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Sprague 6 escort carriers Fanshaw Bay (Capt. Sprague Task Group 77.4.3 ("Taffy 3") Rear Admiral Clifton A.F. Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch Task Group 77.4 (Escort Carrier Group) Rear Admiral Thomas L. main battery): Hamakaze, Isokaze, Nowaki (sunk by air attack 26 Oct), Urakaze, Yukikaze main battery) (sunk/scuttled 25 Oct)ĭestroyer Squadron 10 (Rear Adm. main battery) (sunk by air attack 25 Oct) main battery): Akishimo, Asashimo, Fujinami (sunk by air attack 27 Oct), Hamanami, Hayashimo (sunk by air attack 26 Oct), Kishinami, Okinami, NaganamiĬruiser Division 7 (Vice Adm. main battery) (sunk by air attack 26 Oct)

Shintaro Hashimoto)ĭestroyer Squadron 2 (Rear Adm. main battery) (scuttled 25 Oct)Ĭruiser Division 5 (Vice Adm. main battery): McDermut, Monssen, McNairĬentre Force ('Force A') (sortied from Brunei Bay 22 Oct)ġst Section Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita Battleship Division 1 (Vice Adm. main battery): Remey, McGowan, Melvin, Mertz Picket Patrol Destroyer Squadron 54 (Capt.

main battery): Hutchins, Bache, Beale, Daly, Killen main battery): Sigourney, Claxton, Aulick, Cony Grant, Robinson, Halford, Bryant, Heywood L. Wilkinson in amphibious command ship Mount Olympus Left Flank (Rear Admiral Jesse B. Task Force 79 (Southern Attack Force) Vice Admiral Theodore S. Kinkaid in amphibious command ship Wasatch main battery): Hatsuharu, Hatsushimo, Wakaba (sunk by air attack 24 Oct) main battery): Shiranuhi (sunk by air attack 27 Oct) Second Striking Force (sortied from Pescadores, Formosa 22 Oct) Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima Cruiser Division 21 (Vice Admiral Shima)ĭestroyer Squadron 1 (Rear Adm. main battery): Michishio (sunk by torpedo and gunfire 25 Oct), Yamagumo (sunk by torpedo 25 Oct), Asagumo (sunk by torpedo and gunfire 25 Oct) main battery) (scuttled 25 Oct)ĭestroyer Division 4 (Capt. Nishimura (KIA)īattleship Division 2 (Vice Adm. Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura (killed during battle)įorce C (sortied from Brunei Bay 22 Oct) Vice Adm. Destroyer Shigure, sole survivor of Nishimura's force Japanese Forces