OLYMPIC SUPPORT & COVERING FORCES
Based on CINCPOA OP-PLAN No. 10-45, 8 August 1945 the following USN ships were planned to constitute the various support and covering groups.
Fire Support Ships
Together these ships comprise the battleships and cruisers that were to make up TASK FORCE 54.
From X-8 to XRAY Day, for operations of the Advance Force these ships are assigned day by day to Task Group 41.3, Task Group 41.5, Task Group 41.7, Task Group 42.2, and Task Group 44.2.
Beginning XRAY Day the assignments are to the Attack Forces; Task Group 43.2, Task Group 45.2, Task Group 47.2, and Task Group 48.2.
BatDiv 2
BB 36 NEVADA
BB 38 PENNSYLVANIA Torpedoed on 12 Aug 1945 and would not have been available.
BB 43 TENNESSEE
BB 44 CALIFORNIA
BatDiv 3
BB 40 NEW MEXICO
BB 41 MISSISSIPPI
BB 42 IDAHO
BatDiv 4
BB 45 COLORADO
BB 46 MARYLAND
BB 48 WEST VIRGINIA
BatDiv 5
BB 33 ARKANSAS
BB 34 NEW YORK
BB 35 TEXAS
CruDiv 4
CA 28 LOUISVILLE
CA 33 PORTLAND
CA 45 WICHITA
CruDiv 7
CA 36 MINNEAPOLIS
CA 32 NEW ORLEANS
CA 37 TUSCALOOSA
CA 38 SAN FRANCISCO
CruDiv 12
CL 55 CLEVELAND
CL 56 COLUMBIA
CL 57 MONTPELIER
CL 58 DENVER
CruDiv 13
CL 60 SANTA FE
CL 62 BIRMINGHAM
CL 63 MOBILE
CL 80 BILOXI
CruDiv 15
CL 43 NASHVILLE
CL 47 BOISE
CruDiv 17
CL 65 PASADENA
CL 66 SPRINGFIELD
CL 103 WILKES-BARRE
Escort Carriers
The ships below were to constitute the carriers of Task Force 55. Prior to the main assault the CVE’s would be attached to the main forces assembling at the objective area. Once at the objective they would have been reorganized into three independent groups and assigned to support each major Attack Force.
CarDiv 22
CVE 27 SUWANEE
CVE 28 CHENANGO
CVE 29 SANTEE
CarDiv 25
CVE 62 NATOMA BAY
CVE 77 MARCUS ISLAND
CVE 80 PETROF BAY
CVE 81 RUDYERD BAY
CVE 82 SAGINAW BAY
CarDiv 27
CVE 106 BLOCK ISLAND
CVE 107 GILBERT ISLANDS
CVE(N) 108 KULA GULF
CVE 109 CAPE GLOUCESTER
CVE 111 VELLA GULF
CVE 112 SIBONEY
Independent CVEs
CVE 110 SALERNO BAY
CVE 93 MAKIN ISLAND
Destroyers
CINCPOA OP-PLAN No. 10-45, 8 August 1945 called for commitment of 139 destroyers to the assault on Kyushu. Approximately 80 Destroyers were to serve as escorts for the Attack Forces (Task Forces 43, 45, 47 & 48), approximately 40 destroyers were part of the Fire Support Groups, and roughly 20 destroyers would have escorted Task Forces 42, 44 and 55. All the destroyers in this group had a similar ammunition load out and could be called upon for a variety of duties.
Most of the destroyers and destroyer escorts would be assigned to Attack Force screens. A destroyer squadron and two destroyer escort divisions (9 DD, 12 DE) would typically be assigned to escort a Transportation Squadron (TransRon) carrying an Army or Marine Division to the objective area. Screens for the floating reserve and follow on units were to be smaller.
DesRon 3
DD 358 MCDOUGAL
DD 357 SELFRIDGE
DD 396 JOUETT
DesRon 8
DesDiv 15
DDR 830 EVERETT F. LARSON
DDR 831 GOODRICH
DDR 832 HANSON
DDR 833 HERBERT J. THOMAS
DesDiv 16
DDR 878 VESOLE
DDR 879 LEARY
DDR 880 DYESS
DDR 881 BORDELON
DesDiv 17
DDR 834 TURNER
DDR 835 CHARLES P. CECIL
DesRon 13
DesDiv 25
DD 423 GLEAVES
DD 424 NIBLACK
DD 437 WOOLSEY
DD 438 LUDLOW
DD 439 EDISON
DesDiv 26
DD 429 LIVERMORE
DD 430 EBERLE
DD 431 PLUNKETT
DD 432 KEARNY
DD 440 ERICSSON
DesRon 14
DesDiv 27
DD 460 WOODWORTH
DD 605 CALDWELL
DD 606 COGHLAN
DD 607 FRAZIER
DD 608 GANSEVOORT
DesDiv 28
DD 609 GILLESPIE
DD 610 HOBBY
DD 611 KALK
DD 612 KENDRICK
DesRon 16
DesDiv 31
DD 497 FRANKFORD
DD 598 BANCROFT
DD 638 HERNDON
DD 639 SHUBRICK
DesDiv 32
DD 624 BALDWIN
DD 626 SATTERLEE
DD 628 WELLES
DD 641 TILLMAN
DesRon 19
DesDiv 37
DD 623 NELSON
DD 646 STOCKTON
DD 647 THORN
DesDiv 38
DD 484 BUCHANAN
DD 486 LANSDOWNE
DD 487 LARDNER
DD 488 MCCALLA
DesRon 22
DesDiv 43
DD 465 SAUFLEY
DD 466 WALLER
DD 498 PHILIP
DD 499 RENSHAW
DD 562 ROBINSON
DesDiv 44
DD 507 CONWAY
DD 508 CONY
DD 510 EATON
DD 643 SIGOURNEY
DesRon 25
DesDiv 49
DD 521 KIMBERLY
DD 573 HARRISON
DD 574 JOHN RODGERS
DD 575 MCKEE
DD 576 MURRAY
DesDiv 50
DD 500 RINGGOLD
DD 501 SCHROEDER
DD 502 SIGSBEE
DesRon 45
DD 473 BENNETT
DD 478 STANLY
DD 594 HART
DesRon 46
DesDiv 91
DD 513 TERRY
DD 550 CAPPS
DD 551 DAVID W. TAYLOR
DD 553 JOHN D. HENLEY
DesDiv 92
DD 544 BOYD
DD 545 BRADFORD
DD 546 BROWN
DD 547 COWELL
DesRon 47
DesDiv 93
DD 530 TRATHEN
DD 531 HAZELWOOD
DD 532 HEERMANN
DD 534 MCCORD
DD 804 ROOKS
DesDiv 94
DD 554 FRANKS
DD 556 HAILEY
DD 802 GREGORY
DesRon 51
DesDiv 101
DD 583 HALL
DD 585 HARADEN
DD 590 PAUL HAMILTON
DD 597 WILEY
DesDiv 102
DD 581 CHARRETTE
DD 582 CONNER
DD 587 BELL
DD 588 BURNS
DesRon 53
DD 686 HALSEY POWELL
DD 687 UHLMANN
DD 541 YARNALL
DesRon 54
DD 689 WADLEIGH
DD 690 NORMAN SCOTT
DesRon 55
DD 794 IRWIN
DesRon 58
DD 595 METCALFE
DD 596 SHIELDS
DD 614 MACKENZIE
DD 615 MCLANAHAN
DesRon 60
DesDiv 119
DD 722 BARTON
DD 723 WALKE
DD 724 LAFFEY
DD 725 O'BRIEN
DD 770 LOWRY
DesDiv 120
DD 692 ALLEN M. SUMNER
DD 693 MOALE
DD 694 INGRAHAM
DD 781 ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON
DesRon 63
DesDiv 125
DD 705 COMPTON
DD 706 GAINARD
DD 707 SOLEY
DD 708 HARLAN R. DICKSON
DD 709 HUGH PURVIS
DesDiv 126
DD 732 HYMAN
DD 734 PURDY
DD 756 BEATTY
DD 857 BRISTOL
DesRon 64
DesDiv 127
DD 748 HARRY E. HUBBARD
DD 752 ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM
DD 753 JOHN R. PIERCE
DD 754 FRANK E. EVANS
DD 755 JOHN A. BOLE
DesDiv 128
DD 759 LOFBERG
DesRon 65
DD 782 ROWAN
DD 783 GURKE
DD 784 MCKEAN
DesRon 66
DesDiv 131
DD 757 PUTNAM
DD 758 STRONG
DD 775 WILLARD KEITH
DD 776 JAMES C. OWENS
DesDiv 132
DD 777 ZELLARS
DD 778 MASSEY
DD 779 DOUGLAS H. FOX
DesRon 68
DesDiv 135
DD 711 EUGENE A. GREENE
DD 712 GYATT
DesDiv 136
DD 862 VOGELGESANG
DD 863 STEINAKER
Destroyer Escorts
CINCPOA OP-PLAN No. 10-45, 8 August 1945 called for commitment of 167 destroyer escorts for the assault on Kyushu. Approximately 125 destroyer escorts were to serve as escorts for the Attack Forces (Task Forces 43, 45, 47 & 48), and roughly 42 destroyers escorts would have supported Task Forces 42, 44 and 55. 139 destroyer escorts were specified in Plan No. 10-45. In addition 28 destroyer escorts were to come from ships assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier.
CortDiv 3
DE 130 JACOB JONES
DE 131 HAMMANN
DE 132 ROBERT E. PEARY
DE 147 BLAIR
DE 148 BROUGH
DE 239 STURTEVANT
DE 137 HERBERT C. JONES CortDiv 9 unit attached
DE 142 FESSENDEN CortDiv 9 unit attached
CortDiv 13
DE 144 FROST
DE 145 HUSE
DE 146 INCH
DE 246 SNOWDEN
DE 247 STANTON
DE 248 SWASEY
CortDiv 14
DE 14 DOHERTY
DE 15 AUSTIN
DE 17 EDWARD C. DALY
DE 18 GILMORE
DE 49 DONEFF
DE 50 ENGSTROM
CortDiv 15
DE 168 AMICK
DE 169 ATHERTON
DE 170 BOOTH
DE 171 CARROLL
DE 172 COONER
DE 173 ELDRIDGE
CortDiv 20
DE 249 MARCHAND
DE 250 HURST
DE 251 CAMP
DE 252 HOWARD D. CROW
DE 253 PETTIT
DE 254 PICKETTS
CortDiv 22
DE 151 POOLE
DE 152 PETERSON
DE 316 HARVESON
DE 317 JOYCE
DE 318 KIRKPATRICK
CortDiv 28
DE 37 GREINER
DE 38 WYMAN
DE 39 LOVERING
DE 40 SANDERS
DE 41 BRACKETT
DE 265 CLOUES
CortDiv 31
DE 31 SEDERSTROM
DE 32 FLEMING
DE 33 TISDALE
DE 34 EISELE
DE 35 FAIR
DE 36 MANLOVE
CortDiv 39
DE 696 SPANGLER
DE 697 GEORGE
DE 698 RABY
DE 699 MARSH
DE 700 CURRIER
DE 701 OSMUS
CortDiv 44
DE 183 SAMUEL S. MILES
DE 184 WESSON
DE 185 RIDDLE
DE 186 SWEARER
DE 187 STERN
DE 188 O`NEILL
CortDiv 45
DE 387 VANCE
DE 388 LANSING
DE 389 DURANT
DE 390 CALCATERRA
DE 391 CHAMBERS
DE 392 MERRILL
CortDiv 54
DE 214 SCOTT
DE 220 FRANCIS M. ROBINSON
DE 221 SOLAR
DE 222 FOWLER
DE 665 JENKS
DE 666 DURIK
DE 204 JORDAN
CortDiv 57
DE 326 THOMAS J. GARY
DE 327 BRISTER
DE 328 FINCH
DE 329 KRETCHMER
DE 330 O`REILLY
DE 331 KOINER
CortDiv 58
DE 332 PRICE
DE 333 STRICKLAND
DE 334 FORSTER
DE 399 STOCKDALE
DE 400 HISSEM
CortDiv 59
DE 129 EDSALL
DE 238 STEWART
DE 335 DANIEL
DE 336 ROY O. HALE
DE 337 DALE W. PETERSON
DE 338 MARTIN H. RAY
CortDiv 62
DE 210 OTTER
DE 790 BORUM
DE 791 MALOY
DE 798 VARIAN
DE 799 SCROGGINS
DE 800 JACK W. WILKE
DE 57 FOGG
CortDiv 63
DE 402 RICHARD S. BULL
DE 403 RICHARD M. ROWELL
DE 405 DENNIS
DE 406 EDMONDS
CortDiv 64
DE 339 JOHN C. BUTLER
DE 340 O'FLAHERTY
DE 341 RAYMOND
DE 533 HOWARD F. CLARK
DE 534 SILVERSTEIN
DE 535 LEWIS
CortDiv 69
DE 342 RICHARD W. SUESENS
DE 343 ABERCROMBIE
DE 411 STAFFORD
DE 412 WALTER C. WANN
DE 445 GRADY
DE 508 GILLIGAN
CortDiv 73
DE 639 GENDREAU
DE 640 FIEBERLING
DE 641 WILLIAM C. COLE
DE 642 PAUL G. BAKER
DE 643 DAMON M. CUMMINGS
DE 644 VAMMEN
CortDiv 86
DE 365 MCGINTY
DE 366 ALVIN C. COCKRELL
DE 367 FRENCH
DE 368 CECIL J. DOYLE
DE 369 THADDEUS PARKER
DE 370 JOHN L. WILLIAMSON
CortDiv 89
DE 448 CROSS
DE 449 HANNA
DE 450 JOSEPH E. CONNOLLY
DE 510 HEYLIGER
DE 371 PRESLEY CortDiv 87 unit attached
DE 372 WILLIAMS CortDiv 87 unit attached
DE 414 LE RAY WILSON
DE 419 ROBERT F. KELLER
Units below were assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier, 28 of these units would be assigned to Operation OLYMPIC.
CortDiv 37
DE 198 LOVELACE
DE 199 MANNING
DE 200 NEUENDORF
DE 201 JAMES E. CRAIG
DE 202 EICHENBERGER
DE 203 THOMASON
CortDiv 56
DE 681 GILLETTE
DE 683 HENRY R. KENYON
DE 795 GUNASON
DE 796 MAJOR
DE 797 WEEDEN
CortDiv 60
DE 575 AHRENS
DE 702 EARL V. JOHNSON
DE 703 HOLTON
DE 704 CRONIN
DE 705 FRYBARGER
DE 708 PARLE
CortDiv 67
DE 579 RILEY
DE 580 LESLIE L. B. KNOX
DE 581 MCNULTY
DE 582 METIVIER
DE 583 GEORGE A. JOHNSON
DE 686 EUGENE E. ELMORE
CortDiv 71
DE 584 CHARLES J. KIMMEL
DE 585 DANIEL A. JOY
DE 586 LOUGH
DE 587 THOMAS F. NICKEL
DE 588 PEIFFER
DE 589 TINSMAN
CortDiv 74
DE 224 RUDDEROW
DE 225 DAY
DE 230 CHAFFEE
DE 231 HODGES
DE 706 HOLT
DE 707 JOBB
CortDiv 76
DE 345 ROBERT BRAZIER
DE 346 EDWIN A. HOWARD
DE 347 JESSE RUTHERFORD
DE 348 KEY
DE 420 LELAND E. THOMAS
DE 421 CHESTER T. O`BRIEN
CortDiv 77
DE 422 DOUGLAS A. MUNRO
DE 423 DUFILHO
DE 424 HAAS
DE 446 CHARLES E. BRANNON
DE 447 ALBERT T. HARRIS
DE 509 FORMOE
CortDiv 78
DE 349 GENTRY
DE 350 TRAW
DE 351 MAURICE J. MANUEL
DE 352 NAIFEH
DE 536 BIVIN
DE 537 RIZZI
CortDiv 82
DE 353 DOYLE C. BARNES
DE 354 KENNETH M. WILLETT
DE 355 JACCARD
DE 356 LLOYD E. ACREE
DE 357 GEORGE E. DAVIS
DE 358 MACK
CortDiv 85
DE 359 WOODSON
DE 360 JOHNNIE HUTCHINS
DE 361 WALTON
DE 362 ROLF
DE 363 PRATT
DE 364 ROMBACH