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=Battle of Morotai order of battle= This is a listing of the Allied and Japanese military units which took part in the Battle of Morotai during World War II.

Allies

 * Headquarters XI Corps
 * 31st Infantry Division
 * 126th Regimental Combat Team, 32nd Infantry Division
 * 126th Infantry Regiment
 * 120th Field Artillery Battalion
 * Detachments from 32nd Division engineer, quartermaster, ordnance, signal, medical and military police units


 * Task Force 77 (Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey onboard HMAS Kanimbla)
 * Carrier force: Six escort carriers, eight destroyer escorts
 * Task Force 74
 * Heavy cruisers: HMAS Australia, Shropshire
 * Light cruisers: three USN CLs
 * Destroyers: Eight US destroyers and HMAS Warramunga and Arunta
 * White Beach Attack Group (Rear Admiral D.E. Barbey)
 * HMAS Kanimbla (flag)
 * Six destroyers
 * Five APDs
 * 4 LST
 * 10 LCI
 * 3 LCT (towed by LSTs)
 * Special service unit
 * Beach Party
 * Red Beach Attack Group (Rear Admiral Fechteler)
 * HMAS Manoora
 * Six destorers
 * 8 LST
 * 29 LCI
 * 9 LCT (towed
 * 1 LSD (with 20 LCM)
 * Special service unit
 * Beach Party
 * Reinforcement Group One
 * Five destroyers
 * 12 LST
 * 8 LCT (towed)
 * 19 LCI
 * Reinforcement Group Two
 * Four destroyers
 * 12 LST
 * Reinforcement Group Three
 * Three destroyers
 * Two frigates
 * 9 LST
 * Reinforcement Group Four
 * Two frigates
 * Small craft and floating equipment

Cargo vessels were also assigned to reinforcement echelons as required.


 * Task Group 38.4 (Rear-Admiral R.E. Davison)
 * Fleet carriers: USS Lexington, USS Franklin
 * Light carriers: USS Belleau Wood, USS San Jacinto
 * Heavy cruiser: USS New Orleans
 * Light cruiser: USS Biloxi
 * Destroyers: USS Maury, Craven, Gridley, Helm, McCall, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Patterson, Bagley, Wilkes, Nicholson, Swanson

DDL
The six different variants were designated the endorsed version (EV1 and EV2), Variant A, Variant B (B1 and B2) and Variant C. Their weapons fit were as follows: