attack transports: Henrico, Pitt, Natrona, Drew. 4 attack transports: Chilton, LaGrange, Tazewell, St. Kiland in amphibious command ship Mount McKinleyĮmbarking 77th Infantry ("Statue of Liberty") Division and one Marine BLT (Maj. Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner in amphibious command ship EldoradoĪmphibious command ship Mount McKinley in the early 1950s File:LaGrange APA-124.jpg Spruance in heavy cruiser Indianapolis Task Force 51 – Joint Expeditionary Force 1.9.2 TG 50.8 Logistics Support Group Fifth FleetĪdmiral Chester W. 1.9.1 TG 50.5 Search and Reconnaissance Group. 1.9 Task Force 50 – Support and Service Units. 1.7 Task Force 57 – British Carrier Force. 1.6 Task Force 56 – Expeditionary Troops. 1.5 Task Force 55 – Southern Attack Force. 1.4 Task Force 54 – Gunfire and Covering Force. 1.3 Task Force 53 – Northern Attack Force. 1.2 Task Force 52 – Amphibious Support Forces. 1.1 Task Force 51 – Joint Expeditionary Force. Porter, Pringle, Bush, Dickerson, Emmons, Swallow, Canada Victory, Logan Victory, Hobbs Victory The smaller ships were least able to withstand damage from kamikaze attacks. The ships and troops of Operation Iceberg were under direct operational command of Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard amphibious command ship Eldorado.ġ1 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 22 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships, 2 large cruisers, 12 heavy cruisers, 13 light cruisers, 4 anti-aircraft light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escortsĨ4 attack transports, 29 attack cargo ships, LCIs, LSMs, LSTs, LSVs, etc.ĥ2 submarine chasers, 23 fast minesweepers, 69 minesweepers, 11 minelayers, 49 oilers, etc.ĥ fleet carriers, 2 battleships, 7 light cruisers, 14 destroyers (It had been Third Fleet until Spruance relieved Admiral William Halsey in January, as part of the "alternating command" system). Since the "Big Blue Fleet" was at this time under the command of Admiral Raymond Spruance aboard his flagship USS Indianapolis, the force was designated Fifth Fleet. Nimitz from his headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), were both exercised by Admiral Chester W. The roles of Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA) and Commander in Chief, U.S.
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