page_title: Okinawa naval order of battle
section_title: Fast Carrier Force (Task Force 58)
hierarchical_section_title: Okinawa naval order of battle / Allied combat ships / Fast Carrier Force (Task Force 58)
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) underway off Newport News, Virginia (USA), on 16 August 1943, the day she went into commission. Note the hangar catapult forward.
context_page_description: For the April 1945 invasion of Okinawa, the Allies assembled the most powerful naval force in history. Since the few remaining capital ships of the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet had been sunk or otherwise put out of action at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Allies were effectively unopposed in terms of surface vessels; a single mission consisting of the superbattleship Yamato and a few escorts was undertaken, but the task force did not get within 200 nautical miles of the invasion area.
  Since the Japanese air arm had been equally decimated by this point in the war, the lack of trained and experienced pilots led them to deploy the kamikaze extensively in the waters off Okinawa.
  US Navy combat ships:
  11 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 escorts
  Amphibious assault vessels:
  84 attack transports, 29 attack cargo ships, LCIs, LSMs, LSTs, LSVs, etc.
  Auxiliaries:
  52 submarine chasers, 23 fast minesweepers, 69 minesweepers, 11 minelayers, 49 oilers, etc.
  Royal Navy combat ships:
context_section_description: Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher in fleet carrier Bunker Hill
  Task Group 58.1
  Rear Admiral Joseph J. Clark
  3 fleet carriers
  Hornet (Capt. Austin K. Doyle)
  Air Group 17 (Cmdr. E.G. Konrad), 101 aircraft
  VF-17: 71 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-17: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-17: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Wasp (Capts. O.A. Weller and W.G. Switzer)
  Air Group 86 (Cmdr. G.R. Luker), 100 aircraft
  VBF-86: 36 F4U Corsair fighters
  VF-86: 34 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-86: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-86: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Bennington (Capts. J.B. Sykes and B.L. Braun)
  Air Group 82 (Cmdr. G.L. Heap), 92 aircraft
  VF-82: 37 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-82: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-82: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  VMF-112: 18 F4U Corsair fighters
  VMF-123: 17 F4U Corsair fighters
  2 light carriers
  Belleau Wood (Capts. John Perry and W.G. Tomlinson)
  Air Group 30 (Lt. Cmdr. D.A. Clark), 34 aircraft
  VF-30: 25 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VT-30:   9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  San Jacinto (Capt. M.H. Kernodle)
  Air Group 45 (Cmdr. G.E. Schecter), 34 aircraft
  VF-45: 25 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VT-45:   9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Battleship Division 8 (Rear Admiral John F. Shafroth Jr.)
  3 fast battleships
  South Dakota (Capts. C.F. Stillman and Charles B. Momsen) - flagship
  Massachusetts (Capts. W.W. Warlick and John R. Redman)
  Indiana (Capts. T.J. Keliher and Francis P. Old)
  Cruiser Division 10 (Rear Admiral Lloyd J. Wiltse)
  2 heavy cruisers
  Baltimore (Capt. C.K. Fink)
  Pittsburgh (Capt. John E. Gingrich)
  Cruiser Division 14 (Rear Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting)
  3 light cruisers
  Vincennes (Capt. W.G. Lalor)
  Miami (Capt. Thomas H. Binford)
  Vicksburg (Capt. W.C. Vose)
  1 anti-aircraft light cruiser
  San Juan (Capts. J.F. Donovan and G.H. Bahm)
  Screen
  21 destroyers
  9 Allen M. Sumner class (6 x 5-in. main battery): Dehaven, Mansfield, Lyman K. Swenson, Collett, Maddox, Blue, Brush, Taussig, Samuel N. Moore
  12 Fletcher class (5 x 5-in. main battery): Wedderburn, Twining, Stockham, John Rodgers, Stevens, Harrison, McKee, Murray, Sigsbee, Ringgold, Schroeder, Dashiell
  Task Group 58.2
  Rear Admirals Ralph E. Davison and Gerald F. Bogan
  3 fleet carriers
  Enterprise (Capt. Grover B. H. Hall)
  Night Air Group 90 (Cmdr. W.I. Martin), 53 aircraft
  VFN-90: 32 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VTN-90: 21 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Franklin (Capt. Leslie E. Gehres)
  Air Group 5 (Cmdr. E.B. Parker Jr.), 107 aircraft
  VF-5: 19 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-5: 8 SB2C Helldiver, 11 SBW Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-5: 6 TBF Avenger, 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  VMF-214: 18 F4U Corsair fighters
  VMF-452: 18 F4U Corsair fighters
  Randolph (Capt. F.L. Baker)
  Air Group 12 (Cmdrs. C.L. Crommelin (KIA), E.J. Pawka, USNR), 97 aircraft
  VF-12: 33 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VBF-12: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-12: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-12: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  1 light cruiser
  Santa Fe (Capt. H.C. Fitz)
  Screen
  8 Fletcher class destroyers (5 x 5-in. main battery): Miller, Owen, Stephen Potter, Hickox, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Marshall, Tingey
  Task Group 58.3
  Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman
  3 fleet carriers
  Essex (Capt. C.W. Wieber)
  Air Group 83 (Cmdr. H.T. Utter), 102 aircraft
  VF-83: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VBF-83: 36 F4U Corsair fighters
  VB-83: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-83: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Bunker Hill (Capt. G.A Seitz)
  Air Group 84 (Cmdr. G.M. Ottinger), 93 aircraft
  VF-84: 27 F4U Corsair fighters, 10 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-84: 15 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-84: 15 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  VMF-221: 18 F4U Corsair fighters
  VMF-451: 18 F4U Corsair fighters
  Hancock (Capt. R.F. Hickey)
  Air Group 6 (Cmdr. H.L. Miller), 94 aircraft
  VF-6: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VBF-6: 36 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VB-6: 12 SB2C Helldiver dive bombers
  VT-6: 10 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  2 light carriers
  Cabot (Capt. W.W. Smith)
  Air Group 29 (Lt. Cmdr. W.E. Eder), 33 aircraft
  VF-29: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VT-29:   9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
  Bataan (Capt. J.B. Heath)
  Air Group 47 (Cmdr. Walker Etheridge and Lt. Cmdr. A.H. Clancy), 36 aircraft
  VF-47: 24 F6F Hellcat fighters
  VT-47:
caption: Fleet carrier Intrepid off Newport News, August 1943
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