Admiralty Islands campaign order of battle
# Admiralty Islands campaign order of battle

This is the order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Admiralty Islands campaign of 1944.

## Allied forces

The Allied Task Force BREWER for the occupation of the Admiralty Islands consisted of:

### Ground Forces

All US Army unless otherwise noted

* 1st Cavalry Division (less 603rd Tank Company)
   * 1st Cavalry Brigade
      * 5th Cavalry Regiment
      * 12th Cavalry Regiment
   * 2nd Cavalry Brigade
      * 7th Cavalry Regiment
      * 8th Cavalry Regiment
   * 1st Cavalry Division Artillery
      * 61st Field Artillery Battalion
      * 82nd Field Artillery Battalion
      * 99th Field Artillery Battalion
   * 8th Engineer Squadron
   * 1st Medical Squadron
   * 16th Quartermaster Squadron
   * 1st Antitank Troop
   * 1st Signal Troop
   * 27th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
* Alamo Scouts
* 2nd Battalion, 50th Coast Artillery Regiment
* 168th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Gun)
* HQ and HQ Battery, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group
* Battery C, 237th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Searchlight)
* 211th Coast Artillery Battalion (Anti-Aircraft) (Automatic Weapons)
* Shore Battalion and Company A, Boat Battalion, 592nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
* 1 Platoon, 453rd Engineer Depot Company
* Detachment, 267th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company (Anti-Aircraft)
* 287th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
* 27th Portable Surgical Hospital
* 30th Portable Surgical Hospital
* 603rd Medical Clearing Company
* 58th Evacuation Hospital
* 28th Malaria Survey Unit
* 52nd Malaria Control Unit
* 3526th Quartermaster Truck Company (less 2 platoons)
* 695th Quartermaster Truck Company
* 2nd Platoon, 1998th Quartermaster Truck Company
* 1 Platoon, 3818th Gas Supply Company
* Detachment, 493rd Quartermaster Depot Supply Company
* Company C, 267th Quartermaster Service Battalion (less 1 platoon)
* HQ and 2nd Platoon, 123rd Quartermaster Bakery Company
* Provisional Bakery Platoon (2nd Platoon, 352nd Quartermaster Bakery Company)
* 1 Section, 286th Quartermaster Refrigeration Company
* 294th Port Company
* 167th Port Company (less 1 Platoon and 1 Section)
* 466th Amphibious Truck Company (less 1 platoon)
* Detachment, 94th Chemical Composite Company
* Section, 1st Platoon, 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company
* Detachment, Company A, 60th Signal Battalion
* 611th Ordnance Ammunition Company
* 17th and 19th Radio Station Sections, 832nd Signal Service Company
* ANGAU Detachment

### Naval Forces

All USN unless otherwise noted

* Naval Shore Detachment, 7th Fleet
* No. 9 Naval Advance Unit (less Advance Detachment)
* 17th Naval Construction Regiment
* No. 40 Communications Unit
* Hydrographic Survey Unit
* Advance Echelon LION 4
   * 6 Construction Battalions
   * 3 ACORNs (less CBs)
   * 1 Construction Battalion (Special)
   * No. 15 PT Overhaul and Operating Base

### Air Forces

All RAAF unless otherwise noted

* No. 73 Wing
   * No. 76 Squadron (P-40 Kittyhawk)
   * No. 77 Squadron (P-40 Kittyhawk)
   * No. 79 Squadron (Supermarine Spitfire)
* No. 114 Mobile Fighter Sector HQ
* No. 152, 340, 345, 346 and 347 Radar Stations
* No. 73 Wing Signals Station
* No. 49 Operational Base Unit
* No. 12 Repair and Salvage Unit
* No 3 section, 1 Malaria Control Unit
* No. 77 Medical Clearing Station
* 12th Air Liaison Party (USAAF)
* Detachment 7, Transportation and Movements Office
* Detachment 4, Replenishing Centre
* Detachment, 16 Store Unit
* Detachment, 7 Coastal Unit
* Canteen Unit

## Japanese forces

The Japanese garrison of the Admiralty Islands was expanded in the months prior to the Allied landings. On 2 February 1944 it consisted of:

* 1st Battalion, 229th Infantry Regiment
* 2nd Battalion, 1st Independent Mixed Regiment
* 51st Transport Regiment
* Elements, 14th Naval Base Force
