- Author
- A.N. Other and NHSA Webmaster
- Subjects
- WWII operations, History - WW2
- Tags
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- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- December 1988 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
Japanese Forces
| 1. Battle Fleet (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto) | |
|---|---|
| Battleships | Yamato (flagship), Negato, Mutsu |
| Light aircraft-carrier | Hosho |
| Light cruiser | Sendai and 9 destroyers |
| Seaplane-carriers | Chivoda and Nisshin (transporting midget-submarines) |
| Covering force (Vice-Admiral Shiro Takasu) | |
| Battleships | Hyuga (flagship), Ise, Fuso, Yamashiro |
| Light cruisers | Oi, Kitakami and 12 destroyers |
| 2. First Carrier Assault Group (Vice- Admiral Chuichi Nagumo) | |
|---|---|
| 1st Division | Akagi (flagship) and Kaga, one hundred and thirty-five aircraft. |
| 2nd Division | Hiryu (Rear-Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi) and Soryu, one hundred and twenty-six aircraft. |
| Support group | |
| Heavy cruiser | Tone (Rear- Admiral Hiroaki Abe) |
| Battleships | Haruna and Kirishima |
| Light cruiser | Chikuma |
| Screening force | |
| Light cruiser | Nagara (Rear-Admiral Susumu Kimura) and eleven destroyers. |
| 3. Invasion Force (Vice-Admiral Nobukate Kondo) | |
|---|---|
| Heavy cruisers | Atago (flagship), Chokai, Myoko, Haguro |
| Battleships | Kongo, Hiei. |
| Light aircraft-carrier | Zuiho, twenty-four aircraft. |
| Light cruiser | Yura, and eight destroyers. |
| Close-support group (Vice-Admiral Takeo Kurita) | |
| Heavy cruisers | Kumano (flagship), Suzuya, Mikuma, Mogami and two destroyers. |
| Transport Group (Rear-Admiral Raizo Tanaka) | |
| Twelve troop transports (carrying 5,000 men) and three destroyers | |
| Light cruiser | Jintsu (flagship) and ten destroyers |
| Seaplane-carrier Group (Rear-Admiral Ruitaro Fujita) | |
| Seaplane-carrier | Chitose and Kamikawa Maru, thirty-two planes. |
| One destroyer and a patrol vessel. | |
| Minesweeper Group (Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto) | |
| Four Minesweepers Three Anti-submarine vessels One supply ship Two cargo vessels |
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| 4. North Force (Aleutians) (Vice-Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya). | |
|---|---|
| Heavy cruiser | Nachi (flagship) and two destroyers. |
| Second Carrier Assault Group (Rear- Admiral Kakuji Kakuta). | |
| Light carriers | Ryujo (flagship) and Junyo, eighty aircraft. |
| Heavy cruisers | Maya and Takao and three destroyers |
| Attu Invasion Force (Rear-Admiral Sentaro Omori). | |
| Light cruiser | Abukuma (flagship) |
| Four destroyers | |
| One mine-layer | |
| One troop transport (1,200 men) | |
| Kisha Invasion Force (Captain Takeji Ono) | |
| Light cruisers | Kiso (flagship) and Tama |
| Auxiliary cruiser | Asaka Maru |
| Three destroyers.Three minesweepers | |
| Two troop transports (1,250 men) | |
| Submarine Group (Rear-Admiral Shigeaki Yamazaki) | |
| Submarines | I-9 (Yamazaki), I-15, I-17, I- 19, I-25, I-26 |
| 5. Submarine-screen Group (Vice-Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu) | |
|---|---|
| Third Submarine Flotilla (Rear-Admiral Chimaki Kono) | |
| Submarine Depot-ship | Yasukuni Maru at Kwadjalein |
| Submarines | I-168, I-169, I-171, I-174, I-175. |
| Fifth Submarine Flotilla (Rear-Admiral Tadashige Daigo) | |
| Submarine Depot-ship | Rio de Janeiro Maru at Kwadjalein |
| Submarines | I-156, I-157, I-158, I-159, I-162, I-165, I- 166. |
| Thirteenth Submarine Division (Captain Takeharu Miyazaki) | |
| Submarines | I-121, I-122, I-173 |
| Shore-based Aircraft (Vice-Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara) | |
| Two hundred and sixteen aircraft based on Wale, Jaluit, Kwadjalein, Aur, and Wotje. | |