Gathering Order (1983: Doomsday)

“The Gathering” Order (1983: Doomsday)
Besides the top priority of giving food and medical supplies to the population, national security became the main focus for the governments of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Thus, in order to avoid future threats by third parties utilizing the superior U.S. military technology, the ANZUS defense pact between the United States, Australia and New Zealand was modified and extended.

The most important part of the agreement is the decision that all remains of the ground, air and naval forces of the U.S. and NATO member states are immediately placed under corporate ANZUS command.

On June 1, 1984, the ANZUS Order 001/1984 was given by the joint ANZUS Head Command set up in Brisbane. This order—today famous as the “Final Gathering” Order—was sent to all reachable U.S. and NATO units. It ordered all units capable to do so to set course for Australian, New Zealand and Hawaiian territory, otherwise all surviving units in defined geographical area were routed to the nearest suiting gathering point to which ANZUS supply convoys were sent.

List of U.S. naval vessels that reported to “The Gathering”
Aircraft Carriers (Conventional) (8): USS Forrestal (CV-59), USS Saratoga (CV-60), USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Independence (CV-62), USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), USS Constellation (CV-64), USS America (CV-66), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

Aircraft Carriers (Nuclear-powered) (4): USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) (now ANZ-01 Commonwealth), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

Battleships (4): USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Cruisers (19): USS Leahy (CG-16), USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17), USS Worden (CG-18), USS Dale (CG-19), USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20), USS Gridley (CG-21), USS England (CG-22), USS Halsey (CG-23), USS Reeves (CG-24), USS Belknap (CG-26), USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27), USS Wainwright (CG-28), USS Jouett (CG-29), USS Horne (CG-30), USS Sterett (CG-31), USS William H. Standley (CG-32), USS Fox (CG-33), USS Biddle (CG-34), USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)

Cruisers (Nuclear-powered) (9): USS Long Beach (CGN-9), USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), USS Truxtun (CGN-35), USS California (CGN-36), USS South Carolina (CGN-37), USS Virginia (CGN-38), USS Texas (CGN-39), USS Mississippi (CGN-40), USS Arkansas (CGN-41)

Destroyers (68): USS Spruance (DD-963), USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), USS Kinkaid (DD-965), USS Hewitt (DD-966), USS Elliot (DD-967), USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968), USS Peterson (DD-969), USS Caron (DD-970), USS David R. Ray (DD-971), USS Oldendorf (DD-972), USS John Young (DD-973), USS Comte De Grasse (DD-974), USS O'Brien (DD-975), USS Merrill (DD-976), USS Briscoe (DD-977), USS Stump (DD-978), USS Connolly (DD-979), USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), USS John Hancock (DD-981), USS Nicholson (DD-982), USS John Rodgers (DD-983), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Cushing (DD-985), USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986), USS O'Bannon (DD-987), USS Thorn (DD-988), USS Deyo (DD-989), USS Ingersoll (DD-990), USS Fife (DD-991), USS Fletcher (DD-992), USS Hayler (DD-997), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), USS John King (DDG-3), USS Lawrence (DDG-4), USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), USS Barney (DDG-6), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8), USS Towers (DDG-9), USS Sampson (DDG-10), USS Sellers (DDG-11), USS Robison (DDG-12), USS Hoel (DDG-13), USS Buchanan (DDG-14), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16), USS Conyngham (DDG-17), USS Semmes (DDG-18), USS Tattnall (DDG-19), USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), USS Cochrane (DDG-21), USS Stoddert (DDG-22) USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23), USS Waddell (DDG-24), USS Farragut (DDG-37), USS Luce (DDG-38), USS MacDonough (DDG-39), USS Coontz (DDG-40), USS King (DDG-41), USS Mahan (DDG-42), USS Dahlgren (DDG-43), USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44), USS Dewey (DDG-45), USS Preble (DDG-46), USS Kidd (DDG-993), USS Callaghan (DDG-994), USS Scott (DDG-995), USS Chandler (DDG-996)

Frigates (79): USS Bronstein (FF-1037), USS McCloy (FF-1038), USS Knox (FF-1052), USS Roark (FF-1053), USS Gray (FF-1054), USS Hepburn (FF-1055), USS Connole (FF-1056), USS Rathburne (FF-1057), USS Meyerkord (FF-1058), USS W. S. Sims (FF-1059), USS Lang (FF-1060), USS Patterson (FF-1061), USS Whipple (FF-1062), USS Reasoner (FF-1063), USS Lockwood (FF-1064), USS Stein (FF-1065), USS Marvin Shields (FF-1066), USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), USS Vreeland (FF-1068), USS Bagley (FF-1069), USS Downes (FF-1070), USS Badger (FF-1071), USS Blakely (FF-1072), USS Robert E. Perry (FF-1073), USS Harold E. Holt (FF-1074), USS Trippe (FF-1075), USS Fanning (FF-1076), USS Ouellet (FF-1077), USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078), USS Bowen (FF-1079), USS Paul (FF-1080), USS Aylwin (FF-1081), USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082), USS Cook (FF-1083), USS McCandless (FF-1084), USS Donald B. Beary (FF-1085), USS Brewton (FF-1086), USS Kirk (FF-1087), USS Barbey (FF-1088), USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089), USS Ainsworth (FF-1090), USS Miller (FF-1091), USS Thomas C. Hart (FF-1092), USS Capodanno (FF-1093), USS Pharris (FF-1094), USS Truett (FF-1095), USS Valdez (FF-1096), USS Moinester (FF-1097), USS Glover (FF-1098), USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), USS McInerney (FFG-8), USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), USS Duncan (FFG-10), USS Clark (FFG-11), USS George Philip (FFG-12), USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), USS Sides (FFG-14), USS Estocin (FFG-15), USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), USS John A. Moore (FFG-19), USS Antrim (FFG-20), USS Flatley (FFG-21), USS Fahrion (FFG-22), USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23), USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), USS Copeland (FFG-25), USS Gallery (FFG-26), USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27), USS Boone (FFG-28), USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29), USS Reid (FFG-30), USS Stark (FFG-31), USS John L. Hall (FFG-32), USS Jarrett (FFG-33), USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), USS Underwood (FFG-36), USS Crommelin (FFG-37), USS Doyle (FFG-39), USS Klakring (FFG-42)

Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines (78): USS Skipjack (SSN-585), USS Scamp (SSN-588), USS Sculpin (SSN-590), USS Shark (SSN-591), USS Snook (SSN-592), USS Permit (SSN-594), USS Plunger (SSN-595), USS Barb (SSN-596), USS Pollack (SSN-603), USS Haddo (SSN-604), USS Jack (SSN-605), USS Tinosa (SSN-606), USS Dace (SSN-607), USS Guardfish (SSN-612), USS Flasher (SSN-613), USS Greenling (SSN-614), USS Gato (SSN-615), USS Haddock (SSN-621), USS Sturgeon (SSN-637), USS Whale (SSN-638), USS Tautog (SSN-639), USS Grayling (SSN-646), USS Pogy (SSN 647), USS Aspro (SSN-648), USS Sunfish (SSN-649), USS Pargo (SSN-650), USS Queenfish (SSN-651), USS Puffer (SSN-652), USS Ray (SSN-653), USS Sand Lance (SSN-660), USS Lapon (SSN-661), USS Gurnard (SSN-662), USS Hammerhead (SSN-663), USS Sea Devil (SSN-664), USS Guitarro (SSN-665), USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), USS Bergall (SSN-667), USS Spadefish (SSN-668), USS Seahorse (SSN-669), USS Finback (SSN- 670), USS Narwhal (SSN-671), USS Pintado (SSN-672), USS Flying Fish (SSN-673), USS Trepang (SSN-674), USS Bluefish (SSN-675), USS Billfish (SSN-676), USS Drum (SSN-677), USS Archerfish (SSN-678), USS Silversides (SSN-679), USS William H. Bates (SSN-680), USS Batfish (SSN-681), USS Tunny (SSN-682), USS Parche (SSN-683), USS Cavalla (SSN-684), USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685), USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686), USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687), USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689), USS Philadelphia (SSN-690), USS Memphis (SSN-691), USS Omaha (SSN-692), USS Cincinnati (SSN-693), USS Groton (SSN-694), USS Birmingham (SSN-695), USS New York City (SSN-696), USS Indianapolis (SSN-697), USS Bremerton (SSN-698), USS Jacksonville (SSN-699), USS Dallas (SSN-700), USS La Jolla (SSN-701), USS Phoenix (SSN-702), USS Boston (SSN-703), USS Baltimore (SSN-704), USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705), USS Albuquerque (SSN-706), USS Atlanta (SSN-712), USS Houston (SSN-713), USS Norfolk (SSN-714)

Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines (41): USS George Washington (SSBN-598), USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599), USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601), USS Sam Houston (SSBN-602), USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610), USS John Marshall (SSBN-611), USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617), USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618), USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619), USS John Adams (SSBN-620), USS James Monroe (SSBN-622), USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623), USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624), USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625), USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), USS James Madison (SSBN-627), USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628), USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634), USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635), USS Nathaniel Green (SSBN-636), USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640), USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641), USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642), USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643), USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644), USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654), USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655), USS George Washington Carver (SSBN-656), USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657), USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN-658), USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659), USS Ohio (SSBN-726), USS Michigan (SSBN-727), USS Florida (SSBN-728)

Submarine Tenders (4): USS L.Y. Spear (AS-36), USS Dixon (AS-37), USS Emory S. Land (AS-39), USS Frank Cable (AS-40)

Surface Support Ships (6): USS Florikan (ASR-9), USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), USS Petrel (ASR-14), USS Sunbird (ASR-15), USS Pigeon (ASR-21), USS Ortolan (ASR-22)

Command Ships (2): USS La Salle (AGF-3), USS Coronado (AGF-11)

Amphibious Command Ships (2): USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

Amphibious Assault Ships (12): USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), USS Guam (LPH-9), USS Tripoli (LPH-10), USS New Orleans (LPH-11), USS Inchon (LPH-12), USS Tarawa (LHA-1), USS Saipan (LHA-2), USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), USS Nassau (LHA-4), USS Peleliu (LHA-5)

Amphibious Transport Ships (13): USS Raleigh (LPD-1), USS Vancouver (LPD-2), USS Austin (LPD-4), USS Ogden (LPD-5), USS Duluth (LPD-6), USS Cleveland (LPD-7), USS Dubuque (LPD-8), USS Denver (LPD-9), USS Juneau (LPD-10), USS Shreveport (LPD-12), USS Nashville (LPD-13), USS Trenton (LPD-14), USS Ponce (LPD-15)

Dock Landing Ships (5): USS Anchorage (LSD-36), USS Portland (LSD-37), USS Pensacola (LSD-38), USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39), USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40)

Tank Landing Ships (20): USS Newport (LST-1179) USS Manitowac (LST-1180) USS Sumter (LST-1181) USS Fresno (LST-1182) USS Peoria (LST-1183) USS Frederick (LST-1184) USS Schenectady (LST-1185) USS Cayuga (LST-1186) USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) USS Saginaw (LST-1188) USS San Bernardino (LST-1189) USS Boulder County (LST-1190) USS Racine (LST-1191) USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192) USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) USS La Moure County (LST-1194) USS Barbour County (LST-1195) USS Harlan County (LST-1196) USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) USS Bristol County (LST-1198)

Amphibious Cargo Ships (5): USS Charleston (LKA-113), USS Durham (LKA-114), USS Mobile (LKA-115), USS St. Louis (LKA-116), USS El Paso (LKA-117)

Auxiliary Crane Ships (7): USS Gopher State (T-ACS 4) USS Flickertail State (T-ACS 5) USS Cornhusker State (T-ACS 6) USS Diamond State (T-ACS 7) USS Equality State (T-ACS 8) USS Green Mountain State (T-ACS 9) USS Beaver State (T-ACS 10)

Hospital Ships (2): USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)

Missile Tracking Ship (1): USNS Observation Island (T-AGM 23)

Survey Ships (4): USS Bent (T-AGS 26), USS Kane (T-AGS 27), USS Wilkes(T-AGS 33), USS Wyman (T-AGS 34)

Ammunition Ships (13): USS Suribachi (AE-21) USS Mauna Kea (AE-22) USS Nitro (AE-23) USS Pyro (AE-24) USS Haleakala (AE-25) USS Kilauea (T-AE 26) USS Butte (T-AE 27) USS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28) USS Mount Hood (T-AE 29) USS Flint (T-AE 32) USS Shasta (T-AE 33) USS Mount Baker (T-AE 34) USS Kiska (T-AE 35)

Combat Stores Ships (9): USS Mars (AFS-1) USS Sylvania (AFS-2) USS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) USS White Plains (AFS-4) USS Concord (T-AFS-5) USS San Diego (AFS-6) USS San Jose (T-AFS-7) USS Sirius (T-AFS 8) USS Spica (T-AFS 9)

Oilers (7): USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) USS Canisteo (AO-99) USS Cimarron (AO-177) USS Monongahela (AO-178) USS Merrimack (AO-179) USS Willamette (AO-180) USS Platte (AO-186)

Fast Combat Support Ships (4): USS Sacramento (AOE-1) USS Camden (AOE-2) USS Seattle (AOE-3) USS Detroit (AOE-4) Replenishment Oilers (7): USS Wichita (AOR-1) USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) USS Kansas City (AOR-3) USS Savannah (AOR-4) USS Wabash (AOR-5) USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) USS Roanoke (AOR-7)

Destroyer Tenders (6): USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) USS Puget Sound (AD-38) USS Yellowstone (AD-41) USS Acadia (AD-42) USS Cape Cod (AD-43) USS Shenandoah (AD-44)

Repair Ships (4): USS Vulcan (AR-5) USS Ajax (AR-6) USS Hector (AR-7) USS Jason (AR-8)

Rescue and Salvage Ships (6): USS Bolster (ARS-38) USS Conserver (ARS-39) USS Hoist (ARS-40) USS Opportune (ARS-41) USS Reclaim (ARS-42) USS Recovery (ARS-43)

Rescue and Towing Ships (3): USS Edenton (ATS-1) USS Beaufort (ATS-2) USS Brunswick (ATS-3)

Missile Range Instrumentation Ships (3): USS Vanguard (T-AGM-19) USS Redstone (T-AGM-20) USS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22)