Overview

The battle of the Arab Sea is the largest naval battle in the World War III, along with the first half of the 21st century and the first major one since Operation Praying Mantis.

PPDU Task Force 72

Overall fleet commander: Vice Admiral Sandracottos Ganapuli, Indian Navy, on board INS Uduppi (D70)

Carrier Force commander (Task Force 32): Vice Admiral Kenichiro Fukuda, Japanese Navy, on board JNS Zuikaku (CVN-32)

Amphibious Force Commander (Task Force 34; Operation Limiter): Maj. Gen Ki Nam-gi, United Korea Marine Corps (UKoMC)

Task Force 32.1 (Majapahit CVBG)

Commanded by Rear Admiral Aileen Polii, on board KRI Majapahit (CVN-02). The only female commander in the entire task force. 

- 1 carrier: KRI Majapahit (CVN-02)

- 1 guided missile cruiser: KRI Irian (CG-200)

- 3 guided missile destroyers; KRI Sultan Thaha Syafruddin (DDG-311), KRI Sultan Nuku (DDG-317), KRI Hayam Wuruk (DDG-319), 

- 10 guided missile frigates, KRI John Lie (FFG-380), KRI Yos Soedarso (FFG-372), KRI Sisingamangaraja XII (FFG-383), KRI Muhammad Husni Thamrin (FFG-376), KD Dato' Bahaman (F2504), KD Hang Tuah (F50), KD Hang Jebat (F51), RSS Vengeance (F94), RSS Vigilant (F92).

- 2 fast combat support ship, KRI Balongan (AOE-921), RSS Resolve (A117) 

- 2 nuclear attack submarines, KRI Abdurrahman Wahid (SSN-480) and KRI Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (SSN-482).

Task Force 32.2 (diesel submarines and sub-launched UUVs)

Commanded by Rear Admiral Yosua Farelin (on board KRI Kunta) 

- Scorpene-class, INS Vela and Vagir; Souryuu-class; JNS Hiryuu and Unryuu; Type 218; RSS Invincible, KRI Nagabanda and KRI Kunta; Dosan Ahn Changho-class; UKS Kim Kyu-sik; Son Won-il: UKS Yu Gwansun, UKS Shin Dol-seok; Hai Kung (Type 214) class submarine: ROCS Chien Lung; Improved Amur-class 201 Hoi An.

Task Force 32.3 (Vishal CVBG)

Commanded by Rear Admiral David Fernandes

- 1 carrier: INS Vishal (R55), 

- 3 guided missile destroyers: INS Visakhapatnam (D65), INS Uduppi (D70), and INS Kochi (D75); 

- 4 guided missile frigates: four frigates, INS Kashi (F56), INS Palni (F52), INS Krishna (F61) and INS Kundali (F65). 

- 2 ASW corvettes: INS Abhay (P50) and INS Ajay (P58), 

- 1 fast combat support ship: INS Kiran (A61), 

- 2 nuclear attack submarines: INS Brahmastra (S72) and INS Pashupatastra (S74)

Task Force 32.4 (Zuikaku CVBG, also included a squadron of Burmese, Vietnamese, and Filipino vessels)

Commanded by Rear Admiral Watari Matsuoka

- 1 carrier: JNS Zuikaku (CVN-32)

- 1 guided missile cruiser (AEGIS): JNS Suzuya (CG-403)

- 4 guided missile (AEGIS) destroyer: JNS Haguro (DDG-180), JNS Haruna (DDG-163), JNS Hiei (DDG-164), BRP Gregorio del Pilar (DDG-22; former USS Ross DDG-71)

- 2 general purpose destroyer: JNS Hamakaze (DD-122), JNS Shiranui (DD-120), BRP Rajah Soliman (DD-64; enlarged Jose Rizal-class)

- 5 guided missile destroyer escort (frigate): JNS Shirayuki (DE-201), JNS Akatsuki (DE-207), BRP Datu Kalantiauw (FFG-70), BRP Vicente Lim (FFG-73), UMS Alaung Sithu (F20), HQ-40 Gia Long, HQ-43 Vo Nguyen Giap

- 1 fast combat support ship: JNS Biwa (AOE-427)

Task Force 32.5 (Joseon CVBG, also included a Taiwan/ROC squadron attached)

Commanded by Rear Admiral Seo Ki-jeong.

- 1 carrier: UKS Joseon (CV-100, flagship), Equipped by F-35B/E Lightning II STOVL fighter 

- 3 guided missile destroyer UKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG-992), UKS Myeongseong (DDG-999), ROCS Sun Yat-sen (DDG-1780)

- 2 general purpose destroyer: UKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981), UKS Wang Geon (DDH-978)

- 5 frigates: UKS Gangwon (FFG-815), UKS Jeonbuk (FFG-813), UKS Busan (FFG-822), ROCS Tse Yang (FFG-1130), ROCS Lao Yang (FFG-1134)

- 1 combat support ship: Soyang-class fast combat support ship: UKS Soyang (AOE-51)

Task Force 32.6 (Saratoga, also attached ships from France)

Commanded by Rear Admiral David McGeehan

- 1 carrier: USS Saratoga (CVN-81, flagship)

- 1 guided missile cruiser: USS Fredericksburg (CG-94)

- 7 guided missile destroyes; upgraded Zumwalt-class USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), John Young-class USS Cushing (DDG-154); and Arleigh Burke-class USS Sterett (DDG-104), USS Farragut (DDG-99), USS Louis H. Winson Jr. (DDG-126), upgraded Aquitaine-class destroyer FS Bretagne (D655), FS Anjou (D662)

-3 guided missile frigates: Fletcher-class (replacement of Perry class and the Littoral Combat Ship): USS Conway (FFG-67), USS Stark (FFG-93), USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-80)

-2 nuclear attack submarines: USS Iowa (SSN-797), USS Montana (SSN-794)

- Support ships: John Lewis-class oiler: USNS Martin Luther King (T-AO-214); Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship: USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9); Meuse-class oiler (replacement of the Durance-class tanker; French): FS Meuse (A632)

Task Force 32.7 (Prince of Wales)

Commanded by Rear Admiral Mark Conway (Royal Navy)

- 1 carrier: HMS Prince of Wales (R09)

- 1 guided missile cruiser: Resolution-class cruiser (basically enlarged and stretched Type 45 Destroyer, optimized for AAW but with better land attack capabilities compared to Darings): HMS Repulse (C71)

- 3 guided missile destroyers: HMAS Darwin (DDGH-50, replacing the sunk HMAS Sydney), HMS Demand (D42), HMS Duke (D45)

- 6 guided missile frigates: Melbourne-class HMAS Newcastle (FFG-03), HMAS Tasmania (FFG-07); Glasgow-class frigate (RN): HMS Sheffield (F101), HMS Birmingham (F104), British Columbia-class (RCN) HMCS Quebec (FFG-307), HMCS Ontario (FFG-303)

- Endeavour-class submarine (Shortfin Barracuda class, replacement of the Collins class of the RAN): HMAS Endurance (SSG-82)

- Astute-class submarine: HMS Ambush (S120), HMS Agamemnon (S124)

- Tide-class tanker: RFA Tidespring (A136)

Vladivostok Pact Task Force 122 

- 2 aircraft carriers:Type 002-class aircraft carrier: CNS Fujian (CV-19), Borodino-class aircraft carrier: RFS Izmail (CV-090), flagship

- 1 nuclear powered destroyer; Imperator Nikolai II (Lider)-class nuclear powered destroyer: RFS Marshal Grechko (DDGN-640)

- 5 guided missile destroyer, conventionally powered,Type 055 (Renhai)-class destroyer: CNS Dalian (DDG-092), Type 052D (Kunming)-class destroyer: CNS Guiyang (DDG-119), Smelyi-class; RFS Bespodchadny, RFS Vertkiy 

- 4 frigates;Type 054A (Binzhou)-class: CNS Yiyang (FFG-548), CNS Sanya (FFG-574); Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate: RFS Admiral Apraksin (FFG-495), RFS Admiral Mekenzi (FFG-437)

- 2 nuclear submarines; Type 095 (Sui-class): Long March-414 (SSGN-414), Yasen (Severodvinsk)-class;  K-593 Ulyanovsk

- 2 support ships;Type 903 (Qiandaohu)-class CNS Honghu (AOR-963), Sergei Rachmaninoff-class Pyotr Tchaikovsky 

UNITED CALIPHATE (Al-Khilafah Al-Mutahida) 

2nd Fleet (AOR; Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean)

Commanded by Vice Admiral Rahim Sulejmani

- Mistral-class landing helicopter dock, in UCC service primarily were used as command ship and helicopter carrier, Anwar el-Sadat.

- Improved Type 052C-class guided missile destroyer (Luyang-II, technology stolen from China via Pakistan and insiders in China): Al-Riyadh (D900), Al-Bayrut (D901), Al-Manamah (D902), Ad-Dowhah (D903), Masqat (D904), Tehran (D905) Bandar Abbas (D906; heavily damaged by airstrikes and under repair), Dubai (D907), Al-Kuwayt (D908)

- Tabouk-class destroyer (Luyang III copy) Tabouk (D511), Babur (D512), and Akbar (D514)

- Khalije Fars (Persian Gulf)-class guided missile destroyer: Khalije Fars (D50), Artemiz (D51), Babr (D52), Sabalan (D53)

- Harun al-Rashid-class guided missile destroyer; Harun al-Rashid (D401), Abu Bakr (D402)

- Aquitaine-class frigate: Al-Qahirah (F1003), Tawakal (F1004)

- Al-Madinah class frigate (ex-Saudi Arabia): Al-Madinah (F702), Hofouf (F704), Abha (F706), Taif (F708)

- Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate (Pakistan, Bahrain): Alamgir (F260), Babur (F261), Badr (F264), Sabha (F112) 

- Jinnah class frigate (ex-Pakistan, based on technologies from Turkish MILGEM TF-2000 and TF-2020 project), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (F300), Ayub Khan (F301), Hasrat Mohani (F302), Muhammad Iqbal (F304), Gwadar (F305), Karachi (F306), and Adnan (F307)

- Al-Hijaz class frigate (ex-Saudi, based on Freedom class LCS): Al-Tihamah, Najd 

- Zulfiquar class frigate (Pakistan; based on Type 053H3 and Type 054 frigate from China): Zuifiquar (F264), Shamsheer (F265), Shaif (F266), Aslat (F267, sunk by a Kolkata-class destroyer AShM)

- Upgraded Moudge class frigate (Iran): Jamaran (F76), Damavand (F77), Sahand (F74), Alvand (F73), Sabalan (F72; sunk by AShM), Alborz (F75),

- Agosta-90B class submarine (ex-Pakistan): Khalid (S137), Saad (S138), Hamza (S139)

- Abu Dhabi-class corvette (UAE): Abu Dhabi, Ghantut, Shalalah

- Baynunah-class corvette (UAE, technology stolen from Italy): Baynunah (P171), Al Hesen (P172, sunk by airstrike), Al Dhafra (P173, sunk by airstrike), Mezyad (P174, sunk by airstrike), Al Jahili (P175, sunk by airstrike), Al Hili (P176, sunk by AShM during the invasion of India). Seven more believed to be built and operational in Pakistan-Iran coast.

- Kharef-class corvette (Oman, later reverse engineered): Al-Shamikh (Q40), Al-Rahmani (Q41), Al-Rasikh (Q42), Al-Sayyad (Q43, sunk), Al-Nabab (Q44), As-Seeb (Q45)

- Improved Yuan-class submarine (Pakistan): Aisha (S140), Abu Bakr (S141), Salman (S142), Zubair (S143), Muadz (S144; sunk), Abu Dzar (S145, sunk), Wahsyi (S146), Bilal (S147)

- Shang-class nuclear attack submarine (Pakistan, reverse engineered): Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (S148), Aga Khan III (S149), Hasrat Mohani (S150)

- Kilo-class submarine: Tareg (S901), Noor (S902), Yunes (S903); all ex-Iran, subsequent copy built in Iran and Syria after the UCC formation were not named.