-
Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori
-
CA Myoko (fleet flagship)
-
CA Haguro
-
Rear Admiral Hiroshi Matsubara
-
Rear Admiral Matsuji Ijuin
-
CL Sendai (flagship) (sunk)
-
Captain Tamechi HaraNotes: Aboard Shigure.
-
DD ShigureCommanding officer: Lt. Commander Kimio Yamaguchi
-
DD SamidareCommanding officer: Lt. Commander Yoshiro Sugihara
-
DD ShiratsuyuCommanding officer: Lt. Commander Kuro Matsuda
-
Rear Admiral Aaron S. "Tip" Merrill
-
Captain Arleigh A. Burke
-
DD Charles F. Ausburne (force flagship)Commanding officer: Commander Luther K. Reynolds
-
DD DysonCommanding officer: Commander R. A. Gano
-
DD Stanley
-
DD Claxton
- "Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War" by E. LaCroix & L. Wells III
- "Warship Profile #9, USS Charles Ausburne" by Commander W. Cracknell, USN
- "The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)" by P. Dull
- "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945" by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
- "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by Captain T. Hara
- "Long Lancers" by Allyn D. Nevitt, at the Nihon Kaigun website