Task Force 53

TU 53.18.1

CTU RAdm Charles Turner Joy (ComCruDiv 6)

CA	Wichita/UF, Minneapolis

TU 53.18.2 07/12-07/16

CVE	CarDiv24: Corregidor/UF, DF, Coral Sea
DD	DesRon48/DesDiv96: Kidd, Black, Bullard, Chauncey Anthony

44/06/02 53.14 departed from Efate to Kwajalein 44/06/03 departing from Guadalcanal & Tulagi 44/06/04 departing from Guadalcanal & Tulagi 44/06/05 3 BB joined (departed from Efate) 44/06/08 off Kwajalein 44/06/09 off Kwajalein 44/06/10 off Kwajalein 44/06/11 off Kwajalein 44/06/12 off Kwajalein
53.7 - departed from Kwajalein 44/06/16 53.7 arrived Marianas area - operate off Guam 44/06/19 53.7 VT-60 from Suwannee sinking I-184 (13-01N, 149-53E) 44/06/20 53.7: Sangamon, Suwannee temporally detached to 52.11 44/06/21 53.7: Chenango strike Pagan
53.7.1 created 44/06/25 53.7(Chenango) + 53.7.1 departed for Eniwetok 44/06/26 53.7 attacked by planes 44/07/?? 53.7 departed Saipan for Eniwetok to prepare for Guam/Tinian landing 44/07/01 53.14 departed Eniwetok 44/07/07 53.19 arrived Tinian area 44/07/08 53.5 departed Eniwetok
53.18 - start Guam shelling 44/07/09 53.7 Corregidor, Coral Sea arrived Guam area
53.18 CarDiv24 and Anthony joined 44/07/12 Anthony joined
53.5 - arrived Guam area - shell Guam 44/07/13 53.5 - shell Guam
53.7: CarDiv22 arrived Guam area
53.7: Corregidor, Coral Sea departed to Eniwetok for replenish 44/07/14 53.5 - shell Guam - Pennsylvania detached to Saipan to load
44/07/17 Preston II joined
53.2, 53.3, 53.4 departed Eniwetok
53.5 - shell Guam
53.7: - Coral Sea disjoined to San Diego for repairs
53.7: Kalinin Bay + Corregidor departed Eniwetok escorting transports to Guam
53.18 departed Eniwetok 44/07/18 53.5 - shell Guam
44/07/19 53.5 - shell Guam - Tennessee, California joined 44/07/20 53.5 - shell Guam
53.7: Kalinin Bay + Corregidor arrived Guam with transports 44/07/21 D-Day Guam
53.2 arrived Guam area shell Tinian 44/07/22 53.4 arrived Guam 44/07/23 McCord joined 44/07/24 53.5 - Norman Scott disabled by shore batteries (15-02N, 145-50E) 44/07/26 53.1 - Perry disjoined 44/07/28 Dewey disjoined for overhaul 44/08/03 53.1.14 - Sigsbee disjoined
53.5 - Pennsylvania disjouned for Eniwetok
44/08/04 53.3 - John Rodgers disjoined 44/08/08 53.5 - Tennessee, California, Louisville departed to Eniwetok 44/08/09 53.14 arrived Eniwetok 44/08/?? 53.5 - Pennsylvania detached to Eniwetok
53.7 departed to Eniwetok 44/08/10 Guam declared secure
Appalachian, Terry disjoined; Patterson joined
53.4 - Wedderburn departed to Eniwetok
53.15.10 departed for Eniwetok 53.18 - Wichita departed Guam area 44/08/12 Eaton disjoined for overhaul 44/08/13 53.15.10 arrived Eniwetok 44/08/16 53.15.14 departed Guam for Eniwetok 44/08/20 53.15.14 arrived Eniwetok 44/08/24 53.5 - Haggard departed to Esp. Santo

CTF RAdm Harry W. Hill

TG 53.1 - Transport Group Able - TransRon16

CTG Commodore J.B. McGovern (ComTransron16)
MarineDiv5

	TU 53.1.1 - TransDiv46 CTU Commodore J.B. McGovern APA Cecil/GF, Deuel/UF, Hocking, Darke AP Thurston AKA Tolland, Whiteside
	TU 53.1.2 - TransDiv47 CTU Cap A.S. Wotherspoon APA Rutland/UF, Cartaret, Hansford, Highlands, Sandoval AKA Whitley, Yancey
	TU 53.1.3 - TransDiv48 CTU Cap C.L. Andrews APA Talladega/UF, Dickens, Lenawee, Lubbock, Missoula AKA Stokes, Athene LSD Gunston Hall
	TU 56.2.1 - Landing Group Able CTU MajGen Rockey MarineDiv1

TG 53.2 - Transport Group Baker

CTG Commodore H.C Flanagan (Transron)

	TU 53.2.1 - TransDiv43 Commodore H.C. Flanagan APA Bayfield/GF, Berrien, Hendry, Mellette, Sibley AKA Artemis, Shoshone LNE Ozark
	TU 53.2.2 - TransDiv44 CTU Cap J.H. Seyfried APA Hinsdale/UF, Bladen, Napa, Pickens, Sanborn AKA Southampton, Starr LSD Belle Grove
	TU 53.2.3 - TransDiv45 CTU Cap A.C.J. Sabalot APA Logan/UF, Barrow, Lowndes, Newberry, Mifflin AKA Leo, Muliphen LSD Ashland
	TU 56.2.2 - Landing Group Baker CTU MajGen Clifton B. Cates MarineDiv4

TG 53.3 Tractor Flotilla

CTG Cap W.H. Brereton

	Flotilla Flagships
	TU 53.3.1 - Tractor Group Able CTU Cdr P. Niekum
		Group Flagships
		TU 53.3.2 - LST Unit 1 CTU Cdr W. M. Gullett LST 756/GF, 241, 354, 588, 643, 715, 929
		TU 53.3.3 - LST Unit 2 CTU Cdr C.R. Lea LST 449/UF, 70, 390, 481, 634, 758, 1033
	TU 53.3.4 - Tractor Group Baker CTU Cap W. H. Brereton
		TU 53.3.5 - LST Unit 3 CTU Cdr R. M. MacKinnon LST 587/GF, 642, 716, 723, 761, 812, 930
		TU 53.3.6 - LST Unit 4 CTU Cdr A. S. Lief LST 713/UF, 684, 731, 787, 789, 928, 931
	TU 53.3.7 - Tractor Group Charlie CTU Cap C. H. Peterson
		Group Flagships
		TU 53.3.8 - LST Unit 5 CTU Cdr S.R. Sands LST 760/GF, 648, 726, 763, 764, 779, 784, 792, 1032
		TU 53.3.9 - LST Unit 6 CTU Cdr W.B. Millington LST 782/UF, 42, 121, 224, 399, 785, 795, 807, 940

TG 53.4 - LSM Flotilla

CTG Cdr W. H. Carpenter

	Flotilla Flagship
	TU 53.4.1 - LSM Unit Able CTU Cdr Carpenter LSM 264/UF, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 92, 140, 141, 242, 261, 266
	TU 53.4.2 - LSM Unit Baker CTU LtCdr A. E. Lind LSM 60/UF, 48, 59, 70, 74, 126, 145, 201, 202, 206, 207, 211, 216, 238, 239, 241, 260, 323

TG 53.5 - Control Group

CTG Cap B.B. Adell

	TU 53.5.1 - Central Control Group CTU Cap B.B. Adell
	TU 53.5.2 - Control Unit Able CTU LtCdr L.D. Davis PC(S) 1460, 1461 SC 1049, 1298, 1314
	TU 53.5.3 - Control Green CTU Lt J. F. Sexton
	TU 53.5.4 - Control Red CTU Lt Bell
	TU 53.5.5 - Control Unit Baker CTU LtCdr B. Wheeler PC(S) 1452, 1455 SC 1066, 1272, 1360
	TU 53.5.6 - Control Yellow CTU LtCdr B. Henderson
	TU 53.5.7 - Control Blue CTU Lt C. H. Wheatley

TG 53.6 - Beach Party Group

CTG Cap C.E. Anderson

	TU 53.6.1 - Beach Party Unit Able CTU Cdr W.S. Trapnell
	TU 53.6.2 - Beach Party Unit Baker CTU LtCdr W.J. Lippincott

TG 53.7 - Pontoon Barge, Causeway & LCT Group

CTG LtCdr T.F. Ryan

	TU 53.7.1 - Pontoon Barge Unit Able CTU Lt F.J. Elmiger 16 barges when launched from:
	TU 53.7.2 - Pontoon Barge Unit Baker CTU Lt.(j.g.) J.J. Knoll 12 barges when launched from:
	TU 53.7.3 - Causeway Unit Able CTU Lt Lewis 3 causeway sets when launched from:
	TU 53.7.4 - Causeway Unit Baker CTU Lt.(j.g.) I.P. Judy 3 causeway sets when launched from:
	TU 53.7.5 - LCT Units CTU Lt R.T. Capeless
	TU 53.7.6 - LCT Unit Able CTU Lt R.T. Capeless LCT's loaded on LST's & Gunston Hall LCT 630, 631, 632, 866, 1028, 1029
	TU 53.7.7 - LCT Unit Baker CTU Ens K.L. Dorton LCT's loaded on LST's LCT 1030, 1031, 1055, 1154, 1269, 1404

TG 53.8 - Small Craft Group

CTU LtCdr Nelson

LCI(L)	1029, 438, 441
LST(M)	676, 678

TU 53.8.1 - Small Boat Unit Small boats as assigned

TG 53.9

Mentioned, but no data indicating consistency, and no reports therefrom located

45/01/22	53.3 departed P.H. for Eniwetok
45/02/15	53.3 - departed Saipan for Iwojima
45/02/19	53.3 - arrived Iwojima
45/02/24	53.3 - Little II disjoined
45/02/28	53.3 - Rooks disjoined

"ICEBERG" - Northern Attack Force

CTF RAdm Lawrence E. Reifsnider (ComPhibGrp4)
3rd Amphibious Corps - MajGen Roy S. Geiger

Force Flagship

TG 53.1 - Transport Group Able

CTG Commo Herbert B. Knowles
MarineDiv6 - MajGen Lemuel C. Shepherd

AGC	Panamint/FF
AKA	Centaurus, Caswell

TG 53.2 - Transport Group Baker

CTG Commo J.G. Moyer
MarineDiv1 - MajGen Pedro A. del Valle

LSD	Lindenwald
APA	Rawlins

TU 53.2.2

TG 53.3 - Northern Tractor Flotilla

Cap J.S. Laidlaw

TG 53.4 - Northern Control Group

TG 53.5 - Northern Beach Party Group

TG 53.6 - Transport Screen

CTG Cap J.H. Wellings

DD	Morris, Hutchins, Massey, Russell, Stanly, Howorth, Hugh W. Hadley (45/04), Pringle DesDiv15: Lang, Stack, Sterett, Wilson
DE	Gendreau, Fieberling, William C. Cole (detached 03/21-03/31), Paul G. Baker (detached 03/21-03/31), Bebas
APD	Charles Lawrence, Roper

TG 53.7 - Northern Defense Group

TG 53.8 - Northern Garrison Group

TG 53.10 - Northern Air Support Control Unit

TG 53.11 - Northern Support Craft

TG 53.12 - Northern Small Craft Group

45/03/01	commenced training off Guadalcanal
45/03/15	53.1 departed for Ulithi 53.6 - departed with PhibRon4 units from Tulagi
45/03/21	arrived Ulithi 53.6 - Paul G. Baker and William C. Cole detached
45/03/25	53.2.2 departed Ulithi
45/03/27	departed Ulithi
45/03/30	53.6 - Roper damaged in collision with APA Arthur Middleton 400 nm SE of Okinawa (20-57N, 132-05E)
45/03/31	53.6 - Paul G. Baker and William C. Cole rejoined
45/04/01	D-Day Okinawa 53.2.2 dissolved upon arrival to Okinawa
45/04/05	53.6 - William C. Cole departed Okinawa escorting TransDiv42 from Okinawa to Saipan, then sail to Ulithi
45/04/06	53.6 - Howorth damaged by kami 6 nm NNW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-32N, 127-40E), Hutchins damaged by friendly fire from Heywood L. Edwards (TF 54) 18 nm SE of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-00N,128-00E)
45/04/1?	53.7.1 departed from Okinawa to Ulithi
45/03/14	53.6 - William C. Cole departed Ulithi escorting TransDiv56
45/03/17	53.6 William C. Cole arrived Okinawa area with TransDiv56 - William C. Cole detached for screening duties
45/04/26	53.6 William C. Cole, Bunch, Charles E. Lawrence and Richard W. Suesens) departed with TransDiv104 for Ulithi
45/04/30	53.6 William C. Cole, Bunch, Charles E. Lawrence and Richard W. Suesens) arrived Ulithi with TransDiv104
45/05/28	TF 53 > TF 33