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Captain Kiyoto Kagawa
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Captain Kiyoto Kagawa
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DD Onami (force flagship) (sunk)Commanding officer: Commander Kiyoshi Kikkawa
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DD Makinami (sunk)Commanding officer: Commander Toyoji Hitomi
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Captain Arleigh Burke
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Charles F. Ausburne (DD-570) (force flagship)Commanding officer: Commander Luther K. Reynolds
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Claxton (DD-571)
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Dyson (DD-572)Commanding officer: Commander R. A. Gano
- "Warship Profile #9, USS Charles Ausburne" by Commander W. Cracknell, USN
- "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945" by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
- "The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)" by P. Dull
- "Long Lancers" by Allyn D. Nevitt, at the Nihon Kaigun website