Task Force U
Allied Armada battle order
Assault Force “U” : Rear Admiral Don P. Moon
Landing Force (125.1) : Major General J. Lawton Collins (VII Corps)
Major General Raymond O. Barton (4th Infantry Division)
Shore Party (125.2) : Brigadier General James E. Wharton
1st E.S.B. : Brigadier General James E. Wharton
2nd N.B.B. : Commander John F. Curtin
Service & Repair Group : Lieutenant R. D. Cox
Naval Combat Demolition Units : Lt. Commander Herbert A. Peterson
Force Flagship (125.3) : USS Bayfield : Captain Lyndon Spencer
Green Assault Group (125.4) : Commander Audley L. Warburton
USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13) : Captain Raymond J. Mauerman
SS Empire Gauntlet : Master Robert J. Jeffers
Red Assault Group (125.5) : Commander Edward W. Wilson
USS Barnett (APA-5) : Commander Stewart S. Reynolds
USS Bayfield (APA-33) : Captain Lyndon Spencer
Escort Group (125.6) : Commander William W. Outerbridge
USS Barton (DD-722) : Commander Joseph W. Callahan
USS Glennon (DD-620) : Commander Clifford A. Johnson
USS Jeffers (DD-621) : Lt. Commander Hugh Q. Murray
USS Laffey (DD-724) : Commander Frederick J. Becton
USS Meredith (DD-726) : Commander George Knuepfer
USS O’Brien (DD-725) : Commander William W. Outerbridge
USS Walke (DD-723) : Commander John C. Zahm
Aconit : Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles J. M. Le Millier
Renoncule : Lieutenant de vaisseau Raymond E. Mithois
Support Craft Group (125.7) : Lt. Commander Lewis E. Hart
Bombardment Group (125.8) : Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo
USS Nevada (BB-36) : Captain Powell M. Rhea
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) : Captain John B. Waller
USS Quincy (CA-71) : Captain Elliot M. Senn
USS Fitch (DD-462) : Commander Kinlock Walpole
USS Forrest (DD-461) : Commander Kenneth P. Letts
USS Corry (DD-463) : Lt. Commander George D. Hoffman
USS Hobson (DD-464) : Lt. Commander Kenneth Loveland
USS Butler (DD-636) : Commander Mitchell D. Matthews
USS Gherardi (DD-637) : Commander Neale R. Curtin
USS Herndon (DD-638) : Commander Granville A. Moore
USS Shubrick (DD-639) : Lt. Commander William Blenman
USS Bates (DE-68) : Lt. Commander Henry A. Wilmerding Jr
USS Rich (DE-695) : Lt. Commander E. A. Michel
HMS Black Prince (D-81) : Captain Dennis M. Lees
HMS Enterprise (D-52) : Captain Harold T. W. Grant
HMS Erebus (I-02) : Captain John S. P. Colquhoun
HMS Hawkins (D-86) : Captain John W. Josselyn
HNLMS Soemba (A-891) : Lt. Commander H.L. Pröpper
Minesweeper Group (125.9) : Commander Malcolm H. Brown
Sweep Unit 1 : Commander Malcolm H. Brown
Sweep Unit 2 : Commander George. W. Irvine
Sweep Unit 3 : Commander Henry Plander
Sweep Unit 4 : Lieutenant H. J. White
Sweep Unit 5 : Lieutenant C. L. Rich
Sweep Unit 6 : Lt. Commander Archie Ludlow
Sweep Unit 7 : Lieutenant (Jg) Irving Kramer
Sweep Unit 8 : Lieutenant A. L. Hargraves
Far Shore Service Group (125.10) : Captain James E. Arnold
Sea Rescue Group (125.11) : Lt. Commander Alexander V. Stewart
Follow-up Convoy Group (125.12) : Commander W. S. Blair
P.T. Boats (125.13) : Robert “Red” Read
Special Task Group (125.14) : Lt. Commander Harry M. Nees
Causeway Construction Unit (125.15) : Lt. Commander Jack B. Baines
Combat Salvage & Fire Fighting “U” (122.3.2) : Lt. Commander Marshall. L. McClung