Battle of Arawe order of battle
Encyclopedia
This is an order of battle
listing the Allied
and Japanese
forces involved in the Battle of Arawe
from December 15, 1943 to February 24, 1944.
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Order of battle
In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...
listing the Allied
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
and Japanese
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...
forces involved in the Battle of Arawe
Battle of Arawe
The Battle of Arawe was a battle during the New Britain Campaign of World War II. This campaign formed part of Operation Cartwheel and had the objective of isolating the key Japanese base at Rabaul. Arawe was attacked on 15 December 1943 by U.S...
from December 15, 1943 to February 24, 1944.
Ground forces
- Director Task Force
- 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team112th Cavalry Regiment (United States)The 112th Cavalry Regiment was a Texas National Guard Regiment that served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II.-Early history:...
- 112th Cavalry Regiment
- 148th Field Artillery Battalion (12 x 105mm M2A1 howitzersM101 howitzerThe 105 mm M2A1 howitzer was the standard light field howitzer for the United States in World War II, seeing action in both European and Pacific theaters. Entering production in 1941, it quickly entered the war against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific, where it gained a reputation...
) - 59th Engineer Company (Combat)
- 236th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Searchlight) less elements
- two batteries of the 470th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons)
- A Company, 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion USMC
- detachment, 26th Quartermaster War Dog Platoon.
- B Company, 1st Tank Battalion1st Tank BattalionThe 1st Tank Battalion is an armor battalion of the United States Marine Corps which is based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California...
USMC (arrived January 12) - Engineer, medical, ordnance and other support units
- 2nd Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment (force reserve)
- G Company (arrived about 18 December)
- F Company (arrived about 10 January)
- 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team
Naval forces
- Task Force 74Task Force 74The US Task Force 74 was a US Navy task force of the United States Seventh Fleet that was deployed to the Bay of Bengal by Nixon administration in December 1971, at the height of the 1971 Indo-Pak War...
.1 (covering force)- Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley
- Cruisers
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- Destroyers
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- Task Force 76Task Force 76Expeditionary Strike Group SEVEN/Task Force 76 is a United States Navy task force. It is at one and the same time operationally a Task Force of the United States Seventh Fleet and administratively, the USN's only permanently forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group...
- Destroyers
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- Transport group
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- two patrol craft
- two submarine chasers
- Service group
- three LSTs
- three tug boats
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- Elements, Boat Battalion, 592nd Engineer Boat and Short Regiment, 2nd Engineer Special Brigade (17 x LCVP, 9 x LCM, 2 rocket-firing DUKWs, 1 x repair and salvage boat)
- Beach Party Number 1
Ground forces
- Merkus Garrison (withdrew after the Allied landing)
- Two provisional companies drawn from the 51st Division51st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)The 51st Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was formed on 10 July 1940 at Utsunomiya, Tochigi, and was assigned to the Eastern District Army. Under the command of Lieutenant General Kenichiro Ueno, upon formation the division's infantry group consisted of three...
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- Two provisional companies drawn from the 51st Division
- Komori Force
- 1st Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment (headquarters, two rifle companies, one machine gun platoon only, arrived December 25)
- Company, 54th Infantry Regiment
- Engineers
- 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment (arrived December 29)
- 1st Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment (headquarters, two rifle companies, one machine gun platoon only, arrived December 25)
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- Detachments from other units were also assigned to the Arawe area