| Kurita (Central Force or Force "A", sailing from Brunei and in charge of forcing the San Bernardino Strait) |
| Nishimura (Force "C", sailing from Brunei and in charge of forcing the straits south of Leyte) |
 Fuso  | Yamashiro |
 Mogami | Asagumo  |
| Michishio | Shigure  |
| Yamagumo |
| Shima (Force sailing from Japan and in charge of forcing the straits south of Leyte) |
 Ashigara | Nachi  |
 Abukuma | Akebono  |
 Hatsuharu | Hatsushimo  |
 Kasumi | Shiranuhi  |
| Ushio | Wakaba  |
| Ozawa (Main body: it is the decoy: his carriers without aircraft must draw to the North the American covering task force.) |
 Zuikaku | Chitose  |
| Chiyoda | Zuiho  |
 Isuzu | Oyodo  |
 Tama | Akikaze  |
 Akitsuki | Hatsutsuki |
 Shimotsuki | Wakatsuki  |
 Hyuga | Ise  |
 Kiri | Kuwa |
| Maki | Sugi |
 CD-22 | CD-132 |
| CD-29 | CD-31 |
| CD-33 | CD-43 |
 Jinei Maru | Takane Maru  |
| Miwa (6th Submarine fleet. HQ at Kure) |
 Tsukushi Maru | RO-109  |
| RO-112 | RO-41  |
| RO-43 | RO-46 |
 I-26 | I-38 |
| I-41 | I-45 |
 I-46 | I-53  |
 I-54 | I-56  |
| I-44 |
| Mitscher (Task Force 38, charged to cover the landing against a sorty of the Japanese fleet) |
| Oldendorff (Guarded of the straits south of Leyte Island) |
 California  | Maryland  |
 Mississippi | Pennsylvania  |
| Tennessee | West Virginia |
 Louisville | Minneapolis  |
 Portland |  Shropshire  |
 Boise | Columbia  |
| Denver | Phoenix |
 Albert W. Grant | Arunta  |
 Aulick III | Bache |
| Beale II | Bennion |
| Bryant | Claxton II |
| Cony | Daly |
| Halford | Heywood L. Edwards |
| Hutchins | Killen |
| Leutze | MacDermut II |
| MacGowan | MacNair |
| Melvin II | Mertz |
| Monssen II | Newcomb |
| Remey | Richard P. Leary |
| Robinson II | Sigourney II |
 Thorn | Welles II |
 PT 190 | PT 192 |
| PT 194 | PT 195 |
| PT 196 | PT 320 |
| PT 321 | PT 323 |
| PT 324 | PT 326 |
| PT 327 | PT 328 |
| PT 329 | PT 330 |
| PT 331 | PT 489 |
| PT 490 | PT 491 |
| PT 492 | PT 493  |
| PT 494 | PT 495 |
| PT 497 | PT 523 |
| PT 524 | PT 526 |
| PT-127 | PT-128 |
| PT-129 | PT-130 |
| PT-131 | PT-132 |
| PT-134 | PT-137 |
| PT-146 | PT-150 |
| PT-151 | PT-152 |
| PT-191 |
| T.L. Sprague (TG 77.4: the three "Taffies", patrolling in the Gulf of Leyte to give air support to the landed troops) |
| Christie (TG 7.1. Submarine support for the 7th fleet, engaged around Leyte) |
 Angler | Bluegill |
| Bream | Dace |
 Darter | Guitarro  |
| Raton |
| Lockwood (Task Force 17, submarine fleet of the Pacific) |
| Atule | Barbel |
| Besugo | Blackfin |
| Drum | Galiban |
| Haddock | Halibut |
| Icefish | Jallao |
| Pintado | Ronquil |
 Salmon | Sawfish |
| Seadragon | Shark II  |
| Silversides | Snook |
| Sterlet | Tang |
| Trigger | Tuna  |
