OLYMPIC ASW & SERVICE FORCES
ASW UNITS
CINCPOA OP-PLAN No. 10-45, 8 August 1945 called for the use of four dedicated ASW groups consisting of one specialized CVE and four to six destroyer escorts. ANZIO, KASSAN BAY, and SALAMAUA were in the Western Pacific by August 1945. For OLYMPIC the CVEs would carry an ASW air squadron consisting of: 10 FM, 2 FM-P, 14 TBM, 1 TBM-P.
CVE 57 ANZIO
CortDiv 72
DE 415 LAWRENCE C. TAYLOR
DE 416 MELVIN R. NAWMAN
DE 417 OLIVER MITCHELL
DE 418 TABBERER
CVE 69 KASAAN BAY
CortDiv 53
DE 192 EISNER
DE 746 HEMMINGER
DE 748 TILLS
DE 749 ROBERTS
CVE 72 TULAGI
CortDiv 9
DE 138 DOUGLAS L. HOWARD
DE 139 FARQUHAR
DE 140 J. R. Y. BLAKELY
DE 141 HILL
CVE 96 SALAMAUA
CortDiv 70
DE 441 WILLIAM SEIVERLING
DE 442 ULVERT M. MOORE
DE 443 KENDALL C. CAMPBELL
DE 444 GOSS
Service Forces, Service Squadron 6
CL 8 DETROIT
CVE MATANIKAU
CVE SHAMROCK BAY
CVE PUGET SOUND
CVE LUNGA POINT
6 Replenishment CVEs from the Carrier Transport Squadron
DesDiv 7
DD 365 CUMMINGS
DD 370 CASE
DD 372 CASSIN
DD 375 DOWNES
DD 384 DUNLAP
DD 385 FANNING
DD 348 FARRAGUT
DesDiv 21
DD 563 ROSS
DD 681 HOPEWELL
DD 445 FLETCHER
DD 446 RADFORD
DD 447 JENKINS
DD 448 LA VALLETTE
CortDiv 10
DE 19 BURDEN R. HASTINGS
DE 20 LE HARDY (EX-DUFF)
DE 21 HAROLD C. THOMAS
DE 22 WILEMAN
DE 23 CHARLES R. GREER
DE 24 WHITMAN
CortDiv 11
DE 162 LEVY
DE 163 MCCONNELL
DE 164 OSTERHAUS
DE 165 PARKS
DE 166 BARON
DE 167 ACREE
CortDiv 16
DE 259 WILLIAM C. MILLER
DE 260 CABANA
DE 261 DIONNE
DE 262 CANFIELD
DE 263 DEEDE
DE 264 ELDEN
CortDiv 24
DE 176 MICKA
DE 180 TRUMPETER
DE 181 STRAUB
DE 182 GUSTAFSON
DE 747 BRIGHT
DE 750 MCCLELLAND
CortDiv 26
DE 25 WINTLE
DE 26 DEMPSEY
DE 27 DUFFY
DE 28 EMERY
DE 29 STADTFELD
DE 30 MARTIN
CortDiv 35
DE 763 CATES
DE 105 BURROWS
DE 764 GANDY
DE 765 EARL K. OLSEN
DE 766 SLATER
DE 768 EBERT
CortDiv 55
DE 193 GARFIELD THOMAS
DE 194 WINGFIELD
DE 195 THORNHILL
DE 196 RINEHART
DE 197 ROCHE
DE 739 BANGUST
AOs as assigned
AEs as assigned
AKS 20 MERCURY
AKA 19 THUBAN
AKA 20 VIRGO
AKA 6 ALCHIBA
AKA 7 ALCYONE
AFs as assigned
8 ATFs as assigned