Midway order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the World War II Battle of Midway.

[edit] Overview

Imperial Japanese Navy	Ship Type	United States Navy
Akagi \| Hiryū \| Kaga \| Sōryū	CV	Enterprise \| Hornet \| Yorktown
Zuihō	CVL	None
Kamikawa Maru \| Chiyoda \| Nisshin	CVS	None
Fuso \| Haruna \| Hiei \| Hyuga \| Ise \| Kirishima \| Kongo \| Mutsu \| Nagato \| Yamashiro \| Yamato	BB	None
Atago \| Chikuma \| Chokai \| Haguro \| Kitagami \| Kumano \| Mikuma \| Mogami \| Myoko \| Suyuza \| Tone	CA	Astoria \| Minneapolis \| New Orleans \| Northampton \| Pensacola \| Portland \| Vincennes
Jintsu \| Nagara \| Oi	CL	Atlanta
Akigumo \| Amagiri \| Amatsukaze \| Arare \| Arashi \| Arashio \| Asagiri \| Asashio \| Asagumo \| Ayanami \| Fubuki \| Hagikaze \| Hamakaze \| Harusame \| Hatsukaze \| Hatsuyuki \| Hayashio \| Isokaze \| Isonami \| Kagero \| Kasumi \| Kazagumo \| Kuroshio \| Maikaze \| Makigumo \| Minegumo \| Marazuki \| Murakumo \| Murasame \| Natsugumo \| Nowake \| Oyashio \| Samidare \| Shikinami \| Shiranuhi \| Shirakumo \| Shirayuki \| Tanikaze \| Tokitsukaze \| Urakaze \| Uranami \| Yudachi \| Yugiri \| Yugumo \| Yukaze \| Yukikaze	DD	Aylwin \| Anderson \| Balch \| Benham \| Blue \| Clark \| Conyngham \| Dewey \| Ellet \| Gwin\| Hammann \| Hughes \| Maury \| Monaghan \| Monssen \| Morris \| Phelps \| Russell \| Ralph Talbot \| Worden
I-121 \| I-122 \| I-123 \| I-156 \| I-157 \| I-158 \| I-159 \| I-162 \| I-164 \| I-165 \| I-166 \| I-168 \| I-169 \| I-171 \| I-174 \| I-175 \|	Submarine	Cachalot \| Cuttlefish \| Dolphin \| Finback \| Flying Fish \| Gato \| Grayling \| Grenadier \| Grouper \| Growler \| Gudgeon \| Narwhal \| Nautilus \| Pike \| Plunger \| Tambor \| Tarpon \| Trigger \| Trout
Akebono \| Genyo \| Kenyo \| Kukoyu \| Kyokuto \| Naruto \| Nichiei \| Nippon \| San Clemente \| Sata \| Shnikoku \| Toa \| Toei \| Tohu \| Tsurumi	AO	Cimarron \| Guadalupe \| Platte
No. 2 \| No. 34 \| No. 35	PT	PT-20 \| PT-21 \| PT-22 \| PT-24 \| PT-25 \| PT-26 \| PT-27 \| PT-28 \| PT-29 \| PT-30
Meiyo \| Yamafuku	AE	None
Tama Maru No. 5 \| Showa Maru No. 7 \| Showa Maru No. 8	AMS	None
No. 17 \| No. 18	SC	None
Akashi	Akashi	None
97 x Aichi D3A "Val" \| 101 x Nakajima B5N "Kate"	A/C	129 x Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" \| 42 x Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" \| 32 x PBY-5/A "Catalina" \| 6 x Grumman TBF "Avenger" \| 4 x Martin B-26 "Marauder" \| 19 x Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress"

[edit] Japanese Combined Fleet

The Japanese forces actually consisted of two different fleets detailed to two separate operations, namely Operation AL (for the Aleutians) and Operation MI (for Midway).

[edit] First Fleet

First Fleet Main Force
- 1st Battleship Division - Rear Admiral Gihachi Takayanagi in Yamato
  - Yamato - Rear Admiral Takayanagi, (Flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleets)
  - Mutsu - Rear Admiral Gunji Kogure
  - Nagato - Captain Hideo Yano
- Carrier Group:
  - CVE Hōshō - Captain Kaoru Umetani (8 B4Y1 'Jean' - Lt. Yoshiaki Irikiin)
  - DD Yukaze - Lt. Commander Shizuka Kajimoto
- Special Force
  - CVS Chiyoda - Captain Kaku Harada
  - CVS Nisshin - Captain Katsumi Komazawa
- Screening Force
  - 3rd Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto in Sendai
    - CL Sendai - Captain Nobue Morishita
    - 11th Destroyer Division - Captain Kichiro Shoji (Fubuki - Lt. Commander Shizuo Yamashita, Shirayuki - Lt. Commander Rokoro Sugawara, Hatsuyuki - Lt. Commander Junnari Kamiura, Murakumo - Lt. Commander Hideo Higashi)
    - 19th Destroyer Division - Captain Ranji Oe (Isonami - Commander Ryokichi Sugama, Uranami - Lt. Commander Tsutomu Hagio, Shikinami - Lt. Commander Akifumi Kawahashi, Ayanami - Commander Eiji Sakuma)
- 1st Supply Group: Captain Shigeyasu Nishioka in Naruto
  - Naruto (Oiler) - Captain Nishioka
  - Toei Maru
First Carrier Striking Force (First Air Fleet) - Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- 1st Carrier Division: Vice Admiral Nagumo in Akagi
  - Akagi - Captain Taijiro Aoki
    - Air Unit: Commander Mitsuo Fuchida (19 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Commander Shigeru Itaya, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Commander Takehiko Chihaya, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Commander Shigeharu Murata)
  - Kaga - Captain Jisaku Okada†.
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Tadashi Kusumi† (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Masao Sato, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Shoichi Ogawa, 27 B5N2 - Lt. Ichiro Kitajima)
- 2nd Carrier Division: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi† in Hiryū.
  - Hiryū - Captain Tomeo Kaku†
    - Air Unit: Lt Joichi Tomonaga† (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Shigeru Mori†, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Michio Kobayashi†, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Kikuchi Rokuro†)
  - Sōryū - Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto†
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Takashige Egusa (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Masaharu Suganami, 18 D3AI - Lt. Masahiro Ikeda, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Heijiro Abe, 2 D4Y1)
- Support Group
  - 8th Cruiser Division: Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe in Tone
    - CA Tone - Captain Tametsugu Okada (3 E13A1 Type 0, 2 E8N2 Type 95)
    - CA Chikuma - Captain Keizo Komura (3 E13A1 Type 0, 2 E8N2 Type 95)
- 3rd Battleship Division, 2nd Section: RADM Tamotsu Takama in Haruna
  - Haruna - RADM Takama (3 E8N2 Type 95)
  - Kirishima - Captain Sanji Iwabuchi (3 E8N2 Type 95)
- Screening Force
  - 10th Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in Nagara
    - CL Nagara - Captain Toshio Naoi
    - 4th Destroyer Division - Captain Kosaku Ariga (Nowaki - Commander Magataro Koga, Arashi - Commander Yusumasa Watanabe, Hagikaze - Commander Juichi Iwagami, Maikaze - Commander Seiji Nakasugi)
    - 10th Destroyer Division- Captain Toshio Abe (Kazagumo - Commander Masayoshi Yoshida, Yugumo - Commander Shigeo Semba, Makigumo - Commander Isamu Fujita)
    - 17th Destroyer Division - Captain Masayuki Kitamura (Urakaze - Commander Nagayoshi Shiraishi, Isokaze - Commander Shunichi Toyoshima, Tanikaze - Commander Motoi Katsumi, Hamakaze - Commander Tsuneo Orita)
- Supply Group 1 - Captain Masanao Ota in Kyokuto Maru
  - DD Akigumo - Commander Shohei Soma
  - 5 Oilers - Kyokuto Maru, Shinkoku Maru, Tōhō Maru, Nippon Maru, Kokuyo Maru

[edit] Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

Second Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō^[2] in Atago
- 3rd Battleship Division (less 2nd Section): Rear Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
  - Kongō - Captain Tomiji Koyanagi
  - Hiei - Captain Masao Nishida
- 4th Cruiser Division (less 2nd Section): Vice Admiral Kondo
  - CA Atago - Captain Baron Matsuji Ijuin
  - CA Chōkai - Captain Mikio Hayakawa
- 5th Cruiser Division : Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
  - CA Myōkō - Captain Teruhiko Miyoshi
  - CA Haguro - Captain Tomokazu Mori
- Screening Force
  - 4th Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura in CL Yura
    - CL Yura - Captain Shiro Sato
    - 3rd Destroyer Division - Captain Ranji Oe (DDs Murasame - Lt. Commander Naoji Suenaga, Samidare - Commander Takisaburo Matsubara, Harusame - Lt. Commander Masao Kamiyama, Yudachi - Commander Kiyoshi Kamiyama)
    - 9th Destroyer Division - Captain Yasuo Sato (DDs Asagumo - Commander Toru Iwahashi, Minegumo - Lt. Commander Yasuatsu Suzuki, Natsugumo - Lt. Commander Moritaro Tsukamoto)
- Carrier Group - Captain Sueo Obayashi
  - CVL Zuihō - Captain Obayashi.
    - Air Component: 12 A6M2 Zero Type 21 - Lt. Moriyasu Hidaka, 12 B5N2 - Lt. Kaji Matsuo
  - DD Mikazuki - Lt. Commander Saneho Maeda
- Supply Group: - Captain Jiro Murao in Sata
  - AO Sata - Captain Murao
  - AO Tsurumi - Captain Toshizo Fujita
  - AO Genyo Maru
  - AO Kenyo Maru
  - AR Akashi - Captain Tsunekichi Fukuzawa
Midway Occupation Force - Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
- Transports and Patrol Boats carrying about 5000 troops under Captain Minoru Ota IJN and Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki IJA
  - Kiyozumi Maru
  - Keiyo Maru
  - Zenyo Maru
  - Goshu Maru #2
  - Toa Maru
  - Kano Maru
  - Argentina Maru
  - Hokuriku Maru
  - Brazil Maru
  - Kirishima Maru
  - Azuma Maru
  - Nankai Maru
  - Patrol Boat #1
  - Patrol Boat #2
  - Patrol Boat #34
  - AO Akebono Maru - damaged by torpedo night of June 3–4
- Escort Force - Rear Admiral Tanaka in CL Jintsu
  - CL Jintsu - Captain Torazo Kozai
  - 15th Destroyer Division - Captain Torajiro Sato (Kuroshio - Commander Tamaki Ugaki, Oyashio - Commander Tokiyoshi Arima)
  - 16th Destroyer Division - Captain Shiro Shibuya (Yukikaze - Commander Kenjiro Tobita, Amatsukaze - Commander Tameichi Hara, Tokitsukaze - Commander Giichiro Nakahara, Hatsukaze - Commander Kameshiro Takahashi)
  - 18th Destroyer Division - Captain Yoshito Miyasaka (Shiranuhi - Commander Shizuo Akazawa, Kasumi - Commander Kiyoshi Tomura, Arare - Commander Tomoe Ogata, Kagero - Commander Minoru Yokoi)
- Seaplane Tender Group: Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose
  - 11th Seaplane Tender Division
    - CVS Chitose - Captain Tamotsu Furukawa (16 A6M2 -N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters, 4 E13A scout aeroplanes)
    - AV Kamikawa Maru - Captain Tarohachi Shinoda (8 A6M-2N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters, 4 E13A scout aeroplanes)
  - DD Hayashio - Commander Kiyoshi Kaneda
  - Patrol boat #35 (carrying troops)
Midway Support Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano
- 7th Cruiser Division - Vice Admiral Kurita.
  - CA Kumano - Captain Kikumatsu Tanaka
  - CA Suzuya - Captain Masatomi Kimura
  - CA Mogami - Captain Shakao Sakiyama†
  - CA Mikuma - Captain Akira Soji
- 8th Destroyer Division - Commander Nobuki Ogawa
  - Asashio - Lt. Commander Goro Yoshii
  - Arashio - Commander Hideo Kuboki
- Attached Oiler
  - AO Nichiei Maru
Minesweeper Group - Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto
- 4 Minesweepers
  - Tama Maru #3
  - Tama Maru #5
  - Shonan Maru #7
  - Shonan Maru #8
- 3 Subchasers
  - Subchaser #16
  - Subchaser #17
  - Subchaser #18
- 1 Supply ship
  - Soya - Commander Toshi Kubota
- 2 Cargo ships
  - Meiyo Maru
  - Yamafuku Maru
Advance (Submarine) Force (Sixth Fleet) - Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu in Katori at Kwajalein
- - CL Katori - Captain Noboru Owada
- 3rd Submarine Squadron- Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona in Rio de Janeiro Maru (flagship at Kwajalein)
  - 19th Submarine Division - Captain Ryojiro Ono
    - Japanese submarine I-156 - Lt. Commander Katsuo Ohashi
    - Japanese submarine I-157 - Lt. Commander Sakae Nakajima
    - Japanese submarine I-158 - Lt. Commander Soshichi Kitamura
    - Japanese submarine I-159 - Lt. Commander Tamori Yoshimatsu
  - 13th Submarine Division - Captain Takeji Miyazaki
    - Japanese submarine I-121 - Lt. Commander Yasuo Fujimori
    - Japanese submarine I-122 - Lt. Commander Sadatoshi Norita
    - Japanese submarine I-123 - Lt. Commander Toshitake Ueno
  - 30th Submarine Division - Captain Maseo Teraoka
    - Japanese submarine I-162 - Lt. Commander Takakazu Kinashi
    - Japanese submarine I-165 - Lt. Commander Hakue Jarada
    - Japanese submarine I-166 - Lt. Commander Makio Tanaka

[edit] Shore-based Air Force

Eleventh Air Fleet - Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara (at Tinian)
- Midway Expeditionary Force - Captain Chisato Morita
  - 36 'Zero' fighters - Lt. Commander Mitsugu Kofukuda
  - 10 'Betty' bombers at Wake Island
  - 6 flying boats at Jaluit
- 24th Air Flotilla - Rear Admiral Minoru Maeda
- Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein - Captain Fujiro Ohashi
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje - Captain Samaji Inoue
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 14th Air Group - Captain Daizo Nakajima
- 36 H6K Flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

[edit] Northern Area Force

Fifth Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Boshirō Hosogaya in Nachi
- CA Nachi - Captain Takahiko Kiyota
- DD Inazuma - Lt. Commander Hajime Takeuchi
- DD Ikazuchi - Lt. Commander Shunsaku Kudo
- Supply Group
  - AO Fujisan Maru
  - AO Nissan Maru
  - 3 Cargo Ships
Second Carrier Striking Force - Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta in Ryujo
- 4th Carrrier Division - Rear Admiral Kakuta
  - CVL Ryūjō - Captain Tadeo Kato
    - Air Unit - Lt. Masayuki Yamagami (16 A6M2 - Lt. Minoru Kobayashi, 21 B5N2 - Lt. Yamagami)
  - CV Junyō - Captain Shizue Isii
    - Air Unit - Lt. Yoshio Shiga (24 A6M2 - Lt. Shiga, 15 D3A1 - Lt. Zenji Abe)
- 4th Cruiser Division, 2d Section - Captain Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya
  - CA Takao - Captain Bunji Asakura
  - CA Maya - Captain Nabeshima
- 7th Destroyer Division - Captain Kaname Konishi (Akebono - Lt. Commander Minoru Nakagawa, Ushio - Lt. Commander Yoshitake Uesugi, Sazanami - Lt. Commander Hiroshi Uwai)
- AO Teiyo Maru
Aleutian Support Force - Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu in Hyūga
- 2nd Battleship Division - Vice Admiral Takasu
  - Fusō - Captain Chozaemon Obata
  - Hyūga - Captain Chiaki Matsuda
  - Ise - Captain Isamu Takeda
  - Yamashiro - Captain Gunji Kogure
- Screening Force - Rear Admiral Fukuji Kishi in Kitakami
  - 9th Cruiser Division - Rear Admiral Kishi
    - CL Kitakami - Captain Saiji Norimitsu
    - CL Oi - Captain Moichi Narita
  - 20th Destroyer Division - Captain Yuji Yamada (Asagiri - Lt. Commander Nisaburo Maekawa, Yugiri - Commander Masayoshi Motokura, Shirakumo - Commander Toyoji Hitomi, Amagiri - Captain Buichi Ashida)
  - 24th Destroyer Division - Captain Yasuji Hirai (Umikaze - Commander Nagahide Sugitani, Yamakaze - Lt. Commander Shuichi Hamanaka, Kawakaze - Lt. Commander Kazuo Wakabayashi, Suzukaze - Lt. Commander Kazuo Shibayama)
  - 27th Destroyer Division - Captain Matake Yoshimura (Ariake - Lt. Commander Shoichi Yoshida, Yugure - Lt. Commander Kiyoshi Kamo, Shigure - Commander Noboru Seo, Shiratsuyu - Lt. Commander Kanematsu Hashimoto)
- Supply Group - Captain Matsuo Eguchi
  - AO San Clemente Maru - Captain Eguchi
  - AO Toa Maru
Attu Invasion Force - Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori in Abukuma
- CL Abukuma - Captain Seiroku Murayama
- 21st Destroyer Division - Captain Toshio Shimizu (Wakaba - Lt. Commander Masakichi Kuroki, Nenohi - Lt. Commander Saburo Terauchi, Hatsuharu - Lt. Commander Hiroshi Makino, Hatsushimo - Lt. Commander Satoru Kohama)
- Magane Maru Minelayer
- AP Kinugasa Maru - carrying 1200 army troops under Major Matsutoshi Hozumi
Kiska Invasion Force - Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso
- 21st Cruiser Division - Captain ono
  - CL Kiso - Captain Ono
  - CL Tama - Captain Masaharu Kawabata
  - Asaka Maru (Auxiliary Cruiser) - Captain Jiro Ban
  - Awata Maru (Auxiliary Cruiser)
- Screening Force
  - 6th Destroyer Division - Captain Yusuke Tamada (Hibiki - Lt. Commander Hagumu Ishii, Akatsuki - Lt. Commander Osamu Takasuka, Hakaze - Lt. Commander Tomo Tanaka)
- 13th Minesweeper Division - Captain Toshio Mitsuka
  - Hakuho Maru
  - Kaiho Maru
  - Shinkotsu Maru
- Transports
  - Hokusan Maru - carrying 550 troops under Lt. Commander Hifumi Mukai
  - Kumagawa Maru - carrying 700 labor troops with construction equipment
Submarine Detachment
- 1st Submarine Squadron - Rear Admiral Shigeaki Yamakazi
  - Japanese submarine I-9 - Commander Akiyoshi Fujii
  - 2nd Submarine Division- Captain Hiroshi Imazato
    - Japanese submarine I-15 - Commander Nobuo Ishikawa
    - Japanese submarine I-17 - Commander Kozo Nishino
    - Japanese submarine I-19 - Commander Shogo Narahara
  - 4th Submarine Division - Captain Mitsuru Nagai
    - Japanese submarine I-25 - Commander Meiji Tagami
    - Japanese submarine I-26 - Commander Minoru Yokota
Aleutian Seaplane Tender Force - Captain Keiichi Ujuku
- AV Kimikawa Maru - Captain Ujuku (air unit 8 3-seat floatplanes)
- DD Shiokaze - Lt. Yoji Tanegashima

[edit] United States

The US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas are under the overall command of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

[edit] Carrier Strike Force

Task Force 17 - Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Yorktown

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Yorktown - Captain Elliott Buckmaster
  - Yorktown Air Group (Including elements of Saratoga Air Group) : 71 planes (25 F4F-4, 34 SBD-3, 12 TBD-1) - Lt. Commander Oscar Pederson
Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral William W. Smith in Astoria
- USS Astoria
- USS Portland
Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Gilbert Hoover (COMDESRON 2)

Task Force 16 - commander: Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance in Enterprise

Task Group 16.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Enterprise - Captain George D. Murray
  - Enterprise Air Group : 74 planes (27 F4F-4, 33 SBD-2/3, 14 TBD-1) - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
- USS Hornet - Captain Marc A. Mitscher
  - Hornet Air Group : 76 planes (27 F4F-4, 34 SBD-1/2/3, 15 TBD-1) - Commander Stanhope C. Ring
Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (COMCRUDIV 6)
Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Alexander R. Early (COMDESRON 1)
Oilers Group

Submarines Operational command under Rear Admiral Robert H. English (Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet) at Pearl Harbor.

[edit] Midway Garrison

Air group
- Marine Aircraft Group 22 - Colonel Ira Kimes, USMC
  - VMF-221 Major Floyd B. Parks, USMC (KIA)
  - VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson, USMC, KIA
- Navy Air Units - Captain Cyril Simmard
  - Detachments of Patrol Wings 1 and 2 (PBY-5 and PBY-5A Catalinas)
  - VT-8 TBF Avenger detachment (from USS Hornet) - Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling, USN, KIA
- Detachment of Seventh Air Force - Maj. Gen. Willis Hale
  - B-26 Marauders Capt. James Collins, USA
  - B-17 Flying Fortress Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., USA
Local Defenses - Colonel Harold Shannon, Fleet Marine Force commander
- "C" and "D" Companies, 2nd Raider Battalion, USMC
- 6th Defense Battalion (Reinforced) USMC Colonel Shannon
- 1st Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
  - 8 PT boats (2 at Kure Atoll)
- 4 small patrol craft, 2 tenders, and 1 DD (at French Frigate Shoals), 1 Oiler, 1 minesweeper in the area