Japanese Forces - Vice-Admiral Kurita
Battleships / Battlecruisers:
Kongo, Yamato, Nagato
Light Cruiser:
Yunagi
Destroyers:
17th Destroyer Group -
Hamakaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, Yukikaze
American Forces
USS Sealion II (SS-315) - Lieutenant-Commander Eli T. Reich