Battle of Midway order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Midway, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, fought 4–7 June 1942 by naval and air forces of Imperial Japan and the United States in the waters around Midway Atoll in the far northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The Japanese had two purposes for the campaign: to occupy Midway for use as a base for long-range search planes (for which the Americans were already using it), and to draw the US Pacific Fleet out of its base at Pearl Harbor for a decisive showdown battle.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet (comprising all combat vessels) and mastermind of the Pearl Harbor Attack, was tasked with drawing up the operational plan. The Japanese Naval General Staff, responsible for strategic planning, required him to include a diversionary move as part of his detailed battle plan; they told him to include a side operation that would result in the capture of two islands in the Aleutians chain, believing that the occupation of even a tiny portion of a US possession would be sufficient to draw out the bulk of the Pacific Fleet.<ref>Template:Cite book </ref>

US Navy code-breaking, Japanese overconfidence and the courage of American carrier fliers combined to create both a strategic and a tactical defeat for the Japanese: they failed to capture Midway and they suffered much greater losses in ships and planes than did the Americans (the loss of experienced naval pilots would prove to be particularly costly as the war dragged on). Midway put an end to Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

Because the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative, their forces are listed first.

Overview

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Losses indicated by *, counts in parentheses

Combat vessels

Imperial Japanese Navy		Ship Type	United States Navy
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Template:Ship · Template:Ship	2	Light carriers (CVL)	-
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Auxiliaries

Imperial Japanese Navy		Ship Type	United States Navy
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No. 1 · No. 2 · No. 34 · No. 35	4	PT	16	Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Template:Ship · Crystal · YP-284 · YP-290 · YP-345 · YP-350
Awata Maru	2	AMC	-
Soya	1	AE	-
Argentina Maru · Azuma Maru · Template:SS · Goshu Maru · Hakusan Maru · Hokuroku Maru · Kano Maru · Keiyo Maru · Kinugasa Maru · Kirishima Maru · Kiyosumi Maru · Kumagawa Maru · Meiyo Maru · Nankai Maru · Toa Maru No. 2 Go · Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go · Yamafuku Maru · Zenyo Maru	18	AP / AK	-
Tama Maru No. 3 · Tama Maru No. 5 · Showa Maru No. 7 · Showa Maru No. 8 · Hakuhō Maru · Kaihō Maru · Shunkotsu Maru	7	AMS	-
CH-16 · CH-17 · CH-18	3	SC	-
Template:Ship	1	AR	-
Magane Maru	1	ML	-
	-	AT	1	Template:USS

Aircraft

Imperial Japanese Navy	Aircraft Type	United States Navy
105 × Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"	Fighters	86 × Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat"
97 × Aichi D3A "Val"	Dive bombers	131 × Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" 17 × Chance-Vought SB2U-3 "Vindicator" (USMC)
101 × Nakajima B5N "Kate"	Torpedo bombers	42 × Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" 6 × Grumman TBF "Avenger" (USMC)
	Level bombers	17 × Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (USAAC) 4 × Martin B-26 "Marauder" (USAAC)
10 × Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 "Dave" float plane 6 × Aichi E13A1 Type 0 "Jake" float plane 2 × Yokosuka D4Y1 "Judy" dive bomber	Reconnaissance	31 × Consolidated PBY "Catalina"
(Due to production flaws early D4Y were unable to dive bomb and were used for reconnaissance)		(US Navy used carrier dive bombers for reconnaissance, reflected in the designation SB - scout-bomber)

Japan

Admiral Isoroku YamamotoTemplate:Efn
Commander, Combined Fleet

Significant combat was experienced by Nagumo's First Striking Force and Kurita's Midway Support Force. The vast majority Japanese ships saw no action during the entire Midway campaign.

First Fleet

First Fleet Main Force

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Super battleship Yamato fitting out several weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor

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Battleship Nagato

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Light carrier Hosho

Template:Tree list Admiral Yamamoto in Yamato

1st Battleship Division (Admiral Yamamoto)
- 1 Template:Sclass (9 × 18-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Rear Adm. Gihachi Takayanagi)
- 2 Template:Sclasss (8 × 16-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure)
  - Template:Ship (Captain Hideo Yano)
Carrier Group:
- CVL Template:Ship (Capt. Kaoru Umetani)
  - Air Unit: 8 Yokosuka B4Y1 'Jean' biplane torpedo bombers (Lieutenant Yoshiaki Irikiin)
- 1 Template:Sclass (4 × 4.7-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuka Kajimoto)
Special Force
- CVS Template:Ship (Capt. Kaku Harada)
- CVS Template:Ship (Capt. Katsumi Komazawa)
Screening Force
- 3rd Destroyer Squadron
- Rear Admiral Shintaro HashimotoTemplate:Efn in Sendai
  - 1 Template:Sclass (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Nobue Morishita)
  - 11th Destroyer Division (Capt. Kichiro Shoji)
    - 4 Template:Sclasss (6 × 5-in. main battery)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuo Yamashita)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Rokoro Sugawara)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Junnari Kamiura)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Hideo Higashi)
  - 19th Destroyer Division (Capt. Ranji Oe)
    - 4 Template:Sclasss (6 × 5-in. main battery)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Ryokichi Sugama)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Tsutomu Hagio)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Akifumi Kawahashi)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma)
1st Supply Group
Captain Shigeyasu Nishioka in Naruto
- AO Naruto (Capt. Nishioka)
- AO Toei Maru

First Carrier Striking Force / First Air Fleet

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Chuichi Nagumo

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Deck scene on carrier Akagi in Indian Ocean

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Carrier Kaga showing small superstructure and downward pointing funnel

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Carrier Hiryu on fire after US air attacks at Midway

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Carrier Soryu pre-war

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Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighter

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Aichi D3A "Val" dive bomber

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NakajimaB5N "Kate" torpedo bomber

Vice Admiral Chuichi NagumoTemplate:Efn in Akagi

1st Carrier Division
Vice Admiral Nagumo
- Template:Ship Template:Font color (Capt. Taijiro Aoki)
  - Air Unit (Commander Mitsuo Fuchida)
    - 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Shigeru Itaya)
    - 18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Takehiko Chihaya)
    - 18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata)
- Template:Ship Template:Font color (Capt. Jisaku Okada†)
  - Air Unit (Lt. Cmdr. Tadashi Kusumi†):
    - 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Masao Sato)
    - 18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Shoichi Ogawa†)
    - 27 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Ichiro Kitajima)
2nd Carrier Division
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi† in Hiryū
- Template:Ship Template:Font color (Capt. Tomeo Kaku†)
  - Air Unit (Lt. Joichi Tomonaga†)
    - 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Shigeru Mori†)
    - 18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Michio Kobayashi†)
    - 18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Rokuro Kikuchi†)
- Template:Ship Template:Font color (Capt. Ryusaku Yanagimoto†)
  - Air Unit (Lt. Cmdr. Takashige Egusa)
    - 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Masaji Suganami)
    - 16 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Masai Ikeda)
    - 18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Heijiro Abe)
    - 2 Yokosuka D4Y1 'Judy' dive bombers
Support Group
- 8th Cruiser Division
- Rear Admiral Hiroaki AbeTemplate:Efn in Tone
  - 2 Template:Sclass heavy cruisers (8 × 7.9-in. main battery)
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Tametsugu Okada)
      - Air Unit: 3 Aichi E13A1 Type 0 'Jake' float planes, 2 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Keizo Komura)
      - Air Unit: 3 Aichi E13A1 Type 0 'Jake' float planes, 2 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes
- 3rd Battleship Division, 2nd Section
- Rear Admiral Tamotsu Takama in Haruna
  - 2 Template:Sclass fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery)
    - Template:Ship (Rear Adm. Takama)
      - Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Sanji Iwabuchi)
      - Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes
Screening Force
- 10th Destroyer Squadron
- Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in Nagara
  - 1 Template:Sclass light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Toshio Naoi)
  - 4th Destroyer Division (Capt. Kōsaku Aruga)
    - 4 Template:Sclasss (6 × 5-in. main battery)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Magataro Koga)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Yusumasa Watanabe)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Juichi Iwagami)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Seiji Nakasugi)
  - 10th Destroyer Division (Capt. Toshio Abe)
    - 3 Template:Sclasss (6 × 5-in. main battery)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Masayoshi Yoshida)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Shigeo Semba)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Isamu Fujita)
  - 17th Destroyer Division (Capt. Masayuki Kitamura)
    - 4 Template:Sclasss (6 × 5-in. main battery)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Nagayoshi Shiraishi)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Shunichi Toyoshima)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita)
Supply Group 1
Captain Masanao Ota in Kyokuto Maru
- 1 Template:Sclass (6 × 5-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Shohei Soma)
- AO Kyokuto Maru (Capt. Ota)
- AO Shinkoku Maru (Capt. Tokugyo Ito)
- AO Template:Ship (Capt. Kazutaka Niimi)
- AO Nippon Maru (Capt. Hironosuke Ueda)
- AO Kokuyo Maru (Capt. Toraji Hidai)

Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

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Nobutake Kondo

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Battleship Hiei during war

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Atago-class heavy cruiser pre-war

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Nagara-class light cruiser pre-war

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Light carrier Zuiho pre-war

Second Fleet Main Body

Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Atago

3rd Battleship Division less 2nd Section
Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
- 2 Template:Sclass fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Tomiji Koyanagi)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Masao Nishida)
4th Cruiser Division less 2nd Section
Vice Admiral Kondo
- 2 Template:Sclass heavy cruisers (10 × 7.9-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Baron Matsuji Ijuin)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Mikio Hayakawa)
5th Cruiser Division
Vice Admiral Takeo TakagiTemplate:Efn
- 2 Template:Sclass heavy cruisers (10 × 7.9-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Teruhiko Miyoshi)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Tomokazu Mori)
Screening Force
- 4th Destroyer Squadron
- Rear Admiral Shoji NishimuraTemplate:Efn in Yura
  - 1 Template:Sclass light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Shiro Sato)
  - 3rd Destroyer Division (Capt. Ranji Oe)
    - 4 Template:Sclasss
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Naoji Suenaga)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Takisaburo Matsubara)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Masao Kamiyama)
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kamiyama)
  - 9th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yasuo Sato)
    - 3 Template:Sclasss
      - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Toru Iwahashi)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Yasuatsu Suzuki)
      - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Moritaro Tsukamoto)
Carrier Group
Captain Sueo Obayashi
- CVL Template:Ship (Capt. Obayashi)
  - 12 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Saneyasu Hidaka)
  - 12 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Kaji Matsuo)
- 1 Template:Sclass (4 × 4.7-in. main battery)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Saneho Maeda)
Supply Group
Captain Jiro Murao in Sata
- AO Sata (Capt. Murao)
- AO Tsurumi (Capt. Toshizo Fujita)
- AO Genyo Maru (Capt. Shigetaro Ogawa)
- AO Kenyo Maru (Capt. Yoshio Kanemasu)
- AR Akashi (Capt. Tsunekichi Fukuzawa)

Midway Occupation Force

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Raizo Tanaka

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Kagero-class destroyer

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Light cruiser Sendai

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Seaplane tender Chitose

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A6M "Rufe" floatplane fighter

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Aichi E13 "Jake" scout plane

Rear Admiral Raizo TanakaTemplate:Efn in Jintsu

Transport Group carrying about 5000 troops under Captain Minoru Ōta,Template:Efn IJN and Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki,Template:Efn IJA
- Transports
  - Kiyosumi Maru (Capt. Seiichiro Kito)
  - Keiyo Maru (Capt. Masamichi Ikeuchi)
  - Zenyo Maru
  - Goshu Maru (Capt. Hiyoshi Furuya)
  - Toa Maru No. 2 Go
  - Kano Maru (Capt. Tomosaburo Miura)
  - Argentina Maru (Cmdr. Takeshi Watanabe)
  - Hokuroku Maru (Capt. Hiotaro Tsukagoshi)
  - Template:SS (Capt. Kyujiro Jintsu)
  - Kirishima Maru (Capt. Hiroshi Okubo)
  - Azuma Maru (Capt. Nobuyoshi Morikawa)
  - Nankai Maru (Capt. Akira Maki)
- Patrol Boats
  - Patrol Boat #1
  - Patrol Boat #2
  - Patrol Boat #34 also carrying SNLF detachment
- AO Akebono Maru (damaged by torpedo night of June 3–4) (Capt. Miki Otsuka)
Escort Force
- 2nd Destroyer Squadron
- Rear Admiral Tanaka
- 1 Template:Sclass (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)
  - CL Template:Ship (Capt. Torazo Kozai)
- 15th Destroyer Division (Capt. Torajiro Sato)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Tamaki Ugaki)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Tokiyoshi Arima)
- 16th Destroyer Division (Capt. Shiro Shibuya)
  - 4 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Kenjiro Tobita)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Tameichi Hara)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Giichiro Nakahara)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Kameshiro Takahashi)
- 18th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yoshito Miyasaka)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Shizuo Akazawa)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Minoru Yokoi)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Kiyoshi Tomura)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Tomoe Ogata)
Seaplane Tender Group
Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose
- 11th Seaplane Tender Division
  - CVS Template:Ship (Capt. Tamotsu Furukawa)
    - 16 Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters
    - 4 Aichi E13A 'Jake' scout floatplanes
  - AV Template:Ship (Capt. Tarohachi Shinoda)
    - 8 Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters
    - 4 Aichi E13A 'Jake' scout floatplanes
- 1 Template:Sclass
  - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kaneda)
- Patrol Boat #35 (carrying troops)

Midway Support Force

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Heavy cruiser Mikuma heavily damaged by US air attack at Midway

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Destroyer Asashio

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Nakajima E8N "Dave" scout plane

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano

7th Cruiser Division (Vice Adm. Kurita)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Kikumatsu Tanaka)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Masatomi Kimura)
- Template:Ship Template:Font color (Capt. Shakao Sakiyama†)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Akira Soji)
8th Destroyer Division (Cmdr. Nobuki Ogawa)
- 2 Template:Sclasss
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Goro Yoshii)
  - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Hideo Kuboki)
Attached Oiler
- AO Nichiei Maru (Capt. Matsushi Yamamoto)
Minesweeper Group
Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto
- 4 auxiliary minesweepers
  - Tama Maru #3 (Lt. (j.g.) Atsutoshi Yamaguchi)
  - Tama Maru #5 (Lt. Akira Takato)
  - Showa Maru #7 (Lt. Teruhisa Takahashi)
  - Showa Maru #8 (Lt. (j.g.) Kiichi Sasaki)
- 3 subchasers
  - Subchaser #16 (Lt. Yasukichi Suzuki)
  - Subchaser #17 (Lt. Shigematsu Yoshioka)
  - Subchaser #18 (Lt. Mitsugu Miyoi)
1 supply ship
- Soya (Cmdr. Toshi Kubota)
2 cargo ships
- Meiyo Maru (Capt. Hisao Koizumi)
- Yamafuku Maru (Capt. Torao Honda)

Advance (Submarine) Force (Sixth Fleet)

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Light cruiser Katori pre-war

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I-class submarine underway

Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu in Template:Ship at Kwajalein

1 Template:Sclass (4 × 5.5-in. main battery)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Noboru Owada)
3rd Submarine Squadron
Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona in Rio de Janeiro Maru at Kwajalein
- 19th Submarine Division (Capt. Ryojiro Ono)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Katsuo Ohashi)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Sakae Nakajima)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Soshichi Kitamura)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Tamori Yoshimatsu)
- 13th Submarine Division (Capt. Takeji Miyazaki)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Yasuo Fujimori)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Sadatoshi Norita)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Toshitake Ueno)
- 30th Submarine Division (Capt. Maseo Teraoka)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Takakazu Kinashi)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Hakue Jarada)
  - Template:Jsub (Lt. Cmdr. Makio Tanaka)

Shore-based Air Force

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Mistubishi G4M "Betty" level bombers

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Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" flying boat

Eleventh Air Fleet
Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara at Tinian

Midway Expeditionary Force (Capt. Chisato Morita)
- 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters (Lt. Tadashi Kaneko)
- 10 Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' level bombers at Wake Island
- 6 flying boats at Jaluit
24th Air Flotilla (Rear Adm. Minoru Maeda)
- Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein (Capt. Fujiro Ohashi)
  - 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
  - 36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers
- 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje (Capt. Samaji Inoue)
  - 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
  - 36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers
- 14th Air Group (Capt. Daizo Nakajima)
  - 36 Kawanishi H6K 'Mavis' flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

Northern Area Force

Fifth Fleet Main Body

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Boshirō Hosogaya

Vice Admiral Boshirō Hosogaya Template:Efn in Nachi

1 Template:Sclass heavy cruiser
- Template:Ship (Capt. Takahiko Kiyota)
2 Template:Sclasss
- Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Hajime Takeuchi)
- Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Shunsaku Kudo)
Supply Group:
- AO Fujisan Maru (Capt. Kikuta Maki)
- AO Nissan Maru (Capt. Hachiro Naotsuka)
- AC Muroto (Capt. Masaji Yamagata)
- AP Akashisan Maru (Capt. Yoshio Hosoya)
- AF Tōkō Maru No. 2 Go

Second Carrier Striking Force

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Kakuji Kakuta

Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta Template:Efn in Ryujo

4th Carrier Division (Rear Adm. Kakuta)
- CVL Template:Ship (Capt. Tadeo Kato)
  - Air Unit (Lt. Masayuki Yamagami)
    - 16 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Minoru Kobayashi)
    - 21 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Yamagami)
- CV Template:Ship (Capt. Shizue Isii)
  - Air Unit (Lt. Yoshio Shiga)
    - 24 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Shiga)
    - 15 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Zenji Abe)
4th Cruiser Division, 2nd Section (Capt. Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya)
- 2 Template:Sclass heavy cruisers
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Bunji Asakura)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Nabeshima)
7th Destroyer Division (Capt. Kaname Konishi)
- 3 Template:Sclasss
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Minoru Nakagawa)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Yoshitake Uesugi)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai)
AO Teiyo Maru (Capt. Katasuke Tanaka)

Aleutian Support Force

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Shiro Takasu

Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu Template:Efn in Hyūga

2nd Battleship Division (Vice Adm. Takasu)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Chozaemon Obata)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Chiaki Matsuda)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Isamu Takeda)
- Template:Ship (Capt. Gunji Kogure)
Screening Force (Rear Adm. Fukuji Kishi] in Kitakami)
- 9th Cruiser Division (Rear Adm. Kishi)
  - CL Template:Ship (Capt. Saiji Norimitsu)
  - CL Template:Ship (Capt. Moichi Narita)
- 20th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yuji Yamada)
  - 4 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Nisaburo Maekawa)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Masayoshi Motokura)
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Toyoji Hitomi)
    - Template:Ship (Capt. Buichi Ashida)
- 24th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yasuji Hirai)
  - 4 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Nagahide Sugitani)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Shuichi Hamanaka)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Kazuo Wakabayashi)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Kazuo Shibayama)
- 27th Destroyer Division (Capt. Matake Yoshimura)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Shoichi Yoshida)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kamo)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Cmdr. Noboru Seo)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Kanematsu Hashimoto)
Supply Group (Capt. Matsuo Eguchi)
- AO San Clemente Maru (Capt. Eguchi)
- AO Toa Maru (Capt. Yataro Yokohama)

Attu Invasion Force

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Sentarō Ōmori

Rear Admiral Sentarō Ōmori Template:Efn in Abukuma

- 1st Destroyer Squadron
- Rear Admiral Ōmori
CL Template:Ship (Capt. Seiroku Murayama)
21st Destroyer Division (Capt. Toshio Shimizu)
- 4 Template:Sclasss
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Masakichi Kuroki)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Saburo Terauchi)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Makino)
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Satoru Kohama)
ML Magane Maru (Capt. Heiji Sasaki)
AP Kinugasa Maru (Capt. Naoshi Arima) carrying 1,200 army troops under Major Matsutoshi Hozumi

Kiska Invasion Force

Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso

21st Cruiser Division (Capt. Ono)
- 2 Template:Sclasss
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Ono)
  - Template:Ship (Capt. Masaharu Kawabata)
- 2 auxiliary cruisers
  - Asaka Maru (Capt. Jiro Ban)
  - Awata Maru (Capt. Kikuta Maki)
Screening Force
- 6th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yusuke Tamada)
  - 2 Template:Sclasss
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Hagumu Ishii)
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Osamu Takasuka)
  - 1 Template:Sclass
    - Template:Ship (Lt. Cmdr. Tomo Tanaka)
13th Minesweeper Division (Capt. Toshio Mitsuka)
- Hakuhō Maru
- Kaihō Maru
- Shunkotsu Maru
Transports
- Hakusan Maru (Capt. Hareyoshi Goto) carrying 550 troops under Lt. Cmdr. Hifumi Mukai
- Kumagawa Maru (Capt. Shiro Yoshida) carrying 700 labor troops with construction equipment
Submarine Detachment
- 1st Submarine Squadron (Rear Adm. Shigeaki Yamakazi)
  - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Akiyoshi Fujii)
  - 2nd Submarine Division (Capt. Hiroshi Imazato)
    - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Nobuo Ishikawa)
    - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Kozo Nishino)
    - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Shogo Narahara)
  - 4th Submarine Division (Capt. Mitsuru Nagai)
    - - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Akiji Tagami)
    - Template:Jsub (Cmdr. Minoru Yokota)
Aleutian Seaplane Tender Force (Capt. Keiichi Ujuku)
- AV Kimikawa Maru (Capt. Ujuku)
  - Air Unit: 8 3-seat floatplanes
- 1 Template:Sclass
  - Template:Ship (Lt. Yoji Tanegashima)

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Task Force 17

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Frank Jack Fletcher

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Damaged Yorktown with destroyer Balch standing by

Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher Template:Efn in Yorktown

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)
- Template:USS Template:Font color (Captain Elliott Buckmaster)
  - Yorktown Air GroupTemplate:Efn (Lieutenant Commander Oscar Pederson)
    - 25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters (VF-3 – Lt. Cmdr. John S. Thach)
    - 18 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers (VB-3 – Lt. Cmdr. Maxwell F. Leslie)
    - 19 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers (VS-5 – Lt. Wallace C. Short, Jr.)
    - 13 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator Template:Efn torpedo bombers (VT-3 – Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. Massey†)
Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group)
Rear Admiral William W. SmithTemplate:Efn in Astoria
- 1 New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Francis W. Scanland)
- 1 Portland-class heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Laurance T. DuBose)
Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen)
Captain Gilbert Hoover,Template:Efn COMDESRON 2
- 5 Sims-class destroyers (4 × 5-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS Template:Font color (Commander Arnold E. True)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. William M. Hobby, Jr.)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Donald J. Ramsey)
  - Template:USS (Cmdr. Harry B. Jarrett)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. J. C. Pollock)
- 1 Gleaves-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. John M. Higgins)

Task Force 16

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Raymond A. Spruance as a full admiral

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Grumman F4F Wildcat

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

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Douglas TBD Devastator

File:USS Winslow (DD-359) in the late 1930s (NH 67798).jpg

Porter-class destroyer pre-war

Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Template:Efn in Enterprise

Task Group 16.5 (Carrier Group):<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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- Template:USS (Capt. George D. Murray)Template:Efn
  - Enterprise Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky)
    - 27 F4F-4 fighters (VF-6 – Lt. James S. Gray)
    - 19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers (VB-6 – Lt. Richard H. Best)
    - 19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers (VS-6 – Lt. Wilmer E. Gallaher)
    - 14 TBD-1 torpedo bombers (VT-6 – Lt. Cmdr. Eugene E. Lindsey†)
- Template:USS (Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, promoted to Rear Adm en route)Template:Efn
  - Hornet Air Group (Cmdr. Stanhope C. Ring)
    - 27 F4F-4 fighters (VF-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Samuel G. Mitchell)
    - 19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers (VB-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Robert R. Johnson)
    - 18 SBD-1/2/3 dive bombers (VS-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Walter F. Rodee)
    - 15 TBD-1 torpedo bombers (VT-8 – Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron†)
Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group)
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid,Template:Efn COMCRUDIV 6
- 1 Pensacola-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Frank L. Lowe)
- 1 Northampton-class heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. William D. Chandler Jr.)
- 3 New Orleans-class heavy cruisers (9 × 8-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Howard H. Good)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Frank J. Lowry)Template:Efn
  - Template:USS (Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl)Template:Efn
- 1 anti-aircraft light cruiser (16 × 5-in. main battery)
  - Template:USS (Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins)
Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen)
Captain Alexander R. Early, COMDESRON 1
- Destroyer Squadron 1
  - 1 Porter-class destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Edward L. Beck)
  - 3 Farragut-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. William G. Pogue)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. William P. Burford)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. George R. Phelan)
- Destroyer Squadron 6
  - 1 Gridley-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Gelzer L. Sims)
  - 2 Benham-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Joseph M. Worthington)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Francis H. Gardner)
  - 1 Mahan-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Henry C. Daniel)
  - 1 Porter-class destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery)
    - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Harold H. Thiemroth)
Oilers Group
- AO Template:USS (Cmdr. Russell H. Ihrig)
- AO Template:USS (Capt. Ralph H. Henkle)
- DD Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. C.F. Chillingworth, Jr.)
- DD Template:USS (Cmdr. Roland N. Smoot)Template:Efn

Submarines

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Gato class

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Nautilus class

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Porpoise class

Rear Admiral Robert H. EnglishTemplate:Efn
Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, HQ at Pearl Harbor

Task Group 7.1 (Midway Patrol Group)
- 3 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. W.G. Myers)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. C.E. Duke)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Glynn R. Donaho)
- 5 Tambor-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. J.W. Murphy)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. F.W. Fenno)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. E. Olsen)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Willis A. Lent)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. H.B. Lyon)
- 4 Narhwhal-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. William H. Brockman Jr.)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. R.L. Rutter)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. G.A. Lewis)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Martin P. Hottel)
Task Group 7.2 ("Roving Short-Stops")
- 1 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. J.H. Lewis)
- 1 Porpoise-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. D.C. White)
- 1 Narhwhal-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. C.W. Wilkins)
Task Group 7.3 (North of Oahu Patrol)
- 2 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Howard W. Gilmore)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. J.L. Hull)
- 2 Porpoise-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. W.A. New)
  - Template:USS (Lt. Cmdr. Lewis Wallace)