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  • ️Tony DiGiulian
  • ️Fri Feb 16 2024

  • Adm. Yamamoto Isoroku

    Position: Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet

  • RA Ugaki Matome

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • BB Yamato (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Takayanagi Gihachi

  • BB Nagato

    Commanding officer: Capt. Yano Hideo

  • BB Mutsu

    Commanding officer: Capt. Yamazumi Teijiro

  • CVL Hosho

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaoru Umetani

    Crew: Lt. Irikiin Yoshiaki (Position: Air group commander)

    • Kanko Buntai

      Commanding officer: Lt. Irikiin

      Notes: 8 x Type 96 B4Y1 carrier attack planes.

  • DD Yukaze

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kajimoto Shizuka

  • AV Chiyoda

    Commanding officer: Capt. Harada Kaku

  • AV Nisshin

    Commanding officer: Capt. Komazawa Katsumi

  • CL Sendai (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Morishita Nobue

  • DD Fubuki

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yamashtia Shizuo

  • DD Shirayuki

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugahara Taro

  • DD Murakumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Higaashi Hideo

  • DD Hatsuyuki

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kamiura Junnari

  • DD Isonami

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugama Ryokichi

  • DD Uranami

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hagio Tsutomu

  • DD Shikinami

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kawahashi Akifumi

  • DD Ayanami

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sakuma Eiji

  • AO Naruto

    Commanding officer: Capt. Nishioka

  • AO MT Toei Maru

    Notes: 10,023 BRT.

  • VA Takasu Shiro

    Position: Commander-in-Chief

  • RA Kobayashi Kengo

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • BB Hyuga (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Matsuda Chiaki

  • BB Ise

    Commanding officer: Capt. Takeda Isamu

  • BB Fuso

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kinoshita Mitsuo

  • BB Yamashiro

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kogure Gunji

  • CL Kitakami (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Norimitsu Saiji

  • CL Oi

    Commanding officer: Capt. Narita Shigeru

  • DD Asagiri

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Maekawa Nisaburo

  • DD Yugiri

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Motokura Masayoshi

  • DD Shirakumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hitomi Toyoji

  • DD Amagiri

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ashida Buichi

  • DD Umikaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugitani Nagahide

  • DD Yamakaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hamanaka Shuichi

  • DD Kawakaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Wakabayashi Kazuo

  • DD Suzukaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Shibayama Kazuo

  • DD Ariake

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Shoichi

  • DD Yugure

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kamo Kiyoshi

  • DD Shigure

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Seo Noboru

  • DD Shiratsuyu

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Hashimoto Kimmatsu

  • AO MT San Clemente Maru

    Commanding officer: Capt. Eguchi

    Notes: 7,335 BRT.

  • AO MT Toa Maru

    Notes: 10,052 BRT.

  • VA Nagumo Chuichi

    Position: Commander-in-Chief

  • RA Kusaka Ryunosuke

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo

    Position: Air Officer

    Notes: Air observer.

  • Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed)

    Position: Air Officer

    Notes: Pilot.

  • CV Akagi (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Aoki Taijiro †(killed)

  • CV Kaga (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Jisaku Okada †(killed)

  • Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo

    Notes: Air observer.

  • Unit commander

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo (Notes: Air observer.)

    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Itaya Shigeru (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Kanbaku Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Chihaya Takehiro (Notes: Air observer.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

  • Kanko Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Murata Shigeharu (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 17 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.

  • 6th Kokutai

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kaneko Tadashi (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 6 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed)

    Notes: Pilot.

  • Unit commander

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Sato Masao (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Kanbaku Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Ogawa Sho-ichi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

  • Kanko Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Kazuraki Masuhiko †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 26 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.

  • 6th Kokutai

    Notes: 9 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Soryu Kanbaku Buntai (spares)

    Notes: 2 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

  • RA Yamaguchi Tamon †(killed)

  • Lt.Cdr. Egusa Takashige

    Position: Air Officer

    Notes: Pilot.

  • CV Hiryu (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaku Tomeo †(killed)

  • CV Soryu (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Yanagimoto Ryusaku †(killed)

  • Lt. Tomanga Jo-ichi †(killed)

    Notes: Pilot.

  • Unit commander

    Commanding officer: Lt. Tomanga Jo-ichi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Mori Shigeru †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Kanbaku Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Kobayashi Michio †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

  • Kanko Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Kikuchi Rokuro †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 17 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes .

  • 6th Kokutai

    Notes: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Lt.Cdr. Egusa

    Notes: Pilot.

  • Unit commander

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Egusa (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 1 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bomber.

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Suganami Masaji (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • Kanbaku Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Ikeda Masatake (Notes: Pilot.)

    Notes: 15 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

  • Reconnaissance aircraft

    Notes: 1 x Type 02 D4Y1-C reconnaissance plane; 1 other lost.

  • Kanko Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Abe Heijiro (Notes: Air observer.)

    Notes: 18 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.

  • 6th Kokutai

    Notes: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • CA Tone (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Okada Tametsugu

  • CA Chikuma

    Commanding officer: Capt. Komura Keizo

  • BC Haruna

    Commanding officer: Capt. Koma Tamotsu

  • BC Kirishima

    Commanding officer: Capt. Iwabughi Sanji

  • CL Nagara (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Naoi Toshio

  • DD Nowaki

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Masayoshi

  • DD Arashi

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Watanabe Yasimasa

  • DD Hagikaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Iwagami Juichi

  • DD Maikaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nakasugi Seiji

  • DD Kazagumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Masayoshi

  • DD Yugumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Semba Shigeo

  • DD Makigumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fujita Isamu

  • DD Urakaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Shiraishi Nagayoshi

  • DD Isokaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Toshima Shunichi

  • DD Tanikaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Katsumi Motoi

  • DD Hamakaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Orita Tsuneo

  • AO MT Kyokuto Maru

    Commanding officer: Capt. Oto

    Notes: 10,052 BRT.

  • AO MT Kokuyo Maru

    Notes: 10,027 BRT.

  • AO MT Nippon Maru

    Notes: 9,974 BRT.

  • AO Shinkoku Maru

    Notes: 10,020 BRT.

  • AO MT Toho Maru

    Notes: 9,987 BRT.

  • DD Akigumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Soma Shohei

  • VA Kondo Nobutake

    Position: Commander-in-Chief

  • RA Shiraishi Kazutaka

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • CA Atago (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ijuin Matsuji

  • CA Chokai

    Commanding officer: Capt. Hayakawa Mikio

  • CA Myoko (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Miyoshi Teruhiko

  • CA Haguro

    Commanding officer: Capt. Mori Tomoichi

  • BC Kongo (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Koyanagi Tomiji

  • BC Hiei

    Commanding officer: Capt. Nishida Masao

  • CL Yura (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Sato Shiro

  • DD Murasame

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Suenaga Naoji

  • DD Samidare

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Matsubara Takisaburo

  • DD Harusame

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kamiyama Masao

  • DD Yudachi

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kikkawa Kiyoshi

  • DD Asagumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Iwahashi Toru

  • DD Minegumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Suzuki Yasuatsu

  • DD Natsugumo

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tsukamoto Moritaro

  • CVL Zuiho

    Commanding officer: Capt. Obayashi

    • Kansen Buntai

      Commanding officer: Lt. Hidaka Moriyasu

      Notes: 12 x Type 96 A5M4 carrier fighters.

    • Kanko Buntai

      Commanding officer: Lt. Matsuo Kaji

      Notes: 12 x Type 97 B5N1 carrier attack planes.

  • DD Mikazuki

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Maeda Saneho

  • AO Sata

    Commanding officer: Capt. Murao

    Notes: 14,050 BRT.

  • AO Tsurumi

    Commanding officer: Capt. Fugita Toshizo

    Notes: 14,050 BRT.

  • AO MT Genyo Maru

    Notes: 10,019 BRT.

  • AO Kenyo Maru

    Notes: 10,024 BRT.

  • RS Akashi

    Commanding officer: Capt. Fukuzawa Tsunekiechi Akami (?)

  • CA Kumano (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Tanaka Kikumatsu

    Crew: Lt. Ito Motoe (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 59 class1; Kasumigaura 25 class (O-floatplane)2.)

  • CA Suzuya

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kimura Masatomi

  • CA Mikuma (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Sakiyama †(killed) (Notes: Died of wounds 6 Dec. 1942 on Suzuya.)

    Crew: Lt. Imai Rintaro †(killed) (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 61 class; Kasumigaura 27 class (P-floatplane).)

  • CA Mogami

    Commanding officer: Capt. Sone Akira

    Crew: Lt. Takagi Seijiro (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 64 class; Kasumigaura 31 class (O-floatplane).)

  • DD Asashio

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshii Goro

  • DD Arashio

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kuboki Hideo

  • AO Nichiei Maru

    Notes: 10,020 BRT.

  • 2nd Combined SNLF

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ota Minoru, IJN

    Notes: Sand Island.

  • "Ichiki" Detachment

    Commanding officer: Col. Ichiki Kiyonao, IJA

    Notes: Eastern Island.

  • AP MS Kiyosumi Maru

    Notes: 8,614 BRT.

  • AP MS Keiyo Maru

    Notes: 6,442 BRT.

  • AP MS Zenyo Maru

    Notes: 6,442 BRT.

  • AP MS Toa Maru

    Notes: 6,732 BRT.

  • AP MS Kano Maru

    Notes: 8,572 BRT.

  • AP MS Argentina Maru

    Notes: 12,755 BRT.

  • AP MS Azuma Maru

    Notes: 6,646 BRT.

  • AP MS Nankai Maru

    Notes: 8,416 BRT.

  • AO MT Akebono Maru

    Notes: 10,182 BRT.

  • CL Jintsu (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kozai Torazo

  • DD Kuroshio

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ugaki Tamaki

  • DD Oyashio

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Arima Tokikichi

  • DD Yukikaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tobita Kenjiro

  • DD Amatsukaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hara Tameichi

  • DD Tokitsukaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nakahara Giichiro

  • DD Hatsukaze

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takahashi Kameshiro

  • DD Shiranuhi

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Akasawa Jisuo

  • DD Kasumi

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tomura Kiyoshi

  • DD Kagero

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yokoi Minoru

  • DD Arare

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ogata Tomoe

  • RA Fujita Riutaro

    Notes: Kure Occupation Force

  • CVS Chitose

    Commanding officer: Capt. Furukawa Tamotsu

    • Air Unit

      Notes: 7 x Type 00 F1M2, 16 x Type 95 E8N2.

  • AV MS Kamikawa Maru [6,853 BRT]

    Commanding officer: Capt. Shinoda Tarohachi

    • Air Unit

      Notes: 4 x Type 00 F1M2, 4 x Type 00 E13A1, 4x Type 95 E8N2.

  • DD Hayashio

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaneda Kiyoshi

    Notes: Carrying troops.

  • APD #35

    Notes: Carrying troops.

  • AE Soya

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kubota Toshi

    Notes: Ammunition ship.

  • RA Mito Hisashi

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • CL Katori (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Owada Noboru

    Notes: At Kwajalein.

  • MS Yasukuni Maru (flagship)(flagship)

    Notes: 11,193 BRT. At Kwajalein.

  • I-121

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Fujimori Yasuo

  • I-122

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Norita Sadotoshi

  • I-123

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ueno Toshitake

  • MS Rio de Janeiro Maru (flagship)(flagship)

    Notes: 8,225 BRT. At Kwajalein.

  • I-156

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ohashi Katsuo

  • I-157

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Nakajima Sakae

  • I-158

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kitamura Sishichi

  • I-159

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Yoshimatsu Tamori

  • I-162

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kinashi Takaichi

  • I-165

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Harada Takae

  • I-166

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tanaka Makio

  • I-168

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Tanabe Yahachi

    Notes: Midway reconnaissance.

  • RA Sakamaki Munetaka

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • 6th Kokutai, Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kokufuda Mitsugu

    Notes: Transported by aircraft carrier.

    • Akagi

      Commanding officer: 6 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

    • Kaga

      Commanding officer: 9 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

    • Hiryu

      Commanding officer: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

    • Soryu

      Commanding officer: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

    • Junyo

      Commanding officer: 12 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

  • 22nd Chutai, Mihoro Kokutai

    Notes: Based at Marcus. 12 x Type 01 G4M1 Rikko.

  • 24th Chutai, 14th Air Group

    Commanding officer: Capt. Nakajima Daizo

    Notes: Based at Jaluit. 6 x Type 97 K6K4 Flying Boat.

  • 21st Chutai, Toko Kokutai

    Notes: 2 x Type 02 H8K1 Flying Boat.

  • Chitose Kokutai

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ohashi Fujiro

    Notes: At Kwajalein. 36 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters; 43 x Type 97 G3M2 Rikko.

  • 1st Kokutai

    Commanding officer: Capt. Inouye Samaji

    Notes: At Aur and Wotje. 43 x Type 97 G3M2 Rikko.

  • VA Hosogaya Moshiro

    Position: Commander-in-Chief

  • Capt. Nakazawa Tasuku

    Position: Chief of Staff

  • CA Nachi (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kiyota Takahiko

  • DD Inazuma

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takeuchi Hajime

  • DD Irazuchi

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kudo Shunsaku

  • CVL Ryujo (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kato Tadao

  • CV Junyo

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ishii Shizue

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Kobayashi

    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (12 operational; 4 spares; maximum 9 used at one time during the operation.)

  • Kanko Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Yamagami Masayuki

    Notes: Type 97 B5N1 carrier attack planes (18 operational; 2 spares; maximum 18 used at one time during the operation.)

The number of operational and spare aircraft above are unverified and indicate theoretical totals; is is unclear - but certainly doubtful - that any of the spare aircraft were actually issued.

  • Kansen Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Shiga

    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (6 operational; 2 spares; maximum 6 used at one time during the operation.)

  • Kanbaku Buntai

    Commanding officer: Lt. Abe Zenji

    Notes: Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers (15 operational; 4 spare; maximum 15 used at one time during the operation.)

  • 6th Kokutai

    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (12 operational; 0 spares; maximum 7 used at one time during the operation.)

The number of operational and spare aircraft above were not Junyo's intended strength but the latest known total based on actual to-date issued aircraft and known available aircrew; Junyo may have carried the 6th Ku aircraft because her air group needed heavy augmentation as there were simply no more available aircrew and no more new aircraft.

  • CA Maya

    Commanding officer: Capt. Nabeshima Shunsaku

  • CA Takao

    Commanding officer: Capt. Asakura Bunji

  • DD Akebono

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Nakagawa Minoru

  • DD Ushio

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Uesugi Yoshitake

  • DD Sazanami

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Uwai Hiroshi

  • AO MT Teiyo Maru

    Notes: 9,850 BRT.

  • CL Abukuma (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Murayama Seiroku

  • DD Wakaba Lt.Cdr. Kuroki Masakichi

  • DD Nenohi Lt.Cdr. Terauchi Saburo

  • DD Hatsuharu Cdr. Makino Hiroshi

  • DD Hatsushimo Lt.Cdr. Migihama Satoru

  • AP MS Kinugasa Maru

    Notes: 8,407 BRT.

    • Army North Seas Detachment

      Commanding officer: Maj. Hozumi Matsutoshi

      Notes: 1,200 men.

  • CL Kiso

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ono

  • CL Tama

    Commanding officer: Capt. Kawabata Masaharu

  • DD Hibiki

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ishii Hagumu

  • DD Akatsuki

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takasuka Osamu

  • DD Hokaze

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Tanaka Tomoo

  • AV MS Kimikawa Maru

    Notes: 6,863 BRT.

    • Air Unit

      Notes: 8 x Type 00 E13A1.

  • AMC MS Asaka Maru

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ban Jiro

    Notes: 7,399 BRT.

  • AP Hakusan Maru

    Notes: 10,380 BRT.

    • 3rd SNLF

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Mukai Hifumi

      Notes: 550 men.

  • AP Kumagawa Maru

    Notes: 7,508 BRT. Carrying 700 laborers & construction equipment.

  • I-9 (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fujii Akiyoshi

    Notes: A-1 type.

  • I-15

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ishikawa Nobuo

  • I-17

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nishino Kozo

  • I-19

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Narahara Seigo

  • I-25

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Togami Meiji

  • I-26

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yokota Minoru

  • Adm. Chester William Nimitz

    Position: Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet

    Notes: USNA05.

  • RA Frank Jack Fletcher

    Position: Commander, Cruisers, Pacific Fleet

    Notes: USNA063 [64]4.

  • Capt. Elliott Buckmaster

    Notes: USNA12

  • USS Yorktown (CV-5) (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Buckmaster

    Crew: Lt.Cdr. Oscar Pederson (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA26.)

    • VS-5

      Commanding officer: Lt. Wallace Clark Short, Jr. (Notes: USNA32.)

      Notes: 19 (17 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VF-3

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Smith Thach (Notes: USNA27.)

      Notes: 27 (25 operational) x F4F-4.

    • VB-3

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Maxwell Franklin Leslie (Notes: USNA26.)

      Notes: 18 (17 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VT-3

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Lance Edward Massey †(killed) (Notes: USNA30.)

      Notes: 15 (12 operational) x TBD-1.

  • RA William Ward Smith

    Position: ComCruTF-17

    Notes: USNA09 [95]

  • USS Astoria (CA-34) (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Francis Worth Scanland (Notes: USN09 [216].)

  • USS Portland (CA-33)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Laurance T. DuBose

  • Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover

    Position: ComDesRon 2

  • USS Morris (DD-417)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. H. B. Jarrett

  • USS Russell (DD-414)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Glenn R. Hartwig

  • USS Hammann (DD-412) (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Arnold Ellsworth True

  • USS Anderson (DD-411)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John K. B. Ginder

  • USS Hughes (DD-410)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Donald J. Ramsey

  • Capt. Cdr. Harold R. Holcomb

  • USS Morris (DD-417)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. H. B. Jarrett

    Notes: En route TF-16, joined TF-17 5/6/42.

  • RA Raymond Ames Spruance

    Notes: USNA07 [74].

  • Capt. Miles Rutherford Browning

    Position: Chief of Staff

    Notes: USNA17.

  • Capt. George Dominic Murray

    Notes: USNA11 [297]

  • USS Enterprise (CV-6)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Murray

    Crew: Lt.Cdr. Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr. (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA26 [2585].)

    • Air Group Commander

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. McClusky, Jr.

      Notes: 1 (1 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VF-6

      Commanding officer: Lt. James Seton Gray, Jr. (Notes: USNA36.)

      Notes: 27 (27 operational) x F4F-4.

    • VS-6

      Commanding officer: Lt. Wilmer Earl Gallaher (Notes: USNA31.)

      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VB-6

      Commanding officer: Lt. Richard Halsey Best (Notes: USNA32.)

      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-2, -3.

    • VT-6

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Eugene Elbert Lindsey †(killed) (Notes: USNA27.)

      Notes: 14 (14 operational) x TBD-1.

  • USS Hornet (CV-8)

    Commanding officer: RA Marc Andrew Mitscher (Notes: USNA10 [110].)

    Crew: Capt. Charles Perry Mason (Position: passenger) (Notes: USNA12.), Cdr. Stanhope Cotton Ring (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA23.)

    • Air Group Commander

      Commanding officer: Cdr. Ring

      Notes: 1 (1 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VF-8

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Samuel Gavid Mitchell (Notes: USNA27.)

      Notes: 27 (27 operational) x F4F-4.

    • VS-8

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Walter Fred Rodee (Notes: USNA26.)

      Notes: 16 (15 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VB-8

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Robert Ruffin Johnson (Notes: USNA26.)

      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-3.

    • VT-8

      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Charles Waldron †(killed) (Notes: USNA24.)

      Notes: 15 (15 operational) x TBD-1.

  • RA Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

    Position: ComCruDiv 6

    Notes: USNA08 [93]

  • USS Minneapolis (CA-36)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Frank Jacob Lowry (Notes: USNA11 [284].)

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS New Orleans (CA-32)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Howard H. Good

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS Vincennes (CA-44)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.

  • USS Northampton (CA-26)

    Commanding officer: Capt. William Dwight Chandler (Notes: USNA11 [278])

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.

  • USS Pensacola (CA-24)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Frank L. Lowe

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.

  • USS Atlanta (CL-51)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • Capt. Alexander Rieman Early

    Position: ComDesRon 1

    Notes: USNA14 [422].

  • USS Phelps (DD-360) (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Edward Louis Beck (Notes: [2404])

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.

  • USS Aylwin (DD-355)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. George R. Phelan

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.

  • USS Monaghan (DD-354)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Page Burford (Notes: USNA23 [1741])

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.

  • USS Worden (DD-352)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William G. Pogue

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS Balch (DD-363) (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Harold L. Tiemroth

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.

  • USS Conyngham (DD-371)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Henry C. Daniel

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS Benham (DD-397)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Joseph Muse Worthington (Notes: USNA24 [1926])

    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.

  • USS Ellet (DD-398)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Francis Hartt Gardner (Notes: USNA24 [1945])

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS Maury (DD-401)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Gelzer L. Sims

    Notes: Escorting Hornet.

  • USS Cimarron (AO-22)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Russell M. Ihrig

  • USS Platte (AO-24)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Ralph H. Henkle

  • USS Dewey (DD-349)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles. Frederick Chillingworth, Jr. (Notes: USNA25 [2474].)

  • USS Monssen (DD-436)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Roland N. Smoot

  • USS Guadaloupe (AO-32)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Thurber

  • USS Blue (DD-387)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Harold Nordmark Williams (Notes: USNA23 [1655])

  • USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ralph Earle, Jr. (Notes: USNA22 [1605])

  • RA Robert Henry English

    Position: ComSubPac

    Notes: USNA07 [117]. At Pearl Harbor.

  • USS Cachalot (SS-170)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. George Alexander Lewis (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 47 days (recalled), Empire.

  • USS Flying Fish (SS-229)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Glynn Robert Donaho (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 51 days (recalled), E.Ch.Sea.

  • USS Tambor (SS-198)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Williams Murphy Jr. (Notes: USNA25 [2306])

    Notes: War Patrol 1, ?15 days.

  • USS Trout (SS-202)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Frank Wesley Fenno (Notes: USNA25)

    Notes: War Patrol 4, 26 days.

  • USS Grayling (SS-209)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Eliot Olsen (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, ?15 days.

  • USS Nautilus (SS-168)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Herman Brockman, Jr. (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 48 days, Empire.

  • USS Grouper (SS-214)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Clarence Emmett Duke (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 56 days (recalled), E.Ch.Sea.

  • USS Dolphin (SS-169)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Royal Lawrence Rutter (Notes: USNA30)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 68 days (recalled), Empire.

  • USS Gato (SS-212)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Girard Myers (Notes: USNA26)

    Notes: April, War Patrol 1, 51 days, from Marshalls.

  • USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Martin Perry Hottel (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: April, War Patrol 2, 56 days, from Marianas.

  • USS Gudgeon (SS-211)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Hyland Benton Lyon (Notes: USNA31)

    Notes: War Patrol 3, 20 days.

  • USS Grenadier (SS-210)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Willis Ashford Lent (Notes: USNA25)

    Notes: April, War Patrol 2, 59 days, from E.Ch.Sea.

  • USS Narwhal (SS-167)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles Warren Wilkins (Notes: USNA24)

    Notes: War Patrol 2, 15 days.

  • USS Plunger (SS-179)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. David Charles White (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 36 days, E.Ch.Sea.

  • USS Trigger (SS-237)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Jack Hayden Lewis (Notes: USNA27)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 51 days, to Aleutians.

  • USS Tarpon (SS-175)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Lewis Wallace (Notes: USNA25 [2311])

    Notes: War Patrol 4, 9 days.

  • USS Pike (SS-173)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Adolph New (Notes: USNA25 [2406])

    Notes: War Patrol 5, 11 days.

  • USS Finback (SS-230)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Jesse Lyle Hull (Notes: USNA26)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 48 days, to Aleutians.

  • USS Growler (SS-215)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Howard Walter Gilmore (Notes: USNA26)

    Notes: War Patrol 1, 27 days, to Aleutians.

  • USS Porpoise (SS-172)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Roland McKnight, Jr. (Notes: USNA30 [3619])

    Notes: April, War Patrol 3, en route from Australia.

  • Capt. Logan Carlisle Ramsey

    Notes: USNA18

  • Cdr. Francis Massie Hughes

    Position: Northern Sectors

    Notes: USNA23

  • VP-23

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hughes

    Crew: Lt. James Robinson Ogden (Position: Executive officer) (Notes: USNA33)

    Notes: 14 (13 operational) (11 search)5 x PBY-5

  • Lt.Cdr. Robert Cecil Brixner

    Position: Southern Sectors

    Notes: USNA27

  • VP-44

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Brixner

    Crew: Lt. Donald George Gumz (Position: Executive officer) (Notes: USNA36)

    Notes: 8 (7 operational) (7 search) x PBY-5A.

  • VP-24

    Notes: 6 (6 operational) (3 strike, 2 search) x PBY-5A .

  • VP-51

    Notes: 3 (3 operational) (1 strike, 2 search) x PBY-5A.

  • Lt.Col. Ira L. Kimes

    Notes: USMCA236.

    • 21 (20 operational) x F2A-3

      Commanding officer: Maj. Floyd Bruce Parks †(killed) (Notes: USMCA34.)

    • 7 (6 operational) x F4F-3

      Commanding officer: Capt. John Frank Carey

    • 19 (18 operational) x SBD-2

      Commanding officer: Maj. Lofton Russell Henderson †(killed) (Notes: USMCA26.)

    • 21 (14 operational) x SB2U-3

      Commanding officer: Maj. Benjamin White Norris †(killed) (Notes: USMCR. Executive officer.)

      Notes: Only 12 crews.

  • VT-8 Detachment

    Commanding officer: Lt. Langdon Kellogg Fieberling †(killed)

    Notes: 6 x TBF-1.

  • 7th Air Force Bomber Command HQ

    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x B-17E.

  • 349th BS(H)

    Notes: 1 (1 operational) (photo recon a/c) x B-17D.

  • 42nd BS(H)/11th BG(H)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. Brooke E. Allen

    Notes: 5 (4 operational) x B-17E.

  • 431st BS(H)/11th BG(H)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. Walter C. Sweeny, Jr.

    Notes: 7 (6 operational) x B-17E.

  • 31st BS(H)/5th BG(H)

    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-17E.

  • 72nd BS(H)/5th BG(H)

    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x B-17E.

  • Detachment, 18th RS(M)/22nd BG(M)

    Commanding officer: 1st Lt. James P. Muri

    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-26.

  • Detachment, 69th BS(M)/38th BG(M)

    Commanding officer: Capt. James F. Collins, Jr.

    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-26B.

  • Naval Air Station Utility

    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x J2F-2.

  • Capt. Cyril Thomas Simard

    Notes: United States Navy.

  • Col. Harold Douglas Shannon

  • 6th Marine Defense Battalion, FMF

    Commanding officer: Col. Shannon

  • 3rd Marine Defense Battalion, FMF

    Notes: AA elements present.

  • 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF

    Notes: Elements present.

  • 2nd Marine Raider Battalion

    • C Company

      Commanding officer: Capt. Harold "K" Throneson (Notes: [31469].)

  • Lt. Clinton McKellar, Jr.

  • USS PT-29

    Notes: At Kure Atoll.

  • USS PT-30

    Notes: At Kure Atoll.

  • USS Ballard (AVD-10)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ward C. Gilbert

  • USS Thornton (AV-12)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Wendell F. Kline

  • USS Clark (DD-361)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Myron T. Richardson

  • USS Kaloli (AOG-13)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. G. H. Chapman, Jr. (Notes: USNR.)

  • USS Vireo (ATO-144)

    Commanding officer: Lt. James C. Legg

  • USS Crystal (PY-25)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. O. B. Drotning

  • RA Robert Alfred Theobald

    Notes: USNA07.

  • USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (force flagship)(force flagship)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Edward W. Hanson

  • USS Louisville (CA-28)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Elliot B. Nixon

  • USS Nashville (CL-43)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Francis S. Craven

  • USS Honolulu (CL-48)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Harold Dodd

  • USS St. Louis (CL-49)

    Commanding officer: Capt. George A. Rood

  • Cdr. Frederick Moosbrugger

  • USS McCall (DD-400)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William S. Veeder

  • USS Gridley (DD-380) (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Fred R. Stickney

  • USS Humphreys (DD-236)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John K. Wells

  • USS Gilmer (DD-233)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Herman O. Parrish

  • Cdr. Wyatt Craig

    Position: ComDesDiv 6

  • USS Case (DD-370) (flagship)(flagship)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Robert W. Bedilion

  • USS Reid (DD-369)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Harold F. Pullen

  • USS Sands (DD-243)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John T. Bowers, Jr.

  • USS King (DD-242)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kenneth M. Gentry

  • USS Kane (DD-235)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John J. Greytak

  • USS Brooks (DD-232)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles T. Singleton, Jr.

  • USS Dent (DD-116)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Paul H. Tobelman

  • USS Waters (DD-115)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Henry J. Armstrong

  • USS Talbot (DD-114)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Edward A. McFall

  • Capt. Ralph C. Parker

    Notes: USNR. At Kodiak Naval Air Station.

  • Dutch Harbor Naval Air Station

    Commanding officer: Cdr. William N. Updegraff

  • Kodiak Naval Air Station

    Commanding officer: Cdr. John Perry

  • Sitka Naval Air Station

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Jackson R. Tate

  • USS Charleston (PG-51)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Gordon B. Sherwood

  • USS Oriole (AM-7)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Mellish M. Lindsay, Jr.

  • USCGC Haida (WPG-45))

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Norman H. Leslie

    Notes: 240' class, 1,506 tons.

  • USCGC Onondaga (WPG-79))

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Stewart P. Mehlman

    Notes: 165' class, 1,005 tons.

  • USCGC Cyane (WPC-105))

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Leslie B. Tollaksen

    Notes: Argo class (165') class.

  • USCGC Aurora (WPC-103))

    Commanding officer: Lt.(jg) Frank M. McCage

    Notes: Argo class (165') class.

  • USCGC Bonham

    Commanding officer: Lt.(jg) William C. Gill

    Notes: Active class (125'), 232 tons.

  • Cdr. Charles E. Anderson

    Notes: USNR.

  • USS Sabine (AO-25)

    Commanding officer: Capt. Maples

  • USS Brazos (AO-4)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Thomas J. Kelly

  • SS Comet

    Commanding officer: Irvin E. Larkin (Notes: master)

  • USS S-18 (SS-122)

    Commanding officer: Lt. James H. Newsome (Notes: USNA30)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 4, 51 days.

  • USS S-23 (SS-128)

    Commanding officer: Lt. John Reeves Pierce (Notes: USNA23)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 43 days.

  • USS S-27 (SS-132) (sunk)(sunk)

    Commanding officer: Lt. Herbert Lollis Jukes (Notes: USNA32)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 1, grounded & wrecked.

  • USS S-28 (SS-133)

    Commanding officer: Lt. John Daniel Crowley (Notes: USN31)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 1, 40 days.

  • USS S-34 (SS-139)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Thomas Lincoln Wogan (Notes: USNA31)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 29 days.

  • USS S-35 (SS-140)

    Commanding officer: Lt. James E. Stevens (Notes: USNA30)

    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 35 days.

  • Capt. Leslie Edward Gehres

    Position: ComPatWing 4

    Notes: USN.

  • VP-41

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Paul Foley

    Notes: 10 (ASV) x PBY-5A.

  • VP-42

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. James S. Russell

    Notes: 10 (ASV) x PBY-5A.

  • USS Casco (AVP-12)

    Commanding officer: Cdr. Theda S. Combs

    Notes: Cold Bay, 4 x PBY-5As.

  • USS Gillis (AVD-12)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Norman F. Garton

    Notes: Dutch Harbor, 12 PBY-5As.

  • USS Williamson (AVD-2)

    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Frederick N. Kivette

    Notes: Sand Point, 4 x PBY-5As.

  • Detachment, 36th BS(H)/28th CG

    • AL622 (sunk)(sunk)

      Notes: LB-30, ASV.

    • 1-9084 (sunk)(sunk)

      Notes: B-17E, ASV.

  • Detachment 36th BS(H)/28th CG

    Commanding officer: Capt. Russell Cone

    • 38-216 "Old Seventy"

      Notes: B-17B, ASV.

  • BG William O. Butler

    Position: Composite Group, 11th Air Force

  • Detachment 11th FS

    Notes: 12 x P-40E.

  • Detachment 12th FS

    Notes: 9 x P-40E.

  • Detachment 73rd BS(M)/28th CG

    Notes: 6 x B-26A.

  • 11th FS

    Commanding officer: Maj. John S. Chenault

    Notes: Primary base. 12 x P-40E.

  • Detachment 77th BS(M)/28th CG

    Commanding officer: Capt. Owen Meals

    Notes: 6 x B-26A.

  • 12th FS

    Notes: Primary base. 17 x P-40E.

  • Detachment 18th FS

    Notes: 5 x P-36A.

  • Detachment 42nd FS/54th FG

    Notes: 3 x P-39D.

  • Detachment 36th BS(H)/28th CG

    Notes: 3 x B-18A.

  • 18th FS

    Notes: 3 x P-36A, 2 x P-40E.

  • 54th FS/55th FG

    Notes: 24 x P-38E.

  • 54th FG

    Commanding officer: Col. Phineas K. Morrill

    Notes: 5 x P-39D.

    • 42nd FS

      Commanding officer: Maj. Wilbur G. Miller

    • 56th FS

      Commanding officer: Capt. William P. Litton

    • 57th FS

      Commanding officer: Capt. Ward W. Harker

  • 28th CG

    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. William Olmstead Eareckson (Notes: USMA24.)

    • 73rd BS(M)

      Commanding officer: Capt. Jack Donohew

      Notes: 5 x B-26A.

    • 77th BS(M)

      Commanding officer: Maj. Robert O. Cork

      Notes: 6 x B-26A.

    • 36th BS (H)

      Notes: 9 x B-18A, 7 (ASV) x B-17E (arrived 3/6/42).

  • ^

    Eta Jima refers to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.

  • ^

    Kasumigaura refers to the Imperial Japanese Navy's flight school.

  • ^

    The USNA item for American naval officers is their graduating class from the United States Naval Academy.

  • ^

    The number in square brackets for American officers is their seniority rating, or "Flag Number", on the 1 July 1942 list.

  • ^

    Some PBYs were dedicated to either the search or attack roles.

  • ^

    The USMCA item for American marine officers is their graduating class from the United States Naval Academy.

British ASV equipment had been installed in several Aleutian aircraft; some Midway-based PBYs had it as well, though details are lacking.