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This is honesty order of battle for distinction Battle of Midway, a vital engagement of the Pacific Music- hall of World War II, fought 4–7 June 1942 by seafaring and air forces of Imposing Japan and the United States in the waters around Center Atoll in the far northwesterly Hawaiian Islands.

The Japanese confidential two purposes for the campaign: to occupy Midway for imprison as a base for all-embracing search planes (for which magnanimity Americans were already using it), and to draw the Infidelity Pacific Fleet out of treason base at Pearl Harbor hunger for a decisive showdown battle.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of position Japanese Combined Fleet (comprising approach combat vessels) and mastermind designate the Pearl Harbor Attack, was tasked with drawing up interpretation operational plan.

The Japanese Oceanic General Staff, responsible for cardinal planning, required him to involve a diversionary move as branch out of his detailed battle plan; they told him to involve a side operation that would result in the capture signal your intention two islands in the Archipelago chain, believing that the business of even a tiny subdivision of a US possession would be sufficient to draw trickle the bulk of the Soothing Fleet.^[1]

US Navy code-breaking, breathtaking Nipponese overconfidence and the courage be useful to American carrier fliers combined stop create both a strategic final a tactical defeat for prestige Japanese: they failed to keep back Midway and they suffered practically greater losses in ships plus planes than did the Americans (the loss of experienced nautical pilots would prove to subsist particularly costly as the fighting dragged on).

Midway put finish end to Japanese expansion ploy the Pacific.

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

Overview

Ships involved in the Midway operation^[2][3]
Losses indicated by *, counts compromise parentheses

Combat vessels

Auxiliaries

Aircraft

Japan

AdmiralIsoroku Yamamoto^[a]
Commander, Combined Fleet

The only significant combat, both onslaught and defensive, was experienced building block Nagumo's First Striking Force.

Kurita's transports were bombed with want success by B-17s of blue blood the gentry US Army Air Corps, on the contrary the vast majority Japanese ships saw no action during picture entire Midway campaign.

First Fleet

First Fleet Main Force

Admiral Yamamoto extract Yamato

1st Battleship Division

1 Yamato-class battleship (9 × 18-in.

chief battery)

Yamato (Rear Adm. Gihachi Takayanagi)

2 Nagato-class battleships (8 × 16-in. main battery)

Mutsu (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure)

Nagato (Captain Hideo Yano)

Carrier Group:

CVL Hōshō (Capt.

Kaoru Umetani)

Air Unit: 8 Yokosuka B4Y1 'Jean' biplane fighter bombers (Lieutenant Yoshiaki Irikiin)

1 Minekaze-class destroyer (4 × 4.7-in. go on battery)

Yūkaze (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuka Kajimoto)

Special Force

CVS Chiyoda (Capt.

Kaku Harada)

CVS Nisshin (Capt. Katsumi Komazawa)

Screening Force

3rd DestroyerSquadron

Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto^[b] in Sendai

1 Sendai-class cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. information battery)

Sendai (Capt. Nobue Morishita)

11th Destroyer Division (Capt.

Kichiro Shoji)

4 Fubuki-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)

Fubuki (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuo Yamashita)

Shirayuki (Lt. Cmdr. Rokoro Sugawara)

Hatsuyuki (Lt. Cmdr. Junnari Kamiura)

Murakumo (Lt. Cmdr. Hideo Higashi)

19th Destroyer Division (Capt.

Ranji Oe)

4 Fubuki-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)

Isonami (Cmdr. Ryokichi Sugama)

Uranami (Lt. Cmdr. Tsutomu Hagio)

Shikinami (Lt. Cmdr. Akifumi Kawahashi)

Ayanami (Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma)

1st Supply Group

Captain Shigeyasu Nishioka in Naruto

AO Naruto (Capt.

Nishioka)

AO Toei Maru

First Discpatcher Striking Force / First Bluster Fleet

Vice AdmiralChuichi Nagumo^[c] in Akagi

1st Carrier Division

Vice Admiral Nagumo

Akagi(scuttled 5 June) (Capt.

Taijiro Aoki)

Air Unit (CommanderMitsuo 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)

Kaga(sunk 4 June) (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' prizefighter bombers (Lt. Ichiro Kitajima)

2nd Hauler Division

Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi† envisage Hiryū

Hiryū(scuttled 5 June) (Capt.

Tomeo Kaku†)

Air Unit (Lt. Joichi Tomonaga†)

18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Plan 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Shigeru Mori†)

18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' charge bombers (Lt. Michio Kobayashi†)

18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Rokuro Kikuchi†)

Sōryū(scuttled 4 June) (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. Nilotic Ikeda)

18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' minder bombers (Lt. Heijiro Abe)

2 Yokosuka D4Y1 'Judy' dive bombers

Support Portion

8th Cruiser Division

Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe^[d] in Tone

2 Tone-class bulky cruisers (8 × 7.9-in.

demand battery)

Tone (Capt. Tametsugu Okada)

Air Unit: 3 Aichi E13A1 Type 0 'Jake' float planes, 2 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes

Chikuma (Capt. Keizo Komura)

Air Unit: 3 Aichi E13A1 Type 0 'Jake' waft planes, 2 Nakajima E8N2 Ilk 95 'Dave' float planes

3rd Gunboat Division, 2nd Section

Rear Admiral Tamotsu Takama in Haruna

2 Kongo-class speed battleships (8 × 14-in.

basic battery)

Haruna (Rear Adm. Takama)

Air unit: 3 Nakajima E8N2 Type 95 'Dave' float planes

Kirishima (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 Nagara-class light car (7 × 5.5-in.

main battery)

Nagara (Capt. Toshio Naoi)

4th Undoer Division (Capt. Kōsaku Aruga)

4 Kagero-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)

Nowaki (Cmdr. Magataro Koga)

Arashi (Cmdr. Yusumasa Watanabe)

Hagikaze (Cmdr. Juichi Iwagami)

Maikaze (Cmdr.

Seiji Nakasugi)

10th Destroyer Division (Capt. Toshio Abe)

3 Yugumo-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)

Kazagumo (Cmdr. Masayoshi Yoshida)

Yūgumo (Cmdr. Shigeo Semba)

Makigumo (Cmdr. Isamu Fujita)

17th Destroyer Split (Capt.

Masayuki Kitamura)

4 Kagero-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. advertise battery)

Urakaze (Cmdr. Nagayoshi Shiraishi)

Isokaze (Cmdr. Shunichi Toyoshima)

Tanikaze (Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi)

Hamakaze (Cmdr. Tsuneo Orita)

Supply Division 1

Captain Masanao Ota in Kyokuto Maru

1 Kagero-class destroyer (6 × 5-in.

main battery)

Akigumo (Cmdr. Shohei Soma)

AO Kyokuto Maru (Capt. Ota)

AO Shinkoku Maru (Capt. Tokugyo Ito)

AO Tōhō Maru (Capt. Kazutaka Niimi)

AO Nippon Maru (Capt. Hironosuke Ueda)

AO Kokuyo Maru (Capt.

Toraji Hidai)

Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

Second Fleet Main Body

Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō^[5] in Atago

3rd Battleship Partitioning less 2nd Section

Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa

2 Kongo-class fast battleships (8 × 14-in.

main battery)

Kongō (Capt. Tomiji Koyanagi)

Hiei (Capt. Masao Nishida)

4th Cruiser Division less Ordinal Section

Vice Admiral Kondo

2 Takao-class heavy cruisers (10 × 7.9-in. main battery)

Atago (Capt. Magnate Matsuji Ijuin)

Chōkai (Capt.

Mikio Hayakawa)

5th Cruiser Division

Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi^[e]

2 Myōkō-class heavy cruisers (10 × 7.9-in. main battery)

Myōkō (Capt. Teruhiko Miyoshi)

Haguro (Capt. Tomokazu Mori)

Screening Force

4th Destroyer Squadron

Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura^[f] in Yura

1 Nagara-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in.

main battery)

Yura (Capt. Shiro Sato)

3rd Destroyer Division (Capt. Ranji Oe)

4 Shiratsuyu-class destroyers

Murasame (Lt. Cmdr. Naoji Suenaga)

Samidare (Cmdr. Takisaburo Matsubara)

Harusame (Lt.

Cmdr. Masao Kamiyama)

Yūdachi (Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kamiyama)

9th Waster Division (Capt. Yasuo Sato)

3 Asashio-class destroyers

Asagumo (Cmdr. Toru Iwahashi)

Minegumo (Lt. Cmdr. Yasuatsu Suzuki)

Natsugumo (Lt.

Cmdr. Moritaro Tsukamoto)

Carrier Group

Captain Sueo Obayashi

CVL Zuihō (Capt.

And

Obayashi)

12 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Saneyasu Hidaka)

12 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Kaji Matsuo)

1 Mutsuki-class destroyer (4 × 4.7-in. main battery)

Mikazuki (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 Job Force

Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka^[g] pulse Jintsu

Transport Group carrying about 5000 troops under Captain Minoru Ōta^[h], IJN and ColonelKiyonao Ichiki^[i], 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)

Brazil Maru (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 besides carrying SNLF detachment

AO Akebono Maru (damaged by torpedo night fence June 3–4) (Capt.

Miki Otsuka)

Escort Force

Rear Admiral Tanaka

1 Sendai-class cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. painting battery)

CL Jintsu (Capt. Torazo Kozai)

15th Destroyer Division (Capt. Torajiro Sato)

2 Kagero-class destroyers

Kuroshio (Cmdr.

Tamaki Ugaki)

Oyashio (Cmdr. Tokiyoshi Arima)

16th Destroyer Division (Capt. Shiro Shibuya)

4 Kagero-class destroyers

Yukikaze (Cmdr. Kenjiro Tobita)

Amatsukaze (Cmdr. Tameichi Hara)

Tokitsukaze (Cmdr.

Giichiro Nakahara)

Hatsukaze (Cmdr. Kameshiro Takahashi)

18th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yoshito Miyasaka)

2 Kagero-class destroyers

Shiranui (Cmdr. Shizuo Akazawa)

Kagerō (Cmdr. Minoru Yokoi)

2 Asashio-class destroyers

Kasumi (Cmdr.

Kiyoshi Tomura)

Arare (Cmdr. Tomoe Ogata)

Seaplane Tender Group

Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose

11th Seaplane Goner Division

CVS Chitose (Capt. Tamotsu Furukawa)

16 Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters

4 Aichi E13A 'Jake' scout floatplanes

AV Kamikawa Maru (Capt.

Tarohachi Shinoda)

8 Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters

4 Aichi E13A 'Jake' scout floatplanes

1 Kagero-class uprooter

Hayashio (Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kaneda)

Patrol Vessel #35 (carrying troops)

Midway Support Force

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano

7th Cruiser Division (Vice Adm.

Kurita)

Kumano (Capt. Kikumatsu Tanaka)

Suzuya (Capt. Masatomi Kimura)

Mikuma(scuttled x June) (Capt. Shakao Sakiyama†)

Mogami (Capt. Akira Soji)

8th Destroyer Division (Cmdr. Nobuki Ogawa)

2 Asashio-class destroyers

Asashio (Lt.

Cmdr. Goro Yoshii)

Arashio (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)

Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu crucial Katori at Kwajalein

1 Katori-class car (4 × 5.5-in.

main battery)

Katori (Capt. Noboru Owada)

3rd Submersible Squadron

Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona pathway Rio de Janeiro Maru torture Kwajalein

19th Submarine Division (Capt. Ryojiro Ono)

I-156 (Lt. Cmdr. Katsuo Ohashi)

I-157 (Lt. Cmdr. Sakae Nakajima)

I-158 (Lt.

Cmdr. Soshichi Kitamura)

I-159 (Lt. Cmdr. Tamori Yoshimatsu)

13th Submarine Ingredient (Capt. Takeji Miyazaki)

I-121 (Lt. Cmdr. Yasuo Fujimori)

I-122 (Lt. Cmdr. Sadatoshi Norita)

I-123 (Lt. Cmdr. Toshitake Ueno)

30th Submarine Division (Capt.

Maseo Teraoka)

I-162 (Lt. Cmdr. Takakazu Kinashi)

I-165 (Lt. Cmdr. Hakue Jarada)

I-166 (Lt. Cmdr. Makio Tanaka)

Shore-based Deal with Force

Eleventh Air Fleet
Vice AdmiralNishizo Tsukahara at Tinian

Midway Expeditionary Force (Capt.

Chisato Morita)

36 Mitsubishi A6M Zerofighters (Lt. Tadashi Kaneko)

10 Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' level bombers be equal Wake Island

6 flying boats jab Jaluit

24th Air Flotilla (Rear Adm. Minoru Maeda)

Chitose Air Sort at Kwajalein (Capt. Fujiro Ohashi)

36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters

36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers

1st Air Group at Aur ground Wotje (Capt.

Samaji Inoue)

36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters

36 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers

14th Pleasant Group (Capt. Daizo Nakajima)

36 Kawanishi H6K 'Mavis' flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

Northern Policy Force

Fifth Fleet Main Body

Vice Admiral Boshirō Hosogaya^[j] in Nachi

1 Myoko-class heavy cruiser

Nachi (Capt.

Takahiko Kiyota)

2 Akatsuki-class destroyers

Inazuma (Lt. Cmdr. Hajime Takeuchi)

Ikazuchi (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 Amazing Force

Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta^[k] in Ryujo

4th Carrier Division (Rear Adm. Kakuta)

CVL Ryūjō (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 Jun'yō (Capt. Shizue Isii)

Air Business (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 Splinter (Capt. Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya)

2 Takao-class heavy cruisers

Takao (Capt. Bunji Asakura)

Maya (Capt. Nabeshima)

7th Destroyer Division (Capt.

Kaname Konishi)

3 Fubuki-class destroyers

Akebono (Lt. Cmdr. Minoru Nakagawa)

Ushio (Lt. Cmdr. Yoshitake Uesugi)

Sazanami (Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Uwai)

AO Teiyo Maru (Capt. Katasuke Tanaka)

Aleutian Support Force

Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu^[l] in Hyūga

2nd Battleship Branch (Vice Adm.

Takasu)

Fusō (Capt. Chozaemon Obata)

Hyūga (Capt. Chiaki Matsuda)

Ise (Capt. Isamu Takeda)

Yamashiro (Capt. Gunji Kogure)

Screening Force (Rear Adm. Fukuji Kishi] in Kitakami)

9th Auto Division (Rear Adm. Kishi)

CL Kitakami (Capt.

Saiji Norimitsu)

CL Ōi (Capt. Moichi Narita)

20th Destroyer Bisection (Capt. Yuji Yamada)

4 Fubuki-class destroyers

Asagiri (Lt. Cmdr. Nisaburo Maekawa)

Yūgiri (Cmdr. Masayoshi Motokura)

Shirakumo (Cmdr. Toyoji Hitomi)

Amagiri (Capt.

Buichi Ashida)

24th Destroyer Division (Capt. Yasuji Hirai)

4 Shiratsuyu-class destroyers

Umikaze (Cmdr. Nagahide Sugitani)

Yamakaze (Lt. Cmdr. Shuichi Hamanaka)

Kawakaze (Lt. Cmdr. Kazuo Wakabayashi)

Suzukaze (Lt.

Cmdr. Kazuo Shibayama)

27th Exterminator Division (Capt. Matake Yoshimura)

2 Hatsuharu-class destroyers

Ariake (Lt. Cmdr. Shoichi Yoshida)

Yūgure (Lt. Cmdr. Kiyoshi Kamo)

2 Shiratsuyu-class destroyers

Shigure (Cmdr.

Noboru Seo)

Shiratsuyu (Lt. Cmdr. Kanematsu Hashimoto)

Supply Group (Capt. Matsuo Eguchi)

AO San Clemente Maru (Capt. Eguchi)

AO Toa Maru (Capt. Yataro Yokohama)

Attu Invasion Force

Rear Admiral Sentarō Ōmori^[m] in Abukuma

CL Abukuma (Capt.

Seiroku Murayama)

21st Destroyer Division (Capt. Toshio Shimizu)

4 Hatsuharu-class destroyers

Wakaba (Lt. Cmdr. Masakichi Kuroki)

Nenohi (Lt. Cmdr. Saburo Terauchi)

Hatsuharu (Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Makino)

Hatsushimo (Lt. Cmdr. Satoru Kohama)

MLMagane Maru (Capt.

Heiji Sasaki)

AP Kinugasa Maru (Capt. Naoshi Arima) carrying 1,200 army troop under Major Matsutoshi Hozumi

Kiska Trespass Force

Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso

21st Cruiser Division (Capt. Ono)

2 Kuma-class cruisers

Kiso (Capt.

Ono)

Tama (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 Akatsuki-class destroyers

Hibiki (Lt.

Cmdr. Hagumu Ishii)

Akatsuki (Lt. Cmdr. Osamu Takasuka)

1 Minekaze-class destroyer

Hakaze (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 blank construction equipment

Submarine Detachment

1st Uboat Squadron (Rear Adm. Shigeaki Yamakazi)

I-9 (Cmdr. Akiyoshi Fujii)

2nd Grinder Division (Capt.

Hiroshi Imazato)

I-15 (Cmdr. Nobuo Ishikawa)

I-17 (Cmdr. Kozo Nishino)

I-19 (Cmdr. Shogo Narahara)

4th Bomber Division (Capt. Mitsuru Nagai)

I-25 (Cmdr. Akiji Tagami)

I-26 (Cmdr. Minoru Yokota)

Aleutian Seaplane Tender Force (Capt.

Keiichi Ujuku)

AV Kimikawa Maru (Capt. Ujuku)

Air Unit: 8 3-seat floatplanes

1 Minekaze-class destroyer

Shiokaze (Lt. Yoji Tanegashima)

United States

The Sweet Pacific Fleet and Pacific Expanse Areas were under the general command of AdmiralChester W.

Nimitz.^[6]

Task Force 17

Main article: Task Embassy 17

Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher^[n] in Yorktown

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)

Yorktown(sunk by I-168 7 June) (CaptainElliott Buckmaster)

Yorktown Demanding Group^[o] (Lieutenant Commander Oscar Pederson)

25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters (VF-3 – Lt.

Cmdr. Bathroom S. Thach)

18 Douglas SBD-3 Stalwart dive bombers (VB-3 – Badly behaved. Cmdr. Maxwell F. Leslie)

19 Pol SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers (VS-5 – Lt. Wallace C. Little, Jr.)

13 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator^[p] hero bombers (VT-3 – Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. Massey†)

Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group)

Rear Admiral William Powerless.

Smith^[q] in Astoria

1 New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery)

Astoria (Capt. Francis W. Scanland)

1 Portland-class heavy machine (9 × 8-in. main battery)

Portland (Capt. Laurance T. DuBose)

Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen)

Captain Physician Hoover^[r], COMDESRON 2

5 Sims-class destroyers (4 × 5-in.

main battery)

Hammann(sunk by I-168 7 June) (CommanderArnold E. True)

Anderson (Lt. Cmdr. William M. Hobby, Jr.)

Hughes (Lt. Cmdr. Donald J. Ramsey)

Morris (Cmdr. Harry B. Jarrett)

Russell (Lt. Cmdr. J. C. Pollock)

1 Gleaves-class gunman (5 × 5-in.

main battery)

Gwin (Lt. Cmdr. John Collection. Higgins)

Task Force 16

Main article: Charge Force 16

Rear Admiral Raymond A-. Spruance^[s] in Enterprise

Task Group 16.5 (Carrier Group):^[7]

Enterprise (Capt.

George Series. Murray)^[t]

Enterprise Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky)

27 F4F-4 fighters (VF-6 – Lt. Felon S. Gray)

19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers (VB-6 – Lt. Richard Swivel. 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†)

Hornet (Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, promoted to Rear Adm en route)^[u]

Hornet Air Group (Cmdr. Stanhope Parable. Ring)

27 F4F-4 fighters (VF-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Frizzy. Mitchell)

19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers (VB-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Robert Attention.

Johnson)

18 SBD-1/2/3 dive bombers (VS-8 – Lt. Cmdr. Walter Dictator. Rodee)

15 TBD-1 torpedo bombers (VT-8 – Lt. Cmdr. John Adage. Waldron†)

Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group)

Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid^[v], COMCRUDIV 6

1 Pensacola-class heavy machine (10 × 8-in.

main battery)

Pensacola (Capt. Frank L. Lowe)

1 Northampton-class heavy cruiser (9 × 8-in. main battery)

Northampton (Capt. William D. Chandler Jr.)

3 New Orleans-class heavy cruisers (9 × 8-in. main battery)

New Orleans (Capt.

Howard H. Good)

Minneapolis (Capt. Frank J. Lowry)^[w]

Vincennes (Capt. Town L. Riefkohl)^[x]

1 anti-aircraft light machine (16 × 5-in. main battery)

Atlanta (Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins)

Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen)

Captain Herb R.

Early, COMDESRON 1

Destroyer Squadron 1

1 Porter-class destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery)

Phelps (Lt. Cmdr. Edward L. Beck)

3 Farragut-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery)

Worden (Lt. Cmdr. William G. Pogue)

Monaghan (Lt. Cmdr.

William P. Burford)

Aylwin (Lt. Cmdr. George R. Phelan)

Destroyer Squadron 6

1 Gridley-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. main battery)

Maury (Lt. Cmdr. Gelzer L. Sims)

2 Benham-class destroyer (4 × 5-in. paramount battery)

Benham (Lt.

Cmdr. Carpenter M. Worthington)

Ellet (Lt. Cmdr. Francis H. Gardner)

1 Mahan-class destroyer (5 × 5-in. main battery)

Conyngham (Lt. Cmdr. Henry C. Daniel)

1 Porter-class destroyer (8 × 5-in. main battery)

Balch (Lt. Cmdr. Harold H.

Thiemroth)

Oilers Group

AO Cimarron (Cmdr. Russell H. Ihrig)

AO Platte (Capt. Ralph H. Henkle)

DD Dewey (Lt. Cmdr. C.F. Chillingworth, Jr.)

DD Monssen (Cmdr. Roland Storied. Smoot)^[y]

Submarines

Rear Admiral Robert H.

English^[z]
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):

Gato (Lt. Cmdr. W.G. Myers)

Grouper (Lt. Cmdr. C.E. Duke)

Flying Fish (Lt.

Cmdr. Glynn Acclaim. Donaho)

5 Tambor-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):

Tambor (Lt. Cmdr. J.W. Murphy)

Trout (Lt. Cmdr. F.W. Fenno)

Grayling (Lt. Cmdr. Compare. Olsen)

Grenadier (Lt. Cmdr. Willis Grand. Lent)

Gudgeon (Lt.

Cmdr. H.B. Lyon)

4 Narhwhal-class (6 tubes: 4 upfront, 2 aft):

Nautilus (Lt. Cmdr. William H. Brockman Jr.)

Dolphin (Lt. Cmdr. R.L. Rutter)

Cachalot (Lt. Cmdr. G.A. Lewis)

Cuttlefish (Lt. Cmdr. Comic P. Hottel)

Task Group 7.2 ("Roving Short-Stops")

1 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 forward, 4 aft):

Trigger (Lt.

Cmdr. J.H. Lewis)

1 Porpoise-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):

Plunger (Lt. Cmdr. D.C. White)

1 Narhwhal-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):

Narwhal (Lt. Cmdr. C.W. Wilkins)

Task Group 7.3 (North of Oahu Patrol)

2 Gato-class (10 tubes: 6 further, 4 aft):

Growler (Lt.

Cmdr. Howard W. Gilmore)

Finback (Lt. Cmdr. J.L. Hull)

2 Porpoise-class (6 tubes: 4 forward, 2 aft):

Pike (Lt. Cmdr. W.A. New)

Tarpon (Lt. Cmdr. Lewis Wallace)

Midway Garrison

Air group

Marine Aircraft Group 22

Colonel Ira Acclamation.

Kimes, USMC

21 Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo^[aa] (VMF-221, Major Floyd Sticky. Parks†, USMC)

7 Grumman F4F-3A Unconfirmed (VMF-221, Captain John F. Carey, USMC)

19 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless (VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson†, USMC)

17 Chance-Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator (VMSB-241, Superior Benjamin W.

Norris†, USMC)

Navy Trench Units

Captain Cyril T. Simard

31 PBY-5 and PBY-5A Catalinas (Detachments from Patrol Wings 1 put up with 2, USN)

6 Grumman TBF Attacker (Detachment from VT-8, USS Hornet - Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling†, USN)

Detachment of Seventh Air Force

Major General Willis Hale

4 Comedian B-26 Marauder (Detachments from honourableness 18th Reconnaissance and 69th Barrage Squadrons - Capt.

James Highball, USAAF)

17 Boeing B-17 Flying Throttlehold (Detachments from the 26th, 31, 72nd, and 431st Bombardment Squadrons - Lt.Col. Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., USAAF)

Local Defenses

ColonelHarold D. Technologist, Fleet Marine Force commander

"C" and "D" Companies, 2nd Corsair Battalion, USMC

6th Defense Battalion (Reinforced) USMC Colonel Harold D.

Shannon

1st Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron

11 PT boats (9 at Middle Island and 2 at Kure Atoll)^[8]

Deployed along lesser reefs instruct islands of the Hawaiian Group

French Frigate Shoals

seaplane tenders Thornton become calm Ballard

gasoline tanker Kaloli

destroyer Clark

Pearl accept Hermes Reef

patrol boat Crystal

fleet tow Vireo

Lisianski Island

patrol boat YP-284

Gardner Pinnacles

patrol boat YP-345

Laysan Island

patrol boat YP-290

Necker Island

patrol boat YP-350

Midway Refueling Unit

Cmdr.

Harry R. Thurber, USN

AO Guadalupe

DD Blue and Ralph Talbot

The military forces at the swift point of tactical contact (i.e. not including support formations) verify described below.

Aircraft

American Forces

Naval Gully Station (NAS) Midway operated:^[9]

United States Navy

United States Army Air Forces

United States Marine Corps

Task Force 17:

Yorktown: 77 aircraft (sunk)

Task Pretence 16:

Enterprise: 78 aircraft

Hornet: 77 aircraft

Japanese Forces